Take Down Records CEO Alton "Ace Capone" Coles faces life in prison, after a jury found him guilty of using his label as a front to distribute millions of dollars worth of cocaine throughout Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey and Delaware.

A jury found Coles, 34 and co-defendant Timothy "Tim Gotti Baukman, 32, guilty of RICO charges, including running a $25 million dollar continuing criminal enterprise, as well as conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the pair were also found guilty of 123 charges ranging from drug trafficking, wire fraud and weapons violations.

Coles, who remained calm throughout the six-week trial, claimed that he earned hundreds of thousands of dollars selling his infamous New Jack City 2: The New Generation, which was used against him in court.

Coles maintained that he DVD, which portrayed a record labels ruthless rise to the top of the Philadelphia drug trade, was a fictional portrayal of a drug gang and was only meant to sell copies of his record labels music, which included a hit single titled "Scratching and Surviving," which featured Bugsy, Snake and Freeway.

Coles also claimed that he earned money through his record label and numerous promotions throughout the city, including an event with Mayor John Street, various Live 8 after parties and a sold out concert at The Spectrum featuring Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and rappers on the Take Down Records Roster.

"It launched me offit let Philadelphia know we were legit, we were serious and it made a lot of money," Coles testified.

Coles admitted to dealing kilos of "cut," a legal chemical agent known on the streets as "fishscale."

Drug dealers add the chemical to their pure cocaine in order to boost profits.

Coles admitted to dealing cut out of his Chester, Pennsylvania barbershop, but denied selling cocaine.

During one raid of his barbershop, police found the agent and believed it was cocaine.

The charges were later dropped, after test lab results confirmed that is was not cocaine.

Prosecutors denied Coles claims and presented the jury evidence based on 300 wiretapped conversations, as well as contraband seized during August 2005 raids of apartments and houses, which netted over $800,000 in cash and numerous assault weapons.

Prosecutors also produced two drug dealers who are facing federal prison time.

The pair testified that Coles was capable of moving multiple kilos at a time.

Additionally a language expert claimed that Coles coded talk was referencing cocaine, while Coles defense maintained his client was referring to the cutting agent.

Four other defendants were convicted on other, lesser drug charges.

FROM: allhiphop.com

no bias ting mi want di man dem come st8

Jamaican dancehall bad boy, David Mavado Brooks has even more to smile about these last few days. After recently finding about rapper Jay Z remixing one of his latest singles On The Rock, One876Entertainment.com understands that the remixed track has been officially added to rotation to New York's number one radio station HOT 97 as of today.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TRACK

Roc a Fella has expressed an interest in licensing the track and doing the video, the artistes manager, Julian Jones-Griffith told One876Entertainment.com.

The original single was recorded for producer Baby G in Jamaica and is said to have been heard by Jay Z who liked it and recorded the remix.

The track was mentioned on yesterdays airing of popular BET show 106 and Park by Terrence J, one half of the hosting duo

We've already seen the PlayStation 3 put to use for some non-gaming tasks (other than playing Blu-ray movies), and it now looks like the U.S. Air Force is aiming to get in on the act as well, with it recently putting out a so-called Request for Proposal that is seeking 300 PS3s for a "technology assessment." Needless to say, their primary interest is in the console's powerful Cell processor, which they say is the "only brand on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this program at an acceptable cost." Exactly what that program entails is unsurprisingly being kept under wraps, with the RFP only going so far to state that the Air Force Research Laboratory is "conducting a technology assessment of certain cell processors." Whatever it is, the Air Force certainly seems to be trying to keep costs as low as possible, with them apparently only interested in the 40GB model.

Compton, California Hip-Hop star The Game turned himself in to begin serving a prison sentence yesterday (March 2), AllHipHop.com has confirmed.

Representatives for The Game, born Jayceon Taylor, said the rapper surrendered to authorities last night without incident.

A judge sentenced The Game to 60 days in a Los Angeles County Jail on February 11, after he pleaded no contest to a felony charge of gun possession in a school zone.

Two other criminal counts were dropped as a result of the plea agreement The Game struck with prosecutors, who accused the rapper of pointing a gun at another man during a pickup game of basketball at the Rita Walters Educational Learning Complex.

In addition to serving the 60 days, The Game was sentenced to 150 hours of community service and three years probation.

Upon his release, the rapper is anticipated to continue work on his upcoming album, titled LAX., which will reportedly be The Games final album, which features production from Dr. Dre, Cool & Dre, Scott Storch and others.

The Game will reportedly drop Am I My Brothers Keeper? A new mixtape shortly scheduled to hit the streets just before the release of LAX.

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How to Remove the MSN Messenger Virus
cute.pif - W32.Kelvir.A

Once again another MSN Messenger Virus is spreading around the Internet. This time the virus sends the following message to all your contacts: omg this is funny! [Followed by a link to download the cute.pif from jose.rivera4.home.att.net] The user then downloads the file which sends the link to all of their contacts and then downloads a W32.Spybot worm onto the infected machine.

If your are lucky enough the program will just run on your machine, send to your contacts and end without downloading the Worm as it did on the machines we tested cute.pif on.

The first thing you should do therefore is delete the downloaded cute.pif making sure you do not run it again! Then check to see if a Worm has been downloaded as well. If you have any problems then please post a message in the MSN Messenger Virus Forum)

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and look for hotkeysvc. If it's there select it and press "End Task".
2. Use the Windows Find feature to look for a file called "hotkeysvc.exe". Which if their should be in the %System% directroy. If you find the file delete it.
3. Goto 'Start' then 'Run' and type 'msconfig'. A new window should appear.
4. Click on the tab at the top right that says 'Startup'.
5. Look for, and if it exists, unitick the box next to "hotkeysvc.exe" or simlar name.

The http://jose.rivera4.home.att.net/cute.pif has now been fully removed!

How to Remove the MSN Messenger Virus
IM-Names virus

Yet again another annoying virus hits MSN Messenger. This was brought to out attention on our forum and a fix was posted by mo p (Imoi). To remove the virus:

1. Close Messenger.
2. Goto 'Start' then 'Run' and type 'msconfig'. A new window should appear.
3. Click on the tab at the top right that says 'Startup'.
4. Untick the box next to 'IM-Names'. (If you cannot find it skip this task)
5. Click 'ok' and when it asks if you want to restart your computer say no.
6. Press 'Ctr' + 'Alt' + 'Del'. Find the processthat says 'IM-Names' and click End Task.

The virus has now been deactivated!

To remove it fully follow these instructions:

1. Search your computer for all files called "IM-Names".
2. Delete all files that it finds.
3. Empty your Recylce Bin.

The virus has now been fully removed!

 

As you may have passed the MSN Messenger virus on to some of your contacts we suggests you warn your friends about the MSN Messenger Virus

financial woes go deeper than trying to save Neverland - he is also struggling to pay for his second home. Court papers show the pop star, 49, repeatedly missed payments on a £2million loan for an LA house used by his family. The loan was £77,530 in arrears on January 17 until the default notice was withdrawn. But experts say Jackson also faces a £2.5million tax bill if Neverland, in default since October, sells for its £12million value.

From the very outset of his career Dancehall Bad Boy Mavado has been coming under a lot of pressure from various sectors of society locally and now it seems to have spread overseas. Earlier today and email was sent to the offices of owadkelly from a very concerned citizen of Trinidad and Tobado, apparently his concerns stems from a recent stabbing incident in the twin island republic that involved a secondary school boy being killed. According to industry personnel in the land of soca, a lot of the violence that happens in the country is being perpetuated by dancehall and hip hop music with the main culprits being Mavado, Bounty Killer and 50 Cents, fingers were also pointed at Busy Signal and Demarco but Mavado seems to have suffered the brunt of the criticism. The email read, "A simple suggestion to help curb the issue of crime that's daunting our nation is for government to implement greater restriction on the lyrical content of some artistes. Such as Mavado, Bounty Killa, 50 Cent...... and the list goes on. These guys are not entertainers in my mind and they are in no way impacting positively on us, the leaders of tomorrow. My goodness have you listened to a Mavado's CD? Utter nonsense. Not that Busy Signal or Demarco is any better. As a matter of fact if they can't sing anything with sense ban them from performing such damaging and nerve-wracking songs in our country. We have to start somewhere. Come on my fellow citizens let's get rid of the 'Gangster for Life' mentality and use the free education. It's our only hope." Apparently the killing of this schoolboy has struck a nerve and some radio jock in an effort to bring the spiraling crime under control has taken a stance to revise what gets played on the airwaves. Does this mean that a ban may be imminent on Jamaican dancehall music in Trinidad, only time will tell. souns like f**kery 2 me...

Down Sound recording artiste, Harry Toddler has reconciled with Alliance leader Bounty Killer with whom he had a much-publicised falling out leading to him receiving a poke in the eye in January of this year.

Everything is gungu right now, we love how everything good, the vibes good, ah Dont Run In we say, we ah carry it to the world, Toddler told One876Entertainment.com.

Ah just the powers, big up Down Sound, Josef Bogdanovich, the hardworking Down Sound road team, Bounty Killer, and the whole Alliance, Toddler said.

Harry Toddler is also enjoying blazing up local charts at record speed. Last week on the Hype charts, it had a lockdown on the 'Greatest Gainer' title, leapfrogging top flight artistes like Mavado, Busy Signal and Assassin. The song blazed up the chart, vaulting an amazing eight spots up from the # 20 Position to the # 12 Position after only two weeks on the chart.

This week, it has cracked the top ten charts and is sitting real snug at #10. Harry Toddler continues his good showing with Don't Run In' staying firm at #3 on the Jamaica Music Countdown charts, awaiting a chance to run in to the number one spot, while he is holding down the #8 spot on the RE charts, moving up two places.  The deejays video was #10 on the MVP Countdown last week. The song is also #3 on the Stampede Street Vibes chart.

The deejay has already been confirmed for this years Mountain Dew Stunt Festival alongside Beenie Man, Apache and Freeman in May Pen, Clarendon. He also performed last weekend at the Magnum Follow Di Arrow show where he earned decent forwards for his hit song.

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World's First Hydrogen Fueled Sports Car Unveiled At Auto Show

They're the latest and the greatest next generation of cars that you may be driving someday. But you can see them now. The Geneva Auto Show began Tuesday with a display of the usual new and improved vehicles you'll be seeing in showrooms in the coming months or years.

But as always, the real stars of this show were the curiosity factors - the kind of futuristic Jetson's-looking contraptions that capture the eye as well as the imagination.

Nissan unveiled the next generation of its futuristic bubble car, called the Pivo2. It's powered by an electric lithium ion battery and is designed not to need any gas at all.

Then there's the petrol-powered but Back-to-The-Future-styled Phantom coupe, whose most outstanding feature is its hinged doors. It boasts a 453-horsepower, a V-12 engine and the kind of price tag you'd expect from an exclusive product made by Rolls Royce.

But perhaps the biggest car star of all is one that may never actually hit the road and has been in development for years. It's called the Lifecar, and it has the backing of the British government and a number of universities. 

What's so special about this vehicle? It's billed as a 'zero emission' automobile, and is totally powered by hydrogen fuel cells. There have been others that used similar power sources before, but its backers claim this is the first true sports car of its kind, and its sleek lines make it instantly attractive.

It can go up to 400 kilometres per tank of hydrogen, and can hit 0-100 kilometres in about seven seconds. Its top speed: about 145 km/h, not quite as fast as some of its high powered gasoline counterparts, but enough to get you a speeding ticket on the highway.

The entire car is designed to be as efficient as possible. Its chassis is made entirely of aluminum and the interior seats are built of wood to reduce weight.

What runs it? The hydrogen cells c****ine with oxygen from the air outside to cause an electro-chemical reaction. That not only allows the car to move at a good clip, it has a side - or in this case, a rear - benefit. The only thing that comes out of its tailpipe is water vapour. And the batteries recharge themselves every time you hit the brakes.

While the firm that created the vehicle, Morgan Motor Company, believes this concept car could one day be made into a viable product, some critics don't agree. They point out the cost of hydrogen is high and the electricity needed to produce the cells themselves is hardly environmentally friendly.

But for most people the real impediment will be the cost. It takes a lot of green to be this green. If it were to hit the market today, the Lifecar would sell for a whopping Cdn$235,600.

At that price it would really help the environment because you'd be afraid to take it out of your garage.  

Get a closer look at it here

See a photo gallery of all the concept cars

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

A laptop A laptop computer similar to the one that was stolen A stolen Ministry of Defence computer had the personal details of almost 60,000 Scots stored on it. The revelation came in a written parliamentary answer to SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson MP. The laptop, which was taken from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham on 9 January, contained information about 600,000 people. The MoD has set up a freephone help number on 0800 085 3600 for anyone who thinks they may have been affected. The breakdown given to Mr Robertson disclosed that the details of 59,553 people in Scotland were lost as a result of the theft. In Wales, the details of 37,546 people were lost, while in Northern Ireland 14,223 people were affected. I am determined that we should identify exactly what went wrong and learn lessons Des Browne Secretary of State for Defence The details of 459,778 people from England and 34,667 people from elsewhere were also on the laptop. Mr Robertson said the scale of the problem was "staggering" and called for a thorough investigation. Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, has said he took the theft of personal data "extremely seriously". He added: "I am also keenly aware of the risks should the data have fallen into the wrong hands, although I emphasise that there is no evidence that it has done so. "I am determined that we should identify exactly what went wrong and learn lessons." Mr Robertson said the MoD's response to his questioning brought home the staggering scale of the data loss. Passport details He added: "The obvious and immediate concern must be the security of individuals, and their families, whose data has stolen, but we also urgently need assurances from the MoD that operational security has not been compromised by this grave breach. "It is just unfathomable that the MoD could let this happen, and we must now have a top level investigation into data security right across UK Government departments." The laptop contained personal details of people who had joined the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force and from people who had expressed an interest in joining. Entries on the computer included passport details, National Insurance numbers, drivers' licence details, family details, doctors' addresses and NHS numbers, the MoD said. West Midlands Police began an investigation into the theft of the laptop, and an inquiry into military security was also launched. The MoD's helpline will be open from 0700 GMT to 1900 GMT, Monday to Friday. Callers will be asked to provide their name, date of birth and postcode to verify whether they are at risk.

Because of their portability, laptops are particularly vulnerable

Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown.

Scientists have shown that it is possible to recover the key that unscrambles data from a PC's memory.

It was previously thought that data held in so-called "volatile memory" was only retained for a few seconds after the machine was switched off.

But the team found that data including encryption keys could be held and retrieved for up to several minutes.

"It was widely believed that when you cut the power to the computer that the information in the volatile memory would disappear, and what we found was that was not the case," Professor Edward Felten of the University of Princeton told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme.

Volatile memory is typically used in random access memory (RAM), which is used as temporary storage for programs and data when the computer is switched on.

Deep sleep

Disc encryption is the main method by which companies and governments protect sensitive information.

"The key to making it work is to keep the encryption key secret," explained Professor Felten.

Encryption has recently become a hot topic after a number of laptops containing personal records were lost or stolen.

Simply locking your screen or switching to 'suspend' or 'hibernate' mode will not provide adequate protection Edward Felten

"What we have found was that the encryption keys needed to access these encrypted files were available in the memory of laptops," he said.

"The information was available for seconds or minutes."

In theory, this is enough time for a hacker or attacker to retrieve the key from the memory chips.

"The real worry is that someone will get hold of your laptop either while it is turned on or while it is in sleeping or hibernation mode," said Professor Felten.

In these modes the laptop is not running, but information is still stored in RAM to allow it to "wake up" quickly.

"The person will get the laptop, cut the power and then re-attach the power, and by doing that will get access to the contents of memory - including the critical encryption keys."

Cool running

Switching the machine off and on and is critical to any attack.

"When it comes out of sleep mode the operating system is there and it is trying to protect this data," explained Professor Felten.

But a full power-down followed by a swift re-start removes this protection.

"By cutting the power and then bringing it back, the adversary can get rid of the operating system and get access directly to the memory."

Professor Felten and his team found that cooling the laptop enhanced the retention of data in memory chips.

"The information stays in the memory for much longer - 10 minutes or more," he said.

For example, where information stays in a computer for around 15 seconds under normal conditions, a laptop cooled to about -50C will keep information in its memory for 10 minutes or more.

Professor Felten said that the best way to protect a computer was to shut it down fully several minutes before going into any situation in which the machine's physical security could be compromised.

"Simply locking your screen or switching to 'suspend' or 'hibernate' mode will not provide adequate protection," he added.

"It does cast some doubt on the value of encryption. I think that over time the encryption products will adapt to this and they will find new ways of protecting information."

Deejay Bounty Killer was in awesome form at this morning's Magnum 'Follow Di Arrow' concert lambasting his enemies and critics in a fearless performance that once again underlined his dancehall legacy. When he hit the stage, excitement surged through the crowd like an electric current, and the smell of weed smoke seemed to grow more pervasive and stifling. One woman beside this reporter jumped up and down in glee shouting 'the man come, the man come'. Her paroxyms of joy were not unwarranted because the Killer was in a no-nonsense mood that night, charismatic and confrontational, and delightfully Machiavellian. Dressed in white shirt and what appeared to be khaki pants, he deejayed 'Stop Killer', and even delighted the crowd by doing his awkward version of the 'gully creature'. He then bussed the place with 'Eagle and Hawk', then segued neatly into 'Benz and Bimmer'. He then paused to big up the 10th anniversary of Magnum 'Follow Di Arrow', asking the expectant crowd, 'wah the show name?' "Follow di arrow," they screamed. And then he deejayed a few bars from 'Follow Di Arrow' to huge forwards. Then the Killer jumped into the Current Affairs segment of his set. He lambasted veteran journalist Ian Boyne for a recent article dissecting dancehall. "Wha happen to battyboy Ian Boyne ah write article From Marley to Mavado, how him lef out so much bad artiste?" he asked to screams of approval. He then commented that he had heard that homosexuals had planned to march in Kingston. He continued. "If that gwaan, and nothing no happen, me ah pack up mi luggage and me ah go lef Jamaica," he declared. Then he did 'Caan Believe Mi Eyes' earning the biggest forward for the ad libbed line, 'mi caan believe Kartel ah bleach out him face'. Pleased with the response, he shouted: 'People dead" and then the haunting notes of the Bug rang out through the venue, and he deejayed snippets of 'Look into My Eyes' and the Baby Cham c****ination 'Another Level'. He then did 'Braces' and Nuh Friend Fish before declaring that he was "the best thing happen to dancehall since Buju buss'. Later he was joined by Mavado who bussed the place with his hit tunes, and then Ninjaman who walked on but offered little in the way of entertainment. He got a few forwards when he suggested, 'mi waan see if yu can kill me'. But Killer dismissed his challenge with a two minute lyrical volley that had the entire venue rocking, and then exited the stage while Ninja plaintively asked: 'where yu going?'. Mavado left as well but returned to declare 'Shotter No Miss'. Ninjaman declared that he wasn't saying anything until Bounty Killer returned. Mavado merely took the opportunity to do another song. Since yu nah say nothing, mi ah the grandson," he said, before doing the first few bars of 'Amazing Grace'. The cheers were deafening. Ninjaman looked on, as Mavado showed that the war had been updated when he sang 'my war is like no other...". Mavado closed the set with his latest hit, 'On the Rock' for which there is now a remix with rap superstar Jay Z.

Mr Bush is pushing Israeli and Palestinian leaders to resume talks

US President George W Bush has said he is still optimistic there will be a Middle East peace deal before he leaves office, despite stalled negotiations.

He said there was "plenty of time to get a deal done" in the 10 months left.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas broke off contacts with Israel at the weekend after its recent military offensive in Gaza killed more than 120 Palestinians.

Shortly after Mr Bush spoke, Israeli tanks entered Gaza, sparking clashes that killed a one-month-old baby girl.

Witnesses said Palestinian militants exchanged fire with Israeli ground forces when they moved into an area east of the central town of Deir al-Balah and surrounded the house of an Islamic Jihad militant.

This is a process that always two steps forward and one step back - we just need to make sure that it's just one step back US President George W Bush

Once the soldiers had withdrawn, the baby girl was found dead in the house next door to the one that had been targeted, they added.

The Israeli military said the incursion, the first since its troops withdrew from the coastal territory overnight on Sunday, was a "pinpoint" operation targeting militants.

Earlier, a rocket hit the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, causing damage in a residential area. Israeli forces launched several air and ground strikes on rocket squads and Hamas installations in retaliation, killing at least two militants.

'Long time'

Speaking after meeting Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House, Mr Bush said he was "optimistic that they can conclude tough negotiations".

"Ten months is a long time. It's plenty of time to get a deal done," he told reporters.

Israel has warned of fresh action to prevent rocket fire from Gaza An asymmetric fightIn pictures: Gaza aftermath CCTV of missile

"This is a process that always two steps forward and one step back. We just need to make sure that it's just one step back."

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been attempting to negotiate a peace deal since the US-sponsored conference at Annapolis late last year, which set out the aim to establish an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel by the end of 2008.

The president's comments came only hours after his Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, held talks in the West Bank in an effort to revive the peace talks.

Ms Rice also insisted she was confident peace was still achievable this year.

Her optimism was not shared by Mr Abbas, however, who said progress could only be made if a comprehensive ceasefire was agreed, a suggestion he has made before but which has been rejected by the Israeli government.

"I call on the Israeli government to halt its aggression so the necessary environment can be created to make negotiations succeed, for us and for them, to reach the shores of peace in 2008," he told reporters in Ramallah.

Mr Abbas said no-one could justify the killings of dozens of civilians, including more than 20 children, in the Gaza Strip during Israel's recent five-day offensive, which was launched in an attempt to suppress rocket fire by militants there.

Rights groups have accused Israel of a disproportionate response

"It has always been our conviction that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be achieved through violence or counter-violence, but through negotiations with terms of reference and international support," he added.

Ms Rice will meet the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, in Jerusalem later and will hold further talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Wednesday before leaving the region.

The Israeli military has warned of fresh action to prevent militants firing rockets at populated areas in southern Israel.

The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Ramallah says the Middle East peace process remains very much derailed with the same old obstacles stopping it from getting back on track.

An agreement that was supposed to be the Bush administration's legacy in the region is still a very distant prospect, our correspondent says.

Microsoft's Silverlight has been called a "Flash Killer"

Microsoft has launched a bid to capture a segment of the growing market for rich web content on mobile phones.

The software firm has signed a deal with handset manufacturer Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones.

Silverlight is seen as a competitor to Adobe's Flash, which is already used by popular websites such as YouTube.

The software will first be available on Nokia's high end smart phones running a Symbian operating system.

Flash phone

Nokia's S60 platform, which uses Symbian, will be the first to take advantage of Silverlight.

S60 is used in handsets built by LG and Samsung as well as Nokia and is the most popular smart phone software platform with more than 53% market share.

It could mean that the latest cool web 2.0 application that you've been playing with on your Mac or PC will run just as well on your mobile phone Technology editor Darren Waters Read Darren's blog

It is used in Nokia's latest N96 phone, the successor to its popular N95.

Other handsets and internet tablets running different software will follow at a later date, according to the firm.

Silverlight allows designers and developers to produce rich web applications that are independent of browser, operating system and handset.

Microsoft has stressed its value for developing Web 2.0 applications that would work on a computer, but also on any other device including mobile phones.

The software enters a marketplace already dominated by Adobe's Flash, and its recently launched Air product.

Flash is already on millions of mobile phones.

Adobe has agreements with 18 of the top 20 device manufacturers worldwide including Nokia.

And, according to Adobe, 450 million devices have been shipped with the cut-down version of Flash, known as Flash Lite.

Microsoft will hope to compete with this presence.

The firm is currently working on a version of Sliverlight for its own Windows Mobile software.

LADIES LETS FIND OUT WHAT SONGS U LIKE SEXING/FCUKING/MAKINGLOVE TO.....IT DOH MATTER WHAT GENRE.....

Who mek it?

     

Bounty Killer was in his usual execution mood that saw the Killer lashing out on TV host Ian Boyne for an article that was recently printed in one of our local news papers. Bounty Killer disclosed that the article was directly scrutinizing the dancehall.

How di b*tty bowy Ian Boyne fi ah write article from Marley to Mavado and left out a lot of bad artiste, just those few lines have the audience screaming.

The Killer then lamented "If b*tty bowyz march inna Kingston and nothing no happen to them, me ago pack up mi luggage and lef Jamaica," he stated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWP3aT7UWU

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Over a new track recently leaked on the net, Dispet rapper 40 Cal proclaims "Dipset is Ova." Though the camp hasn't officially disbanded, cracks in the crew are showing up everywhere. It's no secret that Cam'ron and Jim Jones have beef, but recently, Juelz Santana spoke out about problems he's having with Cam too. On Hot 97's Angie Martinez show, when the rapper was asked what the hold up was on releasing new material, Juelz pointed to the Dipset Don as the problem. "Me and Cam gotta work some things out, bottom line," he said. "I came in the game when I was young right, so it's no reason for me - to have accomplished and did as much as I did - to be getting treated the same way as I was treated when I just came in." Meanwhile, Jimmy's former hook-singing right hand man Max B is having it out with the Byrd Gang honcho. After being heavily featured on Jimmy's sophomore release Harlem Diary, Max is dropping a new mixtape, "Million Dollar Baby 2," unofficially named "The Assassination of Jim Jones." "That's what it's gonna do to him. The very first track is gonna just end his whole career up," Max B said in a interview. "Somebody with my talent and my skill level need to be up there with the upper echelon, so I'm trying to get away from that situation over there." Now, 40 Cal has released the new track "Dipset is Ova" onto the net, in which he blames the camp's beef for ruining everyone's careers but Jim and Cam's. "Dear Dipset the G's not eatin/ Somebody tell Cam and Jim to please stop beefin," 40 Cal rhymes. [Listen Below] Dipset member Bezel chymes in, "Cam got money, Jim getting gravy/ Dipset is ova. This shit is crazy." And instead of shouting out Dipset, the two claim Juelz' crew Skull Gang at the end of the track. "Dipset was one of the most powerful movements out there [and] still is," said Bezel at the end of the track. "It would be nice if niggas would get back together but everybody gotta be their own man at the end of the day. So with that said, I really don't know what else to say except Skull Gang bitch!" 40 Cal & Jay Bezel - Dipset is Over:

Thursday Talk - Lesbians fight over schoolgirl in HWT

Ah wah ah gwaan ah Jamaica doah God, mi neva know seh mi woulda live fi si dem tings yah, lesbians a fight ova schoolgirl. U.S. Canada, Europe, di whole world mi shock.

LESBIANS FIGHT OVER SCHOOLGIRL IN HWT
A lesbian love triangle turned nasty last week Friday when two lesbians attacked each other with weapons at the Clock Tower plaza in Half-Way-Tree, presumably over bragging rights over a teenage girl who is a student at a prominent high school in St. Andrew.

The battle involved a butch lesbian and a femme lesbian and happened in full view of the object of their affections, a schoolgirl who was in uniform at the time of the incident, and a large crowd in the buzzing urban centre.

When the battle was over, the butch lesbian wearing jeans and a t-shirt, was seen bleeding profusely from a gash on her face, presumably delivered by the femme lesbian.

The lesbian who dress like man did have a machete and the other female did have a knife, but it come een like the one who dress normal like woman more serious than the one who dress like man because she cut her inna her face, and *la*hd ah splash all over, one eyewitness said.

The Half-Way-Tree police said they received no official report and no arrests had been made regarding the incident.

876radio.com would like to take this opportunity to congratulate popular radio broadcaster Richard Burgess more popularly known as "Richie B" and his wife Suzette on the birth of their son, who the coupled named 'Dimitri'. According to reports in the Jamaica Observer Richie B, was so excited, it was as if he was being a father for the very first time. The couple did allow a few photos to be taken of the new born unfortunately we have not acquired copies as yet. But fear not they will be coming to screen near you soon. Richie whose wife gave birth to baby Dimitri on February 18th said their son's just adorable? Both Suzette and Richie B are extremely happy and proud of the new addition to the family. Meanwhile Bigger brothers Rennard (16) and Jon-Marc (4) are also delighted to have another brother. When asked about the possibility of a daughter, Mrs Burgess exclaimed that Mr Burgess is "on his own" with that one."

Cops reap sweet success with illegal guns

Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter

The police say they are enjoying some success in getting the illegal guns off the island's streets.

Police reports summarise that at the end of January, a total of 63 guns in addition to 923 rounds of ammunition have been recovered.

Also, for the past six to seven years, they have seized about 600 illegal guns. Interestingly, 111 of the island's 137 murders for January were committed with an illegal weapon.

Hence, this revelation has given the police a new thrust to fulfil their mission.

Head of the Major Investigations Task Force (MIT), Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Les Green says the police will be increasing their activities of what he calls "visible policing".

"As part of our mission to remove illegal weapons we will increase visible policing activities such as road blocks and spot checks...We also plan to keep this in place throughout the year," ACP Green said before explaining the effects of illegal weapons on communities.

"These guns are not to protect communities, they are the root of the problem, we need to get the message out," ACP Green said.

The police are also thanking the brave residents who have aided the police is making seizures for their assistance.

"We have seized a lot of guns from information from residents...We have thousands of witnesses willing to work with us and we are willing to work with them," the MIT head noted.

As for the stigma attached to individuals who assist the police, ACP Green said, "They are not informers, they are citizens that only want to go about their normal business."

In addition, ACP Green said, "We will work with them and keep them safe.That's why there is a hotline, there are very secure means of giving information and Operation Kingfish manages hotlines very well...Look at the success we've had over the years."

Two female students from Alston High in Clarendon are to appear in the Mandeville Juvenile Court on March 20, arising out of a stabbing incident at that institution on Wednesday, February 27.

The two were arrested and charged by the Spaldings police after they used a knife to stab another female student during a fight over a man. The injured female received stab wounds in her head.

The injured girl, who is 16 years old, was rushed to the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester where she received 16 stitches for the wound.

The two accused, one aged 16 and the other 17, were taken to the Spaldings Police Station where they were both charged with wounding with intent.

Madrid looks to be in good shape for AS Roma's visit on Wednesday after taking a five-point lead in the Spanish league. And the team's 3-2 win at Recreativo Huelva should help the nine-time European champions overturn a 2-1 deficit to reach the quarterfinals.

But while Madrid is recovering from a run of three losses in four matches, Barcelona prepared for Tuesday's home game against Celtic by ending a 16-match unbeaten streak at Atletico Madrid.

The teams are among 14 set to return to the tournament this week and complete the two-legged second round. The final game in the Round of 16, Inter Milan against Liverpool, is scheduled for next week.

On Tuesday, Sevilla hosts Fenerbahce, defending champion AC Milan hosts Arsenal, and Manchester United hosts Lyon. On Wednesday, Chelsea hosts Olympiakos and FC Porto hosts Schalke.

Madrid needs a victory over Roma after a 2-1 loss at Stadio Olimpico, when Raul Gonzalez gave the Spanish team an eighth-minute before David Pizarro and Mancini scored for the hosts.

Madrid coach Bernd Schuster will again be able to call upon Robinho after the Brazil forward recovered from injury to score twice as a substitute in Saturday's win at Recreativo.

"This win has given us confidence at a very good time," said Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who is also back from injury. "We have to beat Roma and we mustn't let goals in."

Madrid needs the boost since Schuster will be without winger Arjen Robben, midfielder Wesley Sneijder and defender Christoph Metzelder because of injury.

Robinho could start up front in place of Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has four goals in this season's tournament but may miss out with an ankle injury.

Barcelona should still advance since it leads the Scottish champions 3-2 ahead of the match at Camp Nou, but needs to pick itself up from a surprise loss at Atletico.

"The squad have suffered a blow but as we have shown many times before we will get over it," Barcelona captain Carles Puyol said.

Coach Frank Rijkaard is expected to recall Lionel Messi, who scored two goals in Glasgow but was a substitute Saturday because of a slight injury.

Midfielder Deco, who was an unused substitute on Saturday, and midfielder Yaya Toure, who was rested, should also be back.

Sevilla lost in the league for the first time in six matches, falling at struggling Deportivo La Coruna 2-1. Coach Manolo Jimenez saved several key players as his team sets out to overturn a 3-2 deficit against Fenerbahce.

The league's top scorer, Luis Fabiano, played just the second half, while Frederic Kanoute played only the first. Seydou Keita, Diego Capel, Ivica Dragutinovic and Julien Escude - who scored in the first leg - were all rested.      

"I don't regret saving players," Jimenez said. "The only person who has allowed himself the luxury of thinking about Fenerbahce was me and nobody else."

Fenerbahce defender Roberto Carlos has been out of action since he injured his leg in the first match in Istanbul and needs a medical check because he was still in pain during Saturday's training.

Fenerbahce, which a point behind Galatasaray in the Turkish league, could only draw 0-0 against Ankaragucu on Saturday.

  Milan has the edge over Arsenal after a 0-0 draw in London, and the Gunners could struggle to get an away goal with Croatia striker Eduardo da Silva out injured for the rest of the season.

With Milan playing at home, Inter's second leg against Liverpool at the same stadium was put back a week to March 11.

Arsenal needed a last-minute goal by Nicklas Bendtner on Saturday to rescue a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa and stay at the top of the Premier League by a point. Second-place Manchester United needs only to avoid defeat to progress past Lyon.

    United drew 1-1 in France in the first game and won at Fulham 3-0 Saturday even with Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney on the bench.

The pair should return against Lyon, which should keep Brazil defender Cris in its team after he proved his recovery from six months out with torn knee ligaments by playing all of Saturday's 1-0 win over Lille.

Olympiakos' chances of bettering its 0-0 draw against Chelsea two weeks ago were hurt when striker Lomana LuaLua was ruled out of the game with a dislocated shoulder, while Porto needs to overturn a 1-0 loss to Schalke.

 

 

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Oh boy, Mavado just can't seem to get a break in Trinidad and Tobago. In an article published in the Trinidad Express his kind of lyrics was again blamed for a stabbing incident leading to the death of a secondary school student.

See below the article in question.

In the wake of yesterday's stabbing to death of a secondary school student, at least one popular urban radio station has moved to clamp down on violent dancehall lyrics.

Well-known DJ, Kwesi "Hyper Hoppa" Hopkinson, special advisor/consultant at Red 96.7, described the stabbing incident as "the last straw" and he identified the music of dancehall star Mavado as one of the chief offenders in this regard.

"There is no doubt that the music is influencing the youths towards violence. Particularly an artiste like Mavado who says he's a gangsta for life and has the youths emulating that lifestyle," Hopkinson said.

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Robbers in the Corporate Area have seemingly found a new interest.

Several motorcyclists have been robbed of their bikes in recent weeks and the police are aware of at least three recent cases.

While some of the robberies were committed by persons in motor vehicles, others were carried out by men on motorcycles. THE STAR has learnt that in these cases, the modus operandi includes two men riding up beside the intended victim, brandishing a knife, gun or other threatening item and demanding the bike. One of the successful robber then escapes on the stolen motorcycle.

Deputy Superintendent McArthur Sutherland, head of crime for the St Andrew Central Division, told THE STAR that he was aware of one recent case. The incident, which occurred near Annette Crescent, Kingston 10, was carried out in the same manner. The victim in this case was also shot by the robbers.

A senior officer from the New Kingston Police Post, also told THE STAR that he had received at least two reports of similar incidents. One incident, which occurred three weeks ago, took place in the Knutsford Boulevard area in broad daylight. According to the officer, a messenger was delivering documents to an office when two men on a motorcycle stepped up to him, pushed him off his bike and rode away. The motorcycle was later recovered in the Grants Pen area.

One motorcyclist, who was recently robbed, shared his experience. "It was about 10 p.m., and I was picking up my girlfriend. I got a puncture along Molynes Road. I went to the Boulevard with my tyre soft, so I was riding slow." He said he noticed a car trailing him and when he stopped at the gas station, two men came up behind him. "Dem drape mi," he said, "an butt mi wid di gun and tek whe di key."

The men rode off with his motor cycle but later crashed along Waltham Park Road and the bike was recovered.

An officer from the St Andrew Central Division, said a possible explanation for the increase in these types of robberies is the fact that the robbers want the bikes for use in other crimes. He said the bikes are small and make escaping easier, especially on off roads and small alleys. He also recounted an incident on February 22 where a robbery and shooting was committed by men on a high powered bike.

He also said several robberies in the Half-Way Tree area were committed by men on bikes - like the Honda PG11 125 and Loncin LX125 and LX150.

-- Edited by Evil Mendez at 14:07, 2008-02-28

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Times sure have changed in the 19 years since Harrison Ford last donned the signature fedora of thrill-seeking archaeologist Indiana Jones. The viral spread of the trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is proof of that.

The trailer for the May 22 release has drawn highly enthusiastic responses in theaters. But it may have had its biggest impact online, on a younger audience that may not think of Ford, 65, as equal to today's spry action heroes.

After premiering February 14 on "Good Morning America," Lucasfilm and Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures sent the trailer to the Web, plus movie theaters and TV stations around the world. Paramount estimates the trailer was seen more than 200 million times worldwide in the first week alone.

Harry Knowles, who runs the movie fan site AintItCool.com (his official title is Head Geek), says he first saw a bootleg version of the trailer online, then the official version online, and then saw it twice in theaters. Watch the whip-cracking trailer here »

There were cheers in the theater when the familiar theme song kicked in, Knowles said, and comments on his Web site have been positive. "People generally really, really loved the trailer," he said. "Some people think it's a little more cartoonish-looking compared to the prior (films), with him whipping the lights and swinging on them and stuff. But at the same time, it seems that everyone is extremely excited that there's a new 'Indiana Jones' film. The excitement for it is palpable. It's much more aggressively anticipated than anything else that's coming out right now."

"The trailer caught on like wildfire, around the world, in all mediums," said Gerry Rich, Paramount's president of worldwide marketing, who's targeting moviegoers "from 8 to 80. The response has been sensational and it shows what technology can do when you have material that is so appealing to audiences."

Older audiences certainly remember Indy, but that's not the prime ticket-buying demographic. Thus the aggressive online campaign, which included what Paramount says is a record 4.1 million views on the Yahoo movie site in the first week and 2.6 million on the official IndianaJones.com site, the most ever for the studio.

"It looks to be THE highly anticipated movie of the summer," said Mark Mazrimas, marketing manager for independent theater chain Classic Cinemas. However, "this hasn't been on the screen for so long, (the challenge) is capturing the youth."

The brainchild of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, the franchise kicked off with "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1981, followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" three summers later. "The Last Crusade" was released in 1989, boosting the worldwide box office total to $1.2 billion.

Now, with the buzz sparked, Rich -- who declined to make opening weekend predictions -- just wants to keep fans' attention: "The (only) negative comment from people was that they have to wait until May to see the movie."

At the recent staging of the highly anticipated 'Follow the Arrow' show the warlord Bounty Killer hit the stage in a no nonsense mood. Dressed in a khaki and white ensemble the five star general belted out a couple of his retro hits to some of the biggest forwards of the night before diverting is attention to matters of current affairs.

Bounty then asked the band to play him low, before addressing the large gathering, "Whappen to b*tty boy journalist Ian Boyne come ah write article bout 'From Marley to Mavado', and left out so much bad artiste weh a run the place fi years?" he asked.

Killer looking as militant as a soldier then added "Mi hear seh homosexual a plan fi march in a Kingston... if that ever gwaan and nothing nuh happen, mi a pack up mi luggage and lef Jamaica".

After this declaration the screams and gun toting fingers were almost deafening and continued for several minutes, before Killer proceed to deejay his mega hit 'Mi Cyaah Believe Mi Eyes' earning him another round of forwards. During his set the Don Gorgon, Ninjaman walk on stage issuing and challenge but the warlord would have none of it and prematurely exited the stage.

Even though Dancehall bad boy Mavado has been getting a lot of flack for his music his career still seems to be on the rise. Just recently the gully god teamed up with Hip Hop mega star Jay-Z for the remix of "On the Rock" also known as "Never Stop Me" on the Mission riddim produced by acclaimed music producer Baby G.

The song features the jigger man spitting some very slick and greasy rhymes over Mavado's melodic voice, while he ask the heavenly one to watch over his enemies.

The song was premiered recently on a popular radio station in New York and according to a listener Jay-Z killed the dude on his own track , but we beg to differ as we thought it was a good effort but Mavado is still the real star.

The song is creating quite a buzz in the Tri-state area and may spill over to a possible spike in album sales even though the tracks in not a part of the official compilation released last summer.

As usual they always has the exclusive and we have embedded a copy of the track from the actual premier courtesy of Mr. C and Iroot (see player below)

n a bid to save the boys from being left behind, several co-educational institutions have employed the gender-separation strategy used by single-sex schools and have reaped remarkable success.

Boys learn differently from girls. That is an accepted fact. And some educators believe this is the way forward as the single-sex classes in co-educational schools offer the best of both worlds, as the learning experience is facilitated along with socialisation with the opposite sex.

Laurel Brent-Harris, national literacy coordinator of the Education Trans-formation Team, told The Gleaner that gender separation is being encouraged and is already in a few schools. "It is a good idea (and) it is catching on," she said.

Consultations with stakeholders are ongoing, The Gleaner learnt. Brent-Harris also pointed out that addressing differentiated instruction and the need to improve it were high on the ministry's agenda, as it is one of the critical targets of the National Literacy Plan.

Hyacinth Evans, professor of teacher education at the University of the West Indies' Institute of Education, believes gender separation should be expanded islandwide.

"This is definitely something that can be tried. However, schools do not have to wait for the ministry to make a general policy in this regard. Principals and teachers are expected to structure learning activities in ways that enhance the learning of all their students," Evans explained.

Both boys and girls produce better academic performances in single-sex schools, says Evans. The reasons given are the same. The climate of the classroom becomes more focused on the academic."

The polly ground experiment

Beverly Jobson-Grant, principal of Polly Ground Primary, reputedly the first co-ed school in recent record to employ the gender-separation tactic, told our news team that the initiative had its genesis in a genuine desire to help boys perform on par with their female counterparts.

"GSAT passes have improved considerably. Most of our students get their first choice. It was not so in earlier days," she explained.

Colin Blake, grade-six teacher and vice-principal of Polly Ground, said the separation, which started in 2003 with only the grade-six students, was now being employed at grade one.

Now, he says, the boys are performing better than ever: "The whole margin of difference in performance between boys and girls is not that wide again and their performance is almost equal."

Leoni Brown, acting principal of Jericho Primary, told The Gleaner that the gender separation was successful. "Boys need special attention. They function differently from girls," she said.

Brown believes this is the way forward as it facilitates the much-needed socialisation between the sexes and maximises the learning experience. She believes gender separation could work in secondary schools as well.

Paulette Stephenson, acting vice-principal at Jericho Primary, said the separation was now being done at grades three and six.

THESE ARE THE WORSE JERSEYS EVER MADE!!!
Y'ALL AGREE????

#10...CHELSEA (1995)
Chelseas current fluorescent outfit came close to making this list. But the Blues have previous when it comes to kits. And none has surely been worse than the grey-and-orange shirt worn by legends such as Ruud Gullit in the mid-90s.



#9... CAMEROON (2002)
The problem with this number is not the colour or pattern but the style of shirt. Since its very first days in the 19th century, footballers have worn sleeves. Cameroon decided to buck the trend at the World Cup in the Far East with a joke effort usually seen on the basketball court.




#8...ASTON VILLA (1993)
Back in the days when Aston Villa were a big force in English football, they produced an absolute horror of a shirt. Whoever thought green-and-black panels would work with red pin stripes clearly failed to ask the fans for their opinion on the matter.




#7...NORWICH (1993)
When Norwich were pulling up trees in Europe, they wore a terrifyingly bad home shirt. Bayern Munich and Inter Milan must have scared stiff. Jeremy Goss and co looked like they had come straight from paintball during their UEFA Cup run.



#6...MEXICO (1994)
Jorge Campos could probably put together a top 10 of his own given the number of psychedelic jerseys he has pulled on over the years. Perhaps his finest clothing hour came at the World Cup in the United States with a shirt so sharp it could pierce your eyeballs.



#5...MEXICO (1998)
The Mexicans are a fun bunch but perhaps the 90s kit designer got a little carried away. First there was Campos keeper shirts and then came along this crazy outfit for the World Cup in France. The kind of top you would could only produce by giving a small child a free reign a set of green crayons.



#4...MANCHESTER UNITED (1995)
United have been as guilty as anyone for forcing bad shirts on to the market. Alex Ferguson quickly got rid of this grey number after claiming his players could not see each other during a defeat at Southampton. The fiery Scot even made them change into their third kit at half time.



#3...COVENTRY (1978)
It is no coincidence that the majority of terrible kits have been produced in the modern era when even money cannot buy taste. Yet, Coventry can claim to have released one of the earliest shockers with a comic brown shirt in the late 70s. The haircuts were not great either.



#2...ARSENAL (1991)
The early 90s was an experimental era in the history of kits. Top-flight shirts were becoming louder by the season and Arsenal did not help matters with a blinding attack of yellow-and-navy triangles. The Gunners have always welcomed new designs but they overstepped the mark on this one.



AND
 THE
  GRAND
    FINALE!!!

EL NUMERO UNO!!!!

HULL (1992)
Designer: Whats your clubs nickname? Chairman: The Tigers. Designer: Right, thatll do. In a ground-breaking moment in football fashion, Hull unveiled a Tiger-skin shirt in 1992. Nothing of its like has been seen since. Let us hope it stays that way.

The always touchy topic of abortion resurfaced recently with members of the clergy defiant that no law should be passed to accommodate the act. 'Flair' gathered a few men to hear their views.

The comments were varied, from those pro-life to those looking for a compromise. But for the pro-lifers, the issue was more how long one should wait before it is considered wrong.

"Going on the premise that Jamaica is a Christian state, I would be willing to say that across the board, I wouldn't legalise it, lest after a certain number of weeks, you really are killing a person (the foetus)," said Jerome.

But who determines when human life actually begins? For Max, the minute the egg is fertilised, there is life. "If bacteria is considered to be alive, then why after the sperm reach, is not a living thing? It is alive! It small, you need microscope fi see it, but it alive!

Even those men against abortion agreed it is the woman's right, and hers alone, to choose. After all, the foetus is growing inside HER body. For those seeking a middle ground - abortion under certain circumstances, - they feel there shouldn't be any debate in some cases.

Barbaric

"I think it is far more barbaric to force victims of incest and rape, for instance, to carry those babies to term," says Andrew.

"Those who talk about they must carry the baby to term, dem a go help the women pay fi it?" Ronaldchimed in with similar sentiments. "If the girl did get rape, dat different. But, don't come to me wid dis ting bout 'Mi neva ready fi a baby', or 'Mi and mi boyfriend neva plan fi one.' Use boots den! Dat deh excuse no mek it!"

But what if there was a case where the wife committed adultery and got pregnant? Would even the most adamant pro-life man ask his wife to abort to avoid bringing home a jacket? "She can keep it if she wants, 'cause she not coming back to me with it. I'm not going to try and work anything out. Him (the baby) not coming into my yard!

*Names changed on request.

yo wen i saw this i was sayin yo dem ppl yah deva ..and i was surprised it wasnt a black man  

http://clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/506973?wpid=1904

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/world/americas/24jamaica.html?ex=1204520400&en=0efb2859ff93f162&ei=5070&emc=eta1

St Catherine woman fined for marijuana

Michelle Black, who was caught attempting to export marijuana to Antigua, told the court that she was promised US$10,000 ($710,000) to do the deed.

The court heard that while Black, who is of a St Johns Road, St Catherine address, was preparing to leave on a flight to Antigua, she was searched and 5.5 lb of ganja was found strapped to both of her thighs.

When she appeared in court, she told RM Brown that she had met someone through a friend of hers and this person had paid for her flight. She, however, said she did not know the person's name.

When RM Brown asked her if she wanted him to send her to jail, she simply replied, "I don't know, Sir." After a while and a few tears, she told the court that she had three children, aged 10, 16 and 19 years. "Mi have mi children dem sir", she said.

Black was fined $8,000 or six months in jail for possession, was admonished and discharged on the charge of dealing and was fined $24,000 or six months for attempting to export the drug. In addition, she will have to serve three months in jail. If the fines are not paid, she will serve nine months.

After the sentence was handed down, Black asked the court whether she could immediately be taken to where she would be serving her time, so she could get it over with and be reunited with her children.

Skin secretions from a South American "shrinking" frog could be used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

A compound isolated from the frog, which grows to 27cm as a tadpole before shrinking to 4cm in adulthood, stimulates insulin release.

A synthetic version of the compound - pseudin-2 - could be used to produce new drugs, delegates at the Diabetes UK annual conference heard.

Around two million people in the UK have type 2 diabetes.

The condition, which is often associated with being overweight, develops because the body does not produce enough insulin, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly.

It means people cannot regulate their *la*hd glucose levels properly.

Scientists from the University of Ulster and United Arab Emirates University have tested a synthetic version of pseudin-2, a compound which protects the paradoxical frog from infection.

More research is needed, but there is a growing body of work around natural anti-diabetic drug discovery that, as you can see, is already yielding fascinating results Dr Yasser Abdel-Wahab

They found it stimulated the secretion of insulin in pancreatic cells in the laboratory.

And importantly, there were no toxic effects on the cells.

The synthetic version was better at stimulating insulin than the natural compound, opening the way for it potential development as a drug for treating diabetes.

Amphibians

Study leader Dr Yasser Abdel-Wahab, senior lecturer in biomedical sciences at the University of Ulster, said there had been a lot of research into bioactive molecules from amphibian skin secretions.

One recently developed diabetes drug - exenatide - was developed from a hormone in the saliva of the Gila monster - a lizard found in south-western United States and northern Mexico.

"We found that it stimulated the secretion of insulin and that the synthetic version is more potent that pseudin-2 itself.

"More research is needed, but there is a growing body of work around natural anti-diabetic drug discovery that, as you can see, is already yielding fascinating results."

Douglas Smallwood, chief executive of Diabetes UK, said although type 2 diabetes could be managed with diet and physical activity, the condition was progressive and may require medication to control it effectively.

"Good diabetes control reduces the risk of complications including blindness, heart disease, kidney problems and amputation so new treatments are vital."

Rapper Juvenile is shocked and devastated by the shooting death of his 4-year-old daughter, the girl's mother and another child, his manager, Aubrey Francis, told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The bodies of Juvenile's daughter Jelani; her mother, Joy Deleston, 39; and Deleston's daughter Micaiah, 11, were found Thursday night in their home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, which is near Atlanta. Deleston's 17-year-old son, Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr., is being charged with the murders. He was arrested Friday.

"It really shocked him and devastated him to the point where I've never seen him before," Francis said of the rapper, according to the AP. "Right now he is relaxing and trying to grasp everything of what has happened."

Deleston, 39, was an actress who appeared in locally produced films, as well as a seven-and-a-half-year veteran of the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Police have not announced a motive in the killings.

Macka Diamond showed why she is easily one of the top deejays in the game with a stimulating performance during Saturday night's Magnum Follow Di Arrow show.

Hitting the stage after Wayne Marshall had worn out his welcome with a drawn out set, Macka Diamond immediately re-energised the slumbering crowd.

Declaring that it was 'cocky morning', she said brashly that even though her man was a bad man, it was she "who run mi man head".

A man in the audience shouted encouragement for the veteran deejay.

"Hold dem mumma, dem check say Mackerel dun, she still ah cook up."

Macka began to cook up the business, getting to the real meat of what made interpersonal relationships click mind-blowing sex.

She spoofed Erup's Click My Finger substituting his lyrics for the line 'squint the p*mp*m, man haffi stay wid me'. She then did her hit song, Hula Hoop with the Magnum girls assisting with the demonstration of the dance.

She then did Bun Him to a big ovation even though Blacka had done the song earlier. She had some words of advice for the women in the audience. "Wuk the man dem good fi the money. When I got to wuk my man, I think about the money.when I mek it connect, the man bawl out, ah $100,000 that feel like," she said to loud laughter.

"And when mi fling up everything back way, mi just say 'house and land'," she said. The crowd almost lost its mind, the females especially shouting their approval with loud cheers. The men, in spite of themselves, laughed loudly as well and gave her lighter salutes.

The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds.

Codenamed Reynard it aims to recognise "normal" behaviour in online worlds and home in on anomalous activity.

It is likely to develop tools and techniques for intelligence officers who are hunting terrorists and terror groups on the net or in virtual worlds.

The project was welcomed by experts tracking terror groups using the net to organise or carry out attacks.

Growing threat

Brief details about Reynard came to light in a report sent to the US Congress by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - which co-ordinates the work of US intelligence agencies.

We can see groups emerging in cyber spaces and virtual communities that would be wholly virtual Roderick Jones, Concentric Solutions iPM: Listen to the interview with anti-terror experts In that report, which talked about the data mining efforts undertaken by the ODNI, Reynard was described as: "a seedling effort to study the emerging phenomenon of social (particularly terrorist) dynamics in virtual worlds and large-scale online games and their implications for the intelligence community".

Using publicly available data Reynard researchers will carry out observational studies to establish "baseline normative behaviors".

Once these are identified, Reynard will "then apply the lessons learned to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world".

"It's a positive step," said Andrew Cochran, founder and co-chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation. "For a number of years we were behind in chasing jihadists' presence on the net and detecting it."

"That's a very sensible step at the moment," said Roderick Jones, a vice president of Concentric Solutions and a former special branch officer. "Just to feel their way around them and work out what new intelligence collection methods might be required to deal with this threat, because you won't be able to use traditional law enforcement methods."

New worlds

A senior intelligence officer at the ODNI said Reynard was in its very early stages and it was too soon to say which online worlds it would be studying. He added that any work on it would be purely for research rather than "operational" purposes.

Many terror groups indulge in cyber crime to fund their activities "I think its highly unlikely terrorists would use things like Second Life or World of Warcraft as they do not have the necessary security," said Mr Jones.

"Terrorist use of the internet at the moment relies on password protected forums," he added.

Said Mr Cochran: "All of the major terrorist treatises have been distributed through the internet so taking it to a virtual world with multi-player role games is really an easy step."

It was inevitable that terror groups would make greater use of the internet and the possibilities that virtual spaces offered them, said Mr Jones.

"There's more a chance of things like Jihad worlds coming online in the next five years I think," he said.

The visual richness of virtual worlds made them good places to educate recruits about techniques, said Mr Jones.

Attack pattern

"We can see groups emerging in cyber spaces and virtual communities that would be wholly virtual," he said. "They would organise and radicalise in virtual worlds and attack using cyber methods without becoming a real world presence in any real way."

Many groups were likely to use the expertise and skills they learn in virtual worlds to target key net systems.

Ken Silva, chief technology officer for Verisign which oversees some of the net's core address books, said such an attack could be "devastating".

"We see a continuing growth in the amount of horsepower in the attacks that are directed at infrastructure servers," said Mr Silva.

A router problem made YouTube inaccessible for many "We are seeing a large shift from attacks that are directed at individual websites," he said. "The sophistication is getting a little smarter and they are attacking the infrastructure pieces behind them..., which is typically in most production environments the least invested in."

Some of the basic systems of the net, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) which helps data reach its intended destination, were open to attack.

An accidental misconfiguration of BGP in some routers in Pakistan caused the recent problems with YouTube which left many people unable to reach the video site.

"BGP is essentially a relatively unprotected protocol and is seriously vulnerable to disruption," he said. "Should that happen, it could take a very long time to correct that situation."

"This has to be fought at every level," he said.