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The film should be required viewing for everyone who has lost faith in the power of random acts of kindness.

"The Kid With a Bike" vibrates with desperation, frustration and the simple unfairness of life, leavened with glimpses of hope.

Cyril is one of the most inspiringly resilient, self-aware young characters to arrive on-screen in recent memory...

"The Kid With A Bike'' is, remarkably, about hope - about the connections people forge when the ones they've been given desert them.

The Dardennes' quiet, naturalistic style strips this story of melodrama but not of emotion.

Without diminishing the boy's intensity or making him in any way ingratiating, the Dardennes take us into his mind, and we begin to appreciate not only his predicament but his resiliency.

A frank, no-nonsense drama filled with compassion for a lost soul kid abandoned by his father.

...a deeply humane movie that deserves to be compared with one of its obvious inspirations, Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves

A moving, sweet and at times harrowing tale...

De France does a terrific job of balancing maternal instinct with matter-of-factness, in a performance that is more human than tender - and all the more powerful for it.

Unlike many films, it genuinely earns every feeling it evokes.

a complex interweaving of bitter reality and a deeply humane worldview that sees the possibility of redemption in even the cruelest of circumstances

A beautiful and stirring story of unconditional compassion, of emotional honesty, and -- above all -- of hope.

The Dardennes' style resists cheap sentimentality, yet in The Kid with a Bike it yields a deeply moving examination of love as a shield.

Dardenne brothers set an orphan in search of a father

Will bad breaks break a boy?

How the Dardennes, time and again, turn gritty, mundane subjects into transcendent moments of honesty and truth is one of the great cinematic wonders.

This is a film that's not always easy to watch, but just about impossible to forget.

It is crystal clear on at least one point: People are mysterious and beautiful, and they need each other.

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne offer another in their remarkable succession of contemporary neo-realist dramas in this quietly devastating but gently hopeful [film].

[It] gives obvious homage to a variety of films. ... But one inspiration shines throughout the movie ... The Red Balloon.

...the film delivers a final act as riveting as it is artistically satisfying. Not many films can claim a perfect ending. This one can.

...manages to balance a spiritual sense of grace with the earthy eye of a here-and-now realist.

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Gov: Schilling's company made $1.1M payment to RI

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has made a $1.1 million payment to the state and now should seek out private financing to stay afloat, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Friday.

"There's no more easy money," Chafee said at a press conference.

The company, 38 Studios, missed a scheduled payment to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. on May 1 and has told the state it could not meet its payroll this week, prompting worries about its solvency and whether the state would have to step in to pay its debts.

38 Studios hand-delivered a check to the economic agency on Thursday only to have the chief financial officer acknowledge soon after there wasn't enough money in the account to cover it.

The $1.1 million payment was made on Friday and the check cleared, Chafee said.

38 Studios was lured from Massachusetts in 2010 after Rhode Island officials offered a $75 million loan guarantee. The money was raised through a bond sale and distributed by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp as the company met financial and other milestones.

As of November, the company had received nearly $50 million, according to the state. Chafee's Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly said the company has indicated that money has been spent.

Schilling has asked for additional help from the state.

Chafee opposed the loan guarantee as a candidate for governor. He said the company has told him that private capital has not materialized.

Messages were left for Schilling and a 38 Studios spokesman.

Schilling thanked well-wishers in a Facebook post late Thursday, writing: "To all the prayers and well wishes to the team and families at 38, God Bless and thank you! We will find a way, and the strength, to endure."

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Raspberry Pi team shows off pics of (and taken with) prototype camera add-on

While the main thing that would make Raspberry Pi's diminutive $25 / $35 Linux setups better would be if we could get our hands on them faster, the team behind it is already working on improvements like this prototype camera seen above. The add-on is slated to ship later this year and plugs into the CSI pins left exposed right in the middle of each unit. According to the accompanying blog post, the specs may be downgraded from the prototype's 14MP sensor to keep things affordable, although there's no word on an exact price yet. Possible applications include robotics and home automation, but until the hackers get their hands on them you'll have to settle for one pic from the Pi's POV after the break and a few more at the source linked below.

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Bunkycooks ? 2012 Atlanta Food & Wine Festival

This past weekend we attended the second annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival.? Fortunately, I did not have to travel very far to attend this event.? Hosted at the Loews Hotel and neighboring streets in Midtown Atlanta, this festival features the highlights and culinary heritage of Southern food and drink.

WIth Virginia Willis & Meredith Ford Goldman at the Opening Toast

While there was plenty of pulled pork, country ham, wild Georgia shrimp and bourbon (and more bourbon) to go around, these traditional Southern ingredients were often hijacked over the weekend and taken on a journey around other parts of the world as chefs added their unique spin with global influences at the Tasting Tents and theme dinners.

These two guys know how to change up the traditional Southern flavors - Matt Jamie & Chef Anthony Lamas

One such example was the dinner we attended at Cardamom Hill, Spice Route Influences.? Chef Asha Gomez (Cardamom Hill) combined her specialty dishes from Kerala (which highlight this ?lush coastal state of South India rich in spices, coconut, and seafood?) with guest chef George Mendes? Portuguese influenced flavors (Aldea, NYC).? At Aldea, Chef Mendes? menu is inspired by the Iberian Peninsula. His dishes often feature shellfish, salt-cured cod, Iberian-cured hams and rice.

Thursday evening's Spice Route Influences dinner at Cardamom Hill

This collaboration between Gomez and Mendes was complimented with cocktail pairings prepared by Mixologist Gina Chersevani from Hank?s Oyster Bar in Washington, DC.? The five course dinner included dishes like House-Cured Bacalhau with Coconut Mousse, Tomato, Coriander Seeds and Leaves (Chef Mendes) paired with a Bombay 54.? This cocktail was an unusual mix of Bluecoat gin, coriander, cilantro syrup, coconut and lime and paired nicely with the fish.

Keral Boatman?s Curry, prepared by Chef Gomez, was served with The Brig, a lethal combination of Ilegal Mezcal and house-made spiced ginger lemon soda.? It was an interesting evening with unique dishes and cocktails infused with smoky and onion flavors.? At one point, everyone at the table ordered a glass of wine for a simpler pairing with the food and a fear of the aftermath of the cocktails in the morning.

Bi-Coastal Cocktail and Early Tomato Gazpacho

Friday morning at the festival began with an opening toast to the organizers of the event, the Loews Hotel and the City of Atlanta.? Next up were two class sessions followed by the Tasting Tents in the afternoon.? Many of the sessions focused on all things Southern but there was a nice mix with international offerings.? Cast Iron Cooking Techniques, Southern Cakes and Pies and the Fellowship of the Country Ham were just a few of the discussions about the art of Southern cooking and traditions.? Then there were wine tastings with wines from the Mediterranean (Reds from the Med) and cooking sessions using Latin inspired heat and spices to create unique flavors and even a chat about Kimchi (a Korean spicy cabbage dish) and Meze, the Greek dining custom.

Cast Iron Cooking - Chef David Guas

Ryan Mullins - Reds from the Med

Reds from the Meds showed a little blush with some not so red offerings

Friday afternoon provided the first opportunity to get a glimpse of the Tasting Tents and other festival participants and sponsors.? There was a nice flow and number of people that afternoon.? We enjoyed creative bites prepared by several chefs and restaurants, in addition to the more traditional barbecue and fried chicken.? There was also what seemed an endless supply of wine, bourbon and other spirits, including moonshine, which has roots in Appalachia and the north Georgia mountains.? Craft cocktails are definitely the ?in? thing right now and there were plenty to go around.

First glimpse of the Tasting Tents

Yes, there was bourbon and beer and an option to rim your glass like a Maker's Mark bottle

Mixology reigned supreme over the weekend

Lots of opportunities for great small bites

Lamb from Border Springs & Pimento Cheese BLT's

With Chef Sean Brock, the ruling Swineatologist

Saturday afternoon brought on the crowds as everyone headed to the Tasting Tents following the morning sessions.? We enjoyed a few nibbles and a local brew or two and then welcomed the air conditioning at the Loews Hotel just in time for the Southern Cocktail Hour and cocktail throwdown, emceed by Chef Edward Lee (Louisville, KY).

We enjoyed a little bit of our own tour of Atlanta that evening with Chef Anthony Lamas (Louisville, KY) and one of his cooks from Seviche, A Latin Restaurant, Tina.? After hitting a few of our local favorites (Local Three, Canoe and our own wine cellar), we enjoyed a relatively low key evening before the last day of the festival.

It was a busy Saturday afternoon at the Tasting Tents

Look who I found in the crowd! With Nancie McDermott

Southern Cocktail Hour and Cocktail Throwdown

Sunday brought the rains but apparently not dampened spirits as the Tweets continued from the final day of the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival.? The event?s second successful year was retired at a closing party in the Westside Provisions District at Abattoir, Bacchanalia and JCT Kitchen & Bar.

Still recovering from the festivities in New York the prior weekend, I chose to stay home on Sunday and do some much needed catching up.? I enjoyed the two days we attended the festival.? It was enough time to get a real feel for the event, attend a few sessions and experience many of the chef?s creations along with the various wines and spirits offered.

I have one suggestion for the festival organizers.? It would be nice to have a larger venue for the Tasting Tents next year. With the continued success of the festival and positive press coverage from this year?s event, visitors will come in even greater numbers to Atlanta next year.? On the second day, Saturday, I thought it was too crowded to really enjoy the tents with the large number of people in attendance.? I heard a number of people make the same comment.? That?s just my humble opinion.

If you are in Atlanta next year for the festival, I would suggest a pass for a day or two and attending a few of the special events for a good perspective of what the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival has to offer.

Until next year!

Disclosure ? We were guests of the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival at these events.? I was not paid to write any posts and the opinions expressed are my own.

Posted by Gwen on May 17, 2012

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Non-Profits, Volunteers, and Social Media

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to the members of the Lancaster Council of Volunteer Coordinators. This group represented a large number of local non-profits, and these are the people who work hard to recruit and manage the volunteer ?staffs? at their organizations. This was a bit of a new angle for me, so I thought I?d share with you what I shared with them about how to use social media as part of your volunteer efforts.

First, a couple of truths about volunteers, to give context to my thoughts on this topic:

1. They save you money ? Because you have volunteers, you don?t have to spend a lot of money on staff, and you are able to free up your resources for a variety of other activities. They also provide all sorts of valuable services.

2. Their importance has grown during this economic downturn ? Money is tight. As a non-profit you are competing for a piece of a smaller financial pie. And since it?s getting harder to raise that money, volunteers can really fill in the gaps.

3. Volunteers might be more important than donors ? Anyone can write a check and throw money at a non-profit. We all receive pleas to donate and it?s easy to write a check and feel we?ve done our part, whether we care about the non-profit cause or not. But volunteering takes a bit more dedication. We won?t volunteer to help an organization unless we are truly committed to their cause and believe in what they are doing.

4. Volunteers tend to be socially active online ? In The Social Side of the Internet, researchers at the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that social media users tend be more active in groups and organizations than non-social media users. Flip that around and it means that those who volunteer with your organization are very likely to be active on social platforms.

5. Volunteers might be among your best brand ambassadors ? Combine their online social activity with their passion for your organization, and you have a small army of deeply committed brand ambassadors.

6. Volunteers are a part of your story ? In his book, The Non-Profit Narrative, Dan Portnoy talks about the importance of sharing the story of your non-profit, including the ?why? of it; why you exist. And while every story has a hero, your organization has multiple heroes, including your volunteers. Your organization exists to change the world, and they are part of how you are accomplishing that mission.

Keeping these things in mind, how are you using social media to work with this incredible group of people? Here are ways you should be approaching social media with your volunteers in mind:

1. Recruit new volunteers ? We use social media in our non-profits to solicit donations and tell others about our campaigns, so why not let our audience know about our volunteer needs? If someone connects with your organization on social channels, it shows a certain level of interest in what you?re doing. In marketing and sales lingo, they could be viewed as prospects or soft leads. By making your needs known, you can nurture them along to actually becoming involved as volunteers. Don?t miss out on this opportunity.

2. Manage and engage your volunteers ? Despite their importance to your organization, we often treat volunteers as expendable. Remember, they are providing valuable services and are often on the front lines of your work. They may actually know more about what is going on than your executives holed up in offices. Create a private Facebook group that allows you and your volunteers to communicate and dialogue about what is going on at your organization. They are often ?out of the loop,? but this shouldn?t be the case. Keep them informed via email, groups, and even occasional video chats on Skype or Google + Hangouts. And invite your staff and executives to join as well. It?s a great way to build community and keep everyone in the loop.

3. Mobilize your volunteers ? Remember, the Field of Dreams ?If you build it, they will come? philosophy doesn?t work. If you have a social presence, make sure your volunteers are connected with you. You have to tell them and encourage them. Inspire them to share your content on Facebook and Twitter. Encourage them to check-in on Facebook and Foursquare. You?d be surprised how many volunteers (and paid staff!) don?t even know what is happening on their organization?s social channels. They all have their own social graphs; tap into that and have them extend their volunteer influence beyond your four walls. If you?re using an online platform like Razoo to raise funds, get them involved in that process as well. Think of them as a core part of your street team.

4. Make them a part of your social team ? Find the right volunteers who might be able to help you with your online presence, perhaps helping out with your Facebook or Twitter activity. Often, volunteers can feel like outsiders, but they are regularly on the front lines of what you do. Have them be on the look out for great stories that can be used as content on Facebook, in a blog, or on video. The only caution I would give is to choose wisely, the same as you would with choosing a paid staffer to help out. And make sure your volunteers are fully aware of, and covered by, your social media policy. You do have one, right?

5. Profile and reward your volunteers ? As mentioned before, your volunteers are an important part of your story. They are heroes. Why not let them tell their stories on your blog or via video on YouTube or Facebook? Let them create blog content for you based on their experiences. In a simple video series, Water Street Ministries (client), is sharing how their work changes lives. Not just the lives of their clients, but of those who volunteer. I bet many of your volunteers feel the same way.

You already know that your volunteers are an important part of all that you do. Now?s the time to connect with them online, and give them the tools they need to tell their friends about you.

How are you using social media to grow, manage and mobilize your volunteer team?

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PFT: Eagles, McCoy agree to 5-year, $45M deal

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Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum joined PFT Live on Thursday to discuss a broad range of topics, including the one that everyone wants to discuss.

Backup quarterback Tim Tebow.

I asked Mike whether the reaction to the trade for Tebow was even bigger than the Jets had anticipated.

?We had a good idea of what we were getting ourselves into,? Tannenbaum said.? ?Tim?s a pretty unique person with a very unique following.? And when we made the decision from a football standpoint ? and, you know, that?s our charge, and [owner] Woody [Johnson] always reiterates that and we sat down with Coach [Tony] Sparano and [head coach] Rex [Ryan] ? we felt like by far this was the best opportunity for us to try to get back to some of the diversity we want to do on offense, running different types of plays. And we just thought it was a great opportunity, and I felt like from my standpoint, Mike, that we should be able to create the infrastructure where Tim [and] the rest of his teammates could be successful, and we can manage the distractions.?

So, basically, the Jets are embracing Tebowmania.? Or, at a minimum, it?s not causing them to hide under the bed.? Yet.

?When you make a move like this, you know there?s going to be a lot of people that are going to follow him, but we don?t look at that as a negative.?

Tannenbaum said more about Tebow, even though the G.M. declined to delve into all of the ways that Tebow will be used on special teams by a coordinator who recently described Tebow as more potent that former Jets jack-of-all-trades Brad Smith.? You can check out the Tebow related clip below.? The full interview can be seen by clicking the link in the right rail, or by clicking the ?PFT Live? button above.

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Off-site Storage | Computers and Technology

Once you have organized the media that you are storing on-site, it?s time to consider off-site storage. There are two ways to store your data off-site:

? The typical method of sending copies of your volumes to someone

? Real-time off-site storage

The latter is more expensive but is much easier to use during a disaster. That is, of course, what off-site storage is meant to prepare you for?the destruction of your media and/or the building that holds it. If you have a complete set of backups in another location, you would be able to recover from even the worst local disaster.

Choosing a media vaulting vendor

Choosing a media vaulting vendor is an important a task as choosing your backup software. Choosing the wrong vendor can be disastrous. You depend on that vendor as your last line of defence, which is why you are paying them. Therefore, their storage and filing procedures need to be above reproach. Their movement-tracking procedure must be free of holes. Here is a list of things to consider when choosing an off-site storage vendor:

Individual media accountability

The first media vaulting vendor I ever used stored all of my volumes inside cases. They never inventoried the individual pieces of media. It was up to me to know which volume was in which case. When I needed a volume from one of the cases, they had to go in and get it. Once that was done, there was no log of where that volume actually existed. This is reffered to as container vaulting. Most media vaulting companies also offer individual media vaulting. This method ensures that every volume is being tracked.

Bar-coded, location-based inventory

Again each volume should have a bar code that allows your storage vendor to scan every volume in and out. They should scan volumes into their vault when they arrive and scan them out when they give them back to you.

Electronic double check

If you are keeping track of every volume?s location, and your vendor is too, you should double-check each other. One or both of you can print out an export of your database that shows volume locations. You can write a program that cross checks the location of every volume against the other inventory. I can?t tell you how many times such a program has saved me. It?s great to find an error when it happen, instead of weeks later when you need a volume that got misplaced.

Testing your chosen vendor

See if your vendor is on their toes. One tricky thing you can do is to see if they leave you alone in the vault. You are a customer of this company, so ask them if you can do an inventory of your media alone. See if they allow you unrestricted

access to the inside of the vault. If they leave you alone inside the vault with no supervision, you have access to other companies? media. That means that at certain times, other companies may have access to your media. Run, don?t walk, away from this company.

Make surprise inspections. Make spot checks. Ask for random volumes back, and see how quickly they can find them. Ask for volumes you just sent them. Volumes in the process of being inventoried are the hardest to find, but they should be able to do it. If you regularly send them five volumes a day with an inventory, put four volumes in one day, but list five on the inventory. See if they notice. If they don?t, raise a ruck?s! Their procedures should protect you from these types of human errors. If they don?t, these procedures need to be improved. Be unpredictable. If you become predictable, you may be overlooked. Keeping them on their toes will make them remember you ? and how important you think your volumes are. (By the way, your ability to make surprise inspections and spot checks should be spelled out in your contract. Make sure that it is OK for you to do this. If it is not?well, you know what to do)

Vendors store two types of volumes: Those that rotate in and and those that stay there indefinitely. As you rotate the cyclical volumes in and out, they are inventoried. Your archive volumes are another story. If a volume has been there for two years and has never been touched, how do you know that it?s OK? You should make a full inventory of those volumes at least once, preferably twice, every year.

Electronic vaulting

Electronic vaulting is becoming quite popular. It can be expensive, but it?s a beautiful thing. If you can afford it, I highly recommend it. The premise is that your backups are sent directly to a storage system at the electronic vaulting vendor. One question you need to ask yourself is, ?What happens if they burn to the ground?? All your data could be lost. Don?t let this happen. Make sure that this storage company is not the only location for your backed-up data. In addition, make sure that you know how you?re going to do a large restore. While a small network link may be large enough to do a continuous incremental backup, it?s probably not large enough to do a 100 GB restore. If this is a concern, ask your electronic vaulting vendor about a local recovery appliance.

Backup Data Offsite is an online provider of offsite data backup solutions and you can use the services of them to store data offsite.

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Comcast rethinks bandwidth caps, trials two new policies that involve higher 300GB monthly limits

Comcast's bandwidth policy has come under fire from several directions lately, and today it's announced plans to test two new systems for managing capacity. In a company blog post, VP Cathy Avgiris describes the new "flexible" approaches it will be testing out in certain markets that start off by raising the limit to 300GB (from 250GB where it's been since 2008) per month. One of the plans involves offering 300GB as a base on its Essentials, Economy, and Performance internet packages, and higher limits on its Blast and Extreme tiers, with extra data available as an add-on, possibly $10 for 50GB or so. The other plan simply bumps all tiers to 300GB per month and offers the additional blocks of data as needed. For markets where it's not testing the new plans, it's suspending enforcement of the 250GB cap entirely for now, although it says it will still contact "excessive" users about their usage.

We're currently on a conference call concerning the changes and Comcast is reaffirming its belief that the FCC has decided it can "manage" data usage on its network, and that it will continue to do so in a "non-discriminatory" way. Particularly since the launch of its Xfinity TV Xbox 360 app others like Netflix and some consumer and networking watchdogs would beg to differ, it will be interesting to see if these approaches change anything. Executives on the call noted "noise" around the Xbox 360 app in making the change, but also pointed to an "ongoing internal discussion" and simply that times have changed from four years ago. The words that keep coming up so far are choice and flexibility, as well as mentioning that even today, very few customers approach the previous 250GB limit. In response to a question, Avgiris indicated the median usage for customers is still around 8-10GB per month.We'll find out more like where the test markets are later, for now hit the source link for all the information currently available.

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Iranian Physics Student From UT Gets 10 Years In Jail For Spying

Before you say "but but but but" I'll ask you to volunteer for the Military and go see for yourself.

Couldn't. Gay. Curiously, people who chant "death to america!" are a bit more accepting regarding military service, though it usually ends with a bang.

Watch a few of your friends die and get hit by a bullet or two.

I didn't have to serve in the military to see that. I've been shot myself... twice.

Lets see how you react when you capture someone and they spit in your face and tell you they will hunt down your whole family and kill them.

I can't say I ever captured someone, but I've had people spit in my face and tell me they will hunt down my whole family and kill them. Again, gay. Also, small town.

Try helping out someone asking for help and watching them kill a few innocents, and then yell "he did it!".

Okay, at this point, I have to ask... what the fuck are you getting at? Is your justification here that two wrongs make a right? That it's okay to kill people, as long as it's for the right reasons? Collateral damage? Where are you going with this... or are you just rattling off the many inhumane things human beings are capable of when told by an authority to do them?

We torture and kill innocent people; and it's not just foreigners, it's our own citizens. Our fear mongering leaders want show trials for their re-election so badly they throw people to the wolves. The FBI is busy manufacturing terrorists just so they can claim credit for taking them down. And you're acting like we shouldn't be ashamed? That we should just accept it? Are you truly that jaded?

But in a war, when you have your ass on the line 24/7/365 and you watch people die..

You don't kill others to protect your way of life, only to come home and kill more people who's crime is living that way of life.

There are countless Occupy people that have been arrested and detained without bail or trial for weeks.

Yes, I know. I was there. And no bail or trial for a couple weeks is not the same thing as never having a trial, being disappeared, having the government deny your family, friends, or anyone access to you, never seeing a lawyer, permanently. That's what we've legalized in the past few years; and it goes against everything we have sent generations of young men overseas to die for.

We should be ashamed.

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Commodity Trading Tips for Ref Soya Oil by KediaCommodity

Ref Soyaoil yesterday traded with the positive node and settled 1.37% up at 738.6 on bargain-buying driven by gains in the world market and on lower arrivals of oilseeds in the local spot markets. Rebound in overseas market lifted the local market. Weakness in the rupee and falling arrivals of rapeseed and soybean are also supporting the market. A weak rupee makes edible oil imports expensive and at the same time raises returns of oilmeal exporters. The country imported 4.71 million tonnes of vegetable oils in November to April, up 31 percent from the year-ago period, data from a leading trade body showed. The Solvent Extractors Association of India has compiled the import data of Vegetable oils (edible & non-edible) for the month of February 2012. The import of vegetable oils during February 2012 is reported at 875,649 tons compared to 550,901 tons in February 2011, consisting of 872,293 tons of edible oils and 3,356 tons on non-edible oils i.e. up by 58.95%. The overall import of vegetable oils during November 2011 to February 2012 is reported at 3,060,903 tons compared to 2,693,703 tons i.e. up by 13.63%. At the Indore spot market soyoil edged up by 1.85 rupee to 725.25 rupees 10 kgs. In yesterday's trading session Ref Soyaoil has touched the low of 730 after opening at 730, and finally settled at 738.6. For today's session market is looking to take support at 732.2, a break below could see a test of 725.9 and where as resistance is now likely to be seen at 742.7, a move above could see prices testing 746.9.

Trading Ideas:

Ref soyaoil trading range for the day is 725.87-746.87.

Ref soyoil rose on bargain-buying driven by gains and on lower arrivals of oilseeds in the local spot markets.

Weakness in the rupee and falling arrivals of rapeseed and soybean are also supporting the market.

The country imported 4.71 million tonnes of vegetable oils in November to April, up 31 percent

At the Indore spot market soyoil edged up by 1.85 rupee to 725.25 rupees 10 kgs.

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Tidal turbine 'performing well'

16 May 2012 Last updated at 21:05 ET

The BBC's David Shukman says installing the giant turbine beneath the stromy waters was an "extraordinary" operation

A subsea turbine which uses tidal power to generate electricity has successfully completed initial tests off Orkney.

The turbine was lowered into position during winter storms and Scottish Power Renewables said it was performing well.

The 100ft-high 1MW (megawatt) Hammerfest Strom HS1000 device is already powering homes and businesses on the island of Eday.

There are plans to create a 10MW tidal power array in the Sound of Islay.

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Testing began in December and has been designed to finalise the timetable for the Islay project, with machines being installed "as early as feasible" between 2013 and 2015.

Keith Anderson, SPR chief executive, said: "The performance of the first HS1000 device has given us great confidence so far. Engineers were able install the device during atrocious weather conditions, and it has been operating to a very high standard ever since.

"We have already greatly developed our understanding of tidal power generation, and this gives us confidence ahead of implementing larger scale projects in Islay and the Pentland Firth.

"Scotland has the best tidal power resources in Europe, and that's why we are seeing world leading technologies tested here."

The turbine can be monitored from the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) base in Eday, but engineers can also operate and inspect the device from Glasgow using mobile connections and an on-board camera.

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