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17th Avalon Hussars
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|Seventeenth Avalon Hussars
|Unit Profile (as of 3145)
|Dragon's Bane (Star League)
Heart of Avalon (3145)[1]
|Parent Formation
|Avalon Hussars
- 1 Unit Description
- 2 History
- 3 Officers
- 4 Tactics
- 5 Composition History
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
- 8 Bibliography
Unit Description[edit]
The Seventeenth Avalon Hussars were originally an mainline BattleMech Regiment serving in Armies of the Federated Suns. The unit would be become part of merged realms of the Federated Commonwealth as RCT. After the Jihad, the 17th was reformed as a smaller multi-battalion Light Combat Team.
Star League Era[edit]
The Seventeenth was actively involved in the border war between the Capellan Confederation and Federated Suns during the early 2760s; relocated from Robinson into the Royalston thumb, the Seventeenth was initially supposed to serve as a training cadre helping the reactivated brigades to get up to speed and make them capable of opposing the Confederation and the pirates plaguing the border. As the war heated up, the AFFS launched an invasion of Redfield, and the Seventeenth acted as the lead unit for that invasion. The Seventeenth bore the brunt of the fighting, and was still rebuilding in 2765; while the Seventeenth's materiel losses had been replaced, it still hadn't received enough trained soldiers to replace the casualties taken during the invasion.[2]
First Succession War[edit]
In 2796 most of the Seventeenth Avalon Hussars were sent to New Avalon to prepare for an attack by the Draconis Combine. A small group of the Seventeenth was left behind on New Rhodes to stall the Draconis advance. Two Enforcers and four Dervishes from the Seventeenth inflicted huge losses on the 2nd Sword of Light's supply train. The six members of the Seventeenth were eventually run down and killed, but they cost the DCMS thousands of tons of ammunition and spare parts before that happened.[3]
War of 3039[edit]
Led by Field Marshal Ardan Sortek the 17th Avalon Hussars and the 1st Davion Guards attacked An Ting. The 17th took five thousand prisoners during the attack.[4] Several DCMS troops were able to escape death or capture, however, and led insurgent attacks against the AFFS troops. In late July Ryuken-roku landed on An Ting under the command of Tai-sa Dechan Fraser. Ryuken-roku struck at the largest AFFS prisoner of war camp, freeing thousands of DCMS troops. The Hussars and Davion Guards still had control of much of the planet however. That changed two weeks later when Tai-shu Kester Hsiun Chi arrived on An Ting with Ryuken-yon and several regiments of conventional forces. Field Marshal Sortek ordered the AFFS forces to retreat.[5]
Clan Invasion Era[edit]
The 17th Avalon Hussars were one of the units reassigned to the Clan front, but they didn't arrive until a few weeks before the Truce of Tukayyid. For the next five years they jumped along the front, keeping Clan Jade Falcon off-balance while the rest of the AFFC rebuilt.[6]
Operation Guerrero[edit]
The 17th didn't participate in Operation Guerrero, but was horrified when they discovered Victor Steiner-Davion's deception.[6]
Operation Bulldog[edit]
The 17th didn't participate in Operation Bulldog's combat operations, but their JumpShips were assigned to the forces used in Operation Bulldog and Task Force Serpent.[6]
FedCom Civil War[edit]
The homeworld of the 17th Avalon Hussars was Cassias. During the FedCom Civil War, the 17th attacked the Draconis Combine worlds of An Ting and Matsuida. An Ting fell relatively quickly,[7] and the 17th moved on to Matsuida. There they faced the 2nd Galedon Regulars, surrounding the green unit from three different drop zones. A battalion of the 7th Ghost was also on the world, and they smashed two of the 17th's smaller landing zones completely. The 17th's main force was able to destroy much of the 2nd Galedon Regulars before the 7th Ghost could open an escape route. The DCMS forces withdrew from the fight, with the 17th's fastest elements tracking the 7th Ghost and the slower units surrounding the city that housed the 2nd Galedon Regulars. The 2nd staged a series of small attacks on the 17th but didn't inflict major damage. After waiting for a few weeks, the 17th drove deep into the city. This brought the 7th Ghost out of hiding and the 17th destroyed them.[8] The 17th then turned to the 2nd Galedon Regulars. Commando squads from the 17th used snipers and other "dishonorable" tactics to kill the 2nd Galedon's officer corps. The 2nd, enraged by this, threw themselves into a suicidal charge of the 17th's fortified positions. Six weeks after the death of the 7th Ghost force, the 17th wiped out every member of the 2nd Galedon Regulars in less than an hour.[9]
A few months later, the 12th Galedon Regulars, Ryuken-go, and the remaining 7th Ghost battalions landed on Matsuida. There the 7th Ghost faded into the wilderness, hitting smaller 17th Hussar commands and stirring the population against the Hussars. The 12th Galedon Regulars and Ryuken surrounded the main body of the 17th Hussars and prevented a breakout. Things came to a head when the 7th Ghost regiment turned their attention to the 17th's main base. The 12th Galedon Regulars forced a breach in the 17th's lines and shoved a battalion through the gap. A company from the 7th Ghost was able to infiltrate the rear areas of the 17th Hussars and went on a rampage. With his lines failing and his rear area no longer secure, the 17th's commander withdrew from Matsuida and returned to An Ting.[10]
The 17th landed on An Ting and found it a hotbed of Combine activity. Three days after they landed the 12th Galedon Regulars and Ryuken-Go arrived on An Ting. After splitting into two forces the 17th's armor regiment halted the Ryuken while the 17th's 'Mechs held the 12th Galedon in place. This led to several weeks of intense fighting as the two Hussar commands tried several times to join forces. The Ryuken and Galedon Regulars were able to prevent most of these attempts. The 17th finally did join into one unit however, and left An Ting. The 17th was pressured the entire way, and was forced to leave behind two regiments of mixed conventional forces.[11]
Landing on their homeworld of Cassias, the 17th occupied several fortified positions prepared by the 3rd Davion Guards when that unit was on the world. Shortly after the 17th's arrival, the 5th Sword of Light attacked Cassias. A few days later, two combat commands from the Third Davion Guards arrived to reinforce the Hussars. The AFFS forces were able to keep the Sword of Light pinned near their drop zones for several weeks. The arrival of Ryuken-Go changed things, allowing the Combine troops to finally take more ground. The 17th inflicted many casualties on the Combine units however.[12] The 17th slowly ground the DCMS troops down, advancing steadily, destroying and demoralizing them. Draconis Combine MechWarriors found this personal affront to their honor so insulting that several companies of turned and fought the Hussars in duels. The Combine commander, Tai-sa Shotoku led a force of volunteers directly into the path of the 17th Hussars. This fight restored the honor of the Combine warriors, and allowed them to withdraw.[13]
Several regiments abandoned their post, joining Katherine Steiner-Davion's forces on New Avalon.[14][15][16] They were destroyed.
The remaining component units of the 17th Avalon Hussars were assigned to Talcott.[17]
The Seventeenth remained on Talcott through the Jihad. There they faced off against Word of Blake forces that attacked the General Motors factories on the world. These Blakists were disguised as Capellan troops, but the deception was revealed. After repelling the single attack on Talbott, the Seventeenth rebuilt their losses from the output of the GM factories. Facing little combat and near the GM factories, the Seventeenth was able to convert half their conventional infantry units to battle armored formations. The large battle armor formations were broken up into smaller units and transferred to other Avalon Hussars commands to rapidly bring those units up to LCT strength.[18]
The Seventeenth was assigned as Talcott's garrison in 3079.[18] They were still the garrison unit in 3085, and were re-formed into a Light Combat Team. The units that split off from the Seventeenth became the core of the new 1st Avalon Hussars and 2nd Avalon Hussars. The Seventeenth was assigned to garrison Spica after the Kittery Prefecture was handed over to the Federated Suns.[19]
Dark Age[edit]
During the Victoria War of 3103 and 3104, the Seventeenth was assigned to take station on Kittery to support the Fourth Crucis Lancers. The CCAF responded by attacking Kittery, and after four months of combat the Seventeenth was forced off-world. The unit suffered from morale loss and poor performance until they raided Warlock in retaliation for raids conducted by the 1st St. Ives Janissaries. The Seventeenth inflicted heavy losses and took a Lung Wang P2 as war spoils. In the early years of the post-Blackout period, the CCAF invaded the Federated Suns and the Seventeenth was forced off Spica.[20]
The Seventeenth was badly damaged when the Second St. Ives Sentinels launched a raid on the Seventeenth's base on Fortymile. The raid was a retaliation for the Seventeenth's destruction of the Janissaries and went very well for the Sentinels;[21] the Seventeenth were caught unawares, having only just finished unloading a few hours before. The LCT's conventional forces were still mostly attempting to unload, and the Sentinels were able to concentrate on the Seventeenth's 'Mech and battle armor forces. Even as forces on the ground were battling the Sentinels launched an aerospace strike that destroyed a fully-loaded Colossus DropShip belonging to the Seventeenth along with the supplies and armored units aboard it at the time.[1] The Seventeenth attempted to fall back to the Klondike mountain range, giving the advantage to the Sentinels, who were the more manoeuverable of the two units. Dispersed pockets of the Seventeenth were caught in broken terrain and destroyed and among the trophies brought back to Highspire by the Sentinels were the legs of General Suttikul's 'Mech.[21] The damage inflicted by the Sentinels was such that the Seventeenth had been effectively neutralised as an offensive unit in 3145, a state that would continue unless supplies could be delivered from Kathil or Salem to allow the LCT to rebuild.[1]
Ardan Sortek was once a Lance Commander in the Hussars.[22]
As of 3025 the commanding officer was Marshal Addley Verner.[23]
As of 3050 the commanding officer was Hauptmann General Nasha Tiljurga.[24]
As of 3062 the commanding officer was Hauptmann General Kev Evans[6]. Promoted to General, he was still in command in 3067.[17]
As of 3085 the commanding officer was General Cassandra Dzuiba.[25]
Between 3116 and 3122 the Seventeenth was led by General Daman Zibler.[20]
As of 3122 to 3145 Leftenant General Pakpao Suttikul commanded the Seventeenth.[20][26]
During the Star League era all of the Avalon Hussars were required to focus on being both flexible and mobile, with every regiment required to be capable of deploying within eight hours, although many of the Hussars struggled to actually achieve this.[2]
In 3025 the 17th Avalon Hussars were noted for their ability to deploy under heavy enemy fire. This tactic allowed them to get close to enemy forces, but also led to heavy casualties.[27] They were still able to do this forty years later.[6]
Composition History[edit]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars (Regular/Fanatical)[28]
- - At this point in time the Seventeenth was stationed on Turko.[28] In common with the other regiments of the Avalon Hussars the Seventeenth had an attached aerospace wing, although these forces were primarily tasked to provide ground support rather than escort duties.[2]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars (Regular/Reliable)[23]
- CO: Marshal Addley Verner
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars (Regular/Reliable)[31]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade
- 445th Avalon Recon Regiment[32]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars (Regular/Reliable)[24]
- CO: Hauptmann General Nasha Tiljurga
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[6]
- CO: Hauptman General Kev Evans
- Aide: Leftenant General Cassandra Dzuiba
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade (1 Wing)[6]
- Kommandant: Jamie Doucette
- 44th Avalon Fighter Wing
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[6]
- CO: Hauptman General Trevor Cartmann
- Aide: Kommandant Julia Simonson
- 99th Avalon Armor Regiment - Leftenant General: J.E. Ortiguerra
- 198th Ipava Grenadiers - Leftenant General: Josephus Schoenauer
- 445th Avalon Recon Regiment - Leftenant General: Lathan Kimayev
- 35th Avalon Artillery Group - Kommandant: Pathinh Pi
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade (4 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[6]
- CO: Leftenant General Gandalf Darklight
- Aide: Kommandant Don Bong Kim
- 84th Avalon Light Infantry - Leftenant General: Searlas Halliden
- 115th Crucis Mechanized Infantry - Leftenant General: Sonia Thao
- 405th Avalon Mechanized Infantry - Leftenant General: Helmer Fineas Wojahn
- 135th Federation Jump Infantry - Leftenant General: Darius Prohaska
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars RCT (Elite/Reliable)
- CO: General Kev Evans
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade (Elite/Fanatical)
- CO: Rear Admiral Jamie Doucette
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade (Elite/Reliable)
- CO: Major General Josephus Schoenauer
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)
- CO: Major General Gandalf Darklight
To rapidly rebuild the Avalon Hussars, the Seventeenth Avalon Hussars was reduced in size to form a Light Combat Team. The Seventeenth's large number of battle armored infantry was particularly important to the rebuilding of other Avalon Hussars units, but several 'Mech and Aerospace units were also transferred to other Hussars LCTs.[18]
As it was able to rebuild after its lone encounter with the Word of Blake, the Seventeenth Avalon Hussars LCT was at one hundred percent strength.[18]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars LCT (Elite/Reliable)[25]
- CO: General Cassandra Dzuiba
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade (Green/Reliable)[25]
- CO: Rear Admiral Angelique Vincent
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[25]
- CO: Major General Socrates Fox
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade (Green/Reliable)[25]
- CO: Major General Jill Awad
The Seventeenth has two regiments of Battle Armor equipped infantry.[19]
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars LCT (Veteran/Reliable)[26]
- CO: Leftenant General Pakpao Suttikul
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Aerospace Brigade (Veteran/Fanatical)[26]
- CO: Rear Admiral Phillip Foster
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[26]
- CO: Leftenant General Nicole Johnson
Seventeenth Avalon Hussars Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[26]
- CO: Leftenant General Helen Garcia
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. 74, "Seventeenth Avalon Hussars LCT"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Report: Federated Suns 2765, p. 8, "Avalon Hussars"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 62
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 51-52
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 102-103
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 53, "17th Avalon Hussars Unit Profile"
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 48-49
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 71-72
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 91
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 108
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 133
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 136
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), pp. 166-167
- ↑ FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 168
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 126
- ↑ The Longest Road, p. 204 of The Corps
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 137, "ASSF Deployment Table - 3067"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Field Report: AFFS, p. 9
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Field Manual: 3085, p. 57
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 52
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 42, "Second St. Ives Sentinels"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 183
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 House Davion: The Federated Suns, p. 137, "Dahar PDZ"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 20 Year Update, p. 19, "AFFC Deployment Table - 3050"
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Field Manual: 3085, p. 70, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 90, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 140
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Field Report: Federated Suns, p. 10, "Regimental Status"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 188, "Ran Felsner"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 21
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 , p. 135
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039 , p. 52
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 3145
- FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Federated Suns
- Field Manual: Update
- Field Report: AFFS
- Field Report: Federated Suns 2765
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- Technical Readout: 3025 Revised
- The Longest Road
- The Corps


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Nationals getting catchers consecutive starts
LOS ANGELES -- Manager Davey Johnson would like to see some of his hitters get going at the plate. So he decided to start catcher Kurt Suzuki for the second straight game. Entering Monday's action, Suzuki was hitting .243 with two home runs and nine RBIs.
Johnson is planning to play Wilson Ramos in consecutive games sometime this week. Suzuki and Ramos were playing every other day because Johnson didn't want to put any added pressure on Ramos, who was recovering from knee surgery. Ramos is also off to a slow start, hitting .233 with two home runs and six RBIs.
"It's a difficult situation, just trying to get some guys more in the swing of things," Johnson said. "There is a certain rhythm that you get into as an everyday player and those guys are used to playing every day. So I'm going to get some semblance of that. They are both catching very well."
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With financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the Sabin PDP is developing a vaccine against hookworm. A vaccine could provide a sustainable, effective means for controlling hookworm infection and protect the world's poor from this harmful infection.
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The HOOKVAC consortium begins work to further advance the development and testing of the human hookworm vaccine.
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Pet Food and Treats
Tips for Keeping People and Pets Healthy and Safe from Salmonella
A healthy diet is important for pets. But did you know that dry pet food, treats, and supplements can become contaminated with Salmonella, a harmful germ that can make both people and pets sick? To protect you and your pet from getting sick, it is important to know how to correctly purchase, handle, store, and behave when handling dry pet foods and treats.
Pets that eat contaminated food can carry germs even if they appear healthy. Salmonella germs can cause diarrhea in people, which can be mild, severe, or even life threatening. Children under 5 years old, adults aged 65 years and older, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for severe illness. With the proper attention to what you choose to feed your pet and how you feed them, you could keep you and your pets healthy and safe from germs could be found in pet food.
Do not feed your pet a raw diet
Here is why:
- Raw diets consist of foods such as meat, poultry, milk, and eggs that have not been cooked or treated to remove harmful germs.
- These food items can carry harmful bacteria including Salmonella and Campylobacter.
Pet food can make pets and people sick
Pet ownership has many positive benefits. Pets comfort us and give us companionship. But as much as we love animals, there are simple precautions we need to take to keep our family members, including our four-legged members, safe and healthy. Here are some tips to help protect you and your family.
Shopping for your pet? Here are some purchasing tips:
- Look at the package:
- Buy bagged food with no visible signs of damage to the packaging, such as tears or discolorations.
- Avoid buying canned food with dents.
- Avoid raw diets for your pets:
- CDC recommends against feeding raw food to dogs and cats because of the risk of illness to the pet as well as to people living in the household.
Serving up a meal for your pet? Here are preparation tips:
Wash hands right after handling pet food and treats
- Washing your hands is the most important step to preventing illness.
- Wash your hands for 20 seconds with water and soap right after handling pet food and treats, and especially before preparing, serving or eating food, drinks or preparing baby bottles
- It is important to follow good kitchen hygiene practices when handling pet food, just as you would when you handle human food. When possible, feed your pet in areas other than the kitchen.
- Avoid washing your pet's food and water dishes in the kitchen sink or bathtub in order to prevent cross-contamination.
- If there is no alternative, clean and disinfect the sink after washing pet food items. Infants should not be bathed in kitchen sinks because of the risk of cross-contamination.
- Do not use the pet's feeding bowl as a scooping utensil – use a clean, dedicated scoop, spoon, or cup.
Storing pet food and treats? Here are storage tips:
- When possible, store pet food away from any area where human food is stored or prepared.
- If possible, store dry pet food in its original bag inside a clean, dedicated plastic container with a lid, keeping the top of the bag folded or closed.
- Store dry pet food and pet treats in a cool, dry place under 80 degrees F.
- Promptly refrigerate or discard unused, leftover wet pet food and containers (e.g., cans, pouches).
- Refrigerating foods quickly prevents the growth of most harmful bacteria. Refrigerators should be set at 40 degrees F. The accuracy of the setting should be checked occasionally with a refrigerator thermometer.
Feeding your pet? Here are feeding tips:
- When possible, avoid feeding your pet in the kitchen to prevent getting germs found in pet food on "people" food.
- Keep children 5 years and younger away from areas where pets are fed to help prevent illness and injury.
- Wash your hands right after feeding your pets.
Follow these simple guidelines to prevent getting a Salmonella infection from your pet:
- Wash your hands well with soap and running water right after contact with animals, their food, or their environments.
- Clean up after your pet.
- For dogs, pick up waste and discard it into a tightly sealed plastic bag.
- For cats, scoop litter daily and discard waste into a tightly sealed plastic bag.
- Place all waste into a closed trash can.
Salmonella outbreaks are not just linked to "people food". Pet food and pet treats have been associated with outbreaks and illnesses in people and pets. For more information see Selected Reports for Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Pet Food and Treats (below).
- Pet waste can contain bacteria, so young children should not clean up after pets.
- Remember to wash your hands right afterwards!
Children and pets:
- Young children are especially at risk for illness because their immune systems are still developing and because they are more likely than others to put their fingers or other items into their mouths.
- Children younger than 5 years of age should not be allowed to touch or eat pet food, treats, or supplements and should be kept away from pet feeding areas to prevent illness and injury.
- Adults should supervise young children when washing hands.
More Information
For Consumers
- Poster: Pet Food and Salmonella
- Gastrointestinal (Enteric) Diseases from Animals
- FDA Animal & Veterinary: Recalls & Withdrawals
- CDC's Healthy Pets Healthy People
- CDC Kidtastics Podcast: Wash Your Hands [PODCAST – 0:51 minutes]
- CDC Radio: Hand Washing PSA
- Salmonellosis
- Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Getting a Salmonella Infection from Dry Pet Food [PODCAST – 2:56 minutes]
- Dog Bite Prevention
- How do I know if my dog or cat has Salmonella infection?
- How are Salmonella infections diagnosed and treated in dogs, cats, and other animals?
- What can I do to prevent the spread of Salmonella germs from my pets?
For Veterinarians and Public Health Professionals
- FDA Animal & Veterinary: Recalls & Withdrawals
- What is the clinical presentation of salmonellosis in dogs and cats?
- To whom do I report a suspected or confirmed Salmonella illness in an animal?
- I've already submitted a complaint to FDA, when will I get a response?
- What type of samples should I collect from an animal with suspected Salmonella infection and a history of exposure to a recalled pet food? What laboratory should I send the sample to for testing?
- American Veterinary Medical Association: Dog Bite Prevention
- CDC's Healthy Pets Healthy People
- Salmonellosis
Selected Reports for Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Pet Food and Treats
- Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infantis Infections Linked to Dry Dog Food
- Notes from the Field: Human Salmonella Infantis Infections Linked to Dry Dog Food — United States and Canada, 2012. MMWR Weekly, June 15, 2012 / 61(23);436-436.
- Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food — United States, 2006–2007
- Update: Recall of Dry Dog and Cat Food Products Associated with Human Salmonella Schwarzengrund Infections — United States, 2008
- Human Salmonellosis Associated with Animal Derived Pet Treats—United States and Canada, 2005
- Page last reviewed: September 3, 2013
- Page last updated: September 3, 2013
- Content source:
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
- Page maintained by: Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Digital Media Branch, Division of Public Affairs


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text: Show Hide image World 20 March 2012 Iran Watch: Hats off to Guido, says Mehdi Hasan "Staines has at least bothered to put together a response". Sign up to the Staggers Morning Call email * Print HTML Hats off to Paul Staines, aka Guido Fawkes. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write. He's used a blogpost on an obscure, neocon-wannabe website to try and defend himself over his Osiraq gaffe that I highlighted here. (The website in question, incidentally, seems obsessed with me, once even accusing me of using too many "statistics" in my arguments. Damn those pesky facts and figures!) The reason I say "hats off", however, is Staines has at least bothered to put together a response - unlike, say, John Rentoul, who hides behind snarky putdowns on Twitter and doesn't do substance. It's 1,300-words, which makes it the longest piece I've ever read by the self-described "pyrotechnician". The problem is that, despite the length, it's fact-free, evasive and dodges the key issues. Poor Paul put a lot of effort into his "rebuttal" so let's take the effort of going through it para by para.... Poor Mehdi Hasan. His New Statesman blog is billed as a "polemical take on politics, economics and foreign affairs." No-one likes a good polemic more than I do. It's just that to be effective, it helps if you have a consistent approach to what you're talking about. And so to the debate about Iran's nuclear weapons programme. Hasan can't make up his mind whether his strategy is to deny its existence or to allow it to progress to completion. Really? My "strategy" is to point to the fact that the consensus view of 16 US intelligence agencies, as well as Israel's own intelligence chief, is that Iran isn't developing nuclear weapons and hasn't even made a decision as to whether it wants to develop and build such weapons - while at the same time pointing out how a putative Iranian nuclear weapons programme wouldn't justify military action and wouldn't automatically lead to nuclear armageddon. Is that not "consistent"? Perhaps it is for people who struggle with the English language... More of that in a moment. But first there's some fun to be had. In an article last Tuesday Hasan took me to task for tweeting him about Israel's attack on Iraq's nuclear facility at Osiraq in 1981. The reactor was destroyed and Saddam's nuclear programme was halted in its tracks. It's an obvious historical reference point for anyone seriously contemplating military action to stop the deranged Islamist theocracy in Tehran getting nuclear weapons. For the equal and opposite reason it's also obvious why apologists for said deranged-Islamist-theocracy feel the need to completely misrepresent its significance. Hi-larious. I cited three leading experts on nuclear weapons (Richard Betts, Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer and Dan Reiter), who pointed out how Saddam's nuclear programme wasn't "halted in its tracks". They're all "apologists" for the "deranged Islamist theocracy in Tehran"? That's your best shot? How about Charles Duelfer, darling of the neocons and appointed by George W. Bush to hunt for Iraq's (mythical) WMDs? I quoted his report, which concluded that "Israel's bombing of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor spurred Saddam to build up Iraq's military to confront Israel in the early 1980s". Is he an apologist for Iran? How about Bob Woodward? Staines needs to pick up his game. So far, this is childish stuff. Enter Mehdi Hasan with his call for me to "stick to blogging about bond markets and deficits and stay away from foreign affairs and, in particular, the Middle East." Fair enough, but what's he going to tell Bill Clinton (you know, former president of the United States and all that), speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2005, who said "...everybody talks about what the Israelis did at Osiraq, in 1981, which, I think, in retrospect, was a really good thing. You know, it kept Saddam from developing nuclear power." Shock, horror! Staines quotes a sitting US president - one who has been described as "the most pro-Israel president" of the 20th century - saying he thinks Israel's attack on Iraq thing. What would I "tell" Clinton? 1) That he's wrong. 2) That he knows he is wrong because if the Osiraq raid "kept Saddam from developing nuclear power", as Clinton argued in 2005, then why did the UN's weapons inspectors discover a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq, in the wake of the first Gulf War, and why did Clinton himself claim Saddam had "nuclear arms" in 1998? and 3) I would ask him to have a chat with Professor Richard Betts of Columbia University, one of America's leading scholars on nuclear proliferation and a former adviser to the CIA and the State Department. I quoted Betts as saying, in 2006: Contrary to prevalent mythology, there is no evidence that Israel's destruction of Osirak delayed Iraq's nuclear weapons program. The attack may actually have accelerated it. Staines uses the testimony from a partisan politician to avoid having to deal with the Betts quote. How convenient - and how unlike the anti-politican "Guido Fawkes" persona he likes to hide behind. Also, while we're on the subject of Bill Clinton, does Staines agree with Clinton's critique of the coalition's austerity measures? If not, why not? Why the selective quoting of Clinton? The point is uncontestable, as long as you are clear about what is being claimed. Hasan obviously isn't which is why he devotes much of his article to weirdly diversionary arguments on the questions of whether the strike on Osiraq encouraged Saddam to redouble his efforts, this time taking his nuclear programme underground. Sorry, the point is quite clear: Staines claimed on Twitter that "Israel bombed Saddam's nuclear reactor and ended his nuclear ambitions". This isn't just contestable, it's wrong. Plain and simple. I'm not sure how pointing how Saddam didn't just continue his nuclear programme, but intensified it, weaponised it and took it outside of French and IAEA controls is "weirdly diversionary". The only one guilty of diversions and evasions here is Staines himself. But that's irrelevant to the issue at hand which is how one assesses the balance of risk and reward prior to adopting a course of action, and what can reasonably be expected to be achieved right now. You can never know in advance of any given action precisely what the consequences will be. Nor can you know what the world would have looked like had you not taken such action. (That's logic Mehdi; go take a class in it.) "Logic"? It's been around 13 years since I attended logic classes but I can guarantee that there's no logical reasoning on display in that previous paragraph at all. None. I'm not sure which classes Staines took at the Humberside College of Higer Education but formal logic clearly wasn't one of them. The Israelis looked at Saddam Hussein - almost as big a Jew-hating fanatic as the warmongers in Tehran - saw he was building a nuclear capability, and rightly decided it was far too risky to allow Iraq to proceed. Any threat of weaponisation arising from Osiraq was eliminated along with the facility. That's my claim, and that's hard to refute. Well, of course, if you're specific and narrow claim is that "any threat of weaponisation from Osiraq was eliminated along with he facility", then, of course, Staines is correct. But there's some rather brazen and embarrassing goal-post-shifting going on here. Remember: Staines claimed that "Israel bombed Saddam's nuclear reactor and ended his nuclear ambitions". And, as I've shown, and as the experts agree, it didn't. Even Bill Clinton agrees. On a side note, Staines omits to mention the fact that Israel, during the period he refers to, chose to arm "the warmongers in Tehran". According to the Jaffee Institute for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv Arms, arms sales to Iran were worth around $500 million between 1980 to 1983. Then there's Israel's role in the Iran-Contra affair. Funny how Staines fails to mention any of this. To borrow a later line from his blogpost: "An inconvenient truth perhaps?" Eight Israeli F-16s destroyed five years of work in less than 90 seconds. On 8 June 1981, Iraq was once again years away from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Er, I'm sorry to have to break it to Staines but, on 6 June, Iraq was also "years away from obtaining a nuclear weapon". Here's Professor Dan Reiter, a specialist on national security policy, writing in the The Nonproliferation Review in July 2005: . . . before the Osiraq attack, both the French and the IAEA opposed the weaponization of Iraq's nuclear research program, and had a number of instruments to constrain weaponization, including control over reactor fuel supply and multiple and continuous inspections. After the Osiraq attack, the program became secret, Saddam's personal and material commitment to the program grew, and the non-proliferation tools available to the international community became ineffective. The facts don't fit Staines's spin on behalf of Israel. Of course, the magnificently executed attack on Osiraq did not mean Saddam would not have another go at acquiring nuclear weapons. And when he did have another go he was obviously going to do it as covertly as possible. These are my favourite two sentences of the entire blogpost: buried in the middle of a random para. If the attack didn't prevent Saddam from having "another go at acquiring nuclear weapons", and that too as "covertly as possible", then how did it end his "nuclear ambitions" as Staines claimed in his original gaffe? And how does it serve as a template for military action against Iran? In these two sentences, Staines reinforces the argument that some of us have been making for months: attacking Iran's nuclear facilities 1) won't end their nuclear ambitions but just delay them, and 2) will lead to a covert intensification of Iran's nuclear programme. As former CIA director Michael Hayden has argued, attacking Iran: would guarantee that which we are trying to prevent -- an Iran that will spare nothing to build a nuclear weapon and that would build it in secret. I'm glad Staines, finally, agrees. The best one may be able to hope for in such circumstances is that one delays a dangerous regime's acquisition of nuclear weapons until it is finally overthrown and replaced by something less unpalatable. Via a long and circuitous route at great cost in blood and treasure that is actually what happened in Iraq, and it shows why a policy of regime change is vital in and of itself but also as a complement to any military attack. Is Staines claiming here that the Israeli attack on Osiraq in 1981 led to the fall of Saddam in 2003? Really? I mean, really?? And if that's the case, let's do the maths. There was a 22-year time gap between Osiraq and the fall of Saddam but an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would set back Iran's nuclear programme by two or three years, according to former US defence secretary Robert Gates. So what do we do in the intervening twenty years until the mullahs fall, Paul? Keep bombing? Every two years? That's your plan? Fantastic. I bow to your Metternichian skills. Now, I'm curious about something. I would never accuse Mehdi Hasan of being completely out of his depth, ignorant of basic facts or deliberately distorting a picture so as to produce a convenient outcome. But I do have a couple of questions for him about his article. Great. Can't wait. Go on... Why didn't he tell his readers that Israel was not the first country to attack Osiraq? Why didn't he say that none other than the Islamic Republic of Iran attacked Osiraq in September of the year prior to the Israeli operation, damaging the facility but failing to destroy it? Er, because it's not relevant to our discussion about whether or not Osiraq offers a template for a future military action against Iran. An inconvenient truth perhaps? No, an irrelevant truth. More evasion from Staines. Stick to the subject, man! Surely he would not have been concealing a piece of information that shows that it wasn't just the dreaded Jewish state that regarded Iraq's nuclear programme as a security risk; a devastating revelation that the very regime Hasan is desperate we do not attack today, was the one that set the precedent for using military force to destroy another country's nuclear programme in the first place. Oh, my. It's going to be a treat seeing how Mehdi gets out of this one. How do I get out of it? By pointing out how 1) Iran was at war with Iraq, which had attacked it in 1980 with the encouragement and support of Staine's heroes, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Israel, on the other hand, wasn't - which is why it was condemned by the members of the UN Security Council, including the United States. 2) Whether or not it was Iran or Israel that attacked Osiraq, my overall point still stands. It intensified Saddam's pursuit of a nuclear bomb. It didn't stop him or, as Betts points out, delay him: Obliterating the Osirak reactor did not put the brakes on Saddam's nuclear weapons program because the reactor that was destroyed could not have produced a bomb on its own and was not even necessary for producing a bomb. Nine years after Israel's attack on Osirak, Iraq was very close to producing a nuclear weapon. By the way, Staines curiously glosses over the fact that the Iranian strike on Osiraq in 1980 was encouraged by the . From the relevant Wikipedia page: At the onset of the war, Yehoshua Saguy, director of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, publicly urged the Iranians to bomb the reactor. . . a senior Israeli official met with a representative of the Khomeini regime in France one month prior to the Israeli attack. Hmm. How does this fit with Staines's argument that Iran is a "deranged Islamist theocracy" bent on Israel's destruction? Why were Iran and Israel working together in the 1980s then? Guess the Iranians are more rational than Staines gives them credit for, and the Israelis aren't as fearful of Iran as apologists like Staines like to claim. Otherwise, how to explain the first (Iranian) strike on Osiraq, with Israeli support, that Staines so gleefully refers to? Oh, my. It's going to be a treat seeing how Paul gets out of this one. But back to the issue of the day. Finally... What do we do about Iran? In effect, Mehdi Hasan's answer is nothing. Which may be fine if you're Mehdi Hasan. But it's not quite so fine if you care about the future of the West and the survival of the State of Israel. The Iranian regime has repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel. No, sorry, it hasn't. I have dealt with this hoary old myth here. And here is the latest statement from the Iranian government on the subject. It has backed up words with deeds in the form of the funding, arming and training of appalling Islamo-fascist terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah which are also committed to destroying Israel. It employs anti-Semitic rhetoric unheard of since the days of the Third Reich. I don't deny that Iran has backed Hamas and Hizbollah - which, incidentally, were formed after Israel illegally invaded and occupied Palestinian and Lebanese land! - or that some Iranian leaders employ "anti-Semitic rhetoric" but how is this relevant to the debate over nukes? Pakistan and North Korea back terrorists and possess nukes - the former with the consent of the United States. And, lest we forget, Iran was backing Hamas and Hizbollah and deploying anti-Semitic rhetoric back in the eighties too, when Israel was selling it arms - why does Staines keep evading this issue? Oh, wait, because it doesn't fit his convenient and simplistic "Iran-is-a-deranged-theocracy-bent-on-destroying Israel" narrative. Oh, and it's building a nuclear programme which every serious analyst in the world is concerned may lead Iran ultimately to acquire nuclear weapons. Evidence, please! Staines knows full well that the consensus views of the US and Israeli intelligence agencies is that Iran is not "building a nuclear programme". The IAEA agrees. "Every serious analyst"? How about Leon Panetta, the US Defence Secretary? Here's Panetta speaking in January: Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. And here's Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, speaking in February: [Iran] is unlikely to initiate or intentionally provoke a conflict or launch a preemptive attack. Serious enough for you, Paul? That is why the UN security council has implemented tough sanctions. That's why Israel is worried Mehdi, and since Israel is on the front line of the same civilisational battle as we are, that's why we should be worried too. "Israel" isn't "worried". Netanyaho doesn't represent Israel as a whole. XX In a previous article, this time for the Guardian last November, Mehdi argued that it would be "rational for Iran... to want its own arsenal of nukes" and in the same article asks us to accept that "bombastic" (his word, honestly) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "goal is only to develop a civilian nuclear programme, not atomic bombs". Muddled Mehdi wants us to rely on Ahmadinejad's irrationality for our security. 1) Since that article, both Ehud Barak and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the joints of staff in the United States, have agreed with my assessment that Iran is a rational actor. Poor Paul. 2) Poor Paul, like so many hawks, has a very limited understanding of how the Iranian government works. Ahmadinejad has nothing to do with any decision to stop or start building nuclear weapons; the person who decides whether Iran goes nuclear is the "Supreme Leader", Ayatollah Khamenei, who has repeatedly said he considers nuclear weapons to be unIslamic and sinful. You may not believe him but his views on this issue should at least be mentioned - and Staines is the one who mentioned how Iran is a "theocracy" so why not pay attention to the words of the theocrat-in-chief? Finally, on the specific question, would a military attack be effective? No-one knows the answer for certain. The Osiraq precedent from 1981 certainly suggests that it could be. But there are no guarantees. No, I'll give you a guarantee: if we attack Iran, it will be a disaster - both for the west's security and Israel's. We won't be able to prevent Iran building nukes unless we invade and occupy the country, burn down all the labs and kill all the scientists. Is that what Staines is arguing? If not, he should just keep quiet and stop posturing and invoking fraudulent historical analogies. All we can do - those, that is, who truly appreciate what is at stake - is give our full support to military action if indeed it is taken, and hope against hope that it succeeds. At least he's honest in his final paragraph. Staines wants war, and he wants us to uncritically support such an illegal, "preventive" and self-defeating war. He makes no mention at all of civilian casualties in his 1,300-word post (innocent Iranian women and children? Who cares!), nor does he analyse the potential, catastrophic consequences - from terrorist blowback in the west, to a secret Iranian weapons programme, to attacks on Israel, to a global oil price shock. For chickenhawks like Staines, this is all about, in the words of one academic, "mainstreaming" a war against Iran. › Chart of the Day: Inflation falls Mehdi Hasan is a contributing writer for the New Statesman and the co-author of Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader. He was the New Statesman's senior editor (politics) from 2009-12. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Donald Trump's threats give North Korea every reason it needs to keep nuclear weapons I discovered the secret poetry of Donald Trump – and it's tremendous What's happened to the German left? Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. -- HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley officials have said repeatedly that a decline in people using the company's two hospitals in Kingston for outpatient services contributed to the company's financial struggles.
The outpatient decline over the years, they've said, largely has been the result of enterprising physicians setting up private shops and sometimes offering cheaper rates.
Those changes and other problems led HealthAlliance to decide to close Kingston Hospital and consolidate services into nearby Benedictine Hospital, and company officials now fear another decline in outpatient use could be caused by a new medical building opening on U.S. Route 9W in the town of Ulster.
To lessen the im-pact on HealthAlliance, President/CEO David Lundquist and Chief Strategist Joshua Ratner said the company will work to establish new relationships and continue ones already forged with doctors who plan work out of the new Mid-Hudson Medical Group building.
Lundquist and Ratner said the plan is to make up for the loss of outpatient clients by convincing doctors at the new Mid-Hudson building to refer people to HealthAlliance for inpatient services.
"What we are looking at is that many physicians there will need a hospital to treat their patients and provide services that can only be provided in the hospital," Lundquist said. "We are going to reach out physicians, wherever they are located, in our market area and be the best hospital we can be."
Ratner said HealthAlliance can't be sure how many outpatients it will lose to the new facility, but he noted that because HealthAlliance has doctors on staff who are part of the Mid-Hudson Medical Group, inpatient referrals are likely to continue.
Town of Ulster Supervisor James Quigley said the developers of the four-story, 83,000-square-foot medical building on Route 9W, across from Adams Fairacre Farms, have begun demolition work and that a groundbreaking probably will be held within a month.
Mid-Hudson Medical Group currently operates offices in Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie and Fishkill in Dutchess County.
HealthAlliance Board of Directors Chairman Kevin Ryan, like Lundquist and Ratner, said the company hopes to work closely with Mid-Hudson Medical Group to provide quality health care.
"I would characterize it this way: that the establishment of facilities like this is not something that we anticipate will cause us to make a major shift in our strategic planning," Ryan said. "We want to embrace them and work together."
Still, Ryan said, market forces are at work.
"There are market forces that no one of us can stop. They are much bigger than anyone of us or our organization," he said.
Thomas Hoffay, the majority leader of the Kingston Common Council, speculated the new Mid-Hudson Medical Group facility could lead physicians to move their Kingston offices, many of which are on Broadway, to the Ulster site.
"If (medical services) are going to move outside the city of Kingston, we will be facing the same problems that we are facing with the malls," said Hoffay, D-Ward 2. "One of the mainstays of Kingston has been the medical community, doctor's offices and providing services and taxes."
Hoffay also speculated that patients who see doctors at the new Ulster building could be referred to Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, just over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, instead of the Benedictine building in Midtown Kingston.
Ratner and Lundquist don't think that will happen anymore than it does now.
Ulster County Legislator Robert Aiello, who chairs the Legislature's Health and Personnel Committee, said the loss of outpatients is likely to create "problems" for HealthAlliance.
Aiello, R-Saugerties, said facilities like the one being built in the town of Ulster focus heavily on customer service, with one-stop shopping for a variety of medical specialists.
"I think it is going to have a negative impact on the hospital," Aiello said of the new building. "With these types of facilities, they do a lot of services right there in the same building, right in-house."
For his part, Quigley is pleased about the significant investment being made in Ulster.
"This building ... is going to be linchpin in a 15-acre site that will end up with a value of $50 million," Quigley said. "We (town officials) have done our duty in trying to reinvest for the benefit of the community and in an important piece of real estate."
Already, one other business, a Tractor Supply Co. store, has expressed interest in the site.
As for the medical building drawing people away from the hospital, Quigley said it's the nature of a free market.
"Competition will always drive out the weak," he said.
Still, the town supervisor believes there still will be a need for a full-service hospital to provide such services as emergency care and surgery.


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Hotel operators aren't so sure the Charleston-area market can sustain another inn.
Georgette Rashid George, who owns three hotels, said Charleston's market has been "soft" for more than a year.
"I would say right now that the market is fully developed, especially the downtown area," George said. "It means that adding more supply to a declining market would impact the hotels. It would not be a positive impact on the hotels."
George owns and operates the Hampton Inn Charleston-Southridge, as well as the Wingate by Wyndham and the Holiday Inn & Suites Charleston West located on 2nd Avenue across from South Charleston Middle School.
The Gazette reported earlier this month that the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority voted to enter into negotiations with Richmond-based KM Hotels to build a possible hotel at the former site of the Holley Hotel on Quarrier Street in downtown Charleston.
"While we have lots of wonderful things going on, my question would be is the highest and best use for the Charleston area another hotel," George said.
Greg Boyle, manager of the Marriott Residence Inn near Yeager Airport, said adding another hotel to the city's market is "just another piece of the pie. The pie can only be sliced so many times."
Charleston will have seen two new hotels open by October. The Four Points by Sheraton remodel was completed earlier this year, which "has been peeling off a little bit of business from other hotels," said Mark Cherry, general manager of the Embassy Suites Charleston.
A Courtyard by Marriott will add 119 rooms to Charleston when it opens in the fall, but that doesn't concern Boyle, who said he thinks the market will "be able to absorb this hotel for sure."
Part of the struggle for Charleston's hotels is the city's changing business climate, which has insulated it from much of the nationwide economic recession but also brought challenges. The petrochemical companies that once frequented Charleston's hotels have been booking less, while government business has increased, Boyle said.
George agreed with Boyle regarding evolutions in industry around Charleston and throughout the state.
"There's been some market changes with the oil and gas and the coal markets, and that's just a fact. And those are what we have to overcome," she said.
When asked if there is a replacement market for that declining business, George said it is the job of hotels to figure that out.
"It's going to have to come from a lot of different areas," she said. "I think there's a lot of good things going on, but at the same time we have to deal with our short-term market realities."
George said she has delayed some developments to "see how the market shakes out," but added there are continued investments in her current hotels.
"We have spent close to $10 million on our properties to keep them as a leader in the market," George said. "Between our upgraded products and our people, that I'm really proud of, that's how we've chosen to stay vibrant in the marketplace."
Boyle and Cherry said their hotels are unique enough to the city that the market hasn't affected them dramatically.
"We're the only extended stay hotel in the market," Boyle said of the Residence Inn. "We provide rooms for people who are here for more than just a couple of nights: people that are on projects; people that are relocating."
Boyle's hotel has larger rooms with living areas and kitchens.
Cherry said the Embassy Suites is unique in that the hotel is entirely suite-style rooms. The brand has a loyal customer base, Cherry said.
"We may not be as hard hit as hotels offering only a room and breakfast," Cherry said, though he did acknowledge occupancy there has declined somewhat.
Hoteliers worry that more hotels in the market could make business worse for those already established. Cherry said even large events aren't filling hotel rooms downtown.
"That's just an indicator that you're not getting what we call compression in the market," Cherry said. "If you're not getting compression in the market it's an indicator that the business is not there to justify another hotel. If you're not full when there's a big convention in town, what's going on during a normal week? Everyone's a lot less full."
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A BURGLAR who raided the home of an 84-year-old widow as she slept in her bed has been jailed for three years and four months.
During the raid Lee Milne, of Rosedale Road, Park South, who was on early release from prison, took a handbag containing a photograph of the victim's late husband in his RAF uniform.
The 21-year-old, who the Judge Douglas Field said was 'getting a reputation towards being a professional burglar', also carried out a string of other raids.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court Milne targeted two houses on the same night in the summer.
She said he got in to the home of the widow in Upfield, Liden, through an insecure back door on Monday, August 27 as she slept upstairs.
Once inside he took two handbags containing about £60 in cash along with the treasured services photograph, as well as a bottle of soft drink.
Miss Hingston said on the same night he broke into a house on nearby Okebourne Park, but left empty handed. At the scene of the second raid, police found the empty drinks bottle which was found to have Milne's DNA on it.
When he was questioned he initially denied he had carried out the offences, but later admitted what he had done.
Milne pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and asked for 12 more offences, eight of which were house breaks, to be taken into consideration.
He was jailed for two years and five months in June last year and was released from prison on February 29 In July 2010 he was jailed for nine months for burglary having already been convicted for similar offences in March 2009.
Martin Wiggins, defending, said: "Mr Milne is utterly resigned to the inevitable consequences of a custodial sentence."
He said his client had fallen back into drug use and was candid enough with the police to show them where other offences took place.
Jailing him, the judge said: "Lee Milne, you are still only 21 and you are getting a reputation towards being a professional burglar.
"You were sentenced by this court on a prescribed minimum sentence after discount of 29 months.
"You came out on February 29 and on August 27 you have committed these two further offences of burglary.
"The really serious one was in Upfield because your victim, aged 84 and a widow, was upstairs asleep.
"You broke into her property, you took handbags and they had valuable contents of great sentimental value. I have heard about this photograph of her deceased husband.
"Again this sentence must be the prescribed minimum term, and I am reminded it is a minimum.
"I am worried that you are still only 21 so I don't intent to impose a sentence of imprisonment that will crush you.
"But it has, in my judgement, to keep you out of circulation to give the public some protection but give you a chance to rehabilitate yourself."


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The Australian dollar has pushed above 93 US cents due to US dollar weakness.
At 1700 AEST on Wednesday, the local currency was trading at 93.32 US cents, up from 92.94 cents on Tuesday.
Commonwealth Bank chief currency strategist Richard Grace said the local currency was reacting to a weaker greenback.
"A bit of softness in the US dollar has crept through the market," Mr Grace said.
"Sterling's up, the Euro's up and Kiwi's up and Aussie's up and that's what it's reflecting."
He said the Asian currency were also stronger against the weaker US currency.
Currency traders are awaiting the release of economic figures from Australia and the US on Thursday.
Australian capital expenditure figures will be released on Thursday morning, followed by US gross domestic product and unemployment figures during the offshore session.


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The G8's Muskoka Declaration on Recovery and New Beginnings, issued after the group's Annual Summit in Muskoka, Canada, on 25-26 June, reaffirmed the commitment adopted at L'Aquila in 2009 for the G8 to work with partner countries and international organizations to develop a joint proposal on principles and best practices for international agricultural investment.
On the subject of global food security, the G8 stressed the importance of enhancing international investment in a responsible and sustainable way and called on UNCTAD to continue efforts to develop principles for investment in the agricultural sector.
The declaration also highlighted the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through "truly global efforts" and stressed the importance of enabling conditions conducive to private and financial sector development and investment and resource flows.
UNCTAD's work in this area has been supported by the Trade and Development Board and the Investment Commission.
In the same context, the World Investment Report 2009 focused on the role of transnational corporations and agricultural production and development.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CST)
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Heather and Jamie of Dark Roux Photography (with special guest Mark Eric) are hosting a one day business workshop at the beautiful Beinville House Hotel in the heart of the French Quarter.
You can take the best photos and know more about lighting than anyone else but if you don't know how to properly run your business it won't mean diddly squat to your wallet. We'll be sharing with you the principles and practices that we've used in our own business to accomplish our financial goals.
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This, however, is a selfish society. As long as I've got mine, I don't care what's left for you. If I win, and you end up emotionally, economically, physically or spiritually destitute, that's all right with me, according to the prevailing American ethos; if you win and I'm left devastated, an empty shell, well, that's just the way it is. Given that, there's apparently no one who sees the need to talk to others in a meaningful manner — at least that's what all the trash talking seems to indicate in the wake of one of these "situations."
Consequently, nothing gets solved. We lurch through our collective life in this nation and this world in back-and-forth exchanges of verbal fisticuffs, battering each other about the soul and, at times, body, resulting in untold spiritual and physical damage. And, while there appear to be winners, truth is everyone is left with horrible scars in the wake of the battle — even the winners. Yes, they might gloat and celebrate and justify how we were "standing our ground" and say, "I told you so," but they walk away paranoid, aware that in this endless screaming at and talking past each other, another attack is coming.
Maybe they'll win again; maybe they'll lose. Whatever the case, even the winner won't come away undamaged.
What's the old saying? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity? How would you feel if you went to the doctor sick with a treatable illness and the doctor told you, "I'm not going to try to cure you. I'm just going to give you something to feel better today, but tomorrow you'll feel just as bad and maybe even worse."? Most of us would be talking about changing doctors, maybe even trying to sue the first as a quack.
By the same token, how could you expect even the most competent doctor to facilitate a cure if you lie about the symptoms and a medical history that might point to the root cause of the affliction? Yet, we are a nation plagued by treatable illnesses: lack of parity in the work market, decaying infrastructures, a damaged economic system, a gridlocked government with a recalcitrant attitude with regard to the people's faith in them to solve problems, a hypocritical posture of proclaiming of spiritual principles yet failing to live by them when it comes to the less fortunate in our society and, yes, deep-seated racist attitudes about which we refuse to speak openly and honestly.
As community elder Brother Omowale-Ketu Oladuwa explained after telling how he had to spit out the bitter taste of the desire for revenge that had welled up in him after hearing the Zimmerman trial verdict, "We need healing, not revenge." The bitter taste of revenge would only serve to poison us in the future. Healing, however, will never come until we can be truthful with each other about the symptoms, cause and nature of the disease.
We talk, we scream, we lie and we refuse to listen. And, we expect things to get better? Folks, we're still fighting the same battles, arguing about the same things, refusing to honestly hear each other and acknowledge that each of us is damaged, in pain and unable to fully enjoy the gifts of life while we have to keep looking over our shoulders waiting for that "I got you!" moment from folks we should recognize as being in the same boat and ultimately as family. It ain't gon' work, folks.
That lack of really talking to each other and not just screaming is the reason Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman didn't really know each other — no, not on a personal basis but on a human level. Perhaps had they known each other, there would have been a conversation instead of a confrontation. If they had, perhaps one would still be alive and the other would not be condemned to a life of constantly waiting for an "I got you!" moment that might not and should never come.
Perhaps if more of us knew each other there would be no more unarmed Trayvon Martins dying from the bullets from the guns of George Zimmermans.
A moment of silence, please, for the next Trayvon Martin.


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Getting a Job After I Get MarriedLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Five people are getting a job after they get married.
First Names- Adam, Jacob, Sydney, Sarah, Ashley
Last Names- Adams, Thompson, Jackson, Newman, Hudson
Married to- Ella, Emma, Brad, Levi, and Tyler
Jobs- Doctor, Veterinarian, Teacher, Lawyer, Hair Stylist
City Working in- Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Columbus, Phoenix
1. Adam (whose last name is not Hudson) doesn't work in Los Angeles.
2. The five people are Jacob, Mr. Thompson, the one married to Tyler, the veterinarian, and the one who works in Columbus.
3. The person who is the doctor doesn't work in Phoenix.
4. The person whose last name is Newman (who isn't Sydney) is the teacher.
5. Sydney, whose last name is Adams, doesn't work in New York.
6. The five jobs belong to the hair stylist, Sydney, the one married to Levi, the person whose last name is Newman, and the one who works in Chicago.
7. The doctor isn't married to Ella. The veterinarian isn't married to Brad.
8. Emma (who isn't married to Jacob) is married to the doctor.
9. Mrs. Jackson doesn't work in Phoenix.
10. Sarah (whose last name is not Hudson) is the hair stylist.
11. The veterinarian works in New York. The lawyer works in Columbus.
12. Jacob's last name is Newman.
13. Brad is married to the lawyer.
HintNo man married a man.
No woman married a woman.
AnswerAdam Thompson married Emma and is the doctor in Chicago.
Jacob Newman married Ella and is the teacher in Phoenix.
Sydney Adams married Brad and is the lawyer in Columbus.
Sarah Jackson married Tyler and is the hair stylist in Los Angeles.
Ashley Hudson married Levi and is the veterinarian in New York.
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House Subcommittee Seeks More Ways to Shrink College Costs
Democrats and Republicans agreed on Wednesday that the rising cost of college was unsustainable, but they differed on what to do about it.
At a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives' subcommittee on higher-education policy, Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican of North Carolina, said that President Obama's recent expansion of loan forgiveness wasn't a long-term solution for the growing cost of higher education, and that colleges had to find new ways to become more affordable.
"In the current system, there's little incentive to enact lasting change," said Ms. Foxx, the panel's chair. "States, students, and parents must demand accountability for the investment" by taxpayers, and "not depend solely on the federal government," she said.
But Rep. Rubén E. Hinojosa of Texas, the senior Democrat on the subcommittee, said the recent federal investment in Pell Grants, loan-forgiveness programs, and tax credits represented great strides toward tackling rising costs. He warned that as Congress looks for innovative strategies to reduce the cost of college, "it's vitally important that we do not create new obstacles for low-income, first-generation, and nontraditional and minority students." Those populations are entering college in record numbers, he said.
The discussion comes at a time when student debt levels are reaching new heights and students are protesting the cost of college around the country.
But lawmakers didn't dwell on their disagreements, as higher-education experts and chief administrators testifying before the subcommittee suggested new ways to shrink the cost of higher education, while preserving quality. Tim Foster, president of Colorado Mesa University, said his institution had taken several steps to lower expenditures and keep tuition down, including eliminating dean positions entirely and offering full-tuition scholarships to high-achieving students.
Mr. Foster also said that federal regulations change constantly, burdening college officials with hundreds of hours of paperwork. "We spend a lot of time and energy trying to comply with and understand directions from the Department of Education," he said. "The goal posts move every year."
In response, Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, a Democrat of Arizona, said that federal regulations help the government understand rising costs and prevent accidental or intentional misuse of taxpayer dollars.
Ronald E. Manahan, president of Grace College and Seminary, in Indiana, said his institution had begun offering a three-year degree to lower costs for students. Other colleges, such as Southern New Hampshire University, have offered three-year degree plans, too.
Ms. Foxx said she was impressed with an idea from Jamie P. Merisotis, president of the Lumina Foundation for Education, to measure the quality of higher education through student learning, rather than time spent in the classroom.
"I think the quality of higher education in this country is being threatened these days, and not just because of a lack of money," she said. "Perhaps the squeezing budgets have been a benefit, not a negative, because it's forcing people to look at what they're doing."


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Cops: Husband stabs wife with sword hidden in cane
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:35:45 GMT —
MCCONNELLS, S.C. (AP) -- Deputies say a York County man has been arrested after he stabbed his wife with a sword that was hidden in his walking cane.
Investigators say that deputies went to 63-year-old Phillip Perry's home in McConnells around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday after getting a call from Perry's wife. She told officers her husband stabbed her in the stomach as she slept.
Deputies say they found Phillips walking down the road with blood on his clothes. He was arrested and charged with attempted murder. It wasn't known if he had a lawyer.
Perry's 42-year-old wife was taken to the hospital. Her condition has not been released.
Deputies say they were also called to the home Saturday when Perry threated to hurt himself with a knife because of problems in his marriage.


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Category: mystery character names
Best-selling, prize-winning mystery writer JEFF ABBOTT takes us further inside his character-naming process in the second part of his guest blog. Today he presents concrete examples of some of his popular characters, and how he chose their names–with the help of our very own site and books.
These are some character names I picked for my novels, using nameberry and Pam and Linda's books:
AUGUST –From Adrenaline, Sam's best friend, a Minnesota farm boy and college football player turned CIA agent. I liked the name's old feel and new trendiness, and it felt solid, like the character.
BEN — From Collision, a young business consultant, very much 'the guy next door.'
DESMOND/DEZZ–(From Panic, a young psychopath who has spent his life doing dirty jobs for his rotten father. I wanted a name that sounded much softer than the character is, for constrast.
EDWARD — from Adrenaline, a young former actor who has turned to the dark side, let's say. He is violent but tightly controlled, and I wanted a formal name. I actually like this name a lot.
EVAN — from Panic, a youngish film maker who finds out everything in his life is a lie. Pam and Linda described it as a "mellow nice-guy" name and it fit the character, who is entirely unprepared to go on the run for his life.
HECTOR — from Trust Me, used as the surname of a former soldier to suggest a warrior type, a la The Iliad.


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Hill, Ross hope to be heating up at plate
CHICAGO -- D-backs second baseman Aaron Hill and outfielder Cody Ross both got much-needed hits Wednesday afternoon.
Hill, who had been mired in a slump and was given Tuesday night's game off, went 4-for-5 with the game-winning, two-run triple in the ninth inning Wednesday.
"I had been feeling good, but when you play this game long enough, you know you're going to go through those stretches," Hill said.
Ross, meanwhile, grounded an RBI single through the right side of the infield in the sixth inning. It was his first hit of the year. Ross began the season on the disabled list and had been 0-for-17 since being activated.
When he reached first, Ross turned toward the D-backs dugout and made a hand gesture that jokingly indicated he wanted the ball for a souvenir. Players generally ask for the ball when they get their first career hit, or reach a significant milestone.
"I definitely wasn't going to let it affect me," Ross said of the slow start. "I just focused on trying to put together quality at-bats and hit the ball hard. An old wise man once told me, 'You're a producer, not a director.' So you just try and keep producing and you can't help where the balls go."
Turns out Ross had taken some good-natured teasing from infielder Cliff Pennington before Wednesday's game.
"Penny was joking around in our hitter's meeting before the game about someone needing to show me where first base was, because I hadn't been there yet," Ross said.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nokia 8800
by Josh Rubin
on 08 April 2005
Announced yesterday, the 8800 is the latest in Nokia's high-end slider series (my personal favorite of all the range). Featuring a stainless steel case and a ball bearing assisted slider, this statement in elegance is also packed with the usual array of features-- SVGA camera, Bluetooth, Triband GSM, high res screen, mp3 ring tones, digital music player, 3d rendering engine and more. What's even more compelling is that the ring tones were composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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Yesterday was a big day for Nokia at their Open Studio event—eight new products, an indy store driven Music Recommenders service, David Bowie appearance, Gnarles Barkley concert, Om Malik panel discussion and a tricked out Mustang alongside...
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By now, you've most likely heard all the Nokia buzz today—great new phones, the N95 is finally coming stateside and the gaming industry continues to go more mobile. We love the expanded 8G memory in the N81 and N95 which allows us to hold...
Nokia E70 Now Available in the US
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Just a quick post to say that the E70 that I reviewed here back in July is now available for purchase by US customers direct from Nokia for $449. This is is a slightly different version of the device which supports certain North American frequencies...
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We got to play with some samples of the new Nokia E series today. The hardware felt pretty close to final, but the software is still a bit buggy. Nothing that can't be worked out before their launch next year, though. Overall, we were very impressed...
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Nokia announced 5 new phones today. Gizmodo has all the details. Overall, I'm not super impressed. They are doing a couple interesting things with materials, but the new clamshell designs are just kind of blah. I do really like the hinge on the...
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It took a week, but I'm now in love with my Nokia E70. I have always been a fan of the butterfly form-factor, but out of the box the new version of Nokia's S60 software felt as convoluted as Windows. After reconfiguring the menus, installing...
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Last week, Nokia announced a bunch of new phones . The 7700 Media Device has been getting all the press because it's so damn wacky. The one I'm hot for is the less hyped and more useful 6820 (pictured above). It's what I've been anticipating since...
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HS-13w is a new wireless headset from Nokia. It includes a color display for viewing pictures and browsing the contact list. It also includes a voice dialing feature that supports speaking numbers or the name of someone in the contact list. Two things...
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Nokia's little lux side project, Vertu , yields a new collection. Ascent combines leather and high tech metals and has more attractive lines than the original Signature line, launched in 2002. The price point is still insane, however. $4500 at a...
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I've always detested the Blackberry and am recently over my Treo. Lately I've been using the E70 is a butterfly phone like the earlier E61. Other features in both phones include a 2MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and Push-to-talk. Available early...
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Celadon City is a city in central Kanto. Erika is the Gym Leader here. Eusine also resides in Celadon City. Places of interest include the Rocket Game Corner, the Celadon Department Store, and the Celadon hotel. It is one of the biggest cities in the region, second only to Saffron City in the east. The city has 92 inhabitants, making it the most populated city in the Kanto region, surpassing Saffron City. The city has two entrances, one from the east via Route 7, and one west via Route 16.
Celadon City Gym
- Main article: Celadon City Gym
In the anime
Places of Interest
Celadon Mansion
Next to the city's Pokémon Center is the Celadon Mansion. In an act of breaking the fourth wall, the game developers also work there. They still hang out there in Generation II / IV. In Generations 1 and 3, you can get an Eevee here.
Celadon Department Store
The Celadon Department Store is the largest building in the city, as well as the biggest shop. Its located in the north west corner of the city.
Rocket Game Corner
Southern part of the city caters to travelers and tourists. in addition to a hotel and a restaurant, the Game Corner is a popular spot.
The Celadon Hotel is famous for containing one of the most well-known Pokémon Red and Blue bugs: the invisible PC. The mysterious computer is located a space below the rightmost part of the hotel desk. If the player was to take one step above the plants and press A, the PC would be activated. The PC can be used and usual transactions can be made. The reason for this glitch is because the hotel's layout is similar to one of a Pokémon Center, and the cause of the invisibility of the PC is probably a bug.
Viridian City · Pewter City · Cerulean City · Vermilion City · Celadon City · Fuchsia City · Saffron City
Pallet Town · Lavender Town
Pokémon League
Indigo Plateau
Cinnabar Island · Seafoam Islands
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Diglett's Cave · Mt. Moon · Cerulean Cave · Rock Tunnel · Victory Road · Tohjo Falls GS/C/HGSS
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MIAMI - A fire scare at PortMiami's tunnel project put emergency response crews to the test Thursday.
Ignatius Carroll of Miami Fire Rescue told Local 10's Christina Vazquez a call came in on Thursday from someone identifying themselves as a security guard. The person reported they saw smoke, flames and people being evacuated.
Once crews arrived, however, they said they did not spot anything after making two trips into the tunnel currently under construction, which spans from Dodge Island where PortMiami is located, to Watson Island where Miami Children's Museum and Jungle Island are located.
Officials said it appeared to have been a false alarm. They said they are now trying to find the caller.
Crews said this was the first time they have responded to a call of a live fire at the new Port Tunnel. The incident showed how fire crews had planned to respond to emergencies in the location.
Local 10 has learned in the event of a fire, the City of Miami will respond to Watson Island because that is in their jurisdiction. Miami-Dade County Fire is across Government Cut on the Dodge Island side, which they patrol.
Carroll said the way it worked is the 911 call was dispatched to their department. Afterwards, they then called Miami-Dade County Fire to coordinate the response.
Carroll added that several other departments have been trained on knowledge of the tunnel to include Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, Coral Gables, and even Hialeah. Thus, in the event it was a "catastrophic" situation, multiple departments could step in and assist.
"Fires in a tunnel are a scary thing," said Carroll. "That's why the mammoth machine boring its way underwater to create the tunnel is equipped with an emergency escape station."
Local 10's Christina Vazquez showed viewers the so-called "refuge station" back in November of 2011 in the first of several Local 10 exclusive reports about this historic project.
In the story, Vazquez walked viewers through the "refuge station", which is a compartment built to hold an entire shift's worth of crew members. Inside they have access to the outside world through built-in communications equipment. That is where tunnel workers would have escaped to had there been an actual fire in the tunnel.
RELATED: Cameras go inside Port of Miami tunnel
Just this week in an exclusive report, Local 10's Glenna Milberg showed viewers what crews are doing right now to apply a fire proof coating to the fire-resistant concrete, a lesson learned after a fire in the Alps back in 1999.
Crews are also building pedestrian walkways, vents along the ceiling to control air flow and escape passages from one tunnel to the next every 450 feet. All measures that could be activated for evacuation and responding crews in the event of a fire once the tunnel is operational which is expected to be in May of 2014.
RELATED: Crews safe-proof PortMiami tunnel
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Apple's updated its popular iPod line with slimmer, lighter, more powerful media players. NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan takes a look at the new iPod Touch and iPod Nano.
Understandably, not every parent is comfortable with the idea of very young children using apps on the iPhone or iPad. But if you're ready to take the leap, here are some solid, educational options for the 6-and-under club. Full story
Cramer says get an oven mitt if the iPod's too hot. And it's hard to make a bear case against Apple, says Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider. CNBC's Herb Greenberg also weighs in.
Erin Hobday from Self magazine quizzes TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb about the best ways to stay immune to illness, including drinking green tea, eating mushrooms and listening to your iPod.
A man holds an Apple iPod 5 in New York City.
A table of the iPod nano is seen at the Apple Store during Black Friday in San Francisco, California, November 23, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam