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The cast and the crew are almost new. And all you could gather from the promos was that Tha (U) is just another story of a group of booze pals in a village. But your surmise is wrong. With a clearly chalked out line, neat screenplay and well-defined characters, first-time director R. K. Surya Prabhakar has come up with a worthy product.
Is looking dirty and unkempt a prerequisite for a village hero these days? You saw it in Mynaa and you see it in Tha. However, unlike the usual refrain, here hero Surya (Srihari) has a secure job and is a sincere worker. Rioting with friends is reserved for weekends. And every friend in the group of six is different. It is to the director's credit that each is vested with distinguishable traits.
Among them, Varadhan (Madhan), the carefree bachelor who is as diligent in his business as Surya, Shanmugham (Shanmugham), who bends backwards to please Hamsaveni, the girl he is in love with, and Anbu (Penito Franklin), the Casanova who uses his professional skill as photographer to lure girls, come up with enjoyable performances. Hero Srihari's eyes work in his favour.
As the middle-aged diehard romantic obsessed with Kamal Haasan of Sigapppu Rojakkal, Govindan evokes a smile — caught in a time warp, even his clothes and hairstyle are very much like Kamal in that film! And heroine Nisha (she resembles Devyani from certain angles) is apt. Gopal, who was effective as the heroine's dad in Nadodigal, returns to play another substantial role, this time as Surya's father. Capable character artists seem to be burgeoning. Vasanthi (the hero's mom) is the latest. Her dialect and dialogue delivery impact the viewer. And Poorna as Hamsaveni has you in splits with her voice modulation.
Surya Prabhakar deserves a pat for weaving comedy into the film with such ingenuity. Sorrow, joy, merriment and humour are part of the screenplay, with romance as the pivot. And the suspense that unfolds in the last scene is on unexpected lines.
Sri Vijay's music is another plus of Tha. Incidentally, the vague title kind of dampens interest. Though, on the face of it, Tha may not urge you to rush to the cinemas to catch it, with its strong story and appealing treatment it emerges as a watch-worthy film.
Surya Prabhakar has been an associate of Samudirakani — it shows. Tha is a commendable effort that deserves notice!
Genre: Romance
Director: R. K. Surya Prabhakar
Cast: Srihari, Nisha, Madhan, Shanmugham, Penito Franklin
Storyline: Surya isn't too keen on love and marriage, but once he gets engaged, he is obsessed with his fiancée.
Bottomline: Neatly crafted!
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Paul Otellini opened up the Fall IDF in San Francisco with a keynote focusing on all upcoming technologies including the 65nm to 45nm process, Penryn and Nehalem, power efficiencies, WiMAX, Havok benefits and more.
Intel's Developer Forum turns 10 this year, and we are reminded many times as we walk throughout the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. This particular IDF is special for a few different reasons. We are at a point in time when the hardware landscape is changing drastically and new technologies are constantly being improved. We learned much about the Penryn and Nahalem microarchitecture at IDF Beijing this past April, but things have progressed very well since then, as we are discovering through various keynotes.
One of the more exciting events was an interview with Intel Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore, who was a co-founder of the company in 1968. Greg will be covering the event in better detail, but it was quite something to hear opinions from one of the biggest innovators in the industry.
Day one kicked off with a packed auditorium and an hour-long keynote by Paul Otellini, President and CEO of Intel. Prior to the keynote, we were shown a quick video showcasing IDF from 1997 to 2006, which of course was quite a trip down memory lane. Once Paul took the stage however, he touched on Intel's innovations over the years, including processors and their architectures, connectivity, memory and power. Of course most know the current situation of Intel's products and the state of connectivity/power, but the slide gave us a clear glance at how much we've progressed since the original 4004 microprocessor.
Not surprisingly, one of the main focuses for the keynote and the entire conference in general is the move from 65nm to 45nm. By now, most everyone knows that Penryn is much more than a die shrink, but he really stressed that their High-K Metal Gate transistors is one of the reasons they are ahead of the competition. MG transistors have been were stressed as not being a simple upgrade, but a revolutionary new technique, one that they would not disclose in great detail. At this time however, they've already made tweaks to the process, and Nahalem and beyond will reap the rewards from that.
45nm means a lot of things. Less power, higher performance and far greater flexibility. On the slide that you can see below, there are many examples that show 45nm as being beneficial in every market, from SoaC all the way up to an all-in-one solution, such as Larabee. You might note also the Octo Core processor listed. This wasn't unexpected, but at this present time is being thought of as a server CPU only, for obvious reasons.
Paul also explained that Intel has made significant silicon improvements every two years since the 180nm processes in 1999. Moving from 180mm to 130mm and all the way down to 45nm is nothing short of impressive, especially while keeping on such a regular schedule. It was at this time that Paul displayed a 45nm Penryn wafer on stage, also stating that the official release date will be November 12, with production in full swing and shipments being prepared to head out to customers.
With Penryn so close to launch, a lot of attention was shifted towards Nehalem, the "Tock" of this product cycle. As we first found out this past March, Nahalem is a very modular architecture. While Penryn and other current Quad-Cores consist of two dies side by side, Nahalem will be built from the ground up and essentially become a native Quad-Core.
At this point, Paul invited Glenn Hinton, Chief Nahalem Architect to explain some of the benefits of 45nm. Not surprisingly, lower power and better performance were quickly touched on, but they settled on a slide that explained that processor yields are constantly getting better, as seen in the logarithmic graph seen below. This not only saves money but can increase throughput.
The next slide focused on Intel's 45nm fabs. Currently, the only ones to currently be stamping out 45nm Penryns is D1D Oregon and Fab 32 in Arizona. Fab 28 in Israel is completing construction and will begin production in the first half of '08, while Fab 11X New Mexico has a further way from completed construction and will begin production sometime in the second half of '08.
Although numerous points made throughout the keynote were note-worthy, one that caught my attention was Paul's thoughts on desktop/notebook crossover. It's his believe that in 2009, over 50% of computers purchased will be notebooks. These conclusions are all based on the graph below.
The growth since 2000 has grown gradually each year and will continue to do so.


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COHOES, N.Y. (AP) - Members of the Six Nations of the Iroquois will be in the Albany area to celebrate the donation of riverfront land that's considered one of the Iroquois' ancestral sites.
The Times Union of Albany reports that Toronto-based Brookfield Renewable Power has donated 100 acres overlooking the Cohoes Falls to the Hiawatha Institute, an educational program based at Syracuse University.
Mohawk Indians lived centuries ago along the falls, located on the Mohawk River near where it meets the Hudson River just north of Albany. According to Iroquois tradition, the falls is one of the places where the Peacemaker spoke to the tribes before they banded together to form the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Read all about the meeting of United States Minister John Adams with King George III https://www.facebook.com/nhprc/posts/10152178244468333 and take a look at how the report was dramatized on HBO's "John Adams."
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The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals from organizations to continue the Archives Leadership Institute. First funded in 2008, the Archives Leadership Institute seeks to bring to tomorrow's leaders the insights and understanding necessary for increasing public use and appreciation of archives. The Commission expects to make one award for up to three […]
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National Archives Awards $2.62 Million in Grants for Documentary Editing and Archival Projects
Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded 30 grants totaling $2.62 million for historical records projects in 18 states and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. A complete list of new grants is available online at http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/awards/awards-5-14.html […]
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As the Film-Makers' Cooperative faces eviction, Anthology's tribute to Shirley Clarke—one of the founders of the vital archive and one of New York's greatest filmmakers—couldn't be better timed. This near-complete retro, featuring Clarke's rarely screened shorts from the 1950s, as well as her video work from the '70s and '80s, is must-see viewing.
Best known for her three feature-length works from the '60s—The Connection (1962), The Cool World (1964), and Portrait of Jason (1967)—Clarke took on provocative subjects (heroin, street gangs, homos) and constantly blurred the lines between fact and fiction. Based on Jack Gelber's play, The Connection centers around a doofus documentarian filming a bunch of junkies who wait for their fix in a decrepit Manhattan loft. Yet what's most radical about the film isn't the depiction of the needle, but Clarke's critique of the burgeoning American cinema vérité movement and its claims of capturing "the truth." The Cool World, the first fiction feature to be shot entirely on location in Harlem, uses mostly nonprofessional African-American teens as rumbling gang members, frequently cutting to real-life scenes (fat men smoking, twisting teenagers) around 120th Street and Fifth Avenue. This kinetic vision of New York is also on vivid display in two of Clarke's shorts: the kaleidoscopic Bridges-Go-Round (1958) and Skyscraper (1959), a jazzy ode to the Tishman Building.
Clarke, who died in 1997, was a gifted documenter of performance, as seen in her last film, Ornette: Made in America (1985), a funky tribute to the great saxophonist Coleman, and her videos Savage/Love (1981) and Tongues (1982), featuring Joseph Chaikin's tightly controlled recitations of Sam Shepard's stream-of-consciousness monologues. But there's never been a motor-mouthed monologuist quite like Jason Holliday, the drinking, drugging, jiving black gay hustler whom Clarke filmed in her Chelsea Hotel apartment for the doc Portrait of Jason—which says more about race, class, and sexuality than just about any movie before or since.
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Corey Boomstick drank a pint of water in 3.64 seconds.
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The record says .63 seconds, but the info says 3.63 seconds. I assume the .63 is a typo. It clearly takes longer than that. Definitely fast though.
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Posted October 15, 2011 at 7:08PM
"On October 15th, we will meet on the streets to initiate the global change we want. We will peacefully demonstrate, talk and organize until we make it happen."
Can anyone tell me how these people are going to 'make it happen', and what 'it' is?
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 8:48AM
"Perhaps you only need to think Berlin Wall, Apartheid in South Africa, Barrios in South America, Middle East conflicts to see a few like minded people might all have a common interest, and one day Martin Luther King might have been right?."
None of those were protests against financial inequality.
Perhaps you only need to look at France in 1789 and Russia in 1917 to see how things don't change. The money men still run things.
Money talks.
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 8:57AM
The difference between 18/19/20th centuries and now is communications, and a more 'knowledgeable' populace, I might suggest.
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 9:09AM
Ask the average protester to point to Afghanistan on a map!
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 9:19AM
I think we have seen the almighty mess the 'knowledgeable populace' have made of the world with their greed and desire for wars; maybe its time we handed the world back to the unknowledgeable populace; they cannot make a bigger mess of it than the current arrogant encumbants
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 9:22AM
Morddwyd, maybe we could ask the average war mongerer to point to a weapon of mass destruction in Iraq or Afghanistan?
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 9:53AM
You won't catch me trying to improve the planet and being concerned about its future.
What a bunch of losers.
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 9:54AM
Why is it that some people find the notion of a 'more' knowledgeable population to be somehow not possible?
Are you really saying that people (with all the facilities available today) are not more knowledgeable about world matters than they were in previous centuries?
That implies the human race is not moving forward, or it simply, possibly, means that some people see only themselves as 'knowledgeable' - and others are totally incapable of thought. Come down from the ivory tower.
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 10:02AM
fourm member I am aware there was no suggestion of WMDs in Afghanistan; just the same as I am aware there were no Afghanis amongst the hijackers of the planes on 9/11, all saudis I believe, wonder why we didn't them?
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 10:16AM
Not sure how WMDs are relevant?
We're talking about corporate greed, and the most profitable business in the world, where they make a lot of money - warfare.
WMDs are the last thing they want. Wipe out the enemy and you shorten the conflict. Then you stop making profits.
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Posted October 16, 2011 at 10:30AM
"maybe its time we handed the world back to the unknowledgeable populace; they cannot make a bigger mess of it than the current arrogant encumbants"
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but aren't the arrogant incumbents the people who were elected by the "unknowledgeable populace" of which you speak?
One of the things you learn as you go through life is that nobody gets it right all of the time. Democratic governments - of whatever political hue - are simply collections of people who try to tackle the monumental problems facing nations of millions of other people. Most politicians have no formal qualifications for the job they do - they learn as they go along. It's called democracy,and it's a far better option than the ludicrous alternative offered by groups of people with idealistic dreams of sitting around talking until 'we get what we want'.
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At the end of November, the Egyptian court dropped corruption charges against Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, who was alleged to have stolen an estimated $1.2 billion from the country. This turn of events now means that one more despot has been allowed to steal from his own citizens and not face any consequences.
Legislators can mitigate the proliferation of money laundering by strengthening laws, policies and processes. They have the power to pressure their governments to ensure that information on the beneficial ownership and control of companies, trusts and foundations is available on public record to facilitate effective due diligence.
The problem, according to Jablonski, is that donor countries often "lack information about who is most deserving of aid funds" and so delegate that responsibility to recipient governments, who then take advantage of the windfall by delivering those funds to voters most likely to keep them in office.
China's National People's Congress meet in Beijing Wednesday, with the country's crippling smog, which now looms as a threat to the leadership, high on the agenda. China's air isn't polluted because the technologies to keep it clean are unavailable but because the country lacks a credible regulatory regime that makes polluters pay and rewards investors to innovate. Why does the government target BBQs and individuals instead of the major polluters? Because it knows how to deprive ordinary citizens of their property and their lives. It doesn't know how to regulate an incoherent economy bereft of market discipline.
Iran ranked 144th out of 175 on Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perception Index. This is not a joke: Iran shared the position with Cameroon, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Ukraine. It is no wonder why Rouhani is trying to expose the corruption of his predecessor.
For most South Africans, that long walk to freedom Mandela wrote about is on a much longer, stonier and more dangerous road than they ever expected. And it's taking far more time than their well wishers around the world ever predicted. Considering what's happening to his dream of a new, democratic and rainbow nation, maybe it's best that Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela has gone.
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Every year, political corruption kills as many as 140,000 children worldwide, by depriving them of medical care, food, and water. Yet, far too often, the perpetrators of the most outrageous acts of corruption are able to use their illicit wealth and power to pervert the very laws and institutions that should call them to account.
Saskatchewan is one of the richest jurisdictions in Canada, second only to Alberta, and has once more lit a firestorm that may sweep the west and profoundly change Canada's politics. Like the launch of public health care and refusal to let foreigners buy Potash Corporation, Saskatchewan led the nation with its initiative to abolish the Canadian Senate.
Many people in Myanmar commemorated the 25th anniversary this September of one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the country's history. Western business should be encouraged to bring more socially responsible practices to Myanmar but should take critical measures to ensure that they not become part of the democracy-hindering problem rather than the solution.
After weeks of maneuvering by the Canadian government to secure a lucrative contract in Trinidad and Tobago for graft-tainted engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, the government of that Caribbean nation has announced that it isn't interested in dealing with a company that has "difficulty in passing the test of confidence." T&T can see that the company cannot be trusted, so why can't the Canadian government?
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I'm retired Navy, my monthly pension check is going to be our only sure source of income. Fortunately, we have planned for this for a decade and have reserves to augment it without hitting the principal on those reserves we figure to have 3 times what Eric is planning for income.
We'll also have medical care in just about any U.S. port - and help in most overseas places as well.
We really don't want to be 6 months in and have a engine crap out with no way to replace it. Frankly that's the thing I see wrong with the minimalist budget plan - no reserve.
Maybe we just need to get on the boat and go already.
ON the other hand, that bad word 'outfit' does need to happen on a a lot of boats, and it can indeed run to 30-40k. Boat bucks add up.
We bought a very gently used Irwin 38 CC, it has no auto pilot, no solar, no water maker - in short not a dang thing that wasn't on it when it slid into the water in 1987.
50K buys a GOOD hull, not a well outfitted boat with reliable gear.
That stuff adds up and some of it you can't do 'on the way'.
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A new poll shows that Rhode Islanders expect stronger political leadership over the next few years, although many still feel the state is going in the wrong direction. The poll was commissioned by the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University.
43 percent of respondents say the state is going in the wrong direction. Yet 54 percent expect elected officials to provide strong leadership moving forward.
For Rhode Island's top problem, 30 percent of respondents cite job opportunities, 19 percent point to taxes, and 14 percent identify corruption.
A new poll shows that Angel Taveras and Gina Raimondo remain locked in tight battle in the Democratic primary for governor. The WPRI/Providence Journal poll surveyed 506 Democratic primary voters.
A new poll commissioned by Angel Taveras' campaign organization shows Taveras with a significant lead over his expected Democratic primary rival for governor, Gina Raimondo. The poll sampled 400 likely Democratic primary voters.
The poll by a Washington DC polling firm shows Taveras with a 19-point lead over Raimondo. According to the poll, 49 percent of the respondents want Taveras to be governor, while 30 percent prefer Raimondo. An additional 21 percent of respondents were undecided. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.
Governor Lincoln Chafee is shrugging off his lower approval ratings.A survey by the Taubman Center at Brown University shows 25 percent of Rhode Islanders approve of the way Chafee is governing. That's down from 28 percent in October.Chafee says he isn't worried. "I just do my job and that's what I've done in my whole career as a councilman, as a mayor, as a senator, in private practice. I've won elections. I've lost elections but all I care about is doing my job." Chafee faces re-election in November, 2014.
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- Birthdate: 09/19/1984 (age 30)
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In 2013, Marie signed with WWE and was assigned...
Read More »-- WWE SmackDown drew a social media score last Friday (October 4) of 59,945. This number was a 9% decrease from the previous week and is the lowest score in five months for Smackdown.
-- WWE Diva and Total Divas star Eva Marie posted a message on her Twitter account that said WWE is filming for the next half of the season for Total Divas prior to tonight's WWE Battleground in Buffalo, New York.
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According to the specialist insurer Endsleigh, students will take nearly £3000 worth of possessions to university. The research, carried out at the start of last summer found that the average student carries many of their most expensive items with them every day, regularly carrying an average of £1,165 worth of gadgets on them.
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From Edgar Allan Poe to Enid Blyton and Gillian Flynn, here's where to find the best treasure troves in literature
The Diary of Dennis the Menace author knows a lot about mischief – and it turns out there's a very fine line between mischievous trouble-maker, and all-out villain. Here are his favourites menaces in children's fiction, from Horrid Henry to Peter Pan
As we approach a million followers on Twitter, we're celebrating with a series on our favourite books. Yesterday we revelled in our earliest reading memories, so today we've moved on to classics
St George's Book Club: 'The story was quite fast paced and the sword fighting is described very well'
Jim Hawkins becomes a girl rebelling against gender roles in this imaginative adaptation, which keeps alive the wit and excitement of the book, writes Michael Billington
The National Theatre is putting on Treasure Island for Christmas. Beneath Robert Louis Stevenson's vivid pirate adventure, it's really a story about family relationships, says the former poet laureate
The further exploits of Long John Silver's daughter and Jim Hawkins's son are more of a western than a buccaneering adventure, writes Ben East
The Projector Club has dressed a West Lothian farmhouse in tartan. But it's not as nationalistic as it might at first seem, writes Jonathan Jones
We asked you to nominate candidates to join the Books about Town project, and then to vote – and you have decided that Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman will make it to London's streets
Billy Mills: Nature tamed or nature fighting to be wild again, the lawn is a great site for summer thoughts. Let's see what you can roll out for this month's challenge
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ExtraEpic 'It is such a riveting thriller, that it is impossible to stop reading it, even though it is a bit spooky!"
A thrilling adventure story, gripping history and exploration of the Scottish character, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece, writes Robert McCrum
Sanatorium in Swiss resort visited by Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson faces closure
From the Guardian archive From the archive, 19 November 1983: Treasure Island, the ever-open dead man's chest
Originally published in the Guardian on 19 November 1983: Not even R2D2 or ET can usurp the stump-legged pirate Long John Silver or diminish the excitement of the battle for the hidden treasure
With so much literary content available for free online, it's a relief when someone cherry-picks the things worth reading, writes Anna Baddeley
A newly published essay by Stevenson, written around 1881, is full of advice, with references to Shakespeare for true 'sensation'
What have been the hinge points in the evolution of Anglo-American literature? Here's a provisional, partisan list
From a full programme of film and stage adaptations to a new James Bond novel, unpublished works by RS Thomas and WG Sebald and a new prize for women writers, 2013 is set to be a real page-turner
Carol Rumens: Robert Louis Stevenson telescopes the distance between a cosy Christmas scene and a life-and-death struggle on the high seas
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Today is the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, celebrated author of (among others) Treasure Island, Kidnapped! and The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. Stevenson's home city of Edinburgh is marking the occasion with its second ever Robert Louis Stevenson day; if you can't make the celebrations, take a look instead at our gallery of photographs from the author's life
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LONG BEACH – City water use reached a 10-year low at the close of fiscal 2008 last week, city water commissioners said in a statement.
Water demand was 9.2 percent below the 10-year average and 9.4 percent below the previous fiscal year.
Long Beach customers used 6,368 acre-feet less water in fiscal 2008 than in fiscal 2007, when the city began issuing voluntary conservation protocols.
"This is an entire community coming together and engaging itself in worthy endeavor," said John Allen, president of the Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners. "We simply must change our lifestyle so that inefficient and wasteful uses of water, particularly outdoor uses, are no longer tolerated by anyone."
The Long Beach Water Department campaigned all year long to urge customers to reduce their use as the drought dragged on supplies decreased from Northern California, due to a court ruling.
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Long Beach consumed less water in the last 12 months than it did in any comparable year during the 1987 to 1992 drought, when rationing was mandatory and the population was 15 percent smaller.
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Amethyst Hotel - Istanbul
Mesihpasa Mah., Aksaray Cad., No: 6 Laleli, Fatih - Istanbul1-877-662-6988
Unwind with jetted bathtubs in each room at Amethyst Hotel! This family-friendly Istanbul hotel offers 24-hour room service as well as free breakfast and is located near a metro station in the area of Laleli.
AMETHYST SPA is the place to be for rest and relaxation, offering body scrubs and hydrotherapy, as well as Turkish bath/hammam, body treatments and massages. Enjoy breakfast, brunch and lunch at this 4-star Istanbul hotel's 2 restaurants where you're sure to find something to suit your taste. Why not go for a swim as this hotel features an indoor pool, a good way to unwind. Not only will guests find a great place to eat but also a swim-up bar and a poolside bar, so after a morning of refreshing drinks by the pool, why not head to the restaurant for a spot of lunch.
The hotel has a meeting room available for hire. Free Wi-Fi is available. Coffee is available in the lobby so you can sit back and relax with a hot cup.
These reviews have been left by customers who actually stayed at this hotel
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Breakfast at Amethyst Hotel
A free hot/cold buffet breakfast is available between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Facilities at Amethyst Hotel
- Bar
- Pool bar
- Cafeteria
- Personal newspapers
- Indoor swimming pool
- Room service - 24 hour
- Shuttle service from and/or to the airport
- Sauna
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- Spa/Wellness Centre
- Turkish bath
- Meeting Room
- Internet/Email services
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- Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Check-in: after noon.
Check-out: before noon.
PolicyExtra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
City tax and/or any other fees charged by the hotel
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: TRY 422 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Rollaway bed fee: TRY 71 per night
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Book your family-friendly accommodation at Amethyst Hotel, offering 90 guest rooms with climate control. Guests can kick back at the end of a busy day and enjoy 90-cm plasma televisions with premium satellite channels, first-run movies and DVD players. Corporate travelers will benefit from free wireless high-speed Internet access as well as complimentary newspapers, safes and phones during their Laleli visit.
Guest rooms are individually decorated, making each stay a unique experience. Visitors will wake up feeling refreshed and ready to start the day after a good night's sleep in supportive pillowtop mattresses with premium bedding, plus a selection of pillows from a pillow menu. Private bathrooms are designed to promote relaxation and well-being; all offer superior benefits, including jetted bathtubs, rainfall showerheads, bathrobes and bidets. Washers/dryers, minibars, coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water are supplied in each room to facilitate basic travel needs. Additional guest comforts include air conditioning, pay movies and hair dryers.
Bathroom toiletries are provided free of charge. A turndown service is available. Irons/ironing boards can be provided on request.
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Distances from Amethyst HotelBodrum Mosque - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Sehzade Mosque - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
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Yenikapi Seabus Port - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Museum of Turkish Calligraphic Art - 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
Beyazit Square - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Valens Aqueduct - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
Istanbul University - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
Column of Marcian - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
Beyazit Mosque - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
Beyazit Tower - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Vefa Kilise Mosque - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Historia Fatih Shopping Centre - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Gedikpasa Bath - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Suleiman the Magnificent's Mausoleum - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
The preferred airport for Amethyst Hotel is Istanbul (IST-Ataturk Intl.) - 11.8 km / 7.3 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
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Government to acquire 200 acres of land for the park
PATHANAMTHITTA: The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is planning to set up the State's second rubber park in Ranni taluk in Pathanamthitta district.
Local MLA Raju Abraham told The Hindu that the State Government would acquire 200 acres of land in Ranni for the proposed rubber park. It will be a Centre-State joint venture company with Rubber Board, under the Union Ministry of Commerce, joining hands with the State Government. The first Centre-State joint venture rubber park in the State was developed by Kinfra in Ayrapuram near Perumbavoor.
Industries Minister Elamaram Karim had convened meeting of entrepreneurs dealing in rubber at Ranni a month ago in connection with the proposed project.
Kerala has an area of 3.84 lakh hectares under rubber cultivation. It accounts for 90 per cent of the natural rubber produced in the country with an annual production of 3.70 lakh tonnes, says K.N. Sreekumar, senior adviser to Kinfra.
According to him, Kerala has 90 per cent of the 10 lakh rubber growers and 3.5 lakh related workers in India. It is high time that emphasis is laid on creation of a world-class supply chain, promotion of infrastructure, close interaction between research and industry in the agriculture sector, and increasing the export of value-added agriculture produces, Mr. Sreekumar said.
He added that the rubber park, with its single window clearance system, would offer everything under one roof for an entrepreneur to start his own rubber industry.
Mr. Raju Abraham said the proposed rubber park in Ranni would offer backward and forward integration and collective coordination. He added that the project would be funded by the Union Ministry of Commerce.
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I am attempting to build my husband's family tree. His father's family lived in the small town of Prizzi (provincia Palermo). My father-in-law and his brother were the only family members to have emigrated to the US and I have limited information on their dates of arrrival to the US. What I am trying to find is my husband's grandfather and those before him. I have tried Ancestry.com; however, they have no information on Sicily. Can anyone lead me in the right direction in order that I can build my husband's family tree. Also interested in getting information on relatives born in Riposto (provincia Catania) who are part of my family tree.
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Derived from each individual's tumor, Oncophage contains the 'antigenic fingerprint' of the patient's particular cancer and is designed to reprogram the body's immune system to target only cancer cells bearing this fingerprint. Oncophage is intended to leave healthy tissue unaffected and limit the debilitating side effects typically associated with traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Oncophage has been granted fast track and orphan drug designations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in both metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.
Study Findings
The investigator-sponsored Phase 1/2 study is designed to evaluate the feasibility, safety and activity of Oncophage vaccination in patients with recurrent, high-grade glioma. The trial involves two cohorts of six patients, both receiving a minimum of four Oncophage injections: the first cohort receives biweekly vaccinations; the second cohort receives weekly vaccinations. Patients are monitored for immune response before and after Oncophage treatment using three different techniques.
According to investigators, no adverse events or toxicity identified were considered attributable to the vaccine. A tumor-specific immune response was detected after vaccination in all 12 patients. The investigators will continue to follow patients for overall survival. Researchers plan to present further results from the Phase 1/2 trial of Oncophage in late 2007 and submit the findings for peer-review publication. Based on these results, the Phase 2 portion of this study is expected to move forward in mid-2007.
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life threatening disease, in which survival rates are typically 25
to 26 weeks, into a chronic disease with extended survival and
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The author detailed much information on the careers of Max Baer, Max Schmeling and Joe Louis. Also the struggles for promotional rights in the Big Apple and the whole boxing empire.
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POSITIVE PARENTINGBy DR MUSA MOHD NORDIN
Early vaccination against pneumococcal disease means lifelong protection for your child and peace of mind for you.
YOUR baby has been feverish all morning. He is refusing to feed, is unusually drowsy and there is a strange stiffness in his neck and legs.
You rush your baby to the hospital where the doctor does a careful physical examination and checks his blood for evidence of an infection. The diagnosis is confirmed: your baby has meningitis – an inflammation of the lining of the brain or spinal cord. He is hospitalised for immediate medical treatment.
Should treatment have been delayed, your baby could have suffered permanent hearing loss, paralysis, brain damage or even death.
Meningitis is a terrifying experience and the most common bacterial cause in Malaysia is pneumococcus.
What is pneumococcus?
Pneumococcus is also known as the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. It is responsible for pneumococcal disease (PnD), a highly contagious condition that easily spreads among children by droplets released into the air through sneezing or coughing.
Pneumococcus can cause not only meningitis, but other potentially deadly illnesses such as pneumonia, bacteraemia and middle ear infection.
Is PnD treatable?
Yes it is, provided it is detected early and your child gets immediate medical attention. PnD develops very quickly and any delay in treatment can lead to permanent damage.
The challenge is with infants as symptoms may be difficult to recognise or detect at such a tender age.
PnD is treated with antibiotics. Unfortunately, sometimes antibiotics do not work fast enough or the disease has advanced so much that the damaging effects of invasive PnD cannot be avoided.
More worrying, the pnemococcus has now developed resistance to many of the antibiotics, rendering them useless.
Is my child at risk?
Children below 24 months are at highest risk of PnD due to low levels of circulating pneumococcal antibodies.
Since 60% of preschool children are carriers of the pneumococcus, children who attend daycare centres are more likely to become infected due to increased exposure to the bacteria in the daycare setting.
Children with a weakened immune status due to an inherited absence or lack of antibodies or due to disease such as HIV are also at high risk.
How can I protect my child from PnD?
Practise good hygiene at home and in child care centres. Wash hands carefully, dispose all used tissues, prevent children from sharing cups, spoons and ensure toys are always kept clean. And do not allow unwell children from attending child care centres or schools.
The most effective method for preventing PnD, however, is by immunising your child against the pneumococcus. Even those who have been infected previously only enjoy a limited degree of immunity, which may not be sufficient to protect them from subsequent infections.
How does the pneumococcal vaccine work?
The pneumococcal vaccine is made from the outer layer of the bacteria conjugated to a special protein designed to "jump-start" your baby's production of antibodies without actually infecting him with the disease.
This prompts his body to programme special cells that can fight pneumococcus when he is exposed to them later in life.
Benefits of early vaccination
Up until recently, the only vaccine available to protect against invasive PnD was the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
However, this vaccine is unable to stimulate an adequate immune response in infants and children younger than two years of age.
By coupling the pneumococcal sugar coat to a special protein, a new pneumococcal vaccine is able to stimulate the production of antibodies in infants less than two years. It also activates the immune system memory.
Early immunisation therefore protects the child from ever acquiring PnD and all the devastating complications associated with it, including death.
Herd immunity
When a large proportion of the population is vaccinated against the pneumococcus, the bacteria are eradicated from the upper airways. This reduces the chances of the disease being transmitted to the unvaccinated individuals, a phenomenon known as herd immunity.
Vaccines, by preventing the spread of disease, are an economic plus. Fewer children would need to miss school and parents would not have to take time off work to nurse their sick children.
The best time to vaccinate?
Although dosing schedules may vary from country to country, the manufacturers recommend that the vaccine be administered as a primary series of three injections in infants younger than six months old, with a fourth dose administered during the second year of life.
The first dose is usually given at two months of age and an interval of at least one month should elapse between doses.
For previously unvaccinated older infants, the following schedule applies: for infants seven to 11 months, two doses should be administered at least one month apart, with a third dose during the second year of life; for children aged 12 to 23 months, two doses should be administered at least two months apart; for children aged 24 months to five years, one single dose.
The pneumococcal vaccine can be administered simultaneously with other childhood vaccines in accordance with recommended vaccination schedules.
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