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| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the action regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously marketed in both prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the act regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously market in both a prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
|B. Is there significant confusion regarding FDA's interpretation of section 503(b) of the act?
| If there is confusion, it seems to apply only to Plan B emergency contraceptive. Why has this medication raised the rulemaking query when a number of other medications already exist in both OTC and prescription forms? The prescription-to-OTC procedure worked smoothly for other medications, and without generating significant confusion in interpretation.
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| The proposed rulemaking appears to be a maneuver to avoid approval of Plan B for OTC status. It is very disturbing to me that the FDA, which I have long regarded as an outstanding federal agency, has become enmired in political considerations over Plan B. All the scientific and medical evidence points to the safety and efficacy of this medication. I urge the FDA to base decisions on medical considerations, not politics.


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Oegopsina is a suborder of the squid order, Teuthida, in the Cephalopoda class. Some taxonomists raise it to the level of an order, in which case it is known as Oegopsida. This is due to Oegopsina and Myopsina not being demonstrated to form a clade.
The Oegopsina are an often pelagic squid, with some nerito-oceanic species associated with sea mounts. (from http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e04.pdf) They consist of 24 families and 69 genera. They have these characters in common: the head is without tentacle pockets, eyes lack a corneal covering, arms and tentacle clubs may have hooks, the buccal supports are without suckers, and oviducts in females are paired.
Two families, the Bathyteuthidae and Chtenopterygidae, which have features characteristic of the Myopsina while retaining others common to the Oegopsina, are sometimes placed in the Bathyteuthoidea.
The Oegopsina differ from the coastal Myopsina, characterised by the genus Loligo, which have corneal coverings over the eyes and tentacle pockets, but lack hooks, have no suckers on the buccal supports, and a single oviduct.
Oegopsid squid are the only decapods that lack a pocket for the tentacles. Otherwise, they share different characters with different decapod groups. Like the Bathyteuthoidea and Myopsina, the Oegopsina have a brachial canal, which is absent in other forms. As with the Spirulidae and Idiosepiidae, the Oegposina lack suckers on the buccal supports, and like the Bathyteuthoidea, Idiosepiidae, and Spirulidae, they have no circular muscle on the suckers.
- Suborder Oegopsina
- Family Ancistrocheiridae
- Family Architeuthidae
- Family Bathyteuthidae
- Family Batoteuthidae
- Family Brachioteuthidae
- Family Chiroteuthidae
- Family Chtenopterygidae
- Family Cranchiidae
- Family Cycloteuthidae
- Family Enoploteuthidae
- Family Gonatidae
- Family Histioteuthidae
- Family Joubiniteuthidae
- Family Lepidoteuthidae
- Family Lycoteuthidae
- Family Magnapinnidae
- Family Mastigoteuthidae
- Family Neoteuthidae
- Family Octopoteuthidae
- Family Ommastrephidae
- Family Onychoteuthidae
- Family Pholidoteuthidae
- Family Promachoteuthidae
- Family Psychroteuthidae
- Family Pyroteuthidae
- Family Thysanoteuthidae
- Family Walvisteuthidae
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Former IMF chief executive Dominique Strauss-Kahn is buying a stake in a Paris-traded financial-services firm and is set to become its chairman, news reports said.
Strauss-Kahn, 64, who resigned from the IMF in May 2011 after being accused of sexual assault, "will help develop the investment-banking franchise of Luxembourg-based Anatevka SA," Bloomberg News reported on its web site.
Anatevka, which went public in March in Paris, will be renamed Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Partners, Compagnie Financiere, or "LSK," the report said. Strauss-Kahn will subscribe to a capital increase and will hold 20 per cent of the capital, the news report quoted Anatevka's current chairman, Thierry Leyne, as saying.
Strauss, a former French finance minister who was once expected to be the Socialists' presidential candidate in elections last year, has been taking on consulting roles. In July, he joined the supervisory board of the Russia Regional Development Bank and is also advising the Serbian and South Sudan governments, the report said.
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Jan 25, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff WriterAfter their initial offer was rejected by the county, Riverton school officials on Tuesday awarded a surplus maintenance trailer to the Fremont County Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
BOCES executive director Sandy Barton said the modular structure will be used to create a school-based clinic for Fremont County School District 6 in Pavillion.
"We're trying to improve the health care of students out there in the Pavillion area," Barton said Tuesday during the Fremont County School District 25 Board of Trustees meeting.
The Wind River schools are about 25 miles from the nearest hospital, and Barton said it can take more time than usual for emergency responders to reach Pavillion.
"Wind River is highly isolated from health care," Barton said, adding that school-based clinics are new to Wyoming. "Gillette is working on somewhat of a model but isn't quite there yet. So we began the new process in Wind River."
She showed a video describing the benefits of the clinics, which are located on school grounds so students can seek health care services or information without missing class. Barton said care will be provided by health professionals at no cost to the student or family.
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The Fremont County Commission decided Jan. 15 not to accept the modular building, which was being offered for free from District 25. Commissioners had expressed interest in using the building as a day reporting center for the new juvenile detention alternatives initiative, but on Jan. 8 they heard an estimate that transporting the modular and installing it would cost more than $37,000.
BOCES also had expressed interest in the modular, but Barton said she withdrew the request in support of the county's initiative. She had gathered cost estimates last summer, however, and Barton said she did not think moving the structure would be as expensive for her agency.
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Is England the least patriotic nation in the world? Why is flying a St. George's flag seen as racist?
Tom Puddy calls for the English to be proud, fly St. George's flag and embrace patriotism - and how we should stop assuming that someone flying a Saint George's flag outside of a sports match must be a racist.
For some reason that I've never understood, Englishmen and women seem to have an inherent fear of showing patriotism. It's not exactly like we're lacking things of which to be proud. England has some of the most beautiful landscapes and sights in the world, with glorious architecture and wonderful countryside. England has fought against and brought down tyrants and conquerors and has for centuries been a haven for those that have needed one. England has sired some the greatest geniuses, artists, scientists, writers, composers, explorers, engineers, politicians, philosophers, mathematicians, musicians, and heroes of all time, and has conquered pretty much every profession there is going. England's history is fascinating and while there are blemishes, I defy anyone who doesn't see England's legacy as one which has made the world a better place.
I was always tempted to believe that it was British understatement; that we British don't exhibit our nationality in the same vulgar way that other countries do. But it doesn't take long to see that this isn't the case. On Saint David's day entire fields of daffodils suddenly spring up on Welsh lapels, and when the rugby's on it is striking how many people suddenly remember that their great-grandmothers were half Welsh. Meanwhile the Scots have always been wonderfully proud of their identity and homeland; so much so that they now have a political party based on a policy not seen since the emperor Hadrian. Across the water you can see a healing Northern Ireland that is heading towards the better, with a new pride forming out of today's stability. Outside of the UK the Irish have a day of national pride that has swept the globe and is loved by drinkers everywhere. Even the French out do us in showing their national pride, and quite frankly there's a lot less for them to be proud of.
Why then are the English against showing feelings of patriotism? My inner optimist would like to believe the argument that it's a matter of semantics. For centuries the words English and British were interchangeable. Disraeli for example almost exclusively relied on the term "English" when referring to Britain, and when Napoleon said that "[t]wo powers like France and England, with a good understanding between them, might govern the world", he didn't envisage that good relations should cease west of the Severn. Yet the desire for devolution has caused this old definition to become out of date. Scots and Welsh no longer fall under the definition of "English" and some dislike the idea of even being "British". In effect their desire to re-establish their own national identities has been the act of splitting from England in a manner which has left the English lagging behind. The English have been left in a position where it is no longer clear as to how they ought to identify themselves, whether they ought to use the inclusive and unionist term "British" or to utilise their own individual identity as "English". The result being that the English are theoretically uncertain as to whether they ought to be flying the Union flag, or the flag of Saint George, so fly neither.
More pessimistically, and probably a greater contributor for this lack of patriotism lies in extremism. Understandably, people do not want to be seen to be condoning groups like the BNP or EDL. These two dangerous and racist groups claim that their message of hate is somehow linked to patriotism. It isn't. Ever since they took the Union flag and flag of Saint George as emblems for their own odious agendas, a fear of guilt by association has arisen. This is a huge pity, both for those living in England and English society as a whole as it detracts from the sort of unity that that this country used to enjoy, and which other countries still enjoy today. The racism of thugs has nothing to do with patriotism.
Real patriotism is a shared sense of national personality. It is pride in the heritage and cultural history of your country. It's an appreciation of your nation's environment and sights, both its natural beauty and its inspiring man-made structures. Patriotism is being part of not just the community around you, but of institutions and achievements which might be hundreds of years old. It's the celebration of who you are and where you call home. It's an appreciation of your own identity and yet also a feeling of kinship. It is in fact one of the best, most selfless and noblest things a person can feel.
Oscar Wilde is attributed as having said that "patriotism is a virtue of the vicious". If he actually said that, then he was wrong. And so too are all the people who jump to the assumption that someone flying a Saint George's flag outside of a sports match must be racist. Not only is proper English patriotism something that people ought to show proudly, it would also greatly deflate any arguments that racist groups may have. So long as flying the flag is seen as taboo by the chattering classes and automatically dismissed as the act of a racist or a lunatic, those who want to show their patriotism will always feel alienated.
But I would go further than that. I don't just think that we should be more tolerant of patriotism; I think that on the whole the English ought to embrace it. So my suggestion for this summer is to really get involved. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics both promise to be staggeringly good events, and as ever there's a myriad of other events throughout the year for people to not just feel proud of their nation, but to show off the fact too. I say, go out there, fly the flags and make the absolute most of a wonderful time.


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After School's Jooyeon showed her support for Orange Caramel's "Lipstick" comeback with a witty gift.
Orange Caramel, a subunit comprised of After School's Lizzy, Nana, and Raina, have been making a mark for themselves with their cute, unique concepts, and hit singles. The successful subunit recently made a comeback after one year with their title track "Lipstick".
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The Vedanta Society of Southern California maintains the Ramakrishna Monastery in a historic setting deep in Trabuco Canyon. Just behind the buildings the Shrine Trail starts, honoring the world's major religions on a foot trail through the canyon. The building was originally built in 1942 when Gerald Heard and Aldous Huxley founded the Trabuco College on what was then a very remote 300 acres of the Santa Ana Mountains.


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How's this for a casting call? Adult Swim began a nationwide search at Comic-Con for someone to play Aqua Teen Hunger Force neighbor Carl in a live-action episode of the animated series, which stars three human-sized food products who live in New Jersey. For those interested in auditioning, Carl is described as "a simple man who's endearingly sweaty, hairy, lewd, fashion-challenged, horny, nasty and oftentimes annoying." Having a mustache and male pattern baldness is a plus. (The search will continue into the fall, with candidates being able to submit audition tapes online.)
If all that doesn't sound inviting enough, the animation cable channel was kind enough to supply those trying out Saturday with Carl's signature wardrobe: a white tank top, blue sweat pants and flip-flops. The really brave could get heads and beards shaved, too.
Surprisingly -- or perhaps not, considering the crude character's cult following -- two dozen men and one woman went to a hotel across the street from the San Diego Convention Center to accept the Carl challenge. Jess Moore, 23, of Weatherford, Okla., a fan of Aqua Teen and Carl, shaved his head and beard for the occasion.
"I thought: I've got the hairy back, I've got the shoulders. I can do the voice a little bit. So why not give it a try?" he said. "I thought it would be fun."
Dov Abramovsky, 24, of Syracuse, N.Y., gave a spirited audition, going up against the voice of Carl, Aqua Teen co-creator Dave Willis. Willis shaved most of Abramovsky's beard, then asked him questions in his raspy Carl voice. The tall, burly Abramovsky, in his Carl voice, had to describe how the character would react to seeing New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez strike out with the bases loaded and then sing Queen's We Will Rock You.
The final test, an arm-wrestling match with Willis, ended with the latter exclaiming: "He's a man! He's a Carl, right here!"
Even after the audition, Abramovsky -- in real life, a criminal defense attorney -- remained in character as self-styled ladies man Carl. As he walked out the door, his departing words to the women in the audition room were: "Goodbye, ladies. Enjoy the view." -- Bill Keveney
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Former Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek headlines what could be a stellar class of 2014 for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The class will be announced Tuesday.
Hasek won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and also spent time with the Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators. But most of his 389 career wins and greatest success with the Sabres.
He won six Vezina Trophies and is the only goalie ever to win back-to-back Hart Trophies. He guided the Sabres to the 1999 Stanley Cup Final. Over nine seasons in Buffalo, he won 234 games while posting 55 shutouts and making four straight All-Star Games.
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Other notable first-time nominees include Peter Forsberg and Mike Modano. Forsberg was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers but was quickly traded to the Quebec Nordiques. He scored 885 points in 13 seasons with the Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers and Nashville Predators.
Modano spent all but one season with the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise, posting 561 goals and 1,374 points while winning two Stanley Cups. He spent one season with the Detroit Red Wings.
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The distraught mother of the young trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally gangraped in the capital early this month, collapsed and was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital after her daughter's body was taken away for cremation. Rhythma Kaul and Mallica Joshi report.delhi Updated: Dec 31, 2012 01:39 IST
The distraught mother of the 23-year-old woman who died on Saturday after a brutal gangrape had to be hospitalised a day later because of extreme physical and mental exhaustion.
She had been by the victim's bedside the two weeks since the incident and ate little, family members said.
"She hardly ate in the past two weeks as she was close to her daughter. She is traumatised. We would try to feed her but she would barely eat half a chapatti," one of the gangrape victim's family members said. "She had been crying all these days. It has taken a toll on her health," he added.
The mother collapsed soon after the cremation and had to be put on saline drip at a local nursing home, where she stayed for about three hours, he said. "She went silent and has hardly spoken a word since the news of the death," he said.
According to the victim's neighbours, the woman was extremely close to her daughter, and the news of her death left her mother devastated.
"The girl was close to her mother and would help her around the house as well as study diligently. Everyone was proud of her but none more than her mother. She had to be rushed to the hospital in the morning after the funeral since she had collapsed and would not wake up," said a neighbour who has known the family for over a decade.
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THE debut of Korey Banks in Winnipeg Blue Bomber colours is at least another week in the offing -- if it comes at all.
Bomber head coach Mike O'Shea said Saturday Banks -- the veteran linebacker/defensive back signed in the off-season -- will likely remain on the injured list this week when the club plays host to the Ottawa Redblacks.
The 11-year CFL veteran has had both back and hamstring issues throughout camp and was placed on the one-game injured list for the opener against the Toronto Argonauts. Just prior to Thursday's opener, TSN's Glen Suitor Tweeted that according to a source, Banks was a healthy scratch.
Asked about that speculation immediately after the game, O'Shea was vehement in his denial, saying "Glen Suitor is wrong." (Suitor said during Saturday's B.C.-Edmonton telecast he stands by his Tweet).
But rumours swirled about Banks on Friday and O'Shea was asked Saturday if the veteran defender has a future with the team.
"As of right now," he said.
The club said later it would not comment on whether the Bombers were trying to move Banks via a trade.
O'Shea added he wasn't sure he wanted to tinker with a winning lineup, knowing full well guys could pull up lame in practice leading up to Thursday's home date against Ottawa.
"I'd be hard pressed to change the roster now after what these guys did," he said. "But we'll see... the week of practices can be a long week."
Just to recap the key names on the one-game injured list, defensive back Alex Suber and running back Paris Cotton are still doubtful, while cornerback Donovan Alexander, running back Will Ford and offensive lineman Paul Swiston have returned to practice.
One addition to the injured list is slotback Cory Watson, who had two catches for 72 yards and a touchdown, but also re-injured his hamstring on his TD.
"Trust me, there's no one more frustrated than Cory," O'Shea said. "As I said before, he plays the game the way it should be played. He plays hard, 100 miles an hour. It's frustrating for him, so we're going to do what we can to help him and make sure he's ready to go."
NEW FACE IN TOWN: The Bombers have not made it official, but have added DB/kick returner Troy Stoudermire (5-10, 199, Minnesota) who finished his college career as the NCAA's all-time leader in kickoff return yards (3,615 on 144 returns). Stoudermire was in training camp with the Saskatchewan Roughriders before being released.
CELEBRATE THIS: O'Shea was asked Saturday if he had been out in public since Thursday's win over the Argos to soak up some of the good vibes.
"You mean, like the King of Kensington?" he joked, making a reference to the opening scene of the old CBC sitcom from the 1970s.
"Basically I've been in my vehicle to the house and back."
Pressed on whether he had allowed himself a celebratory beer after his first win as a head coach.
"Yes," said O'Shea with a grin. "Do you know want to know the brand? A can count? A bunch of the coaches got to sit together, (GM) Kyle (Walters) came in, some of the equipment guys... we certainly rehashed the night's events and waited for the film to get up and started watching it."
BLUE NOTES: The Bombers have added Dave Jackson, formerly of the Regina Thunder junior club, as a defensive quality control coach... The Redblacks announced their team captains on Friday: QB Henry Burris (offence); linebacker T.J. Hill (defence) and linebacker Justin Phillips (special teams).
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A New Spin on Reds
Fresh water spinnerbaits have found a new home in the salt, where they're proving deadly on even the most sophisticated redfish.
|Shakespeare's Mark Davis boats another nice shallow-water redfish on a spinnerbait retrieved steadily, just below the surface.Photo by Dave Morel.
It had been a great morning of hunting the Mississippi marshes with Joe Parsons, head guide of the Beau Rivage, a posh floating lodge situated within easy striking distance of prime water-fowling country. But by mid-morning the ducks had stopped flying, so Joe announced that it was time for fishing.
"Weather has been cool, which makes for good duck hunting; however, our redfish have been a little lethargic in this cold water," Joe warned as he maneuvered the 16-foot jonboat into a backwater slough surrounded by spartina grass. "Lately, though, we've been clobbering them on spinnerbaits. In fact, spinners have been outfishing spoons, jigs and-if you can believe it-even live bait. Redfish love 'em, and now I do, too!"
"All I've got are spoons, jigs and plugs," I replied as I rummaged through my tackle bag. "I've got enough spinnerbaits at home to cover a garage wall, but all of them are in my fresh water tackle boxes."
"No problem. Just take this and snap it on a jighead." Joe handed me a "safety pin"-style spinner, the type I often use for panfish and trout.
"I've never used an add-on spinnerbait this big," I replied, clipping the wire arm to a grub jig. "Whenever I need a big spinnerbait I just use one designed for fresh water bass."
"I used to do the same thing, but those bass-style spinnerbaits don't fit well in my tackle boxes because they're kind of bulky and awkward," Joe replied. "And a big redfish can bend the wire arms of most fresh water spinnerbaits into a tangle of useless metal in no time. By carrying these inexpensive add-ons I can turn any jig into an instant spinnerbait. It's a lot cheaper than buying commercially made lures, and I can quickly change blade sizes, styles and colors.
Spinnerbaits can be armed almost any way you want: with willow-leaf or Colorado blades with or without prismatic tape; fished with lifelike soft-plastic baits or skirted jigheads. As long as they're big and rugged, they'll catch redfish again and again. Photo by Bob O'Shaughnessy|
"The spinner arms also fit easily in my tackle box. I stow them in a clear-plastic baggie to keep them from corroding. Redfish can't bend them easily because the wire is free to twist and turn during the fight. A bass-style spinnerbait is permanently attached to the jighead, so the wire often bends when landing a tough redfish. Then it's difficult to get the wire back to its original shape to make the blade work correctly."
Joe poled the boat into the quiet back bay while I fired a tentative cast toward a grassy point. I engaged the reel and-wham!-a five-pound redfish nailed the spinner. A few minutes later I hooked another red, then Joe caught one, too. By the time we had released five or six I was convinced that the add-on spinner was something special. But the thing that really sold me on the device was the fact that my 18-year-old son, Eric, was fishing spoons without so much as a strike. He tried gold, silver and chartreuse models, both weedless and standard, but nothing worked. It was only after he tied on a spinnerbait that he started catching reds.
Better Than Spoons?
Don't get me wrong: gold, weedless spoons still catch plenty of redfish. However, many reds have learned that spoons spell trouble, having been duped by them in the past. In many areas, notably along Florida's Gulf Coast, the days when redfish were considered village idiots are long gone. However, these "sophisticated" fish have rarely seen a spinnerbait, so they tend to be less wary of them.
Anglers rarely lose anything by making the switch from spoons to spinnerbaits. These lures are at least as snag-resistant as weedless spoons. They swim through turtle grass and over oyster shells, and can be bumped around pilings and rock jetties with ease. They cast easily, too. If you need more weight for especially long presentations, simply add a spinner arm to a heavier jig.
One important advantage of spinnerbaits over spoons is that when working deeper water, such as the drop-offs along channels and jetties, the spinnerbait fishes more like a jig than a spoon. They're great for probing deep edges, nooks and crannies where bait likes to hide and redfish hunt. A spinnerbait is superior to a jig, however, because it has a revolving blade that glitters and flashes, attracting redfish from long range. And don't forget that a spinnerbait is much more snag-proof than a standard jig.
Get 'Em on Tape
Recently, I've been adding prismatic tape to my spinner blades, which I feel makes the lure more attractive to fish. A strip of gold or chartreuse tape placed on one side of a blade gives it extra flash when pulled through the water.
Various grub bodies enhance the lure, too. Scent-impregnated plastic tails are good, adding a bit of flavor to the flash. Lately, I've been using Cabela's new Livin' Eye Minnow Jigs, which are among the most lifelike soft-plastics on the market. Attach a spinner blade enhanced with a strip of flashy prismatic tape and I doubt there's a better redfish lure available.
In addition to redfish, I've caught seatrout, snook, flounder, bluefish, jacks, striped bass and even jumped a tarpon on spinnerbaits. I'm not convinced the lures are magic for these other species, but for redfish-especially big, sophisticated redfish-they're hard to beat.
|Add-On SpinnersSpinnerbaits are available in tackle stores throughout the country, as well as through mail-order houses. However, you can easily create your own by buying some add-on "safety-pin" spinners and attaching them to your favorite jigs. Hildebrant, Cabela's and Bass Pro all sell add-on spinners. Be sure to buy big-blade models (size 4, 5, 6 or even larger) in both willow-leaf and Colorado shapes.If you want to get fancy, try adding some strips of prismatic tape to your blades or the safety-pin arms. This can work wonders at drawing fish from long distances. The tape is inexpensive, and is available through mail-order catalogs. I've found that red, chartreuse, silver and gold are good colors for reds.- Bob McNally
|# Mark Davis's Spinnerbait TipsAs an executive with Shakespeare Fishing Tackle, Mark Davis fishes more than most men. He spends a lot of his time on the coast, since Shakespeare is located in Columbia, South Carolina. Mark has a lot of fresh water bass experience, too, so when he started targeting redfish inshore, he used spinnerbaits. He has enjoyed outstanding results for over a decade, although he says that spinnerbaits are almost completely overlooked in salt water. The following are a few of Davis's tips for fishing spinnerbaits for reds.Mark catches 90 percent of his reds on spinnerbaits via a technique he calls "waking" or "bubbling." With his rod tip held high, he makes a moderate, steady retrieve, which causes the lure to wobble just below the surface. It's a shallow technique, and works best in water less than eight feet deep. Reds often follow a spinnerbait, striking at it and missing repeatedly. Davis says it's imperative to maintain the retrieve speed when this happens. Stop the retrieve and the fish is likely to turn away.While all spinnerbaits can produce redfish, Mark prefers extra-large models with twin blades for waking. Gold, white and chartreuse spinnerbaits weighing 1/2 to 3/4 ounce and rigged with gold or silver willow-leaf blades are excellent. Mark believes that these oversize spinnerbaits produce bigger reds.Davis says the new McGuinness Leverage spinnerbait, (706) 227-2248, is the best he's used for redfish because the hook is fitted to the leadhead with a heavy-duty, flexible cable. This allows the hook to twist without damaging the lure. Big redfish can be hooked, fought and landed without destroying the spinnerbait's wire arms. Fewer short strikes are experienced with this lure, too, because the cable positions the hook farther back.Mark has caught reds to 30 pounds on spinnerbaits, and has found them effective from North Carolina to Texas. In South Carolina, Mark's inshore charter captain friends Champ Smith and J.R. Waites are big believers in using spinnerbaits for reds. They rarely leave the dock without a wide selection of these lures on board.Davis prefers gel-spun braided line for fishing spinnerbaits because of its sensitivity and lack of stretch, which results in positive hook-sets. Mark does not use a mono leader with braided line when he's waking the lure, since most of the line is kept above the surface.Davis doesn't concern himself with the color of his spinner blades. Rather, he believes skirt color is more important, especially when the water is clear. In this case, he likes a clear-black or silver skirt made of lively rubber. In dark water he prefers lures with double gold spinners.Spinnerbaits can be enhanced by adding "sweeteners" such as porkrind, soft-plastics, whole mud minnows, belly strips or a piece of squid. Such adornments aid in tempting reluctant redfish, especially in deep or cool water, or very large fish in heavily fished areas.- Bob McNally


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Air traffic over Lee Gilmer Airport in Gainesville was heavier than usual Saturday with approximately 150 planes in the skies and on the ground during the 44th annual Cracker Fly-In.
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It's hard to make a rich man sympathetic as he battles the forces of evil from the marbled halls of palatial mansions. But the screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged does it. At the apparent climax of the movie, there's a stand up and cheer moment as the stars – Industrialist Henry Rearden (Grant Bowler) and Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) – literally speed in a train to victory over a foolish, conniving, and good-ideas-squelching government in Washington.
Rearden has developed a new metal that is stronger and cheaper than any before it. To get it out fast in order to repair the country's deteriorating railroad supply lines needed to ease the economic depression, he has set up a chain of companies. One by one, self-serving lawmakers, aided by lobbyists, threatening union leaders, sycophantic journalists and myopic do-gooders, outlaw Rearden's companies in the name of monopoly busting "for the people" until he's down to the original parent. Despite their efforts to buy and bully him, he won't yield.
It's mine, he tells the smarmy scientist leading the effort in the press to undermine him with poorly substantiated stories that the metal is a safety hazard and unfair to workers, and who has been designated to deliver a blank check from Washington for Rearden if he'll sell out. The company is his, objects Rearden, not the government's to take away and screw up. The metal is good. It will help the country. If the scientist can prove it isn't good, he might reconsider. The scientist can't. He's the real sell out.
Equally threatened is Dagny Taggart, owner of a railroad company which has suffered a rail line disaster, magnified in the press, and hopes to use Rearden's new metal to repair deteriorating tracks and get the trains running again. She could lose everything if she doesn't act fast. She's a strong, take-charge heroine with integrity who is battling even her own weak brother to make things work. It will be interesting, given the movie's conservative message of individual freedom and entrepreneurship as a productive aspect of our society, to see how feminists will react. Taggart's character is as strong and purposeful as Rearden's, although perhaps a bit single-minded for some women movie-goers. I'll bet the feminists hate her – which will be one more indication of their hypocrisy.
This is a good movie, not a great one – and better than much of the modern faire Hollywood puts out. In fact, one wonders how, with the reportedly low budget it had, the makers were able to get such a lush look. The cast is good, although some of the villains are over the top. The pace is excellent. What is particularly gratifying is to see industrialists and businessmen, the producers of wealth in our capitalistic society, exalted in a movie rather than vilified. There's a gratuitous sex scene that probably would have been better if they'd stopped filming after the bedroom door was shut. And, structurally, the film goes on after the climax.
But this is just the first of three parts. And I'll bet that's the reason it continued, sort of like the old serials. Bad guys beaten, now here's what's coming next. Plans are to release the next two parts in the following two years – on tax day, like this one, which gives it added punch. I'll be there in the audience if that happens.


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First off, no I do not think it is a bad idea to move into a new apartment so long as it does not create hardship for you financially and yes, living in spaces we once shared with loved ones does promote memories that are sometimes painful. I would think if you can afford to move and it is not a hardship, do it.
I do not think it is unhealthy in the least. I think a lot of people would move from homes they shared with partners but for financial reasons they do not.
Having said this, even with a move you are going to still grieve your lost love. I do not think that there is a way to avoid this, but as I said before, in time this is going to get much easier for you.
I am glad she has not contacted you either. I do not think she is interested in you and I think you deserve someone who does appreciate you and who you feel as in love with as you did your ex.
I believe every thing you have shared is normal and I know that many people report exactly what you have in the wake of the same experience.
You are not bothering me in the least and I am happy if I can help you through this. Trust in yourself and your intuition and give yourself every benefit of the doubt. And do not give into her. You have already completed the hardest part of mourning the loss of your relationship with her and you can move forward much more easily if you have no contact with her.
I think you are as normal as normal can be and I think you are doing all the right things you need to do. Make sure you plan lots of activities for the weekend, go for a jog, see a movie, get together with friends, bake a pie, wash your windows in your new flat, and in short keep as busy as you can to keep yourself from over thinking this.
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FRUSTRATION and disappointment were the overriding emotions at Parkside Road as Kendal Town let the lead slip twice against a poor Marine outfit.
Third-placed Marine lost three consecutive games before this encounter, which included heavy defeats against Whitby Town and AFC Fylde, and they played like a team lacking in confidence as they came to Parkside Road looking for a morale-boosting result.
They almost got off to the perfect start when former Kendal Town striker Nick Rogan had the goal at his mercy two minutes into the game. The ball fell to him from a corner and from 10 yards out, he leaned back and his shot went over the bar.
A couple of minutes later the Black and Whites had their first opportunity when Simon Rawnsley was put through by Mike Rushton. Rawnsley tried a first time chip from 25 yards but the attempt was meek and the keeper was able to gather easily.
The Liverpool side's defence struggled to cope with the ball over the top all game and on 10 minutes the impressive Zach Clark gathered the ball on the left hand side. He got past full back Shaun Dowling and Mike Rushton beat his marker to get onto the end of Clark's squared ball to give the home side the lead.
Town almost doubled their advantage in the 16th minute when Alex Salmon travelled with the ball to the edge of the area and struck the bar with a thunderous shot. The rebound fell to Clark, but he was unable to capitalise and blazed his effort over the bar.
Marine then started to get into the game and enjoyed a sustained period of possession, but their composure on the ball was non-existent as individual mistakes stopped the flow of their attacks and passes continually went astray.
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The rest of the first half was a tepid affair but the second half began with a bang as the visitors scored just 15 seconds into the restart.
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Ryan Robinson, Danny McGahan, Tom Berwick, Adam Freeland, Kevin Brown (c), Mike Rushton, Martin Grundy, Ben Fishwick, Simon Rawnsley, Alex Salmon, Zach Clark.
Substitutes: Aaron Halliwell for Rawnsley (75), Jack Cook for Freeland (75), Max Rothwell for Rushton (84).
Subs not used: Jamie Hastings, Dave Foster.
Yellow cards: Adam Freeland
McMahon (c), Dowling (Rice 77), Shaw, Brown, Grannon, Lawton, Noon (Ordish 56), Goulding, W Jones, Rogan, Lundon.
Subs not used: Burton, P Jones, Williams
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Getting a new DJ controller this Christmas? Chances are it'll come with a "light edition", or "LE" version of one of the major DJ software packages. Designed to get you going right out of the box, these programs offer fewer features than the full versions, and are often customised to make your first experience with DJ software as painless as possible.
With Serato (Intro), Traktor (LE) and Virtual DJ (LE) all in on the act, we though it was high time to find out a bit more about how such software ends up on that DVD tucked in with your USB cable and quickstart leaflet when you unpack your brand new controller. So we took half an hour out of the busy day of Chris Stoll, who develops versions of Virtual DJ to be packaged "in the box", to ask him how it all comes about.
So Chris, how long have you been preparing LE software for Virtual DJ?
I have been with Atomix / VirtualDJ for about five years. I started by writing the manual for version 4 and providing technical support to our user community. We had already established a great relationship with companies like Hercules with our "DJ Console" product line from prior versions. And we had partnered with Numark to produce the CUE and VirtualVinyl products to support the new Numark hardware.
When we released version 6 in May 2009 with our improved scripting engine and the VDJScript language, I began writing the files for bringing native support of Midi and HID controllers that were already on the market. With the improved flexibility of integrating a controller into VirtualDJ, the manufacturers began requesting more and more of their existing controllers be supported by Virtual DJ Pro, citing a growing demand by users for compatibility.
Not long after, companies like Denon, Pioneer, Vestax and American Audio all started requested LE versions for bundling with their hardware - so now we have a team of developers that handles hardware integration.
Where do you live? How did you get into this game?
I live in the state of Virginia in the USA. My professional background is in computer programming, database development, and information / knowledge management. I currently provide hardware (controller) integration development for Atomix/VirtualDJ. And for over 20 years, I have worked also as a DJ, holding several different residencies, and also working a mobile DJ.
How it all starts...
At what stage of a product's design or conception do you get asked to develop its LE software?
It has varied over the years. With the exception of the Hercules products, it was typically after the hardware was already on the market and manufactures wanted support within our Virtual DJ Pro product line. Then it shifted to adding Virtual DJ LE as an alternative product to be bundled with existing hardware. But in the last couple of years, the manufacturers have started to include us as early as the concept phase.
Without breaking any confidential agreements, I can tell you that at least four of the hottest controllers on the market right now had influence from Virtual DJ working with the manufacturers at the concept or "alpha" design phase of the controllers. And there are more to come where we have worked closely with the manufacturer upfront.
Additionally, we are now sent almost every new controller developed, at the manufacturing sample stage, to ensure it works with Virtual DJ Pro right out of the box regardless of the software it may be bundled with. And, there are manufacturers that have changed their mind mere weeks before the first manufacturing run and made requests for bundling LE.
What are the "variants" of LE software? I notice some are skinned, some aren't, some have various features removed, some don't - who decides these things?
We offer as a design consideration the opportunity for the manufacture to request a custom skin that reflects the design of the controller shipping with the LE software. That design is customised to the controller functionality as well, so what the user sees happening on the controller happens on the interface.
As we all know, each hardware company has their own unique way of making their products function. For example, a Denon unit works a little different than a Pioneer product, which is slightly different from Vestax. We can customise the interface and functionality so that a previous customer of these products "knows" how to use it right out of the box. I believe this is one of the unique services we offer that makes the whole learning experience for the user more fun and exciting when they get their new hardware.
How long does it typically take to prepare a version of LE software for a company?
It can come down to a couple different factors. First being the custom skin, that can have an impact because not only does it take time to build the graphics (and in some cases get the graphics from the manufacture), but there is the entire review and approval process. We want to make sure the look reflects their product and represents their brand.
And just as critical as the skin is the complexity of the controller. I have turned some units around in a matter of just a few weeks because the controller had just the basic transport controls, a few knobs for controlling FXs and/or channel levels, a crossfader, and using our standard LE skins, with the extreme being about six months because the unit is very extensive in what it can control.
All that is just our effort on the Virtual DJ side - what really makes it go smooth and in a timely fashion is the manufacturer knowing exactly what they want, providing control code documentation early, and most crucial is getting us a working sample of actual controller as soon as possible!
On average if these ideal elements are in place, and no one has any last minute "Aha!" great idea moments; we can turn around a product in a couple of months. But don't think we only work on one hardware unit at a time. I have worked on up to five different controllers at once. Just this year alone, we have brought support to over 70 different hardware controllers and over half of those are being shipped with LE. Additionally, the majority of them have a customised skin to match the controller.
The team of people
How many people are involved in producing an LE software version, both at Virtual DJ and at a hardware company?
At Atomix / VirtualDJ, there are at minimum four or five people involved in bringing an LE product together per product, and we always have several projects running concurrently: software, hardware, and skin developers; contract management; logistics and operations management; and our general manager overseeing the complete process.
On the manufacturer's side it is about the same amount of people or more. There is always a product manager (or central point of contact), a product hardware expert or two, and a cadre of testers. And those from the manufacturer that are hardware experts or testers are typically also DJs. So, there are not just people turning knobs, moving sliders, and spinning jogwheels: There are working DJs which brings a lot of excellent feedback and helps in getting through the process of development.
Who does the actual skinning to make software look like physical products (I'm thinking especially of the Numark DJ2GO skin, which was very distinctive)?
The majority of skin development comes from our own own in-house graphic designers. Some manufacturers do provide finished skins to be bundled with LE however that is very rare.
Who does the testing?
We do testing on both sides. We'll test what we create internally and then send that work to the manufacturer, which starts the back and forth process. Some of the larger corporations like Denon and Pioneer have entire divisions that handle Q&A for all of their product lines. That can sometimes be a very time consuming process but always a great experience for us.
But, being a DJ, and having used VirtualDJ since version 2, and doing the integration of the controller; I am not afraid to take a pre-production controller on a gig and use it! By the end of the process, every feature and function has been tested and re-tested on both sides.
The pros and cons of LE software
What are your views on the whole LE vs full version debate?
Limited Edition software has its place, but it is a "double-edged sword" if I can use that analogy. The primary purpose is intended to give the new hardware owner the opportunity to learn the features of the controller. There are plenty of features that a new DJ getting started has at their fingertips in the LE, but as they progress in their DJ skills they can only continue to grow by getting the full Pro version of the software.
And, the double edge is if a seasoned DJ picks up a new controller, then they will get bored with the limited features real quick. And, I think that is where a lot of the criticism comes from about LE versions. People think they should get the "whole" experience in the software that comes with their controller and quickly forget that what they paid for is the controller, not the software. The LE software is only there to give them something to use immediately, in order to learn the controller's capabilities.
How many LE versions have you worked on?
Honestly, I have lost count. I work on controllers and sometimes they will ship with an LE version and some don't. For me it is really about bringing as much support to the manufacturer's products as possible. If part of the deal is the packaging of the LE product then that is an extra perk for us and chance to get Virtual DJ into more DJs' hands.
What's the biggest problem you've ever had to overcome in adapting software for a manufacturer, and how did you do it?
I wouldn't say there have been 'problems', but more like challenges! Most can be resolved easily with good communication like design intent, clear explanation of features, and so on. The biggest challenge in the end is always making the customer happy with the complete package - and by customer, I don't just mean the manufacturer, but also the new or seasoned DJ that will be buying the controller.
What I don't want to happen is have the manufacturer like the integration we've done, the skin design, the software features and so on, only to have the DJs' not be happy and think that they made a bad choice. Sure it happens, and of course there is not one controller concept out there that will satisfy 100% of the market. So, it's is always about the complete package representing the both the controller and the software that is the biggest challenge to overcome.
Past and future...
Is there any particular adaptation of VirtualDJ you're especially proud of? Why?
Not that I take any of the LE development lightly, because I don't. But, when we can provide a level of support for a controller that doesn't have LE shipping with it, and that controller brings people to Virtual DJ, and potentially bring the manufacturer to us too; then those are the moments that make me proud of what I do and what we, VirtualDJ, bring to the DJ community.
Where do you see the whole LE thing going say in the next five years?
Wow, it is really hard to tell. I don't think very many DJs know where things will be in the next five years! If you just look at the last five years there has been so much change. There really wasn't anything like an LE DJ software product five years ago. Sure, you had "trial" versions but the hardware really wasn't there yet for DJs. Back then you had real-time FX processors, drum machines, etc. that DJs used but the features were limited to the product.
We are seeing the "CD vs vinyl" debate take over once again, but now its "analogue vs digital". But I think as long as there is hardware being made there will be a place for LE versions of software.
Have you been satisfied with the LE software that came with your controller? Or did you find yourself wanting to upgrade quickly? We'd like to know your thoughts in the comments!


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