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Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Receives Opinion on Re-examination of Glybera® Marketing Authorisation Application
21 Oct, 2011, 12:53 BST
AMSTERDAM, October 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has maintained its earlier opinion that Glybera (alipogene tiparvovec) is not approvable at this time. The decision was made contrary to the positive recommendation of CHMP Rapporteurs, the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), an expert panel specifically selected to evaluate clinical results and the science of the product, and the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT), which provides guidance on advanced therapeutics such as gene and cell therapy. These expert groups after extensive review and analysis of the data advised the CHMP that Glybera should be approved now under exceptional circumstances. The CHMP Rapporteurs, SAG and the CAT concluded that data from three Glybera clinical trials demonstrated meaningful evidence of clinical efficacy, without any major safety concerns. However, the CHMP is not bound to follow this advice. While AMT carefully reviews the grounds of the CHMP refusal, the Company will focus on strategic advancement of other promising projects in its development pipeline.
"The decision from the CHMP is disappointing particularly because a treatment will now not be available to European patients who suffer from LPLD for whom Glybera is the only therapeutic option. We are encouraged by the validation provided by the CHMP Rapporteurs, Scientific Advisory Group and the Committee for Advanced Therapies regarding our gene therapy platform, indicating that safety is not an issue," said Jörn Aldag, CEO of AMT. "We are evaluating thoroughly and expediently the next steps available to the Company and will provide an update on the future developments of our validated gene therapy pipeline."
On Tuesday October 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM CET, AMT will provide an update on the company and its product pipeline to investors on a conference call. To participate in the conference call, please call one of the following telephone numbers 15 minutes prior to the event, using access code 6749807: +31(0)20-721-9158 for the Netherlands and +44(0)20-3450-9987 for the UK. Following the presentation, the lines will be opened for questions. A replay of the call will be available following the event.
About Glybera®
AMT has developed Glybera as a treatment for patients with the genetic disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency. LPLD is an orphan disease for which no treatment exists today. The disease is caused by mutations in the LPL gene, resulting in highly decreased or absent activity of LPL protein in patients. This protein is needed in order to break down large fat-carrying particles that circulate in the blood after each meal. When such particles, called chylomicrons, accumulate in the blood, they may obstruct small blood vessels. Excess chylomicrons result in recurrent and severe acute inflammation of the pancreas, called pancreatitis, the most debilitating and life-threatening clinical complication of LPLD. Glybera® has orphan drug status in the EU and US.
About Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics
AMT is a world leader in the development of human gene based therapies. In addition to Glybera, AMT has a product pipeline of several gene therapy products in development for hemophilia B, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, acute intermittent porphyria, Parkinson's disease and SanfilippoB. Using adeno-associated viral (AAV) derived vectors as the delivery vehicle of choice for therapeutic genes, the company has been able to design and validate probably the world's first stable and scalable AAV manufacturing platform. This proprietary platform can be applied to a large number of rare (orphan) diseases caused by one faulty gene and allows AMT to pursue its strategy of focusing on this sector of the industry. AMT was founded in 1998 and is based in Amsterdam. Further information can be found at http://www.amtbiopharma.com.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" including those that refer to management's plans and expectations for future operations, prospects and financial condition. Words such as "strategy," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "will," "continues," "estimates," "intends," "projects," "goals," "targets" and other words of similar meaning are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of AMT only. Undue reliance should not be placed on these statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and can be affected by factors that are beyond the control of AMT. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations due to a number of factors and uncertainties affecting AMT's business. AMT expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements herein except as required by law.
SOURCE Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT) B.V


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From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
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Reading state information… Done
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0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 145kB of archives.
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Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main katomic 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1 [145kB]
Fetched 145kB in 2s (55.4kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package katomic.
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Unpacking katomic (from …/katomic_4%3a3.5.8-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) …
Setting up katomic (4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1) …
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Multiphysics Analysis of a Burning CandleLuke T. Gritter, Sergei Yushanov, Jeffrey S. Crompton, and Kyle C. Koppenhoefer
AltaSim Technologies, Columbus, Ohio
Using COMSOL Multiphysics, AltaSim Technologies were able to predict the temperature distribution and flow pattern of a burning flame during steady state candle burning.
In a burning candle, local temperatures in the flame exceed 1400 °C. The heat transfer would include radiation, conduction, and convection components while the low melting point of the candle wax would cause a local phase change to occur close to the wick, allowing mass transport via capillary flow prior to combustion in the flame.
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Congress and the White House are sacrificing investor protection for politics and are in danger of repeating a legislative mistake that has allowed promoters of fraudulent securities offerings to steal millions of dollars from investors since 1996.
Immediately after the Senate passed an amended version of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the White House issued a statement hailing the legislation and said it will be "vigilant … to ensure the overall bill achieves its goal of helping entrepreneurs while maintaining protections for investors."
But the JOBS Act that passed the Senate is by and large the same bill that passed the House early this month and has been steadily lambasted by consumer and investor advocate, academics and the media for its rollback of critical investor protections.
Make no mistake. The JOBS Act remains the fundamentally flawed product of a rush to legislate.
This legislation will needlessly exposeMain Streetinvestors to greater risk of fraud by creating new jobs for promoters of Internet investment scams. Unfortunately, many investors may be harmed before this mistake is corrected.
I believe election-year politics have blinded Congress and the White House to the unintended consequences of their actions, which however well intentioned could open the floodgates to investment fraud.
The Senate failed to correct the oversight gap in the House-passed legislation by needlessly preempting states from reviewing crowdfunding offerings before they are sold to investors. Crowdfunding is an Internet-based fundraising technique promoted by the White House as a new tool for raising money for small and startup businesses.
Preempting state authority is a very serious step and not something that should be undertaken lightly or without careful deliberation, including a thorough examination of all available alternatives. In its quest for deregulation, the Senate rushed to judgment.
In 2004, the Bush Administration preempted numerous state consumer financial protection laws in order to facilitate greater 'financial innovation,' especially in mortgage lending. Most of us remember how that experiment ended, but it seems that Congress has already forgotten.
Congress made a similar mistake in 1996 with the passage of the National Securities Markets Improvement Act (NSMIA), which preempted state authority to review private offerings made under Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D Rule 506 and created a regulatory "black-hole" by entrusting the SEC to police these offerings.
Since NSMIA, the provisions of Rule 506 and other limited or private offering provisions have been and continue to be used by unscrupulous promoters to evade review and fly under the regulatory radar with little scrutiny by the SEC.
In a 2009 report, the SEC's Office of the Inspector General concluded the agency does not give these offerings a substantive review and "does not generally take action" when it learns that issuers have failed to comply with the requirements of the Regulation D exemptions.
State enforcement records show that these offerings are the most frequent source of enforcement cases handled by state securities regulators. In the past three years, state securities regulators have reported 580 enforcement actions involving Regulation D Rule 506 offerings, according to NASAA's 2011 enforcement survey.
Lacking adequate funding, the SEC has neither the resources nor the time to effectively police these relatively small, localized securities offerings before they are sold to the public. As a result, crowdfunding offers are likely to receive little regulatory scrutiny until after a fraudulent sale has been committed. This is an investor-protection disaster waiting to happen.
Under current law, states can only take action after a fraudulent sale is made. That's like being the ambulance at the bottom of a cliff, rather than the fence at the top, and is little comfort to an investor whose money has been stolen.
State securities regulators do not object to the concept of crowdfunding. In fact, since last year NASAA has been working on a model rule that would permit crowdfunding while preserving a state's ability to prevent scam artists from exploiting Main Street investors.
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Expanded access to capital markets for startups and small businesses can be beneficial if done reasonably and only if investors are confident that they are protected, that transparency in the marketplace is preserved and that investment opportunities are legitimate.
States are the only regulators in a position to effectively police the small emerging crowdfunding market and protect its participants. Unfortunately for investors and small businesses alike, Congress has provided another example of the old adage, "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it."


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But first … Usually after people get a website and start looking at marketing on the internet they learn about SEO ( Search Engine Optimisation ) and that it's about actions to get their website on page one of search results where they can be found easily. Then … They hear from other people that Google says it's…Read more


text: To help it survive — and thrive — in Britain's shrinking textile industry, Hainsworth, a 225-year-old, family-run wool mill in West Yorkshire, England, has developed niche uses for wool. Its product range includes the uniforms worn by the Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace, the felt lining inside Steinway pianos and the interior headlining used in Rolls-Royce and Bentley automobiles. But it is one of Hainsworth's most recent, and most unique, new products that's making the company's competitors look sheepish: woolen coffins.


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Written by Duana
So the panicky panicky news yesterday was that negotiations surrounding Mad Men are at such a standstill that the show may not come on until 2012.
As people everywhere bemoaned their summer Sunday nights, when Don, Joan, and Peggy provided a little buffer against the ominous approach of Monday morning, the fatalists start their cries. "This means no more Mad Men EVER!" "It's going to go away and be forgotten!"
Is this likely? Absolutely not. Is it possible…?
Anything's possible.
Right now the holdup is between Matthew Weiner and AMC. They need him to do the show. He is the show. Is it likely that he's getting hungry for way more money? Sure – but it's also likely that he virtually single-handedly made the network a destination. I know The Walking Dead had great ratings, but the buzz was still pretty niche. Mad Men is the one that spawned copycat shows, a cultural movement, and, if I read correctly, is being credited/blamed with a rise in breast implants. Mad Men is the crown jewel.
So if everyone wants it so badly, why can't they just pay Weiner and get going?
Without getting too boring, deals are done in such a way that they cover every eventuality for both parties. Weiner wants a clause that says (I speculate) that his money increases every year that the show is on, that he gets complete and total control (no 'notes') and that he can have X amount of time off to go to his niece's wedding. Or whatever.
This is fine for the network if they were just talking about this year – but networks are trying to cover themselves. They want to assure Weiner isn't going anywhere if the show stays successful, at which point the exorbitant fees they pay him seem worth it - but at the same time, they don't want to pay him too much if the ratings start to suck this year or next. Or whenever.
But don't worry – everyone wants what you want. The sooner Mad Men gets on the air, the better. It means the network doesn't have to keep the actors on retainer (loosely speaking, pay them to stay free and not take other gigs) for when the show comes back, it means the momentum of last season has a prayer of sustaining itself, and it means it doesn't have to compete with the next new thing.
Because that's the real worry. Nobody knows what all the networks are going to do with their fall or winter schedules. But there will surely be some open Sunday night slots. And what if there's another juggernaut there? A Good Wife or Big Love? (OK, maybe you're not going to miss Big Love, but I will). AMC had summer Sundays – a time not known for their juggernaut ratings – all sewn up. It will be harder to win back their core devoted audience if something comes along to fill the void. I referenced Big Love because the two-year gaps caused real audience alienation, and also because, in one case, they had to replace a young actress. Not because she wasn't good – but because in the intervening months while the show had been off air, the 'child' actress had grown up.
Which brings to the fore a bigger, badder question. Can Mad Men function without the small but essential presence that is Sally Draper? Kiernan Shipka stretched out this year, but adolescence isn't far away at all, and though the show can and will go on without acknowledging the teen trials of Sally, it might be one more reason for everyone to keep their eyes on the prize and keep the talks going.
I also heard someone say 'the show is so much more than the showrunner. Why can't they work around this guy?" At which point my claws came out and I roared.
Yes, he will be paid a lot of money. Yes, he may talk pompously about the 'world' he 'created'. But a showrunner is more than just a boss – they have a vision they will protect and maintain. That's what you're paying them for – so that your show doesn't get old and tired.
And if you need reassurance that you can't just switch over and expect it to work, remember that wonderful seventh season of Gilmore Girls when the Sherman-Palladinos were shut out of the show they created. You don't remember that? My point.
Don't be fickle. Watch Mad Men - on broadcast – whenever it comes back on. Point out that you love it by showing up to watch it.
If you don't, there are a whole bunch of Friday Night Lights alumni waiting to tell you what can happen.
Attached – Elisabeth Moss leaving The Box Club in London last week.
Photos from AFN/Splashnewsonline.com
Whither Mad Men?
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Young scratched after freak batting cage injury
DENVER -- Eric Young Jr. was scheduled to make his first start of the series but was scratched from the lineup after suffering a freak injury in the indoor batting cage.
Lucas Duda was hitting during a soft-toss drill and lined a ball off the protective screen that ricocheted and struck Young below the right eye. A CT scan on his right cheekbone was negative. He is listed day-to-day with a right cheekbone contusion.
Young, who said he passed a concussion test, had slight swelling under his right eye. Manager Terry Collins said he was going to play Young had he not been dizzy upon returning to Coors Field.
"Anybody that gets hit with a baseball in the head is going to experience some discomfort," Young said after the Mets beat the Rockies, 5-1. "X-Rays and CT scan came back good. Fortunately, it's just a little headache right now."
Asked whether he thought he would be able to play Monday, Young said, "I don't know what my symptoms will be tomorrow. As of right now, I'm good to go. If need be, they probably could have gotten me in the game later today."
Young was scheduled to start in left field and Chris Young was going to play center field. Instead, Juan Lagares started in center and Young started in left.
Collins had planned to give Lagares the day off. He played three straight games since coming off the disabled list Thursday, and Sunday was a day game after a long night game. Collins was mindful that Lagares had been on the disabled list with a hamstring injury and had done a lot of running at Coors Field where center field is vast.
Lagares ended up going 3-for-5 with a double and scored two runs.


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In recognition of Christmas, a time where I can ease off on buying myself presents for being amazing and let other people do it, here's part one of 25 things it's a crying shame that I don't own yet. Hint hint.
World Champion dress by Pero, from Primitive
Is there actually anything better than a sport-luxe maxi dress, conveniently oversized allowing for maximum Christmas-binge potential without having to resort to the boxing day elasticated waist of shame? No? Thought not.
As Seen in Blitz: Fashioning 80s Style, from Amazon
My first and most enduring fashion-era obsession, I bloody love a bit of 80s clubkid fashion history. I found this first in Paperchase, randomly, but it's a seriously dense, well written and beautifully illustrated book. I'm usually a bit wary of fashion-era compendiums as I find they're ususally thin on actual fashion theory/history and more 'Wikipedia page illustrated by Tumblr'-esque, but this is definitely worth a read, and another, and another.
Banging parka, ASOS
I love a parka! However I'm not sure parkas love me. I'm half German, and instead of the Heidi Klum, Claudia Schiffer flavour of genes, I got the other flavour: short* with a torso about four inches long, and no waist. I'm definitely more rugby player than runway. Anyway, body hang-ups aside [CRYING], this parka actually looks pretty good on. It makes the most of my legs, is ridiculously warm and a bit Rick Owens-esque (never a bad thing), and at £100 is definitely not bad for a winter coat that will actually last.
*(though still average height in 27 countries, according to Wikipedia, just saying)
Nasir Mazhar jumper from Primitive
Ugh. I bloody love a spicy jumper. Great neckline, multi-textured, really pleasing colour combinations, quilting. Obsessed. Also, #anecdote, I've met Nasir and he was literally one of the nicest, babest people ever, which definitely does actually make me feel better about handing over £300 odd quid.
RuPaul! from Bristol based babe African Apparel
I'm a bigger fan of RuPaul than I am of Beyonce, but I'm an even bigger fan of a spicy black and white t-shirt. This has the added benefit of NOT being sold in Topman, UO or any other menswear-by-numbers-slogan-tshirt chain store, which means you're not going to see 10,000 of them across the dancefloor over the festive period, which is a Christmas miracle in itself.


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Yorba Linda passes measure supporting Arizona illegal immigration law [Updated]
The Yorba Linda City Council approved a resolution this week supporting Arizona's illegal-immigration law, making it what is believed to be the first city in California to approve a measure supporting the legislation.
The resolution approved Tuesday on a 3-0 vote also calls on the federal government to secure the national borders, said Mayor John Anderson, who sponsored it.
The council meeting was attended by several dozen people, many of whom spoke on the issue. The Arizona law says police may check the status of people they have stopped for another reason and reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants, according to the Arizona Legislature's website.
[Updated at 2:06 p.m.: A previous version of this post said police were required to check the immigration status of people they stop and suspect are illegal immigrants.]
"It's a statement to ask the federal government to enforce the laws," Anderson said Friday. "This isn't in response to anyone but Arizona and the problem we commonly share."
In Riverside County, the Hemet City Council last month asked its city manager to draft a similar resolution, to be voted on within the month. On the other side of the issue, the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have voted to boycott Arizona and ban official travel to the state to protest the law.
Voting with Anderson were Councilwoman Nancy Rikel and Councilman Mark Schwing. Councilwoman Jan Horton left before the issue came up late Tuesday to attend to a personal emergency.
Councilman Jim Winder walked out of the meeting when the issue came up, saying it was a waste of time and had nothing to do with Yorba Linda city government.
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Well this is new. Really, blogger, I leave you for seven months and you what--you completely change on me! It's like all the time we spent together meant nothing! Like you've spent the past seven months having, dare I say it, a life. Like you don't regret the time we've spent apart, wish we had kept each other better updated on our lives, but are happy to move forward and start fresh, accepting each other for who we are rightthissecond now?
That sounds pretty good to me.
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One could argue that nothing can make me happy--it is a choice I must make. OK. I'll buy that. But humor me for today:
1. Spencer and I got to have dinner with the Ulches last night. It was heavenly and happy and fun. Thanks, Bob and Stacy!
2. Today--in spite of the fact that I do not consider myself a runner--I ran 7 miles. Count them! 1--2--3--4--5--6--7! Isn't that amazing? Me!
3. Taylor dusted the ceiling fan yesterday. (Find joy in the small stuff.)
4. It is a glorious, perfect, beautiful fall day!
5. Tomorrow is a regional broadcast (Stake Conference). So while I get to dress up and go to church, I do not have to sit alone through Sunday School or Relief Society. AND we will be home just after noon. Woot!
6. Did I mention I just ran 7 miles!?
It's a good day.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Things That Make Me Happy
One could argue that nothing can make me happy--it is a choice I must make. OK. I'll buy that. But humor me for today:
2 comments:
- Amy said...
What happened to "I'll stop at 6 miles and just work on speed"? I'm telling you, you'll do a half marathon before you stop calling yourself a non-runner. :)
- October 17, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Tahnee said...
7 MILES!!! Are you kidding me? You are AMAZING!!! Uh... hello- RUNNER!!!!
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TV priest Mike Manning on leave after acknowledging affair
A well-known San Bernardino priest with a large television ministry will take a leave of absence in the wake of the public disclosure of an affair with a school-system administrator in Northern California, church officials confirmed Thursday.
Father Mike Manning, a popular TV minister and technology pioneer who developed sermon applications for smart phones, will step down "to take some time to reflect on what he's gone through and why it happened and to look at that in the context of his priesthood to get himself oriented so he can go forward positively," said John Andrews, director of communications for the Diocese of San Bernardino. "Whenever a situation of sin with a priest happens that's often what is recommended or decided."
The decision to take a leave was reached mutually by Manning and local church leadership, Andrews said. Manning belongs to an order within the church called the Society of the Divine Word, which has ultimate responsibility for his pastoral assignments.
Manning has acknowledged a sexual relationship with Nancy Kotowski, the Monterey County superintendent of schools, which is an elected position. Kotowski is described on Manning's Wordnet Production's website as "Father Mike's own cousin" and the author of a currently sold-out tract called "Dealing with Teenagers." Published reports have clarified that Kotowski is a second cousin.
Manning told church colleagues that he had broken off the affair at least two years before its public disclosure in the San Bernardino Sun and other publications.
The Sun published excerpts of personal correspondence between Manning and Kotowski. Manning, who could not be reached, has not challenged the authenticity of the correspondence.
"We've been such good friends, and there's a deep love we have for each other," he wrote in another excerpt. "The sexuality was secondary. It's very hard when you care for someone, but I love my priesthood more. I admit the fact of my sinfulness. I've done wrong. That's why I've stopped."
Manning's program, "The Word in the World," is seen weekly on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, reaching more than 200,000 households, according to Manning's website. His programs are also broadcast on Catholic TV networks in the U.S. and on the American Forces Network. Manning has been hosting and producing religious programming since 1972.
His books and booklets include "Life Full of Surprises," "Questions and Answers for Today's Catholics," "Why Do Catholics Leave the Church?" and an autobiography, "On Camera and Off."
"He's a one of a kind in our diocese, for sure, in terms of doing media ministry in using television and the Internet to talk about the Catholic faith in a way that inspires people," Andrews said. "His ministry has been very important here and it's reached far beyond our diocese."
Kotowski, 59, has a long career as an educator, education researcher and policy expert and public official. She did not respond to a request for an interview Thursday but spoke briefly for another article, reportedly calling Manning her "soul-mate."
"The reality is that we love the church, we're committed to the church, but I'm hoping a dialogue will open up [about] obligatory celibacy, the whole question of celibacy," she told the Monterey Herald. "Is it right for all people?"
Andrews said that Manning appeared committed to remaining in the ministry.
"He has said he loves being a priest and wants to continue," Andrews said. "He's a very joyful person and that's because I think he loves being a priest."
Priest is relieved of duties; church official resigns
-- Howard Blume
Photo: Father Mike Manning. Credit: TBN.


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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU and UNO closed out the 2014 MLB Urban Invitational with victories at Alex Box Stadium on Sunday, giving Privateer coach Ron Maestri his first win since 1985 and LSU a 3-0 start to its season.
"It's been a long rest," Maestri joked after UNO defeated Southern, 9-1. "I'm just happy for the kids. We did the little things that we needed to do, and that's exciting. It's a learning process for them, but I really felt good about the way we executed."
Maestri took the reins of the UNO program in June after a 28-year absence from baseball. He had previously coached the Privateers from 1970-84 before becoming the school's athletic director.
To notch that first victory in nearly 30 years, Maestri defeated longtime friend and Southern University coach Roger Cador, who quipped he was "honored" to lose to such a legend and be in the opposing dugout when Maestri picked up the victory.
In the second game of the afternoon, the Tigers shut out Grambling, 6-0, behind six strong innings from freshman starter Jared Poche and spectacular defensive plays from freshman second baseman Kramer Robertson.
Robertson tracked a foul ball all the way to the bullpen in the third, making a sliding catch on his back, all the while avoiding a collision with the wall. He added a leaping catch of a liner in the sixth to quell a Grambling rally, and a backhand stab of a grounder destined for center field in the seventh.
Both Cador and Maestri lauded the Urban Youth Invitational, saying it not only gave their universities attention but also put on a display for inner-city children yearning to play baseball.
"We're on national TV here," Maestri said. "It helps our program and helps the university. It's great to help [the Urban Youth Academy]. They've got a great program with what they're trying to do."
"The fact that they're trying to promote more African-American kids into baseball, and the fact that it's on TV and a lot of kids around the country got to see this game, is excellent," Cador added. "They've done a good job. Seven years strong, and we've been involved every year."


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Having been a skeptic for as long as I can remember, I've never had much patience with those books. If books (and checkout-stand magazines, for that matter) really held the secrets for people to "get skinny by this weekend" or "beat cancer with these super-foods," why did people from my church choose gastric bypass surgery, and why did my father (a pastor) perform so many funerals for the non-survivors of cancer? And if miracles could happen, and people could find success, happiness and assurance of a place in a heaven that's "for real," why, throughout the course of my pious Bible-reading upbringing, did I never seem to find anything in the Bible that sounded remotely like that?
On a flight back from Guatemala, my first visit to a developing country, when I was still in my teens, I discovered the book of Ecclesiastes in my tattered, Precious Moments-stickered Bible. Why I didn't hear more about that book in church and at youth group, I didn't know. It spoke straight into my teenage angst even as it speaks to me today: positions of power and influence often go to the corrupt. If you're expecting justice to come from the places from which justice should come, you'll be disappointed. If you get the riches and acclaim and influence that the bestsellers tell you that you can have, you'll find that they don't bring you happiness. Quite a different story from "The Prayer of Jabez," the then-bestselling volume that inspired millions of Americans to ask God to "expand" their already more-than-ample borders.
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I certainly don't believe — or pretend to believe — that I've found the secret key that unlocks the door behind which lies the proof of heaven, the formula for happiness, and the recipe for the perfect and perfectly healthful body. I don't think any such key exists, or that anyone can find happiness and satisfaction through isolated pursuits of individual perfection. But I still maintain that we can find a soupçon of happiness — even joy — through sharing food with others, through being mindful of (but not crushed by) issues of sustainability and justice and, finally, through taking to heart the idea that even in a world where everything's uncertain and it doesn't seem like heaven, or much else about religion, is "for real," you can still "eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do" (9:7).
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NEW BRITAIN -- A comment by a Barkhamsted man made on a local news station's website calling for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to be set on fire led to his arrest on threatening and inciting injury charges, according to an arrest warrant application released Monday.
John Montysko, 59, told police he was being sarcastic and meant no harm to the governor when he commented "I think we should douse Malloy and light him up," in response to a story by WFSB, the local CBS affiliate, about a Willimantic man who committed suicide by lighting himself on fire at a gas station.
The comment was made April 14 in the wake of Malloy's signing of a package of gun control measures some have called the strictest in the nation. In other posts made on his Facebook page, and other news sites, including The Register Citizen, Montysko expressed disagreement and anger with the legislation.
Additionally, the comment was made days before Malloy made public appearances locally in Torrington April 17 and Litchfield on April 16. Malloy's spokesman Andrew Doba declined to comment on the case, saying the governor's office typically doesn't provide details about Malloy's security detail.
State Superior Court Judge Hillary B. Strackbein ordered Montysko held on $200,000 bond, up from $100,000, after he was arraigned in New Britain Monday afternoon, calling Montysko a risk to public safety.
Montysko was arrested Friday by the State Police Central District Major Crime Squad and charged with inciting injury to a person and second-degree threatening. During a search of Montysko's 6 Swanson Road home Friday morning, police said they found an array of guns, including an illegal semi-automatic AK-47. He was charged additionally with possession of an assault weapon.
Montysko's court-appointed public defender, Judith Machuga, argued that he should be released on a promise to appear in court because he never physically threatened Malloy, and didn't plan on harming him. Machuga, who was appointed only to represent Montysko for Monday's hearing, also said Montysko had the First Amendment right to make the comment.
Machuga said public pundits on television like HBO's Bill Maher and in print, like Hartford Courant cartoonist Bob Englehart, make political statements that are in "poor taste," and are not "arrested for threatening."
Judge Strackbein disagreed with Machuga and accepted the state's attorney's recommendation of $200,000 bond. Strackbein said the combination of the alleged threat, along with the weapons found at Montysko's home, constitute a danger to public safety requiring a significant bond to be set.
Montysko, hands cuffed in front of him and dressed in a T-shirt and sweatpants, looked to the ceiling after the ruling was made. Machuga said her client was "terrified" about what is happening to him and "just wants to go home."
The assault weapon charge was moved to Bantam Superior Court, where Montysko is expected to be arraigned Tuesday. He was given an additional $20,000 bond in that case.
State Trooper Richard Mulhall said in the warrant application that he learned about the posting from Malloy's security detail on April 17. He went to the WFSB website and found the story, "PD: Man dies after lighting himself on fire," but said the comment had already been deleted.
There was a comment from another user responding to "@John" saying "You seem like a very unstable person who has many weapons. Threatening the Governor, not smart at all." Further down the page, Mulhall said he found a comment from "John Montysko" stating "Yea I use my real name so maybe the coward will come see me."
Mulhall said he found Montysko's Facebook page and that the profile picture was of a person in all black clothing, his face covered with a black mask, sunglasses and holding what appeared to be an AK-47 assault weapon. The first link on the page was to the WFSB story, with the comment "op[en (sic) the artical (sic) and look at my two comments at the bottom." The post was made April 14 at 10:58 a.m., Mulhall said.
Mulhall then contacted WFSB and was told the comment had been removed from the site after it was flagged three times for offensive content. He was referred to a vice president from Meredith Corporation, WFSB's parent company who sent him the original post, along with the user details and IP address of "John Montysko," which was logged onto the site through Facebook.
On Friday, Mulhall and a state police detective went to Montysko's home to interview him about the post. Mulhall said Montysko admitted to making the post and said he has "not been happy with Malloy and the way he is handling the state." He said "he did not want to hurt Governor Malloy and has no intention of hurting Governor Malloy."
Police said Montysko helped them locate the guns and ammunition in his home. When they found the assault weapon, Montysko said he found it when he was cleaning out his father-in-law's house after he passed away.
Montysko was arrested and spent the weekend at the Hartford Correctional Center. He was returned there Monday after he was unable to post bond. Machuga said Montysko suffers from mental and physical disabilities and is not working. He previously worked for 37 years at a New Hartford manufacturing company. Montysko doesn't have a criminal record.
In response to the gun control legislation, Montysko has commented on The Register Citizen's website that even with his "spotless record," he would "not obey this law."
"I will be just as proud to become a felon because I will not bow down to these arrogent (sic) so called dudley do rights that want my freedoms. Come and try me see how it works out for you," wrote Montysko on a March 5 article about lawmakers recommending additional gun control restrictions.
Montysko pleaded not guilty to both charges in New Britain and his case was continued until May 28.
If he posts bond, he will not be able to possess any weapons, will be issued a no contact order with the governor's office and will be electronically monitored.
Montysko plans to hire a private attorney, Machuga said.
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WHEN Joe Cole was 19 he was one of the football prodigies featured in Alan Hansen's documentary Football's Dream Factory that correctly predicted a future in which boys would be signed up at ever younger ages by clubs hungry for the next big star.
Even at that young age, Cole had already established himself in the West Ham first team and had a wardrobe full of the shirts of famous opponents in his home in Romford that he proudly showed to Hansen.
An England debut came that same year, 2001, and two years later, when West Ham were relegated, he moved to his boyhood club Chelsea.
In so many respects, Cole's career has been a great success.
Three Premier League and three FA Cup winners' medals, 56 England caps and a place on the plane to four international tournaments
His wife, Carly, gave birth to their second child, a boy, last month, and he has played in a generation of English footballers for whom the rewards have been golden, if not the success for the national team.
As for Cole's current career, his part in Liverpool's Capital One Cup defeat to Swansea City on Wednesday was the latest evidence that his time at the club is going nowhere.
And yet by the standards of the modern footballer this one-time child prodigy is not that old at all. He will turn 31 on Thursday.
Brendan Rodgers was outspoken in his criticism of Cole on Wednesday, especially in a scathing reference to his "astronomical" salary, estimated at anything between £90,000 to £130,000 a week and negotiated by the Christian Purslow regime to bring the player on a free transfer in the summer of 2010.
"Joe Cole had an opportunity, the club has invested an astronomical sum of money in a talented player and he has to seize his opportunities," Rodgers said.
"It [Liverpool's approach] was too slow, it just was not what I would expect from a team I had set up to be dynamic so I think it was a difficult night for him."
Having returned this summer from a reasonably successful season at Lille, a bold loan move by English standards, Cole now finds himself caught in modern football's familiar bind.
His contract at Liverpool until 2014 is lucrative but his career is going nowhere.
If he strikes a deal with the club to walk away, he will lose out financially.
In doing so he may also salvage something of the twilight of his career.
In the last two years, he has faded swiftly from the England team.
The likes of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Gareth Barry, Scott Parker and Michael Carrick are all older than Joe Cole and, while they have had their highs and lows, all of them are in a stronger position at this moment.
Where did it go wrong for Cole?
His suitability or otherwise to fit the template for English football, and Jose Mourinho's many criticisms of him, can be debated endlessly.
What is not in doubt is that when he went to Roots Hall on 14 January 2009 for a FA Cup third-round replay against Southend United he was still a key member of Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chelsea team.
He ruptured his cruciate ligament and did not play again until the following September.
By then Carlo Ancelotti was Scolari's successor at Chelsea and, while the Italian continued to pick Cole for many of the club's big games in their Double-winning season, he did not seem convinced.
When Cole signed for Liverpool he was perceived as a Roy Hodgson buy, although Hodgson later suggested that was not the case.
A red card early in his Liverpool career, the resultant suspension and injury meant that, under Hodgson, Cole never got going.
When Kenny Dalglish took over, he immediately relegated Cole to the bench.
Under Rodgers, who will have known Cole from Chelsea, he came back for a second chance and Liverpool turned down an offer from Spartak Moscow.
At Lille, where Cole made 38 appearances last season, he would have had the chance to play Champions League football, an opportunity that was not on offer at Liverpool.
This season there have been more injuries. On Wednesday he was selected to operate as the No 10 behind Samed Yesil but it was not a success.
There will be much cynicism expressed about Cole and the contract he is on at Liverpool.
Nevertheless, the club agreed it and, whatever their feeling now, there was great optimism about a player who arrived at Anfield announcing that he had immersed himself in Liverpool's history and was looking forward to a new start in a new city.
Cole also said when he signed for Liverpool that he had turned down Arsenal.
As an England player, he won his last cap as a substitute in Bloemfontein in the defeat to Germany at the 2010 World Cup finals.
Yet along the way he scored some crucial goals for his country.
He will always be remembered for that spectacular long-distance goal against Sweden in the 2006 World Cup but there were others.
When Fabio Capello was under his greatest pressure in the first nine months of the job, Cole scored in the last minute against the Czech Republic to rescue a draw at Wembley.
Then he got England's two goals in an awkward win over Andorra in the first 2010 World Cup qualifier and was part of the team that beat Croatia 4-1 in Zagreb, a result that gave Capello's regime lift-off.
If Capello was grateful to Cole, he certainly never showed it.
To his credit, Cole was one of the most outspoken about the failings of the 2010 World Cup team and was never selected again, although given his Liverpool form the following season that is hardly surprising.
Staying at Liverpool, isolated and unwanted, would be a sad way to see Cole end his career.
He will feel, with some justification, he is not obliged to walk away from his contract.
He may believe that Rodgers crossed a line on Wednesday by mentioning his salary.
If Cole regarded a loan move to Lille as a drastic solution to his save his ailing career last season, he may be in need of something even more radical this time around.


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Once I figured out all the authentication stuff it was super easy to use and I managed to back up all my Flickr photos onto my computer before I deleted them all from Flickr :-) Thanks!
4/5 for documentation because the "flickr.auth_token" configuration item was pretty tricky to figure out and the docs weren't much help. Here's some notes from when I did it in May 2012 - your mileage may vary if it is after that date when you read this ;-)
1. Create a new App
Now you have an API key and an API secret
2. Set up the App with an arbitrary callback URL
2.1 Go to your profile page's sharing page (www.flickr.com/account/sharing/)
2.2 Click on your API key link to go to your App's page
2.3 Click through to your Backup app
2.4 On the right in the "admin" section go to "edit authentication flow"
2.5 Add any old URL
3. Authorize the App
3.1 Create config.ini with a block [flickr] that contains api_key and api_secret
3.2 Run ./get_auth_token.pl
3.3 Visit the URL and authorize the App by following the instructions
3.4 Get the 'frob' parameter's value from the callback URL you end up at
4. Get an auth_token
4.1 Visit the Flickr API Explorer for flickr.auth.getToken (www.flickr.com/services/api/explore/f...
4.2 Add the frob from 3.4 above and submit the form with the 'Call Method...' button
4.3 Copy the value between the <token> tags into the config.ini as flickr.auth_token
5. Set up the rest of your config.ini
Follow the instructions from the Net::Flickr::Backup POD
NOTE - the default of 'fetch_original=true' will fail if you do not have a
Flickr Pro account, as Flickr does not give you access to your original photos
unless you have a Pro account.
6. Run ./do_backup.pl
If this or something similar could be added to the POD it would be 5/5 all the way!
This is the Selenium 2/Selenium WebDriver CPAN module we've all been waiting for! Thanks for writing it Gordon :-)


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Working Women Win Leads Group
Date: 11/10/2020
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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512 NE 3rd Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
This group aims to empower and generate business for female entrepreneurs in the Chamber. An offshoot of the Women's Council, the Working Women Win provide consistent referrals, support and dedicated business development to members. The group focuses on companies that are owned and operated by women, or by those who wish to do business with women. Bi-monthly attendance is required.
Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the Chamber at 11:30 a.m. Lunch is available for purchase.
For more information, or to see if a spot is available in your category, contact Chair Tayana Carper or Co-Chair Dr. Elaine Cruz.


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ESSAY- Victims of success: Colleges reject Asian-Americans
In most contexts on college campuses, Asian-Americans are "people of color," a stripe in the multicultural rainbow. But when it comes to elite-college admissions, Asian-Americans put a strain on the usual "minority" alliances.
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Jian Li, a freshman at Yale, had filed a complaint against Princeton with the Office of Civil Rights at the US Department of Education, charging that the university had rejected him because he was Asian-American. Despite perfect SAT scores, near-perfect achievement test scores, nine AP classes, and a class rank in the top 1 percent at Livingston High School in New Jersey, Li says he was rejected by Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT, while getting into Yale, Cooper Union, Rutgers, and Cal Tech.
Li, whose family moved to the United States from China when he was 4, told The Daily Princetonian that he was "fine" with being at Yale, but that discrimination against Asian-Americans in admissions had long bothered him. His decision to sue Princeton alone was "kind of arbitrary," he said. "If something comes of it, it will send a message for all the universities."
To judge from the responses in Ivy League newspapers, most students wish he'd spared the effort. In The Daily Princetonian, Zachary Goldstein, a 2005 graduate, said the Yale frosh was "like a bad ex-boyfriend," harassing Old Nassau after she'd spurned him. A Yale Daily News columnist, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley, in a guest piece for the Princeton paper, called it "reprehensible" that "Li had the gall to unnecessarily racialize a personal defeat."
The Yale writer went on to note that, in fact, "Asian-Americans are over represented" at Princeton: They make up 13 percent of undergraduates, compared with 4.5 percent of the population.
Princeton's admissions office, for its part, maintains that it makes no effort to align student demographics with the national population. Describing Li's complaint as "without merit," Princeton spokespeople have said that every student is evaluated using both academic and nonacademic criteria (such as leadership and artistic ability). And like other colleges, Princeton defends giving black and Hispanic students, children of alumni, and athletes a boost on the nonacademic side of the ledger.
Yet Li isn't alone in his concerns, the derision heaped on him by his contemporaries notwithstanding. Daniel Golden, author of the Journal story this month, helped bring the issue of discrimination against Asian-Americans to life this year in his book, The Price of Admission, in which he dubs Asian-Americans "the new Jews."
From the 1920s through the 1950s, Jewish applicants with straight As vexed elite-college admissions officers who wanted to maintain a strong WASP tone on their campuses. The result was quotas.
Golden basically concludes that some Asian-American students who would be admitted if they were of any other ethnicity are rejected– often for reasons based on stereotype– to make room for "more desirable" students. But he can't make an airtight case. The question now is: Will the Office of Civil Rights, with its investigative powers, prove Li and Golden right?
In the late 1980s, in response to complaints, the Office of Civil Rights investigated whether Harvard had been discriminating against Asian-Americans. It found that while Asian-Americans faced longer odds than whites at admissions time (a 13.2 percent acceptance rate, compared with 17.4 percent for white students, from 1979 to 1988), the difference could largely be explained by the fact that few were legacy kids or recruited cornerbacks. The investigation did, however, turn up some embarrassingly stereotypical descriptions of rejected Asian students in Harvard records ("He's quiet and, of course, wants to be a doctor").
To bolster his case, Li has cited work by two Princeton researchers, Thomas Espenshade and Chang Chung, that was originally framed as strengthening the case for affirmative action. In articles published in 2004 and 2005 in Social Science Quarterly, the two authors analyzed the admissions fates and qualifications of 45,500 students who applied to three very elite, unnamed universities in 1997.
The chief finding, according to the writers, was that ending all admissions preferences– for athletes, legacy kids, and minorities– would cut the number of black students at elite colleges by two-thirds, and Hispanic enrollment by one-half. Ending just legacy and athletic preferences, meanwhile– something often proposed by egalitarians– would, on its own, not help black and Hispanic students much.
But Li's complaint draws attention to other aspects of the study: Asian-American students faced by far the lowest admissions rates of any ethnic group (17.6 percent, compared with 23.8 percent for whites, 33.7 percent for blacks, and 26.8 percent for Hispanics). What's more, contrary to the Office of Civil Rights report from 1990, legacy and athletic preferences trimmed Asian-American enrollment by only a few percentage points.
But if preferences based on race, legacy status, and athletic talent were all done away with, Asian-American enrollment would jump 40 percent (while white enrollment would drop by 1 percent). To Li, it seems Asian-Americans alone bear the burden of affirmative action.
Espenshade declined to answer questions about the study, saying via e-mail that he only wished to state "the obvious: academic merit is not the only kind of merit that elite college admission officers consider in making admission decisions."
Li no doubt faces a difficult road in proving discrimination, given that elite colleges turn down many stellar applicants, but his complaint has touched a nerve.
"[T]here can be good reasons for the disproportionately low acceptance rates for many Asians," one self-identified Yale student wrote on the online news site Inside Higher Ed, discussing Li's case. "Top-tier schools...look not only for good grades but for an interesting student who will bring something of value to the community."
That sounds a lot like what admissions officers say, but there's a whiff of something else, too. The less-pleasant subtext is what Li's complaint is all about.
This essay, distributed by the Featurewell service, originally appeared in the Boston Globe.


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Just over a week after having surgery to repair a hole in his heart, Poison front man Bret Michaels has had another health scare.
The 47-year-old rocker had to be evaluated by doctors after he had a large drop in his blood pressure, reports People.
"Bret suffered no setbacks and is fine," said Dr. Mansour Assar, an interventional cardiologist who was involved with the procedure carried out on January 24. "It's always good for patients to be evaluated when they're not feeling well," he said.
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Michaels, a former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, is recovering at home in Arizona. The blood pressure drop was attributed to dehydration and exhaustion, which are possible complications of his diabetes.
The hole in Michaels' heart was discovered last year after he suffered a stroke in the wake of his recovery from a brain hemorrhage.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – FedEx will let recipients leave detailed instructions for their driver or reschedule a delivery to their home.
FedEx Corp. said Tuesday it will charge $5 to reschedule the delivery day or location and $10 to request a 2-hour delivery window.
Other services are free, including putting a 14-day vacation hold on deliveries or making a request such as "Please leave the package at the back door."
Raj Subramaniam, a marketing executive for the company, said FedEx Delivery Manager was inspired by the boom in online shopping.
Customers can sign up — that's free — on the FedEx website to be notified of pending deliveries by email, text or phone without a tracking number or FedEx account.


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Scioscia hopes Halos can fix defensive dip
ANAHEIM -- One of the most disappointing aspects of this Angels season is one that's gone relatively unnoticed, lost amid Josh Hamilton's slump and Joe Blanton's struggles and Albert Pujols' foot and the injuries to Sean Burnett and Ryan Madson:
The defense has inexplicably gone from great to awful.
Consider the numbers:
• The Angels rank 28th in the Majors in Defensive Runs Saved, after being second in that department in 2012.
• They're 21st in Ultimate Zone Rating, one season after having the second-best score in the sabermetric stat.
• They entered Monday tied with the Brewers for the Major League lead in errors, at 83.
• Their catchers have the 29th-lowest caught-stealing percentage.
Manager Mike Scioscia pointed out that despite all the errors, the Angels are pretty much average in terms of unearned runs allowed (they're tied for 11th in the Majors, with 37). The Angels skipper also said a lot of the team's errors have been in the outfield, on balls that have already fallen for hits, but added that double plays haven't been turned consistently, runners have picked up too many bases and the error count is egregious.
"There's a whole team defense component of our club that needs to be picked up," Scioscia said.


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Getting To Know The Instax Mini 90
A couple of days ago I had a chance to take my Instax Mini 90 for a test run, but first I'll show you around the camera itself.
It's large compared to a pocket digital camera, but it isn't bulky, it feels quite light and it's easy to hold. This should give you an idea of the size.
The film ejects from the side and you can also see the power switch on the front, with the front shutter release (there's a 2nd one on the top).
The silver ring around the lens can also be used as a dial to cycle through the different modes. This took some experimentation as the manual is very basic – I thought just twisting the mode dial would change it, but first the Mode button on the rear needs to be pressed, then the mode dial can switch between all the modes:
- Default
- Party (flash with slow shutter speed)
- Kids (fast shutter speed)
- Landscape
- Double Exposure
- Bulb (shutter open for up to 10s).
The rear of the camera houses the film pack (large door) and battery (smaller door) as well as the LCD screen and viewfinder.
The LCD screen shows the remaining battery and current settings in the large left screen, and the remaining shots in the smaller right screen.
The buttons from left to right are:
- Macro mode
- Lighten/Darken
- Self-timer
- Flash control (on/off/red eye reduction etc)
- Mode
When pressing the mode button all the mode icons flash on the LCD for a few seconds then disappear. At first I thought there was something wrong, but when the icons are flashing it means to cycle through and select a mode – this is done by either twisting the ring around the lens, or pressing the mode button again to cycle through.
Test Shots
I took a few test shots to try some of the modes. This first one was of the most colorful thing I could find in the house. I sat it on the couch and used the default mode. This was during the day so there was plenty of light (or so seemed to be to me) but the flash still fired. Quite good saturation I think considering the use of the flash.
These 2 were taken outside in full sun. Default mode first, followed by default mode, but using the darken setting.
Sill a bit washed out but this was a good test, as I think I'll be using the darken setting for anything in full sun in future.
Overall I'm pretty happy with the camera and the quality of the photos. The photos are small and they aren't as sharp as a digital camera (or even my iPhone 6 camera) but this will be getting a good run to get some family snaps to put on the refrigerator door.


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Have you designed your block yet? Made it?
Like the QuiltCon Block Design Challenge, we are having a BAMQG Block Design Challenge.
For the local challenge, we are asking you to duplicate your Quiltcon block submission in the Bay Area Modern colors of orange and teal. If you need to brush up on the QuiltCon challenge guidelines, you can find tons of info here, here, and here. Solids and prints are both great to use. If you would like to use solids, we recommend the following shades:
- Kona: School Bus, Orange, Jade Green, Bahama Blue, White, Medium Grey, and Coal.
- Moda Bella: Turquoise, Orange, and Robin's Egg Blue, White, Slate, and Charcoal (no really good match for light orange)
- Art Gallery Pure Elements: Burnt Orange, Fresh Water, and Tile Blue (no really good match for light orange)
- Free Spirit: Peach Blush, Caribbean Sea, and Jade (no really good match for dark orange)
Please use whites & greys for your neutrals, rather than creams or tans (just like the QuiltCon block). See the above banner for a visual of the colors.
You can make up to 3 blocks for this challenge. Some people have mentioned that their QuiltCon block design doesn't translate well to the reduced number of colors in the local palette. While it's great to get a 2-for-1 deal, it's also fine to modify your design or create a new one. Be creative!
We will show our challenge blocks at the July meeting (although if you are running late, we will only heckle you a little if you bring them in August or September). The submissions will be used for a fantastic (and still to be determined) guild project.
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CS4 and Windows 7
Windows 7 is here …….. finally
For the most part Windows7 ( I suggest the 64 bit version) is working excellent with our CS4 apps. We will continue to monitor the various forums and see if any issues arise due to Win7.
At this point, Encore CS4 has 3 known issues.
The key issue involves the Roxio pxhelp driver that Windows 7 replaces (this may get fixed in a future Win7 update). The other 2 issues involve building and burning projects and having the computer go to sleep in the process.
The fixes are easy. See below.
#1. Transcoding pauses when the system goes into Sleep mode in Encore CS4 (Windows 7)
When you attempt to transcode a project in Encore CS4 in Windows 7, and the system goes into Sleep mode, transcoding pauses.
Disable the Sleep function when you have a project that requires unattended transcoding.
To disable Sleep mode, do the following:
Go to Control Panel
Click on System and Security
Click on Power option
Click on "Change plan settings" in the "Power saver" option
Set the "Turn off the display" value to "Never"
Set the "Put the computer to sleep" value to "Never"
#2 Encore CS4 crashes if the system goes into Sleep mode while you are building a project (Windows 7)
When you attempt to build a project in Encore CS4 in Windows 7, and the system enters Sleep mode, the application crashes or becomes unresponsive.
Disable Sleep mode if you need to Build a project while the system is unattended. (see steps to turn off sleep above)
#3 System crashes when Blu-ray is selected as the format in the Build panel in Encore CS4 (Windows 7)
When you select Blu-ray as the format in the Build panel in Adobe Encore CS4 in Windows 7, the operating system becomes unresponsive and crashes.
Windows 7 installs an outdated version of the Roxio pxhelp driver, which causes a crash when Blu-ray format is selected in Encore CS4.
Install an updated version of the pxhelp driver from Roxio. The updated driver is available here:
Installing and using Windows 7 with Adobe apps
- Versions of Adobe products tested with Windows 7
- Upgrading from previous versions of Windows to Windows 7
- Windows 7 clean install/upgrade matrix
- Installing Adobe applications after installing Windows 7
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Rossignol Men's BC X5
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Historic Range: $0.48-$200.00
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I rented these at REI after my first few rentals at an XC center. I found them to be a pretty good, forgiving BC boot for beginners and intermediate XC skiers. They are warmer than they appear and provide a decent mount to the ski.
I used them with Fischer BC Country Crown skis and used them in both set tracks at a center and also off-track in a state park, following snowmobile trails, fire roads, old rail beds and singletrack. I used them in a fresh 8-inch dumping of snow and was out for 5+ hours. My feet were comfortable the whole outing with just SmartWool skiing socks on.
I wish I could have found these boots when I bought my package. I found them to fit me much better than the Alpina 1550 (too much volume and uncomfortable) and Salomon boots (too loose and sloppy). The only boot I found to be better was the Fischer BCX 6, which is a much warmer boot, with a power strap to tighten the ski up for hills.
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Yoko Ono's delightful men's wear collection for the boutique Opening Ceremony is the retail collaboration that keeps on giving. Here, the artist gives makeup advice to men. Ono recommends one daytime and one evening look; the former revolves around rainbows, the latter, sparkles. The look for dawn is actually a set of instructions for removing that pesky one-night-stand from your apartment:
Give all the drink to your date,
and you look at the sky from your great window.
The town is waking up.
Pull him by his dyed blond hair
and quickly take him out the door.
Erase him from yuor computer
Erase him from your memory
He had a cheap smile you didn't like
so you'll never Make- up with him even if he tried.
Thanks, Yoko. Truly.


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LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Monday that Arkansas will receive $1.56 million of a $90 million settlement reached between GlaxoSmithKline LLC and 38 attorneys general to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical manufacturer unlawfully promoted its diabetes drug, Avandia.
McDaniel said he filed a consent judgment in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Thursday to settle claims that GlaxoSmithKline illegally marketed Avandia by misrepresenting its safety risks related to heart attacks and strokes.
As part of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline will be barred from making false, misleading or deceptive claims about any diabetes drugs. Claims about the safety of its drugs compared to others must be supported by substantial evidence or clinical experience. GSK must also make available to the public summaries of the results of all studies of its diabetes drugs.
The company admitted no wrongdoing.