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Little Shop of Horrors: Campy Musical With Rockin' '60s Style
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For those using the parking lots at Foothill, celebrate that the way to purchase a parking permit has entered the 21st century. Their new ticketing devices now take credit cards, and, for those using the Lohman Theatre parking lot, be advised that you can use the one hour "visitor" spots, with a paid parking ticket during a performance.The Assembly-Women travel • Jun 02 2014 star this tip starred
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Music by Alan Menken
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Award-winning Foothill Music Theatre offers the Peninsula acclaimed productions of newer as well as Broadway's golden musicals, with full orchestra and large casts, at family friendly prices. The company has won Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Awards for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Ensemble Production, and Best Direction, among others. The company has also garnered kudos from myriad Bay Area critics for its sharp, professionally mounted productions, presented in both the intimate new Lohman Theatre, located at the base of the hill, and the handsome 1,000 seat Smithwick Theatre, located atop a wooded hill on the campus of Foothill College.

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Dedicated man of science Paul Armstrong is in the despairing midst of a two-year lost weekend in the Amazonian jungle. A bitter, drunken mess of his former self, he has all but given up his quest for Geranium 90. Meanwhile, his numbskullian nemeses, including the Lost Skeleton, have been spotted in the area, ready to grab the Geranium for themselves. With the help of Armstrong's unflappable and spot-free wife, Betty, and their irascible alien friends the "Marvins" from Marva, the race to the Geranium is on once again. ~ Baseline StudioSystems


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This is my first year final dress. We were assigned themes, mine being symbiosis, and we had to then design a dress within specific requirements, like it had to have a collar and set in sleeves and a waist seem. We had to draft the entire thing from a basic block and sew it up, then present it to the class. I researched symbiosis and decided the symbiotic relationship between different sea creatures was interesting and this is the fishy design I came up with! I'm very happy with the way it turned out! It had to have a button down front, but I really wanted to include this draped skirt into the design, so I found a way to fit it in! The draped skirt actually opens up and is only attached to the one side seam, and underneath is just a straight button down skirt. The over skirt is attached over to the other side with just a simple button.
Unfortunately we had to make it in model size, so it didn't fit me, mostly the problem was my big butt! haha So that is why I didn't post any back views! hahaa the front fit alright though!
The over sleeve was tricky, I found a pattern making book that had an illustration similar to what I wanted to do and what I thought were instructions on how to draft it, but it turned out it was a design flaw and there were no instructions. I really like a challenge so I was determined to figure out a way to make this sleeve, and finally I did!
The last picture is my muslin, to make sure everything would work out nicely.
Pardon my messy bathroom! :P
100% linen for most of it, and for the draped parts such as the over sleeve and the over skirt are made from 100% cotton voile
Jun 19, 2011, 09.39 PMby milliemali
Thanks everyone!! :)
Jun 14, 2011, 11.37 PMby Tata O
wow it's super duper cute dress! perfect !
Jun 13, 2011, 10.04 PMby pumpkinpatches
super pretty and elegant. love it!
Jun 13, 2011, 06.29 PMby emily-marie
it's really great! I'm loving all of the elements you managed to get into this dress.
Jun 13, 2011, 06.26 PMby Priscilla Folley
It's a very, very interesting dress and I like it very much! It's what Carrote said, it seems like those elements should not work together. But they do! Congratulations!
Jun 13, 2011, 06.03 PMby Nicole Nolan
Are you at Ryerson? I modeled for one of the design students and have been set on applying since seeing the drafting room <3
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Jun 13, 2011, 04.05 PMby carottesauvage
I always think that an excess of features (here:Peter pan collar, ruffles, drape) could actually be over the top. But you prove me wrong… beautiful!
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Used by carpenters to construct buildings. Also used as a tool to inflict blunt force trauma.
As opposed to air-cushion hovercraft, this hovercraft floats freely in the air.
Beverages that cause the imbiber to become intoxicated.
Cans of Beam Cola are one of Jimmy's primary sources of nourishment in Bully. Drinking one will restore part of his health.
Special effects include, but are not limited to, keeping the doctor away.
Arcade cabinets can be found all over Bullworth. Often, mini-games are attached to these machines, and can be played.
Any type of simple ball in a game... can be simply rendered as a single pixel, or as a geometric shape.
A stretchable bag that expands when filled with some kind of gas, if light enough, will float in the air. A favorite of children everywhere.
The banana is a fruit that is commonly seen in video games, particularly those with animals as main characters. It is famous for its sweet taste and affiliation with primates.
Banana Peels found in games usually cause a character to slip and fall if they move over it.
A piece of cloth worn on the head, often worn by soldiers to keep sweat out of their eyes.
A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher.
Used in many a basketball game. Also acts as background item in certain games.
Beards are visible facial follicle growth, commonly associated with adult male homo sapiens. In video games, beards are commonly found in character customization systems (i.e. Rock Band) or when pirates are involved (i.e. the Monkey Island series).
After it becomes possible to leave Bullworth Academy, bicycles become Jimmy's quickest and most reliable method of transportation. Jimmy must also fix bicycles in his Shop classes.
Some games have readable books. Come and quench your thirst for knowledge.
"It's hard to keep your feet dry when you're kicking in a skull." Unless you've got the right gear, that is.
Whether it's translucent, transparent, opaque, glass, plastic, or some other material the bottle can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. Sometimes filled with liquor, or maybe an extra supply of lantern oil.
Use it to indiscriminately punch people.
The boxing ring is ( obviously ) the ring that people box in. Used in all boxing games.
A bridge is something that quickens your journey by allowing you to go over an obstacle, like a river or gorge, instead of making you go through it. It is made of a variety of materials like wood or steel.
A buoy is a floating object generally used to either aid in the navigation of waterways or the collection of data. In games they frequently serve as obstacles.
Jimmy obtains his camera from Ms. Philips during one of the game's story missions. He can later use it for Photography class, to take pictures and save them to the Photo Album, or to take part in the Yearbook Photos side-mission.
Shines light in dark places and sets things on fire. Some are magical.
Also known as a cloak. Commonly worn by superheroes, the cape is a very popular object. Can be used to give you the power of flight or make you invisible.
Cars can be seen on the streets of Bullworth. As much of a delinquent as Jimmy can be, however, he never steals cars.
From weapon, to trap, to calculated (albeit rough) transport, the catapult has many applications. Usually found on the medieval battlefield, this item exists in modern variations that hardly resemble its original form.
Chocolate, a delicious candy. Fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground cacao seeds, often combined with a sweetener or flavoring agent.
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Company Profile: Interphase is a telecom-equipment maker. The company provides services for LTE and WiMAX, interworking gateways, packet processing, network connectivity, and security for key applications for the communications and enterprise markets.Interphase shares more than doubled on Feb. 11, a day after the company reported fourth-quarter financial results. The company said revenue in the quarter jumped 24% to $5.8 million as it swung to a quarterly profit. The stock hit a high of $7.59 in March but has been steadily pulling back since. Current Share Price: $4.22 (June 27) 2011 Total Return: 134% Analyst Ratings: There are no research firms covering Interphase currently. TheStreet Ratings has a "sell" rating on the stock, which it has maintained since downgrading the stock from "hold" in July 2009. The latest report calls attention to Interphase's "feeble growth in its earnings per share."
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Permanent lenses lead to more repeat eye surgeries, NIH study finds
For adults and children who undergo cataract surgery, implantation of an artificial lens is the standard of care. But a clinical trial suggests that for most infants, surgery followed by the use of contact lenses for several years — and an eventual lens implant — may be the better solution. The trial was funded in part by the National Eye Institute (NEI), a component of the National Institutes of Health.
A child wearing a contact lens. A green dye is used to evaluate the fit of hard lenses. Credit: Dr. Scott Lambert, Emory.
A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens, and can be removed through a safe, quick surgical procedure. After cataract removal, most adults and children receive a permanent artificial lens, called an intraocular lens (IOL). This is an option for infants, too, but the trial found that the use of contact lenses is safer than, and just as effective as, an IOL for infants under seven months old. The most recent data from the trial were published today in JAMA Ophthalmology.
"When we began this study, the prevailing theory was that IOLs would be the better option for cataract in infants because they correct vision constantly, while contact lenses can be removed or dislodged from the eye. But our data suggest that if the family can manage it, contact lenses are the better option until the child gets older," said Scott Lambert, M.D., the study's lead investigator and a professor of ophthalmology at Emory University in Atlanta.
Although cataracts are often tied to aging, it's estimated that 1,200-1,600 infants are diagnosed with congenital cataracts (present from birth) each year in the United States. The condition can affect both eyes, but it often affects just one, which is called unilateral cataract. The new study compared the use of IOLs versus the use of contact lenses during infancy for treating congenital unilateral cataract.
In the United States most children with cataract will eventually receive an IOL, but the timing varies, Dr. Lambert said. "I've had patients wait until they were in college whereas others will have it done when they are 5 or 6 years old," he said.
Some prior research suggested that using an IOL to treat cataract during infancy can improve long-term visual outcomes, he said. IOLs can also spare babies — and their parents — the discomfort of daily contact lens changes, and reduce the risk of introducing germs into the eye. On the other hand, the use of IOLs during infancy also has some drawbacks. Surgeons have difficulty judging the right focusing power of the artificial lens for an infant, because it's a time of rapid eye growth. Also, while IOL implants are typically safe and complication-free for adults, they are more likely to cause postoperative problems for infants.
"Cataract surgery and the use of IOLs for infants have become more sophisticated and more widely practiced over time. In this study, the goal was to determine if the beneficial effects of IOLs outweigh their known complications," said Donald Everett, M.A., who is NEI's director of collaborative clinical research.
The Infant Aphakia Treatment Study began in 2004 (aphakia refers to an eye without a lens). The study involved 12 clinical centers, and enrolled infants with a cataract in one eye. Parents visiting these clinics were informed about the study, and about the potential benefits and risks of cataract surgery with and without an IOL. The study ultimately enrolled 114 infants who were between 1 to 6 months old at the time of surgery. By random assignment, about half of the infants received an IOL and the other half received contact lenses. The lenses were soft silicon or hard gas-permeable plastic, and designed to fit small eyes.
The children in the study are now toddlers, and the investigators have examined visual acuity and other outcomes over the long term in both treatment groups. Of note, visual acuity testing in studies like this one presents unique challenges. An adult visual acuity test involves that familiar eye chart with rows of progressively smaller letters, and isn't feasible for a child who hasn't learned the alphabet. The 1-year-olds in the study were tested with Teller acuity cards, which are flash cards imprinted with finer and finer grating patterns — the idea being that a visible pattern will grab a baby's attention while a card that looks blank will not. At 4 1/2 years old, the children were evaluated with the HOTV test, which requires kids to read the letters H-O-T-V or match flash cards containing one of the letters to a response card in their hands.
There were no significant differences in visual acuity between the two groups at age 1, or at age 4 1/2. However, there were more post-surgical complications in the IOL group, which in turn led to more corrective surgeries. The most frequent complication was lens reproliferation — which is when lens cells left behind after cataract surgery migrate into the pupil and interfere with vision. By age 5, lens reproliferation was 10 times more common with IOLs, occurring in 23 (40 percent) of infants in that group, compared to two infants (4 percent) in the contact lens group. This complication and others led to the need for one or more additional eye surgeries among 41 (72 percent) of the infants in the IOL group, and 12 (21 percent) in the contact lens group.
By age 5, nine children in the contact lens group developed minor eye infections that cleared up with antibiotic drops, and in one child, a contact lens broke during wear. None of these issues had permanent effects on vision. Three infants in the contact lens group had IOLs implanted before age 5, because their families had difficulty with day-to-day contact lens changing and maintenance.
"We think that for most infants with unilateral cataract, contact lenses are a better option than an IOL," Dr. Lambert said. "However, in some cases, the parents and their physician may decide that contact lens wear proves to be too challenging, and ultimately not in the child's best interests."
Aside from potential discomfort for the child and anxiety for the parents, there may be less obvious challenges to wearing contact lenses in infancy. Congenital cataract is sometimes hereditary, which means that some parents may have vision problems of their own that would make it difficult to change their kids' contacts. Affordability could also be a challenge for some families. Although health insurance plans generally pay for an IOL, most plans do not pay for contact lenses.
Why not delay both the cataract removal and the IOL until later in childhood? In that scenario, the loss of visual experience in early life could cause some permanent vision loss later, Dr. Lambert said.
The study was funded by NEI through grants EY013272, EY013287, and EY006360, and by Research to Prevent Blindness. For more information about the study, see NCT00212134 at http://clinicaltrials.gov. For more information about cataract, see http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/cataract.
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Lambert, SR et al. for the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group. "A Comparison of contact lens and intraocular correction for monocular aphakia during infancy: a randomized clinical trial of HOTV optotype acuity at age 4.5 years and clinical findings at age 5 years." JAMA Ophthalmology, March 2014. DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.531.
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Oh, and before the anoraks out there mail me saying "did you know that 'performant' is not recognized as an adjective by the major dictionaries?", yes I do know – but I like the word, so I'm using it!
We are modeling the business of the Multi-Dimensional Parcel Service (MDPS).
They ship parcels domestically, internationally (and between dimensions). We are only concerned with the operations of their trucks. The trucks either
· Collect parcels from depots to deliver to customers
· Collect parcels from customers to deliver to depots
The customer pays for the delivery/collection, so revenue can be associated with a customer. The job of collecting the parcels and delivering them has costs associated with it – e.g. petrol. Costs are therefore associated with a job.
It is common for a truck to be part loaded in order to serve multiple customers. In this case there would be multiple delivery/collection addresses for the same job. It is therefore conceivable that we could have the following data in our Revenue table.
The parcels for JobID of 1 were delivered to two customers (those with CustomerIDs of 1 and 2). However, Customer 1 only took up a small amount of space in the truck. The job took place in December and he was shipping Halloween decorations so there wasn't much demand. Customer 2, on the other hand, was shipping Christmas trees, so he used the vast majority of the truck's space.
How then should we assign costs to a customer? You have probably already noticed that Customer is a many-to-many dimension with regard to Cost. A customer can have many jobs performed, and a job can be done for more than one customer at a time.
In our example, the total cost of Job 1 (JobID of 1) is £500. With the default behaviour of many-to-many dimensions (i.e. no measure expression or MDX to split the costs), both customers 1 and 2 would be assigned a cost of £500. This seems a little unfair – especially for Customer 1 because he only used a small part of the truck space. It is a business decision as to how to split costs in this type of scenario. In this hypothetical case, it makes sense to do a proportional split based on revenue.
This is what the CostMultiplier field is for. For a given JobID, the sum of CostMultiplier always equals 1. So, for the first row, 500 / 5,000 is 0.1. For the second row, 4,500 / 5,000 is 0.9. For the third row, 3,000 / 3,000 is 1.
Using MDX or a measure expression, we can multiply the cost for a customer by the CostMultiplier. The following screenshot is therefore how an OLAP client tool would present the costs in our example.
Note: doing the proportional split based on revenue results in the data being aggregated using a regular sum. The cost for Customer 1 + Customer 2 + Customer 3 is £800. £800 is also the actual total cost of Job 1 and Job 2. Summing the individual customers using the many-to-many dimension without the proportional split would have resulted in £1,300 (£500 + £500 + £300).
Note: the proportional split has to be done at leaf level. This is because the calculation is, as George Spofford would say, "non-commutative". It involves addition/subtraction and multiplication/division, so we will get different numbers at the aggregated level depending on whether or not the calculation is done at leaf level.
So, let's do it! I created a relational database containing the above 4 tables and populated it with (quite a lot of) data. I then created a cube on top of it to allow testing of how performant the different design options are.
You can download a backup of the cube that uses calculated members (Option 1 and 2) from here. For a backup of the cube that uses the measure expression (Option 3), download from here.
Here is the metadata of the cube.
Here are the numbers of rows for each table
Customer – 53,186 rows
Revenue – 4,370,206 rows
Job – 979,921 rows
Cost – 334,342 rows
To populate the CostMultipler field, we can run the following query.
UPDATE Revenue
SET CostMultiplier =
WHEN dt.Amount = 0 or dt.Amount IS NULL THEN 0
ELSE r.Amount / dt.Amount
FROM Revenue r
SELECT JobID, SUM(Amount) Amount
FROM Revenue r
GROUP BY JobID
) dt ON r.JobID = dt.JobID
Now, when we run the following query, we should get back 1 for every single JobID.
I set the attribute relationship's Cardinality and RelationshipType properties to improve performance (see this post). I also of course designed aggregations on the 2 measure group partitions.
Various options are evaluated for performance in getting the costs by customer including the proportional split. It is assumed that we do not have a query cache when testing performance. The AS query cache can be cleared by running an XMLA command as pointed out by Darren Gosbell here.
I created a calculated measure called "Cost – Traditional MDX". It takes the traditional approach of defining the calculation in the member declaration. See the MDX below. Obviously only the calculated measure would be exposed in the perspectives; not the base measure.
Note: this will only work if the only exposed hierarchy from the [Customer] dimension is [Category – Customer].
CREATE MEMBER CURRENTCUBE.[Measures].[Cost - Traditional MDX]
[Customer].[Category - Customer].CurrentMember.Level IS
[Customer].[Category - Customer].[(All)],
// If at the all level of customer, just return the hidden base measure
// Otherwise split the cost at leaf level proportionally to revenue
[Customer].[Category - Customer].CurrentMember, , LEAVES
) *
[Job].[Reference].CurrentMember, , LEAVES
([Measures].[Cost] * [Measures].[Cost Multiplier])
FORMAT_STRING = "Currency",
NON_EMPTY_BEHAVIOR = { [Cost] },
Guess how long the following query takes (on my dev VPC)? About 1 minute 15 seconds. There are only about 100 rows returned. The reason it takes so long is that it has to go down to leaf level at runtime for all the Job/Customer combinations.
[Measures].[Cost - Traditional MDX] ON 0,
[Customer].[Category - Customer].[All],
[Customer].[Category - Customer].[All].Children
[Measure Expressions]
We can improve on Option 1 using MDX script assignments.
CREATE MEMBER CURRENTCUBE.[Measures].[Cost - MDX Script]
SCOPE ([Measures].[Cost - MDX Script]);
// Assign to all cells in the [Customer].[Category - Customer]
// hierarchy except the [All] member
( [Customer].[Category - Customer].Members(1) : Null ) =
[Customer].[Category - Customer].CurrentMember, , LEAVES
) *
[Job].[Reference].CurrentMember, , LEAVES
([Measures].[Cost] * [Measures].[Cost Multiplier])
This brought the query time down from over 1 minute 15 seconds to about 50 seconds. It does of course return the same data.
Some readers may be asking why we didn't execute something like the following MDX script assigment.
SCOPE (Leaves(Customer), Leaves(Job));
[Measures].[Cost] = [Measures].[Cost] * ValidMeasure([Measures].[Cost Multiplier]);
This would be taking a similar approach to what is described by Mosha here. The Leaves function returns a set of tuples representing the lowest level of granularity across all attributes in the dimension that is passed in as a parameter. ValidMeasure is used purely as a performance optimisation (see Mosha's post above). As [Measures].[Cost] is a base measure rather than a calculated measure, it should automatically aggregate up the hierarchy (i.e. to customer category level, which is what our query is interested in) right? Wrong! Take a look at Page 388 to 390 of the MDX Solutions book. It states that the outer dimension in a many-to-many relationship (in this case Customer) will not automatically aggregate up the hierarchy. This is similar behaviour to MDX script assigments involving calculated measures. This approach is normally very performant as it doesn't need to use the Descendants function; Analysis Services deals with the aggregation automatically. Unfortunately, we have to rule it out in this case.
I created another cube and set up a measure expression for this purpose. It is simply "[Cost]*[Cost Multiplier]".
Note: when using measure expressions, it is often a good idea to set the DirectSlice property for the dimension relationship (in the Dimension Usage tab). For the case of MDPS, setting the direct slice to Root([Customer]) (as shown by the following screenshot) means that the All member for Job/Customer attributes shows the actual total of costs – not just those which have a corresponding [Cost Multiplier]. If we do not set DirectSlice, Jobs with no revenue would not contribute to the total cost for all Jobs.
The Root(<dimension_expression>) function returns a tuple with the All/Default member of every attribute/hierarchy in the dimension.
To re-iterate, it makes sense to set the DirectSlice as above for the case of MDPS because we want to report the total cost for all jobs (e.g. [Job].[Reference].[All]) irrespective of whether revenue has been received for them.
Using measure expressions brought the query time down to less than 20 seconds.
Considering that querying Cost by Customer without any MDX or measure expressions (i.e. without the proportional split) takes about 12 seconds (due to sheer volume of data), I'd say measure expressions are indeed pretty performant!
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A normal person would not use "performant" because it doesn't make sense.
Anoraks are the type of people who make up words (and give IT professionals a bad reputation).
My issue is also Multiplication before aggregation. I have a question: I have the case where one of the operands (the measures) is is a calculated measure: OnhandQuantity, summing up all transaction quantities, how can I use it in "Measure Expression"? Knowing that the solution "Measure Expression" suites my need because I need to multiply then aggregate. A third "solution" is Having an MDX directly but it wouldn't help me since it will aggregate both measures then multiply them. Using Sum (descendants ([dimension1].[hierarchy1].CurrentMember,, leaves), [Measures].[OnhandQuantity]*[Measures].[UnitPrice]) in MDX didn't help since I have about 10 dimensions and I don't know which dimension(s) the report designer will use in their report when using my measure. I also used that MDX for one dimension ([Product]) for testing, but it again aggregated before mupltiplying. I am in a real trouble! Many thanks for your help in advance.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Here's your fantasy investment outcome for today, and it's a doozy.
After a bad miss in earnings per share in the third quarter 2012 a certain well-known semiconductor company's shares tumbled more than 60%. You noticed, and as shares fell towards the eventual 52-week low you made a big speculation and bought 5,000 shares at $1.99 per share.
Then, yesterday, you noticed it opened about 6% higher from the previous closing price. You continued watching the ticker and by the time the price had soared to $4.44 you sold your shares.
Your profit was a tolerable $24,500 minus commissions for buying and selling. You may have some short-term capital gains tax to pay but that's a problem you don't mind facing.This kind of windfall may have occurred to a number of investors who have been patiently holding shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for the past 10 months or so. AMD closed Thursday at $4.45. The kicker Thursday was some analysts boosted the chipmaker's ratings and price targets, mostly due to its deals to supply processor chips for Sony's (SNE) PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox One. As you can learn at the company's fascinating Web site, AMD is a force to be reckoned with. It describes itself as "...a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices." To that end, Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One will be ready for eager gamers before the start of the holiday season. Both will utilize AMD's state-of-the-art processor chips for the game consoles. This prompted an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch to upgrade AMD to buy from underperform and increased its price target to $6 from $2.50.
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Missing Sunderland boy found safeJanuary 28,2014SUNDERLAND - Zachary Lee, a 12-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued on Monday was found alive and well around 11:30 p.m. on Monday in a New Hampshire hotel. His biological mother was taken into custody for questioning, police said.
Lee was reported missing from his foster home on North Road in Sunderland on Monday, at around 4:45 p.m., when he did not arrive home from school after being dropped off by the bus.
An Amber Alert was issued around 8:35 p.m. and numerous law enforcement officials participated in the search.
In a press release, the Vermont State Police said they got word around 10:30 p.m. on Monday that Lee had been seen in the company of his biological mother, Patricia Kane, 49, and his sister, Martha Lee, 17, at a restaurant in Hanover, N.H. Law enforcement officers ultimately located the three at a hotel in Lyme, N.H.
Kane, was taken into custody without incident for questioning about the disappearance of her son. Charges may be forthcoming stemming from the investigation being conducted by the Vermont State Police and in conjunction with the Bennington County State's Attorney's Office.
In earlier press releases, police said Lee had been recently repatriated from France. They said they were concerned because of his age and because he had only been in the Sunderland area since Jan. 14 so he was not familiar with Southern Vermont.
At the time, Kane was a suspect in Lee's disappearance.
"This is based on a documented history of such attempts while the child was in the custody of the Republic of France," police said in a press release.
Police said staff with the Vermont Department of Children and Families, as well as school employees, had reported that Kane had been "highly unstable and volatile" since Lee arrived in the U.S.
"All treatment team members have been working together to help safeguard against possible attempts to abscond with him," police said.
In the press release, the Vermont State Police extended "their sincere appreciation for the help of countless law enforcement agencies, private citizens and the press in the dissemination of information and efforts in locating Zachary."MORE IN This Just InRichard Rivers has settled his lawsuit against the Vermont State Fair. Full StoryVermonts lowest-paid wage earners will see a boost Jan. Full StoryKillington reviews Full Story
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A's reliever Luke Gregerson is Monday's recommended pickup on the heels of Sean Doolittle's oblique injury.
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Avisail Garcia returns to the White Sox after four-month absence.
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Michael Pineda, out since late April due to a suspension and then a back injury, is finally set to make his return to the mound Wednesday.
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HOUSTON (AP) - The Harris County Sheriff's Office says it has arrested 23 prostitutes and 76 of their customers after a three-week sex trafficking sweep.
The office announced Wednesday the arrests occurred between July 17 and Aug. 3. It says undercover officers helped make the arrests.
Five of the arrested people were charged with drug-related offenses. Two people were charged with criminal trespassing and another with resisting arrest.
Names of the people arrested and the other charges filed have not been released.
The office says the arrests are part of a national campaign called National Day of Johns Arrests that began in 2011.
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