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Ann Turner
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Who would ever choose to be a writer? Combine hours of sitting with the sweaty conviction that one is really a fraud in disguise, soon to be found out. I won"t even mention the role that chocolate chip cookies and cups of sweet tea play in helping me get started writing. But then - there is the magical moment when words begin to pour out onto the page - words which surprise and confound even me. I am as interested in seeing what happens to my characters as any reader; that is why I tell kids that writers write for the same reason readers read - to find out the end of the story.
Writing is also a way of taking past experiences, both painful and joyful, and transforming them on the page. Learning to Swim starts with a summer where I felt quenched and violated, but encasing that time in rhythms and images made the memories take on a cadence and a beauty, so that they became a gift instead of a tragedy.
In The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, part of the "Dear America" series, I took my childhood bravery and stubbornness and put that at the core of the Navajo girl, Sarah Nita. It helped me to identify with her survival and to write about her courageous journey and that of her people.
In Love Thy Neighbor, also in the "Dear America" series, I write about a Tory girl and her family who live in a small New England village. The prejudice shown them and their gradual isolation and flight to Boston, come from my own experience of being different in a small rural village. Prudence (who is never prudent) does make new friends and a new life for herself.
Hard Hit, a YA collection of poems, explores the country of grief and survival. Mark, a 16 year-old boy and skilled pitcher, must confront the coming death of his beloved father with the help of his friends, family, baseball, and an idiosyncratic belief in God. I used my own experience of my parents" deaths to inform this journey.
I continue to wish that writing were easier, that it would flow out completely perfect, with no need for revisions. Writing, for me, is more like an aerobic sport: I must wrestle my way through pages, punching out unnecessary words, tackling self-important paragraphs, until I arrive at the end-thirsty, hungry, but hopeful that my words will speak to others, that they will set bells chiming in their heads, and remind them that courage, resourcefulness, and friendships will help us to survive. If I can do this with beautiful words and authentic characters, then I am lucky indeed.
Ann Turner began her writing career as a poet and has subsequently published more than thirty-five critically acclaimed books for young readers, ranging in age from kindergarten through High School. She was born in Northampton, Massachusetts and grew up in Williamsburg, a small, rural town nearby, where she currently lives with her husband and two teenagers. She graduated from Bates College in Maine and studied abroad during her junior year in Oxford, England, also studying at the University of Massachusetts, where she received an M.A.T. in 1968. She taught High School English for one year but decided that she would rather write books than teach them, depending on all the wonderful teachers to help put her books into the hands of children and teenagers.


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Although it may sound like an unconventional idea, treating rheumatoid arthritis is similar to waging two very different types of war.
Although it may sound like an unconventional idea, treating rheumatoid arthritis is similar to waging two very different types of war: It requires time-tested planning and intelligence, combined with state-of-the-art fighting power. Battling the disease is separated into two parts. The first is likened to using traditional weapons of war, while the second utilizes high-tech weaponry.
RA is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. It occurs when the immune system goes astray, mistaking the body's joint tissue for a foreign invader, attacking it and causing inflammation. When the inflammatory process advances, chemical mediators released from immune cells can damage cartilage, bones and ligaments, and cause joints to become deformed and functionally impaired.
Over the years, many studies have demonstrated that methotrexate (MTX), hydroxycholoroquine ( Plaquenil), leflunomid (Arava) and sulfasalazine (Azulfidine ) are effective in the treatment of RA. These drugs affect the activity of RA to a greater extent than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These drugs appear to modify the immune system in a way that helps slow down the inflammatory process. This group of drugs is called disease-modified anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
The strategic plan in treating RA has changed from a conventional treatment of using NSAIDs and corticosteroids to control symptoms, to a more disease-modifying process by adding DMARDs to alter the inflammatory process and prevent joint damage. This is one of the milestones in the treatment of RA.
Since the mid-1980s, MTX has become the more popular treatment for RA because of its effectiveness and ability to work more rapidly than other DMARDs. Not only is it used to treat RA, but it can also be used to treat some forms of cancer. However, the dose, side effects and administration are quite different when treating arthritis versus cancer. The combination of MTX with other DMARDs is even more effective.
Since DMARDs often take several weeks to several months to work, using them requires patience, commitment and time. Once symptoms have subsided, a patient may have to stay on DMARDs for a long period of time, though the prescribed dosage may decrease. While side effects can result from their use, frequent monitoring will largely keep them from occurring.
Despite the power of DMARDs, only 50 to 60 percent of patients adequately respond to treatment. Even though the progression of joint damage may slow, the results are still unsatisfactory for some. DMARDs may temporarily win battles, but cannot win the war.
In the past decade, scientists have worked extremely hard to further understand the immune system and to develop new weapons. Stay tuned for more news of weaponry advancements.
Dr. Yong H. Tsai is board-certified in rheumatology, allergy and clinical immunology and has been practicing in this area since 1993. Send questions to Dr. Tsai in care of firstname.lastname@example.com. You also can check his website: arthritis-allergy.net.


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There Are Other Rivers, the book about this expedition, is on sale now.
The river Kaveri is one of the great holy rivers of India, revered by pilgrims for centuries. From its source amongst the coffee and cardamom plantations in the cool hills of the Western Ghats, the river flows 500 miles across southern India towards the hot plains of Tamil Nadu and the Bay of Bengal.
I decided to walk from one coast of India to the other, following the river Kaveri from the coast all the way up to its source, then dropping down through the mountains to the Arabian Sea.
I travelled light, carrying only a small pack, sleeping under the stars and cooking on campfires, or staying in small villages. It was a physical challenge, a cultural education, and an old-fashioned adventure.
View photos from the walk here, or read the account below which I wrote for OE magazine. Much more to come from this expedition including a book…
A Short Walk through India
I had never heard of the Kaveri River until I decided to walk across India. I could only squeeze a 6-week trip into my calendar so I cast my eye southwards down India's triangular shape until I reached a latitude I reckoned I could get across in the time available. And that is how I spotted the holiest of southern India's rivers. This was starting to sound like an adventure: I would walk from the mouth of the Kaveri on the east shore of India to its source in the mountains, and then drop down from there to the sea on the other side.
And that was it. I deliberately chose to do no more planning or research than that. I flew to Chennai, asked someone which bus I needed to take to get down to the mouth of the Kaveri, and I began walking. Adventure is a state of mind. It is an attitude. I wanted an adventure, a journey, a challenge, not a holiday. By doing no research every day would be novel, unexpected and exciting. Every day I would need to seek out food and water, somewhere to sleep. I was travelling light too. Carrying your bag for 600 miles encourages you to pack light. But I also wanted to be travelling light as part of my quest for a simple, pure, uncluttered experience.
I climbed down from the bus in the village of Poompuhar. My first thought was how hot it was. And that I had to walk a lot of miles through this heat. Ahead of me, at the end of the village I saw the shining gleam of the Bay of Bengal. Nerves and excitement rose inside me. I hoiked my pack onto my back, walked down the hot, quiet lane and onto the beach. To my right I saw the Kaveri river meeting the waves of the ocean. It was also my first meeting with 'my' river. What had just been a word to me -Kaveri- was now real. My journey had begun.
I walked down the beach to the riverbank. Beneath my sunhat and sunglasses my head pounded in the morning heat. The waves rolled gently up the beach and the air smelled of the sea. My feet slipped as I walked through the soft sand. I ran my hands through the murky, still river water and watched a family bathing in the river. The mouth of this sacred river is a pilgrimage site for Hindus. The father muttered prayers to himself as he dunked his small, shining baby several times beneath the water.
I was nervous now. I was daunted about trying to walk across India, particularly as I had no idea of what lay in store for me. I didn't even know where I would sleep that night. There was only one solution to this nervous inertia: begin. I started to walk.
By the end of the first day I felt so much better. Sure, my feet hurt, my head was thumping, I hadn't found anywhere to camp under my mosquito net and had ended up in a £2 hotel instead, and I was weary and sweat-crusted after only twenty miles. But the journey was now real. I was on my way.
Along the road that parallelled the river were palm-roofed villages in a rich green landscape. Simple concrete stalls sold old biscuits, warm fizzy drinks, soap and a few household goods. Cyclists rode past selling other things, calling out as they rode. Their bikes were piled high with pots and pans, towels and newspapers. I saw kingfishers, parrots, minah birds and kits circled high above. India was becoming real to me. One village was holding a funeral and so I walked past what was the first of virtually daily religious events and festivals. The road from the house to the burial site beneath three vast, gnarled trees was completely blanketed with yellow, orange and pink flowers.
After a few days I was beginning to find my rhythm. I ate tiny, sweet bananas as I walked and filled my water bottles from the village pumps I passed. My feet stopped hurting. I woke ever earlier to make the most of the cool fresh first hours of the day. The busy landscape of the flat Kaveri delta meant that there was little opportunity for the wild camping I enjoy, yet it also meant there were regular cafes for me to eat at. I learned that the meals -thali- that I ate each day with my hands from broad, shiny banana leaves were all-you-can-eat feasts, though in the 40 degree heat I found it difficult to eat as many calories as I required.
With over a billion people in India I was rarely without company. Every day people wanted to talk to me, to find out about this strange Englishman walking briefly through their lives. Where are you from? What is your name? Why don't you take a bus? Do you know Freddy Flintoff? Every day I saw children playing cricket in the fields, a wicket scratched out on a patch of flat earth or in a fallow paddy field. Their delight at my stopping to join in never failed to revive flagging spirits and weary shoulders. "OK, England against India!" I would challenge them, as the boys squabbled over who would bowl at me first.
A regular venue for a chat was at the village chai stall. Indians love tea and I rarely passed up the excuse for a 10-minute sit down in the shade to watch the flamboyant mixing of tea, sugar and boiled milk, poured from jug to jug at arms length, the stream of hot tea flowing from on high down to be caught low with never a drop being spilled. Holding the too-hot glasses delicately round the rim, the customers at the stall would pause from their newspaper reading and gossiping to quiz me about my journey, my life in England, my family and my opinions of India.
One morning, approaching Tiruchirapalli, famous for its temples, I spotted an elephant walking towards me down the busy street. Thrilled at this sight I quickly got myself in position to take a photograph as it lumbered by. Unfortunately the driver of the elephant, perched on high, spotted my intentions and took exception. Shouting angrily at me he marched his beast towards where I sat on the pavement. He directed the elephant to bang me on the head with its trunk, gently at first then with increasing force as I yelled my increasingly fearful apologies! More relaxing then was my next sighting of an elephant – a family of wild ones this time – as they drank at a river in the forests of Karnataka.
Besides the famous, spectacular temples of 'Trichy', I enjoyed the small temples in all the villages. The central courtyards, their flagstone floors cool in the shade were an oasis of calm peace for me, a break from the constant noise and bustle of the towns outside. Religion played such a dominant role in the life of the region I was walking through, with the hooting buses and Ambassador taxis decorated with favourite gods (often Ganesh the smiling elephant or Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and beauty) and roadside shrines depicting lurid and wild depictions from Hindu legend. Walking through villages at dawn I would smile and wave at women who were decorating their doorsteps with kolam, geometric patterns of rice flour that are redrawn daily in order to bestow prosperity on the home.
I encountered a festival or ceremony or marriage party almost every day during my walk. Flowers are scattered everywhere, garlands of marigolds thrown round necks, girls with sweet-smelling white jasmine flowers tied into their shining black hair. Music playing, always music, with men thumping drums enthusiastically to the rhythm of the excited skirling of pipes. People clapping and dancing, smiling and chatting with their friends. I rarely understood what was happening, except for the countless weddings, but I enjoyed the dancing of men dressed as gods, the earnest belief in the ceremonies and rituals, and the carnival atmospheres.
One afternoon I arrived in a small town and found somewhere to sleep. As always my first priority -for everyone else's sake as well as for my own- was to wash. A delicious cooling of a bucket shower and a brief respite from the heat. After the bucket dousing, and after I had eaten the usual dinner of rice with little piles of spiced vegetables and chutneys, I was lying on my bed writing my diary. Suddenly there was a terrific boom outside my room as an enormous firework display began. Grabbing my camera and rushing out into the street I found myself in a wild, noisy festival. Nobody I had met had felt that it merited pointing out to me that that evening the town would be full of singing people, all dancing with a clay pot of burning wood on their heads, nor that men would be suspended by meat hooks through their back, nor that the centrepiece figure of the festival would be a broad, bearded man walking with a 12-foot metal spike rammed through his cheeks as kids danced and laughed around him. It was just another festival.
After five weeks my salt-crusted shirt was bleached pale and my weight had dropped so that my rucsac's waistband no longer pulled tight. I had lost weight but gained so many memories. I reached the source of the Kaveri river, the temple of Talakaveri. High in the misty hills of the western ghats I watched the orange-clad priest blessing pilgrims with water drawn from the small, cool well floating with red hibiscus flowers. The water that was beginning its journey along the route I had just walked, past the temples I had rested in, nurturing the paddy fields I had slept in and on down to the sea at Poompuhar where I had dipped my toe and nervously begun to walk. I too gave thanks to the river, for guiding me through so many new experiences and encounters, and for reminding me that adventure is a state of mind, something that can be found anywhere if only you are willing to look, and to take a walk to find it.


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In this topic you will learn how to Take a Meal Deduction.
Tinker Bell is scheduled to work 7:30 am until 4:00 pm Monday through Friday.
On Monday, 03/22/10, Tinker Bell clocks in at her scheduled start time of 7:30 am. She takes a meal break at 11:30 am. At 12:25 pm she clocks out due to a personal emergency. Tinker Bell returns to work at 2:30 pm and works the remainder of her shift.
You will Take a Meal Deduction for Monday, 03/22/10.
NOTE: A corresponding row must be added to designate whether the time will be paid or unpaid.
Click the button to the right of the Skip/Take Meal field on row 1.
The system automatically takes a meal deduction after employee has worked 5 or more hours. In this exercise, Tinker Bell worked 4.91 hours between the hours of 7:30 am and 12:25 pm. She then worked 1.50 hours between the hours of 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm.
Even though Tinker Bell worked a total of 6.41 hours, the system did not automatically take the meal deduction because each instance was less than 5 hours. When this happens, you will need to force a meal deduction by selecting the Take option in the Skip/Take Meal drop-down list.
NOTE: By selecting Take the system deducted a 30-minute meal and reduced the Hours total from 4.91 to 4.41 on row 1.
You must now add the corresponding row designating whether the time Tinker Bell was away from work will be paid or unpaid. After Time Admin has run, you can view the correct Payable Details and Totals.
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Super Smash Bros.: Greninja, Yoshi, and others join for Wii U and 3DS
Look out, Charizard! A water pokèmon has joined Smash Bros. and it's not little Squirtle.
Greninja joins the fight and it's looking to dish out some punishment.
The amphibious ninjutsu master was one of five contenders Nintendo announced for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. titles for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U on April 8. Greninja joins Charizard, Yoshi, Sheik and Zero Suit Samus as the latest to be added to the games' robust roster of 29 characters and who knows who the Big N will add next.
Super Smash Bros. is Nintendo's way of settling all those heated debates of who would win in a fight – Mario or Link? The game pits Nintendo's most iconic characters against each other in an outlandish fight that is one of gaming's most furious four-player frenzies.


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1. Marcel Reece, RB, Oakland Raiders (76.8 percent):
Reece was clearly the top running back for Oakland in Week 10, posting 20 touches, seven catches and 104 scrimmage yards in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Taiwan Jones put up just three touches. Until Darren McFadden or Mike Goodson returns, Reece needs to be owned in fantasy leagues moving forward.
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2. Carson Palmer, QB, Oakland Raiders (37.4 percent):
Palmer has absolutely been on fire in recent weeks, throwing for a combined 782 yards and six touchdowns in his last two games. He'll continue to be a terrific fantasy option in Week 11, as the Raiders face a New Orleans Saints defense that has been gashed by opposing offenses all season long.
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3. Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Oakland Raiders (30.6 percent):
No, this isn't just the Raiders edition of the waiver wire. However, a matchup against the Saints makes Palmer, Reece and Heyward-Bey all valuable options. The Maryland product recorded 13.80 fantasy points against the Ravens and has now scored a touchdown in two of his last three games.
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4. Brian Hartline, WR, Miami Dolphins (43.0 percent):
Hartline has posted two straight nice stat lines, recording a combined 16 catches for 186 yards. Though he has been anything but consistent in the stat sheets, he can be a viable No. 3 option against poor pass defenses. That's exactly what Hartline faces in Week 11 against the Buffalo Bills.
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5. Cecil Shorts, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars (95.7 percent):
Shorts has been listed in this space in the past, but he's still a free agent in far too many NFL.com leagues. That should change after he posted 105 yards and one touchdown in a loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Shorts and his teammate, Laurent Robinson, are both worth a look at wide receiver.
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6. James Starks, RB, Green Bay Packers (76.9 percent):
The Packers appear to be done with Alex Green in a featured role, as Starks led the team with 17 carries and 61 rushing yards against the Arizona Cardinals. Green Bay was on a bye last week, so Starks remains a free agent in most fantasy leagues. Remember, Cedric Benson can't return until Week 14.
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7. Chris Ivory, RB, New Orleans Saints (98.5 percent):
Ivory has been gang busters since Darren Sproles went down with an injured hand, posting a combined 25.50 fantasy points in two games. While trying to predict which Saints runner will see the most touches each week is difficult, Ivory has a great matchup upcoming against a porous Raiders defense.
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8. Danario Alexander, WR, San Diego Chargers (99.4 percent):
Alexander had a huge game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, posting 134 yards and one score for 19.40 fantasy points. Whether or not he can keep up the good numbers remains to be seen, but Alexander has quickly moved up the depth chart and is now at least worth a claim in those larger leagues.
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9. Emmanuel Sanders, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers (90.5 percent):
The Steelers could be without Antonio Brown (ankle) for a few games, so Sanders will step in and see a more prominent role in the offensive attack. A potential playmaker with the speed to make some noise in the vertical passing game, Sanders will have fantasy appeal while Brown is injured.
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10. Beanie Wells, RB, Arizona Cardinals (51.8 percent):
The Cardinals don't have a true No. 1 running back, so Wells should re-claim the top spot on the depth chart once he's eligible to return in Week 12. While he does have tough matchups, the Ohio State product is still well worth a roster spot in most fantasy football formats right now.


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- Kids can pretty much wear out and grow out of sneakers every three months. When purchasing sneakers for your kids, it's so tempting to go with something inexpensive and/or with something cool and fashionable. Here at the institue, we evaluated sneakers ranging in price from $10 to $60, for our August issue. We hoped we would find a great cheap pair that would perform well and fit well, but alas it wasn't so. The materials and construction of the inexpensive sneakers (and some of the fashion sneakers) are poor and not beneficial to your children's growing feet. It turns out this is one category that you get what you pay for.
We tested sneakers for shoe flex, cushion measurement, and construction analysis, and also had a podiatrist who is an expert in children's feet review the cushioning and support of each sneaker.
Of course, we also took into account two factors that are very important to every parent with active children: stain resistance and mud resistance. Each sneaker was covered with mud that dried and became caked on after 24 hours.
We also stained the sneakers with grass, grape juice, and ketchup.
We used just soap and water to try to removed both the stains and the mud to see how much was left on the sneakers. It's a great test so Moms can see how much would be required to keep their child's sneakers clean!
Check out the August issue on newstands now for the full results of our sneaker test.


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How The Rankings Work
The ISAF World Match Race Rankings rate skippers based on their performances over the last two years. Skippers score points by competing in ISAF Graded events. Each skipper can count a maximum of four events in each of the two most recent years, which are calculated over a rolling 24 months. The most points are up for grabs at World Championship events, followed by ISAF Grade 1 events, Grade 2 etc. For more on how the Rankings work CLICK HERE.
The tables on the right hand side show the new events included in this Ranking release.
The next Rankings release will be on 21 March 2007 following on from the ISAF Grade 1 Marseille International Match Race in France. This will be the second release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings in 2007.
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|Christmas J24 Match
|Winter Challenge 4
|Slovenian Match Race
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|Grade 4
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|Championnat de Bassin
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Mediterranee II
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St Quay
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ISAF World Match Race Rankings - Open
Sébastien COL (FRA) makes it five-in-a-row at the top of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings, with the top four skippers unchanged in this Ranking release. The 29 year old AREVA Challenge skipper has now held the world #1 spot since 24 August 2006 after an outstanding run of form during the European spring/summer.
Behind COL, Ian WILLIAMS (GBR) holds on to his career-best world #2 spot and actually closes the points gap on the leader following his second place at the ISAF Grade 1 Auckland Match Racing Cup and victory at the ISAF Grade 2 JPMorgan Asset Management Winter Challenge 3. WILLIAMS beat world #3 Mathieu RICHARD (FRA) in the semi-finals in Auckland, but the French winner of last year's ISAF Nations Cup still remains right behind the Brit, 45 Ranking points back.
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Team Shosholoza's Paolo CIAN (ITA) is also unmoved in fourth, whilst reigning ISAF Match Racing World Champion Peter GILMOUR (AUS) moves back into the world top 5 at the expense of BMW ORACLE Racing skipper Chris DICKSON (NZL).
Another America's Cup skipper, Jesper BANK (DEN) of United Internet Team Germany is the one new entry into the world top 10. The Danish star climbs up two places to 9 after victory at the ISAF Grade 2 Match Race Brasil. Luna Rossa's James SPITHILL (AUS) just misses out on the top 10 place, climbing from 27 to 11 after finishing runner up in Brazil.
High Risers
Further down the Rankings, Jure OREL (SLO) climbs ten places to 30 after being crowned Slovenian National Champion. Fellow Slovenian Jon BRECELJ (SLO) is one of the biggest climbers, gaining over 250 places as he goes from 446 to 187 thanks to third place finishes at the nationals and the ISAF Grade 3 Christmas J24 Match Race.
Other moves of note come from Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean BARKER (NZL), who just misses out on the top 20 after winning his second Auckland Match Racing Cup, whilst young Kiwi star Adam MINOPRIO (NZL) hits a career-best 33 after making the last four on Waitemata Harbour.
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Claire LEROY (FRA) remains way out ahead of the rest of the women's match racing world and, with a 1,000+ point lead, looks odds on to make it two unbroken years in the world #1 spot. Meanwhile the continued popularity of women's match racing is demonstrated as the Women's ISAF World Match Race Rankings grows to hit the 200 skipper mark.
LEROY has headed up the Women's Rankings since 4 May 2005, and with a lead over second place of 1,160 points, she looks all set to hold the top spot for a good deal longer. Behind the French skipper the rest of the world top 10 remains unchanged, leaving Lotte MELDGAARD PEDERSEN (DEN) and Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED) in the world #2 and #3 spots respectively.
All the significant moves in this release come following the ISAF Grade 4 Portuguese Women's Match Racing Championship won by Maria RAMIRES (POR). She moves up from 79 to 55 in the Rankings, 11 places behind the top Ranked Portuguese skipper Rita GONCALVES.
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Whilst there is little movement amongst the major players in this release, the whole world of women's match racing can celebrate the ISAF World Match Race Rankings reaching the 200 skipper mark for the first time. The number of skippers on the Women's Rankings has grown steadily over the last few years, reflecting the appeal and accessibility of women's match racing.
The number of ISAF Graded Women's Match Racing events grew from 24 in 2004, to 32 in 2005 to a record 40 in 2006, and similarly the number of skippers on the World Rankings has increased from 126 in December 2003 to 151 in December 2004, 185 in December 2005 and 196 in December 2006. With the ISAF Nations Cup helping to take match racing around the globe, skippers like MELDGAARD PEDERSEN and Tiffany KOO (MAS) achieving notable scalps on the World Match Racing Tour and now 200 skippers on the World Rankings, the women's match racing world can celebrate together and look forward with anticipation to another terrific year out on the water.
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Anna Bowers scored a career high 23 points and the Lady Bisons shot a season-best 51 percent from the floor as they ran past Jacksonville State, winning 84-62 on Saturday night for their first win of the 2010-11 season.
The 22-point win marked the biggest defeat of an opponent since the Lady Bisons defeated Campbell by 24 points on Jan. 8, 2009.
"We played harder for 40 minutes tonight than we have in quite some time," head coach Frank Bennett said. "It's nice to break through and get the first win of the year. We knew that physical play and rebounding would be big in this game and even though we didn't do good job of that in first half, we did a great job of correcting that in the second half."
Despite losing the battle on the boards (43-30), the Lady Bisons (1-2) broke the Gamecock (2-1) press all night, recording 18 points off of fast breaks compared to just two for JSU.
"We knew that they were going to press us and that opened up the court for us," Bennett said. "We like to play with tempo and push the ball up the floor but tonight we did a good job of finishing off the break."
After leading by seven at the half (37-30) the Lady Bisons poured in a season-high 47 second-half points while shooting 54 percent from the floor after the break.
"We executed very well on the offensive end in the second half," Bennett said. "It wasn't just one player either, we had a lot of players step up and contribute tonight."
After going just 5-of-21 from the floor against Tennessee Tech on Thursday, Bowers fired on all cylinders on Saturday, connecting on 8-of-15 shots including three 3-pointers. Bowers finished the game with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
"Anna is a superb athlete and I think her basketball is really starting to come together," Coach Bennett said. "She has always been able to create her own shot but she now has a better understanding. She is very aggressive in fast-break situations and it's good to see her shooting at a high-percentage like she did tonight."
Jenna Bartsokas added 17 points while Chelsea McMeans played outstanding, scoring 11 points in the second half while going 4-for-4 from the floor.
"Chelsea was a big lift tonight for us in the second half," Bennett said. "She scored big baskets around the hoop and pulled down some rebounds in traffic. Tonight was probably the best effort our coaching staff has seen from her."
Nine of the 12 Lady Bisons that played in the contest scored.
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Assad, 46, was surrounded by security guards when he appeared in the crowd, dressed more casually than usual in a jacket but no tie.
The crowd shouted "Shabiha forever, for your eyes, Assad," a reference to loyalist militiamen who have gained a fearsome reputation for their part in suppressing anti-Assad protests.
"I belong to this street," he said. "I wanted to be with you so I can draw strength from you in the face of everything that Syria is subjected to. It was important that we maintain our faith in the future. I have that faith in the future and we will undoubtedly triumph over this conspiracy."
Assad's wife Asma and their two children joined him for his surprise appearance in the capital's central Umayyad Square.
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Assad has made very few public appearances since the uprising against his regime began 10 months ago.
He has blamed the revolt on foreign-backed conspirators and threatened on Tuesday to strike back at those who threaten his regime with an "iron hand."
According to a top U.N. official, an estimated 400 people have been killed in Syria since an Arab League mission arrived in the country to monitor the uprising.
United Nations political chief B. Lynn Pascoe provided the latest figures in a closed-door report to the 15-member Security Council on the Syrian uprising that has already claimed more than 5,000 lives since it began almost 10 months ago, diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Coil Processor Attacks Supply-Chain Efficiency from Every Angle
Taylor Coil Processing emphasizes to its workforce the urgency demanded throughout the supply chain for quick and accurate setups on its processing lines, to ensure on-time delivery to just-in-time customers even in the face of daily production-schedule reprioritizations. And, with value-added services such as full-coil top- and bottom-side inspection, and a keen eye for finding s to minimize packaging costs for customers, Taylor Coil Processing serves as a partner to all of the other links in its supply chain.
"With inventories so restricted today," says Pete Adamski, Taylor Coil Processing's general sales manager, "we're seeing more manufacturers spot-buying on the open market and sending coils to us for processing. We might inspect it, wash and re-oil it, slit the steel and cut it to length, so that the customer gets what it ordered. It might not be from the same source but it meets contract requirements.
"We're also seeing an increase in the number of small rush orders, as small as one coil," Adamski continues. "Meeting short-run-time orders with one-day turnaround has created a greater emphasis on schedule-planning accuracy, and on how we operate our equipment. Where we used to have more opportunity to fine-tune our setups—setting slitting-arbor knives or threading the tension-leveler line—we now work to get our initial setups dead-on the first time. There's not run-time availability left over to allow for starts and stops to readjust a setup." Setup time on some equipment has been reduced by 30 percent in recent months, says Adamski.
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Taylor Coil Processing, primarily a supplier of light-gauge steel for exposed automotive applications, has shifted some of its focus to supplying other metal alloys for different end-use markets. Once 80 percent automotive-focused, the firm now processes 60 to 65 percent of its coils for automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers, with growth coming in appliance and construction sectors.
The firm's 250,000-sq.-ft. plant, within earshot of the General Motors Lords-town assembly plant, houses four processing lines: a 72-in. slitting line with 0.120-in. thickness capacity that handles coils to 66,000 lb.; a 72-in. tension-leveler line that includes a wash tank at the front end, 0.10-in. thickness capacity and the ability to handle coils to 66,000 lb.; an inspection line that allows for manual top- and bottom-side inspection of as much as 10,000 tons/month; and, the latest addition, a 74-in. multiblanking line with thickness capacity to 0.120 in. and 60,000-lb. coil capacity. The multiblanking line joined the equipment lineup in 2003 when Taylor constructed a 118,000-sq.-ft. addition to the plant. It, along with the slitting and tension-leveler lines, was supplied by Herr-Voss Stamco, Callery, PA.
The slitting line features the Herr-Voss-patented Strand Extensioner slitting process that avoids the use of a looping pit, producing differential elongation of the slit strands. "That technology differentiates us from our competitors in the area," says Adamski. "Compared to a slitting line with a looping pit, we achieve better coil yield for our customers and we can do some minor shape correction on the material as it leaves the slitting head to correct a curved edge or edge burr."
Adamski also notes the increased emphasis in the marketplace on the shape-correction capabilities of the firm's tension-leveler line, whereas customers once flocked to the line for its ability to wash and dry coils, and then re-oil.
"Demands for extremely flat steel have increased," he says. "Some mills recognize that it's more cost-effective to, between operations, send the material out to us for tension-leveling, then have the shape-corrected material sent back to them for further processing."
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Noting again the need to expand its horizons beyond flat carbon-steel processing for automotive customers, Adamski describes recent growth into titanium-alloy coil processing. "We're using the tension-leveler line to induce specific changes in the properties of the titanium alloys," he says. "We can vary the
In 2005 the firm added an electrostatic oiler to the line, to improve its ability to deposit uniform, controlled coatings of oil or prelube on the coil stock. And, it recently switched to a new coating process used to refurbish the line's bridle rolls, which has extended roll life from 9 to 15 months, translating into fewer outages for maintenance and increased line uptime.
Rounding out its service offerings, Taylor has seen significant growth in work for its multiblanking line, primarily as local metalformers and service centers seek a more modern, accurate and cost-effective to replace their outdated blanking equipment. "We can provide a blanking service that is more cost-effective and that holds tighter dimensional tolerances," says Adamski, "than the outdated blanking operations that many of the local companies run. We also in many cases can run larger coils and larger lot sizes, improving yield.
"We started the line working 4 hr./ day, 3 days/week," he continues, "and today that line runs two full shifts a day, five days/week."
Inspection Line, More Efficient Packaging Pay Dividends for Stampers
Taylor offers its value-added two-sided inspection line as a means for stampers to avoid having to cut defects out of a coil before loading the coil onto a press line, which results in the use of smaller coils and, therefore, more time-consuming coil changes. Instead, operators manning the inspection line place vinyl flags on the coil stock as it feeds through the line to denote surface flaws. That allows the stamper/customer to run a full coil and, when noting the defect flag, simply pull the part with the flag out of the parts bin.
"The stamper's efficiency rises," says Adamski, "and the prime yield of the material improves. We've seen customers improve throughput by 30 percent."
In addition to helping customers improve yield, quality and JIT production efficiencies (via an online ordering system where customers can control delivery schedules to their liking), Adamski also explains how Taylor is helping customers reduce packaging costs.
"Packaging offers significant opportunities to control costs throughout the supply chain," he says. "For example, some local customers, for which we might transport coils only five to 10 miles, in the past would require the coils to be fully paper wrapped, and perhaps elaborately banded. We've worked with many customers to show them that, since more coils tend to be used upon receipt, following a JIT schedule, there's not as much need for full paper wraps. We can more simply band the coils, and then apply a loosely fit paper shroud over the coils rather than a full wrap. Not only is this significantly less expensive on the front end, but it also is simpler and more cost-effective at the back end when the customer has to dispose of the packaging materials.
"We also stress to customers that we can hold much tighter tolerances than they may realize," Adamski adds, "so they might not need to order coils with an extra inch of width, which just turns into scrap. Instead, an extra half inch might suffice. This type of cooperation results in significant cost savings." MF
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are circulating againthat Apple has bought an Israeli company called PrimeSense for $US345 million and will announce the deal in the coming weeks.
The news comes from Israeli financial news site Calcalist.
PrimeSense makes 3D sensors that allow you to control computers and other devices by waving your hands around.
Calcalist reports that the deal was supposed to be signed and announced at the beginning of the month, but got bogged down by legal issues with some of PrimeSense's developer partners. It's unclear who those partners are, but PrimeSense is the technology that originally powered Microsoft Kinect. However, Microsoft has also been developing all kinds of 3D gesture tech of its own via its massive R&D labs. Plus, in 2011, it bought a competitor to PrimeSense called Canesta.
PrimeSense sent Business Insider a statement that is somewhat of a denial, calliing the deal is a recycled rumour.
"PrimeSense is the leading 3D technology in the market. We are focused on building a prosperous company while bringing 3D sensing and Natural Interaction to the mass market in a variety of markets such as interactive living room and mobile devices. We do not comment on what any of our partners, customers or potential customers are doing and we do not relate to rumours or recycled rumours."
That's because this is the second time this year that rumours circulated that Apple had bought PrimeSense. Calcalist reported back in July that a deal valued between $US280 million and $US300 million was about to close. It said the company had several suitors including Apple, Samsung and Sony.
So we'll see if the deal actually materialises this time and is acknowledged by the companies.
Apple reportedly wants PrimeSense for its living TV interface products but 9to5Mac points out that Apple also has patents on its own 3D gesture tech.
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Empirical Analysis of Wind Power Potential at Multiple Heights for North Dakota Wind Observation Sites
Wind speed is the most critical factor that determines wind power potential and generation. In this paper, the wind speed data of multiple years from various observation sites in North Dakota, U.S. was analyzed to assess the wind power potential. The study first applied probability density functions (PDFs) to characterize the wind speed data and fit the distributions at various heights for each observation site. The fitted distributions were then used to estimate the wind power potential based on the theoretical cubic power relationship between energy potential and wind speed. Due to the complexity of functions, the numerical integration approach was employed. The following major findings were obtained from this empirical study: (1) Weibull distribution is not always the best function to fit wind speed data, while gamma and lognormal distributions produce better fitting in many occasions; (2) For different height levels at one observation site, the best performing distributions may be different; (3) The estimation accuracies of wind energy potential based on the fitted wind speed distributions range from -4% to 3.8%; (4) The rank of energy potential estimation accuracies is not always consistent with that of goodness-of-fit for wind speed distributions. In addition, a simplified approach that only relies on the hourly mean wind speed to estimate wind power potential is evaluated. Based on the theoretical cubic relationship for wind power estimation, it was found that the simplified approach may provide significantly lower estimates of wind power potential by 42-54%. As such, this approach will become more practical if this amount of difference is to be compensated.
Key words: Wind speed; Distribution; Goodness-of-fit; Wind power potential; North Dakota
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NEWARK (AP) - A northern New Jersey woman has been convicted of killing her 88-year-old neighbor.
An Essex County jury on Wednesday found 46-year-old Yvonne Walker of Irvington guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Casetta Blunt.
Walk also was convicted of two weapons offenses and also a theft charge for stealing jewelry from Blunt.
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Larry Hagman, the North Texas native who played the conniving and mischievous J.R. Ewing on the TV show Dallas, died Friday at a Dallas hospital. He was 81.
Mr. Hagman died at 4:20 p.m. Friday at Medical City Dallas Hospital from complications of his recent battle with cancer, members of his family said.
"Larry was back in his beloved Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved most," the family said in a statement. "Larry's family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday. When he passed, he was surrounded by loved ones. It was a peaceful passing, just as he had wished for. The family requests privacy at this time."
The iconic role of J.R. Ewing metamorphosed Mr. Hagman's life. He rocketed from being a merely well-known TV actor on I Dream of Jeannie and the son of Broadway legend Mary Martin, to the kind of transnational fame known only by the likes of the Beatles and Muhammad Ali.
Mr. Hagman made his home in California with his wife of nearly 60 years, the former Maj Axelsson. Despite obvious physical frailty, he gamely returned to Dallas to film season one of TNT's Dallas reboot and part of season two.
Linda Gray's agent, Jeffrey Lane, said the actress was at Mr. Hagman's bedside when he died, according to The Sun in London. He said another co-star, Patrick Duffy, was also present. "They had been friends for 35 years and they had worked together for many years, so obviously it is devastating," Mr. Lane told The Sun.


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All this week, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is showing off big video games. To honour this special (marketing) event, the show has put together a new intro that'll only run this week.
Isn't it great? I like the existing intro, but they should keep this one, run it every night. Chiptunes and all.
Every night this week the show will be hosting demonstrations of some of 2011's (and 2012's) biggest games. Already we've had Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War, with games like Uncharted 3 to come.
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I'm not saying that TNT's new show Perception is necessarily going to be bad, but it's got a ways to go before it's as cool as its interactive dot-matrix advertisement.
The ad, which is on the street in New York, was created by the tech firm Breakfast. In the above ad about the ad (yes, they have those!), you can see people in New York toying around with the sign, which responds to their presence in all manner of nifty ways. (It's something like that cool V Motion Project music video for Kinect that recently aired, only with word puzzles.)
My favorite part, however, is when Breakfast creative director Andrew Zolty describes the show's main character Dr. Pierce as having "the ability to solve anagrams." At which point we snap to a clip of the show, where Dr. Pierce dramatically voice-overs:
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From the beginning, Tchibo Coffee Service has stood for top quality coffee and our customers have always associated us with extraordinary coffee expertise – a brand they can trust.
"The partnership with Tchibo has many more elements to it than a traditional customer / supplier arrangement; it is a true partnership with joint synergies and a shared vision. With over 1.3 million cups of coffee a year served within our business this demonstrates Tchibo's ability to provide the right equipment, product and training for the different aspects of our coffee service. Long may the partnership continue."
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"A key element of our excellent service to our guests at De Vere Venues is our coffee offer. Our partnership with Tchibo provides us with fast and efficient equipment suitable for self service by our guests and a quality, branded and ethically sourced coffee. Our guests drink over 5 million cups of coffee a year and I believe this is a good testament in itself".
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DU hockey coach Gwozdecky taking questions for "Fan Mail"
If you are looking for a coach with star-spangled credentials, a rich history and deep local roots, the search takes you to University of Denver hockey coach George Gwozdecky.
Hard to believe, but he's in his 17th season as the Pioneers' head coach. Since Gwozdecky's arrival at DU in 1994, the Pioneers have won two NCAA national championships, three WCHA regular-season titles and four WCHA playoff titles.
Entering this season, Gwozdecky's DU teams are a combined 373-227-50 (.612), but this season presents a steep slope. As Denver Post beat writer Mike Chambers wrote in his season preview, the challenge for the 2010-11 Pioneers: Replace 132 points of offense and some of the best goaltending in the program's 61-year history off a team that began and finished the regular season ranked No. 1.
No doubt it's going to be an interesting season. But the coach is taking time off the ice to answers fans' questions in the next installment of The Denver Post's "Fan Mail."
If you have a question for Gwozdecky, please email it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Questions will be accepted through Wednesday.


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Twinstar Guesthouse and Observatory is a unique accommodation featuring an astronomical observatory near Girraween National Park. It is a great base for stargazers, astro-photographers and nature-lovers.
A free guided "Night Sky Tour" is conducted from a private 4.5 metre observatory every night from 8.30pm (weather permitting). The tour introduces guests to star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, planets and the moon under dark rural skies with a large 46 centimetre reflecting telescope. The tour takes only maximum six people, allowing a plenty of viewing time for each person.
The Guesthouse has three en suite guest rooms with its own entrance off the veranda. Each room has an air-conditioning, a queen bed and a free Wi-fi. Continental breakfast is available and placed in room on the day before. Optional home-cooked dinner is delivered to room at 7pm. A 24-hour advance booking is required for breakfast and dinner.
Located on the New England Highway in Ballandean, 15 minutes drive from Stanthorpe and 40 minutes from Tenterfield, Twinstar Guesthouse and Observatory is an ideal place to stay on the Granite Belt; a famous wine producing region in Queensland. A number of local wineries and orchards are found within short distances.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Carl Frampton has vowed to bring his WBA Featherweight World title back to Belfast.
Tonight the WBA champion will, for the second time in seven months, face Leo Santa Cruz for the belt in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas after taking the title away from the Mexican in New York last July.
That toe-to-toe encounter was a 'Fight of the Year' contender as both gave it their all for 12 rounds at the Barclay Centre in Brooklyn.
Frampton got the decision that night and he is determined to bring the belt home with him from the Nevada desert.
"There is no doubt in my mind the belt is coming back with me," he said. "I have trained so hard and sacrificed so much to get here, I am not letting this belt go.
"Thousands have also travelled over to watch the fight and I can't let them down. I really appreciate their support.
"2016 was a huge year for me and I want 2017 to be as good, or even better, but to do that I have to beat Santa Cruz and I will do that," he added.
Frampton says he has a huge amount of respect for his Mexican rival.
"He is a three-weight World champion, a tough guy and a great fighter and this will be a very tough fight, like the first one.
"But I made loads of mistakes in the first fight and if I cut those out I believe I will win more convincingly. I have been knocking guys out in sparring and I feel very strong at this weight.
"If the knock-out comes great - but if it doesn't I am ready for 12 hard rounds."
There has been talk of a huge fight at Windsor Park in the summer against IBF World champ Lee Selby - who also defends his title in Vegas tonight - but Frampton says he is focused on the job at hand.
"Selby at Windsor would be great but we both have to win in Vegas. At this moment in time I am totally focused on Santa Cruz. I have to do a good job against him, defend my title and then we will see what is next," he added.


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Just when it felt like these walls weren't so close, and the grip of what held me tight was close enough for my escape. I fell again, and where were you my crutch, my need, my everything. There's not a question of sincerity, but a question of what used to be. And for right now, I'm moving in the only way I know how. And that's what I have to do. An escape may never be, but I must try.. To be seen.. Once more I'm sorry for all that's been lost - promises broken.. I'm slipping away


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Confessions of a Risk Taker
Vision and optimism drive indie filmmaker Marlene Rhein '92. By Brenna Fitzgerald
A career in filmmaking can be rocky. The key is to turn the bumps into benefits and the ruts into revelations.
That's exactly how cinema and photography alumna Marlene Rhein has negotiated writing and directing films, from her early days at Ithaca College to the screening of her first feature film, The Big Shot-Caller, in New York City in May 2009.
"It's this crazy up-and-down thing," says Marlene with a tone of affection and jest for a medium and an industry that excites as much as it incites.
After graduation, Marlene left Ithaca College with every young filmmaker's ambition to make it in Hollywood. Drawn to characters who find inner strength during times of adversity, she wants her stories to "alleviate people of their sense of loneliness and isolation" and "inspire and uplift." She does this by creating realistically flawed characters whom viewers can identify with. However, after accumulating a "huge" credit card debt shooting films, she discovered how difficult it is to get studios to back a less mainstream, less action-packed project.
"Everyone is so risk-averse," she explains. "To get a movie made without some kind of high-concept, low-intelligence, star-driven thing is so hard. The independent route is the only way to really get your stuff out there the way you want to tell it."
Leaving the big-budget movie scene to try her hand as an independent filmmaker in New York City, Marlene started writing scripts by day and waitressing by night.
"There is nothing more exhilarating and amazing than sitting in a cafe, which I do a lot, and writing in a notebook. I handwrite every-thing — I am super old-school," she says. "You write something that makes your heart so full, and you think, wow, if I could just reach people with this story."
That's how she wrote her first feature-length screenplay — a character-driven story, loosely based on her brother, about a social misfit with low self-esteem whose passion for salsa dancing and determination to succeed at it rekindles his confidence and begins to transform his life. With some creative collaboration and relentless fund-raising, Marlene began shooting The Big Shot-Caller.
"When you're on set and 30 people are there making the vision that you wrote in a corner of Starbucks happen, that is why I do it," Marlene says. "The reason I go through hell is to get those moments."
Another reason she does it: watching a packed audience stand in cheering ovation, as they did when her film premiered at the 2008 Sedona Film Festival. "I can't tell you the high, the electricity you feel when 200 people are sitting in an audience really affected by your film," she says. "It was so amazing."
After opening in New York in May 2009, The Big Shot-Caller landed a mixed review by the New York Times and made it into the Netflix library, garnering a three-plus rating.
"If you're a sensitive person going through this for the first time, and you don't have thick skin, it will almost debilitate you," Marlene says about dealing with criticism. "You doubt yourself so much. With every rejection letter or every distributor that doesn't return your call you feel like, 'Is it me? Is it my film?'
"The only answer I've come up with is to reconnect to your love of creativity, not what you think people are going to think about your work, not to impress critics, not to impress anyone. And, to remember it's an inside job. Is this story successful in your heart? If it is, then it's a success. That's what gives me the motivation to write the next script."


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A.I.G. employees are not the only ones seeking protection: An executive at Merrill Lynch, where bonuses have also come under fire, said that some employees had asked whether the firm would cover the cost of private security for them.
Scott Silvestri, a spokesman for Bank of America, which bought Merrill in December, would not respond to that claim, but said in a statement, "The safety and security of our associates is paramount, and we will always take the appropriate steps.â€
AOptix Technologies Inc., a Campbell, Calif.-based developer of iris recognition systems and ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, has raised $12.9 million in Series D funding. Northgate Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Clearstone Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, W Capital Partners and Lehman Brothers. The company has now raised over $60 million in total VC funding.
While Gov. Rick Perry's Office of Emergency Management had "generally" ensured that more than $79 million spent between September 2005 and November 2008 was effectively used to combat border crime, the State Auditor's Office found a handful of examples of squad cars, helicopters and other resources that never made it to Texas' southern frontier.
While the ACLU report primarily focused on the activities of border police and sheriff's departments, the auditor's review analyzed spending within the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Governor's Division of Emergency Management, which together received approximately $142.3 million in state and federal funds between the 2006 and 2009 fiscal years.
To date, the agencies have spent just over half of that money, primarily on salaries, equipment and third-party contracts, the auditor's office found.
Those purchases included:
>> A total of 105 new DPS squad cars that were spread across the state rather than along the border. The department sent 106 used cars to border counties.
>> A $7.4 million helicopter that has since been stationed in Austin. DPS redeployed an old helicopter to Laredo.
>> Five new commissioned officers in the DPS Aircraft Division who were assigned to duty stations outside of the state's six border operational sectors.
The department also failed to establish a planned $1 million Rio Grande Valley Border Security and Technology Training Center slated for Hidalgo County, citing insufficient funds, the audit states.
"The (audit) recommendation indicates that resources should be placed in the most critical areas of the border," DPS management said in its response to the report. "We note that the criticality of various areas of the border varies because of a constantly changing threat."
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OPEN BOX : Tokidoki Unicorno S6 : Fuego
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Original price £12.85
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We absolutely love the work of Simone Legno (aka Tokidoki) so when we heard that he was working on a new Moofia series featuring a series of mini juice cartons each containing an adorable mini bestie collectable figure, we just had to include these in our dinky store :) And as always, to offer our customers the chance to complete a collection or simply purchase a favourite character, we have carefully opened the package of serval boxes (including this one) to to discover who is hiding inside.
- Recommended age is 15yrs and above
- Packaging opened for identification purposes only
- All original packaging and accessories (where applicable) included
- Originally packaged as a case of 24 blind boxes
- Approximate figure height = 75mm (3 inches)
- Approximate weight (including box) = 90g
- Semi poseable figure with some small parts
- Original release date: Oct 2017
- Ready to send from our UK hands to YOUR UK billing address
- Designed for display, not play (i.e. this goodie is NOT a toy)
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Available in vibrant colours or pure black, this taffeta corolla maxi skirt has a fashion-forward, contemporary feel. Team it with a matching blouse for a party-ready dress effect or with a sweater for a more relaxed vibe. Elasticated waist, inset pockets, unlined.
Product name: PARLATO
Product code: 9104029603002
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Rangers traded exiled forward Wojtek Wolski to the Florida Panthers for minor league defenseman Michael Vernace and a third-round pick in the 2013 draft.
The deal was completed Saturday, two days before the NHL trade deadline.
Wolski has been a disappointment since being acquired by New York from Phoenix for popular defenseman Michal Rozsival on Jan. 10, 2011. The 26-year-old left winger played in only nine games for the Rangers this season, posting no goals and three assists.
He missed 27 games between Nov. 5-Jan. 5 because of sports hernia surgery and managed to get into the New York lineup for only three games since recovering. Wolski's final game with the Rangers was Jan. 15 at Montreal.
Vernace has skated in 348 career AHL games with Albany, Lake Erie, Chicago, Hamilton, Norfolk, and San Antonio, posting 18 goals and 97 assists. He was chosen by San Jose in the seventh round of the 2004 draft.


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A few weeks ago I was killing time between flights at big box-y retailer who shall remain nameless, and though I'd originally ventured inside to purchase a car charger for my phone, I ended up dropping $16.98 on the new Judas Priest double CD 'Nostradamus'. The cover sticker claimed there was a coupon good for a free general admission ticket to see Priest, Dio-fronting-Sabbath, Motorhead and Testament, and I figured even if the concept album was just as rotten as I suspected, this was still a good deal.
WRONG WRONG WRONG. As it turned out, Mr.-Has-No-Loyalty-To-Indie-Retail got karmic payback up the rear when he failed to read the fine print — "WHILE SUPPLIES LAST", etc. No free Priest ticket. One $16.98 pair of ugly coasters. Let this be a lesson to you all — if you're gonna buy terrible records, the least you can do is buy them from a record store and not some fucking refrigerator warehouse.
With that intense experience behind me, I was pleased to read the following interview with Judas Priest's Rob Halford, as conducted by the LA Weekly's Skylaire Alfvegren.
L.A. WEEKLY:Rob, how are you?
ROB HALFORD:I'm fine. Did you survive the earthquake?
I was in Northern California at a UFO convention.
Oh, for the band?
No, not the band.
The things in the sky?
The things in the sky.
Well, I've got some stories to tell you. I've had one or two encounters in England, not close encounters, but things that have totally freaked me out. It absolutely fascinates me. I think maybe just because it's an artistic thing. People that are in tune with their emotions and creativity, I think that a lot of us are prone to that almost sixth-sense phenomenon. Having said that, people from all walks of life see those things in the sky, you know. But I think it's something very bizarre and it's been with humanity forever.
Ezekiel's Wheel, Zoroaster, heck, Muhammad, the Dogon tribe … I'm curious. Do you feel certain camaraderie with Nostradamus because he was basically exiled, somewhat like heavy metal, and ultimately triumphed when he gained the patronage of Catherine de Medici and wrote the quatrains?
Yeah! Thank you for picking up on that! You're one of the few journalists that has. But that was one of the appealing parts of the man's character. You know, in metal, we talk about rejection, and running up against people that attack us. That's exactly what that guy went through. He was looked upon as a bit of a freak, and he had this gift, this uncanny ability to have these visions and prophecies, and he was looked upon as being someone — at least by the Catholic Church — dabbling in the black arts.
I definitely see a parallel between your music and the man's life.
Oh, but it was a terrible time to live, the 16th century, to a certain extent. There were still remnants of the Inquisition going on, which was hideous. He dealt with all that, and we thought, man, this guy led a bit of a metal life with some of those emotional elements, but he stood up for himself and he was triumphant in the end, and that's just a great story.


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This is all the highest end equipment, offering you the best possible solution for your complete off grid set-up. With 3 SMA Sunny Islands for 3 phase and 12Kw of panels will give you large charging capacity during the day. This is suitable for a large off grid house, farm or workshop. If you are a long way from a grid connection this is probablly much cheaper than getting connected to the grid, and then you will have no bills to pay for using it! With this system you can register for the FIT tarriff if installed by a registered MCS installer.
Designed for rough ambient conditions for stand alone or grid back up operation. Rated to give a power output of 3.0kW or 4.4kW for 30 min.
IP54 protection to allow outdoor installation if required.
High efficiency (>95%);
Low standby & idle consumption (25W/4W);
Operating temperature range of -25 to +60 deg C.
OptiCool system ensures high power in high temperatures by cooling the encapsulated transformer but keeping air ventilation away from coated circuit boards & electronics to ensure high protection for humid or salty atmospheres.
Inverters are used with the Sunny Island Remote Control which gives a single point of operation. One Remote Control is required per cluster of up to three inverters and includes integrated MMC/SD memory card reader to enable updates, transferring of parameter settings, for storing error/events lists, or data logging.
In single-phase systems only one SI3.0M-11 or SI4.4M-11 can be used. Three-phase systems can be achieved using a cluster of three SI3.0M-11 or SI4.4M-11 inverters, multi-cluster systems are not possible with these inverters.
For larger single-phase or multi-cluster 3-phase systems please see the Sunny Island 6.0H/8.0H
310W JA Solar Panels Mono Percium - All Black
Percium Cell
The latest in mono cell technology with passivated backside, local BSF and 4 Bus Bars from worldwide PV Cell leaders - JA Solar
First to reach >20.6% average cell efficiency in mass production
More Power Per m²
JA higher efficiency module type specially designed for UK rooftop market.
Maximise the kWp installation on the roof
Homogeneous Black Mono cells.
Black Frame for anti-glare and pleasing appearance.
Lower System Cost
Reduced installation and BOS cost
Excellent Low-light Performance
Enhanced spectral response at longer wavelength boosts low-light performance, which can produce more than 1% additional power compared with conventional module at system side.
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Passed "3xMCS" TÜV SÜD Thresher Long life Accelerated Stress Tests.
Full range of PID-resistance tests
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Full set of long-term reliability tests
Manufacturing inspected and certified by leading institutes such as PI-Berlin, Franhoeffer, Sgurr, OST and Solar-IF
100% in-house automatic manufacturing
2X 100% EL inspection ensuring defect-free production
Over 500MWp of JA Solar panels installed in the UK. 10GWp Worldwide.
Other Features
Positive power tolerance: -0~+5W
Modules binned by current to improve system performance
Excellent mechanical load resistance: Certified to withstand high wind loads (2400Pa) and snow loads (5400Pa)
Use with Tracer MPPT's - for a single panel on a 12V system you can use a 30A MPPT with this panel.
This listing is for 1 panel, simply select how many you need in the quantity. There is NO MINIMIUM Order.
NEW 1000ah c20 (840 ah c5)
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Charge Voltage Settings
Bulk/Absorb 2.40v per cell
Float 2.23v per cell
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Sunny TriPower - STP10000TL-20
3 phase 10Kw grid inverter
Perfectly suited to the design of the traditional residential PV system up to the higher power outage range. After all, with the addition of the new 10 kVA and 12 kVA* versions to the portfolio, the Sunny Tripower product range covers a broad spectrum of applications. Users benefit from numerous tried-and-tested product features. Highly flexible with its proven Optiflex technology and asymmetrical multistring, it delivers maximum yields with a top efficiency rating and OptiTrac Global Peak. In addition to Bluetooth communication, it also comes standard with a direct Sunny Portal connection via SMA Webconnect. Other standard features include integrated grid management functions, reactive power supply and suitability for operation with a 30 mA RCD. In summary, when it comes to system design in the 5 to 12 kW power classes, the Sunny Tripower is the optimum product solution – for applications ranging from use in your own home and larger PV rooftop systems to implementation of smaller-scale PV farms.
Maximum efficiency of 98%
Shade management with OptiTrac Global Peak
Active temperature management with OptiCool
DC input voltage of up to 1,000 V
Integrated grid management functions
Reactive power supply
Module-tailored system design with Optiflex
SMA Webconnect
Sunny Portal communication
Bluetooth® communication
Simple country configuration
Multifunction relay comes standard
Three-phase feed-in
Cable connection without tools
SUNCLIX DC plug-in system
Integrated ESS DC switch-disconnector
Easy wall mounting
6mm Solar Cable - Price is per meter simply select the quantity as the number of meters you want.
Double Insulated UV protected solar cable
Max load: 50A
300A Battery isolator switch, 900A for 30 secs, 48 Volt, M10
300 Ampere continuous rating.
35mm Cable - Use for connecting Batteries to Inverter M8 - M10 (M8 one end M10 on the other end)
You will need 2 cables, 1 for Positive and 1 for Negative
If you need a longer cable please let us know.
Battery Inter-connecting Cable - 35mm cable with M10 - M10 Lugs (M10 on both ends)
Made up to size for you for connecting your batteries together.
MC4 Solar Connector - Price is per MC4 pair simply select the quantity as the number of MC4 pairs you want.
These are the standard connectors used on most solar panels.
TUV certified, brand new, water /weather proof rubber seal that can ensure excellent electrical contact for life time service.
The metal pin is made from high quality machined copper and sealed tip (compare to the cheap sheet metal pin) that can ensure excellent electrical contact for life time service.
Build in press tabs for easy disconnect, no tool is needed. 25A max load.
Wires should be crimped or soldered into the pins and care should be taken to get the correct pin into the correct connector. Once the pin is pushed into the connector it is difficult to remove without the correct tooling.
MC4 Main Technical Specification:
Maximum Current: 25A
Maximum voltage: 1000V
Contact resistance:≤5mmΩ
Maximum operating humidity: 5% -95% (No condensation)
Temperature: -40 ℃ ~ +90 ℃
Waterproof Grade: IP67
Flame class: UL94-V0
Connecting cable specifications: 2.5mm2 4mm2 6mm2
Test voltage: 6.6KV (50Hz, 1min)
Metal materials: nickel copper
Insulation material: PA12 * 1988HB
Lock mode: Self-locking
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Withdrawal force:≥50N
MC4 Features:
Shell has a strong anti-aging, anti- UV capability; found in outdoor use under harsh environment requirements; according to different needs can be arbitrary and used in conjunction with a variety of cell junction box; all connections are using press-fit connection;


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1. Great progress on receiver chemistry
2. Continued support from all over
3. The trickle of New55 FILM that has produced awesome photographs by contributors.
4. Volunteers and interns
5. That we are NOT freaking out about dust particles over Thanksgiving
4x5 photogs have a lot of dust to contend with. So it is with amusement that I see many newbie D600 owners' hysteria - over dust. Now, I understand that products should be clean when shipped. Yes they should. Notwithstanding the obvious, it is about as hard as tying your shoe to clean your sensor and like the shoe, it is something that has to be done from time to time. If you wear your shoes.
|Ever see one of these? They do get dirty
It makes me glad my main camera is still a Speed Graphic! (which has a lot of dust too)


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Facebook Developer Toolkit
Do you have a Facebook account and want to do more with it? Start creating cool, fun Windows applications and Web sites with the Facebook Developer Toolkit. This toolkit offers you a huge amount of easy-to-use components and controls, plus ready-to-run samples and detailed documentation to get you started. With Visual Studio Express Editions and the Facebook Developer Toolkit, you'll have the tools you need to get going today!
The Facebook Developer Toolkit is a full complement of components, controls and samples for developing applications using the Facebook Platform. The kit also includes Visual C# and Visual Basic wrappers for the Facebook API to make application development simple, fun and quick. You can use the Facebook Developer Toolkit to build applications using Windows Forms, ASP.NET or WPF. You can even use the toolkit to take advantage of LINQ.
See How Easy It Is
Explore the QuickStarts to see just how easy it is to develop using the Facebook Developer Toolkit and Visual Studio Express Editions. Watch the walkthrough videos to see how easy it is to build Facebook-enabled applications. You can have an application or website up and running in only a few minutes.
The Facebook Development Toolkit allows you to create applications that you can share with your Facebook friends. Download the toolkit today!
Want to see the Facebook Developer Toolkit in action? Download this sample application that uses the Facebook Developer Toolkit to build a dynamic screensaver with Visual C# Express Edition.
Explore the Facebook Developer Toolkit wiki for more details on the toolkit.