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To get into his element, Ugesh starts off with a novel trick. An unsuspecting volunteer is asked to pick a card and place it back in the pack. Ugesh then throws all the cards at the ceiling. Expecting all the cards to fall down, the volunteer looks up, only to find her card hanging mid-air! If this seems boring, Ugesh then performs a near fatal trick, where he tries to stop his pulse beats. Is life after death that tempting? We'll need magic to find out.
To carry through his prime trick, Ugesh needs a special volunteer, one who he finds in Bollywood's hearth-throb – Emraan Hashmi!! Ugesh is geared up to leave him astounded and spellbound. Kicking off with a simple card trick, Ugesh plans to set the mood for his main act. He first gets Emraan to select a card and place it in the pack. All this doesn't seem to impress Emraan. But it is only after Ugesh's magic is revealed does the look on Emraan's face change from uninterested to simply amazed.
However, Ugesh doesn't stop there. He goes all out with the next trick – which is sure to cause a furor. After coaxing Emraan into volunteering, Ugesh cuts off a portion of Emraan's arm and reveals the underling matter!! This not only shocks the audience, but has Emraan taken aback as well. With promises of being able to restore the flesh, Ugesh starts the second part of the trick. Will Ugesh be able to restore the flesh or will he be accused of plain cold 'murder'?
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The Very Grouchy Daddy
I've read The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my daughter 796 times. Please, make it stop.
There comes a time in the life of a writer when he has to straighten his spine, gird his loins, and—facing the certain opprobrium of his peers and the disdain of his friends and family—proclaim an ignored, essential verity.
Eric Carle, the most successful children's book author of our time, sucks.
I recognize that this viewpoint would appear to be contradicted by ample evidence. In March, when The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Carle's most revered book, celebrated its 40th anniversary, dozens of newspapers and magazines noted the milestone, often citing the same staggering statistics: The book had sold 29 million copies, been translated into 47 languages (can you even name 47 languages?), and continues to sell at the rate of a copy every 30 seconds. This makes The Very Hungry Caterpillar one of the most popular children's book of all time—more successful than Goodnight Moon and The Cat in the Hat and second in sales only to Peter Rabbit.
Just because something is the object of effusive affection, however, doesn't mean it's worthy of that affection (q.v. Mao Zedong, Sex & the City). Indeed, it is when a cultural artifact has become this gargantuanly successful that we most need the help of an expert—an arbiter to pore over the work and honestly assess its qualities and flaws. I nominate myself.
What are my credentials? As of this writing, my daughter is 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days old. Because Eric Carle's books are practically distributed on maternity wards along with baby formula and nipple salve, and because my wife, like everyone else, thinks they're wonderful, I have read one of them to my daughter nearly every nap- and bedtime since she was born: 796 consecutive days. That's probably more times than Harold Bloom has read King Lear.
The experience hasn't been all bad. Before he became an author, Carle worked at an advertising agency, and from Madison Avenue, he absorbed useful lessons about visual boldness and simplicity of form. His illustrations—which he constructs out of pieces of paper he paints with watercolors, cuts, and layers—are bright, beautiful, and memorable. The famous illustrations of the food the caterpillar tunnels through before he retreats to his cocoon—Swiss cheese, sausage, cherry pie, a lollipop, a slice of watermelon—are so sharp and evocative they'd work well as stand-alone images, framed and hung in a living room.
My objection isn't to Carle's artwork. It is to his lack of narrative creativity—a laziness and repetitiveness that in time can breed deep parental resentment. Like many successful children's book authors—Karen Katz, author of the Where Is Baby's … series of books, is a more recent example—Carle sticks closely to field-tested formulas. He's a franchise-builder, the Nora Roberts of the toddler set. When the first book he illustrated, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967), turned out to be a hit, he followed up with Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?Each proceeds along the same monotonous line: Animal No. 1 perceives Animal No. 2, who perceives Animal No. 3, and so on and so forth until the sequence ends, more or less arbitrarily.
When The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) was much more than a hit, Carle flooded the market with parables about insects steadily overcoming some physical or emotional obstacle: The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. (Caterpillar, incidentally, is one of George W. Bush's favorite books.) These books are as repetitive as the What Do You See/Hear books. They are devoid of surprise or even amusing digression. In each, an animal proceeds from obstacle to obstacle until the inexorable and preordained solution is achieved: The lonely firefly finds friends, the industrious spider completes her web, the clumsy beetle gets back on his feet. Often Carle prints the same line page after page: "The firefly saw a light and flew toward it," "The spider didn't answer," "How very clumsy of me!" The structure of the books is that of a straight road punctuated by speed bumps at fixed intervals.

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Hopefully someone out there has an answer, but I have a couple lines in an existing configuration I need to fix and with a somewhat weak understanding of how Asterisk works.
First off, I have a department that wants to have all of their phones ring at the same time when a caller comes in and chooses to contact this department (customer service). So far, no problem.
exten => 12000,1,Dial(SIP/13227&SIP/11205&SIP/11216&SIP/11220&SIP/11237&SIP/11241&SIP/11244&SIP/11258&SIP/11260&SIP/11267&SIP/11272&SIP/11285&SIP/11291&SIP/11299,30,rwW)
However, now I have a problem since I have some people working remotely for this department. How can I tell Asterisk to dial his personal phone number at the same time as these internal extensions? So far all I have to work with on 'how' to dial to a personal phone number is this example:
exten => 11229,1,Dial(Local/(PHONE NUMBER)@internal||Wmorg)
Is it possible to add the second line for dialing to an external number to the line for internal numbers? Or could I simply create two lines with the same priority so that Asterisk will read the two lines and determine that they should be done at the same time?
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lolafromburlington Apr 27, 2013 7:02 PM
in response to lolafromburlington
I noticed that the solution I referred to as helping me did not appear in this thread, so I will try to explain what it was....open your "Sent" folder then click on "View" at the top, then go to "Sort by" and make sure it shows by "Date" and "Decending." All of my other folders were set that way but "Mail" was not. I don't remember what the settings were but they were not these. It solved the problem for me. Good luck.
Old Granny Lola
Satome Apr 27, 2013 7:09 PM
in response to Jules2000
I'm using Mail 6.3 on OS X 10.8.3, but the setting for me is in Mail->Preferences->Accounts and then click the advanced tab on the IMAP account you want to apply it to.
Csound1 Apr 27, 2013 7:23 PM
in response to Jules2000
Mail>Preferences >Accounts>Advanced. On 10.6.8
Jules2000 Apr 28, 2013 12:47 PM
in response to Csound1
Thank you. I found the IDLE setting and un-checked it. But unfortunately 50% of my sent e-mail is still not showing up in the Sent folder. I have also tried to sort the folder like lolafromburlington suggested with no luck.
I think this problem started after I did an Apple Softaware update.
Carelesscreek Apr 28, 2013 1:51 PM
in response to Jules2000
Posting what worked for me.
Using MacMail 6.3(1503) with Yahoo mail Pro account.
I just transitioned my wife over to a new MacBook Pro and when she sent her first email after I got her migrated she said she couldn't find the sent email.
When I looked at the sent section, I could see a bunch of old sent mail she had sent before using any client. But not the new email she just sent from the MacMail client.
So, I went to Mail Preferences and unchecked Save on Server for sent emails. Now all her sent emails show up in her MacMail profile.
I should note that the Idle setting mentioned in earlier threads was greyed out in the preference. Not sure why. It being greyed out let me to try to find another option to fix the sent items not showing up.
Satome May 7, 2013 5:21 PM
in response to Jules2000
I haven't lost any sent mail since disabling IDLE.
The suggestion to uncheck 'save on server for sent emails' won't keep your sent mail synched up unless your email provider automatically copies it to a sent folder like Google does when you send through their SMTP server.
razzo May 18, 2013 6:14 PM
in response to chrisaxe21
I had the same problem, but I have found a workaround. Its not a true fix because the messages still do not get transferred to the server, but at least it saves a copy on your Mac. Hopefully it will work to save your Sent Mail until Apple comes up with a true fix for this problem.
For the mail account that is "losing" the sent messages, create a Smart Mailbox specifically for those Sent Messages. Here's how:
1. In Mac Mail, go to MAILBOX > NEW SMART MAILBOX
2. In the dialog box, name the Smart Mailbox (I named mine the account name + Sent Mail)
3. For the conditions, on the left pop-up select FROM, the middle pop-up select CONTAINS, and the right space type the email address of your account (the one that's losing the Sent Mail)
4. Click on the box below for "INCLUDE MESSAGES FROM SENT"
This should create a new Smart Mailbox that will appear on the left gray sidebar after your Inbox, Sent, and Trash folders. It will be under a heading entitled SMART MAILBOX. It should populate automatically with all of your previously sent mail plus your newly sent mail. However, just to be sure, go back to MAILBOX > SYNCHRONIZE ALL ACCOUNTS. This should synchronize everything and the new Smart Mailbox should populate.
Remember, once again, this still does not seem to save the messages to the server so you will have to upload them manually. But at least you have them available to upload.
Oh, in case you need to know, to upload them to the server manually, just view your SMART MAILBOX, click on the messages to highlight them, the drag them to the Sent Mail folder where they should have been in the first place (but weren't). As long as this folder is set up to sync with your sent mail from your server (as it should be), then this will upload the Sent Mail from the SMART MAILBOX to your server. Please note that they will not longer be in your SMART MAILBOX folder (because you moved them), but they will be in your designated Sent Mail folder.
I hope this helps!
razzo May 18, 2013 9:06 PM
in response to Satome
When I unchecked "Enable Idle" it did save a copy of the message in the proper Sent Mail box on my computer. However, it did not upload that message to the IMAP server. That means that the message did not propagate to my iPhone or iPad, or get saved anywhere other than on the Mac. So, that doesn't solve the problem.
razzo May 18, 2013 9:10 PM
in response to Carelesscreek
Just so you know, unclicking "save sent mail on the server" does display the sent mail in the proper folder. However, it does not save the message on the IMAP server, so its only available on your Mac, not on any other device that uses the same account such as an iPhone or iPad.
Satome May 18, 2013 10:19 PM
in response to razzo
Then you must have also had 'save sent mail on server' unchecked at the same time. The IDLE command is entirely separate from where sent messages are supposed to get saved. You still need to separately tell Mail to save sent mail on the server. IDLE only affects the IMAP connection being kept alive.
In my particular case, the vast majority of my sent messages were stored on the server in the proper folder. A few, seemingly at random, would be sent but not saved. For me, unchecking IDLE fixed that and also got rid of the error mentioned in the linked thread in console.
razzo May 19, 2013 7:06 AM
in response to Satome
@ Satome
I actually tried with all four possibilities, with the Save Sent Mail on Server checked and unchecked and IDLE checked and unchecked. None of the four possibilities saved my messages on the server. They all only saved the messages on my computer.
The only way I found to save them on the server is to do one of the tricks that works on the individual computer (for some reason they don't all work on everyone's computer consistently). On my computer (MacBook Pro Retina OS 10.8.3; Mail 6.3), the only one that works is to create a SMART MAILBOX, then drag the messages from the smart mailbox into the Sent Mail folder that syncs to the server. This is the only way I can get my messages on the server.
One thing for certain, after reading 27 pages of messages, none of these solutions seems to work consistently for anyone. Like many have said, I also talked to Apple Care. They tried blaming it on my host, but I told them that my host had already had me create a Thunderbird account and it worked perfectly. So, my host had proven to me that it is Mac Mail. Apple Care claimed that if my iCloud account works, then they should all work, therefore it must be my host. I pointed them to this discussion that has almost 74,000 views and is not the only one on this subject. Only then did she say that she would elevate it to engineering. Hopefully, they'll acknowledge that there is a serious problem and address it soon.
Csound1 May 19, 2013 7:17 AM
in response to razzo
razzo wrote:
@ Satome
I actually tried with all four possibilities, with the Save Sent Mail on Server checked and unchecked and IDLE checked and unchecked. None of the four possibilities saved my messages on the server. They all only saved the messages on my computer.
Then you have a problem with your mail setup, delete the account and start again.
Note that
Idle has nothing to do with sending mail, if you think it does you are imagining it. When Idle is checked mail will be pushed to your client, when unchecked it will be pulled by your client
Save Sent Mail on Server is obvious, note that your mail will appear (in Mail) in a different folder from the one it would have if you chose not to Save on Server. If Save on Server is unchecked Sent items won't appear on other devices or on the website.
razzo May 19, 2013 7:44 AM
in response to Csound1
I have deleted the mail account and started again many times. It always results in the same issue of Mac Mail not saving the Sent Mail nor transferring it to the server. I've spent at least 7 hours with tech support at my host and at least 5 hours with Apple Care, none of them can figure out what the problem is. We've tried every iteration. We've even wiped the entire computer clean twice and reinstalled the OS (with Mail) then manually copied all of the files and reinstalled all of the apps to be sure its a clean install. So far, nothing has fixed the Mail doesn't save Sent messages and transfer them to the server automatically issue.
The only work around that I've found is creating a Smart Mailbox which will save the Sent Mail on my computer, then dragging them into the folder where they should have been saved so that they will sync with the server. I've tried all of the mentioned "fixes" in this forum such as the IDLE, uncheck Save Sent Mail, delete the account and start again, clean installs, Smart Mailboxes. So far, the only thing that works is the Smart Mailbox to save the messages, then manually drag them to the Sent Mailbox to sync with the server.
Sybil Ann Chick May 19, 2013 7:51 AM
in response to razzo
When I found a sent message wasn't in any sent folder in Mail or in iCloud, it was with a message sent from my .mac.com address, so if there's something wrong with the host that's Apple themselves and they need to sort it out.
Csound1 May 19, 2013 7:53 AM
in response to razzo
razzo wrote:
I have deleted the mail account and started again many times. It always results in the same issue of Mac Mail not saving the Sent Mail nor transferring it to the server. I've spent at least 7 hours with tech support at my host and at least 5 hours with Apple Care, none of them can figure out what the problem is. We've tried every iteration. We've even wiped the entire computer clean twice and reinstalled the OS (with Mail) then manually copied all of the files and reinstalled all of the apps to be sure its a clean install. So far, nothing has fixed the Mail doesn't save Sent messages and transfer them to the server automatically issue.
This may be so but it is an error, and errors can always be fixed. Clearly Mail works (or millions of people would have the issue)
Playing with the idle command (a server setting that affects incomimg mail only) is as useful as making coffee.
Set it up with Save on Server checked. Send a test mail from Mail, go to the server and locate that Mail. Once found map the Server Sent folder to the Mail Sent folder or you will not see the sent mal on the client.


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The newest Catamount was asked the obvious question.
So Josh Speidel, what is a catamount?
"It kind of looks like a lion," said Speidel, the Columbus North senior who announced Tuesday that he is verbally committed to playing basketball for the Vermont Catamounts. "I got online today to look it up because I was getting so many questions, but I don't really know."
Vermont museums claim that the catamount was a wild cat, similar to the cougar, that became extinct in the late 1880s. By all reports, it was ferocious.
Perhaps that is one of the many reasons Speidel was a good fit for Vermont. At 6-foot-7, he has built a reputation as one of the toughest high school players in Indiana.
"I thought Vermont was the right fit for me basketball-wise and academic-wise," said Speidel, who turned 18 on Tuesday. "I think I see myself getting better there, and I see a chance to compete for (playing) time as a freshman."
Vermont is coached by John Becker, who has led the team to three 20-win seasons in his first three years. Last season, Vermont was 22-11 with a 15-1 record (first place) in America East Conference play.
"Their coaches tell you how it is," Speidel said. "I liked that. And I think I could go to them if I had a problem away from the court. It's an open door."
The University of Vermont is in Burlington.
"I would have never guessed that Josh would be playing in Vermont," said his father, Dave Speidel. "But when we went to Burlington, we saw how similar it is to Columbus. It's just a bigger version."
Josh Speidel had cut the field to a final four — Vermont, Ball State, Illinois-Chicago and Loyola-Chicago — before deciding to spend his college days in New England.
"The campus is beautiful, and it is right by a lake (Lake Champlain)," Josh Speidel said. "It is a couple of minutes walk into Burlington, which is beautiful. And there in Vermont, basketball is their big thing.
"It came down to a place where I could see myself being."
Speidel goes into his senior season at North as a player who can post up or even handle the ball at the perimeter if necessary. Bull Dogs coach Jason Speer said he sees Speidel having similar responsibilities at the college level.
"He is going to be a fantastic asset to Vermont," Speer said. "It's just the versatility that Josh has. And I know that Vermont was looking for high-character guys and Josh will fit in nicely."
Columbus North Athletic Director Jeff Hester was proud that his school produced another scholarship athlete.
"It shows the reach of Columbus North basketball," Hester said. "It also shows the relationship that Coach Speer has with collegiate coaches.
"I see us as another avenue to foster these kids' dreams. That's why we are involved in athletics."
Speidel averaged 17.2 points and 9.3 rebounds for the Bull Dogs his junior year.
Dave Speidel said his son took 18 official and unofficial visits to different universities. "We left it all up to him," Dave Speidel said. "We told Josh, 'Look at the best fit for you.'
"We know he is going to be far away, but it's for four years, and that's not a lot of time. He is going to get to see a part of the country that a lot of people don't get to see."
The Speidels, Dave and Lisa, have three kids and when Josh gets to college, all will be or will have been athletic scholarship recipients.
Jamie Speidel, a Columbus East graduate, played soccer at Indiana Wesleyan and now attends Southwest Missouri as she pursues her doctorate in physical therapy. Micayla Speidel, another East grad, is a sophomore volleyball star at IU-Kokomo.
Josh Speidel now will concentrate on a big senior season at North.
"I enjoyed the recruiting process at the beginning," he said. "But at the end it was getting stressful. It's definitely a big weight off my shoulders."


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Use this list to keep on track with all your second-trimester tasks, from investigating childbirth classes to getting your teeth cleaned and making a baby registry. Don't worry about checking off every item – just use this as a helpful guide.
Get a simplified, printable version of the ultimate pregnancy to-do list.
See the ultimate to-do lists for the first and third trimesters.
Activities for your second trimester
Find a prenatal exercise class
If you haven't already, now is a good time to start a regular, pregnancy-friendly workout. Joining a class can help motivate you to stick with it. And many women find that prenatal exercise classes are a wonderful way to bond with and get support from other pregnant women. Some good options include water exercise, prenatal yoga or Pilates, a walking group, or a gentle dance class.
Find out more about pregnancy exercise.
Learn about second-trimester prenatal visits and tests
During the second trimester, you'll typically see your caregiver once every four weeks unless you have a condition or complications that call for more frequent checkups. You'll have blood tests, such as the glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes, and you'll be offered screening tests or amniocentesis to test for Down syndrome as well as other chromosomal abnormalities, genetic disorders, and neural tube defects. You'll also likely see your baby in an ultrasound!
Find out what your doctor or midwife will do at each visit and learn more about prenatal testing.
Start shopping for maternity clothes
Most moms-to-be start looking pregnant between 12 and 18 weeks. Even if you're not visibly preggers yet, you may find you're more comfortable in maternity clothes. Keep in mind that you'll probably need different batches of maternity clothes for different stages of your pregnancy, so it may make sense to buy just a few key pieces at a time and more as you need them.
Check out 10 maternity staples that will help you look stylish for any occasion.
Decide whether to hire a professional labor coach (doula)
A doula is a trained labor coach who assists you during labor and delivery. She provides you with continuous emotional support, as well as assistance with other non-medical aspects of your care. If you're interested in hiring a doula, it's a good idea to start your search in the second trimester.
Plan some adult time
Even though your excitement over having a baby is revving up, take a moment to enjoy this baby-free time. Do something that you won't be able to do as a new parent. Buy tickets for live music or a performance (some experts advise against loud rock concerts during pregnancy, but other than that you should be fine). Go to a late-night movie. Browse for hours in your favorite store. Wait in line at your favorite Sunday-morning breakfast place because you can. It's not that you won't be able to do these things after you have a baby in your life, it's just a little less complicated now, so take advantage.
Start moisturizing your belly
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Narrow your baby names list
By now you probably have a list of baby names you like. Try this exercise to narrow your list and get on the same page with your partner:
Make a list of ten names you like. Have your partner do the same. Trade lists and each cross out one name on the other's list that you don't love. Keep taking turns until you have a set of names you can both live with.
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Decide whether you'll find out the sex of your baby
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ROCKFORD — Beverly Beams waited in her seat after Rita Crundwell's sentencing hearing ended. As people got up to leave, her eyes were fixed on a pixelated screen in a second courtroom designed to handle the overflow of people who attended Thursday's proceeding.
"Wait, I want to see her taken away in handcuffs," Beams said.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed an agreement with SPARQ Solutions, the IT services provider for Australian electricity distributors Energex and Ergon Energy.
May 09, 2012 |
National Information Solutions Cooperative, an IT and software solution provider to more than 650 community-owned utilities and telephone organizations, has been selected by Great River Energy, a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op based in Maple Grove, Minn., to provide meter data management (MDM) and demand response (DR) management solutions to a smart grid demonstration project.
More utilities are piloting smart grid-enabled demand response programs, but customer engagement is crucial to successMay 03, 2012 |While demand response programs are growing in the industry, more utilities are beginning to launch full-scale dynamic pricing plans to a broader base of residential customers, according to industry data featured in Chartwell's latest report, Demand Response and Rate Programs for Residential Customers 2012.
OSI Selected by Matanuska Electric Association of Alaska to Deliver a New and Modern SCADA/GMS SystemMay 03, 2012 |Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a new contract by Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. (MEA) of Palmer, Alaska, for a three-phase SCADA and Generation Management System project to be based on OSI's monarch (Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture) platform.
May 01, 2012 |
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $16 million from Mass Global Investment Company for the construction of a substation and SVC Light (static var compensator) system that will supply electricity to a new melt shop and steel rolling mill in northern Iraq.
Aclara Demand Response Management System Advances Load Control at Twin Valleys Public Power DistrictApr 26, 2012 |Aclara, a leader in Intelligent Infrastructure technologies for utilities and part of the Utility Solutions Group of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE), today announces a contract with Nebraska's Twin Valleys Public Power District (TVPPD) to deploy Aclara's TWACS and Demand Response Management System (DRMS) technologies.
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Direct Energy, one of the largest energy service providers in North America, announces the successful implementation of their new generation management system (GMS) supporting direct communication between ERCOT and Direct Energy generation resources.
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Oniqua MRO Analytics (www.oniqua.com), the leading provider of analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive organizations, today announced that Nebraska Public Power District has chosen Oniqua Analytics Solution (OAS) to optimize its MRO inventory activities, which include cost management, controlling inventory growth levels and improving critical material availability across its operations.
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FirstEnergy Corp. has deployed a new outage map across its utility company service territory, providing access to real-time power outage information to the general public.
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Lafayette Utilities System (LUS), which provides electric, water, wastewater, and telecommunications services to approximately 62,000 electric customers and 52,000 water customers in Lafayette, La., will implement the Aclara Meter Data Management (MDM) system, while Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMC), Lenoir, N.C., will deploy Aclara Consumer Engagement as well as MDM, Aclara announces today.


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Rebecca Romijn, taking a casual stroll with hubby Jerry O'Connell through Los Angeles. The Ugly Betty star recently celebrated her 35th birthday with her husband – and a cheery party hat!
A chatty Eva Longoria, getting her hair done at The Michael Boychuck Salon at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The Desperate Housewives star dished with her stylist about being out of work (because of the ongoing writers strike) and jokingly asked if the salon was hiring.
Even comedians need some pampering sometimes! Jack Black,spotted waiting for his treatments at the Spa at Equinox at The Sunset in West Hollywood.
Friday Night Lights star (and John Mayer's current lady friend) Minka Kelly, hitting Urth Caffe for a late lunch with a gal pal. The two sat at a sidewalk table and talked while patiently waiting for their food. Kelly kept it healthy, drinking ice water with lemon and a mixed green salad topped with tuna. She still got her sweet fix, though, splitting a pastry with her friend.
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Thomas J. Ambrose
Thomas J. Ambrose, 65, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 15, 2015, at his home in Bristol.
He was born May 10, 1949, in Windsor, the son of Harrison and Jocie (Johnson) Ambrose. He enjoyed history and military books, politics, and motorcycles. He was proud to work and own his business, Ambrose Welding and Machine Shop.
Thomas is survived by his wife, Judy Ambrose; four children, Shawn, Tim, Jenny, and Jill Ambrose; brother, Ed Ambrose; and several nieces and nephews.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Bristol from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol in the spring.
Suzanne L. Barry
Suzanne Linda Barry, born April 10, 1951, in Bridgeport, CT, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior, on July 23, 2015, after years of bravely and courageously fighting cancer.
She was the youngest child and only daughter of the late, Arthur Barry and Annie (Nancy) McMurray Barry. She leaves her beloved sons, the lights and absolute joy of her life, Michael Richard Shaw, and his wife, Jamie Shaw, of York, PA, and Brian Arthur Shaw, of Oxford, CT to cherish her memory, as well as her beloved and cherished grandson, Evan Michael Shaw, of York, PA. She is also survived by her brother, John Barry, and his wife, Wendelyn, of Califon, NJ; and sisters-in-law, Patricia Barry, of Mashpee, MA and Kathleen Shaw, of Bantam, CT. Suzanne was predeceased by her beloved brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Jacquelyn Barry. Upon their deaths, her niece and nephew, Shana Michele Barry, of Fairfield, CA and Kyle Richard Barry, of Brooklyn, NY became part of her family. She always said it was the most wonderful blessing and loved them as her own. Also left to cherish her memory, are her nieces, Wendy Barry Foley (John), of South Boston, MA; Johnna Marie Barry, of South Boston, MA; her great nephew, Quinn Richard Foley; and great-niece, Scarlett Elizabeth Foley, of South Boston, MA. Suzanne was also stepmother to her beloved twins, Kellie Shaw Despotakis (Nicholas) of Loveland, OH and Linda Shaw, of Trumbull; step-nana, to John, Kailyn, and Alexandria Despotakis, of Loveland, OH. She also leaves behind nieces, Jessica Shaw Petriosanti, Kimberly Shaw Zywno, and Courtney Shaw, of Litchfield, CT, and her companion, Kitty Kat Lily. Suzanne leaves her aunt, Mrs. Jane Perks, of Sydney, Australia; as well as many cousins and family members in Australia and New Zealand. Also, her lifelong best friend, Cecelia Weiner Augustine, of Manassas, VA.
Suzanne grew up in Trumbull, CT, graduating from Trumbull High School in 1969. She then went on to receive an A.A. Degree from Vermont College and a B.A. and M.A. from Fairfield University. She was lifelong member of Long Hill United Methodist Church and over the years was a Sunday school teacher, member of the Staff-Parish relations committee, as well as the functions that went with being part of a wonderful church family. Suzanne was also a member of the Healing Prayer Team of Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, in Ridgefield, CT. Suzanne was very active during her sons' school years as a member of the Jane Ryan School PTA Executive Board as well as serving as PTA Co-President for three years. Suzanne was also an Independent Beauty Consultant for over 20 years with Mary Kay Cosmetics and loved meeting new people and each customer became a friend. Most recently, Suzanne was employed by Ceruzzi Properties of Fairfield for over 18 years. Suzanne was a joyful, positive person who loved life. She was extremely proud of being a first generation American and reveled in both her Irish and Hungarian roots. She carried down traditions from both cultures and passed them onto Michael and Brian. As a very young girl, Suzanne learned her strong work ethic from her parents, as all the family worked in their business, Art-Lou Trucking, Inc. Along with her brothers, Suzanne learned every aspect of the business and carried those lessons with her all through her life. She was at her happiest when her house was filled with people, food, laughter and love. We will remember her for how much she loved people. Her love for others was unconditional and unselfish. She gave up her time and resources to others because she said it was what we are meant to do. Suzanne was the ultimate caregiver, who just took life as it came and never complained. She had the beautiful gift of putting everyone at ease and making them laugh. Suzanne loved to travel and did so extensively after college. She traveled throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand and was a lifelong avid reader. She was a member of several book clubs. She also loved to dance and spend time in her garden. She could always be found in her easy chair with a book and her cats curled up with her. As she faced each trial and challenge in her life, especially in fighting cancer, she conquered each obstacle with grace, dignity, and joy in the Lord. She always found a way to laugh, even during the darkest times. She cherished her memory by doing a kind deed for someone. We are sure she will see it. Spread the good news of her best friend, Jesus. That would make her happy.
Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 3-7 PM in the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, 1209 Post Road, in Fairfield Center. A Memorial Mass will take place on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Long Hill United Methodist Church, 6358 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611. All other services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Charitable donations in Suzanne's memory may be made to Long Hill United Methodist Church or the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, 1088 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605.
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Bruce Paul Tobin of Santa Fe, NM passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Thursday, November 10, 2014.
Bruce is survived by his loving wife, Karen; his son, Ryan Tobin of NJ; his daughter, Ilana Coopersmith of Princeton, NJ; and his brother, Ross Tobin of Tennessee.
Bruce was a Lt. in the U.S. Army. He graduated from Norwich University in Vermont. Bruce was the Senior Project Manager at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley. Bruce had a generosity of spirit that enriched the lives of all those he touched. He was a superb athlete who shared his joy and knowledge of pickleball and racquetball with the Greater NM Community and the Wounded Warrior Project. Bruce was a perennial multiple medal winner at the New Mexico Senior Olympics. Bruce will be tremendously missed by all he loved and all who loved him.
A Service will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Chabad of Santa Fe, 509 Camino de Los Marques at 11 a.m., with burial to follow at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, send donations to the Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org, or to Chabad of Santa Fe.
Gary L. Vitty
Gary L. Vitty, age 66, of Scituate, passed away on Sept. 17, 2015, after a long illness.
Beloved son of the late Theodore and Alice Vitty, Mr. Vitty was born in Stockbridge and graduated from Norwich University with a degree in Government in 1971. He entered the U.S. Army and served in the 1542 Infantry as the commanding officer. He retired from the U.S. Army after over three decades of service and received numerous medals and awards, including the National Defense Service Medal. He was also retired from the Teamsters as an iron worker and was active in the Scituate American Legion. Gary is survived by his stepdaughter, Shannon Sullivan; and two grandchildren, Adrianna and Malachy Carr.
Funeral Mass Thursday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of the Nativity Church, 1 Kent St., Scituate. Visiting hours Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 5-8 p.m. in McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home, 30 Central St. (off Rte. 123, near State Police Barracks), Norwell Center. Interment is private.
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Flickr/ Creative CommonsWhat's the root of happiness? According to a recent study from the American Sociological Association, for college students, binge drinking could play a role.
Who knew?
As Jennifer LaRue Huget writes for the Washington Post, 64 percent of respondents copped to their binge drinking ways - with the study determining that these students were typically far more satisfied and happy with their social lives than students who avoid the college ritual of getting drunk and falling down.
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You'd think it might be the other way around, that kids who aren't happy would be drawn to binge drinking. But co-author Carolyn Hsu, an associate professor of sociology at Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., found that binge drinking is associated with status on campuses and that binge-drinking students tend to be happier with their social lives than others.
They found that students who were in high-status groups -- wealthy, white, male, participating in Greek life -- were more satisfied socially than those in low-status groups -- less wealthy, racial minorities, female, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ), not participating in a fraternity or sorority.
Coming soon: Study shows that douchebags tend to be happier than non-douchebags.
In all seriousness, the study also concluded that students typically engaged in binge drinking not to drown sorrow or unhappiness, but rather to lift their social status by acting the way the cool kids on campus are known to. According to the Washington Post, the study "found that low-status students could boost their social satisfaction so it was about the same as that of high-status students by binge drinking. Conversely, high-status students who didn't binge drink had lower levels of social satisfaction than did high-status binge drinkers."
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Imagining Dallas. Edited by Gail Thomas. (Dallas: The Pegasus Founda-
tion, 1982. Pp. xii+95. Introduction, notes. $6.oo, paper.)
Dallas, USA. By A. C. Greene. (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1984. Pp.
ix+264. Acknowledgments, photographs. $15.95, cloth.)
As Dallas increasingly becomes an important city, people want to
know what makes it tick. Not a seaport, not at the crossing of a major
waterway, and not located strategically close to a reservoir or natural
resources, Dallas has flourished for reasons different from those that
have encouraged other cities. Imagining Dallas and Dallas, USA are
critiques that try to explain this metropolis.
Imagining Dallas, edited by Gail Thomas, is a collection of eight
papers given at two separate seminars: one held in 1979 and the other
in 1982. Essays by A. C. Greene, Bill Porterfield, and James Pratt are
noteworthy. These essayists see Dallas as a modern American city with-
out encumbering traditions, a city that looks forward and evaluates life
in terms of present economic successes rather than in terms of the price
paid for lost aesthetics, beauty, and gracefulness of life.
The ingredients in Dallas's success, speculates A. C. Greene in Dallas,
USA, are good organization and management, money, and rich and
powerful people. He finds these ingredients in city government, pro-
fessional sports, fashion, and the arts. It is a city run by businessmen
for businessmen. On the other hand, these same ingredients worked
against making Dallas a great city. Boasting no political bosses, the city's
burden was the influence of the Citizens' Council, 250 decision-making
businessmen who made government work and encouraged business,
but who ignored human needs and the aspirations of the minority com-
munities between 1937 and 1975. "It's no place to be handicapped,
economically, physically, or emotionally," Greene warned. "If you can't
contribute, go elsewhere" (p. 6).
Greene speaks of four modern Dallas legends: TV's "Dallas"; the
Kennedy assassination; H. L. Hunt and family; and the Cowboys. All
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Norfolk & Western play Comet Tavern, 1/25.
The last time Portland's Norfolk & Western came around, their mammoth singing saw mesmerized me at the Sunset, and since then, they've toured with The Decemberists, Sparklehorse, and DeVotchKa so expect a well-oiled soft folk perfomance tonight. N & W are joined by the also PDX-based Point Juncture, WA who Sara Brickner calls an "electro-pop group that specializes in hopeful, halcyon ditties about happy endings and overdosing on sweets."
Comet Tavern, 9 p.m. $6.
If local band Bow and Arrow had a mission statement, Brian Barr says it would be:
Bicycles, basement shows, and the DIY ethos.
He also says: There hasn't been much excitement in the local punk/hardcore scene of late, but Bow & Arrow bring exactly the jolt it needs.
With the electrifying Pleasureboaters on the bill as well, a few fuses might be blown.
The Vera Project, 7:30pm, free, all ages.
Still rising NYC post-punks The Bravery will be at Neumo's with Switches. In this week's Short List, Karla Starr notes the band is "best known for a few things: a highly publicized feud with the Killers; the single "An Honest Mistake," the video of which evokes the Smiths on Prozac and caffeine; and a sound not totally unlike Bloc Party's."
Neumo's, $15 adv., 8:00pm.
Though Seattle has adopted them as their own (and rightfully so), The Spits actually hail from (one of the best named cities ever) Kalamazoo, Michigan. Justin Farrar spills it this week in the Short List:
As any PBR-guzzling degenerate in Seattle will tell you, the Spits have made a fine name for themselves over the years, bashing out a virulent strand of garage-wave scum. But you know what? In order to understand the genetic makeup of the Spits' brand of punk freakery, you have to understand Kalamazoo, Mich. It was there, back in the early '90s, that the Spits' heart and soul, Sean and Erin Wood, cut their teeth playing in a string of post-Buttholes noise-rock bands. Sean, in particular, would get obscenely drunk and violent whenever his band, the LAPD Riot Midgets, decided to terrorize some hapless nightclub or basement. So yeah, next time you throw up or get a black eye during a Spits show, thank a weird little town called Kalamazoo. With Meepers, Android Hero, and T.V. Coahran. JUSTIN FARRAR
(Where else?) Funhouse, 9:30 p.m., $7.
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January 26
The Dutchess and the Duke play the Wildrose, 1/26.
Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art shows love for another male/female indie tag team with recent signing The Dutchess and the Duke. Travis Ritter says he regrets not getting into them sooner, but this is one of their very first live Seattle shows, so the boat is still boarding. As for their sound, Ritter writes:
With tambourines, acoustic guitars, recorders(?), and dueling male/female harmonies, their music frolics with mid-'60s folk, though songs like "Reservoir Park," off their latest 7-inch single, layers on some slightly psychedelic guitar work à la Brian Jones, and steady hand clapping give the songs a little muscle, though they're already catchy enough to be permanently affixed on the listener's mind. With T.V. Coahran.
The Wildrose, 8 p.m. $5.
Just a few steps West, get juggy with it (yes, that just happened) at Neumo's with the all local lineup up Cave Singers along with J. Tillman and true-blue, down and dirty, wild and free rockers Whalebones, who have a new pressing of their striking Morning Man EP available, a new lady bass player, and a few new songs to debut.
Neumo's, $10 adv.. 8 p.m.
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Grynch performs at Chop Suey, 1/27.
The bespectacled hip-hop mastermind who hails from Ballard HS, Grynch, celebrates his record release for My Second Wind at Chop Suey with Cancer Rising, GMK, Rubio, DJ Swervewon, and host, D. Black. Read more about him in Erika Hobart's feature this week.
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Obama to Lift the Stem Cell Ban
Stem cell or merely stem? You decide.
Finally, ladies! Our extracted fertilized embryos can go toward a good cause, instead of feeding widespread speculation as to our personal sanities. President Obama is to lift restrictions on stem cell research any minute now, the AP reports:
President Barack Obama is ending former President George W. Bush's limits on using federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research, with advisers calling the move a clear signal that science—not political ideology—will guide the administration.
Obama was to sign an executive order and memo Monday in an East Room ceremony, a long-promised move that would fill a campaign promise. Advisers said it was part of a broader declaration on science that would guide the administration's policies on matters ranging from renewable energy to climate change.
According to the AP, the memorandum will not concern stem cells exclusively but also declare something about how "science" will trump "religious fable" in his "administration." Which I think is liberal code for, "abortions could cure Alzheimer's." Stay tuned.
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Lebanon Travel Guide: 2,473 reviews and 5,915 photos
And so, you've decided on Lebanon as your holiday destination, or your trip of adventure! Whatever your intentions are..be ready to set out on a voyage of fundamental discovery.
Lebanon has so more faces than can be dealt with in a single visit..with each new season a different treasure is revealed and exciting secrets seem to unfold...and with each visit you become more at risk of falling in love with this country. If you do, then Lebanon has truly delivered its message to you, and you cannot be blames for having been too liberal with your emotions.
Let this country sweep you away...from its vibrant capital Beirut to its sun-warmed beaches, from its high cool hills to its rocky landscapes...This country so rich with its culture, beliefs and traditions will fill you up with sensations like you never imagined...and will also fill up your bellys with its delicious middle-eastern dishes.
Beirut: The Capital of the Republic of Lebanon
Geography: East of the Mediterranean Sea, neighboured from Land by Syria, Jordan and Palestine. It has a narrow coastal littoral with two mountain ranges running north to south divided by the Beqaa valley.
Latitude: 33 deg. South, 34.40 deg. North
Longitude: 35 deg. West, 36.40 deg. East
Total Surface: 10, 452 sq. km
Highest Point: Kornet el Saouda at 3, 083 km from sea level.
Timing: GMT +2 November - April
GMT +3, May - October
Currency: Lebanese Lira (Pound) is the local currency, however other international currencies (esp. USD is used) and/or easily exchanged around Lebanon.
Languages: The arabic language with the Lebanese dialect is the dialogue language in Lebanon.
First Language (official) is Arabic.
Second Language is French.
However, English is winning further ground in the business sector..and most Lebanese are known for being bilingual - majority speak at least two languages.
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Ah yes, weekend mode while working. It should be illegal. Child abuse, or something like that.
I have the happiest memories of Lebanon from my two visits there. I'm certainly coming back - and bringing others with me as I did last time. Such a beautiful country - but Lebanon has the heart of the phoenix. leyle
Lovely photos of your home country. Warm regards to you, and all the people of Lebanon at this terrible time.
Maysa, my thoughts are with you and your beautiful country. I visited Lebanon in 1995 still with traces of the war. I admired the energy of the people I felt in rebuilding the country. It´s a shame what happens now. Be safe and strong !
I'm reading through your wonderful pages & hoping that you and your family are safe, Maysa.
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The Victim Impact Panel (VIP) is a program for offenders of Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs. The panels are a non-confrontational presentation given by victims of DUI crashes who speak about the impact the DUI crash has had on their lives. The panel presents an often unheard perspective to DUI offenders. Judges often include the requirement to attend a VIP as part of a sentence, in the hopes that offenders will benefit from learning first hand about the trauma, physical pain, emotional suffering and devastation, financial loss, anger and frustration that DUI victims and family members commonly experience.
A listing of Victim Impact Panels throughout the state of Illinois can be found here.
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Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center
Please enter through the main doors in the parking lot on 6th Street.
639 York St, Quincy, IL 62301, USA (map)
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Berwyn Police Department
6401 31st Street, Berwyn, IL 60402, USA (map)
Cook County
Bridgeview Courthouse
Contact Social Service Department to register. Must call to pre-register. (708) 974-6100. $50.00 money order or cashier's check made out Social Service Dept. Cook County
10220 South 76th Avenue, Bridgeview, IL 60455, USA (map)
Cook County
Maywood Courthouse
Contact Social Service Department to register. Must call to pre-register. (708) 865-6381. $50.00 money order or cashier's check made out to Social Service Dept. Cook County
1500 Maybrook Drive, Maywood, IL 60153, USA (map)
Cook County
Thompson Center
16th floor. Room 503
100 West Randolph Street #503, Chicago, IL 60601, USA (map)
DuPage County; Lisle, Illinois
DuPage County; Victim Impact Panel
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Madison County Courthouse
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Sangamon County Courthouse
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Madrigal dinner plannedPublished 10:29am Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wetumpka High School's performing arts students will host a special event Monday. The group will offer a madrigal dinner theatre beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wetumpka Civic Center.
"It will be an evening of medieval entertainment, setting, costuming and songs and a three-course meal," said Jeff Glass, Wetumpka High theatre director.
Tickets are $15 each and include the meal and entertainment. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and dinner and performances will begin at 7 p.m.
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UK firms have more lawyers who are experienced in working in India. See Linklaters and Freshfields, who are the leaders in India today. Probably it has to do with the ease with eacjh qualified Indian lawyers requalify in UK. While US firms have to choose amongst Indian students graduating out of US universities
Anonymous 7 July 2009 at 12:43
I can't understand why an international firm would want to tie itself to one Indian firm. A lot of the Indian firms are relatively new on the scene and there will be a lot of movement, so why tie yourself down? The better strategy for international law firms is to be unaligned so that you can get referral work from all Indian firms, not just one.
Saying that, I think that the UK firms are not tying up with Indian firms for referal work but rather to be ready for liberalisation. When that happens the Indian names on the door will be gone and the UK firms will staff up these offices with their UK-trained Indian lawyers. The magic circle firms have been bringing over Indian law graduates for a few years now. The only issue with Indian lawyers from a UK perspective is that some of them still draft using an Indian English style rather than the English used in legal drafting in the UK. This only a training issue and one that is relatively easy to fix.
I predict that within 10 years of liberalisation, there will be more lawyers in the Indian offices of the UK firms than in London. We have already seen BPO go to India in a big way – the same thing will happen with legal services. With virtual data rooms now common place and internet service so quick, there is no reason that all diligence work can't be done in India. Already in law firms most communication is done by email; laywers send emails to colleagues two doors down. Therefore, it does not matter if your colleague or client is in the same building or in a diffferent continent. Partners will still have the client contact, but most non-client contact work will get done in India.
As a senior lawyer, the upcoming revolution will not affect me. In fact, I may well make more money through increased leverage off lower paid Indian lawyers. However, the future does not bode well for junior lawyers, people in law school in the UK or indeed the city of London.
Anonymous 7 July 2009 at 17:21
I feel that the UK firms are joing hands with Indian entities in the hope that when the Indian market liberalises, it will allow a JV model rather than full practice rights to foreign firms. This approach is bound to backfire for either of the following two reasons:
(i) Under US pressure the indian legal market will open to allow full practice rights and the UK firms will then have to either divorce their Indian partners or be saddled with dead weight, while the US firms hire a few smart lawyers and work efficiently; or
(ii) the market opens up as a joint venture and then the US firms (and other UK firms that do not have a tie-up) simply poach a few smart lawyers in India and ask them to set up their own practices with which they will do a joiont venture. They wont have to pay a huge premium to the owners of Indian law fimrs and will get the right talent without any baggage.
Thus, either ways the strategy of joining hands with an established India firm and paying a huge premium to their owners will not pay.


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Flextronics announced that it has been selected to partner with SunEdison to manufacture its solar modules—this time, in Mexico. Flextronics will begin the full volume manufacturing in the first quarter of calendar 2015 at its manufacturing facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Showing strong growth over the previous year, Missouri nearly tripled its amount of installed solar capacity in 2014, according to the recently-released U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review. What's more, Missouri also had more than half, 55 percent, of its new electrical capacity last year come from solar energy.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Talk about a rough start.
It's been almost three years, but to most Flyers fans, Michael Leighton is still known as the guy who gave up the goal that ended the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010.
Previewing how the NHL will play out during this lockout-shortened season. Let's start with the Western Conference.
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Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren has contemplated an offer sheet for Steve Stamkos, followed through with an offer to Shea Weber, attempted to sign Zach Parise and Ryan Suter this past summer a
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Weekly roundup: Campaign 2012 newsmakers
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John Carroll: 'It's brutal. It's a total blow torching' (NECN): Discussion of most recent TV ads. John Carroll, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, College of Communication
Gingrich slams Romney over record on abortion (Boston Globe): "Because Romney has a reputation for being a human surround sound on the abortion issue, I think this is going to have an instant recognition by voters." John Carroll
Activist: My 'tactics' same as media's (Boston Herald): "I would say the same thing if it was a certified journalist who did it. It's an easy hit." Fred Bayles, Assoicate Professor of Journalism, College of Communication
New Hampshire primary coverage (WCVB-TV Ch. 5, "Chronicle"): John Carroll interviewed.
You Decide 2012: N.H. primary recap (WFXT-TV Ch. 25): Interview with Tom Whalen, Associate Professor of Social Sciences, College of General Studies
Beat the Press: Coverage of the Iowa caucus (WGBH-TV Ch. 2, "Greater Boston"): Tom Fiedler, Dean of the College of Communication, joins panel discussion.
Does Daley departure mean trouble? (PoliticoArena): "Daley was such an odd fit as chief of staff to begin with." Tom Whalen
New Hampshire primary (WFXT-TV, Ch. 25): Tom Whalen discusses upcoming New Hampshire primary. Tom Whalen
Romney depicted as corporate raider in pro-Gingrich group film (Bloomberg): "Somebody's got to take Romney down. Romney so far has been pretty adept at dodging the attacks during the debates. Now there just isn't a choice for these other Republican candidates." Tobe Berkovitz, Associate Professor of Advertising, College of Communication
Rivals hit Mitt Romney on business record (Boston Globe): Republicans would "be on to something to say that Bain Capital is the wrong kind of business and wrong kind of model if you are looking for someone to be commander in chief and to be president." On Romney's claim of creating 89,000 jobs at Staples: "…is silly. That is entirely inflated. The vast majority of Staples growth happened after Romney was gone…It is incumbent upon candidates telling the public that." John Carroll
'Moderate' label for Mitt Romney could be a winner versus President Obama (New York Daily News): "The phrase itself is not a winner. But what it stands for is somewhat appealing to independents and it may be those independents that decide the general election." Tobe Berkovitz