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If you're a true sneakerhead, then you're no stranger to the Air Flight series. What could've been the Jordans VII are the Air Flight Lite. Michael Jordan's former partner in Crime, Scottie Pippen, is the legend behind the Air Flight. In 1991, the Chicago Bulls won the NBA finals after a 5th game, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers. These were the shoes that led Pippen to his victory.Regardless, of his signature models beginning in 96, the Air Flights are the true heirs to Pippen's legacy.
I'm usually opposed to matching the sneaker's colors directly with your outfit and see sneakers more as a complimentary , but the original model in green just scram pink laces. Regardless of the Nike Air Mag's being a different colorway and model I feel like Marty McFly whenever I wear these shoes with this McFly Shirt. These were reissued about a year or two ago and to my luck I found them a few weeks ago on vacation at a Nike store.


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So right now I'm on the first step of creating my world map. I've been reading posts here all night and they've been a tremendous help thus far. I have my world sketched out roughly and after reading many introductory threads, I think I'll be grabbing myself a copy of CC3. Hopefully in not too long I'll be posting my world map in a WIP thread, or at least the geography of one of my 4 continents.
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Overview of the UFA motion picture newsreels
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Title: UFA motion picture newsreels
Dates: 1933-1945
Collection Number: 48007
Creator: UFA (Firm).
Collection Size: 450 motion picture film reels, 3 envelopes
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Depicts German military operations and conditions in Germany during World War II, mainly during the 1939-1942 period. Includes a few prewar newsreels of Nazi leaders and rallies, and a few photographs. Most newsreels were distributed in Spain.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: German Spanish
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FedEx Expands Service In Northern Africa
FedEx Express continues to extend its global network by offering its express solutions in Libya through Takween for Airfreight Services. Now a licensed Federal Express Global Service Provider (GSP), Takween will be responsible for the FedEx operations in Libya, which include import, export and customs clearance services.
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BJP gives up on forming minority govt in Delhi?
Arvind Kejriwal wants LG to clear stance of BJP before meet
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Googles new platform to offer better content and technology for the Hindi speaking population.
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Fine dining: Auriga spruces up its menu
Wed Jun 18 2014, 15:57 hrs
Auriga Restaurant and Lounge, Mahalaxmi will be launching revamped Pan-Asian menu on 18th June, 2014 - Auriga offers a perfect place for entertaining, corporate gatherings, casual luncheons, dinners and even black tie soirees.
The latest menu will offer a lavish spread of delicacies from countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Indonesia, Mongolia, and China. Aurigas contemporary Pan-Asian menu is a playful and artistic mélange of Asian flavors presented in Western style.
The new additions to the menu include a variety of
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followed by glass noodle & Scallion salad. Taking cue from finer details, Auriga has pinned down delicious and scrumptious dumplings with interesting fillings which are put into covers prepared with tapioca flour that makes them healthier and tastier. Aurigas new signature liquor infused dessert;
Hot Kahlua Chocolate Souffle
is perfectly blended to hit the right note on the taste buds. Unlike most of the restaurants that serve mint towards the end of the meal, Auriga offers the healthy green tea for a refreshing after taste. The tea is steeped in luxuriant combination of fruit and flower flavors that lulls you into a relaxed state.
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says, Auriga has always aimed at being class apart in terms of its ambience, quality of food and entertainment. We have redefined our menu with new offerings. While we have been catering to the needs of our vegetarian audience, we have further enhanced our offerings for the health conscious and introduced a Salad section and wider choices in the soup and dumpling section.
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"We have included a Korean speciality called Bibimbap to our new menu which originates from the traditional practice of mixing all the food offerings. The chef actually comes to the table and assembles the dish in front of you. Bibimbap is served in a very hot stone bowl and the vegetables commonly used in this dish include julienned cucumber, zucchini, mushrooms, doraji , gim, spinach, soybean sprouts, and gosari. Tofu, plain or sautéed, a leaf of lettuce, chicken/ seafood/ beef are also a part of the ingredient mix. This dish is healthy, looks tempting due to the way different coloured veggies and meat are placed adjacent each other.
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The polar ice cap is melting, and if executives at the Russian energy company Novatek feel guilty about profiting from that, they do not let it be known in public. From this windswept shore on the Arctic Ocean, where Novatek owns enormous natural gas deposits, a stretch of thousands of miles of ice-free water leads to China. The company intends to ship the gas directly there. If we dont sell them the fuel, somebody else will, Mikhail Lozovoi, a spokesman for Novatek, said.
Novatek, in partnership with the French energy company Total and the China National Petroleum Corporation, is building a $20-billion liquefied natural gas plant on the central Arctic coast of Russia. It is one of the first major energy projects to take advantage of the summer thawing of the Arctic caused by global warming.
The plant, called Yamal LNG, would send gas to Asia along the sea lanes known as the Northeast Passage, which opened for regular international shipping only four years ago.
Whatever blame for the grim environmental consequences of global warming elsewhere in the world that might be placed on the petroleum industry, in the Far North, companies like Novatek and Total, Exxon Mobil of the US and Statoil of Norway stand to make profit.
Its a reality of what is available today, and commercially it is a route that cuts cost, Emily Stromquist, a global energy analyst at the Eurasia Group, said.
Because of easing ice conditions and new hull designs, the tankers will not even require nuclear-powered icebreakers to lead the way as is the practice now except through the most northerly straits.
In addition to making it easier to ship to Asia, the receding ice cap has opened more of the sea floor to exploration. This has upended the traditional business model of using pipelines to Europe. Thawing has proceeded more slowly in the Arctic above Alaska, Canada and Greenland, but one day what is happening in Russia could happen there.
In Russia, the mining company Norilsk can now ship its nickel and copper across the Arctic Ocean without chartering icebreakers, saving millions of roubles for shareholders.
In northwest Alaska, the Red Dog lead and zinc mine moves its ore through the Bering Strait, which is less
often clogged with packed ice than in past decades.
What is new in the Novatek project is an oil industry business plan that relies explicitly on the Northeast Passage.


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I use the webmail interface to Zimbra quite often and find that the various toolbars (navigation, location, links, status bar) all take up valuable screen real-estate while not being very useful while talking to a Zimbra server. Following is a quick link I place in my browser toolbar that opens a separate resizable window and navigates to my Zimbra server.
Hope this comes in handy for someone else.


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A Look at a Week in the Life of the Williams College of Business' Sedler Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Outgoing Sedler Center Director shares an overview of how the Sedler Center is engaged and committed to the development of small business initiatives in our region.
After receiving the 2015 U.S. News & World Report ranking for 19th for an MBA in Entrepreneurship, the outgoing director of the Sedler Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Professor Joe Carter, shared this "snapshot" of a week at the Sedler Center:
1. Polarity Mapping exercise at the Lower Price Hill Community School (Education Matters). The exercise was led by Barry Johnson from Polarity Partnerships.
2. Conducted the LaunchCincy workshop among Price Hill and Madisonville participants. In the words of Karen Bouquet: "Don't let your thoughts defeat you. Keep in mind what you are capable of doing - don't dwell on your doubts - the doubts serve no purpose other than to slow you down."
3. The WaterFields, LLC, principals held a target market strategy session that feeds into their business plan.
4. The BLOC Ministries Incubator Core Team aligned on a plan to attract 25 targeted participants into their process. They are focused on attracting people into their incubator that want to start businesses that will create jobs in Price Hill.
5. The Greater Cincinnati Independent Business Alliance conducted a lunch-and-learn that was focused on business model design.
6. The Greater Cincinnati Independent Business Alliance and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce conducted another LaunchCincy Juntos.
7. Met and explored options to initiate a program to help veterans develop and launch new businesses.
What's next: The Norwood - Woven Oaks LaunchCincy workshop series begins on June 14. The first session is focused on explaining the pre-work requirements for the first workshop (June 21) to the participants. We meet at The Speckled Bird Cafe on June 14. As of this week 14 participants have signed up.
As Professor Carter wraps up his time with the Sedler Center, the Williams College of Business is pleased to announce that Dr. Margaret Cunningham will be the new Director of the Sedler Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.


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Investment Broker Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investor of $5 Million in Ponzi Scheme
|U.S. Attorney's Office April 11, 2012
PROVIDENCE, RI—Martin B. Feibish, 81, of Providence, Rhode Island, an independent insurance agent, investment broker, and creator of two investment companies, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to defrauding a Florida investor out of approximately $5 million by perpetrating a self-contained Ponzi scheme, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Feibish also pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return.
Feibish admitted to the court that between 2001 and February 2011, he induced an investor to invest with him more than $5 million by creating false and fictitious investment schemes. Feibish admitted that he returned only a portion of the funds to the investor and that he falsely and fraudulently represented that the funds were returns on the investor's investments. Feibish admitted that the funds he provided to the investor were actually the result of a Ponzi scheme he perpetrated with the investor's own money. Feibish admitted to the court that he induced the victim to invest money with his companies so that he could control the funds and use them for his own benefit.
Feibish also admitted to the court that he filed a false tax return for tax year 2009, claiming income in the negative amount of $94,699. Feibish admitted that he had received income substantially more than the amount he reported.
Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Feibish pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 29, 2012.
Mail fraud is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, three years' supervised release, and a fine of $250,000. Filing a false tax return is punishable by up to three years in federal prison, three years' supervised release, and a fine of $1,000,000.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Luis M. Matos. The matter was investigated by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.


text: Six months after Charlie Miller first hacked the iPhone, he won the Pwn2Own competition at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver by hacking the just-released MacBook Air in two minutes. (Finding the vulnerability in Safari that he used and writing an exploit, of course, took many hours more of preparation.) Miller went on to hack MacBooks at the Pwn2Own competition for the next two years, cementing his reputation as the world's leading Mac hacker.


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Anyone know any good reading about the U2? I recently got introduced, at my local airpark, to a NW Sr International Captain that flew U2 for the Air Force for years. This guy is full of insane stories. I'd like to find a collection of a written work if one exists.
Any stories you know of?
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text: Photo Gallery Photos: Preserving Beauty, Providing Hydropower in Scotland Scotland harnessed power from water in the Highlands 60 years ago, amid conflicts that echo with relevance for a world still struggling to find clean and safe energy. PUBLISHED Mon Mar 21 21:06:00 EDT 2011 0 1 / 11 Capturing Power in the Glens In the rainy Scottish Highlands, home to Great Britain's highest mountains and largest inland lakes, some 80 dams span the valleys in testament to an earlier generation's vision of capturing then-elusive power from the abundant water of the glens.(Related: See photos of Scotland)The hydropower effort began in earnest here in the midst of World War II, when Winston Churchill's government saw expanding access to electricity as a national security imperative. In these rural valleys, only one farm in six had electricity, and the situation was worse in small agricultural holdings worked by tenant farmers; only one in 100 of these so-called "crofts" had power.Today, of course, virtually all of Scotland has access to electricity, and the hydropower system established six decades ago provides 10 percent of the region's power. Even with windmills rising quickly in the countryside and offshore, these dams and 60 associated power stations still provide a large measure of the United Kingdom's renewable energy.(Related: "Hydropower: Going With the Flow")The Scottish hydro story echoes with relevance for a world that is struggling to find clean, safe sources of energy. The same battles pitting natural preservation against economic development that mark today's drive for new energy were waged in these valleys nearly 60 years ago. Scottish and Southern Energy's (SSE) Sloy Power Station dam (map) on Scotland's storied Loch Lomond, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Glasgow, illustrates well the choices that were made. The 185-foot (56-meter) water barrier, 1,170 feet (357 meters) long, seen here with a white rush of water at center as engineers test the main purge valve, is only a portion of the infrastructure built to generate power here. A system of tunnels and aqueducts diverts water into the system from areas well to the north and south.In this altered landscape, whose beauty still endures, it may be possible to discern answers to today's energy conflicts in how Scotland harnessed the power of water.—Marianne Lavelle, with reporting by Toby Smith(Read about Scotland work's with National Geographic on a £10 million (approximately $16 million) competition for wave or tidal power innovation, the Saltire Prize, or watch a video here. Here is the Scottish government's website for the competition.) Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Tunneling Forward for Energy An engineer inspects the shale dam's internal structure and valves at Loch Breaclaich (map), near Perthshire, in a mountainous region of deep glaciated valleys with peaks more than 3,000 feet (900 meters) high. Confined spaces are treated with great respect as any injury or accident would require a tricky rescue operation; Breaclaich itself is almost 2,000 feet above sea level and is nearly 6 miles (9 kilometers) from any road.The energy potential of the Scottish Highlands was recognized early in the history of electric power. Scotland's first public hydro supply was built here in 1890 to serve a village of 800 people—just eight years after Thomas Edison built the world's first commercial electricity station in Lower Manhattan. And Great Britain's first major hydro plant was developed just six years later near Loch Ness by British Aluminum Company, which recognized that using the enormous and constant force of water to turn turbines would drive down the tremendous energy cost of extracting aluminum—then considered a semi-precious metal—from its ore.(Related: "Energy and Industry")But it was not until World War II that Britain began to weigh a widespread system of hydropower plants linked together in an electricity network, thanks to the urging of Scottish Labour Party politician Tom Johnston, Scotland's secretary of state in Churchill's wartime coalition government.At that time in the United States, a hydropower construction frenzy was under way to secure energy for aluminum to build military planes and bombs; President Franklin Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority had 12 hydroelectric projects under construction at one time in 1942.Across the sea, Johnston, born in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, spoke out on the potential of the Highlands mountains and lakes of his homeland to provide both power and jobs. Parliament was persuaded, and voted to establish the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board in 1943. Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Machinery That Endures The grand Tummel power station that houses this huge hydroelectric turbine speaks to the investment made over the years in this system, some portions of which have been in operation since the 1930s. The teak doors at the end of the building are the largest in Britain.Much of the engineering equipment that makes hydroelectric power work is housed in such buildings or completely hidden underground. The manager of the hydro operations in Scottish and Southern Energy's southern region, Roger Twigg, who is now nearing retirement after 40 years in the business, marvels at the longevity of the plants. "What other industry is producing the same product, with the same machines and same specifications that were put there in 1933?" he asks.The Tummel Valley has a cascade system; water from the main reservoir, which is 21 miles (32 kilometers) long and 1,400 feet ( 426 meters) above sea level, travels downward into a valley with nine power stations. The same water may have run through turbines to generate power five times before it reaches the end of the system. "That's how much value we're putting on the water," says Twigg. "We're using it as much as we can." Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Engineering and Excavating An engineer studies original diagrams at Lochay Power Station, near Perthshire. The station is fed through a pipeline and tunnel system that is more than 6 miles (9 kilometers) long.Excavating such underground passageways for water was the most dangerous of the jobs required to build the system. Between the 1940s and the early 1960s, a workforce that averaged 4,500 workers and at its peak had more than 12,000 was required to build the infrastructure for the Scottish Highlands hydro system. During World War II, the workforce including German and Italian prisoners of war.After the war, the crews of "Tunnel Tigers" included Germans, Poles, and Czechs drawn to the high wages and hefty bonuses. The wages were 10 times what could be earned by a Highlands estate worker at that time. But workers had to live in temporary camps near construction sites. And although there are no definitive statistics, on-the-job casualties were frequent, with 22 deaths recorded in one 1,000-worker camp in just one year. Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Where Time Stands Still Deep inside Sloy Dam, a structure called "the pendulum" measures any movement of the dam due to geological or pressure change. A high-tensile wire stretching from the top of the dam to its base etches a path in wax paper that is periodically inspected by engineers. More modern dams use lasers and ultrasound to monitor change, but the harsh conditions in this part of Scotland—cold and wet—favor old-school methods."The engineers that work on the hydro stations today, and the work they do would be recognized by the people who build them 60 years," says Julian Reeves, a spokesman for Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). Although the valves and the switches are now controlled from the company's central offices in Perth, "all of the maintenance and all of the technology is actually identical to the original," he says.A major refurbishment of the stations, to add computerized controls, was able to squeeze out only a 5 percent improvement in the system's efficiency. "That's how well-designed they were," he says. Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage A Valley's Gentle Flow In a remote corner of northeast Scotland known as Glen Strathfarrar, rare Caledonian pines line the valley and waters that feed into Loch Monar.Altogether the capacity of SSE's hydro operations in the Scottish Highlands is about 1,100 megawatts, making it quite a small system. In contrast, one single dam in the United States—Grand Coulee on the Columbia River in Washington State, which opened in 1942 and is still the largest U.S. power station—has six times the capacity of all 80 of SSE's dams. And Scotland's hydro boosters look with envy at their near neighbors in Scandinavia: Norway's rugged landscape enables it to derive 99 percent of its electricity from rushing water."The mountains here aren't quite high enough and the valleys are not quite big enough to be ideal for hydro," says Reeves. "But when the stations were built, it was the way of getting electricity to these remote areas." Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage The Power of Renewable An engineer transports heavy lifting gear to a small turbine connected to a lock designed to enable fish to bypass the turbines at Lochay Power Station.Opposition from local landowners was fierce when the hydro program was getting underway. Not only did they fear damage to tourism and sport fishing, but they worried that the availability of cheap power would attract industry and destroy the region's agrarian way of life.Lord Airlie, the first chairman of the hydro board, tried to fend off the opponents: "Industry on a heavy scale will never come to the Highlands, because it is common sense that it is easier to bring current to industry than industry to the current," he is quoted as saying. But the criticism targeted at him personally grew so great that he resigned in 1946.In order to ensure his Scottish hydro dream would be realized, Tom Johnston left politics and took over as board chairman.Although it was years before the modern environmental movement, he and other hydro supporters worked to win over detractors by pointing to hydro as clean power (a story memorialized at the Scottish and Southern Energy Visitor Centre in Pitlochry, Perthshire)."They would say if you look at some of the properties that rely on oil and peat and paraffin for lighting, then think again if you think you should oppose the development of this new energy," says Reeves. Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage An Upstream Passage for Salmon A visitor views a traditional fish ladder, an interlocking stream of shallow cascades, that enables salmon to swim upstream past Dunalastair Dam for spawning.As early as 1943, in establishing the program to bring hydro power to Scotland, Parliament required that developments avoid injury to fisheries and stocks of fish. (At that time, many hydro plants being built, including the Grand Coulee in the United States, had no protection for fish at all; it is blamed for decimation of several types of salmon.)(Related: "Dog-Eating Catfish, Other River Giants Threatened by Mekong Dam Plan")As a result, SSE's hydro system today has 36 fish passes throughout its six hydro system groupings to enable salmon and other species to navigate past the obstructions that changed the shape of the Highlands' rivers.Fish screens, which require a great deal of labor to maintain, prevent any small fish from entering the turbines. It is estimated that each year between April and October an average of 5,400 salmon fight their way upstream from Atlantic feeding grounds to spawn in the upper reaches of the River Tummel. At the last dam on the system, Pitlochry, the ladder is 1,000 feet (310 meters) long and has 34 pools, including three larger areas that enable the fish to rest as they travel upstream. The rise between each of the pools is about 20 inches (50 centimeters). Some 500,000 tourists come to the Pitlochry visitors' center each year, where they can view salmon passing through a glass-enclosed ladder."Sport fishing is so important here, " says Twigg. "We would have never been allowed to build unless fish were able to make a free passage up the dam." Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Footfall on a Changing Landscape Fresh Scottish wildcat tracks puncture the snow on the shores of Loch Errochty. The elusive species' numbers are estimated to be as low as 400, as it is threatened not only by development and hunting, but more recently by interbreeding with domestic cats.The remote hydroelectric lochs, often in conservation or scientific study areas, provide some of the last refuges for the species outside of captivity.The engineers are keenly aware of the changes to the landscape from which the Scottish hydro system draws its water, says Reeves. The snowfields of the north were sometimes called "nature's batteries," a means of storing electricity until the spring thaw would slowly feed power into the hydro stations. "But what we've found recently with milder winters is we're getting less snow and more rain," says Reeves. "And while you can store rain in the lochs, there's a limit, and therefore a limit in the way the power stations are used than they have been in the past. They've seen a real evidence of change in the past 50 years."(Related: "Nuclear Reactors, Dams at Risk Due to Global Warming") Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Flooding and Preservation In the far northwest of Scotland at Glen Strathfarrar, remote Loch Monar is held in this valley by an unusual double curvature concrete arch dam—making the facility unique in Britain. Deer and wild goat roam on the surrounding land, which is privately owned and managed.As at many locations, the hydro board had to overcome opposition to build the dam that flooded this valley."It did change the shape of Scotland; you can't get away from that," says Reeves. "But it was done in a way that blended in with the environment."Similar conflicts arise wherever hydropower plants are planned around the world, as corralling water for power can destroy marshland, other sensitive habitat, and even villages. For the largest hydroelectric project in the world, Three Gorges Dam, China relocated more than 1 million residents.(Related: "China's Three Gorges Dam, by the Numbers" and "Pictures: Huge Jets Shoot From Dam During China Floods")The upheaval for residents, by contrast, was minimal in the rural and rugged Scottish Highlands, with 25 percent of Great Britain's land but only 3 percent of its population.At Loch Monar and the associated power stations, just as at all of the hydro plants in the Scottish Highlands, government regulations require that SSE maintain certain levels of water flow so that rivers do not run low. This compensation water allows fish to move, breed, and feed, and maintains a flow of water throughout the landscape. It comes at an energy cost. "That means sometimes we are not able to generate," says Reeves.He says when rainfall is extraordinarily heavy, the hydro system also will allow water to spill over the dam to minimize the impact of local flooding, as long as it doesn't create a problem further downstream. "We have to be a neutral player," he says. "But if there is a way to safely operate to prevent flooding at the expense of generating power, we will do that," he says.(Related: "Lessons from the Field: Patuca River, Honduras")(Related: "Resurgence of Large Dams Threatens Tribal People, Report Says") Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage A View to the Future The water catchment and power station at the cliff base in Loch Leathan replaced an expensive diesel generation system on the Isle of Skye it was built in 1949. Skye, in the northwest, embodied the idea of the remote areas Britain hoped to reach with its hydro program; it was not connected to the mainland until a bridge opened in 1995.Although hydropower still makes up the largest share of Great Britain's renewable energy portfolio, Reeves of SSE says that will soon change. "Over time, what we're seeing is a great number of onshore and offshore wind farms, and the total output of those will outstrip hydropower," he says. "Being an island nation, we have a very good wind resource, particularly in some of the coastal areas, whereas Great Britain and Scotland are just marginal for hydro."SSE, which already has a number of wind power operations, is in the process of developing more, as the United Kingdom—which now gets less than 4 percent of its total power from renewables—has a goal of reaching 20 percent by 2020. But the company's plans sometimes face a reception that would be familiar to Scotland's hydropower pioneers of the 1940s. In early March, SSE abandoned plans for an offshore wind farm near Kintyre because of strenuous opposition from residents who feared it would damage tourism, disrupt recreational sailing, and destroy the seascape that inspired William McTaggart, Scotland's great 19th-century artist.Even as wind power proliferates in Great Britain, SSE's Southern hydro manager Twigg says that he believes the hydroelectric system of the Scottish Highlands continues to play a crucial role. Unlike the intermittent power of the wind, the power from water can be controlled, stored, and called on when it is needed. "It plays a very important part in balancing the system," he says."You always get people who knock us," Twigg says, "but it's free, it's on the rainfall and natural, and it doesn't generate any greenhouse gases. In my opinion it was the best use of Scotland's glens and rivers, to harness the energy to supply cheap power to the people of Scotland."This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visit The Great Energy Challenge. Photograph by Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage Related Stories Death of One of World's Biggest Sharks Causes Outcry 4 Incredible Videos of Animals With Superpowers Florida's Coral Reef Is Disintegrating


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The three weeks I've spent here in London have been amazing, and the experience of being a Gamesmaker is one I won't soon forget.
My venue was at the photo workroom help desk in the Main Press Centre on the grounds of Olympic Park. Gamesmakers at this venue helped still photographers from the 80-plus global news organizations complete their jobs as quickly as possible. In the MPC, photographers edit the photos they just took of the various sporting events, write captions and send them electronically to their newspapers. In our digital world, it takes just minutes to get a photo from London to the front page of a paper, or out on a numerous news wire services.
It wasn't a glamorous job, but fun and interesting nonetheless. My shifts were about 7-8 hours long. During the first few days, we primarily handed out multi-pocket vests to each accredited photographer, helped them secure lockers to store their gear, and catalog both. Other days, we directed photographers to the bus shuttles that took them to venues and managed their requests to cover a particular sporting venue and event. Many venues had a limited number of places for photographers, so these spaces were first come first served. Other events were considered "high demand", which meant that in addition to their media credentials, the photographer had to receive a ticket from their country's National Olympic Committee. In some cases, only media from the countries competing were allowed to cover a particular event, in addition who what were called 'pool' photographers, meaning photographers from outlets like the Associated Press, who have agreements with newspapers to provide content.
On our busiest day, more than 200 photographers were in the MPC right after a sporting event to edit and send their images. On our slowest, about 11 photographers were on our second floor post.
The photo workroom managers did a great job of trying to make sure volunteer Gamesmaker got a chance to see some of the sporting events. A few of the guys got to see beach volleyball, which I hear they thoroughly enjoyed.
Trying to get into a venue isn't as easy as it sounds. Security was tight – no one was allowed into Olympic Park without either a ticket or credentials, and having credentials didn't mean you could get into any venue. This led to one of my more memorable experiences as a Gamesmaker. At the start of one of my shifts, Neil, the night photo workroom manager asked me if I'd deliver some photographer vests to Earl's Court, the venue for volleyball. It meant getting on a designated media bus with other journalists for the 55 minute trip. As my reward, I'd get to watch some of the volleyball competition. Not a problem, I said. The drive was great, looking at sites like Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. WIthout an upgrade pass, I couldn't actually get into the venue to watch volleyball. I was a little bummed, and headed back to the meeting point to catch the media bus for my trip back to the MPC. That's where my day got interesting! The driver (not the same one who drive to the venue) apparently wasn't familiar with London. I could hear the GPS he was using blurt out directions, but it was obvious we weren't going back to the MPC the same way we came. I was alone on the bus, and didn't think much of it until I heard the driver calling his dispatcher for directions. After the driver pulled over two more times to figure out his way back, I asked him to call my managers at the MPC – who worked as photographers for some of London's leading newspapers. If anyone knew their way around London, it would be them! So, two-and-a-half-hours later, and after a bus tour of some of London's more seedier neighborhoods, I arrived back at the MPC!
I'll admit, after that ordeal, I had a tension headache and was slightly annoyed. "Let me make it up to you," Neil told me, asking if I'd like to stay to attend a press conference. Doing this wasn't part of the duties for help desk Gamesmakers, but on occasion, we be loaned out to other departments within Press Op. The USA had just won Gold and Silver in the men' individual medley, so I agreed to stay, hoping I'd get to see an athlete – any athlete – up close.
Nearly all of the press conferences were held in the building where I worked each day. When I arrived, I found out one of the participants was Ryan Lochte, who had just won a silver medal. I didn't have to do much, just count the number of journalists in the room and make sure the videographers stayed on the platform created for them. And admire the view. In addition to being the envy of some of my female friends, now I can say Ryan Lochte made my night!
As the closing ceremonies came to an end, I was pleased at the high profile thank you given to Gamesmakers. And as I watched from a pub near London Bridge, I couldn't help but smile at the wonderful experience I've had, the people I've met and feel sad that my time to London is coming to a close. It's truly has been the trip of a lifetime.


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Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
Contains all three films:
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• A 20 MINUTE INTERVIEW with Noomi Rapace ("Lisbeth Salander").
• A 15 MINUTE INTERVIEW with Michael Nyqvist ("Mikael Blomkvist").
• THE MAKING OF the fight scene between Niederman and Paulo Roberto in The Girl Who Played With Fire.
• INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST AND CREW of The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE DUB TRACKS for all three films.


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posted at 11/16/2011 11:41 PM ESTThe Insider Trading exemption for Congress is getting more airplay now. Members of congress can't get to microphones fast enough to condemn the perk, that they get.
Seems more like an election year reaction than anything Occupy Wall Street has done.
Has OWS gotten any of their changes enacted yet or must we be patient for a certain amount of time?
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posted at 11/17/2011 8:07 AM ESTGutClencher----Why worry about that what we should be worrying about is the Super - Committee not meeting it's deadline and the cuts that automatically takes affect. What will be cut and how it will
affect the state and this city and it's residents is what I am worrying about. Lets be honest there is not one thing you or I can do about the stuff that happens on Wall Street and at Fannie Mae lets worry
about 1.6 trillion dollars in cuts that happens if the super committee
still has no agreement by next Wednesday />
Re: OWS
posted at 11/17/2011 9:49 AM ESTYea Driver, why don't you bring them another case of water so the can leave their mark all over Boston. What were you thinking about?
Re: OWS
posted at 11/17/2011 3:04 PM ESTFscib52---- Did you watch CNN and what is going on with the Protest in New York, LA, Portland ----Now the New Yorkers are on the way to the Subway Stations and than Brooklyn Bridge,
these are everyday people looking for Jobs, losing their homes,
etc and the elected officials in Washington are doing nothing to
fix the problems. Again no agreement in the Super_ committee
with 7 days left for a deal. As of 3Pm 175 people arrested in
New York ---who pays for all the Police and Court personnel again Washington is acting it is not their Fault. Over 1000 Police in New york Today and another 400 in LA who pays these cost. Mark Gray from Occupy Wall Street just spoke on CNN -
said group is heading over to 15 subway stations and than Brooklyn Bridge />
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posted at 11/17/2011 6:01 PM ESTThese are not everyday people looking for jobs, if they were looking for jobs they would not be living in a tent city without permits on public land.
Driver, you want to know who pays for court and police personel? I do, you do, every working tax payer does! We all are paying for their two month long slumber party.
Do not let them fool you into thinking there are no jobs out there, there are. I work with the unemployment office as a part of my job and I get emails EVERYDAY with lists of available positions and job fairs that happen just about every week somewhere in Massachusetts.
I think the message of their crusade has most certainly gotten lost in their childish methods.
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posted at 11/17/2011 9:01 PM ESTGetActive---I knew who ends up paying the tab for the Police, Courts, cleaning up after them it the taxpayer. My Point is we elect
people to help us out but they forget about the Seniors, Disable, Homeless they only listen to the Lobbyist in Washington.
Like I said before On Monday the Super-Committee is suppose to send an agreement to the House and Senate but as of 5 Pm tonight
they are not close to one----On November 23rd if no agreement is
reached automatic cuts are put in place 650 Billion Dollars in Domestic Cuts and 650 Billion in Defense Cuts ----I worry what will
be cut on the Domestic Side---Social Security Benefits,Medicare,
Medicad, Food Stamp Programs, Educational Cuts, which affects
alot of the residents in Malden. I depend on my Social security and
Medicare and worry what going to happen, I have always been out
spoken and care for Malden and find ways to Improve it. Right now
I have a major health Problem with Doctors from Mass General &
Beth Isreal Hospital doing test on me.
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posted at 11/18/2011 9:04 AM ESTDriver, is the world going to end again on Nov. 23d?
Re: OWS
posted at 11/18/2011 3:43 PM EST
Voteforme----No The world will not end but again people smarter than You and I cannot answer what is to be cut on Nov.
23rd,2011. I worry because I am a retired person who depends
on Social Security and Medicare. People on Social Security are giving retirees a 3 % Increase in January which gets eaten up
by the Medicare Increases Next Year now on Nov 23rd if no deal is agreed on what will the Automatic Cuts on the Domestic
Side Be ---Not one Elected Official on the Committee will tell what is in those cuts just that 800 Billion dollars on Domestic
side and 800 Billion on defense side everybody loses out.
Maybe if you were retired and have medicare than maybe you
will worry than too. As of today My Medical Bills since October
18th are over 3000 dollars after medicare paid their share, this
is money i do not have and still the doctors have not figured out
why I keep Collapsing.
Re: OWS
posted at 11/18/2011 4:35 PM ESTWell, I think OWS has helped to bring public focus onto some of the policies of the major banks and the government that have really hurt the middle class (or what was a middle class). A recent GAO report stated that execs' salaries have increased many times, while the people who worked hard at those businesses had very meager salary increases. In some cases, no raises at all for several years. That was certainly my situation. My salary was frozen, but food, rent, etc continued to increase. I'm not the only one in this situation; many are. So, while I will agree that some of the methods can be questioned; and I wonder exactly what their specific message is, and what they'd like to do about the inequities, I admire the fact that they're calling attention to this.
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posted at 11/18/2011 6:01 PM EST
Gutclencher----Maybe Malden Citizens should start their own Protest and Tent City ---protest the Issues affecting this City than see how our city officials react. What I see the problems
if a protest is started is the Number of Police Officiers, and where how would the city pay for the cost of protecting the
protesters. This could be a Fun Time in Malden!
" It is just a Thought" My Opinion it would maybe wake up our
elected officials!
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posted at 11/18/2011 6:03 PM EST
Gutclencher----Maybe Malden Citizens should start their own Protest and Tent City ---protest the Issues affecting this City than see how our city officials react. What I see the problems
if a protest is started is the Number of Police Officiers, and where how would the city pay for the cost of protecting the
protesters. This could be a Fun Time in Malden!
" It is just a Thought" My Opinion it would maybe wake up our
elected officials!
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posted at 11/19/2011 8:18 AM ESTGutclencher---- I went on the occupy bosotn face book asking for help to start a Occupy Malden Protest seems like 15 people
like my Idea and are willing to help. I cannot wait for it to spread -------It was just a thought seems people are upset in
Malden---some are even leaving their phone numbers. Tell your friends this might really happen I have no clue what to do
next and how to organize it and where to have it. This is like a
thought that was just a thought and would not have any traction WOW what did I start, Hope no Councilors hear about
this or the Mayor --because it might be fun!
Re: OWS
posted at 11/19/2011 11:01 AM ESTDriver54:
If you want to camp out in this bone-chilling cold weather, be my guest.
Just remember to clean up after you leave, 'cuz I don't want my hard-earned tax dollars to pay towards any cleanup costs by the DPW.
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posted at 11/19/2011 11:28 AM ESTanotherman & Gutclencher---- As of 11 AM I received over 300 E-mails from Malden Residents who want to be part of this, I started this as a Thought with no Idea it would take off like this.
Most of the e-mails have left their phone numbers and e-mail
addresses ----HeyAnotherman maybe Malden can do like Boston and clean up and patrol the Protest Site , we do have a right to protest and do sit-ins.
Maybe we can protest the Blue Bags, Meal Tax, Water Bills, Open Meetings, stop Patronage Jobs, fixing our streets & fire hydrants, etc;
Cleaning Up---Oops we do not have enough DPW workers to do that they spend their days playing Keno;
Policing---Oops not enough Officers to do all that will be required for them to do;
Maybe by Sunday night I have many more volunteers and people who want change. Better notify the Council and mayor
might be a fun time!
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posted at 11/19/2011 6:28 PM ESTGutclencher&Anotherman as of 5:30 PM I have over 600 e-mails and many phone numbers of Malden Residents that want
to see change and agree that a sit-in or major protest is needed to shake up this City Council. One person wants to protest at each City Councilor Home on different days and times --this is getting funny because all I had was a thought and people seem to like it. I really do not know what to do and
where to go with this thought because of my Health Problems.
People want change and there is no one to lead the Charge or be a voice for change in this city . What do I tell all these people and how do I explain what happened.
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posted at 11/19/2011 8:06 PM ESTGood God.
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posted at 11/19/2011 8:40 PM ESTMaldenGal---What is meant by Good God---It was only a thought that I had now it has grown every hour what happens
next is the question. Someone should be telling the Councilors what is happening and the number of people responding to the
questions; It start as a Thought and a few questions!
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posted at 11/20/2011 8:04 PM ESTThats a great team. Driver and Gut. lolol
one who ran a crap campaign and another one who ran a crap campaign. You pick who is who.
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posted at 11/20/2011 10:03 PM ESTPats2012 ---Must of got you to notice----I have not done anything
but ask for volunteers on the issues ------Maybe we show up tuesday night ----be prepared is all i have to say:
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posted at 11/22/2011 3:11 AM ESTOh yeah I think Malden should call in the National guard to stop you!!!
Your not allowed in City Hall. You know what I will leave work early just to see this. When does it start 6am? I am working from 10-8 because I got crazy hours, but I will come by for an hour. I will be wearing a Captain America outfit. Don't look at my junk. If you do not come with your crew I will laugh at you even more.
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posted at 11/22/2011 11:06 AM EST
Pats2012-----Can not activate National Guard ---seems like the Super-Committee could not agree on a deal and and our
money has to be spent wisely. Seems tonight might be fun or
maybe not----only we the protestors know what is happening.
Read the Other Post. I love you Pats2102Chumps for your real
dumb post love you driver
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posted at 11/23/2011 5:45 PM ESTEww, im not sharing a tent with you.
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posted at 11/28/2011 6:32 PM ESTI went on a special mission to get in deep to the Occupy movement. I will have more news for you soon.


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Central Bank Governor, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said that Seylan Bank was
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Seylan Bank is now secure, stable and sustainable. During the
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Sri Lanka has to go a long way with a new era. It is rarely that we
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The country's per capita income is over $ 2,000 and within the next
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He said there has been marked development in the Northern Province
since his last visit two months ago.
A motor-cycle businessman had sold 120 motor-cycles during the past
week, which shows that people are ready to continue their normal
livelihood that they always longed for and the banks will be the
catalyst for the purpose.
He said the money attracted by the bank should be re-invested in the
area itself. Lend to the people in the area and create more
opportunities for investment, employment, and increase people's income.
The financial institutes have to adopt a dynamic lending scheme. An
impact must be made as the country has many opportunities.
Seylan Bank PLC Chairman, Eastman Narangoda said that the bank was
among the top five private banks in the country. Despite the difficult
times the bank is now more secure, stable and in a sustainable position.
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When I arrived at the location I was greeted by their warm receptionists who offered me water and a seat in their board room to wait for Wade Shelley the Aussie lad in charge of many marketing tasks to give me the old company tour and introduce me to some of the folks on the team. They have a nice place out here and I could have bored you with more pictures of their executive offices, but we are geeks not interior designers so alas no shots of accounting. I came on a day that found the company in constant motion as they prepared themselves for the major launch event for the 8800GTX series of cards so things were a bit active to say the least. Wade gave me the tour of the place and I was amazed to see so many people working at such a fast pace to meet the market demand for EVGA video cards. We got a shot of Wade at the far end of their support room as he gave me the tour and introduced me to the staff here at the EVGA corporate headquarters and everyone was very helpful in explaining what they did to make the life of the end-user a better place in their world.
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I just returned from the sun-drenched Rockies where the 2009 Aspen Health Forum, hosted by the Aspen Institute and TIME magazine was held. The clarity of mind induced by the fresh mountain air (or perhaps the neutral venue and balanced conversations) crystallized my vision for meaningful health care reform, which I shared with TIME magazine managing editor Rick Stengel as we answered questions from the his readers about "The Doctor Oz Show" and what role it might play in the larger framework of health in America.
Part of the challenge we face is that all eyes are focused on health care finance arguments in Washington, but the real action is taking place in our homes across this great land. We cannot have a wealthy country without being a healthy country, but health care finance solutions by themselves do not help us care for our health. An insurance card is correlated with, but does not guarantee a clean bill of health.
I am a practicing heart surgeon, but I also attended Wharton Business School and have joined Oprah Winfrey on TV and radio, so I have collected many insights from wise souls knowledgeable about this nation's battle for health.
My prescription for health starts with the fundamental reality that no health care finance solution will work without arresting the increasing costs of the health care business. I know this is painful news for many, but doctors are used to giving bad news and still maintaining the respect of our patients, so please keep reading.
To control costs without rationing care, we need to improve the quality of the services we buy for our money. Economists and the few remaining car salesmen would agree that this translates to better value. We have two principal options. First, we need to eliminate the 20% of services offered that are wasteful or harmful. For example, if you live in Texas, California, and Florida, your states offer some of the most expensive health care in the U.S. without providing measurable benefits. Their health care offers limited value primarily because some in the medical community lost their way. Many in my field have lost the art of listening - spending time with their patients so that they can address the true issues rather than offer quick-fix patches on the immediate problem at hand. Tests and complicated (not to mention, expensive) procedures are ordered all the time, but without a full and comprehensive understanding of a patients' needs. After all, it's more cost-effective - and better medicine - if we can make meaningful diet recommendations to patients rather than put them on diabetes medication for the rest of their lives. If we want true reform amongst our own ranks, we must move from a state of reactive use of technology and testing into a more proactive state of dialogue.
Doctors need to act like professionals and police our own for doing unnecessary tests and procedures but we also need smart patients to insist on second opinions that will change their diagnosis or therapy in a third of all cases. You heard right. Over 30% of patients will get materially different recommendations from a second opinion. Many of you are bashful about pushing to see another doctor, but when you get doctors to speak with each other about your case, they teach each other and every subsequent patient that sees your doctor will benefit because you were brave enough to drive quality into the system.
The second major improvement requires revisiting the business model of medicine. Professor Christensen of Harvard Business School taught me on a show recently that two primary models exist for any business (excluding networking businesses). "Solution shops" offer intuitive insights into unpredictable ailments, something doctors (and lawyers) are superb at addressing. On the other hand, value-adding processes like building cars in an assembly line or managing correctly diagnosed diabetes with a specific plan for chronic management are far less expensive than solution shops and usually are more effective in offering reproducible results. In America, we lump these fundamentally different approaches together so we get highly trained doctors using sophisticated approaches to manage tasks that could often be better accomplished by other well-trained health professionals who actually like double-checking that you took your medications and watched your diet.
We speak of prevention a lot these days, but what does prevention mean? I moderated the last White House Town Hall on Health and came away from the experience understanding that America believes "prevention" is really about making the right thing easy to do. This includes everything from making healthy locally grown vegetables easy to find, bike racks available in our work places, and a health care system that provides a crutch to remind us that we forgot our colonoscopy. We cannot look to Washington for these changes without engaging the battle ourselves. I am transitioning from being a full-time doc to hosting "The Doctor Oz Show" because of a civic responsibility that all professionals have to speak out on issues that affect our communities. We are the ballast that steadies the ship of society heading into the troubled waters of health care reform. I am moving from an operating theatre to a television studio to affect this change, but we will only succeed if a willing audience of activist citizens follows and serves their fellow man by making the right health decisions easier to make.
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