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I've been wondering if this camera would be suitable:
http://www.campuswarehouse.com/243/cat243.htm?218 for a better photo of the camera
They also seem to be sold on e-bay quite frequently. I've not been able to find a weight, but the size is quite small.
We expect a full report! I tought about it, too, but you beat me to it!
I'm not sure I have an airframe big enough to cary it, so then I'd have to get that, then some bigger batteries, then a bigger truck to carry that, then a better looking wife for the passenger seat.....
Never ending spiral!
Let us know the weight....
I've got one of these cameras. They are very light weight and take good outside 640x480 pictures. They run on 2 AAA batteries so probably would work off of the BEC in your airplane. The only problem with them is that they will only stay on for about 30 seconds at a time before they shut down "to conserve battery life" . They only way to get around this problem seems to be to plug the USB connector in the side, this keeps the camera on. Hope this helps.
excalent camera trick
use a cheapie analog autowind. have the roll processed as hi=res hard disk digital . the disc can then be loaded thru your hard drive. there lots of free print svcs after that. also, there is usually a print and store program on the disc.
analog fotos (regular film) are of better quality than the best $1000 digital camera fotos. a 36 roll costs me $15 to process (#12 for lo-res process).
WRT film based cameras. Most point and shoot 35mm are autowind and can be adapted to take aerial pics (one at a time or a series). I've used a Vivitar and a Ricoh in a model rocket.
The Vivitar required a mechanical setup to trip the shutter - I rigged a cheep motor/gear box to run at ~1 RPM which seemed about right for the film to get advanced and shot an entire roll during a flight (the "success" rate in getting an "interesting" picture from a model rocket is pretty low. Several years ago the was a fun event at NARAM to take an aerial picture of a target on the ground. The idea was that the winner would be the one with the target closest to the center of the frame. The winner was the only one to get a picture of the field period.). You could replace the motor/gear box with a servo and accomplish the same thing. The mechanism required a 4" diameter payload section.
The Ricoh had a jack on the side for remote shutter release - short the wires every time you want to take a pix. It also had a sequence mode - one frame per second as long as the shutter release was actuated. It would fit in a 3" diameter payload section.
The Vivitar was cheep and dirty - about $35 at K-Mart, Walmart, etc. I'm not sure of the actual model, but it was long enough ago that that model has been superceeded. If you check the camera department at any of the *.marts you'll find something similar. You'll have to work out the specifics of actuating the shutter button.
The Ricoh was about $100 and was discontinued long ago and I haven't seen any that have the same wired remote shutter or sequence mode features since - but I haven't been looking hard. You might find a used on in a camera or pawn shop, but it'd be sheer luck - there isn't a big market for used point and shoots, so they don't bring much and few are traded in.
One problem with both cameras was that they would shut themselves off after afew minutes (to save on battery) if you hadn't taken a pix. So you need to "arm" them just before flight.
Someone on an earlier thread told me about an auto-wind 35mm camera from Wal-Mart. It was the Kodak ES27 EV for ~$15.00.
I had seen them earlier. They are relatively small and light. I was in the same store this week and couldn't find them. Maybe you can. It figures, doesn't it?
This is an area of intrest for me as well. I have been doing some research on using Digital cameras and Wireless video on RC Aircraft and have found some interesting projects being undertaken by people. This first link is about using your RC TX and a spare channel to auto release the shutter button! Very cool idea. I have seen many people use a mech servo to push down on the button, but I like the electronic idea better.
Here is a site that sells a controller board along with project details:
I bought one of these cameras and agree with Kingjamez that the auto-power off feature is a problem. Thanks for the hint to plug in a usb connector. Anyone know a source to buy a usb plug?
Another odd feature is that there is a time lag (maybe one second?) between pressing the "shutter" button and when the camera records the image.
For what it's worth, I took the case apart and the actual electronic and optics board only weighs about an ounce (on my inacurate scale).
The shutter button looks to be a simple switch, though I haven't tested it yet. If it is, I intend to solder a couple of wires to the camera shutter button switch, and make a home-made switch that operates at the extreme throw of the rudder servo. The time lag may actually work to my advantage in this case.
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Q: I've climbed the corporate ladder to frontline management after 10 years in a large global company. I'm really looking to change jobs...
Q: I've climbed the corporate ladder to frontline management after 10 years in a large global company.
I'm really looking to change jobs but keep hearing people tell me I'm overqualified and couldn't make enough money. Any advice?
A: First, consider carefully the information you provide potential employers.
It's possible that in your enthusiasm to leave your old job, you're overwhelming interviewers with your achievements, competency and current compensation package.
I know the business world encourages us to dazzle others with facts.
However, sometimes this approach can backfire by intimidating the people you want to work with.
Try putting yourself in a potential employer's shoes.
What are the key skills the hiring firm needs from you? If they need you only to jump high, then skip the part about how you've put yourself in orbit around the Earth several times.
Tone down your sales pitch, and you'll stir up more interest.
As far as salary goes, it really is nobody's business how much money you do or don't make.
And, despite what a potential employer might tell you, they do not have the right to this information. It isn't cheating to simply give a low estimate of your salary and not share information about perks or bonuses.
Sometimes, even when we do want to leave a job badly, we can feel that taking a job less than the one we've had is embarrassing or a sign of failure.
We may then tend to communicate that we're too good for the job being offered. If you really want to change companies, you may lose some professional status but gain some peace of mind.
Decide before your next interview which is more important to you.
If interviewers still believe you're overqualified, realize their concerns have to do with wondering if you'll stay or get bored.
Be sure you make it clear that status and money are not your only concerns, and you may turn your next interview into a job.
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Q: I love my boss, and I mean romantically. He doesn't know, and I don't plan to tell him. Can I work with him effectively if I just stay quiet?
A: No.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Endless Time - Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
There is none to count thy minutes.
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
Thou knowest how to wait.
Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.
We have no time to lose,
and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
We are too poor to be late.
And thus it is that time goes by
while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,
and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.
At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut;
but I find that yet there is time.
Comments about Endless Time by Rabindranath Tagore
Rahul Shil (9/17/2017 7:11:00 AM)
Really this poem is so difficult and this is similarly our life..... The poem is so imaginary. (Report) Reply
Nikita Maske (1/7/2017 12:19:00 AM)
It is true that we have no time.Hence it is called time is money. (Report) Reply
T Rajan Evol (7/6/2016 7:27:00 PM)
Profound poem and a master stroke by a brilliant poet. We seldom thing to use the time judiciously. (Report) ReplyMohammed Asim Nehal (11/23/2016 1:47:00 PM)
Awesome comment.......
Shahin Latif (12/3/2015 3:28:00 PM)
Excellent poem. The time is more valuable. But we can't use proper time. I love this poet. Heartiest regards this poet. (Report) Reply
* Sunprincess * (9/25/2015 7:51:00 AM)
............a wonderful poem, and excellent theme ★ (Report) Reply
Rajesh Thankappan (1/17/2015 1:39:00 AM)
Yes God welcomes man at whatever time he approaches Him. So, it is never too late to turn to God. The only factor that counts is that we should have the desire to do so. (Report) Reply
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (4/4/2014 4:40:00 AM)
Gurudev Tagore's famous poem narrates about the time and its limitations but the infinity of time in the hands of the all powerful lord whose blessings the time allotted and cycle of births and deaths goes on. Every second of time is precious and man's destiny is to live using the very precious time with values and innerawakening. (Report) Reply
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (4/4/2014 4:36:00 AM)
Time is the very precious thing in this life and we human beings are to be make ourselves the limitation of time that has given to us by the divine grace though we cannot understand or read the exactness of longevity of life. But at the sametime we are bound to live at every moment having self conscious about the time and Ravindra Natha Tagore's famous poem is so much interested to read and understand. The holistic approach to time and world situation is a good thing for leading a life of perfection accepting all positive qualities indeed. (Report) Reply
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat (4/4/2014 4:31:00 AM)
In this life time is so precious and no one is aware of the exact limitation of time allowed to him for life experience in this world of sorrows and good feelings. The limitation of time is the real value of life which we takes into account and the human being is aware of the preciousness of life in the point of time. Ravindra natha Tagore's poem is very happy to read and enjoy in its good feeling. (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (2/19/2014 10:06:00 AM)
O my Lord
At the end of the day I hasten in fear
lest thy gate be shut;
but I find that yet there is time. (Report) Reply
Ula Step (11/30/2013 4:16:00 AM)
wise constatation on time, many people think on time, many people give dfinition and our lack of ability to understand the time, but R.Tagore did what nobody before, related to God and said it is endless; his feeling of time is divine, athe poet is special person who undesrstands the time. wonderful wise deep wise poem and thoughts (Report) Reply
Bob Blackwell (6/21/2009 3:32:00 AM)
As one door closes, another opens, in each moment all of life is captured. (Report) Reply
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A 6-month-old boy was killed after he allegedly slipped from the arms of his four-year-old brother into a tub of boiling water at Nehtaur area here, police said today.
Chhotu fell into the boiling water after he was slipped from his elder brother's arms yesterday evening, they said.
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Thanks to Dave Weinber, of Silver Spring, MD for participating in our twitter contest yesterday. Producteev's three-year anniversary is just around the corner and we're throwing a little get-together!
Save the date for Tuesday, July 5, 2011 (the technical date of incorporation was July, 8, 2008). We're planning a party here in New York City. So even if you can't come, you can still help organize.
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Strong earthquake hits eastern Indonesia
A strong earthquake has hit waters off eastern Indonesia, according to geological agencies - although there is thought to be no threat of a tsunami.
The US Geological Survey said the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck off the Moluccas islands on Monday.
It was centred 30 miles beneath the ocean floor around 140 miles from Ternate, the capital of North Maluku province.
A spokesperson from the Indonesian meteorological and geophysics agency said at that depth and magnitude, there was no danger of a tsunami.
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Squadron honors Hughes for community work
BY John Bayles
Catherine McVay Hughes is vice chair of Community Board 1; however she was absent from Tuesday's full board meeting, and for good reason. She was in Albany, being honored at the recommendation of State Senator Daniel Squadron for her role as a community leader in Lower Manhattan, the senator's district.
"The idea is really to focus on someone whose community activism has made a significant contribution - politics aside," said Squadron.
The senate's annual Women of Distinction program, created as part of the senate's celebration of Women's History Month, gives each senator the chance to select a woman who has made important contributions to her community.
"It was very exciting to have been acknowledged in such a public way," said Hughes.
She then humbly added, "But nothing is done alone. It's always a group effort."
She continued and said that she indeed felt as if she was accepting the honor on behalf of many people and not just herself.
Squadron pointed to numerous reasons why he selected Hughes, including her role as an advocate for all of Lower Manhattan. But he focused on her leadership in rebuilding after 9/11.
"She has contributed in a lot of ways – but none more significant than ensuring the focus remains on the quality of life for [Lower Manhattan] residents, the actual physical rebuilding and what gets rebuilt, and her extraordinary contributions on health issues," said Squadron. "She has really, since 9/11, brought unique skills to the discussion of how we rebuild and she is the perfect example of how community issues can become statewide and national issues when it comes to Lower Manhattan."...
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High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is found as one of the main ingredients (i.e.: in the top four) in soft drinks, low-fat salad dressings, and almost all fast and processed foods.
It is in beer, pasta sauces, protein bars (I was surprised when I read that on one of my protein bar's ingredients), convenience foods, bakery items, and loaves of store bought bread. I have touched on HFCS in two of my previous posts (one and two).
Today I have compiled a list of five, specific health dangersassociated with the intake of HFCS. Two of the five are not only health dangers, but also relate to our weight and beauty.
1. Research has found that diets high in fructose can accelerate the aging process. The fructose interferes and alters the metabolic process in our cells, which causes oxidative damage. The fructose breaks down collagen (based on studies done on rats), and plays a larger part in this breakdown than glucose does.
2. For women using oral contraceptives, fructose interacts with them and actually elevates insulin levels in the body. If the level of insulin in the body is high, it can lead to high blood pressure. High insulin levels also contribute to the retention of sodium, which in turn leads to water retention. This can also attribute to high blood pressure, and even congestive heart failure.
3. Fructose causes a deficiency in copper in our bodies and inhibits its metabolism. When we are deficient in copper, this leads to: "bone fragility, anemia, defects of the connective tissue, arteries, and bone, infertility, heart arrhythmias, high cholesterol levels, heart attacks, and an inability to control blood sugar levels."
4. If your motivation comes more so from weight loss, HFCS contributes to weight gain since it stops our brain from getting the signal that we are full. HFCS increases the production of ghrelin (the hormone of hunger) and inhibits the production of leptin (the hormone of satisfaction). Actually, this whole topic of hormones, high fructose corn syrup, and weight gain is extremely interesting – I encourage you to check out YOU On A Diet for more info.
5. "HFCS can be manufactured to either contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose." Fructose and glucose are metabolized differently in the body. "Glucose is metabolized in every cell in the body, however all fructose must be metabolized in the liver."
When the fructose is dumped directly in the liver to be metabolized, this creates fatty deposits and results in a "fatty liver". The liver also develops cirrhosis, a disease that is normally seen in alcoholics. A person who has not had a alcoholic beverage in their life, but who eats a diet high in HFCS ends up having a liver that is similar to that of an alcoholic.
There have been studies done on today's children and found that they actually have fatty livers because of all of the HFCS they are ingesting. Most of this is ingested in the form of soda and fruit juices as they contain HFCS.
I obtained this information from an
article written by Bill Sanda (BS, MBA), as well as the book YOU On A Diet (HFCS, ghrelin, and leptin) and the DVD "Super Size Me" (fast food, most of it contains HFCS, fatty livers of today's children). I highly recommend either if you would like further information on these topics.
Update 2014: For some reason the article written by Bill Sanda is no longer available online. I do have a link to it in my Ebook, "What's In That Food You're Eating?"


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Last Week: 1-2
About that… I give up on the Raiders. I hate them. I'm wrong every time I pick them, so I'm done. They can go to hell and/or Oakland.
Stupid Ass Single Game-Parlays Overall: 1-5
Overall: 16-15-1
Onward, friends.
Stupid Ass Single-Game Parlay of the Week
Denver Broncos -7 at San Diego Chargers and OVER 58
Two top five passing offenses and two bottom five passing defenses. PEW PEW PEW.
Home Favorite of the Week
New Orleans Saints -7 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Rob Ryan revenge game! He's twice as mad because his brother kicked his (or his boss') ass last week. Jason Garrett says there are no hard feelings since he fired Ryan, which is a position he will maintain right up until Ryan dry humps him to prove his dominance.
Sidenote: How many creepy Saints fans get turned on when Drew Brees's wife throws her sweaty yoga pants in his face in that commercial?
Road Favorite of the Week
Seattle Seahawks -5.5 at Atlanta Falcons
Why are the Falcons so bad this year? Is it Roddy White's injury? Or maybe their inept rushing offense? Could it be that Matt Ryan lacks eliteness? Yes, yes and yes. In the end, the real culprit is Tom Dimitroff. Look at him. What an asshole.
Road Dog of the Week
Carolina Panthers +6 at San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers are coming off of a bye, but the Panthers are playing the best they've played since…I don't know, when were they good? Kerry Collins era? They have put up over 30 points five of their last six games, earning them five wins in that stretch. Their wins have come against the Giants, the Vikings, the Rams, the Bucs and the Falcons. Oh god, San Francisco is going to slaughter them.
Literal Dog of the Week
I desperately want a super smart service dog. Disabled people get the coolest pets. I'm pretty sure they are teaching him to read. What a time saver.
Fantasy Matchup of the Week
This week's submission comes from perpetually optimistic Jags fan BurritoBrosShits.
Pro Tip of the Week
Try as I might, I'm probably not going to be able to help you make any money. However, I can offer tips that will help you out in other walks of life. It could be a recommendation on something to read, advice on lighting for your home, something useful I learned on the internet, or, more likely, something about food.
Let's go to Twitter for the best advice I've seen all week…
Always take a look at the floor near the bar. Drunk people always drop their money
— Life Pro Tips (@BestProAdvice) November 8, 2013
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Lily Pad receives $40,000 donation from 1st Franklin Financial
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:48:48 GMT —
Lily Pad says they'll now be able to better serve its 31 counties thanks to a large donation made by 1st Franklin Financial.
After take a tour of the facility and hearing what they do for the community the folk at 1st Franklin decided to donate $40,000 to Lily Pad. A portion of that money will help pay for forensic interviewers, which allows a child, who's victim of sexual assault, to only have to tell their story once.
"It allows them to come to a comprehensive safe environment to tell their story to tell what happen to them and allows us to be their voice in court," said Cassandra Wright, the Executive Director of Lily Pad.
1st Franklin says they are not only looking to donate money but also time to help Lily Pad continue their work.
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Autumn footwear is heating up nicely with many lines taking a more modern approach. While many lines are remaining on track or planning "continuations" of their classic looks, The Generic Man continues to experiment with fabrics and colors on their various silhouettes, giving them a very unique look in the crowd. We bring your a first look at The Generic Man Autumn 2009 collection. Our favorite, The Chuckman, returns in a variety of colorways (shown above), but for those who want to remain traditional, be sure and check the patent black Tux model with it's double overlay upper. Find them soon at Barneys US, Beauty & Youth Japan, and Antonia in Milan.
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...used. This suggests that the two towns were not influenced by each other in any way. Later on, however, Nürnberg pewterers were strongly influenced by the work of a celebrated French pewterer, François Briot, who was active in Montbeliard, in the county of Württemberg.


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The HKDW-104 is a playback/output board for the HDW-1800 studio editing recorder, capable of either playing HDCAM footage with 3:2 pull-down cadence useful for 24p applications, as well as being able to cross-convert to 720p, which can be useful for both HD broadcast mastering and NLE ingestion.


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Amazon Artificial Intelligence System: Company Prepares to Compete Against Siri with Yap?
Apple established itself as one of the first companies to have an efficient artificial intelligence tasking system available on its iPhone 4S with Siri.
Now Amazon seems to express interest in competing with the development of voice-to-text startup Yap. The only retailer has confirmed nothing yet regarding a new system, but 9to5 Google technology website recently discovered some proof from a Security Exchange Commission filing.
"While nothing is official as of yet, the proof comes from an SEC filing that shows Yap has merged with 'Dio Acquisition Sub,' a company located in Amazon's 410 Terry Avenue building Seattle," said 9to5Google technology website.
The website claims Yap's technology pales in comparison to Apple's Siri. However, the online retailer does have a significant amount of intellectual property related to speech recognition; a factor that leads analysts to believe Amazon is working to develop a competitor for Siri.
The companies can even show-up Apple by implementing Yap into tablets.
"Of course with the Kindle Fire launch next week, and lack of Siri on iPad, it's easy to dream up a voice-controlled Amazon tablet experience," 9to5Google said.
Siri exploded onto the market and made the iPhone 4S one of the fastest selling devices of all time. In its first weekend pre-order launch, Apple sold 4 million reservations for the handset making it the most successful iPhone release to date.
Developers ported the system onto other Apple devices successfully, but the company confirmed that Siri would remain exclusive to the iPhone 4S. The system certainly gives Apple an advantage in the smartphone market by this artificial intelligence only being available on the iPhone.
Other companies, such as Google, will most likely develop something to compete with Siri soon and Yap could be one of the first.


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ENCINITAS ---- A Rancho Santa Fe family has donated $3.8 million to benefit Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, the hospital said Tuesday. The anonymous family's gift brings its total hospital donations to $10 million.
The donations went to the Campaign for Scripps Encinitas , a fundraising effort to expand emergency and critical care services at the hospital.
The hospital's expansion includes construction of a two-story, 61,643-square-foot critical care building. The building will have a 27-station emergency department, with more than twice the number of beds currently on the unit. It will provide 36 private acute care beds to increase inpatient capacity.
The Campaign for Scripps Encinitas has raised more than $33 million to date, including this most recent donation. The hospital said it needs $5 million more to complete phase 1 of its capital campaign.
For more information, visit www.campaignforscrippsencinitas.org .


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Integrated in HBase-TRUNK #2838 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/HBase-TRUNK/2838/)
HBASE-2625 Avoid byte buffer allocations when reading a value from a Result object (Tudor Scurtu) (Revision 1333159)
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@Nicolas Here is what I did:
HBASE-2653 I removed the filter and the test that used it.
Did you cut dynamic blooms or all the bloom tests? I can't see TestByteBloomFilter.java in the trunk. You could change testDynamicBloom() to use a static bloom instead and rename to 'testRandomEntries' or something like that.
OK Nicolas. I'm going to cut Dynamic blooms especially as they seem to fail up in hudson sometimes: http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/HBase-TRUNK/1282/testReport/org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util/TestByteBloomFilter/testDynamicBloom/
We don't use Dynamic blooms right now. We can take them out as dead code. The random (vs. mod 2) test might be good to keep in and switch from using dynamic blooms to static blooms.
Note that I think I also addressed the testDynamicBloom() flakiness in Hudson as well and documented the test assumptions a little better. If the keyCount exceeds 2000 keys, 3 blooms will be created. This will increase the theoretical error rate to 6*keyInterval*err, which is higher than the tolerance. Only a couple lines in 1 file, so I didn't think it was big enough to slap in review board.


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WEST CHESTER -- A West Chester man used his Facebook page to solicit a hit man to kill a woman he had allegedly raped after the two met at a party in the borough, according to authorities.
Corey Christian Adams, 19, of the 400 block of West Gay Street, posted a message on the social networking site in July asking for help in getting rid of the woman, who apparently had told others that he forced her to have sex while she was drunk.
"I go 500 on a girls head who wants that bread," West Chester Detective Stan Billie testified he saw written on Adams' public Facebook page at a preliminary hearing Tuesday, at which Adams was ordered held for trial on charges of rape, kidnapping, sexual assault and criminal solicitation to commit murder by Magisterial District Judge William Kraut.
The murder never took place. First Assistant
District Attorney Patrick Carmody, who is prosecuting the case, said Adams went so far as to arrange a meeting with someone he thought might be a hit man but who was actually a police officer acting undercover.
And although Adams never went through with that meeting, Billie testified that within minutes of being contacted about the rape allegations, Adams was back on Facebook with another message.
The new posting indicated Adams "needed this girl knocked off right now," Billie testified.
The detective said Adams later admitted posting the messages and said they were directed at the woman who had accused him of attacking her.
Carmody said the woman took the messages seriously.
"The victim is reading Facebook, everybody's reading the Facebook entry, and she's absolutely terrified," he said after the preliminary hearing.
Adams' attorney, Joseph Malley of Media, suggested the message was not directed at the woman who had complained of being raped while she was intoxicated, and that his client might have been lashing out at his sister for lying about him.
The defense attorney also took issue with the woman's accusations of a sexual assault. Malley argued that both the alleged victim and his client had said they couldn't remember what had occurred that night.
"It all comes down to credibility," Malley said, outside the courtroom. "DNA testing will be done, and I believe that this is a case where neither party recalls what happened."
The alleged victim is a 20-year-old borough resident whose name is being withheld by the Daily Local News because of the nature of the charges.
She told authorities that she had attended a party at a friend's house on South High Street on June 29. Although she said she had only three drinks, she became intoxicated and nauseous, as if the drinks had contained something more than alcohol, and left the party early.
When she got to her car, she began vomiting and was approached by Adams, who she said she barely knew.
According to a criminal complaint filed in the case by Billie, the woman remembered Adams telling her, "I'm drunk and I'm not walking home. Move over and I will drive."
After that, she testified Tuesday, she blacked out.
When she awoke, she told Carmody under questioning at the hearing, Adams was ripping her pants leg open with a knife. She said he then forced her to have sexual intercourse with her, then began complaining that he had dropped the knife in her car.
The woman said she told Adams during the encounter to get off of her and that she felt scared while it was happening.
She reported the incident to West Chester police later that day and was examined at Chester County Hospital, where DNA evidence was gathered.
On cross examination, she told Malley she was "in and out" of consciousness during the incident. She also said she agreed to wear a wire to secretly record a meeting afterward with Adams.
That meeting took place as Adams was on his way to the Chester County Justice Center parking garage to meet a police officer who he believed was a person responding to his request for a hit man.
Billie had set up the meeting anonymously, and the area was under surveillance. Adams met the woman instead, and never went to the garage.
Billie said that on July 13, he visited Adams' home and asked to speak with him about the encounter with the woman.
"He didn't show any reaction," Billie said, but agreed to meet with him at the borough police station later to discuss the case.
Billie told Carmody that he left the house at 10:23 a.m. When Adams had not shown up at the station an hour later, Billie checked Adams' Facebook page again. The posting at 10:32 a.m. reiterated his request for help in having the woman "knocked off."
Billie said that when he later confronted Adams about who he was referring to, he first said that he was angry with his sister for accusing him of lying then said he meant several women.
"He finally said that he was upset with (the woman) for making the rape allegations," Billie testified.
Carmody said the use of Facebook postings would help the prosecution prove its allegations of sexual assault.
"In the rape case, it is not just the word of the victim versus that of the defendant," he said. "The Facebook posting obviously corroborates our evidence."
Adams, who did not speak during the hearing, is being held at Chester County Prison on $300,000 bail. He had been on parole for a 2009 simple assault conviction.


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Yesterday at the Verizon Center, the Wizards took some time off to let the DC Council and Team Media go head-to-head. WTOP reports, "Amazingly, no one was hurt."
Final Score: Media 35, DC Council 25. And besides pride, what was at stake? As a result of journo victory, the council now must declare a "Press Day" in DC.
The rules were simple- half court, one woman from each team on the floor at all times, seven-minute quarters and from Yeas & Nays, above all, no one from the mayor's office.
Team Media was coached by WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and the lineup included WTOP's Mark Plotkin, Mark Segraves, WRC's Tom Sherwood, Fox's Wisdom Martin, City Paper's Mike Debonis and Erik Wemple, Examiner's Mike Neibauer and Jacque Bland, WaPo's David Nakamura, Nikita Stewart and Bill Turque, Wash Business Journal's Jonathan O'Connell and DCist's Martin Austermuhle.
Wisdom proved to be not only the brains, but the star of the Team Media, scoring 20 of the win's 35 points.
DC Council was coached by Marion Barry. He told WTOP had he been able to play, that would have made all the difference for the D.C. Council.
The game previewed the annual girls' and boys' city championship games and all proceeds benefited the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC).
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This and other crucial questions will be answered on Monday at the 21st Annual Police Challenge in Delray Beach, an event that pits three departments against one another for bragging rights, cash prizes, and shiny trophies. Sure, cops wave their batons at bad guys regularly, but have you seen them hand one off in a four-man, 360-yard relay race? You will today! And dont buy into the old cliché of cops savoring their Krispy Kremes thats so 1950s. These are the 2000s -- a more refined era and we now know that policemen actually prefer the flavor of ground chuck, a fact proven during the deliciously competitive meatball eating contest.
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An Uilliams brace gave Shillong Lajong that much elusive home win against a resurgent Mohammedan Sporting who will have to go back to the drawing board...
The Reds missed the services of Cornell Glen and Taisuke Matsugae due to injury while Mohammedan Sporting started with the dangerous duo of Tolgay Ozbey and Josimar up front, ably supported by Penn Orji while Luciano Sabrosa had recovered from injury to helm the defense.
The game started at a frenetic pace with Josimar involved in the thick of action. His lofted effort missed the far corner in the third minute after getting the better of Jibon Singh.
A few minutes later, Subash Singh tested Ashok Singh in goal but the latter pulled off a top save after Seikhohao Tuboi did the dirty work in the build-up.
The home side continued to pile pressure of Mohammedan rearguard as they won a few cornerkicks but nothing substantial came off it. Uilliams had an effort which went wide after having done well to go past three defenders midway through the first half.
The home side took the lead in the 30th minute when a handball inside the box didn't leave referee much option but to point to the spot and Ulliams made no mistake sending the keeper the wrong way to open the scoring.
Mohammedan Sporting, clearly shaken after conceding the goal, found their equalizer five minutes before the stroke of half-time as Josimar steered the ball home in a quick counterattack with Tolgay Ozbey being the provider.
The Kolkata outfit could have taken the lead when goalkeeper Vinay Singh rushed out to punch a corner-kick and missed it completely only for Tolgay to head it wide from point blank range.
Three minutes before the half hour mark, Lajong could have retaken the lead as Subash Singh could only strike the side netting after being clean through with only the goal keeper to beat.
It took a brilliant Uilliams goal in the 75th minute to settle the tie as a throw-in found the Brazilian down the right flank who had the time to place it brilliantly into the far corner with his left foot giving the goalkeeper no chance even at full stretch.
Instead of Mohammedan Sporting trying to look for the equaliser again, it was Lajong who were dominant and could have extended the lead further as both Boithang Haokip and Subash Singh went close with both failing to hit the target after going in one-on-one positions with the goalkeeper.
Subash Singh did manage to beat the Mohammedan Sporting custodian only to see it cleared off the line by Sabrosa in the 84th minute.
The two goals from the fantastic Uilliams seemed to be enough to give Shillong Lajong their first home win of the season while Mohammedan Sporting will have to find their form yet again.
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Have you ever wanted to hear a Kingdom Hearts fan awkwardly attempt to explain the convoluted story of Kingdom Hearts? If so, you're in luck. If not…I am so sorry. Since the crew got all scrambled because of The Hobbit, we weren't able to record on our regular night. So with Jordan sick and Aaron and Alessio off being Italian somewhere…the burden of time wasting fell to me. Now you have a whole hours worth of Kingdom Hearts plot to listen to before Kingdom Hearts III comes out.
Who am I kidding? Kingdom Hearts III is never coming out.
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A bonefish cloverleaf. That's what it was. Bones buzzed us from all directions at a busy crossroads in a boundless forest of waist-high mangroves in the Marls of southern Abaco. This creek intersection looked just like countless others we passed on the way in, but obviously, this was a major boulevard.
"Looks like rush hour on I-95, brother!" quipped Matt Bagley, as he came tight on a fish. "Hey, no talk about civilization 'til we have to go back to it. That's my rule!" I shot back.
But his comparison was dead-on. Narrow, winding one-lane creeks and even tighter cuts served as on-ramps and off-ramps to the main highway where we were parked in a staked-out skiff. And the bonefish were as aggressive as big-city freeway drivers. They streamed out of the mangroves, merged without yielding, hugged the tight corners, and made hairpin turns back into the foliage. Once there, they tailed and splashed noisily among the prop roots, where casts were simply out of the question. Wrong-way fish approached those going with the flow, games of chicken ensued, and the whole lot would spook briefly before continuing their commute to God knows where. The lower the water got, the more manic the fish became, but they gladly ate on the run. If your fly got wet, it got 'et. I could have enjoyed the show without a rod, though I wasn't about to put mine down.
Ismael Williams, a senior guide out of Nettie Symonette's Different of Abaco, chuckled and took the bedlam in stride, explaining that in the southern Marls, the falling tide forces thousands of bonefish from the dense interior out into small bays and creeks such as we were fishing. They have to come out sometime, especially during extreme spring tides, but it looked like the whole gang was already here. But Ish promised the numbers would increase.
"Hey, these numbers ain't bad now, Ish!" I laughed. Ish the Fish, as he is known, winked and said, "Just wait."
And sure enough, a half-hour later Matt and I were casting from opposite ends of the skiff, see-sawing our back casts to avoid midair crashes, hooking doubles throughout the tide. The fish were small, mostly 2-pound schoolies, but they were spunky. Upon feeling the steel, it was roostertails and smoke trails. Great fun on our 5- and 6-weights. A few schools contained one or two individuals a bit bigger than the rest, and especially adept at finding nooks in the mangroves that made mincemeat of a light tippet. The challenge was to get your fly to those bigger fish, then keep 'em out of the woods, which added a "snooky" dimension to the game. After a decent fish disappeared around a bend with my fly line and cut me off, I beefed up to 12-pound fluorocarbon, a move that saved me a few fish, allowed me to leave some flies with Ish, and return home with a few in my box.
Ishmael finally grabbed a rod at our urging and enjoyed a half-hour busman's holiday, landing a few fish before poling us out to some bigger bays where occasional 3- to 4-pounders milled along either in pairs or alone. We landed a couple on crab flies, and were intent on finding more, but it dawned on us that we needed to idle out under power to avoid spending the night. Daylight was dwindling once we emerged from the labyrinth, so fishing the Marls' outer cays was out of the question this time, though we had honestly intended to reserve some time to do just that. Most regulars who fish out of the Different report that the biggest bonefish come from those hard-bottomed, more oceanic flats.
But the numbers game was a hoot, and can definitely be played throughout much of the year in the southern Marls. After having fished various Bahamas bonefish destinations, I suspect there may not be a better place in the entire Bahamas for novice fly casters to hone their skills, or rack up eye-popping numbers. We were fishing an idyllic May day, but dependable bonefishing can be had here year-round, though the strongest cold fronts from December through March can usher in temporary windy, overcast conditions that can make the seeing and casting part a bit tougher.
A quick glance at a chart of Great Abaco Island reveals that the Marls line most of the western shore in the Bight of Abaco. Though there are a handful of lodges in Marsh Harbour and in Treasure Cay that have in-house guides, or that can arrange for independent guides to get you into the northern or central Marls, the Different has by far the best access to the southern Marls, where the greatest concentration of fish exists. To gain access to the Marls, proprietor Nettie Symonette had a canal dug from the end of a dirt road off the main highway in 1993. Now lodge guests can be casting at bonefish after a short car trip and 10-minute boat run from the launch, where the guides keep their skiffs ready to go.
Fishing here is an interesting diversion from the typical wide-open Bahamas flats you may be used to, and it's a perfect place to unrack a 5- or 6-weight fly rod, or even smaller, if that floats your boat. Even at lower ends of the tide, you can hook fish with their backs out and bellies rubbing bottom. Small unweighted flies such as No. 6 bead-chain Gotchas, Charlies, yarn crabs and snapping shrimp are gobbled up, but in deeper water, or at high tide, you might cast a fly with the smallest lead, brass or tungsten dumbbell eyes to get down to cruisers a little quicker. Spinfishers should bring a light, 7-foot rod and a reel spooled with 6- or even 4-pound-test line. Be sure to tie in a 3- or 4-foot double line with a Bimini twist, and perhaps a foot of 12- or 15-pound-test between that and the lure; otherwise, you'll leave lots of jigs in the woods. Cast tan, white, pink or brown 1⁄8- and 1⁄5-ounce skimmer-style jigs, though round-headed jigs work, too, because so much of the interior Marls bottom is bare, with occasional turtlegrass patches.
When you get your fill of smaller, easy-to-fool fish, you'll find bones of a different breed on the Atlantic side of south Abaco. Cherokee Sound is a 5-minute boat ride from the Different's doorstep at Casaurina Point, and the bones are definitely not pushovers. They are bigger on average, and warier as you would expect. They're fished regularly by a handful of guides from nearby Cherokee, as well as those from Nettie's place, so you'd better bring your A game. We had a number of shots at singles in the 5- to 8-pound range as well as a couple of schools of 10 to 20 fish during a short afternoon outing on Cherokee, and th
ough enough fish inspected our flies, I only managed to fool one fish. Our guide, Joseph Bodie, said it was not surprising, largely due to the tide. No matter that we did our part—the fast-falling water had the fish on edge. We also cast to a few honest-to-goodness 8- to 10-pounders in smaller bays we accessed via winding creeks off the main Sound, but lemon sharks were milling about, and the water was about gone. Those fish were more interested in getting out of Dodge than eating our flies. Matt did get one pair of big fish to turn and light up on his fly, but a lemon shark popped into view and put them off. I would have given up a basket of Nettie's conch fritters to see Matt battle one of those bad boys in that tight little bay. I've waded Cherokee Sound in the past and found the fish approachable and easy to feed, so ask your guide to let you wade when the fish are spooky and slow to eat.
During your stay, mix things up by fishing both sides of the island, and take advantage of the fact that you have a lee shore no matter which way the wind is blowing. For anglers wanting a changeup from bonefishing, Nettie Symonette reports that by March she expects to have an open fisherman up and running that can accommodate four anglers for reef-fishing trips, something to consider for anglers interested in bringing along the entire family.


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Much of that heroin comes from Mexico and ends up on a black market along the Eisenhower Expressway -- dubbed the "heroine highway."
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Climate-Responsive Social Protection
In the years ahead, development efforts aiming at reducing vulnerability will increasingly have to factor in climate change, and social protection is no exception. This paper sets out the case for climate?responsive social protection and proposes a framework with principles, design features, and functions that would help Social Protection (SP) systems evolve in a climate?responsive direction. The principles comprise climate?aware planning; livelihood?based approaches that consider the full range of assets and institutions available to households and communities; and aiming for resilient communities by planning for the long term. Four design features that can help achieve this are: scalable and flexible programs that can increase coverage in response to climate disasters; climate?responsive targeting systems; investments in livelihoods that build community and household resilience; and promotion of better climate risk management.
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3Ask your parents' coworkers if they have any children you can babysit. This is usually a super easy way to gain clients; then, word of mouth will do the rest.
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Gnome 2.8 Observations and Problems
I upgrade with apt-get upgrade last nite and notice the upgrade to Gnome 2.8
however i notice two flaws in the Gnome Panels.....every-time i combine the status lines both top and bottom into one line and place at the bottom....on reboot it revert back to original.....any ideas?
also i notice another difference....in the previous versions of GNOME a little printer icon appears next to the date when printing....now nothing but there is a choice called Print Notification Icon in the Debian Menu>Apps>System menu that appears to do nothing...:(
any ideas where to start looking for cure????
Have you tried the #gnome on the IRC (Freenode)?
now only the print icon remains to fix...
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KC designates Ramirez for assigment
KC designates Ramirez for assigment
"Unfortunately, he was the odd man out," said Kansas City manager Trey Hillman of Ramirez.
The 29-year-old Ramirez, who has pitched primarily out of the bullpen this year, was effective in his last five outings, tossing five scoreless innings. But Hillman suggested that Ramirez's velocity has been down lately.
"There were two or three outings out of the bullpen where his breaking ball looked sharper," said Hillman. "His velocity was up 90-91 mph. Most recently, though ... we've seen him at 85-87 mph. Velocity's not everything, but it certainly can help."
Hillman also noted that with left-handers John Bale and Ron Mahay in the bullpen, there was simply no room for Ramirez.
One possible option could have been to send right-hander Roman Colon to the Minors, but the Royals decided against it.
"We like what we've seen from [Colon]," said Hillman. "We like his stuff -- it's power stuff, and he can strike people out."
Ramirez will have to clear waivers in order for the Royals to send him to the Minors. If he clears waivers, Ramirez can choose to accept the Minor League assignment or become a free agent. Hillman is hopeful that Ramirez will decide against the latter.
"It's one of those situations where for me, personally, I don't want to lose him," Hillman said. "So I'm hopeful he'll consider staying with us and going down and starting in Omaha. But that's a decision he has to make."
Ramirez was signed during the most recent Winter Meetings to a one-year, $1.8-million contract with the hope he could become the lone left-hander in the Royals' rotation. However, he made just one start on April 11 and lost to the Yankees. When the Royals next needed a fifth starter, they recalled Brian Bannister from Omaha and kept Ramirez in the bullpen.
In 19 games this year, Ramirez was 0-2 with a 5.96 ERA.
David Singh is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ermanno Scervino opens its frst boutique in Spain to present women and men's collections. The 140 square metres boutique is located in Madrid, Calle Serrano 82.
The new opening plan will continue in Europe with Paris, where the company has already start working on the new fagship store located in Rue du Fabourg Saint-Honorè: two foors for 200 square metres at number 18 of the prestigious shopping street.The opening is scheduled for December 2010.
In Florence has been recently inaugurated a new corner inside the 'Four Seasons Hotel'. The new corner, focused on accessories, reinforces the brand's presence in the city together with the boutique in Piazza Antinori.
The retail growth strategy continues in Asia, with two openings in 2010: a new corner in the department store Matsusaka in Japan and one in Shinsegae Main in Seoul, Korea.
Every boutique is modelled on the concept of the 'metropolitan loft', enriched with unique and high impact furnitures. An essential design that highlights the collections, thanks to the white walls, glass and mirrors.
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tipped you in the past about Irrational Games' ongoing series of podcasts, dubbed "Irrational Interviews," we may not have been emphatic enough about becoming an ongoing listener. To date, not a single episode has been less than interesting, and this week's episode with the BioWare doctors goes far beyond that all-too-general adjective.
The trio cover everything from their disparate, non-game industry backgrounds, to the myriad difficulties involved in growing a studio, to the requisite "where is the industry going" conversation (unfortunately, even these folks don't know for sure). And clocking in at around half an hour, you can easily fit it in while your significant other watches another episode of the Jersey Shore.
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Posted by Fabio 17 November 2011
Artist and photographer Alicja Dobrucka was born in 1985 in Poland. She was recently a recipient of the Sortiri Prize 2011, Korce, Albania. In 2010 she received the highly competitive Deutsche Bank Fine Art Award and Grant in Photography. She is currently showing as a part of the New Contemporaries 2011 at the ICA in London.


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Chris on Rosie
Before the date, what were you hoping for?
Dinner, good chat and maybe 11 digits.
First impressions?
Polite but a little awkward – I'm sure I was, too.
What did you talk about?
New Order, the ideal job, Korean food, breaking one's foot.
Any awkward moments?
No more so than any first date.
Good table manners?
As good as my own.
Best thing about her?
She's sweet. And I loved the colour of her hair.
Would you introduce her to your friends?
Of course.
Could she meet the parents?
It would feel a little odd introducing any first date to my dad.
Did you go on somewhere?
No – poor Rosie had to hobble home with her injured foot and I had to head home for work.
And... did you kiss?
On the cheek, I think.
If you could change one thing about the evening what would it be?
I wasn't a huge fan of the food.
Marks out of 10? 8.
Would you meet again?
I got Rosie's number and said I'd invite her to an event I and my friends had organised. But as friends.
Rosie on Chris
Before the date, what were you hoping for?
A light-hearted date with an interesting guy at a nice restaurant.
First impressions?
I really liked his "look".
What did you talk about?
His job as a doctor, my broken foot, good places to go in Camden and Shoreditch, bad dates.
Any awkward moments?
We weren't sure if we had to ask for the bill or if we should just stand up and make an exit. It turned out fine, though.
Good table manners?
I couldn't fault them.
Best thing about him? Very easygoing, and easy to talk to.
Would you introduce him to your friends?
Yes, they would like him.
Could he meet the parents?
Did you go on somewhere?
No, it was too cold to be out on the town.
And... did you kiss? No.
If you could change one thing about the evening what would it be?
It would have been a summer's night.
Marks out of 10? 7.
Would you meet again?
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A RECENT surge in car sales is being driven by "mum and dad" car buyers despite the former Rudd Government's flawed changes to the Fringe Benefits Tax which hurt sales from business and government, according to Holden.
Although Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey last week formally axed the proposed overhaul to FBT - which would have quadrupled the tax on personal use of company cars - the market is slow to recover.
"We've seen a slowdown since the election, and a lot of that was due to the uncertainty around the FBT changes," said Philip Brook, executive director of sales and marketing at Holden.
"Around elections you always get a slowdown but the question mark over FBT made the impact bigger.
"Last month's sales growth for Commodore has mostly come from mum and dad buyers. Business and government sales were down."
Holden said 40 per cent of new Commodore sales over the past three months went to private buyers, twice as many as the same period last year.
The Holden Commodore posted its best monthly sales result in two years in October, although still only one-third of its all-time high.
Mr Brook welcomed the Federal Treasurer's formal announcement but he said car buyers were still nervous.
"(Mr Hockey's) comments scrapping the FBT changes were helpful but there's still confusion out there," said Mr Brook. "We just need to keep trying to push the message.
"While we've seen a bit of a pick-up in demand since the election, market activity is not at the same level it was prior to the (Rudd Government's) FBT announcement in July."
Earlier this week Toyota said the Rudd Government's flawed FBT policy "wiped" 10,000 new-car sales in three months. It was the first time a car-maker had put an estimate on the sales slump.
"It's definitely cost us," said Toyota Australia executive director of sales and marketing, Tony Cramb.
"The fleets aren't back yet. Until the (Abbott) Government formally announced the changes weren't going ahead, a lot of companies were sceptical, sitting on their hands, and extending leases."
Mr Cramb said new car sales to business and government were also affected.
"This year, sales to business are likely to be static or even fall, even though they were running four per cent ahead of last year at the end of June. It's not hard to see where the turnaround occurred," said Mr Cramb, referring to the July FBT announcement.
Industry figures show that more than 80 per cent of car buyers who take advantage of the FBT rules that the Rudd Government tried to overhaul are public sectors workers such as teachers, nurses and police.
Mr Cramb said the "uncertainty caused by the proposed FBT changes" sent business sales down 10 per cent in August, September and October.
Showing the extent of the damage new figures reveal that private buyers have been the driving force in new car sales, with deliveries to individuals up by 7 per cent.
"Through all the uncertainty, it's been the private buyer who has really driven the market this year," said Mr Cramb.
Australia is on track for a new car sales record for the second year in a row - but it would have been by a greater margin had the Rudd Government not proposed flawed changes to the Fringe Benefits Tax policy, says Toyota.
Last year Australians bought 1,112,032 new cars but Toyota believes the record will come in at close to 1,140,000, the second time it will have passed the 1.1 million mark and the sixth time it will have eclipsed the million mark in seven years.
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Depomed Announces FDA Approval of Merck's JANUMET XR That Accesses Depomed Patents Licensed to Merck
Depomed, Inc. (Nasdaq: DEPO) today announced that Merck disclosed on February 2, 2012 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved JANUMET® XR (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release) tablets, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes that combines sitagliptin, which is the active component of JANUVIA® (sitagliptin), with extended-release metformin. JANUMET® XR provides a convenient once-daily treatment option for healthcare providers and patients who need help to control their blood sugar.
Depomed has provided Merck a license to certain of Depomed's patents directed to metformin extended release technology for JANUMET® XR pursuant to the terms of the license agreement signed with Merck in 2009. Depomed received $10 million upon signing the license agreement and $2.5 million upon Merck's filing of the JANUMET® XR New Drug Application with the FDA. Depomed will receive modest, single-digit royalties on net product sales of JANUMET® XR through the expiration date of the licensed patents.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks and the euro started the year with a sharp rally on Tuesday, boosted by better-than-expected U.S. and European data and hopes the Fed could ease monetary policy further, even as crude surged on tensions between the United States and Iran.
A number of U. S. Federal Reserve officials believed economic conditions could "well" warrant a further easing of monetary policy, according to December 13 meeting minutes released on Tuesday.
This month the Fed will begin issuing policymaker forecasts for its benchmark interest rate and when officials expect the first rate rise to occur.
The euro hit a session high as the minutes were released, advancing to $1.3076 before paring gains to 0.93 percent, or $1.3048, above its 2011 trough of $1.2858 hit last week on trading platform EBS.
The Fed minutes came after data were released showing growth in U.S. manufacturing accelerated in December to its fastest pace since June, while a sharp drop in German joblessness to the lowest in two decades whetted global risk appetite.
"The euro's gains are a combination of both earlier momentum stemming from economic data and the headlines from the (Fed) minutes," said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington.
"The dollar was already on the defensive today, but the minutes in my opinion do suggest that the Fed is still open to easing monetary policy, which is negative for the dollar."
Asian markets rose after data showed that China's big manufacturers narrowly avoided a contraction in December, though downward risks persist.
European stocks closed at their highest in five months on Tuesday. The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares ended the day up 1.59 percent.
Data showed German unemployment fell more than expected in December, with the jobless rate falling to the lowest since the unification of Germany.
U.S. stock indexes rallied sharply, hitting multi-month highs. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed as much as 2.15 percent, hitting its highest since July, before paring gains to close up 1.47 percent. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC added 1.67 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 1.55 percent after having notched its highest intraday level since late October.
Another report showed U.S. construction spending surged to a near 1-1/2-year high in November.
The data added to growing hopes that a recovery in the U.S. economy, the world's largest, could be gaining steam.
U.S. Treasuries prices fell in thin trading as investors cashed in year-end gains. The safe-haven appeal of U.S. government debt diminished after the December factory report.
"The beginning of the year tends to start out positive as people want to put money to work, but the overseas data can't be overstated in its importance, especially since the U.S. data has been so strong as well," said Sal Catrini, a managing director for equities at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co in New York.
Global stocks as measured by the MSCI world equity index .MIWD00000PUS rose 1.8 percent and hit a near one-month high.
The Reuters-Jefferies commodities index .CRB jumped 2.64 percent, its best single-day performance since late September.
Brent February crude rose $4.75, or 4.42 percent, to settle at $112.13 a barrel, the highest settlement since the November 15 close at $112.39.
Military exercises in the Gulf by Iran and the movement of U.S. naval vessels in the area have raised fears of a confrontation between Tehran and Washington that could cut off oil exports from the region.
Iran has said it could shut the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf, through which 40 percent of world oil is shipped, if sanctions were to be imposed on its crude exports.
In addition, U.S. commercial crude oil stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week as refiners drew down inventories and limited imports to lower their year-end tax requirements, according to a Reuters poll ahead of weekly supply data.
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are going to save the family - at least, according to sources of the US edition of US Weekly. The couple has suspended its divorce and has been doing nothing for several months to have their marriage terminated.
Angelina Jolie Speks On Criticism To Auditions Of Her New Film
Angelina Jolie has given her response to critics telling that auditions for First They Killed My Fatehr, her new film, exploited underprivileged kids who hoped to get the leading role.


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Steve at NASIG 2012
Last Thursday, Chris, Derrik and I hopped in the library van and drove to Nashville for the NASIG Conference, returning on Sunday. It was a busy and informative conference, full of lots of information on serials and subscriptions. I will cover a few of the interesting sessions I attended in this post. One such session... more ›


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Cuomo acknowledges risk in 'thank you' to gun-bill supporters
With some Republicans under fire, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sent a thank you letter Monday to state legislators who backed his gun-control bill – acknowledging some could pay a political price.
"I understand the vote could cost political capital, the important ones always do …," Cuomo wrote. "But I consider the cost an investment in the safety of our state and in our individual and collective legacy of public service."
The letter went to 147 lawmakers, a Cuomo official said. Two weeks ago, the Democrat-dominated Assembly approved the gun bill, 104-43. The politically split Senate passed it, 43-18. Some Republicans have grumbled that the gun bill shouldn't have been allowed to come to the floor for a vote, or, at minimum, split into separate bills. Instead, lawmakers had to vote up or down on a comprehensive bill that not only tightened the state's assault-weapons ban and lowered gun magazine capacity but also increased penalties for illegal guns and added more background checks for buyers.
Members of the state Conservative Party, which is holding its annual dinner Monday in Albany, also have criticized Republican senators. Conservatives have been important backers of Republicans at the ballot at times.
The GOP is in a tough position on such issues because it no longer has a majority in the chamber. Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and 29 other Republicans have joined with six Democrats to form a "majority coalition" to control the flow of legislation. But Skelos now has to agree with Senate co-leader Jeff Klein (D-Bronx) about advancing bills. Republicans say they negotiated to include many anti-crime measures in the gun bill that Cuomo didn't originally propose.
The state has set up a website to provide information about the new gun law.


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From: "Ralph and/or Joyce Franke" <>
Subject: My TOMBLIN family
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:49:50 -0700
My TOMBLIN family is Abdal TOMBLIN b abt 1680 MA, m 1700 to William WAITE
Dedham MA. Was her father John TOMLINE b abt 1640? m 1660 to Sarah BARNES
in Boston MA?
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Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will release "Book Of Shadows II" on April 8 via Entertainment One Music (eOne Music). Zakk's first solo release in 20 years is the highly anticipated follow-up to 1996's "Book Of Shadows", a classic album Wylde released between his work with Ozzy Osbourne that has since become a fan favorite. "Book Of Shadows II" was recently named as one of the "Most Anticipated Metal Releases of 2016" via RollingStone.com.Wylde has been feverishly working on new material since he wrapped up BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "Unblackened" spring tour last year. All songs on "Book Of Shadows II" were recorded and produced at Wylde's home studio, The Black Vatican, where several of Wylde's recent releases were made. The new effort will be followed by a wave of tour dates, to be announced soon. Speaking to the Phoenix New Times, Zakk said: "For the 'Book Of Shadows II' record, we ended up having about 40 basic tracks we put down. It's an immersive-type style for BLACK LABEL. You know, acoustic, piano, but electric guitar in there as well." Released in 1996, and reissued by Spitfire in 1999 with the bonus disc containing "Evil Ways" (the Japanese bonus track from the album's original release), "The Color Green" and "Peddlers of Death" (an acoustic version of a track that appeared on BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "Sonic Brew"), "Book Of Shadows" showed a different side of Zakk's songwriting output, with Wikipedia describing it as "an introspective and mostly acoustic [effort] recalling many of the lighter moments from his previous project, PRIDE & GLORY, as well as classic folk rock artists such as Neil Young." In an interview with Rough Edge, Zakk stated about the creation of the original "Book Of Shadows" album: "The thing is that I had all these tunes from [OZZY OSBOURNE's] 'Ozmosis' record, you know. Aside from writing all the fuckin' heavy shit because at the time we were doing 'My Jekyll Doesn't Hide' and the 'Perry Mason' stuff. And then 'Thunder Underground', just like fuckin' pure riff fuckin' music. So, aside from doing that, I always had acoustic around because it's just great for your chops. You know, you sit down and jam on an acoustic when you pick up an fuckin' electric guitar it's like fuckin' lightning." He continued: "So I'd be jammin' on an acoustic all the time and I'd have all these ... I'd just be dickin' around writing songs all the time. So whether I'm writing riffs all the time or I'm writing regular flat-out songs, I just had all these tunes and I was like, man, it's like fuckin' beer-drinking music at the end of the night, you know? I had all these tunes lying around and that's when Geffen… they asked me to do another album. I tried to get out of it, because I owed them, like, three records when I signed with them, so we did the PRIDE & GLORY thing and then [A&R guru John] Kalodner left and went to Sony and it was just like fuckin'… I didn't know what the fuck was going on. Let's put it this way: They wanted me there about as much the Pope wanted to have lunch with fuckin' Anton LaVey, man. Which was basically not gonna ever fuckin' happen. The whole thing was, like, 'We gotta get outta here, man.' So we did the 'Book Of Shadows' thing." Zakk added: "I tried to get off the label but it was more cost effective for them to have me go in an do another fuckin' record, so we ended up doing the record and after that, Ozzy called and said, 'Dude, you wanna do this 'Ozmosis' record?' so I was jammin' with... Actually, I got it backwards here. Fuckin' 'Book Of Shadows' was after the 'Ozmosis' record. In between jammin', we'd go back to trackin' the stuff and I'd go back to this bar that was right next to the hotel and I'd be in there until, like, six in the morning drinking with everybody. They'd be, like, 'Dude, go get your fiddle and play us a fuckin' tune.' So I'd be jammin' for 'em — I'd be playing all this new shit for 'em. You know, that's pretty much how that record came about." Zakk Wylde is no stranger to showing the lighter, introspective side of his music, having previously released two BLACK LABEL SOCIETY albums of stripped down material. "The Song Remains Not The Same" came out in 2011 and included acoustic versions of songs originally released on "Order Of The Black" and 2013's "Unblackened", a live acoustic album that was recorded live at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Zakk will also be in full participation in this year's NAMM convention taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California January 21-24. Zakk's newly minted line of guitars known as Wylde Audio will be on full display in Room 210-D and he will be signing from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, January 22. ZAKK SABBATH, a BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring Wylde, bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE) and drummer Joey Castillo (DANZIG, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) will play at The Grove of Anaheim on Saturday, January 23.
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Jennifer Lopez's daughter wears €2000 of Chanel accessories
J.Lo's four-year-old daughter Emme out-blinged her pop star mum when she appeared at Chanel's recent show this week wearing a Chanel bag and brooch.
It looks like Harper Beckham has got a fight on her hands when it comes to maintaining her title as the most designer-laden celebrity spawn (sorry Suri, you're out of the running thanks to your mum's alleged clamp down on designer labels).
Baby Beckham may have an admirable collection of tot togs by the likes of Chloe and Stella McCartney, but Emme Anthony, the four-year-old daughter of Jennifer Lopez has well and truly trumped her with her most recent outfit.
Sitting front row with mum J.Lo at Chanel's spring/summer 2013 show, Emme sported a €1500 butterfly-adorned bag (nattily worn in the style of a necklace) and a €250 brooch by the design house. Her bank-busting choice of accessories didn't seem to phase her though as she fidgeted in boredom throughout the show.
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Court OKs hefty fine possibility in Busan spill
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A federal appeals court allowed prosecutors Monday to seek as much as $40 million in fines against the commercial operator of the container ship that struck the Bay Bridge in November 2007 and spilled 53,000 gallons of oil.
Fleet Management Ltd. offered last month to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of negligently polluting the San Francisco Bay and killing seabirds. But the company balked when prosecutors obtained a new grand jury indictment that accused it of causing $20 million in damage, with a potential fine of as much as twice that amount.
Fleet Management argued that the fine should be no more than $215,000, the maximum allowed in the indictment it faced when it first admitted guilt.
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But U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, noting that the company hadn't admitted anything in court, ruled last week that prosecutors were entitled to file the amended charges with higher fines. On Monday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco refused to consider the company's pretrial appeal or put the case on hold.
Federal prosecutors have not yet said what fine they will seek.
Fleet Management's lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. The company could decide to plead guilty, go to trial on the charges or appeal further. Regardless, it faces a trial Sept. 14 on separate felony charges of obstructing a federal investigation by fabricating navigation records.
Fleet Management operated the Cosco Busan, a 901-foot container ship that hit the second tower of the bridge west of Yerba Buena Island in a thick morning fog Nov. 7, 2007.
Oil pouring from a gash on the ship's port side reached the bay shoreline and ocean beaches in Marin and San Mateo counties and killed more than 2,000 birds. Government agencies have estimated the cost of the damage and cleanup at $70 million.
The ship's pilot, John Cota, has pleaded guilty to the same two misdemeanor charges, negligently polluting the waters and killing birds. His plea agreement calls for a prison sentence of two to 10 months and a fine of between $3,000 and $30,000.