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Abstract: Abstract. This paper advances a micro theory of creative action by examining how distinctive artists shield their idiosyncratic styles from the isomorphic pressures of a field. It draws on the cases of three internationally recognized, distinctive European film directors - Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), Nanni Moretti (Italy) and Lars von Trier (Denmark). We argue that in a cinema field, artistic pressures for distinctiveness along with business pressures for profits drive filmmakers' quest for optimal distinctiveness. This quest seeks both exclusive, unique style and inclusive, audience-appealing artwork with legitimacy in the field. Our theory of creative action for optimal distinctiveness suggests that film directors increase their control by personally consolidating artistic and production roles, by forming close partnership with committed producer, and by establishing own production company. Ironically, to escape the iron cage of local cinema fields, film directors increasingly control the coupling of art and business, hence forging their own "iron cage". "[T]he unusual and paradoxical place that Pedro [Almodóvar] has been able to find: we are within the industry but we preserve our peculiarity." (Agustín Almodóvar, 2001). Optimal distinctiveness: "social identity is viewed as reconciliation of opposing needs for assimilation and differentiation from others." (Marilynn Brewer, 1991). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6672
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BICSI Canadian Conference, May 2-5th at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The FOTC will present a pre-conference seminar on Monday, May 2nd from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Rodney Casteel, RCDD, DCDC, NTS, OSP - CommScope - Claremont, North Carolina, USA
Lylette Macdonald, RCDD - Legrand - New London, Connecticut, USA
Dr. Paul Neveux Jr., Ph.D. - Superior Essex - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Robert Reid - Panduit Corporation - Tinley Park, Illinois, USA
Adrian Young - Fluke Networks - Everett, Washington, USA
3 CECs
This seminar will cover best practices for building and commissioning high speed fiber based links in the data center, highlighting the differences between traditional methods and new array connector methods (MPO/MTP). Effective planning and specification (polarity, gender, loss budget, etc.) of parallel optics cabling for complex Data Center channels and a detailed discussion of polarity and gender issues that arise in link testing will be discussed.

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Download of the Day: Pidgin 2.8.0
IM all your friends in one place.
Our Download of the Day today is Pidgin 2.8.0.
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.
Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.
Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.
Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows.
The latest version includes the following changes:
Changes in Version 2.8.0
* General:
- Implement simple silence suppression for voice calls, preventing wasted bandwidth for silent periods during a call.
- Added the DigiCert? High Assurance CA-3 intermediate CA, needed for validation of the Facebook XMPP interface's certificate.
- Removed the QQ protocol plugin. It hasn't worked in a long time and isn't being maintained, therefore we no longer want it.
* Pidgin:
- Duplicate code cleanup.
- Voice/Video call window adapts correctly to adding or removing streams on the fly.
- Don't cancel an ongoing call when rejecting the addition of a stream to the existing call.
- Pidgin plugins can now override tab completion and detect clicks on usernames in the chat userlist.
- Fix the tooltip being destroyed when it is full of information and cover the mouse
* libpurple:
- media: Allow obtaining active local and remote candidates.
- media: Allow getting/setting video capabilities.
- Simple Silence Suppression is optional per-account.
- Fix purple-url-handler being unable to find an account.
- media: Allow adding/removing streams on the fly.
- Support new connection states in NetworkManager 0.9.
- When removing a buddy, delete the pounces associated with it.
- media: Allow libpurple and plugins to set SDES properties for RTP conferences.
- proxy: Add new "Tor/Privacy" proxy type that can be used to restrict operations that could leak potentially sensitive data (e.g. DNS queries).
- media: Add support for using TCP relaying with TURN (will only work with libnice 0.1.0 and later).
- Fix setting icons with dimensions greater than 64x64 pixels by scaling them down to at most 64x64.
* Gadu-Gadu:
- Allow showing your status only to buddies.
- Updated internal libgadu to version 1.10.1.
- Updated internal libgadu to version 1.11.0.
- Suppress blank messages that happen when receiving inline images.
- Fix sending inline images to remote users, don't crash when trying to send large (> 256kB) images.
- Support typing notifications.
- Require libgadu 1.11.0 to avoid using internal libgadu.
- Optional SSL connection support for GNUTLS users (not on Windows yet!).
- Don't count received messages or statuses when determining whether to send a keepalive packet.
- Fix a crash when receiving images on Windows or an incorrect timestamp in the log when receiving images on Linux.
- Support XML events, resulting in immediate update of other users' buddy icons.
- Accept poorly formatted URLs from other third-party clients in the same manner as the official client.
- Fix setting icons with dimensions greater than 64x64 pixels by scaling them down to at most 64x64.
- Fix unsetting your mood when "None" is selected.
- Ignore Daylight Saving Time when performing calculations related to birthdays.
- It is now possible to specify multiple encodings on the Advanced tab of an ICQ account's settings by using a comma-delimited list.
- Add "authserv" service command.
- Fix a hard-to-exploit crash in the MSN protocol when using the HTTP connection method.
* MXit:
- Support for an Invite Message when adding a buddy.
- Fixed bug in splitting-up of messages that contain a lot of links.
- Fixed crash caused by timer not being disabled on disconnect. (introduced in 2.7.11)
- Clearing of the conversation window now works.
- When receiving an invite you can display the sender's profile information, avatar image, invite message.
- The Change PIN option was moved into separate action.
- New profile attributes added and shown.
- Update to protocol v6.3.
- Added the ability to view and invite your Suggested Friends, and to search for contacts.
- Also display the Status Message of offline contacts in their profile information.
- Remember the previously entered user directory when searching.
- Correctly handle a buddy's unsetting his/her vCard-based avatar.
- Squash one more situation that resulted in duplicate entries in the roster (this one where the server reports the buddy as being in the same (empty) group.
* Plugins:
- The Voice/Video Settings plugin now includes the ability to test microphone settings.
- Fix a crash when handling some saved settings in the Voice/Video Settings plugin.
* Windows-Specific Changes:
- Fix building libpurple with Visual C++ .NET 2005. This was accidentally broken in 2.7.11.
- Build internal libgadu using packed structs, fixing several long-standing Gadu-Gadu issues.
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Hi Sandra,
Yes, I think there are only 4 of us with similar aged kids here, and two of you are from Ireland!
We've seen some of Sean's videos on Youtube - keep up the good work! We might post some of Lochan doing his Project Walk / Walk On exercise, just to keep you guys inspired too!
Hi Gordy1
There are so few parents on young kids with SCI on Carecure, I find we can good source of info for each other. Sorry about your son. Sean was injured at 4 in 2006
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ALBANY, N.Y., July 18 (UPI) -- New Yorkers whose employers don't provide health insurance but buy individual plans can expect to pay at least 50 percent less next year, state officials say.
New York insurance regulators said beginning in October, individuals in New York City who can pay as much as $1,000 a month or more for individual coverage would be able to shop for health insurance plans for as little as $308 a month, The New York Times reported.
However, those with lower incomes who buy individual plans will qualify for federal subsidies, so their cost would be even lower.
The healthcare insurance plans -- platinum, gold, silver and bronze -- offered on the exchanges -- renamed marketplaces -- all must meet certain basic requirements from the Affordable Care Act.
An individual with an annual income of $17,000 would pay about $55 a month for a silver plan, while a person with a $20,000 yearly income would pay about $85 a month for a silver plan and someone earning $25,000 would pay about $145 a month for the same plan, state regulators said.
The overwhelming majority of New Yorkers who receive healthcare insurance from their employers will not be affected by these new premium rates, but the savings will affect the 17,000 New Yorkers who currently buy insurance on their own and the 2.6 million uninsured -- mostly young and healthy -- in New York state.
About three-quarters of those currently uninsured in New York would be eligible for the federal subsidies, state regulators said. New York state individual healthcare premiums have long been among the highest in the nation.
"If there was any state that the Affordable Care Act could bring health insurance rates down, it was New York," Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University who tracks the federal law, told the Times.
The rates for small businesses in New York are considerably lower than for individuals; therefore, they will not fall as much, but small businesses will be eligible for tax credits, and the exchanges will make it easier for them to select a plan, state regulators said.


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.... is to get serious and environmentally engaged journalists interested in the plight of these endangered creatures. Professional writers are the ones who can make a difference by informing and educating their readers.
They need good PR professionals, badly!
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Here we have a good example how this can be done: Juliet Eilperin, "Washington Post" reporter, took a bunch of journalists on a shark tagging tour with Neil Hammerschlag of the University of Miami.
Read this one account of the trip, put together by Todd Woody, a "Forbes" editor.
Good job - excellent, far-reaching multiplier effect!
And dig this: A very well researched new book on sharks written by Juliet Eilperin. Highly readable, highly recommended!


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Maria Fernanda de Almeida Prado e Silva
São Paulo, Brazil
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Prior Education:
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Bachelor of Laws (2000 - 2004)
What I Did Before Law School:
Before the LLM I worked as a corporate lawyer in a law firm in São Paulo and New York.
Why I Chose Penn Law:
I chose Penn Law because of its tradition and reputation as an Ivy League School and the recognized quality of its LLM program. I also heard great things about the LLM program and the friendly environment of Penn Law from previous LLM students.
My Best Experience at Penn Law:
Probably the time I have been spending with my fellow LLMs getting to know their different backgrounds and experiences.
Professor Who Influenced Me Most:
Professor Michael Wachter who has made the Socratic method not as scary to an LLM student as it may seem and encouraged us all to step out our comfort zone and actively participate in class taking the best advantage of this new learning environment.
My Favorite Course:
We are still in the fall semester, but until now my favorite course is Corporations with Professor Wachter. This course has been fostering my legal thinking and giving me a broader perspective of corporate law.
My Favorite Philadelphia Moment:
The Schuylkill River Trail in a sunny day is perfect for jogging while enjoying nice views of the Philadelphia skyline, the art museum and the boathouses.
What I'm Most Proud Of:
Taking one year off from work to go back to school and take the LLM It is really an enriching experience, not only academically but also culturally. I met the most amazing people here that are making the LLM an unforgettable experience.
My Extracurricular Activities at Penn Law:
Penn Soccer
Latin America Law Student Association
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus:
The Levy Park in the middle of the campus and the architecture of the buildings around it are beautiful.


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The International Music Festival of the Adriatic (IMFA) is a summer chamber music festival for strings, piano, voice, and composition. Open to students from any educational institution, as well as young professionals, the program is designed for musicians ages 18 and up.
IMFA participants experience four weeks of collaborative music making in the inspirational setting of Duino, Italy, along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. IMFA's renowned faculty members mentor participants in private lessons, workshops, and coaching sessions. Through master classes with esteemed guest artists and numerous performances, IMFA students deepen their musicianship and technical skills and grow into the artists they aspire to be.
View the program overview for more specific information about the program and areas of study, and visit our tuition page for details regarding tuition and scholarships.
Co-sponsored by Luther College and the United World College of the Adriatic.
An unparalleled international musical experience.
—Ellie Glorioso, Cleveland Institute of Music, cello


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More than a decade of medical-related research by a Tuscaloosa surgeon has led to the start of new biotech company, possibly a new industry in Tuscaloosa and maybe a cure for a painful medical condition.
More than a decade of medical-related research by a Tuscaloosa surgeon has led to the start of new biotech company, possibly a new industry in Tuscaloosa and maybe a cure for a painful medical condition.
Dr. William "Skip" Pridgen has done research on fibromyalgia for about 15 years while working full-time in his surgical practice, Tuscaloosa Surgical Associates PC. His research has led to a possible new drug and treatment that might someday provide a cure for fibromyalgia. It also led to the creation of Innovative Med Concepts, a biotech company that hopes to someday bring the medical discoveries to the marketplace.
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating medical condition with symptoms including widespread pain, fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, mood changes and inability to concentrate.
There are drugs for treating the pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia, but there is no proven cure for the condition.
Pridgen and Carol Duffy, who has a doctorate in virology and is an assistant professor in biological sciences at the University of Alabama, have developed a drug and treatment they believe might cure the problem.
Two trial phases to test their drug and treatment have shown some promising results, said Pridgen, who hopes to soon move to the final phase of testing, a process that could take several years. If the results from that phase prove successful, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could approve the drug and treatment for widespread use in humans.
"We feel we are on the right track and feel this is a real game changer," Pridgen said. "It is a tip of the iceberg. What we are discovering will accomplish so much more" and eventually could leave to other medical breakthrough and treatments.
Pridgen recently brought in Rick Burch as Innovative Med Concepts' president. Pridgen is the company's chief executive officer. Duffy and UA also have an ownership interest in the company.
"Rick is one of most successful executives in the pharmaceutical industry, and finding him and hiring him has helped bring the process further along," Pridgen said.
Burch is a Birmingham native and UA graduate who worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than three decades. He started as a sales representative with Pfizer Inc., one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, and after 31 years there retired as a senior vice president. His career at Pfizer included 17 years at the company's headquarters in New York City, where he helped bring to market more than 30 pharmaceutical products, including the drugs Lipitor, Celebrex, Lyrica, Zoloft, Zithromax, Aricept and Vimpat.
Burch's wife is from Nashville, Tenn., and he said they both wanted to retire in their native South. They chose Tuscaloosa and built a retirement home on Lake Tuscaloosa several years ago.
Burch also serves on the executive committee of UA's business school and is a member of the UA President's Cabinet.
During the past three years, Burch worked as an executive for UCB, a Belgian pharmaceutical and biotech company, spending his weekdays at UCB's U.S. headquarters in Atlanta and driving home to Tuscaloosa on the weekends.
He met Pridgen and Duffy after moving to Tuscaloosa. The two researchers sought his advice and then asked Burch to join their team and help form the new company.
"We were fortunate to find him," Pridgen said.
Burch said the company is in its early stages. He works out of his home and some office space at Pridgen's office.
"To have an actual biotech company here in Tuscaloosa is exciting," Burch said. "It is a first for Tuscaloosa."
Pridgen and Duffy have completed the first two of three test phases that must be successfully completed to bring a new drug to the market, he said.
In Phase 1, the drug was tested on lab animals, Burch said. Phase 2 involved limited tests on fibromyalgia sufferers, with half given the drug and half given a placebo.
Phase 2 results are now coming in.
"We got 90 percent of the results back and they are very positive," Pridgen said. "In the next couple of weeks, we will see all the data."
So far, Pridgen has raised about $5 million for the tests. Additional funds will be needed for Phase 3 and various funding sources will be considered, he said. That could include partnering with another biotech company for funds or seeking financial backing from other investors.
Phase 3 will not be cheap and will take two to three years to complete if the FDA gives the go-ahead, he said. Phase 3 will start with a thorough toxicology study to make sure the higher dosages of the drug that would be given to fibromyalgia patients are safe.
If the FDA is satisfied with the toxicology study results, it would give the OK to begin the testing.
Pridgen got started on his fibromyalgia research while trying to help his patients dealing with pain from irritable bowel syndrome.
He said he discussed the problem with his mother, a biotechnologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. As they talked, they theorized that the pain could be caused by a herpes virus that weakens the immune system.
Pridgen then began reading extensively about the problem and doing more research.
But he said he did not get serious about the research until about 31⁄2 years ago, after accompanying his daughter on a medical mission to Honduras.
His daughter is fluent in Spanish and served as his translator in treating patients, many of whom were in extreme pain brought on by fibromyalgia.
Pridgen said that seeing their suffering convinced him to devote more time to the research. It also meant he began working two jobs — that of a surgeon and that of a medical researcher.
"It was tough on my family and my office personnel," he said.
Many people think the development of new drugs and medical treatments occurs in the research laboratories of large pharmaceutical companies, he said. But in recent years, it has moved to start-up biotech companies like Innovative Med Concepts, he said.
The ultimate goal if the drug succeeds will be to get people suffering the pain caused by fibromyalgia back into the workforce and back to where they can enjoy life, he said.


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Former cop convicted in 1957 murder of 7-year-old Illinois girl
SYCAMORE, Ill. – For most of five decades, it seemed no one would ever be held accountable for the murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl snatched off a small-town street corner as she played.
Now, someone has.
Fifty-five years after Maria Ridulph vanished, her friends and family let out a deafening cheer in court Friday as a judge pronounced a former neighborhood teen -- now a 72-year-old man -- guilty of the kidnapping and murder. It was one of the oldest unsolved crimes in the U.S. to make it to trial.
The roar of approval soon gave way to loud sobs from those who knew the little girl whose body was found after a five-month search that drew national media attention and haunted people across the country. Jack McCullough, who was 17-year-old John Tessier at the time, showed no hint of emotion.
"A weight has been lifted off my shoulders," said Kathy Chapman, 63, who was playing with Maria in the snow on the night of Dec. 3, 1957, before she vanished. "Maria finally has the justice she deserves."
McCullough approached the girls as they played and won Maria's trust by talking about dolls and giving her piggyback rides. At some point after Chapman ran home to grab mittens, authorities say McCullough dragged Maria into an alley, choked her with a wire, then stabbed her in her throat and chest.
The motive? Prosecutors say McCullough was sexually attracted to the second-grader. Even in a police interview in 2011, he recalled seeing Maria around the neighborhood, saying she was as pretty as a "Barbie doll." He wasn't charged with molesting her, however.
McCullough was briefly a suspect, like more than 100 others, in the 1950s, but he had an alibi. He told investigators he had been traveling to Chicago to get a medical exam before joining the Air Force. He settled in Seattle, working as a Washington state police officer.
As the months became years, many Sycamore residents assumed the killer must have been someone passing through town -- perhaps a truck driver.
A deathbed accusation by McCullough's mother in 1994 -- passed on to police by his half-sister in 2008 -- that she knew her son killed the girl led to a chain of events that brought about his conviction.
His mother, Eileen Tessier, had lied to police canvassing the neighborhood in 1957 about her son's whereabouts, buttressing his alibi, prosecutor Julie Trevartchen said Friday.
"She knew what she did and she didn't want to die with that on her conscience," she said.
McCullough's girlfriend in the 1950s also contacted police with evidence calling his alibi into question. She had found his unused train ticket to Chicago for the day Maria disappeared.
The case seemed a long shot.
DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell was taken aback when investigators told him they had a suspect in a 1957 murder. "When they said 1957, I said, you mean 1977? 1997?" he said Friday.
McCullough was arrested on July 1, 2011, in Washington state at a retirement home where he worked as a security guard.
One reason authorities felt confident they had the right suspect was that Maria's friend, Chapman, picked out McCullough as the teen who identified himself as "Johnny" while the girls were playing.
For decades, that day was never far from Chapman's mind. She would scan faces everywhere to see if any of them looked like that man.
"I never stopped looking for Johnny's face," Chapman said Friday.
Public defender Tom McCulloch said no physical evidence tied his client to the crime, and he raised doubts about Chapman's memory.
But Trevartchen said it wasn't surprising she recalled that night with such clarity.
"Little kids remember the really good things that happen and the really bad things," she told the court. "And they remember the face of the man who took their little friend."
Maria vanished at a time when grease-backed hair and automobile tail fins were in. Child abductions, if not unheard of, rarely made headlines.
This one did.
President Dwight Eisenhower even asked to be kept apprised of the search for the girl, which ended when her decomposed body was found 120 miles from her hometown.
The otherwise sleepy town of Sycamore, 60 west of Chicago, would never be the same.
"I had nightmares -- all Sycamore kids did," said Jeanne Taylor, 57, who grew up near the Ridulphs and attended each day of the trial. "From then on, I never trusted strangers."
To conceal the body, prosecutors said, McCullough dragged it through a window at his home, then later loaded it into a car and drove to a wooded area.
"He left her there for animals to feed on her body," prosecutor Victor Escarcida said in his closing.
Maria's brother, Charles Ridulph, described his sister as a sweet, smart, outgoing girl beloved by the entire family. He was relieved by the verdict, though he said the trial had been stressful.
"I feel totally spent, exhausted," he said. "I am not pleased with the new thoughts that I will have (about Maria's death). Some things I wish I did not know."
The half dozen relatives of McCullough at the trial all said they wanted a guilty verdict.
Members of the McCullough and Ridulph families hugged each other after the lanky McCullough was led away in handcuffs. He now faces a possible sentence of life behind bars.
His half-sister Janet Tessier, who told police about her mother's deathbed comments, spoke with her eyes still red from tears.
"He is as evil as prosecutors painted -- and some," she said minutes after the verdict.
At a news conference later where Maria's brother and sister spoke, Tessier asked if she could step up and say something to them -- to apologize her brother wasn't caught decades earlier.
"I'm so sorry," she said, her voice cracking as she looked at the Ridulphs. "I'm so sorry it took so long."


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What I want, is the textareafield to resize with the viewport but maintain a minimim vertical height.
I have set the overflowY on the form to 'auto' to display a vertical scroll bar if the viewport is smaller than the form.
The problem is by the time the vertical scrollbar is displayed the textareafield has already been reduced in height to 0 pixels so you can't read or edit it's contents.
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DragonBall Porn Story: Bulma and Chi-chi – Lesbian sex part 1
Bulma is working and suddenly someone knock on the door. Bulma opens the door and Chi- Chi stands in front of her. Bulma said come in please. Thank you Bulma, how are you?
Im fine how are you Chi chi? Good but excuse me where can i change clothes? Bulma say here in that room at the end of the corridor. In the meantime i continue with my work. Chi chi oke see you soon. Bulma walks away but after 2 minutes she check through the keyhole and this is what see saw: chi chi was completly naked. Here nice body and face made Bulma wet. And she start rubbing her pussy. Chi chi has'nt noticed her and she also rubbing her pussy. 3 minutes later Bulma have a major orgasm. Chi chi say my god Bulma where you watching me? Yes, and like what you saw? It was beatyful just as your body Chi chi. Thank you Bulma, but can i see your body now? i Thought you never asked. And Bulma striped in front of Chi chi. She also have a great body and big tits. Chi chi begon licking buma's pussy and bulma licking chi chi's tits. After 3 minutes she changed role. And the both of them get a huge orgasm. Would you do it again Bulma, yes chi chi but we can do another position like 69. So they lick eachother pussy at the same time.


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Sequestration would slash funding for cancer research
American Cancer Society says cuts would derail research
MADISON, Wis. — If federal budget cuts take effect March 1, health care spending would be one of the areas taking a hit, from vaccines for children to prevention programs for infectious diseases and cancer research.
Millions of dollars are in jeopardy at a time when advocates say when cancer research is showing some very positive breakthroughs.
Cancer patients, survivors and researchers said they hope the budget cuts don't happen.
The American Cancer Society said sequestration cuts will derail critical research. The cuts to the National Institutes of Health are estimated at $1.2 billion.
It would translate to $250 million in cuts to cancer research across the country, with $19 million in cuts to researchers in Wisconsin.
"People are playing politics with people's lives, and it's incredibly frustrating," said Emily Rohloff, of the American Cancer Society — Wisconsin. "Breakthroughs will be left in test tubes in labs, but it's also going to hurt research down the road."
Kirby Davidson, whose son, Ryan, lost his 10-year battle with brain cancer at age 16, said cancer research is what inspired his son to fight on, which is why the Davidson family continues fundraising for cancer research in Ryan's honor.19081586
"I just can't imagine cutting funding for federal cancer research right now, but unfortunately everything's on the table with the sequestration and cancer research is one of them," Davidson said. "We've made great strides and this would be a huge step back."
The American Cancer Society said the best course of action is for people to reach out to their representatives in Washington, D.C. The organization said that if these cuts happen, it could set research back nearly five years.


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Capital Murder Suspect Back in East Texas
Donny Lee Greenhow, who was captured in Tennessee, arrived back in East Texas Thursday afternoon to face capital murder charges in connection with the homicide of a Ben Wheeler couple.
Peter Shick, 74, and his wife Latricia Shick, 55, were found shot to death in their home August 3rd.
Van Zandt County authorities then began a manhunt for Greenhow and soon learned he had fled to Tennessee where he intended on killing his father. He was taken into custody with a weapon authorities believe was used in the double homicide.
He is expected to be arraigned on the charges Friday.


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When I first registered on CC, I read through the SoC topics on strategy, and their most repeated strategy (mainly because it's successful in so many attempts) is to stack 3 or more territories in various regions of the world in order to be able to act on an opportunity anywhere, increasing the likelyhood of easy spoils and therefore contributing to the overall goal of the Escalating Final Sweep that destroys everybody. I was thinking about how to best counter it, since it is used by many due to its ability to win many situations, and I came up with a possible idea: "Containment", taking its name from the American policy during the Cold War.
Since their strategy seems (at least, to me) to imply that attempting to connect all the territories you own is useless and not to be pursued, then the stacks are obviously isolated. So, why not simply surround all the stacks with unprofitable amounts of troops? Of course, this is best used when you have a coalition of players each partially surrounding a stack, since you alone can't do the entire operation without giving up a lot in the process. The goal of the SoC strategy was to get easy spoils and conserve troops at the same time- so deprive the player of that opportunity. Since they don't have any other bonuses (SoC is, of course, against any Bonus Monkeying) and most likely won't have enough territory to get above the regular 3 troops per turn, they could be eventually wiped out through combined effort. Which one in the coalition profits most from this and how to make that person you, however, I don't know.


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Volquez takes strong step in series-clinching start
Righty holds Cards to one run; Sanchez's hot bat puts game away
PITTSBURGH -- Ever since the Pirates signed free agent Edinson Volquez, the more cynical sect of the fan base has wanted him to hit the road. But this isn't the one it had in mind: The Road to Redemption.
Garrett Jones traveled it, then A.J. Burnett and Francisco Liriano. Travis Ishikawa already has his footprints in it. And now Volquez has hit that Road.
He did not get official credit for the Bucs' 2-1 victory over St. Louis on Sunday in PNC Park. That went to southpaw Tony Watson, who continued the powerful start to his season by striking out three of the four men he faced. Jason Grilli worked a three-man ninth for his first save.
But Volquez got the spiritual victory and, after his 5 2/3-inning stint concluded, he also got a predominantly standing ovation from the crowd of 25,704 to escort him to the dugout.
Asked later whether the cheers made him feel good, Volquez said, "Oh yeah, why not?" and added with glee, not immodesty, "My first game in Pittsburgh, and I think I did a great job today, and the fans appreciated what I did."
They were not alone.
"A flat-out gem," manager Clint Hurdle said. "It was a very big confidence builder for him and for the team -- which responded well behind him."
The best response came from Volquez's receiver.
The first time Tony Sanchez caught Volquez, in March in Sarasota, Fla., the catcher blamed his own pitch selection for the hurler's poor outing.
Valid or not, Sanchez offered the payback Sunday -- a two-out double in the seventh off Adam Wainwright that snapped a 1-1 tie and put a neat bow atop the battery-mates' day.
"I'd say we did a 180 from that day," said Sanchez, grinning. "We were on the same page. He only shook me off a few times."
According to the catcher, here is how their postgame conversation went:
Sanchez said, "Hey, great job! Great pitches."
And Volquez said, "Hey, great pitch-calling!"
A great win, if there can be such a thing in early April. It sent the Bucs out on the road for the first time, with a 4-2 record in their longest season-opening homestand since 1999, when the Bucs left the gate playing eight at Three Rivers Stadium (another scheduled game was rained out).
The Bucs got the draw in the right-handers' duel, taking a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a pair of doubles, Andrew McCutchen's with one out and Neil Walker's with two.
Volquez hung one more zero after that, before the Cardinals caught up with him in the sixth. Wainwright himself made the first move, singling with one away before being erased on Matt Carpenter's force-play grounder. Jon Jay split the right-center alley with a triple that scored Carpenter.
Jay thus provided the blueprint for Tony Sanchez -- whose go-ahead double two innings later retraced the exact same path.
Volquez had one more duty to perform, intentionally walking Matt Holliday. Then he took his own walk, slowly, to soak up the fans' adulation as well as the sunshine.
Remarkably, Volquez otherwise walked none -- and had only two other three-ball counts. Why remarkable? He had led the National League in 2012 with 105 walks.
"I felt good, from the beginning, when I was warming up (in the bullpen). Everything was under control," Volquez said. "All my pitches were working, and I brought that into the game."
Also in working order was his adrenaline supply. Though Volquez would downplay the angle himself, he was psyched by the chance to go up against Wainwright, not only St. Louis' ace but someone coming off a Spring Training opposite of his own struggles.
"You could sense it in the bullpen," said Sanchez, recalling the pregame vibes. "He was locked in, from the time he stepped on the mound, I could tell his mindset was in the right spot."
Entering the bottom of the seventh, this was Wainwright's line for his last four outings, including the two at the end of Spring Training: 26 innings pitched, one run and 11 hits allowed.
Pedro Alvarez drew a leadoff walk in that seventh, but he was still on first after strikeouts of Walker and Gaby Sanchez -- to which Tony Sanchez paid close attention.
"I watched how he challenged Gaby, throwing him those nasty curveballs, among the best in the league, after getting ahead of him," Tony Sanchez recalled, "and I told myself, 'Well, I don't want to get to that pitch.'"
Wainwright started him off with a low fastball, getting Sanchez to think, "Cutter. Drive it in the air to right field. He ended up throwing a fastball, and I was ready for it.
"Genuine jubilation," Sanchez said of the emotion of contact. "As the ball came off the bat, I knew it was gonna get in the gap. It was just a matter of Pedro being fast enough to score, and he was busting his butt the entire way. I was so excited."
He should be used to it. He has four RBIs. The first came in the 16th inning Thursday dawn, for a 4-3 win over Chicago. Two others were the Bucs' lone runs in a 3-2 loss to the Cubs the same Thursday afternoon. Then, Sunday.
"Another big swing of the bat," Hurdle said.


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(The Root) — We all make mistakes. Some are bigger than others. And if we survive them, most of us try to learn from our mistakes, make amends and move on. Rodney King made the biggest mistake of his life — drinking and driving — on the night of March 3, 1991, when four white Los Angeles police officers nearly beat him to death during a traffic stop. Earlier this year, as he and the rest of the nation were about to observe the 20th anniversary of the 1992 riots sparked by the acquittals of the four officers who brutalized him, King told me that he thought he was going to die that night.
"I was close to death on March 3, 1991," he said during an April interview for Ebony magazine at the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel downtown. "I thought they were going to kill me."
He did not die that night and today his name is the most famous symbol of police brutality in the nation and perhaps the world. As news of his surprising death spread Sunday morning, black and Latino civil rights and community leaders were gathering in New York City to protest what they say is an unjust stop-and-frisk policy that has led to continued profiling of young blacks and Latinos and ongoing allegations of excessive force and police brutality by New York City police officers.
"What happened to me and what's happened to others can still happen," King said in the Los Angeles interview. "The police are still killing people. I am just glad I was one of those who the camera was on."
The 47-year-old King's untimely death Sunday will undoubtedly focus even more media attention on the tragedy of his life — highlighted by the infamous videotaped beating, the riots and two decades of personal missteps, including repeated clashes with the law, drug and alcohol addiction and failed business ventures. When we spoke in April, it appeared that King might finally have turned his life around. He arrived at the interview in a chauffeured limousine courtesy of HarperCollins, which published his book, The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption, just days before the April 29 anniversary of the Los Angeles unrest.
He received 50 rejections before HarperCollins agreed to publish his story. But he said he was finally getting the opportunity to tell everyone what it was like to be Rodney King then and now. He was also planning to get married. His fiancée, Cynthia Kelley, a juror from King's successful civil trial against the acquitted LAPD officers, came with him and sat next to him on a sofa during the interview. "I am happy to be alive," he said. "I see things differently now. I have gotten to know my Creator, gotten closer to my family and my new fiancée. I try to be happy every day and do something that's making a difference in somebody's life."
I saw him once more a couple of days after the interview, when we met with the Ebony magazine photographer at the corner of Florence and Normandie Avenues in South L.A. — one of the flashpoints for the 1992 riots. He was relaxed and full of jokes about how he endured the painful, terrifying beating 21 years ago. Passersby who recognized him yelled as they walked or drove by. "Hi, Rodney," women called out as they watched the striking, six-foot-four King graphically reenacting his near-death experience — in a parking lot just yards from where white truck driver Reginald Denny was dragged from his semi-trailer truck and beaten by a mob of young black men during the riots. "Hi," he waved back, still somewhat uneasy with his ill-fitting celebrity after all these years.
I never saw King again after that. But the news of his death Sunday morning reminded me of what may be his greatest legacy — that in a very real sense, Rodney King endured the mother of all police beatdowns for young black men everywhere. Without the chilling events of that infamous night on a lonely Los Angeles street, there might not be nearly as much attention being paid to protests like the one in New York City Sunday or to the upcoming trial in the death of Trayvon Martin.
Rev. Al Sharpton, attending the stop and frisk protest in New York City Sunday, perhaps said it best: "Rodney King was a symbol of civil rights, and he represented the anti-police brutality and anti-racial profiling movement of our time. It was his beating that made America focus on the presence of profiling and police misconduct … History will record that it was Rodney King's beating and his actions that made America deal with the excessive misconduct of law enforcement."
And for that, we should all be grateful that one man's tragic life of pain and suffering was not without meaning.
Sylvester Monroe is a frequent contributor to The Root.
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The London Philharmonic Orchestra covers a number of songs from games such as Portal and Elder Scrolls in its newest album, "The Greatest Video Game Music 2."
The album, released yesterday, is the sequel to last year's collaboration between conductor Andrew Skeet and the orchestra.
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The acclaimed London Philharmonic Orchestra once again translates 8-Bit classics to orchestral masterpieces on "Greatest Video Game Music II," the follow-up to Rolling Stone's "weirdest hit album" of 2011, which debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 – the highest debut for an orchestral release since 2005's "Star Wars Episode III" soundtrack. "Greatest Video Game Music II" features classical orchestrations of some of the best-known video game themes like Halo, Sonic the Hedgehog, Kingdom Hearts, and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, allowing gaming enthusiasts to enter their favorite virtual worlds in a way they've never experienced before.
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New York, March 24, 2011--A Thai police investigation concluded today that government security forces did not kill Reuters photographer Hiro Muramoto, left, during political violence in Bangok on April 10, 2010. But the Committee to Protect Journalists, expressing concerns that the investigation was not transparent, has called for a full, independent investigation into the Japanese journalist's death.
Tharit Pengdith, director-general of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation, told reporters today that agency officials "have to conclude for now that government forces did not kill Mr. Muramoto until there is new evidence to say otherwise." Tharit told journalists that unless new evidence can be found within a year, the case may be closed, local and international media reports said.
In a statement, Reuters News Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler called on the Thai government "to conduct a thorough, considered, objective and transparent investigation of his killing. Muramoto-san's family and Reuters colleagues deserve to know how this tragedy occurred and who was behind it."
The Thai military, which was responsible for controlling demonstrations in Bangkok in April and May 2010, has repeatedly denied responsibility for any of the 91 deaths that occurred during the violence. But the government has declined to disclose evidence in the Muramoto case and others. CPJ has repeatedly called on the Thai government to make public closed-circuit footage in its possession that shows the area where Muramoto was believed to have been working at the time of his death.
Muramoto, 43, was shot in the chest in Bangkok's Old Town area while covering armed clashes between security forces and red-shirted protesters with the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship. The findings announced today contradicted preliminary government findings that Muramoto was struck by gunfire coming from a direction where troops were positioned.
"We've expressed fears of a whitewash in the past, and this most recent development underlines our reasons for concern. While the government's investigation into the shooting death of Hiro Muramoto technically remains open, we question the intention of the government to carry out a full, independent inquiry," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator.
In a July 2010 investigative report, "In Thailand unrest, journalists under fire," CPJ concluded that both security forces and protesters had engaged in reckless behavior that contributed to the deaths of Muramoto and Fabio Polenghi, an Italian freelance photographer, and the wounding of nine other journalists.
Reuters, reporting from Bangkok, quoted Police General Ek Angsananond as saying: "Based on what we have received (from the DSI), there is not yet any conclusive evidence or witness accounts to show that the authorities were responsible. We have sent the report back to the DSI, which will continue with the investigation. If they find more and want us to look at it again, we will do so."


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Quartey, didn't see boxing as a pretty picture in his life anymore and departed the game he loved. Now he is back. Feeling and knowing he can still fight, win and be a champion again. Also his trust in his promoter, Lou DiBella from both a business and personal side, were major factors in his return and restored faith. "I came back because I love to fight," he has stated.
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We have heard or read the term millions of times: "Now or never.�
That's also the theme and title of next Saturday's clash between Ike "Bazooka" Quartey and Vernon "The Viper" Forrest. Sometimes the term can be expressed in other words. Like the ones famed trainer Angelo Dundee shouted to the great Ray Leonard in the late rounds of his clash with the equally great Tommie Hearns. "You're blowing it kid."
Tommie heard the term described differently also when he was fighting the legendary Roberto "Hands Of Stone" Duran in the latter stages of both their famed careers. "Get him out of there now," he was told by his hall of fame trainer and mentor, Emanuel Stewart. And he did; knocking out Duran.
"Now or Never", can mean right now or it can also mean, crossroads. That is the word that can be best used here. Quartey, after a self-imposed exile and exit from boxing came back. He, like Forrest is a former welterweight champion. Unlike Forrest, health is not really an issue or concern. Not for this gent who walked away from the game for five years and then returned with a knockout win at home in Accra, Ghana. Ike has money and was doing some promoting himself in his home land. But fighting was still in his heart and blood.
Ike's departure from boxing was one steeped in dismay, disappointment and disillusion with the sport he loved. A loss to Oscar De La Hoya in which Ike and so many fans and people felt he won, was step one. Then another close loss to Fernando Vargas and his head and heart were in a fog. Then things came to the breaking point, when a victory over Jose Luis Lopez was changed to a draw. Quartey, didn't see boxing as a pretty picture in his life anymore and departed the game he loved.
Now he is back. Feeling and knowing he can still fight, win and be a champion again. Also his trust in his promoter, Lou DiBella from both a business and personal side, were major factors in his return and restored faith. "I came back because I love to fight," he has stated. His 31 knockouts validate his nickname of, "Bazooka.".
Vernon Forrest is best remembered for his stunning and outstanding back to back wins over Shane Mosley back in 2002. It won him a host of awards, Fighter of The Year by the Boxing Writers of America, ESPN and Ring Magazine also tabbed him with their fighter of the year awards.
But Forrest has a history of injuries and they have plagued him, not allowing him the health needed to display his outstanding boxing skills and validate his tag of, "the Viper." When healthy he is one of the very best. A record of 37-2, with 28 knockouts—his two loses came against Ricardo Mayorga. Which puzzled all. He takes out the popular ones such as deft-fighting and skilled Mosley and then loses back to back to Mayorga. Styles make fights but injuries can make one unable to fight their fight.
"I was back in the ring after a two-year, injury plagued layoff and had made inroads to reestablishing my career with three fights back to back when I suffered another injury. I have taken the necessary time to heal and am ready for it to all be behind me, as I am looking forward to continuing my career," Forrest said.
He knows that Madison Square Garden has been a place where he has had some great success. He likes the Garden and New York City. He is aware of Quartey's punching power. "I want to be in the Boxing Hall of Fame, that is my ultimate and defining goal as a fighter to be remembered as one of the great ones,� he added.
The August 5th CO-main event features Sechew Powell 20-0-12 KO's from Brooklyn, New York going against Kassim Ouma, 24-2-1-15KO's from Kampala, Uganda.
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The first day of slalom was extremely exciting, with many surprising results, high speed racing, spectacular crashes and good fun. Oswald Smith from South Africa and Gisela Pulido from Spain are in the lead after 3 races, with many contenders like Kerneur, Withington, Winkowska and Novotna in close 2nd and 3rd. Tomorrow the wind will be stronger and the racing should be event faster.
The ladders for the men are setup with two semifinals of 7 men with the top 3 riders of each semifinal advancing into the final. The women's ladder is setup with a super final of five girls. At the end of the event all the result will be added up and the racers with the least amount of points will win. A first place is worth 0.7, 2nd 2 points, 3rd 3 points and so on. All riders get discards after a minimum of three races are completed, meaning that they are allowed to have some bad races and still not lose the competition.
The first race started around 3pm when the trade winds kicked in and it was blowing around 15 to 25 knots. The racers on directional were on 7 to 9 meters and riders on twin tips were on kites between 9 and 12. The action was intense from the first heat and kept all the competitors ans spectators on their toes for the whole afternoon.
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The first rounds of race one was completed with Reno, Neto, Kerneur, Smith, Biniasch and Blanc advancing into the final. 3 twin tips and 3 Slalom boards made it to the first final. The final was intense with Kerneur Jumping out to the lead. Oswald was in second but Biniasch got too aggressive and they interfered with each other at the 4th mark leaving the door open for Romeu and Blanc to grab the 2nd and 3rd place with Kerneur winning the first race of the PKRA Fuerteventura event. The women also had a close race with Pulido going out for a great start, followed by Novotna and Winkowska in 3rd.
Replay of Men's Finals Race #1
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The women hit the water and once again Pulido was in the lead but this time Winkowska was on her tail the whole race, with Novotna in 3rd. The men were up next, race two was the most exciting of the day with Lewis-Hughes taking the lead on his twin tip, Kerneur and Withington were right on his tail until mark 4 when Lewis crashed, Kerneur tried to avoid him and got tangled by Withington who was disqualified. Oswald and Biniasch took advantage of the situation and got a 1st and 2nd, with Lewis in 3rd.
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The final races of the day, the wind was starting to drop and riders were starting to change kites. Novotna came out fast and lead the whole way followed by Pulido. Titova battle with Winkowska and got a 3rd place finish. The wind dropped event more and the racers were very underpowered on the 7 meters. Romeu tangled with Corniel and was disqualified. Oswald was well in the lead; Withington was on a 9m and passed Kerneur for the 2nd place. Neto finished 4th.
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The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that ensures troops will receive a 1 percent pay in 2014, moving the measure to the White House, where it is expected to swiftly receive President Obama's signature.
The 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes a range of military spending, received Obama's endorsement Thursday. The president commended Congress for its bipartisan work to pass the legislation before the end of the year.
"The bill will, among other things, assist the armed forces in operating in unconventional and irregular warfare and countering unconventional threats, support capacity building efforts with foreign military forces, and support contingency or stability operations," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. Carney praised specific compromises in the legislation, including flexibility to transfer detainees currently held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to other military stations abroad and strengthened protections for victims of sexual assault.
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Thanks to a microloan from half a world away, a Cambodian rice winemaker named Phal An is ready to expand her growing business.
On the day that Phal An is interviewed about her business, her modest home in the village of Damnak Sankae, Cambodia, is crowded with excited family members. Phal An is a rice winemaker in her late 50s -- and one of thousands of entrepreneurs listed on Kiva.org, a website that facilitates microloans to entrepreneurs in developing nations all over the world.
This past December, Inc.com embarked on an editorial project to cover the rapidly growing phenomenon of microfinance. As a staff, we contributed a modest sum and became lenders on Kiva.org, sponsoring a diverse group of entrepreneurs that includes Phal An, as well as business owners located in Peru, Ecuador, Uganda, Tanzania, and Tajikistan. Updates on these entrepreneurs and their businesses and how they are using their loans are being posted frequently on a new Inc.com blog called "The Kiva Connection."
The following Q&A with Phal An (pronounced Paul Anne) was conducted with the help of Jessica Young, a Kiva fellow in Cambodia, and with Ponnak Kiry Pa, who is Phal An's loan officer in Cambodia. Young has been working on the ground in Cambodia for several months to help bridge the gap between Maxima, the microfinance institution that disbursed the loan to Phal An, and Kiva borrowers in the region.
The interview questions for Phal An were sent via e-mail to Young, who along with loan officer Kiry, visited Phal An at her home in late March. Young posed the interview questions to Kiry in English, who in turn translated the questions into Khmer, Phal An's native language. When translated Phal An's answers back to English for Young to record, he referred to Phal An in the third person, acting in effect as the narrator for Phal An's story.
The interview took place at a central gathering place for the family -- a table used for cooking, eating, and sleeping. In an open, covered space in the back of the home, Phal An has her winemaking equipment set up. It is common for Cambodian entrepreneurs who live in the countryside to operate their businesses out of their homes, because it requires less start-up capital and travel expenses are reduced. In addition, family members often contribute heavily to the business and female entrepreneurs are able to stay home and care for the household while working.
Here's her story:
How long has Phal An been making rice wine?
She has been making rice wine for four years, and all of her siblings do as well. During the Pol Pot regime [1975-1979], her family went to Thailand and stayed at a U.N. camp. While there, her younger brothers learned how to make rice wine and have since taught her.
Phal An received a $700 loan funded through Kiva. What is she using the money for?
Phal An has 10 middlemen in her village who rely on her production. Often, she can't produce enough to meet the demand of all 10, so she borrowed money to buy more rice in bulk. She also used the funds to purchase rice wine from her brothers. They have only one middleman in their region, so she buys their surplus and resells it to her middlemen.
Who are her primary customers?
She sells to local middlemen who then sell her wine to small pubs in the countryside.
Does Phal An have any local competition?
There are five to six other producers in her village, Damnak Sankae. It's a large village with a population around 3,500, so the rice winemakers aren't heavily concentrated.
How long does it take to produce the final rice wine product?
The entire process takes six days and four hours.
Can Phal An describe the process?
The longest step is the preparation. For six days, a mixture of rice, water, and a chemical called Tam Bae soak in a bucket. Then, the combination is transferred to a boiler -- the first main piece of equipment. The tin boiler is sealed air tight, with only two exits (one serving as a chimney through the roof of the house, and the other as a pipe to transfer the liquid as it evaporates). A fire is lit with hay underneath the tin container, and rice husks are shoveled inside to fuel the fire. For two hours, the mixture must boil.
As it evaporates, the steam travels through the pipe to the second piece of equipment -- a clay storage container -- where it condenses. (The rice is thus left in the tin boiler, and the wine is transferred to the clay container.) This process takes an additional two hours. Tubing attachments let the wine drain from the large container into smaller jars, and from one evaporation cycle 60 liters of wine will be produced.
How much wine can she make in a day?
Ninety liters.
What is her daily income?
This is complicated, as her rice wine sales (135,000 riel/day or $33.75/day) only cover the cost of the wine production. Her family income is generated as a result of using a byproduct of the wine (the enhanced rice) as pig feed. The family owns and raises several pigs in addition to their rice wine business. Once the rice and wine separate, the leftover rice is combined with factory-produced pig feed. The combination helps their pigs grow faster so they will yield a better market price.
It takes four months to raise the pigs, and Phal An sells them three times a year at 12,000 riel ($3) per kilo. Usually, she can sell between seven and eight pigs to earn $1,680-$2,160 every four months. After covering the $50 start-up cost per pig, the family business makes roughly $400 per month.
Do her husband and other family members help with the business?
Yes, her husband and one of her sons help. They all share the same responsibilities so that if one is absent, production can continue. Often Phal An oversees production alone while her husband and son gather firewood.
What is her biggest challenge in running the business?
The biggest challenge is being able to maintain a profit relative to her increasing costs. The price of rice keeps increasing and the middlemen's purchasing price for wine isn't rising at a comparable rate. The other difficulty she faces is that occasionally, her pigs will die before she is able to sell them. Because this is where her family income is generated, the health of the pigs is critical to the family's livelihood.
What has the experience of receiving a loan through Kiva been like for Phal An?
She has greatly benefited from Maxima's services and its door-to-door policy. Maxima's home visits have saved her from spending time and money traveling to Phnom Penh. It would take 10,000 riel ($2.50) and two hours for her to make the trip. More importantly, she feels safe knowing her loans are disbursed at home and she won't have to travel carrying such a large sum.
The loan funded through Kiva has also had a considerable impact on her operations. Before the loan, she had to buy and transport rice every other day. Now, buying in bulk, she gets a better price and has cut transactions back to one purchase per month. She now has the capacity for increased production and is able to meet her customers' demand. Her production since the loan has tripled from 30 liters per day to 90 liters per day. Using the new sales, she's purchasing more rice to maintain the higher production level. She now makes more pig feed than she can use, and has generated a side business of selling the excess feed to her neighbors.


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