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Prageeta Sharma was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1972, shortly after her parents emigrated from India in 1969. She attended Simon's Rock College of Bard for her undergraduate studies and received an MFA in poetry from Brown University in 1995 and an MA in media studies from The New School in 2002.
She is the author of three poetry collections: Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books, 2007); The Opening Question (Fence Books, 2004), winner of the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize; and Bliss to Fill (Subpress Collective, 2000).
About her work, poet Lisa Jarnot says, "Prageeta Sharma's poems are as ever imbued with a crafty playfulness by which the appearances of the I, the you, and the we transcend tricks of the trade. Sharma cultivates mindscapes, scrutinizing the self in the midst of blooming and shifting guaranteed to exhilarate the reader."
Sharma received a 2010 Howard Foundation Grant and has taught in the creative writing program at The New School in New York City and in the Individualized BA program at Goddard College in Vermont. Sharma is currently an associate professor and director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana in Missoula.


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One of the biggest difficulties with international SEO is the successful targeting of the correct website to the correct region, so that search users in a particular region find the site that is aimed at them.
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text: Clarksburg rape case DNA match identified By Zac Taylor December 13, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A man who defense lawyers say matches DNA in the 2001 home invasion robbery and rape of an elderly Clarksburg woman has been identified.Lawyers for Joseph Buffey, the man who has spent more than a decade in prison for the crime, said Thursday morning that a recent database hit indicates that Adam D. Bowers' DNA was found at the scene of the woman's rape.Bowers, 27, is currently serving time on charges of unlawful assault and breaking and entering. According to one media blog, Bowers had broken into the home of a woman and punched her in the face several times before making off with cash and a bottle of pills.Buffey's lawyers mentioned Bowers' criminal past in a previous court motion.Harrison County Circuit Judge Thomas Bedell on Thursday permitted Innocence Project lawyer Nina Morrison to release the man's name to the public, but postponed a ruling that would release Buffey from prison on bail.But while Harrison prosecutors have confirmed that police have launched an investigation into Bowers' possible involvement in the rape and robbery, they say the evidence in the case still does not point to Buffey's innocence."Basically, the DNA test has revealed that, at the very least, there was most likely another perpetrator at the scene," Harrison County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Shaffer said. "Our position at this time is that it does not necessarily exonerate Mr. Buffey."In 2002, before the West Virginia State Police lab returned initial test results on sperm samples found at the scene of the rape, and against the advice of his trial attorney, Buffey entered a guilty plea to two counts of sexual assault and one count of first-degree robbery.A judge later sentenced him to 40 years in prison on the robbery and consecutive 15- to 35-year terms on the sexual assaults.Buffey told his attorney at the time that he knew the test results would come back negative and insisted on going ahead with the plea anyway, according to portions of a transcript from appeals proceedings. During the initial stage of the investigation, police believed that the woman, known in court filings only as Ms. L, had just one attacker, Shaffer said. Because Buffey pled to being the sole perpetrator of the crime, investigators did not have a chance to determine whether a second person was at the scene, he said.David Romano, the assistant prosecutor representing the state in Buffey's current appeal, said that investigators have known since the first test results came back in 2002 that an unknown profile was found at the scene. Buffey's DNA was never found, but that doesn't mean he wasn't at the scene and didn't commit the crime, Romano said."He said he did it. You do not always need DNA when you have penetration," Romano said. "This does not change anything unless someone comes forward and says something dramatic."Morrison and Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck would not comment on whether Buffey and Bowers know each other. They declined to allow Buffey to testify during Thursday's hearing."It's not a stranger," Romano said. "The real issue is whether Mr. Buffey has a connection. They refused to make a representation one way or the other." During the course of the appeal, Buffey's lawyers accused former Clarksburg Police Detective R.G. Matheny of coercing a "quasi-confession" from Buffey during an hours-long interrogation that lasted until the early morning. In that confession, he told the investigators that he "first encountered the lady in the dining room" and that she "flipped out" and began yelling and screaming, according to court filings. Buffey then asked the officers if they wanted to "know the truth.""I didn't do it," he said, according to court filings.Matheny also was accused of lying to grand jurors in an attempt to push through an indictment. According to Morrison, Matheny gave four blatantly false pieces of information during the grand jury session: Buffey did not fully confess to the rape because he claimed to have blacked out, and did not remember what had transpired after he confronted the woman. Buffey had inside knowledge of the alleged perpetrator's entry point to the house. Ms. L told police that the intruder had a flashlight and a knife. Matheny told the grand jury that the flashlight was the same one Buffey had stolen while breaking into a local Salvation Army the same night. The knife that police recovered from one of Buffey's friends "fit to a T" the knife Ms. L described. She said the one the intruder used had an 8-inch blade, grooves and a sheaf. Buffey said during the interrogation that he never blacked out, according to the interrogation transcript. Later, another investigator asserts that Buffey told them he blacked out.Buffey told the detectives that he did not know the entry point to the house, and then eventually guessed incorrectly when pressed. The police report from the Salvation Army break-in did not include that the perpetrators had stolen a flashlight, and Ms. L did not describe the knife in as much detail as Matheny provided to the grand jury, court filings indicate."Did he get some things maybe not precise? I don't know," Romano said Thursday. "It's not relevant."Romano said that the grand jury proceedings do not trump the fact that Buffey pleaded guilty to the crime. Bedell set a full hearing in March that will examine the new evidence in the case.Reach Zac Taylor at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5189. 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CRT Presents A Dream Play 3/24-4/3
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present August Strindberg's A Dream Play, adapted and directed by Joseph Jonah Therrien March 24 - April 3, in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
CRT audiences have come to love puppet arts productions that feature all original puppet creations. August Strindberg's ground breaking experiment in surrealism A Dream Play, written in 1901, offers puppet artist Joseph Jonah Therrien fertile creative territory to stage this haunting story where Agnes, daughter of the gods, is sent down to earth to see if life is really as difficult as people make it out to be. Therrien will design and direct with all original puppets created specifically for this surreal world of gods and humans, where, as Strindberg writes in the preface, "Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and space do not exist."
This exciting theatrical challenge will be met through the art of puppetry, featuring a variety of styles and theatrical innovations. Director/Writer Joseph Jonah Therrien will tell the story using hand puppets, rod puppets, masks, toy theater elements, live puppeteers and dynamic lighting and set design.
Agnes is the daughter of Indra a Hindu God. She is curious about the nature of humanity. Indra decides to make her human and send her to earth to experience life as a human. Agnes meets a multitude of characters who merge together and split apart, just like in a dream. She discovers humanity is tragic and beautiful, and returns home with this new realization and an outcome she did not expect.
Director Joseph Jonah Therrien said, " In my adaptation, I have attempted to harness Strindberg's haunting images in order to reexamine what it means to be a human in a world where so much suffering exists. Using masks, rod puppets, hand puppets, toy theater elements, and a chorus of Suzuki Method trained puppeteers, the proportions of reality are exaggerated, relationships are stretched, and incongruous images are juxtaposed as the audience journeys with Agnes through a dream version of our world to unravel the mystery of human existence."
Joseph Jonah Therrien (Director) is a third year MFA candidate at Uconn's Puppet Arts Program. He has performed, designed, taught, and directed in New York, Chicago, and throughout the Northeast. The puppets and masks that he designed for CRT's production of Galileo appeared in American Theater Magazine and were also selected to be shown at The 2011 Prague Quadrennial Competition. Joseph was also recognized as an Emerging Artist at The National Puppetry Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater in 2010. While at UConn, he has appeared in Icarus as the Poet Warrior, Tommy as The Pinball Wizard, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as Butch Honeywell. Last spring he traveled to Chicago and performed in Redmoon Theater's Spectacle Lunatique. In the fall, Joseph will be workshopping a new rock and roll musical for masks and puppets called The Witch in the Tower with Project Theater in New York.
The Design team includes: Joshua Kigner, Scenic Designer; Kwame Tucker, Lighting Designer; Matthew Peoples, Costume Designer; Steven Magro, Sound Designer; Travis Lope, Puppet Technical Director; Kaela Whitaker, Dramaturg; Jackie Cookfair, Stage Manager.
The play features David Regan as Strindberg, undergraduate acting students: Tom Foran as The Poet, Zane Roberts as Policeman/School Teacher/Chancellor, Bryan Swormstedt as The Lawyer, and Desmond Thorne as The Officer; puppet arts students Scott Cooke as Quarantine Master, Miron Gusso as Doorman, Nicole Leduc Hartigan as Puppeteer, Xing Xin Liu as Puppeteer, Seth Shaffer as Indra, Caitlin Shirts as Stage Manager, Kali Therrien as Hand Puppeteer; and theatre studies student Mandy Weiss as Agnes.
Tom Foran (The Poet) is a senior BFA actor from East Hartford. Previous credits include - CRT: A Flea in Her Ear (Victor Chandebise/Poche), Othello (Lodovico), Too Much Memory (Creon), Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party (Tom Hauser/Walter/Abe), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Fisherman/various), The Skin of Our Teeth (Judge Moses/Defeated Candidate), A Man For All Seasons (Attendant); UConn Puppet Arts - Bandaid Boy (Doctor Q/TK Reilly/The Emcee). Tom is also the co-founder of Blunt Objects, a theatrical guerrilla punk troupe, which has toured four original puppet farces in as many states.
Zane Roberts (Policeman/School Teacher/Chancellor) is a fourth year Acting BFA student. He has appeared in such CRT shows as The Skin of Our Teeth (Refugee/Conveneer), Icarus (Snooty Attendant/Strong Man), Galileo (Matti) and Too Much Memory (The Chorus). Most recently he played Judge Littlefield, Caiaphas the Elder and St. Matthew in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Zane is also a writer who has been featured at Long River Live and the upcoming Poetic Journeys at UConn. He is currently hard at work on an independent film that he co-wrote and is co-directing called Sex, Drugs, and Magic.
Mandy Weiss (Agnes) is an 8th semester Theater Studies major. Recent credits include: (CRT)- Bandaid Boy (Ensemble), Spring Awakening (Martha Bessel); Spectacle Lunatique (Performer) at Redmoon Theatre in Chicago, IL; and Michael Bradford's Olives & Blood (Narrator) with the African American Playwright's Exchange. Other credits include: UCONN film production of Parrot Island (Puppeteer), 2009 & 2010 Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference (Puppeteer), sound designer for CRT's Antony & Cleopatra, and ASM for CRT's Pentecost.
Please call 860-486-4226 for tickets or for more information. Please call the box office or visit www.crt.uconn.edu for specific show dates and times because performance schedules vary and are subject to change.
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There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. — French proverb
A clear conscience makes a soft pillow. — American proverb
The softest pillow is a clear conscience. — Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
There's been a debate for centuries about whether or not sleeping with a clear conscience makes for a better night's sleep. It's even a recurring theme in Shakespeare's Macbeth who felt as though when he murdered the King in his sleep that he actually murdered sleep. Although there are plenty of theories on sleeping with a clear conscience, there haven't been any definitive studies done to lend weight to the ages old theory regarding conscience and sleep.


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Duke has short start in Nationals' third straight loss
Spot starter departs in fourth inning, gives up four runs vs. Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- Before Monday night's first pitch against the Giants, Nationals manager Davey Johnson said he was hoping spot starter Zach Duke would be able to get through five good innings. It turned out Duke couldn't even escape the fourth frame of the series opener, which ended in an 8-0 Washington loss.
Starting in place of southpaw Ross Detwiler, who is nursing a right oblique injury, Duke finished 3 1/3 innings, giving up four earned runs on seven hits while striking out one. Just hours after the team learned reliever Ryan Mattheus broke his right hand by punching his locker following Sunday's 13-4 loss at San Diego, Duke couldn't deliver the long outing the Nationals needed so badly.
"I felt fine. Health-wise, stamina, I felt fine," Duke said. "Unfortunately, I didn't execute quite well enough. Missed some spots and ground balls made their way through."
The Giants started off the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the second, when Andres Torres hit a hard RBI double off the left-field wall and Brandon Crawford drove in Brandon Belt with a fielder's choice. By the end of the fourth inning, San Francisco held a commanding 5-0 lead.
Duke surrendered a pair of singles to lead off the frame before getting lifted with one out. Reliever Craig Stammen came in and couldn't hold the inherited runners, allowing runs on a sacrifice bunt, double and single in succession. The first two runs of the frame were charged to Duke.
Stammen eventually gave way to Henry Rodriguez, who was forced to throw 47 pitches in the final two innings because of the Nationals' depleted bullpen.
"That was a tough one," Johnson said of his team's third straight loss. "Been in a lot of funny games, but going into that one being a couple of pitchers short was tough. I thought we did an adequate job. I had to really stretch out Henry."
For Duke, it marked his first start since July 10, 2011, but he lasted just 58 pitches. Like his manager, Duke was hoping to get through five innings, but said his lack of control ultimately cut his night short. Still, he was happy to be on the hill as a starter again.
"Felt good to be out there to establish a little bit of what I do," Duke said. "Unfortunately, I wasn't able to sustain it very well."
Bryce Harper returned to the Washington lineup, but it did little to slow down Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong, who threw five shutout innings before leaving with a fractured hand after being hit by a pitch while batting. Harper finished 0-for-4, but appeared to go through the game without incident on his balky left knee.
Harper was unavailable for comment shortly after the game, but Johnson said he believed the young slugger didn't do anything to aggravate the injury.
"To the best of my knowledge," Johnson said.
The Nationals managed just three hits on the evening, all of them coming off Vogelsong. It marked the latest performance for a team that's struggled to hit all year, as it entered Monday's contest with a .230 team batting average, tied for the second worst in MLB.
"We're just trying to do too much," Johnson said.
Ian Desmond, who went 0-for-3 on the evening, even tried to spark up his teammates with a pregame talk during a hitters' meeting Monday, to no avail.
"When things don't go good, it's kind of easy to point the finger," Desmond said. "I just wanted to express to guys, 'Hey, do what you do best.' That's all we can ask. If everybody does the best job that they can, then at the end of the day, we're going to be a pretty good ballclub."
In Desmond's eyes, about the only consistent thing this season has been the team's defense. The loss marked the third straight defeat for the Nationals, whose record dropped to 23-22. It's only May, but Desmond felt compelled to address his teammates about their recent struggles.
"At this point, it's starting to get a bit frustrating," Desmond said. "But at the same time, this is a long season, this is not a game for the mentally weak and you're going to have to grind through it."
Even though Vogelsong entered the game with an MLB-worst 8.06 ERA, the Nationals could only muster three harmless singles off the righty.
Vogelsong looked like he was in the midst of his best start of the 2013 campaign. Understandably, he was disappointed to have his start cut short by a significant injury, but tried to keep a positive attitude.
"That's the best I've felt in a long time," Vogelsong said. "From a mental aspect, physical aspect, everything felt good. It was nice to be able to get out there and have everything that I've been working on for the last couple of weeks kind of fall into place. From that standpoint, it's a good place to start when I come back."
Following the game, Duke was briefed that Vogelsong had suffered a broken hand. Duke himself overcame a broken hand to start the 2011 season, sitting out eight weeks after getting hit by a line drive. He had nothing but good wishes for his former Pittsburgh teammate, but said the upcoming rehab process would be tough.
"I couldn't pick up a ball for five weeks," Duke said. "You have to get out there and kind of re-establish what you did through the offseason. It's a frustrating process."
Alex Espinoza is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wrecking Ball Coming to Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle
The developer behind a 17-story apartment building in the middle of Woodmont Triangle may soon have demolition permits, which will cause a few construction pains in one of Bethesda's most popular commercial areas. Chevy Chase-based JBG Cos. is finalizing its permits with Montgomery County's Department of Permitting Services and demolition on the green awning-adorned building at 4900 Fairmont Ave. could start this quarter, according to Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Director Ken Hartman. Preparation for the demolition has already caused some construction traffic on Fairmont Avenue, where crews have been building the 17-story Bainbridge Bethesda apartment across the street. Expect that traffic to increase and some temporary closures of Fairmont Avenue when construction begins. Hartman also said work on an apartment complex slated for the old Bethesda Post Office at 7001 Arlington Rd. could start this quarter.


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As we approach the end of the year, investors must decide how to deal with their 2012 realized capital gains. This year, the decision-making is complicated by the pending fiscal cliff, which brings with it the likelihood of higher capital-gains tax rates beginning in 2013.
While the issue of whether or not to realize embedded gains is complicated for many investors (and one we will address in an upcoming article), today we'll focus on an equally important issue: whether or not to offset previously realized gains by taking unrealized losses.
Many investors have questioned the wisdom of taking losses to offset lower taxed gains in 2012, rather than waiting to offset higher taxed gains in 2013. Our own feeling is that if capital-gains rates rise to only 20%, it's a no-brainer: Take losses now, because of the time value of money.
Even at a tax rate of 23% to 25%, we would be inclined to act now. Again, there is the bird-in-the-hand aspect of forgoing paying taxes now. In addition, next year might very well bring the opportunity to offset additional gains with additional losses. You might therefore have an offset opportunity next year, even if you take advantage of current losses now.
If you are inclined to realize losses in order to offset gains, the question becomes, do you want to sell a position and move on to another investment, or take the loss while holding on to the investment? In that regard, we refer you to our Aug. 28 piece, "To Hold or Not to Hold?" which focused on deciding whether to stick with losers.
You have until the very end of the year to sell a stock to realize your loss. However, if, for investment-driven reasons you want to stay with a position into 2013 but also want to realize a loss now, there are two specific and time-sensitive possibilities.
The first is the double-up strategy. Doubling up entails buying more of the stock you plan to sell, waiting 30 more days (starting the day after the buy), and then selling the original investment to realize a capital loss.
In order to make the sale count as a 2012 loss, you must not only wait 30 days after the date of doubling up or of sale, you must also sell the losing stock before the end of the year. (You can buy or sell on the 31st day.)
Therefore, today is the last day for an effective double-up, with a sale to take place on Dec. 31.
If one doesn't have extra cash sitting around to double up on a stock, an alternative approach is to sell and then to repurchase the stock, after waiting the required 30 days after the sale (though a repurchase can be in the following tax year).
With multiple losing stocks that you want to continue holding, you can combine the two strategies (and reduce the amount of funds needed to do it) by selling one stock and doubling up on the other, and then reversing both transactions 31 days later.
Since many times last year's losers become next year's winners (and frequently at the beginning of the new year after tax selling pressure has passed), it has often worked well to have sold and already repurchased desirable losers by the end of the year. In order to do this and effectively capture the loss, the sale must be made no later than today, with a Dec. 31 repurchase.
A potential enhancement to the selling in order to repurchase is to purchase a similarly situated company (or a fund or ETF that roughly parallels the company just sold) for the duration of the 30-day waiting period. This second investment would then be unwound in order to complete the repurchase of the original stock.
While there have been some encouraging signs of a tax deal happening before year-end, there is no certainty that this will be the case, and we might not know 2013's rates until sometime next year.
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Friday, Dec. 13, 1912. One year has passed since the bodies of four murder victims were found on the Morner dairy farm in DeFreestville, The Record reports, and the case remains "the most baffling and mystifying ever recorded in the police annals of Rensselaer county."
The victims were Ann Morner, the mother of Arthur, age 28, Edith, age 20, and Anne, age 17. Three of the bodies were buried beneath the floorboards of a barn; the fourth was found nearby. The surviving family member, Ann's son Jesse, who wasn't on the farm at the time, now lives there alone.
Since the bodies were discovered, suspicion has focused on one potential culprit. Edward Donato, a laborer on the Morner farm since the previous summer, has not been seen, or hasn't been identified definitely, since the Morner bodies were discovered.
"If he perpetrated the deeds, as is most commonly supposed, he had a start of fully a day before the bodies were found," our reporter writes, "That delay in beginning the search has proved sufficient to apparently make good his permanent escape in spite of the efforts of East Greenbush farmers, bloodhounds, the sheriff and his assistants and eager officers in almost every part of the United States."
The person who finds Donato will receive $3,500 in reward money -- equivalent to more than $50,000 in 21st century currency. The largest part of the reward is $2,000 promised by the governor of New York. The Rensselaer County board of supervisors offers $1,000, while Jesse Morner personally offers $500.
Over the past year, numerous "suspicious looking" people have been suspected of being the fugitive Donato. The first such suspect was nearly lynched by a mob outside Union Station in Albany the weekend after the bodies were found. More recently, a man calling himself Edward Donato was found working in a North Dakota rail yard, but relatives and friends of the Morners who supposedly knew the DeFreestville farm worker failed to identify the North Dakota man as the suspected killer.
Given the incentives for his capture, Donato's apparently complete disappearance has inspired speculation that he may have been the fifth victim of the actual killer of the Morners. On the assumption that "the magnitude of the crime precluded the possibility of its commission by one man," some suspect that Donato may have been a conspirator in the killings, only to be killed by his unknown partners. Others speculate that he may have been altogether innocent. In any event, if Donato is dead, "the actual slayers were more successful in their efforts to bury his body where it would not be found."


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How much sleep did you get last night? It's difficult to believe that one-third of the average human life is spent sleeping. After all, life pulls us in many different directions each day. From working late hours and maintaining the house to spending time with family and friends, it's surprising that anyone has time for sleep at all. While the issue of inadequate sleep is not a new one, today's technology can serve as a distraction, as well as allowing us to work harder and longer, and a good night's rest is usually the first thing to be sacrificed because of it.
Though everyone recognizes how a poor night's sleep affects them, we have only recently begun to fully understand the profound impact that sleep, or lack thereof, has on our health and well-being. The consequences of sleep-related problems range from simply not feeling well, to increased risks of significant work and traffic-related accidents, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. Given the body's need for sleep, it is in the best interest of your health to give it some attention.
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- Tech IPOs tend to bring high-risk and high-reward.
- Some investors are even dissuaded by signs of profitability, because that would indicate a company's maturity.
- Technology companies that have already matured may be less likely to grow.
James Dennin, Kapitall: As the Twitter IPO approaches, a new study shows stocks do better when they're already profitable before an IPO… In addition to a billion dollar line of credit, Twitter is also looking at one of the most favorable Initial Public Offering (IPO) arrangements in over a year. Competition to partner with the company for its imminent IPO has driven down the price of the fees bankers are hoping to collect, to just 3.25% of the total money raised. Similarly sized companies Pandora (P) and LinkedIn (LKND) were charged 7% for their IPOs last year. [Read more on Tech from Kapitall: Chinese Tech Stocks Outperforming BRIC Markets] However, as many bears on the company are quick to point out, Twitter still isn't very profitable yet. The company lost money in 2012, and with the possible exception of 2009, has lost money every year since its inception in 2006. The fact that so many banks are willing to help finance the company despite roughly six years of failing to turn a profit indicates the optimism about technology companies and the buoyancy of the IPO market, even despite concern about the budget battle in Washington. Yet as a new study in The Wall Street Journal has revealed, Twitter's case is hardly unusual. Of the 28 technology companies that have gone public so far this year, 19 failed to turn a profit the preceding year, a percentage of 68%. That's the highest percentage since before the dot.com bust – the highest of any year since 2007. Now, young technology companies attract investors for many reasons. Consider:


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OAKLAND — The Bay Area has been captivated by these Warriors since early in the season.
But suddenly a nation is watching. And debating. And perhaps liking what it sees.
Even when the Warriors qualified for the playoffs, they might as well as have been playing in North Dakota. National sports shows such as ESPN's "SportsCenter" and "First Take" continued to focus on things such as the demise of the Lakers and whatever LeBron James was doing at any given moment.
But coach Mark Jackson is nothing if not media savvy. Having played in the media capital of New York City and also serving as a national TV commentator after his playing days, he knows what attracts attention. He also knows which hot buttons to push to generate buzz.
Jackson's vocal allegations about the Denver Nuggets trying to rough up star guard Stephen Curry and taking "cheap shots" at his ankle had ancillary benefit. It was controversy, and there's nothing better for attracting the sports media and sports fans. Not surprisingly, a significantly larger national media contingent turned out for the clincher.
The subsequent $25,000 fine Jackson received Thursday for an "attempt to influence the officiating" only heightened intrigue about Game 6. It was a pittance for the return in interest it bought, and with Golden State's 92-88 victory that closed out the series, the entire NBA-watching country saw the Warriors and is now talking them up.
"It really shows you that things have changed around here," Jackson said. "It's a beautiful thing to be relevant, and not just in this area, but people are embracing this basketball team. I think it's how they conduct their business, how they compete and they're just a lovable bunch of guys."
On ESPN's "First Take" on Friday, panelists Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless did an extended segment on the Warriors series against the Nuggets and talked excitedly about the next one against the San Antonio Spurs. "SportsCenter" is suddenly devoting significant minutes to the Warriors. NBA-TV is all over them. They're getting analyzed and lauded by the TNT panel of Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Chris Webber.
In short, the Warriors no longer are working the lounge at midnight. They're playing the big room in prime time.
"To me, it's to be expected," Jackson said. "This is a moment that I thought would take place. And the reason I'm excited about it is because of those guys. They deserve this. They've waited a long time, they've put a lot of work in, and they've stuck to the game plan. And they deserve all the credit."
Curry acknowledged that while the Warriors aren't begging for national attention, it's nice to get a little bit.
"It is a big stage, the NBA playoffs, and everybody's locked in to the teams that are playing well," Curry said. "It's very rare in the history of this organization that we're one of those teams. So winning a playoff series, and now facing the second-best team in the West record-wise and one that's won multiple championships (San Antonio), a lot of eyes are on us."
Curry added that the Warriors have been playing entertaining basketball for a while, but it didn't get on anybody's radar because the team still wasn't winning. But this season, particularly winning a playoff series, has changed all that.
"It's the result of playing well, winning big games, being consistent over the course of the season, and just having fun with the whole process," Curry said. "So we're going to enjoy it, and hopefully once this postseason ride is all over, we'll look back at this as a steppingstone in the right direction for this franchise."
Jackson said that members of the Warriors' staff were asking him Friday if he'd watched any of the morning shows talking about his team. He maintained when he was lying in bed, he saw them but actually turned off the TV because "it's easy to fall in love with these guys, and I'm already head over heels, so there's no sense in going any deeper.
"The awesome thing about it is, the story's not over, and we don't believe it's over," Jackson added. "We believe it's far from over. So as incredible as it is today, keep an extra pen, because you're going to need some more ink."


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A thug who knocked a man unconscious after following him in a taxi from Chippenham to Melksham has been jailed for 14 months.
Daniel Payne, 25, was on bail for hitting another reveller with a hammer in a drunken attack weeks earlier when he launched the late night assault.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court yesterday that both incidents started outside Bar 11 on The Bridge in Chippenham.
She said the first incident took place on Friday, October 18, last year when victim Jack Hopkins and a pal left the town centre bar at about 2am.
The men were walking up the High Street to get a take away when the defendant followed them.
"There was a discussion outside Bar 11 during which Mr Hopkins says that his name is Payner, adding 'Have you not heard of me?'," she said.
"He said 'I'll smash your face in', 'I am going to mash your face with a hammer'."
As they were walking up the road she said CCTV showed the victim pick up a traffic cone while Payne picked up something from the pavement.
He then went up to Mr Hopkins and hit him to the head and arm with the hammer leaving him with a lump to his head and bruise on his arm.
Miss Marlow said he was arrested soon after and on bail when he launched the second attack on Saturday November 22.
Outside the same bar at about 3am he got talking to Rory Needham, who was staying in the area for work, about Chippenham being a small place.
She said the discussion moved on to knives and guns during which Payne seemed to get more agitated.
Mr Needham got a taxi to take him to his bed and breakfast in Melksham but, unknown to him, Payne and a friend got into another and followed.
On the way the victim had to stop at a petrol station cash machine to get the fare and cabbie, realising they were being followed, thought they had lost the other car.
But as Mr Needham approached the guest house on Beanacre Road he saw the man he had been talking to earlier, outside the club.
He was then punched, knocking him to the ground, and when he came round he knocked on a colleague's window for help.
Meanwhile the attacker and his friend got their taxi to take them home and warned the driver not to tell anyone about what he had seen.
Payne, of Southmead, Chippenham, pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm and one of having an offensive weapon.
Giles Nelson, defending, said his client had no history of violence and his life was in 'turmoil' at the time of the offending.
He said he had separated from his partner and was drinking far too much leading to him over reacting to perceived slights.
Jailing him, Judge Douglas Field said: "Hitting someone with a hammer in a drunken state, as you were, with a hammer could have cause really serious injuries.
"You were arrested very quickly, but that didn't stop you offending again. Again late at night, worse for drink, and you set out and followed your victim who was in a taxi.
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We Don't Need No Education: What makes Santa Fe Public Schools, with its 50 percent graduation rate, look good? Española Military Academy! The New Mexico Public Education Department has yanked EMA's charter and ordered it to close at the end of this school year, according to an appeal filed on April 3 by EMA in the First Judicial District Court.
Among the state's findings: Five EMA staff members lacked the necessary licenses; the headmaster's sister was hired without authorization; the school failed to meet state curriculum standards; and no neighboring schools had scores as low as EMA's. In the current school year, a state investigator found "less than 2 percent of all EMA students were proficient in math and only 32 percent of its students were proficient in reading." Furthermore, at two grade levels at EMA, no students tested proficient. The state suggests EMA students be transferred to Española public schools.
We Don't Need No Thought Control: Readers may recall the controversy around "brain education," a body-jiggling, brain-fuzzing technique promoted by the Dahn Yoga organization, which some people characterize as a cult. SFR has learned New Mexico Voices for Children held a youth workshop in Albuquerque on March 28 that included a "brain education" session. The training program was funded by the New Mexico Department of Health's tobacco prevention program. Rasa Herzog, the Voices for Children program manager who organized the day's trainings, did not immediately return a cell phone message.
Let's Dance: Last week, the City of Santa Fe's Public Works Committee moved forward with a $285,000 contract with the National Dance Institute of New Mexico to plan, design and construct an expansion to a dance studio and storage space for use with educational programs. A state grant will pay for the project. NDI was co-founded by Catherine Oppenheimer, wife of investment magnate Garrett Thornburg, whose local property tax break SFR covered last week. Thornburg also serves on NDI's board. David Chapman, the city's public works grant writer, did not immediately return a cell phone message.
I, Me, Mine: US Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-New Mexico, has sponsored a bill to reform an 1872 mining law that allows hard rock mining on federal lands without royalty payments. Bingaman's reform calls for royalty payments between 2-5 percent. Taxpayers could gain, but the senator could lose. In the last election cycle, Intrepid Potash, which has a mine outside Carlsbad, was Bingaman's 16th largest donor, with $11,400 in individual contributions.


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August 23, 2012
John Darling, a summer resident of Dillon, brings his comedic writing talent to Summit County in an original musical parody of the game of bridge, showing one time only, tonight at the Silverthorne Pavilion.
"Bottom Board Blues" consists of seven multi-talented performers who humorously attack various aspects of the game of bridge through original songs and skits.
"If you like to laugh and can tell one card suit from another, then this is the show for you," said Darling, who also wrote and produced a musical parody of the finance industry called "Up Your Asset Allocation" that was featured at finance industry conferences across the country.
"Bottom Board Blues" is directed by longtime Summit County resident Caroline Foley, who also serves as music director.
The show starts at 7 p.m. with a silent auction benefiting Summit County Seniors preceding the performance. The auction, organized by Darling's wife Judy, includes a sailing adventure on Lake Dillon, restaurant gift certificates, an eye exam and a week at a luxury condominium in Summit County. A cash bar will be available during the silent auction part of the evening.
"Bottom Board Blues" promises to be a hoot, and rumor has it the costumes are outrageous. Call (970) 262-7370 for tickets.


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1 can (14.5 oz.) Meijer Naturals Mexican Style Stewed Tomatoes, chopped
2 Cups Meijer Naturals Chicken Stock
1 can (4 oz.) diced jalapeños, optional
1 cup shredded cooked chicken breast (rotisserie chicken)
2 Hass avocados
8 to 12 Meijer multigrain tortilla chips
½ cup Meijer reduced fat cheddar cheese or Mexican flavored cheese
Cilantro for garnish
Meijer non-fat sour cream for garnish
1. In medium saucepan or microwaveable bowl, combine tomatoes, chicken stock, jalapeños and chicken. Over medium high heat, heat to simmering or microwave on high 3 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, rinse avocados, cut in half and spoon out pit. Cut into slices or chunks.
3. Spoon stock/tomato mixture into bowls and add avocado slices or chunks.
4. Top with tortilla chips and sprinkling of cheese. Garnish with cilantro and dollop of sour cream.
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Nutritional Information (per serving): 200 calories, 14g fat, 2.5g saturated fat, 5mg cholesterol, 575mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate, 4g fiber, 7g protein


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The smart grid did it.
According to Superdome officials, the local power system "sensed an abnormality in the system" and opened a breaker, partially cutting power to the Superdome to isolate the problem.
According to Entergy (ETR), the local distribution utility serving Louisiana's Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the immediate problem was not Entergy's power distribution system; it was the customer's system. "At all times, Entergy's distribution and transmission feeders were serving the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. We continue working with Superdome personnel to address any outstanding issues." Privately owned SMG, the company that manages the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and Entergy released a joint statement that the system detected a short circuit. "The fault-sensing equipment activated where the Superdome equipment intersects with Entergy's feed into the facility."
While it may have inconvenienced spectators and players, the fact that part of the Superdome's power system automatically shut down is a good thing. Of course, there could have been some faulty detection equipment. But had there been a short circuit and the power system continued to operate, there could have been fires and injuries.
There were no fires. There were no injuries. The NFL got to sell more ads and the fans had a unique experience to tell their friends.
As an electrical engineer, I saw an elegant design in action. I saw a facility that consumes an enormous amount of energy. I saw half of the lights go out, but not all of the lights. I saw what appeared to be redundant feeds into the Superdome, where if one failed, the other remained available.
I also saw an orderly restoration. Instead of throwing a master breaker and instantly restoring power, operators avoided overwhelming the system and instead restored one circuit at a time. This minimized what engineers call, "inrush current."
When large circuits are energized, the initial surge of electricity can be up to 10 times normal levels. For facilities like the Superdome, the inrush could be enormous and it could cause transients throughout the Superdome and Entergy's systems. High levels of inrush could permanently destroy electrical equipment, including transformers and distribution equipment. Replacing transformers could take hours and even days.
But it didn't happen. Knowledgeable and experienced operators did an excellent job. Power was carefully restored in quick order. The Superdome blackout will become a footnote in football history.
While many will argue the blackout is a lesson about America's crumbling infrastructure, it is really a lesson about the smart grid. During the Super Bowl, America saw an early version of the smart grid in action.
Could the Superdome's grid operate faster and smarter? Absolutely.
Over the next decade, America will be designing, developing and implementing progressively smarter grids. Implementation will be lumpy. Some states will advance ahead of others. Presently, we are at grade-school levels. In a decade, most of the nation's population centers will reach high-school levels.
Multinationals such as General Electric (GE), Siemens (SI), Boeing (BA), Johnson Controls (JCI) and Honeywell (HON) are active in deploying smart grid technologies. Add Itron (ITRI) to the list of market leaders in smart meter technologies. Even Google (GOOG) is involved. It developed a home energy management platform called PowerMeter, which is a free energy monitoring tool that gives consumers access to their energy information. PowerMeter offers visualizations of home energy usage, the ability share information with others, and personalized recommendations to save energy.
A significant amount of innovation is coming from outside the utility industry. Hundreds of new companies are starting up, offering new ideas on energy efficiency, grid management, self-healing systems, automated systems and distributed energy systems. With all this innovation already under way, consumers can expect dramatic changes in power distribution and management.
Hurricane Sandy and the Super Bowl have helped the public to improve their understanding of power reliability issues. Consumers and utility regulators are more likely to appreciate the importance of smart grid technologies and they may be willing to invest in upgrading the nation's infrastructure.


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Josh Cheuse was born in New York in 1965. He won a full photography scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York, having started his photography career at the age of 16. He was shooting bands in nightclubs across the city, even using a school payphone to ring up The Clash at their Manhattan studio to request a shoot. The ambitious teen would go on to photograph the Beastie Boys (his close friends) and other hip-hop and reggae artists for publications like Rolling Stone and SPIN. As well as taking pictures of bands and music artists, he has designed music merchandise, packaging and sleeve artwork, shot videos and created websites. He is currently a senior art director at at Sony BMG and lives in Jersey City, NJ.
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IT managers wondering how they'll ever fit enough hardware into overcrowded data centers to store all the video, social networking content, Web server logs, and other big data elements got a bit of good news last week: Storage media may be available to data centers in a few years that relies on technology millions of years old to store an unprecedented volume of data in an astonishingly small space.
In a paper published in the Aug. 16 issue of Science, a team of Harvard geneticists demonstrated a technique to store the entire 5.27 MB of content from a genetics text book in less than a thousandth of a gram of DNA layered on microchips instead of the usual metallic circuitry. Storing data in DNA is standard laboratory stuff at this point; this example stored and retrieved data more than 600 times the volume of the largest attempt to date, according to the Wall Street Journal.>
Storing data on strands of DNA using microchips is chancy right now, but has the potential to be able to store every byte of digital data in the world in just a handful of chips. A DNA-storage module the size of an ordinary flash drive could store all the data currently available on the Internet, according to the researchers.
Retrieval is tricky, requiring DNA sequencers rather than simple magnetic sensors to decode the data. It is also sequential, so finding the right data means scrolling through the whole pool of data as if using a tape drive, according to bioengineer Sriram Kosuri, who was lead researcher on the data-storage portion of the broad-based DNA research project.
Even though it is currently slow and difficult to achieve, the density of DNA as a storage medium is "off the charts" according to a Science editorial accompanying the results.
[ Learn more about the key big data challenges. Read Big Data Development Challenges: Talent, Cost, Time. ]
DNA microchips, more accurately called DNA microarrays, are manufactured almost like regular microchips and contain no genuine DNA, which tends to mutate or die, damaging or destroying much of the data they contain. Instead they use thousands of strands of synthetic DNA stretched across a tiny glass plate that is encased in plastic.
The Harvard team's version ended up with 55,000 strands of DNA--less than a thousandth of a gram-chemically synthesized using an inkjet printer that laid them onto the chip. The data to be stored was first converted from a digital file into tiny blocks made up of the four-letter chemical alphabet of DNA, then a DNA sequencer was used to put the strands in the right order, encode the data, and add a tiny indicator on each strand of where in the book that data appears and how to find the other pieces on the microarray, according to Science.
DNA microarrays aren't uncommon, but are used most often as a diagnostic tool to identify specific genetic mutations by watching to see what errors come out after doctors insert a patient's problematic DNA into the microarray and wait to see what happens, according to a fact sheet from the NIH's National Human Genome Institute.
Encoding data requires DNA sequencers, but allows data to be stored using four possible values--A, G, C, and T, for adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
Magnetic data storage media, like all current digital technology, is limited to just two characters--0 and 1.
Hard drives storing data in clusters of magnetized grains on a spinning platter are able to store about 25 gigabits per square inch, according to a July paper on high-density storage in the journal Solid State Technology. For easier comparison, that's between five and six gigabits per cubic millimeter.
The DNA microchips produced by the Harvard team, on the other hand, can hold as much as 5.5 petabits, or 5.5 million Gbits per cubic millimeter.


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Like big earthquakes and budget deficits, droughts are a part of life in California that seem to come back around every decade or so.
Remember not flushing the toilet? Putting a bucket in the shower? It's time to dust off those tips, as California finds itself in a brutally dry spell. On Friday, following the lowest rainfall year in the state's 153-year history, and with the Sierra snow pack at 17 percent of normal, Gov. Jerry Brown called a drought emergency and asked California residents to cut their water use by 20 percent.
That's not so difficult, experts say. Fixing leaks in household faucets and toilets, and reducing lawn irrigation can get most families to the goal.
"It's pretty easy to save 20 percent. You want to remember that your plants -- even with it being dry outside -- are not needing as much water this time of year because it is cooler than in the summer," said Chris Brown, former executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council, a nonprofit group in Sacramento. "The easiest way to save water is to save it outdoors."
In California, more than 50 percent of residential water use occurs outdoors. A typical lawn consumes about 57 inches of rain a year, according to the Association of California Water Agencies. Rain quenches some of that thirst, but it's not enough in most places. Both San Jose and Los Angeles receive 15 inches of rain in a normal year, for example, but last year each received barely 3 inches.
Sprinklers make up the difference. A small lawn of 1,000 square-feet takes about 35,000 gallons of water per year, according to the association. Many homeowners over-water, particularly in the winter, and end up using twice that amount.
Water agencies around the Bay Area offer rebates to replace grass with more drought-tolerant plants. The East Bay Municipal Utility District, for example, pays 50 cents a square foot to people who replace lawns with native, drought-tolerant landscaping, up to $2,500 a yard. The Santa Clara Valley Water District pays $1 per square foot.
"If you aren't really going to use a lawn there are a lot of options, like native grasses and wildflowers, succulents and other plants," said Ruthie Gordon, co-owner of Mazingira Gardening Services, a Berkeley landscaping company that specializes in replacing grass lawns, installing drip irrigation and other water-saving strategies.
"Some people think they must have a lawn. It's a cultural thing," she said. "But you really only need a lawn if you have kids or animals playing on it, or if you throw a lot of parties. If it's just for aesthetics, there are a lot of options that look great."
The average home in California uses 192 gallons of water a day, according to a 2008 study by the state Department of Water Resources and the Urban Water Conservation Council.
Among other tips that experts recommend:
"People need a lot of help,'' said Whitney Gravel, a Burlingame resident who has been looking for water-saving tips following the governor's drought declaration.
"We take our access to clean water for granted," she said. "We need to reorient our thinking to conserve. We need to do it always, but now it's even more critical."
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulrogerssjmn.
To learn more about rebates, tips and free water audits, see:
State Department of Water Resources: http://saveourH20.org
Santa Clara Valley Water District: www.save20gallons.org or (408) 265-2600
East Bay Municipal Utility District: www.ebmud.com or 1-(866) 403-2683
Contra Costa Water District: www.ccwater.com/conserve or (925) 688-8000
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission: www.sfwater.org or (415) 551-3000


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"Toy Story 3" Double Feature: Characters and Lighting
Tuesday, 14 December | 8:00 午後 - 10:45 午後 | Room E1-E4
This course explores rebuilding and relighting the Toy Story characters, their worlds, and their human co- stars, and ensuring that they remained familiar and recognizable to the audiences who saw them 11 years ago in "Toy Story 2".
The tools available in computer graphics have significantly improved during the last decade. Technologies such as ambient occlusion, subsurface scattering, efficient Indirect Illumination, and subdivision surfaces either did not exist or were in their infancy when "Toy Story 2" was released in 1999. Audiences have also developed higher expectations for the visuals in contemporary animated films. New and improved technologies add welcome richness and depth, but they must be used carefully, to make sure that familiar characters do not become strangers.
For "Toy Story 3", the Pixar team had to rebuild all the models, both characters and sets, yet make them appear exactly the same as their earlier incarnations. As they increased the level of detail and visual richness, they had to maintain a consistent design that would be recognizable from the preceding two films. The course explanations of visual storytelling through lighting, early prototypes of Lotso, and many examples of the team's successes and failures.
Presentation Language
Presented in English, translated simultaneously to Korean / 영어로 발표 됨 (한국어 동시 통역)
Highly recommended but not required: "Toy Story 3".
Brian Green
Pixar Animation Studios
Ye Won Cho
Pixar Animation Studios
Instructor Bios
Brian Green
Brian Green has the unique distinction of being the character supervisor of the "most successful animated movie of all time" twice. The Academy Award-winning feature "Finding Nemo" broke all box office records in 2003, and "Toy Story 3" broke box office records in 2010. He was also character supervisor on The Academy Award-winning feature "Ratatouille". He joined Pixar in 1997, after watching "Toy Story" and loving the film. His first assignment was "A Bug's Life" (modeling, rigging, shading, and lighting), and later he worked on "Monsters Inc." as character lead. Before Pixar, he worked at Animal Logic, where he created advertising, effects, and animation. He has several patents related to his work.
Ye Won Cho
Ye Won worked as a sequence lighting lead on "Toy Story 3". Her other film credits include "Shrek 2", "Cars", "Ratatouille", "Wall-E", and "Up". One of her passions is to explore new ways to tell stories visually through lighting. Her MFA thesis film, "Trilemma", was screened at a variety of venues including the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery and the Hiroshima Animation Film Festival. The film also received a Student Academy Award nomination and was broadcast on PBS in New York.
She was awarded an Artists Fellowship by the New York Foundation of the Arts in 2003. She completed a BFA and MFA at Seoul National University in Korea and also an MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After graduation, she joined Eyebeam in New York, as an art fellow.


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In a tournament that has seen a cocktail of explosive batting and exceptional bowling so far, Mahela Jayawardene (59 in 43 balls) played perhaps the classiest knock to date. But it was a fine mix of timing and fierce ball-striking from Virender Sehwag (95* in 57 balls) that brought the crowd to life as Delhi Daredevils cantered to a nine-wicket win with three overs to spare over Mumbai Indians, their first of the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013, bringing joy to over 30,000 fans who had trooped in to Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday (April 21) afternoon.
The match turned out to be far more one-sided than it looked at the halfway mark, especially after Rohit Sharma's 43-ball 73 had Delhi looking for cover. Mumbai scored 137 off their last 14 overs to finish with 161 for 4 in 20 overs, a competitive total, after opting to bat. They were indebted to Rohit, whose 96-run stand for the third wicket with Sachin Tendulkar (54 in 47 balls) set things up for Mumbai after the innings appeared to be going nowhere at 24 for 2 after the six Power Play overs. (Related read: Stats from the match)
A change of guard at the top of the order didn't help matters for Mumbai as Dwayne Smith, who opened with Tendulkar, fell cheaply in the quest for quick runs. Mumbai were in trouble then when Dinesh Karthik was unfortunately run out for just two runs. (Also see: Match in pics)
It took Tendulkar a while to get going and Rohit's belligerence at the other end allowed him to settle down, and once he got his eye in, Tendulkar unfurled a couple of lovely on drives, a classic pull shot and some trademark paddle sweeps.
Yet, while Tendulkar batted, it appeared as though Mumbai would end up at least 15 short of where they would have ideally liked to finish. His dismissal in the 17th over, however, brought Kieron Pollard (19* in 10 balls) to the middle and he ended the innings on a high with a six and a four.
Given Mumbai had Lasith Malinga in their ranks, Jayawardene promoted himself to open in place of the out-of-form David Warner in what was a tactical masterstroke. While Sehwag blazed away at the top, Jayawardene provided the calming influence as the duo wiped off 60 runs in the Power Play overs to put the pressure right back on Mumbai.
Malinga's ineffectiveness prompted Ricky Ponting, who didn't get a chance to bat, to turn towards his part-timers, but the move backfired. With Jaspirit Bumrah and Smith taken for plenty, by the time the frontline bowlers came back on, the game was all but sealed in Delhi's favour.
The 151-run opening stand was finally broken when Malinga dismissed Jayawardene in the 16th over, but that wicket was small consolation for Mumbai, who had been bruised badly already. The stand, built in 95 balls, was also a grand welcome for Vivian Richards into the Delhi team, who witnessed a batting display even he would have been very proud of.
The win not only came as a soothing balm to a beleaguered Delhi side, which had lost six games out of six prior to this one, but the change in the batting order allowed Sehwag the luxury of playing with a partner capable of anchoring the chase. Sehwag smashed 13 fours and two sixes even as Mumbai didn't help their cause by bowling to his strengths.


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Organizing fellows: Meeting Herbie
I was a weird kid. While most elementary students' heroes were the red Power Ranger or Snow White, mine were Hillary Clinton and Barney Frank. So it came as no surprise that I am spending the summer before my freshman year of college working for the Obama campaign. Forgetting my friends, family, and social life, I have more or less moved into the Bethlehem OFA office, spending 9-12 hours a day performing my fellowship duties—and my only regret is that I cannot do more. I can honestly say this has been the greatest experience of my life.
Starting in February I have learned how to run official campaign events and registered hundreds of new voters (and fixed many broken printers). Recently, I've visited a number of nursing homes to get seniors registered to vote. I have found that a lot of people, when they have to move into assisted living, do not re-register at their new address. At one of my visits, I met a 97-year-old World War II veteran (and self-described "lady-killer") named Herbie. After hearing some stories from his youth, Herbie told me that he wants to have a voice in the election, but was concerned that new ID laws in my state could keep him away from the polls.
We spent a while talking about how the law affects him, especially since he's bedridden and cannot easily get a new ID at the DMV. As it turns out, an unexpired ID card issued by a care facility or assisted living center is an acceptable form of ID in Pennsylvania. Herbie will be able to cast his vote this fall. It's these kind of experiences that keep me going—and remind me how important my job is as an organizing fellow in this campaign.
Learn more about voting laws in your state at GottaVote.org.


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Well, I didn't even know that people dyed discs till I saw it here a couple weeks ago. Needless to say I've had the itch ever since!
Between this forum and Discgolfcoursereview.com I've seen some amazing and inspiring work...many of you are very talented indeed.
Well I was at Wal*Mart last night and decided to go ahead and see if they had the old RIT dye since I saw on here the new stuff is not disc-friendly. There was only one color that was stamped 10 and that was both liquid and powder Navy Blue. On impulse I bought the RIT, then the contact paper, acetone, x-acto, fine-tip sharpie, and masking tape. I couldn't find true transfer paper nor any of the sign making vinyl and I really wanted to try a dye as soon as I got home. When I get a bug up my ass I need gratification lol!
Anywho, I decided to dye my Champ Ape since I hardly use it and figured it would be my best bet at a test run. Frankly I'm nowhere near good enough to throw it yet.
Without further ado, I present to you The Gorillaz
(the blurry splotches around the upper and lower circumference are edits to my personal information sharpied on the back of disc, sorry)
*edit-it kinda looks like bleeding right in the center but that is just the bic writing on the back of 175 APE because the disc is so new


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Venters progresses, plays catch from 60 feet
ATLANTA -- Jonny Venters will have much more challenging hurdles to clear over the course of the next few weeks. But the Braves' left-handed reliever was encouraged on Tuesday, when he played catch for the first time since elbow discomfort forced him to exit a Grapefruit League game on March 26.
"He had a smile on his face," said manager Fredi Gonzalez. "We'll know more when he gets on the mound. I don't know when that will be. But he's moving in the right direction and he feels good."
Venters received a platelet-rich-plasma injection and was ordered to rest for four weeks after visiting with Dr. James Andrews on April 2. The hope is that this remedy will prevent Venters from feeling the elbow discomfort that plagued him during the first half of last season and again during the latter portion of this year's Spring Training.
Venters completed three sets of 25 throws from a distance of 60 feet on Tuesday. His encouragement came from the fact that he was not even able to complete this simple exercise after he rested for a month before undergoing Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery in 2005.
"It's definitely encouraging for me, just for my own peace of mind," Venters said.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Back in 1959, Alpha Industries began in a rented Knoxville, TN factory basement. Originally a manufacturer of flight jackets and pants for the U.S. Armed Forces, Alpha Industries has risen through the ranks to become an internationally recognized brand. While preserving its strong heritage, the brand has become known for creating military inspired streetwear that exhibits unmatched performance, design, and quality. Today Alpha produces jackets, shirts, pants and many other products that have become classics of American fashion.
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One of the most trusted names in the auto business has expanded to service an entirely new sector of clientele.
Koeppel Motors, founded in 1937 in the heart of Jackson Heights, has an established reputation for selling quality cars, both new and pre-owned, including Mazdas, Volkswagens, Subarus and of course, Nissans.
The extent of Koeppel Nissan's expertise, however, is not limited to providing affordable and reliable automobiles to the individuals and families across Queens, but now extends to aiding businesses with their commercial needs as well.
"We are the only Nissan dealer in the five boroughs that has earned an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and our commercial department is an enhancement to the experience the neighborhood has received for the past 74 years with Koeppel," said Ami Ferrara, marketing manager at Koeppel Nissan. "We are also proud to say that we are the number one volume NV commercial vehicle dealer on the east coast. We have expertise here, so it is not just a purchase and then the customer is on their own. We stand behind what we sell, and we offer a full spectrum of services. We want to introduce this to all businesses, whether they are a Fortune 500 company or small, family-run business."
In January of 2011, Koeppel, located at 74-15 Northern Boulevard, began selling the Nissan NV, a commercial vehicle designed to help a wide variety of businesses with their transport and travel requirements. "Nissan has come out with a great product and Koeppel Nissan has the capacity to do this type of work," said Gerry Spathis, department manager of commercial sales at Koeppel. "Commercial vehicles command special attention because business owners are too busy to get involved as they would with a normal car. In order to really help the commercial customer, there is a lot more that is necessary. A business owner doesn't want to go from dealer to dealer to shop for a vehicle. He needs a vehicle when he needs it. This means I have to connect with him, put the sale together, make sure we build the right vehicle at the right price and deliver it straight to him without interrupting how he does his business."
Koeppel currently offers three versions of the Nissan NV: the 1500, 2500 and 3500. The 1500 comes with a low roof only and offers the lightest weight capacity. The 2500 and 3500 are available with high or low roof, depending on the client's needs, and have a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,100 and 9,900 pounds respectively.
According to Spathis, the most popular model is the NV 2500 with a high roof and V6 engine.
"Because of the high roof, you are no longer hunched down and unable to maneuver in the vehicle," said Spathis. "The high roof lets you stand straight and do your work the way you have to. Also, from a fuel economy standpoint, the feedback has been extremely positive. It certainly has more than enough horsepower to beat our competitors. It is a strong product and quite impressive."
Manufacturer suggested retail pricing for the NV begins at $25,500, which Spathis says makes the vehicle $10,000 more affordable, on average, than the Mercedes Benz Sprinter.
For customers who feel that financing is not the right choice, Koeppel features reasonable leasing options.
"There is a great opportunity for commercial businesses to lease these vehicles without having to worry about excess mileage or wear and tear fees," Spathis said. "It is not your typical car lease, where you have to watch mileage and damage. It is called a terminal rental agreement clause (TRAC), which enables us to put the vehicle on the road using only a first down payment and whatever DMV fees there are associated. There is also a reasonable buyout. This makes the vehicle affordable for the client."
Koeppel prides itself on being a full service dealership, catering to customers from their first visit to the arrival of their vehicle, and providing whatever additional modifications clients require to operate their businesses smoothly.
"What separates Koeppel Nissan is an attention to detail and an ability to operate at the customer's place of business," said Spathis, who has worked in commercial vehicle sales for two decades. "They will get a finished product delivered to their door, including any modification to that vehicle that makes their job easier. Most dealers don't want to get involved with that kind of job. It is very expensive and very costly to do that, and unless you have key personnel who know how to get this kind of work complete and a dealer that supports the job, the customer will end up going down the road. Koeppel Nissan goes above and beyond and delivers well past the expectations of the commercial customer."
Among the services Koeppel offers to their customers is installation of racks and bins for storage or a full refrigeration system for carrying meat, fish or ice cream.
Koeppel is also featuring a variety of exclusive deals to make the purchasing experience all the more enjoyable for their customers. The dealership is currently offering zero percent interest on 36-month contracts. When purchasing their commercial automobile, Customers also have the option of choosing between specially designed 3M graphics being applied onto their vehicle or a cargo management system, which consists of full partitions and shelving, being installed for no additional cost. If neither of the options is a necessity to the customer, Koeppel is offering a cash incentive in the form of a $700 rebate.
Koeppel is also expanding in other areas to fully cater to the needs of their clients. Along with forming a new rental car department, which features a full line of rentals, from the smallest Versa to the largest Armada, and transitioning into commercial vans for airport and hotel shuttles, Koeppel is also building a brand new service facility on 60th Street and 30th Avenue in Jackson Heights, directly adjacent to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.
"This new facility will be very convenient for our commercial customers," said Spathis. "They can come across the RFK Bridge or ride down Northern Boulevard or Astoria Boulevard, which are all commercial routes, to get to the service facility, which is designed to handle these high-roof vehicles. Your average service facility doesn't have the capability to handle these vans. We are capable of doing the work the way it is meant to be done."
Due to the ingenuity and talent of the staff at Koeppel Nissan, Spathis assures that any commercial business owner can feel secure in purchasing from the dealership.
"We want the customer to know that they are going to be well taken care of if they are dealing with us here at Koeppel Nissan," said Spathis. "We can service any customer, including electricians, plumbers, cargo delivery, meat delivery and even a fine arts dealer. We can service trades across the board. Anyone who used to use the typical cargo van welcomes the NV with open arms because of the added height and weight capacities. We have a better product than I have seen in many years in this segment, and because of our location, there is no doubt that this facet of our business will continue to grow."
For more information on Koeppel Nissan, visit www.koeppelnissan.com, call them at 1-866-GO-NISSAN or stop by their showroom, located at 74-15 Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights.


text: With the AL deal taking so long and GARNET maybe wanting out of MINN. why don`t we look at combining both. Trade the T/E to ATL. moving AL on to MINN. along with Jackson & Foster for GARNET. Would give us a pretty nice looking starting 5 (would like to move J.T. but don`t think we can.)


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|Rich Young
It's been a busy fall for Verizon's director of media relations, Rich Young. "I haven't been in the office for the last two weeks," he tells PR News. Young, who will be speaking about Verizon's content strategy at PR News' Nov. 30 Media Relations Conference in Washington, D.C., hasn't been leaf-peeping—he's been managing communications for Verizon in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Young took time out to discuss Verizon's use of content as a communications tool and how the telecommunications giant handled media relationships following Sandy.
PR News: How does content creation mesh with a media relations strategy?
Richard Young: Content creation is at the core of Verizon's media relations strategy. As a one-time dominant telephone service provider, our main focus was to use media to answer reporter inquiries on service outages and maybe why we need an annual rate increase. Now, in our industry, the world has changed, and so has the role of our media and PR teams.
As we just saw with Hurricane Sandy, while we still have a significant team that's dedicated to responding to outages and service disruptions, the reality is that we have an even bigger team focused on promoting our products and brand. Our major business units are using traditional news releases as a tool of last resort. In its place are blogs, videos, podcasts, social media and proactive storytelling—not just to reporters, but to bloggers and many other influencers.
PR News: What are Verizon's goals with content creation?
Young: To offer a broad narrative that truly tells a story. We look at each product, service or initiative as an opportunity for us to be part of the dialogue. We want our current and potential customers to know when it comes to phones, applications, broadband and associated technologies, we are part of the solution.
During and after the storm our business put major assets into the restoration efforts, and [we produced] one daily news release. Individually, we took our initiatives and aggressively told our story—to consumers, customers, legislators, local officials and regulators.
PR News: What are the common content needs of influencers and journalists?
Young: In many ways we look at journalists as part of the influencers that we target every day. As a former reporter, I was always skeptical of many of the traditional PR pitches I got every day. We should look for and engage content as something that's used every day in the marketplace.
We need to move beyond a traditional announcement that Verizon is offering a new product or service. We need to tell our key influencers why that new product, application or service is something you'll want to use.
PR News: Which forms of content will have the biggest role in 2013 for media relations, and how should they be blended into the modern press release?
Young: For Verizon, the modern press release will likely start out as a blog. We will continue to do traditional news releases for issues including earnings, acquisitions, major product or personal announcements. Next year, however, we'll be making most of our announcements using blogs—blogs incorporated with videos, photos, podcasts, social media and related content. The modern press release is not so much a news release, but a multifaceted, multi-tool narrative that tells a story, rather than a statement that makes a traditional announcement.
PR News: What's one concept/idea you want to share with Media Relations Conference attendees?
Young: We are entering a new world where influencers are playing an ever-increasing role in what we do. We cannot, however, forget about the power and influence that traditional media has. In my experiences with both the storm and our labor relations/strike, major/traditional media still lead the way. Influencers play a key role in following up, but the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal can often set the tone on a particular issue.
To learn more from communications pros like Rich Young, register to attend PR News' Nov. 30 Media Relations Conference in Washington, D.C.


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knighter wrote:Hello there
you seem really quite angry makarasilapin
I used to get like that before i completed a
10 day s.n. goenka vipassana course.
Be happy
haha, i'm not angry at all knighter. i know why you might be offended [as Goenka is your teacher?], but it is not my intention to offend you. i think all of my responses here have been reasonable.


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CONCORD — A dead Concord man found floating face down in the water at Ellis Lake Park on Friday afternoon appears to have died accidentally, police said.
Concord police Lt. Tim Runyon said Saturday that the man appeared to be elderly and was reportedly seen falling into the lake.
Officers responded to the park around 4:21 p.m. for a report of a possible body in the water. The man was removed from the water with the help of the fire department and the death has been classified as "unattended," with an investigation underway.
Officers temporarily blocked off the area while they cleared the scene Friday afternoon.
The cause of death and any further information on the man's identity was not immediately available. Police do not suspect foul play, Runyon said.
Anyone with information regarding this case can contact the Concord Police Department Investigative Division at 925-671-3030, or the Concord Police Department confidential "tip line" at 925-603-5836.
Contact Katie Nelson at 925-945-4782 or follow her at Twitter.com/katienelson210.


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Penn State Brandywine held its annual "A Night With the Pride" fundraising event Feb. 28, bringing in nearly $8,000 to support Brandywine's athletic programs.
The Beef 'n' Beverage, which was held at the Ballrooms at Boothwyn, brought together nearly 200 campus and community members for a fun-filled evening. The event featured a dinner, entertainment and a drawing for more than 40 baskets filled with everything from gift certificates, fine wine, theater tickets and much more. Three guests won Philadelphia Flyers hockey tickets, a professional painting service and a weekend shore rental in Avalon, N.J. Campus and local community members, as well as local businesses provided all baskets for the drawing.
"This event wouldn't be a success without the help from everyone here at Penn State Brandywine," said committee member Theresa Walls. "I would like to personally thank everyone who donated in some way to this event."
All proceeds benefit the campus' Athletic Advancement Fund, directly supporting Penn State Brandywine's student athletes.
"It is a great way to bring staff, faculty and friends of athletics together for a night of celebration," said Brandywine Athletic Director Jim Gastner. "The funds raised at this event help get our athletes the additional tools they need to improve their skills to the next level."


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Two Stolen Cars Wreck in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis police are investigating two accidents involving what are believed to be stolen cars. One of the accidents was fatal.
Both accidents happened early Monday. Police say a silver Dodge Charger was carjacked by a suspect armed with a shotgun. Police gave chase until the Charger crashed, flipping in the air. The suspect was able to get away.
The second suspected stolen car struck a building. The 20-year-old driver was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Authorities believe there may be a connection between the two incidents.
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