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A year ago, standing on a football practice field in South Dade, Ernie Cambo put his life in perspective. "I'm kind of limited," he explained. "My knees are giving out, so I take things as they come. I just want to give it my best effort and never say, 'What if?' All these guys are out here so they won't have to say, 'What if?'"
On that cool evening, under the arc lights, the twenty-two-year-old Cambo was practicing with his teammates on the Miami Thunder, a semipro football team in trouble. Jim Chambers, the man who formed Cambo's team and the Americas Football League in which they competed, had suddenly disappeared, leaving behind an empty bank account and a slew of unanswered questions.
Semipro football has always been a semi-joke, the stuff that movies are made of A over-the-hill jocks trying to hang on to a glory they never had in the first place; bad bus trips to nowhere; half-empty stands; and almost certain financial ruin.
So when the Thunder charged onto the field last year filled with promises of big payoffs and a clear pipeline into the NFL, nobody outside the team held out much hope. And when Chambers fled, few outsiders were surprised.
But instead of fading away, the team (profiled in the New Times cover story "Semi-Tough Luck" last March 18) hung on, finishing the season with a 6-6 record. More important, everyone involved in the club established more reasonable goals.
"What these guys need is to get back to school," Cambo says today. "Forget about big money and pro contracts. We need to think about scholarships and eligibility requirements."
Cambo hopes he'll lead the way. He recently won a scholarship to play tight end this fall for the Fighting Christians of Elon College, an NCAA Division II school in North Carolina. He started school in January and is majoring in sports management.
Cambo, who continues in his duties as team president, and Rudy Lorie, head coach and general manager, are trying to help other members of the Thunder, most of whom are Miami natives, navigate their way into college, as well.
"We're helping them order their transcripts, finding out what's available for them out there," says Lorie, a maintenance worker for the U.S. Postal Service. "We're also writing colleges and collecting film of the players for prospective coaches to see." Lorie, who coached last year, says the team is also being assisted in its new mission by the Miami Touchdown Club, which assists local players in hooking up with colleges.
Another member of last year's squad, Dez Jackson, has an offer to play for Southern Arkansas University. "I'm leaving for school June 1," says Jackson, who hasn't yet decided on a major. "I'm excited. I'd like to come back someday with a diploma."
Leroy Edmonds, twenty-three, also a Thunder alum, is in North Carolina with Ernie Cambo. But instead of attending school, Edmonds, who was a running back for Kent State until he was forced to quit to find a job to help support his pregnant girlfriend, is about to sign a contract with a professional arena football team.
"After I left Kent State I was always down on myself," Edmonds says by phone from Burlington. "Playing football for the Thunder gave me a lift and helped me realize that I still have talent in me."
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The Thunder, which is in the process of becoming a nonprofit corporation, donates 80 percent of the ticket sales to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the foundation formed by former Miami Dolphin great Nick Buoniconti after his son Marc was paralyzed while playing football. After the Thunder's first preseason exhibition game in early February, the team passed along $300.
"It's very nice that they thought of us," says Karrie Seiple, special events coordinator for the Miami Project. "I think what they are doing is a great idea."
"We want to do something good for the community," says Rudy Lorie. Along with Cambo, coach Lorie met with county and city officials to line up practice and playing fields for the season, which lasts another two months. The Thunder's next home game takes place this Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Tamiami Stadium, 10901 SW 24th Street, against West Palm Beach, one of the eleven other teams in the league. Tickets cost $5.
"It's really not a matter of winning or losing," says Cambo. "It's just a matter of getting out there and playing.


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This time nobody can say there was a one-time price hike, and neither can the housing index be blamed, because as far as the April consumer price is concerned, everything went up.
This time nobody can say there was a one-time price hike, and neither can the housing index be blamed, because as far as the April consumer price is concerned, everything went up.
The sharp, surprising 1.5 percent increase shows that we are entering a dangerous period of unemployment and recession on the one hand, and price increases on the other - and that is no good.
Seemingly, inflation and recession contradict each other. But it turns out that the two ailments can strike at the same time, and it's happening to us.
There are a number of reasons for this:
l The dollar linkage: It turns out that despite everything, the link between the dollar going up and prices doing the same can't be broken. In a country in which imports are so important, encompassing all types of products, the correlation remains high. So when the dollar goes up, prices are dragged along with it, because the cost of imports go up, and the public, with memories of hyperinflation, is used to the fact that some prices are still marked in dollars.
l Uncertainty: The public agrees to pay higher prices for products because uncertainty reigns. The public is worried about higher inflation waiting around the corner, believing that if something isn't bought today, it will be more expensive tomorrow.
l The government's actions: Macro-economic data shows that government expenditure has risen sharply, especially in the field of defense. The government (including the Defense Ministry and the army) are bad consumers, and when they have to buy various services, they pay more than any private business person would pay, so the growth in the government's budget puts upward pressure on prices. Furthermore, the government raised the prices of commodities under its supervision such as fuel, communications, electricity, licenses and various government fees - all of which eventually end up in the CPI.
l What's next? Clearly, David Klein, the governor of the Bank of Israel, will raise interest rates in another two weeks; and this time, we can expect a steep hike - and another millstone `round the neck of the commercial sector, so no economic recovery is expected in the foreseeable future.
Finance Minister Silvan Shalom will now find it even more difficult to pass the 4 percent cut in the National Insurance Institute payments, and the freeze on public sector wages with Amir Peretz waiting in ambush.
On the other hand, the economic package has to be passed quickly because without a NIS 13 billion cut (even if a large part comes in the form of an increase in taxes and the deficit), we're in for even more recession, unemployment and inflation.
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To celebrate Arts Victoria's 40th anniversary we've hit the archives
and uncovered some choice moments in the development of
Victoria's arts sector.
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Bell-bottoms, handlebar moustaches, platform shoes, our daring approach to fashion (and facial hair) belied an era of serious social change and political drama in 1970s Australia.
We scrapped the White Australia Policy and welcomed an era of multiculturalism. Aussie troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, and in 1975 our PM was controversially dismissed.
We had more leisure time that ever before. Norm coaxed us off the couch with Life. Be in it and we got fit. But when we weren't out BMXing, ten-pin bowling or roller-skating, we were listening to Skyhooks and Sherbet, tuning into the new world of FM radio, and watching Number 96 on our brand new colour TVs.
Here in Victoria, a creative community of artists, craftspeople, theatre-makers and musicians were laying the foundation of the mighty independent arts sector we enjoy today.
Premier Rupert Hamer put the arts firmly on the Government's agenda with the creation of Australia's first state Ministry for the Arts. Its first priorities? Getting the construction of Southbank's Arts Centre complex moving, creating a chain of regional performing arts centres, and bringing art out into the public.
Power suit, punk or poodle perm, the 1980s brought us a new attitude and hair to match.
We were 'living in a material world', gripped by the Azaria Chamberlain case and rocked by AIDS and the Ash Wednesday Bushfires. We saw the Berlin Wall fall and the stock market crash, bringing with it the recession 'we had to have'.
We danced to Footloose, dressed like Bananarama and played Donkey Kong, but not all our cultural influences were imported.
Aussie music had a new swagger thanks to INXS, Midnight Oil and Men at Work; we met our Neighbours (hello Kylie); Crocodile Dundee was a worldwide phenomenon; and John Farnham's Whispering Jack became the highest grossing Australian album. Ever.
Green and gold were proclaimed our official colours and Advance Australia Fair our anthem. We made it great in '88 – Australia's Bicentenary – and cheered Australia II to its historic America's Cup victory.
Here in Victoria, our cultural landscape – and Melbourne's skyline – changed with the long-awaited opening of the Arts Centre; while the Ministry for the Arts turned its attention to education, community arts, cultural tourism and support for individual artists.


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PHOENIX — Sylk USA on Tuesday introduced its new Sylk personal lubricant, a water-based lubricant made from New Zealand kiwi vine extract. The intimacy health product is being marketed as both gentle on the planet and gentle on a woman's sensitive vaginal environment with a neutral pH balance.
Additionally, since it's water-based, it can be safely used with latex condoms, the company noted.
"An increasing number of women today are buying lubricants for themselves, proudly walking into stores, ordering online or calling us personally to openly talk about their [intimacy] needs," stated Shyena Venice, SYLK USA CEO. "Many are turned off by the potentially harmful chemical ingredients found in most drug store offerings."
According to the company, the new personal lubricant not only meets the needs of the young woman, but also the menopausal woman and seniors as the product is touted as adding comfort to those suffering from vaginal dryness associated with certain medications and treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation.
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Actor Ryan Reynolds says he'll never complain on a film set again after surviving the gruelling conditions of his taut thriller Buried.
The Canadian star told a news conference at the Toronto International Film Festival that he was left physically and emotionally battered by the 17-day shoot.
Reynolds stars as a U.S. truck driver in Iraq who is kidnapped and buried alive in a wooden coffin. The 94-minute story unfolds in real time as his character frantically tries to figure a way out.
The script required Reynolds to swing through emotional extremes while also serving as the film's lighting designer. The movie's only source of light is what his character uses in the coffin, including a lighter, cellphone and flashlight.
Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes says he initially considered the story impossible to film, but was also instantly drawn to the challenge.
"It was pretty miserable, I've got to say," Reynolds said Monday of the shoot while seated next to Cortes.
"I'll never complain ever again on a film set as long as I live. They strung me up and threw me all over sound stages in New Orleans on Green Lantern and I just kept getting up and saying, 'Give me another,' because it was nothing compared to 17 days in the box with the dark overlord of your oppression over here, standing over you. It was tough."
Cortes says seven different coffins were built for the shoot, each one designed to capture different camera angles and performances.
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Students Begin School Year by Giving Back to the Community
University of Florida law students, faculty and staff removed trash, debris and exotic invasive plants from a 3.3-acre wooded area across from the Levin College of Law as part of UF Law's annual Community Service Day on Saturday, Aug. 18, which involved more than 400 volunteers at 13 locations throughout the Gainesville area.
The Law School Woods area is being restored thanks to a $16,300 grant to the law school's Environmental & Land Use Law Society from UF Student Government and UF Physical Plant. "We had a great group of volunteers and we accomplished a lot in a few short hours," said UF law student Ashley Henry, project manager for the Law School Woods restoration project. "By merely pulling down some of the air potato vines, we saw how the woods began to open up. Residents living in the adjacent Golfview neighborhood were excited to see our group working and stopped by to learn more about our project."
With everyone performing three hours of service, the total time given totaled more than 1,200 hours. The day allowed first-year students to get a good start toward earning a Community Service Certificate, which is awarded to students who perform at least 35 hours of community service during their time in law school.


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The commercial bay scalloping season opened yesterday in Aquinnah. Aquinnah is the last town on the Island to open the commercial season. Fishermen have been harvesting scallops in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Chilmark and Tisbury.
If the bay scallop fishery can be restored to places like Cape Cod and Long Island, the Vineyard may be able to take credit for it.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is in the midst of a multi-year scientific experiment in Menemsha Pond that could have a wide-ranging impact on the future of bay scallops in the region.
Vineyard consumers are enjoying the lowest retail prices on bay scallops in at least ten years thanks to a renewed abundance of the tasty bivalve on Nantucket.
The Nantucket resurgence has been pushing down wholesale as well as retail prices on both Islands.
At Menemsha Seafood in Chilmark, owner Stanley Larsen said the retail price for bay scallops is around $16. His cousin, Louis Larsen of the Net Result, a fish market in Vineyard Haven, said the retail price is about the same at his store.
Three years ago, the Nantucket bay scallop harvest suddenly more than doubled in size, from around 15,000 bushels to more than 32,000. It was the year the industry ate its future.
The following season the harvest crashed. The total catch in 2005-06 was one-sixth as large — just 5,500 bushels. It was even worse last season, when fewer than 4,000 bushels were hauled up, the lowest tally since they began keeping records 30 years earlier.
Vineyard commercial fishermen are coming out ahead in a price war over bay scallops.
Yesterday, Island commercial bay scallop fishermen received as much as $15 a pound, while their counterparts on Nantucket were paid only $11 a pound.
Consumers on both Islands yesterday were paying essentially the same price, around $18 a pound. In Orleans, the price was $29.99 a pound.
The Vineyard and Nantucket still have viable bay scallops fisheries, though Cape Cod does have pockets of success.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
Already this fall one Island angler has won a brand-new pickup truck for a huge striped bass he caught and the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby isn't over yet.
That's because he caught it in a different contest.
Morgan Taylor, 24, of Edgartown last week won the Angler of the Year Award in the annual Striper Cup, sponsored and run by the monthly publication On the Water. Mr. Taylor won the award for a 52-pound striped bass he caught from the shore way back in June.
Pond Stock Rising
The late Foster Silva, longtime superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations on Chappaquiddick who loved to tell perfect strangers that he had received his degree from Katama University, had an opinion on the subject of bay scallops. Cape Pogue scallops, he said, were the sweetest. No arguments.
Vineyard bay scallops, the Island's biggest export this time of year, are at a premium.
Even though fishermen are coming ashore on the mainland with product, Roy Scheffer of Edgartown, a longtime commercial fisherman, said: "We have the nicest scallops. It looks like it is going to be a good Christmas."
The price fell early in November, but it is back up now. At the market, fishermen can expect to get paid as much as $13 a pound for their shucked product. Consumers can expect to pay close to $17 a pound retail.
Scallops in the White House
Dear Mr. President: We read in The New York Times last week about your first state dinner, and we loved the kitchen tour that Mrs. Obama gave to culinary students and her comments about eating locally grown foods. And we read that the first dinner included Nantucket scallops, a favorite of yours, Mrs. Obama said.
Chilmark's most diehard scallopers will have a chance to increase the bushel limit in exchange for some community service.
Menemsha seafood retailer Karsten Larsen convinced selectmen at a meeting Tuesday to raise the small pond limits from two to three bushels a day, arguing that those ponds are oversubscribed with small scallops which would die in a freeze and potentially damage the pond bed.
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Long-serving Line 6 CEO, Mike Muench (pictured), has quit the firm after 14 years in charge.
Paul Foeckler has been promoted to president and CEO, co-founder Marcus Ryle has assumed the role of chief strategy officer and Joe Bentivegna has been named chief operating officer.
Foeckler has been in charge of the firm's product and marketing teams for the past 12 months. Prior to Line 6, he held executive roles in product development, sales and marketing at Digidesign, M-Audio and Avid, where he led expansion into new markets while delivering significant revenue growth and industry-acclaimed product developments.
"The Line 6 Board of Directors is enthusiastic about promoting Paul Foeckler to be the company's new President and CEO," said Michael Brown, chairman. "Paul brings a unique combination of strategic acumen and creativity, in addition to experience in growing revenues through groundbreaking products. His focus on innovation aligns perfectly with the Line 6 mission. His background in professional audio and live sound will be essential as the company continues to develop new products in these markets."
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"I am honoured to have the opportunity to lead Line 6, and I am excited for our future," said Foeckler. "Line 6 enjoys an extraordinary track record of innovation, and I am passionate about continuing to transform the way musicians create and perform—from guitar technology to live sound, mobile and beyond. Marcus Ryle's appointment to Chief Strategy Officer recognises his history of thought leadership within the company, and positions Line 6 to continue to innovate in our products as well as in our approaches to the markets we serve."
"And by promoting Joe Bentivegna to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer, we're bringing his proven operational strengths to a role that's key to growing the company," continued Foeckler. "The entire senior leadership team brings decades of experience and proven success to the job. I'm confident that we'll continue pushing the limits of innovation and provide solutions that inspire creativity for musicians."
"Line 6's passion for excellence and commitment to the development of new technologies for musicians, and especially guitarists, has never been stronger," said Line 6 co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Marcus Ryle. "Today, Line 6 is better positioned to deliver innovative products to a larger group of markets and customers than ever before."


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Although no official numbers have been released by Times and Sunday Times owner News International, audience research company Nielsen has estimated that an average of 362,000 UK web users went behind the papers' paywalls between July and September, reported the Guardian.
Nielsen estimates that 1.78 million monthly unique visitors from the UK went to the two papers' homepages, meaning that of these, just over one-fifth are going on to access subscription content, the Guardian added. In the three months until June 2010, the traffic to the Times Online site, predecessor to TheTimes.co.uk and SundayTimes.co.uk, was just over 3 million.
Print subscribers for the Times and Sunday Times have free access to the websites: the Times has 107,000 subscribers and the Sunday Times 112,000, the Guardian noted. So it is unclear how many people are paying for an online subscription only.
The numbers do suggest, however, that traffic going through to individual stories has fallen by just over 88% since the paywall was implemented. This is in line with previous reports of News International's expectations.
The News of the World, another of Rupert Murdoch's UK papers, has also just gone behind a paywall online and presumably the Sun will be next. The News International titles have adopted completely paywalls, making all content past the homepage inaccessible to non-subscribers, unlike other publications such as the Financial Times and soon the New York Times, which have chosen so-called 'metered models.'
Will the value of the smaller number of loyal dedicated readers make up, both in principle and financially, for the loss of so many visitors to the sites?
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AUSTIN, Texas -- The state's environmental agency Wednesday approved an aggressive clean-air plan for the smoggy Houston metropolitan area that includes a 55 mph speed limit and unprecedented reductions in emissions from industrial plants.
''If it isn't the most aggressive, it's got to be up there with the top few,'' said Robert Huston, chairman of the three-member Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, which approved the plan unanimously.
Houston, with its refineries and petrochemical plants, is the nation's smoggiest city.
The plan -- designed to bring the area into compliance with federal clean air standards by 2007 -- is subject to approval by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Gov. George W. Bush must submit the plan to the EPA by the end of the year. Without a plan, the state risks the loss of federal highway money.
The largest single pollution cut requires Houston-area industrial plants to reduce their smog-causing nitrogen-oxide releases by an average of 90 percent.
A coalition of 120 companies already has argued that cuts in industrial emissions of more than 75 percent are not technically or economically feasible.
''If you are overhauling a plant that was built in the 70s, the best you can do ... is a 50 percent reduction,'' said Jim Royner, chairman of the Greater Houston Partnership, which had asked Texas regulators for a reduction target of 80 percent.
Also under the plan, speed limits would be reduced to 55 mph in the eight-county area.
The speed limit on interstate highways in the Houston area is as high as 70 mph, though drivers often go over 80 mph or 90 mph.
''I'll lose half my income,'' complained Roberto Saldano, a Houston cab driver. ''I have to drive fast, fast, fast to get places. If I have to go slow, I won't be able to get fares. It is impossible to drive less than 60 or 70 mph, at least, in Houston.''
Other provisions call for stricter tailpipe tests for cars and trucks; a morning ban on the use of diesel construction equipment during part of the year; the sale of cleaner diesel fuel; and the retirement or replacement of off-highway diesel equipment.
The restrictions would be phased in through 2007.
The EPA has until October to approve the plan or implement a federal plan.
''Houston has a serious ozone problem. To come in with reductions to meet this problem is quite significant,'' said Becky Weber, associate director for clean air programs at the EPA.
Based on the number of days in violation of federal air quality standards, Houston has been the smoggiest U.S. city for the past two years, surpassing Los Angeles, a distinction that was used against Bush during the White House campaign.
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Densely packed groups of stars may make excellent cradles for complex space-traveling life to evolve.
Despite studies that claim these environments, known as globular clusters, may be too harsh for life, a new study argues for a more optimistic view based on the evolving understanding of where planets lie outside the solar system.
"A globular cluster might be the first place in which intelligent life is identified in our galaxy," lead study author Rosanne Di Stefano, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said in a statement. Di Stefano presented the new research today (Jan. 6) here at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.Globular clusters are massive groupings of millions of stars in a region only 100 light-years across. The clusters date back to the early life of the Milky Way — nearly 10 billion years ago. (For comparison, the universe is approximately 13.7 billion years old.) Although these clusters' age raises some questions, it also provides ample time for civilizations that emerged to evolve and become complex. [13 Ways to Hunt Alien Life]
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The advanced age of globular clusters means their stars are older, as well. The heavy elements found in younger stars, which are made up of previous generations, aren't found within the hearts of globular cluster stars. This material, which would have been missing from the disks of dust and gas that built the star, is also required to build planets, so some scientists argue that worlds also would be missing from globular clusters.


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Al-Boustani led an ill-fated "Islamic Emirate of Homs" that lasted only a few weeks. Apparently the locals did not appreciate having an "Emir" who kidnapped and murdered their people while claiming to wage jihad against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. And so in March 2012 a local brigade of the Free Syrian Army executed the Lebanese-born al-Boustani, amidst accusations that the jihadist was not only a traitor to the Syrian revolution but also, in fact, an agent of the Syrian regime.The incident is part of a larger clash that has mostly gone overlooked in the Western media—namely, the struggle between Syria's two main armed opposition groups, groups that represent two radically different visions for Syria's future. In that way, it's not enough to simply know—as a recent article in the New York Times pointed out—that Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with assistance from the CIA, are funneling arms and cash to certain Syrian rebel groups via intermediaries in Turkey. It's also important to know that the other rebel groups—those with an Islamist political agenda—that the United States and its allies have decided not to support are distrusted by the Syrian people themselves. Indeed, Washington's largely hands-off approach to the Syria crisis has so far been greatly assisted by the Syrian public's broad rejection of the hardcore Islamist rebels. But there's no telling how much longer America's strategic interests and the Syrian people's sympathies will remain in sync.THE FACTION OF the Syrian opposition that has been the main recipient of foreign arms is the Free Syrian Army (FSA), an umbrella organization headquartered in Turkey and encompassing upwards of a hundred semi-autonomous battalions of defected Syrian soldiers and armed civilians. Though many individual units and fighters loyal to the FSA adopt a conservative Islamic idiom and may express their struggle as "jihad," the FSA central leadership espouses pluralist, nationalist, and even democratic ideals, reflecting its broad base of support in Syria, as well as the influence of its international sponsors.Tyler Golson is an Arabic social media analyst with Concepts & Strategies, Inc.The above article was published in tnr.com on June 25th, 2012 (8:05 p.m.).Continue reading
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New rules governing international arbitration have lawyers hotly debating how much regulation is required
Global arbitration is one of the few boom areas of international legal practice, but litigation lawyers are sharpening claws and polishing fangs in a row over how much the process should be regulated.
An International Bar Association code of practice for those hearing arbitrations and counsel appearing before them is viewed by some as a poor sticking plaster compared with some of the more robust, but ultimately stymied, proposals coming out of Europe.
Concern revolves around allegations of bias aimed at those sitting on arbitration panels. Leading City partners claim post-arbitration satellite litigation flowing from judgments has increased dramatically, with one specialist commenting that many of the "allegations of bias would make any litigator blush".
That tussle is being fought out against the backdrop of a wider debate over whether arbitration provides disputing parties with value for money in more established jurisdictions compared with commercial courts populated by highly intellectual and respected judiciaries.
What is not in dispute is that global arbitration is booming – and not just in London and other historically strong centres such as Paris, Stockholm and Geneva, but around the world in burgeoning hotspots such as Dubai and Singapore.
Popular appeal
Figures from a survey by Price-waterhouseCoopers released in April show multinational corporations have seen a 35 per cent rise in disputes in the past year and that nearly three-quarters of their legal departments view international arbitration as ideally suited for resolving those rows. According to the survey, twice as many global businesses say they would plump for international arbitration as would go down the conventional litigation route.
"This is the busiest time in arbitration I have seen in London in 15 years, with work coming from all over the world," comments Sophie Lamb, a litigation partner in the London office of US firm Debevoise & Plimpton, claiming the boom kicked off about three years ago.
The timeline coincides with the first aftershocks of 2007/08's financial meltdown. In the economic heyday, global corporations were too busy loading wheelbarrows with cash to argue for long over a breach of what at the time would have been seen as a minor contractual clause. Back then, multinationals and other businesses were happy to shrug their shoulders and settle.
In today's business environment corporate boards, their senior executives and general counsel cannot afford even to whisper the word 'settlement'. Every dispute is fought and in a cross-border business world, arbitration is seen as the safest forum for resolving arguments. And London is one of the – if not the – premier global venues for arbitration, due to the quality of its tribunals and litigators.
"London reinvented itself following the Arbitration Act 1996," observes Joe Tirado, global co-chair of international arbitration at Winston & Strawn in London. He maintains that the London Court of International Arbitration "has done a great job of marketing itself, especially to parties in Russia and the wider CIS".
Arbitration's appeal to battling corporations has several facets: the parties can choose their own expert tribunal rather than relying on the lottery of a commercial court bench; judgments are final, with the process being generally confidential; and, perhaps most importantly, they are widely enforceable under provisions of the UN's 1958 New York convention.
Proponents of arbitration have also historically maintained that the process is cheaper and more efficient than court-based litigation. But that view is increasingly being challenged.
"We fight hard to preserve the myth that arbitration is faster and cheaper," says one leading City specialist partner, "but of course, that's nonsense."
Too much of a good thing?
Khawar Qureshi QC, an arbitration specialist at Serle Court, says there are many positive aspects to arbitration and, encouragingly, authorities and judiciaries in emerging jurisdictions in southern Asia, Latin America and Africa are becoming familiar with the process and are therefore more supportive.
However, the silk worries that arbitration may be falling victim to its own success.
"There is a concern being voiced by users that arbitration now more often resembles the worst aspects of blunderbuss-type litigation in terms of cost and delay," he says. "Indeed, some view the development as being rather ironic, not least given the impressive positive changes made in domestic courts such as the English Commercial Court to ensure that proactive case management leads to cheaper, faster determination of claims."
Privately, some specialist lawyers offer an even more brutal assessment of arbitration.
"It's almost always the case that arbitration is far more expensive than comparable commercial litigation in established jurisdictions such as England," says one.
Critics point out that disputing parties must pay an institution – if one is involved – for providing the arbitration panel, the panel members themselves, and for the venue, before coughing up for their own lawyers.
That high dose of commerciality creates other problems. Some lawyers claim that because arbitrators have been "chosen and paid for" they suffer from a natural human desire to been seen in a positive light by their clients, not least because they will be in the market for repeat business.
Comments one lawyer: "Their default position is flexibility, which can often translate into providing parties with more latitude, which escalates costs and generates delay. It is seldom the case that arbitrators will actively case-manage a matter, and certainly rare for questions to be raised as to the volume of documents and/or the number of witnesses in the same way an English commercial court judge would."
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There are also suggestions that litigation solicitors view arbitration as a way of carving barristers out of dispute resolution.
"They will never openly admit to this," says a leading London practitioner, "but one of the perceived benefits of arbitration for law firm partners is that they can keep all the work in-house and not instruct counsel. The corporate partner will ring up the head of litigation who will say 'of course we can handle that'. He then rings up his favoured QC in his favourite set of chambers to act as the arbitrator who will no doubt try to be objective, but underlying that process there has got to be a commercial tension."
City partners are alive to the issues, acknowledging that it is fallacious to suggest arbitration is routinely cheaper and faster than other forms of dispute resolution. But then, most clients don't really expect it to be so.
"People choose arbitration not because it is cheaper and quicker because it isn't," comments Norton Rose's global litigation head Deirdre Walker. "Our clients are sophisticated and they know that. They choose arbitration because it reduces the risk of ending up in a court in a jurisdiction in which you don't feel comfortable, where the dispute is cross-jurisdictional and the ability to enforce the award is key, as is confidentiality."
Lamb agrees, adding that in many cross-border disputes there is no choice.
"For many arrangements and contracts, arbitration is the only available forum," she says. "A foreign investor going into a new emerging economy being asked to make capital investments in the hundreds of millions is not going to agree that if something goes wrong they should be beholden to the local court system."
But in some cases, savvy lawyers can finesse arbitration so it works more efficiently than a court trial.
"If you pick your tribunal carefully, getting one that is reasonably decisive and prepared to take a firm grip, you can push the process more quickly than you could a high court action," advises Wragge & Co's international arbitration head Peter Flint.
"And arguably you could do it cheaper because arbitrators are under a lot more pressure from their institutions to be careful about costs. The arbitration community is being made to focus hard on that."
Rows over conflicts of interest and bias also dominate the global arbitration landscape. Ramon Mullerat, a lawyer at Spanish law firm Iuris Valls, recently chaired a review of arbitration practices for the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). The starting point, he says, was a view that "there are problems with party-appointed arbitrators and their relationships with counsel – so some rules are needed".
Other commentators are harsher.
"Without any doubt, there is a conflict of interest in some cases," says one lawyer. Another argues: "There is a real potential for a free-for-all in arbitration. There are concerns over the concealing of documents, coaching witnesses and hostile or unpleasant conduct towards opponents."
Ultimately, the CCBE draft guidelines failed to win support and withered, to Mullerat's chagrin.
"There was a view that trying to create a code of practice for counsel would divide the legal profession," he concedes.
Apart from the bias issue, Tirado highlights what he says is a trend among some arbitrators to over—extend themselves by accepting "cases they shouldn't, either because they are not capable of doing them or because they are not actually available to do them".
And while the pool of high-quality arbitrators capable of hearing disputes valued in the billions is increasing, Tirado still describes it as a "cliquey club".
It is estimated that there are no more than 25 people worldwide hearing big-money disputes, with, says Tirado, "the old mafia being replaced by the new mafia".


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Child Friendly Approach to Education
In 2002, Sri Lanka started piloting the Child Friendly Approach (CFA) to education with support from UNICEF. In 2009 the case study "Mainstreaming Child-Friendly Schools in Sri Lanka" found that CFA:
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A majority of EU citizens think that the European Union (EU) should spend more money on scientific research, according to two polls released by the European Commission today (June 13), just days before the leaders of EU nations are due to decide on science funding levels for coming years.
Two "Eurobarometer" reports commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research show that 71% of EU citizens agree that collaborative research at the EU level is growing in importance, and 59% consider that the EU should spend more money on scientific research.
The surveys were conducted in January and February, but the timing of their release this week is impeccable. On June 16, the heads of EU national governments are due to agree on the size of the research budget for 2007–2013. The European Commission had proposed a doubling of the current spending level on research under the 7th Framework Programme, but the indications are that national governments will want the increase to be significantly smaller.
"The results clearly show the wish of European citizens to have research better funded not only at the EU level, but also at the national level," Michel Claessens, spokesman for research directorate general, told
The polls showed that 64% of Europeans think the EU economy can only become more competitive by applying advanced technologies, and 88% agree that the United States is more advanced than Europe in research.
There is a clear political message for Europe's leaders in the results, said research commissioner Janez Potočnik. In a statement on Monday he said: "This data comes at a very good moment. As our political leaders discuss the budgetary framework for 2007–2013, we see a strong view emerging from citizens that more needs to be done at European level in this area that is so important for their future."
Antonia Mochan, spokeswoman for science and research at the European Commission, added that the survey shows that 88% of those surveyed felt that researchers in European countries should cooperate more with each other, and 83% believed that there should be more coordination between Member States.
"We hope that this week they [the national leaders] will take all this on board," she told
John Marks, director of science and strategy at the European Science Foundation, told
"Not only is it a good investment to spend money on research…but in addition, spending it at an EU level is cost-effective because a lot of what is happening works to reduce fragmentation."
As for how the debate at the European Council will develop, Marks said he wasn't sure. "But we definitely hope that the long-term perspective that is served by the 7th Framework Programme, and within that the European Research Council, is not drowned out by short-term economic concerns," he said.
The survey–32,000 interviews carried out in 32 European countries including candidate EU members and allied states–isn't all good news for science. The two reports show that 54% of Europeans consider food made from genetically modified organisms to be dangerous, and highlight public awareness of the negative impact of science on the environment and employment; computers and technology, people said, could cost jobs.
"There are also some important messages for all those involved in science–the European Commission, Member States, the media, and the scientific community–about how we inform the general public about what is being done," said Potočnik. "The survey shows that people are more interested, but less well informed, about science and technology than about issues such as sports and politics."


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Longtime GTS wearers tell us the 14 stays true to its heritage. It boasts all the trappings of a traditional stability model, but the ride remains as smooth as ever. "This shoe has the same comfort, stability, flexibility, and cushioning I've come to expect from the Adrenaline for both everyday training and long runs," say Chris Garges, a speedy tester from Bethlehem, Pa. who trained in the GTS 14 leading up to his 1:16 at September's Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon. The cushioning is on the firmer side of average, but is in the sweet spot; it's soft enough for high-mileage training but firm enough so the shoe remains stable. New to the 14: Printed overlays are used sparingly to adorn the upper. Unlike many shoes on the market today, which have gone totally stitch-free, most of the GTS's overlays are still stitched onto the mesh to provide additional support.
Bottom Line: Soft and stable ride for runners with flat feet.
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"You know you have a great shoe when you get done running and you don't remember anything about your shoes."—Daniel Warmels, East Lansing, Mich.
"This shoe, like the GTS 13, has been a perfect shoe for me. Fit was great from the beginning. I could run a race in the shoe right out of the box."—Ted Gray, East Lansing, Mich.
"Most important, it's sharp looking. That makes you go faster, right?"—Chris Garges, Bethlehem, Pa.
"The upper of the shoe was very forgiving and a delight to fit your foot in. Just a lot of room for your toes to spread out."—Ron Mott, East Lansing, Mich.


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Browning Library to offer electronic tour guide systemOct. 13, 2000
By CLAIRE KENNEDY
The staffs of the Armstrong Browning Library and Information Technology Center have designed hand-held tour guides containing information about the library's contents.
Carl Bell, senior analyst and programmer for ITC research and development, said once the devices are available for use, each object in the library will be numbered. The devices will allow library visitors to access information by either typing in the numbers of items on a keypad or by tapping on a number on the map of the library. The two-pound, hand-held devices will be in both English and Spanish, and headphones will be available for visitors.
Although it's not clear just when the devices will be ready for use, Bell hopes they will be ready before the end of the semester.
'We've still got some bugs we need to fix, and we also need some voice-overs, which is taking a while,' Bell said.
In addition to features already available on the tour guides, the ITC staff hopes to develop infrared sensors in the devices, which would allow them to automatically display information about items as visitors pass by them.
Bell said the ITC staff's biggest problem with putting these items in such high-tech form is that they've been working with a California company to design and manufacture software that would enable the hand-held tour guides to do this.
Rita Patteson, curator of manuscripts for the Armstrong Browning Library, said the devices will allow visitors more freedom than they have during a guided tour with tapes in a museum.
'It will be easy for a person who comes in to have this device, travel around and get information about items as they want to,' Patteson said. 'With this, you can go at your own pace.'
Staff members of the library and ITC developed the idea for the hand-held tour guide while working on a virtual tour for the library's Web site at www.browninglibrary.org. The tour will enable viewers of the site to see and learn about the contents of each room online.
'The library needed to get more technology-oriented and more publicity to let people outside of Baylor, Texas and the United States know about it,' Patteson said.
The Armstrong Browning Library, which contains the world's largest collection of materials of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, will celebrate its 50-year anniversary in October 2001. The library houses portraits of the notable nineteenth-century poets and paintings related to their poetry, as well as furniture and other belongings.
The library was able to make the hand-held tour guides, improve the Web site and replace the museum's old drapes and pillows using a $150,000 grant from the Baylor/Waco Foundation. The purpose of the grant was for Golden Jubilee, the celebration of the completion of the library's renovation.
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Kuramathi Wins The Travelife Gold Award
Kuramathi Island Resort is one of the first resorts to open in the Maldives and is part of Universal Resorts of Universal Enterprises Private Ltd, a 100% Maldivian owned company, and the pioneers of tourism in the Maldives.
January 31, 2014 (Newswire.com) - "Achieving a Travelife Award isn't easy and requires a good result from the Travelife Audit" - http://www.travelifecollection.com/awards
Kuramathi seconds the statement, after attaining the Travelife Gold Award twice in a row. The distinctive award comes with hard work of course; which includes meeting with a number of strict policies based on the commitment given to sustainable practices in a resort/hotel following an audit. A strong focus is also highlighted on Corporate Social Responsibility strategies enforced by the resort. We take this moment to convey our heartfelt gratitude to our team members who contribute their efforts, to maintain the standards consistently.
Apart from the alluring natural beauty the island is renowned for, Kuramathi is one of the most self-sustained resorts in the Maldives. Being a large island compared to Maldivian standards, it uses the extra space diligently, with the many striking initiatives implemented up to this day. The island houses a powerhouse with 5 world-class generators, enough to supply electricity to the entire island. Water is recycled and used in various ways, thanks to our top-notch sewerage plant. Our garden greens, accounts for 70% of salads served on the island and features over 10 types of herbs; all originating from our efficiently run Hydroponics Garden. Standing tall as an eco-friendly resort, Kuramathi also plays a vital role to help the Rasdhoo community; the local island who calls us their neighbour, who attend educative presentations at the Eco Centre, and celebrating important events of the year such as the World Ocean Day and the World Environment Day.
What is Travelife?
Travelife is an international certification scheme for hotels and accommodations that helps them to improve how they manage their environmental and social impacts, such as the way their energy or water consumption, or how they treat the people they employ or the local community where they operate.
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Kuramathi (http://www.kuramathi.com/) is one of the first resorts to open in the Maldives and is part of Universal Resorts of Universal Enterprises Private Ltd, a 100% Maldivian owned company, and the pioneers of tourism in the Maldives.
An emerald jewel in the turquoise Maldivian waters, Kuramathi is a stunning island retreat with acres of luxuriant vegetation surrounded by spectacular beaches tapering into an endless sandbank. Villas blend contemporary design and nature, and are set on the beach, amongst lush gardens or over water. Four poster beds, open-air bathrooms, rainfall showers or Jacuzzi, large outdoor decks with inviting daybeds or sun loungers, are just some of the creature-comforts enjoyed by our guests. Dining options are diverse with many restaurants, bars and great-value all inclusive packages, topped off with Maldivian service - welcoming, genuine and friendly.
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, so Garcia may not be available in some leagues, but with the way he's been hitting of late he's worth consideration.
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Chase Utley's bat is waking up a little, making him a nice option in mixed leagues. All that and more from RotoWire's Jan Levine in this week's NL FAAB Factor.
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Quintana has been spectacular since his April 19 implosion against the Tigers, where he gave up nine earned runs in four innings pitched
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He may be 39 years old, but Torii Hunter has been thriving at the plate in his return to the Twins, with whom he started his career.
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These case studies explore the following issues:
- family trust election / interposed entity election - when, which, why
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These case studies were also presented by Steve Magor at the Trusts - Distributions and Losses seminar held in Darwin on 26 September 2003.
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Paul Tanti CTAPaul Tanti is a Partner in the Thomson Geer Lawyers tax team and has a wide range of experience in providing taxation and commercial advice to a variety of clients. Paul also advises a number of legal and accounting firms on all areas of federal and state taxation law and related commercial matters. - Current at 10 February 2016
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Managing Dotfiles With Git; Pathogen and Plugins
In the last post, I went through some of the first real customizations I did for my vimrc. Soon thereafter, I discovered the power of Pathogen and the bundle/submodule mechanism of managing vim plugins. And then I kinda went crazy with the plugins.
Dotfile Management With Git
First, let me mention that I keep my dotfiles in a git repo. I have a number of machines that I regularly find myself on, and it's nice to be able to quickly reproduce a basic setup anywhere. The repo includes a top-level install.sh, which installs the various files as symlinks to the local git repo. Feel free to grab it as a basis for your own. (I know I grabbed a lot of it from others.) The symlinking rather than mere copying is so that I can just pull down updates and have them work without me having to install anything again.
The other nice thing about managing dotfiles with git is that I can use git's submodule feature to link directly to the upstream repos to make tracking them simpler. It's true that git submodules have some rough edges, but overall it's a very nice system. One such rough edge is the fact that using plugins via bundle will result in them generating tags files, which makes the submodule "dirty" from git's point of view. In the FAQ for Pathogen, Tim Pope has a nice workaround for this: configuring a global git ignore file, and using that to ignore all tags files everywhere.
git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.cvsignore'
echo tags >> ~/.cvsignore
Ultimately, if you don't currently use git for managing your dotfiles, or don't plan to, you should ignore some of what I'm about to explain in terms of arranging files and the like. Instead you can just download the files however you want and put them in the appropriate place. I should also call out that some people prefer Vundle as an alternative to Pathogen. I've looked at it and I think I prefer the submodule+pathogen method.
Managing Vim Plugins With Pathogen
On the top-level of my dotfiles repo, I have a vimrc file, and a vim directory. These are, as mentioned above, symlinked into the appropriate position by install.sh. The vim directory has the various subdirectories you might expect and one more:
vim/bundle. This is where the plugins go, and I'll start with putting pathogen there:
git submodule add https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen.git vim/bundle/vim-pathogen
This will add the pathogen upstream git repo into the local repo by reference. You should see it cloning the repo as appropriate.
After which, you can open your .vimrc and stick on the top:
runtime bundle/vim-pathogen/autoload/pathogen.vim
call pathogen#infect()
Notably this must occur before
filetype plugin indent on or the like. Best to just stick it right at the top.
Now that we've got that settled, let's get to some plugins.
I've got quite a few plugins myself, and this first time out, I'll restrict myself today to discussing the most useful ones.
By far, the one that saves me the most time is CommandT. CommandT allows you to open files based on a lazy match. It indexes all of the files in the current working directory and its subdirectories, recursively (defaulting to 15 levels down).
This one may not be as big of a time saver for everyone, but as an example the operations repo at IMVU (which is where I spend most of my time), has thousands of files in it. The website tree is even bigger. We organize it to the extent we can, but no one can keep a tree that big in their head entirely. (But see below for a note about size.)
But with CommandT, I don't have to remember the exact path to a file. If I know that what I'm looking for is a script intended for use with Nagios and impacts Redis, I can hit
<Space>o (this being my quick command for
:CommandT), then just type "scrnagred" and hit enter. CommandT will have found "scripts/fact/nagios_reporters/redis_status.pl". How great is that?
While it makes large trees useful, I find that it's nice even when the repo has only a few files.
<Space>o has become muscle-memory and I've gotten very used to opening things by fuzzy paths.
Once you've cloned CommandT into your bundle directory, you'll need to do some additional installation. First of all, you need to make sure that your vim is compiled with Ruby support. On Debian/Ubuntu, this is the case if you've installed any of vim-athena, vim-gnome, vim-gtk, or vim-nox.
To actually complete installing CommandT, you'll need to also make sure that you have some Ruby development packages. For Debian-based distros, you'll need ruby, ruby-dev, and rake. Once you have those, cd to vim/bundle/command-t and run
rake make to install it. If any parts are missing, you'll see the errors here.
CommandT has a number of configuration options, which let you change the way it's displayed or the way it indexes files. Here are mine:
let g:CommandTMaxHeight=20
let g:CommandTMaxFiles=20000
The first case limits the maximum height. I find this nice because otherwise it'll end up sucking up much of the window when you have lots of files.
The second one increases the number of files CommandT will index. The default is 10000, and I find that any higher than 20000 (even on an SSD) makes it intolerably slow.
And so there you have it:
Another very helpful plugin I use is another Tim Pope creation, Fugitive. It's an integration of git with vim, and this time the installation is as simple as checking it out into a submodule in vim/bundle.
git submodule add https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git vim/bundle/vim-fugitive
If you want to be able to access the documentation from within vim, you'll also need to generate helptags. This is technically true of anything you install for use with Pathogen. I personally have configured this to be done every time I start vim by adding the following to my vimrc. Some people choose not to, in deference of startup time. The important thing is that it's run at least once each time you update a bundle.
One of the best and immediate uses of Fugitive is
:Gstatus, which will bring up something resembling the output of
git status, except that it's interactive. You can highlight a filename and hit dash to toggle whether or not the modifications are staged for commit. You can also hit D to bring up a (Fugitive-enhanced!) vimdiff of the file, which will allow you to stage portions of the file. Once you're done, you can hit C to
:Gcommit. There's no
:Gpush, but you can do
:Git push or
:Git svn dcommit as appropriate.
One feature I find myself using semi-regularly is
:Gblame, which will split the window vertically and show a list of which commits (and committers) were responsible for each line. This is sometimes helpful for quickly ascertaining who you should go bug about something, or just knowing if this particular line has changed recently.
I recommend that you check out its docs for the other commands you can use with it.
I know I went over the topics fairly quickly, but hopefully you were generally familiar with the subject matter enough to get the important details here. If not, some googling will probably set you straight. I intend to write some more about some of my other plugins I use in the future.


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The film has several problems, the dreary subject matter and monotony heading the list. The pacing is slow, and though the movie is only 93 minutes, it seems much longer. The improbabilities don't help. Even if we accept the idea that the relocation elicits Pippa's buried demons—though it's never clear why—it seems she'd appreciate her current life and be more committed than ever to her marriage. Her relationship to her daughter (Zoe Kazan) makes no sense either. They've been estranged over a lifetime. The daughter loves her father but holds her mother in contempt. When Dad gets seriously ill, abruptly the daughter is contrite, has compassion for Mom, and expresses love for her. The transformation is totally unsupported. In all likelihood, she'd be blaming Mom for not taking care of Dad.
As is so often the case, the acting can't be faulted. The culprit is Rebecca Miller's script—based on her novel—and her sluggish directing. Wright is convincing as a woman in an emotional freefall while maintaining a decorous and superficial calm. Arkin is excellent as Pippa's high-octane husband, who is intelligent, warm and loving—and also a horrible betrayer. Reeves is fine too as a sensitive, alienated soul. He is especially effective in a scene with a dying dog. Kudos to Kazan, Mike Binder, and Ryan McDonald, who offer nice turns. But the picture's real find is "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively as the young Pippa Lee, who manages to evoke depth of feeling beneath her blank, dim-witted stare. She's an actor who deserves many more film roles.
Genre: Drama
Written and directed by: Rebecca Miller
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Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, June 22, 2011
SPG Solar in Novato has appointed Tom Sandman senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Lin Johnson general counsel and vice president.
Sandman spent 29 years at GE, where he was finance leader for global wind projects at GE's renewable energy division. Johnson has more than 25 years of experience providing legal advice to corporations and businesses with a focus in the energy industry.
UGL Services, a division of UGL Limited, has added three brokerage professionals in the San Francisco office. David Klein and Jill Arias, both 26-year industry veterans, joined as senior vice presidents. Jennifer Essner joins as a vice president. Previously, Klein was a senior vice president and partner at Cassidy Turley. Arias was the principal of JR Commercial Inc.
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- Airbnb Exec Has Some Tips to Travel Safely During HolidaysCheddar
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Mindjet in San Francisco has hired Valerie Burman as vice president of corporate development and strategic alliances. Mindjet also promoted Abe Smith to vice president of Americas/APAC sales and global customer service and support. Previously, Burman was vice president of technology partner management at SAP. Smith was vice president of sales for the Americas region.
Cartridge World, based in Emeryville, has named Frank Case president of Cartridge World Americas. Previously, he was Cartridge World's vice president for North America.
Grant Hellar has been appointed vice president, business development officer of Mechanics Bank, assigned to Marin County. Hellar most recently was a financial consultant to First Republic Bank.
NextBio in Cupertino has appointed Farzad (Zod) Nazem to its board of directors. He is a former chief technology officer for Yahoo.
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Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has admitted that he hopes to return to former club Boca Juniors in the future.
The Argentinian has just 18 months left to run on his current deal at the Etihad Stadium, and speculation has emerged this week that City are keen to discuss a contract extension with the player.
The 28-year-old began his career with Boca before leaving in 2004, but Tevez concedes that he would love to play for the club again one day.
"The will to return to Boca always exists, even more so with Bianchi as a manager," Tevez told ESPN.
"I would like to wear the shirt of the team I love again."
Tevez also believes that he is no longer needed by the Argentina national side.


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In order to allow WhoCashed perform analysis of a remote computer on the network, the remote system must be accessible and configured accordingly.
Access to admin shares
The user who is running WhoCrashed should have acess to the admin shares on the remote machine to be analyzed so that
the crash dump files on the remote machine can be accessed by WhoCrashed. If the remote system is running Windows 8 or Windows
2012 Server, the remote admin share is disabled by default and needs to be explicitly enabled.
Enabling the remote system for WMI
In addition to remote admin share access, WhoCrashed requires that a remote system is configured for WMI for crash dump analysis to succeed. On Windows Vista and
later operating systems, this normally involves creating an exception for WMI in the Firewall applet which is accessible from
the control panel. For more information, refer to the following MSDN article:
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DORAL, Fla. — With each week, the Masters Tournament gets closer.
Only a dozen players in the 65-man Cadillac Championship field, which begins today at Doral, are not yet in the Masters, so it's an important week for the likes of Geoff Ogilvy, Fredrik Jacobson, Richard Sterne and Augusta native Charles Howell, all of whom are trying to establish themselves in the top 50 when the final cutoff arrives at the end of the month.
Another example of the Masters on the horizon was Phil Mickelson, who made a detour to Augusta on Tuesday to play with Keegan Bradley.
Mickelson was dominant when he won the Phoenix Open, though he didn't contend his next two weeks at Pebble Beach and Riviera, and then he took the last two weeks off.
"The first week I didn't touch a club and this last week I've been practicing pretty hard," Mickelson said. "And I've had some good rounds and I'm optimistic, but you just never know until you get in competition, and today at Doral, this is playing as tough as I've seen this golf course play. The rough is thicker and denser than I've seen – and longer – and it's going to have a premium on getting the ball in the fairway."
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, is trying to end a drought in these World Golf Championships.
He has won 16 of them, but none since Firestone in late summer of 2009. His game has been all over the place – missed cut, win, middle-of-the-pack – but Doral is familiar turf.
"I've liked the venue. I like being here, and this course and this tournament have been good to me over the years," he said.
He might not recognize the course much longer. Donald Trump bought the resort last year and will start tearing it up on Monday after the tournament is over, adding length and more water features in what The Donald describes as a "brand new course."


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The proliferation of the broadband infrastructure and the associated new business model has made the services such as IPTV and Media on Demand (MOD) possible. In the future, users will demand higher quality multimedia content that can be downloaded through a home broadband connection and transferred onto mobile devices.
Satellite broadcast companies are already using current technology to allow users to download their favorite television programs onto their handheld devices. Amazon.com, the world largest Internet retailer, offers a complete music downloading service, which allows customers to download MP3 through a long term licensing contract. Amazon also offers an MP3 player with 1-2G of memory space free of charge, allowing users to download a limited or unlimited number of songs per month.
In essence, this type of service is much like cable television. With the continuing features and performance advancement in mobile devices, design engineers constantly face a two-fold problem: on one hand, they face pressures to cut costs and produce smaller devices with lower power consumption; on the other hand, they must offer more functionalities and higher connection speed.
Access methods
The traditional way of accessing multimedia content for a mobile device is by connecting its USB port to a computer through a higher speed cable or "cradle." The downside to this procedure is that the user cannot connect to the Internet independently without turning on a PC or Notebook computer, and hence must go through a PC intermediary.
Another way of accessing multimedia content is through a build-in Wi-Fi module, where the connectivity can be limited by the surrounding environment such as concrete walls, the distances between the devices, nearby microwave and cordless phone, radio waves, the use of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules simultaneously, and other forms of interference. The limitation to this procedure is that the current wireless technology such as Wi-Fi cannot achieve broadband connection speeds suitable for multimedia streaming with good enough QoS. The stability of a consistent and reliable wireless connection is also another concern.
Yet another way is to leverage the existing Ethernet network at home or in the office for broadband access. The problem is the build-in PCI or Non-PCI Ethernet module or Ethernet card increase the bulkiness of mobile devices. A possible remedy to preserve compactness is to use a separate cradle or docking station to connect the mobile devices to the network. The downsides to this procedure are the added costs of additional connectors due to the use of parallel bus in PCI or Non-PCI controller, and the signal interference that it generates.
The solution: USB-to-LAN
USB-to-LAN offers a natural solution to each of the downsides described in the present scenarios described above. The idea of so called USB-to-LAN converts a USB 2.0 signal to the Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet interface through an USB-to-LAN controller used in the cradle or docking station for the mobile devices. Because the USB 2.0 uses a compact four-pin connector, this solution reduces many pins-out connections between the cradle/docking station and the mobile devices.
Another more flexible way is to use an external USB-to-LAN dongle to connect the mobile devices to the network if the microcontroller within the devices has a build-in USB host interface. This will leverage the high-speed and serial bus characteristic of USB2.0, to increase the performance of the devices, and in the meantime, solve the downside of bulkiness described above.
The concept behind USB-to-LAN should be obvious--harnessing USB's "plug-and-play" convenience as well as its 480 Mbps connection speeds, both without compromising portability and connection performance.
Six embedded Ethernet solutions
The so-called Embedded System usually denotes a Non-PC system that includes many of the functions of a computer. The main components of embedded system are a microcontroller, custom hardware, the embedded operating system, and the application software. The applications of an embedded system can range from factory automated industrial control machines to every day mobile devices, such as cell phones, PDAs, PMPs, and MP3 players. The manufacturing, communications, and consumer electronics industries benefit significantly from the embedded systems, allowing the embedded systems to command a greater importance in the market today.
There is a growing need to add network connectivity into every embedded system, particularly with Ethernet or Wi-Fi function. Based on reports by Forrester Research, by the year 2010, up to 95% of the devices used to access the Internet will be non-PC devices that use an embedded system. In other words, the network connectivity of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication will be the primary market demand for the embedded networking system for the years to come.


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Social Question
Do you juice?
This hasn't been asked, I think, since 2008.
I'm getting an Omega 8004 in a day or two, and I could not be more stoked to try it. I got suckered by the stories in Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, which is one clumsy ass documentary, but still compelling.
I found researching juicers a tough nut to crack, because there's a lot of crap on the market and a lot of specificity in terms of styles and designs. For example, there are four types of juicers (centrifugal, single auger, double auger, press), etc, etc. The most expensive is $2,500! Anyway, I finally found this site (and their YouTube channel), which is awesome for straight-up objective product evaluations and all the things to consider (such as not focusing on juicing fruits because the lack of fiber sends your blood sugar on a ride).
My plan is to do green (color)/veggie juices and I'm stoked that the juicer I ordered is supposed to be really efficient (in terms of squeezing out the juice), especially with greens and easy to clean—the cleaning part is a common complaint.
I'm open to the idea that I'm being suckered (so bring it on), but I'm still enthusiastic. Any other enthusiastic juicers out there? What's your experience?
@mods, sorry for the infomercial. The Web site really is an excellent, objective source of info and not the easiest to find.


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Damn it, learn to read the rules. If you post here, you will suffer meh infraction-hammer.
Hi everybody new here please be gentle, ive gone through loads of threads and i still not really worked out any answers to my questions
1 is it best to chip or software (im thinking more along the lines of not causing any damage to my wii i.e. being blocked or stop working alltogether by an update and still being able to go online!)
2 is there any security seals so once its opened your stuffed no matter what you do to it (got mine brand new yesterday)
3 whats bricking is that when its totally stuffed and you need a new one
4 is it best to buy a drive allready chipped then swap back if any probs so that all hardware would be original and no evedence of tampering (unless there is a tamper device)
5 if there is a tamper device can it be avoided or put back without it being noticed?
6 is it illegal to chip you own property even if you are only doing so to back up your own games one shop said it was
sorry about all the questions but there is so much overload of info when googleing
many thanks HR
Damn it, learn to read the rules. If you post here, you will suffer meh infraction-hammer.
lol... all you ask was posted here in this forum.. u weird u cant even look for the topics...
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im confused as to why he was posting here. WWLTH me and you have to brawl sometime.
Im confused why this thread isn't locked to stop unwanted banter....
Oh wait it is now ^^
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It's a minimal outing for Narciso Rodriguez's spring 2011 collection. Featuring gowns and pantsuits of muted hues, the garments have a certain loose elegance that is to be expected from Rodriguez's designs. Keeping in line with the minimal theme, models stepped out in simple slicked back hair and clean faces that brought a refreshing simplicity to New York Fashion Week.
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These days, most small businesses rely—either somewhat or heavily—on software applications. According to a new report by PC World magazine, here are 15 of the best free and low-cost software tools for powering any small or midsize business:
1. Accounting: Intuit QuickBooks Pro. Its flowchart-based accounting is the simplest way to transfer your books from the filing cabinet to the computer. ($200; http://quickbooks.intuit.com)
2. Backup/recovery: Mozy. If your home base is ever destroyed, it's wise to have an online backup service that automatically archives whatever you want via the Internet. ($5 per month; www.mozy.com)
3. Blogging tool: WordPress. It's not too late to jump into blogging—a great way to provide company and product news online. WordPress installs in minutes and is easy to use for non-techies. (Free; www.WordPress.com)
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Here is David Quam's video of Bemidji firefighters battling a blaze that started at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at El Rancho, an old abandoned building along Fifth Street Northwest. Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said the building had been vacant for a number of years. The building was a total loss. Crews fought to keep the fire from spreading to surrounding structure.


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how big is the box the iMac comes in ?? 21'' iMac
I want to buy a 21" iMac. I live in Venezuela and I'm planning on traveling with it on the plane. Can I take it as a carry on bag ?? Or is it too big ?? Thanks.
- Asked by Gabriel T from Davie
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Quite a big box but it is mainly full of polystyrene! Too big to carry on I should think! But well worth while checking it into the hold. It should travel OK in the original packing but I would cover keep the outer plain cardboard wrapper and not show the inner Apple logo and fancy carton! Good luck! I brought one all the way from Australia as checked baggage!
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