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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 839 entries on the Rochester Police Log from Dec. 14 to Dec. 19.
Friday, Dec. 14
12:26 a.m. — A man who shows up at McDonald's is so drunk he can barely stay upright. An officer runs him home.
3:25 a.m. — At Salmon Falls Estates, people with guests have a spat with a neighbor who has a six-foot walking stick he "is not afraid to use."
7:58 a.m. — Meds and a purse have been stolen from vehicles in a garage on Barbaro Drive.
8:24 a.m. — A backpack has been stolen from a car at Dunkin' Donuts on South Main Street. It contained a laptop and medications.
10:01 a.m. — A rim and tire have been stolen from a car in the Auto Images lot on Milton Road.
10:30 a.m. — A South Main Street panhandler is moved out of the roadway at Columbus Avenue.
10:48 a.m. — Several stolen items are found in woods off Barbaro Drive.
12:54 p.m. — At the station, a woman reports that her $300 purse and "her entire life's possession" was stolen at Gary's Sports Bar, last night.
1:11 p.m. — Billco Rolls on Winter Street reports the theft of a valuable piece of metal from a shed.
1:15 p.m. — A catalytic convertor has been stolen from a vehicle parked at Walmart.
2:12 p.m. — A woman was near Walgreens intending to pay back $10 owed to "a friend" when he grabbed $40 and kicked her out of his car.
2:21 p.m. — At the station a man wants to hand in a gun that belonged to his mother.
2:51 p.m. — There's a disruptive student in the high school office.
2:54 p.m. — A wallet has been stolen from a car on Secretariat Way.
3:25 p.m. — A bike stolen from the high school, recently, is spotted on Portland Street.
6:22 p.m. — A purse stolen in Dover had a credit card that has now been used in Rochester.
9:24 p.m. — Michael Richardson, 36, of 46B Lafayette St., is charged with receiving stolen property.
9:26 p.m. — Lester Griffith, 52, of 17 Norway Plains Road, Apt. 43, is charged with habitual offender and arrested on a warrant.
11:02 p.m. — Becky Henshaw, 36, of 102 Brewster Road, Barrington, is charged with willful concealment, attempt to commit theft by deception and identity fraud.
11:47 p.m. — A 17-year old is arrested on a bench warrant for arson.
Saturday, Dec. 15
12:54 a.m. — A Glen Street woman is harassed by window rappers.
1:31 a.m. — A man pondering whether to jump in front of traffic on Whitehouse Road is given an involuntary emergency admission.
8:27 a.m. — Michael Rippett, 39, of 22 Courtside Way, Manchester, is charged with fraudulent use of credit card.
10:30 a.m. — A North Main Street panhandler, cognizant of a trespass order at the Home Depot mall, keeps her distance.
12:23 p.m. — Near Franklin Heights, a man who wants "to go to heaven" is giving away his possessions. He then drives into woods in a smoking truck. He's tracked down and given an involuntary emergency admission.
1:24 p.m. — Steel is stolen from Downeast Rubber on Winter Street.
4:52 p.m. — A purse is stolen from a Market Basket shopper.
5:52 p.m. — A lady's sister's head is hit by a man on Lafayette Street.
7:12 p.m. — A dog has been yapping infernally on Lafayette Street for over three hours.
11:04 p.m. — Courtney L. Snapp, 38, of 33 Cold Spring Circle, Apt. 3, is charged with driving under the influence on Knight Street.
Sunday, Dec. 16
12:12 a.m. — On Milton Road, someone rings a house bell, opens a storm door and then takes off.
12:21 a.m. — A man climbs to the Harvest of Praise Church roof and rings the bell. On coming down, he hurls a trash can.
12:33 a.m. — The party folks on Spaulding Avenue do have a fire permit, though earlier, noise was the burning issue.
2:11 a.m. — A couple are "shouting and screaming" on Norway Plains Road.
2:24 a.m. — A pocket book is found at the drive through of Dunkin' Donuts on South Main Street.
9:48 a.m. — Mail has been stolen from mailboxes on Quail Drive. An officer warns all residents on the road.
11:08 a.m. — An unnamed woman is given a summons for shoplifting at Kmart.
11:47 a.m. — Laura Kirkwood, 21, of 3 Nola Ave., is charged with two counts of simple assault.
3:57 p.m. — Police receive a call about two people being assaulted on Lafayette Street, but on scene, no one wants to talk about it.
5:19 p.m. — Edith G. Anderson, 66, of 7 Brownstone Lane, is charged with two counts of simple assault.
6:55 p.m. — Someone on Academy Street is given an involuntary emergency admission exam.
8:26 p.m. — Misha E. Lugo, 34, of 135 Portland St., is arrested on a bench warrant.
Monday, Dec. 17
4:18 a.m. — Edwin Hunt, a transient, is charged with two counts of criminal threatening, two counts of simple assault and criminal mischief, and he is arrested on a warrant.
7:35 a.m. — Three vehicles have been ransacked on Meaderboro Road. A Coach purse and gift card were stolen.
8:07 a.m. — Megan Koza, 35, of 19 Otter Brook Circle, Apt. 11, is charged with two counts of theft.
9:12 a.m. — A vehicle takes out a mailbox on Washington Street.
9:25 a.m. — A fattish man who's bald and tall, within a Rite Aid bathroom stall has tried to hide some stolen gear up in the ceiling, but, oh dear, he's slipped and pulled that ceiling down, broke the toilet off its stand, fled, in SUV, from town, scarce the exit he had planned. Yon cad was in a downward spiral, will the video go viral?
9:32 a.m. — A Meaderboro Road car owner reports ransacking and the theft of $6 in change.
10:34 a.m. — A laptop has been stolen from a home on Academy Street.
12:09 p.m. — At Fieldstone Village, an evictee has left in a pickup loaded with property.
1:00 p.m. — A book dropped off at Measured Progress contains a threatening note.
3:15 p.m. — R&J Auto on Calef Highway reports a theft.
3:40 p.m. — A pit bull found on Dewey Street is returned to its owner on Jackson Street.
4:15 p.m. — A woman, who allegedly owes the library $145, has given that venerable institution an alias.
4:40 p.m. — Walmart has a video of a couple walking out with a TV and chain saw.
5:07 p.m. — A 16-year-old is taken into protective custody.
5:12 p.m. — A cellphone has been stolen from a high school student.
5:38 p.m. — A Barker Court resident says their Walmart prepaid card has been activated fraudulently.
6:22 p.m. — Jewelry has been stolen from a Washington Street resident. A suspect is suggested.
7:34 p.m. — Still on Washington Street, family members in a physical spat are separated for the night.
8:23 p.m. — An unwanted citizen is moved along from a Laundromat on Signal Street.
8:25 p.m. — The former Getty station on South Main Street reports an unpaid gas bill of $57. A Maine plate number is supplied to police.
9:05 p.m. — At Northgate Apartments a dame pounds a door, "Come out here and fight," is her threatening roar, she is the ex-girlfriend of someone inside, who has a new lady — agendas collide.
11:01 p.m. — People are peering in the windows of School Street School.
11:03 p.m. — A woman steals from Cumby's on Highland Street. Her getaway vehicle plate is noted.
11:33 p.m. — At Adrien Circle, there's a call for help and a whistle is blown. Someone taking out trash slipped on the ice, but everything is OK now.
Tuesday, Dec. 18
8:55 a.m. — A man hands a rifle into the station that his wife does not want in the house any more. It used to be her father's.
9:31 a.m. — A man with a plan to keep schools safe, calls the station. He mentions bulletproof shields and mace.
10:47 a.m. — "A strange red van with Rochester on the side", raises a resident's suspicions on Franklin Street
11:49 a.m. — A Franklin Street resident "feels violated" because someone in a red van was looking through his windows. He thinks it's a city water vehicle.
12:16 p.m. — Daniel M. Bishop, 34, of 91 Edgecomb Road, Acton, Maine, is arrested on a bench warrant.
1:03 p.m. — Strange motorcycle tracks have appeared on an Old Dover Road property.
2:51 p.m. — A Concord Way resident reports possible ID theft.
3:04 p.m. — Sabrina M. Willis, 39, of 343 Main St., Apt. 4, Farmington, is charged with willful concealment at Walmart.
4:21 p.m. — A laptop has been stolen from a Washington Street home.
4:28 p.m. — A named man has allegedly tried to stab someone on Charles Street.
5:05 p.m. — Three male juveniles, aka boys, have been banging on a Chestnut Street resident's door, running off, and firing snowballs.
6:40 p.m. — The irksome youths are baaack on Charles Street.
6:48 p.m. — More mail has been stolen on Quail Drive.
7:27 p.m. — Cumberland Farms on Knight Street has got a dud $10 bill.
8:47 p.m. — Near the Square a man, who is so blitzed he can barely stand, is starting fights with people.
10:53 p.m. — A door looks like it's been kicked in on Limestone Lane.
Wednesday, Dec. 19
1:46 a.m. — Criminal trespassing is still an issue at Wyandotte Falls.
1:49 a.m. — Michael James Gray, 31, of 14 Country Ridge Estate, is charged with disorderly conduct, three counts of criminal threatening, and two counts of attempt to commit simple assault.
7:25 a.m. — There are sounds of a brawl in a North Main Street apartment.
7:58 a.m. — Medication is missing at Rochester East. A suspect is named.
8:55 a.m. — A door lock has been shot off at a new development on Norway Plains Road.
10:02 a.m. — Kmart reports the theft of merchandise worth $165 by a Somserworth resident.
11:32 a.m. — A Charles Street man is getting threatening texts.
12:29 p.m. — Identity theft from June, 2009 is reported by a Sunset Arms Apartments resident.
12:44 p.m. — Mary Maloney, 35, of 83 Brewster Road, Barrington, is charged with willful concealment at Kohl's.
2:16 p.m. — Three teens are thought to be breaking into a warehouse on Winter Street.
2:22 p.m. — A female gives her father a hard time and throws an alarm clock at his head.
2:44 p.m. — A boy who found at EBT card on his way to school hands it in to the station.
3:59 p.m. — The BP station on South Main Street is owed $57 for gas.
4:23 p.m. — John Cook (Hi, John) stops two kids from dumping a bike into the Cocheco.
7:35 p.m. — A motorist with a bald head is throwing stuff out onto Calef Highway. He flips off a concerned citizen.
7:34 p.m. — Door-bangers are back on Chestnut Street.
8:00 p.m. — A couple tries to use a credit card at Cumberland Farms on Knight Street. When it comes back listed as stolen, they take off.
9:38 p.m. — Two men run out of Tara Estates with bats.
10:56 p.m. — A noise complaint comes in from Norway Plains Road.


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A Sunday down in the minors.
We didn't have to wait long as Jorge Soler launched a two-run homer in the fourth, he would add another hit and scored two runs. Despite this excitement the AZL Cubs lost 6-4. Shawon Dunston Jr. had another good game going 3-for-4 and scoring a run. Ben Carhart added two hits, including a double and Dan Vogelbach drove in his 31st run of the season. Lendy Castillo continued his rehab assignment pitching four scoreless innings. He gave up two hits and struck out five. David Henrie took the loss, allowing four runs, three earned in two innings of work. It was more than exciting to see Soler hit his first home run. We have been anticipated it for quite a while and to do so in only his second game was great to see.
There is not much good that came out of Sunday's game against Eugene, as Boise lost 8-1. James Pugliese gave up seven runs on eight hits in four innings and took the loss. The bullpen did a pretty nice job the next four innings. Michael Heesch pitched two scoreless innings, striking out three as well. Eduardo Orozco gave up one run, but struck out three in his two innings of work. Offensively not much happened at all. All but one player recoreded a hit for Boise, with the only extra base hit coming off the bat of Xavier Batista, who hit a double. Wilson Contreras scored the only Hawks run of the game. It was a not very fun game for Boise dropping another in a bad loss.
Peoria couldn't pull off the win, losing to South Bend 3-2. All good things must come to an end and that was the case with Javier Baez's hitting streak as he went 0-for-4 on Sunday. Dustin Geiger connected on his 10th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fourth. Sergio Burruel had two hits and Chadd Krist just keeps on hitting as he had another hit on Sunday. Pin-Chieh Chen and Oliver Zapata each recorded a hit and Chen scored a run as he was on base when Geiger hit his homer. Starling Peralta pitched well, but took the loss. He threw six innings giving up three runs, two earned on six hits. Sheldon McDonald relieved him and pitched two perfect innings, striking out three. Looking forward to Baez starting another streak and the Chiefs winning a few more games.
Daytona was postponed on Sunday.
Tennessee finished Saturday nights game and lost a tough one in 11 innings. Twice in extra's the Smokies took the lead, but couldn't hold it in either, ultimately losing 12-11. There was a lot of offense, here are some of the highlights. Justin Bour was 2-for-6 with a homer, two RBIs, and three runs scored. Junior Lake, Jae-Hoon Ha, and Greg Rohan all contributed with two hits with Rohan adding an RBI. Logan Watkins went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored. Michael Burgess and Chad Noble each had RBIs and Nelson Perez connected on his third home run since being at Tennessee. The pitching was not very good at all. Dallas Beeler got the start, but obviously didn't factor in the decision. Casey Harman took the loss giving up the two runs in the 11th. Frank Batista was the lone bright spot out of the bullpen, pitching two scoreless innings, bringing his ERA down to 1.06. It was a very tough loss, because of all the leads the Smokies had.
Game two was a little different, as a six run sixth led Tennessee to a 8-4 win. Nicholas Struck got his 11th win of the season pitching five innings, giving up only one run on four hits. Zach Rosscup did a great job in relief, striking out five in three scoreless innings of work. Junior Lake, Logan Watkins, Jae-Hoon Ha, and Dustin Harrington all had two hits, scored a run, and all but Ha drove one in. Nelson Perez and Michael Burgess drove in two runs and Chad Noble added an RBI as well. It was a nice bounce back in game two ending the week with a win.
A late rally fell short, as Iowa lost to Aburquerque 9-5. Chris Volstad was bad yet again giving up six runs, five earned on nine hits in five innings. He took the loss, he is now 2-5 with 5.83 ERA. Ty'Relle Harris did a fine job in relief striking out three in two scoreless innings. Offensively there were only a couple of highlights. Josh Vitters and Welington Castillo each hit a homer. For Vitters it was a three-run shot and Castillo was a solo. Brett Jackson, Adrian Cardenas, and Dave Sappelt all had a hit a piece as well.
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Famewhore maybe couples & really bad hair
Now that Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and the major producers of the Twilight franchise have left Vancouver, the lower tier actors are walking on looser leashes. Which is why a couple of them, after several weeks of being ordered to stay undercover, were wide open and accessible for papping yesterday during their final days of production.
Ashley Greene and Jackson Rathbone were out for lunch. Their arms were around each other at one point. And apparently they were initially holding hands until they were spotted. So now everyone thinks they're hooking up which, I guess, is the point.
Meanwhile Kellan Lutz worked on Monday morning in lieu of Kristen Stewart whose call time was pushed back to 3pm as she was returning from New York. He flew back to LA on Monday night, turned around in less than 24 hours, and arrived in Vancouver again on Tuesday night, with this McCord girl. Supposedly his on-off gf.
It looks like we've found someone with worse hair than Katherine Heigl. Kellan Lutz just made the all time club. Goddamn, what is happening there???
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Ingredients: Maize, poultry meal, poultry fat, greaves meal, dried sugar beet pulp, meat meal, linseed, poultry hydrolyzate, sodium chloride, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate.
Crude protein 23,5 %,
crude fat 15,0 %,
crude fibre 2,5 %,
crude ash 7,5 %,
calcium 1,2%,
phosphorus 0,9 %,
sodium 0,35 %
Vitamin A 12.000 I.E./kg,
Vitamin D3 960 I.E./kg,
Vitamin E 96 mg/kg,
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Byproducts, meat and fat of unidentifiable source, unidentified preservative
The first ingredient in this food, and its main ingredient, is Maize (corn). Corn is a difficult to digest grain that has limited value and is very commonly linked to allergy problems. Whatever their quality, grains are an unnatural foodstuff for a canine. Foods intended for dogs should be based on meat, not on grain.
There are three meat meal ingredients in the food, second, third and fifth on the ingredient list. All are very low quality. "Poultry" is an ingredient of unidentifiable species, source or quality and such ingredients are usually very cheap and low quality. Greaves is defined by UK animal byproducts regulations 2003 as the protein-containing residue of rendering, after partial separation of fat and water. In other words, low quality byproducts. "Meat" is a further ingredient of unidentifiable species, source or quality.
Poultry fat is a further low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative" We note that this is the third ingredient and that research at Purdue University has identified fat in the top 4 ingredients of dry foods as a factor increasing the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested.
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
The food has added minerals, but no information about these is given and it may contain synthetics. Likewise, there is not information given about preservatives which could include chemicals such as ethoxyquin, BHT and BHA all of which are allowed in pet products but are banned or heavily regulated in human food due to the belief that they are carcinogenic.
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New Products — February/March 2004
Sony Just being a 42-inch flat-panel LCD TV - the largest available - wasn't enough for Sony's KDL-42XBR950. The trailblazing set also has a built-in HDTV tuner to make sure you're truly ready for the high-def future. Sony's newest Wega Engine digital processing system is part of the package and includes advanced video noise-reduction circuitry. Screen resolution is 1,366 x 768 pixels, and the viewing angle is said to be 170°. There's a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connector and a pair of component-video inputs for external HDTV signals. Price: $10,000. www.sonystyle.com, 800-222-7669
Dish Network Set-top HDTV tuners - be they over-the-air or satellite - will bring HDTV to your home, but Dish Network's DVR 921 goes a step further by putting it on tap. The satellite tuner packs a hefty 250-gigabyte (GB) hard drive for recording up to 25 hours of HDTV programs (either 1080i or 720p). Recording in standard-def (480i) gives hard-core couch potatoes room for 180 hours. Besides the HDTV tuner, you also get a standard analog one so you can record two programs while watching a third. The DVR 921 lets you pause and rewind live TV, and you can program recordings up to a week in advance. It has component-video and DVI high-definition outputs. Price: $999. www.dishnetwork.com, 800-333-3474
Fisher MiniDV tape will start to look pretty 20th century after you've handled Fisher's FVD-C1 Pocket CameraCorder - the featherweight cam (5 ounces) stores video on Secure Digital flash-memory cards in MPEG-4 format at a full 30 frames per second. Without bulky tapes, the camera measures a mere 2 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches. There's no viewfinder, but a folding 1 1/2-inch LCD screen lets you keep an eye on what you're shooting. A stereo microphone records in the AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) format, and the built-in flash helps with still pictures, captured at 3.2-megapixel resolution. The supplied 512-megabyte SD card can hold a half-hour of footage or 491 stills. Shuttling media to your computer is fast work with the USB 2.0 port, and the supplied image-stabilization software makes up for the cam's lack of optical or electronic digital image stabilization while shooting. Price: $900. www.fisherav.com, 818-998-7322 PioneerAnd now for a taste of things to come: the Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi is the first DVD player to sport an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output, which can carry both digital video and audio. Video is scaled through the HDMI connection to match your HDTV, and there's a progressive-scan component-video output if your set doesn't have an HDMI input. The 59AVi is also a universal player, compatible with both Super Audio CDs and DVD-Audio discs. There's full bass management for both formats as well as two FireWire (i.Link) outputs for digital high-res audio connections to Pioneer equipment, plus a standard multichannel analog audio output. Price: $1,600. www.pioneerelectronics.com, 800-746-6337
Fujitsu This is as big as they come - Fujitsu's 63-inch flat-panel TV is one of the kings of plasma. With this widescreen set and a separate HDTV tuner, it'll look like you've wallpapered your room with high-definition TV. Screen resolution is 1,366 x 768 pixels, and the set's proprietary processor optimizes HDTV and DVD video to match the panel. It also has 10-bit processing for the red, green, and blue elements in a component-video signal, said to result in more lifelike color. High-def inputs include component-video, VGA, and DVI. And it wouldn't be a king if it wasn't worth a king's ransom. Price: $24,999. www.plasmavision.com, 888-888-3424 PanasonicThe first home theater in a box with a DVD recorder, Panasonic's SC-HT1000 can burn both write-once DVD-Rs and rewritable DVD-RAM discs. You have four recording-quality modes to choose from, storing from 1 to 6 hours on a single disc. The recorder/receiver connects to the subwoofer with a single cable, and the other speakers all connect to the sub. The front L/R Tall-Boy speakers come with the adjustable stands shown, while the OmniCast surrounds have diffusion boards in front of their tweeters to disperse sound over a wide area. Powered by a built-in 240-watt amp, the sub is rated to rumble down to 45 Hz. Price: $1,000. www.panasonic.com, 800-211-7262


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How Can Travellers Benefit From Some of the Latest Smartphone Apps?
There are several smartphone apps for travellers that come handy, and they are of great use before you leave and also when you are on the road. Almost all gadgets now come with apps, which directly or indirectly can be beneficial for you on your trip such as compass, alarm clock, calculator, weather and many more.
But, you can additionally increase the utility of your gadget by installing a few more apps like restaurant finders, currency converters, translators, landmark guides, news readers etc. Here is a list of few conveniences that these smartphone apps offer to the travellers –
- Maps and Navigation
The presence of GPS on most of the Smartphones is the real benefit for travellers. This app means that your phone can help you navigate even through unfamiliar locations with at most ease. And the best part is that Android apps like Google Maps don't cost anything, it just strengthens the phone's appeal and learning how to take advantage of these apps can help you use your phone's functionalities to the fullest.
- All the Information That You Need Is Available at Your Finger Tips
Whether you are driving, flying or using public transport, smartphones are something worth having. With the help of few apps, you cannot just hire taxi or navigate your way or track mileage, but also book flight tickets. All you need to know is the reliable websites that can ease your job. For instance, http://cheapbusinessclasstickets.co.ukcan be used to book cheap business class tickets with great ease. Having the power at your fingertips feels great and these apps can suppress most of your travelling stress.
- Apps Save Money and Time
Smartphone apps have drastically reduced the cost of travelling and this is because travel service providers send information about all the deals and offers to their clients who are actively using their app. You can plan your whole trip by just going through the deals and promotions on your smart phones and also by helping you save some valuable time.
- Apps Keep You Connected
Until the invention of smartphones, being away or on holiday always meant out of touch where the connection was dependent on phone calls and messages. And, even if you had Wi-Fi enabled laptop, you could use it only if you had access to hotspot. A Smartphone not only lets you send messages and make calls, but it also supports several instant messaging apps. You can instantly send emails, use social networking sites, and do many other works with great ease with just a tap and swipe.
But, you must remember that many apps demand internet connectivity, but it is not that big a deal as most of the popular tourist destinations in the world do have Wi-Fi hotspots and even when you are roaming internationally, the charges won't be that high. However, you must make it a point not to download/update too many apps on-the-move to avoid heavy data usage charges.


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I clicked all these photos while I was traveling in a moving car at night.
Street Lamp
Howrah Bridge
Reliance Mobile
BAR Hotel
BSNL Red Light
Street Lamps
Mobile Message
Cycle Lights
Wrong things happen for the right reasons. Right things happen for the wrong reasons. Wrong things happen for the wrong reason when good people do nothing.
Twinkle Twinkle Indian Desi Style (Tamil, Telugu, Kanada, Punjabi, etc)
The Great Indian Laughter Show (Twinkle Twinkle, Jhony Jhony Yes Papa, Humpty Dumty, Jack and Jill, Baba Baba Black Sheep, etc)
This is how Twinkle Twinkle is taught in schools in villages in Punjab.


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Interactive Venn Diagram: Students use this online tool to compare and contrast the details of two books, to organize ideas for a compare and contrast essay, and a variety of other compare and contrast activities.
As Albert B. Somers explains that "[W]riting poetry is expressive, much of it is easily based on models and patterns, and the process can be quick and painless and even fun. Let's fact it: writing poems is not like writing essays." (129).
This lesson demonstrates that writing poetry can be not only an opportunity for students to engage in a fun writing experience, but the opportunity to explore the form and structure that are typical of the genre of poetry. Writing poetry and learning about poetry need not be pigeonholed: students can write their own poetry and learn specific literary terms at the same time. The successful teacher, according to Somers, models the process, provides starting places, urges students to choose their own focus point, and, then, helps students polish, phrase, and format their poems (130-131).
Further Reading
Somers, Albert B. 1999. Teaching Poetry in High School. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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|Afghan intelligence officials claimed today that the Taliban shadow district chief for Chak in Wardak province was assassinated by "Pakistani" gunmen in Quetta, Pakistan. Two gunmen riding on a motorcycle reportedly shot and killed Mullah Syed Ahmad Shahid Khel on Sunday afternoon.
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Shahid Khel, [sic] the Taliban's deputy minister of education and administrative head of the Chak district in Maidan Wardak, came under gun attack on the outskirts of Quetta.
The attack has worried senior Afghan Taliban leaders about their security in a city seen as their longtime sanctuary and capital in exile. The militant leader was hit in the leg, stomach and chest.
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Union Pacific Railroad urges hunters to resist the temptation to hunt on railroad property this season. Wildlife will migrate and feed along the edges of freshly harvested fields, making these areas prime hunting spots. With many fields adjacent to Union Pacific tracks, hunters find it very tempting to hunt on or near the tracks.
"Too many people have been injured or killed trespassing on railroad property over the years. As part of our UP CARES public safety initiative, we want to remind hunters that walking on or near railroad tracks is extremely dangerous because you never know when a train will come along," said Robert Morrison, Union Pacific Chief of Police.
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March 2003—Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied burst onto the world stage in February 2001 when his company, Mumbai-based Cipla Ltd., offered a three-drug anti-HIV regimen to poor African countries and aid groups like Médecins Sans Frontières for $350 a year-one thirtieth of the standard price. After receiving his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cambridge University at the age of 23, Dr. Hamied joined Cipla as a research officer in 1960. He has been Managing Director of the company since 1972 and Chairman since 1989. Dr. Hamied agreed to be interviewed for this first issue of the TREAT Asia Report.
TREAT Asia Report: Can you tell us about Cipla?
Dr. Yusuf Hamied: Cipla was founded in 1935. From our inception, our whole philosophy has been based on self-reliance and self- sufficiency. Post-independence, in the 60s, we fought very hard to have our patent laws changed. The basic principle was that we were not against patents; we were against monopoly. Since 1972, Indian Government policy has dictated that, in two areas—food and health—you cannot patent a product; you can only patent a process. And for a period of just seven years. When this policy was initiated in 1972, the multinationals controlled 85 percent of the Indian pharma business. Today, Indian companies control 85 percent of it. We are now a large exporter of pharmaceuticals.
TA Report: What are Cipla's annual revenues?
Hamied: Our total revenues are about U.S. $350 million. Sixty-five percent of this is from sales in India and 35 percent from exports. We produce at least 30 times the volume that figure would represent in America because the medicines we sell in India for a dollar cost between $20 and $30 in the U.S.
TA Report: How large is the pharmaceutical market in India today?
Hamied: Domestically, it's about $4 billion, and exports total about $2 billion. In terms of HIV, we produce antiretrovirals for about 20,000 patients. Of these, 5,000 to 10,000 are in India. So our total HIV business is about $6 to $7 million a year and growing.
TA Report:That's comparatively low, considering all the publicity you've gotten. Do you expect this number to increase significantly?
Hamied: I'm preparing for that. We have four criteria for HIV drugs. They must be effective, affordable, production must be sustainable, and we must be able to predict demand. If I had to supply two million people with HIV drugs at $300 a year, I would need at least a year to build up the capacity, and it would also require considerable financing. We need to partner with governments to do this.
TA Report: Which drugs do you produce?
Hamied: AZT, d4T, 3TC, ddI, nevirapine, and efavirenz. We have the know-how to produce others like abacavir. We make and also buy some of these from other countries. For example, the Koreans and the Chinese are extremely good in their manufacture of AZT. There is room for everybody in responding to HIV. It has to be a team effort between the multinationals and the so-called generic companies. We are now producing a combination of three drugs, called "Triomune," which includes d4T, 3TC, and nevirapine as two tablets a day—one in the morning and one in the evening.
TA Report: This is a combination you can't get in North America or Europe?
Hamied: That's right. Legally, I can produce all three as each individual drug comes from a different company.
TA Report: So you might be in the unusual situation of having a higher standard of care in a developing country than in rich countries?
Hamied: Exactly. That's what the multinationals don't like, and they oppose us like mad. All of Cipla's factories have been inspected and approved by the World Health Organization, and that's very important because nobody can point a finger at us and say that our drugs are not on par with what's available abroad. Last week we introduced a combination kit of two tablets and a capsule, to be taken simultaneously once a day under the name Odivir. These three contain 3TC, efavirenz, and sustained-release ddI. Now, that combination is more expensive—just under $3 a day. But we will introduce Triomune as a once-a-day combination kit for just over $1 a day.
TA Report: About 4 to 5 million people are infected with HIV in India, but only 5,000 to 10,000 people are being treated. Why the gap?
Hamied: Do you know that 90 percent of cancers in India are detected in the last stage of the disease? HIV is also not detected in most people. Here, it is detected by way of the opportunistic infections that the virus causes. A close friend of mine died of AIDS and never even knew he had HIV until he got sick from tuberculosis. In India, we don't even know how many TB patients have HIV. Detection is not done until it's too late. So HIV is still a silent killer, like breast or prostate cancer.
TA Report: What needs to be done in countries like India to significantly increase the number of people getting treatment?
Hamied: Increasing awareness, counseling, and testing are vital.
TA Report: But why would people get tested when there is no assurance, if they're HIV-positive, that they're going to get access to treatment?
Hamied: Because you are going to infect others. Any person who enrolls in a hospital or goes to a doctor should be tested. To get a driving license or a passport, you should be tested. In countries like Singapore, when you apply for a visa, you have to have an HIV test. Many things can be done when you're waging war against a pandemic that affects humanity.
TA Report: That's pretty controversial.
Hamied: Maybe. But I believe every avenue has to be looked at. I'm not saying done, but looked at. When I enter a country like Mauritius, my blood is checked for malaria. Every time I go there from India, the next day the man from the Ministry of Health comes to my door and tests me for malaria. So I asked the Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, "If you're testing me for malaria, why don't you also test the same blood sample for HIV?" I'm just throwing ideas at you—I'm not saying it should or should not be done. We need a brainstorming debate on this issue.
TA Report: Is there the capacity in India to deliver AIDS drugs in a knowledgeable way?
Hamied: Cipla is running workshops for doctors and nurses. We are teaching the doctors what to look out for. When a patient is detected as being HIV positive, counseling is essential. We urgently need initiatives like TREAT Asia to develop guidelines for treatment and to provide training for health care workers. We have done it in our workshops with doctors. But these are our guidelines.
TA Report: Are you concerned that if these drugs are not used properly, widespread drug resistance will emerge?
Hamied: There's a Jewish phrase that says, "If you can save one life, you've saved the world." But we do believe that these drugs need to be used properly, and that's why we desperately need to train and educate people about how to use them. I say that a person should do what he does best. We are best at producing medicines at affordable prices. Let us do our job—let others do theirs.
TA Report: What do you think of what the WTO is doing on compulsory licensing?
Hamied: In November 2001, the WTO agreed on two things. One, every country can decide for itself what is a national crisis or national emergency. And two, every country has the right to grant compulsory licenses. In India, we have 80 million cardiac patients, 60 million with diabetes, and 50 million people who suffer from hepatitis B. We could have 35 million people infected with HIV by 2010. And one in three Indians has latent TB. Because of this, health care is a permanent crisis in India. It is not an emergency; it is a permanent crisis. So we need permanent compulsory licensing laws. Which means what? It means we respect patents. and we will pay royalties to the patent holders for all drugs. In India, with a population exceeding 1.2 billion, we simply cannot allow companies a monopoly.
WTO also declared 49 countries to be "least-developed countries." But they have no definition of what a least-developed country is. The UN looks at it as gross national product per capita. According to the UN, no country with a population exceeding 75 million can be classified as least developed. Can you believe that? Today, only six percent of Indians finish high school. India has only 0.4 to 0.5 percent of world trade, and by 2012 that may reach one percent. Ninety percent of the country is least developed. Just because ten percent is super-developed doesn't mean that India is a developed country. We are a continent, not a country.
TA Report: Why not have different rules for AIDS drugs and so-called "lifestyle drugs" like Viagra?
Hamied: It's not about Viagra per se. It's what it costs to make a pill of Viagra and what price is being charged. Do you know what the price of a Viagra equivalent is in India today? About twelve cents per tablet, against $10 in Europe or the United States.
TA Report: The multinationals say that they are investing a significant amount of money in R&D to develop new, better HIV therapies. Why shouldn't they be able to profit from this?
Hamied: Much of their investment is not in really new types of drugs. For the really innovative, risky, conceptual research, they need to make a reasonable return and that needs to be protected. I agree with this, but 90 percent of all so-called pharmaceutical research is in "me too" drugs, and if there is a blockbuster, every effort goes into protecting it indefinitely.
TA Report: But should developing countries like Brazil and Thailand that are comparatively better off get what some might call a "free ride" in terms of these drugs?
Hamied: But many of the HIV drugs—AZT, d4T, 3TC—were not developed by the big companies. If you look at the world's top 50 drugs, more than half of them are not original products of the companies marketing them. They are all licensed. When it comes to diseases like HIV, we are willing to pay the inventors a royalty. I cannot accept a monopoly situation for these drugs in the context of a health crisis.
AZT was invented in 1963. It is covered under patent in the U.S. until 2005. Now it is used mainly in combination with lamivudine. Do you know when the combination patent of lamivudine with AZT expires? In 2017. Protection for 54 years—is that what intellectual property is all about? And then the companies sometimes go to court to extend the patent or to add new, extremely technical patents to extend their rights by way of analogues, enantiomorphs, newer polymorphs, or salts, etcetera.
TA Report: What should governments in Asia be doing to provide greater access to HIV treatments?
Hamied: What has happened in the two years since Cipla first announced a price of $300 per year, per patient? Very little. WHO and UNAIDS haven't done much. Even MSF [Médecins Sans Frontières] and the big activists—what have they really done? One or two countries have acted, like Malawi, Senegal, Cameroon, Zambia, Nigeria, and maybe Namibia and Botswana, in their own limited way. By and large, very little has been done—unlike in Brazil.
TA Report: Three years from now, how many people in developing countries will be getting effective treatment for HIV?
Hamied: I would say one to three million people in developing countries worldwide. That's the upper extreme figure. And the could be 60 million people living with HIV by 2010, so only 5 percent of that.
TA Report: Dr. Hamied, thank you for your time.
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All of the attention focused on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act may have caused many folks to overlook other energy/fuel-centric federal "stimulus" programs. As of this writing, Title IX of the Farm Bill offers a number of good programs currently waiting in the shadows of the ARRA.
The 2008 Farm Bill provides more programs and money than were available last year. Thus, a review of all of the programs under the bill is warranted, although space considerations allow for only a sampling of the programs to be presented here.
Section 9004: Repowering Assistance Program-Section 9004 authorizes payments to encourage biorefineries in existence when the Farm Bill was passed to replace fossil fuels used for operational power with biomass power. Payments would be made for installation of new biomass systems.
Section 9005: Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels-Section 9005 provides for payments to be made to eligible agricultural producers to support and ensure an expanding production of "advanced biofuels." Advanced biofuels under the bill are essentially those fuels derived from renewable biomass other than corn-kernel starch and include, among others, ethanol from waste materials. Further, advanced biofuels must have life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at least 50 percent less than baseline (2005) life-cycle GHG emissions for gasoline or diesel as specified by the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007.
Section 9007: Rural Energy for America Program-Section 9007 is designed to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy development for agricultural producers and rural small businesses and provides grants and loan guarantees for energy audits, feasibility studies and project development of renewable energy systems/energy efficiency improvements. Grants in certain instances, however, may not exceed 25 percent of cost. Loan guarantees are capped at $25 million per loan, and any combination of grant and loan guarantees may not exceed 75 percent of cost.
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You may find yourself in a situation where you need to use more than one style manual. For example, you may need MLA Handbook for your English class, CSE for your biology class, and APA for a psychology class -- all in the same quarter! Don't panic. Using a style manual is like riding a bike: Once you understand how it works, you can ride any kind of bicycle. Once you understand how style manuals work, you'll be able to use any of them.
No matter what style manual you're using, in order to cite a source properly you need to know three things:
- What information should you collect to identify the source?
- How do you organize that information?
- What are the rules for punctuation and capitalization?
Style manuals provide guidance for each of the COP areas. Let's examine each area.


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athletechs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
RAAA PRIDE Program
Participate with RAAA In the Development of Excellence in all we do!
RAAA is produce to announce the launch of its "PRIDE" program! This program is designed to build community spirit as well as support RAAA programs.
To that end, RAAA has partnered with two local vendors, Fan Club and Oh Those Guys, to offer a variety of Rosemount Apparel styles and price points. A portion of each sale directly benefits RAAA programs!
About RAAA:
Rosemount Area Athletic Association (RAAA)
We are a non-profit youth sports organization in Rosemount MN, we are launching the PRIDE program to help raise funds to cover scholarships we offer to financially strapped families. We feel that all youth should have the opportunity to participate in sports and realize the benefits regardless of their families ability to pay for the registration fees.
We want a logo that is youthful and sports oriented. The tag line is "**P**articipate with **R**AAA **I**n the **D**evelopment of **E**xcellence in all we do!" From the letters highlighted with *'s, we came up with PRIDE.
Parents, participants, families who are members of the Rosemount Area Athletic Association. These individuals are looking for apparel to wear to sporting and community events to show their pride in RAAA and Rosemount.
http://www.rosemount-aaa.org (is the current web site where the logo will appear)
shop.athletechs.com (is where the available apparel is purchased - the logo will appear here too).
The Rosemount High School are the Irish. The colors are green, gold, and blue. The logo for RAAA can be found at http://www.rosemount-aaa.org.
We are looking for a logo or banner graphics to advertise the new PRIDE program as it will be launched in the upcoming week.
We are looking for a design that brings the focus to the name of the program (PRIDE) while also communicating the tag line of "Participate with RAAA in the Development of Excellence in all we do!"
The design should incorporate elements of the RAAA logo, but be a bit more modern and vibrant. The design should incorporate Irish design elements and have green, gold, and blue palettes. Modern, youth, energizing, sporting.
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There was a little teaser headline on the front page of the commuter paper this morning saying something like "Unhappiness linked to obesity!" The headline, when I opened the paper, was along the same lines. So I was bracing myself for some dumb new pseudoscientific study of how we're only fat because we're sad lonely compulsive eaters just trying to fill the holes in our hearts with food. Or how we're only sad because we're fat and nobody loves us which is our own fault because we can't get control of ourselves.
Instead, I found a rather interesting study about how some people may overeat (and, in some cases, then proceed to get fat) because they don't have as many dopamine receptors, so they don't get as big of a dopamine kick from foods. In other words, they actually enjoy eating less than other people do, which leads them to eat more in order to seek the pleasurable response that naturally comes from food. You know, I really buy that. Obviously not all fat people eat compulsively or overeat, but I definitely buy that some people get less of a dopamine kick from the same activities — we certainly don't all have identical neurotransmitter activity, any more than we all have identical metabolisms. And I buy that this can cause people to eat more. Having experienced sufficient pleasure from your food is as important a satiety cue as a physical feeling of being full — hence why people still want food, or want it more, after eating miserable dietetic junk, even if it has sufficient bulk to produce fullness.
It was intriguing. It deserved further study. It had absolutely nothing to do with unhappiness being linked to obesity. So why the hell was it being played like that, media? Were you too lazy to read what you just wrote?
Headlines aside, I'd actually be interested to read further studies on this. Particularly, I'm interested — and one of the researchers seems to be, too — in finding out whether dieting behavior actually increases the problem by fucking with your brain chemistry. Don't you just bet it does permanent damage to your dopamine receptors, requiring you to eat more and more (or engage more and more in other compulsive activities) in order to get the same pleasure? It seems plausible, given how joyless dieting makes you ("Unhappiness Linked to Dieting!"). I want to see data!
I think there are risks to treating overeating as an addiction, because it's so easily generalized to treating all eating as an addiction. But that's nothing new — people have been treating overeating as an addiction for ages. This study gives me hope that they'll at least treat it as something with an addiction-similar brain mechanism, NOT just some kind of personal failure to cope. I don't want people to assume I'm a compulsive eater just because I'm fat, so I dislike the conflation — though the HealthDay report is at least marginally okay about distinguishing overeating, and even a tendency to gain weight due to overeating, from simply being fat. But if people are going to assume a compulsive overeater anyway, I'd like to at least endure that with the knowledge that actual compulsive overeaters were being treated with an evidence-based scientific understanding of the neurological underpinnings of their habits — not just dismissed as emotional fuckups.


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Hi all,
Shaun Sullivan has posted this amazing victorian manor to Brickshelf.
According to a note in his gallery (still looking for a Lugnet post or game write-up), this was first used for a horror (Lovecraft) themed Brikwars game this past weekend, though obviously he's been working on this for quite a while (he hinted about in in August).
While this is not a castle-themed creation, there are amazing architectural details throughout, and the general area of horror, IMO, is castle-friendly.
Be sure to check out: the amazing 2-thick curved wall, with curved bookcases to match, fireplace and chairs, canopied bed, perching parrots, fireplace variant, monstrous skeletons, extremely rare, never sold, element (how'd he get this?), rolling ladder, spooky tree (by Dave Eaton) and fence, and an amazing number of details throughout (plus the general studless nature of the floors and the modular room construction themselves amazing).
It looks like Shaun is still planning on uploading a ton of detail pictures, with all of those empty folders for different rooms.
Pictures from the game in progress are in another folder.


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LTL also known as less than truckload shipping is a relatively lighter and easier one. This kind of freight management generally deals with shipments weighing between 68 and 9,000 kg. In most cases, drivers start the day by loading up and heading out to make deliveries and then make pickups once the trailer has been emptied for return to the terminal. It is advantageous to use an LTL carrier as shipment may be transported for a fraction of the cost of hiring an entire truck and trailer for an exclusive shipment.
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It's that time of year again. Earth Hour 2009 will be celebrated from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. (your local time zone) this Saturday, March 28.
Last year I wrote about Earth Hour and asked everyone to participate and turn off his/her lights for just one hour. I also gave tips for making it a fun family event, and, without giving it too much thought, suggested lighting candles as an alternate lighting source. The problem with this idea has come to my attention since then on more than one occasion, but most recently Crunchy Chicken wrote about the negative impact of paraffin candles in her Earth Hour bashing post.
For those of you not intimately knowledgeable about standard paraffin candles, paraffin is essentially hydrocarbon, or a heavy alkane fraction distilled straight from crude oil. Even if 80% of your electricity comes from coal and fossil fuel fired power stations, burning candles is very polluting and certainly very greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions intensive, even more so than electric lighting. In other words, for every paraffin candle that is burned to replace electric lighting during Earth Hour, greenhouse gas emissions over the course of the one hour are increased by 9.8 g of carbon dioxide.
That's a rather disturbing thought, no?
She continues,
Beeswax candles, on the other hand, can be considered "carbon neutral" in the sense that, even though it produces carbon dioxide when burned, it's carbon that is naturally cycled through the ecospheric carbon cycle – not from fossil fuel.
So if you do plan on burning candles this year while participating in Earth Hour (or really if you plan to burn candles at all anytime), please make sure they are beeswax candles. An even better option though is to just hang out in the dark for an hour. 🙂
Aside from the candle issue, I have to admit I'm torn on the efficacy of Earth Hour. While I believe it has the power to affect change, I think if people, businesses, corporations and governments just do this one thing – turn out their lights for one hour – without changing any other of their habits, it's really moot. And I question how many people are doing it just to be a part of something trendy and make themselves feel good. Turning out our lights for an hour isn't going to solve global warming. However, if everyone uses Earth Hour as a springboard to take another step and another step and find little changes they can make to live greener and more sustainably, then it's a great thing.
I'm trying to lean towards optimism rather than pessimism and keep the hope that each and every person who participates in Earth Hour is not doing it just to pat them self on the back for one evening, but that he/she realizes this is only the first step of many (MANY!!) to make a real difference in the future of our Earth.
Like I said in my post last year,
Earth Hour doesn't have to end at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, you can incorporate it into your everyday life by doing little things like:
- turn off lights when you leave a room;
- switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs;
- turn off appliances when not in use;
- unplug things like cell phone chargers, the toaster, microwave and TV when they aren't in use;
- use less hot water;
- switch to green power.
So what say you? Are you in? And what steps do you/will you take beyond turning off your lights on Saturday night?


text: First we saw an Iron Man dress with its own glowing Arc Reactor, now Kelsey Michele's gorgeous Captain America gown design has been spotted in the fabric. We grabbed this photo of a San Diego convention-goer who stitched up her own version of the red, white, and blue number. Maybe we'll eventually see the whole line of Avengers dresses brought to life.


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Zenit-3SL Launches EUTELSAT 70B
Eutelsat Communications' EUTELSAT 70B satellite has been successfully delivered into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch AG from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in international waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Lift-off of the rocket carrying the 5.2 tonne satellite took place on Monday 3 December at 20.44 GMT/UTC. After a 1-hour 6-minute flight, the Zenit-3SL booster released EUTELSAT 70B into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Partial deployment of the solar array was carried out successfully approximately two hours after spacecraft separation.
Following early orbit operations managed by Eutelsat and Astrium engineers and which include circularising the satellite's orbit, fully extending the solar arrays and deploying the antennas, EUTELSAT 70B will undergo a full series of in-orbit tests. The latest satellite to Eutelsat's fleet is expected to enter full commercial service in mid-January 2013.
Commenting after launch and the first manoeuvres, Eutelsat CEO, Michel de Rosen said: "We are delighted to announce that EUTELSAT 70B is on its way to 70.5 degrees East and thank Sea Launch, Energia Logistics and RSC Energia for this flawless launch. With a footprint connecting Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, EUTELSAT 70B will be a powerful asset to our in-orbit resources. Its reach into Asia will also be a strong complement to the EUTELSAT 172A satellite integrated into our fleet in September following the acquisition of this satellite from GE Capital."
Built for Eutelsat by Astrium using its E3000 platform, EUTELSAT 70B is designed to optimise resources from the 70.5* East orbital slot. With high frequency reuse, four powerful regional beams connected to 48 Ku-band transponders are located on a single platform, more than doubling current capacity at 70.5* East for data and government services, broadband access, GSM backhauling and professional video exchanges.
EUTELSAT 70B will replace the EUTELSAT 70A satellite which will subsequently be redeployed to another location for continued commercial service.
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A. With capacity commercialised on 29 satellites that provide coverage across Europe, as well as the Middle East, Africa and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators. As of 30 September 2012 Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting 4,400 television channels to over 200 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates high speed Internet services through teleports in France and Italy that serve consumers, enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ just over 750 commercial, technical and operational professionals. This culturally diverse staff comprises employees from 30 countries. www.eutelsat.com
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British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has responded to the controversy over his appearance at the Oscars by posting a spoof video in character as The Dictator demanding the return of his tickets.
I paid Hilary Swank $2 million to be my date and she will not refund a penny
The Bruno star hit headlines this week (beg20Feb12) after he was reportedly banned from turning up at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday (26Feb12) in costume as Admiral General Aladeen, the leader of fictional country Wadiya, from his latest movie.
Oscars bosses spoke out to insist he hadn't been told to stay away, butCohen has now released a video to address the controversy.
He appears in character in the film and orders Oscars chiefs to "lift sanctions" and return his tickets by 12pm on Sunday.
He says, "Good morning... On behalf of the nation of Wadiya, I am outraged at being banned from the Oscars by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences.
"While I abhor the Academy for taking away my right to free speech, I warn you that if you do not lift your sanctions and give me my tickets back by 12pm on Sunday, you will face unimaginable consequences..".
He goes to to add, "On top of all of this, I paid Hilary Swank $2 million to be my date and she will not refund a penny. My Sunday calendar is now as empty as a North Korean grocery store...
Death to the west, death to America and good luck (Oscars host) Billy Crystals (sic). You are fantastic".
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