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Business News Archive - January 26, 2011
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its drive to build the most compact, efficient Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) in history, LiquidPiston, Inc. announced the closing of a $5M Series B investment round.
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ROSH-HA'AYIN, Israel, January 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kornit Digital, a leading-edge company that develops, manufactures and markets high-speed industrial and commercial digital inkjet printers, superior pigmented ink and unique chemistry solutions for the textile industry, announced today the release of its new Kornit Avalanche 951 industrial Direct-To-Garment printer at Communiquez Tex 2011 Event in Lyon, France on February 1-3. The Kornit Avalanche 951 is a dual-pallet industrial digital inkjet printer for mass production of light and dark garments.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a fast-growing vertically integrated solar product manufacturer with low-cost operations based in China, announced today that Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
SAINT-CLOUD, France, January 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dassault has positioned a dedicated team at the Zurich Airport to ensure the highest level of customer support for Falcon operators attending the World Economic Forum, which will begin its annual meeting January 26 and runs through January 30. The forum, held in Davos, Switzerland, brings together business, political, intellectual and other leaders to debate global issues.
POWAY, Calif., Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Helix Wind, Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: HLXW), a renewable energy company, announced today that it was recently awarded a Notice of Allowance relating to a United States patent application that was filed in 2007.
WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its preliminary report of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2010. The company's worldwide GHG( )emissions for 2010 totaled 430 kilotons, a four percent decrease from the 450 kiloton level of 2009.
Singapore-Swiss-American partnership that spans three continents will revolutionise human communication in the 21st centurySingapore, Jan 26, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Need to have a conference with others thousands of kilometres away? A glass-walled room lets all parties interact as if you were all together at one location.Can't be physically present for a meeting? Send your avatar which will take on your appearance as well as gestures and even give you a report of the meeting at the end.
SAINT-CLOUD, France, January 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dassault Aviation recently performed a successful flight test to evaluate potential applications of a laminar wing for large business jets. The flight was performed with a Falcon 7X at Dassault's Flight Test Center in Istres, France.
- The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
- A winged horse with a single horn on its head; a winged unicorn.


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Spurs lead 50-44 at half over Heat in NBA Finals
SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan had 10 points and seven rebounds and Gary Neal scored 14 points to help the San Antonio Spurs take a 50-44 halftime lead over the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
Neal was 4 for 6 from 3-point range, including one just before the halftime buzzer, and Kawhi Leonard added seven points and five rebounds in the first finals game in San Antonio since 2007.
Dwyane Wade got off to another quick start for the Heat, scoring 12 points with five assists and three steals. Mike Miller hit three 3-pointers, but LeBron James once again got off to a quiet start with four points on 2-for-8 shooting to go six assists and four boards.
Game 4 is Thursday in San Antonio.
Chris Bosh had 10 points and five rebounds for the defending champion Heat.
Tony Parker scored just six points, but had seven assists for San Antonio, which is in search of championship No. 5.
The Spurs came home to their devoted fans with a split in the series, but reeling a little after James, Wade and Mario Chalmers thumped them 103-84 in Game 2.
The Spurs stormed out to an early 11-4 lead, receiving an expected jolt of energy after Manu Ginobili, Duncan and Parker combined to go 10 for 33 from the field in the blowout loss on Sunday.
Ginobili threw down a two-handed dunk to get the crowd going and give the Spurs a 17-12 lead and Parker had four assists in the first quarter, finding the slimmest of openings in the aggressive Heat defense that were nowhere to be found on Sunday in Miami.
Miami came right back, using a 3-pointer from Miller and hot shooting from Wade, who made four of his five shots.
Norris Cole's 3-pointer brought the Heat to 27-26 early in the second quarter, but Matt Bonner hit a pair of free throws and Danny Green hit a corner 3-pointer to push it back to 32-26.
Parker then slipped a pick-and-roll pass in between the fingertips of James and Bosh to Duncan for a layup, Neal hit a midrange jumper and Duncan found Leonard on a rare leak out for an easy dunk to push the lead to 10 points, giving the Spurs a rare bit of breathing room in this series.
James has had an unusually difficult time scoring in these finals, entering the game averaging a pedestrian 17.5 points on 41 percent shooting. He posted his two lowest scoring outputs - 18 and 17 - in the two games in Miami, with the Spurs forcing him to be a jumpshooter and determined not to let him attack the rim.
James has been content getting others involved, preferring to find Wade, Miller and his supporting cast for open shots rather than force anything like he used to do in Cleveland. He and Bosh started out a combined 3 for 11, and the four-time MVP appeared to grow frustrated late in the second quarter. He slammed both hands on the press table after a 1 for 6 start, then got a layup in transition with just over two minutes to play in the half for his first points of the second quarter.


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Woody Allen to Open Rochester International Jazz FestivalWritten by Jean Dalmath
Rochester, NY--March 8, 2006-- In a rare performance outside of new York City, Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band, will open the fifth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival (www.rochesterjazz.com) in an exclusive benefit concert June 9th at 8 p.m. at the Eastman Theatre.
Proceeds will benefit the New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Some artists inspire with their technical skill, some with their warmth and personality, some with their compositions, some with their choice of material. Jan Ponsford, at the renowned 606 Club did all of these and then some! A launch gig is so often just a publicity stunt to promote sales; and thatŌĆÖs a per
Mark Saltman-William Knowles Join the PCAMI* TeamWritten by Paul E. Collins
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Mel Bay Records is pleased to announce the release of Just Friends, the first instrumental CD from Rick Haydon and John Pizzarelli, two masters of seven-string jazz guitar. Bassist Martin Pizzarelli and drummer Tony Tedesco joined Rick and John at Nola Recording Studios in New York City, where they captured spirited takes on "Chasin' the Blues", "Sometime Ago", "Tony's Tune" and other popular standards.
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Ed Calle Video PodcastWritten by Clifford Walker
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Jammates Ready to Record Cooper Tisdale Live SetWritten by Pat Patten
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Unsworth Sextext Makes DebutWritten by Laura Henrich
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The West Bend Sunrise Rotary, producers of the annual Ziegler Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival, announced today it is making a $10,000 donation to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. The funds are a portion of the proceeds derived from the 2005 jazz festival, which was held September 9 10. The donation is being made to Rotary International Foundation, which will distribute the funds to local relief projects in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Donald Fagen to release solo albumWritten by Peter Noble
'Morph The Cat', the eagerly anticipated new solo album from Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, has been set for a UK release of Monday 13th March via Reprise Records (North American release is Tuesday 7th March). 'H Gang', the first single take from the album, will be released as a digital download in Britain on 27th February (see below for full listing for all UK digital download sites).
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Now that the first one is over the Atlanta Braves can finally put the first game without Bobby Cox as manager since the 1990 behind them.
Chipper Jones and Brian McCann got things started for the Braves offense with two outs in the top of the first inning, as Jones doubled to right off Washington starter Livan Herndandez before McCann's single brought Chipper around.
The surprise today was the efficiency of Atlanta starter Derek Lowe. Even though he was pulled with two outs in the bottom of the 6th, Lowe looked like he did last September.
The sinker-baller threw 5 2/3 innings, striking out six, walking two and giving up three hits in the 2011 season opener before giving way to the Braves bullpen.
Eric O'Flaherty, Peter Moylan, Johnny Venters and Craig Kimbrel all combined to shut the Nationals out for the final 3 1/3 innings. Kimbrel nailed down his first save of the season, showing a lot of movement on a fastball that was clocked at 97 MPH.
The improved lineup showed spurts of what Braves fans are hoping for--busting out.
Chipper and McCann had two hits each, and Jason Heyward deposited a Hernandez offering into the right-center field seats, postmarking a gift for the lucky Braves fan that came up with the ball.
While the lineup produced just 5 hits, but it was just the first game of the season.
McCann looks slimmer than he has in years past, and if today was any indication of this season, he is seeing the ball a lot better than he was at the start of last year.
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Ind. boy acquitted of murdering 6-year-old brother
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. A 12-year-old Indiana boy didn't mean to kill his 6-year-old brother when he pointed what he thought was an unloaded gun at him and pulled the trigger, but he knew better than to take the chance, a judge ruled Friday.
Morgan Superior Court Judge Christopher Burnham acquitted the boy of murder but convicted him of a lesser juvenile charge of reckless homicide.
Burnham said the evidence - including testimony from 20 witnesses and more than 70 exhibits - didn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the boy acted "knowingly or intentionally" when he shot his younger brother, Andrew Frye, on June 30 at their Martinsville home. The boys had different last names.
Burnham said prosecutors did prove that the boy acted with "reckless disregard" for human life by arguing that the boy's hunting experience showed he knew the .22 rifle could kill.
Burnham can choose from a wide range of penalties geared toward rehabilitation when he sentences the boy at an undetermined date, including probation, special programs and juvenile detention. The boy, who was 11 at the time of the shooting, could face detention until age 18 and remain on probation until he is 21.
Until he's sentenced, he'll remain at a juvenile facility, where he will undergo a psychiatric and behavioral evaluation that probation officials will use to help make their sentencing recommendation.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Bob Cline said after the hearing Friday that he thinks the verdict was just and that the boy needs long-term help and rehabilitation.
"He's 11 years old, 12 years old. You can't lock a person up at 11 or 12 for the rest of their life," he said.
Defense attorney John Boren said he respected the judge's decision. He said Burnham was "very thorough."
During the two-day fact-finding hearing, which is the juvenile equivalent of a bench trial, Burnham heard recordings of the boy's panicked 911 call and watched videos in which he initially told police his little brother had killed himself. He also heard from witnesses - including a police officer - who testified that the boy was a mild-mannered youth who served as a role model for other children.
Police said they became suspicious after autopsy results showed the fatal shot had been fired from at least three feet away. The 6-year-old's arms were too short to allow him to shoot himself with the rifle, witnesses testified.
When confronted with that information, the older boy recanted his story, but insisted he believed the gun was not loaded. He said he had loaded the gun that day but later unloaded it using the bolt action, not realizing he had left a round in the firing chamber.
He then took the gun to the room he shared with his brother and confronted the younger boy over a chore, he said in a video.
"I said, `Clean up your room.' He said, `No,'" the boy said. He said he then pointed the gun and pulled the trigger and the gun went off, hitting Andrew between the eyes.


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Welcome aspiring Ritualists! This is a guide dedicated to you, the person who has decided to come give the Ritualist profession a whirl. I hope that this guide can help you avoid mistakes and quickly get the hang of the Ritualist profession. Ill cover everything you need to know, from armor, weapons, secondary classes, to elite free builds and where to grab some of the tastiest elites!
Class Summary
The first thing you as a young Ritualist should know about is what sort of things you are good at. A ritualist has many skills that have very diverse effects, so it can be hard for a beginner to know where to focus. However, there are three major areas where ritualists excel.
Ritualists possess excellent healing abilities that are notable in particular for being energy efficient. Ritualist healing is distinguished from a monk by its excellent ability for dealing with mass pressure caused by hexes, conditions, or other effects. Ritualists have many ways for reducing the effects of conditions, and also for mass part healing through spirits and cheap, spamable direct heals. Unlike a healing monk, a ritualist is very energy efficient at healing, making them ideal for extended battles.
The other great skill of the ritualist is direct damage via the very dangerous Channeling spell line. Channeling Rts are especially good at single target damage with spells and life steals such as nightmare weapon, making a channeler an ideal character for spiking bosses. Channeling also contains AoE spells that can be used to quickly damage groups of monsters.
Finally ritualists can use Spirits and Weapon spells to damage and cause general chaos amongst the enemy, and I do mean chaos. The communing line contains spirits that can interrupt, remove enchantments, knockdown, and skill disabling skills. Not to mention in this same line you can cast spirits that protect your team mates and weapons that cause them to deal more damage or recharge their skills quicker. Its an excellent skill line for those who want to disable the enemy while strengthening their teammates.
The communing line leads us to the ultimate strength of the Ritualist, and that is the ability to do multiple things at once. Unlike other characters, you can easily and effectively combine many different abilities into a single build, and be able to effectively fulfill multiple roles simultaneously.
Secondary Profession
After all that positive talk about the profession, it is time to discuss secondary classes and how they can help a ritualist overcome the weaknesses of the class. I can recommend several secondary professions that are especially helpful for the young Ritualist.
Rt/Mo -- This is an excellent choice for a character who plans to become a dedicated healer. Ritualists suffer from bad hex removal, limited abilities to prevent damage, and resurrection spells with serious drawbacks. A monk secondary can help solve these problems, and is an excellent choice for a restoration specialist.
Rt/Me This is another good choice of secondary for a Restoration Rt, since this class contains both hex removal and many non-elite energy management options that can be helpful when you do not have energy management elites available yet. It is also a good choice for the farming ritualist, since it contains arcane echo and other skills key to Vengeful Farming.
Rt/R Although not as useful as the above to secondary professions, for Ritualists who can sail to Tyria is allows for he use of Serpents Quickness. This skill is fantastic for young communing ritualists and can make battling the Afflicted much easier than it might otherwise have been. There are also many spirits available through this profession that can be useful.
Rt/E -- This skill line contains many energy management options that the young Channeler may find invaluable, as well as additional damage spells and wards that can help protect the party.
Other professions can also be very helpful, but in general their uses are more specialized. Rt/N is especially useful for minion summon spells, which synergize well with Ritualist skills. Melee seconday professions is also something that ritualists can also explore through weapon spells and other enchantments.
Ritualist Only Skills Types
The Ritualist class also posses a collection of spell and skill types that are unique when compared to other caster classes.
The first and most important of these are Binding Rituals. These skills summon spirits that, unlike Ranger spirits, help only your party. Many Ritualist skills depend on spirits being within earshot (this would be the inner agro circle that you can see surrounding you on the compass map) to be completely effective. It is best to place spirits just slightly back from the battle to keep them protected, so you can effectively use other skills on your bar.
The second unique ritualist skill is the Item spell. Item spells summon urns that you hold in order to gain a benefit. Item spells cannot be cat on allies, and are strictly for your own use. Many of these skills also give you a benefit when they are dropped. You cannot use more than one item at a time, so it is not advisable to bring many item spells with you. Like spirits, they are often a prerequisite for the effective use of other spells. Unlike the enchantments that are used by other casters, item skills cannot be stripped which makes them very dependable. The only way an Item skill can be lost is if you shadow step using an assassin skill, at which point the item will be automatically dropped.
Finally there is the weapon spell. Weapon spells can be cast on your allies, and much like an item spell they cannot be stripped, nor can they be simultaneously used with another weapon spell. Since you cannot use more that one weapon on someone at once, it is very unusual for a build to contain more than two o these skills. Once against there are some ritualist skills that depend on weapons to gain their full benefits.
You will notice that ritualists have many skills that depend upon each other for their effect. A major attribute of a good ritualist skill bar is synergy between all the spirits, item spells, and weapons to create effective builds that allow for the full use of the many powerful but conditional spells that ritualists possess.
Armor and Weapons
The best all around armor for the Ritualist is the +energy Halcyons. It is perhaps more critical than it is for other classes for a Ritualist to have this + energy, because of the large number of builds that utilize ash pots. These ashes do not have additional energy on them, so you will find the energy boost provided by Halcyons to be very useful. Other armors provide useful defensive benefits, but these are much more specialized and should be reserved for later if you purchase another armor set.
The First thing to say about Ritualists and weapons is that they are not terribly critical to your effectiveness. It is possible to use just about any weapon you want and practically as effective as a ritualist with a perfect weapon set. However a good weapon set can help make your life easier, as I describe below.
The frequent use that Ritualists make of item spells also makes the choice of a good weapon unusually tricky. Item spells provide many benefits but they do not have a natural +energy. Staves as and Focii do, however, which can lead to energy management problems. It is a common mistake while holding a staff to cast an item spell with only 10 energy left, only to watch that energy disappear since it was provided by the staff that you are no longer holding. It is quite possible, when you drop your staff for an item, to end up with an energy deficit as high as 20, which is certainly not what you want.
For this reason I recommend the following weapon sets as ideal for builds that use item spells.
Ideal Weapon Set
A 15 5 energy sword/axe/spear with a 20% enchantment mod, along with a blue +5 energy foci obtained from the weapon smith in Shinjea Monastery. Also ideal if you could find it would be an inscribable +3 or +5 Ritualist foci from Elona, although weather or not such an item exists I dont know.
Any sword/axe/spear with either 20% enchant or +30 health along with a shield +30 health and additional mods of your choice.
I consider either of these to be the ideal weapon set for the item using ritualist.
Additionally, you might also want these weapons if you are a communing ritualist
Longbow, +5 energy 20% enchant is also useful for communing, to make your spirits fire at targets outside of aggro range.
A communing staff with 20% enchant and lots of + energy. HCT and HRT are not very useful since most communing skills are not spells.
Restoration and Channeling weapons also have some good applications, but the extensive use of item spells in these skill lines makes these uses very limited indeed.
Elite Free Builds
Here are some suggestions for builds that you can use to safely work your way through Cantha that use no elites. Attribute spreads are not specifically recommended since you will not have all attribute points while you use these builds. Put the most points in the top attribute listed for the build, and the fewest in the lowest attribute listed for the build.
Basic Communing/Protection
Brutal Weapon
Boon of Creation
Glyph of Lesser Energy/Serpents Quickness/Feast of Souls
Rez Signet
Basic Primary Healer
Protective was Kaolai
Soothing memories
Mend Body and Soul
Spirit Light
Weapon of Warding
Remove Hex/Ether Signet/ Resilient Weapon
Flesh of my Flesh/Rebirth
Basic Dual Channeling/Healing
Mend Body and Soul
Spirit Rift
Splinter Weapon/Nightmare Weapon
Essence Strike
Glyph of Lesser Energy
Rez Signet/rez of choice.
Capture This! Useful Elites
Of course, using elite free builds is less than optimal, but when you hit mainland Cantha you will have opportunities to begin growing your skill base through the use of elites. Obviously there are many to choose from, but I will highlight some here that you should especially take note of.
Weapon of Quickening: This is the first elite available to Ritualists for capture, and its a good one too. It is useful both for recharging your own skills and for helping others to do so as well. It first becomes available in the Vizunah Square Mission, on The Afflicted Hakaru boss. Its also available from the afflicted Hakaru again in Pongmei Valley. Dont pass this one up!
Wanderlust: Another fantastic communing elite available early in the game. Wanderlust knocks opponents every time it hits them. It is a great skill for disabling the enemy, and in this way it protects youre your party. It especially shines during boss fights, where it can keep an enemy boss completely disabled and unable to do anything. This skill is available in the Tahnakai Temple Explorable area from Quansong Spiritspeak, who is surrounded by powerful elementalist Temple Guardians. It is recommended that party members bring along mass interrupts such as Choking Gas to make this capture as easy as possible.
Spirit Channeling: This is the first elite energy management skill available to Ritualists, and thus it can be a valuable elite. It is especially recommended for Restoration or Channeling specialists, who will benefit greatly from the energy boost. It can first be captures from Cho, Spirit Empath in Shenzu Tunnels
Signet of Spirits: A fantastic energy management elite in the Channeling Line, this is a fantastic choice for channeling specialists who dont want to be tied down to Spawning Power for energy management. Great for characters who want to explore dual channeling/communing or Channeling/Restoration. It can be captured from Wagg Spiritspeak in Ferndale.
Attuned was Songkai: One of the signature skills of the Ritualist, this elite skill is used in a plethora of builds. It is a fantastic skill both for endurance healing and for constantly dealing damage, and can be of benefit to almost any build. It can be captured from The Skill Eater in Drazach Thicket.
Ritual Lord: Once one of the best skills that a Ritualists could have this elite still has limited use for those who want to reduce the recharge times of their spirits, particularly spirits such as Union that quickly loose life. It is available for capture from Spiritroot Mossbeard in the Eternal Grove explorable area, and also from the Whispering Ritual Lord in Silent Surf.
Vengeful was Khanhei: Finally, this is an elite skill that cannot be passed over. It is at the core of many successful farming builds, as well as a very solid self-defense skill for Restoration specialists. It can be captured from Bazzr Dustwing in Mourning Veil Falls, and also from Delic the Vengeance Seeker in Rheas Crater. For the easiest capture interrupts and passive degen skill such as poison and hexes work best since they can kill the boss without activating VwKs life steals. A melee strong party is not advised when attempting to take out these bosses.


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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expanded the list of government institutions exempted from the total gun ban beginning January next year when the campaign period officially starts.
In a 17-page resolution issued Monday, the Comelec en banc exempted internal security personnel of the Vice President, the interior secretary and the defense secretary from the ban from Jan. 13 to June 12 next year.
Also exempted from the gun ban are the state, regional, provincial and city prosecutors of the Department of Justice, the internal security personnel of the Bureau of Treasury and agents of the Bureau of Corrections.
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SEATTLE - Two Seattleites were on board a yacht hijacked by pirates near Somalia.
Phyllis Macay and Robert Riggle were traveling with a California couple along the coast of Oman when Somali pirates overtook them on Friday, authorities said.
Macay and Riggle, according to friends, met as members of the Seattle Singles Yacht Club. Traveling the world had been a dream of theirs, so a few years ago they sold a lot of their belongings and set sail.
She is an exceptional person, a true adventurist, said friend Vicky Mullen.
Mullen and other friends have been keeping watch over Phyllis' house since she's been away.
This is her lifestyle and we all support her and she's had a great time, she said.
On Sunday, Mullen had the tough job of searching for Phyllis' medical records - and praying her friends will be rescued or released.
We're absolutely shocked that this has happened so we're doing everything we can to help her, said Mullen.
Macay and Riggle set out on their adventure almost six years ago, documenting their travels on their blog.
She was committed to, you know, continuing her sailing adventures around the world. This is her second trip around the world actually, said Mullen.
Macay and Riggle were onboard the yacht S/V Quest with friends from California, Jean and Scott Adams, taking part in an international yacht race.
The Adams' own the yacht, distributing bibles around the world.
Over the weekned, a vigil for the Adams was held at a Santa Monica, California church.
They are on a mission to bring Bibles to schools, hospitals and missions, Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson of Saint Monica's Churchtold the Orange County Register. They're both retired and that's what they want to do. They are faith-filled, wonderful people.
I'm sure everybody thinks it's not going to happen to me, hundreds of boats get through there, said Mullen.
A military source tells CNN that a U.S. Navy warship and helicopter are trailing the boat carrying the American captives and about 15 Somali pirates. FBI negotiators are also aboard the warship.
Friends say Riggle and Macay had navigated that same region before. In fact, their blog shows pictures and details on a risky previous passage through the pirate inhabited Gulf of Aden.But they wrote, We all knew how to improve on our next try...later...like hopefully never.
The goal is to convince the pirates to release the Americans before they reach Somalia's shores because once that happens a quick resolution becomes less likely.
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New study by Harvard researchers links common pesticide to destruction of bee colonies
"It apparently doesn't take much of the pesticide to affect the bees."
Alex Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology at the Harvard School of Public Health
A common pesticide used increasingly in recent years for crops such as corn and soybeans is the probable culprit in the destruction of honeybee colonies around the world, according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health has found.
The researchers said they found convincing evidence of the link between the pesticide known as imidacloprid and honeybees abandoning their hives, or colony collapse disorder, which they say began occurring in 2006 on a scale and scope never seen before in the history of the beekeeping industry.
Bees pollinate about one-third of crops in the United States, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and livestock feed. A widespread loss of bees could be devastating to the nation's agriculture.
"The significance of bees to agriculture cannot be underestimated," said Alex Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology at the Harvard School of Public Health, who estimated bees account for about $15 billion in revenue for the agricultural industry.
"It apparently doesn't take much of the pesticide to affect the bees," Lu said. "Our experiment included pesticide amounts below what is normally present in the environment."
Before 2006, the typical bee colony collapse was between 25 and 30 percent; that figure has doubled since then, said Charles Benbrook, chief scientist of the Organic Center in Boulder, Colo., and former executive director of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Agriculture.
Bees are exposed to the pesticide through nectar from plants or through high-fructose corn syrup, which beekeepers use to feed their bees, the researchers said. Corn grown in the United States has been treated with imidacloprid since 2005.
But officials at Bayer, the German chemical and pharmaceutical company that produces more of the pesticide than any other company in the world, said that the study, which was released Thursday, was flawed and that its findings should be disregarded.
They said imidacloprid is used only on a small amount of the nation's crops, although they could not provide specific figures, and argued the doses used in Lu's study were excessive.
"It's a very effective and safe insecticide, much safer than the products it replaced," said David Fischer, director of environmental toxicology and risk assessment at Bayer CropScience, who said the product has been sold since 1994. "All they have shown is if you feed massive amounts of a toxic insecticide to bees that you can cause mortality."
Officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said they are concerned about the results of the study, which will appear in the June issue of the Bulletin of Insectology.
"The prevailing theory among the global scientific and regulatory communities is that the declines in the health of honey bees in general are related to complex interactions among multiple stressors that bees encounter, including inadequate food sources, diseases, habitat loss, and bee management practices, as well as pesticides," EPA officials said. "While our understanding of the potential role of pesticides in pollinator health declines is still progressing, we continue to seek to learn what regulatory changes, if any, may be effective."
The officials said they are collaborating with federal and state agencies, industry, academia, and beekeepers to ensure that pesticides "continue to meet the statutory standard of no unreasonable adverse effects on people and the environment."
They have moved neonicotinoids, a class of insecticides that act on the central nervous system of insects, up in their review schedule. Imidacloprid was the first to be reviewed in 2008.
"All the neonicotinoids will begin registration review by the end of this year," the officials said.
Benbrook, the Organic Center chief scientist, said the study builds on similar findings about the potential dangers of imidacloprid.
"This adds an important piece of the puzzle, confirming another important pathway through which bees are getting exposed to these insecticides," he said. "The experimental design is very sound, and the findings are dramatic."
He pointed out that bans of the pesticide in parts of France and Italy since 2009 have substantially reduced colony collapse disorder there.
"This isn't just an issue for bees," Benbrook said. "People, especially children, consume a lot of high-fructose corn syrup. The presence of any pesticides in high-fructose corn syrup should be a concern for the general public."
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Sources within Barack Obama's family say they expect the U.S. President-elect mother-in-law to move with her family into the White House.
USA Today reported Thursday that Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, is believed to be planning to move from her native Chicago to continue her campaign-era role of helping care for the first family's two young daughters.
Robinson and Michelle Obama have not officially confirmed whether the grandmother of Sasha and Malia Ann Obama will move into the White House with the rest of the family Jan. 20, but Robinson recently told the Boston Globe:
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Midway took on West Bladen on the baseball diamond Friday evening, and got away with an 8-6 win. It was a slow start for Midway as West Bladen plated 5 runs in the first inning. Midway scored 2 in their half of the first. Midway then scored 3 in the second to tie the game at 5.
Midway scored 2 runs in the third and a run in the fourth, while the Knights added a run in the fourth.
Taylor Calcutt started on the mound for Midway, and was the winning pitcher. Calcutt went 4 innings, striking out 2, walking 2, and allowing 6 runs, 3 of which were unearned.
Matthew Barefoot entered the game in the fifth inning, pitching the last 3 innings. Barefoot was incredible on the mound, striking out 8 of the 9 batters he faced, and retiring all of them. He also helped his own cause by going 4-4 at the plate with a double, a triple, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, and 2 stolen bases.
Kyle Hawley was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBIs, Luke Clark had a double, Austin Hardison went 2-4 with 2 runs scored, Dylan Hardison had a single and an RBI, and Troy Spell and Taylor Calcutt each had a hit.
"Being down 5-0 showed a lot about our team. We were resilient and I loved the way we fought. Matt was big for us coming in and giving West Bladen nothing," said Midway's head baseball coach Jason Fussell.
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Hi all,
This is my first post to this forum. I also have a timneh grey, about 4 years old. Lola does just fine on board when we cruise the inland waterways on our boat. She likes to watch the other wildlife, although she doesn't like when we go through the locks. The most important thing from the bird's point of view is that they are with you. Timneh's are the sweetest, most intelligent birds. They will bond with you, or another member of the family very strongly. If you are not familiar with keeping a parrot, try to do some research about them and the particular challenges of having a parrot. I think they make the perfect pet for cruising. As was mentioned in an earlier post -- do not have any teflon products on your boat or in your home. The fumes are absolutely deadly to birds. Also, no chemical cleaner fumes allowed. Birds have very sensitive lungs and can die from such fumes.
I would not recommend walking around with the parrot on your shoulder outdoors, even with clipped wings. If they take off, chances are you'll never find them again. Don't forget, they live a long time, so they'll be your companion for many years to come.
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A special meeting of the Union cabinet on Sunday offered another bonanza ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by extending reservations in central government services to Jats of nine states by including them in the list of the OBCs. The cabinet, however, did not pursue the ordinance route for anti-corruption bills pushed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to proclaim that the party will not tolerate corruption.
The states where Jats will enjoy reservation are Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Bihar. The decision was taken on the recommendation of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) whose advice was sought by the government on December 19. The move is aimed at reaping electoral benefits as a sizeable number of Jats live in these states.
Another important decision taken at the UPA's last cabinet meeting was that of denotifying 123 properties with the government and transferring their titles to the Delhi Wakf Board, a long-standing demand of the Muslim community. It also cleared resettlement and rehabilitation of those affected by the Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh.
The cabinet also approved changes in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, envisaging a 10-year tax concession and five-year special status to Seemandhra region and also an ordinance on the Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act. The demand for granting special category status to Bihar was discussed, but nothing was finalised.
The meeting, chaired by PM Manmohan Singh, skirted the ordinance route for anti-corruption bills, reportedly due to president Pranab Mukherjee's reluctance to sign the ordinance at the fag end of the UPA government. For the past few days, the UPA government had kept its officials on their toes, asking them to clear a record number of backlog laws for the approval of the last cabinet meet. Sources said since the government failed to table these laws in the Parliament session, it had chosen to take the ordinance route.
The law ministry had kept the drafts of nine ordinances ready and were drafting a few more for the approval of the cabinet.
The amendment in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, had been stalled since it was introduced in the Lok Sabha last December. The social justice and empowerment ministry had been drafting the bill since 2011, but it received cabinet clearance only last November.
Women and child development minister Krishna Tirath wanted an ordinance to lower the age limit for juveniles from 18 to 16 in some cases. The draft bill has been in the making for almost three years. The ministry has been focusing on reducing the age limit since the December 16, 2012, gang rape of a medical student in Delhi in which one of the accused was 17 years old.
The law ministry had also redrafted three ordinances that have lapsed: one that gives greater powers to capital market regulator Sebi, one dealing with the medical education regulator and the third relating to reserved constituencies for Dalit and tribal candidates.


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Queen room for 2 in Atherton homeUnited States, California, Atherton
About This Listing
Our lovely bedroom with private bathroom across hall is very comfortable. Queen size bed and TV & desk area. We are close to Stanford University, Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Central heating or a heater in the listing
In the building, free or for a fee
In the building, free or for a fee
Continuous access in the listing
Breakfast is provided.
The listing can accommodate a gathering of 25 or more attendees
Easy access to the building and listing for guests in wheelchairs
Private or Shared
Free, in the building or nearby
Posted emergency information and resources
Included in the nightly price.
The Space
This listing is for the Queen Bedroom upstairs.
Great deal rather than a hotel room. Very comfortable with a private bathroom across the hall.
We are a lovely home on a tree lined street in Atherton. Nearby to bus and train to get to San Francisco, San Jose, Silicon Valley and Stanford University. Parking is available on our street for parking a car.
Enjoy our newly landscaped backyard and use the BBQ for a nice dinner.
Use of kitchen by arrangement. Pick fresh herbs for your cooking adventures: mint, basil, sage, tomatoes, oranges.
1-2 blocks to Cal train station, but Atherton station stops only on weekends. Menlo Park or Redwood City train station is nearby.
Perfect for Visiting scholars, startup entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley visitors or medical interns doing their Stanford rotation, special rates available,
We warmly welcome visiting family, faculty, researchers or students.
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We like to have our guests feel at home.
Interaction with Guests
We are busy family, but enjoy breakfast with our guests and other time if possible with your schedule and ours.
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Our tree lined street in Atherton is nice and quiet. We are near parks for running and walking as well as downtown Menlo Park & Palo Alto.
Getting Around
There is a train station for Caltrain in Atherton but it only stops on the weekend. There are stops nearby in Menlo Park and Redwood City. There is a bus that runs along the El Camino to take you points north and south. There is a free shuttle around the area as well.
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We have a teenager at home with us so we ask that weeknights be quiet around 10pm.
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Great house and John and Mj are very nice.
John's breakfast is wonderful :)
Nice house, perfect location, cosy family. I was very busy so didn't have a chance to catch a lot with mj and John. Next time!
Great place, charming family and perfect location. Very quiet.
John and Mj were wonderful hosts. They really made us feel at home. Breakfast in the morning was wonderful, and provided us some time to get to know one another. We hope to see them again on our next visit to Stanford.
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We had a great stay. The Davey family are very nice and warm people. Tried to offer (extra) help in any way they could. Our room (and many other rooms) had carpeting, and many good children's books - great with small kids (we have an 8 months old son).
It was great staying at MJ's house. She and her husband were very nice and helpful. The bedroom and bathroom were very clean. Overall, I enjoyed meeting them and staying with them.
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In the world of fast performance memory, Crucial sometimes get's overlooked. We are taking a look at their PC4000 Ballistix, which we hope will prove overclocker friendly, as were the PC3200's. Let's check them out!
While reviewing the PC3200 Ballistix modules, Crucial definitely earned my respect. Until reviewing those.. I would have never likely considered Crucial when buying performance memory. Even with the minor MemTest issues I encountered, this memory would take most of anything I threw at it.
The absolute only gripe I have, are the MemTest errors. Even when I run stock settings and various voltages, I will get errors. I blame the board more than I do the modules, because it's fussier than kids and vegetables, when it comes to memory.. in my opinion. Seeing that I get errors with two separate sets, and after trying 12+ BIOS versions, I settle on blaming the board. In the near future, I will test out the modules in another Socket 939 motherboard and see how MemTest plays out.
Even with the errors though, as mentioned, all the settings I tested, seemed rock stable. I didn't once crash due to the modules, and they performed through all the tests seamlessly. Without a doubt, you need active cooling, even with stock voltages. I hate to bring my ghetto memory cooling mod back into this, but it works so well, that I swear by it.
Before the mod, you couldn't touch the modules for more than a second without burning yourself. With the fans, they are only slightly warm. If your case has better airflow than mine, I'm sure it would even be better.
Once again, for quick reference, here are all the stable settings I have used:
2-2-2-6 @ 2.5v – 200MHz (DDR400)
1.5-2-2-6 @ 2.5v – 200MHz (DDR400)
2-2-2-6 @ 2.8v – 218MHz (DDR436)
1.5-2-2-6 @ 2.8v – 218MHz (DDR436)
3-4-4-8 @ 2.8v – 250MHz (DDR500) (Stock)
2.5-3-3-6 @ 2.8v – 270MHz (DDR540)
3-3-3-8 @ 3.0v – 300MHz (DDR600)
All of these settings, except the last, are easily done. The last required the latest BIOS version, so that I could use the 233MHz (7/6) divider. Without that divider, my CPU would have been a bottleneck, not making those speeds possible.
In comparison to the PC3200, would I recommend choosing the PC4000? I would definitely recommend the PC4000, if your motherboard can handle it. The funny thing is, that the PC4000 costs the exact same as the PC3200's, so you may as well buy the PC4000. Even if your motherboard can't utilize the PC4000 speeds, you can still run them at PC3200, and leave leeway for later, if you upgrade.
Since the 512MB modules cost around $30+ less than the direct competitors, they are a great value. Without a doubt, definitely check out Ballistix for your new system or upgrade. I'd like to thank Crucial for sending us the memory to review and making this review possible!
If anyone out there runs the DFI Ultra-D and uses Ballistix memory, please let me know how they work for you, and if MemTest gives you any errors! I'd love to know your overclocks as well! If you have any further questions that you want answered about the Ballistix, please feel free to shoot me an e-mail at rob dot williams at techgage dot com, or post a comment in our related forum thread, where registration is not required (Please fill in a name though!).


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A teen called deputies Tuesday after a man sucked her toe at the Grovetown Walmart and told her it was for a TV show.
An 18-year-old girl said she was shopping at Walmart when a man, who looked to be in his late 30s or early 40s, walked up to her, asking if her toenails were painted.
A Martinez man was arrested early Thursday for beating his girlfriend and threatening authorities with a knife.
A woman in the house at the 3900 block of Fox Hill Court in Martinez said she was awakened at about 3:45 a.m. by her son, who told her William Corbett Smith Jr., 29, was beating his girlfriend, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident report.
A woman in the house at the 3900 block of Fox Hill Court in Martinez said she was awakened at about 3:45 a.m. by her son, who told her Smith was beating his girlfriend, according to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office incident report.
Her son said he had already called 911 and told her to wait outside. On her way out of the residence, she could hear screaming and banging at the back of the house.
First Bank of Georgia will soon be coming to Evans.
Plans are under way to build the third First Bank of Georgia in Columbia County.The full-service bank will be on a corner parcel in front of Kroger on Washington Road.
"Our plan was always to expand into Evans," said bank president and CEO Remer Brinson III. "It's a great market.
"We've got a lot of customers in Evans already."
The bank has owned the property for the past decade, Brinson said, adding that the initial goal was to build the new branch in 2008 before the economy declined.
Area residents can head to an Evans park Friday for a beach vibe.
Columbia County's Summer Beach Blast will bring a tropical-themed concert to Evans Towne Center Park.
The Tams, The Swingin' Medallions and Bobby Hendrick's Drifters are scheduled to perform at Lady Antebellum Pavilion.
County Community Events Specialist Keela Colombraro said The Swingin' Medallions, of Greenwood, S.C., are crowd favorites. "They're always such a big hit," she said.
Gates to the park open at 5:30 p.m., and music by The Tams begins at 7 p.m.
Beach lovers need not make a trip to the coast this weekend to enjoy tropical tunes.
In fact, they can stay right at home.
Columbia County's Summer Beach Blast will bring a beach-themed concert to Evans Towne Center Park on Friday, where The Tams, The Swingin' Medallions and Bobby Hendrick's Drifters will perform at Lady Antebellum Pavilion.
No strangers to the county, The Swingin' Medallions have performed several times to audiences at the Columbia County Amphitheater.
Area residents can find many ways to show their patriotism this Fourth of July.
The Independence Day events begin at noon with Grovetown's 25th annual July 4th barbecue.
From noon to about 3 p.m., participants can feast on free pulled pork barbecue from Neal's Bar-B-Que, hash, rice and refreshments. Hot dogs and chips will be available for children.
Takeout orders cost $5. Monetary donations will be accepted.
Guests can also listen to bluegrass music and sing karaoke.
For those who consider barbecue and fireworks essential to celebrating the Fourth of July, Columbia County is the place to be on the patriotic holiday.
The county, coupled with University Health Care System, is bringing its 18th annual Fourth of July celebration to Patriots Park on Columbia Road.
The free event starts at 4 p.m. with a variety of food and arts and crafts vendors. Children's rides and games also will be going on throughout the day.
The father of a 17-year-old who was fatally struck on a Columbia County road last week is asking concerned residents to sign a petition Saturday at an Evans church.
In the wake of his son's death, Gordon Morin has started a movement to get the speed lowered on the stretch of Hereford Farm Road where Cory Allan Morin, was hit. The speed limit there is 55 mph.
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We've all become used to facial recognition technology helping us to tag our friends in photos online. There may be times, however, that you don't want to be recognized like this. With that in mind, security firm AVG has unveiled a prototype pair of glasses that combat facial recognition systems. Read More
Uber's Android app caught reporting data back without permission
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November 26, 2014
Security researcher GironSec has pulled Uber's Android app apart and discovered that it's sending a huge amount of personal data back to base – including your call logs, what apps you've got installed, whether your phone is vulnerable to certain malware, whether your phone is rooted, and your SMS and MMS logs, which it explicitly doesn't have permission to do. It's the latest in a series of big-time missteps for a company whose core business model is, frankly, illegal in most of its markets as well. Read More
Experts call for risk scores to improve smartphone app security
October 30, 2014
Next time you download or update an app for your smartphone or tablet and blitz through messages asking for permissions approval, you may be unnecessarily exposing your personal information to possible cyber violation. Researchers suggest this issue could potentially be addressed through better consumer education and an easy to understand risk score for each app. Read More
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