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Miracle fruit.Last week, we began a series on exotic fruit trees that can begrown locally. We featured: macadamia nuts, cashews and purplepassion fruit. This week, we continue the series with a closer lookat pond apple, miracle fruit and Barbados gooseberry.

A visit to the Rural Agricultural Development Agency's (RADA)display at the annual Denbigh Agricultural show earlier this monthrevealed a variety of exotic fruit trees that can be grown righthere in Jamaica. So, our question is, why are we not planting moreof these fruit trees for domestic and export markets? Have we notseen what can be done through the output from Tru Juice, or do wewant to continue importing concentrate?

According to Locksley Waites, fruit tree crop coordinator at RADA,there is just not enough land in the hands of small farmers. Toestablish a successful orchard, one would need large acreages forat least 20 years because many of the crops take up to 10 years tobegin showing profitable returns. Others begin bearing as early as18 months after planting, with proper care.

But in spite of efforts to get more lands into the hands ofordinary citizens, there is still a far way to go. Since 2000, some1,500 hectares of fruit trees have been planted and more than400,000 plants and seedlings have been delivered.Waites also told Food

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Ronda Nelson thinks Americans have too much refined sugar in theirdiets. Nelson owns Keva Juice and Restoration Health, both inRedding. Keva Juice offers fresh-squeezed juices, real fruit,nonfat yogurt, sherbet and fat-free milk. Fresh bananas, vitamins,minerals and energizers are added to the blends.

"Our energizers never change the taste or texture to our blends,and there are no added sugars in our drinks," Nelson said. Therecipe for Blueberry Protein Smoothie may not be on the menu, butit's a recipe that is a must try."I make this smoothie at home all the time," Nelson said.Nelson has a Certified Natural Health Professional license and amaster's degree in herbology. Nelson urges people to make small andsimple changes to their diets. In the morning, try a half-caffeineand half-decaf coffee, stay away from sugared cereals, avoidpacking surgery snacks in your child's lunch and try to eat a saladevery night with dinner.

"It's about fruit fuel, not sugar fuel," Nelson said.

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WATERLOO, Iowa - A nude-dancing bar wins out a three-year legalbattle that allows dancers to perform completely nude.The Waterloo Board of Adjustment voted 3-0 Tuesday to approve anadult entertainment permit for the Fantasy Theater Live.Board members held a closed-door executive session before voting togrant the permit, with a number of stipulations that limit thebar's hours from noon to 5 a.m. and dictate that the business'exterior signs can't include anatomical areas or depict sexualactivities.

The Fantasy Theater Live is a so-called "juice bar," so namedbecause many nude dancing establishments sell juice as mixers tocustomers who bring the alcohol.

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CHICAGO, Aug 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Single Path announcedtoday it has been named to Inc. magazine's 27th annual Inc. 500list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. With athree year sales growth of 642.5%, Single Path is ranked number 15of privately held fast growth telecommunications companies in thenation and number 27 in the overall privately held businesses inthe Midwest region. The list is the most comprehensive look at themost important segment of the economy -- America'sindependent-minded entrepreneurs. Companies such as Zappos, Intuit,GoDaddy, Under Armour, Jamba Juice, American Apparel, Oracle andhundreds of other powerhouses gained early exposure as members ofthe Inc. 500.

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Super-premium juice has emerged as a small but dynamic part of theAmerican beverage marketplace, according to a new study from theBeverage Marketing Corporation titled “Superpremium Juice in the U.S.: The Impact of Superfruits andAntioxidants“.

The super-premium sub-segment includes fresh packaged juice, whichis 100% (or very close to 100%) fruit juice that is bottled insingle-serve containers and shipped fresh rather than reconstitutedfrom concentrate or chemically preserved. These juices aregenerally more perishable than “regular” juices,although marketers have worked to improve their shelf life. Thesuper-premium group also includes juices that are not freshpackaged but are similarly positioned, carry high prices and areshelved in stores’ produce sections. Exciting new ingredientsare often used in such products, often including so-called“superfruits”.

The sub-segment registered phenomenal growth during the period from2002 to 2007, as volume jumped from 142.7 million litres to 293.4million litres. Sales as measured in wholesale dollars increased ata stronger rate than volume, reflecting the impact of the premiumpricing characteristic of the beverage type. Super-premium juicesales first approached half a billion US dollars in 2005 and thenclimbed to $587 million the following year. Super-premium juicegarnered $75.2 million, or 12.8%, more in 2007 than it had the yearbefore.

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August 27th, 2008

Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice datascale, performance, analytics

to enterprises and service providers, giving them more access andvisibility into more data from more origins. Originally

created to analyze massive amounts of unstructured data

 He reports that both companies had completed adding MapReduce totheir existing products and had been racing to the finish line toget their news out first. As it turned out, both made their announcements within hours of each other.

Curt lists some points on his blog about what this new technologymarriage means.

Google"s internal use of MapReduce is impressive. So is Hadoop"s

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Shared misfortune brought Illinois teammates and roommates Juice Williams and Chris James together on the Edward Jones Dome sideline Sept. 1. Theirconversation wasn't pleasant, but memorable.

James, a potential starter at wide receiver, already knew hewouldn't be playing that day against Missouri after tearing his ACLin training camp. Williams started the game at quarterback,determined to muzzle his doubters after an erratic freshman season,but left in the second quarter after taking a blow to the head fromMissouri's Hardy Ricks on a 4-yard run.

Together, they watched as backup quarterback Eddie McGee rallied Illinois to within six points before throwing aninterception at the goal line in the final minute.

"He talked to me about not finishing the game," James said ofWilliams. "He was real sad and upset."

"He took that loss to heart," added Illini linebacker Brit Miller.Fast-forward to Monday as Williams and James sat in the film roomat Memorial Stadium studying Missouri. This time they spoke with atone of optimism, sensing the opportunity that soon awaited

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<table> </table> COLUMBIA | Illinois quarterback JuiceWilliams would rather not, but he remembers well his final playagainst Missouri last season.First down at theMU 40. Williams tucks the ball and almost immediately knows he isgoing to settle for no more than 4 yards. Missouri linebacker SeanWeatherspoon and defensive back Hardy Ricks areclosing.Should Williams lower his head and tryto break the coming tackle, or take what he8217;s got andlive to run another play?8220;Instead offinishing the run, I kind of started sliding a littlebit,8221; Williams recalled. 8220;Then the guy hit me,helmet to helmet.8221;8220;Theguy8221; was Ricks. The hit, which Illinois fans thoughtdeserved a penalty, brings a chuckle from Weatherspoon, who wascredited with half a tacklehimself.8220;It was a legithit,8221; Weatherspoon said.But one thatsent bells clanging in Williams8217; head. He went to thesideline, giving way to redshirt freshman EddieMcGee.That might have been the worst thing tohappen to Missouri in what turned into a 40-34 hold-on victory overIllinois in the 2007 season opener at the Edward Jones Dome in St.Louis.8220;Eddie did a greatjob,8221; Williams said. 8220;He almost led the teamback.8221;Missouri led 37-13 when McGeeran one in from 16 yards with 4 minutes, 8 seconds left in thethird quarter. McGee then threw a 41-yard touchdown pass. Runningback Rashard Mendenhall scored on a 4-yard rush andMissouri8217;s lead was down to 37-34.OnlyPig Brown8217;s late interception of McGee at the goal linesaved the triumph for Mizzou.But it will beWilliams 8212; who spearheaded Illinois8217; upset ofNo. 1 Ohio State at the end of the Big Ten Conference season a yearago 8212; who will be back at quarterback for No. 20 Illinoiswhen it plays No. 6 Missouri in the dome in St. Louis on Saturdaynight.8220;The Hit,8221; Williamssaid, won8217;t be what this game is about. Williams hasmoved on.Williams, who worked with PhiladelphiaEagles quarterback Donovan McNabb over the summer, insistshe8217;s a better quarterback than he8217;s ever been,a threat with his arms as well as hisfeet.8220;We did a lot ofthrowing,8221; Williams said of a week spent with McNabb.8220;He did a lot of mentoring tome.8221;Reports out of Champaign, Ill.,the past few weeks indicate Williams8217; passing has greatlyimproved. That, Illinois coach Ron Zook contends, has led to aburgeoning confidence.8220;The differencebetween him on the practice field between this year and last yearis unbelievable,8221; Zook said during a media conferencethis week.

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Kingston, Canada, August 24, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Up to 32 cameras, Linux™-based, highly reliable Sentry Security Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the release ofthe new Sentry LP Series Digital Video Recorders (DVRs). These LPseries DVRs support up to 32 cameras and use hardware videocompression to maximize recording quality and speed. By integratinga Linux™ operating system, commercial-grade components andMPEG4 hardware compression, you can be assured that a Sentry LP DVRwill satisfy the most demanding needs of both performance and cost.“The Sentry LP Series has been introduced to our DVR lineupto provide our dealers with a high speed, low cost system for theircustomers with smaller budgets” said Mike Demmons, BusinessDevelopment Manager at Sentry. “The Sentry LP will openopportunities for dealers and resellers by providing them with alow cost, extremely reliable, easy-to-use, solution for theirclients.”

Video display and recording on all cameras is always in real-time,30 frames per second (fps) per camera. The Sentry LP Series DVRscan be accessed remotely over Internet/LAN using a standardInternet browser or the supplied remote client software and supportstatic or dynamic IP addresses. Various models of PTZ cameras canbe controlled, both locally and remotely and video backup to DVD,CD or USB device is supported.

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The Playon! DVR comes ready to use as a multimedia playback devicestraight from the box. It will play streamed media from across the(wireless) network, connected USB storage or from an internal SATA2drive. For recording purposes, you can either install a SATA2 driveor record to an externally connected USB drive. The included USBWiFi dongle will connect to any WEP or WPA secured wirelessnetwork. The HDMI output makes the Playon! DVR HD ready, supportingup to 1080i. File support includes encoded video as well as DVD files. An included extra is a AC Ryan HIFX Evolution HDMI 1.3cable.

The feature packed Playon! DVR makes a very interesting product forthe Data Generation user that would like to bridge the gap betweendownloaded multimedia content on the PC and the livingroom TV. Withan easy to use menu system it becomes the perfect addition to yourlivingroom hi-fi setup. Forget about booting up and waiting forcomplete HTPC's and a keyboard between the cushions of the couch.The Playon! DVR blends in and becomes part of your digitallifestyle.

The Playon! DVR is shipping end Aug with a recommended retail priceof ?79,- excl. Tax. with pomotion offer of free HIFX Evolutionpremium HDMI cable.

About AC Ryan

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 Iomega DVR Expander Drive When is an external hard drive not a hard drive? Apparently, whenit's a DVR expander. In a perfect world, these glorified driveswould be wholly unnecessary, as any device fitted with a USB,Firewire or eSATA port would work seamlessly with a similarlyequipped external HDD.

Instead, we get various iterations of DVRs, each with crippled ornon-functioning expansion ports. And once we're done silentlycursing the darkness and/or clogging them up with unwatchedepisodes of Golden Girls, then we get to choose from range ofspecial purpose drives  each "certified" to work withthis or that digital video recorder.

By Lauren Hirsch (photos by Aaron Steinfeld) From the outset, Elgato has a problem with its Eye TV 250 Plus. Inthis age of products that promise to Sbring your computer to yourTV, such as AppleTV, TiVo, and even the Nintendo Wii with itsweather and news clipping services, Elgato has decided to be thesalmon of the computer world, swimming against the current to bringyou a product that promises to Sbring your TV to your computer.

In all fairness, it"s not such a bad premise (also, salmon istasty. Hey, I"m pregnant. I think about food a lot.) After all,what is a TiVo or an Apple TV? It"s a processor and a hard drivein a box. Perhaps you"re thinking, SHey, I"ve already got oneof those. SExactly, says Elgato. And maybe--justmaybe--you"re the streamlining type who would like to consolidatethose functions into one fabulous app. Killer app, you ask?Perhaps, depending on your needs. TiVo killer? Well, not so fast.

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August 18, 2008

I'm a minimalist. The problem is that I'm a minimalist that has toomuch stuff. ;o) For those of you that might be true minimalists, Ihave a nifty USB doo-dad to show you, that has the potential toallow you to ditch your High Def TV and DVR. It's the PCTV HD ProStick (801e) from Pinnacle Systems. With it, you can use your Windows laptop or desktop computer asyour TV and DVR. Let's take a look.

I'm sure that you've all been seeing the public serviceannouncements on TV regarding the fact that as of February 17thnext year, analog TV signals will be going bye bye. This tuner willallow you to pull in DTV (digital TV) channels over the air or viayour cable company.

Hardware Specs

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But as with any other hard-drive-based contraption, DVRs havelimited storage. All too often, in arranging to record a program onmy TiVo HD DVR, I've received the dreaded "not enough disk space"warning. That means deleting shows I haven't watched yet or, worse,wiping out recordings I want to hang on to for posterity.

TiVo fills up even faster when I record programs inhigh-definition. HD claims roughly 10 times the amount of space asstandard-definition recordings.

The Iomega DVR Expander Drive and Western Digital My DVR Expanderdrive I've been testing promise to increase your DVR's storagecapacity, so you won't have to fret about it for a long time.

The Iomega and Western Digital boxes both cost $200 and have 500gigabytes of storage, equaling about 300 extra hours ofstandard-definition or up to 60 hours of high-def programming. Byadding the Western Digital drive to my TiVo, I upped its capacityto up to 927 standard-definition or 98 high-def hours. You'd haveto watch an awful lot of TV to exhaust that much storage.

The two drives are about the size of a chunky hardcover book; theWestern Digital box is a little thicker and shorter than theIomega.

You may ask: "Why do I need a DVR expander when I've got an unusedexternal PC hard drive? Couldn't I just plug it into the DVR's USBport?"

It's not that simple. The USB ports on TiVo, for instance, cannotbe used for external storage. Instead, the DVR expanders connect toa different port, called eSata, which TiVo says is more reliableand robust. (I use the USB on my TiVo for a Wi-Fi adapter.) If youdo have an eSata drive, you can probably make it work with TiVo byemploying an easily found online hack — except there are noguarantees, and you won't have TiVo's blessing.

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Press Release

Release date: August 14, 2008

New Pelco DVR5100 Version 1.5 Delivers Enhanced Hybrid VideoRecording Clovis, CA (August 14, 2008) - Pelco introduces new functionalityin the digital video recording world with the DVR5100 Version 1.5Hybrid Video Recorder. With the latest free software upgradecustomers will enjoy many new features; particularlyhigh-performance and real-time recording on an embedded, hybridDVR. New efficient configuration, intuitive operation, and cuttingedge storage and optimization technology, combined with newsystemization options now provides enterprise value in a mainstream DVR.

With the DVR5100 Version 1.5 supporting both analog and IP cameras,customers preserve previous investments while paving the way to IPrecording. And DVR5100 Version 1.5 hybrid recording offers a choiceof three configuration paths to support every customer in theirspecific IP migration strategy. Capable of recording up to 20cameras at a combined 600/500 images per second (NTSC/PAL) at 4CIFresolution, the DVR comes with a choice of four, eight, or 16analog camera inputs, and four, 12, or 16 IP camera inputs,respectively. The addition of hybrid recording capabilities nowsupports Pelco IP cameras, including the recently released SpectraIV IP and the new Spectra Mini IP.

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Neugent Technologies has unveiled the SP-3000 mini-wall mountembedded DVR. Neugents latest offering harnesses a space-savingdesign coupled with high capabilities.

Designed for space-conscious users, SP-3000 immediately frees upsquare footage with its wallmount design. And with its lockedcabinet look, it protects the system from unauthorized access and tampering.

We want to offer something practical, requires simple installationand more cost-effective to clients, so we made such design, says Michael Jang, CEO of Neugent.

SP-3000 mini-wallmount embedded DVR features a powerful networkingfunction for remote management and flexibility to integrate with awide range of distributed systems in the future. It also supportssimultaneous access from more than one PC and mobile phone withminimum use of bandwidth. The bundled remote client softwareenables multi-site, central monitoring station and web browsermonitoring. With this capability, you can secure your people,assets and property remotely from anywhere within a network, addedMichael Jang.

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Barry Nemett has exhibited his paintings in museums and galleriesthroughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. Since receiving aFulbright/ITT International Travel Fellowship to Spain, he haslectured worldwide, curated numerous traveling exhibitions, and hasbeen a recipient of resident artist grants in the United States,Japan, Scotland, Italy, and France. In addition, he has receivedmany awards for his paintings.

Upon earning his MFA degree from Yale University in 1971, ProfessorNemett began teaching at Maryland Institute College of Art, wherehe is Chair of the Painting Department. He has recently taught atPrinceton University and, during the summer months, he teaches atthe International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture inUmbria, Italy. He has published essays and poetry for numerousmagazines, and he is the author of a college textbook, Images,Objects, and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts.

Barry has recently completed his first novel, Crooked Tracks

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NEW YORK, Aug 20, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- TheRichard and Mica Hadar Foundation has chosen 14 New York City areastudents who will enter college in September 2008 to be its newscholarship recipients. They join a select group of close to 200Hadar Scholars awarded college scholarships since 1993 for theirexceptional talent in creative arts, including visual arts,writing, film, theater, dance, vocal and instrumental performance.Hadar scholars are guaranteed the scholarship for the four years ofcollege, as long as they are matriculating. They are also offeredassistance with graduate studies. Hadar scholars are supportedthrough a unique mentoring program that stresses collaboration withprofessionals in their field and with the other scholars. Theprogram includes creative and professional seminars and workshops,exhibition and publication opportunities, and special events invarious creative fields. Support is given to the scholars forspecial summer programs, such as national and international artfestivals, and for other unusual expenses associated with pursuinga career in the creative arts. Additional support is also given inthe form of stipends for internships which advance the artists'professional training.

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The Gateway, the new mixed-use student life building at Maryland InstituteCollege of Art, will have its debut Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Thedormitory spiraling upwards on the corner of North and Mount Royalavenues sits along my daily commute. I have watched its progressskyward from the first stages.

The piered doughnut-meets-block structure is anything but aGateway. It fails to impress any fully perceivable shape or entityin three-space to the viewer but rather presents a puzzling massthat bends into the incomprehensible – a tangle that seemsobscured in the periphery even when looking right at it. Thetranslucence is brilliantly applied – though not ascohesively as with MICA’s other stanchion, the Brown Center,further down Mount Royal.

The word MICA in bright, not quite neon, white lights screams outfrom the cityscape to night drivers along I-83 but somehow adsbalance to Male/Female in front of Penn Station (incidentally Ireside in what I sense is the tiny minority of those that do nothate that piece). Somehow that MICA sign is the exemplar of whatmakes the building work.

There is a mess of green order – lights and panels that wouldlikely appear the wrong shade of green in any context. My favoritepart is the concrete wall at street level along North Avenue.Solid, gray, triangular but sleek and somehow comforting.

Despite or due to its quirks, the building, born out of a creativecompetition among international offices of RTKL, succeeds where somany fail. This post is evidence of that. Whither it is liked orhated, the Gateway is creative. It is interesting. It will betalked about. Unlike so much of what is made today it is unique andimaginative. Once again, MICA has added something to the city.

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”I try to instill in the students the many uses of rocks andminerals,” he said. “If you look around this room,there's nothing here that didn't come from rocks. Things likeplastic, lights, makeup and even toothpaste is made from oilby-products from fossils found in the ground.”

Martin's classroom displays not only include rocks and minerals intheir raw form, but the products that come from them.

”They get to share in a hands-on experience,” he said,“and are able to handle very inexpensive rocks to gems worththousands of dollars -- one being Benitoite, which is the state gemof California and one of the rarest gems in the world.”

Benitoite, he said, comes from the San Benito River in San BenitoCounty. Martin said he loves seeing the children's reaction to thevivid, blue-speckled stone.

”I love to see the glimmer in the kids' eyes (when) theyrealize it comes from the Earth naturally,” he said.

Martin also shows the children mica. He has not only an abundanceof it in its raw form, but many products made from the multi-usemineral.

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MICA cuts in frankston a 'life and death' proposal

Deborah Morris

25Aug08

PLANS to reduce Frankston's intensive-care paramedics are"ludicrous" and lives could be lost, emergency services volunteersbelieve.

"It's absolutely ludicrous to reduce the MICA 6 team unit from atwo-person ambulance to one person in a sedan," the road accidentand rescue lieutenant with Langwarrin CFA, Robert Hosegood said.

"Of course they should remain as a team. What happens when you senda MICA sedan and then you're waiting for an ambulance?

"If a MICA officer turns up in a sedan, where will the patient betreated? On the side of the road?

"If we're trying to release someone from a motor car accident, itwill mean a crew member will have to assist the MICA paramedic.This means we'll be a man down."

Frankston SES controller Brian McMannis thinks it is possible liveswill be lost if State Government plans go ahead.

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Sunday I toured the new student life building, the Gateway, at Maryland Institute College of Art. The piered structure letspedestrians get further underneath the building without yet feelingclose to it. The concept of a curved façade is attempted by

straight segments – an effect that ends up expressing morebroken angularity than curvature. If the desire is to truly giveoff the impression of a smooth curve, architects need to convincetheir clients that the added cost of curved construction really isgoing to be worth the end result. If RTKL wasn’t really goingfor total curvature, than I’m just not a fan of the facetedaesthetic.

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Welcome to the Gateway, a new building for the Maryland InstituteCollege of Art that was designed to keep people guessing.

The $32 million structure, which opens later this month at 1601 W.Mount Royal Ave., represents the college's latest expansion intonew territory, beyond its traditional campus, in the heart ofBaltimore's Mount Royal cultural district.

The architect, RTKL Associates, underscored the idea of expandingwith a design that enters new architectural territory as well.

The 10-story building provides housing for 217 upperclass studentsin 63 apartments, as well as 42 studio spaces, a career developmentcenter and arts-related spaces for the community, including a"black box" theater, gallery and cafe.

The goal, designers say, was to create a building whose exteriorexpresses what's going on inside. But it does so slowly, at its ownpace, as one moves through the building. It gives the impression ofa structure that's in a formative state, rather than 100 percentcomplete.

"It constantly leaves you with a bit of a question, which waspretty intentional on our part," said architect Douglas McCoach,who was a principal at RTKL during the design phase and isreturning to RTKL after serving 19 months as Baltimore's planningdirector. "It reveals itself, but not entirely and not all at once.You're rewarded the more you move around it. You constantly see andlearn new things about it."

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British singer MICA PARIS has spoken out about her `stalker' hellafter an ex-boyfriend hacked into her bank account to pay for giftshe sent her.

The soul star called an end to her six-month relationship with anItalian boyfriend in February (08), but claims he refused to leaveher alone and bombarded her with calls and emails.

She says, "He just didn't stop. It was like being stalked... Thethought of what he might do kept me awake at night."

Her ex-lover sent the singer flowers in the hope of areconciliation - but Paris claims she later discovered he had usedher money to pay for them.

She adds, "I rang the bank to stop all my cards, and called thepolice... I yelled down the phone (at him), and warned him that thenext time he tried anything, I would report him to the police... Inever heard anything more again."

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Pune, August 05

Demand so high that distributors run out of stock, batteries too inshort supply

If there has been one beneficiary to the long power cuts that thecity has faced over the last fortnight, it is the manufacturers ofinverters. The demand for inverters has skyrocketed and sales goneup manifold. Major distributors are, however, are short ofbatteries, adding to the customer woes

For the last one-and-a-half years, the sale of inverters was at alow due to the uninterrupted power supply pilot project in thecity. Now, constant load shedding has turned the situation on itshead, with two leading inverter brands selling 4,000 units in thelast 20 days.

The demand for inverters by domestic consumers has gone up so muchin the last one month that it has become difficult to meet themarket demand, said Abhijeet Pardeshi, sales manager, ShantiPowers, sole distributor of leading brand Sukam inverters in thecity.

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SMA America, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of SMA Solar TechnologyAG, based in Germany. With over three gigawatts installed, SMA isthe world leader in solar inverter technology and manufacturing,and has divisions in nine countries on four continents. SMA iscommitted to its leadership role and supports the industry throughinnovative products and progressive education for solar installersand small businesses worldwide. SMA America continues itsunfaltering commitment to the continued development andimplementation of leading-edge products, including the mostefficient solar inverters available nationwide. For moreinformation, call (916) 625-0870 or visit

www.SMA-America.com

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Press Release

Release date: August 18, 2008

Introducing Newcastle Systems' Full Line of Portable Power Packages

Newcastle Systems is pleased to introduce its full line ofcompetitively-priced power packages known as the PP Series. Thecompact system provides consistent, reliable run time for virtuallyany application requiring "portable power". This includes (but notlimited to) outdoor mobile concessions, remote display areas,non-powered equipment carts, trailers, and much more.

These portable power systems consist of an inverter, smart charger,battery, standard battery status meter, and a sealed but fullyventilated 16" x 16" x 12" cabinet. An optional inverter/chargerstatus meter is also available. All Portable Power Packages areconfigured to handle your specific power and run time requirements.

The smallest PP Series Power Package starts with a 40 AH battery, a350 watt inverter, and a 10 amp charger and will easily power alaptop for an 8 hour shift. The largest Power Packages goes up to a200 AH battery, a 1,250 watt inverter and 30 amp charger and canpower a desktop computer and printer for up to 7 hours of normaluse.

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Press Release

Release date: May 5, 2008

Xantrex(TM) Expands Renewable Power Product Line

VANCOUVER, B.C., May 5, 2008 - Xantrex Technology Inc. (TSX:XTX) isexpanding its renewable power product line with the addition of theXantrex GT3.8 Grid-Tie Solar Inverter. The new GT3.8 offersimproved solar system sizing with a wide Maximum Power PointTracking (MPPT) window and a high efficiency rating as determinedby the

California Energy Commission (CEC) inverter test protocol.

The GT3.8 will complement the existing Xantrex GT Series Grid-TieSolar Inverter product line, with the same great features and ahigh CEC efficiency rating of 95%. The GT3.8 offers a wider MPPTwindow (195 to 550 Vdc), which provides an optimal fit with highcurrent, low voltage modules, such as BP Solar's SX 3200. The GT3.8also offers installers the highest inverter output power possiblewith a 20-amp over-current protection breaker. This is convenientfor installers since it allows for the largest solar systempossible when interconnected to a 100-amp service panel.

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The UL Listed Sunny Central 250U acts as the heart of any large-scale commercial PV system, turningthe raw electricity from the solar cells into usable, grid-qualitypower. Whether installed indoors or out, it’s able toaccomplish this feat with stunning efficiency. Not only is itsCEC-weighted efficiency rated at 97 percent, but its peakefficiency reaches an incredible 97.5 percent. That translates intogreater savings and accelerated payback for the businesses that useit.

With its updated user interface, the Sunny Central 250U offers a graphical readout of daily plant production, as well asthe status of the PV array, inverter and utility grid.

The new Sunny Central 250U

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Washington, DC  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Principal DeputyAssistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy JohnMizroch announced recently that DOE will invest up to $24M inFiscal Year 2008 and beyondsubject to the availability offundsto develop solar energy products to significantlyaccelerate penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in theUnited States. The Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS)projects will provide critical research and development (R&D)funding to develop less expensive, higher performing products toenhance the value of solar PV systems to homeowners and businessowners. These projects are integral to President Bush's SolarAmerica Initiative, which aims to make solar energycost-competitive with conventional forms of electricity by 2015.Increasing the use of alternative and clean energy technologiessuch as solar energy is critical to diversifying the Nation'senergy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence onforeign oil.

"Harnessing the natural and abundant power of the sun andcost-effectively converting it into energy is an importantcomponent of our comprehensive strategy to commercialize and deployadvanced, clean, alternative technologies to enhance our energysecurity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," DOE Principal DeputyAssistant Secretary Mizroch said. "Our investment in these gridintegration projects will lay the groundwork for high levels ofsolar photovoltaic market penetration to help meet the President'sgoal of making solar power cost-competitive with conventionalsources of electricity."

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