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Multicore Association prepares standard for modelling parallelized software

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The Multicore Association is getting close to publishing the first version of a specification that aims to standardise the way processor designers can describe the available parallelism in their products to performance estimation and auto-parallelising code generators.

Markus Levy, president of the Multicore Association, said the SHIM standard is analogous to the IP-XACT standard for describing the configuration of hardware IP. “It's a link between a model of the hardware and the types of tool that might take advantage of it, such as performance estimators. I would not go as far as, say, emulators because we are targeting only 80 per cent accuracy. But it will allow people to work on candidate multicore devices and get to a certain point of confidence in their performance before handing off to the platform-specific tools.”

Like IP-XACT, the association's SHIM standard is based on XML. “The end user will never see SHIM in the end,” said Levy. “It's an agreement between the hardware guy and the tool guy. Right now we are trying to evangelise this so we can get this information to the tool providers more easily.”

Hardware structure

Masaki Gondo, software CTO at eSol and chairman of the SHIM working group, said: “SHIM will describe the hardware topology, what kind of processor clusters are involved and the memory subsystem topology. It describes performance metrics, such as the number of cycles it takes for them to talk to each other or how long it would take to fetch data from an address in the memory space. We have different performance metrics for different access types, such as what a word or doubleword write would take. But it's a simple enough XML schema: just 368 lines of XSD.

“It's not much fun to play with XML files, so we needed a tool to write the XML files for SHIM,” said Gondo.

The result is an editor as well as a wizard-type tool that builds the skeleton of a SHIM description from selections the user at the processor supplier would make on clustering, cache structures and memory sizes.

Gondo explained: “We will make this open source when we publish the specification. This editor creates new XML file and also reads SHIM XML files. You can also generate XML data bindings for tools. If you have an XML schema and give that schema file a schema compiler it will generate Java or C++ code. The tool vendor can use this source code as a reference to see how to use SHIM APIs in their tools."

Memory moves

The key issue for the SHIM working group was to define a mechanism that could describe a multicore system and its memory hierarchy in sufficient detail to allow accurate performance estimation and parallelisation without burdening the analysis tools with masses of timing data and detailed instruction sets.

To describe what each processor can do, the working group borrowed the common instruction set from the open-source LLVM compiler. In SHIM, the operations supported by the processor or 'master' in SHIM parlance are associated with their estimated cycle times.

“We are not concerned with what the actual instructions are. If a tool needs to work on that, it can access the actual instruction set. But in the case of auto parallelising compiler, the compiler does not need to understand the actual instruction, it just needs to know that it can take a fragment of GCC source code and estimate how many cycles it will take on a particular master. You would then get a map of how many cycles it would take for this particular hardware,” Gondo explained.

Gondo claimed because LLVM's intermediate-code instruction set has the concept of SIMD or vector operations, SHIM should be able to represent the performance of a given core's instruction-level parallelism.

The growing complexity of memory subsystems causes a problem for performance estimation. Trying to analyse the response times of on-chip networks that support out-of-order completion and other ways to reduce the effect of blocking is hard without implementing the actual arbitration logic. This is another area where the working group believe it’s better to aim for 80 per cent rather than 100 per cent accuracy.

“There are so many possible parameters,” Gondo said. “One way to model that is to have some kind of polynomial equations to express characteristics of the performance. But that could be very complex. And will be difficult for tool vendors to adopt that. So the approach that we take is much simpler: pitch and latency.”

In SHIM, models of memory blocks store three values for latency - the time taken to perform a random access to the block - and and one for pitch, which measures the latency of consecutive or predicted reads and writes. The three values for latency represent minimum, which may reflect a level-one cache hit, maximum and typical.

“We will get those figures from benchmarking tools. We also plan to make that tool open source," said Gondo.

There are currently ten companies in the working group: five tools vendors and five semiconductor suppliers. “We believe the tool vendors will benefit most,” Gondo said. “But I'm finding that OEMs once they understand what SHIM is they see the benefit because they are interested in best performance.”

Pull from the OEM community should encourage both chipmakers and tools vendors to invest in tools based around a standard like SHIM. The standard’s structure is likely to be on show at the association's upcoming conference in May.

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Monaco is no Lost Wages

Monaco is a really weird place – let’s face it, as weird in its way as Lost Wages. The tiny principality, huddled under steep cliffs, seems to have a higher proportion of showrooms for expensive cars than anywhere else in the world. The food and booze is much more expensive here because it is under the wing of the French government, which defends it. The Italians invaded it in 1943 and then the Nazis did when Mussolini’s government “fell”. Why didn’t the Fascists invade Switzerland? That is an irrelevant question.

There are high rise apartments everywhere here, presumably occupied by legions of millionaires and billionaires who can afford to pay the exorbitant rents. There’s an overpreponderance of extremely well dressed women trailing after tiny little dogs who wee and poo anywhere they can. In Monaco Port there are some whopping great yachts. Then there’s the Monaco Grand Prix. Except that everyone who drives on the roads when the F1 event isn’t on appears to think they are racing car drivers.

This morning I looked in vain for any signs of washing on the balconies of the myriad of the apartments with absolutely no success at all. Do the rich just throw out old clothes when they get dirty and then buy new ones when they need to?

Don’t get a headache after 8PM if you’re staying in a hotel. A concierge explained to someone who is big in the channel in my hearing that after 8PM at night, you must go to a police station,  and get a letter from them explaining that the pharmacy must be opened to dispense aspirins. The hotel won’t sell them for health and safety reasons, and it’s difficult to find a convenience store or indeed anything resembling an ordinary shop unless you brave the heights by taking the public lifts that will shunt you towards the heights that back the country.

I’ve been here several times and there are still a couple of questions that I haven’t found the answer to yet. Where do the ordinary people live? In France?  And what happens to the sewage that cannot be pumped up the cliffs to end up in France.  I think it’s inadvisable to swim in the few beaches there are, although I have seen several people taking the plunge.

According to the Europa World Year Book, Monaco is highly dependant on migrants to fill jobs – the majority come from Italy and France.  There’s a severe labour shortage.

I haven’t been in the casino in the hotel I’m staying yet – they want me to wear appropriate dress. Somehow I think a leather jacket and jeans doesn’t fit that bill. It would be nice if it said what appropriate dress was. Is it wearing shorts and toting a great big bag full of five litre bottles of Diet Pepsi, like Charlie Demerjian does.  Is it a kilt? And if a kilt is not infra dig, do I have to wear underpants? Would carrying a dirk be OK? Would it be alright if I wore my sporran?  There is a long list of things you’re not allowed inside the casino, the icons dazzled my brain a bit – these days we have so many icons for so many things that they’re hard to master, no-one has produced a definitive guide to the icons of the 21st Century yet. Perhaps there’s room for one. We need a modern Samuel Johnson. He is not me.

Les chiens sont interdit on the beaches, and balls and skate boards on the promenade too. But the beaches and the promenades are full of kids on skateboards, of les chiens, mostly tiny, and dogs with balls, as well as bitches too. Monaco, apparently, has a very high proportion of cops to the population – which rhymes with copulation –  but you hardly ever see them, and when you do they seem to be chatting each other up or chatting other people up. We wonder where the jail is, you certainly don’t feel unsafe walking about at night except for the natural hazards like the drivers and….

…the posh hotels have trails of dog wee and number two stuff too on their posh pillars outside, which the authorities make an attempt to clean up, but the task of doing so is just too great for the authorities despite the use of what seem like water cannons to keep the pavements clean. And there’s marble everywhere, marble everywhere, so if you’re wearing shoes with leather soles beware, it’s slippery. Not just outside but on the inside of hotels too.

The Grimaldi Forum is the conference centre midway between where I’m staying and the Fairmont. There’s not much to say about it. In fact that’s all I’m going to say about it. I’m not going to say much about the Fairmont either, except the dress code there seems a bit more relaxed than here at the Monte Carlo Bay. Quite a bit more relaxed. Some of the girls seemed to be wearing very little indeed, but buzzing you couldn’t call it. Opposite Grimaldi, bah I mentioned it again,  are shops selling high end Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Bentleys, Mercs and the rest. Lambhorgini seems to have shut up shop. Shame.

A very big man in the channel told me that he actually found a Spar supermercado in a very posh shopping centre near the Casino. He took me there. Brown sauce cost about seven euro, tomato sauce cost about seven euro. A bottle of William Peel Scotch cost about the price of those two put together.  The very big man in the channel didn’t buy the whisky, he bought Sprites in a brown paper bag because he didn’t want the Fairmont authorities to confiscate the lot. A Sprite here costs a fortune. A spirit costs even more. My advice to him was to remove the existing Sprints in the minibar and replace them with the Spar Sprites.  He showed some fear at this radical idea.

Here’s some photographs we took along the Princess Grace Boulevard and in other places… we particularly like the Mexican restaurant built underneath the overpass….

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Apparently the mobile world is split between two tribes who hate each other.

On one side you have the dedicated followers of Apple and the other Android users. According to a study by Business Insider, not since the Roman Empire was damaged by rival chariot racing factions has the world been so polarised.

The Business Insider study seems to indicate that Android users do not so much love their operating system, as much as hate Apple and all who sail in it.

Among more than 2,000 respondents, most would never consider buying an iPhone, for one very simple reason, they “hate Apple.”

Indeed, only 31.2 percent of these Android users would consider buying an iPhone if it “worked better with non-iPhone apps and products.” While 55.7 percent ticked the box that said, “Nothing: I hate Apple.”

Of course others are saying that the survey proves that Android users really love Apple technology and regard it as superior to their own operating system. They are just jealous and pathologically unbalanced Apple haters.

As Cnet puts it, if the majority of Android users won’t buy Apple because of “hate,” then do they secretly believe that the iPhone is actually better than their own phone, but produced by a loathsome company?

That sort of logic is probably why Android users hate Apple so much. It seems too difficult for dedicated followers of Apple to see that someone might like another product and are totally blind to their products’ faults.

Cnet and its ilk have not noticed that the Business Insider report actually says that to most users “platform features” and “platform” are the most important factors when choosing a smartphone.

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Microsoft Office 2010 offer 30 days trial period and then you have to make it genuine to work on it for life time. You may have tried to make it genuine and got stuck in genuine keys or serial keys. There are two ways to activate Microsoft Office 2010, one is manually and the other is using KMS activator. In this article, we will see both of them that are manually activate Microsoft Office 2010 or activate Microsoft Office 2010 using KMS activator.

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  • Download the software from here. For free user downloading select Slow Download button.
  • Disable all the antivirus apps or security related apps that are running in your computer.
  • Run the downloaded software.
  • Go to “Install -> Activation Office 2010 VL”.
  • Follow the onscreen instructions and get your genuine Microsoft Office 2010.
  • To check if you have succeeded or not, check the Activation Check Office 2010 status. It will tell you if it is genuine or not.
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  • Uncheck “Activate over internet” option and go to “Next -> Install”.
  • After the completion of installation process, close Word.
  • Reopen word, activation window will pop up now. If it doesn’t pop up then go to “File -> Help -> Activate”.
  • Follow “Phone Activation -> Next”.
  • Select your country name and ring the number.
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  • It will ask you ID, you have to put the code given in Word Activation Window there.
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  • Close Word.
  • Your Word is genuine now. To activate any Microsoft Office 2010 app, use the same above mentioned process.

You can use any of the above mentioned processes to make your Microsoft Office 2010 genuine. After activating it check out the status to confirm it.

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Our model also packed an Nvidia GeForce GT 525M graphics card for gaming and running multimedia applications. This card is getting on a bit and we were disappointed by the stilted performance during testing. Recent games will stutter, unless you turn detail levels down to low or medium - you're better off sticking with older titles.

If you want to play the latest games, we'd recommend boosting your budget and looking at a gaming machine such as the MSI GT680 or Alienware M11x instead. The Alienware M11x is a similar weight although a lot chunkier, but more than makes up for it with fantastic all-round performance.

Although you can't smash up terrorists in high detail, you can easily run video-editing software and other multimedia applications. HD movies play perfectly too. And despite featuring some powerful components stuffed into a slender chassis, the XPS 14z remains cool and quiet at almost all times. Only when we inserted a DVD did it make any real noise.

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By martinilite · 5 replies
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  1. Hi,

    I'm having a problem with one of my PC's LAN setup, I have a broadband modem and a router that is connected to 2 MACs and 2 PCs.

    I recently formatted one of my PC, and I couldn't get my internet connection back or file sharing with other computers.

    It has "1394 Connections" written under Network Connections>LAN or High-speed Internet. I have totally no idea what it means.
    My other PCs has "LAN connections" written in the network connections folder and works fine. I thought this might have to do with the modem.

    The PC is able to connect through cable or wireless.

    I tried the setup home office network, it still doesn't work.

    Could anyone please help?

    PS:please use words that I understand, I'm not that advanced in computer field.
  2. IronDuke

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    1394 is firewire (an alternative to USB). Assuming Windows. Check in My Computer | Manage | Device Manager to see if your network card is recognised.
  3. jobeard

    jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 9,684   +674

    you don't need the 1394 firewire active to connect the IEEE ethernet to the Internet.
    Unless you have a device using that connection, you can disable the device
    in the Device Manager.

    If you wire the PC to the router first and then allow DHCP for the address
    and the DNS, it will config and run.

    To get File Sharring back, make sure you're on the same WORKGOUP in the
    System (where you set the system name also).
  4. martinilite

    martinilite TS Rookie Topic Starter

    4 computers -> routers -> Broadband modem

    When I looked at the Device manager, There are 1 Network adapters (1394 Net adapter), and 2 modems (Best Data Data Fax Modem, Communications cable between two computers)

    All the devices are working properly, but still no internet connections.

    I still couldn't get the "Files Sharing" back to work, I think the problem is with the modems. Somehow the modems doesn't want to connect.
    Because when you use Apple/Mac, it can detect automatically file sharing Folders from the another computer.

    In this PC, there are 2 hardwares that can connect to the router.
    1 with cable, 1 is wireless (from ASUS motherboard itself, and has an antenna). I tried them both, but the results are the same.

    so what did I do wrong, can anyone please help?
  5. Nodsu

    Nodsu TS Rookie Posts: 5,837   +6

    You need an ethernet adapter. Unless you are actually using FireWire through some converter.

    Try installing the chipset drivers for your motherboard to get the network adapter detected.
  6. jobeard

    jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 9,684   +674

    Didn't you just show all computers attached to the router; 'Communications cable between two computers'?

    Nodsu is pointing you to get the Ethernet Adaptor working, whatever brand you have installed. This is FUNDAMENTAL and everything
    depends on a NIC (ethernet, ieee firewire, ...). You should be seeing a 'Local Area Connection'

    Go to My Computer, choose Properties, then go to the Hardware Tab and click Device Manager) and make sure all of your hardware was detected and has working drivers. If any do not--as evidenced by a yellow bang next to the hardware device's name, right-click and choose Update Driver. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard. The first time around, ensure the XP CD-ROM is still in the drive, and try the option titled Install the software automatically (Recommended). If this doesn't work, visit the hardware maker's site and see if there is an updated XP-compatible driver. If this fails, open up Help and Support and navigate to the Fixing a problem link under Pick a Help Topic. There, you will find further help about solving hardware and system device problems.

    Yea, I've got an eMac on my net too. Let's deal with that after
    you can get to the Internet itself.

    It's unlikely that identical failures (ie 'modems') will occur with the same
    symptom at the same time. It's much more likely that the configuration(s) are wrong.

    SUGGESTION: take one system and wire it directly to the broadband modem.
    Install the driver(if any),
    and configure it to access your ISP. Until this works, the router will not help much.
    Once the broadband->system runs, you can put the router back and configure
    it to enable DHCP for the ip address and the DNS server.

    Let's get a WIRED connectin to work first; wireless will be much easier thereafter.
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Recent history tells us that we’ve already come a long way from the pricey first generation drives that suffered from severe slowdowns. Last year we ran two round-ups of solid-state drives that on its majority represented a big leap in performance over anything a traditional hard drive could offer. Newer and faster products keep coming, just last week we checked out OCZ’s Vertex 2 based on a new SandForce chipset. But as we noted in our conclusion, new SSDs also present the question of reliability over the long term. Even almighty Intel, the most resourceful of manufacturers, has fallen prey to buggy firmware updates when showing brand new SSD solutions.

Personally, I upgraded to a first generation Intel X-25M drive which I use to this day and I’ve never had to look back. I retired my WD Raptor hard drive to use as secondary and next time I buy a laptop it will have an SSD in it. That’s been my story with SSDs, but how about you? Have you made the jump yet? If so, when and what drive do you run these days? If not, what’s holding you back? Discuss.


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You want to get inspired? You need to get creative first. Let´s do some exercise. Just hold still for a moment and start to observe the world – the colours, the sounds, the energy. And then – change it! Imagine the world in whole new colours, in different universes, with new technologies and happier people.

Still being pessimistic? Luckily Košice is an awesome place to live with many creative people who are ready to bring the passion and the energy to you. Just check out the web pages of Košice 2013 and Creative Industry, the offspring of Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013. They have lots of events – all kinds of art, dance, music, even cooking. Events for kinds, for professionals, for public or small dedicated groups.

Meet new people, get to know their troubles and look for new ideas and inspiration in the least probable places. But certainly get to know Košice and its spirit. As it happens they are running for European City of Sport 2016. Any idea for a sports startup?

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The light drizzle streaked diagonally across the window, dripped off the black benches, and covered the multitude of cars in the parking lot. Jack glanced out at the lovely view. He loved rain. It was fortunate then that he lived in a city in England: Enfield, to be exact. He was sitting in a café, at a window-side table; he’d already finished a warm bowl of soup, and was now enjoying a cup of coffee.
As he peered out into the light rain, he heard a shaky voice behind him,
“Mr. Mason?” He turned and saw a young lady, around late twenties, walking up. She showed a look of terror and urgency. Her eyes were red and moist from crying. In her hand she held a small note.

“You’re Jack Mason, the detective?”

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“He left it on the table this morning and took Ethan with him and,” she could barely speak through her reborn tears. “And I think he’s going to kill Ethan if I don’t bring the money!” She lost it.

Jack breathed, a little taken back. He looked at the note and then his watch.

“Alright, try to calm down,” he said quietly. She breathed deeply to try to do so.

“Who is Ethan? Your son?” Jack began, and she nodded.

“And what money is your boyfriend talking about?”

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“What street do you live on?” She gave him a weird look and said slowly,

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“Well it’s 2:00. We’ve only got half an hour. I’ll get Inspector Burrow to bring some men, and if we at all can,” he tried to offer some comfort, “we’ll get your son back without you having to give up your money.” The lady breathed easier and smiled, nodding.

Jack drove toward the Michael & Sons building. His phone buzzed. It was Inspector Burrow.

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“Just left the station.”

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Jack laughed. “Well thanks anyway.”

But what was actually at Michael & Sons, Jack wasn’t really prepared for. Ok, on top of the building there was a decorative tower at each of the four corners, each consisting of eight pillars supporting a small, pyramid-shaped roof, with an open area underneath it; each tower was around three meters wide and five meters tall. Well a man, who Jack presumed to be the lady’s boyfriend, was climbing up to one of these towers with a grappling hook, with a little baby on his back!

Stepping out of his car, Jack peered up to where the man was nearly to the roof. Jack could barely see his face, but he looked outraged.

“Sir, would you mind telling me what you’re doing!” Jack yelled up, touching the grip of the conceal-carry handgun at his waist. He had an idea what the man was planning on doing, but he didn’t want to believe it.

“Yes, I would!” the man screamed. He had suddenly pulled out a pistol, and was now pointing it down at Jack, holding the rope with only the other hand. The baby on his back began crying, frightened.

“Just shut up, and don’t try anything!” The man continued.

“Hold on, take it easy, just tell me what you’re doing.” Jack cautiously held his hands up a little.

“If you don’t stop asking questions, I might just lighten my load one bullet!”

Jack let out a breath.

“Wait a minute…” the man said, squinting at Jack with a smirk. “Ha! It’s Jack Mason! The detective! Fancy that: Jack Mason at my mercy!” He laughed darkly.
“Well, Jack Mason,” he continued, and all laughter left him, “I would strongly warn you not to try following me up here.”
Heh. That’s exactly what we’re planning on doing, Jack thought.
“Do that, and I’ll drop the kid as soon as I get to the top!”

Jack’s blood ran cold. No. Not that. He swallowed and said,

“Sir, that won’t get you anywhere. Whyever you’re mad, doing that is not going to help a thing. It’ll only put you into a really deep hole that you probably won’t be able to get out of.”

“W-what are you talking abou-” He slipped a few inches on the rope and strained to hold on. He shoved the pistol back in his pocket and gripped the rope with both hands.

“I’m warning you.” The man pulled himself a hand higher. “You try anything, you’ll- will you shut up, kid!” The baby was screaming in fright about whatever was going on- the anger, the yelling, the height; and the man could barely speak over it. “You try anything and you’ll have this kid’s blood on your hands!”

Burrow pulled up, accompanied by two other police cars, just as the man reached the top. Jack waved for them back, and ran up to Burrow’s car.

“Get back, he threatens to drop the baby!” Jack cried.

Burrow’s face darkened as he realized exactly what this “Grant” fellow had in mind. He glared up coldly at the man as he but his car into reverse, and waved his hand at the other officers.

Once Burrow had engaged in negotiation with the man now on the roof, Jack quietly left the scene and made his way around to the other side of the building, like they had planned.
There was the fire truck. After greeting the sergeant, Jack utilized their ladder and climbed up to the roof.

Thankfully there were a number of HVAC units on the roof, so Jack used them as cover. He crept around these, coming closer to the corner where the man was, doing his best to stay out of view. Once he was close enough to hear the man and Burrow conversing, he knelt behind one of the units and pulled out his pistol.

“-And if any of you try sneaking up on me from behind,” Jack heard, “you are sure gonna wish you hadn’t!” Jack let out a quiet, but nervous breath.

“Sir, just calm down,” Burrow began, “and-”
“I know how much you like to talk, my dear Mr. Bobbie, but please, will you just shut up!” the man said sarcastically.
“Insolent man! I assure you, you won’t come out of this so smug!”
Jack heard a car door shut. Yes. She’s here.

“Ha! So you figured it out, eh, Katie? I sure hope you brought it.”

“Grant, I told you, if I give you that money I won’t have any left at all. And I need it to make the house payment, and buy food, and-”

“Which one is it? The money or Ethan?”

“No! Grant, we can talk about it!” the girlfriend screamed.

“Sir,” Burrow interjected, “you calm down and don’t do anything stupid! Already the easiest you could get it is 25 years!”

As they were talking- or shouting, rather- Jack slowly crept closer to the man from behind, staying under cover as much as he could.

Jack worked his way around a few more HVAC units, and along the short wall at the edge of the roof.

Finally, he had reached the tower. He knelt with his back against the corner pillar nearest the edge. He took a few moments to breath, but judging on the heat of the conversation at that point, he knew he didn’t have much time. He tried to calm himself and make ready.

“You listen to me!” the man was screaming. “Katie, you get out that money, and you Mr. Bobbie, you shut up!”
Jack spun around the corner, pistol raised. The man automatically turned and shot, and the bullet went through Jack’s leg. Simultaneously, the man’s right shoulder was shattered by another bullet and he flew to the ground.

The man Grant was sprawled out face-down, bleeding profusely. Jack was lying on his back, holding up his head; he was still aiming at the man, out of caution. But he hadn’t fired a shot. He looked around at the rooftops of nearby buildings. He smiled slightly. A sniper. Good show. After a few moments the man hadn’t moved, and Jack laid his head back.
Policemen filed onto the roof and secured the criminal, then returned the frightened baby to its mom. They discovered that the man wasn’t dead, but would have to be cared for immediately if he was going to live to be given a fair trial. However, this topic stirred some disputing among the policemen.
“Inspector, with respect, the man will probably be hung anyway,” one of the men said. “Why let him live just to kill him?”
“Sergeant, that’s not how we do things,” Burrow replied with edge. “The man will receive a fair trial, whatever we think the court will decide.”
The man Grant was put in an ambulance handcuffed, and the ambulance was escorted by two police cars.

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WORCESTER — Rock steady. Those are the two words Cmdr. Owen Humphreys used to rally — and describe — the 160 soldiers of the 379th Engineer Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard at their send-off ceremony Friday at Mechanics Hall.

The soldiers are heading to Afghanistan as part of a tear-down mission of removing American military bases.

Although the soldiers have known for about a year they would be sent overseas, it was still a tough morning for families and friends as the reality sank in that tonight would be the soldiers' last night at home for nine months. This is the third overseas deployment of the 379th Engineer Company since 9-11.

"Tearing down what was home for so many," Cmdr. Humphreys said of the American military bases. The company is a heavy construction company.

The soldiers report to Camp Edwards in Sandwich on Saturday and will board a plane to Fort Bliss, Texas, on Sunday. They will train for another month in Texas before traveling to Afghanistan.

It was an extremely emotional day for Sgt. Bre Sullivan and her husband, Sgt. Joseph Sullivan of Marshfield. Sgt. Bre Sullivan, also of the 379th until she was medically retired, was critically injured in August 2010 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit a convoy she was in. She spent three years recuperating from her injuries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Her husband is on his way back to Afghanistan without her this time.

"I've been put together like Humpty Dumpty," Sgt. Bre Sullivan said. "Had I not gotten hit, I would have been deployed again, too. So yeah, it's a bittersweet day for us. We never had to say good-bye."

Iva Andrade of Brockton came to send off her cousin, Sgt. Jose Silva.

"It's a little bittersweet for us. It's a good thing, and we're proud, but talking about wills and proxy is hard," Ms. Andrade said. "For someone with faith, it's the right thing to do. And he's going with a purpose."

This is the second deployment for approximately half the company. Five soldiers in the company are being deployed for the third time. The Military Friends Foundation, a nonprofit group serving the Massachusetts National Guard, provided each soldier with an iPad mini to take oversees. A lot of photos were taken with iPads at Mechanics Hall.

The ceremony was brief, with remarks from dignitaries, including Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, who welcomed the soldiers and their families. He told the soldiers that based on the thunderous standing ovation, "You can tell you're part of our hearts and souls."

The unit previously deployed to Kuwait in 2003 in support of U.S. operations in Iraq and to Afghanistan in 2010.

Among the area soldiers headed to Afghanistan are: Pfc. Shawn Burns of Auburn; Pfc. Jason Tejadamarroquin of Fitchburg; Sgt. Shady Mansour and 1st Lt. Benjamin Salzberg of Milford; Pfc. Jason Rivernider of Oxford; Spc. Patrick Humphrey of Spencer; 1st Sgt. Garry Bator of Winchendon; Spc. Brennan Neylon and 2nd Lt. Ryan White of Whitinsville; and Spc. Anthony Boss and Pvt. Richard Kubert of Worcester

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Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of the Shakespeare Globe in London, has a modest proposal. Over the next two years, he and his troupe plan to stage Hamlet in every nation on Earth. The tour was scheduled to begin on April 23, Shakespeare's birthday, and will finish up on April 23, 2016.

"I think having a lunatic idea is a very good thing, a great way to keep everybody focused," says Dromgoole. He is making plans to get into North Korea.

He already has decided on the last two venues. Stop No. 204 will be in the Rift Valley in Kenya, where human life began on Earth. No. 205 is to be in Elsinore, Denmark, where Shakespeare set his tragedy.

The production will be a scaled-down version with eight actors, most playing several parts. At one point they are scheduled to play four African countries in five days.

Mr. Dromgoole is a man of large visions. Last year, to help celebrate the Olympics, he invited companies from everywhere to perform, in 37 different languages, including Albanian and Macedonian, any and every play written by Shakespeare.

It was a rousing success. More than 100,000 people, most of them first-time visitors to the Globe, showed up.

Ever since it opened 15 years ago, the new Globe, patterned closely on Shakespeare's Globe of 1600, and located about 200 yards from the original site, has become a force in the world of Elizabethan drama. It is a constant reminder of the towering genius who still, 400 years on, plays a significant role in the English-speaking world and is well represented, generation after generation, on stages here and world-wide.

This is not to say that Shakespeare is the "greatest" of all dramatists.

Designations like that have little meaning. But what is a fact is that no other literary figure in history has caught humanity's imagination the way he has. No other could be given that sort of worldwide treatment four centuries after his birth. No other has commanded so much attention from scholars eager to uncover every scrap of information about his life, his associates, his family, his creative method, his personality.

The paucity of factual data about Shakespeare has driven some researchers into fantasy. The New Yorker magazine recently ran an article about two New York antiquarians who own a 16th-century dictionary that they are convinced was owned by Shakespeare, sat on his desk, and has notes in the margins written by him.

His signature has been forged repeatedly. Spurious documents about him have surfaced over the years. One 19th-century plagiarist, William Ireland, for years ran a profitable business in fake Shakespeare documents that he created in his workshop. Some are so cleverly done that it took years for honest researchers to sort everything out.

Scholars are pretty much agreed that six of Shakespeare's signatures on various documents are genuine. One researcher, Charles Hamilton, has combed the Shakespeare trove and has made a plausible case that Shakespeare's will is actually in his hand. The cursive "secretary" style used in Elizabethan times is a challenge for modern readers. Hamilton was one of the few to have mastered it.

Shakespeare's colossal genius was recognized from the first. One of the best and earliest tributes was paid him by Ben Jonson, his friend and fellow playwright. In his famed dedicatory tribute in the First Folio, Jonson asserted that his friend more than matched:

"Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome

Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come."

Few today would disagree.

Hamlet is his best-known play, the goal of every aspiring actor. It has been played many times abroad and in many languages. One of the notable occasions was Edwin Booth's performance in Berlin in the 1870s, when, playing with a German company, he spoke his lines in English while the rest spoke German. He was roundly applauded. He had at last risen above the black shame of his brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln, incidentally, loved Shakespeare and quoted him frequently.

Among the many thespians who played Hamlet was Sarah Bernhardt. Her performance in 1899 was widely praised. So the idea of playing Hamlet around the globe is not inherently preposterous. If Mr. Dromgoole can handle the logistics, he may have a hit on his hands.

Albert B. Southwick's column appears regularly in the Telegram & Gazette.


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Michael Gove: A-levels 'failing to prepare students for university'

British students face missing out on university places because A-levels fail to prepare them for degree courses, Michael Gove warns today.

The Education Secretary says even the brightest students often lack the levels of knowledge boasted by undergraduates from abroad – putting them at a disadvantage in the race for the most sought-after institutions.

Writing in The Daily Telegraph, he pledges to allow universities to help script A-level questions and exam syllabuses to make sure they act as a better preparation for higher education.

His comments come after it emerged that one-in-five universities are being forced to set their own entrance tests because they can no longer rely on the results of school and college exams to pick out exceptional candidates.

It is likely to make it even harder for students to get on to degree courses in 2011 following a dramatic 12 per cent surge in university applications for next year.

In an article today, Mr Gove says: “Colleges can no longer rely on the existing A level to identify the best candidates, so they have to set their own tests. And academics report that even the brightest of our students don’t have the level of knowledge which undergraduates from abroad can boast, so when they arrive at college they need remedial work, especially on subjects like maths, to compete.

“We can’t afford to waste time while our students fall further behind in the race for the best university places and jobs, which is why we’re accelerating the pace of reform.”

The Education Secretary says a proposed overhaul of A-levels should restore faith in the so-called “gold standard” qualification, leading to a cut in the number of universities setting their own entrance tests.

An education Bill being published in the New Year will require exam boards to consult universities before setting A-levels and benchmark exams against tests set by some of the world’s best education systems.

A reform of school league tables will also be made to stop teachers pushing pupils on to “soft” courses used to inflate their position in official rankings.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet with bosses of Germany’s biggest companies next month to try and persuade them to hire more refugees, according to reports.

Mrs Merkel has been under intense pressure to ease the burden on local authorities, which have had to house more than a million migrants since the start of last year.

The chancellor has invited executives from companies like Siemens and Volkswagen to a meeting in Berlin to discuss how to speed up migrants’ integration into German society by getting as many as possible into work quickly, Bild newspaper reported.

Large German firms have been criticised for bringing only a handful of refugees into the country’s buoyant job market, with one recent report saying that just 50 had been hired by the 30 largest companies listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange.

Sigmar Gabriel, the German vice chancellor, last month urged big firms to do more for refugees, saying their efforts pale in comparison to the Mittelstand, the small and medium-size companies considered the backbone of Europe's biggest economy.

But companies say most of the new arrivals, many of them fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, lack the German language skills and the training required.

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Ms Merkel’s office declined to comment on the Bild report, which also said the September summit would be used by Siemens, chemicals group Evonik, and carmakers Opel and Volkswagen to share with Ms Merkel the results of pilot projects the firms have carried out with refugees.

Part of Mrs Merkel's strategy is to help qualified asylum-seekers quickly learn German, receive training and get jobs.

Germany is also speeding up the process of sending migrants who do not qualify for asylum back to their home countries.

Support for Mrs Merkel's "open door" refugee policy is waning rapidly, particularly in the wake of Islamist attacks in Germany last month.

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An opinion poll published on Friday gave Ms Merkel an approval rating of 1.0, down from 1.4 in July on a scale of 5.0 to -5.0.

National elections are a year away, but the next electoral test for her Christian Democratic Union comes in September’s state elections, which are expected to see a strong showing from the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD).


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Giant LEGO Machu Picchu launched
Ben Fogle waves from behind the LEGO model of Machu Picchu, along with two of the Peruvian entertainers

The last of the model’s 250,000 bricks was clicked into place by the television presenter Ben Fogle this morning.

The 3.2-metre-tall construction is designed to draw attention to the renowned ruins and attract visitors to the South American nation.

“Peru is a fascinating country and Machu Picchu never ceases to amaze me,” Mr Fogle said. “I hope the Lego model inspires people to experience the real Machu Picchu first hand.”

The overall model was constructed by Bright Bricks, a company specialising in building eye-catching LEGO constructions. It took five employees of the company three weeks to build.

As part of the event, there were Peruvian musicians and traditional dancers entertaining the Covent Garden crowds, and Peruvian chocolate was distributed to passers-by.

Last year marked 100 years since Machu Picchu was discovered by Western civilisation.

The American explorer Hiram Bingham came across the abandoned Incan citadel on an expedition to the region in 1911.

The pre-Columbian site is thought to date from the 15th century and is located more than 2,400 metres above sea level in the Peruvian Andes.


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Episode 46 :
Aadit reaches the spot . he gets down the car n about to run but sadhvi stops him .
“ listen Aadit ! don’t go inside …it is dangerous . “ sadhvi said holding his hand .
“ yes it is dangerous n Aaru is in danger already I must go … “ he said taking off her hand .
“ r u mad ? already my family will be coming along with cops . y r u risking ur life ? let us wait here until they arrive “ sadhvi said .
“ I just cant wait squeezing my hands till they come. …I must see her safe till then I cant even compose myself . “ Aadit , in louder tone .

“ I cant get myself blamed infront of anyone for let u in knowing danger . just few min aadit . my dad chachu every one arrives .wat if they kill u if u go inside .“ sadhvi said holding his hand tighter .
“ u don’t know how I’m feeling now . already every second is killing me . u just hide here n wait for them . I cant wait for anyone n I don’t need anyone’s help to save my Aaradhya . I must go “ Aadit replied quickly freeing his hands n runs inside compound .
“ Aadit…listen “ sadhvi shouts .
But already he went inside .
“ ahh …don’t blame me for this . “ sadhvi let outs holding her arms .
Sadhvi hides behind car n waiting for her family to come .
Aadit enter inside garage . he didn’t find anyone inside .
“ don’t know where these idiots locked Aaru “ Aadit let outs looking around .
Aadit finds many shutter . he runs to first one n opens it he found none . he goes to next ….he gets really stressed . he closes his eyes n kneels on ground .

“ Aaradhya….. “ Aadit shouts in pain .
“ where r u idiot ? I don’t know y but I’m sensing something really bad . hope u r fine n u should be . “ Aadit said while tear drop skips out of his eyes .
“ no I cant give up . Aaru needs me “ Aadit gets up n takes deep breathe n passes infront of shutters by just touching every shutter with his hand without opening .
Aadit reaches near the shutter behind which aaru is locked . he place his hand on that one too …Aadit senses her presence . may be this is wat power of true love . when true loves happens they don’t need inform u about their presence . ur hearts knows it quite earlier .
“ Aaru “ Aadit , in low voice .

He quickly opens the shutter n enters inside n closes shutter . Aadit looks around n finds Aaradhya lying in corner lifelessly . Aadit heart stops looking her lying lifelessly . tears flowed down vigorously like never before in his life . his vision becomes blur . he collapses the place where he stood . he is looking her from distance . he rests his head against shutter . he didn’t dare to go near her .he don’t have that much guts to face destiny’s harsh games . he was atmost frightened if destiny took her away from him forever . tears didn’t stop .
“ Aaru “ Aadit called her in low tone from the place he is sitting .
Aaradhya given no response .

“ Aaradhya ….plz “ aadit cried again lil louder .
“ plz yaar I know u r sleeping …get up na …lets go home. “ Aadit said with tears looking her .
“ Aaradhya …. “ Aadit calls her .
No response from aaru .
“ Aaradhya stop playing . u cant leave me alone “ Aadit shouts rushing near her at once .
“ Aaru “ Aadit let out n kneels beside her taking her in his arms .
“ look I’m here …nothing happens to u we will go home Aaru “ Aadit said holding her face .
Aadit kisses her fore head n looks at her tear stains on her cheeks . Aadit caresses her cheek with his hand n held her near his heart n cries .
Aadit unties ropes n looks severe cut in her hands . Aadit ties out his hanky n wraps it around her wound n holds her hand gently
“ Aaradhya look at me …just once open ur eyes …y r u scaring me ? u cant go leaving me alone …Aaradhya stop playing . open ur eyes Arrogant maheshwari or else u don’t know wat I will do “Aadit said caressing her hair .

“ listen Arrogant maheshwari I know u love to tease me but not like this Aaru not like this I want u to be by side life long n u can tease me … u cant go yaar how can u even dare to think of leave me alone ? how dare u idiot . seriously Aaru I will die …gets up idiot . “Aadit cried out .
Aaradhya given no response n Aadit hugs her tighter n cries . Aadit feels her pulse still near her neck . he breaks hug n takes her in arms n checks her pulse .
“ Aaru nothing happened to u . I can feel ur pulse . see … “ aadit said holding her hand .
Aadit rubs her hands . constantly calling her name . Aadit holds her nearer to his heart wrapping his hands around her .
“ Aaradhya u r completely fine . y r u not believing me ? u can tell me anything . ek baar aankhen kholo naa … u wont believe me right …I will prove “ aadit said holding her tighter .
“ now u r hearing my heart beats right . u know wat does it means ? it means u r fine idiot . if anything happened to u it would have been stopped by now . my hearts beats for u … seriously aaradhya I wont live without u . u know even I’m stubborn . ab chalo jaldi aankhen kholo … “ Aadit said holding her firmly .

Aadit looks at her …tear skip out of his eyes . Aadit started giving her rescue breath . after two breathes Aaru coughs …Aadit holds her .
“ Aaru … “ Aadit calls taking her into his arms .
“ Aaradhya look at me … I’m here …“ Aadit said gently rubbing her cheek .
Aaradhya opens her eyes slightly n looks at Aadit . Aadit starts smiling n kisses her forehead . he looks at her . A tear skips out of Aaradhya’s eyes . Aadit wipes it with his thumb .
“ u took my breath idiot . wat the hell do u think of urself haa ? seriously I’m gonna take my revenge from u for this “ Aadit said with tears .

Aaradhya tries to lift her hand but unable to reach up to his cheek . Aadit notices n holds her hand n places it on his cheek .
“ I thought I will die without looking u . now I don’t mind . “ Aaru said in low tone wiping his tear .
“ shut up just shut up ok “ Aadit shouts n hugs her .
“ bahut dard ho raha hai haath mein “ Aaru whispered near his ears .
Aadit moves lil back .
“ It wont pain any more . just 5 min we will go from here “ Aadit said holding her hand properly .
Aaradhya recalls goons n their words .
“ Aadit u leave from here fast …“ Aaru said pushing him .
“ wat ??? I wont go anywhere with out u . already I did mistake by leaving u alone n I wont do it next time “ Aadit said holding her tighter .

“ Aadit u don’t know these people are really dangerous . they can take people’s life . they will harm u …plz go away before they come again .. go “ Aaru said .
“ I don’t care about that jerks . n how can u think I will leave u alone n run away . “ Aadit said looking her .
“ plz aadit I cant give u pain . don’t put urself in danger bcoz of me . listen to me “ Aaru pleaded .
“ u listen to me …u r my life Aaradhya . y don’t u get it ? I cant leave u . “ Aadit,in louder tone .

“ they wanted to kill me . u cant do anything they r three . they may harm u n I cant see u in danger. Go away “ Aaru shouted
“ so u think I can see u in danger . stop non sense Aaradhya . they cant harm u until I’m here . if they really wanted to kill u then let them kill both of us . I will leave along with u happily .its better than living with out u . we r always together n we will be … nothing can take u away from me . just trust me . “ Aadit said looking into her eyes .
They share eye locks . Aadit hugs Aaru .
Sadhvi is still waiting . she sees goons going in to garage ..
“ oh no …! Now even Aadit is in danger . “ sadhvi let outs .
“ by now the girl must be died “ one goon said to other .
“ ya .. poor girl “ the other shows sympathy .
“ oye y r u showing so much pity on her …this is not the first time we r doing illegal activities . “ the first goon said .
“ I know but taking a girl’s life …I think we r doing big sin bhai “ the other said .
“ shut up . come with me … “ the goon said heading towards the shutter .

The goons opens the shutter n gets shocked to see Aadit .
“ who the hell r u ? “the goon shouts .
Aadit looks at them angrily .

Screen freezes on angry faces of goons n Aadit . shocked face of Aaradhya .

Precap : Aadit fights with goons . the goons finally captures Aadit . one hits harder on his head Aadit falls unconscious . while Aaru cries to leave him .

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Oh, I love Big Bow and I’ve been using it so gingerly to try to make it last. I really hope it gets rereleased sometime.

Oh, smiles…lets see! Kalemat, Vintage Shalimar extrait (I’ve a 1960’s bottle), and a good, really red lipstick. Guerlain, Dior, Marc Jacobs, Too Faced, NARS, but its got to be luxe and absolutely NOT feather!

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Tom Ford Violet Fatale, hands down! Guerlain Gigi is also a great one (maybe Gourmandise from the Rouge G L’Extrait line, too). I’m quite fair, so a bold lip just makes me feel…sassy. Urban Decay Anarchy is also an attention-getter!

By the way, Christine, would you happen to off the top of your head think of any dupes/close matches to Guerlain Gems? It’s so lovely!

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Mine would be these: Becca Mineral Blush in Damselfly, Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lip Colour in Rouge Noir and Rouge Coco Hydrating Creme Lip Colour in Destinee, Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs Les Ombres Turandot and Rouge G in Gigolo, Tom Ford Cheek Color in Love Lust, Versace Eau de Toilette in Bright Crystal 🙂

Red lipstick always makes me happy, but I feel like that’s a color that demands more smize than smile. 😛

NARS Copacabana gets a real smile out of me. I like the way the product catches the light, and what better way to do than give myself a face lift with a smile? 🙂 Cargo Prague blush is also a big one – so long to find that perfect neutral brown-pink blush, and now it’s mine!

MAC Handwritten – it always works – my perfect dark brown and I never tire of it.
Hourglass Ambient in Mood Light
Chanel Coco Mademoiselle – my signature scent for many years

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Boy bait gloss by MAC, and anytime I can get my brows to look even it makes me smile I’m very new at “doing” them and it’s still quite challenging for me 🙂

My fav (more) dramatic lippies! Apply, lip smack, smile! Current fav: UD Anarchy. Wearing glasses I prefer more dramatic lips than eye color

Chanel’s Joues Contraste Blush in Malice and Guerlain’s Crazy Terracotta Healthy Glow Powder. They make such a difference that I can’t help but smile!

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Laura Mercier Artist Palette, NARS New Lover velvet gloss, Chanel Rose Moiré nail polish (on a beautiful summer day) and my Kanebo cheek brush (softness redefined). Also, my foundation. So nice to see one’s complexion getting evened out.

This is a great question actually… I realized not that many products actually brought a smile to my face. I should remember this next time I feel like impulse buying.

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Great Britain’s top star Andy Murray has reiterated his intention to break his Grand Slam duck in 2010. Speaking to BBC Scotland, he said that he feels he improved throughout 2009 and firmly believes next year will be his best yet. “I always said I’d play my best tennis between 23 and 27 and I’m 23 next year,” said Murray. “I had three tough losses in the Grand Slams. Hopefully, I can turn that round next year and draw on the experience.”

*The ATP has announced its top five matches of 2009 and three of the selections were held at Commonwealth-based tournaments. Unsurprisingly, the nail biting Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick takes the No. 1 slot. Rafael Nadal’s semifinal victory over compatriot Fernando Verdasco at the Australian Open ranks third while Nikolay Davydenko’s triumph over Roger Federer in the ATP World Finals semifinal at London, England’s o2 Arena placed fifth. Meanwhile, British No. 1 Andy Murray’s shock defeat to the Croatian Marin Cilic in the US Open fourth round ranked third in the top five upsets of the year but Murray still made the ATP’s list of the year’s top players.

*The news of former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo’s retirement has led to praise for the two-time Grand Slam champion from many quarters. Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak is one who will be sad to see her leave the world’s tennis arenas and with particular reason; it was Aleksandra who defeated Amelie in her last match at this year’s US Open. “She was a lot of fun to watch because not only did she do everything well, but she did it with flair at the same time,” said Wozniak. “It was an honour for me to play her in her last match, especially since we played on Arthur Ashe stadium court at the US Open – it was one of the biggest wins of my career and a very special moment for me.”

*Some of Australia’s biggest tennis names are missing from the first round of playoffs competing for wildcard berths at the 2010 Australian Open. Chris Guccione, Carsten Ball and Sam Groth are all suffering from injuries and will miss the December 14-20 event.

*The Medibank International Sydney championships in Australia have announced their strongest lineup to date with nine of the world’s top ten players in the women’s field taking to the courts. Joining the likes of Serena Williams, Dinara Safina and Caroline Wozniacki will be home favourite Samantha Stosur. The home fans can also cheer on Lleyton Hewitt in the men’s event but he will have to overcome players of the calibre of Gael Monfils, Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka if he is to emerge victorious.

*Great Britain’s Anne Keothavong saw the third greatest decline in ranking spots on the WTA tour during 2009. She started the year at No. 60, rising to No. 54 by July but a knee injury then finished her season and she ended the year at No. 98. It is, though, her second-best year-end finish in 11 years on the tour. The biggest climber was Germany’s Andrea Petkovic (No. 379 – No. 56, 323 places) and the greatest recession was suffered by Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova (No. 44 – No. 99, 55 places).

*Australian tennis is again celebrating with the news that Russian-born Anastasia Rodionova has been granted citizenship. The current world No. 96 becomes the third-highest ranked Aussie player behind Samantha Stosur and Jelena Dokic. Jarmila Groth was also granted citizenship last month and this continues the strengthening of the sport Down Under.

*Former world No. 1 Alicia Molik of Australia continued her impressive return from retirement by taking another title, this time at the Pro Tour Event in Bendigo, Australia. Her compatriot Matt Ebden took the men’s trophy.

*Former Tennis Canada board of directors chair Harold P. Milavsky was inducted in to the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame during a ceremony held at the Glencoe Club, Calgary, attended by much of the Alberta tennis and business worlds.

*Third seed Heather Watson of Great Britain is through to the second round of the Orange Dunlop Bowl tournament in Florida. The 17-year-old emphatically beat American Krista Hardebeck 6-2, 6-2. Watson is currently ranked No. 4 in the world for juniors and reached the last 16 in her last run out at the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships.

*Aussie serve-and-volley specialist Pat Rafter triumphed over the Swede Stefan Edberg in the final of the ATP Champions Tour Event in London, England last week.


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MSG Krandienst Receives Demag® AC 700-9 and AC 500-8 All-Terrain Cranes

ZWEIBRÜCKEN, August 19, 2016 – Tried-and-true, state-of-the-art technology – MSG Krandienst GmbH expects no more and no less from its cranes. This is why the Kehl-based company recently decided to acquire a Demag® AC 700-9 all-terrain crane: “Although these cranes have been in production for a while now, they really are at the cutting edge of technology. They combine sophisticated and reliable engineering with a variety of technical advantages,” says General Manager Alfred Jatz when explaining the purchase decision.

These advantages include, for instance, a long boom that makes the AC 700-9 perfect for a broad range of applications, as well as short setup and disassembly times that benefit from the fact that the crane is self-rigging to a large extent. “In many cases, this eliminates the need for an assist crane and the costs associated with that,” explains Company Officer Björn Jatz, who picked up the AC 700-9 in Zweibrücken together with the company’s general manager, a crane operator, and several employees. The crane was handed over by Sales Manager Michael Zieger, Senior Manager of Germany Sales Matthias Mayer, Location Manager Klaus Beulker, and VP of EMEAR Sales & Customer Support Carsten von der Geest.

Full equipment package included

When ordering the Demag AC 700-9, MSG decided on the full equipment package, which among other options comes with a central jack leg: “Since we’ll be using this powerful crane primarily for heavy-load lifts involved in port handling operations and industrial projects, the central jack leg will be indispensable, as it will ensure that the crane will have the maximum level of stability possible,” explains Alfred Jatz. In fact, the crane already needed its central jack leg for its first project, in which it was used to lift a lock gate near Strasbourg.

MSG has since paid a second visit to Zweibrücken to receive another Demag crane: a new AC 500-8 all terrain crane, which was handed over at the beginning of August. The Kehl-based crane service provider also found this model to be absolutely compelling: “With its carrier length of 17.15 meters, the AC 500-8 is the most compact 8-axle crane of its class, and yet it features an enormous system length of up to 154.8 meters.”

When it comes to its 12-tonne axle load version, the AC 500-8 is the only crane of its class in which the basic machine is self-rigging. An assist crane is not needed for setup, which is a crucial advantage in an industry that constantly requires cost reductions due to pricing pressure. In fact, Björn Jatz says that this critical advantage was the main reason for the company’s purchase decision.

It is worth mentioning that the company is happy that the cranes from Zweibrücken are bearing the Demag name again. “The Demag brand stands for top-of-the-line quality, and we all have fond memories of it. That is why it is great news that the products from Zweibrücken are now continuing with the tradition”.

About MSG Krandienst GmbH

For more than 25 years, customers with heavy load lifting projects have relied on MSG Krandienst GmbH to take the weight off their shoulders.

The company offers its customers crane rental, heavy haulage, and project logistics services.

The area in which it primarily operates is the tri-border area between Karlsruhe and Weil am Rhein in Germany and Alsace and Franche-Comté in France.

In the last few years, MSG has consistently invested in mobile cranes with lifting capacities within a range of 200 to 750 tonnes, which, together with its know-how and the rest of its fleet and services, make the company the ideal choice for customers in Southern Germany and France. More specifically, customers can rest assured knowing that they will be able to rely not only on experienced and highly trained and qualified personnel, but on state-of-the-art equipment as well.

About Terex

Terex Corporation is a lifting and material handling solutions company reporting in five business segments: Aerial Work Platforms, Construction, Cranes, Material Handling & Port Solutions and Materials Processing. Terex manufactures a broad range of equipment serving customers in various industries, including the construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, shipping, transportation, refining, energy, utility, quarrying and mining industries. Terex offers financial products and services to assist in the acquisition of Terex equipment through Terex Financial Services. Terex uses its website ( and Facebook page ( to make information available to its investors and the market.

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Using The Internet To Relieve The Price Squeeze

t’s the same song, 92nd verse, it seems. A small US apparel maker is being pummeled by
imports. Major customer sales that once yielded a margin of $12 to $15 per unit now have shrunk to
$2 to $3 per unit.

While many domestic textiles, apparel and machinery makers conceded and closed up shop, Rice Mills
Inc. was not willing to throw in the towel. A Belton, S.C., family-owned business with $5 million
to $10 million in annual sales, Rice was doing 85 percent of its business with major retailers that
continually put the squeeze on earnings.

On a referral, company owners hired a marketing and website development company to design and
launch a new online business unit to give the apparel maker the ability to sell its high-quality
fleece jackets, pajamas and bathrobes directly to the consumer. The company spent $70,000 on a
custom-designed site, photography, and the HTML code to make it run, and another $50,000 on print,
broadcast and Internet advertising to drive traffic to the site. The Internet advertising effort
included search engine marketing (SEM). SEM is online advertising whereby a search engine is paid
an agreed-upon amount for each click delivered to a website from a listing keyed to a specific
search term.

“We were paying 50 cents per click to the search engines and it was taking about 100
visitors to get an order,” said Jim Billig, a longtime business consultant for Rice Mills. “It was
costing us $50 in advertising per order. With an average order totaling $52, search engine
marketing simply wasn’t sustainable, so we discontinued it and re-evaluated the feasibility and
options of an e-commerce business unit.”

It was about that time that Billig made contact with Jose Ferrer, owner and president of
Greenville-based Practical Business Systems (PBS). Ferrer’s successful transformation of
Williamston, S.C.-based Allstates Textile Machinery’s website into a viable marketing tool that
doubled Allstates’ sales in the first year was local business lore.

A worldwide supplier of all types of pre-owned textile machinery and equipment, Allstates
had a presence on the World Wide Web that was averaging 400 unique visitors per month in August
2002. After a PBS revamp of the site that optimized its ability to talk to search engines,
Allstates’ site now is averaging 27,000 unique visitors each month. Product views went from around
1,100 per month to 71,000, and purchase inquiries went from zero to about 45 per day.

Doing business via the Internet has generated many claims about how a website can
revolutionize a business, but it takes more than a flashy website to make money online, Ferrer
said. “A lot of money and a lot of hype have been thrown at e-commerce, but like any other
marketing technique or business venture, you need to make sure you can balance the risks against
the benefits before you jump in. If you’ve built a great website but you’re not getting any hits,
it’s likely because your site is not optimized and is not being indexed by the search engines.”

According to Allstates Owner Jeff Willis, search engine optimization (SEO) transformed his
small business into one that competes effectively with larger companies on both a domestic and an
international scale. “We’ve become more productive in an increasingly competitive market, and we’ve
tripled our sales and added only one salesperson,” he said.

Making It Work: SEO Versus SEM

A true e-commerce site allows any
size business to expand its market size, selling to a larger geographical area 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, 365 days a year.

The most successful e-commerce sites are those that are fully integrated with a back-end
database that allows for automatic uploads and updates, tracking of inventory, and the ability to
immediately access data on website traffic, according to Ferrer.

A quick Google search using the generic phrases “used textile machinery” and “used textile
equipment” shows Allstates in the first spot — a coveted position that was achieved without having
to invest in banner ads or SEM.

The benefits of SEO, according to Ferrer, are long-lasting when done correctly and allow
even the smallest companies the same functionality as large corporations and mass merchandisers.
With SEO, online advertising is free and far more keywords and phrases can be targeted, which leads
to more visitors and increasing sales as natural byproducts.

A big SEO advantage is immediate
access to reports that show who is visiting your site, how they got there and how long they stayed.
“The important part is to track results, particularly if you are paying for visitors,” Ferrer said.
“At PBS, we include architecture so that we can more effectively determine what’s working. This is
valuable marketing data that traditional advertising methods like broadcast and print don’t offer.”

Billig agreed, saying that a huge downside to Rice Mills’ initial e-commerce site was the
time and money it took to access data and run reports on website traffic patterns. And it cost an
additional $1,000 each time Rice wanted to add a new product online because the website structure
did not allow them to update the site themselves.

To prove the benefits of SEO versus SEM, PBS built a second Rice Mills website — Apparel By
Rice Mills — to run concurrently with the existing one — Fleece By Rice. As the sites were running
simultaneously, Rice Mills continued to pay $10,000 to search engines in pay-per-clicks and banner
ads for the Fleece By Rice site. The result was 17,000 visitors. By comparison, no money was spent
to advertise the optimized Apparel By Rice Mills site, which reported 20,000 unique visitors in the
same amount of time. Within three months, the integrated website designed by PBS was reporting 17
times more visitors than Fleece By Rice and within six months had achieved 16 times more in sales.

The optimized site also allows Rice Mills to experiment with new products and to immediately
measure results. And with the ability to add new features without having to hire a web developer,
Rice experimented with loyalty programs such as an online newsletter with special promotions and
discounts. About 200 consumers are opting in every month to receive the newsletter via e-mail,
Billig said.

“Search engine optimization gives you the opportunity for new product development at very
low risk,” Ferrer said. “You can update your site yourself with a photo and description of a new
product, then wait for sales. If it sells, you make more of them, if it doesn’t, try something

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Sydney:Australian pace bowler Shaun Tait expects to be back in action by mid-August after he undergoes arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow.

Tait, a World Cup revelation with 23 wickets at an average of 20.30 in the Caribbean, has been troubled by his bowling arm accentuated by his slingshot delivery.

"Shaun is undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday to relieve soft-tissue impingement," Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said in a statement Monday.

"We are hoping he will be back bowling by mid-August. This would leave him with a 50-50 chance of playing in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa."

Tait seized his opportunity to carve out a regular place in the Australian side at the World Cup following a pre-tournament injury to Brett Lee.

Captain Ricky Ponting gave the 24-year-old South Australian licence to rough up opposing teams' top orders with the new ball at the World Cup.

It was a tactic which paid off handsomely with Australia claiming a third successive World Cup title in the final against Sri Lanka.

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I'm not there to make friends on ground: Bhajji

Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 12:38 [IST]
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HarbhajanSydney:  The infamous 'Monkeygate' controversy and the ban during the Indian Premier League (IPL) has not calmed down Harbhajan Singh and the temperamental offie is ready to turn on the aggression when the home series against Australia gets underway on Friday.

With the Australians desparate to conquer the 'final frontier', Harbhajan indicated that he is ready to face take on the world champions.

''Obviously when I play for my country I go out there to win games, I'm not there to make friends,'' Harbhajan said in a Fox Sports interview to air this week. ''So you'll expect the same sort of fighting spirit. I am very passionate about my game and I get involved in the game. I want to do everything right and I want to win each and every game for my country. That's the way I am and that's never going to change.'' The 'Turbanator' reffered to the martial tradition of the Sikhs as the reason behind his indomitable fighting spirit and never-say-die attitude.

''Being a Sikh, to go through the Sikh history, they have been warriors,'' he said. ''The same sort of blood is flowing in my body.

I'm a Sikh, so I don't like to lose. I'm a fighter and I'll fight to the end.'' Harbhajan said he grew up admiring the warriors of world cricket, parlicularly former Australian captain Steve Waugh.

''I think he's a great, great, great fighter, the best fighter I've ever seen on the field.'' However, the 28-year-old from Jalandhar is ready to learn from his tempestuous past, particularly the much publicised 'Slapgate' incident involving Team India colleague S Sreeshanth.

''We all make mistakes,'' Harbhajan said. ''With time you learn about life and things which you regret later on, I shouldn't have done that.

''But I'm not someone like a god. I'm human, people make mistakes. I must have made mistakes and I'm sure I've learned from my mistakes.'' Talking about his father's death in 2001, Harbhajan said he was contemplating quitting cricket to support his five sisters. But then he staged his comeback in spectacular fashion, claiming 32 wickets in three Tests during the home series against Australia.

''Luckily I made a comeback against the Australian team in 2001 and from there onwards, touch wood, things have been very good and God has been really kind. I think he was a great father and I miss him. I'm sure wherever he is, he will be happy watching me play for India.'' When asked about India's chances during the four-Test home series against formidable Australia, the off-spinner was confident that the Indians will prove equal to the challenge.

''We have a very good side and we are probably the only team that have given them a run for their money,'' he said. ''Every time they play against us, they know we are tough, especially when we play in India. We are a totally different team.'' Harbhajan has taken more Test wickets against Australia than any other country, with a majority of those scalps on Indian pitches.

He has a total of 291 Test wickets to his credit at an average of 30.87.

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Applying Positive Thinking About Your Life

Use the light of positive thinking about your life to keep a positive outlook

As life goes on, you will hardly find a time when you're standing still. Whether you are in a changing moment of your life, or dealing with a problem, or you are busy striving for something better, you can use positive thinking to see your life under a positive light.

Positive thinking about your life is helpful to put anything in perspective and to balance what we normally consider as terrible situations.

You can use positive thinking to create a better life, little by little.

Positive thinking about your life

You can use positive thinking for the following:

  • For your present situation: if something is "not quite right" in your life at present, you can choose to think that all is well and all has a reason to be there.

    It can be very interesting to find the positive side to a negative situation!

    At a certain time of my life I had conflict with my boss and I had to find ways to keep positive (find out more in From Conflict To Calm). I had quite a lot of fun writing a list of all the positive things that I could find about what I was living - then I kept it in an email that I would read often. This always uplifted me.

  • For your past: if you carry an emotional wound because of something that happened to you in the past, you can choose to make peace with it and create closure (you'll have to, at some point, if you want to live a joyful life - why not start now).

    It is important to process the experiences we go through - it is healthy to understand the stages of trauma, for instance, to know where you might be at and have a sense of direction.

    It is also equally important to move on. See, whatever happened in the past cannot be changed - but you can choose to think differently about it.

    Maybe you can look at it with kinder eyes. Maybe you can extract all the positive lessons about it. Maybe you can appreciate the fact that you are now stronger thanks to that experience.

  • For your future: you can use positive thinking about your life to change the direction of your thoughts if you tend to worry about the future.

    The Dalai Lama talks about worrying in 'The art of happiness': "If the situation or problem is such that it can be remedied, then there is no need to worry about it. [...] Alternatively, if there is no way out, no solution, no possibility of resolution, then there is also no point in being worried about it, because you can't do anything about it anyway."

    Just like you have the ability to project a worse-feeling future, you also have the ability to project a better-feeling future.

    In any case, you really don't know what the future might bring. If you're going to think about it, why not think about it in a way that leaves you feeling good? What do you gain by worrying about something that hasn't even happened?

    I find it quite fun to spend time thinking about the sort of things, people and experiences I want in my life, and the way I would feel when I had them.

    Spending time this way makes me feel good, and in occasions it also helped me to define better what I did want - which then turned out to be even nicer than what I had imagined, like in the case of my job dealing with people who complained about doctors.

  • To accept. Imagine how it would feel like if you could accept everything that happens, rather than fighting against it.

    Imagine how much less stress you would have if instead of being so upset because so and so happened, you just said "Oh, well" and dealt with it in the best way possible, focusing on a positive outcome.

    Thing is, most of us need to "have things under control" and have reality delivered to us in a certain way. When things don't go our way, we get upset (from not finding a parking place, to a friend not replying to an email, to plans being dropped...).

    Try this exercise for a couple of days to really apply positive thinking about your life: accept all that is.

    Don't judge it, don't take part, just accept it. Accept it happily if you can. You will notice how the quality of your life increases because you don't get upset as much.

Apply these key points of positive thinking about your life and enjoy a life of joy and possibilities.

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USA Today Profiles “Harry Potter” Trio’s Transition into Adulthood

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USA Today has a new article about the Harry Potter trio and their future plans now that they are transitioning into adulthood.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), and Emma Watson (Hermione) filmed their final scene together over the summer. Grint commented on how anticlimactic it felt filming the final scene of the franchise.

“It’s been such a long time,” Grint says. “And it was such a random little scene. I was soaking wet. The three of us jump through a fireplace on a crash land, and that was it. It felt like it should be ending on something a bit more meaningful, but that’s how it was.”

Radcliffe talks about his next two projects: a film, the Woman in Black, which he’s currently shooting, and the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying). The play will open in February.

“I’m the first person to play the role this young,” he says. Previously, Finch has been played by Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick. “I think it adds a dimension when someone who’s playing it is actually as young as the character,” says Radcliffe, who has put in hours of singing and dance training. (In his spare time, Radcliffe is a music aficionado and plays the bass.)

The actor relishes playing someone as “manipulative and conniving and almost Falstaffian” as the ambitious Finch, a character who is light-years away from the idealistic and heroic Harry Potter.

“Everything Finch does is morally reprehensible,” he says. “But you kind of back him. How to Succeed in Business is about somebody who never lets his morals get in the way of his ambition.”

Watson will continue her studies at Brown University in Rhode Island, but she is also eager to dabble in different activities, including theatre.

“I haven’t been a stage actress. It really is a different ballgame. People kind of expect that I should be incredibly confident, but no, this is not what I’m trained in.

“If I’m in front of a camera, I’m very comfortable, but to be on a stage, you can’t do a second take. You can’t go back. It’s frightening, but still, I like the adrenaline of knowing you get one shot. And the energy you get from a good audience, if they’re really into it, is like nothing else.”

Meanwhile, Grint is taking things slowly, “reading scripts and happily working on his golf.”

“I’m just being a bit patient and waiting for the right thing,” he says. “I’m not in a real rush. This last shoot was more than a year and a half and I’m pretty exhausted, really. Now that I’m finished, there’s a real sense of freedom.”

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Armstrong was 'given drug warning'

LANCE Armstrong and other top pro cyclists were repeatedly warned by the sport’s world governing body when they were teetering on testing positive to banned drugs.

Hein Verbruggen, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale when Armstrong was king, and still an honorary UCI president and International Olympic Committee member, has made the stunning admission to a Dutch magazine.

Verbruggen, who maintains his defence of Armstrong was justified during his tenure as UCI boss, told Vrij Nederland in a story published on Wednesday that "one by one" dozens of leading cyclists and team bosses were invited to UCI headquarters to be briefed on anti-doping strategies.

Verbruggen said the UCI's chief doctor, Mario Zorzoli, shared critical information about suspect values and general information on the organisation’s anti-doping strategies. Other cyclists received telephone calls from either Zorzoli or UCI anti-doping commissioner Lon Schattenberg.

"You might convince them not to use doping any more or you might not," said Verbruggen.

Armstrong confirmed in his selective confession last week that he had donated money to the UCI, which he repeatedly said he was "not a fan" of. But he insisted he made the donations because he was asked by the UCI – not because he was paying the organisation off for any cover-ups, as has been widely alleged.

Armstrong's former teammate Tyler Hamilton maintains Armstrong informed him personally at the 2001 Tour of Switzerland that he tested positive to drugs. Hamilton’s view, as told to the US Anti-Doping Agency that stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life, is that the UCI covered up the positive test. The UCI and Armstrong have strenuously denied that.

Verbruggen, in another recent interview with Dutch magazine De Muur, argued the responsibility to catch drug cheats lay with drug testers – not with the UCI.

"If you test someone 215 times and he is always negative, then the problem is in the test itself," he said.

"I'm not responsible. I don't understand the whole fuss at all."

An independent commission set up by the UCI to probe claims about alleged cover-ups is due to meet for the first time on Friday.

The World Anti-Doping Agency and USADA say they will not co-operate with the commission because of the tight deadline the UCI has set the independent commission and because it has set the terms of reference.