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Posted this a few days ago, but for some reason goes back to my original comment from March, so I'll try this again with a new title.
I'm looking for hitting partner and/or someone to play games with in South Austin. After years of not playing, I've been playing with a friend a couple of times a week the last couple of months until he moved away a few weeks ago. I'm not a beginner, but not really sure what level I would be considered (somewhat consistent but definitely need work on my serve/forehand....maybe 3.0/3.5). I'm usually available anytime after 5:30/6pm on Mon/Tues/Wed and Sat/Sun mornings. I just need a day's notice.
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Hey man, I think I would consider myself a beginner but I did come in second place in the Intramurals at my school in the recreation division. I recently injured my knee and so I am rehabbing that but I need to get back into shape and would love to hit with you. I am at St. Edward's University. Let me know if you are interested.
Hi, I can play with you this Wed evening. I live close to Austin High.
I'm down in south austin and am free to play anytime today or tomorrow. I'm about a 3.5 as well and would be down to hit or play a match. Let me know if you're interested!
Hey Andrew, where abouts in town do you live? I'm off William Cannon and mopac and there's a free tennis court here.
Sounds great, wanna give me a call when you think you'd like to play and I'll get ready? 509-499-5636, talk to ya soon
Hi there. Live South here too. I'm probably a 3.5 or 4.0, and always working on my forehand and serve. I think it'll be a never-ending process. Anyway, shoot me an email if you're interested in playing. firstname.lastname@example.com. I check that pretty regularly.
Hi, I just discovered this tennis site as I'm trying to get back in to tennis. I live South (off William Cannon) and work near Westlake high and would like to hit around if you are available. I don't know what number level I am, but probably high beginner/low intermediate that needs to oil the rust. ;-) Email me, thanks! Emlyn
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You can enjoy classic British afternoon tea culture right here in New York. Afternoon tea was created to satisfy the meal between lunch and dinner and now this glorified British snack time has been copied and reinterpreted by many places. Get a taste of this definitive English staple at one of these New York City destinations.
Crosby Hotel NYC
79 Crosby St. / Soho
Love afternoon tea, but don't care for the fussiness? This chic spot gives you exactly what you would want out of an afternoon tea experience with a low key flare. The tea is from nearby Harney and Sons, so the Crosby Hotel is able to offer a variety of flavors and blends. All of the courses, such as finger sandwiches, butter scones, cupcakes, tarts, brownies, as well as clotted cream and fruit preserves are served on a three-tier stand so you can start with whatever you want. A nice aspect about this place is its humble and pretty atmosphere, where you can sit and schmooze a while.
The Pembroke Tea Room
28 East 63rd St. / Upper East Side
The Pembroke Room located in The Lowell Hotel is a very classy afternoon tea place. Try their Classic Tea experience with tea, sandwiches, scones, and pastries, or their Royal Tea experience, which is basically Classic Tea, but with Champagne, Port, or Sherry. Built in the 1920s, the ambience oozes a luxurious and ephemeral feel. They have a variety of tea to choose from as well as classic sandwiches like cucumber, egg salad, salmon, turkey, but the Maine Lobster finger sandwich is rather original and added some flare to the traditional flavors. The Pembroke of course offers scones, and other pastries for you to sample while sipping a warm cup of tea.
Lady Mendl's Tea Salon
56 Irving Place / Gramercy
This tea salon is perfect for anyone who ever wanted to step into the tea party of your favorite British novel, where each table is ornately decorated, and the aroma is of fresh flowers. Originally built in the 1800s, these two brownstone homes have been connected, and since 1994, have become Lady Mendl's Tea salon. To add to the very romantic and unique ambiance, classical music plays throughout the rooms filled with plush couches. Candied ginger and sugar garnish the nicely set table, and each teacup has a cute sugar cube with a designed rose perfect to dissolve into a variety of tea options. As for the courses, each course is brought out separately, instead of on tiered platters, which is the traditional way of serving afternoon tea. While the courses are plenty, the stand-outs are their crepe-layered cake and the chocolate-covered strawberry, as promised at the end of the meal.
Bosie Tea Parlor
10 Morton St / West Village
Every tea place seems to have their own version on what food to serve for afternoon tea, and at Bosie Tea Parlor they not only have the classic tea sandwiches, but they have new flavors like chicken curry with golden raisins, and cheddar cheese and pickles. A charming touch is that the whole place is adorned with holders filled with tea. Although what seems to be the most alluring, besides the tea, is their macarons that have been ranked amongst the best macarons in NYC with Laduree and Maison du Chocolat. With flavors like pistachio and salted caramel, how could you say no? The atmosphere may not be very ornate or rich in history but its appetizing food will keep you coming back to this humble little restaurant.
The Ritz-Carlton
50 Central Park South / Midtown
After you stroll through Central Park, why not end your adventure and satisfy your appetite at the Ritz Carlton for some afternoon tea and a little repast? Bite-sized snacks, cute desserts, and a cup of tea is just what you'll want to top of a classy afternoon in the city. Sophisticated casual attire is suggested, and it may be a bit pricier than other places, but it is sure to be a wonderful experience.
Chat Noir
230 Merrick Rd
Rockville Centre, NY
Chat noir is a very fancy and cozy place, and will also make you feel like your five-year old tea fantasy with your stuffed animals is coming true, with its botanic furniture and matching tea sets. But with that said Chat Noir is a very grown up place and has all the traditional foods you will find at any afternoon tea place, such as the three-tier stand with sandwiches and pastries. Chat Noir also has a broader menu including delicious sandwiches like croquet monsieur (French grilled cheese) with salad, curry chicken salad sandwiches, and many more. They of course have a very wide selection of teas, which change frequently.
Pinkies Up, It's Afternoon Tea Time!
You can enjoy classic British afternoon tea culture right here in New York. Afternoon tea was created to satisfy the meal between lunch and dinner and now this glorified British snack time has been copied and reinterpreted by many places. Get a taste of this definitive English staple at one of these New York City destinations.


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Not a month has gone by in 2005 without a far-reaching computer security breach making the nightly news hour. Headliners compelled to walk the plank of shame include Bank of America — the nation's second-largest bank — Ameritrade, Polo Ralph Lauren, and LexisNexis.
Going, going, gone are the days when gross security breaches can be shielded from public scrutiny. The California Security Breach Information Act, for example, requires state agencies and businesses that collect personal information from Californians to promptly disclose certain security lapses or face severe penalties. Is it out of bounds to call it a sad state of affairs when politicians have to move in to protect what sterling IT outfits can't seem to stay on top of?
The speed the situation improves will depend largely upon how much IT can watch and learn from the mistakes of others. In the spirit of minimizing your company's risk and sparing you the awkwardness of pulling executives aside to darken their day, here are a few of the nastier moments in this year's computer security journal, and expert advice on what you have to do to get a better night's sleep.
Encrypt your data for backup
At press time neither Bank of America nor Ameritrade could account for data backup tapes that recently went missing while being shipped to data storage-and-recovery facilities.
Bank of America fessed up that tapes containing customer and account information of nearly 1.2 million federal workers went missing in February. "A small number of computer data tapes were lost during shipment to a backup datacenter" via commercial airliner, a bank spokeswoman said. She added that there was no evidence the tapes have been misused and that the tapes are presumed lost. Bank officials would not say whether the data on the tapes was encrypted. Interestingly, the California data security law exempts companies from having to notify customers of a data loss if the data lost is encrypted.
Ameritrade had a similar tale to tell in April. The company informed more than 200,000 clients nationwide that their private account information was on four data backup tapes missing from a box damaged during shipment between two secure facilities in Salt Lake City. Officials there likewise said they have no indication that client information was compromised by thieves. They did, however, divulge that the data on its tapes was not encrypted, but that it was compressed and would be difficult to extract.
Security experts are at no loss to step in with some simple advice: Encrypt your data when backing it up.
Mark Loveless, a senior security analyst at BindView, a provider of IT security and directory management software, has questions about the missing Bank of American tapes. "Was the information encrypted? The answer is 'probably not,' because most backup tapes are not encrypted." A recent survey by Enterprise Strategy Group bears out his assertion: A staggering 60 percent of storage professionals said they never encrypt backup tapes; only 7 percent said they do so routinely; the rest said they do so occasionally or don't know one way or the other.
"If you encrypt your data ... you are making it much more difficult for someone to take advantage of that data," Loveless says.
Encryption is not hassle-free, Loveless notes, but organizations that build encryption into their security plan will see benefits. "It's a very good habit to get into," Loveless says.
There's no shortage of companies working to make encryption easier when storing files, among them NeoScale and Decru. Both make appliances that encrypt data before it reaches the storage medium.
"Encryption is one obvious solution" to the Bank of America and Ameritrade incidents, says Dore Rosenblum, vice president of marketing at NeoScale. "If the data had been encrypted, we probably wouldn't even know about it."
Frank Slootman, CEO of Data Domain, a disk backup company that also builds storage appliances, thinks the entire backup process should be re-engineered. "Companies should begin looking at replacing tape storage, compressing and encrypting the data, and sending it on the network," he says. "Companies should get out of the business of making and handling tapes and then shipping them to different facilities…. The technology is there to reduce the risk of lost or stolen tapes to a minimum," he says.
Lock down physical security
In March the University of California, Berkeley, notified more than 98,000 graduate students and applicants that their names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information fell into the wrong hands when a laptop was stolen from a "restricted area" of the graduate division offices. Not long after that incident, a San Jose, Calif., medical group reported stolen two computers that contained confidential medical information on about 185,000 people.
Ken Dunham, director of malicious code at iDefense, a security intelligence firm, asserts that keeping a grip on physical security has become much more difficult with the growth of mobile computing, adding that "the number of laptops left in taxis and airports is very high."
According to BindView's Loveless, thieves are most likely to steal computers for resale value. "Laptops are so powerful these days that they bring a good price and they're easier to carry than a DVD player."
Jim Stickley knows all about computer theft. To him, notebooks are child's play. "I've carried entire servers out the front door," he says. Stickley is not a computer thief; in fact, he is co-founder and CTO of Trace Security, a security software and consulting firm.
Companies hire Trace Security to perform vulnerability audits, using guise and subterfuge to gain access to banks and company offices.
"Once you are inside a facility, once you get past the front line, the security seems to fall apart. Once you get inside, you are just as trusted as any employee," Stickley says.
Much of that lack of security can be chalked up to changes in the working environment in the past decade, Stickley says. "There are so many new employees and temporary employees in companies that it is very easy to get into an office and have free reign."
To prevent thefts similar to those at the University of California, Stickley recommends strict monitoring of everyone who enters and leaves a building. "Chaperone [guests]. If people come in pairs, don't let them split up. If they complain, just say it's corporate policy," Stickley says.
For laptops that contain sensitive data, a tracking device such as an RFID tag should be adhered to the device's hard drive, vendors say.
Bill Hancock, chief security officer at Savvis, an IT services provider, is an ardent advocate of tagging mobile computers. "I see a lot of laptops, and most of them don't have any type of identification on them. So if they do get lost, how are they going to get back to the owner?" The investment in some tags for laptops is a quick and relatively cheap security measure, Hancock says.
Shore up password security
LexisNexis, a top-tier content aggregator, fell prey to a more invisible, malevolent threat. In March, company officials went public about internal review of data-search activity, which revealed that passwords issued to Seisint customers were used to steal Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, names, and addresses of some 30,000 customers. A short time later, officials upped the number to 280,000 clients whose personal information may have been compromised. Ultimately, LexisNexis said its databases had been fraudulently breached 59 times using stolen passwords.
Massive datacenters such as those maintained by LexisNexis are a favored target of hackers because the information provides potential combinations to financial vaults elsewhere, BindView's Loveless says. "As someone who breached companies like this in my youth, I know it can be done." He says it's likely the hackers found passwords that hadn't been purged from the system.
LexisNexis concedes that its problems were indeed aggravated by customers' ex-employees who maintained access to the service using passwords no-one bothered to cancel.
Savvis's Hancock cites an unacceptable breakdown in password protection and authentication policies. "Companies have a process that works up to a point, but then it breaks down because of human error," he says. Automation, he asserts, can avert such mishaps.
TraceSecurity's Stickley says his job is secure as long as he can walk into a building, "wait for the lunch hour and ... round up a bunch of passwords from sticky notes on desks." The remedies, of course, are simpler in theory than in practice: Be sure no one keeps passwords in plain sight, and automate the password-revocation process for ex-employees with blinding speed.
Ravi Ganesan, founder and CEO at TriCipher, an authentication system provider, sees three vulnerable areas within the enterprise infrastructure. "Someone can steal identity data from the user's PC, in the middle between the users and the genuine Web site, and in the back-end infrastructure. All three points will always be the subject of attacks," Ganesan says.
Ganesan recommends that companies use hardened passwords, thereby ensuring that a user's password travels first to the SSL-protected Web server, where the authentication occurs in conjunction with an identity appliance. The plus here is the ease with which these passwords can typically be used with existing identity management products, directories, or stand-alone systems.
In addition to hardened passwords, Ganesan urges IT to reassess its policies regarding encryption, authentication, privilege management systems, hardened OSes, honest employees, and so on. "We need all of the above and more."
iDefense's Dunham agrees that a stringent security mind-set on the part of top management goes a long way toward preventing situations similar to the one at LexisNexis. "There is no magic bullet for security. It's complicated, but it's all about lowering risk from a managerial perspective. Once CEOs realize that they are at risk for violating laws, losing consumer confidence, getting involved in costly litigation, a drop in stock price — suddenly security is not a soft cost anymore. It's the cost of doing business," Dunham says.
Limit data lifecycles and retention
Is your enterprise retaining data that is no longer useful and just sits around as a liability waiting to happen?
The security breach at fashion outlet Polo Ralph Lauren in April involved the company's credit card processing or point-of-sale system. Polo apparently kept too much of the credit card data and kept it longer than required, leaving the information open to hacking. Polo has had no indication of illegal access to the information, according to the company.
The Polo incident shines a light on data life cycle management, BindView's Loveless says. "With data retention you have to ask, 'How long do I retain it,' and with this kind of data you really don't want to keep it around for no reason at all. It becomes a liability," Loveless says.
"Dead-in-place storage" is how Savvis' Hancock sums up Polo's problem.
Trace Security's Stickley may be speaking off the cuff when he says, "No one has ever created a patch for human stupidity," but let's keep an eye on the news. After all, there's no substitute for experience, bad or otherwise.


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OBETZ, Ohio – Avenging a stunning home loss last year. A preview of the US Open Cup title game. Sigi returns.
There are a lot of storylines surrounding Seattle Sounders FC's visit to Crew Stadium on Saturday. But only one thing matters to the home team.
"Our No. 1 priority is to get a win," midfielder Eddie Gaven said.
That supersedes putting together a quality 90 minutes even though the Crew are 7-6-3 in the past 16 games after a 6-0-2 start.
"We haven't played our best yet," Gaven said. "We've played well during some parts of games, but this team hasn't reached its maximum potential yet, which is definitely a good sign."
Inconsistencies on the field are a result of fluid lineups. Robbie Rogers (knee) has been missing from the left flank for six weeks. Emmanuel Ekpo (groin) was out for several matches on the other side but returned last week. Defender Gino Padula (knee) hasn't played since July 14 and defender/midfielder Danny O'Rourke has been in and out due to a bad back.
While forward Guillermo Barros Schelotto is a mainstay in the lineup his partners have changed and Peruvian striker Andrés Mendoza has been in the mix only two weeks. Mendoza scored in his second MLS game last week against Los Angeles and had a steady outing Tuesday in a Champions League win over Joe Public on Tuesday.
"He's still learning about playing in the United States," Schelotto said of the Peruvian. "He has good technical skills. He has talent."
Despite the inconsistencies on the field, Crew head coach Robert Warzycha is unconcerned.
"Who's playing pretty games?" he said. "Everybody's doing whatever it takes to win. You have injuries, a tough schedule and travel. Adding everything in and it's all about the results."
The thinking among the Crew is that they will eventually find their stride.
"In this league it's all about getting hot at the right time," Gaven said. "You saw that last year with Real Salt Lake. Maybe they weren't the best team over the course of 30 games, but they got hot at the right time and ended up winning it."
The Crew hold a three-point lead in the Eastern Conference over New York and will make up a game in hand Saturday against former coach Sigi Schmid.
Schmid left for the expansion Sounders in 2009 after leading the Crew to the MLS Cup the year before. In his first return in October, Seattle ended the Crew's league-record 22-game regular-season home unbeaten streak.
Schelotto said Saturday's match will be unlike the second meeting.
"It will be a different game," he said. "We're playing for an important three points in the league, but we know if we lose, we keep the first position in the East. But if you lose the other game, that's the final, that's it."
Seattle are 1-0-2 vs. the Crew and the teams will meet again Oct. 5 at Qwest Field with the Open Cup on the line.


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Small companies are stepping up to fill the needs of the evolving legal-weed economy—there's even a Yelp-style app.
Medical and recreational marijuana laws have become increasingly liberal, and the weed economy is now a very real thing. As The New York Times reported Wednesday, startups are moving into the very underserved and likely lucrative pot industry with products like childproof bags, high-tech vaporizers, and Leafly, aka Yelp for weed. Yes, before you know it potrepreneurs will begin obnoxiously disrupting the weed industry in full force.
As The Times notes, the marijuana industry is ripe for small businesses for three major reasons: big businesses are afraid of the stigma, varying state laws make it hard for national companies to operate, and because the marijuana business is so new.
The marijuana industry has its own trade schools and its own conventions. It has its own dumb inspiration stories, like the two Virginia guys who came up with MassRoots, a kind of Instagram for pot, while getting high. It even has its own sagelike venture capitalists. Troy Dayton is the co-founder of the ArcView Group, a network of investors who fund marijuana businesses. "You can't find another industry growing at this clip that doesn't have any major players," Dayton told The Times. "That gives the little guy a chance to make a run at this."
Of course, the legalization of cannabis—especially in Washington and Colorado—has also led to a sort of grey market. As USA Today reported earlier this week, Colorado has seen "illegal Craigslist pot deliveries to a marijuana vending machine and a food truck selling pot-infused sandwiches." These venture capital-less businesses hinge on a loophole in the law that allows adults to give other adults pot for free—the businesses just ask for a donation. That's the sort of entrepreneurial, but technically still illegal, behavior pot legalization has inspired—which is why people like the Gold Rush analogy so much.
"There was a lot of opportunity [in gold] to get rich, but a lot of people froze to death and starved to death," Mike Elliott, a pro-marijuana lobbyist told USA Today. "There's a lot of opportunity [in the marijuana industry], but a lot of people are going to try and fail."
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The Theater School at DePaul University has another hit on its hands for young kids with the production of The Coral King, presented at the downtown Reskin Theater, 60 E Balbo Drive.
The Coral King has a large cast that makes great use of the stage, aisles, and rallying the kids in a call-and-response style to keep the energy high throughout the 70-minute show.
Most importantly, kids were laughing and giggling throughout the performance. There were many opportunities for interaction with the audience, which will leave good impressions of theatre on the young minds in attendance.
The plot juxtaposes a mermaid's life in an enchanted underwater kingdom with an above-water plantation run by three siblings. Pierre (the talented Chris Ash) is the youngest brother who must protect the kingdom's riches from his greedy siblings Fleurette and Napoleon, played wickedly by Meredith Johnson and Andrew Fleischer. And throughout the production all eyes were glued to the gorgeous and glittery Sonaz Izadi, the mermaid who longed to be human.
Before the play opens, a blue "water cat" lays motionless on the edge of the stage. The set is vibrant and colorful, starting with blue hinting at the underwater themes. Costumed characters vary from red octopi, a blue cat, brown-clothed humans, green plants, and a big white pearl. Throughout the play, many cast members run down the aisles with streamers, immersing the audience in the action. The audience whooshes interactively to blow the seashell transforming the beach land down into an enchanted Arabesque underwater world.
The playful, fast-paced script lovingly describes the mysteries and wonder of the water and the people and animals who share it.
It elevates the grizzled old figure of a beach comber to hero status. In his colorful soliloquies, Billiam Bones (played by the talented Eric Staves, with a dual role as the King) combs through our imagination and helps us think what is really important in life:
"A beachcomber combs beaches. A beach comb. I comb beaches for pretty shells, flotsam and jetsam, jotsam and fletsam, bottles with messages in them, treasure maps, pearls, mermaids' hair, seabirds, feathers, crab nippers, jellyfish stings...oh, a great many valuable things you can't buy in shops."
The show also has a moral thread and ample lessons on how to be a good person: Do we submit to greed and selfishness under peer pressure? Do we take from the environment? Are we trustworthy of friends?
As the dramaturgy notes: "Can you think of times when greed may have caused someone to behave badly? What about a time when someone's greed may have caused damage to the environment around them?"
On the way out of the theatre, a mother was overheard asking her young kids these questions. Their interest in answering said it all.
The Coral King is the 299th production in the DePaul theater's history. Reskin Theater is at 60 E Balbo Drive and has been there (under several names) since 1910.
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To all the writers out there:
It's not real unless it's obsessive.
We all dream. But, you don't deserve it unless every minute of your life is somehow a journey towards it.
We all love. But you don't belong together unless you share a passion that drives you insane.
You can write pretty words, think easy thoughts. It might even please the crowd. But you're not really writing unless every word you write is a window to your soul. The truth is ugly. It doesn't rhyme. Sometimes it doesn't even make sense. But the moment you stop caring what others think, you will discover yourself. Maybe they'll like it, maybe they won't. At least, it will be real.
So darling, stay obsessed. Make every choice like there's no consequence. Live every fucking moment like you're about to breathe your last breath.
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AT&T will pay $7.75 million after a federal investigation found it allowed unauthorized third-party charges on its customers' telephone bills, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Monday.
The company allowed "scammers to charge customers approximately $9 per month for a sham directory assistance service," the FCC said Monday. The fraud was uncovered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration while investigating two Ohio companies for drug-related crimes and money laundering, the FCC said.
The settlement includes $6.8 million in refunds and a $950,000 federal fine. AT&T did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters reported.


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River Tweed near source, Glenbreck, Scotland: photo by Andrew Barclay, 26 March 2009
Says Tweed to Till --
The River Till: photo by jillyspoon, 14 January 2012
'What gars ye rin sae still?'
River Tweed from Mertoun House, near St Boswells: photo by Jean Walley, 17 May 2003
Says Till to Tweed --
Falling water: main channel of the River Till flowing through an overspill: photo by borderglider, 14 September 2007
'Though ye rin with speed
Waves on River Tweed on a windy day: photo by Karen V Bryan, 29 May 2011
And I rin slaw,
Trout rising to flies, River Till, Northumberland: photo by borderglider, 14 September 2007
For ae man that ye droon
Paxton House on the River Tweed from Union Bridge: photo by Michael Lindley, 17 February 2009
I droon twa.'
View over River Till joining River Tweed: photo by Karen V Bryan, 14 January 2012
The River Tweed at Coldstream in the Scottish Borders: photo by Mick Knapton, 24 August 2004
The River Tweed between Birgham and Coldstream: photo by Adrian Johnston, 16 January 2012
gars = makes
droon = drown
Says Tweed to Till: anonymous, 17th/18th c.
The bare rolling stretch of country from the North Tyne and Cheviots to the Scottish southern uplands was for a long time the territory of men who spoke English but had the outlook of Afghan tribesmen; they prized a poem almost as much as plunder...
-- A. L. Lloyd, Folk Song in England, 1967


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JCP Suffers More Red Ink, Issues Upbeat Holiday Outlook
J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) disclosed a deeper-than-expected third-quarter loss on Wednesday amid continued shrinking sales, but the struggling department store operator projected a badly-needed rebound for the crucial holiday quarter.
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Shares of J.C. Penney, down about 50% over the past 12 months, soared 9% in premarket trading as Wall Street cheered the company's call for same-store sales and gross margins to grow sequentially and year-over-year in the fourth quarter.
The retailer said it lost $489 million, or $1.94 a share, last quarter, compared with a loss of $123 million, or 56 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items such as negative tax-valuation allowance impacts, J.C. Penney lost $1.81 a share, almost doubling the year-earlier loss of 93 cents. Analysts had been calling for a lighter loss of $1.77 a share.
Revenue slid 5.1% to $2.78 billion, which is an improvement from a 27% tumble in the year-earlier period. It also essentially matched the Street's view of $2.79 billion.
J.C. Penney said gross margins dipped to 29.5% from 32.5%. Same-store sales decreased 4.8%, compared with forecasts from analysts for a decline of 4.2%.
"Our strategies to reconnect with customers are beginning to take hold, and this became increasingly clear as the quarter progressed," J.C. Penney CEO Myron Ullman III said in a statement.
To back up that optimistic tone, J.C. Penney said it expects same-store sales and gross margins to improve sequentially and year-over-year in the fourth quarter. It did not provide specific targets for the improvement.
"We are proud of the company's October sales performance, encouraged by the early weeks of November, and believe we are making strides toward a path to long-term profitable growth," Ullman said.
The retailer also said expenses are expected to be down from the year-before, inventory is targeted at about $2.85 billion and total available liquidity to top $2 billion.
Analysts have expressed concern in recent months about J.C. Penney's cash levels amid a slew of losses and crumbling sales. Last month, the company was forced to deny rumors it hired bankruptcy counsel.
Shares of Plano, Texas.-based J.C. Penney rallied 8.04% to $9.41 in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors focused on the outlook. The retailer's shares have dropped about 56% so far this year.


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The Red Memory series is reminiscent of fiery sunlight and vibrancy of childhood. Caught up in a wave of ambition and mindless pursuit of life when he was living in Xi'An, Chen Wen Ling returned to his hometown of Anxi and created the series to recall the nostalgia and carefree spirit of childhood. The statue is naked and liberated, shrugging off the cares of the world with a wide smile.
Chen Wen Ling was born in 1969 in China and is recognized as one of the top ten contemporary sculptors in the international art industry today. Since graduating from the Xiamen Academy of Art where he studied in the sculpture department followed by Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, his exhibitions have been held in numerous prestigious exhibitions all around the world. In 1999, Chen Wen Ling received the Venice Biennial International Prize of the Golden Lion in Italy and In 2005, he received the award for best installation in the Museum for Inopportune in France. He has also held displays of his Red Memory series at 'Sculptures by the Sea' for consecutive years, which received high demand and acclaim.
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Peng De, ART&DESIGN,Volume118, 2003.
Peng De is a recognized Chinese Art Critic and also a Professor at Xi An Academy of Art
Red is the colour in fashion - from the Red Devil Cheer Team in South Korea to the usual red uniforms of the European football teams and the various symbols in China. Throughout Chinese history, red has been a symbolic and auspicious colour. Chen wants to express the tension of money, power, anxiety, fear and cruelty in the adult world. In this Red Boys series, he expresses the dreams, remembrance and nostalgia of our innocent childhood and questions the culture of adults.
The Red Boys are innocent and pure, healthy and full of vitality. It is well known that the visual arts of the late twentieth century, whether in art, cinema or three-dimensional cartoon pictures of computer games are full of violence, self doubt and pity. Chen's Red Boys resemble lotuses growing out of the mud, satisfying the craving for a new trend of avant garde art - where exploration of our human nature provides hope rather than to act as a weapon of criticism. His works attract locals,international audiences, academics and avant-garde critic alike to appreciate them from their own perspectives.
Chen's series of the Red Boys, entitled Red Memory, has various meanings and nuances for modern art viewers. They may be reminded of a newborn baby which symbolizes the innocence of human heart in classical culture, without any feelings of ordinariness. They may relate to the works of the Red Boy in one of the great Chinese novels: 'The Journey to the West (Xi You Ji), but without the feeling of an evil spirit looming over them.
They may be reminded of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, without a feeling of cruelty. They may be reminded of war fires of the past in strategically important China, without any feelings of fear. Those who know Chen may link the Red Boys to a harrowing experience - in 1996, there was an astonishing report on the newspaper of Xiamen daily, entitled "Rare and Courageous Self Defense". It was reported that a couple was robbed at the beach. The man courageously defended himself and the woman and was stabbed dozens of times in the process. Two main arteries of his wrists were cut open. His body was soaked with blood. It was the bloodiest case in local criminal history. The article described the heroic action of the young man who survived the attack in detail. He was no other than Mr Chen Wenling. Despite this, Chen shows no traces of hatred in his Red Memory series.
Modern art emphasizes the concept of a piece and often creates a style of too many concepts at play. In contrast, Chen's works are simple and true. He does not deliberately create concepts. The naked bodies have nothing to hide. What is left is a direct communication with nature and a conversation between society and the people. The facial expressions and gestures of the Red Boys are properly exaggerated to enhance communicative effects. This series of works provides respite from the notion of there being too many concepts.
"Graces of My Heart"-Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition, Whitebox Art Center, Beijing China
"Another Realm"- Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition, Zhong Gallery Beijing China
"Everything is awesome"Large outdoor Exhibition Shunyi international flower garden Beijing China
"The Community- Chen Wenling's New Works, Pyo Gallery Seoul Korea
"Exotic Landscapes – PIN Gallery Beijing, China
"Searching for Identity" - Hong Kong
"What You See Is Real" - Chen Wenling Solo Exhibition ODE TO ART , Singapore
"The Suspense" - Today's Art Museum Beijing, China
"Emergency Exit - Joy Art Beijing, China
"China: Facing Reality", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Beijing-Athens Contemporary Art From China", Technopolis of the City of Athens, Greece
"Metamorphose" Chen Wen Ling Exhibition, Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Japan
"My Chinese Friends", Gallery Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
"The Power of Universt" 798 Asian Art Center, Beijing, China
"Floating: New Generation of Art in China", The National Art Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
"Red Memory" Chen Wen Ling's Solo Exhibition, Ode to Art, Singapore
"Made in China", Padova, Italy
"In theName of Material" Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Sculpture, HSS Art Centre Shanghai, China
37th Art Exposition in Basel of Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland
"Hyperdesign" Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
"Chinese Art Today", National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
"Ground Reality" Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
"Time of Sea" International Contemprary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Solo Exhibition: "Happy Life", Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen, China
Chinese Sculpture Masterpieces Exhibition of Beijing International Biennale Beijing,China
21st China Art Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangdong, China
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