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Proposed ER at St. Vincent's Part of Larger Health Care Debate
On a recent afternoon, Dr. Suzi Vassallo made the rounds in the Bellevue Hospital Emergency Room, one of the busiest in the country — but it doesn't mean it always resembles the pressure-cooker you see on TV. At the time, there were no gunshot wound or cardiac arrest victims and instead only a few accidents and a lot of people who are varying degrees of sick and don't have anywhere else to go.
"What made you come to the ER today?" Vassallo asked an elderly Jamaican woman named Claphille.
"My blood sugars have been consistently high – from 200 to 400," answered Claphille, who gave only her first name to protect her privacy.
Claphille said she has had diabetes for 35 years. It runs in her family, but she said she keeps it in check pretty well. Recently, though, her doctors changed some of her medications, and she thinks that what caused her blood sugar to soar. When she couldn't get into her usual diabetes clinic, Claphille came to the ER
It's a story repeated millions of times a year across the U.S.: chronic health problems like diabetes, heart disease and asthma are increasingly bringing patients to the ER when, with better treatment, their conditions would be manageable, and they would stay home. There's wide agreement that this is bad for patients and bad for hospitals, taxpayers, insurers, employers, among others. There's also a consensus that primary care services aren't keeping up with the growing demand.
The collapse of St. Vincents Hospital in the West Village just over a year ago and a proposal by North Shore-LIJ to build a new facility on its site, a mile from Bellevue, have raised questions about how best to serve a community's medical needs.
North Shore wants to build a free-standing emergency department that will be open 24 hours, seven days a week, year-round. The $110 million facility would basically be a regular hospital ER, minus the hospital: no inpatient beds, no operating rooms and no intensive care unit, among other things. They exist elsewhere in the country, mainly in rural and suburban areas.
Site of proposed stand-alone E.R. (Courtesy of North Shore-LIJ)
North Shore president and CEO, Michael Dowling says it would be a "unique new hybrid," filling an important niche.
"Remember: 99.9 percent of patients who come into emergency rooms come in with abdominal pain, allergic reactions, cardiac arrests, chest pains, concussions, infections — and all of those types of conditions will be easily taken care of in this facility," Dowling said. "It's not a full trauma center, but then most hospital emergency rooms are not trauma centers."
Critics think a lot fewer than 99.9 percent of patients could use the proposed ER. Community opponents who want to restore a full-fledged hospital at the site call the proposed facility a glorified urgent First Aid station, good for little more than setting bones and stitching cuts.
And the skeptics aren't just West Village hard-liners pining for a new St. Vincent's. A mile away, at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Lewis Goldfrank, the head of emergency medicine, said a free-standing ER doesn't give patients what they need – and could dupe them into coming to the wrong place.
"If someone's got pain of the abdomen, it might just be a bad sausage. On the other hand, it could be a ruptured aortic aneurysm," said Goldfrank, who's run the Bellevue ER for more than 30 years. "The patient's not supposed to know the difference; we're supposed to know the difference. And that needs some testing and it needs some rapid action to do the things that have to be done. You need to be in a place where there's an operating room."
North Shore said patients with more serious conditions will be transferred to other hospitals — either to nearby ones or to another recent North Shore franchise: Lennox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side. Goldfrank and others say transferring can mean losing precious minutes.
North Shore's chief of emergency medicine, Dr. Andrew Sama, said transferring probably wouldn't occur very often – but it''s simply a fact of life a lot of places.
"Patient comes in with a subdural hematoma. Needs neurosurgery. What do you think happens?" Sama asked. "If you're at certain community hospitals anywhere in the country – probably more than half don't do that work. So what we're describing is what's going on all day, and it's done safely and successfully."
Since St. Vincents Hospital closed, the Bellevue ER has gone from 80,000 patients a year to about 110,000 – a 40 percent jump.
Goldfrank said the proposed new ER at the old St. Vincents site is creating more demand for the wrong kind of healthcare.
"If people try to run more emergency departments, you'll attract more people there, because, in theory, it'll be faster and get people things for immediate gratification," Goldfrank said. "Emergency Departments are a second choice for everyone. Everyone should have a first choice, which is a primary care doctor, who can say, 'I'll see you tomorrow morning,' or 'I can assure you, it's not a critical problem.'"
Nassau County-based North Shore is the biggest and financially strongest hospital network in the state, but has only recently begun expanding its footprint in the five boroughs.
Emergency Rooms generally lose money — though they're frequently "loss leaders," bringing in patients to populate the rest of a hospital. So, some critics say if North Shore wants to open an ER, it's only because the network wants to feed other parts of its growing network. That would mean keeping well-insured patients who need specialty care, which can be very profitable, and, as much as possible, staying out of the primary care business, which isn't.
North Shore denied this and says it's taking on emergency medicine at the St. Vincent's site for the benefit of the community.
Dr. Andrew Sama, from North Shore, said the proposed free-standing ER will also try to get patients good follow-up treatment to prevent return trips.
"Our goal is really to plug them into a patient-centered medical home, a federally qualified health center, a primary care practitioner in the community, or a clinic at a hospital nearby where they live," he said.
North Shore's proposed emergency room would be in the distinctive white O'Toole Building on West 12th Street. But it would only take up about a fourth of the structure. With so much available space, why not use it to expand some of the neighborhood's primary care services?
"Well, it's not my decision to make," he said. "But what I would do first is partner with the existing ones, and if it turns out that that's not adequate or they're unable to bear the increased referral load that we will send them – which I personally find hard to believe, but it's possible – that will certainly be a consideration."


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A glimse of sanity in the online copyright arena
The original appearance of this entry was in Danny Weitzner - Open Internet Policy
With Apple's announcement of DRM-free music downloadable through iTunes, it appears that we may actually be heading toward a sane, scalable approach to copyrighted commercial content on the Web. Tracks from EMI and other music publishers can now be purchased in two versions, a locked up version for the usual 99 cents or a higher-quality and DRM-free version for $1.29. I got an entire album (Jacqueline Du Pre playing the Dvorák & Elgar Cello Concertos with the Chicago Symphony) for a mere $9.95 in unlocked form.
As several observers have pointed out, these DRM-free tracks do come with a catch — your name is embedded inside the MPEG-4 file so that if you decide to casually share these files around with your hundred thousand closest friends on the Net (exactly the result the DRM has tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent) then you're at some risk of getting caught and of having personal information spread around the Net with your illegally-copied files. Following some instructions from an independent Apple news blog, I was able to verify that my name was put into these files upon being downloaded
[Daniel-Weitzners-Computer:iTunes Music/...] djweitzn% strings *.m4a | grep name
nameDaniel Weitzner
nameDaniel Weitzner
nameDaniel Weitzner
nameDaniel Weitzner
In addition to my name it appears that my .mac account id, through which I purchased the tracks, was also included.
The big news here goes beyond just copyright. Apple has decided to jettison heavyweight DRM enforcement in favor of an approach that allows the free flow of data with back-end accountability. I believe this is just one step in a larger trend toward what I've been calling 'accountable systems.'
An exclusive reliance on access restrictions such as DRM leads to technology and policy perspectives where information, once revealed, is completely uncontrolled. It's like focusing all one's attention on closing the barn door and ignoring what might happen to the horses after they've escaped. The reality is that even when information is widely available, society has interests in whether or not that information is used appropriately. Information policies should reflect those interests, and information technology should support those policies.
In research we've been doing on accountable systems approaches to privacy and copyright, we seek an alternative to the "hide it or lose it" approach that currently characterizes policy compliance on the Web. Our alternative is to design systems that are oriented toward information accountability and appropriate use, rather than information security and access restriction. I think what Apple is doing here will come to be seen as the an early step in a large-scale transformation in how we approach a wide variety of policy issues on the Web.
Watch this space for more.

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This is a discussion on Need help for Elk rifle within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; My Elk/Deer rifle is a Ruger M77 international in .308 with Nikon 3X9 glass. It's never let me down. My Dad shot his last Elk ...
My Elk/Deer rifle is a Ruger M77 international in .308 with Nikon 3X9 glass. It's never let me down. My Dad shot his last Elk at 200+ yards, open sights, using a pre 64 Winchester 30-06. He was 71 yrs old. Noslers in both. Bullet placement is the most important factor.
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"Liberalism is a Mental Disorder." -Michael Savage
GOOD Gun Control is being able to hit your target! -Myself
Heck, I know of a 25-06 taking elk with one shot at 500yds. For a rifleman, any gun will do. One of our members took two huge bulls at 700 yds with two quick consecutive shots. DRT both. At that range, and on that big of a critter, he used a 338. Personally, I use a red dot on my 308 for deer. When I go out west, I use a Nikon 4-16X42 mil dot on my 338 and Nosler 250 partitions in the rifle's favorite handloads. Macho 'nough fer ya.
In the end, he should bring the gun he knows and already has confidence with. He could try shooting at a few longer ranges to see how it works. Even a new, expensive, flat shooting, wonder gun can miss.
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Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
("Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.")
-Virgil, Aeneid, vi, 95
In 1983, I took an elk with a Super Blackhawk 44 magnum. But if I really wanted to anchor one of those, I'd seriously go with a 375 H&H Magnum.
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
.375 is what one needs for cape buffalo, not elk; it's like saying one needs a .300 mag to take whitetails...
There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.--RAH
...man fights with his mind; the weapons are incidental.--Jeff Cooper
There is a reason they try and make small bullets act like big bullets--Glockmann10mm
I have a good friend who will do his first elk hunt this fall. He also asked about bullet weight with 30-06; I recommend 180 gr or over by any of the reputable manufacturers. I'm kind of partial to Barnes TSX myself.
For a one time elk hunt, I'd have to stick with a 30-06 or 308. It will do the job just fine, and still be used later on whitetails or any other large game you will fined in the America's.
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7 MM mag. I think it may be the best all around cal.
I have a 30 06 and the 7MM if you will be taking long shots is so much flatter and fast. and is still good on a white tail ( JMHO)
If the man plans to hunt inside of 300 yards why not take the old 30-06 and save some money (provided it shoots straight). If he already has a 30-06 he doesn't need another. A good 3x9 scope is all the glass you need for any hunt.
Now if he wants to buy a gun specific to mountain elk hunting I would suggest a lightweight rifle in a WSM or RSAUM caliber.
Remingtons model 7 in 270WSM or 300/7mm rsaum would be ideal. Browning also offers lightweight rifles in all of the WSM calibers.
A good controlled expansion or bonded core bullet of 150 grains or more will do the job. Just find one that shoots well in your gun.
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My name is Frogman46 and I'm tougher than you.
I'd go for a Model 70 supergrade or featherweight in 30-06 with a 3-9 x 42 lens. Anything more is overkill, pure and simple. The higher power the smaller your field of view will be, and large objective lenses just cost a lot more, add excess weight, and are tougher to pack around. I've taken elk with a .243 and a fixed 4x before - not that I'd recommend that to everyone (shot placement much more important), but I'm not one to spend as much on the optics as the rifle. A Leupold VX-1 or Nikkon Buckmaster will do a great job with a price of $230-250. The extra price for anything higher end is simply not worth it. $200 dollar scopes are better today than a $600 dollar scope 15-20 years ago. Spend the money on a great rifle your grandkids could use someday.
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The .375 is the minimum caliber needed for Buff and most folks do go with the larger .416 or .458. Some even go with the older 500 doubles! I was saying that for a large animal like an Elk, a .375 might really ANCHOR it, especially on a shot where range may tend to bleed off foot pounds into the target for a lesser cartridge. I know several Elk hunters who use the .375 in mountainous terrain.
OTOH, I have a buddy with a big sail boat who frequently cruises off shore. He has his dad's old pre-'64 Winchester M70 in .375 H&H and he says it's his "engine room" gun for unfriendly visitors. So it's not like the gun only has a single use. S'pose you're a hunter who intends on going after other big game, potentially dangerous game? I think a .375 would afford some peace of mind in a fluid situation. But y'all do as you like. Just my .02 where it is apparently not wanted.... So keep the change.
Former Army Infantry Captain; 28 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; NRA Patron Life; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
William Dalrymple Maitland Bell used the 7x57 Mauser to take elephants, not the .243. The .243 was released in 1955. He used the 7x57 as an experiment at first and then because of its reliability. He was an amazing rifleman and was known to shoot birds while in flight with his rifles.
My name is Frogman46 and I'm tougher than you.
Personally I'd stick with a caliber that can easily do Elk, Moose, etc but not be soley for dangerous game (thinking very large caliber here) unless you plan on going to Africa to hunt - and in that case your budget would probably be much larger - but something as classic as a 30-06 would be well suited for deer, and even Antelope or other game in the lower 48. Going much bigger would be much overkill and ruin a lot of meat. Also with a cartrige as common as the 30-06 your ammo will be half that of more rare cartriges. I'd love to shoot my .264 win mag more often but at $40 plus dollars per box of 20 (don't have my own reloading equip yet) I think twice before I take that gun shooting. My .243 and 30-06 will get much more range time because of that alone, and thus arguably more enjoyment.
Of couse my own very humble opinion!
For North America I don't think you can beat a 30.06, (or .308) for an all around versatile gun. You can go big and relatively slow bullets or light and super fast depending on what you want to shoot at.
Add to that you can go to just about any store that sells ammo and pick it up if you need be.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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using Save/Get with a function definition
Hello Mathematica UG:
I am trying to use" Get" with a function definition. I can guess I am
not saving it properly. Any help is greatly appreciated. Here is my
Expand[(x+y)^3] >> tmp1
f[x_] := Sin[x]
% >> tmp1
(exit Mathematica)
(bring up Mathematica)
<< tmp0
(shows expanded poly)
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Shirley, could you ever see yourself packing it in? "Never!", she cries. "I would wither away. It's what keeps me alive. It's what keeps me young." Shirley Bassey's now 60. And a granny, to boot. But somehow it doesn't matter that Shirley's 60 and a granny and still getting up there in those spangly, glamourpuss frocks with the slits up the side and, often, the necklines so low a good part of her bosom's hanging out. There is nothing even vaguely grotesque or ghoulish or pathetic about it. It's a good bosom. It's Shirley. She loves doing it and we love to have her do it. She believes in it so we believe in it. She may, now I think about it, be one of the last of The Great Stars. "Oh, do you think so?" she says, immensely pleased, and liking me a lot instantly, which makes something of a nice change. "Today's so-called stars, they don't know how to do it, do they? They have one hit record and the world hails them as a star but they dress like tramps - like tramps! - and they don't know how to relate to audiences or anything." Whereas you, I tell her, sing as if you really mean it. "I do! I do!" she cries excitedly. I am saying all the right things, obviously. I think she may even be a bit in love with me by now. We meet at a hotel in London where she drives up in a chauffeur driven Daimler which doesn't have a "VIP" sticker in the windscreen because it has a "VVIP' one. She is wearing, today, an Yves St Laurent jacket splashed with multi-coloured hearts and a Donny Osmond-style cap. Her fingers glitter with diamonds which don't so much cluster on her rings as gather into mountainous heaps. You would never find Shirley banging on about glamour being a trifling, inconsequential thing. Shirley believes absolutely in things that sparkle and glitter. She can clearly remember her first great dress, which she bought when she was 15 or so and was working in a Cardiff enamelware factory. "It was tartan, with a big skirt that rustled. I wore it to the factory dance and was in heaven." There is something so old fashioned about Shirley she's almost noble.
Some people think Shirley's had quite a tragic life, all told, and in many ways she has. Marriages have failed. Children have suffered. (Samantha, her middle child, was found dead at the foot of Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in 1985 at the age of 21.) She's had her run-ins with drink, was even arrested for being drunk and disorderly once. She was a good friend of Dodi Al Fayed. "I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it," she moans.
There's been a great deal of pain in her life, to be sure, but for someone like Shirley, it doesn't necessarily mean it's been a bad life. It may even have been a good life because it's been a star's life, and that's all she's ever wanted to be ever since one of her older sister's took her to a Billy Eckstein concert when she was very small and she saw the audience `go ape' over him. Anyway, you don't get to be a true star - get to be a Judy Garland or an Elizabeth Taylor, say - unless, it seems to me, you suffer pain then get up there and do your stuff and show everyone how you can survive it. If you don't have the pain, then you're just the Nolan Sisters. Possibly, there was no way Shirley was ever not going to have a tragic life. But now. Is there some happiness now? Yes, she says, she thinks there may be. These days she lives alone in Monte Carlo and rather likes it. Previously, she's always had lovers or husbands or both on the go and it's quite nice, she says, being on her own for a change. "I have no one to worry about apart from myself. I can eat what I want, go where I want, do what I want." She has never had much luck on the man front. Everything's always ended in tears or, in the case of her first husband, suicide. She says, now, "sometimes I hate love because it is so heartbreaking and destructive". Of course, it doesn't have to be, but you can see why it is with her.
She says she likes her men to be "real men". She went, last night, to see Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory but hated it - "I dozed off, to tell you the truth" - because Mel's character was very wet and you don't go to the movies to see Mel being wet, do you? "You go to see him being whooar!'' she says. "I hate wet men. Hate men who dither. Hate wimps. Rhett Butler. Now he's my kind of man." So you want to be carried off to the bedroom in a like-it-or not sort of way? "Yes! Yes!" But then, later, she says she can't stand men who want to make decisions on her behalf. I think, as a woman, Shirley might be quite difficult to please.
Certainly, she is still very good-looking. And sexy, yes, although she isn't sexy in a feminine way. By this, I don't mean she is butch, just that there is nothing fragile or dainty or tender about her. She is all strong mouth, strong bones, strong body. She is sexy in a tough yet triumphant way. Gay men are mad for her, as are straight ones. My dad's been crazy about her for years. But dad, I say, she's a 60-year-old Welsh granny. "So," he says, "she still looks as if she'd be dangerous in bed." Yes, well, that's quite enough from you, father.
Shirley Veronica Bassey was the youngest of seven children born to Eliza, a Yorkshirewoman, and Henry Bassey, a Nigerian seaman who left home when Shirley was two and was never seen again. No. Shirley's never been tempted to track him down or find out more. "I never even asked my mother about him. I didn't want to carry that baggage through my life. I just let it go." She doesn't seem to have a very inquiring mind, or be a deep thinker. No, she doesn't read books. She tries sometimes, but can't concentrate sufficiently. "I can never get to the end. I've been trying to read Liz Taylor's life story. It's fascinating. But I know I'll never finish it."
She doesn't know if her mother was ever happy or not because she never asked her. OK then, what was she like? "She was quite Victorian in many ways. She was a quiet, Northern woman with beautiful, very white skin who didn't give much away about herself and was a great cook. I remember her egg and bacon tarts. And her Yorkshire puddings. We also had a lot of offal because offal was cheap, but I hated that."
Shirley grew up in Tiger Bay, the docklands area of Cardiff before moving to Splott, an all-white area of Cardiff, when she was three and her mother remarried. I wonder, naturally, what it was like growing up as mixed race child in 1940s Britain, but she says if there was any racism, she never saw it. Possibly, she says, this was because everyone knew that if you called the Bassey children names "you'd get a punch in the nose." Tough as old boots, as I said. As the youngest of so many children, Shirley never got a lot of time from anybody. She got under her mother's feet. Her older sisters were always scolding her for putting her dirty hands on their dresses or messing with their lipsticks. No, she never felt unwanted, but did feel "awkward and in the way".
Then, one evening, one of the sisters took Shirley to a Billy Eckstein concert at Cardiff's New Theatre. She doesn't know why this sister picked her out, but reckons "it must have been fate". She remembers not so much the concert, but going to the stage door afterwards with her sister and all the other autograph hunters and seeing Billy come out "and everyone going mad". As someone who had never been given much attention, this impressed her deeply. "I had never been interested in show business until that point. And then, a few days later, my brother came home with a Judy Garland record - Somewhere Over The Rainbow, I think - and that was it." I tell her she may be the nearest thing to Judy Garland still going. She is very pleased. "You know, that's one of the most wonderful things anyone's ever said to me," she sighs happily. We may be getting married shortly. Shirley left school at 14 for the enamelware factory where it was her job to pack pots in brown paper for export. She loved it, actually. "The social life was very good. There was a club. I became quite good at archery. I had high-heels and lipstick." And boys? "There were quite a few, yes. Men have always liked me. When I was quite young, married men would be after me. I remember, once, me and my mother were walking down the road when this married man came out of a pub and said to my mother `I love your daughter.' My mother said: `Go away. Leave her alone.' I was so ashamed. `But mum, I love him,' I kept crying." She has always fallen in love quite easily, she says. She always had a good voice, was always being asked to sing at family weddings, and while at the factory she sang in working men's clubs in the evenings. She made her West End debut in a British revue called Hot From Harlem and had her first hit record with something very colonial called `The Banana Boat Song'. She was a star by the time she was 20. And being a star was even better than working in the factory. And much better, as it turned out, than being married.
She's been married twice. First there was Kenneth Hume, a B-movie director who committed suicide after their divorce, and then there was Sergio Novak, an Italian producer. Both eventually became her managers, at her request, probably because she wanted to be controlled by them. But, of course, as the person bringing the money in, she was really the one in control. "I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.''
She's had three children, Sharon, Samantha and Mark. Sharon was born when Shirley was 17 and unmarried. She was raised by one of Shirley's sisters until she was seven. ("At 17, what could I have offered her?") Samantha threw herself from a bridge. Mark took drugs. She has castigated herself in print many times for being a bad mother. She was never there. Her children would weep to see her suitcases lined up in the hall yet again. Her work came before everything. In 1972, she gave an interview in which she described her life like this: "My work is a cycle of world tours. After our Christmas holidays in the Italian Alps skiing with the children, I will go to Australia for three weeks, then to Japan for two TV shows and two concerts. In March, I've a concert tour of America and in May I return for a tour of Britain ..." Yes, of course she wishes she'd done things differently. But could she have? No, probably not. After Samantha died, she did try to retire. But a year later she was back. She couldn't hack it. She needs to perform. She needs audiences and applause. She loved her children, but probably not enough, because she's always loved being "a Star" first. This is sad in some ways, I guess, but, then again, it does make her Shirley Bassey, the woman who can still pack them in like no one else of her generation and who sings as if her life depends on it. Because it does.
Shirley's latest album, `The Birthday Concert', is released today. A live recording of the concert she gave in July to celebrate her 60th birthday, it's out on Artful Records and costs pounds 12.99 for the CD and pounds 8.99 for the cassette.
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Starring: Bharath, Gopika, Nasser, Vadivelu, Gajala, Saranya, Shanmugarajan
Sathya Jyoti Films devote another hit to the Tamil film Industry - Em-Magan, a movie based on family values which exhibits real life issues in a superb way. Nasser plays the role of Emtton who owns a general grocery shop. His son Krishna (Bharath), a young college boy also takes care of the shop. Emtton is an arrogant man. His wife, daughter and son are afraid of him and follow his instructions without any arguments. He wants his son to dedicate his time to the shop rather than his studies.
Starring: Kamal Hassan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu stars Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film is directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Manickam Narayan. The movie is one of the biggest hits of Kamal Haasan's career. Based on crime thriller plot, the protagonist must trace the serial psycho killer(s) to the USA. His life will never be the same again as he will also be a victim of their killer weapons. But the psychopath killers won't rest. They will continue to murder many women for passion of craze. The protagonist must get a clue to nail down the criminals. Watch him unearth many stunning facts about the antagonists on silver screen. Strictly not for faint hearted
Starring: Karan,Sanjana,Kota Srinivasa Rao and others
Kokkisamy (Karan) is a taciturn villager comes to Chennai. Subbu Raj (Malaysia Vasudean) who runs a salon takes care of Kokki. He helps get Kokki a job abroad.
One day, he chances upon a local thug Uppili (Kota Srinivasa Rao) who controls the city. Uppili is a strong believer in astrology and takes advice from his in-house astrologer (Manicka Vinayagam). As per the astrologer's advice, Uppili wakes up to the sight of an Ayyanar statue.
One day Kokki comes to Uppili's house to hair dress one of his men. That day, Uppili wakes up and sees Kokki instead of the statue. Everything that he does that day works in his favor. The superstitious Uppili now wants to have Kokki around as a harbinger of good luck. But Kokki refuses and his life was not the same from there on.
With the help of a local police inspector, Masanam (Shakthi Kumar), Uppili implicates Kokki in a false case and brands him as criminal. With a criminal record his dreams to go abroad collapse.
Kokki manages to escape from jail and is on the run, with Uppili and his gang along with the cops on his trail. He hides in a ladies hostel where he meets Raji (Sanjana), who decides to help him after hearing his story. The remaining story is all about Kokki escapes from prison and how he avenges Uppili.
Starring: Sathyaraj,Sibi,Uma,Vadivelu, Banupriya and others
Kovai Brothers movie tells Ganesh (Satyaraj) and Vasanth (Sibiraj) who are friends come to Chennai to take revenge on the killers of Uma who is Ganesh's sister and Vasanth's girlfriend. Ganesh ( and Vasanth stay with Ekadasi (Vadivelu). The duo then works in a television channel that exposes corruption in the society.
Sanya (Namitha) also works as an anchor in the same channel. Sanya also works as an anchor in the same channel. Ganesh nad Vasanth see Sanaya and both fall for her.Now, Ganesh and Vasanth take on the bad guys and corruption besides falling for the same girl. The rest of the film is on how they kill the rowdies and who wins the love of the girl.
Starring: Jithan Ramesh, Priyamani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vivek
Madhu (Ramesh) always roams on a bike. Mercy (Priyamani) and Esther (Jahnavi) are friends and hostelmates. Mercy believes in Jesus. She is very kind and humble towards others. Esther is bold, glamorous in dressing and teases every one. One day when she teases Madhu, he kisses her publicly. Madhu often gets the chance to meet Mercy. He comes to the hostel and expresses his love to Mercy. But she denies his love.
After examination Mercy goes to her hometown Mahi. Madhu follows her. Her father Siluvai (Ashish Vidyarthi) owes to bring up his daughter to a good position. Madhu becomes the favourite of Siluvai. Esther enters the scene with lots of change in her character. Siluvai comes to know about their love affair. And what is the decision taken by him forms the rest of the story.
Starring: Jayam Ravi,Trisha, Prabhu, Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Haneefa
Their love is eternal. And for Tamil cinema, love theme is equally eternal.Unakkum Enakkum is a romantic tale of a boy-meets-a girl type, and an interesting narration of events coupled with humor and emotions make the movie click.With Jeyam Ravi, Trisha, Prabhu and K Bhagyaraj around, there is no dearth for talent in the movie and it goes about smoothly.The first half is entertaining while the second is more emotional.
Starring: Bharath,Genelia ,Radha ravi,Brahmaji and others
Chennai Kadhal (2006) is a Tamil film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Bharath and Genelia. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Joshua Sridhar. The story goes like this:Gautham (Bharath) a college drop-out and a good-for-nothing guy (like his father always says) falls in love with Narmada (Genelia) daughter of a local don Sakthivel (Radha Ravi). She lives in a hostel after learning that her dad is a criminal who now wants her to marry his partner Sardar's (Barhmaji) brother. So the lovers elope to Mumbai and soon they are tracked and separated. Finally Gautham along with his friends fight against all odds to win back his girl.
Lyca Productions 2.O film's hot air balloon promotions
வெங்கட்பிரபு இயக்கத்தில் உருவாகும் 'பார்ட்டி'
Karthi's 'Dheeran Adhigaram Ondru' First Look release date
ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான் இசையில் ஜி.வி.பிரகாஷ்
Udhayanidhi's "Podhuvaga Emmanasu Thangam" Audio from tomorrow
ஆதி நடித்த 'மரகத நாணயம்' படத்திற்கு பெரும் வரவேற்பு
Dhanush's 'VIP2' trailer and audio released
கார்த்திக் சுப்புராஜ் தயாரிப்பில் வைபவ் நாயகனாக நடிக்கும் 'மேயாத மான்'
'Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum' Audio launched
நட்ராஜ் மற்றும் நிவின்பாலி இணைந்து நடிக்கும் 'ரிச்சி'
Dhanush's 'VIP 2' trailer and audio to release on 25th June
சி.வி.குமார் இயக்கத்தில் 'மாயவன்' 'யு/ஏ' சான்றிதழ், ஜூலையில் வெளியாகிறது
அஜித்தின் 'விவேகம்' செர்பியாவில் இறுதிக்கட்டப் படப்பிடிப்பு
Atharva's 'Gemini Ganeshanum Suruli Raajanum' Audio & Trailer from tomorrow
Happy Birthday to Thalapathy Vijay
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Home Instead expands into Europe (8/03)
A Franchise company that provides nonmedical help to the elderly is expanding into Europe.
Home Instead Senior Care has finalized an agreement making Thor Care in Lisbon the Master franchise company that will introduce the services to Portugal.
Thor Care has an option with Home Instead to expand into Spain in a year, said Paulo Neto, one of the partners in Thor Care.
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It also is seeking to expand into Great Britain.
Home Instead owner Paul Hogan founded the company in 1994 after his family took care of his grandmother for 12 years. Hogan saw the need other families had as they tried to help their elderly parents or grandparents stay in their homes instead of providing care at a nursing home.
Much the same desire is fueling Neto's efforts, Neto said Wednesday.
His friend and partner in Thor Care, Paulo Peixoto, was unable to find help in Portugal for his mother at her home while his father was ill. Now, Peixoto's father has died and his mother is living with him, Neto said.
"Until we have the company rolling, because we're just starting, this is the kind of solution we could come up with," Neto said as he took a break from meetings at Home Instead in Omaha.
Neto and a third partner, Paulo Pinto, have backgrounds in information technology and computer sales. Peixoto was an air traffic controller.
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Scottish Hockey, the national governing body for hockey, is delighted to announce a new three year partnership with pure asset management group, Aberdeen Asset Management.
The deal, which runs until 2015, signifies the largest ever investment by a commercial partner in supporting the growth and development of hockey in Scotland.
The investment will primarily be used by Scottish Hockey to fund a number of qualified professional high performance coaches to work with selected domestic clubs. The aim is to increase the quality and standard of players, leading to stronger National League competitions in Scotland.
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"As a result of this investment in talent development from the grassroots, we hope to see future progress for Scottish club performances in elite level international competitions, including the European Hockey League [EHL]."
Additionally, funds from Aberdeen's investment will be channelled into the Scottish Hockey's 'Women in Coaching' programme, which has the objective of expanding the hockey workforce in Scotland by increasing the number of female coaches who are qualified at Level 2 and Level 3 to work in player development.
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Hockey is a fantastic team sport and we look forward to working with the national teams and league clubs to deliver the objectives of the sponsorship.
We are particularly keen to expand the 'Women in Coaching' scheme, in order to encourage more women to get involved and stay involved with the sport."
Robert Heatly, Chief Executive of Scottish Hockey, said:
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"With the London Olympics almost upon us and the Commonwealth Games set for Glasgow in 2014, now is the ideal time for Scottish Hockey to use these major sporting events, of which hockey is an integral part, as a catalyst for a real step change in its development."
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my 7 month old puppy's ears r criss crossed
hello all, my 7 month old pup had her ears up but leaning inward "criss cross" since she was 4 months. they are still this way until today at 7 months old, they have not changed a bit...
Is there a chance they may stand up normally?
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Great looking pup. I think there is still a chance they will stand up more. At 7 months sometimes they still go through the soft ear stage -usually tied in with teething. They really don't look bad now though so even if they don't get real stiff you will still have a nice looking dog.
you missed the time for inserts as they usually work before 6 months. try messaging the inner part of each ear at the base. sometimes this helps.
if you don't intend to show, don't worry about it. She's a nice looking pup.
is there any truth that when the head grows bigger it would help? read this on another thread. :)
I would not massage but I would give her plenty of safe things to chew on :)
She's gorgeous, either way!
thanks for the replies! was wondering though if anyone went through such an experience? thanks again
any additional input would be greatly appreciated :)
I bet you won't have anything to worry about. Walter's ears were JUST like that until 8 months. Here's a 6.5 month picture....
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Located in Pahala - Naalehu, this bed & breakfast is 4.5 mi (7.3 km) from Paradise Meadows and within 12 mi (20 km) of Punalu'u Beach and Ka Lae. Kula Kai Caverns and King's Pond are also within 20 mi (32 km).
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This bed & breakfast features conference rooms, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities. Free continental breakfast and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include barbecue grills.
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Sometimes my MIL adds only red chillies ..
Adding sambar onions is a must for this sambar. This gives a great smell & taste. If u dont have sambar onions in hand, u can use roughly chopped big onions too..
delicious chitra...both r my favs...ReplyDelete
Awesome platter dear :) Super healthy sambar with a super delicious side-dish!! Keerai sambar pic looks so delectable :)
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I love greens sambar very much..love that simple home kind of meal anydayReplyDelete
A very delicious & healthy sambhaar!!!
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nutritive sambhar:)ReplyDelete
Healthy sambar and love the combo...ReplyDelete
delicious dearReplyDelete
Nice healthy and tasty sambar !! wonderful combo !!ReplyDelete
same pinch. I made mullangi sambar and valaikai poriyal. Wonderful combination they are!!!!
yummmmm yummm... tqs for sharing..ReplyDelete
delicious ......ReplyDelete
oh wow....Lovely platter..My fav :)ReplyDelete
Keerai sambar n vazhakkai fry makes a perfect combo,
s we too make paruppu keerai without tamarind or less tamarind :)
Delicious sambar & poriyal.. great combo! woww
Inviting combo, both sambar and poriyal makes me hungry.ReplyDelete
Hi Chitra, you had posted two recipes for Sambhar powder on your website. Which sambhar powder did you use for this recipe ?ReplyDelete
I have used my MIL's version. i.e the first version given in that post:)Delete
Awesome website chitra. Very inspiring. I like the combinations u suggest ..... Thanks for sharing lovely, healthy and traditional recipes. Thanks to ur mom in law too. ����ReplyDelete
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(Yahoo!) - As news of the KimYe baby exploded on social media over the New Year's weekend, one potential complication still hung in the air – what could it mean if Kim Kardashian was still married to Kris Humphries when she gives birth to her and Kanye West's first child?
Kardashian was famous for her 2011 highly publicized wedding to Humphries, which his lawyer claims was "a fraud." During their last court date in late November, Kardashian's attorney, Laura Wasser claimed that, "Miss Kardashian is now handcuffed to Mr. Humphries." The couple is due back in court on February 15.
Yahoo! omg! spoke with California family law legal expert Marlo Van Oorschot, who points out there are very few reasons in this case to expedite a trial, but plenty of reasons to delay it. "A trial requires both parties to be present and if one or both of them are unable to attend due to unavoidable work commitments (such as Kris') or health (such as being in the ninth month of pregnancy), trial will likely be delayed," she explains. "There is no basis in the law to move this matter to an early trial schedule. There are no urgencies in this case, which are any different or more important than those of the public at large seeking their own divorces in the public courthouse. There are very few exceptions to allow for an early trial date and this case does not present those exceptions."
Radar Online notes that the main point of disagreement is over Kardashian's refusal to agree to an annulment, which she believes would confirm that her marriage indeed took place just for the cameras. Whether that's true or not, "Kim is refusing to cave to any of Kris' demands," a source tells Radar. "She has moved on with her life, and she won't agree to an annulment on grounds that the marriage was fraudulent because it would cause catastrophic damage to her brand."
Radar also claims that it in fact does indeed appear that Kardashian and Humphries will likely still be married when she's scheduled to give birth in June, due to both the court's calendar and his basketball schedule. "Kris isn't trying to drag this out, but he wants to be vindicated in court," a source tells Radar. "Kris will see this through to the end."
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First came the well received press release that the team will be lowering prices for most season ticket holders this year. Discounts ranging in excess of 30% are sure to turn some heads, but the second half of that release included the arrival of 'dynamic' pricing. As a result, fans looking to see the Mets will be able to accomplish their goal when lower profile teams, such as the Pirates and Astros comes to down. Unfortunately, those who want to see more important games, or if demand in general starts to rise, so too will ticket prices.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that the Mets would institute a pricing plan where they were stand to lose money. As disclosed earlier this week, 2011 attendance dropped 8% from 2010. Therefore, it would makes sense that the team would act in a way to get more fans to the ball park. However, don't forget that ticket sales is only one aspect of how the teams makes money. Food and vendor sales is sure to make up the difference in ticket prices if the Mets successfully fill more seats via this new plan. With the Wilpons' wallets in question and Sandy Alderson working to stretch the almighty dollar, don't think for one minute the team stands to lose money through their new pricing plan.
Wednesday brought with it another press conference to announce the dismissal of Chip Hale, Mookie Wilson and Jon Debus. I honestly don't see the role of a bench coach as anything more than a buffer between a manager and his players. I don't feel one way or the other about Hale, so I don't foresee much change coming as a result of his departure. Mookie's presence brought with it a bit of nostalgia, which is all many Mets' fans have left at this point. His function, outside of being the team's first base coach appeared to be pretty limited and as such, the Mets became the second team to send the former speedster packing. Finally the team released bullpen coach Jon Debus, who I'd never heard of before.
The thing is, anyone who is fortunate enough to make it to the major league level clearly knows how to play baseball. Some may require more polishing than others, but in reality the coaches are there to monitor, position and every now and then offer advise. Replacing these men with Tim Teufel, amongst others, will not add wins to the Mets season next year, and should really be an afterthought looking back next spring.
And so, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Sandy's work will ultimately be judged by whether or not he is able to retain Jose Reyes and through the acquisition of the other players he manages to bring in, as he reworks the major league roster. It will ultimately be the talent on the field, rather than the men coaching them that will bring wins to Flushing. When and if those wins start to increase, so too will the number of fans in the stands. Its a vicious cycle, but one we should know all too well at this point.
Sandy Alderson has a tough road ahead. While these little tweaks may be necessary when it comes to everyday business operations, they are not really news. Stay tuned for the free agent news, because it will be the Jose Reyes press conference that is really worth your attention. After that, pray for pitching...because until then these small changes, and maybe even the bigger ones to come, won't mean a thing.
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Do you know where your AC water pumps are in the boat? They are typically accessable. But do you know where yours are? Also, do you have a voltmeter?
In a nutshell you need to find where your ac water pumps are and see if you get power to the pumps or not. You said you checked the sea strainers. Typically the pumps are near the strainers as the strainers are for the pumps.
Are you looking to fix this yourself? Or just understand the system before calling in the AC tech/boat mechanic? I'm not there to do this work for you, nor find your pumps for you. How can I best help you here?
Hi Frank,
Did you check the strainers for the engines, or for the AC, as there is a difference.
An AC system consists of the following parts, the condenser, the evaporator, the refrigerant pump, and the blower motor. All AC systems have these parts, your car, the house, and the boat.
When an AC system is running the refridgerant pump pressureizes and condenses the refridgerant into the condsensor. And because it is pressurizing gas, the gas gets very hot. In a house AC system, the condenser is the part of the box that hangs out of the window, so it can loose the heat to the outside air. In a boat, there is a water pump that pushes water around the condenser, to cool it and take away the heat.
There are all sorts of pump, manufactorers and what not. If you click this link below, this is just 1 example of an AC water pump.
I know boats are tight to work on, I do this for a living. But what you need to do is locate your pump. And then simply see if they have 12V going to them when the breaker in the panel is on. Chances are you will, and the pump is either just burnt out. Or it's impeller is shredded. Depending on the pump you have, some are rebuildable if the impeller is shredded, others you simply replace the whole pump. You have to pull the pump out, see who makes it, see if they are still in business, and if they are, see if it is rebuildable or not. Or just order a new pump, they are not all that to expensive considering the cost of owning the boat.
But that's what the problem is. The HPF means the condenser is getting to hot, and it's shutting the system down. And the condesnsor is getting to hot because there is a water pump issue.
And, thats it. That is where you stand with this one, and what needs to be done. Obviously I am not there to do this work for you, and I don't know how much of this you can do yourself. But I work for tips so I do want to make sure you are at least happy with me and the answers I give you here before doing the rating. If you have a further question on this, by all means feel free to fire away. If not, please let me know if the ratings box gives you any troubles.
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Trish Taylor's Daybreak Saturday 15 February 2014
Trish Taylor will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with music from across the centuries, plus regular intervals for news, weather and traffic updates.
Title: The Dawning Of The Day - Andante Moderato
Performer(s): Traditional
Duration: 4:50
Title: Vedrai, Carino From Don Giovanni
Performer(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Duration: 3:48
Title: Sonata In G K259
Performer(s): Scarlatti, Domenico
Duration: 6:05
Title: Springtanz/ Thugamar Fein An Samhradh Linn
Performer(s): Praetorius / Trad
Duration: 4:41
Title: Did You Not Hear My Lady
Performer(s): Handel, George Frideric
Duration: 2:52
Title: Cello Suite No.1 In G Bwv1007 (1st Movement) Prelude
Performer(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian
Duration: 2:31
Title: Stormy Weather
Performer(s): Arlen, Harold/Koehler, Ted
Duration: 4:32
Title: Spring (4 Seasons) (1st Movement) Allegro
Performer(s): Vivaldi, Antonio
Duration: 3:48
Title: La Captive Op. 12
Performer(s): Berlioz, Hector
Duration: 4:28
Title: Horn Concerto No.2 In E Flat(2nd Movement) Andante Con Moto
Performer(s): Strauss, Richard
Duration: 5:42
Title: Symphony No. 2 In E Minor Op. 27 - Movement Ii - Allegro Molto
Performer(s): Rachmaninov, Sergei
Duration: 10:10
Title: O Soave Fanciulla
Performer(s): Puccini, Giacomo
Duration: 4:44
Title: Kamarinskaya
Performer(s): Glinka, Mikhail
Duration: 6:37
Title: Never Mind The Why Or Wherefore
Performer(s): Gilbert And Sullivan
Duration: 2:47
Title: Suite In D (From Terpsichore) Dance
Performer(s): Praetorius, Michael
Duration: 1:43
Title: Sonatine - Mouvement De Menuet
Performer(s): Ravel, Maurice
Duration: 3:27
Title: Posh
Performer(s): Sherman, Richard M. / Sherman, Robert B.
Duration: 3:07
Title: La Javanaise
Performer(s): Gainsbourg
Duration: 4:25
Title: Violin Concerto In B Flat Major - Movement I - Allegro
Performer(s): Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Duration: 5:25
Title: Ach I Dunno
Performer(s): French, Percy
Duration: 3:09
Title: The Clocks
Performer(s): Shore, Howard
Duration: 4:43
Title: Vltava
Performer(s): Smetana, Bedrich
Duration: 12:52
Title: Ei Wie Schmekt Der Coffee
Performer(s): Bach, Johann Sebastian
Duration: 4:47
Title: In Paradisum
Performer(s): Faure, Gabriel
Duration: 4:01
Title: Ode To Zeus From Canto Olympico
Performer(s): Theodorakis, Mikis
Duration: 3:57
Title: Dances From The Ballet 'Estancia' (Ranch) Op 8 - Movement Iv - D
Performer(s): Ginastera, Alberto
Duration: 3:45
Title: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Performer(s): Mercer, Johnny/Arlen, Harold
Duration: 3:03
Title: The Godfather - Finale
Performer(s): Rota, Nino
Duration: 4:17
Title: Sonatine Bureaucratique
Performer(s): Satie, Erik
Duration: 4:39
Title: Si Vous Aimiez
Performer(s): Trenet/ Chauliac
Duration: 3:27
Title: Ave Maria
Performer(s): Caccini, Giulio
Duration: 4:39
Title: Study No.40 In G Flat Major
Performer(s): Godowsky, Leopold
Duration: 1:48
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Foldable Canine Accessories Offer Multipurpose Pet Products
Heads or Tails is a collection of dual-purpose, geometric dog toys, bowls and bedding.
A collection of dog accessories by Japanese design firm Nendo was clearly designed with the trendy pooch in mind. The two-toned set consists of a dog bed, dish and toy, all of which are dual-purpose items that take on new forms through a simple transformation. The artificial leather dog bed can act as a hut or more traditional cushion, while the ceramic water dish can be flipped over to its shallower side to serve food. Similarly, the two ends of a silicon rubber toy bone can be folded in to create a ball.
The collection, aptly named 'Heads or Tails' was designed for Japanese lifestyle magazine Pen. According to Nendo, 'as a result of looking for a form that could be stable in two different shapes, the collection is constructed of triangular panels connected in polygon mesh.'
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Travel Editor's Deal of the Week: Madrid for £184pp: The four star Melia Galgos hotel is situated in the elegant area of Salamanca. Take time out for two nights on bed and breakfast basis with flights departing Luton on June 12. Details:
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Editors Note 6.24.14: This one-off Ferrari, contrary to rumors and speculation, does not feature KERS hybrid assist. The same 6.3L V12 featured in the F12 lies under hood. I guess the owner will have to make due.
You know you've made it when your checking account touts enough zeros to afford a one-off Ferrari built just for you by the magicians from Maranello. Say hello to the F12 FRS Roadster, a $4.2M creation built for one seriously deep pocketed enthusiast. The TRS is based on the front engine F12 Berlinetta flagship and features unique design and engineering features like KERS hybrid assist, an open top design, and coach built customizations to the hood and rear deck lid. I'm not in love with the ZR-1-esq porthole but the utterly classy cowled rear deck more than makes up for it. So does the combined 730 horsepower netted by the hybrid set up. The vehicle was spotted by one of our Man on the Move insiders who was lucky enough to witness the delivery of this baby to its excited new owner.


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The only reason it would be very uncommon would be if the magical authorities were very good at detecting it and either preventing it or punishing the people who did it.
They probably are very good at it. It helps that they have some interesting spells that might help with it, like [spoiler="Deathly Hallows"]the ability to create a spell that can pin-point the location of someone when they say a certain word - in the case of the book, "Voldemort"[/spoiler]


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Ramon Ortegon Jr.
Ramon Ortegon Jr., 81, of La Pryor died on Aug. 5, 2014, at Amistad Nursing Home in Uvalde. A funeral Mass will be held today at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in La Pryor. Interment will follow in La Pryor Cemetery. He was born on Oct. 19, 1932, in La Pryor to Refugia Valdez Ortegon and Ramon Ortegon. He married Olga Perez on July 14, 1956, in La Pryor. He is survived by his wife of 58 years; one daughter, Olga Gonzalez of La Pryor; four sons, John Ortegon, Carlos Ortegon, Jesse Ortegon and Joe Ortegon, all of La Pryor; one sister, Refugia McKay of La Pryor; 18 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Ana Maria Castillo; and three sisters, Guadalupe Enriquez, Alicia Perez and Maria De Rosa Vasquez. A rosary was recited on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Chapel. RUSHING-ESTES-KNOWLES MORTUARY, WWW.REKFUNERALS.COM
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That is good news! The stunt Mayor Daley pulled w.r.t. to Meigs airfield was such an outrage in the general aviation community, hopefully there won't be any dirty tricks down the line with regard to boating.
From Wikipedia . . .
In 2001, a compromise was reached between Chicago, the State of Illinois, and others to keep the airport open for the next twenty-five years. However, the federal legislation component of the deal did not pass the United States Senate. In a controversial move on March 30, 2003, Mayor Daley ordered private crews to destroy the runway in the middle of the night, bulldozing large X-shaped gouges into the runway surface.[7] The required notice was not given to the Federal Aviation Administration or the owners of airplanes tied down at the field, and as a result sixteen planes were left stranded at an airport with no operating runway, and an incoming flight was diverted. The stranded aircraft were later allowed to depart from Meigs' 3,000 foot (914 m) taxiway.[8]
New marinas approved in Chicago
Great news as the City Council has approved two new marinas totaling more than 1000 slips.
One will be adjacent to Navy Pier (right downtown), will reserve significant space for transient boaters, and construction is expected to start in about 4 months.
The other will be at 31st street which is still pretty close to downtown. The design is done, but I don't know when construction will begin.
I think that one of the most important aspects of the new marinas will be the transient space. Chicago is a great place for daytrips and this will encourage more visitors from other marinas in the Great Lakes!
It's nice to have some good news for a change!
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Opened in the fall of 2011, Jamestown Community College's Science Center meets LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification standards and is a showplace for sustainability in building design and operation. The center includes a number of "green" features that enable energy conservation and promote environmentally-conscious thinking.
Housed within the Science Center are JCC's associate degrees in liberal arts and sciences: math and science, environmental science, and biotechnology. The center features state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, and prep rooms for courses in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, and geology as well as a student study area, loft lounge, greenhouse, and vegetative roof.
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UPDATE 2-Duke Energy targets deal for overseas assets by year-end
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By Amrutha Gayathri
Aug 4 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by strength in its regulated power business, and said it was working with selected bidders to sell its international assets.
The company said it plans to focus on its regulated power markets business in the United States to drive more stable earnings and cash flow growth.
The biggest U.S. power company by generation capacity said in February it was looking to sell its international assets - which are all in Latin America - a year after it decided to keep it.
"We have moved into the more detailed due diligence with a select number of bidders and the process is progressing," Chief Executive Lynn Good told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
Good said the company was targeting an announcement on the sale by the end of the year.
Duke's international business has been impacted by a weak Brazilian currency and economy, as well as drought conditions that affected the company's power generation capacity in the country.
The international business - spanning Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru - accounted for about 5 percent of the company's total operating revenue in the second quarter. Continued...


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The London School of Economics has assembled one of the most impressive line-ups you're ever likely to see in an attempt to answer the question "What should economists and policymakers learn from the financial crisis?" on March 25.
It is chaired by Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King — beginning his farewell tour, perhaps — and panellists include US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, former Bundesbank president Axel Weber and Larry Summers, the US Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton and an economic adviser to President Obama. City Spy wonders whether King, in the course of his duties, will take Summers to task over his opposition to further regulation of the derivatives market in the 1990s.
Or his public dismissal of economist Raghuram Rajan's prescient-looking speech at Wyoming's Jackson Hole symposium in 2005 —"Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier?"— as "misguided"?
Another thing: given that this lot were all in charge when it all went off, will we actually get any answers or an orgy of self-justification?
Who's next for ejector seat?
They do find unorthodox ways to call by-elections in the Hampshire constituency of Eastleigh.
Stephen Milligan, the seat's former Tory MP, came to a sticky end in the seat in 1994 (orange in the mouth, electric cord round the neck, no suspicious circumstances).
And you might have heard that the last incumbent Chris Huhne has left in controversial circumstances. But, despite its growing reputation for wrecking reputations, there are still those who covet the seat.
The Conservative candidate, and current favourite to win, is Maria Hutchings, pictured. Her previous jobs include a (very) short spell in City PR, where she worked for New Century Media — the agency owned by former Ulster Unionist MP and British Airways chief spinner, David Burnside.
Hutchings is up against LibDem local councillor Mike Thornton and Things Can Only Get Better author John O'Farrell, for Labour.
* For thousands in the Square Mile — the ones who haven't been fired anyway — bonus day is going to be grim this year. This anonymous account, courtesy of Here Is The City, comes from someone who had bagged "not much more than a doughnut" but manfully tries to hide his disappointment from his colleagues.
He turns up on the trading floor ready to deliver an Oscar performance, but finds — to his delight — that "everyone seemed to have got shafted.
"I'd never seen it so bad — the rats had obviously decided that enough was enough, and they had determined to leave the sinking ship.
"That's what a firm gets if the staff make false promises, it wields the job axe indiscriminately and lets the politicians and outraged public take control of the agenda."
Tulchan spun out by M&S
It had been rumoured for a while, but the curtain finally came down on City PR firm Tulchan's eight years with Marks & Spencer on Friday.
The move by M&S to review its financial PR, and Tulchan's decision not to take part in the process, set tongues wagging as it came just weeks after the high-profile leak of the retailer's results.
The High Street bell-wether was forced to rush out its third-quarter statement in the evening of January 9, instead of at 7am the next day. Tulchan founder Andrew Grant said: "The timing of this decision is unfortunate. We played no part in the leak, and the chairman has given me an assurance that there is no belief at M&S that we were involved."
He added that Tulchan had been informed by M&S it was unhappy with its press coverage "since the AGM last year". The decision fires the starting gun among City flacks in the race for the biggest and most high-profile PR account in retail after behemoth Tesco.
Many of the big guns will be holding interesting discussions with clients who compete directly with M&S. Brunswick has the Debenhams and Tesco accounts, Finsbury acts for Sainsbury's, and Citigate has Morrisons and the John Lewis Partnership. Let battle commence...
* Furniture retailer DFS warns that its "winter sale is ending", urging customers to rush in to take advantage of the "final days to save". The trouble is these so-called "final days" can drag on well into April. Spy will be watching to see when it does end. And who actually buys a sofa at full price these days? Customers shelling out in the weeks leading up to Boxing Day should be questioning whether it's a new sofa they really need, or a psychiatrist's chaise longue.
* Overheard in a bar in London Bridge: An auditor from one of the Big Four accountants explaining his approach to work: "I just close my eyes and sign off company accounts. I can't be arsed looking for fraud. Far too much work."
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The currency of green power.
It started with a few small companies passionate about moving the needle. The renewable energy industry was in its infancy and renewable energy certificates (RECs) were becoming the new currency of green power. Cut to 15 years later, 3Degrees supplies RECs, GOs, I-RECs and TIGRs to some of the biggest names in the business, helping Global 1000 companies, universities, utilities and other organizations meet their sustainability goals and reduce their electricity footprint.
The best part? We work with each client to build a product sourced from renewable energy projects that matter to them — balancing cost, technology and geography to deliver a product that meets their needs. In fact, we've purchased and committed to over 120 million megawatt hours of renewable energy across the globe. That's a lot of power.
What makes us different:
Proven leadership: Over the past 15 years, 3Degrees has focused on building a healthy market for renewable energy worldwide — working with developers to get new projects built while playing a lead role in a number of industry associations.
One stop shop: Having done business in over 50 countries, we're well equipped to help our clients source high-quality, global renewable energy products — including RECs, I-RECs, GOs and TIGRs.
Customized solutions: Our clients want renewable energy solutions that balance cost, technology and geography. And we provide exactly that with our large, diverse portfolio of international renewable energy options that include RECs, GOs, I-RECs and TIGRs. We offer a range of projects, an array of payment options, flexible delivery, as well as lightning fast contracting.
Reliability and integrity: Companies who purchase renewable energy from 3Degrees value dependability and specificity. Unlike some in the industry, we provide every client with the full detail on the RECs, GOs, I-RECs and TIGRs they purchase — including technology, project site, and vintage. In addition, all of our North American RECs are third-party certified and exceed Green-e requirements.
Renewable energy certificates (RECs) enable businesses, organizations and individuals to reduce the environmental impact of their energy use and support renewable energy projects in North America. Other parts of the world have similar products: Guarantees of Origin (GOs) in Europe, International RECs (I-RECs) in a large part of the developing world, and Tradeable Instruments for Global Renewables (TIGRs) in Singapore. In each case, the product represents the environmental benefits (but not the electricity) associated with one megawatt-hour of renewable energy generated. From wind and solar to hydro and biogas (think cows), RECs, GOs, I-RECs, and TIGRs allow companies to invest in renewable energy no matter where they source their power. They also provide additional revenue which allows renewable energy projects to be cost competitive with traditional sources of energy.
It is the accessibility of RECs, GOs, I-RECs and TIGRs that make them an easy, smart and efficient way for organizations and individuals to reduce their electricity footprint and meet their greenhouse gas goals. Think of them as a green investment — in your business, in your future, in our planet.
Interested in earning LEED points to achieve the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Power & Carbon Offset Credit? Our 3Degrees LEED-accredited experts can help. We've enabled hundreds of green building projects around the world to reduce the environmental impact of their energy use through REC and carbon offset purchases — all while earning LEED points.
When you work with 3Degrees, you'll get more than you bargained for (in a good way):
- Access to high-quality Green-e® Energy certified RECs and Green-e® Climate certified carbon offsets
- Expert LEED-accredited professionals who walk you through the purchase process — start to finish
- Fast LEED quotes and prompt contracting and settlement
- Comprehensive REC and carbon offset purchase documentation for LEED submission
Renewable energy certificate partners
"3Degrees has been a great partner to us as we work to help our clients achieve LEED certification for their buildings. They are responsive and easy to work with."
"Northwestern has partnered with 3Degrees for the past 10 years to meet our growing commitment to renewable energy. 3Degrees expertise and guidance helped us launch, communicate, and expand our efforts towards ensuring 50% of the University's total annual electricity is matched with Renewable Energy Certificates."
"Working with 3Degrees has been helpful for us to secure funding and be ready to move on to the next project. 3Degrees can handle the details for our REC sales so we can stay focused on what got us out here: the family farm."
Product Certification & Quality
RECs are independently audited under programs such as Green-e® Energy (offered by the Center for Resource Solutions) to ensure that only one customer claims credit for each REC and the megawatt-hour of electricity generation it represents.
Green-e® Energy is the most stringent and widely-used voluntary REC certification program in the U.S. that sets buyer protection and environmental standards for REC products. The Green-e® Energy certification protects buyers from fraud and double counting through a robust protocol of auditing and monitoring. 3Degrees supports the Center for Resource Solutions in their mission to provide transparency, reliability and customer protection with regards to REC purchases. The vast majority of RECs we sell are Green-e® Energy certified.
For more information on Green-e® Energy certification requirements, visit www.green-e.org.