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Taking The Optimist's View With The Early Two-Valve 4.6's Performance Potential
Running a Meziere electric water pump allowed us to eliminate the usual array of accessories. Naturally, this had a positive effect on power production, but the engine enjoyed the benefits of running without accessories and factory induction in stock and modified trim. The final modification was to install a set of Hooker long-tube headers. Actually, the headers were used in stock trim as well, as this simplified exhaust routing on the dyno. All we had to do after installing the stock '97 motor on the dyno was establish a baseline, install the performance upgrades, and run it one final time.
After filling the crankcase with 5W-30 Lucas synthetic oil and careful tuning of the '97 Two-Valve motor, we were rewarded with baseline numbers of 258 hp at 4,800 rpm and 341 lb-ft of torque at 3,500 rpm. The combination of long intake runners, small head ports, and mild cam timing produced relatively impressive low-speed torque production, with the 281ci motor producing more than 300 lb-ft of torque from 2,500 rpm to 4,500 rpm. Unfortunately, this combination greatly limited power production at the top of the rev range. Once the power curve reached 4,000 rpm, it leveled off until 5,200 rpm. The result was a flat power curve for a solid 1,200-rpm spread. It should be noted that the difference between the rated power output of 215 hp and the numbers produced on the dyno can be attributed to the lack of accessories, a low-restriction induction, an open-exhaust system, and the maximized performance tune provided by the FAST system. We also ran this motor with long-tube headers at a water temperature of 150 degrees, where the rated power output comes at normal operating temperature. Regardless of the power numbers generated by the dyno, we were looking for a difference from our performance modifications.
After backup runs repeated the baseline power numbers, the stock heads, intake, and camshafts came off. They were replaced by the TEA-ported PI heads, a matching intake manifold, and Xtreme Energy cams. The Accufab 75mm throttle body, Hooker long-tube headers, and 19-pound injectors were retained from the previous test, though we increased the static fuel pressure by nearly 20 psi for this test. To properly secure the new TEA heads, we elected to replace the factory head gaskets with MLS gaskets from Fel-Pro. They were clamped in place using a set of ARP head studs. With a bit of overkill for this normally aspirated application, they would come in handy once we applied boost from our Vortech supercharger.
The PI components lived up to their names, as the ported heads, cams, and intake increased the power output of our '97 Two-Valve motor from 258 hp and 341 lb-ft of torque to 401 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque. The graph tells the whole story; instead of leveling off at 4,000 rpm, the new components allowed the motor to pull strongly to 6,000 rpm. Thanks primarily to the wilder cam timing, there was a slight drop in power below 3,500 rpm, but the gains from 3,500 rpm all the way to 6,000 rpm were tremendous. Imagine: the heads, cam, and intake improved the power output of this early Two-Valve motor by 143 hp. How full does that glass look now?
While the gains offered by the top-end package were impressive, there was more power to be had with the introduction of forced induction. Turning to Vortech, we opted to install one of the company's 4.6 GT kits that included an air-to-water intercooler system. Though we purposely limited the boost level with the stock short-block (cast pistons), we deemed the charge cooler necessary due to the elevated compression ratio of our hybrid PI motor. We also took the liberty of adding a can of Lucas Oil octane booster to the Rocket Brand premium unleaded pump gas.
We installed the Vortech supercharger on the awaiting motor using a combination of the factory crank and 3.33-inch blower pulley. The net result was a maximum boost level of 10.9 psi at 6,400 rpm. Running dyno water through the charge cooler, the supercharged combination produced 648 hp and 543 lb-ft of torque. From the looks of the power curve, had we not limited our high-mileage, stock short-block to 6,500 rpm, the power curve would still climb rapidly. With a more aggressive tune (more timing), a cooler charge from ice water, and elevated engine rpm, this could be one serious motor. We certainly recommend forged internals for such an exercise. As it is, any glass that contains an early Two-Valve 4.6 motor that pumps out nearly 650 hp is neither half empty nor half full-it's completely full.
On The Dyno
It should be obvious from the shape of the factory curves that torque production was foremost on the minds of the mod-motor engineers when they designed the original 4.6 Two-Valve motor. This high-mileage '97 motor produced only 258 hp at 4,800 rpm, although the power curve exceeded 250 hp from 4,000 rpm to 5,200 rpm. The torque peak of 341 lb-ft occurred at 3,500 rpm. From behind the wheel, these early Two-Valve motors feel fairly responsive, but the party dies quickly with additional engine speed. Replacing the stock intake, cams, and heads with the ported PI heads, Xtreme Energy cams, and PI intake resulted in serious power. The improvements in flow, compression, and cam timing increase the peak power numbers from 258 hp and 341 lb-ft of torque to 401 hp and 390 lb-ft of torque. Note that the wilder cam timing effectively shifted the torque curve to allow the peak power output to occur at 6,000 rpm rather than 4,800 rpm. The peak torque shifted likewise, from 3,500 rpm to 4,900 rpm.


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In September 2005, the first international prime broker was appointed in respect of an onshore collective investment scheme in France – an OPCVM (Organisme de Placement Collectif des Valeurs Mobilières ), following implementation of Decree No. 2005-875 of 25 July 2005.
The recent development of the French market for onshore hedge funds is supported by the adoption of a new regulatory and legal framework. The evolution of this local law regime and its pragmatic implementation by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is also consistent with the development of international prime brokerage activities in France. This article outlines the legal and regulatory path that led to launch of the first onshore 'hedge fund' entity in France, from a prime broker's perspective.
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The amended Decree No. 89-623 (6 September 1989) codified in the French Monetary and Financial Code and supplementary legislation implemented a set of new investment and leverage restrictions for collective investment schemes in France.
A collective investment scheme established as a leveraged simplified fund – an "OPCVM ARIA EL" (OPCVM à Regles d'Investissement Allégées à Effet de Levier) organised under the French Monetary and Financial Code, is currently the collective investment scheme most commonly used as a 'hedge fund' type vehicle in France. Establishment of an OPCVM ARIA EL is subject to the prior authorisation of the AMF. The management company of an OPCVM ARIA EL must also obtain the prior approval of the AMF for its specific business programme.
The OPCVM ARIA EL may derogate, within certain limits, from the general provisions relating to general investment ratios. The marketing rules applicable to the OPCVM ARIA EL permit multiple distribution channels.
International prime brokerage services for an OPCVM
The role of the prime broker has evolved to become an essential support provider for hedge funds domiciled in an array of jurisdictions. Indications in early 2004 suggested that the AMF seemed supportive of investigating opportunities for France to become the next competitive European location for hedge fund investment.
The consultation process initiated by the AMF Consultation Paper in May 2004 (Fiche 2: Principes relatifs à l'activité de prime brokerage et à l'organisation des relations, obligations et responsabilitees entres les différents acteurs), served as a critical platform for industry participants collectively to identify key criteria for development of an onshore environment. In common with other European regulators, the AMF recognised the increased growth of the hedge fund product as an independent asset class. The challenge was to facilitate an onshore investment regime within the confines of a codified legal system and maintenance of essential investor protection standards.
The definition of the role and the responsibilities of the local depositary therefore became a crucial factor in the early stages of the evolution of the onshore structure in France.
The AMF Consultation Paper had identified three potential models for the depositary/prime brokerage relationship and these structures continue to be the focus of intense debate between the French custodian market and international prime brokers.
The prime brokerage concept was initially unfamiliar to the local market. Coupled with the regulatory duties incumbent upon the local depositary for
(i) monitoring and supervising the activities of the OPCVM; and
(ii) control of the custody of the assets of the OPCVM,
the months following release of the AMF Consultation Paper involved detailed dialogue between prime brokers, the industry body of custodians in France (Panel des Depositaires) and the AMF.
Another focus of the AMF during this period was to achieve a comprehensive insight of the full scope of prime brokerage services in order to define eligibility criteria and documentary conditions for institutions seeking to act as prime broker to an OPCVM. The underlying objective remained liberalisation of the legal and regulatory regime within carefully defined parameters to ensure control of potential exposure to investors and preservation of the integrity of an onshore market.
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France has recently concluded final steps in the adoption of a liberalised legal and regulatory regime to facilitate onshore hedge fund investment.
An OPCVM, organised as an FCP, is a pool of collective investment assets without an independent legal personality. The FCP is represented by the asset management company (société de gestion de portefeuille) organised under the French Monetary and Financial Code appointed as manager of the fund. The OPCVM and the asset management company are each required to be authorised by the AMF. The OPCVM must appoint as a local depositary, a credit institution authorised to act as a custodian by the CECEI (Comité des établissements de crédit et des enterprises d'investissement). A prime broker appointed by an OPCVM must be authorised to provide investment services in France (pursuant to the Investment Services Directive 1993 or otherwise).
The AMF approval process for authorisation of an asset management company and approval of an OPCVM has proved efficient and transparent.
Documentation and information required by the AMF at the various phases of the application process include the following:
(i) In respect of the management company: -
- statuts (by-laws)
- extrait K-bis (registration certificate) from the Registre du Commerce et des sociétés (Trade and Companies Register)
- programme d'áctivité spécifique de gestion de fonds à règles d' investissement alleges à effet de levie) (specified activities programme for the management of collective investment schemes with simplified rules with leverage effect).
(ii) In respect of the depositary: -
- statuts
- extrait K-bis
- the CECEI approval letter confirming the banking licence of the depositary
- the form of custody agreement to be entered in to between the management company representing the OPCVM and the depositary
- details of organisation and infra-structure and demonstration of controls for due performance of its regulatory duties.
(iii) In respect of the prime broker:-
- prime broker compliance letter
- prime brokerage documentation
Prime brokerage documentation requirements
The key documents that the AMF will require from a prime broker in the context of its consideration for approval of an OPCVM are the Prime Broker Compliance Letter and the prime brokerage agreement.
The following requirements are (amongst others) some critical requirements that the AMF regards as mandatory elements of a prime brokerage relationship with an OPCVM:
(i) the prime broker entity must maintain at least Eur200,000,000 beyond the minimum own funds threshold (European Directive 1993/6/CE);
(ii) the prime broker or its parent company/major shareholder must maintain a minimum credit rating greater than or equal to AI/PI (Moody's) or AA (Standard Poor's);
(iii) cash balances must be subject to the protections conferred by the Client Money Rules (Financial Services Authority);
(iv) restrictions apply in respect of the types/volume of assets of the OPCVM that are permitted to be rehypothecated by the prime broker;
(v) collateral arrangements are subject to the requirements of Article R214.12 of the Code Monetaire et Financiers;
(vi) rights of the OPCVM to terminate the prime brokerage relationship and effect rights of set off in an insolvency of the prime broker;
(vii) notice period for (non default) termination of the prime brokerage relationship must be at least sixty days;
(viii) additional termination rights for the depositary;
(ix) the prime broker must be authorised to disclose information relating to the OPCVM to the AMF;
(x) descriptions of the process for collateral valuation and margin calls by the prime broker.
The onshore hedge fund industry in France 2005
The development of the onshore legal and regulatory environment in France represents a significant step forward in the French alternative investment industry. The continuing dialogue between market participants and the AMF further to clarify application of various aspects of applicable statutes and regulations remains of benefit for all of us – either currently active in or interested in participation in the local market.
As at 1 March 2006, the AMF has authorised nine onshore investment funds established as ARIA EL FCPs?. Four of the funds authorised to date have elected to appoint the same international prime broker.
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Google must purge search results on demand, says EU court
A European court has ruled that people have a "right to be forgotten" and thus Google and other search engines must prune their search results in accordance with an individual's request for privacy. Specifically the court said that Google "must delete inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" data upon request. Privacy advocates cheered the decision but others have doubts. "This move may sound reassuring for individuals and their personal freedom; however, it also looks difficult to enforce on a large scale, and may be very disruptive for the functioning of search engines going forward," says Luca Schiovani, an analyst at Ovum.
The Guardian has a good article on the particulars surrounding the court's decision. I recommend you give it a read. For the moment, suffice it to say, this issue isn't entirely settled. Consider this excerpt from that article:
"Google said: 'This is a disappointing ruling for search engines and online publishers in general. We are very surprised that it differs so dramatically from the advocate general's opinion and the warnings and consequences that he spelled out. We now need to take time to analyze the implications.'
The British justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has been a leading opponent of Reding's proposals for an explicit EU 'right to be forgotten.'
The Ministry of Justice has estimated that the European commission's proposals could cost British businesses, which include many leading data and tech firms, £360m a year. The information commissioner has called the 'right to be forgotten' proposals 'a regime that no one will pay for.'"
Ovum analyst Schiovani explains the problem this way: "Policy makers in the EU have long advocated for the introduction of a clear 'right to be forgotten,' which is included in the draft of the new Data Protection regulation under discussion in the EU Parliament and Council. However, these provisions should only apply to the direct controllers of personal data (e.g. a social network complying with the request to fully delete information related to an account); involving search engines for something they are not directly responsible for is likely to entail a burdensome cost, especially if the amount of requests of erasure should escalate in the future."
The EU court sees the situation differently, however. "The Court has argued that, while a search engine cannot be considered as the 'controller' of personal data in a third party website, it is a 'controller' of the index of the search engine which links key words to the relevant URL addresses; it may technically block certain search results. As such, it has to comply with the obligations of a 'data controller' set out in the EC's Directive on Data Protection of 1995," explains Schiovani.
Solving privacy issues is a tricky affair. There is no easy path forward to strike an acceptable balance between privacy and public benefit. You can expect attempts to solve the problem to be clunky and messy for awhile. It's a difficult process to figure out precisely where to draw the privacy line.
For example, have you thought of this scenario: Given the U.S. now defines corporations as people too, can future regulations intended to protect individual right to privacy be used by corporations to erase past transgressions from Internet searches so that researchers, journalists, attorneys and others cannot find that information? And what of politicians? Can they cover up criminal arrests and investigations and other information voters should know on the grounds that such information is "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant?"
So I ask again: where exactly should we draw the line on privacy and can we even do that in the U.S. if even a business is a "person?" I would appreciate it if you shared your thoughts on the matter in the comments below.
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- see The Guardian article
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- Road rage fueled the encounter that led a Lawrenceville man -- not even involved in the original incident -- to follow another motorist for miles before cornering him, threatening his life and falsely claiming to be a police officer, authorities said.
The alleged victim said he was attempting to enter Interstate 85 North from Pleasant Hill Road Wednesday when a yellow Acura Integra cut him off. The Integra's driver followed onto Boggs Road, where they got in front of the victim and slammed on the brakes, according to a Gwinnett County police report.
Shortly after that is when a black Toyota Camry allegedly driven by Jose Colon Marquez appeared.
According to the police report, Marquez began following the alleged victim on Old Norcross Road, swerving back and forth while the Integra periodically hit its brakes. The alleged victim pulled into an apartment complex on Veranda Park Drive, where he was cornered by both vehicles.
The driver of the Integra -- whose identity was unclear Monday -- got out of the car, yelled and threatened the driver's life before leaving. Both the Integra and Camry then followed the alleged victim to a Chevron gas station at Old Norcross Road and Veranda Chase Drive.
Marquez, the driver of the Camry, reportedly approached and held up a badge.
"I am a (expletive) police officer, what the (expletive) is your problem," Marquez reportedly said.
The victim said his daughter was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher, to which Marquez allegedly replied, "I don't (expletive) care, get out of the (expletive) car or I will (expletive) kill you."
The badge "did not resemble a badge of a Gwinnett County police officer or Gwinnett County sheriff deputy," the police report said. Marquez's wife later told police that he used to work in security.
Marquez was arrested the next day after the alleged victim was shown a photo lineup. He was charged with impersonating a police officer, a felony, and driving with a suspended license.
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CD 2 years, 10 months ago
All of those involved, including the "victim", should be ashamed they consume oxygen.
Basscat 2 years, 10 months ago
WOW! So because you get cut off in traffic you go ballistic? What is wrong with these people of society today? Welcome to the USA --- Melting Pot...Sigh.
roaads1 2 years, 10 months ago
Not enough words for this much ignorance.


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In January, Epic Games and Mad Catz inked a deal that will bring Gears of War 3-themed accessories to retail when the game is released this fall. Now, the accessory maker has partnered with Electronic Arts for a similar deal.
According to EA's announcement, the deal grants Mad Catz nonexclusive rights to produce and market a "wide range" of PC and console accessories based on the popular The Sims franchise. The announcement did not divulge what kind of accessories Mad Catz will produce for The Sims but did note that it plans to craft items for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, DS, and the 3DS.
The next Sims title due out is The Sims Medieval, which ships for the PC and Mac on March 22. The title, the first in a series, will have players create heroes, venture on quests, build and control a kingdom, and play every "Hero Sim" character in the game. Additionally, The Sims Medieval gives players the chance to control persons from all walks of life including kings, queens, knights, wizards, blacksmiths, and bards.
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The Georgetown men's basketball team overcame an injury to forward Otto Porter as freshman D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 19 points to lead the Hoyas to a 61-55 win over Duquesne on Sunday. Porter, a preseason honorable mention All-American, suffered an apparent eye injury in the first half and didn't return to the floor or bench as the second half began. Porter, who averaged 9.7 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds per game last season, didn't score in six minutes. Georgetown (1-0) used an 8-0 run midway through the second half to gain a 45-35 lead over Duquesne (1-1). The Dukes later went on a 7-0 run, capped by Sean Johnson's three-point play, to cut Georgetown's lead to 54-50 with 2:27 left. After the teams traded two scoreless possessions, Georgetown guard Markel Starks made a layup and Duquesne guard Jeremiah Jones answered with a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left. Duquesne then sent Jabril Trawick to the free-throw line, and Trawick missed the first of a one-and-one. But Greg...
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El Niño is back. Well, probably. The see-saw in weather conditions across the Pacific Ocean is tipping once again, and its baleful effects could be upon us within six months. That's the verdict of most of the climate modellers who have been number crunching temperature data from the middle of the Pacific.
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RB Airlines, short for Royal Brunei Airlines has become the first airline service to offer Apple iPad Mini as inflight entertainment devices to its business class passengers. These iPad Mini tablets will come pre-loaded with latest movies, 4 entertaining TV channels, 10 Audio 'CD' files and 20 games to keep the business passengers entertained.
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These tutorials are about JavaScript and its use for client-side Web programming.
Data Types
data type: a general term to describe categories of values that a program or programming language can make use of
A computer works with values. It manipulates values and produces some kind of result. Depending on the program, it may be limited as to what types of values it can work with. The types of values a program can work with are known as its data types.
JavaScript supports many types of data.
Data types can be broken into two broad categories, primitive and composite.
A primitive data type is a data type that stores a single value, normally a literal of some sort, such as numbers and strings.
A composite data type, for the purposes of JavaScript, is the same thing as an object. It is a data type that can consist of multiple values grouped together in some way. JavaScript treats objects as associative arrays. An associative array is an array that can have its elements associated with names in addition to their numeric index position in the array.
JavaScript also treats functions as objects. This means that functions can be used just like any other variable.
Primitive Data Types
There are three primitive data type of interest to us:
Numbers are the easist of the data types to understand. They represent numeric values.
The simplest type of number is an integer.
An integer is a base-10 whole number. In other words, it is a number with no fractional component. JavaScript can handle integer values between 253 and -253. Some JavaScript functions, however, cannot handle extremely large or small numbers, so it is probably a good idea to try to keep your numbers in the range of 231 and -231. Since that is plus or minus 2 trillion, this shouldn't be a problem as long as you are not trying to track the national debt.
All of the following are valid integers.
Another commonly used type of number is a floating-point number. A floating-point number is a number that is assumed to have a decimal point. The decimal point is the point that floats and gives the data type its name.
Floating-point numbers have a fractional component, even if that fractional component is zero. They can be represented as a real number (integer - decimal point - fractional value) such as in 3.1714, or using exponential notation.
Exponential notation is a number multiplied by ten times the power of some exponent, for instance 3.1714x10-15 (0.0000000000000031714). Exponential notation is usually written with an "e" instead of the "x10", so that JavaScript will know it is a floating-point number and not an equation. This would read as 3.1714e-15.
All of the following are valid floating-point numbers.
JavaScript stores floating-point numbers in exponential form, storing the number and its exponent. Just to confuse the issue, it also stores integers as floating-point numbers, but this is transparent to you as the programmer and you don't have to worry about it.
Being a computing language, JavaScript also has the ability to handle hexadecimal (four bit) and octal (three bit) numbers. Octal support is newer and is best avoided since older version of JavaScript will think the octal number is a hexadecimal number. All hexadecimal numbers begin with a zero and an X, for instance 0xff0000. Octal numbers, if they are supported, begin with a zero, for instance, 0755. If they are not supported, this notation will be treated as another way of expressing hexadecimal numbers.
JavaScript also has some numeric keyword literals you should know about. These are listed below.
A string is sequence of valid characters within a given character set. It is normally used to represent text. A string literal is defined by enclosing it in matching single or double quotes.
If you create a string with nothing in it, it is called an
Some characters that you may want in a string may not exist on the keyboard, or may be special characters that can't appear as themselves in a string. In order to put these characters in a string, you need to use an escape sequence to represent the character. An escape sequence is a character or numeric value representing a character that is preceeded by a backslash (
Some escaped characters are as follows:
Boolean Values
There are two boolean values,
If you need to use boolean values in computations, JavaScript will automatically convert
The conversion can also work the other way. When testing for the result of a comparison, JavaScript will treat any non-zero value as true, and a zero value as false. JavaScript will also test to false when you test for the existence of something that does not exist.
Composite Data Types
All composite data types can be treated as objects, but we normally categorize them by their purpose as a data type. For composite data types we will look at objects, including some special pre-defined objects that JavaScript provides, as well as functions and arrays. We will look at all of these elements in more detail elsewhere, so we will only touch on them lightly here.
An object is a collection of named values, called the properties of that object. Functions associated with an object are referred to as the methods of that object.
Properties and methods of objects are referred to with a dot.notation that starts with the name of the object and ends with the name of the property. For instance
Normally in objects there are only two nodes, the object and the property, but as we will discover, sometimes the properties can have properties of their own, creating an object tree which you have to specify the path through in the same way you would with a directory tree (except you are using periods instead of slashes).
For instance,
Objects in JavaScript can be treated as associative arrays. This means that
For instance, this code snippet:
JavaScript has many predefined objects, such as a Date object and a Math object. These are used much as function libraries are used in a language like C. They contain a collection of useful methods that are predefined and ready for use in any JavaScript code you may write.
A function is a piece of code, predefined or written by the person creating the JavaScript, that is executed based on a call to it by name.
A function is a data type in JavaScript. This is different from many other programming languages. This means that they can be treated as containing values that can be changed.
An Array is an ordered collection of data values.
In some programming languages, arrays have very specific limitations. In JavaScript, an array is just an object that has an index to refer to its contents. In other words, the fields in the array are numbered, and you can refer to the number position of the field.
The array index is included in square brackets immediately after the array name. In JavaScript, the array index starts with zero, so the first element in an array would be
JavaScript does not have multi-dimensional arrays, but you can nest them, which is to say, an array element can contain another array. You access them listing the array numbers starting for the outmost array and working inward. Therefore, the third element (position 2) of or inside the ninth element (position 8) would be
We will be discussing how to create and work with arrays elsewhere.
JavaScript Object Literals
JavaScript also has two keyword literals that it considers to be objects. These are
Something with the value
An undefined variable is one that has been named, but does not have a value assigned to it. This means that it is not zero, it is not
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Big Lottery Fund Scotland has just announced – 27th February – its latest package of funding worth over £3.3 million to six projects across Scotland.
Amongst the six is the Isle of Jura Development Trust, which has been awarded £653,225.
The awards are made from Big Lottery Fund Scotland's Growing Community Assets programme and are for community acquisitions to help develop and support local economies.
The Jura Development Trust will use their grant to purchase and redevelop the only convenience store and post office on the island.
The plan is not only to take this crucial facility into community ownership but to offer a greater variety and volume of local food and household goods.
The acquisition will secure the future of the shop and its essential support for everyday life for the small community on this .beautifu and rugged island. Employment, training and volunteering opportunities will be increased and the need to travel off the island with the current frequency will be greatly reduced.
Jura Stores is in the centre of Craighouse, the island's main village, The shop sits directly above the pontoon used by the summer passenger ferry service that runs the spectacular and fast route up the Sound of Jura and into Tayvallich on Loch Sween on the Argyll west coast mainland.
Constructed around 1850, it is a listed building and part of Jura's heritage.
The shop was put on the market in August 2012 and, with no forthcoming buyers, the potential closure of the store prompted the campaign for the community purchase which is now assured.
John Potts, Chairman of the Jura Development Fund, says: 'We're delighted to receive the funding needed to make this project a reality.
'The grant from Big Lottery Fund Scotland will enable the community to take over ownership of the island's only shop and refurbish it, making it more accessible and giving it a new lease of life. The shop will be run for the benefit of the community and, with the ongoing support over the first years, we will be able to grow it into a successful and sustainable business which will provide essential goods and services to the island for years to come.
'Ownership will not simply 'save the shop' but will empower the community; increasing its ability to control and influence events and to become confident to take on other challenges and more resilient to future changes.'
Big Lottery Fund Scotland Chair, Maureen McGinn, says: 'Today's awards will fund six very different projects across Scotland. Two projects, in Jura and the Isle of Lewis, will allow rural communities to acquire assets, enabling them to become more sustainable.
Four other projects will help people of all ages who are in vulnerable situations to have a better chance of moving on in their lives to be happier and healthier. The Big Lottery Fund is delighted to fund this inspirational set of projects which, together, will help hundreds of people across the country have a better future.'
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Casio launches new touchscreen phone in Japan
Casio has launched a new phone in Japan that bridges the gap between a clamshell phone and an iPhone-esque touchscreen.
Having been slow to take up the touchscreen phone in Asia, it seems iPhone's influence has finally won over, as Casio's CA001 phone shows.
However, to be sure not to alienate those still sitting on the fence about touchscreen, Casio has chosen to make the device dual screen. On one side you can use it as a traditional screen with full phone keypad, but then twist the screen around and fold it down and you've got a touchscreen tablet phone.
When it comes to features, the phone offers a 5-megapixel camera for stills and video, a microSD card slot and Bluetooth connectivity. It's scheduled for release in Japan this month, but it's highly unlikely we'll ever see it hit our shores.


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Alexanian is an independent film and television producer. She started her career in production on big-budget studio films, including A League of Their Own, Mississippi Burning, Bonfire of the Vanities and Striptease. Alexanian is the co-founder, along with her brother David, of Elixir Films, an independent production company dedicated to character-driven, passion projects for film and television. At Elixir, she produced the international TV series Long Way Round, featuring Ewan McGregor, which aired on Bravo, as well as Ethan Hawke's The Hottest State, released in 2007.
Prior to Elixir, she co-founded, along with Gary Winick, InDigEnt (Independent Digital Entertainment), New York's groundbreaking digital initiative funded by the Independent Film Channel (IFC) and dedicated to producing low-budget, talent-driven features. While at InDigEnt, Alexanian produced Sundance favorites Pieces of April, Tadpole, Tape, Chelsea Walls and Personal Velocity, which garnered her an Independent Spirit Award.
A graduate of Emerson College's film program, Costa has worked for 20 years in the film, television and performing arts community. Starting as a production coordinator, she moved on to working in the "vanities" on Broadway as well as in film and commercials, working with companies such as Disney, MTV, and Dreamworks and artists such as Whitney Houston, Tony Bennett, Nicole Kidman, and Liam Neeson. When her daughter left for college, Costa had her own fresh start. She began directing and producing her first documentary and quickly crossed over into scripted content. Her new life as a writer and producer finds her helming an adaptation, a biopic and a feature-length documentary. Docu-style branded content is her specialty.
Hubbell is Eastman Kodak's East Coast Regional Account Manager for Studio and Independent Feature Film, working with over 100 projects annually. She oversees studio contracts, negotiates with productions, advises filmmakers, and does outreach at film festivals and industry events. As a freelance producer and consultant, she has worked on film and television productions, and not-for-profit media and arts events. She is currently developing and producing several narrative feature films, including two Sundance Lab projects, and is writing an animated feature. Hubbell is on the board of the New York Production Alliance and is a member of IFP and PGA.
Pero is a corporate communications executive and founder of For Impact Productions, an independent firm specializing in outreach and marketing campaigns for media and entertainment companies, independent films, and nonprofits. Her recent work includes development of the Stony Brook Southampton Graduate Film Program with Killer Films and movement building for the Sundance hit Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. Previously, she was Vice President for Corporate Communications at MTV and earlier, Director of Communication and Marketing at Rainbow Media/Cablevision. Pero also co-produced the award-winning documentary Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy (directed by NYWIFT advisory board member Alice Elliott) and is an alumna of the Sundance Institute. She began her career on national and global advocacy initiatives, including the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women and the Clinton/Gore '96 advance team.
Octavia Taylor passed the New York State Bar with a singular focus: to be an advocate for artists. She began her legal career working at a music boutique law firm where she reviewed and negotiated music agreements for emerging producers and employment agreements for music executives. After a stint at VH1, Octavia enjoyed being involved in the creative process of a television show so much that she began to pursue a career as a television production attorney. She eventually worked for both the Disney ABC Television Group and BET as a production attorney and as a marketing attorney for HBO. Octavia is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a service organization, and Fred's Team, which is a fundraising program for marathoners who raise money for cancer research. Octavia received her BA in Communications from the University of Virginia and her JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Steiger has provided legal representation to corporate and entertainment clients in the worlds of theater, publishing, film and music for over 25 years. Her clients include theatrical and motion picture producers, music publishers, book publishers and performers for whom she drafts and negotiates their agreements. She advises clients on intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyrights, and provides corporate services for companies. After working at several prominent entertainment firms and a major record company, she established her own firm. Before law school, she was an associate producer at ABC News Special Events, where she worked on political conventions, elections, the space program, and science documentaries, and later on, at 20/20. She is on the board of the Irish Repertory Theatre and a co-producer of a production of Menopause The Musical.
Marica Chacona is Vice President, Program Planning and Scheduling at Showtime Networks Inc (SNI). She is responsible for the development and execution of the monthly program schedules for The Movie Channel, Flix, Smithsonian Channel, Showtime multiplexes and various On Demand offerings. Her position includes longterm strategic planning and collaboration with various departments within SNI, including finance, marketing, on-air promotion and digital media. She also oversees the development of new channels and is one of the key Showtime executives shepherding the launch of a new company-wide programming system. Chacona started her entertainment career in nonprofit, working for the Southwest Film/Video Archives at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where she earned her MBA.
Katzen has worked as a tax accountant for her entire career, with a focus on entertainment clients. Entertainment clients include actors, film, television and music producers, directors and writers. Katzen focuses on corporate and personal tax and cash flow. Katzen has served on the New York State Society of CPA's Entertainment, Sports and Art Committee for the past 15 years and was treasurer of the National Association of Women Business owners for 5 years.
Veteran studio marketing executive Terry Greenberg has enjoyed an extensive career in both film and television. Following several years in the cable industry, she transitioned into motion pictures, overseeing campaigns for Paramount Pictures and The Walt Disney Company that included Top Gun, Fatal Attraction, Ghost, Pretty in Pink, Toy Story, Aladdin and Evita, among many others. In addition, Terry has contributed her Hollywood savvy to the New York Film Festival and has segued into documentary filmmaking. Her recent projects include Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, and an array of A-list panels for the DOC NYC Film Festival.
Margarita Sophia Cortes is an entertainment publicist whose career began in 2000 at PPV coordinating PR efforts for award-winning programs and critically acclaimed specials. In 2005, she joined JGPR agency to oversee dozens of indie film and DVD campaigns ranging from Robert Greenwald's Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price and Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me to Robert Klein: The HBO Specials and Sex and Lucia to Dirty Dancing: The Limited Edition. In 2009 she established MSophia PR and led campaigns for Stieg Larsson's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest; the award-winning documentary, Restrepo; the critically acclaimed Starlet, The Deep Blue Sea and Any Day Now and Oscar® nominated Monsieur Lazhar.
Robyn Watson was until recently the Director of Corporate Communications and Engagement at Time Warner Cable, where she was responsible for creating strategic communications initiatives that drive key business results and supports the creation of high-performing and culturally dynamic employees. In addition to being an active member of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) and National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), she sits on the board of directors for Entertainers for Education Alliance (E4EA), an entertainment industry nonprofit that uses athletes, musicians and high-profile individuals to promote higher learning and personal achievement among urban youth. She is a graduate of Emory University, is pursuing a Masters in Science in Leadership from Benedictine University, and holds a master certification in Strategic Organizational Leadership and Human Resources from Villanova University.
April Hattori is Director of Communications at Expeditionary Learning. She has more than 10 years of communications experience at established and entrepreneurial organizations, including Disney, McGraw-Hill, Standard & Poor's, Allstate, and Press Play Productions. April also mentors first generation college students in the New York Needs You non-profit. In addition, she has served on the boards of Town Hall and the Workshop Theater.
Newman is the Executive Director of the Center for Bronx Non-Profits. Previously, she was Managing Director of the Tribeca Film Institute, Executive Director of the National Board of Review and Senior Director of Programming at the Independent Feature Project, and had served as Executive Director of Film/Video Arts for many years. She is active in the New York film community, serving on the boards of the New York Production Alliance, Manhattan Neighborhood Network (Board Chair) and the advisory board of NYWIFT. She often speaks on panels about independent media and has been a juror and panel member for the Miami International Film Festival, the Jerome Foundation and the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Award-winning director and Primetime Emmy-nominated producer Annetta Marion's experience in television and film includes documentary and reality television, as well as narrative film, commercials, music videos, and internet content. Annetta is currently directing on the acclaimed TV series Oprah's Master Class, profiling entertainment icons including Tim McGraw, Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson, Berry Gordy, and Lenny Kravitz. She was also the showrunner on season three of the series, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy, a first for the network. Annetta's producing experience includes ESPN's 30-for-30 feature documentary "You Don't Know Bo," which earned the highest-ever rating in the network's history. She's a graduate of AFI's Directing Workshop for Women; and a member of both the Director's Guild of America and the Producer's Guild of America.
Maura Kelly is an Emmy-winning producer and media consultant for TV, digital and special events. She is the founder of Purple Mountain Media, an independent company specializing in development, project management and community engagement campaigns. She has worked with the Jim Henson Company, PBS Kids, Facebook, Southern Star, and Bill Moyers. Formerly, Kelly was an executive producer at WNET/PBS for over 15 years where she produced award-winning programs, developed revenue streams and created strategic alliances Prior, she was a Director of Marketing at Townley Associates, producers of the WSJ Report. Currently, Kelly writes on entrepreneurs and emerging technology trends for the Huffington Post.
Rosalind Murphy is an independent marketing consultant with diverse experience in film marketing, social media strategy and event management. Prior to working as an independent consultant, Rosalind worked as Executive Engagement Manager at Microsoft and Marketing Director at Film Life, Inc. While at Microsoft she launched the successful quarterly Women Executive Forum and received the Microsoft Diversity Inclusion Award for developing innovative relationship programs for women executives. Rosalind's is an active board member of La Casa de Pedro and member of Women's Association of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Caren Spruch is the director of arts and entertainment engagement at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She leads the organization's efforts to work with, influence, and honor those in the entertainment community who promote women's health. Caren established the Board of Advocates, a group of prominent television, film, and stage actors, producers, and directors who publicly support Planned Parenthood's mission at national events, in magazines and newspapers, online, and across all social media platforms. She consults with creative professionals to review scripts for accuracy and advises them on incorporating health messages into their scripts. Caren has also organized countless events featuring celebrities for other nonprofits, political campaign fundraisers, and national political conventions, and she has conducted business development efforts in the private sector.
Destiny Lilly is the owner of Destiny Casting, a boutique casting company that specializes in short film and video projects. Over seven years in casting, she has cast more than 150 commercials and branded video projects. She is the Casting Consultant for the Live Action Short Film Program at the School of Visual Arts where she mentors graduate and undergraduate students. She recently cast the short film A Poet Long Ago written by journalist Pete Hamill and directed by Bob Giraldi which premiered at The Hamptons International Film Festival. While serving on the NYWIFT programming committee, Destiny has produced programs on topics including casting independent films and film festival programmers. She is a proud graduate of Emory University and The Central School of Speech and Drama.
Brooks is a partner in the New York City law firm of Brooks & Distler. She has specialized in the areas of entertainment and intellectual property law for over 25 years. Brooks represents producers, writers, directors, rights owners, and for-profit and not-for-profit institutions in the fields of legitimate theatre, motion picture, television, and new media all over the world. She is general counsel for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and New York Women in Film & Television.
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I know darlings, I was shocked too when I saw that Lindsay Lohan turned up at a gala looking like a hot mess. SHOCKED, I tell you (JK). But, it's true. My spy across the pond spotted LiLo donning a dreadful peacock-inspired mini-dress at the very classy Gala for Gabrielle's Angels Foundation in London.
Poor Lindsay. She clearly doesn't know the difference between sideboob and sidesag. This Julien Macdonald look does not work for a girl who's spent her perky-breast years drinking and drugging away her once-cute figure. But not even her horrendous dress could distract me from those ratty, $8 extensions that she didn't even bother to style.
Linds, please get a bra, some self-tanner and a hairstylist who likes a challenge. Or better yet, simply stay home. You know you love me…XOXO.
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Building a Career Action Plan
Having an action plan can help you recover quickly if you get "downsized."
Thomas J. Foley, FACHE
Whether we call it downsizing, rightsizing, shrinking the system, re-engineering, job elimination, or termination doesn't really matter. The bottom line is that if one of them happens to you, you are out of work. Given the rapid rate of change in the healthcare field, it is unrealistic and unwise for you to view your current position as a "sure thing"; yet still, many of our colleagues are stunned when they get the news that they are being let go, particularly if they have been with the organization for a number of years. Most of us cannot afford the effects of that surprise, but having an action plan can help you recover quickly.
I'm not trying to scare my colleagues in the healthcare field, nor am I trying to be dramatic or sensational. Let me offer an analogy: As a young child during World War II, I remember vividly the blackouts and the bomb shelters as we prepared for the possibility of an enemy attack. We knew what to do, where to go, and how to survive. Although we never actually needed to implement it, that action plan gave us the security of knowing we were ready—just in case. I am recommending that you similarly prepare yourself for the possibility of a surprise attack. That way, if your job is eliminated, you can call upon your action plan with comfort and confidence.
First, you must consider the emotional impact of learning that your position no longer exists. Expect to feel anger, fear, despair, and emptiness, and know that these reactions are normal. Being mentally prepared will help you quickly regain your footing and continue forward with your action plan.
To begin developing your plan, ask yourself how you might survive a restructuring. Are your knowledge and skills up to date? Are you keeping up with trends in healthcare? Are you helping to improve processes and/or control costs within your position or department? Being able to answer "yes" to these questions may help you survive a restructuring or, if necessary, land a new position.
In forming the job search portion of your action plan, you should consider a number of factors: What is the marketplace like today? What skills are in demand? What skills do you have that would make you an attractive candidate for a new position? What do you like and dislike about the work you do, the employer you have, and the organization you work for? What do you like to do? What are you good at? Are you willing to consider a different direction, or even a different field? Are you willing to relocate if necessary? These issues are the building blocks of your action plan.
If you have a dynamic and far reaching professional network, make sure you are maintaining it; if not, you need to develop one. Create a list of all your contacts who might assist in networking, and communicate with them regularly. Stay involved with professional colleagues, organizations, and associations.
The period following a job loss can be overwhelming, filled with many important decisions, so getting some tasks accomplished ahead of time can be very helpful in the long run. For example, you may want to occasionally review your financial situation with your family, accountant, and financial counselor. Update the style of and information in your resume. Learn about outplacement and executive search services available to individuals at your career level. Research careers outside, or perhaps related to, healthcare as possible alternatives.
Building an action plan requires creativity, introspection, personal knowledge, reflection, honesty, and sincerity. Don't be surprised by the vagaries of change in the healthcare field today. Be prepared, visualize your future elsewhere, and customize your plan for your personality, your skills, and your potential.
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Demonstrators chant slogans and wave Syrian opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Bustan al-Qasr district in Aleppo February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman
BEIRUT: Thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday with chants, banners and cartoons of President Bashar al-Assad to vent their anger at Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah and the international community.
In the Turkish border town of Ain al-Arab, demonstrators, including young girls and dancing teenagers, shouted for freedom as they held aloft Kurdish flags alongside the Syrian revolution banner in a video posted on YouTube.
In the Idlib town of Kfar Nabal, which has seen deadly air raids in the past week, demonstrators carried banners in Arabic and English.
"World! Your carelessness produced extremists like Assad. Now, we need extremists to get rid of your products," read an English banner held by men and boys standing in front of a bombed-out building.
The message came a day after a spate of bombings across Damascus, including a suicide car bomb condemned by the regime and opposition, killed at least 83 people in the deadliest day for the capital since the March 2011 start of the Syrian conflict.
The Arabic banner read: "The revolution is not sectarian and ... all are welcome under the roof of the nation."
In the town of Irbin, just northeast of Damascus, that has been the target of continuous bombardment by regime warplanes, a young boy stopped for a photo during a march to show his message to Assad: "We are coming to get you."
Meanwhile, the Facebook group "Lens of a Young Isqati" showed a demonstrator in the northwestern town of Isqat holding a cartoon of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah facing Israel and striking matches to light the fuse of a bomb.
But the fuse is facing the opposite direction and the matches land in Lebanon and Syria, where Hezbollah fighters were reported to have attacked opposition-held towns and villages from across the border last week.
Despite the ever-rising brutality of the conflict, which has left an estimated 70,000 people killed, demonstrations continue to be held every Friday nationwide.
At the Zaatari camp in northern Jordan for Syrian refugees, some 300 hundred demonstrators rallied to call for the international community to arm the rebel Free Syrian Army, an AFP journalist at the scene said.
"Oh world, we want arms ... The people demand the arming of the Free Army," they chanted.
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Yesterday morning I found Smoot... and her "therapy" session of 'pretend shopping' is so right up my alley. We too are saving money this year. I've only swiped my plastic card once this month (this is major for me)... so I'm joining Smoot in her imaginary shopping spree.
Join me...
1st stop: EBAY! Do you set lifetime design goals? Or is it just me? One thing I want in my house {before I get too old to enjoy it} is a Library (filled with beautiful design books) and an antique Chesterfield Sofa. Last night I found the one I want.
2nd stop: 1st Dibs - 1930's Art Metal Co.'s Wall Unit... hello! I need you as bad as I want you! My magazines would be in heaven, and my husband would be glad they had a "home".
3rd Stop: Lum where the lamps are luscious. I'll take one of everything! Alright, if I need to be "practical" I'll take that set of "It's Not Easy Being Green" for a mere $4,000.
4th Stop: Alyson Fox's A Small Collection - not sure if this is a skirt or a dress, but I want it.
5th Stop: Anthropologie where I pick up this Ginger & Pickle's bag in yellow.
I hope you aren't tired!? Let's stop for coffee then keep going... {Laura I miss you and our shopping days!}
6th Stop: Dunkin' Donuts - because I love their coffee. Little cream, little Splenda... delightful.
7th Stop: West Elm, because a girl can never have too many rugs. (did I really just say that?)
8th Stop: Salvage One for this cabinet, because my new lamps need a home... and this is less than a 1/4 of the price of the lamps - a real steal @ $875! See it here.
And for my collection of letter Es:
And for my next (personal) kitchen (i love the color):
9th Stop: Smith & Hawken... because Spring is right around the corner and my garden is calling for one of these... a grapefruit tree!
10th Stop: my office where I fax in purchase orders for large quantities of these fabrics:
Schumacher's Lace - I'll take any color.
Phillip Jeffries' Arrowroot Grasscloth for my Powder Bathroom.
Barbara Barry for Kravet, Signature Platinum.
Alright, now I'm going to take a bubble bath, have a glass of bubbly and wait for the UPS man to start bringing all these goodies to my door.


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BY TURNING a traditional firework into a blowtorch, defence researchers in Britain have devised a cheap, safe and simple method of burning landmines to a cinder without having to explode them. FireAnt directs a jet of flame at landmines from a few centimetres away, searing a hole in the casing, igniting the detonator before it can set off the mine and incinerating the high explosive so that it simply burns off without exploding.
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On September 29, Bank of America announced its now-defunct debit card fee. Since that time, according to the Credit Union National Association, 650,000 Americans have moved their money to credit unions. That's more in a little over a month than in all of 2010 combined. And that's just credit unions, it doesn't count community banks. And it doesn't count what will happen tomorrow, on Bank Transfer Day… I'm sorry, I mean Chase Pride Day.
For far too long, Americans settled for a little convenience and fed their money to the finance machine, lured by the promise of a free ATM on every block. They handed over money to Wall Street banks with this kind of loving concern for their customers:
A family in Utah sold their home earlier this year and thought they had rid themselves of their Bank of America mortgage. That is, until they received a foreclosure notice several months later for a house they no longer owned — all over a $1 coding error.
It wasn't until several months after they had closed on the sale that the family's accountant informed them that somehow they still technically owned the house and that they were now months behind on their payments and in danger of foreclosure.
So the wife contacted BofA who informed her that there appeared to be a $1 error that was holding up the title transfer.
These banks have disgraced themselves and destroyed the largest market in the world – the residential home mortgage market. They continue to steal homes, intimidate and bully customers, and cause untold suffering. And these are the firms that the state and federal regulatory structure is about to throw a lifeline to, with a whitewash settlement on foreclosure fraud.
In this era of no accountability, Americans have few choices. But they can choose not to participate in a broken system. They can seek out banks and credit unions that respect them and favor their business. And they have been doing so already, in record numbers.