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UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, agreed to pay $160.2 million to settle charges it rigged bids on at least 100 U.S. municipal-bond transactions that generated "millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains."
UBS will pay $47.2 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges and $113 million to end cases brought by other federal and state authorities, the SEC said yesterday in Washington. Some of the money will be returned to municipalities, the SEC said.
The settlement agreements, which involved 25 states, are part of criminal and civil investigations into a conspiracy by financial firms and municipal advisers to overcharge state and local governments for investment products. UBS's activity threatened the tax-exempt status of $16.5 billion of municipal bonds, the SEC said.
"Our complaint against UBS reads like a 'how-to' primer for bid-rigging and securities fraud," Elaine Greenberg, chief of the SEC's Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit, said in a statement. "They used secret arrangements and multiple roles to win business and defraud municipalities through the repeated use of illegal courtesy bids, last looks for favored bidders, and money to bidding agents disguised as swap payments."
The bank is the second to settle charges in the government's more-than-four-year antitrust investigation into bid rigging for investments states and cities make with proceeds from the $400 billion of bonds they sell yearly. Last year, Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay $137 million in restitution.
"UBS is pleased to have resolved this matter with its regulators," the Zurich-based company said in a statement. "The underlying transactions were entered into in a business that no longer exists at UBS and involved employees who are no longer with the firm."
Last year, former UBS banker Mark Zaino pleaded guilty to fixing prices when brokering municipal-investment deals by submitting intentionally losing bids at auctions run by Los Angeles-broker CDR Financial Products. UBS allegedly entered into separate trades with another bank that were used to funnel kickbacks to CDR. Zaino agreed to cooperate in the investigation.
The Justice Department also indicted the former co-head of UBS's municipal derivatives group and two colleagues.
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Merck KGaA Units Pay $44 Million to Settle False-Claims Suit
Merck KGaA units agreed to pay $44.3 million to settle allegations the company submitted false claims to U.S. health-care programs because doctors were paid to prescribe its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif, the U.S. said.
The government accused Merck KGaA's Serono Laboratories Inc. and EMD Serono Inc. of making payments to health-care providers for hundreds of meetings and programs at upscale resorts where Rebif was promoted. The settlement was filed in a whistle-blower lawsuit in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, and made public yesterday.
Serono's actions resulted in the submission of false claims to programs including Medicare and Medicaid for the payment of Rebif because the claims were tainted by kickbacks, the Justice Department said in an e-mailed statement.
Serono denies the allegations and doesn't admit any liability, according to the settlement. Merck KGaA, based in Darmstadt, Germany, acquired Swiss drugmaker Serono SA in 2007 for $17.9 billion.
Under the agreement, the federal government will receive $34.6 million while various states will split $9.7 million.
Timothy Amato, a former business director for Serono who filed the whistle-blower case in 2005, will receive about $5.2 million, according to a copy of the settlement agreement.
The case is U.S. ex rel. Tim Amato v. Serano Laboratories Inc., 05-cv-03457, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland (Greenbelt).
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AIG Accused of Lying About CDOs in Civil Lawsuit Over Bailout
American International Group Inc. engaged in widespread fraud in connection with its U.S. bailout and should be forced to repay "treble damages" to taxpayers, two people said in a civil lawsuit in California.
AIG, four banks and 100 unnamed "John Doe" defendants repeatedly lied to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the U.S. Treasury in connection with an $85 billion loan rescuing the insurer in 2008, according to a complaint filed in September and unsealed April 28 in San Diego federal court.
"Each time AIG was caught engaging in fraud it promised to reform its ways," the complaint alleges, citing financial reporting failures at the company in the years before the bailout. "Each time, AIG reverted to its unlawful and fraudulent way of doing business."
AIG Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche is attempting to resolve legal disputes as the Treasury prepares to sell its 92 percent stake in the New York-based company. AIG, once the world's largest insurer, has settled lawsuits with investors and former CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg since the 2008 rescue.
The lenders, Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch unit, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale, allegedly lied about how AIG's bailout money was used, according to the complaint. The suit was filed by Derek and Nancy Casady, who say they uncovered evidence through an examination of data using "established investigative methods used by certified fraud examiners."
A spokesman for AIG in London referred calls to the New York press office. Christina Pretto, a New York-based AIG spokeswoman, didn't immediately return a call before regular business hours.
Deutsche Bank spokesman Christian Streckert and Societe Generale spokeswoman Laetitia Maurel didn't immediately return calls for comment. Calls to Goldman Sachs's and Merrill Lynch's London press offices weren't immediately returned.
BofA, Wells Fargo Mortgage Papers Challenged in North Carolina
Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co., lenders already being probed for faulty home foreclosure practices, were accused by a county official in North Carolina of using mortgage documents that were possibly forgeries.
The signatures of the same names on more than 4,500 documents handled by Lender Processing Services Inc. for real estate valued at $624.8 million varied enough to raise doubts about their validity, Jeff Thigpen, register of deeds in Guilford County, North Carolina, told reporters yesterday in Greensboro.
Most of the documents were certificates of satisfaction filed on behalf of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo, Bank of America, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and other institutions showing the payoff of home mortgages, he said. Thigpen said defective documents may harm a person's ability to get a loan if there are doubts about the legitimacy of the paperwork discharging a previous mortgage.
"Investigators need to look at all of this, including the possibility of forgery," Thigpen said in an interview. "I don't know if the people who signed the documents were authorized to sign the documents or if they were who said they said were. It is all very questionable."
Thigpen's allegations, covering paperwork from 2008 through 2010, follows complaints that banks relied on so-called robosigners, who allegedly processed and signed foreclosure documents without verifying the facts of the cases.
Jason Menke, a Wells Fargo spokesman, said the bank's practices regarding certificates of satisfaction are "appropriate and pose no risk or harm to homeowners in the Carolinas or anywhere else."
Michelle Kersch, a spokeswoman for Lender Processing Services, said by e-mail that when the company learned of improper signing practices at its subsidiary Docx in November 2009 the process was halted, clients notified and the unit ultimately shut down.
Jumana Bauwens, a spokeswoman for Bank of America, didn't respond to an e-mail and phone call seeking comment.
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Deutsche Bank Sued by L.A. for Evicting Low-Income Tenants
Deutsche Bank AG was sued by the city of Los Angeles for allegedly failing to maintain foreclosed properties and illegally evicting low-income tenants.
The bank has become "one of the major slumlords in the city" by buying more than 2,200 properties through foreclosure and letting vacant buildings fall into disrepair, Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich said yesterday at a press conference. The bank also unlawfully evicted tenants in order to sell buildings, he said.
"They hurt the most economically vulnerable people in the city," Trutanich said. "They failed to make necessary repairs and tenants were condemned to live in substandard conditions."
The lawsuit filed in California state court comes a day after the U.S. Justice Department sued the German bank for more than $1 billion, claiming it lied while arranging federal insurance on faulty mortgages. Deutsche Bank's MortgageIT unit falsely certified that it was examining default risks while qualifying loans for Federal Housing Administration insurance, according to the government.
Renee Calabro, a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt-based bank, said the complaint filed by the Los Angeles City Attorney is "against the wrong party," according to an e-mailed statement. "Loan servicers, and not Deutsche Bank as trustee, are contractually responsible for both the maintenance of foreclosed properties and any actions taken with respect to tenants of foreclosed properties."
Calabro yesterday called the federal government's lawsuit "unreasonable and unfair" May 3 and said the company would fight the litigation.
The case is People v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., BC460878, Superior Court of California (Los Angeles).
MetLife's $1.8 Billion Award Challenged by United Concordia
A $1.8 billion dental-insurance contract awarded to a unit of MetLife Inc. has been challenged in court by United Concordia Companies Inc., a provider of health services to the U.S. military.
United Concordia, a for-profit unit of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc., has provided dental insurance for Tricare, the military's health system, since 1996. The agency awarded a contract to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., a unit of MetLife, in January.
The company's complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington May 3, is sealed. The company also filed a motion asking Judge Eric Bruggink for a temporary restraining order, which could keep MetLife from beginning work on the contract.
United Concordia had protested the contract to the Government Accountability Office, which adjudicates award disputes. The GAO denied the company's protest on April 27.
United Concordia had $1.78 billion in gross revenue and more than 8 million members in 2010.
Leilyn Perri, a spokesman for Highmark, declined to comment yesterday.
Austin Camacho, a Tricare spokesman, declined to comment on the lawsuit and said the agency was moving forward with the yearlong transition to MetLife.
Karen Eldred, a spokeswoman for MetLife, didn't respond to a request for comment.
The case is United Concordia Companies Inc. v. U.S., 11-cv-276, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Washington).
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HSBC Seeks Dismissal of $9 Billion Madoff Trustee Lawsuit
HSBC Holdings Plc asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff's firm, saying he isn't allowed by law to bring such suits on behalf of the confidence man's customers.
Trustee Irving H. Picard in December sued HSBC and a dozen so-called feeder funds for $9 billion, accusing them of aiding Madoff's fraud. A U.S. District Court judge temporarily took the case out of bankruptcy court to decide whether Picard can bring common-law claims such as unjust enrichment and can sue on behalf of customers, since his job is to liquidate the Madoff firm.
"The trustee has no standing to bring the common law claims on behalf of BLMIS," HSBC said May 3 in a U.S. District Court filing in New York, referring to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. "The trustee has no standing to bring the common law claims on behalf of all BLMIS customers."
Amanda Remus, a Picard spokeswoman, declined to comment.
HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, also is facing lawsuits from feeder funds and their investors, who claim the bank failed to fulfill custody and administrative duties to them.
Picard, who has filed more than 1,000 suits seeking money for investors in the Ponzi scheme, alleged the bank was aware of concerns that Madoff's investment business was fraudulent and didn't take steps to protect investors.
"Had HSBC and the defendants reacted appropriately to such warnings and other obvious badges of fraud outlined in the complaint, the Madoff Ponzi scheme would have collapsed years, billions of dollars and countless victims sooner," Picard said in a December statement.
The bank said it lost almost $1 billion of its own money investing in feeder funds, "a fact that clearly undermines the trustee's claim that HSBC was on notice of Madoff's fraud," it said in the filing. As Picard himself alleges that Madoff was the "mastermind" of the fraud, established legal rules bar him from suing HSBC "for alleged assistance of what in essence was his own fraud," it said.
The appeal is Irving H. Picard v. HSBC Bank Plc, 11-cv-0763, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
Laser Spine Surgery Marketed on Google Sees Complaints
Bonnie Balch searched online for a back surgeon and found a pitch she called irresistible: Laser Spine Institute LLC promised to ease her pain and have her out the door in a few hours, Bloomberg News's David Armstrong reports.
Instead, her October 2008 surgery at the Tampa, Florida-based center left Balch incontinent, with a dangerous spinal fluid leak, she said. Still in pain, she was off work for almost a year and needed a second surgery elsewhere to get relief.
"They should have told me they couldn't help me," said Balch, 63, a Longmont, Colorado, flight attendant. "They are in it to make money." Her insurer paid Laser Spine $90,176 for the operation, a follow-up procedure and some subsequent care.
Balch sued Laser Spine, alleging malpractice, in December 2009, one of 15 cases filed against the company in the past 18 months.
The lawsuits reflect growing complaints about a new area of medicine: high-volume, doctor-owned spinal surgery centers that market directly to patients on Google Inc.'s search site and others. For Laser Spine, the business model generated a 34.3 percent net profit margin from 2006 through 2009 -- eclipsing even the Internet giant's 24.8 percent for that period.
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Icahn Seeks Dismissal of Last Claim in Lions Gate Lawsuit
Billionaire Carl Icahn asked a federal judge to dismiss Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.'s last surviving claim against him.
The movie studio accused Icahn of paying a special price for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's 5.4 percent stake in Lions Gate, saying it wasn't fair to other investors. By law, an issuer can't demand more money for shareholders, Icahn said in a filing May 3 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer should reconsider his decision to let the accusation stand, "to prevent the manifest injustice that would result from the parties and this court expending substantial resources litigating toward an unobtainable remedy," Icahn said in the filing.
Baer in March dismissed Lions Gate's claims that Icahn tried to interfere with its plan to merge with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. New York State Supreme Court Justice O. Peter Sherwood the same month threw out Icahn's lawsuit accusing Lions Gate's board of conspiring with large shareholders to thwart his hostile bid for the film studio.
The case is Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. V. Icahn, 1:10-cv-08169, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan.)
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Rajaratnam Jury Hears Wiretaps Again as New Member Joins Panel
Jurors in the insider-trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam reheard recordings of wiretapped conversations played for them last week after restarting deliberations following the replacement of one member of the panel.
With an alternate seated on the panel after Juror 2 was dismissed for medical reasons, U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell in Manhattan yesterday told the eight women and four men to begin weighing the charges anew. The panel later asked to hear 12 wiretaps of Rajaratnam's phone conversations, nine of which had been played before for the jurors, who began the first round of deliberations April 25.
The jury left yesterday afternoon and will resume deliberations today.
One of the three new recordings captured a conversation in which former McKinsey & Co. partner Anil Kumar told Galleon Group LLC co-founder Rajaratnam, 53, about "massive layoffs on Monday," which prosecutors said was a tip about job cuts at EBay Inc. in October 2008.
"I love that they're listening to these calls," Assistant U.S. Attorney Reed Brodsky told the judge after the jurors left the courtroom. "Some of these calls are fantastic for the government."
Holwell again refused a U.S. request to give transcripts of the recordings to the jury. The prosecution said jurors may not know precisely which recordings to ask for because they lack a master list and transcripts.
Rajaratnam was arrested in October 2009 in the largest crackdown on hedge-fund insider trading in U.S. history. Prosecutors, relying in part on wiretaps of the defendant's phone calls, said he gained $63.8 million from tips leaked by corporate insiders and hedge-fund traders about 15 stocks.
Rajaratnam, who said he based the trades on research, was tried on five counts of conspiracy and nine counts of securities fraud. He faces as long as 20 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charges. The trial began March 8.
The case is U.S. v. Rajaratnam, 1:09-cr-01184, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
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Glaxo May Settle 1,000 More Avandia Lawsuits, Attorney Says
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, after setting aside more than $6 billion to help settle lawsuits over medicines including its Avandia diabetes drug, is poised to resolve 1,000 more cases, a lawyer for patients said.
Glaxo, the U.K.'s biggest drugmaker, is in settlement talks with lawyers for an estimated 1,000 former Avandia users who sued the company in state courts in Pennsylvania, California and Illinois, Dianne Nast, a plaintiffs' attorney who serves on a group helping to oversee cases consolidated in federal court in Philadelphia, said in an interview yesterday.
"There are a total of about 5,300 state-court cases pending" around the country, Nast told U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe at a hearing in Philadelphia. "I expect a multiple number of them probably will be resolved." After the hearing, Nast declined to comment on the amount of any settlements.
The company said in September it would stop promoting Avandia worldwide after regulators said the treatment would be withdrawn from the market in Europe and sales would be limited in the U.S. because of studies linking the drug to increased risks of heart attacks.
Glaxo officials have agreed to pay at least $700 million over the last eight months to resolve about 12,000 suits alleging the drugmaker failed to warn consumers that Avandia could cause heart attacks and strokes, people familiar with the accords told Bloomberg News earlier.
Bernadette King, a U.S.-based Glaxo spokeswoman, declined comment on the Avandia settlement talks.
The consolidated case is In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, 07-01871, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia).
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K1 Hedge Funds Weren't Set Up as Ponzi Scheme, Kiener Says
K1 Group founder Helmut Kiener, accused of defrauding investors of 345 million euros ($513 million), told a court his funds weren't set up from the beginning to operate as a Ponzi scheme.
In the second part of his testimony at his fraud trial in Wuerzburg, Germany, Kiener yesterday denied some of the charges. Banks that gave him money, including Barclays Plc and BNP Paribas SA, had to approve his investment proposals and the funds in which he invested, Kiener said.
"Barclays and BNP could have protested against the investment had they really been interested in the investment strategy," Kiener said in the statement read by his lawyers. "To the extent they didn't ask questions about particular funds I chose, I didn't violate the investment agreements."
Kiener was arrested in 2009 as part of an international probe that included authorities in the U.S. and Germany. Barclays and BNP Paribas lost a combined 223 million euros in his scam, while private investors lost about 122 million euros, prosecutors said. In his first statement at trial last month Kiener confessed to using new investors' money to make up for losses in the wake of the financial crisis and to having manipulated some account statements.
K1 Invest Ltd. and K1 Global Ltd. were the two main funds he operated and which took the losses that prompted the trial.
Kiener also testified yesterday that he began forging account statements for K1 Invest immediately after it was set up. When he was shown by the court flaws in the numbering of forged statements which could have alerted the recipients to the fraud, Kiener said no one ever noticed or asked him about them.
Simon Eaton, a Barclays Capital spokesman, declined to comment.
A BNP Paribas spokesman who refused to be identified citing bank policy, declined to comment on Kiener's assertions because the case is ongoing.
Mediaset Challenges EU Over $7.5 Million in Decoder Subsidies
Mediaset SpA, the company controlled by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, told the European Union's highest court that an EU order forcing it to repay Italy about 5 million euros ($7.5 million) in subsidies for the purchase of digital-broadcast decoders was unsubstantiated.
A lower EU court last year failed to assess whether the European Commission had "sufficiently established" that Mediaset benefited from the subsidies, a lawyer for the Milan-based company said yesterday.
The EU General Court erred when it ruled "that the commission was right to find the existence of an economic benefit by merely relying on abstract and totally unproven allegations," Mediaset lawyer Konstantinos Adamantopoulos told a five-judge panel of the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
The Brussels-based European Commission, the executive agency for the 27-nation EU, in January 2007 said the subsidies amounted to more than 200 million euros for Italians who purchased digital terrestrial decoders, while satellite technology was excluded. Mediaset was among companies that indirectly benefited from the aid, the commission said.
The lower EU court said last year that the measure had not been "technologically neutral."
The case is C-403/10 P, Mediaset v. Commission.
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MESA, Ariz. — When Michael Luna left for basic training with the Arizona Army National Guard in July, little did he know what his time would be occupied with when he would return home in December.
Finding a job.
The 21-year-old private who lives in the Valley, falls within the 40 to 50 percent of veterans returning from basic training or active duty who are unemployed. That number is considered the norm, but officials at the Arizona Army National Guard's Papago Park base, located near the Phoenix/Tempe border, say trends suggest the unemployment rate of veterans who return to civilian life could be on the rise. Part of that, they say, may be attributed to U.S. communities small and large experiencing the return of more soldiers to civilian life — a byproduct of the United States winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and therefore decreasing deployments.
Representatives from employment services at the base said Luna's situation is part of a big change over the last two years.
Just last week, about 40 Arizona military personnel who worked in the medical field returned from deployment with the C-I59's National Guard's Aviation Company. Many of them are from the East Valley, flooding the market with experienced personnel looking for jobs.
"I've been looking all over," Luna said of his search as he handed an application to Krista Titus. Titus is a volunteer Employment Resource Center coordinator for the Be Resilient Program, part of the Personnel Readiness Center at the Arizona National Guard's Papago base, 5636 E. McDowell Road.
"It's been real difficult," Luna said, adding he would like to work with kids or in security. "I've been applying everywhere. I can't find anything."
So far, the Town of Gilbert has been a leader in welcoming its veterans home — and ultimately back to work — as it formed its "Operation Welcome Home" program in December 2011. Welcome Home aims to not only recognize veterans joining the service or returning home, but also to help lessen the burdens and uncertainties associated with returning to civilian life. This often includes introducing them to veterans organizations, employers and mentors.
Although it is a challenging job market, there are steps veterans can take to help their individual causes.
Employment services and resources are available for all branches of the service inside another building at the Arizona National Guard's Papago base.
The Yellow Ribbon Re-Integration Program — established from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 with a purpose to connect National Guardsmen and their families to services in the community — works in a similar manner. Its office at the Papago base is working with more than 120 community partners offering job fairs and other services.
The program educates those leaving for duty and returning home, as well as their families, on services available.
Charles Wade works for the Military Personnel Services Corporation, representing the Arizona Air National Guard inside the Personnel Readiness Center. Wade said the landscape of the job market has become more challenging since the military first saw a surge of enlistment after 9/11.
"A lot of veterans are not aware of the services we have available or the entitlements they have to help them with employment and in many other areas," Wade said. "Like job hoppers, there used to be deployment hoppers ... Guardsmen and reservists would return home from a deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan, spend two or three months looking for a job and realize there wasn't anything available, so they'd volunteer for another deployment. We're going to be seeing less of that.
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I am applying 5V DC from BK Precision Power Supply 1646 to mycontroller. This power supply has minus(-) connector, GNDconnector, and plus(+) connector. It looks like it has twovoltage dial knobs, COARSE and FINE. And I believe third knobis for current. It also has two LEDs, a CV LED and CCLED. How do I exactly apply 5V DC to my controller from thispower supply. Do I connect 5V pin of my controller to plus(+)connector on power supply and ground from my controller to minus(-)connector. What about the GND connector on the powersupply. Do I leave it alone? What is the purpose ofeach of above knobs and connector mentioned in this question?
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The latest from the Jeezy's much anticipated Thug Motivation 103 is about alcohol-induced amnesia which of course leads to a menage a trois and shameless balling, 'house stupid dumb big, my rooms got rooms" (The Recession was the LAST album). Cool song but it falls short compared to monster singles from previous efforts. Might also [cont.]
It's like the 90′s again when you hear Jojo Pellegrino spit. On "Devastate" he takes you on a journey through the streets, the cipher, the industry, and even Haiti. Producer Frank Dukes also does his thing, creating a fresh blend of creeping bass lines and sped-up vocals. Look forward to that Hurricane Pelly mixtape and [cont.]
Not sure who produced this joint but I wouldn't be surprised if it dictated the subject matter. When you hear those guitars, you'll want to reminisce. When you hear the songstress blessing the hook with that Motherly vibe, you'll want to shed a tear. Lyrically, all three emcees come correct and spit with a lot [cont.]
If there's a category of music made spefically for the headphones, there's definitely room for that stadium status. The line up for The Crowd Control Tour (Kidz in the Hall, 88 Keys, Donnis, and Izza Kizza) drop a posse cut before their first spot in New York this weekend. While these verses aren't their best, [cont.]
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wow, beautiful!
Has a magazine feel to it...very pro...
simply lovely, are great colors :]
wow great pic.
love the colours
love the colours
This is beautiful! I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus or praise.
What... filter or light settings or whatever did you use to get that captivating "70's" quality in the colors? 'Cause it looks unfreakinbelievable.
The main thing I did was take up the blues on the lo end of the curves. Also I added some radial grads with various effects. Lighten, Scree, Pin Light, etc...
I think you might have a future as a photographer if you ever give up comics. (And Elizabeth might have a future in modelling, she definitely looks a lot better than most models I see here.) I think you know what makes for a good photo, whether you know that consciously or not. I hope to see more photos from you. Nice work! And I really mean that
Wow, thanks! I'm sure Elizabeth would love model a little if there were free clothes involved
That seems to be a big motivator for a lot of models If I ever become bigtime and can afford to give out free clothes I'll let you know Or maybe someone here on dA will notice your pics It seems like you two work really well whether its comics or photos, keep up the good work!
All these photo's ive seen so far between the both of you have had a really chillin and relaxed atmosphere to them. Your place looks very comfortable.
I envision some light jazz playing in the BG.
I envision some light jazz playing in the BG.
i want those pillows
As a pinup artist, I totally appreciate the genre and form! Nice job, man! Consider y'self lucky! Wouldn't break my heart if you kept 'em coming!
Great shot, you really captured her beauty. She's definitely model material, it would have been a shame not to snap away.
UH OHH! Hey man, careful there, you may find yourself in a new profession, lol. Pretty dope shot, and beautiful lady you got there also. I love when i catch my wife in still moments like this man, LIFE IS GOOD! lol.
Thanks! If some fashion house wants to send us free clothes to take pictures in I'm sure Elizabeth wouldn't mind.
So I take it that your the envy of every comic expo you go to?
This is really nice, though. The colours are gorgeous.
This is really nice, though. The colours are gorgeous.
wow! everything there has retro-style! great!
Really nice photo indeed! The dress is really pretty, and she looks really good in it too! Do you take pictures of her to use as reference in the future? lol
Thanks! Sometimes I'll dig up old photos for reference, but It takes so long to get a photo shoot set up that I usually just pose some 3D models for reference.
woah you use 3d models? thats nice, never thought of that. Really nice, thanks!
they are cheaper and less fussy than the real thing
Yeah they look nice. But they are not really cheap here. I'll go check if I can get something similar. Maybe something that could help too was to make a model in a 3d software (or find one model online). Thanks anyway
Clearly you guys are too pretty to be in comics haha
You take better photos than me though dude. Film I can handle but still photography just baffles me.
You take better photos than me though dude. Film I can handle but still photography just baffles me.
These shots are really amazing. I love the retro feel of the colors.


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Released: Apr 01st, 1998
Running Time: 138
Director: Stoney Curtis
Company: Celestial Productions
Distribution Companies: Seymore Butts' Home Movies
Cast: Jill Kelly, Charlie (I), Alyssa Love, Sledge Hammer, Dave Hardman, Candy Hill, Mark Davis, Dee (I), Tom Byron, Lea Stevenson, Shelbee Myne, Nikki Neals, Raylin, Johnni Black, Cari Cassidy
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gonzo
There's nothing like the power of an idea whose time has come, and it looks like the idea du jour is cars in porn. Director Stoney Curtis has put together five multi-partner scenes, all with anal, each with a preamble where the ladies involved get revved up by posing in front of vintage cars.
Curtis has picked up a trick or two from Seymore Butts, including the ultra-close close-up that puts the viewer in the action. Scenes are lengthy but not boring, with performer enthusiasm matched by creative camera angles and sprightly editing.
This car business could be a winning novelty, or it could be the New Coke of the '90s. It's too early to tell. Curtis is a skilled shooter, and the sex is hot, so go for it. But don't replace your entire adult stock with car titles just yet.


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Michael Lowenthal
Graywolf Press, $16, 256 pp.
The best novel that has come or is likely to come out of the Catholic sexual child-abuse scandal appeared late last year, and it happens to be a work by a Jew in which no Catholic appears. Michael Lowenthal's only contact with the Roman Catholic Church, so far as I know, is that he teaches creative writing at a Catholic university, Boston College.
Not to be coy, Avoidance is neither a novel with a Catholic setting nor a roman à clef nor some kind of allegory. The setting is a boys summer camp, and religion is never mentioned in the story. Yet Lowenthal recreates with exceptional honesty and sympathy a poignant human drama of which during the past year the Catholic Church has offered more than its share of examples.
Jeremy is a graduate student writing his doctoral thesis on the Amish educational system (the subplot of this novel), but his emotional home country is not academe but Ironwood, the Vermont summer camp where he is assistant director. When Jeremy was just eight, his father died in an industrial accident. With some of the insurance money, Jeremy's mother, though her circumstances were straitened, sent him to Ironwood "to give me roots." The roots grew so deep that Ironwood became more than Jeremy's second home: it became the only real world for him. Others were homesick, but not Jeremy:
I was campsick, miserably so. And though it's sometimes embarrassing to explain, and draws puzzled...
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MKG is on the bench.
Alright Vonleh!!!
I'm glad I don't have to listen to Clyde Drexler call many games
Maybe it is the rims lol.
Hairston's body language is awful. Has a player ever been drafted and then not signed by the team that took him without a trade being involved, lol?
The hope was he would look like he didn't have an attitude once the games started. Instead he's whining to the officials way too much.
My eyes are bleeding.
This is worse than Friday.
PJ got a damn neck beard!
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Vonleh is grabbing rebounds
PJ is fuging terrible
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UofL Researchers Tackle Cervical Cancer in India
India has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer deaths in the world, along with some of the most crushing poverty.
The situation at Chittaranjan National Cancer Center (photo above) in Kolkata, India, is typical. Women with cervical cancer, all of them living in poverty, seek health-care services at the decaying and under funded hospital, but there are only 200 beds and shortages of medicine and technology.
And a vaccine that might help women prevent the disease costs hundreds of dollars—far beyond the population's financial means.
Researchers including UofL's A. Bennett "Ben" Jenson and Shin-je Ghim want to change that by developing an affordable version of a cervical cancer vaccine they developed a few years ago. They are working with a team at the Owensboro Medical Health System led by UofL pharmacology and toxicology associate professor, Kenneth Palmer, to develop a second-generation of the vaccine derived from plants, including tobacco.
The scientists hope that using tobacco plants as drug "factories" could lower the cost of future cancer vaccines, perhaps to only a few dollars per vaccination.
Also, Jenson's friend Partha Basu, a cancer doctor at the Chittaranjan hospital, is working with the UofL scientists on an experimental treatment regimen for cervical cancer in India. The regimen includes doses of radiation, vitamin A and protein shots. Eventually, the team hopes to test new vaccines under development.
In the labs in Kentucky, the UofL researchers insert a synthetic gene into tobacco plants with the idea of producing a vaccine to prevent 13 strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.


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hi guys.... i'm working on this thing these days.... back to the old style!!! the real anael! this is me, who i am and always be!
this is a huge piece.... well 50x50cm it's been a long time i haven't drawing that big.
and that's it. hope you like it.
this is a huge piece.... well 50x50cm it's been a long time i haven't drawing that big.
and that's it. hope you like it.
wow, great!!
cuanto por este o que na?
I really like your style!
I have no idea how you come up with or do this stuff.. it truly is amazing... so intricate and interesting...
I do like it!
I do like it!
thank you so much hanna, in a day full of sadness, locked at home, a lot of heat..... and the most beautiful album of the year Chants Of Nilfheim by Natural Snow Buildings.... oh an d my cat running and running jajaja
what this is nice, like what
Eso shinga!!!! jajaja perronsote!!
I still can't get enough of you art. It is so incredible. Do you just start painting and see where it goes from there?
yes! i made a big splat as a background first.... then i just make improvisation...for hours jaja i'm glad you like it!
rarisimo e interesantisimo!
muchas gracias alejandro, es un honor.....ya lo habia escrito antes, pero se siente tan bien poder escribir en español
Está increíble!


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Below is a link to a video produced by the campus Public Affairs office on
our late rower Jill Costello - and a friend of hers who ran cross country
from Boston to San Francisco to help raise awareness for lung cancer.
I am wiping tears off of my face as I type this. Jill was such an incredible person and remains an inspiration. It's so wonderful that the people that she has touched have taken her example and carried on doing wonderful things in her spirit and memory.
Just as an aside, I don't believe she was a "rower" per se. I thought she was the coxswain.
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Just as an aside, I don't believe she was a "rower" per se. I thought she was the coxswain.
True..but she was on the rowing team and not the coxswain team. Her bio says when in how school she "rowed for Saint Ignatius in high school", so she could had rowed back then.
Sad story and inspirational too!
Genevieve Costello's [No relation to Jill?] whose senior year on the UC-Davis women's basketball squad was 2008:
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From Dated to Sophisticated
Living next door to the in-laws has its rewards. When Kevin and Jennifer Johnson, owners of a 1917 foursquare in tight-knit, family-centric Lowellville, Ohio, redid their only bath, Kevin looked for help from neighbor Bob Coppola—aka Jennifer's dad—and a network of local suppliers and advisers. From an aunt, who, coincidentally, lived in the house 60 years ago, they learned that the space once held a kitchenette. That explained its generous footprint, but not, as six-foot-one Kevin puts it, having to "scrape my knuckles on a lowered ceiling while showering in what felt like a cave." He and Bob took the room down to its studs; replaced pipes and wiring; popped in a new vanity, tub, toilet, and sconces; and crafted new casings. They finished with paint custom-tinted by Bob, a retired painting contractor. A plumber friend provided know-how, and the only paid help was the tile installer. Says Kevin, "I like that we did it ourselves—and everything works."


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Maria "Frica" T. Pangelinan (born December 5, 1948) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician. She is the first female senator to serve in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.[1]
Pangelinan is a member of the Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands. She is married to Joseph Ito Pangelinan. The couple have five children - Frank, Lynn, David, Geri, and Joey.
- ^ Calindas, Marconi (2006-03-05). "'Women of power' meet Miss Teen beauties". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
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This was really good! It was my first time making a sauce using tofu, and I was surprised how well it worked! Instead of sugar, I used agave nectar- also added a bit of vanilla to the sauce as well. Had the kids helping with the fruit prep, and it was ready in no time! 5 stars for sure!!!
Very good. Made for christmas breakfast for my vegan sister, and the non-vegans gobbled it up too! Thanks!
I made this for New Year's Day--my husband and son loved it. We have been eating a vegan diet for nine months now----and this made a beautiful, healthy dessert. The tofu dressing was very tasty. The only thing I might try next time is eliminate the coconut---not really needed. Thanks for sharing, Tish.
Excellent taste, my relatives all liked it, at least the ones who tried it... Just be careful not to tell people it has tofu - some people won't try anything with tofu (as I discovered). My only other issue with this is that the prep time is a lot with all that chopping and slicing. Oh, and I couldn't get fresh strawberries at this time of year so I used raspberries instead (slicing them to make sure the red would color the ambrosia). It seemed to work well.
I made this recipe for Christmas Brunch for my daughter (who is a Vegan). Well, it was totally devoured by all of our non-vegan guests. When I told them it was TOFU were they ever surprised. It was easy to prepare, looked beautifully appetizing and was simply delicious! This will be a regular offering on my brunch buffet!


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The Isle of Wight, Isle of Scilly, AB31 - AB38, AB40 - AB56, IV1 - 28, IV30 - 32, IV36 - 40, IV52 - 54, IV63, KW1 - 14, PA21 - PA38, PH4 - PH41, PH49 - PH50, Northern Ireland, IV41 - IV49, IV51, 55, 56, KA27 & 28, KW15 - 17, PA20, PA41 - 49, PA60 - 78, PH42 - 44, ZE
sle of Man / Guernsey / Jersey all need to be selected as a different country.
Please note that if there is an item which is out of stock, but is due to arrive in the Warehouse within 48 hours, your order will be held and despatched together and the Next Day or Saturday options will not be available. If the delay is longer than 48 hours your order will be part despatched.
The postage charge will only be taken once, even if your order is part shipped due to an item being back-ordered.
If a Next Day Delivery Order is placed after 1pm on a Friday it will not be despatched until the Monday, with the exception of Bank Holidays.
Please check all goods on receipt as any damaged or faulty goods need to be reported within 8 working days. Please note only Monday to Friday are classed as working days.
9. Can I order an item that is temporarily out of stock?
If something is temporarily out of stock, it can be ordered over the telephone or online. The website and our order line team will be able to provide information on when it is due to arrive into our warehouse
10. If I send an item as a gift, will the prices be displayed on the invoice?
If you add a gift message at the time of purchase, it is printed on a gift invoice with the prices automatically removed.
11. Can I change my delivery address?
Unfortunately once an order has been placed we are unable to amend any details.
12. Can I add an extra item to my order?
If you wish to add an item to your order, you can add it provided it has not already been packed. Please phone us to check and so that we can take payment for the additional items as we do not store your card details or have access to the card details for security reasons.
13. Can I choose a different delivery address to the billing address?
Yes it is possible to choose a different delivery address to billing address. The first address is the delivery address. This will automatically fill the billing address which is on the second page. This needs to be changed to the billing address if it is different. If it is a gift, you can add a gift note and this is hand written and included in the parcel. If requested we can send the invoice to your billing address for your records.
14. Can I order items to be sent outside the UK?
Yes we ship to international destinations. Prices for overseas deliveries are weight and size dependent and we reserve the right to contact you regarding an increase in the price to take additional payment if required.
15. Do your prices include VAT and what happens if VAT charges do not apply?
All prices are quoted in GBP (Great Britain Pounds Sterling) and we take payment in GBP. The price includes VAT (Value Added Tax). If you live in the Channel Islands, Switzerland or outside of the EU and your order is being sent there your order will be 0 rated for tax so you will automatically not pay tax.
16. What is your VAT number?
Our VAT number is 782093123.
17. Do you use Cookies? Do I need to accept Cookies to use the website?
Please note that Cookies (small text files stored on your computer) are used to help ensure you have the best shopping experience with us. This includes remembering what you have added to your shopping basket and to recognise you when you return to our website.
If you do not have Cookies enabled you will not be able to shop on www.coxandcox.co.uk, apart from browsing the site. We use Cookies to keep track of your current shopping session to personalise your experience and so that you may retrieve your shopping basket at any time - if you do not accept Cookies you will be unable to use this Website for shopping purposes, only for browsing and research.
As a result you will need to have Cookies enabled to be able to place orders on our site. The majority of web/Internet browsers automatically have Cookies enabled but we have provided some information below on how to enable these if needed.
Carefully selected suppliers also use Cookies on our site, but please not that this does not include any sensitive data such as credit card information. If you would like to opt out of Cookies you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative website, but please note that this may cause issues when ordering from our site. For further information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
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