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Micro-dynamics of Free and Open Source Software Development. Lurking, laboring and launching new projects on SourceForge
Quantitative methods are employed to describe two fundamental processes in the creation of free (libre) and open source software (FLOSS) that are at work in the collaborative development environment of the SourceForge.Net platform: resource mobilization, and entrepreneurial initiatives which generate new development projects. The micro dynamics of the individuals' involvements in these processes are analysed by defining activity states that correspond to lurking (contributing to projects without become a member), laboring (joining one or more projects as members), and launching (founding one or more projects). The transition probability matrices constructed from observations on the activities of 222,835 individuals who registered on SF.net (during a 14-month period, mainly in 2001) characterize first-order Markov chains describing processes that are ergodic. The existence of a limiting "equilibrium" distribution of individual joining and launching activities is used to abstract from effects of transient disturbances (arising from the flow of new registrations), in order to reveal the implications of the underlying entrepreneurial and recruitment dynamics at work on the platform. Although only a small proportion of this cohort of SF.net registrants become even minimally active, and a still smaller proportion among those join projects, the active core of project members still numbers in the tens of thousands, and their ranks contain well more a thousand who found new projects. SourceForge is seen to be more than an attractor of projects that are being born again under open source licenses: this virtual collaborative development environment shares the regenerative properties of tangible industrial districts that give rise to new, innovative enterprises.
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Today, Governor Bobby Jindal welcomed home approximately 100 members of the 926th Mobility Augmentation Company returning from a one-year deployment in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The return ceremony was held at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge.
Governor Jindal said, "It is truly an honor to welcome back home these brave men and women. We will be forever grateful for the service to our nation. We must also keep in our thoughts the soldiers who are still fighting overseas in defense of our freedom and pray for their safe return."
"It's a great day when our troops return home to their families and friends. The 926th has performed superbly in support of our nation and they can be commended for a job well done," said Brig. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, The Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard. "We are proud of their accomplishments and know that all Louisiana's should be proud of their service."
Based out of Baker, Louisiana, the 926th mobilized with approximately 100 Soldiers to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to conduct mobility, counter-mobility and survivability operations. The 926th MAC conducted mobilization training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, before deploying overseas. The 926th Engineer Company operations were essential to mobility, counter-mobility and survivability operations in Afghanistan.
During this deployment, the 926th served as the lead element for route clearance under the 1249th Engineer Battalion/7th Engineer Battalion in Khowst/Paktya Provinces. In that time they cleared 29,500 miles of road, found 72 IEDs, conducted 624 route clearance missions, and were awarded 22 Purple Hearts.
In July 2002 -- then designated as A Company, 769th Engineer Battalion, the company deployed to Bahgram, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 926th has participated in Emergency Operations and Recovery Operations for the State of Louisiana including Hurricane's Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike. The 926th also provided support to Task Force Gator in assisting the NOPD, as well as Operation Deepwater Horizon oil spill response
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Editorial: What colors, appearance will fill this canvas?
Most of us are aware that a community education program now exists in River Falls. In fact, we have a letter to the editor on this page that criticizes our school district for adding such a program.
Despite the criticism, the program has the enthusiastic support of the duly elected school board. It also has a person to run the program -- Monique Squire. She was hired last month, and the Journal profiled her in a feature story last week.
While there is a community education program in River Falls and a coordinator, the program itself is blank, and with good reason.
Squire explains it like this: "What we're doing is beginning with an empty canvas. We don't know what it will look like, but in 5-10 years we hope to have built a dynamic program that keeps getting better as it evolves."
Squire's goal is for community education -- often called continuing education or lifelong adult learning -- to establish a framework that grows based on classes that local citizens want to see taught. That growth will also depend on local talent.
Are there qualified, interested people willing to teach a cooking class, or one on computer technology, money management, genealogy research, quilting, digital photography, speed reading, travel writing, podcasting? Pick a topic. The possibilities are wide open.
These are facets of the new program that need to come together: Interest, demand and instruction. Is there a class you would like to see taught? Do you know of a person who could lead a certain class? That's the kind of conversation, the kind of networking that should be getting started.
Squire will soon have an office at the high school and a new phone number. There will be other means of reaching her, but for now she can be contacted by cell phone at 715-307-0709. You can also call the school district's central office at 715-425-1800 to offer your ideas for a community education curriculum.
The beauty and simplicity of the program is that it will be driven by popular demand. In her role as coordinator, Squire is there to organize and manage. However, the heart of River Falls Community Education is what the rest of us choose to make of it.
Online Poll: Community ed gets the nod
The Journal's online poll question this week asked: Do you think the school district's new community education program that emphasizes lifelong learning is something we need in River Falls?
As of Tuesday noon, the results were: YES, 60%; NO, 40%.
To vote, go to www.riverfallsjournal.com.
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Felipe Crespo
Felipe Javier Crespo Claudio
- Bats Both, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.
- High School Notre Dame High School (Rio Piedras)
- Debut April 28, 1996
- Final Game September 28, 2001
- Born March 5, 1973 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
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Felipe Crespo was a marginal infielder-outfielder who had one solid season at AAA, made the playoffs with the San Francisco Giants, was involved in a statistical quirk, was traded for a former closer, played in Japan for one season, and hasn't been in baseball since 2004.
Crespo was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round (95th overall) of the 1990 amateur draft. The Puerto Rican infielder-outfielder advanced at a steady pace through the Blue Jays' farm system, showing a good average and eye, and some power. (His final minor league numbers were .283/~.378/.443.)
In 1996, Crespo looked like a lock at second base in the majors, but suffered an injury. [1]
Crespo reached the majors in 1996, but only played in 22 big-league games with 49 at-bats. He played 10 games at second base, 6 games at third base, and 2 games at first base. In 1997 he split time between the Blue Jays and the AAA-Syracuse Sky Chiefs. With the Blue Jays, he played 7 games at third base, 2 at DH and 1 at second base.
The 1998 season saw Crespo finally sticking in the Majors, playing predominantly in the outfield (25 games in right field, 19 in left field, 10 in the infield). Crespo finished with a middling line of .262/.342/.362.
In spring training of 1999, he was released by the Blue Jays and signed a month later by the San Francisco Giants. Crespo spent the entire 1999 season with the AAA Fresno Grizzlies where the 26 year-old had a breakout season with 24 home runs, 84 RBI and 17 stolen bases and a line of .332/~.447/.616. He had a 20 game streak where he hit .514. That year, he led the Pacific Coast League in slugging on-base percentage.
Crespo re-signed with the Giants for the 2000 season, earning $232,000. He appeared in 89 games with 131 at-bats, spending 27 games in the outfield, 11 games at first base, 7 games at second base and 1 game at DH. Crespo finished with a solid .290/.351/.443. In 50 at-bats with RISP in 2000, he drove in 24 runs. That season also saw his only playoff action, appearing as a pinch hitter in 4 games, hitting .250 with one single in 4 at-bats. The Giants lost to the New York Mets in the 2000 NL Division Series.
The Giants brought back Crespo for the 2001 season at a price of $425,000 and filled in for 16 games at first base and 2 games at second base. On June 7, the San Diego Padres beat the Giants, 10–7. Felipe's brother Cesar Crespo hit his first major league homer for San Diego, while Felipe, playing 1B for the Giants in J.T. Snow's absence, hit a pair. It was the 9th time that brothers on opposing teams had both homered in the same game. The last time was when Bret Boone and Aaron Boone did it in the previous season.
Crespo was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 27 for former closer Wayne Gomes, because the Phillies felt they needed to improve their bench. Despite his .197 average with the Giants, Crespo was one of the top pinch-hitters that season. He was 10 for 43 in the role, with 3 doubles, 2 homers and 7 RBI while drawing 6 walks.
Crespo continued to serve as the designated pinch-hitter for the Phillies, with 44 at-bats in 33 games. Crespo was absolutely terrible with the Phillies, with a .171 average and .527 OPS. His poor hitting may have been caused by plantar fasciitis, a painful foot injury for which he was placed on the disabled list by the Giants in April. [2]
For the 2002 season, Crespo joined the Yomiuri Giants of Japan. He continued to hit poorly, posting a .122 average and .533 OPS, with only 41 at-bats in 24 games. Crespo returned to America in 2003, earning an invitation to spring training with the Cincinnati Reds. Crespo went 2 for 8 with 1 RBI in the Grapefruit League, then spent the rest of the season at AAA Louisville. Crespo improved, with a line of .244/.330/.350.
In 2004, Crespo was a non-roster invitee with the Florida Marlins in spring training. He went 1 for 6 with a run scored. The Marlins reassigned him to the minor league camp [3]
At that point, Felipe decided to retire. He then ran a real estate business in his hometown Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Crespo also played in the Puerto Rico Winter Baseball League with the Caguas Creoles, Carolina Giants and Santurce Crabbers.
- ↑ Rotoman (May, 1996). "Ask Rotoman: April-May 1996". AskRotoman.com. Google's Cache. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
- ↑ MLB.com (April 24, 2003). "Major League Baseball: Transactions". MLB.com. MLB. Retrieved July 23, 2006.
- ↑ AP? (March 12, 2004). "JDM Scoresheet Rookie Reports: Rookies 2004". AtthePlate.com. AP Wire?. Retrieved July 23, 2006.


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10 Women Who Mastered the Art of Coordination
Take note: there is an art to coordinating, and though some are born with it, it is a skill that can most certainly be learned. All it takes is a little studying, and these women are your source material.
A true master, Diane Kruger wasn't afraid to pile on pop-of-color red with her alluring jumpsuit (and just wait until you see her clutch!), while Selena Gomez rose to the occasion of wearing Dior with the addition of fittingly dramatic headwear. We can think of no better way to go into the weekend than with another look at these stellar styles.
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Young Allwood – Half Man | Half Savage [Album]
Toronto, ON – Recording artist Young Allwood finally releases his highly anticipated solo project Half Man | Half Savage. Brought to you by Eighty 8 Five MGMT, the project features LG Toronto, Set2, Tona (Freedom Writers), and J.Barns. Production comes courtesy of FMG, King Michael, ArtoGotBeats and PrettyBoyBeats, just to name a few. The CD is heavily geared towards every crowd with a constant upbeat tempo that would most definitely make any radio or club rotation. Click the jump for the download link and more information.
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This circuit is used to trigger a camera's electronic shutter circuit when a flash of lightning is present. This circuit would also work for photographing fireworks displays or other events involving flashes of light.
In a nutshell, the photo darlington converts light pulses into electrical pulses, the first LM324 section amplifies the electrical pulses, the second LM324 section is a high pass filter that only passes quick changes (lightning). The third LM324 stage is a comparator that allows only large pulses to pass through, and the 4047 one-shot stretches out the length of the pulses so that they are long enough to drive the relay and trigger the camera.
The 2N3904 drives the reed relay, which in turn triggers the camera's electronic shutter switch. The VN10KM prevents the circuit from triggering the camera when it is first turned on. The LM324 GND Ref circuit divides the 9V power into two for a 4.5V ground reference. The other op-amp circuits use this reference value.
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Actually, it is a customer tournament, with a scramble format, where each person tees off, and picks the best shot and hits from there next, etc.
My issue is that I want to have three "flights" or groups, A, B, & C, with 12 teams in each flight. That way, even the teams with a much higher "handicap" coming in will still have a chance for a prize. They will only be competing against teams within their flight of 12. I want to use the handicap question to rank teams 1 through 36 so I can put them in the correct flight, and I was not sure if a simple average of the four #s was the best way.
There is no official set of rules for this type of handicapping - and as you probably know, there is extensive rulings and calculations for calculating golf handicaps on a given course.
Keep in mind that with a best shot type tourney, the lower handicap is more likely to have his ball played than his foursome buddy with a high handicap. Because of that, what I would do is take the top 3 handicaps from each foursome and average them. In other words, don't count the 'worst' golfer in each foursome.
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A BRAVE cancer sufferer is set to shave to her head for charity the day before she begins vital chemotherapy.
Diane Wicks, of Alcester Road in Radford, near Inkberrow, will take the clippers to her shoulder length hair next Thursday, March 6, in support of Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support,
And the following day the brave 65-year-old will begin chemotherapy to tackle the breast cancer she was diagnosed with last year.
"I have breast cancer, which I was diagnosed with in November last year," said Mrs Wicks, who works part time for Dudley's Coaches.
"I have to start my chemotherapy on March 7 so I may lose my hair anyway.
"I was going to have my head shaved anyway and someone said to me why not raise money at the same time.
"People have said I am brave, I think I am more stupid than brave.
"The thought of my hair falling out is just horrendous so I thought if I have it shaved I am bnot going to have that problem."
Mrs Wicks had been hoping to raise a few hundred pounds for the charity, but she has already exceeded that amount.
"I was hoping to raise a couple of hundred pounds but I have that already," she said. "Anything else that I raise now is a bonus and will help others."
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Fat Daddio's disposable pastry bags bring you convenience for either hot or cold foods. They are made from durable polyethylene material that is super soft and flexible and won't slip in your hand, yet strong enough that they won't split. Ideal for filling cupcakes, éclairs, and cream puffs, or for quick frosting color changes. Also, great for kids helping in the kitchen. Best part of these pastry bags is that there is no clean up! Decorate and discard when finished.
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'The Walking Dead"s Fourth Season – Was It Really That Bad?
'The Walking Dead' wrapped its fourth season last night, and it undoubtedly left more than a few fans asking, "Is that it?" And for good reason. Season four of the hit zombie-apocalypse show was filled with lots of false starts, halting stops and moments of pure boredom.
This is nothing new. The series has been riding these bumps ever since the second season, which prompted some followers to call it 'The Talking Dead,' based on the absence of heart-pounding action. (I, for one, think the more meditative approach suited the story arc of that season, which led to a doom-filled finale.)
Things picked up a bit during the third season, as Rick and his crew fought something a little more menacing than oncoming walkers: psychopathic humans whose will to survive saw no moral boundaries. Then came the fourth season, which concluded last night. And it was a mixed one, to say the least.
But the finales — the mid-season one from December and last night's — were explosive and powerful. The moment the Governor hacked off Hershel's head midway through the season kicked off one of the series' most fist-raising sequences. And last night's bloody showdown with Daryl's biker pals was almost as good.
Still, the long trek to this point — and to Terminus, the supposed salvation at the end of season four's second half — has been slow, with the core group of survivors divided into separate stories. Some worked (Carol's heartbreaking decision to put a bullet into the back of a little girl's head); some didn't (the icky, too-close-for-comfort relationship blossoming between fortysomething Daryl and how-old-is-she-supposed-to-be-anyway? Beth).
And it's been a grueling season. But how grueling? Was it as really as bad as many fans claim? It hasn't been easy, that's for sure. Any episode with the increasingly annoying Carl is a tough one, and he's been the focus of way too many shows lately. And all this walking to Terminus has led to … what? Rick and the gang imprisoned in a boxcar. And our long six-plus-month wait to see how they get out of this one.
Rick's season-ending declaration of "They're screwing with the wrong people" came off a little too cliche, a little too righteous. It's what we wanted him to say — you didn't think all those flashbacks to Farmer Rick were going to lead to a peaceful resolution, did you? — but it's also expected. Rick is the "ringleader," as one Terminus baddie referred to him, and it's about time he starts kicking ass again. He's done too little of it in season four.
What do the deceptive folks of Terminus have in store for our heroes, most of whom are now back together, cowered in a boxcar, awaiting their fate? Will they be dinner? What were they serving their guests anyway? Was that pile of human bones we got a glimpse at a clue? If you're familiar with the comics, you already know the answer to this.
This is what we're left with at the end of season four. In the end, was it all that bad? No. Not really. Now that we have some context, that slow build makes some sense. But it could have been, and should have been, a whole lot better.


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Hi troll05,
That was simply great! It worked. Thank you very much!
The official install instructions given in the Pocketbook manual here are wrong.
Pocketbook must update the official manual to reflect whatever you have mentioned in your reply. That will clarify a lot of confusions to many people. :-)
Thanks once again!
Thanks for the link, I did download those other voices from Pocketbook's site. What I was trying to highlight was not that I seem to have lost those files forever, but rather to reiterate that I have none of those files on the Pocketbook -- just in case someone decides to point out the four voice files limit of Pocketbook. ;-)
Perhaps I should have phrased the sentence differently rather than coming across as desperate and clueless. ;-)
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Currently living in Connecticut, composer Ingram Marshall has lived and worked extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area. Educated at Lake Forest College, Columbia University, where he worked with Vladimir Ussachevsky, and California Institute of the Arts, where he worked with Morton Subotnick, Marshall went on to study gamelan music in Bali and Java in 1971. Over the next several years, Marshall further cultivated his interest in Indonesian music and continued the experimental work in electronic music.
Certain characteristics of Marshall's music, such as the slowed-down sense of time and use of melodic repetition, can be traced to his study of Indonesian music. These characteristics can be heard in his earlier works such as Fog Tropes and Gradual Requiem, as well as in his more recent Penitential Visions and Sinfonia Dolce far Niente.
Marshall has performed his own live electronic music in the U.S. and Europe, and has collaborated with various artists and choreographers including photographer Jim Bengston and choreographers Stuart Pimsler and Paula Josa-Jones. Marshall has been the recipient of awards, grants and commissions from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fromm Foundation, California Arts Council, the Washington State Arts Commission and others.
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POLICE are now appealing for witnesses following a crash between one of their marked cars and another car as they seek to build 'a clear picture' of what happened.
A marked police car was responding to a report of a stolen vehicle and collided with another car on Ombersley Road at the junction with Cornmeadow Lane.
The incident, which has previously been reported in the Worcester News, happened at 11.15am on Sunday (May 11) and involved the marked Astra police car and a silver Seat Exeo. Both vehicles ended up damaging a wall and coming to rest in the front garden of a house on the corner of the junction.
The female driver of the Seat had a slight injury and was taken to hospital to be checked, while the police officer was uninjured.
Sergeant Stuart Allen said: "We want to build up a clear picture of what happened and we would like to hear from anyone who saw the collision or saw either of the vehicles being driven in the moments before it happened."
Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt Allen on the non emergency number 101 quoting incident number 208s 110514.


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- It is recommended to get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible to benefit from its Transcendent bonus.
- Maxing Dark Sphere first is highly recommended. This will increase the damage vs champions, while the other Transcendent bonuses offer improved utility but no extra damage.
- It is also recommended that smart casting is used on all of Syndra's abilities except her ultimate. This allows for seamless transition between her abilities and faster combos, which is critical in team fights.
- However, while Dark Sphere and Scatter the Weak are musts for smart casting, you may not want to smartcast Force of Will as you could end up grabbing a minion instead of a sphere or grabbing the wrong sphere. This problem disappears as you get used to Syndra.
- To get out 4 bonus spheres (the maximum possible) you need more than 30% cooldown reduction and you can do this by using the following combo: Q, Q, W (targeting the first sphere), Q, Q, followed immediately by Unleashed Power. However, the delay on her ultimate and the increased micromanagement requires a higher level of skill on an already difficult champion. For most players, it may be more efficient to try using Q and E, Q again and W on the first dark sphere, and then use Unleashed Power - this sacrifices one or two dark spheres on her ultimate for a quicker, more reliable combo.
- Four sphere combo is mostly used to kill a very tanky champion, like a fighter.
- Two sphere (assuming you actually hit the damage of the sphere summoning itself) is usually enough to smash a squishy target (Syndra decimates squishies) like a Marksmen or Mage.
- One or no sphere is only used if you have everything else on cooldown and need to kill someone immediately, the damage is actually quite respectable with only one bonus sphere.
- If you notice your opponent is easily avoiding all your Dark Sphere try to become more conservative about it, the low cooldown makes it tempting to use continuously, but pushes the lane if you hit minions (and invites junglers) and drains your mana quickly at higher ranks.
- Dark Sphere has no channel upon cast, which means you can cast it without interrupting your movement. Take this into consideration when playing Syndra, since it allows you to kite and chase enemy champions easily.
- During laning, keep Syndra always on the move, only stopping to last hit or kill someone. This way Syndra will be more safe from skillshots and delayed abilities and she will be free to poke with Dark Sphere while still moving.
- To maximize your chances of hitting the enemy champion with Dark Spheres, use it right when they last-hit.
- After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will, follow up with Dark Sphere; they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it. If you are confident enough in your own aiming, casting Dark Sphere right after Force of Will will cause them to hit at the same time; this can save a few seconds if you are considering a combo for Unleashed Power.
- When being chased in the jungle, use Force of Will on a nearby neutral monster to slow the enemy champion.
- Thin choke points like most of the jungle will make it easier to use Scatter the Weak when an opponent gets too close.
- Force of Will can be used to throw enemy player pets such as Tibbers Tibbers to get them away from allies or yourself.
- Be careful about grabbing Tibbers Tibbers as his damaging aura is still active while held by Force of Will.
- Even though it is possible to teleport while carrying a minion or buff with Force of Will the link will break and it will be released from where you teleported from.
- Placing a Dark Sphere directly in front of yourself and then follow it up with a quick and well-aimed Scatter the Weak gives you a long range stun.
- Try using Scatter the Weak right after using Unleashed Power for an increased chance on stunning enemies for a quick follow up of Force of Will and Dark Sphere.
- Scatter the Weak will still stun a champion if they get between a Dark Sphere and yourself, if they are in-line with the abilities knockback. Note that the stun occurs when the sphere and the enemy collide, therefore you do get a fraction of a second's length longer on your knockback-stun cc chain if you hit a nearby enemy into a farther away sphere.
- When fleeing, creating a Dark Sphere and/or using Force of Will won't halt or slow your movement at all, making these good options for deterring chase or making it impossible to catch up to you, particularly if you have Rylai's. Scatter the Weak's cast animation may allow pursuers to gain ground necessary to use a targeted ability on you, therefore you should consider if this might be the case before using it to secure an escape.
- Try to stay back in teamfights since Syndra is pretty fragile.
- Her main damage abilities, Dark Sphere and Force of Will have good range so she can stay back.
- You should only get close to use Unleashed Power (before rank 3 the range is quite short) after you have summoned about two spheres.
- If someone gets too close punish them with a Dark Sphere into a stun with Scatter the Weak. If the enemy is relentless drop another sphere, a Force of Will and a finishing ultimate.
Build Usage Править
- Syndra's damage output is reliant on a high CDR build - it will provide stronger harass with Q and W combos, and being able to maintain more dark spheres on the battlefield will potentially increase the damage on Unleashed Power.
- She is extremely mana hungry. Athene's Unholy Grail provides every stat she needs; AP, CDR, and mana regen.
- The passive on Rylai's Crystal Scepter synergizes with all of her spells to varying degrees; however the bonus mana on Rod of Ages will help with Syndra's high mana costs and may be a preferable option depending on your runes and masteries.
- Building a Deathfire Grasp will help provide Syndra with more AP and CDR, as well as its active effect will help with her damage output and improve her burst.
- Due to Dark Sphere, an early Tear of the Goddess, and then an Archangel's Staff, can be charged quickly and therefore a viable item to have.
's low cooldowns on
- It has been debated that Manamune is a better purchase on Syndra due to the Muramana active, which triggers per sphere during Unleashed Power. With only Muramana for mana, the bonus damage per sphere at full mana is between 93-129 (level 6-18). This is the single most damage attainable from only a single item, and is the equivalent of having 465-645 bonus ability power. This is 279-387 bonus damage with only the minimum 3 spheres.
Recommended builds Править
Countering Править
- Get boots early when playing against , they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
- Constantly moving or strafing unpredictably will make it much harder for Dark Spheres to harass you with her
- Attack Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown, so she will be vulnerable. after she's used
- With no reliable escape tool she is also easily ganked and weak against champions with gap closers and crowd controls.
- When ganking her split up so she can't use Force of Will and Scatter the Weak to disable both you and your ally. If she manages to stun she will also easily get to slow you, and will likely escape if both you and your ally are affected by this.
- If Dark Spheres in a situation where she would be better off doing something else (like re-positioning or knocking back enemies), then she is likely preparing to use her ultimate.
keeps creating
- But beware when she has 3-4 Dark Sphere on the terrain during teamfights, because she can then deal massive damage with Unleashed Power (up to 1260+140% AP), followed by Scatter the Weak to instantly kill a team member and stun the whole team if you're not spread out enough.
is a bursty mage, try to focus her down first if you are having problems with her damage.
- In late game she can be very powerful with her spammable nuke. Try to deny her farming early game to cut down on her damage potential later on.
- Be wary when dueling in a 1v1 with Unleashed Power is available she can instantly burst you down before you are able to kill her. . If her ultimate
- The Scatter the Weak and Dark Sphere stun combo can be very hard to land if enemy is too close to her, meaning bursty melee assassin can kill her with ease.
- If using this method, beware her ultimate Unleashed Power since it has pretty short range, meaning she might use it on you, being the closest person. Try this plan when her ultimate goes on cooldown. (Warning: at rank 3 her ultimate's range is increased by 75)


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Danity Kane were disbanded, Eminem broke record with comeback album 'Relapse' and big stars reunited for Michael Jackson tribute song.
Many announcements regarding recruitments and withdrawals of musicians from either their group or their label have been made. Also, artists from all music genres have gained a lot of impressive achievements, either by adding awards to their collection or having their records atop charts. In the second quarter of 2009, Eminem rose from the five years hiatus while the death of Michael Jackson brought together several top musicians.
In "Making the Band 4: The Final Chapter", P. Diddy disbanded Danity Kane by announcing that the group's four members, Aubrey O'Day, D. Woods, Shannon Bex and Dawn Richard, were all released from their contracts in Bad Boy Records. "There will never be another Danity Kane unless it's these girls right here. I am gon' do a new show looking for a new girl group. Hopefully, they'll appreciate things and work things out," he said.
- Other major events of the month:
- Apr 01: Kelly Rowland walked out of Columbia Records.
- Apr 05: Brad Paisley got three nods at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
- Apr 10: Bill O'Reilly slammed Eminem for dissing public figures in "We Made You" video.
- Apr 15: Kanye West's song "Amazing" was picked up for 2009 NBA playoff theme song.
- Apr 15: Demi Lovato announced summer tour dates with David Archuleta.
- Apr 16: Kid Cudi was signed to Universal Motown.
- Apr 16: top 10 "American Idol" summer tour dates were announced.
- Apr 17: Beyonce Knowles unveiled North American dates for 'I Am...' world tour.
- Apr 20: %Green announced 2009 summer tour dates.
- Apr 23: Enrique Iglesias got 6 kudos at 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
- Apr 24: Leighton Meester was signed to Universal Republic Records.
- Apr 24: P. Diddy disbanded Danity Kane.
- Apr 29: Britney Spears revealed "Circus" European tour dates.
- Apr 29: Clique Girlz parted ways with new member Sara Diamond.
Eminem's comeback album "Relapse" ruled Billboard Hot 200, selling more than 608,000 copies in its first week on sale. At that time, the impressive selling point of "Relapse" became the biggest sales week of the year for any album. Also, the Slim Shady himself was crowned the biggest selling hip-hop act in the SoundScan era (1991-2009) considering that he has sold around 34 million units with his six albums.
- Other major events of the month:
- May 04: Jennifer Hudson postponed tour due to throat fatigue.
- May 10: Jonas Brothers postponed Mexican concerts due to swine flu.
- May 11: Taylor Momsen was signed to Interscope Records.
- May 12: Eminem sealed a deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.
- May 12: Akon confirmed his involvement in the making of 2010 FIFA World Cup soundtrack.
- May 13: Paul Rodgers left Queen.
- May 21: Jay-Z parted ways with Def Jam.
- May 27: Eminem's "Relapse" earnings became the biggest sales week of the year so far.
A day after Michael Jackson passed away, P. Diddy, The Game, Usher, Chris Brown, Mario Winans and Boyz II Men gathered in the recording booth and crafted a tribute song for the King of Pop. "Better on the Other Side" was debuted on Los Angeles radio station Power 106. "We gonna remember the miracles that you showed us. Through your music, through your dance. You were the one that made us realize that you are the world. Through us your legacy lives on, Mike Jackson," Diddy said at the end of the song.
- Other major events of the month:
- Jun 03: Joe Jonas spoofed Beyonce Knowles' "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" dance.
- Jun 04: Black Eyed Peas' song "I Gotta Feeling" was chosen as a theme song for CBS' summer marketing campaign.
- Jun 08: Kris Allen inked a deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records.
- Jun 09: Adam Lambert joined 19 Recordings/RCA.
- Jun 15: Lil Wayne announced dates for "Young Money Presents: America's Most Wanted Music Festival".
- Jun 16: Brad Paisley received three trophies at 2009 CMT Music Awards.
- Jun 17: Kings of Leon launched their record label.
- Jun 18: Ex-Evanescence's members formed a new band, The Fallen.
- Jun 21: Nickelback got three kudos at 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards.
- Jun 24: Bow Wow confirmed his exit from Columbia Records.
- Jun 24: Jonas Brothers ruled Billboard Hot 200 for the second time with "Lines, Vines and Trying Times".
- Jun 26: P. Diddy, The Game and Chris Brown recorded Michael Jackson tribute song.
- Jun 28: Beyonce Knowles walked home with two gongs at 2009 BET Awards.
- Apr 02: David Cook's "Come Back to Me"
- Apr 08: Eminem's "We Made You"
- Apr 20: Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow"
- Apr 20: Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up"
- Apr 20: Mandy Moore's "I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week"
- Apr 21: David Archuleta's "Touch My Hand"
- Apr 24: Green Day's "Know Your Enemy"
- Apr 28: Katy Perry's "Waking Up in Vegas"
- May 02: Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me"
- May 06: U2's "Magnificent"
- May 13: Rob Thomas' "Her Diamonds"
- May 22: Beyonce Knowles' "Ego"
- May 23: Jonas Brothers' "Paranoid"
- May 27: The Pussycat Dolls' "Hush Hush"
- May 29: Lady GaGa's "Paparazzi"
- May 30: Jeremih's "Birthday Sex"
- Jun 04: David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over"
- Jun 04: Kanye West's "Paranoid"
- Jun 11: Linkin Park's "New Divide"
- Jun 20: Lily Allen's "F**k You"
- Jun 22: Pink's "Funhouse"
- Jun 24: Ciara's "Work"
- Jun 26: Demi Lovato's "Here We Go Again"
- Jun 29: Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
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David Doster
David Eric Doster
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.
- School Indiana State University
- High School New Haven (IN) High School
- Debut June 16, 1996
- Final Game October 3, 1999
- Born October 8, 1970 in Fort Wayne, IN USA
Biographical Information[edit]
David Doster was a solid, if unspectacular, infielder who spent most of his career in AAA. A 27th-round draft pick in 1993 by the Philadelphia Phillies, he showed surprising power in the low minors. His league-leading 63 extra-base hits (including a record 39 doubles) in 1995 helped propel the Reading Phillies to the Eastern League championship. In an exhibition game against the parent club, he hit three homers and missed a fourth by just several feet.
The Phillies could not ignore him any longer; he was called up to the majors on June 16, 1996 following an injury to 2B Mickey Morandini. His first career homer was a 10th-inning walk-off shot to beat the Colorado Rockies on June 21. He was sent back down to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in August and played there until the International League season ended. Doster was driving home to Indiana and listening to the Phillies on the radio when he heard that he had been called up again. So he turned around and headed to Philadelphia.
His role was mostly pinch-hitting, but his four hits in the final two games of the season raised his batting average to .267. He played well for the next two years at Scranton, however he would not reach the big leagues again until making the Phillies' roster out of spring training in 1999. He spent the entire season with the Phils, but managed only 19 hits in 97 at-bats. Following another season at Scranton in 2000, the Phillies sold his contract to the Yokohama Bay Stars.
After a year in Japan, he returned to the Phillies' organization in 2002, driving in 91 runs for Scranton and making the IL All-Star team. He moved on to Nashville in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 2003 and Fresno, the San Francisco Giants' top farm team in 2004. Despite putting together a 32-game hitting streak in 2004 (2nd-longest in the Pacific Coast League since Joe DiMaggio's 61), Doster drew little interest that winter. By this time, he was 35 years old and had not played in the major leagues since 1999. He began the 2005 season in Mexico before signing a minor-league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in August. 24 games with Tucson that fall marked the end of his career.
He is a member of the Reading Phillies Hall of Fame and the Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame.


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Knoch rolls past Highlands
Highlands had its nose pressed against the glass of the WPIAL playoffs, but Knoch abruptly pulled the blind on the Golden Rams, using its best passing performance of the season to post a dominating 41-7 win Friday night at Golden Rams Stadium.
Senior quarterback Dakota Bruggeman threw for a career-high 261 yards and three touchdowns, and senior running back Mike Cunningham caught six passes for 134 yards and scored three times as Class AAA No. 9 Knoch (7-2 6-2) rolled to victory in the Greater Allegheny Conference finale.
Bruggeman also rushed for a score and intercepted a pass, his fifth of the season, and Cunningham, who took a sharp hit to the ribs in the first half but returned, rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown and recovered a fumble.
Knoch will be the fourth-place team from the conference and open the playoffs on the road next week.
The loss eliminated Highlands (4-5, 3-5), which was within a tiebreaker of getting into the postseason potentially as a sixth-place wild card team. A loss to Hollidaysburg in Week 1 came back to bite the Rams, who played last night without starting running back Elijah Jackson. The sophomore missed the game with a concussion.
Highlands also lost starting quarterback Blake Leri to a first-quarter leg injury. The sophomore went down after trying to tackle Cunningham on the Knights' first touchdown.
With Highlands' secondary duct-taped together, Knoch took advantage.
Bruggeman didn't exactly dink-and-dunk the Rams, but he put the ball in the hands of playmakers, who did the heavy lifting.
A week after benefitting from its "Bencat" offense — a series of direct snaps to running back Ben Tackett — Knoch went to the air to post its fourth straight win over Highlands.
"Our plan was to throw short and run long," Knoch coach Mike King said. "They bring a lot of pressure, and Dakota did a good job of picking his moments."
Knoch had five plays go for 30 or more yards in the first half. Three of its touchdowns came on third down plays.
"They were bringing guys off the edge and I was able to get the ball off quick," said Bruggeman, who completed 9 of 17 passes. "I didn't realize how big (junior Allan Cratsenberg) was for them. He was dragging guys all over the field."
In the first half, Bruggeman completed eight passes for 228 yards and two catch-and-run scores to speedy running back Mike Cunningham and Adam Albert, the son of Highlands' coach Sam Albert.
Cunningham's score went for 55 yards; Albert's for 71.
"It was tough for us because we had our second- and third-string kids in there in the secondary," Highlands coach Sam Albert said. "Still, though, Knoch's a great team. I love my kids and am very proud of their effort."
Cunningham opened the scoring with a 40-yard touchdown run. Bruggeman rushed for a 12-yard score just before the break.
Cratsenberg took Leri's place at quarterback and completed his second pass attempt to Deion Fletcher for a 56-yard gain that set up the Golden Rams' only touchdown — a short run by Cratsenberg, who finished with 90 yards rushing on 17 carries.
"Allan Cratsenberg and Zack Mazur are men among boys for us," Sam Albert said. "Our kids gave all they had."
Knoch scored on its opening possession when Bruggeman and Cunningham hooked up again for a 31-yard play on 4th-and-14 to make it 34-7.
"All the credit goes to our linemen," Cunningham said. "(Highlands) was coming in on blitzes so we hurried up and threw the ball. We got open quick."
Knoch nose tackle Jonathan Whalen recovered a Highlands fumble in the end zone for Knoch's final points with 2:16 left.
Linebacker Joe Colonello also picked off a pass for Knoch.
"Our defense played well. We could have tackled a little better, but I am pleased," King said.
Last year, Highlands beat Hampton on the final night of the regular season to clinch and extend its season. This time, the season came to a close in Week 9.
Knoch has beaten Highlands in 11 of the teams' past 13 meetings.
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Pan African Resources PLC
23 December 2005
23 December 2005
'Pan African' or 'the Company'
Interim Statement at 30 September 2005 and Operational Review
Business Highlights
• Appointment of Mr Jan Nelson to the Board as Chief Executive Officer on
1st September 2005
Post Interim Period Events
• Entered into a joint venture agreement for exploration work in the
Central African Republic ('CAR')
• Upgrade of resource at the Manica Gold Project, Mozambique to 800,000oz
Chairman Colin Bird commented:
'The Company has consolidated its overall position during the period under
review and together with asset acquisition in the CAR, the Board is confident
that the coming year will see significant advances in Pan African's mission to
enhance shareholder value.'
For Further information please contact:
Pan African Resources Ambrian Partners Parkgreen Communications
Jan Nelson, CEO Richard Brown / Justine Howarth /
+27 11 886 1211 Emma Priestley Victoria Thomas
Colin Bird, Chairman +44 (0) 207 776 6400 +44 (0) 20 7493 3713
+44 (0) 20 7584 2155
Interim Statement at 30 September 2005 and Operational Review
Chairman's Statement
As the Company has extended its period-end to 31 March 2006, your Board has
issued a Second Interim Statement to shareholders for the twelve months to 30
September 2005.
Result for the period
During the twelve month period under the review, the Group returned a loss of
£227,089 as compared with a loss of £164,231 in the eighteen month period to 30
September 2004.
Operational Review
The Company has reviewed all of its data from the Manica Project, its gold
project in Mozambique and has established a resource of some 800,000 oz (5.3 mts
@ 4.84 g/t average grade). This resource derives from the investigation of 2.4
km out of the total 22 kms currently targeted. The Company believes that there
is an excellent further opportunity for resource expansion within the 22kms.
The company has engaged an independent consultant to audit this resource with a
view to commencing a feasibility study in the near future.
The Wa Project in Ghana is also subject to review and the Board anticipates that
the results will be released early in the New Year.
On 5 October 2005, the company announced that it had acquired a position in the
Central African Republic (CAR). This position is substantial and is in two of
the four recognised Major Green Stone Belts of the CAR. The Company's joint
venture licences contain a number of shallow intercepts with the most promising
two being 19 m @ 17.38 g/t and 20 m of 5.05 g/t.
Pan African has carried out an extensive geochemical programme, the data from
which is currently being reviewed. Once the assay results are available and
interpreted they will be released to the market, which your Board anticipates
will also be early in the New Year.
The Company is building on its already significant position in the CAR and the
Board has an optimistic view of the potential for future gold discovery.
There is a general market view that the gold price will remain strong and to
this end the company believes that its explorations are of the type which could
lead to low cost/high margin operations. With this in mind, the company will
advance its feasibility study in Mozambique and accelerate its exploration
programme in the CAR to target the exploitation of the low cost/high margin
The company has consolidated its overall position during the period under review
and together with asset acquisition in the CAR, the Board is confident that the
coming year will see significant advances in the company's mission to enhance
shareholder value.
By Order of the Board
Colin Bird
22 December 2005
Twelve Months Ended 30 September 2005
Twelve Months Ended Eighteen Months Ended
30.09.2005 30.09.2004
£ £
Administrative expenses - (operating loss) (253,500) (178,374)
Interest receivable 26,411 14,143
___________ ___________
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (227,089) (164,231)
Tax on loss on ordinary activities - -
___________ ___________
Loss for the financial period (227,089) (164,231)
___________ ___________
Loss per ordinary share - basic (0.06p) (0.09p)
___________ ___________
Twelve Months Eighteen Months
Ended Ended
30.09.2005 30.09.2004
£ £ £ £
Intangible assets 4,397,609 3,831,710
Investments 24,200 24,200
----------- -----------
4,421,809 3,855,910
Debtors 12,310 18,434
Cash at bank 431,517 1,224,133
----------- -----------
443,827 1,242,567
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year (101,410) (107,163)
---------- ----------
342,417 1,135,404
---------- -----------
Total assets less current
liabilities 4,764,226 4,991,314
========= =========
Share capital 3,520,000 3,520,000
Share premium account 2,404,829 2,404,829
Merger reserve 1,485,000 1,485,000
Profit and loss account (2,645,603) (2,418,515)
---------- ----------
Shareholders' funds 4,764,226 4,991,314
========= =========
Twelve Months Ended 30 September 2005
CASHFLOW STATEMENT Twelve Months Ended Eighteen Months Ended
30.09.2005 30.09.2004
£ £
Net cash outflow
from operating activities (253,129) (118,199)
Returns on investments and
servicing of finance 26,411 14,143
Capital expenditure and financial investment (565,899) (777,405)
Acquisitions - (43,724)
Financing - 1,578,674
__________ _________
Increase/(Decrease) in cash (792,617) 653,489
__________ _________
Year Ended 30 September 2005
1 The calculation of earnings per share is based on the losses of £227,088
and on the number of shares in issue being the adjusted weighted average
number of shares in issue totalling 352,000,000
The fully diluted earnings per share are based on 352,000,000 ordinary
shares allowing for the full exercise of outstanding share purchase
options and the earnings as stated above. There is no dilutive effect in
the period and in the previous period in accordance with FRS 14 paragraph
2 The current period for the company is an eighteen-month period ending
31 March 2006.
3 The comparative figures were for the eighteen-month period ended 30
September 2004.
4 The interim statement for the twelve months ended 30 September 2005
is unaudited and was approved by the Directors on 22 December 2005. The
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Technology has given amateurs the ability to be as creative as professionals. That's what Adobe suggests with 'The New Creatives,' a commercial for their Creative Cloud product featuring Django Django's song 'Default.'
As the song plays, an assortment of artfully decorated faces blink in and out with the beat. The YouTube video embedded above features the artist's name and a link to their site. Superimposed on the screen are descriptions of all the things you can be with the help of Creative Cloud — anything from a photographer or filmmaker to an app creator.
However, despite the song's undeniable catchiness, the lyrics seem at odds with the product's premise. "You thought you'd set the bar / I'd never tried to work it out / We just lit the fire / And now you want to put it out / You gave it all you got / And all you got is not enough / Why don't you hand it over / Time is up you've had your shot." These put-downs do not mix well with the idea that the Adobe Creative Cloud brings out everybody's potential. In our experience, positive reinforcement works better.
'Default' appeared on Django Django's acclaimed 2012 self-titled release, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize for best album from the U.K. and Ireland.


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About the Book
A collection of 220 colorful illustrations celebrating spots and dots. All original pieces of art are created by hand and digitally rendered by David S. Rose.
Features & Details
- Category Portfolios
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
440 Pages
- Publish Date May 19, 2008
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About the Creator
Growing up in the wet Pacific Northwest, DaVidRo spent many rainy days indoors where he took crayons to the wall and paint to the floor. He realized that colors, shapes and textures rocked his world. For his junior year of high school he packed his bags and headed off to Japan as an exchange student. He was strongly influenced by the Japanese sense of style. During his college years he studied art and design at Portland State University, Oregon State University, Art Institute of Oregon, School of Visual Arts in New York City and an art & music course in London. In 2011, he once again packed his bags and ventured south to the desert. He acquired the DaVidRo nickname while a designer at Stanford University. In his free time he likes to travel, explore, cook, eat, laugh and create art of all kinds including really cool books!
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Sunderland boss Poyet is convinced he can make the combative midfielder a better player after watching him star in the essential victory over Newcastle at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
The 25-year-old looked as though he had no future under former boss di Canio - he may well have been sold in the summer had it not been for an injury - but under Poyet he is enjoying a renaissance and there are bigger things to come, according to the former Brighton manager.
The Uruguayan said: "I am sure we are going to make Lee a much better player than what people think, and that tells you how important he is for the football club.
"He is paying attention, he is always asking questions, he is always learning and if someone needed to play in this game above any game, it was Lee Cattermole, so there was no doubt in my mind about who was starting in the middle.
"Then, of course, you have got options, but I am sure he is going to be much better, and I hope he is going to keep helping us."


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So much exciting casting news this week! Rosamund Pike (Jack Reacher) was offered the lead role in Gone Girl, opposite a freshly cast Ben Affleck, and Ben Foster was cast as Lance Armstrong in a biopic, and Melissa McCarthy is teaming up with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig again. Click through to find out all the biggest casting news of the week, including roles for Gwyneth Paltrow, Carey Mulligan, and Michael B. Jordan.
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Debbie Menin paraded over to Aol Advertising, as the former vice president of branded entertainment at Parade and Parade.com was named head of entertainment marketing, based in Aol's office in Beverly Hills.
Menin will develop marketing strategy to connect Aol Entertainment advertisers with opportunities to build engagement, drive viewership, and boost sales of tickets and DVDs. She will report to VP of advertising and marketing Allison Tepley.
At Parade, she extended the entertainment magazine's brand into multimedia platforms including TV and digital. Prior to serving as VP of branded entertainment, Menin held the posts of VP/national entertainment director and VP/West Coast director. Prior to Parade, Menin worked with MTV Networks and College Television Network.


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Onscreen siblings Ranveer, Priyanka catch up before film shoot
Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar and Priyanka Chopra were spotted late Tuesday night (May 13) in suburban Mumbai, after what clearly looked like a meeting before their next film, 'Dil Dhadakne Do' goes on floors. (Source: Photo by Varinder Chawla)
Songstress Priyanka Chopra was casually stylish in a white top with faded denims and black pumps. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )
The actress has her tied piled on the top of her head. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )
Ranveer Singh, who plays Priyanka's brother in the film, was sporty in a sleeveless jersey with shorts and red trainers. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )
The cast of 'Dil Dhadakne Do', directed by Zoya Akhtar, were said to fly down to Barcelona this week and commence shooting on May 18. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )
Zoya's brother, Farhan Akhtar who also stars in his sister's directorial venture also looked like he had returned from the gym in a jersey with shorts and sneakers. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )
Seen here, Priyanka gets into her car post the meeting. 'Dil Dhadakne Do', which is said to be about a dysfunctional family, stars Anil Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma with Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra playing siblings. ( Source: Varinder Chawla )


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Montreal, Que. (Jun. 14)
Commenting on Cardinal O'Connell's recent speech in Boston where he openly condemned racial hatred and Jewish persecutions, the Jewish Daily Eagle draws a parallel between this stand and the attitude of the Catholic clergy in the Province of Quebec who have not identified themselves with any open protest against the anti-semitic propaganda in the province. Some of the clergy, in fact, are known to have given their blessing and support to the movement.
"What is specially noteworthy in the cardinal's liberal attitude," states the Eagle, "is the parallel that may be drawn between him and the dignitaries of the Catholic church in Canada. Surely Cardinal O'Connell is as good a Catholic as the Catholics of the Province of Quebec. But here the attitude towards the Jews is somewhat different. Here the representatives of the church remain indifferent to the wild anti-Jewish incitement, carried on under the mantle of Christianity.
"Why the solemn stillness on the part of the church dignitaries? Why do they not raise their voices in protest to condemn the wild cannibalistic acts of the local well-poisoners? The reason is unknown. But we do know that there are many clergymen who are very much in sympathy with the anti-Semitic incitement. It is well known that certain church dignitaries have lent a hand to foment this anti-semitic incitement, and the fact that the Catholic church, which is so influential in Quebec, has not done anything to stop this vile propaganda against the Jews, this fact places the leaders of the Catholic church in Quebec in somewhat different light than the churchmen in America."


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A man with a deep voice identified himself: Dan Slick from Mechanicsville, Md.
"I just have a few questions,'' he said.
"Does the name Katharina Weisensel mean anything to you?''
Janet Acerra knew the last name but had never heard of Katharina.
"Were you born on July 11, 1961?''
"Yes,'' she answered, "that's my birthday.''
"Do you know if you were adopted?''
"I don't know how to tell you this, but I'm your brother.''
Silence. Acerra gripped her telephone.
"Are you sitting down?'' the man asked.
"There were 10 of us. You're the baby.''
• • •
Forty-nine years.
Time enough for Janet Acerra to earn two college degrees, marry twice, lose two babies at birth and survive cancer. Time enough to travel the country on a motorcycle, raise a stepdaughter and be honored as the 2005 Pinellas County teacher of the year.
But in all that time, she had done nothing to learn about her own beginnings.
Two months after that call, the teacher is on a mission. She has looked into her brother's face and seen her own.
Learning about her birth family hasn't changed who she is or made her love her adoptive family any less. But knowing the facts has answered lingering questions and connected her to a heritage that is rich, fascinating and sometimes just plain weird.
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Which brings us to mother and father.
Jakob Kiesl and his wife, Berta, owned a small restaurant outside Wurzburg in northern Bavaria. But Jakob devoted his romantic attention to a tall, blond woman 22 years younger, Katharina Weisensel. She ran the restaurant; Berta labored in the kitchen. They all lived upstairs, kept separate bedrooms.
It's not clear why Berta would tolerate such an arrangement. In war-torn Germany, her options were likely limited. In any event, she assumed a different identity: grandmother.
On April 25, 1942, Katharina, then 19, gave birth to a son. He died the same day. They named him Friedwald.
The babies started coming like clockwork.
Gerhard Andreas arrived in November 1943 but lived only four months. Ursula was born in August 1945. Little is known about her. Hannelore came next (September 1946) and lived with her parents.
Then came a change of strategy as Katharina endured the stares and whispers and did her best to conceal her bulging belly. Wolfgang, born in September 1948, was placed for adoption. Gerhard (1952) wound up in foster care. Siegfried (1956), Helmut (1959) and the baby later known as Janet Marie (1961) all were placed for adoption. For some reason, Karlheinz, born in May 1958, remained with his mother.
Many years would pass before curious siblings began piecing together the details. They benefitted from liberal access to records at the Catholic orphanage in Wurzburg and Hannelore's recollections of her childhood.
The obstacles were across the Atlantic.
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Frau Pickle, an orphanage nurse, dressed the baby girl in lederhosen and white knit stockings for the TWA flight from Frankfurt to New York. Margaret and Michael Mickulas waited at Idlewild Airport, eager to meet their daughter.
The Mickulases had just lost a baby at birth and at 44 considered another attempt too risky. They were too old to adopt a baby in the United States, but a relative had been stationed in Wurzburg at the end of the war and knew of the orphanage. Frau Pickle handed off the baby and the Mickulases took her to their home on Maspeth Avenue in Queens.
They named their daughter Janet Marie.
Five years later they moved to Long Island. Michael Mickulas worked as a linotype machinist. Janet excelled in school and loved her brother, Phil, 17 years older.
"As far as I was concerned,'' she said, "this was my family. These were my parents. They gave me such a great life and a wonderful brother.''
But they didn't give her the full story of her birth parents.
They told Janet that her mother died at 16 at childbirth and that her father died in a motorcycle accident before she was born. She knew the mother's last name: Weisensel. "That was about it,'' she said. "We never talked about it. I just assumed I was the only child.''
Janet earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education at Long Island University and then followed her parents to Florida when they retired to Clearwater in 1980. She got her first job teaching school at Tarpon Springs Fundamental. Her career soared as she was named the state's top elementary science teacher in 2000. Then the top teacher in Pinellas. And this year: one of three state finalists for the Presidential Award for excellence in science and math.
All that was about to take a back seat to the real excitement brewing.
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Katharina Weisensel gave her final son a name when he arrived in 1959: Helmut Gunter. Frau Pickle at the adoption agency already had parents picked out for him, a U.S. Army soldier stationed in Heidelberg and his German wife. Nine months later, Russ and Ludmillia Slick took their baby home. They named him Dan.
He grew up in Michigan where his father worked for the Army reserve center. Dan had a brother and sister, earned degrees at Michigan State and Western State universities and became an aircraft design engineer. He married Beth, a respiratory therapist, and they had a son and a daughter, three years apart.
In 2007, Wolfgang and Hannelore were tracking their family tree. Hannelore, now living in Liverpool, N.Y., called Dan's mother. She denied having an adopted son but later told Dan about the call. Dan didn't give it much thought. But Beth went to work on her computer.
On Nov. 27, as he dressed for work, Dan mentioned to Beth that he would like to know his medical history. "I just kind of voiced it,'' he said, "and she spun around, opened a drawer and pulled out a piece of paper. She said, 'I have the phone number of your brother, Gerhard. Can I call him?' I was stunned.''
Now the search focused on the baby. The siblings in Germany with access to the orphanage records found the Mickulases' address in Queens. Beth, using a Google search, tracked a Michael Mickulas to an address in a neighborhood just outside New Port Richey. It was Janet and Andrew Acerra's home. They had cared for her father during his final days.
Beth typed in Janet Acerra and found her biography. She read about Janet's honors and learned she had taught at Forest Lakes Elementary in Oldsmar since it opened 16 years earlier.
Beth and Dan stared at her photograph. She looked like Dan.
• • •
Katharina Weisensel's two youngest children wasted no time getting to know each other. They talked for hours on the phone, exchanging 50 years' worth of information and experiences, musing about the dynamic of their biological parents. They prepared for an October trip to Germany to meet the other siblings.
"We had a bond I can't describe,'' she said. "All these years we had no idea the other existed, and now we wanted to know everything.''
Finally, on Feb. 19, they were to meet in person. Janet paced and talked nonstop, pausing only to peek out the window.
A red Chevy rental rolled up the driveway. Before Dan could knock on the door, she threw it open and leaped into his arms. They held each other tight, breaking only to stare in each other's tear-filled eyes.
"It's like looking at yourself, isn't it?'' Dan said.
"Unbelievable,'' Janet answered.
"Totally unbelievable.''
Bill Stevens can be reached at email@example.com or at (727) 869-6250.


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Now, let's introduce that fiscal monster known as economies of scale. Big wine operators have it; small ones don't. Processing, bottling, packaging, distribution, marketing - all of these things are more expensive for small producers. What this means is that a small 1000-tonne winery selling a $20 bottle of wine in a retail outlet makes the princely sum of about 48 cents on the bottle. At this rate, the Wine Industry Association of Western Australia estimates that small producers pay three to four times more tax than large companies.
This apparent inequity is caused not so much by the high level of wine tax, but by the nature or form of the tax itself.
Wine tax in Australia is termed "ad valorem" - that is, it's a value-based tax. Small wineries reckon this disadvantages them as they strive to make better quality - and therefore more expensive - wines. The small producers like to think of themselves as the innovators and trendsetters of the business. The fact that many of the wines in Langton's posh Aussie wine classification are made by the little producers seems to bear this out. Smaller players are, generally speaking, in favour of a volumetric tax (that is, a tax based on alcohol content), rather than the current system based on price. They like the volumetric system because it would lower the tax on their wine as a percentage of the bottle's price.
Yet just under 50 per cent of wine sold domestically is in casks; it's the big companies that make the casks; casks are cheap, therefore they attract little tax. So it is the big companies that gain most from the ad valorem tax regime. This tax system keeps cheaper wine cheap. Critics of cheap casks, such as the Alcohol Tax Reform Alliance, supported by research from the National Drug Research Institute and the National Indigenous Substance Misuse Council, say casks are taxed at one-fifth the amount of light beer and that this needs to come into parity in order to decrease the social problems caused by alcoholism. Casks are too cheap, in other words. Big companies say that raising the price of cheaper casks and bottled wine would turn away new, younger consumers. They add that an increase in cask prices would see sales fall and, as a result, more non-premium wine would be pushed into Australia's precious overseas markets, thus damaging our reputation as producers of quality wine. (Wine destined for export attracts no WET.)
All of this muddies the waters of the tax debate, leading you to wonder if the high rate of wine tax paid in this country is more of a sin tax, like the tax on beer and cigarettes. Economists and tax policy formulators use the term "negative externalities". In other words, you can tax some products at a higher rate because they lead to bad things - lung cancer, domestic violence, road trauma and alcoholism. And I thought wine was a civilising influence.
More importantly, this debate confuses issues and diverts our attention from the main problem - not how we pay wine tax, but why we pay so much.
Why the wine makers of Australia aren't doing more about this usurious tax is another interesting question. Have the big companies - the ones with nothing to lose under the present tax - got selective laryngitis? Are the smaller companies' voices just not being heard?
Do we really want the Federal Government to fiddle with the tax again? When governments meddle with tax, it tends to go up, not down. No one in the wine industry wants to see an excise tax re-introduced, and no one even jokes about wine being brought into tax parity with beer and spirits. Shudder.
The Government is taxing the wine industry in the way it is because it believes it can get away with it. Of course, in the current climate, with business pages full of good news about wine company profits and growing exports and enormous interest in our wine companies from even bigger overseas grog conglomerates, the tax debate and the plight of smaller wine makers is overlooked. But it's the small wineries that do so much to bolster regional tourism and employment. How can you have an export market if you don't have a domestic one?
The wine industry is taxed so highly because it's so successful. It's an easy tax target with a few skeletons, or "negative externalities", in the closet. I know. I talked to the Federal Government. Who is to blame for this high wine tax? I asked. The consumer, said a spokesperson. People are drinking and enjoying wine too much.
Information for this article supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the University of Adelaide's Centre for International Economic Studies. To have your say about wine tax, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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