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A system includes an operating mode in which the system detects requests to print nearly-blank pages and suppresses their printing. The detection and suppression may occur in a computer or other host device, in a printer, or in an intermediate device. A nearly-blank page may be identified in any of multiple ways. The mode may optionally be switched off so that nearly-blank pages are printed. The mode may optionally apply to only the last page in a print job.
1. A printer, comprising:
a) means for detecting a request to print a nearly-blank page; and
b) means for suppressing the printing of the nearly-blank page; and wherein the means for detecting the request to print the nearly-blank page further comprises:
i) means for identifying a region of interest on the page; and
ii) means for detecting the absence of intended markings inside the region of interest and detecting the presence of intended markings outside the region of interest.
2. The printer of
3. The printer of
4. The printer of
5. A method of suppressing the printing of a nearly-blank page, comprising the steps of:
a) recognizing that a print request requests the printing of the nearly-blank page by
i) identifying a region of interest on a page; and
ii) designating the page as nearly-blank when all requested markings in the print request are outside the region of interest; and
b) suppressing the printing of the nearly-blank page.
6. The method of
7. The method of
8. The method of
9. A data processing system, comprising:
a) a host device that generates data describing a page to be printed;
b) a printer;
c) an interface that carries the data from the host device to the printer;
d) a processor; and
e) a program, executing in the processor, that examines the data and recognizes that the page to be printed is nearly-blank, and suppresses the printing of the page; and wherein recognizing that the page to be printed is nearly-blank comprises the steps of
i) identifying a region of interest on the page; and
ii) designating the page as nearly-blank when all requested markings on the page are outside the region of interest.
10. The data processing system of
11. The data processing system of
12. The data processing system of
13. The data processing system of
The present invention relates generally to printing.
Many modern computer systems and other data processing systems include printers for making substantially permanent records of information. Typically, a printer responds to commands from a computer or other device and prints the requested information without regard to the efficiency of what is requested. For example, the computer or other device may occasionally request that a blank or nearly-blank page be "printed," and a blank or nearly-blank page results. Blank pages are pages with no printed content, and often result, for example, when a document file has unnecessary blank lines at its end.
Nearly-blank pages are pages that contain so little printed matter as to be of marginal utility. Such pages are a common result, for example, of printing from web browser software. Material placed on the World Wide Web is often formatted for viewing on a display screen rather than formatted for efficient printing. Printing a web page often results in pages that may contain a header or footer or both but no other content.
The printing of nearly-blank pages has several disadvantages. Time and resources are wasted in processing the pages. The pages are often not recycled, resulting in waste or added requirements for storage space. Even if the pages are reused for further printing, the wasted trip through the printer mechanism may introduce a degree of curl to the paper, increasing the likelihood that the paper will jam in the printer when it is reused.
Some systems may suppress the processing of blank pages, for example by discarding the second of two consecutive form feed commands. However, these systems do not address the waste and inefficiency caused by the processing of nearly-blank pages.
There is a need for an improvement in printing to reduce the waste and difficulties caused by the printing of nearly-blank pages.
A system includes an operating mode in which the system detects requests to print nearly-blank pages and suppresses their printing. The detection and suppression may occur in a computer or other host device, in a printer, or in an intermediate device. A nearly-blank page may be identified in any of multiple ways. The mode may optionally be switched off so that nearly-blank pages are printed. The mode may optionally apply to only the last page in a print job.
FIG. 1 depicts a typical example of a data processing system.
FIG. 2 depicts example steps that a typical print job may comprise.
FIG. 3 depicts a simplified schematic diagram of an example formatter.
FIG. 4 depicts a simplified representation of an example printed page.
FIG. 5 depicts an example nearly-blank page.
FIG. 6 depicts an example system using an intermediate device between a host device and a printer.
FIG. 7 depicts a flow chart of the steps that an example method embodying the invention may comprise.
FIG. 1 depicts a typical example data processing system 100, comprising a host device 101 communicating with a printer 102. In this example embodiment, the host device 101 is a computer, although the present invention may be embodied in systems with other host devices. For example a system may comprise a set-top box connected to a printer. A set-top box typically is placed on top of a television, and provides game-playing ability, internet access, interactive television functions, enhanced television viewing, or some combination of these capabilities. The communication link 103 to the printer may use a cable, or may be a wireless connection.
FIG. 2 depicts example steps that a typical print job may comprise. In the example embodiment, application software 201 on the host device 101 is used to compose a page to be printed. The application software 201 may be a word processing program, a spreadsheet program, or another kind of application software. The page to be printed may be represented by data generated by the application software 201. For example, the application software 201 may describe the page using a page description language (PDL) such as Printer Command Language (PCL), developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company of Palo Alto, Calif., or PostScript, developed by Adobe Systems of San Jose, Calif. The application software 201 may use other data formats to describe the page as well, including characters from the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) character set, or another format.
The application software 201 typically communicates its output data to a device driver 202, which is another software program resident on the host device 101. The device driver 202 may be a standard part of an operating system, or may be installed specifically for the operation of printer 102. A device driver 202 typically adds control information and the like to the data generated by the application software 201.
The device driver 202 may send the data to a basic input/output system (BIOS) 203 resident on the host device. The BIOS 203 is another program, and may reside in volatile or nonvolatile memory. The BIOS 203 provides low-level functions for communicating with hardware interfaces built into host device 101.
The BIOS 203 may send the data through an interface 204. Interface 204 may be a parallel connection or serial connection, and may be a Centronics, RS-232, USB, or IEEE 1394 "Firewire" interface, or another kind of interface.
Interface 204 may transmit the data outside the host device via a communication link 103, which may be a cable or wireless connection.
Printer 102 may comprise a second interface 205 similar to interface 204 on host device 101. The second interface 205 accepts data from communication link 103 into printer 102. Printer 102 may be a laser printer, inkjet printer, daisy wheel printer, dot matrix printer, line printer, page printer, or another kind of printer.
Printer 102 may also typically comprise a formatter 206. A formatter is a combination of hardware and software or firmware that converts the data sent to printer 102 from host device 101 into the electrical control signals necessary to cause printer 102 to print a page in accordance with the description created by application software 201.
Formatter 206 may send signals to a marking engine 207. A marking engine is the electromechanical mechanism that creates the required image on paper in response to signals from formatter 206. The marking engine 207 may place ink, toner, wax, dye, or another medium on selected parts the paper, or may modify parts of the paper with heat, light, or by some other means in order to create an image.
FIG. 3 depicts a simplified schematic diagram of an example formatter 206. The formatter may comprise one or more processors 301 that communicate with the host device, manage data flow in the formatter, and control the marking engine. The formatter may further comprise memory 302, for storing programs and data used by the processor 301, for holding the data received from the host device 101, and for holding intermediate representations of pages as necessary. Memory 302 may comprise both volatile and nonvolatile types of memory.
The formatter may optionally further comprise a raster image processor (RIP) 303. A raster image processor may be a combination of hardware and software or firmware that constructs a bitmapped representation of the requested page using the data from host device 101. A bitmapped representation assigns locations in memory 302 to locations on the page, and stores in each memory location an indication of whether or not that particular location on the page is to receive any marking.
Raster image processor 303 is shown as residing in printer 102 for purposes of illustration, and this is a common configuration. Alternatively, the raster image processor may reside in the host device 101, and may be implemented in device driver 202 or even in application software 201. Still other configurations are possible within the scope of the present invention.
FIG. 4 depicts a simplified representation of an example printed page 401. In this highly simplified example, page 401 comprises 88 locations called "pixels", or "dots." An actual printed page may contain thousands or millions of dot locations, depending on the resolution of the particular printer. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the principles described will apply to pages of higher resolution than example page 401.
On example page 401, three main groups of marked dots are shown. A cluster of eight dots 402 near the center of the page may represent some desired printed content. Dot cluster 403, comprising three dots near the top of the page, may represent header information placed on the page, and dot cluster 404, comprising two dots near the bottom of the page, may represent footer information. Dashed boundary 405 represents a window boundary, selected by the printer when the printer is configured to suppress the printing of nearly-blank pages. The boundary may optionally be adjusted by the user through a software interface, front panel controls on the printer, or by other means. Window boundary 405 may be used to discriminate between pages that are nearly-blank and pages that are not nearly-blank. For example, pages with marked dots within window boundary 405 may be designated as not nearly-blank, and pages with no marking within boundary 405 may be designated as nearly-blank.
The dot locations represented on example page 401 may also be thought of as locations in a corresponding array of locations in memory 302. Each dot may correspond to a bit or group of bits in memory 302. A particular bit pattern may be stored in each memory location to represent a marked dot, and a different pattern may be stored to represent an unmarked dot. For example, marked dots may be represented by storing a digital "1" in each corresponding memory location, and unmarked dots may be represented by storing a digital "0," although many other systems are possible.
In a simple example embodiment, firmware or software running on processor 301 may examine the memory locations before a page is printed to see if any dots within boundary 405 are to be marked. An example pseudo-code implementation of this technique may be as follows:
Example page 401 has markings inside window boundary 405, and thus would not be designated a nearly-blank page. After execution of the algorithm described in Listing 1 using data describing example page 401, suppress_page_flag will be NO, and page 401 will be printed.
If after execution of this algorithm suppress_page_flag=YES, then processor 301 may control the printer so as to skip or suppress the printing of the page. For example, FIG. 5 depicts an example nearly-blank page 501. Nearly-blank page 501 has marked dots only outside window boundary 502. Thus after execution of the algorithm in Listing 1, suppress_page_flag will be YES, and the printing of the page will be suppressed, assuming that the variable suppression_mode has been set to ON. The suppression may be accomplished by discarding the request to print the page.
The variable suppression_mode may be set by the user of data processing system 100, using a software interface, a front panel control, or by other means. In this way, the system may be configured to suppress the printing of nearly-blank pages, or to print them. Turning off nearly-blank page suppression may be desirable for providing proper pagination for formal documents or the like.
The algorithm in Listing 1 has been described as executing on processor 301 inside printer 102 for purposes of explanation. Other implementation methods are possible. For example, hardware in formatter 206 in printer 102 could perform a similar test as raster image processor 303 is forming a bitmapped representation of the page.
Alternatively, the algorithm of Listing 1 could be implemented in driver 202 in host device 101, or in application software 201.
Other algorithms and definitions of a nearly-blank page are possible as well. For example, in addition to having marked dots outside a window boundary, a page with a small number of dots to be marked within the window boundary could also be designated a nearly-blank page. With modern high-resolution printers, isolated marked dots on a page are very small and carry little information, so a page with only a few marked dots might safely be designated as nearly-blank. The number of marked dots to allow within the window boundary may be configurable.
It is not necessary within the scope of the invention that a bitmap image of the page be constructed. For example, a system that communicates simple ASCII character codes to the printer could buffer the codes and withhold printing of a page until examination of the codes indicates that one of the printed characters will fall within a window boundary. If a character inside a window boundary is detected, printing would be resumed. If an entire page is received without codes calling for a character to be printed within the window boundary, the page would be discarded without printing. The buffering and examination may happen in a host device or in the printer.
Any of these algorithms may also be implemented in an intermediate device between the host device and the printer. FIG. 6 depicts a data processing system using an intermediate device 603 between a host device 601 and a printer 602. Intermediate device 603 may intercept and relay data from host device 601 to printer 602, and may provide print job buffering, protocol translation, or other capabilities, including the configurable suppression of nearly-blank pages. Intermediate device 603 may modify the data.
FIG. 7 depicts a flow chart of the steps that an example method 700 embodying the invention may comprise. Initiator 701 indicates the beginning of the method. In step 702, a print request is examined to see if it requests a nearly-blank page. Decision block 703 branches the flow of the method depending on whether a nearly-blank page request was recognized. If it was not recognized that a nearly-blank page was requested, then the page is printed in step 704. If a request for a nearly-blank page was recognized, then the method is routed around step 704, thereby skipping or suppressing the printing of a nearly-blank page. The processor, circuitry, or software implementing the method may then proceed to other tasks.
In some cases it may be desirable, for example to preserve proper pagination throughout a document, to suppress nearly-blank pages only at the end of a print job. This modification may be easily incorporated into the example embodiments described above. For example, listing 1 may be modified to add an additional test. An example modification is shown in listing 2 below.
In listing 2, suppress_page_flag is set to YES only if near_blank_flag is YES and last_page is YES, indicating that the last page of a print job is being processed. Optionally, this additional test may be enabled by a user of a system, using a software interface, a front panel control, or by other means.
The foregoing description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and other modifications and variations may be possible in light of the above teachings. For example, the data processing system need not comprise separate enclosures for the host device and printer. The data processing system may be a self-contained unit containing an internal printer. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention in various embodiments and various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the appended claims be construed to include other alternative embodiments of the invention except insofar as limited by the prior art.
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I don't think I'll ever be the same, said Kelvin Wesley. I think about it a lot. It bothers me.
Wesley was driving his Toyota Camry north on Highway 59 near Weslayan Street around rush hour on Friday evening when the wreck happened.
I remember hearing this terrible crunch and then the sound of glass shattering into my face, Wesley said.
That impact came from a human body. Police said the victim was operating a motorcycle on the HOV overpass and had lost control. According to witnesses, the bike slammed into the wall, and the riderplunged 40 to 50 feet down.
The victim smashed through Wesley s windshield and was pronounced dead on the front passenger seat.
I said a prayer for him and his family. I asked God to have mercy on them, Wesley said.
Wesley also thanked God for the safety of his own family.
Hours before the wreck, he had dropped his son off at the University of Houston, and police said they believe any front passenger in the car would have likely been killed.
Police were withholding the name of the victim pending notification of his family members.
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A scheduled sentencing hearing for the former finance director of Covington was continued Tuesday morning.
COVINGTON, Ky. -- A scheduled sentencing hearing for the former finance director of Covington was continued Tuesday morning.
Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders confirmed the continuance of Robert Due's case.
Due pleaded guilty in March to stealing nearly $800,000 from the city where he lived and worked.
Sanders confirmed the state is in negotiations to try to recover some of those stolen funds from Due's state pension plan. Sanders could not provide an exact amount that might be recouped on Tuesday.
Due faces 15 years in prison. His sentencing was originally scheduled to take place at 1:30 p.m.
"Whatever the judge's sentence is, (Due) would like to serve that and get on with his life and began to try to repay the city of Covington," said defense attorney Tim Schneider.
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(The Blaze) Do elections have consequences? If you have been paying attention to the financial markets, you might think so. Wall Street has had two horrible days since President Obama won a second term.
However, stock prices are not the only thing taking a hit. It appears that the job market is also suffering. In the last 48 hours, the following major corporations have announced layoffs in America (links take you to news stories about the layoffs — with details from the companies):
- Energizer(1500 employees)
- Westinghouse (50)
- Research in Motion Limited (200)
- Lightyear Network Solutions (around a dozen)
- Providence Journal (23)
- Hawker Beechcraft (240)
- Boeing (30% of their management staff)
- CVPH Medical Center (17)
- US Cellular (980)
- Momentive Performance Materials (150)
- Rocketdyne (100)
- Brake Parts (75)
- Vestas Wind Systems (3,000) (they were also a recipient of $50 million from the Stimulus)
- Husqvarna (600)
- Center for Hospice New York (up to 40)
- Bristol-Meyers (480)
- OCE North America (135)
- West Ridge Mine (closing up to 204 mines)
- United Blood Services Gulf(up to 10% of workforce)
Also mentioned is Darden Restaurants, which is going to limit workers to 28 hours a week to avoid ObamaCare requirements regarding full time workers.
The story also lists a large number of companies that announced that they are closing. And then we go to Daily Job Cuts and find more (partial list)
- Update: Exide Technologies in Laureldale – 150
- Southeastern Container – 15
- Plexus Corp – Contract Loss Could = Layoffs
- Yakima Regional Medical Center Washington – 10+
- Crouse Hospital Syracuse NY – 70 Jobs
- Eagle-Tribune in North Andover – 21
- Ameridose LLC – up to 650 Layoffs
- EMD Millipore St. Charles – Some Layoffs
- Groupon – 80
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne – 100
- Slidell La. – Warns of Possible Layoffs
We also get many more closings, including
- Career Education Corp – Closing 23 Campuses – 900 Jobs Lost
- Caterpillar Inc. will close its plant in Owatonna Minn.
- Update: TE Connectivity Closing Greensboro Plant – 620 Layoffs Expected
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Are all these a pure response to Obama's re-election? Surely, no. There are layoffs and closings every day. But, this was a huge number post election, and those super evil rich people who provide the jobs are certainly highlighting the state of the economy and what they expect the economy to do in the future. They're telling people they voted for lollipops and unicorns, they voted because they prefer likeability over competence and experience, they voted for more of the same and blamestorming over a proven track record of success. Quite a few companies are laying people off directly due to the ObamaCare tax that's a penalty but a tax but a penalty. From Twitchy we get
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In Brazil, illegal markets aren't confined to the usual suspects like guns, drugs or contraband. There is also a sizeable black market in cheeses: not the imported variety, but rather traditional cheeses made from raw milk by thousands of small-scale artisan producers. According to Emater, an organization for technical assistance and rural development, today nearly 40% of all artisanal cheese made countrywide is sold on the black market.
The reason is simple. For more than 50 years an outdated, severe law that was created for the large industrial producers has forced a large part of the small-scale raw-milk cheesemakers to sell their products on the black market. The law stipulates that cheese made from unpasteurized milk, must be aged at least 60 days in order to be sold in other Brazilian states. It also requires that the tables, forms and workbenches used in production be made of stainless steel, instead of the usual wood. For many of the small producers it is too costly to make the necessary changes, but it is not only an economic concern; using stainless steel in place of wood changes both the quality and the flavor of the cheeses.
With the introduction of these modern production rules, traditional knowledge, artisanal methods, and a palate that for centuries has characterized Brazilian food culture are vanishing. Cheesemaking in Brazil has ancient origins. Documents that discuss the production of the first cheeses in the state of Pernambuco, for example, date back to 1597. Today the production of raw-milk cheeses involves thousands of producers and families in various states and regions of the country: from the quejio canastra cheese of Minais Gerais, in the Southeast, to buffalo milk cheese of Marjò island in the state of Parà, to the colonial and Serrano cheeses from the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the extreme south of the country.
In some cases the regulations are contradictory and confusing. In the state of Minas Gerais, for example, a law was introduced to legalize the production and sale of raw-milk cheeses in 2002 However, the producers must still deal with the federal laws that prohibit the sale of their cheeses across state lines.
In 2011 Slow Food Brazil decided to unite officially with producers of artisanal raw-milk cheeses to fight for the protection of this important food heritage. A working group was created with participation from researchers and experts, convivium leaders, committee members of the Ark of Taste, cooks and food lovers from across the country. Together with the Ark of Taste National Commission, the working group had a major role in the organization of the first seminar on the artisanal cheeses of Brazil (a three day conference supported by Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical and Emater held in November 2011 in Fortaleza).
"Raw-milk artisanal cheeses are an important food heritage for Brazil", wrote Bibi Cintrão and Denise Gonçalves, two members of the working group. "They are produced in different states and regions of the country and involve thousands of small businesses and families whose livelihood and culture depend on this knowledge. We know that there is a lot of resistance and that the question of legalization for these products is not simple. We have our work cut out for us, which is also why we always need more backers".
In collaboration with local NGOs and other bodies, the groups works to encourage dialogue with universities and local health authorities and to inform and educate consumers through a national network for the defense of artisanal raw milk cheeses. Conferences, events, tastings and markets are being used to promote the environmental, cultural and gastronomic aspects of raw milk production to civil society, and highlight the difficulties faced by producers in the name a disputable concept of food security. Raising awareness about the severe legislations that create a lack of these products in the majority of Brazilian cities is the first fundamental step in taking civil society towards the assertion of their rights to buy the foods of their choice.
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Apart from Malayalam films Priyadarshan has also directed Hindi, Tamil and Telugu movies. His foray into Bollywood was with the movie Muskurahat (1993) remake of malayalam film Kilukkam. This was a failure at the box office and it went largely unnoticed. His first successful Hindi film was Gardish, a remake of the malayalam film Kireedam (1989).
He made his second foray into Hindi films with the remake of the acclaimed Kamal Haasan starrer Thevar Magan (Tamil) in Hindi. The film was titled Virasat and was made with the help of writer Vinay Shukla. The success of the film established Priyadarshan as a sought after director in Bollywood along with the cast and crew of the film including Tabu, Ravi K Chandran (cinemotography) and Anu Malik (music).
He later came up with a string of remakes including Hera Pheri (2000) (remake of Ramji Rao Speaking), Hungama (2003) (remake of Poochakkoru Mookkuthi), Hulchul (2004) (remake of Godfather), Garam Masala (2005) (remake of Boeing Boeing), Chup Chup Ke (2006) (remake of Punjabi House) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) (Remake of Manichitrathazhu)
Priyadarshans movies are noted for their rich exotic visuals, songs and slapstick humour. He often works with the technical team comprising of N. Gopalakrishnan (editor), S. Kumar (cinemotography) and Sabu Cyril (art director).
Some of the remakes of Priyadarshan however failed to achieve boxoffice success. These include Muskurahat (1993), Kabhi Na Kabhi (1997) (not a remake), Doli Sajake Rakhna (1998) (remake of Aniyathipravu), Yeh Tera Ghar Ye Mera Ghar (2002), (remake of Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam)and Kyonki (2005)(remake of Thaalavattom).
The original directors and screenwriters are either not acknowledged in the Hindi version, or are acknowledged simply under 'Story'. For instances Hulchul was originally written and directed by Siddique-Lal who was not credited as the screenwriter in spite of it being an exact copy (with dialogues translated to Hindi). Soon after the release of Bhool Bhulaiyaa, in an interview with Rediff.com, the original screenwriter Madhu Muttam claimed that he was not consulted with and the original director, Fazil (also Priyadarshan's mentor) refused to comment on the film. When asked about plagiarism accusations, Priyadarshan told The Hindu that "Today, 99% of the films are copied" . It is also a generally held opinion that Priyadarshan's remakes are far inferior in quality to the originals.
The table below lists the remakes Priyadarshan has made in Hindi vs the original film:
|Year - Cast
|Original Film
|Year - Cast
|2009 - Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai
|Pirate (film)
|2008 - Kunal Khemu, Deepika Padukone, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav
|Billo Barber
|2008 - Irfan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Lara Dutta
|Kadha Parayumbol
|2007 - Sreenivasan, Mammootty, Mukesh, Jagathy, Meena. Director - R.Mohanan
|2008 - Prakash Raj
|Own creation
|Mere Baap Pehele Aap
|2008 - Akshay Khanna,Paresh Rawal
|2001 - Dileep, Nedumudi Venu. Director - Sibi Malayil
|2007 - Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Sharman Joshi
|In Harihar Nagar
|1990 - Mukesh, Siddique, Jagadish, Asokan. Director - Siddique-Lal
|Bhool Bhulaiya
|2007 - Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja,Amisha Patel
|1993 - Mohanlal,Suresh Gopi,Shobana Director - Fazil
|Bhagam Bhag
|2006 - Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta
|Mannar Mathai SpeakingNadodikkattu
|1995 - Mukesh, Saikumar, Innocent, Vaani Viswanath. Director - Mani C kapan
|Malamaal Weekly
|2006 - Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Ritesh Deshmukh, Reema Sen
|Waking Ned Divine(English)
|1995 - Ian Bannen, David Kelly ,Fionnula FlanaganDirector - Kirk Jones
|Chup Chup Ke
|2006 - Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor
|Punjabi House
|1998 - Dileep, Mohini. Director - Rafi & Macartin
|Kyon Ki
|2005 - Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Rimi Sen
|1986 - Mohanlal, Karthika, Lizy. Director - Priyadarshan
|Garam Masala
|2005 - Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Paresh Rawal
|Boeing Boeing
|1985 - Mohanlal, Mukesh, Sukumari. Director - Priyadarshan
|2004 - Akshay Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Amrish Puri
|1991 - Mukesh, Kanaka, N.N. Pillai. Director - Siddique & Lal
|Satyaghat - Crime Never Pays
|2003- Mohanlal, Rami Reddy
|1992 - Mohanlal, Rami Reddy, Director - Priyadarshan
|2003 - Akshay Khanna, Rimi Sen, Aftab Shivdasani
|Poochakkoru Mookkuthi
|1984 - Mohanlal, Menaka, Shankar. Director - Priyadarshan
|Laysa Laysa
|2002 (Tamil) - Shaam, Trisha Krishnan, Madhavan
|Summer in Bethlahem Cheppu
|1998 - Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier. Director - Sibi Malayil 1980 - Mohanlal. Director - Priyadarshan
|Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar
|2001 - Sunil Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry
|Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam
|1986 - Mohanlal, Karthika. Director - Satyan Anthikad
|Hera Pheri
|2001 - Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal
|Ramji Rao Speaking
|1989 - Mukesh, Saikumar, Innocent. Director - Siddique & Lal
|Kabhi Na Kabhi
|1998 - Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff,Paresh Rawal,Pooja Bhat
|Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
|1998 - Akshay Khanna, Jyothika
|Aniyathi Pravu
|1997 - Kunchako Boban, Shalini. Director - Fazil
|1997 - Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Pooja Batra
|Thevar Magan (Tamil)
|1992 - Kamal Haasan, Revathi, Gauthami. Director - Bharathan
|Saat Rang Ke Sapne
|1997 - Arvind Swamy, Juhi Chawla
|Thenmavin Kombath
|1994 - Mohanlal, Sobhana. Director - Priyadarshan
|1993 - Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri
|1989 - Mohanlal, Thilakan. Director - Sibi Malayil
|Chori Chori
|1988 - Mithun Chakravorthy, Gauthami (Hindi version directed by K.BAPPAIAH)
|1988 - Mohanlal, Renjini. Director - Priyadarshan
|1992 - Jay Mehta, Revathi
|1989 - Mohanlal, Revathi. Director - Priyadarshan


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Men's basketball: FGCU hoping to ride winning streak, stay atop A-Sun
ESTERO — With seven regular-season games to go, the Eagles are flying in rarefied air.
After winning a program-record four straight Atlantic Sun games, including a sweep at North Florida and Jacksonville on Thursday and Saturday, Florida Gulf Coast University's men are tied with Mercer atop the conference standings at 8-3.
Jacksonville and USC Upstate are just a half-game back, and Stetson and Northern Kentucky also are within striking distance at 6-5.
The best-ever A-Sun finish for FGCU (16-8), which is in its sixth Division I season, was sixth last season.
"This is what you play for," FGCU second-year coach Andy Enfield said. "You put in all that hard work in the offseason to have a chance in the second half of the conference season to try to win it. Our players are confident. I'm proud of their efforts they've given in practice, and how hard they've played in the games. At the same time, as good as they feel and as good as we feel as a coaching staff about our recent winning streak, there's a lot of work to be done.
"We certainly have our chance and we'll see what we do with it."
FGCU hosts four and travels three times for the rest of the regular season that starts tonight at 7:05 when FGCU hosts East Tennessee State (7-17, 5-6). In a 5:15 p.m. game on ESPN3 on Saturday, the Eagles host USC Upstate (13-11, 7-4).
The Eagles are 11-1 in Alico Arena, but Enfield and company are taking nothing for granted.
"We understand every game is probably going to be close," Enfield said.
FGCU's 85-75 loss at ETSU on Jan. 12 was a good illustration of that. The Eagles built a seemingly insurmountable 55-36 lead with 6:52 left. But the Bucs went on a flabbergasting 39-13 run to take a 75-68 lead en route to the win.
"It was a total defensive collapse," said Enfield, the disappointment still in his voice. "They made a couple shots to get within 10. Got some momentum. Then they made a couple more tough shots to cut the lead even further. Then they felt like they could shoot it from anywhere and score from anywhere. They were just driving the ball and making 3s and making pull-ups and floaters. They just played a great offensive half against us.
"Our guys didn't step up and say, 'Enough's enough.'"
Coupled with a home overtime loss to Lipscomb five nights later when the Eagles blew a 16-point second-half lead, that ETSU loss served as a big wake-up call for FGCU, which has played much better defense, and mostly has avoided the lapses seen through the first half of the season.
"We've played excellent basketball the last four games," Enfield said.
The same starting five — three sophomores, a junior and senior — has been together 22 of 24 games. Always looking for transition, the Eagles lead the A-Sun in scoring (74.2 ppg) and their overall record is by far the best in the conference. The production from the bench, especially from junior guard Christophe Varidel, freshman point guard Dajuan Graf and senior center Eddie Murray, has given the Eagles a huge boost. FGCU has learned to win the close ones. In notching seven wins in their last nine games, the Eagles have pulled out a one-point overtime, a two-point and a three-point win.
"Our players have found ways to win," Enfield said. "Our interior players are playing excellent defense, fronting the post and keeping the ball out of the hands of some of the big men in our league."
Enfield harped on the balance of the A-Sun — six of the 10 teams are within two games of each other — and said, despite the youth, the Eagles aren't getting too big for their baggy shorts. All they have to do is look back at and forward to ETSU, with whom the Eagles split last season.
"That's enough to bring them back to reality if they are overconfident," Enfield said. "Our entire team understands you can't take any team lightly. In fact, you can't relax when you have a big lead."
At ETSU, guard Jarvis Jones and Lester Wilson went well above their averages against the Eagles, combining for 39 points, mostly by making 6 of 12 3-pointers between them. And point guard Petey McClain drove the Eagles crazy with what Enfield called "a great floor game."
"A few of their players are so talented, but they're streaky," Enfield said. "Their whole team fed off them, got confident and caught fire."
The Bucs are unique to the A-Sun in that they want to play a 2-3 matchup zone — Syracuse style — for the full 40 minutes. Three Bucs are in the top 15 in A-Sun steals.
To get past them, the Eagles will need to play a full 40 and not pull their feet off the pedal should they build a double-digit lead.
"We've been over it," Enfield said. "They understand it. They've been through it. If you're a team that deserves to win the league, you won't let that happen again."
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Today's game
FGCU men (18-8, 8-3) vs. East Tennessee State (7-17, 5-6)
When: 7:05 p.m.
Where: Alico Arena, Estero
TV/Radio: None, but the game can be seen via fgcuathletics.com
Projected starters
Pos. Height Year Name PPG RPG FG PCT.
PG 6-0 Fr. Petey McClain 3.9 1.9 34.4
G 6-2 Sr. Jarvis Jones 16.5 2.8 40.6
G 6-3 So. Rashawn Rembert 8.1 2.3 41.0
F 6-4 Fr. Lester Wilson 15.3 5.7 44.4
F 6-5 Jr. Kinard Gilliard-Gadsden 5.7 3.8 48.8
PG 6-3 So. Brett Comer 7.7 3.5 43.3
G 6-3 So. Bernard Thompson 13.9 4.3 48.0
G 6-4 Sr. Sherwood Brown 15.8 6.3 48.6
F 6-8 Jr. Chase Fieler 11.9 5.3 54.8
F 6-9 So. Eric McKnight 7.1 4.6 59.3
Of note: This is an Atlantic Sun matchup. ... East Tennessee State leads the series, 8-2. FGCU blew a 19-point second-half lead in the Eagles' stunning 85-75 loss at ETSU on Jan. 12. ... At 8-3, FGCU is tied with Mercer atop the A-Sun standings. Mercer hosts Jacksonville tonight. ... FGCU won its program-record fourth straight A-Sun game with Saturday's 81-78 victory at Jacksonville. Two nights previous, FGCU won, 89-75, at North Florida. ... The Eagles, whose highest-ever A-Sun finish was sixth last season, have won seven of their last nine games. ... The highest-scoring team in the A-Sun (74.2 ppg) is 11-1 at home. ... ETSU snapped a two-game losing streak with Saturday's 90-88 home win against Lipscomb. ... ETSU's Jones is the A-Sun's Player of the Week.
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Hine (or Hinay or "Hineih") Mah Tov is a Jewish hymn traditionally sung at Shabbat feasts. [1]
Lyrics and Transliteration[edit]
The lyrics, in Hebrew, read: .הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד
Hine(y) ma tov u'ma-nayim
Shevet ach-im gam ya-chad
Or in Romanized Biblical Hebrew:
Hinneh mah Tov umah naʿiym
sheveth aḥiym gam yaḥadh
Origins and translation[edit]
Its lyrics are the first verse of Psalm 133, which reads, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"[2]
.הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב = Hine mah tov
Behold how good
וּמַה נָּעִים = uMah-Nayim
and how pleasing
שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד = shevet achim gam yachad
if brothers (people) could sit together in unity
(in Hebrew, the masculine also includes the feminine when a mixed group of people are concerned)
Yachad is from the word Yachid which means absolute unity and has a higher connotation than just peace and harmony.
The question is asked in the Talmud, "How can you describe HaShem (God)" and the reply is "Yachid" (absolute unity).[citation needed]
It is for this reason that the word "Yachad" has a higher connotation in that it also implies unity with the Creator and not just with other people. Simply put, it implies an ascended level of universal consciousness.
Hine Ma Tov continues to be a popular hymn for Shabbat feasts and is the basis for several Israeli folk dances.[3] It has been recorded by artists as diverse as Dalida, Meir Finkelstein, Ishtar, the Miami Boys Choir, the Abayudaya of Uganda and the dub group Adonai and I. Harry Belafonte recorded a version on his 1960 album, Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall. Matisyahu has recorded a version of it too.
In popular entertainment[edit]
In the 1977 television film Raid on Entebbe, Yonathan Netanyahu and Sammy Berg lead the Israeli commandos in singing the refrain while the commandos' plane is en route to rescue the hostages. It is also played during the closing credits. The song also features in the 1990 film Europa Europa where the lyrics are translated as How sweet it is to be sitting, surrounded by all of your brothers.
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Screams from the Balcony is a collection of letters chronicling Charles Bukowski's life as he tries to get published and work at a postal office, all while drinking and gambling.
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Charles Bukowsk is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in 1920 in Andernach, Germany, to an American soldier father and a German mother, and brought to the United States at the age of three. He was raised in Los Angeles and lived there for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944 when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.


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Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them.
Revising the conventional view that the war was universally disillusioning, Faith in the Fight argues that the war in fact strengthened the religious beliefs of the Americans who fought, and that it helped spark a religiously charged revival of many prewar orthodoxies during a postwar period marked by race riots, labor wars, communist witch hunts, and gender struggles. For many Americans, Ebel argues, the postwar period was actually one of "reillusionment."
Demonstrating the deep connections between Christianity and Americans' experience of the First World War, Faith in the Fight encourages us to examine the religious dimensions of America's wars, past and present, and to work toward a deeper understanding of religion and violence in American history.
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a controversial bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world.
The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has angered some Russians who argue it victimizes children to make a political point.
The law would block dozens of Russian children now in the process of being adopted by American families from leaving the country and cut off a major route out of often-dismal orphanages. The United States is the biggest destination for adopted Russian children – more than 60,000 of them have been taken in by Americans over the past two decades.
I still don't see any reasons why I should not sign it, Putin said at a televised meeting. He went on to say that he intends to do so.
UNICEF estimates there are about 740,000 children not in parental custody in Russia, while only 18,000 Russians are now waiting to adopt a child. Russian officials say they want to encourage more Russians to adopt Russian orphans.
Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on Thursday petitioned the president to extend the ban to other countries.
There is huge money and questionable people involved in the semi-legal schemes of exporting children, he tweeted.
Kremlin critics say Astakhov is trying to extend the ban only to get more publicity and win more favors with Putin. A graduate of the KGB law school and a celebrity lawyer, Astakhov was a pro-Putin activist before becoming children's rights ombudsman and is now seen as the Kremlin's voice on adoption issues.
This is cynicism beyond limits, opposition leader Ilya Yashin tweeted. The children rights ombudsman is depriving children of a future.
The bill is retaliation for an American law that calls for sanctions against Russian officials deemed to be human rights violators.
The U.S. law, called the Magnitsky Act, stems from the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in jail after being arrested by police officers whom he accused of a $230 million tax fraud. The law prohibits officials allegedly involved in his death from entering the United States.
Kremlin critics say that means Russian officials who own property in the West and send their children to Western schools would lose access to their assets and families.
The passage of the bill follows weeks of a hysterical media campaign on Kremlin-controlled television that lambasts American adoptive parents and adoption agencies that allegedly bribe their way into getting Russian children.


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This week's World Cafe: Next artist is 31-year-old Minnesotan Haley Bonar. She was discovered at 19 by Alan Sparhawk of Low at an open mic in Duluth, Minn., and is about to release her fifth album, Last War. Here, we play two of its tracks, which you can download at the audio link.
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The Navghar police, investigating the murder of a senior citizen at her Mulund (East) residence more than three weeks ago, is investigating the possibility that the suspect couple may also be involved in the attack on a housewife in Andheri (East) end April.
The couple, who were spotted in CCTV footage outside the Pragati building where 70-year-old Laxmi Naik was killed on April 16, have been identified by Naik's sister as having visited their flat earlier on the same day.
Ganesh Gaikwad, senior inspector, Navghar police station, said, "We have launched a hunt for the couple. We have also shared the CCTV images with the MIDC police so they can show it to the woman who was attacked by a couple in their area, to ascertain whether it was the same couple in both cases."
In the Andheri case, Pinky Dubey was attacked and robbed by a man and a woman at her home at Ashthavinayak society on April 28. She was with her 11-month daughter and was found bound and lying on the floor by her husband when he returned from work.
The attackers robbed seven tolas of gold from the Dubey house. Robbery is also believed to have been the motive in the Mulund case after gold earrings and Rs1,400 cash was missing.
In the meanwhile, the anti-robbery cell of the crime branch has also joined the investigations in both the cases.
"It will be a crucial lead for the investigating teams if the couple in both the cases is found to be the same. This will help us to narrow down the investigation," said a crime branch officer, on condition of anonymity.


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- Start at the top of the egg and work your way down. Make sure to overlap each row.
- Making the White Pincecone: Remove the adhesive-backing on a circle. Start at the top of the egg and work your way down. Make sure to overlap each row.
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PROVIDENCE ŌĆō The Coastal Resources Management Council postponed a public hearing on proposed experimental coastal erosion control measures planned for Tuesday until July.
It was nearing 9:30 p.m. when Anne Maxwell Livingston, council chair, said she wanted to postpone the hearing, the last item on the councilŌĆÖs agenda, to allow for more discussion time between the coastal council, South Kingstown town staff and South Kingstown town councilors.
NARRAGANSETT- The chambers of the town hall were filled with anxious residents waiting for answers regarding the offshore wind turbines during a work session Wednesday with the Narragansett Town Council and Deepwater Wind.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆöThe University of Rhode Island is working with Green Fins LLC to develop a new industry in Rhode Island raising tuna stocks. The concept is to develop a process by which Rhode Island companies can spawn tuna and raise them for sale.
NORTH KINGSTOWNŌĆöThe town council held a discussion Monday evening regarding the upcoming move of the old town house from its current home next to Cranston Murphy Funeral Home to the Wickford Elementary School site on Boone Street. In April, the Historic District Commission voted unanimously to allow the move so that the funeral home could expand its operations while preserving the structure.
EXETERŌĆöGraduating from high school often leaves students awash in a flood of emotions, from excitement and anticipation to nervousness and even fear. It is a new world beyond high school, but for Exeter-West Greenwich Valedictorian Nathan Stromberg and Salutatorian Ashley Peltier, their memories with teachers and classmates will always remain.
KINGSTONŌĆöAs family members filed into the Ryan Center at the University of Rhode Island this past Saturday, imminent graduates mulled about in the structureŌĆÖs underbelly, giving high fives and relating stories about all the times they spent together in and outside of the classroom. The Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School Class of 2013 was ready to move on.
NORTH KINGSTOWN—When one hears the word 'tsunami,' dramatic images of devastated coastlines and rushing surges of sea water come to mind. Although less damaging than the tsunamis that struck Indonesia in 2004 or Japan in 2011, Wickford Harbor was struck by a so-called 'mini tsunami' earlier this month, and local scientists have been trying to figure out the cause.
Chuck Ebersole, a member of the Wickford Yachting Club, witnessed the mini-tsunami first hand on June 13 when the tide began to sweep out of Wickford Harbor.


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Idris Elba has compared Jay-Z to Stringer Bell, the drug-dealing character he played on cult TV series, The Wire. The Luther actor says that when he met the rapper he was immediately reminded of the role that made him a star in the US. "There's a way Jay-Z looks you dead in your eye and doesn't look away that reminded me of Stringer," Elba, 39, tells Essence magazine. The irony of the comparison is not lost on the Hackney-born actor who is aware of the rapper's past career as a drug dealer. Born Shawn Corey Carter, Jay-Z started selling crack cocaine in his Brooklyn neighbourhood when he was just 13. The 41-year-old has been open about his criminal past. Elba met Jay-Z at the premiere of Obsessed, the 2009 film he starred in opposite the rapper's wife, Beyonce.Read More
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- Counseling – school counselors provide short-term individual and group counseling services to support students' academic, career, and social/emotional development.
- The School Counseling Curriculum – school counselors teach students and parents important information and skills needed for healthy educational, career, and personal development and resiliency.
- Academic Advising – school counselors provide information and counseling to help students plan appropriate high school courses and extracurricular activities.
- College and Career Counseling – school counselors help students to develop and implement post-secondary plans.
- Coordination and Referral – school counselors serve as coordinators and referral agents to link people and resources in the school and community for the fullest academic and personal development of students.
- Consultation – school counselors serve as consultants, sharing professional expertise with faculty, staff, administrators, parents, and other community members – within the confines of ethical and legal boundaries – for the benefit of students.
- Student Information Management – school counselors and staff gather, evaluate, interpret, and disseminate information – within the confines of the laws of rights to privacy – to meet the needs of students, the school, and the community.
- Professional Development – school counselors establish, maintain, and expand the knowledge, skills, and competencies that lead to their personal and professional growth and development.
- Program Management – school counselors and the school counseling director develop the processes and procedures for planning, implementing and evaluating a comprehensive program of school counseling services.
- Program Limitations – EHS counselors do not testify in child custody matters or provide intensive, long-term counseling.
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Under the supervision of a Virginia Tech plant pathologist, a group of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students isolated and characterized a formerly unknown group of bacteria.
The bacteria strain belongs to the plant pathogen species Pseudomonas syringae. One bacterium of this group, strain 642, was isolated at the Hahn Horticulture Garden and is the first bacterium isolated on the Virginia Tech campus to have its genome sequenced.
"I collaborate with John Kowalski's high school students at the Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology, undergraduate students from Concord University in West Virginia, and graduate students at Virginia Tech to teach about the role of bacteria in the environment and, in particular, their importance to plants, using a hands-on approach," said Boris Vinatzer, assistant professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Found on a wide variety of plants, many strains of P. syringae cause plant diseases such as bacterial blight, spot, speck, stripes, and canker. When springs are wet and cool, P. syringae can severely reduce crop yield and quality. However, P. syringae strain 642 does not cause disease on any tested plant species.
"Because the bacterium we isolated and sequenced is nonpathogenic itself but is very similar to pathogens, we can compare its genome to the genomes of the closely related pathogens and see what mechanisms bacteria use to cause disease and how bacteria evolve to become pathogens," Vinatzer said.
When Vinatzer genetically analyzed this unique group of P. syringae bacteria two years ago, he compared it with other bacteria that had been studied by researchers in the past. He was surprised when he found that the first genetically engineered bacterium ever released into the environment in 1987 belonged to this same group of bacteria. Nearly 30
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APNewsBreak: Fla. to probe 2nd sweepstakes chain
Out of jail on a $200,000 bond, Mathis said Wednesday he did legal work for Children's Cancer Cooperative, but knows nothing about how much cash the charity got or how it the money was distributed.
"Occasionally they have asked for my advice for operating a legal sweepstakes, which I provided to them," Mathis said. "I had no involvement in what they gave or where they gave it."
Harold T. Dukes Sr., who founded the Children's Cancer Cooperative in South Carolina in 1999, could not be reached for comment.
Records found by the AP show Mathis registered the Children's Cancer Cooperative in Florida in 2009. It has also been active in at least six other states where sweepstakes games are popular - Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and Iowa.
Casinos consider such sweepstakes cafes unfair competition because they typically don't pay taxes and often operate in states were gambling is supposed to be illegal. Their ties to charity also lend them a veneer of legitimacy while discouraging law enforcement officials from shutting them down, said David Stewart, a Washington attorney who represents the casino gaming industry.
"It's hard to come up with a more sympathetic cause than children with cancer," Stewart said. "It makes people feel good about going there, makes it more socially acceptable because it's all for a good cause."
To play at the cafes, customers get prepaid cards and then go to a computer to play "sweepstakes." The games, with spinning wheels similar to slot machines, have names such as "Captain Cash," `'Lucky Shamrocks" and "Money Bunny." Winners go back to a cashier with their cards and cash out.
On Wednesday, first-time visitors to Old City Sweepstakes in St. Augustine were asked to sign a registration form identifying any prizes won at the cafe as "a promotion sponsored by Children's Cancer Cooperative Inc." Asked where the money from the cafe goes, the clerk provided a brochure describing Children's Cancer Cooperative as a nonprofit charity established by Dukes.
"Harold feels like God has blessed him his entire life, not only financially but also with his health and the health of his wife, children and grandchildren," the brochure says. "Because of God's abundant blessings, Harold believes that he should share these gift(s) with others. Harold's desire and wishes is to give to others as God has given to him."
The brochure includes color photos of the 76-year-old Dukes with his wife, Rosie, and posing with ill children while handing out huge yellow checks to the Miami Children's Hospital Foundation and the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa.
More photos posted on the charity's website include Dukes handing a $10,000 charity check to his local sheriff "for safety of the children and families in Berkeley County" and accepting a framed resolution passed by the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2010 to honor his charitable works.
The brochure describes Dukes as living on a farm outside Charleston, S.C. Records show he also is the owner of Music In Motion Family Fun Center of Summerville, S.C., which offers "jackpot bingo" seven nights a week. Dukes is also listed as the managing partner of Goldmine Arcade, a Florida corporation affiliated with several sweepstakes cafes.


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Monsoon is the time when we think of extra measures to preserve a wooden laminate flooring.
Wooden flooring isn't a novelty anymore…it has captured a sizeable market with features that floor those with huge pay packets. When the numbers are there to buy and experiment, the supply too has been in remarkable varieties, all packed with newer features.
Flooring is treated as a building concept these days even as it leads the way and forms the base for several other decors to fall in place.
H. & R. Johnson (India) Ltd. claims that its 'Lumber wood' collection can take human traffic with ease, as its range of wooden flooring is sturdy and imported from Germany under its Endura brand.
The officials explain that the collection comes with 'Silenzio' sound-proofing technology, and it is "non-abrasive, environmental friendly, colourfast and resistant to stain, impact and house-hold chemicals."
Pergo India's 'Expression Strips' give a parquet feel, with rustics that are seen in hues like wenge, golden, smoked oak, aged elm and salted lapacho
Their Uniq series has a multi-layer build-up system with armed overlays that help the floor be wear-scratch-impact resistant.
Johnson says its Lumberwood floors are prepared by fixing the décor paper on special HDF core board which is made from natural wood fibre. Lumber is scratch-proof and stain-proof. The colours and textures available are original and not polished and its surface comes with abrasion guarantee, while a swell barrier coreboard introduced newly makes it resistant to ingress of moisture.
While Pergo claims that even the worst of stains can be removed with methylated spirits or acetone which will not bleach the treated laminate, its is said wooden floors are 'lazy man's floors' as they require just brooming and an occasional moist mop.
Although there are tall claims made by most wooden laminate companies, there are certain 'must-dos' that are paramount for maintenance, without which the floor can never remain the same for decades, says Gaurav Saraf, Jt. Managing Director, Square Foot.
Basics in place
Windows to be closed overnight if there is a downpour so that we avoid the damage due to water leakages or moisture problems. Although wooden flooring is resistant to dust and stains, it is susceptible to scratches with dirt and rocks trapped on the floor, mats and brushes.
Hence vacuuming and mopping is essential everyday.
Do not use harsh chemical detergents for removing the stains. One can make cleansing agents at home by mixing some vinegar with water for removing stains.
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The serious novelty-seekers have probably moved on from Koh Samui, if not from Thailand entirely, in search of the next great undeveloped tropical paradise. That's their prerogative, of course, but to give up now is to miss out on places like the Sala Samui, which brings a bit of much-needed upscale peace and quiet to one of Southeast Asia's most popular destinations.
Private pools go a long way towards alleviating any sense of commotion, and at Sala Samui no fewer than 53 of the villas fit that description — meanwhile the minority that don't, the so-called Deluxe Balcony rooms, have what's more aptly described as a veranda, and a spacious one at that. Space is at no shortage here, and the higher-end villas and suites truly sprawl, with pools that are big enough for swimming, not just plunging.
Sala comes complete with a gym, a spa, and a pair of beachfront swimming pools, plus a couple of restaurants, one outside by the beach, and a surprisingly extensive wine cellar. You're located on the relatively untouched Choeng Mon beach, but it's by no means remote — just a few minutes away from the bustling Chaweng Beach, if that's more your speed.
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- 63 Rooms
- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 13 Guest Reviews
- SALA Samui Resort and Spa
- 10/9 Moo 5, Baan Plai Lam Bo Phut
- Koh Samui, Thailand
Hotel amenities and services
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour gym
- 24 hour medical assistance
- 24 hour room service
- Babysitting (on request)
- Bar
- Business center
- Central air conditioning
- Free parking
- Free wi-fi
- Garden
- Golf nearby
- Library
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- Multi-lingual staff
- No pets allowed
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Shopping area nearby
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- Emma
- Stayed October 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Location, situated away from the main beach.
So much cleaner and peaceful.
Such great service, I fell I'll with food poison on our last night and they let me have the room till 6pm, no extra charge.
What the hotel could do better:
Have a nicer gym on the grounds, fux mosquito problems.
- Simone
- Stayed June 2010
- Rating: Poor
What I liked:
What the hotel could do better:
So much, the service was terrible, the worst I have ever had in a so-called 5 star establishment. We were in pool villa which was tiny and completely jammed next to other villas, there was absolutely no sense of privacy. There were mice in the room, but this was nothing compared to the service and quality of room, service and restaurant. The breakfast was absolutely terrible - how can you even get fruit wrong in Thailand - withered and prepared goodness knows how long earlier, bruised and sometimes tasteless which is a travesty in a country with such delicious fruit. The staff were actually arrogant and rude, and wore dirty uniforms even at breakfast time. We had just come from the Mandarin OrientaI in Chiang Mai where the service was second-to-none but nonetheless I was so disappointed I felt really ripped off as it actually cost more to stay at SALA Samui. After the first night I complained and tried to move, the Manager refused to see me and they just said that we would have to pay for all of our nights if we left. It was the worst Hotel experience of my life.
- Angela
- Stayed February 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
The pool/beach area of the hotel is amazing. The poolside/beachside service is also amazing. The rooms were small, but well appointed with lots of open airiness if you wanted or super fast and quiet a/c if you wanted that, instead.
What the hotel could do better:
The hotel was fabulous, the food is very good, and the service is friendly and efficient...the lighting in the rooms/bathrooms is the only thing that I would improve upon. It's very very dim...everything is already on a dimmer, why not give people the option to make things a little brighter?


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