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Investor buys North Dallas medical building for $48.7 million
A Dallas medical building has sold to an Arizona-based investor.
Healthcare Trust of America Inc. said Monday that it paid $48.7 million to purchase the Forest Park Tower, a 130,000 square foot medical office building built in 2010.
The building is fully leased and is located in on North Central Expressway in North Dallas.
"It allows us to continue our expansion in the Dallas marketplace with a strong, existing health system that continues to grow and innovate," Healthcare Trust chairman and CEO Scott D. Peters said in a statement.
The acquisition is the second recent purchase the Scottsdale-based real estate investor has made in the Forest Park Medical Center.
In December, Healthcare Trust paid $26.75 million for the smaller Forest Park Pavilion which is located nearby.
Healthcare Trust owns properties in 27 states, including buildings in Lewisville and Denton.


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Book 7 -- 403 --
U.S. District Court -- 7 -- 410
Saint louis circuit Count
July term 1835
his next friend
Bazil augusto allan
This is an action of assault and battery for and
MarquisMarquisfiled 16th june 1835
atty for pltt
To the judge of the third judicial circuit of the State of
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Roche claimed and held your petitioner
as his slave at the place from the birth
of your petitioner until the death of said alland
between two and three years ago. That since the
decease of said alland your petitioner has been held in slavery, and claimed as a slave, augusto alland of said augusto
alland deceased. That a few months since
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oner as a slave, to mr. of the resident of the city of StSt Louis LouisSt Louis and
State of missouri in whose custody and
charge your petitioner now is and who
claims and exercises authority over him
the of such hiring .That your petitioner
prays he may be permitted to die as a free
personand establish his right to freedom
PaulPaul augusto allandby his next friend Benjamin Lawhead
State of MissouriMissouri County of St LouisCounty of St Louis
Before me Daniel HoughDaniel Hough
a justice of the peace within and for the
gusto alland and made onth that the statements
contained in the within petition are true
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fant of color under the age of twenty one years by
BenjaminBenjamin lawhead his well friend complains
of bazil augusts alland and grend Russers
of a plea of trespass for that the said defend
acts on 4th day of june in the year 1835
with foer and arms all the bounty aforesaid
made an assault upon him the said PaulPaul
and then and there beat, bruised and ill treated
and imprisoned him the said paul and kept and
detained him in prison there without any rea-
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long space of time, tourt, from that day until
the day of bringing this suit, countrary to the law
of this land and againist the will of the said
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and the said PaulPaul saith that he is injured & hath sustained damage to the amomt of twenty
dollars and therefore he brings his suit and
the said PaulPaul in fact says that before and
at the time of the commission of the grievances
aforesaid he was, o t is, a free person &
that the said defend held and detained & state
hold and detain him in slavery at the county
PaulPaul augusto alland
Benjamin Lawheadhis next friend
copy of the order of the Judge permitting suit to be
It is hereby ordered that the above Paul August Alland be permitted to sue for his freedom as a poor person and that as his counsel and that said have reasonable liberty to attend his counsel and the court when occasion
may require and that the petitioner shall not be removed out of the jurisdiction of the circuit court of the county of St. LouisSt Louis or be subject
to any severity of because of his application for freedom- 16th june 1835
County of Saint LouisCounty of Saint Louisss
The State of MissouriMissouri
To the Sheriff of the County of Saint LouisCounty of Saint Louis greeting
we command you to summon Bazil Auguste Allard and Arend Rulgers
that they be and appear before the Judge of our Circuit CourtCircuit Court at the next term thereof
to be held at the City of St. LouisCity of St Louis within and for the County of Saint LouisCounty of Saint Louis on the Second
monday of July next then and there to answer unto Paul August Alland an infant
of color under the age of twenty one years who sued by Benjamin Lawhead his next
friend of a of to the damage of the said PaulPaul of twenty dollars and have
you then writ
witness Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble clerk of our said
circuit court at office this sixteenth day of june in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five
Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble Clerk
Executed this writ by Reading it and the held
and petition and also the order made by
the honorable Judge to Arend RutgersRutgers on the 18th day of June 1835 in the county of St. louis and Bazil
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The petition of Bazil alland a
citizen of of the State of IllinoisIllinois
that he is lined in this court by one PaulPaul ,, who claims
to be a citizen of MissouriMissouri. your petitioner for
that the matter in dispute ends the
sum of five hundred Dollars, exclusive of costs.
that said cause the united states bount for the MissouriMissouri
District, submits to comply with the provisions of the law in such case made
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Know all men by these that I
acknowledge myself, to be held bound unto PaulPaul a. alland in the
of one hundred - dollars - this 17th day of july AD. 1835
The condition of this obligation is such
that whereas the above named PaulPaul .a.alland
has is suit against Bazil a.
Alland and Arend RutgersRutgers , in the Circuit court of the county
of St LouisSt Louis State ofMissouri MissouriMissouri to establish his
freedom, wherein the said Bazil a alland
has presented his petition for the removal of the
cause into the next United StatesUnited States court for
the missouri district
the said Bazil a. alland - shall
on the first day of the next said United StatesUnited States court file copies of the county is said cause and the this
Bazie a. alland
Arend Rutgers
Bazille alland
Arend RutgersRutgers
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the defendant in the above case comes into court
disclaims all and any interest on he
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any interest or pretension of him the said Arend
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that Plaintiff is not entitled
to receive for any services
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Grizzlies (4-3, 1-3 road) vs. Thunder (5-2, 3-1 home)
Stream: Click here
Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM, 97.1 FM Tulsa)
Time: 8:30 CT
Thunder lead 1-0
View from the enemy: 3 Shades of Blue
People are looking at Game 1 one of two ways: 1) The Thunder stole one they shouldn't have, and are lucky to have a 1-0 lead; or 2) the Grizzlies are vulnerable because of their inconsistent offense, and Kevin Durant can beat them three more times.
I think Game 2 might give a little better insight into which of those two things is more accurate.
However, I don't think Game 2 is nearly as important for the Thunder as Game 1 was. They've proven themselves now. They know they can play with Memphis, and they know they can beat them. They're still struggling to find their way without Westbrook, but they know they can win. Losing Game 2 means you lose homecourt advantage, but this Thunder team can win on the road. And while a loss would cause major concern, I don't think it's the end of the world.
That said, a win and wow, the Thunder are in great shape. The Grizzlies are going to play desperate tonight and I expect an inspired defensive effort on their end. If the Thunder can find some jumpshots and hit timely 3s, they can weather whatever Memphis throws at them.
Three Big Things
1. Good start(s). One thing I think the Thunder sorely miss without Russell Westbrook is his energy to start the first and third quarters. I honestly think that's the biggest problem with the slow third quarters. Instead of having Westbrook come firing out of the gate, the Thunder are sort of feeling their way out each time. One solution: Bring Kevin Martin in much earlier. Instead of the five-minute mark, maybe the eight-minute mark. Get more offense on the floor earlier.
2. Serge. He's not going to go 1-10 again. But he does need to continue to play Z-Bo well, and then add to his offense on the other end. Because having the ability to keep Ibaka on the floor adds so much to the offensive end, particularly against the Grizzly bigs. If he can continue to defend Z-Bo well, that's a major plus for OKC, because it means he can stay on the floor.
3. K-Mart. He has to continue to score the ball well. If he can score better than 20 again, I think the Thunder win.
Tip at 8:30 CT. Go 2.


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This week in Canyon Country East we had 13 Part-1 crimes. Of those reported crimes, there was; 1 assault, 5 residential burglaries, 4 larcenies, 2 vehicle burglaries and 1 stolen vehicle.
Domestic violence between a wife and husband occurred in the 26500 block of Oakdale Lane. A residential burglary occurred in the 29300 block of Abelia Road. Suspect(s) entered the home and stole electronics. Garage burglaries occurred in the 27900 block of Tyler Lane, the 27500 block of Marta Lane and two in the 18000 block of Saratoga Lane. Suspect(s) entered the garages and stole personal items from the unlocked vehicles.
A larceny occurred at the Shell gas station on Soledad Canyon Rd. A male stole 2 20oz Gatorade's from the outside locker. An IPhone was stolen after it was left unattended at the park on Oak Springs Canyon Road.
Vehicle burglaries occurred in the 27500 block of Sierra Highway and on Jakes Way and Sandy Drive. Both vehicles had their windows smashed but nothing was taken.
A 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle was stolen from the 28100 block from Oak Springs Canyon Road.
There were 7 arrest made by proactive deputies for various narcotics violations, assaults and public intoxication.
This week we have seen an increase of residential burglaries. In most instances entrance is being made through the garage. Always lock your garage doors! If a key pad is used to open the garage, make sure to change the code periodically. We have also seen in increase in vehicle thefts and vehicle burglaries. Make sure to always park in well lighted areas and be cognizant of your surroundings. If you see any suspicious activity either close to your home or while you are out shopping, call the Sheriff's station at (661) 255-1121 or 9-1-1 in an emergency.
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Report on Audit of Forward Pricing Indirect Rates and Facility Capital Cost of Money Factors for Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007
September 2005
Reference Number: 2005-1C-117
This report has cleared the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration disclosure review process and information determined to be restricted from public release has been redacted from this document.
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September 15, 2005
FROM: Daniel R. Devlin /s/ Daniel R. Devlin
Assistant Inspector General for Audit (Headquarters Operations
and Exempt Organizations Programs)
SUBJECT: Report on Audit of Forward Pricing Indirect Rates and Facility Capital Cost of Money Factors for Fiscal Years 2005, 2006, and 2007 (Audit # 20051C0227)
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) examined the contractor's January 10, 2005, proposal for indirect forward pricing rates for Fiscal Years 2005 through 2007 and facility capital cost of money factors for Fiscal Year 2005 to determine if the proposed forward pricing rates and factors are reasonable.
The DCAA made adjustments to the contractor's indirect General and Administrative and Material Handling expense rate forecast for the excess of the rates proposed over the rates calculated by the application of regression analysis. The DCAA also made adjustments to the contractor's overhead rate corporate assessments assumptions. Additionally, the DCAA adjusted the contractor's proposed facility capital cost of money factors for the most recent Department of the Treasury rates.
The DCAA indicated that the contractor converted to a PeopleSoft®-based accounting system in January 2004. The DCAA is not aware of any inadequacies concerning this new system's accumulating, reporting, and billing of costs on Federal Government contracts. The DCAA considers the contractor's planning and budgeting system to be generally adequate for development of forward pricing rate proposals.
The DCAA opined that the contractor has submitted adequate cost or pricing data. The proposal was prepared in all respects in accordance with applicable Cost Accounting Standards and appropriate provisions of Federal Government regulations. The DCAA believes the proposal is an acceptable basis for negotiation of fair and reasonable indirect forward pricing rates and facility capital cost of money factors, as adjusted by its recommendations.
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If you have any questions, please contact me at (202) 622-8500 or John R. Wright, Director, at (202) 927-7077.
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text: Kemmeriboden-Bad has been welcoming guests for more than 150 years and hence has a long tradition of hospitality. The hotel was in family hands right from the start. Originally a spa hotel, these days it offers rest and relaxation plus fine dining in a lovingly restored building with every conceivable comfort and a modern infrastructure. In the mean time, it has more than 30 rooms to offer: from doublerooms, to mini-suite, family rooms and multi-bed rooms. Famed throughout the region for its cuisine, the hotel serves creations ranging from the classic to the contemporary made only with fresh produce, most of it sourced locally.


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An employee of JP Morgan pretended to be a Mossad agent as part of a ploy to win back his former girlfriend and colleague.
The year-long affair between US bankers Daniela Rausnitz and David Gray, who was married at the time, came to a head yesterday at West London Magistrates' court. Mr Gray, 28, was convicted of harassing her after the couple broke up.
Ms Rausnitz, 25, moved to London to escape her stalker. But he continued to contact her, inundating her with calls, text messages and emails, and developed elaborate stories to convince her to see him, including pretending that he had a serious illness. At one point he stole a set of candlesticks from her flat.
Mr Gray was captured by police when he arrived at the Park Lane Hotel, where Ms Rausnitz was hiding. He tried to convince police officers that he was there because he was with the Israeli secret service.
"His erratic and obsessive behaviour began to frighten me and I was hopeful that moving to London would put an end to it," Ms Rausnitz said. "Unfortunately it escalated. His unwarranted, unprovoked and unrelenting actions have caused me extreme distress."
Dan O'Callaghan, Mr Gray's lawyer, said his client was a "pathetic lovelorn fool".
Mr Gray is understood still to be employed by JP Morgan, but the bank declined to comment on the case.


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Traditional book publishers often have been criticized for not taking chances on first-time novelists and nonfiction authors, preferring not to risk resources on writers who may not be bankable. Most of the heat has come from aspiring writers and the self-publishing industry.
But the fall/winter book season suggests otherwise, with scores of debut authors being introduced by the major old-line publishers.
Heres just a sampling.Algonquin has always thrived on discovering and introducing great new writers, says Amy Gash, an editor with the top regional publisher, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. I was knocked out when I first read the manuscript for Hikikomori and the Rental Sister (Jan. 13, 2013) by Jeff Backhaus.
The novel has everything I look for in fiction: an original voice, a story that moved me deeply and caused me to think in a new way about the fragility and the strengths of human communication, and an intriguing back story about the strange social phenomenon of people sequestering themselves in their rooms, sometimes for years on end. This is a beautiful book.
At Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House in New York, the buzz is about The Lincoln Conspiracy (Sept. 18) by Timothy L. OBrien, executive editor of the Huffington Post.
The Lincoln Conspiracy begins when a fictional detective in 1865 Washington, D.C., comes into possession of an encoded document that reveals the true depth of the conspiracy behind the assassination of Lincoln, says Ballantine editor Mark Tavani. What brings the story to life is the authors knowledge of the time and place and his passion for his characters both those he made up and those he borrowed from history.
Ballantine editor Susanna Porter also is trumpeting The Map of Lost Memories (Aug. 21) by Kim Fay, named as a top 100 entry in Amazon.coms Breakthrough Novel Competition even as a work-in-progress.
I read a lot of historical fiction but Ive never come across a novel with such a rich, exotic setting, she says. Its 1920s Shanghai, Viet Nam and Cambodia, in the stately old imperial capitals and deep in the jungles, (when) a young American woman and a team of rivals goes on a quest to find some ancient hidden scrolls; we get adventure, romance and an intriguing taste of a different era.
William Morrows showcase debut this fall is The Roots of the Oliver Tree by Courtney Miller Santo, which also gets an early send-off on Aug. 21. Santo, who teaches creative writing at the University of Memphis, sets her novel in northern California.
Many of the people I publish are authors Ive worked with for a lot of years, but I also try to take on one or two people a year who have not been published, says Morrow editor Carrie Feron. Fifty percent of all the books I publish are first books. We always take chances, and the perception that we dont is wrong.
What Kitchen Confidential did for the restaurant industry, Jacob Tomskys Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality does for hotels, dishing out the secrets of what goes on behind the scenes with obvious relish.
Its a rollicking, eye- opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) working in hotels, says Todd Doughty of Doubleday. Think Anthony Bourdain meets the hotel industry. We think its a wonderful non-fiction debut.
One of the most respected of U.S. publishers, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, also is championing a fall entry, Robin Sloans debut novel, Mr. Penumbras 24-Hour Bookstore (Oct. 2).
Reach Bill Thompson at 937-5707.


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Bart Hendricks ran for two touchdowns, threw for another and caught a late scoring pass as Boise State beat Texas-El Paso 38-23 on Thursday in the Humanitarian Bowl.
Hendricks was 17-of-29 for 247 yards and ran for another 57 yards. The two-time player of the year in the Big West was selected the game's most valuable player for the Broncos (10-2).
It was a rousing sendoff for Boise State coach Dirk Koetter, working in his last game before taking over at Arizona State.
It also was the second straight year the Broncos won their homefield bowl game. Last year, Boise State beat Louisville 34-31.
Making its first bowl trip since 1988 and only the second since 1967, Western Athletic Conference co-champion UTEP (8-4) looked out of place on the frosty blue turf in Idaho.
The Miners insisted all week that weather wouldn't be a factor, yet as the afternoon wore on with the temperature near the freezing mark, more and more UTEP players donned long coats and wool caps on the sideline.
Hendricks gave the Broncos a 24-10 lead with a 77-yard TD run on Boise State's first play from scrimmage in the second half. It started as a keeper to the left, but Hendricks cut into open field and outraced two defenders.
He also worked the clock in the closing minute of the first half before scoring on a 12-yard run with 18 seconds left. That gave the Broncos a 17-10 lead.
Hendricks got the game's last touchdown on a 10-yard pass from receiver Andre Banks with 3:35 on the clock. He capped Boise State's first possession with a 28-yard TD strike to Jay Swillie.
Not bad for a player who led the nation with 35 touchdowns and a 170.6 efficiency rating, better than Oklahoma's Josh Heupel, Drew Bress of Purdue or Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke of Florida State.
Boise State broke it open with a daring fake punt on the first play of the fourth quarter. On fourth-and-4, punter Jeff Edwards stepped into a channel on the right side of the line and ran 22 yards for a first down.
On the next play, Brock Forsey went for a 42-yard TD run and a 31-13 lead.
The Broncos won with defense, too.
They didn't touch UTEP quarterback Rockey Perez in the first half. But after increasing the pressure in the second half, and Perez was sacked five times in the first 10 minutes of the third quarter.
The Miners pulled to 31-23 with 7:45 to play when Chris Porter scored on a 3-yard run. A facemask penalty helped UTEP start the drive at Boise State's 35, and a pass interference call moved the ball to the 2.
Porter led the Miners with 134 rushing yards.
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The Master's College women's basketball team rode a strong second-half performance from junior forward Jacquelyn Marshall to defeat William Jessup University 82-73 on Saturday night at Bross Gym.
"A focus of ours heading into this game was to not be content with having just beat them (Jessup) earlier this year," said Marshall, who led the Mustangs with 22 points.
While that may have been a focus of TMC (8-0) heading into the game, the Mustangs appeared disinterested at times during Saturday night's contest.
After opening the game on a 17-2 run, the Mustangs got away from the aggressive, up-tempo style of play that had suffocated the Warriors throughout much of the first half.
Inversely, William Jessup was opportunistic and took advantage of the chances it was afforded.
After the Mustangs' early run, in which TMC junior guard Zoe Scott scored eight quick points, the Warriors (5-8) outscored TMC 27-19 during the final 10 minutes of the first half.
"Consistency is something we are going to have to work on as we look to get better," said TMC head coach Dan Waldeck. "But overall, I thought we began and closed both halves well, and that was part of why we won."
And nobody helped close out Saturday night's game like Marshall, who tallied 16 points in the second half, which essentially became a showdown between the junior forward and Jessup's Sarah Petersen, who added 18 of her 23 points in the second-half.
Petersen was helped largely by teammate Taylor Borba, who scored 19 points and helped keep the game within reach before Petersen caught fire and gave the team a short-lived lead at 63-62 with 9:45 left to play in the second half.
Unfortunately for the Warriors, that was before TMC finished the game on a 20-10 run to remain undefeated.
The loss was Jessup's second to TMC this year, with the Warriors falling to the Mustangs 74-62 on Dec. 1.
The Mustangs remain perfect, but "practices aren't getting any easier," according to Marshall.


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Coming off that run from 22 to 28 in late August through October, LET THE POSTURING BEGIN! BX has adjusted from a mo-mo stock to a yo-yo stock. No real direction except down right now. But if psusucker is shorting, I'll hold.
Ah the stock market ... she is irrational at times.
Double digit growth. Earnings projections are rising. PEG way under 1. Company is executing. Trade away boys and girls ... i'll take 15-20 percent annualized returns for the next half a decade and sit back and relax.
The real direction is definitely UP.
Sentiment: Hold


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Financiers disclose some tricks of the trade
COO/co-founder, QED
Hanson has had a good year, but adds that in today's economy a number of projects are proving more difficult to put together. "You have a smaller range of intersection between what the producers and the talent are willing to work for and the capital available," he says. "After several years of people taking advantage of too much capital in the marketplace, it's sort of a return to rationality."
The good news for QED is that the senior lenders are still around. "The bad news," he adds, "is that it's a much more cautious credit environment. The impact is that you either need to raise more expensive capital or you need to compress your budgets to a rational number."
Short term, the dealmaker is looking to wealthy capital sources, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. "Offshore is enhanced by a weak dollar. I think we're going to see that trend continue," Hanson says. "Anyone who's a professional knows that this is a high-risk business. But you always want to do right by your capital sources."
KEY DEALS: Financing and distribution for "District 9"
TECH TOOLS: An HP calculator designed 40 years ago. "If you can't do your deal mechanics on it, your deal is probably too complicated."
TOP CAUSE: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
ROLE MODEL: Peter Schlessel of Sony
Head of entertainment finance, Union Bank
LaCour knows what it takes to craft a deal bankers can stomach these days. "It's about knowing the debt market, what will sell and what risk appetite banks have right now," he says. Putting that knowledge to work as the credit markets have slowly loosened, LaCour closed two of the biggest entertainment-biz bank deals in the past six months,
KEY DEALS: Led the close of $300 million Relativity Media financing pact. Through its Beverly 2 subsidiary, Relativity plans to use the money to fund movies in a co-financing and co-production accord with Universal. Was behind $200 million Lionsgate Mandate funding vehicle. Helped secure $65 million revolving credit facility for River Road Pictures.
TECH TOOL: "I can't live without my headset."
TOP CAUSE: Athletic teams at alma mater Chatsworth High
ROLE MODEL: Father
Senior VP, Comerica Entertainment Group
There's a trick to staying afloat for the long haul in the game of financing films, but it doesn't involve any hocus-pocus, per Underwood. "How do you lend money to an inherently risky business and survive?" he asks. "It's actually pretty simple: You do the boring things."
Those boring things, such as primarily lending against film pre-sales rather than unknowns like pic performance have helped Underwood remain within the diminishing club of bankers who continue to be active in single-picture and slate film financing.
Staying that course — especially when there always seems to be a new bank or financier that think they've figured out how to predict film risk — is not always easy, Underwood says: "Once you start stretching your risk tolerance to be competitive with them, you're headed for trouble."
KEY DEALS: Principal negotiator for Comerica which, with Union Bank, provided $300 million credit facility to Relativity Media to fund co-productions with Universal, representing 75% of U's slate through 2015.
TECH TOOLS: Blackberry, iPhone
TOP CAUSE: Reforming drug laws
ROLE MODEL: Grandfather, "one of Idaho's last true cattlemen"


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Garrett's Hongo's work has established the Asian American return narrative as a significant literary form. A series of moves away from the place of his birth in Volcano, Hawaii, in 1951, first to Oahu and then to Los Angeles, have shaped Hongo's life, but his writing represents an act of return to Hawaii and the recovery of a complex family and cultural history there. Like other poets of his generation of Asian American writers maturing in the 1980's, Hongo is aware of the effects of The Exclusion Laws, the Japanese Internment during World War II and the effects of the C and H Sugar Strike in Hawaii, but his central concern is the compassionate understanding of the hidden family history of first, second, and third generation Japanese A…
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Slowik, Mary. "Garrett Hongo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 March 2009
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The Future of Homeland Security: An Interview with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
By Lois Pilant Grossman
omeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has had no shortage of fires to put out since his swearing in on March 3, 2005. He has dealt with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and overseen the activities of the 22 agencies that make up the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a job that has been described as "building an airplane while flying it at the same time."
Chertoff is no stranger to the federal government and to the business of law and order. He served as U.S. circuit judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and as assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. As assistant attorney general, he helped trace the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to the al Qaeda network and worked to increase information sharing in the FBI and with state and local officials. He also spent many years as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey and New York.
It is Chertoff's background as a prosecutor that has enabled him to understand that "criminal cases almost always get made at the local level, and it's in partnership with local and state police officials that the federal government—whether it be the FBI or DHS—is able to get the job done."
Secretary Chertoff agreed to talk with veteran police writer Lois Pilant Grossman about DHS initiatives that are intended to strengthen that partnership and provide support to homeland security efforts at the state and local levels.
Grossman: In your speech at the IACP's annual conference, the idea of a partnership between DHS and local law enforcement seemed to be a recurring theme. What do you believe is the current status of that partnership?
Chertoff: I think it's good, although sometimes a little bit uneven. I think in the last year we've made a lot of progress. We had a meeting with a number of the police chiefs to find ways to further integrate our activities, and that includes, for example, locating more police intelligence analysts into our facility here at DHS so they can actually work with us and likewise embedding some of our analysts in the major cities' fusion centers so we can work with them. We're developing a fellowship program for senior managers to come in so they can understand our policy approach and they can expose us to their perspectives. We're streamlining the clearance process so we accept, for the first time, other agency's clearances. Those are the kinds of things that lead to a much better partnership. At the end of the day, we're looking to have a national plan for fusion centers that points the way to a two-way flow of intelligence information.
Grossman: In your view, what are the police practices that are most critical in preventing a terrorist attack and protecting the targets of an attack?
Chertoff: I think there are a couple of things. The first is intelligence gathering, in the sense of being aware of what's going on in the community, having police trained to see changes in behavior or other kinds of conduct that are suggestive of someone who might become a terrorist operative, being more focused on the problem of radicalization in the prisons, which is something we're giving a lot of attention to now. I also think working with communities on making sure the private sector has an understanding of what they need to do to protect their assets in case of a terrorist attack. Not that a terrorist attack is around the corner at every moment, but I think there should be some general prudence about the kind of measures you ought to take, what you ought to be alert for in terms of suspicious behavior. This is one place where police can add value in terms of homeland security.
Grossman: Can you talk a little bit about the National Response Plan and its status? What is your picture of what it should ultimately look like and how it should work?
Chertoff: The National Response Plan is a template for how we would work with state and local first responders in the case of an incident of national significance. We recognize the primary responsibility is almost always going to rest with the local first responder unless a truly extraordinary thing happens, like a nuclear bomb going off. The plan is a method of coordinating incident management and response that recognizes that police and fire and emergency technicians and federal officials have separate chains of command but we need to be able to work together efficiently. Since our experience with the hurricanes in 2005, we've worked to refine the National Response Plan so we have a quicker and more efficient way to make sure we give law enforcement support to police chiefs. Part of that is working increasingly with the National Guard so they have the capability to supplement local law enforcement if there is an emergency situation.
Grossman: Congress's restructuring of DHS and the transfer of a number of functions under the umbrella of FEMA has caused some concern in the law enforcement community, as I'm sure you know.
Chertoff: I do know, and I am very strongly committed to maintaining our funding and training and exercising across the entire spectrum of homeland security, which is prevention and protection as well as response, and very definitely includes law enforcement. In fact, we're looking to bring some specialized law enforcement personnel into our grants and training function to make sure we are continuing to fully service their needs. What's important for people to understand is the grants themselves did not change, and the policies for the grants will continue to include a significant emphasis on law enforcement prevention. Those policies will be formulated at a department level. I will personally make sure that the needs of law enforcement are given the full amount of weight. The change is more a matter of where the check gets cut and how the actual auditing and paperwork gets administered.
Grossman: Federal funding has been very valuable with regard to equipment purchases, training personnel, and the creation of regional multiagency partnerships. One concern, however, is that grant guidelines are crafted without input from local law enforcement, fire, or health. They say they would like to participate in the process of developing grant guidelines. Is that a possibility?
Chertoff: We do reach out, of course, to people in the various communities, including the law enforcement community for some general guidance, and I have good news in this respect. We're going to get grant guidance out this month [December 2006], which is significantly earlier than before. This will give communities an opportunity to get their proposals in early enough that we can have one round of turnaround, where we get back to them if we have issues or criticisms or questions, and they can reformulate their proposal to meet the National Preparedness Goal. So there will be an opportunity, for the first time, for a kind of back-and-forth in a way that wasn't possible when we were getting the grant guidance out right before the end of the fiscal year and you had one shot to get your grant proposal in and it was either pass or fail.
Grossman: I know you've been asked this question a million times, so here's a million and one: Will there ever be grant funding available for sworn personnel?
Chertoff: That's always been a real challenge. We've occasionally made some provision for overtime for personnel costs. For example, when we go to Code Orange we do allow overtime to be covered to a certain extent. We did Operation Stonegarden, where we allowed the border states to designate up to 25 percent of some of their law enforcement grants for personnel-related expenses when they're working with border patrol. We have agreed to fund personnel costs for (nonsworn) analysts in the fusion centers. So we have made some exceptions, but what we don't want to do is make operating expenses a matter of federal funding.
Grossman: You have the Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (ICTAP) and you're using scorecards to ensure communications will work when they're needed. What do you have planned as a continuation of that program? For example, will technical assistance be provided to help agencies carry out some of these plans?
Chertoff: Let me divide the challenge into two areas. First is the technological challenge and the second is the governance challenge. We have made over $2 billion available in grants for communications bridging, or gateway, equipment that allows people to talk across different elements of the spectrum. That kind of grant funding will continue to be eligible. Another element is governance. Communities have to agree on some common rules of the road, which isn't a question of money but a question of everybody getting in the room and signing on to a common plan about what codes you use and who gets to talk to whom and what the rules of the road are. The scorecards are going to help communities recognize that they have to get their people together and finally sign off on a governance plan. We are also looking at promulgating standards for the next generation of digital equipment, P25 equipment, so that when communities make acquisitions they'll know which standards to seek.
Grossman: We know that the most effective way to detect terrorist activity is at the local level where police look at all crimes and the potential link those crimes may have to terrorist activity. How are DHS efforts integrating with the allcrimes concept at the local level?
Chertoff: Part of it is our training efforts and our fusion center initiative, which help train officers in what to look for—when something that looks like a garden-variety document fraud suggests something more sinister based upon what you may discover in searching somebody or in an interview. So that's one outlet. We have an Office of Bomb Prevention that works with bomb squads to give them the latest information on emerging threats with IEDs [improvised explosive devices]. We're also participating with the FBI in the JTTFs [joint terrorism task forces]. This gives police chiefs a forum to communicate their suspicions to federal law enforcement so we can assist in making a determination about whether there is a terrorist threat. It's also training police to know the community, and to keep their ears to the ground and to cultivate leaders so that when something alarms members of the community, they have the comfort level to speak to the local police about it.
Grossman: It's a whole new world out there after September 11, isn't it?
Chertoff: It is. But I will tell you that if you look at what happened in London in 2005 and what nearly happened in 2006, increasingly we learn that, particularly in homegrown terrorism, that alertness by local citizens and local police and giving a tip-off to the intelligence authorities or federal authorities can really make a difference in uncovering something that could affect the country.
Grossman: You've said that DHS plans to have 20 fusion centers by the end of fiscal year 2007 and up to 35 centers by the end of fiscal year 2008. Will DHS provide continued support for sustainability of the centers?
Chertoff: I think there will be some support for sustainability. We provided more than $380 million to state and local government to support these centers, and we are going to have personnel in many of them. Obviously most of the personnel costs and things of that sort will have to be committed to by state and local authorities, but certainly in terms of continued training and supporting analysts, we have some ability to sustain that.
Grossman: Fusion centers are all about sharing information, yet there are still concerns about the lack of information sharing from federal to local. Remembering of course that sometimes there really isn't any information to share, what or where are the sticking points?
Chertoff: Well, first of all I agree with you. I think there is sometimes a tendency to believe that there is information that doesn't exist. But we do have a number of different systems. We have HSIN [Homeland Security Information Network] and we're going to have HSDN [Homeland Security Data Network], which is a classified network that will be part of the fusion centers. Similarly when we have a threat about a particular area, our intelligence people usually communicate directly with the chief and the senior intelligence people in that area so they're fully apprised. The chiefs in the cities that tend to be disproportionately subject to threat have a very robust ongoing relationship with our intelligence people in terms of communicating. We recognize the FBI has a parallel system, but the bureau tends to pass operational information for investigative purposes whereas we tend to be more focused on analytic information. The good news is that we've worked very closely with the bureau to make sure that when we put out a report or a warning it's a joint product. It's not a perfect system. Sometimes somebody gets out a little bit ahead of themselves and puts something out, in terms of it hasn't been thoroughly approved. But I think the turnaround time for getting these kinds of things out and having them be jointly approved is much shorter than it was when I got on the job.
Grossman: I know you have some goals for 2007. Can you talk a little bit about those?
Chertoff: Let me break them into five basic categories. One is we want to increase our ability to keep bad people out of the country. We'll do that by getting more information about people who want to come in—not deeply private information, but the kind of information a travel agent has, which helps us assess whether someone is connected with a known terrorist or whether there is a reason he needs to be questioned further. That's a concept that's going to be familiar to most of your police chiefs.
We also are in the process of rolling out a 10-print fingerprint capture system that will require everybody who comes to the United States from overseas—every foreigner—to give us 10 fingerprints at least once so we can run them against databases of latent prints that we pick up either here or overseas in safe houses or training camps. That is going to be a big step forward in identifying terrorists who want to come into the country, whose names we may not know but who have handled something or touched something in a training camp or a safe house.
Our second goal is to keep bad things out and that means we're going to continue to extend our perimeter with respect to port security, like deploying radiation monitors so that by the end of next year virtually all containers that come into the country will go through radiation detection.
Third is protecting our infrastructure better, which means more focus on things like chemical plant security and more deployment of K9s and search teams in our transit infrastructure so we can protect our subways and trains. We're also going to do behavioral pattern training for our TSA screeners so we can keep dangerous people off aircraft.
The fourth is continuing to build a response capability with modern computer tools that, for example, will let us bring communication capabilities to the areas where there is a major catastrophe that wipes out the existing communication system. Last is promoting intelligence sharing, not only horizontally across the federal government, but vertically with the local government as well.
Grossman: Can you back up a little bit and talk about behavioral training for TSA?
Chertoff: Right now airports have people who check your documents to make sure your ID matches your ticket. We want to replace those airport employees with trained screeners who will look at your behavior, look at your reactions, ask you a question or two so they can assess whether you are potentially someone who is hiding something. We're piloting these kinds of programs now with a number of airports. It's a technique we've used at our border for many years. It's the kind of tool they use in Europe and Israel. It's not profiling. It's behavioral analysis. It looks at behavioral characteristics and analyzes who needs to be questioned further.
Grossman: It will take us a while to get used to that as travelers, don't you think?
Chertoff: I think you're right. But I think people do understand inconvenience for safety. What they want to be assured of is that there is a purpose to it, and so when we roll out a measure and people understand why we're doing it or it makes sense, they'll put up with some inconvenience. I think people are getting educated that this is one of the kinds of tools we need. Experienced police officers do this every day and they know how to do it the right way. That's the kind of experience we want to bring into our airports.
Grossman: Is there anything else you would like to communicate to the readers of Police Chief magazine and to others in local law enforcement?
Chertoff: Yes, and I think it kind of bounces off the last thing we talked about. We recognize the importance of preserving liberty and privacy in this country. Nobody wants to give up our core values. But we also know that the public expects us to adapt, to deal with new threats. I think police chiefs who deal with these problems all the time understand the importance of adapting and being practical to make sure we preserve what is the most basic civil right, which is the right not to be blown up. As we get into debates about what's appropriate in terms of information gathering, police chiefs need to get engaged in that debate because they have a lot of credibility and they understand from the ground up the kind of challenges we're trying to deal with. ■
From The Police Chief, vol. 74, no. 2, February 2007. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Improving the quality of care for patients, ensuring safety and increasing NHS productivity can best be achieved by ensuring staff are well managed and led.
With so much in the news about unregulated healthcare assistants, NHS staffing difficulties and families having to take up the slack, our leaders are losing sight of what really makes the difference to patient care.
When we looked at all NHS Trusts in England, we found that the key predictor of low patient mortality was the percentage of staff working with clear objectives, regular performance reviews and team members backing each other up. Fewer than


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This beautiful, tranquil and reflective piano piece is part of a four track collection – Piano Moods and is a versatile piece in the style of Eric Sati. Best described as a classical chill out track with ambient strings and a perfect sound bed for film, tv and adverts alike.
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Talisman, The
This is the scene where Jack is in the Agincourt Hotel, and he is fighting the last of the knights. He is describing his surroundings as he is flipping through a vast amount of worlds, and describes seeing a great many people who "were beautiful but doomed, and so ghosts always seem to the living." This is very similar to when Roland is climbing the Dark Tower in the last book, and sees on each level different people in a similar fashion, both those he had known along the journey and those he had not, and were described as almost ghost like.
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I believe the talisman that Jack journeys to get in the book is either related or an actual todash ball.Maybe the inverse of black thirteen from Wolves of Calla.
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Speedy Parker is discussing "Men ... like me hear ... stories ... about two-headed parrots ..." Flagg had a parrot of this type when he was in Delain.
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The driver of the car during the attempted abduction of Jack had eyes that changed color from blue to yellow. The man's appearance was one of charm until he started speaking and Jack spends more time listening to him. He entices jack with friendship (remember King Thomas and Flagg from "The Eyes of the Dragon"?). Also, the driver's appearance, in a black suit, changes so that his hand became a claw.
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DIM- Anders describes Reuel Gardener, the son of Osmond (Sunlight Gardener's Twinner) as being dim- "one who is hard to see no matter , no matter how hard ye look for that one." This is a feat described in The Stand. Hearts In Atlantis, and The Dark Tower series well associated with Randall Flagg, Roland's nemesis.
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Jack Sawyer's account of being kidnapped by two men in a green car, the passenger wearing dark glasses and the driver having blue eyes that changed to yellow. The passenger got out of the car and grabbed Jack in an attempt to abduct him and with horror, Jack " realized that what he felt beneath his fingers was not skin. He twisted his head and saw that clamped to his side and protruding from the black sleeve was a hard, pinching thing like a claw or a jointed talon." This seems to be the Can-Toi or low men from The Dark Tower.
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The man with the rotted nose in Thinner shows up in either Book, 5,6, or 7 (can't remember which), and he helps Roland's ka-tet stop the destruction of the beam.
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Tommyknockers, The
When Jim Gardener comes to on the rocks of the Arcadia resort, he's hailed by young Jack whose mother "was crazy and died in a car crash." This is an obvious, slightly altered of "The Talisman" and "Black House" Jack.
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The "becoming" process experienced by the people of Haven, Maine, who slowly turn from normal humans into aliens, is apparently similar to the "becoming" process that is apparently the lifegoal of the can toi, as described in The Dark Tower VII. The process of extraction suffered by the children of the Calla in order to "feed" the Breakers, is also very similar to the process of extraction undergone by certain unfortunate Haven residents, whose minds are "milked" in order to hasten the "becoming" of their former neighbors. Both sets of victims are forcibly attached to machinery that extracts their minds' essence.
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EatqIPeNBSU/SvL3Z3chcgI/AAAAAAAAA4s/pkVnGMIt8Fo/s1600/Broken Bear.jpg This is a picture of 'Broken Bear', a character in a kids' TV show. Flipped out when I saw it with the dish on its head and '19' on its chest. The artist claims not to have red DT but suggests maybe the writer has. Has to be Shardik!
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Celebrating the Spud this Weekend!
September 28, 2012 - Jim Price
Potatoes once again take the spotlight in Ebensburg this weekend, with the return of the annual Ebensburg Potatofest on Saturday. Ebensburg's celebration of the spud will again feature plenty of live music on four stages spaced throughout the downtown area. Several returning favorites at this year's Potatofest include Pittsburgh-based pop-rockers J.D. Eicher & the Goodnights and Johnstown horn band rockers Flood City Brass under the main tent at the intersection of High and Center Streets; area Celtic rockers Full Kilt and Pittsburgh country favorites Broken Spoke at the Penn Eben Park gazebo stage; Johnstown folk/bluegrass foursome Whiskey River Panhandlers at Memorial Park, and Zupe and Darryl Dumm at the South Center Street tent stage.
Potatofest is one of several big events happening Saturday. People's Natural Gas Field hosts the second annual Yeungling Oktoberfest starting at 4 p.m. This event will feature German food, beer, guest appearances by stars from the television series "Real Housewives of New Jersey," plus live music from area performers "Mr. Oktoberfest" Joe Maloy and Kevin Solecki, plus the Grammy award-winning Dick Tady Orchestra.
On a more serious note, and a little farther away, regional musicians and bands on Saturday will gather to help out an area musician who encountered serious misfortune this week. Harry Bleyer, the drummer for Lewistown party-rock favorites A Beautiful Mess (who performed at Pellegrine's last weekend), suffered second- and third-degree burns over nearly 80 percent of his body when a propane tank exploded near him inside his garage in Lewistown on Tuesday. He was flown to a burn center in Allentown, where he is listed in critical condition. A benefit, "A Beautiful Gathering," was quickly organized to take place Saturday at the Bierhaus in Lewistown, and will feature a number of performances from bands donating their talents to help Bleyer and his family. Appearing will be It Is Written, Timber Tantrum, Ronnie Henry, Salt of the Earth, Drop Dead Sarcasm, Ganister, The Sorta Kindas, Johnny Unit, Junkhouse (formerly Represent The Lie) and A Beautiful Mess (with Ganister's Randy Wilson on drums). Donation will be $5 at the door. (For those who cannot attend but who want to help out, donations can be sent to Harry & Andrea Bleyer - 4119 US Hwy 522 N - Lewistown, PA 17044. A possible benefit show for Bleyer may take place in the Altoona area shortly; details as they become available.)
Shaver's Creek Environmental between State College and Huntingdon will stage their annual Music Festival on Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. The afternoon will feature performances from three State College area Americana music favorites: Dreams & Bones, Grain and Pure Cane Sugar. Donation at the gate is $5 for Shaver's Creek members, Penn State students and senior citizens; and $10 for the general public. Proceeds from the event will support Shaver's Creek and its various environmental and educational programs.
Here is a full listing for live music on area stages this weekend and the coming week:
Stephen Johnopolos at Raphael's Steakhouse, Altoona (starts 6:30 p.m.)
Born & the Beanstalk at Blue Knob Clubhouse, Blue Knob Ski Resort (starts 6:30 p.m.)
Stainless and Fueled By Ignorance at Bedford American Legion, Bedford (starts 8 p.m.)
Roomful of Blues and Neon Swing X-perience at People's Natural Gas Park, Johnstown (starts 8 p.m.)
Saving Jake at Aldo's, Altoona
Drew Dodson at Pellegrine's, Altoona
The Next at 4D's Lounge, Altoona
The Beatlemaniacs at Thirsty Dawg Taverne, Patton
Potatofest, Ebensburg; featuring:
Main Tent: Jill & Leah Gontkovic (10 a.m.), J.D. Eicher & the Goodnights (12 noon), Flood City Brass (2:30 p.m.)
Penn Eben Park: Full Kilt (10 a.m.), John Stiffler (12:30 p.m.), Broken Spoke (3 p.m.)
Memorial Park Tent: Andy "The Firefly" Raehl (12 noon), Whiskey River Panhandlers (2:30 p.m.)
South Center Street Tent: Zupe (12:30 p.m.), Darryl Dumm (2:45 p.m.)
A Beautiful Gathering (Benefit for Harry Bleyer) at the Bierhaus, Lewistown; featuring It Is Written, Timber Tantrum, Ronnie Henry, Salt of the Earth, Drop Dead Sarcasm, Ganister, The Sorta Kindas, Johnny Unit, Junkhouse (formerly RTL) and A Beautiful Mess (with Randy Wilson); starts 3 p.m., $5 donation
Oktoberfest at People's Natural Gas Field, Altoona; featuring Kevin Solecki, Joe Maloy and Dick Tady Orchestra (starts 4 p.m.)
Mike Reid at Mishler Theater, Altoona (starts 7:30 p.m.)
Doug Whitfield at Raphael's Steakhouse, Altoona (starts 6:30 p.m.)
Assault Method and Iron Wolf at Pellegrine's, Altoona
Giants Of Science at 4D's Lounge, Altoona
Screamin' Ugly at 30 Something, Altoona
Half Tempted at Shaw's Bar, Altoona
Naildriver, 10 Million Devils and It Is Written at Aldo's, Altoona
Shard at Family Pizza & Pub, Altoona
The Sitch at Belmar Hotel, Altoona
Inside Out (former Kyx members) at Teriz Place, Altoona
Cottonmouth at Bellwood Eagles, Bellwood (starts 8 p.m., members and guests)
Sheldon Port at Main Street Café, Alexandria (starts 9 p.m.)
The Felons at Glenn's Place, Claysburg
Force Of Habit at Huntingdon Moose, Huntingdon
Phil Baskin at Mugshotz, Gallitzin
Highway Divide at Gallitzin American Legion, Gallitzin (with Steel City Comedy Tour, starts 7 p.m.)
Jack & the Country Gentlemen at Thirsty Dawg Taverne, Patton
Tony & Stacy at Ebensburg Legion, Ebensburg (starts 9 p.m.)
Shallow9 at Yesterday's Party, Ebensburg
One Adam 12 and Juke Left at Jay's Place, Ebensburg
Punk Fiction at Madhatters, St. Boniface
Rising Regina at City Hotel, Northern Cambria
Shaver's Creek Music Festival at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, Petersburg; featuring Dreams & Bones, Grain and Pure Cane Sugar (starts 1 p.m.; $10 admission, proceeds benefit Shaver's Creek Environmental Center)
Hot Wax at Sankertown VFW, Sankertown (starts 3 p.m.)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Shaw's Bar, Altoona
Ty Ayers (acoustic) at 4D's Lounge, Altoona
7th Gear at 4D's Lounge (upstairs), Altoona
Open Mic Night at Mugshotz, Gallitzin (starts 8 p.m.)
Open Mic/Jam Night at City Hotel, Northern Cambria (starts 8 p.m.)
Open Mic/Jam Night at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 9 p.m.)
Steve Summerhill at Jethro's, Altoona (starts 7 p.m.)
Felix & the Hurricanes at Pellegrine's, Altoona (starts 9 p.m.)
Tom "Ying" Yanitelli at Thirsty Dawg Taverne, Patton (starts 9 p.m.)
(More shows may be added to this list as information becomes available. Feel free to check back.)
To report additional shows or corrections to this listing, email information to email@example.com.
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J.D. Eicher of J.D. Eicher & the Goodnights, performing during last year's Ebensburg Potatofest. The group returns to Potatofest this year, and takes the stage at 12 noon Saturday at the main tent.
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MAPLETON, Ore. (AP) - A gasoline tanker truck collided head-on with a pickup near the central Oregon Coast on Monday, killing one person and spilling up to 2,800 gallons near a creek that is home to threatened salmon.
The driver of the pickup was killed in the 5 a.m. crash on a winding state highway. The truck driver, whose tanker plunged 75 feet down an embankment, managed to climb out with only cuts on his face.
The tanker held 11,000 gallons in two tanks, spilling between 500 and 2,800 gallons of its load. The fuel saturated soil near the banks of Knowles Creek, site of efforts to restore spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon runs heavily damaged by industrial logging.
Cleanup was progressing slowly. Hazardous materials teams and recovery crews wearing breathing masks and foil suits were hampered by the stifling fumes and the threat of explosion.
Downstream from the wreck, gasoline could kill juvenile coho and chinook salmon, steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout living in deep pools, said David Bayles, conservation director of the Pacific Rivers Council. The coho are listed as a threatened species.
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I have been knitting since I was about 8 years old. My mother taught me to knit and my parents encouraged me to explore all kinds of arts & crafts activities by providing me with the materials that ...
I have been knitting since I was about 8 years old. My mother taught me to knit and my parents encouraged me to explore all kinds of arts & crafts activities by providing me with the materials that I needed to create.
As a girl, I loved to sew (I spent hours using my mother's sewing machine making clothes for my dolls), knit, draw and paint. In high school I spent all my extra time at school hanging out in the art room. In college I worked at a cute little yarn store and I still have some yarn in my stash that I bought at that store…way too many years ago!
I love giving hand knit gifts to my friends and family. In these days of mass produced gifts (that often require a plug-in cord or battery) it is nice to give something that is truly one-of-a-kind. I love to see the smile on their faces when they open the gift I made for them.
I enjoy knitting (of course!), teaching my daughter to sew, going to my son's sporting events, baking, making jam in the summer, making homemade gingerbread houses in December, and going to the beach.
I hope that you enjoy using my patterns to create special heirloom quality items for your home, friends & family.
This cute little owl knits up really quick! Add some felt applique for wings, eyes and a beak. Stitch it to a note card and you have a one-of-a-kind card for a child or grandchild, Valentine's Day, a new baby or someone special.
You could also frame the owl in an inexpensive craft store shadow box for a cute wall decoration.
Or, turn the little owl into a hanging ornament by stitching two pieces of felt together, adding a little stuffing and a piece of yarn for a hanger.
Or, stitch the owl onto a hat or other knitted project.
You get the idea....there's lots of ways you can use this little knitted owl pattern.
This pattern works will work with any worsted weight yarn.
5 sts & 7 rows = 1"
6 yards of Worsted weight


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In the mountains of Peru, in the remote village of Paran, 50 of the 400 residents are blind.
It has been like this for at least five generations. Families have come to expect and accept that some of their children are likely to live out their lives in darkness.
But on June 13, an e-mail signaling hope for the villagers arrived in Gustavo Aguirre's tiny, windowless office at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
A Peruvian researcher who had taken DNA samples from the villagers had just received the results of a genetic test. It showed that a gene that causes retinitis pigmentosa had been identified and found to closely match the one Aguirre has isolated in his Philadelphia laboratory.


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In short: Great start to the yearIn full: Did this as a warmup for London in April and it was well worth it. Really well organised and loads of support from the public and marshals. The guy handing out jelly babies at 11 miles was a star, he might have missed me as I "whizzed past" but he gave the next guy two and he shared with me, bless him!! The course is flat from about 2-7 miles but otherwise is largely undulating, no really long hills though so you can have a bit of a recovery! Was pleased with my time, 5 mins off my best but then I did give birth 7 months ago! There is a lot more parking at the clubhouse than you might think but to be fair they couldn't accommodate everyone if everyone brought a car so if you do drive, make sure there are at least 3 or 4 of you in one vehicle. A couple of minor points- could have done with more signage for the portaloos at the back, didnt know they were there and queued for about 15 mins for 2 loos in the clubhouse, also if they had given out binbags at the end we might not have got so cold as the finish isn't that near the car park. But overall, fantastic organisation, lots of food, drink and running goodies available, great atmosphere and very enjoyable day. Well done Helsby!!Date of review: January 19, 2010
In short: This is actually the 2009 race!!In full: Have done this 3 times now and love it- really well organised and marshalled and the public come out in their droves to cheer- special mention to the guy who sits on his driveway at the top of the hill playing motivational music- much appreciated!! Two and a bit lap up and down course- the hill isn't horrendous (provided you train hills!) but is pretty long. Loads of prizes- cash and trophies- and the goody bag's got a Tshirt, water and chocolate, what more could you want!! Well done everyone, thanks for a great day.Date of review: October 4, 2009
In short: Scenic and differentIn full: Was able to enter on the day no probs as only just over 100 did it- largely well organised but could have done with a few more marshals as there were places on the course where runners weren't sure which direction to take. Good mix of trail, grass, towpath and track. Very generous with the prizes and nice little goody bag. Linked in with a family fun day and free BBQ for the runners, and excellent host location at Leigh Sports village.Date of review: September 20, 2009
In short: All comers welcomeIn full: Really enjoyed this- great to see loads of unattached and even fancy dress participants, a pleasant change from a lot of the "strictly business" club races I do. Clothing van did exactly what it said it would (but if your bag is blue like 90% of sports bags apparently are, you'll have fun finding it in the pile at the end!!) The marshals and crowds were brilliant, all shouting encouragement and the free snacks at the end were very welcome (didnt get a goody bag tho). Only 2 things could have been better- the toilet facilities in Runcorn were filthy and inadequate (one toilet for the girls, no water) and the race started earlier than 9.30 (by maybe 2 minutes) which meant one of my friends missed the start. Fun running over the bridge but if you're going for a PB (which I just missed- there are no big downhills to build speed) you won't get a chance to admire the views over the Mersey. The final third of the race, once you're out of the industrial estate, is the most easy on the racer's eye. Ran back to the start but saw at least 3 big coaches to take people back to their cars.Date of review: March 24, 2008
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Winter X Games 15 finally kicked off Thursday on ESPN from Aspen, Colorado.
As always, the only thing we can expect from ESPN's Winter X Games is four-day television coverage of the very best action-packed winter action sports this world has to offer.
The event, as always, is highlighted by the Flying Tomato, Shaun White, who was just recently announced as the second most powerful athlete.
White is seeking yet another Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Gold Medal. White is one of the most dominant athletes of all time and already has 10 gold medals at Winter X, winning a medal every single year since 2002.
Which players took a nosedive on Day 1 of Winter X 15?
Who is on the rise for the rest of the competition?
How will Shaun White fare the rest of the way?
We have the ridiculous recap, tantalizing TV schedule, popular (?) predictions, intriguing injury updates and every exciting thing you need to know before you tune in for the rest of the awesome, action-filled Winter X Games on ESPN.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State's players endured an incredibly difficult week with the scandal, then fell behind 17-0 against Nebraska. Game over, right?
Nope. Instead, the Nittany Lions showed their character and leadership in fighting back to have a chance in the final minutes.
"Everybody fought hard, to a man, so I'm proud of my team," offensive lineman Chima Okoli said.
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Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley leaves the field after Saturday's loss.
The Lions trailed 17-7 when they forced a fumble and took possession at their own 49 with 9:35 to go. They didn't show much sense of urgency on the drive as they ran six straight running plays at one point, then used a trick play as receiver Curtis Drake completed a 16-yard pass to quarterback Matt McGloin down to the 6.
Stephfon Green scored on the next play to make it 17-14, and there was plenty of time left at 5:42. The Lions' defense held Nebraska to a three-and-out and got the ball back at their own 11 with 3:52 left. The coaching staff made what looked to be another peculiar decision in the running game on that series.
Green had replaced starting running back Silas Redd, who was nursing a right collarbone injury, and was effective on the ground. He gained 8 yards to set up third-and-2 at the 36, but for some reason the PSU coaches went back to Redd, who gained 1 yard on third down and was stuffed for no gain on fourth down to kill the drive.
"I was trying to get back in there," Green said. "I was gassed and had two long runs and was gassed. Then I just needed Gatorade and tried to get back in, but it didn't happen."
That stalled drive looked to be it for PSU, but it had three timeouts and its defense was able to hold Nebraska. The Cornhuskers went for it on fourth-and-2 at the PSU 29, and Rex Burkhead was stuffed.
The Lions got one final chance as they took over at the 28 with 49 seconds left. But with no timeouts, they could only get to the 46 before McGloin's fourth-and-1 pass went incomplete as time expired.
"We ran out of time there in the end," quarterback Matt McGloin said.
Redd unsure about injury
Redd had his streak of five straight 100-yard games end as he carried 15 times for 53 yards because of what he called an injury between his collarbone and sternum.
"I really don't know how serious it is right now," he said. "I'll get up [today] and start to rehab it and see how it feels."
Green steps forward
Green spent most of his senior season in Joe Paterno's doghouse, so there was some irony in the fact that one of the strongest performances of Green's career came just three days after the firing of the Nittany Lion coach whose good graces he worked so hard to get himself back into.
With Redd dealing with a collarbone injury, Green came on to rush the ball 17 times for 71 yards and score both Lion touchdowns. He also caught three passes.
"He [Paterno] was going through a lot. This team was going through a lot. Somebody needed to step up, ready to play,'' Green said. "I guess I just did that.''
Noted as a speedster when he first arrived to University Park, Green did much of his damage the hard way. His longest run was 11 yards.
"Guys seemed to be rallying behind him,'' Redd said. "Him, individually, having to go through so much adversity this year, it was awesome to see him have such a stellar performance.''
Green was suspended by Paterno at the beginning of the season for off-field matters, and the Penn State coach gave him little chance to return, initially. Only after the players interceded on his behalf did he return.
But, after the game, Green still sang Paterno's praises the loudest.
"I wouldn't be here today without that man. I did more than he asked me to do. I guess that's why I'm sitting here,'' Green.
Green, though, didn't get on the field for the last couple of plays as the Lions tried to mount a miracle finish.
"I was trying to get back in, although I was gassed. I had just had two long runs,'' Green said.
About 300 PSU alums on sideline
Paterno always allowed former lettermen to come back to games and stand on the sideline, and there are usually about 30 on hand. There were about 10 times that many Saturday.
"All the lettermen and myself just wanted to come and support the university as a whole," Adam Taliaferro said. "We've been praying for the alleged victims. We just wanted to come and bond with everybody and be out here to support. It's just an honor to be a part of it, and hopefully this is the first step toward healing."
Taliaferro, recently elected to public office in New Jersey and a major part of PSU football history as he battled back from a scary paralysis injury suffered on the field, has always held Paterno in high regard and didn't get too detailed with his feelings about his former coach getting fired.
"He's a man that I played for and a man that helped me out tremendously in my life," Taliaferro said.
As for the scandal, he said, "It's been tough for all parties involved, and right now I'm just praying for everyone and hope everything works out for the best for everybody."
Looking to the future (UPDATED)
Penn State can win the Leaders Division and reach the Big Ten championship game simply by beating Wisconsin in the regular-season finale. Even if the Lions lose this week at Ohio State, they can still capture the division by beating the Badgers.
If Wisconsin wins this week against Illinois and then beats Penn State, then the Badgers will win the division.
"Even after everything that's happened, even after the loss, it's good that we're still on top and control our destiny," Redd said.
Lions expect to play in bowl game
There has been speculation about the Lions turning down a chance to play in a bowl game, but new PSU President Rodney Erickson said that's unlikely.
"There has been no discussion of that, but from my standpoint, if our student-athletes have earned the right to play in postseason play, they should certainly be allowed to do so," Erickson said.
The players could vote not to accept a bowl bid, but that's not likely, either.
"Why would we vote not to play?" receiver Derek Moye said. "We want to play in a bowl game."
News and notes
Running back Brandon Beachum was introduced with all the seniors on senior day, even though he's only a junior eligibility-wise. That usually means a player plans to forego his final year of eligibility. ... Receiver Devon Smith must have been in the coaches' doghouse as he didn't get into the game until the final series of the first half. ... There were 589 media on hand, the most ever for a PSU home game.
(Compiled by Cory Giger and Philip Cmor)


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World silver medalist Elena Pirozhkova profiled in USOC website featureElena Pirohkova hits an inside trip on two-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho of Japan during 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Larry Slater photo.
2010 World silver medalist Elena Pirozhkova (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) was profiled in an extensive feature on the U.S. Olympic Committee's website, TeamUSA.org.
The article, written by Drew Silverman of Red Line Editorial, covers many aspects of Pirozhkova's rise to success. The story mentions her birth in Russia, her youth in Massachusetts, her move to the U.S. Olympic Training Center after high school and the road to the podium at the World Championships.
The story also explains why winning her first World medal with the event hosted in Russia was so meaningful.
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This is a glitch that has killed me several times in both arenas/tournament/bridges and also when I am attacking mobs. It's caused me quite a large amount of equipment damage especially to my Miliary Belt.
What it does is add to my health as if I have drunk two life elixirs when I've only drunk one. Then when I reach 600-700 health (according to my health bar) it takes one more hit to kill me. I've been left in many fights with most of my pots but having been killed. Sometimes I notice it so it's ok but most of the time I dont.
It would help if you could sort out this problem as I have gear which is expensive to repair and is constantly being broken by this glitch
There is also something with mana where it says I have more than I do (it says I can use a spell but hen I click it nothing happens, however I let a little more mana stock up and I can).
These are both ONLY problems with what appears on my screen; if Im on 60 health rather than 660 I'd like to know so I can use more life elixirs or glyphs


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It is a sight that is quickly getting old in this series.
Boston's Kevin Garnett is out near the free-throw line just in time to welcome the basketball into his hands. Then, in a mad dash, Sixers center Spencer Hawes - or whichever Sixer is assigned the job of making Garnett's work a little more difficult than it seems - runs at him, arms outstretched in an effort to disrupt his rhythm. But the end result is pretty much the same.
Swish. Two more points.
The Celtics have gotten two very good performances from Rajon Rondo, and on Wednesday, in their Game 3 rout of the Sixers, Paul Pierce awoke from the slumber of shooting 5 for 20 through the first two games to score 24 points as the Celtics took a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven, second-round playoff series. But it has been the Sixers' inability to disrupt Garnett, who turns 36 on Saturday, that has become most problematic.


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Right before her operation she Tweeted, "Lying on a guerney [sic]. Drugs are starting to hit. Wheeee. So long left knee. You're toast!" She also posted a photo on Twitter of her left knee, marked with the doctor's initials J.R.M (see below) and an arrow to make sure the correct knee gets removed.
Several hours before her surgery, Fonda, 71, reminisced about all the good times with her appendage, insisting it had been "strong and faithful" throughout her adventures mountain climbing, skiing, running and kissing. She even divulged that her ex-husband Roger Vadim "liked to kiss my knees. (He was French)."
Fortunately, the actress, who most recently starred in the Broadway play 33 Variations, isn't too heartbroken over seeing it go. "It's never been my favorite part of me," she wrote on her official Web site's blog. "No more short skirts – but I never wore them much anyway."
Although she was told her new knee would only possess 80 percent mobility, Fonda remains determined and optimistic. "By this time next year, I will have come out with a whole new line of workout products for maintaining muscle mass and flexibility and I will be doing them myself. 80 percent my ass!" For now, she gets her own set of wheels to chauffeur her around as she heals.


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MUNCY - Most little wooden birds can't fly. But the little birdies that begin life on Frank Foust's workbench - almost 1,500 over the past 30 years - have taken flight across oceans and into countless hearts.
Foust, a lifelong Muncy resident, began carving the smooth, palm-sized "comfort birds" after cataracts left him unable to do the sort of detailed painting and burning pin skills he had developed in his early woodworking years while taking classes at Montour Preserve and making annual trips to the National Woodcarvers' Convention.
His early, realistic avian representations are displayed at the home he shares with his wife, Millie, a fellow Muncy High School class of 1948 graduate.
The comfort birds and their more recent cousins, like a life-size Canada goose that won Foust second prize in a Harrisburg senior carvers' show, are designed to invite touch; the birds' flowing lines and clear coating make the wood grains pop.
Foust keeps track of number and species in a small, yellowed notebook - so far he's carved birds from 52 varieties of wood.
"I wrote who got them down for a long time, but I stopped that about three years ago," Foust said.
After Foust's birds were profiled in the Holiday 2011 issue of Woodcarving Illustrated, the number of people requesting birds has only gone up, along with the woods he has at his disposal.
"A fella from Texas sent me osage wood, which I didn't have before," Foust said. Redwood and grapefruit have been mailed from California.
Frank and Millie received more than 50 emails after the piece was published, including one from Australia, and learned that a group in New Hampshire has taken up the hobby.
Millie tells a story of a woman who'd just lost her son:
"We had one lady (write) who worked at a veterans' hospital, and there was one man who had refused his Purple Heart. She wanted to give him one, and so Frank carved birds out of purpleheart wood (from Central America) and sent them to her. She sent the others to soldiers in Afghanistan."
"I ask $10 for them," Frank said. "Any checks are made out to the church. All I ask for is postage. I give a lot away, though."
The Fousts are long-time members of White Hall Baptist, Allenwood, and through the years the birds have raised more than $7,000 for missions home and abroad.
After Frank retired from Andritz Sprout in 1990, the Fousts bought a used motorhome and spent months on the road working on mission trips.
"I've been to Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, Florida after Hurricane Andrew, all on mission trips," Frank said. "I miss working in the field. The birds are a way to help out, like with Haiti."
Some of the proceeds from his birds after the 2010 Haiti earthquake went to build a "rubble" house there. Other monies go to local disaster relief funds.
The birds usually come out in batches of a half-dozen, and sometimes get made in bulk.
"There were 48 in the class of '48," Foust said, "and I made each person a bird and gave them one for the 50th reunion."
So Foust's mission now is in the basement, where blocks of wood - some exotic, some just local elm or maple firewood - dry on his "kilns" (otherwise known as a baseboard radiator and a windowsill), and boxy unfinished birds sit on a bench.
For an apparently simple piece, producing the birds does take some modern shop technology.
"They're not done with a pocketknife, I'll put it that way," Frank said.
He straightens the seasoned wood blocks with a joiner, then traces the pattern and cuts it out on a bandsaw. Then he uses a drum sander attached to a radial saw to shape the birds, sharpens the beak with a knife, and sands and sands, then sands some more, until they're smooth enough for a polyurethane coating.
Then the birds leave their nest in Muncy, via post, for whatever corner of the globe they're heading toward.
"It's a self-made mission, I guess," Frank said. "There's lots of wood, and not enough time to carve them all."


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