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A day after Avinash Chander was sacked as chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday that he recommended the removal and that the organization should be headed by a younger person.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the termination of Chander's contract with effect from Jan 31, 15 months ahead of schedule. Chander, 64, retired Nov 30 but was given a contract for 18 months till May 31, 2016 as head of DRDO.

"I recommended that a person on contract should not be occupying such a senior position. This senior position should be filled by other eligible senior persons. There is no controversy here," Parrikar said.

"I believe DRDO should be headed by a younger man... I had proposed for his removal and they have agreed to it."

Government sources said nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu was likely to be named the new DRDO chief.

Basu, who heads the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, was behind the nuclear system that is driving the Arihant-class submarines of the Indian Navy.

A search panel headed by the cabinet secretary will pick Chander's replacement from among top DRDO scientists.

Chander's sack notification was put up on the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) web site Tuesday but removed later.

DRDO officials said they did not receive any official information on Chander's removal.

Chander is widely known as the man behind the Agni series of missiles.

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One effect of the recent recession is the rise in live-in landlords. Perhaps youre one of them, or are considering taking in a housemate. Its something I did for years, and the experience taught me theres a knack to planning an interior for adults leading separate lives but living together.

So how do you divvy up a modern home in style to make sure everyone has the space they need, as well as enough privacy? Both are key considerations for domestic comfort, so try these practical but beautiful ideas to help you and your new roommate live in stylish synchronicity.

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Create zones. In an age of open-plan living, it may not be immediately obvious how to accommodate a new person with their own timetable and social life. Clever zoning is key. Consider how you could rearrange your communal space so it will comfortably accommodate multiple activities and inhabitants working, resting, eating or cooking in harmony.

Look out for small-scale furniture if space is tight lots of brands now have a dedicated range of compact or flexible pieces. And shop creatively a small round metal garden table can easily double as an affordable dining or laptop spot for one. Comfy armchairs are good, too, since you may not always feel like sharing the sofa.

Split your space. Room dividers can also help to create zones in larger rooms or open-plan spaces to allow different members of the household to do their own thing. These are especially useful if you each have friends over at the same time.

Boost living room storage. With that spare room full of your stuff gone, youll need to create additional storage in the rest of your home. High-level floating shelving that stretches from wall to wall looks great painted the same color as the walls, it creates an architectural detail. And it can stash heaps of books, magazine holders and good-looking storage boxes without compromising space.

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Seek out a shelf nook. Where else could you carve out space for more storage? Look beyond the obvious places to add bookshelves: the littlest room in the house can sometimes pack in a surprising amount of shelf space. This dinky-sized library looks cute, too.

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On December 27, 2014, while scanning the southern sky as part of the Dark Energy Survey, researchers snapped the above shot of comet Lovejoy. The image above was captured using the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera, the world's most powerful digital camera. Each of the rectangular shapes above represents one of the 62 individual fields of the camera.

At the time this image was taken, the comet was passing about 51 million miles from Earth a short distance for the Dark Energy Camera, which is sensitive to light up to 8 billion light years away. The comet's center is a ball of ice roughly three miles across, and the visible head of the comet is a cloud of gas and dust about 400,000 miles in diameter.

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An employee of a roofing company was arrested after being accused of breaking into two homes in Bedford.

Police said they were called to a home on Old Billerica Road just after 1 p.m. Thursday when the resident reported returning home from a dentist appointment and finding a bedroom was ransacked and all of the resident's jewelry boxes had been emptied. The resident also reported that the closet and dressers had been gone through by an apparent burglar.

The police officer said they saw work-boot prints by a rear sliding glass door of the home and noted that a roofing crew was working in the area.

Police investigated and eventually approached an orange Jeep Wrangler with commercial plates.

The person in the Jeep, who was identified as Steven Butler, 26, of Medford, told police he was one of several crews in the area at the time. However police said there was only one company working in the area at the time.

Police said they spoke to the foreman of the roofing crew, who then rounded up his workers and told them to come clean if they did anything wrong.

While that was happening, police said they saw in plain view on the passenger seat of the Jeep where Butler was sitting several earrings, earring backs and a silver dollar.

Police detained and searched Butler and said they found more stolen items in his pockets, as well as a bag containing pills.

The owner of the Jeep allowed police to search it, and they said they found other jewelry, luggage, electronics and more pills, all of which was determined to belong to the resident who reported the burglary, as well as residents of another home nearby, who did not yet know they had been robbed.

Butler was arrested and charged with two counts of breaking and entering during the day, two counts of receiving stolen property over $250 and possession of a Class C substance.

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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) heard speakers on a range of topics at the 78th Annual Conference held Feb. 15-18 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Subjects discussed included next-generation replacement of windows, standardization for fenestration products in the European Union, the basics of color measurement and more.

Jim Snyder talks next-generation replacement Jim Snyder, owner of the company WindowJim, spoke to conference attendees about the paradox of next-generation window replacement a complex problem that will take time to resolve. While the industry relies on replacement, Snyder said, window manufacturers are saddled with the blame of installation failures. However, this is not to say the matter is hopeless.

Snyder urged attendees to think about prevention, and also involving others who do not have a vested interest, such as builders and architects. Enforcing proper installation in new construction is also key.

Replacement can no longer be an afterthought, said Snyder. Its a second opportunity to sell a window package to the same house. If replacement isnt doable, were losing that opportunity.

Frank Koos explains European legislation, standardization for fenestration products Frank Koos, general secretary of EuroWindoor, discussed the construction sector in Europe, the legislation that governs it, the European window markets and other areas of international interest. He gave an outlook to the next challenges for construction projects in the EU, including stronger requirements for energy efficiency, restrictions on the use of certain hazardous substances and the concept of Sustainability Assessment for Building Certification.

Different national standards cause barriers to trade and create the necessity for multiple testing requirements and thus fees, Koos said.

What the customer expects is not always what he gets, said Koos, adding that product characteristics must be suitable. Different projects require different product performance.

Greg Shrider discusses the basics of color measurement BYK-Gardners global business manager, Greg Shrider, covered the basics of color measurement including a discussion of color spaces and the methods of evaluating changes or differences in color. He offered attendees a better understanding of the Hunter and CIELAB color space systems and of color difference equations including the use of ellipsoid values to set pass/fail color tolerances.

Although we think we see color well, we really dont, said Shrider, adding that color perception is subjective depending upon age, gender and mood. The eye is a wonderful tool, adaptive and creative; however, it has a flaw: We have two different types of sensors cones and rods. The Wright/Guild Experiment focused red/blue energy on one screen and a variable input on the other. Smaller area of view did not respond well to color viewing.

We see differences in hue (color) first, then chroma (saturation) and last, we see lightness or darkness, said Shrider

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A 149-room Hyatt Place hotel, 202 luxury apartments and a street-level restaurant will occupy the looming former downtown St. Paul post office and customs house on Kellogg Boulevard when its renovation is complete in spring 2016.

Exeter Group, which bought the art deco building in 2013, sold much of its first five floors last week to Des Moines, Iowa-based Nelson Construction & Development. Nelson will build the hotel, while Exeter handles the rest of the development.

"Our plan is to bring back some of the building's historic charm," said Herb Tousley, chief development manager for Exeter Group.

Named Custom House, the 17-story riverfront building will be restored in the original 1930s style -- a job made easier by the stacks of plans left behind by the U.

Herbert Tousley IV of the Exeter Group walks across a huge room that will eventually be converted into an open air swimming pool, hot tub, community room and other amenities for apartment residents in the former post office building overlooking the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Hyatt plans to announce a new hotel in the space, along with apartments and other amenities. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

St. Paul-based Exeter began work on the lobby and residential floors in November, while Nelson Construction plans to begin gutting its portion of the building in March.

"St. Paul is a great market for us," said Danny Heggen, Nelson's project manager. "There's a lot happening in Lowertown right now that it makes this a prime opportunity for the Hyatt Place brand."

He noted the building's proximity to the recently opened Green Line train, the restored Union Depot and CHS Field, the new home of the St. Paul Saints baseball team, scheduled to open in May. There are no plans to connect the building to St. Paul's downtown skyway system.

The renovation will cost an estimated $125 million and employ nearly 400 people.

The 750,000-square-foot building, mostly built during the Depression and listed last year on the National Register of Historic Places, sits on a downhill sloping block diagonal from the federal courthouse. At one time it housed government offices, including a customs house and mail-sorting facilities. The last postal operations there ceased in 2013.

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Howard Hanna could start construction in late March or early April on a roughly $1 million office building in Sewickley.

Sewickley Council members approved the plan earlier this month.

The 4,500-square-foot building at Broad and Thorn streets calls for a flat roof, departing from an original sloped-roof design approved by the borough's planning commission, architect Stephen Casey said. Larger storefront windows along the Broad Street side are part of the revised plan.

The building, with a planned red brick facade, would accommodate up to 39 agents and include work space and conference rooms, architect Stephen Casey said. It would include a mezzanine level.

The Sewickley real estate office caught fire June 13, when a lightning strike hit the Sewickley United Methodist Church clock tower. The fire damaged the structure, displaced residents living above the offices and forced real-estate agents to work in temporary locations.

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It's hard for chef-owner Tim Ma to take a step back from Maple Ave Restaurant, which he calls his "baby." But, effective February 15, that's what he did, a move necessary to free up some time as he plans to launch three new concepts over the next two years.

First things first: Ma is crossing the river. He confirmed to The Post that he will be opening a D.C. restaurant, though he wasn't able to provide any other details.

"D.C. scares me, I'm not going to lie,"he said. "I've spent most of my life in Virginia, I'm comfortable in Virginia." He anticipates the new restaurant will open in 2016.

In the meantime, he has his hands full with a supper club and catering business he plans to launch next month, and his forthcoming sandwich shop, Chase the Submarine, which will open in early fall in Vienna, if construction stays on track.

The supper club, called Gather +Feast, will give fans of Maple Ave and Water & Wall a chance to have the chef cook in their own homes. Ma says he'll test dishes that may end up on future menus.

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The catering service, which will be sold through a Kickstarter,seems like a pretty great deal, too: For $100 per person (with a minimum of eight people and a max of 12), Ma will come to your house and cook one of several pre-selected but customizable menus. He'll also include a server, all of the cookware and dishware, all of the ingredients except for alcohol, and he'll cleanthe kitchen, leaving it "the way it was -- or better," said Ma.

That was the case at a recent Sips and Suppers dinner at the home of Quinn Bradlee, son of Washington Post notables Sally Quinn and the late Ben Bradlee,who was left with a spotless kitchen once the meal was over.

"At the end of the meal, [Quinn Bradlee]was looking at the kitchen, and he was like, 'I've never seen it like this!'" said Ma.

Ma has already worked out a few themed menus for Gather + Feast. There's a duck-centric menu with plenty of foie gras, a surf and turf (but "not lobster and not filet mignon," he said), and an ode to New York vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy.

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