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The British Journal of Photography's International Photography Award 2012 is now open for entries. The IPA has been running since 2005, and previous winners include Edmund Clark, whose series Guantanamo: If the lights go out went on to be published by Dewi Lewis; and Peter di Campo, who won the series prize in 2010 with a project on Life Without Lights in Ghana. Facundo Arrizabalaga won the single image prize last year with a shot from the student protests of November 2010, and Walter Astrada picked up the single image award in 2008 with an image depicting a victim of matricide in Guatemala. This year there are two categories to choose from: one awarding the best series of images, and the other the best single image. The closing date is 15 September 2012. For more information, and to enter online, visit the website below.
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British TV presenter, radio DJ and photographer Reggie Yates has joined Pentax's 'Meet Britain' campaign and released a video full of tips on how to take the perfect photograph. The competition is asking members of the public to submit images of the things they feel make Britain great. Entrants can submit images across five different categories, including Great British Outdoors, Great British Culture, Friends and Family, Summer Holidays and Celebrations. One winner from each category will take home a Pentax K-30 camera and one overall winner will be awarded £1,000.
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Adobe today announced that its Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software is now available as part of Adobe Creative Cloud membership. "The addition of Lightroom to Creative Cloud delivers on our promise to bring the best in Adobe innovation to Creative Cloud members," said Winston Hendrickson, vice president products, Creative Media Solutions, Adobe. "Over the next few months we'll continue to add new products and services, keeping Creative Cloud members up to date with the latest advancements in Adobe software and services." Pricing for Creative Cloud membership for individuals is £38.11 (ex VAT) per month based on annual membership and £57.17 (ex VAT) per month for month-to-month membership. A special introductory offer of £22.23 (ex VAT) per month for CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.5 individual customers is also available.
Jura single malt whisky, in partnership with Olympus, has launched an online photography competition to find images from across the world that best embody the theme of 'community spirit'. These images could include photos of groups or individuals that evoke the spirit of the neighborhood in which they live, or even photos of festivals and events that conjure the character of a particular place. Each one of the three winners and their partners will enjoy a week's all-expenses stay in the exclusive Jura Lodge and a VIP tour of the Jura distillery and island. The winners will also receive an Olympus PEN E-PL3 camera to create a lasting memento of their visit to Jura, and a photography workshop on the island from award-winning photographer David Nightingale. The competition runs until 3 August 2012.
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Blue Crane Digital has announced its newest training DVD, "Introduction to the Nikon D3200 – Basic Controls". Topics covered include Scene Modes, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Depth of Field, Focusing on Moving Subjects, Live View Shooting, Focus Options for Live View, Video Recording Basics and more. The DVD is scheduled for world-wide release mid-July, with a street price of $24.99.
Nokia has announced that the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView is now available for pre-order through Amazon UK, The news comes hot on the heels of a similar announcement by Nokia USA. In the UK, the Nokia 808 PureView will be released on 30th June, for £499.98 (unlocked).
Fujifilm has released a new roadmap for its Fujinon lenses for the Fujifilm X-Pro1. This autumn the company will introduce the Fujinon XF 14mm (21mm equivalent) f/2.8 ultra-wideangle prime and the XF 18mm-55mm (27-84mm eq.) f/2.8-4 zoom. In early 2013, these lenses will be joined by three primes that include the XF 56mm (84mm eq.) f/1.4, the pancake XF 27mm (41mm eq.) f/2.8 and the XF 23mm (35mm eq.) f/1.4. Then in mid-2013, Fujifilm will launch a telephoto zoom called the XF 55mm-200mm (83-300mm eq.) f/3.5-F4.8 and the super-wide XF 10mm-24mm (15-36mm eq.) f/4 zoom lens, both with optical image stabilisation.
Hasselblad has launched its new Phocus Calibration Guide for the Hasselblad digital camera system. This fine art reproduction configuration guide provides all of the steps necessary for calibrating the Hasselblad digital camera system to meet the Metamorfoze and FADGI (Federal Agencies Digitisation Guidelines Initiative) imaging guidelines. The 'How To' guide includes specific instruction on creating custom ICC input profiles using third-party charts and profiling software. Additionally the guide offers Phocus configuration suggestions for capturing two-dimensional originals as well as three-dimensional objects. For more information and to download the new Phocus Calibration Guide for free, visit the website below.
Black+White Photography Magazine has launched the Black + White Photographer of the Year 2012 competition. Now in its seventh year, the contest offers five categories across the genres with the chance to win cash prizes plus copies of the book, Magnum Contact Sheets Special Edition worth £325. The overall winner will receive a Leica M Monochrom (pictured) complete with a Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 lens. The closing date for entries is 23rd September. The winning entries will be exhibited at Leica Mayfair, London, following an awards night in November. For more information visit the website below.
To celebrate the launch of the new Pentax K-30 DSLR camera, Pentax Ricoh Imaging UK todaylaunched Meet Britain, a nationwide competition asking members of the public to submit images of the things they feel make Britain great. Entrants can submit images across five different categories, including Great British Outdoors, Great British Culture, Friends and Family, Summer Holidays and Celebrations. The best images will then be shortlisted and will feature in an exhibition which will be open to the public in September. One winner from each category will take home a Pentax K-30 camera and one overall winner will be awarded £1,000. For more information, visit Pentax UK's Facebook fan page.
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The Vauxhall Meriva is the perfect family car, with impressive flexibility and smart storage options. The eye-catching, sleek design of this model is matched by the functionality of sophisticated technology features and efficiency levels, creating an environment that combines comfort and convenience in perfect harmony.
A modern, distinctive exterior is achieved through 'wave-design' window lines, unique grille, and rear light clusters that ensure the Meriva MPV stands out in a crowd. The combination of sculpted 'blade' sides and sweeping A-pillars also provides a stylish presence.
The unique FlexDoors® open to a 90-degree angle to make loading and access as simple as can be. Rear-hinges create a safe space between the doors for children to get in and out of the car, while inside you'll find a modern and functional interior.
The wraparound instrument panel utilises space in the front with everything in comfortable reach, and creating up to 32 practical storage solutions. High quality finishes give a contemporary impression, with generous light and space achieved by the panoramic Glass Sunroof that extends over both seat rows to let the sun shine through, whilst an electric sunshade will keep you cool.
The Meriva is available in 11 colours, from refined Sovereign Silver to dazzling Flame Red, while the interior can be customised to add an extra level of personality to the design. For example, in Skyline Orange the upholstery is finished with a distinctive cityscape silhouette.
However long you spend at the wheel or in the passenger seat, you'll stay relaxed and alert with the model's infotainment and comfort features.
These features are offered across the specification levels with the Meriva, and may be standard items or optional upgrades.
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Your choice of advanced petrol and diesel engines when selecting the new Meriva includes 1.4-litre turbo versions at 120PS and 140PS. The quickest acceleration is from the 1.6-litre 163PS edition which sprints to 60mph in less than ten seconds.
The entry-level petrol engine produces a very respectable 100PS, taking you to the same speed in close to 14 seconds.
When it comes to fuel economy, the best figures are provided by the ecoFLEX engine range. The 1.3-litre diesel CDTi with added Start/Stop technology – cutting power to the engine when you're at a standstill – delivers up to 68.9mpg combined. It also keeps emissions low peaking at only 109g/km of CO2. The majority of the engines will run reliably alongside a manual five-speed gearbox, with the exception of the range-topper, which uses a six-speed version. To give you more choice, there's also a six-speed automatic gearbox offered with the 1.7-litre CDTi 110PS and 1.4-litre 120PS engines.
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MONSTERS UNIVERSITY and REVENGE OF THE NERDS Trailer Mashup
Monsters University opens this week, and out of excitement, Lance Ford created this fun trailer mashup using the audio from the latest Monsters University trailer and footage from the classic college comedy Revenge of the Nerds. Here's a note that came along with the video:
I'm extremely excited to see Monsters University when it comes out this Summer, though I couldn't help but notice some similarities to one of my favorite movies of the 80's - Revenge of the Nerds. They're both buddy movies with a cast of misfit characters, Greek Week games, college parties... oh, and the talents of John Goodman! So, of course I mashed them up. I hope you enjoy.
When you watch Monsters University you'll see that it was heavily influenced by classic 80s college movies like Revenge of the Nerds. I'm sure fans of Pixar are going to love this prequel.


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"Try the tingle cream," she texts me when I tell her about my experiment.
But the second I felt the tingle, I threw caution to the wind.
Who does not get a tingle at the thought of how they would respond of they knew the full truth.
I slather my body in Swedish Beauty Black Diamond cream with "tingle Tanning Power."
Either way, guests seeking a holiday getaway there can also enjoy a tingle of telling truth to power by posting their own reviews.
A tingle went through all my bones, and I only longed for my carbine.
Kennedy did so, and elicited large sparks with quite a tingle of a shock.
She continued to tingle after he had jauntily departed with his basket and clattered away in his delivery wagon.
Just as I tingle when some woman gasps, 35 'What a beautiful face!'
Peter thrust the miraculous telegram in his pocket, where he could feel it burn and tingle.
late 14c., "to have a ringing sensation when hearing something," later "to have a stinging or thrilling feeling," variation of tinkelen (see tinkle). Related: Tingled; tingling. The noun is first recorded 1700.


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A South Dakota inmate who acknowledged killing a state penitentiary guard in a failed escape attempt asked a judge on Wednesday to sentence him to death,
saying his one regret is that he did not kill another officer and that he will kill again.
Eric Robert, 49, pleaded guilty in September to killing Ronald "R.J." Johnson on April 12 — Johnson's birthday — in an attempt to sneak past other security.
Robert told [Judge Bradley] Zell during his pre-sentencing hearing that he was so full of anger and hungry for freedom on April 12 that he would have killed anyone who stood in his way.
"Brad Zell, if you stood between me and the door of freedom, I would kill you," Robert said.
Robert said the one regret he has from April 12 is that he did not bring the pipe with him to the gate to kill the officer who stopped him. Once he realized his plan was going to fail, Robert said he began climbing up the wall of the prison — not to escape but to try to reach for the rifle of an officer on the lookout. "I would have shot that weapon until it was empty," he said.
Lynette Johnson [Ronald's widow] called Robert "evil" and a "coward" and has a hard time responding when one of her six grandchildren ask about their papa.
Unfortunately for Lynette and many other victims of remorseless thugs like Robert, there is an incessant agitation by many to spare people like Eric Robert and enable their continued violence behind bars.Prison does not render violent offenders harmless; it just shifts the victim population to those inside the prisons, guards, staff, and other inmates.
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As chairwoman of the Veteran's Employment Issues Commission and daughter of a World War II veteran, it is very important to Maggie to honor those who serve. That's why she worked hard to find a way to create a POW memorial in Meredith, New Hampshire and voted to eliminate the fee for a veteran's license plate.
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Welcome to the Rocker Beater Loom educational website. The rocker beater loom is a rare type of Early American handloom. There is very little information available on this style of loom, and the object of this website is to make what is known more available. The major source of information is The Rocker Beater Loom: A new case for an early form of standing beater loom, a master's thesis approved by Ohio University in 1998. The stated purposes of the thesis were:
A historical survey of loom development was conducted and twenty looms were examined in accordance with the purpose of the study. Findings concluded the style to be an unusual form of Early American handcrafted loom equipped with an atypical beater. The beater operates from a standing (rather than hanging) position and is characterized by wooden rockers that rest on the base of the loom and facilitate the beating action. Findings, while not conclusive, indicate the style was an Appalachian design developed shortly after the American Revolution, and that it was propagated by the western expansion movement that followed that war.
Phyllis Dean has had a lifetime interest in textiles and clothing. It started in childhood when she received a mannequin doll as a gift and began making doll clothes. This interest grew as she learned to weave on her great-grandmother's old rocker beater loom. She acquired the loom as an adult, and used it as the subject of a master's thesis. The research proved challenging, because of the rarity of the loom style and the lack of references to it in loom literature.
In an extensive search for information, she was compelled to search out other loom owners and consult numerous museums, out-of-print resources, loom authorities, and weaving guilds in the United States and abroad.
The thesis was published in 1998, despite a number of unanswered questions. The search for conclusive evidence concerning the origin of the style is an ongoing project, so anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Ms. Dean at email@example.com
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Hellweg goes six innings & strikes out four in 6-2 win
By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | July 15, 2013 12:26 PM ET
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers took advantage of a sixth inning error by the Lake County Captains and a start by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Johnny Hellweg to defeat the Captains 6-2 on Monday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Hellweg tossed six innings and allowed two runs while striking out four to earn the win. The Rattlers scored four unearned runs after the sixth inning error to build a 6-0 lead on the way to victory.
The Rattlers (40-49 overall, 11-13 second half) broke the scoreless tie with two runs in the bottom of the second. Mike Garza singled with one out and moved to second base with one out. Victor Roache doubled to drive in Garza for a 1-0 lead. Max Walla followed with a single that drove in Roache for a 2-0 lead.
Walla's fly ball to right was dropped to start the bottom of the sixth inning. Adrian Williams doubled down the left field line and Walla scored all the way from first base for a 3-0 advantage. Michael Reed was at the plate with two outs in the inning and sent a grounder up the middle. The ball hit the second base bag and deflected away from the middle infielders for a base hit that scored Williams. Tyrone Taylor tripled and Reed scored for a 5-0 lead. Garrett Cooper capped the inning with a single to get Taylor home to make the score 6-0.
The Captains (36-55, 13-11) loaded the bases against Hellweg in the top of the sixth inning. He walked the leadoff batter, gave up a one out single, and walked another batter on a 3-2 pitch with two outs. Anthony Santander popped an 0-1 pitch from Hellweg to shallow left for what appeared to be the third out. But, the ball was lost in the Sun and dropped in untouched for a two-run single.
Hellweg bounced back to get a strikeout for the final out of the sixth. He went six innings, allowed five hits, walked two, and struck out four to put himself in position for the win.
Taylor Wall closed out the game with three scoreless innings from the Wisconsin bullpen. Wall struck out three and earned his fifth save of the season.
Reed paced Wisconsin's 10-hit attack with three singles. Reed pushed his current hitting streak to eight games. He is 15-for-36 (.417) during the streak.
Wisconsin won two of the three games in the series with the Captains. They wrapped up their six-game homestand with a 4-2 record.
The Timber Rattlers are off on Tuesday. They return to action with game one of a three game series against the Bowling Green Hot Rods in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Austin Ross makes his 2013 Timber Rattlers debut as the scheduled starting pitcher. Bowling Green runs Blake Snell (2-6, 4.06) is set to start for the Hot Rods. Game time on Wednesday is 7:05pm. Tune in for the action on AM1280, WNAM or the IHeartRadio app starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm.
WP: Johnny Hellweg (1-0)
LP: Ryan Merritt (5-9)
SAVE: Taylor Wall (5)
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Low interest rates and an upswing in the property market have resulted in the NSW state government budgeting to receive a record $5 billion in stamp duties in the year ahead, with the strong market expected to continue over the next three years.
The government is expecting revenues from stamp duties to top $6.2 billion in the four-year forward estimates period, reflecting its optimism in the outlook for a continued turnaround in the property market.
Low interest rates and a strong momentum in sales activity towards the end of the financial year have fuelled part of the government's optimism about the near-term outlook for revenues here.
This will help drive the expected rise in the state government's overall tax revenues to $23.4 billion for 2013/14 - up from the $21.8 billion expected for 2012/13.
Despite the woes affecting the coal export sector, the NSW government is budgeting for a strong uplift in revenues from royalties, which is comprised almost entirely of income from the coal industry.
With no change to the royalty regime, the government is budgeting for $1.51 billion in revenues here for 2013/14, well up from the $1.3 billion budgeted for 2012/13.
Underpinning the increase here is an anticipated soft Australian dollar, Treasury said.
"Stable coal prices, albeit lower than in the 2012/13 budget" and further growth in export volumes will push royalty revenue higher, it said.
At the same time, the government has flagged continued weak earnings from state-owned electricity generators, which are budgeted to pay minor dividends and tax to the state government in 2013/14.
However, the state-owned electricity transmission companies will remain strong contributors to the government's revenues, with $1.4 billion expected for 2013/14, down slightly from the $1.6 billion booked for 2012/13.
The main asset sale flagged for the year ahead is the sale of the leasehold of Newcastle port, which is estimated to bring the state government more than $800 million.
The leasehold on the smaller Port Kembla raised $400 million, while Port Botany raised $3.4 billion.


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Hollywood superstar, Russell Crowe quoted, "I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated." True to that, our Bollywood villains too are motivated in their own way to enact the bad ass thoughts of their twisted minds.
Often when heroes take on the mantle of bad ass villainy, the emphasis is on their coolness, their attitude and their Hi-Fi stunt sequences. But the maximum emphasis is given on their looks, their on screen persona and some witty trademark dialogues like "Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, Namumkin hain!".
But the trend of villains saw a change when Sanjay Dutt played the modern day Kancha Cheena in Agneepath, his bald cruel avatar was terrifying. Just when you thought the age of bad ass villains was coming to an end, Bollywood has seen the rise of a whole new generation of rugged, good looking and terrifying villains.
Let's take a look at the most memorable modern day villains of Bollywood...
John Abraham
For a guy who hasn't been able to act, portraying a bad ass don, Manya Surve in Shootout At Wadala was really tough. But he enthralled us all with his effective performance.
Sonu Sood
His role in Shootout At Wadala was based on Dawood Ibrahim. He played this grey shaded character with a lot of ease.
Ajay Devgan
His performance as the Sultan Mirza in Once Upon A Time In Mumbai was intense and he is truly one of the best dons in Bollywood.
Amitabh Bachchan
He is the real and true don of Bollywood. He essayed his role in Don with a lot of style and grace.
Shahrukh Khan
When many underestimated the guy's capability to replace the original don. SRK gave a brilliant performance in Don 2.
Vivek Oberoi
Vivek entered Bollywood with a don image in Company. He was predicted as the next big thing.
Akshay Kumar
Akshay's performance as the don in Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobara saw him in a new light.


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text: West Virginia Symphony announces 2012-13 season By Rosalie Earle February 29, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A John Williams tuba concerto, an organ performance by a former Charlestonian and an audience selected-concert are all in the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra's 2012-2013 season.Maestro Grant Cooper outlined the season at reception for symphony supporters and musicians on Wednesday."We have a very unique and important function," he said. "We don't look for outside acts to pay them big bucks to take back to California or New York. Sixty-five percent of our budget is spent in the Kanawha Valley."That money is used for salaries, meals and lodging for the musicians.One of those musicians joined Cooper at the podium. Principal tubist Aubrey Foard promised that the tuba concerts on tap for Oct. 19 and 20 "are audience friendly, very enjoyable." The Capitol Conference Center Symphonic Series opens Sept. 21 and 22 with "Grieg Piano Concerto" featuring Antonio Poma-Baldi on piano. Following the program "Respighi: Fountains of Rome" (with the tuba concertos), will be "Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony" on Nov. 8 and 9; the orchestra will perform Felix Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) and his "Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Scottish). Violinist Michael Ludwig, the concert master for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, is the guest artist for that program.The West Virginia Symphony Chorus, conducted by David Castleberry, will appear with the orchestra in presenting Mozart's "Requiem" and Brahm's "Tragic Overtone" on Jan. 25 and 26, 2013. Cooper said the orchestra will undertake the challenge to grow in order "to bring off the cathedral of sounds" in Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 8 in C minor" for the "Bruckner 8" program on March 1 and 2, 2013. Pianist Alexandre Motouzkine will be the guest artist.Peter DuBois returns as guest organist for the final series program, "Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony," on May 3 and 4. DuBois, who was director of music for 10 years at Christ Church United Methodist, now teaches at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.In December, the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will play its traditional programs: "Home for the Holidays" on Dec. 7 and 8 and "The Nutcracker" with the Charleston Ballet on Dec. 14 and 15.A new program in the ZMM Architects & Engineers Pops Series will be "And the Winner Is . . . " on Feb. 8 and 9, 2013. Cooper explained that the audience will be asked for their favorite musical pieces from the movies. At the February program, the orchestra will play the winning pieces.Acrobats will soar above and in front of the orchestra during "Cirque de la Symphonie" on March 15 and 16, 2013. For "Music of the Night," the final pops concert on April 12 and 13, 2013, Broadway singers Norman Large and Christina Saffran will perform numbers from various musicals.The City National Bank Family Discovery Series includes Cooper's retelling of childhood classic "Little Red Riding Hood" on Nov. 10 and "Orchestras & All That Jazz," in which Cooper shows the flexibility of an orchestra that can play all styles of music, on April 13, 2013.For more information and to buy season tickets, call 304-561-3570 or visit www.wvsymphony.org. Reach Rosalie Earle at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5115. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Clay Center announces fall season 2 Kenny Perdue: WV workers take big hit from Republican leadership (Gazette) 3 WV high school football coach accused of soliciting underage girl 4 Teenager killed while riding bicycle identified 5 Police seek man who allegedly set woman on fire in Charleston A full course of John Gorka Previous Story Best Bets: March 1-7, 2012 Next Story


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My lemon cukes grow way bigger than that little thing. I've tried so many different trellis, lean to things to grow my lemon and Armenian cukes on. The one I thought was really going to do it was 3 ladder things my neighbor helped me build one yr. for the Armenians but they took off and were too delecate to bend them where they needed to go and and and basically the best one so far was the old box spring frame thing w/no springs in it, chained to the garage eves.
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PHOTOS: Expanding the Banks
(Cincinnati) -- Construction is now underway on Phase II of the Banks project from Rosa Parks to Race Street and between Freedom Way and Second Street.
The newest phase will include almost 300 apartments and 20,000 thousand square feet of retail space.
The owner of the Cincinnati Reds says the Banks had become a symbol of the community's inability to get things done. But, Bob Castellini says that's changed; He says today, there's a waiting list for apartments, the restaurants are packed, and on game days, "the Banks are a sea of Red". He says with the start of work on Phase 2, the City has a good shot at landing a headquarters for General Electric. The company, in April, announced they would local a global operations center, with 2,000 jobs, somewhere in the Tri-State.
Castellini says it will take more hard work and cooperation between the City, the County and the developers, to win GE, and finish the Banks.
Commission President Chris Monzel says using tax dollars to build part of the Banks was worth it. Monzel says the $75 million public investment in Phase 1 led to more than $85 million in private capital, and he says the return on the investment is expected to be 7 to 1.
The entire project is set to be complete in 2020.


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Hotel Blu Rooms Rome, Located right next to Baldo degli Ubaldi Metro Station and 3 km from Saint Peter's Basilica, Blu Rooms offers air-conditioned rooms with free Wi-Fi and an Italian sweet breakfast in the bar nearby. The Blu's rooms are renovated and come with flat-screen TV, tiled floors and a dining area with microwave, toaster and fridge. The bathroom is complete with a hairdryer. A bus stop opposite the property provides links to Rome's centre. Garage parking is available opposite the property, and a shuttle service can be organised from/to Fiumicino Airport. (Hotel Blu Rooms Rome hotels booking).


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Gillette's New Edge
When Gillette (G ) came up at a recent dinner with Street pros, one fund manager snapped: "Gillette? Nobody cares about that dog." Once a blue-chip darling, Gillette quickly became an outcast after it began falling short of analysts' expectations in 1999. Bloated inventories and spiraling costs hurt sales and earnings. Gillette shares peaked at 64 in early 1999 and then tumbled to 24 by 2001. They have picked up strength this year, rising to 34.85 on Apr. 17. The Street is still down on the razor king. Only 5 of the 17 major analysts who track Gillette rate it a buy.
But several smart-money players have been snapping up shares. One early bullish backer is Kevin Lane, chief market strategist at Technimentals Research Group, who was among the first to warn about negative stock action in Tyco International and IBM. Now he is bullish on Gillette--on technical and fundamental grounds. He sees strong accumulation trends that suggest to him that the stock will hit 45 in six to nine months. And Lane says restructuring and management changes have brought severe cost-cutting that should win Street converts. The dollar, he adds, "is weakening, which will benefit Gillette greatly," since more than half of sales come from overseas. William Steele of Banc of America Securities, who rates Gillette a buy, says record fourth-quarter cash flow clearly shows progress in its financial turnaround. Steele sees Gillette earning $1.16 a share in 2002 and $1.32 in 2003, vs. 2001's 99 cents. The stock is trading at 26.5 times the 2003 estimate; its price-earnings ratio in 1999 was 55.5. Ken Nugent of Value Line says Gillette benefits from the continuing success of its MACH3 and Venus razors and the relaunch of Duracell batteries. He notes another reassuring sign: Gillette ads have reappeared.
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This week we find ourselves in the midst of a gamer's Holiday, a multi-day event akin to Hanukkah…well, almost. Anyhow, we're all paying attention to the Game Developer's Conference (GDC), right? Your confirmation aside, we are! Amongst all of the other teasers (Shenmue 3, new Skyward Sword gameplay), Nintendo's president, Saruto Iwata, gave us (or me, at the very least) a pretty provocative visual hint: he exited GDC's center stage in front of an immense Super Mario sign. Yes, yes, I'm sure you're all thrilled at my excellence of wording here. However, it's not just in the name- it's in the context. Iwata had previously capped off Nintendo 3DS discussion and was hinting at the new stereoscopic games to grace us with their presence. Among these was a new Super Mario 3DS game. This news is, to most, perhaps as stale as the Hoosier Food Court I currently find myself in, but the Super Mario logo itself yielded the best news of all in the 'o' of 'Mario.' The 'o' was accented with a tail-a tail! Can you say Tanooki suit, anyone (!)?
In light of this recent revelation, I think the game's perception now takes a completely different route than most of us had previously thought. Myself, I believed that, at best, we would be introduced to yet another Mario Galaxy title-one that could be played on the fly, in semi-3D. Even though the Mario Galaxy team will be creating this new handheld plumber pilgrimage, I believe they're going to take this title in a new direction. At this point, I believe it to be a tad too early to discuss gameplay and plot based on the details a tail might foreshadow. However, I do think it's due time to conjure up what this could possibly mean for the new handheld adventure. In fan boy-fashion, I'd like to discuss my hopes and where I'd like to see this title go.
Let's start with the tail. Yes, the tail again. Introduced in Mario 3, we utilized this ass-accent in innumerable ways-getting through levels on a P-Power's whim, finding secrets, and easily defeating Bowser's Baddies. Suffice to say, this was perhaps the best item one could hope for when taking their chance in Toad's item hut. In a newly furnished 3DS adventure, the tail could bring back elements of Mario which I believe have been lost throughout time. Is it not true that the core replay value of most Mario's comes in finding secrets? The tail/Tanooki suit offers not only visual awesomeness for our plump protagonist, but the opportunity for expansive exploration. With the incorporation of an item like this, one could expect P-Power to make a triumphant return. So screw the flower, screw the star, and bring on the leaf-errr, tail.
Besides for elements of secrecy and subsequent discovery, what could the implications of the past bring? Does the Mario Galaxy team intend to bring Mario back from his mass space exploration? We could, my friends, find ourselves back in a grounded exploration. The Mushroom Kingdom having been becoming stale for some time now (methinks) we could even find Mario grounded on a distant planet, one since discovered in his journey to the stars. This new world could have elements of the old- castles, climate change from world to world, and alien goombas which are given the ceremonial stomp to defeat. My personal presuppositions of setting may be a bit far-fetched, but with the transition from Mario Galaxy to a handheld sequel of sorts, anything is possible.
Setting aside, this is a 3D (okay, stereoscopic) title, after all. I think Nintendo intends to do a bit more than revamp a title of the past (like Starfox 64 or Ocarina of Time). Could a 3D gameplay be utilized for aspects of gameplay as well? I think it's a given that the visuals are bound to be of excellent quality, but I believe the 3D could help enhance the discovery of secrets and level advancement. This new Mario could take on a few elements from Paper Mario, which seems to add a fair amount of dimensionality to its series' gameplay.
Even if the Mario Galaxy team decided they needed more time to appropriately plan out a new adventure, I would personally be okay with a "filler-title" of sorts. A connoisseur of everything retro, I say let's remake Super Mario Bros. 3…in 3D! A quest like that would tide me over for several seasons, to be sure. In all honesty, however, I believe the tail-yes, again with the tail- has gotten me far too wound up. It is an icon which offers a wide range of direction, a retroactive take on game development. If anything, I'm personally excited to see some gameplay footage in the future. It will be interesting to see if the Mario Galaxy team, once again, takes to the stars.


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We're looking for the best student suckerPUNCHES of 2011 – the projects with the ambition and attitude to take architecture out back and rough it up. It doesn't matter if your project was down and dirty, polished and refined, or elegantly wasted, just needs to be a barnburner…
Land of Tomorrow Gallery and suckerPUNCH are excited to announce a competition and exhibition featuring the most exciting work from architecture students in the United States. The projects will be narrowed down through online voting to determine which will be featured in the show. Our jury will then select three projects to have portions prototyped at full scale to be displayed in the exhibition. The prototypes will be fabricated by PR&vD. The show will be mounted in September 2012 at Land of Tomorrow Gallery. Jury to include: Hernan Diaz Alonso, Aaron Betsky, Mark Gage, Greg Lynn, Michael Speaks, Tom Wiscombe
To be eligible a project must have been completed in the Spring or Fall semester of 2011 at a school in the United States.
Submissions will be accepted until January 29th 2012
To submit please use fields below. Send no more than four images at no larger than 800px x 800px @ 72dpi. Sending larger images or more than four will result in ineligibility.


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Florence and The Treasures of Tuscany
|Flights ↔ Pisa
|East Midlands
|09:00 / 12:20
|13:05 / 14:25
|08:45 / 11:55
|12:25 / 13:40
|08:45 / 12:00
|13:05 / 14:35
|British Airways
|Leeds Bradford
|07:40 / 11:10
|11:50 / 13:20
|08:45 / 12:15
|13:15 / 14:50
|08:45 / 12:00
|12:55 / 14:20
|These flight times are correct at the time of publishing but may not be available on all dates and are subject to change without notice
Saturday Check in at your chosen airport for the flight to Pisa, where on arrival we will transfer you to the 3 star Superior Hotel Reale, Montecatini Terme (room upgrade available, and 4 star upgrade on some dates). Dinner on the first evening may be a cold platter for very late arrivals.
Sunday After breakfast there will be a Welcome Meeting to introduce you to the area, after which the day is at leisure until dinner.
Monday Siena and San Gimignano Today we embark on a full–day excursion, stopping first at the lovely city of Siena. The shell–shaped Piazza del Campo is one of the best medieval squares in Europe, famous for its beautiful period architecture and also for the bi–annual Palio di Siena horse race, which featured prominently in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. In the Piazza is the Palazzo Pubblico art museum with its Torre del Mangia (Eater's Tower, bizarrely named for its first bellringer who had the nickname Mangiaguadagni or Profit Eater). It was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy, built deliberately to the same height as the cathedral to avoid implying that the church was more important than the state, and is so famous it has inspired the building of near replicas in Spain and the USA, and in Birmingham and Grimsby, UK.
Other things to see are the gothic Piazza Salimbeni, featuring one of the oldest banks in the world, the Palazzo Chigi–Saracini, now the home of Siena's music conservatory, and especially the magnificent 14th century cathedral, with its elaborate marble floors, frescoes by Ghirlandaio and sculptures by Donatello. Later we continue to San Gimignano, renamed in 450 AD in honour of Bishop Geminianus, who had managed to prevent the town from being destroyed by Attila the Hun. This beautiful, walled medieval hilltop town continued to have an astonishing run of luck through centuries of regional wars, largely escaping war damage and so remaining uniquely well–preserved.
Tuesday The day is at leisure until dinner. If you fancy a little out–of–town excursion, about 15 km to the north–west is Pistoia (take the train, or 63 bus), whose walled medieval old town is a favourite with tourists. Pistoia is known today for its flower markets, and said by some to be the source of the word 'pistol', which it first began manufacturing in the 1540s. Alternatively, half an hour by train to the west (ticket around £3) is Lucca, famous for its intact Renaissance walls enclosing a lovely cobbled old town. Further to the west is Pisa, whose walled Piazza dei Miracoli is dominated by the magnificent (but sinking) 12th century cathedral and its world–famous (leaning) tower. In this Square of Miracles the chief miracle is that the tower is still standing. It started leaning even while it was being built, and the higher storeys were angled during later construction to compensate for the tilt, so that if today it was pushed upright it would still look wonky.
Wednesday Florence This morning we head to the capital of Tuscany. Ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Florence (Firenze, lit. 'the flowering') is a medieval masterpiece of piazzas, churches and palaces. This is where the Renaissance began, the first bankers set up their benches (banca: bench) on the Ponte Vecchio, and the Medicis used their fabulous wealth to create enormous art collections now housed at the Palazzo Pitti (Leonardo, Rubens, Caravaggio...), the Uffizi (Botticelli's Birth of Venus) and the Galleria of the Accademia di Belle Arti (Michelangelo's David, and now Stradivarius violins). We return to the hotel by coach in the late afternoon.
Thursday Wine-tasting tour Today we venture on a half–day excursion into the Chianti wine–growing region for a delightful tour of the Renaissance gardens and wine cellars of Castle Vicchiomaggio, including light Tuscan delicacies and tasting of 4 wines.
Friday A day at leisure, and perhaps an opportunity to do some last–minute souvenir hunting.
Saturday Breakfast and then transfer to the airport for your flight home.
Here are some example hotels or similar ones that we use for this break, actual availability may change with the travel date you choose.
Some hotels have an additional supplement per person, as shown below. Supplements are stated for the break (not per night)
|Hotel Reale, Montecatini Terme
|Great hotel right in the middle of one of Italy's favourite spa towns...
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EUROBASKET NEWS REPORT - 12/22/2008Copyright © 1997-2008 Eurobasket
Men News*****************************************************
Saturday night in FEB action, the defending champions Eclipse Jet/MyGuide had their hands full in the first 25 minutes vs. BlueStream Seals, but then afterwards took care of business, while Rotterdam Challengers and Aris Friesland closed off the 2008 year on a positive note, cruising to wins over West-Brabant Giants and Landstede Basketball respectively.
In Den Helder, BlueStream Seals put up a big challenge vs. battle tested Eclipse Jet/MG, jumping to leads of 24-14 in the 1st quarter (28-20 at the end of the 1st quarter) and 42-32 midway through the 2nd quarter. But in the end the defending Dutch champions found their stride, with strong play in the 3rd by Dutch international making a difference, helping Eclipse Jet/MG cruise to an 102-87 win. Center van Paassen helped Eclipse Jet/MG go on a 12-0 run midway the 3rd that led to Eclipse Jet/MG gain a lead of 72-63 at the end of the quarter. From then on, coupled with BlueStream plagued by foul trouble, the game tempo belonged to the defending Dutch champs. Orien Greene (193-G-82, agency: Arik Krayn Services, college: La-Lafayette) led Eclipse Jet/MG with 21 pts. with Peter Van Paassen (210-C/F-78, agency: Court Side, college: St.Bonaventure) adding 16 pts. Tjoe de Paula (185-G-81, agency: Court Side) led BlueStream Seals with 21 pts. Eclipse Jet/MG, who were playing their 4th game in a full week, with no immediate rest in sight with the upcoming Amsterdam Haarlem Basketball Week in its agenda, improve to 13-2.
In Bergen-op-Zoom, the game tempo changed in the favor of the guests Rotterdam Challengers in the 2nd quarter, thanks to their more abundance of quickness and tough defense, helping the Rotterdammers to a big halftime lead, which they managed to retain in the second half, winning convincingly over West-Brabant Giants 80-68. The Rotterdammers caused havoc on a West-Brabant team that has struggled at home the 1st half of the season, leading at halftime 43-27 and leading at one point by a margin of 20 pts. West-Brabant could get no closer than 12 pts. throughout. Sullivan Sykes (193-G/F-81, college: St.Joseph, IN) led the guests with 19 pts., with
Chaz Twan Briggs (201-F-80, college: W.Virginia) dominating inside to the tune of 18 pts. and 13 rebounds. Bobby Walker (188-G-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Va Commonwealth) had an excellent all-around effort of 15 pts., 6 assists and 6 steals. Rotterdam shot 61.1% FG, made 10 threes and had also 23 steals. The team of head coach Terrence Stansbury can enter the Christmas break on a positive not, with an 11-7 record, while West-Brabant Giants, their fifth home loss in the 1st half of the season, fall to 9-9.
In Leeuwarden, Aris Fresland capped off an excellent week and with good feelings heading into the Christmas break with a 94-86 win over Landstede Basketball. After a 1st half in which both teams were trying to establish a tempo, the Aris trio of Dutch international Rein Van der Kamp (202-F-79, agency: R.H.Consultancy) and the 'Killer B's' Matt Bauscher (188-G-85, agency: Scorers 1st Sportmanagement) and Tristan Blackwood (183-G-85) made life miserable for Landstede, with a strong 3rd quarter fron van der Kamp and Bauscher making the difference, leading Aris to a hat trick over Landstede. Bauscher made two three-pointers to break a tie and give Aris a 56-50 lead, then van der Kamp did the rest, helping Aris take over the game tempo and lead 73-59 at the end of the 3rd.
Landstede answered with a quick 7-0 run at the beginning of the 4th, but a score by Aris forward Keith Spencer (203-F-85, agency: Hart Sports Mngm) set Aris back on track and retain control of the game throughout. Both Bauscher and van der Kamp led Aris with 23 pts. each, with Blackwood adding 19. The 'Killer B's' both dished out 6 assists each. Frank Young (196-F-84, agency: Pro One Sports, college: W.Virginia) led Landstede with 23 pts. It was Aris' 3rd win this season over Landstede, with all coming at home, including in the FEB Cup. Aris improved to 7-11 while Landstede suffered its 3rd defeat in a row and drops to 8-11.
Sunday early evening in the Martiniplaza, the team of Marco van den Berg and Hanzevast Capitals also head into the holidays on a positive note, holding off Upstairs Weert 74-72. Hanzevast did an effective job of shutting down the formidable Upstairs scoring backcourt ofOmni Smith (191-G-84, agency: Court Side, college: Kent St.) and Nick Stapleton (186-G-79, agency: Court Side, college: Austin Peay St.), holding Smith to 7 pts. and Stapleton to only 3 pts. Ransford Brempong (203-F-81, college: W.Carolina) dominated inside, leading Hanzevast with a double-double of 21 pts. and 11 rebounds, with also 2 blocks. Upstairs forward Steve Ross (201-G/F-80, agency: Court Side, college: Santa Clara) led allscorers with 25 pts. The win was Hanzevast's third straight and they move into 2nd place heading into the holiday break at 12-6.
In the Maaspoort early Sunday evening, Eiffel Towers also got back on track after the Thursday loss in Leeuwarden, venting out their frustrations on Matrixx Magixx, with a dominant second half making the difference and rolling to a 92-67 blowout win. The three-point line was friendly territory for Eiffel, knocking down 14 of 25 total. Eiffel also outscored Matrixx 60-32 in the second half. Taron Downey (186-G-83, college: Wake Forest) led Eiffel with 19 pts. With the win, Eiffel improve to 11-6 and moves into 3rd place heading into the holiday break.
|Superleague Standings
JBL Standings
JEDINSTVO B.Polje - PRIMORJE Herceg Novi 81:86 ( 17:22, 14:16, 24:19, 26:29 )
Bijelo Polje - Sport Center Nikoljac. Spect: 700. Reff: Jokic (Podgorica), Kaludjerovic (Niksic), Lakicevic (Budva)
JEDINSTVO : Muovic 2, Vucetic, Miljic, Popovic 8, Omerovic 13, Babaca 3, Tokalic 2, Gemeljevic 25, Radulovic 4, Jeckson 17, Kovacevic, Vladimir Grdinic (190-G-78) 7.
PRIMORJE : Arapovic, Najdenov, Sinisa Tepavcevic (201-F-86) 4, Miljanic 2, Milan Stojanovic (191-F/G-83) 1, Stevovic 9, Goran Pejovic (203-F-77) 22, Oldrih, Mihailovic 17, Zarko Dragicevic (188-G-81) 14, Kovacevic, Boris Lalovic (206-C-81) 17
DANILOVGRAD - MORNAR Bar 83:61 ( 17:12, 21:13, 20:19, 25:17 )
Danilovgrad - School Center . Spect: 600. Reff: Lepetic (Herceg Novi), Koljensi c(Podgorica), Savovic (Podgorica)
DANILOVGRAD : Jovovic, Andrija Pejovic (205-C-83) 6, Bogojevic 24, Radulovic 11, M. Stanisic 7, Simonovic 12, B. Stanisic 5, Danilo Vojvodic (202-F/C-83) 8, Miladin Mijajlovic, Milatovic 9, Vujisic 1
MORNAR : Saptahovic 8, Djurisic 16, Djelosevic 9, Mihailovic 10, Radovic 2, Milosevic 1,Igor Bijelic (208-F/C-88) 2, Dobrovic 2, Vujosevic 4, Savic 5
LOVCEN Cetinje UlLCINJ 75:80 ( 15:12, 24:23, 19:20, 17:25 )
Cetinje - SRC Lovcen. Spect: 300. Reff: Sundic (Podgorica), Kicovic (Bar), Raicevic (Bijelo Polje)
LOVCEN : Petar Stojanovic (185-G-90), Marko Calic (197-F-86) 10, Savovic 6, Milosevic 12, Ivanovic 5, Djukanovic, Zoran Kascelan (190-G-86) 11, Lutersek, Lopicic, Lalic 5, Jovanovic 8, Aleksa Popovic (201-G/F-87) 18
ULCINJ : Latkovic, Stanic 3, Kalezic 10, Zeljko Jovanovic (192-F/G-86), Jankovic 18, Micetic, Cetkovic 3, Sekulic 4, Nikolic, Ivanovic 15,Miljan Vukotic (204-F/C-77) 17, Djordjevic 10
RUDAR Pljevlja - NIKSIC 20-0
1A Standings
Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras and Vitoria SC/M.Couto Alves Guimaraes the finalist of the ProLiga 2007-2008, have played this weekend now for the TOP League.
The result was the same, victory for Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras.
The game was great to see, with a lot showtime and no guest who was going to win the game.
Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras toke the lead in the first 10 minutes, but soon Vitoria SC/M.Couto Alves Guimaraes recover from that and got until the last quarter a 7 points diferencial.
In the last quarter Vitoria SC/M.Couto Alves Guimaraes start stronger and got 12 points away from Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras, but Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras pull it together and the defense got stronger and recover, and with 5 minutes to play got the lead by 5 points.
At the end Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras close the game with a vitory by 7 points. Final score 83-76.
Both teams made a good game, very nice to see. But still not playing there best!
For Vitoria SC/M.Couto Alves Guimaraes the best player was Louis Graham (203-F-84) with 24points 8 rebounds (solid game, playing inside and out, shooting inclusive from the 3 point line)
For Fisica Desportiva de Torres Vedras the best guys wore, Jason Davis (193-G/F-85, agency: Pinnacle Sports LLC, college: Sacramento St.) 9points 4 assists (he had a hard job to guard Julian Banks that only scored 11points, and made some fantastic dunks), Miguel Salvador (187-G-81) 21points (have done a good job at the point guard position), Joseph Harrell (204-F-85, agency: 540 Sports) 16points 8rebounds (player that done a quiet game but with important shoots made during the game), and the MVP Jeffrey Ferguson (210-F/C-81, college: Wayne St., MI) with 24points 13rebounds (made a solid game, with some explosive dunks, but still making some travling with some inside moves),
|LPB Stats Leaders
|Points Per Game
|1 Smith, CAB 22.1
2 Graham, Vitoria 21.7
3 Madison, CAB 20.8
4 Williams,Academica 20
5 Jeffrey C., Fisica 19.2
|Rebounds Per Game
|1Jeffrey C.,Fisica 12.4
2 Johnson,Academica 10
3 Coleman, Vagos 9.8
4 Kevin, Porto 9.6
5 Doliboa, Benfica 9.2
|Assists Per Game
|1 Pires, Barreirense 5.3
2 Costa, Ginasio 4.8
3 Figueiredo, Porto 4.6
4 Reed, Benfica 3.9
5 Smith, CAB 3.9
|Steals Per Game
|1 Madison, CAB 3.4
2 Harvey, Vitoria 2.3
3 Tyrekus,Barreirense 2.3
4 Costa, Ginasio 2.3
5 Joseph, Fisica 2,2
|Blocks Per Game
|1 Graham,Vitoria 2
2 Brown,Barreirense 1.6
3 Doliboa,Benfica 1.6
4 Rosefelt,Academica 1.5
5 Kevin, Porto 1.5
TB2L Standings
TBL Standings
* Sunday 21/12:
In the 2nd day of Dubai Intertnational Tournament, Three games were played earlier today with full of joy and excitment.
# Group A:
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LEB) 75 - Al Jalaa Aleppo (SYR) 72 (Qs: 26-18, 41-37, 62-51 & 75-72)
- Best scorers:
Ahmad Ismail (201-F-76) '23 pts' from Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Michel Maadanli (196-G-81, agency: Huss Sport Agency) '19 pts' from Al Jalaa Aleppo
Knight Johnson (199-F-77, college: Louisville) '16 pts' from Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Damond Williams (197-F-80, agency: HM Sports Agency, college: Mc Neese St.) '13 pts' from Al Jalaa Aleppo
Fadi El Khatib (197-F-79, agency: Pro Management Agency) '13 pts' from Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
An Nasr (UAE) 80 - Al Ittihad Alexandria (EGY) 65 (Qs: 20-14, 40-31, 66-44 & 80-55)
- Best scorers:
Saleh Sultan (178-G-89) '32 pts!!' from An Nasr
Derrick Franklin (208-C-81, agency: KMG Sports Management, college: Columbus St.) '20 pts' from Al Ittihad Alexandria
Trello Galloway (201-G/F-79, college: Georgia St.) '20 pts' from An Nasr
# Group A standings:
1- An Nasr (UAE) 1-1
2- Champville (LEB) 1-0
3- Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (LEB)1-0
4- Al Jalaa Aleppo (SYR) 0-1
5- Al Ittihad Alexandria (EGY) 0-1
* Group B:
Mahram (IRI) 84 - Al Moutahed Tripoli (LEB) 74 (Qs: 20-20, 44-41, 55-53 & 84-74)
# Group B standings:
1- Al Moutahed Tripoli (LEB) 1-1
2- Zain (JOR) 1-0
3- Mahram (IRI) 1-0
4- Al Jeish Army Damascus (SYR) 0-1
5- UAE National Team 0-1
* The american forward Justin Murray (198-F/G-80, college: Washington St.) replaced Marvin Black (201-F-80, agency: EM-PA, college: Marshall) in the imports list of Al Jeish Army Damascus (SYR) on loan from Al Sharjah (UAE).
* Al Ittihad Alexandria decided to put Anthony Jones (194-G-77, college: Ohio) in the place of Chauncey Leslie (183-G-81, agency: Globalsports/Globalevents, college: Iowa) in (EGY).
* Montenegrin player Nebojsa Bogavac (199-G-73, agency: Beo Basket) is playing with Mahram in the tournament
# Day 3 - 20th Dubai International Tournament games schedule (GMT):
- Monday 22/12:
12:45 Mahram X UAE
15:00 Jalaa X Ittihad
17:00 Zain X Army
Women News*****************************************************
|FINLAND - Women
|POLAND - Women
|RUSSIA - Women
|TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Women
|TURKEY - Women
TBBL Standings
|U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Women


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Adewale Went to Gladiator Boot Camp to Prepare for 'Pompeii'
Photo: Getty Images
By Sierra Marquina
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has some serious muscle in action flick Pompeii.
Adewale plays Atticus, an African gladiator who needs one more victory in the Roman arena to obtain his freedom.
And to get in to character for the role, Adewale took some serious measures.
"I went to what we call Gladiator Boot Camp," the actor tells On Air with Ryan Seacrest. "Four hours of working out a day for six days a week for four weeks prior to the movie."
Adewale's grueling workout included "two hours of fight training, an hour of weight training, an hour with cardio coupled with an 1,800-calorie diet to keep our muscles bulked up and basically cut down the body."
Catch Pompeii out in theaters now.


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Whitney White Linen Night, held the first Saturday night every August since 1994, is an opportunity to revive an old, Southern tradition while enjoying excellent food, quenching drink, and fine art.
So what has white linen got to do with August and art?
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After the galleries close their doors, the annual White Linen Night party, held at the nearby Contemporary Arts Center, begins. Expect more live music, refreshments, and more art on display. The do charge admission for this after party but what a great opportunity to extend the fun!
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Not to be outdone, the Royal Street galleries and shops in the Warehouse Arts District established their own answer to White Linen Night: Dirty Linen Night – we'll have more on that next post!
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text: Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 5, No. 0169. Wednesday, 2 March 1994. (1) From: Steven Urkowitz <SURCC@CUNYVM> Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 94 20:50:57 EST Subj: Re: SHK 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* (2) From: Nicholas Ranson <R1NR@AKRONVM> Date: Wednesday, 02 Mar 94 07:01:28 EST Subj: Re: SHK 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* (1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Steven Urkowitz <SURCC@CUNYVM> Date: Tuesday, 01 Mar 94 20:50:57 EST Subject: 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* Comment: Re: SHK 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* Though competent actors and competent playwrights only rarely produce rubbish, even extremely competent and professional critics have been known to spout and print and defend all sorts of refuse that after a year, or a generation, or a century eventually gets recognized and usually forgotten. The smart and hardworking folks who brought us memorial reconstruction and tales of pirates in the playhouse were, alas, blowing smoke. By design or by accident, they all all all without exception from Sir Walter Greg down to the latest innovators in the gang misrepresented their data, hid or ignored or didn't notice contradictory evidence, and built card houses suspended upon gossamer visions. I encourage the SHAKSPER members to examine Patrick's work on RICHARD III, and then I ask that you look at an essay of mine that painstakingly teases out the sweet nothings that are wrapped in Patrick's tangles of imagined derivations: "Reconsidering the Relationship of Q and F Richard III," ENGLISH LITERARY RENAISSANCE 16 (1986), 442-66. In it I take a while to demonstrate just how D.L.Patrick and Antony Hammond read texts and declare passages un-Shakespearean according to bizarre, extremely personal, and theatrically maladroit literary values. One of the odd aspects of Shakespearean textual studies is how essays that challenge the fundamental paradigms of editing get marginalized unto invisibility. Arguments such as my "Reconsidering . . ." piece and others I've done, adding up to a lot of pages of detailed grinding away at evidence,get dismissed cavalierly in a sentence or a subordinated clause. "We are not convinced . . ." Hey, Tony! Why not, the next time you propound that a line, a speech, a theatrical entry or exit, or a scene is "rubbish," why not try reading it out loud, or with some actors? I did. It's a lot of fun. Go ahead. F'rinstance, Tony, ask Patrick Stewart about how terrible Q1 HAMLET is. When we worked over parallel passages from Q1, Q2 and F with Jean-Luc and five trekking ACTER actors who had been playing the play, their jaws dropped open with surprise and DELIGHT over the treasures of theatricality labelled so stupidly and swept out of sight as rubbish. "Eeegh, feh! that's just another of those enthusiastic amateurs. What do they know. They convince only themselves . . ." Phuiy. Uh oh. This irritability is only appropriate to discussions of universals. Sorry, out there. The editorial/textual types are snarling. Get the kiddies inside; this may turn ugly. Urk (2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicholas Ranson <R1NR@AKRONVM> Date: Wednesday, 02 Mar 94 07:01:28 EST Subject: 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* Comment: Re: SHK 5.0168 Q1 of *Hamlet* I think it is somewhere in Peter Hall's Diaries (1983), but I seem to recall that Hall narrates that Ralph Richardson had periods when he lost the thread and reverted to delivering lines that were Shakespearean but from other plays. And I think Hall advised the other members of the cast to wait until he recovered and then go on as usual, because the audience generally wouldn't even recognize that he had jumped the points. [I've tried to find the anecdote quickly in my copy, but I can't locate it] My point: Anthony H is right that there are more ways to handle a memory loss than relying on a prompter; improvisation is one, and apparently a silent switch to another, perhaps situationally similar part, is a second way. Cheers.


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Brazil landless leave president's farm
Brazilian police have arrested 16 leaders of the country's landless peasants' movement for occupying the president's family farm, despite a deal to let them go free.
The leaders were seized as they withdrew peacefully from the property as part of a settlement to end the 24-hour occupation aimed at pressing demands for land redistribution.
The two government officials who helped end the 600-strong invasion of the land belonging to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's sons have expressed anger at the arrests and offered to resign.
It is thought that the leaders are being taken to the capital, Brasilia, for questioning about the farm invasion.
There has so far been no explanation from the authorities for the arrests.
The BBC's Tom Gibb says they may be related to a conflict over jurisdiction, as the arrests were made by the federal police who the protesters had refused to deal with during the occupation.
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The government's ombudsman who deals with land issues, Jesinu Jose da Silva, said he had given his word to the landless leaders that there would be no arrests.
Brazilian troops and police had been sent to the farm and were earlier reported to be preparing to retake it.
The members of the landless movement (MST) occupied the farm on Saturday to demand that the country's arable land be redistributed from the handful of families who currently own the majority of it.
The protesters began to move out of the property owned by Mr Cardoso's two sons after coming to an agreement with a delegation sent by the government.
According to the ombudsman, the MST will get an audience with the Agrarian Development Minister, Raoul Jungmann.
The government says it had already assigned another farm in the region for landless families before the invasion took place.
Mr Jungmann accused the movement of terrorism after the protesters moved in early on Saturday, saying they wanted the farm to be given to landless families.
They said they occupied the farm after the authorities refused to discuss their demands.
They also vowed to resist any attempt to shift them by force and threatened to burn down the ranch, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Brasilia.
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The MST has for years been campaigning for major land reform in Brazil.
Our correspondent says the government has been using divide and rule tactics, giving out land to other peasant organisations, and doing its best to discredit the confrontational tactics used by the MST.
At the same time, it is still relatively common for leaders of the MST to be murdered - cases which the police usually fail to solve, our correspondent says.
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House Democrats were in high spirits at their biennial nomination of new leaders on Saturday. The Democrats who gathered at the Statehouse for a caucus a month before the session starts reveled in their numbers — they are now 96 strong out of 150 representatives.
Rep. John Malcom prompted the most boisterous laughter during his speech for Shap Smith, who clinched the nomination for Speaker of the House without a contest. "They say to be good at Speaker you have to be good at herding cats. I like this man named Smith because he's got the tuna fish," Malcom said.
There were references to the work ahead — Malcom characterized the end of the session as a "unique Vermont mixture of ballet and demolition derby" — and recurrent standing ovations.
Smith will face a challenger, Rep. Paul Poirer, an independent, in January when the session starts. Smith, who has the overwhelming backing of his caucus, is expected to win.
Despite the convivial tone of the caucus, Smith, who won his third nomination for Speaker on Saturday, struck a somber note. He told the caucus Vermont must address climate change — even if other states and the federal government don't move ahead with initiatives to mitigate human impacts on world's rising temperature.
"We can't bury our heads in the sand because we don't understand … we can't shy away from it because other people are," Smith said.
Smith said the gathering was "bittersweet" for him because of the goodbyes it necessitated. He praised outgoing Majority Leader Lucy Leriche, who became part of the Democrats' leadership team at the same time that he started his speakership in 2009. "We are sort of seared in the fire together," Smith said.
The somber focus on climate change and farewells to departing lawmakers didn't dampen the spirits of the assembled for long, however. The atmosphere stayed convivial right on through the only contested vote of the day between Rep. Therese Taylor of Barre and Rep. Rebecca Ellis of Waterbury for the Assistant Majority Leader, or whip position. Taylor got 49 votes; Ellis finished with 37. In her victory speech, Taylor touted Ellis's more impressive academic credentials (magna cum laude at Harvard and Georgetown Law), saying, "I was just a hippie in a teepee at St. Mike's."
Guests at the caucus included state Treasurer Beth Pearce; Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding; Jake Perkinson, chair of the Vermont Democratic Party; Louis Porter, the incoming secretary of Civil and Military Affairs; and Gov. Peter Shumlin. Pearce took the podium to chants of "Beth, Beth, Beth!" and thanked the roomful of representatives for helping her beat Republican Wendy Wilton during the November election.
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On-hand for the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards were stars including a cane-wielding Brad Pitt, as well as George Clooney with Stacy Keibler, Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Elizabeth Olsen.
With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer serving as co-hosts of the VH1 broadcasted awards ceremony, the Tinseltown fete also brought out Emma Stone and her "The Help" co-stars Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, as well as Evan Rachel Wood, Elle Fanning, Chloe Moretz, Michelle Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Owen Wilson, Shailene Woodley, Tilda Swinton and Diane Kruger, among others.
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Best supporting actress: Octavia Spencer
Best supporting actor: Christopher Plummer
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Best director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best comedy: Bridesmaids
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Best foreign film: A Separation
Best young actor or actress: Thomas Horn, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best documentary feature: George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Best adapted screenplay: Moneyball, Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin
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1. World tendencies of development of Stirling engines
Works on creation of the competitive Stirling engine, distinguished by cleanliness of emissions, low noise level in view of absence of explosive combustion, absence of systems of local distribution of gas and ignitions and high fuel profitability are carrying out in many countries.
It is necessary to note, that a number of foreign firms starts manufacture of engines which characteristics already now surpass ICE and gas turbine installations in a power range from 1 up to 100 kW. The efficient parameters of the best serial and pre-production models of Stirling engines achieved now even at moderate temperatures of heating (600..700?С) are represented by rather impressive figures - more than 35 %.
However, as a whole, the basic characteristics of power installations offered today in the market on the basis of Stirling engines depending of the manufacturer, changes over a wide range:
- Specific cost from 1300 $ up to 8000 $ for 1kW of the established capacity;
- Service life from 2000 till 80000 hours;
- Efficiency from 10 % up to 38 %.
The analysis of the information from various technical sources and the data of passports of manufacturers of power installations on the basis of Stirling engines show, that now practically all manufactured Stirling engines are the modernized copies of Stirling engines, created by the Dutch company " Philips " in the middle of the last century or engines of other companies developed under its licenses. These development intended, basically, for automotive industry and for the companies developing power installations for military needs, such as, "General Motors Co", "Ford Motor Co", "MAN-MBW", "United Stirling", etc. where cost of engines is sufficient low in comparison with cost of system as a whole ( automobile, boats, submarine, objects of space purpose, etc.). Expensive materials (for example, cobalt, zinc, copper, nickel, etc.) and complex technological execution of original constructive elements were applied at creation of Stirling engines for transport, in view of a plenty of cycles "start-up - stop" and frequently varying capacity, rigid requirements on weight and the sizes. Such approach allowed to achieve required parameters, but considerably raised the cost price of manufacture of products. In particular, it high enough cost of separate existing Stirling engines speaks.
However, full copying of transport types of Stirling engines for stationary power installations cannot be justified. The most significant parameter is the cost connected to complexity of manufacturing and service at their batch production and operation. Mass and dimensional characteristics for stationary installations are not determining.
Now the most perspective direction for application of Stirling engines is creation of co-generation installations for simultaneous manufacture of the electric power and heat which classified as stationary power systems. In this connection, works on creation of Stirling engines have started practically in all large power companies of the world. The programs on Stirling engine have been declared by such firms-leaders in the world on manufacture of power installations, as "TODEM", " Cummins Power Generation ", " Toshiba Corp. ", " Mitsubishi Electric Corp. ", "МСС", "Hoval", "Volvo", "SAAB", etc.
Some new powerful associations have appeared for the last 2-3 years , for example, the European Swiss-German concern, including the companies «Stirling Systems AG» (Switzerland) and «Stirling Systems GmbH» (Germany) and transnational company, which structure includes some American, Japanese, Italian and German firms (" Merloni Termosanitari (MTS Group) ", "Bosch Group ", "Rinnai", "Infinia").
Occurrence of so large companies uniting significant financial and industrial capacities, speaks a high level of requirements to efficiency of power systems, their ecological cleanliness, increase of requirements on use of renewed and pure local power resources. Certainly, already in the near future it will result rigid competitive struggle in the market of Stirling engines and independent power installations as a whole.
Economic profitability of anyone power installation is defined basically by expenses for its manufacturing and operational charges. Correct estimation of cost of Stirling engine is inconvenient enough (for the present there is no serial domestic production), but its forecast allows to speak about profitability of manufacture of Stirling engine as a whole. Cost of created production is defined first of all by the following expenses: development of a design, the capital equipment, industrial expenses, materials, operation and maintenance service. Many of these components depend on mass character of manufacture. Experience of small-scale manufacture of Stirling engines available now shows that at mass production from 1000 engines (low power), cost of one engine can decrease in 30 times in comparison with its cost at individual manufacturing.
It is obvious, that now successfully enter on the market of power installations, it is necessary to have the following technical and economic parameters of pre-production models of Stirling engines for their batch production.
The basic technical and economic parameters for perspective Stirling engines
Capacity, kW
Cost of 1 kW/h of established capacity, ths US dollars / kW
Service life, hours
Efficiency, %
От 1до 50
More than 30 000
2. World tendencies of development of Stirling cryogenic machines
The special place in cryogenic techniques is occupied by Stirling cryogenic machines (SCM). Now it is the most effective equipment for reception of a deep cold of small and average cold production. For the first time Stirling cryogenic machines have been developed by Dutch company "Philips" in the middle of the last century. The developed types of cryogenic gas machines of the given company covered a wide range from tiny machines with cold production in shares of watt up to the big industrial units with cold production in various kW.
Micro-cryogenic devices such as "Split - Stirling" were received the widest circulation. Now they occupy more than 90 % of all market of micro-cryogenics. Now micro-cryogenic systems with SCM are manufactured by many companies all over the world, among them «Stirling Cryogenic Engineering GmbH», «Global Cooling, US», « Honeywell International Inc», «JANIS RESEARCH COMPANY, INC.», «Thales Cryogenics BV», «Corporate Communications Raytheon Company», «RICOR Cryogenic and Vacuum Systems», etc.
SCM with a big cold production have found the application in air separating installations for manufacture of liquid nitrogen and oxygen. Machines have high efficiency, small weight- and-dimension characteristics and are simple in operation. These installations have received wide recognition in 60-70 of the last century and their various updating began to be made in Europe, Russia and the USA by the companies "Stirling Cryogenics and Refrigeration BV", "Werkspoor", " North American Philips ", "Arsenal", "Heliymash", etc.
In connection with change of a policy of company "Philips" and refusal of not profile directions affiliated firms « North American Philips » and "Werkspoor" have been closed in 70-80 of the last century, and the enterprises "Arsenal" and "Heliymash" have ceased to let out given production and have practically lost scientific and technical potential necessary for it because of "perestroika" and the general recession in economy of Russia in 90th years . Now the unique manufacturer of Stirling cryogenic machines is the company "Stirling Cryogenics and Refrigeration BV". With the account of constantly increasing demand on SCM of the given class and absence of competitors, the company « Stirling Cryogenics and Refrigeration BV » having monopolized this area of techniques, raises a sale price of production and thus receives significant super profits.
3. World tendencies of development of Stirling refrigerating machines of the moderate cold
According to many experts, manufacture and use of Stirling refrigerating machines of the moderate cold is one of the most perspective directions of development of refrigerating techniques in XXI century that is caused by ecological cleanliness of used working bodies and high efficiency of Stirling cycle.
Stirling refrigerating machines are non-polluting machines. Helium is used as a working body and also nitrogen, hydrogen and air can be applied, i.e. substances completely neutral to an environment that allows to meet the most rigid requirements of the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols.
Wide introduction of Stirling refrigerating machines of the moderate cold will allow at the complex approach "efficiency + ecological cleanliness" appreciably to solve a problem of use of non-polluting technologies in view of performance of requirements of the Montreal Protocol.
The idea of use of Stirling cycle to creation of refrigerating machines of a moderate cold is not new. Pre-production models of Stirling refrigerating machines which subsequently have received a wide circulation have been made by Gershwin in 1834. Such machines were successfully maintained in the food-processing industry, many trade vessels of England had been equipped with them for freezing fish. Stirling refrigerating machines were used in Scotland at factories on manufacture of paraffin mastics since 1876. However because of their imperfection, they have been completely superseded by compressor refrigerating machines at the beginning of XX century.
Revival of interest to use of Stirling machines at a level of a moderate cold is connected to rough growth of scientific and technical knowledge and the significant successes achieved recently in the field of creation of Stirling engines and cryogenic machines. All this has resulted in an intensification of scientific researches on creation of an alternative refrigerating machinery of a moderate cold on the basis of Stirling cycle.
Now perspectives of use of Stirling machines in the field of a moderate cold become obvious. The analysis of the modern foreign scientific and technical information allows to assert, that last 10 years intensive research and developmental works on preparation for a batch production of Stirling refrigerating machines have begun in industrially advanced countries. Beside the countries - leaders in the field of designing and creation of Stirling machines, what is USA , the Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Sweden and Netherlands, recently intensive researches in the given area of techniques have begun in China, the Republic of South Africa, Australia, Israel, Canada, India and a number of other countries.
Such known firms, as "Toshiba", LG Electronic Inc», "Carrier", "Sanden", «Zexel Corporation», «SOLO STIRLING GmbH», «Stirling Technology Company», «Mitchell Stirling Systems Inc», «AEG AG», «Kubota Corporation», «Stirling Thermal Motors», « Stirling Power Systems » « Sunpower Inc.», «General Electric», «Western Research Centre» and many others now are engaged in manufacture and research of Stirling refrigerating machines of the moderate cold .
Samples of Stirling refrigerating machines for domestic refrigerators, auto-refrigerator techniques, industrial systems of cold supply, refrigerating show-windows, chests, etc. are already developed and are going to a batch production. The analysis of the basic characteristics of existing refrigerating machines and pre-production models of Stirling refrigerating machines shows that already today Stirling refrigerating machines can successfully compete in a range of the cold production from 0,1 up to 50 kW at temperature of cooling up to - 20?С, and at temperature of cooling from-40 up to-80?С have not equal on efficiency and ecology.


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- Valet parking
- Dress code: Smart casual
- Entertainment: Thurs.-Sat. nights in The Mansion Bar
- Full bar
- Great Wine List
- Outdoor dining
- Private room(s)
- Reservations suggested
- Romantic setting
- Wheelchair accessible
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Letters Regarding Inaccurate Health Care Subsidies
May 19, 2014
Excerpt: "According to the Washington Post, more than 1 million Americans may have received incorrect subsidies to pay for health care plans purchased in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) and the government has been unable to fix the error. As a result, 'potentially hundreds of thousands of people are receiving bigger subsidies than they deserve' and only a 'fraction' of that number have been notified that there is a problem with their application."
Letters were sent to the Department of Health and Human Services, Accenture Federal Services, CGI Federal, and Serco.
To read a related press release, click here.