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An officer was flagged down by a woman on a residential street and informed that her ex-husband had been texting her all day and was harassing her. He had texted her 29 times throughout that day. Dispatch confirmed there was a protection order prohibiting the male subject from contacting the ex-wife. The officer told the woman to forward all of the text messages to his work email while he attempted to locate the suspect. The officer contacted the woman a few days later to ask her if she had sent him the text messages, and she told him that she had deleted all of them. She was asked if she could remember what they said, and stated that she could not but that they pretty much repeated themselves and said something along the lines of her being a piece of (expletive) and how she was going to teach her son how to be a hooker and a druggie. She stated that he had also threatened to beat up her new boyfriend. Due to the womans lack of evidence, the case was listed as closed.
An officer was dispatched to a street in reference to a disturbance. There was a report of a male and female yelling in the street and they had both left on foot going in different directions. The officer was not able to locate the two people in the area but received a call from dispatch that the female had called, letting authorities know of her location and had said she was just assaulted. The officer responded to the new location and spoke briefly with the female. She told the officer that her boyfriend had struck her in the forehead with his fist and left the area heading west. She gave a description of him, and stated that they were in a relationship for four months. A short time later, the male was picked up by the high school and transported back to speak with the officer. The male was intoxicated and would not give the officer any information as to what happened. He was taken into custody and charged with 3rd degree assault, domestic violence and obstructing telephone service. The females injuries were photographed for evidence. The male, who directed several racial and derogatory statements to the officer and jail staff, was left in custody.
An officer was dispatched to a residence for a disturbance, and was advised that the male subject had three active warrants and was kicking the door of the residence of a female who was the protected party in a protection order against him. Dispatch advised that the subject had left the scene in a car. The officer spoke with the female at the residence who told him that the suspect had come to the residence and wanted her to open the door. She stated that she saw him out the window and that he appeared to be intoxicated; she refused to let him in. The suspect began kicking the door so hard that he broke it and the bottom hinge came off the frame. The officer noticed a small infant in the residence, and the female confirmed the child had been present during the incident, and was the child of the suspect. The male could not be located, and the female was advised to call if he came back. Approximately an hour and a half later, dispatch advised that the suspect had returned to the scene. He was located inside another females apartment, and officers were allowed to come inside to contact the suspect. He was immediately arrested and issued new charges for criminal mischief, domestic violence and protection order violation.
An officer was on a noise complaint call when the person reporting the noise pointed out a pickup truck traveling south. The reporting party said that the vehicle is in the area all times of the day and night. The officer caught up with the pickup and followed it south. He recognized the pickup from a contact earlier in the day where the owner/driver was issued a citation for driving under suspension. The vehicle suddenly pulled to the side of the road for no reason, and the officer pulled up next to the pickup and spoke to the same male he had cited earlier, who was driving it again. The driver was told that he needed to park the truck, because he had already been issued a citation once that day. The male subject asked if the young woman in the passenger seat could drive. The officer recognized the young woman who identified herself giving a false name. Knowing of an active arrest warrant for the woman, the officer asked her to exit the truck. She was advised of the warrant and placed under arrest, and was left incarcerated at the jail. She had her small child with her at the time, and at her request, the child and all her belongings were left with the male subject. The woman refused to give her current address or a phone number she could be contacted at.
An officer responded to Walmart for a call of shoplifting, and spoke with an assistant manager there. Employees of the store had found an empty air rifle box in the Sporting Goods section at approximately 4 p.m. An employee returning from a break had found empty packaging and box from a Silent Cat .177 caliber Break Barrel Air Rifle lying in the aisle walkway. The air rifle was valued at $148.
An officer patrolling westbound on Main Street around 6 p.m. observed an adult male urinating on the wall at Dolores State Bank. The man was in full view of the public on Main Street, which had heavy traffic going in both directions. He was also within a few feet of a woman pulling out of the bank parking lot and in full view of a woman passing by on a bicycle. The officer contacted the male, who was very intoxicated. When asked by the officer what he was doing, the male subject replied that he was just chilling. He was advised that he could not be urinating in public, and he was placed under arrest and charged with disturbing the peace.


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LONDON (AP) — Jumpin' Jack Flash! A batch of love letters written by Mick Jagger to a 1960s muse have sold at auction for 187,250 pounds ($301,472).
Sotheby's says a private collector bidding by phone on Wednesday snapped up the Rolling Stones frontman's 10 letters to singer Marsha Hunt.
Hunt is an American-born singer who was the inspiration for the Stones' 1971 hit "Brown Sugar" and bore Jagger's first child.
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Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
One of my best friends has been diagnosed with seminoma. It has been two weeks since his orchiectomy. For some reason, he has not had radiation therapy (RT) yet. His seminoma is still in Stage I according to his doctor's opinion.
I would like to know when the RT should be done after removal of the testicle in a normal case and how long the RT can be postponed?
Another question is how long will it take him to recover his sperm count after RT?
These questions are very important for us to make the decision on the next step of treatment. Could you give me some idea as soon as possible? Thank you very much for your help!
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Thank you for your interest and question.
The standard treatment of patients with stage I seminoma is post-orchiectomy irradiation. The cure rate for this treatment approaches 99%. Radiation treatments usually start 3-5 weeks after orchiectomy (testicle removal). With improvement of staging techniques, such as CT scan and MRI scan, and availability of highly effective radiation therapy and chemotherapy, some investigators have examined the possibility of post-orchiectomy surveillance only. In this model, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy would be used for "salvage therapy" should the patient relapse.
Three major series of surveillance have been reported from Toronto, Royal Marsden Hospital and Danish Cooperative Group (Thomas, GM: Surveillance in Stage I seminoma of the testis. Urology Clinic of North American. 1993; 20:85). The incidence of relapses ranged from 13 to 18%, with a median follow-up of 30 to 48 months. The ultimate survival ranged from 99.5 to 100%. One has to keep in mind that since this is a highly curable disease, surveillance should only be used as a treatment option for compliant patients. They should be monitored for a minimal span of 10 years.
Approximately 50% of patients with testicular seminoma have some degree of spermatogenic (sperm production) impairment even prior to the treatment. This has made the evaluation of radiation-induced spermatogenic impairment difficult. Careful shielding of the remaining testis during radiation treatment should be used if the patient wishes to preserve fertility. Most radiation oncologists will advise delaying attempts at conception until 6 to 12 months following completion of radiation therapy. Many medical centers are now offering "sperm banking" before radiation treatment and/or chemotherapy.
I would strongly recommend your friend to talk to his doctors about these options before he undergoes any definitive therapy.


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I visit the Spring City area quite often and would like to find people to play with when I am in town. I was a 4.0 player until an injury has kept me from playing very much so this year moved down to 3.5. If you want to hit singles or doubles I am ready to go.
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I am going to be in Farragut, Tn. The day and time are up to me. If this is close enough to play singles (or doubles but I don't know tennis players there myself) then I would be interested in playing tennis. I am not very familiar with Farragut so I tried to find tennis courts and it seems as if McFee Park in Farragut is a public park with tennis courts. You may know more about local tennis there than I do. If time and day could be worked out and it is not too far for you, I would like to play.
I know nothing about tennis here in TN. It would be great to meet some people to play with but Farragut is a bit too far. Hopefully there are people alittle closer that know of others who would like to play some doubles. Thanks for responding.
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Skip to comments.Video Of Kayaker Going Off 186 Ft Water Falls (Crazy Man!)
Posted on 12/08/2010 10:27:33 AM PST by Tom Hawks
(Palouse Falls)
The world is full of men and women who enjoy living on the edge, those who will not back down to a challenge that seems to dangerous for most people to even consider.A person with that type of personality is said to be a reckless free spirit that has a devil-may-care attitude. They seem to project to the world that "The devil may worry about what I'm doing, but I sure as hell don't." The most popular word used to describe those individuals is, "Daredevil"
Well, that would describe Tyler Bradt, a 24 year old professional whitewater kayaker who currently holds the unofficial world record for riding his kayak over the 186-foot Palouse Falls in Washington State on April 21, 2009. That my friends is something very few individuals would even admit that they have contemplated, let a lone go through with. Well that is what Tyler did, and that is what you will see in the video below.
When asked what it was like to go off the edge of the world as his kayak lifted off the river into the falls, Tyler said,
"There was a stillness at first, then an acceleration, unlike anything I've ever felt before. It was amazing being slingshotted off. It happened so quick that I never had that feeling of acceleration before. I mean, going from 0 to a million miles per hour in the course of a 15 to 20 foot lift before my kayak entered into an almost 90% turn downwards. The final impact unlike anything I've ever felt before. I wasn't sure if I was hurt or not. My body was just in shock."
As much as he will be accused for taking risks that put his life on the line, Tyler says that he only decided to go through with it after he saw that there was a smooth green tongue of water that carries about a third of the way down the falls. When he entered the water on April 21, Tyler said he emptied his mind and began to paddle slowly into the river towards the falls. He says he only made a few tiny adjustments during the 3.7-second free fall. He wanted to make sure he was not launched into the air as he went off the falls, so he tucked his nose to the kayak, kept his body tense, and directed his boat into the heart of the torrent, where the aerated water cushioned his landing. After six seconds beneath the surface, he re-emerged with a broken paddle, a sprained wrist, and a world record.
Follow the link below to see the video of a
Kayaker Going Off a 186 Ft Water Falls
This guy either has a pair the size of bowling balls, or a brain the size of a pea.
or health insurance paid for by you and me.
Just saw the whole video and I vote for option #1.
I don't know how he fit 'em in that kayak, personally!!
I would not hit that.
They probably helped him float to the top when he finally his the pool at the bottom.
LOL! Maybe so.
In 1990 another kayaker tried going over Niagara Falls. His body was never recovered.
I remember reading of daredevils doing that in barrels back in the 1920's. If I not mistaking, only one ever survived and that's why they outlawed it.
Isn't this just a modern version of going over Niagra falls in a barrel?
"Stay thirsty, my friend."
There's a much greater volume of water, and a lot of turbulence at the base of Niagara Falls. I have visited Palouse Falls, and photographed it, several times. I don't know how deep the plunge pool is, but I doubt there are any boulders in it. Not that I would undertake such a stunt, being basically a non-swimmer, but for a daredevil so inclined, this seems a suitable site for it.
Thanks for the direct link...home viewing bookmark.
Heck His Mom is the Hero! Can't imagine getting a call from him saying he's going to do a little boating!
Big frickin deal!!! I'd put our guys fighting the enemy up against him any day! Not as brave as our guys in the military!
Tom Hawks posted a video from my site. It is a video of a kayaker going off a 186 foot waterfall in Washington State. It is quite a daring feat that left him with only a sprained wrist, a few bruises, and a broken paddle. I also have another video of Tyler Bradt being interviewed about the feat. The video itself is quite awe inspiring........
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The accident occurred at 10 a.m. when a 2007 Peterbilt tractor-trailer struck the rear of a 1994 Crown Victoria that was traveling slowly in an eastbound lane of U.S. 82 a short distance east of Nahunta, a Georgia State Patrol spokeswoman said.
The driver of the car, April McClaughlin Thornton, 32, of Nahunta, was killed as was one of her passengers, 10-month-old Chase Kemp, also of Nahunta, the state patrol said.
A second passenger in the car, Mary Hill Rooks, 48, of the Hortense community north of Nahunta, was taken to Shands Jacksonville, the state patrol said.
The driver of the truck, Richard Anthony Davis, 31, and his passenger Loriane Davis, 39, both of Nahunta, were not injured, the state patrol said.
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Fearless into a "Doomsday" Year
Examining Fab Spending and Capacity into 2012 and Beyond
By Christian Gregor
Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics, San Jose,
California, January 6, 2012
The Mayans were highly skilled astronomers, whose "Long Count" calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era. According to some interpretations of the ancient Mayan calendar, the world is going to end on December 21, 2012 of the Gregorian calendar (used in many countries such as Americas and Europe) because a series of events may lead us to "doomsday." Some in the media are gearing up for a countdown to this mysterious prophecy. Could the ancient calendar really influence our modern digital world?
The worldwide economy and, therefore, the semiconductor industry depend more upon consumer sentiment and confidence. Will a new "fear factor" affect 2012? Natural and human-made disasters have certainly affected 2011.
How much companies invest in Fab spending depends on their revenue outlook, which in turn is dependent on the consumer. Economic uncertainties and political situations will influence consumer confidence and therefore any revenue outlook. In addition, natural disasters can interrupt supply chain at any economic situation with consumer confidence high or low. This could affect the price and availability of consumer goods.
Economic and Political Situation Affecting Consumer Confidence
The housing/debt crisis continues to drag into 2012, while the European debt crisis may worsen in 2012. The European Central Bank warned on December 19, 2011 that a perilous year is ahead. The interdependency of the global economy becomes apparent as world stock markets react sensitively to the recent developments in Europe. In addition, analysts expect the annual price for Brent crude oil to reached $111 per barrel in 2011, the highest annual price in 150 years. It looks like oil prices may stay high: in mid-December, OPEC oil ministers met in Vienna and decided to keep oil production at current level of 30 million barrels per day. Also, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual unemployment rate in the US was 9.2 percent in 2009. Two years later (2011), annual average unemployment is still about 9 percent in the US (8.99 percent at the end of November 2011). Unemployment worldwide is still at high levels. In 2012, many countries are facing elections such as U.S., China, Russia, France, India, Mexico and Finland.
Natural Disasters
Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and then flooding in Thailand affected the semiconductor industry. Thailand produces about half of the world's supply of hard disk drives (HDDs). Flooding interrupted factories, and HDD shortages had an unexpectedly strong impact on some industry segments. Most computers sold for December were already built before the flood, so the full impact will not be seen until the first quarter of 2012. Some companies (such as Intel) have already warned of lower revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011, blaming HDD supply shortage. The more-expensive alternative to HDD is the SSD (solid state hard drives using Flash memory chips); however, short lead-time orders of SSDs were not enough to revive the NAND Flash market.
Impact of Economic Uncertainties on Fab Spending
Typically, the first quarter of each year brings seasonal decline in semiconductor industry revenues and a drop in capital expenditure. Given the current economic uncertainties and the potential impact on the consumer, we expect fab equipment spending to decline by about 11 percent in 2012.
Chart 1 (below) compares the quarterly change rate for fab equipment spending, for the three years of 2007 to 2009, to the three years of 2010 to 2012.
Chart 1: Fab Equipment Spending by Quarter
The declines in the first half of 2009 and the first half of 2012 appear to follow the same trend, with both years showing positive growth in the second half. However, the change rates for 2012 are not as sharply negative and growth will be much higher in the second half.
This similarity is even more apparent when comparing absolute values for fab equipment spending. See chart 2:
Chart 2: Comparison Fab Equipment Spending by Quarter (Absolute Values)
Spending on Fab equipment is expected to drop in the first half of 2012, but will sharply increase in second half of the year to approach $10 billion by the fourth quarter. Total equipment spending for 2012 is forecasted to decline by about 11 percent, though 2012 spending will be at a much higher level than three years ago.
2012 Fab Equipment Spending Still Third Largest in 10 Years
Spending in 2011 was so high that even with next year's projected decline of 10.6 percent to $35 billion, 2012 will be the third highest spending in the last ten years.
Chart 3: Fab Equipment Spending Over Time
Chart 3: 2012 is the third largest spending year in 10 years.
SEMI's historic fab data shows total fab spending for 2011 to be about $39 billion. The next highest year was 2007 with $38 billion, so 2012, at about $35 billion, should reach third place. This "decline" scenario is still about $2 billion higher than 2010 spending.
Worldwide, Korea is the only region expected to show growth in fab equipment spending in 2012, mainly due to expected spending by Samsung (see Table 1)
Table 1: Fab Equipment Spending
Table 1: Source: SEMI World Fab Forecast November 2011 edition
Wild Cards: Samsung, Hynix
The current forecast of about 11 percent decline in fab equipment spending for 2012 depends largely on the investment of the largest spenders. Most of companies have not published their plans for 2012 yet, though some companies such as GlobalFoundries have already outlined their strategies. However, Samsung, Hynix, and maybe Intel and TSMC are the wild cards. If their investment plans increase larger than anticipated, fab spending for 2012 may improve and the overall spending decline may be about 4 percent according to our analysis.
Samsung is expected to spend more in 2012 than in 2011— fitting with its atypical spending history, spending more when other companies spend less. The company is gearing up for increased demand for iPad, iPhone, and other mobile electronics. Samsung has also allocated much more spending for System LSI/Foundry-business, more than ever seen before. Samsung is expected to increase installed capacity for its System LSI and Foundry business by over 30 percent in 2012, up from about 530,000 wafers per month (in 200 mm equivalents) at end of 2011 to about 700,000 by the end of 2012. Installed capacity for memory is expected to increase by about 10 percent in 2012.Samsung also announced a new Mega fab in China, which could break ground in 2Q12, meaning that expenditure for fab equipment will be seen in mid-2013.
The first expectation for Hynix was that their spending would drop about 10 to 15 percent (YoY), or will it? There is some expectation that Hynix may actually increase spending by up to 18 percent, mainly to boost its NAND production. At the end of November 2011, SK Telecom signed an agreement to purchase 21.1 percent of Hynix share (effective 1Q12) worth about $3 billion, which may enable Hynix to increase its production and gain more market share.
Intel's revenue for 4Q11 was below expectations, due to HDD supply shortage, but still spectacular at US$13.7 billion. Looking back over recent years, Intel reduced capex from $5.2 billion in 2008 to $4.5 billion in 2009 in response to market conditions. In 2010, capex increased again to $5.2 billion; and in 2011, the company spent at an all-time record of $10.2 billion. Most of this expenditure will go into upgrading existing fabs. Intel's profit in 2010 and 2011 was phenomenal, so even though 2012 will slow down, Intel may still look good. The company plans to ramp its 22nm fabs with tri-gate transistors, and targets 14nm production for 2014. Intel began construction of 450mm-ready fabs (D1X (D1E), and Fab 42). No major fab equipment spending for 450mm is expected in 2012 or 2013. It is likely that capex in 2012 will be lower than in 2011, but still be very high. We understand that Intel will make its next quarterly announcement on January 19, 2012, so its 2012 capex plan should be available at that time.
TSMC showed an enormous capex increase in 2011a historic high of $7.3 billion. TSMC just broke ground on the third phase of Fab 15 and, and in mid-December 2011, purchased new land in Taiwan for the next generation of leading edge fabs. TSMC is expected to cut capex for 2012, mostly in the second quarter. TSMC is also pursuing 450mm fabs very aggressively; however, we do not expect any major fab equipment spending for 450mm until after 2013.
Chart 4: System LSI spending surpasses DRAM spending
Due to rapidly declining average selling prices, DRAM makers cut capex in 2011. Reduced capacity caused a better control on supply, stabilizing the spot price. In addition DRAM makers continue to upgrade to leading edge technology nodes. We expect fab spending for DRAM to pick up in second half of 2012. The NAND market also sees an over supply. It was hoped that rush orders for SSDs would lift the NAND contract price, but they were not high enough. However, we expect steady spending on Flash fabs though spending in second quarter of 2012 will decline some.
After a year of spending sprees, foundries have also cut capex, beginning in the second half of 2011 and expected to into the first half of 2012. Spending has picked up for System LSI /Foundry fabs surpassing spending for DRAM the first time, mainly due to investments by Samsung. We expect fab equipment spending for System LSI/Foundry to be in the $5-6B range for Front End Fabs in 2012. Counting GlobalFoundries as a Foundry/Dedicated, spending for MPU is mainly driven by Intel, who will most likely adapt their spending to the demand, a seasonal slowing in the first half of the year.
Who Adds More Capacity?
The SEMI World Fab Forecast tracks installed capacity by fab, showing changes when fabs close and when product type or wafer size change.
Despite the economic situation, 300mm installed capacity is expected to keep growing at a steady pace in 2012. In 2011, the installed for 300mm grew by about 13 percent (YoY), we expect a small slow down to about 11 percent in 2012 and increasing to about 12-14 percent in 2013.
Chart 5: Installed Capacity by Wafer Size (Change Rate)
Chart 6: Installed capacity for Flash surpasses DRAM first time:
System LSI capacity will increase most by end of 2012 with about 19 percent (YoY) and we expect System LSI to surpass Analog by 2013. The increase of System LSI capacity is led mainly by Samsung's push into this segment. Memory/Flash is the segment expected to show the second largest capacity increase in 2012 with about 14 percent, followed by Foundry with over 8 percent. Discrete/Power is in fourth place with almost 6%. The largest contributors to the increase for Discrete/Power are STMicroelectronics followed by Infineon. DRAM is expected to growth by about 3-4 percent in 2012. DRAM capacity is currently higher than NAND capacity, though by mid-2012, installed capacity for NAND will surpass DRAM for the first time. Most equipment spending for DRAM goes into technology migration; in NAND, spending goes for both capacity expansion and technology upgrades.
Summary: A Rosy Second Half of 2012
Compared to three years ago, spending and capacity are much higher. After a dip in the first half of 2012, the industry spending should pick up by mid-2012. Spring induces warmer weather and more construction work and other economic activity. Politicians working elections in the US and in other countries will promise a better future, perhaps lifting consumer confidence and sentiment. By the second half of 2012, everything may look rosy again – unless Doomsday, December 21, 2012, looms larger than expected. We won't be factoring a Doomsday scenario into our forecast, and a bit later this year, look for our 2013 forecast.
SEMI Industry Research and Statistics department: a Worldwide Dedicated Team
Since the last fab database publication end November 2011, SEMI's worldwide dedicated analysis team has made over 300 updates on more than 210 fab facilities in the database. Fifteen new facilities have been added to the database, 9 of these LED fabs. The latest edition of the World Fab Forecast (published November 20, 2011), lists over 1,100 facilities, with more than 65 facilities starting volume production beginning next year and into the future.
The SEMI World Fab Forecast uses a bottom-up approach methodology, providing high-level summaries and graphs; and in-depth analyses of capital expenditures, capacities, technology and products by fab. Additionally, the database provides forecasts for the next 18 months by quarter. These tools are invaluable for understanding how the semiconductor manufacturing will look in 2011, 2012 and 2013, and learning more about capex for construction projects, fab equipping, technology levels, and products.
Also check out the New Opto/LED Fab Forecast.
Learn more about the SEMI fab databases at: http://www.semi.org/MarketInfo/FabDatabase and http://www.youtube.com/user/SEMImktstats
SEMI's Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Subscription (WWSEMS) data tracks only new equipment for fabs and test and assembly and packaging houses. The SEMI World Fab Forecast and its related Fab Database reports track any equipment needed to ramp fabs, upgrade technology nodes, and expand or change wafer size, including new equipment, used equipment, or in-house equipment.
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If you're in search of a fun way to kill some time in Carrboro, we've got the inside scoop. Check out Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas' guide to the best entertainment in Carrboro, North Carolina.
Hidden beneath Cat's Cradle's unassuming strip-mall exterior is one of Carrboro's best live music venues. This is the perfect place to catch an intimate show with nationally known bands, dance the night away, or sit back and enjoy a beer or glass of wine with friends. Book your tickets in advance for the most popular acts, though – the best shows sell out quickly in this 200-capacity venue.
If laughter is the best medicine, then DSI Comedy Theater is the pharmacy. Unlike many comedy venues, DSI often hosts family-friendly shows, so youngsters can get their funny bones tickled, too. Think you have what it takes to be a comic? Check out DSI's Improv 101 class to hone your comedic chops. There's a different show nearly every night. Get there early if you want a great seat.
This small shop isn't your typical toy store. It's a great place to pick up unusual gifts for friends with eclectic tastes. Vinyl blind box series, comic books, lowbrow art; it's all here. Check out the 2nd Friday Art Opening, if you happen to be around for it. Definitely worth a stop.


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Very young children do not need their own Oyster card if travelling with a fare-paying adult. Ask station staff to open wider luggage gates for children to go through. Alternatively, some gates can be opened automatically with a ticket or Oyster card.
Some children can travel free or at a discounted rate with a Zip Oyster card, which is a young person's Oyster photocard. You must apply in advance and online for a Zip Oyster card.
Children Aged Under Five
Children under five can travel free at any time on the Tube, Docklands Light Railway (DLR), buses, trams and London Overground, as long as they are accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket. Children aged under five also travel free on the Emirates Air Line when accompanied by a fare paying adult.
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You may need to buy a ticket for children travelling on overland train services, but discounted rates are usually offered. It is usually cheaper to book trains in advance.
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The 2013 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market, now in its 19th year, will feature 330 films from 49 countries, including 70 world premieres, 55 North American premieres and 14 U.S. premieres.
The films will be showcased in 53 programs that will screen June 18-24 at the Camelot Theaters in Palm Springs.
"We are so delighted to present new works at the ShortFest from so many unique countries, this year especially African countries of Burundi, Mali and Burkina Faso," said Kathleen McInnis, ShortFest Film curator and director of industry programming, in a statement Monday morning.


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Geoffrey Evans Leber MD
About the Practice
Practice Philosophy
As a Plastic Surgeon trained in advanced aesthetic surgery in Beverly Hills, I pride myself on bringing the latest techniques to the Scottsdale and greater Phoenix area. My goals are straightforward:
1) I provide each patient with a thorough and informative consultation, which allows increased comfort and confidence that I am the best surgeon to help achieve your desired aesthetic outcome. The consultation is critical, as it marks the beginning of the process that I enter with you, my patient. I offer personalized and professional care by listening to what you would like to improve. Pictures will be taken and reviewed with you. A surgical plan will then be tailored and outlined to achieve your desired outcome. Patient pre and post operative photos will also be reviewed to demonstrate what is possible and to show you typical outcomes.
Trust is essential, therefore I give you a realistic idea of what to expect from your plastic surgery. Through our consultation, you will become informed about your surgical options, with a clear understanding of the possibilities and limitations of each procedure.
2) Using the latest techniques, I am dedicated to surgical excellence with an artistic perspective. I focus on achieving the most beautiful and natural-looking improvements to your face and body, with minimal scarring, discomfort, and recovery time. Special attention and experience is given to avoid the operated "done" look. I credit the fine tuning of my aesthetic surgical abilities to the time I spent in Beverly Hills with Dr. 90210, Richard Ellenbogen, M.D., of the Ellenbogen Advanced Aesthetic Surgery Institute.
My staff and I strive to provide you with the latest state of the art cosmetic plastic surgery in a safe and caring environment to help you achieve your goals. I consider this goal accomplished when my patients are completely happy and pleased with their results.
Practice Specialization
Dr. Geoffrey Leber specializes in face and body cosmetic surgery.
Background & Certification
Board Certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery ( website )
American Board of Surgery ( website )
Professional Background
Ellenbogen Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Beverly Hills, California
Medical College of Wisconsin
Plastic Surgery Residency
1998 - 2000
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Baystate Medical Center
Tufts University School of Medicine
General Surgery Residency
1993 - 1998
Springfield, Massachusetts
Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
May 1993
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts: Biochemistry
December 1988
Tucson, Arizona
California ( website )
Arizona ( website )
Publications and Presentations
Advanced Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Lecture, Medical college of Wisconsin: 2/2001
Senior Residents Conference 2000, Gainesville, Florida: 4/27/2000
International Congress on Incisional Hernias, Aachen Germany: 9/18/99
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds, MCW, Milwaukee, WI: 9/98, 11/98, 2/99, 9/99, 12/99, 2/00 & 6/00
The 78th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Sagamore Resort, NY: 9/97
Tufts University Annual Research Presentation Day, Boston, MA: 5/97
Baystate Medical Center Annual Research Presentation Day, Springfield, MA: 5/94 & 5/97
The Fourth Annual Hahnemann University Medical Student Research Day, Philadelphia, PA: 4/9
The Fifth International Symposium on Inflammation, Pocanos Resort, PA: 9/90
Awards & Honors
Dr. Leber's profile has been featured in several issues of Phoenix Magazine's Top Docs issue, and most recently voted Top Plastic Surgeon by his peers in the 2010 issue .
Dr. Leber's profile was featured in New Beauty's Spring-Summer 2010 Issue. Download the PDFLebernb19v1.pdf of the feature, or visit his online profile on the New Beauty website .
Dr. Leber has been recognized with a Patients' Choice Award two years in a row, most recently in 2009.This award is voted on by patients online at vitals.com who rate various components of over 40,000 physicians, including bedside manner, doctor-patient face time, degree of follow-up, courtesy of office staff, and overall opinions. Only a select few receive uniformly rave reviews, and of those, only the few physicians with near perfect scores have been voted by their patients for this honor.
Dr. Leber has been included in the Consumers' Research Council's Guide to America's Top Physicians and the 2009 Guide to America's Top Plastic Surgeonssurgeons/plastic_surgeons.htm.
Plastic Surgery Residency_Honors_
-Invited keynote lecturer at the International Congress on Incisional Hernias, Universitatsklinikum
Aachen Germany
-Recognition for humanitarian surgical mission from Colombian government; Bucaramanga, Colombia
General Surgery Residency Honors
-Finalist in the Ninth Annual New England Surgical Society Resident Paper Competition
-Third place award at the Tufts University Annual Research Day
-Finalist in Baystate Medical Center's Annual Research Day
Medical School Honors
-Honors commendation in General Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
-Dean's Award Research Stipend
-Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Award for devotion and promotion of research in science
Affiliations & Memberships
Hospital Affiliations
Banner Desert Medical Center, Mesa, AZ
Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn, Scottsdale, AZ
Society Memberships
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Fellows of the American College of Surgeons are board-certified surgeons whose education, training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have been reviewed and evaluated by their peers prior to admittance.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons ( website )
American Medical Association ( website )
Arizona Medical Association ( website )
Maricopa County Medical Society ( website )
Better Business Bureau Accredited Member ( website
Staff & Facilities
Surgical Facility
Samaritan Surgicenters of Arizona, Mesa, AZ
Tempe Surgical Center, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Paradise Valley Cosmetic Surgery Center, Paradise Valley, AZ
Piper Center Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, Scottsdale, AZ
Greenbaum Center Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn, Scottsdale, AZ
Payment Options
We work with Care Credit, CosmetiCredit, and MyMedicalloan. Please visit our page on Financing Your Surgery for more information.
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5410 N. Scottsdale Road,
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NEW YORK (AP) — When he was in middle school, Brandon J. Dirden was picked to read part of the "I Have a Dream" speech over the public address system in celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Day.
"I remember going home and looking up the words and falling in love with Dr. King in a very personal way," Dirden recalled.
Now the actor has come full circle — portraying the famed civil rights leader in the upcoming Broadway play "All the Way."
"If my 12-year old self could see me now," Dirden said with a smile.
He's not the first to portray Dr. King on stage, and chances are won't be the last. Still, Dirden feels a strong connection.
Three years ago, Samuel L. Jackson played King alongside Angela Bassett in the 2011 play "The Mountaintop." Dirden pointed out the similarities between himself, Jackson and King.
"Sam Jackson was a Morehouse man like Dr. King, and I had the great honor of going to Morehouse College as well, so hopefully we can keep that tradition strong of Morehouse man playing Dr. King."
Besides King, "All the Way" features some of history's most dynamic figures of the civil rights era including J. Edgar Hoover, Gov. George Wallace, and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston, who plays President Johnson, impressed Dirden with his dedication to the role.
"'Breaking Bad' was showing its final episode when we were in production up in Boston. You would have never known that he was on one of the highest rated television shows in history that day."
"All the Way" begins previews Feb. 10 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
The reading of the historic speech in his adolescence has led Dirden on a journey he never imagined.
"You never know if seeds planted are going to become fruitful. I'd like to think that every step from middle school until now has been fertilization for the moment that I'm in now."
After thinking for a moment, he added: "To be able to take the greatest human to walk the Earth and put it on the greatest stage in the world, it's beyond a dream come true."
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Virtualization is a valuable tool that has both cost and performance benefits, and it can potentially help you manage your SQL Server environment more effectively. In this article, experts from Quest Software, Microsoft, VMware, and Rochester General Health Systems offer advice on how to get the most out of your virtualized SQL Server environment and discuss SQL Server virtualization best practices.
Virtualization has taken the computing world by storm over the past few years and can help DBAs and IT pros get the most out of their existing hardware resources. It's well known that virtualization has tangible cost and performance benefits, including server consolidation, power consumption reduction, and the painless creation of virtual development and test environments. Just about everyone in IT is using virtualization to some degree, but many DBAs have concerns about running SQL Server in virtual environments.
Virtualization has emerged as a valuable tool to help DBAs manage their database environments more effectively. That said, there's a fair amount of half-truths and misconceptions about using SQL Server with virtualization, such the admonition to never run a high-transaction SQL Server database in a virtual machine (VM) or that running a SQL Server database in a VM always results in sluggish performance. (See "Virtualization Myths and Misconceptions" for more information about this topic.) "We DBAs are conditioned to demand the fastest of everything—raid 10 drives, all the memory we can cram in the box, enterprise edition features, etc," says Brent Ozar, a SQL Server domain expert at Quest Software. "In an ideal world, we'd never put databases on virtual servers. But in an ideal world, all of our companies would be massively profitable and we'd be awash with help from skilled junior DBAs at our beck and call. This is not that ideal world, and there are cases where high-transaction SQL Server databases will function fine in virtual environments because that's what the business needs dictate." Although virtualization does have some drawbacks, it can be used successfully in many SQL Server environments if you plan your virtualization strategy carefully.
Creating a SQL Server Virtualization Strategy
Because every SQL Server installation is different, Lindsey Allen, principal program manager lead on the SQL Server team at Microsoft, suggests that you first assess whether virtualization would be ideal in your environment. "\[You\] need to identify the goals the organization wants to achieve via virtualization. Is it cost reduction through consolidation, higher availability, or improved manageability? Then you should identify the workloads running on the SQL Server instance to be virtualized, and test to ensure that they meet operational SLAs in a virtualized environment," says Allen. Based on that information, you should be able to plan, design, and implement a new virtualization environment.
"Think of virtualization like facial tissue—soft and disposable. You don't want to put your production systems onto virtualization without a lot of need driving it and without a lot testing to ensure it will work," says Kevin Kline, director of technology for Quest Software's SQL Server Solutions Group. "Instead, start with the low hanging fruit of database applications—development environments, QA environments that don't do performance testing, training environments, that sort of thing. Only consider production environments when you know exactly what the workload profile of the production application is, and you know exactly what the performance profile of the hardware plus the virtual machine(s) will be."
Ozar agrees, and reinforces the argument that up-front planning when it comes to your SQL Server virtualization strategy will pay significant dividends in the long run. "Before you start, define what 'success' means on your virtualization project. Establish service level agreements with the application's business users before you start, and monitor your performance and availability in order to determine the virtualization project's success," says Ozar. "Database administrators struggle with the SLA concept; we don't always do a good job of defining exactly how fast an application needs to be in order to be considered 'up.' If we don't agree on service level agreements before we start virtualizing, we can end up in a scenario where our end users complain that the apps aren't fast enough, but IT believes everything's just fine because we're saving so much money. \[You also need to\] establish transparency between the DBAs and the virtualization admins. The DBAs need to be able to trust that their virtual servers aren't being unnecessarily throttled to low resource ceilings, and the virtualization admins need to trust that the DBAs aren't rebuilding indexes in the middle of a workday. This kind of cooperation facilitates successful virtualization projects."
Ozar also encourages DBAs to work closely with their colleagues in the IT department, mainly to encourage clear lines of communication and help spot potential problems before they occur. "Make absolutely, positively certain that your antivirus software is not doing regularly scheduled scans on virtual servers," says Ozar. "If all of the virtual guests kick off a virus scan on Friday at 9pm, as some antivirus software does by default, it will bring all of the virtual servers to their knees—even if they don't have antivirus software installed. That's a prime database backup time window, and that can wreak havoc on SQL Servers when they can't get I/O responses back in under 15 seconds. Transparency between the DBA and system admin teams helps make sure this kind of global scheduling problem is averted."
Using SQL Server with Hyper-V
If you're looking at teaming SQL Server with Microsoft Hyper-V, Allen has some pointers to optimize VM performance when running SQL Server. "For the best possible VM performance we recommend provisioning fewer total VM logical processors than the total number of physical CPU cores available on the server," says Allen. "You can over-provision and run many VMs on a single box, but the VM overhead (\[the\] ratio of an operation done in a VM to the same operation done natively) will go up. This may not be acceptable in some scenarios."
When it comes to virtualizing high-transaction and high I/O SQL Server installations, Allen encourages DBAs to evaluate them on a case-by-case basis. "Virtualization adds overhead with respect to memory, CPU, network and disk I/O operations and there are inherent memory and CPU limitations for VMs," Allen says. "High-transaction applications need to be tested to ensure they meet their operational SLAs in virtualized production environments. For applications that require native environment, multi-instance consolidation could be one of the solutions. SQL Server 2008 support for hardware hot-plug (Memory/CPU) is a very useful feature for such scenarios."
For more information about using SQL Server with Hyper-V, Allen suggests reading the Microsoft article "Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment," which provides several tips and suggestions for virtualizing SQL Server using Hyper-V, including recommending the use of emulated devices for SQL Server deployments and configuring pass-through disks in the guest VM root partition as offline using the Hyper-V Volume Manager or the DiskPart utility.
Allen points out that although both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005 can be used in virtual environments, SQL Server 2008 brings some extra virtualization-friendly features to the table. "Resource Governor provides isolation and resource optimization amongst instances within a VM," says Allen. "Data compression ensures disk space optimization, allowing the database instance and the VM to better leverage disk space and make better use of I/O bandwidth, therefore extending the possibility of running more VMs on the same server."
Ozar agrees that SQL Server 2008 offers some virtualization-friendly features and singles out the Resource Governor as his favorite. "\[Resource Governor\] allows DBAs to set up performance ceilings for any given application or database on that server. After consolidating lots of applications onto less hardware, the Resource Governor ensures that one poorly behaved application doesn't bring every other consolidated application to its knees," says Ozar. "It's the SQL Server equivalent of VMware resource pools: We can define exactly how much resources a given application gets. Even better, the Resource Governor can allow an application to get all the horsepower available if nothing else is active at that particular time, too."
Using SQL Server with ESX Server and Virtual Infrastructure 3
If you opt for running SQL Server with VMware's ESX Server or Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3), many of the same planning and scheduling tips apply. According to Scott Drummonds, VMware's group manager of technical marketing, many of the misconceptions people have about virtualizing SQL Server have less to do with the technology and more to do with faulty planning and implementation. "In some cases, the VI3 admin may be a different person than the DBA and there may also be a storage admin," says Drummonds. "All of these people need to work closely together, mainly to ensure that you don't have a situation where there are 10-15 databases sharing the same LUN \[Logical Unit Number\]. You can get virtualization performance up to and higher than 90 percent if the environment is properly configured." (See "SQL Server Performance in a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment" for more details.)
Obviously, the best virtualization tips and advice will come from someone who uses SQL Server in a live production environment, which is exactly what Tom Gibaud, manager of IT for Rochester General Health Systems (www.viahealth.org), does on a daily basis. "We've been using VMware for about three years … we started with the low-hanging fruit of server consolidation and virtualizing our file/print servers and Active Directory," says Gibaud. "We've been virtualizing SQL Server with VI3 for some time, and we've had great success with it."
Gibaud said that all but one of his organization's SQL Server databases are virtualized, including those that handle electronic medical records, payroll, dictation systems, the blood bank system, radiology imaging, and all of its CRM applications. More than 400 guests inside of 60 SQL Server instances have been virtualized.
Gibaud stresses that reliability is a vital part of his virtualization strategy. "We also looked at using clustering with SQL Server, but—for me, at least—it caused more issues than it solved," says Gibaud. "We looked at VMware, and the reliability and high availability options were very important for us. Our top priority is patient care, so we need to make sure that nurses and doctors can get the information they need as soon as possible at any hour of the day."
When asked what advice he would give other DBAs and IT pros when it comes to planning their SQL Server virtualization strategy, Gibaud suggests you shouldn't mix workloads in your VMs, which makes it easier to manage them. He also stresses the importance of proper planning and running VMs on the best hardware available. "In talking to some colleagues that have been unsuccessful \[virtualizing SQL Server\], they've done things like mix their file and print servers with SQL Server in the same VM, or they didn't have enough iron underneath VMware \[VI3\] to handle the workload." Gibaud says that the time spent properly planning and configuring your storage options can also pay huge dividends. "You need to lay things out properly on disk. We make sure that our transaction logs are on raid 1, databases are on raid 5 … You need to follow best practices and set up your SQL Server instance with the same care you do when installing to bare metal."
In his presentation "Virtualizing SQL Server using VMware Infrastructure" at VMworld 2008, Hemant Gaidhani, technical product marketing manager at VMware, provided some additional SQL Server virtualization tips. Gaidhani recommends placing the OS application on separate spindles than the TempDB, presizing your data files, and managing your file growth manually—not by using the SQL Server Autogrow feature. Gaidhani also encourages DBAs to move their TempDB files to a dedicated LUN, make sure that all TempDB files are roughly the same size, and preallocate TempDB with enough space to handle expected workloads.
Virtualizing SQL Server
Contrary to what some DBAs believe, virtualization and SQL Server can work together in harmony. Armed with a bit of research and some best practices, you can leverage virtualization to maximize your investment in your SQL Server infrastructure. In these trying economic times, that might be the best practice to follow.


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First off, I am sorry for getting the freecreditreport.com jingle stuck in your head. It's the worst, I know. But the stupid song has a point. Your credit score is hugely important, and -- this is a wild guess -- you're not paying enough attention to it.
Big mistake. That little number is a snapshot of your entire credit history, and it will hang over every financial decision you make like a big, depressing, loan-application-denying cloud. The good news: You have some control over it. Here are five ways to improve your credit score, for those of us who don't plan to win the lottery or marry rich:
1. Know your score. You can check it, for a small fee, three times a year at annualcreditreport.com. Don't go anywhere else for this -- shockingly, most other "free credit score" sites aren't exactly free and aren't exactly above board.
2. Pay your bills on time, every time. Most of your credit score boils down to plain old making payments on time. A couple of late payments won't kill you, but if you make it a habit, that will be really obvious, really quick.
3. Make sure you have a good mix of credit. Ideally, you have a nice, diverse financial record: a few different credit cards, bank accounts, loans, etc. But don't go opening new accounts just for the heck of it -- applying for lots of credit in a short amount of time will impact your score negatively.
4. Don't max anything out. Having lots of cards and making regular payments is great, but credit bureaus also consider the ratio of how much you've spent in relation to your credit limit. The lower your balance and the higher your limit, the better. Here's an easy fix: Ask for a higher limit on a credit card, then spend like your limit were still lower. It keeps that ratio down without costing you much money.
5. DON'T close any credit accounts. In general, the longer your credit history, the better your score. Canceling a card won't erase the deadbeat history you have with that card, but it will make your credit history look shorter. If you're too tempted by easy credit, don't kill your account -- just cut up your card and leave it alone.
Megan Crepeau is a RedEye special contributor. She's a twenty-something college grad navigating this dumpy job market just like the rest of us.


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Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, from "Big Hero 6," will be voiced by Ryan Potter. (Disney)Link
Honey Lemon, from "Big Hero 6," will be voiced by Genesis Rodriguez. (Disney)Link
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"All right, let me get this straight: a man in a kabuki mask attacked you with an army of miniature flying robots?"
So goes the promising opening scene of the new trailer for "Big Hero 6," which marks the first Disney animated movie to use Marvel comic characters since the company acquired Marvel Entertainment in 2009.
The clip sets the tone for the film, slated to hit theaters on Nov. 7, showcasing the relationship between a robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada and his robot companion BayMax.
Judging by the preview, the pair still have a lot of work to do before they go about stopping Mr. Kabuki and saving the world. For starters? Some "upgrades" for BayMax.
You can check out the trailer below.
Disney this week announced the voice cast for the film, including Ryan Potter as Hamada and Scott Adsit as BayMax. The supporting cast will include Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, Damon Wayans Jr., T.J. Miller, Alan Tudyk, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez and Daniel Henney.
Even die-hard comic book fans may have trouble recalling the Marvel series, which was created by Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau in 1998 and is something of a whimsical love letter to Japanese culture. Characters in the original comic include a samurai, an agent who invented a nanotechnology-based Power Purse and a monster born from a child's drawings.
For director Don Hall ("Winnie the Pooh"), the absence of a detail-obsessed fan base for the series was part of its appeal, as it left every character and setting open to interpretation.
"I was looking for something on the obscure side, something that would mesh well with what we do," Hall said. "The idea of a kid and a robot story with a strong brother element, it's very Disney."
The original comic is set in Tokyo, though Hall's film takes place in a mythical mash-up of Tokyo and San Francisco, a conceit that allows Disney's animators to imagine a uniquely stylized cityscape — and indulge a studio-wide affinity for Japan fed by that country's strong animation tradition.
Hall, a lifelong comic book fan who started at Disney Animation in 1995, was in the midst of directing "Winnie the Pooh" when Disney acquired Marvel in 2009. He found "Big Hero 6″ while digging through Marvel's library for ideas and pitched it to Disney's chief creative officer, John Lasseter, in 2011.
"Big Hero 6″ is being produced wholly at Disney Animation, but Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada has been participating in brainstorming sessions about the project.
"Don was a huge fan of Marvel," Quesada said of Hall. "He understood what we did. I didn't have to explain our world to him. The relationship between Hiro and his robot has a very Disney flavor to it … but it's combined with these Marvel heroic arcs."
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Godfrey among 3 Panthers DBs hurt in loss to Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers' already young and inexperienced defensive secondary is suddenly being hit by injuries.
Starting safety Charles Godfrey hurt his right Achilles tendon, and starting cornerback Josh Thomas sustained a concussion in a 24-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Starting safety Quintin Mikell also didn't return after hurting his right ankle in the second half.
Coach Ron Rivera called Godrey's injury the most severe. Godfrey was spotted after the game on crutches and his foot in a protective boot.
As for Thomas, Rivera would only say the player will be evaluated through the week under the NFL's concussion protocol.
Rivera had no update on Mikell.
It was a costly series of injuries which contributed to the Panthers (0-2) allowing Bills rookie quarterback EJ Manuel to cap an 80-play drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Stevie Johnson with 2 seconds left.
Godfrey was carted off early in the third quarter when he broke up a pass to Johnson into the end zone. After tumbling into sideline, Godfrey got up and took a few steps before sitting down on the field.
After being evaluated by team trainers, Godfrey needed help to get up and was unable to put any weight on his right foot as he was loaded into the cart.
Thomas was hurt early in the second quarter when he went up the left sideline and led with his helmet in tackling Woods. Thomas was on the field for a few moments, but was able to get up on his own. He went to the Panthers sideline before being escorted to the locker room.
Thomas' backup, Josh Norman, also missed a couple of series after hurting his right thigh in the third quarter. Norman did return.
The Panthers host the New York Giants next week.
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In January 2008, the International Rescue Committee established a Commission on Iraqi Refugees to investigate the situation of Iraqis displaced by the conflict there and to call attention to their plight. At the end of 2009, the commission returned to the region only to realize that the needs of displaced Iraqis have become more acute. Their savings have been depleted, and international interest and assistance have diminished.
Iraqis who fled from their homes because of the conflict are refugees if they went abroad or internally displaced persons if they stayed in Iraq. But whichever group they belong to, they are still afraid to return to their homes. They cite insecurity, lack of access to housing and services, scarce job opportunities, ongoing criminality and persecution, and mistrust of local government. (The most recent IRC report on Iraqi refugees is available here.)
Some refugees living outside Iraq will return when conditions improve; others have decided they will never go back because they belong to persecuted minorities or because they have reason to believe they would suffer or be killed upon return. At present, the structures and basic services that could allow a normal and sustainable reintegration are not in place, and it will take time for them to be established.
In December 2009, I visited Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan (my fifth such visit to the Middle East over the last three years), and photographed their everyday lives.
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Stocks bounce higher on strong economic reports
June 25, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising in midday trading on Wall Street after several encouraging economic reports brought buyers back to the market.
Homebuilder stocks rose sharply after home prices jumped in April and Lennar reported better earnings than the market was expecting.
Durable goods orders rose and consumer confidence soared.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 92 points, or 0.6 percent, to 14,752 at midday Eastern Dayligh Time. The Dow slumped 139 points the day before.
The Standard & Poor's 500 was up 11 points, or 0.7 percent, at 1,584. Technology and bank stocks rose the most.
The Nasdaq composite was up 19 points, or 0.6 percent, at 3,340.
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$80K floor covering isn't being used.
With the City of Crookston this spring needing to transfer $90,000 into Crookston Sports Center's budget in order to make up for a cash pinch and bridge the gap until around $200,000 in revenue comes in this summer and fall, it might seem like a strange time to be talking about making improvements to the three-year-old facility.
But at this week's Park Board meeting, potentially investing at some point in improved dehumidification at the CSC and adding improved heating and air conditioning were discussed. Although investing city money wasn't a part of the conversation, it was suggested that officials touch base with the Protecting the Legacy fund that helped add amenities to the CSC to see if anything might be possible at some point.
Asked previously to look into dehumidification and air conditioning costs, Parks & Recreation Director/CSC Manager Scott Riopelle told board members that there are three dehumidification options ranging in cost from $65,000 to $82,000. With the installation of more piping, he said the project would approach $100,000, and there would be ongoing operating costs as well.
The dehumidification system would operate in the summer, when warmer air outside leads to higher humidity inside. Asked by board member Mike Tiedemann if the sports center's various systems, specifically, the compressors, would run more efficiently if the air was drier, Riopelle said the compressors wouldn't have to work as hard as they do under the current conditions.
The topic of heating and cooling has come up now and then mostly because Protecting the Legacy funds were spent, around $80,000 total, on a plastic floor covering that could be placed on top of a sheet of ice in any of the three rinks. It has been used only one time, for Blue Line Club Fun Night last October, and there were complaints afterward that the Event Arena was too cold. Riopelle has said the heating system in the building can't push the temperature past 55 degrees or so.
Riopelle said he's checked into it, and that better heating and the addition of air conditioning to cool down the facility when necessary for various summer events would cost $80,000 to $85,000.
If improved heating and the addition of air conditioning isn't a realistic investment anytime soon, Mayor Dave Genereux suggested selling the floor covering and using the money from the sale on something else. "Or maybe we trade it for something we're going to use," he said.
Board member Michelle Christopherson said she continues to be frustrated by the fact that board members weren't aware of the temperature limitations in the CSC when the floor covering was purchased.
"We spent $80,000 on something we've used once," she said. "I guess I have a case of buyer's remorse." She echoed the mayor's suggestion that the city shouldn't hold onto the floor covering if conditions at the CSC mean it won't be utilized.
Genereux suggested bringing Ron Jasmer of Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates, the CSC project manager, back to the table to potentially provide some more clarity on what might be possible, or impossible.
Memorials/displays at CSC
One thing that won't cost the city any money or put a dent in the CSC budget is the addition of various large photo displays and memorials on the Event Arena's walls.
The idea has been talked about almost since the facility opened. Efforts ramped up when Paul Eickhof of Eickhof Columbaria, which donated the "Protecting the Legacy" granite plaques in the Event Arena, last year took photos of various photo displays at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls and brought his ideas to Christopherson, who worked with Parks & Recreation Administrative Assistant Phyllis Hagen on potential specifications and policies.
This week, Christopherson reported back to the board after meeting with a representative of Indigo Signs. She presented three different sizes for vinyl photo displays, known as Alumacore, that are built to stand up to the elements, include an engraved plaque, and are easy to clean with paper towels and some Windex. They come with a 10-year warranty as well, Christopherson said. The photos are of digital quality, and could be as big as six feet by eight feet, with two smaller size options as well.
Sponsors, whether they're an individual, family, business or other group, would come up with the estimated $1,800 for the largest display. A typical display would be of a local hockey player who has moved on to play after high school, or who has passed away and is being memorialized.
Board members liked what they saw and heard, and the next steps will be to iron out more specifics on how the idea will be publicized to those who might want to sponsor a display or memorial. Indigo Signs doesn't work with so-called "jersey boxes," but indicated there are resources available to mount those as well.
Grants delayed
Each year, Parks & Recreation awards $5,000 in matching grants to various local parks and recreation-related initiatives, and this week Riopelle recommended that three applicants in the latest round of funding be funded. They are:
• $2,000 for a dugout-shaped shelters to protect dogs and their owners from the elements at the dog park in Castle Park
• $500 for benches for Walsh Park near the Villa St. Vincent, which is a city park but is maintained by the Villa
• $1,260 for additions to the nature play space in Castle Park, including rain gutters to capture and move water and a "mud kitchen."
The board seemed poised to approve the trio of grants, but in light of the budget concerns at the CSC, Genereux suggested delaying the approval of the $3,760 in grants for a few weeks until some funding issues are ironed out.
"I realize this is not a big number," he said. "I think we could hold off a month without affecting the recipients."


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Canadian tribal chief: Fight for rights not over
- Article by: CHARMAINE NORONHA
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- January 24, 2013 - 4:12 PM
TORONTO - A Canadian aboriginal chief who galvanized a national protest movement over treaty rights ended a six-week hunger strike Thursday, but vowed the fight for better conditions in indigenous communities will continue.
Theresa Spence, an Attawapiskat chief in northern Ontario, decided to end her hunger strike after Canada's main opposition political parties agreed to sign a declaration agreeing to help aboriginal communities push for improvements to housing and education.
Spence, 49, was discharged from a hospital Thursday afternoon after being held overnight on an intravenous line, recovering from 44 days without solid food. She and other tribal leaders joined representatives of the Liberal Party and other opposition groups in signing the declaration soon afterward.
Spence began fasting to demand a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Governor General David Johnston, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, in Canada.
She became the face of the "Idle No More" protest movement, which erupted two months ago against a budget bill that affects Canada's Indian Act and amends environmental laws. Protesters say Bill C-45 undermines century-old treaties by altering the approval process for leasing aboriginal lands to outsiders and changing environmental oversight in favor of natural resource extraction.
The movement gained momentum on Dec. 11 when Spence began subsisting only on fish broth and medicinal tea.
Harper met with top aboriginal leaders earlier this month, but Spence and other chiefs refused to attend because Johnston was not at the meeting. Spence argued the governor general's presence was imperative because the talks centered on treaty rights first established by the Royal Proclamation of 1793 when Canada was a British colony.
The meeting with Harper ended with plans to meet again within a month to continue the dialogue on treaties and comprehensive land claims. Harper also agreed to modernize and implement ancient treaties that were supposed to grant land, resources and other tools to First Nations in return for giving up their land to settlers.
The outcome did not satisfy many aboriginal activists who staged more protests last week, slowing highway traffic, snarling a rail line and protesting at the busiest Canada-US crossing point.
"Indigenous peoples have lived well below the poverty line in a country that considered one of the wealthiest in the world. We are no longer idle and precedence has been established over this past six weeks," Spence said in a statement issued before she left the hospital. "There's no going back, our voices have be heard and now I ask for your involvement to move our agenda forward."
The 13-point declaration signed Thursday calls for improvements to housing and schools on reserves, as well as an immediate meeting between Johnston, the federal and provincial governments and aboriginal leaders.
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George B. Boykin
July 29, 1929 - June 11, 2013
George B. Boykin, Sr. was born on July 29th, 1929 in Carthage, TX and passed away at the age of 83 on June 11, 2013 in Stockton, CA. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 yrs, Janie Boykin. He worked for Fram and Kelly Construction. George was a member of Greater Faith Baptist Church. George leaves memories to his wife Janie Boykin, his children: George and Peter Boykin, Jamie Boyd, Georgia Manning and sister Dona Moore. Viewing will be Thurs. June 20th at Cooley's Funeral Service, 640 N. California St., Stockton, CA from 5 - 8 pm. The services will be held Fri., June 21st at Greater Faith Baptist Church, 345 W. Worth St., Stockton, at 11 am. Interment will be at Cherokee Memorial Park on Harney Lane at Hwy 99, Lodi, CA


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Matt Kalman, the founder/managing editor of TheBruinsBlog.net, has tirelessly covered the Boston Bruins beat since the 2005-06 season for various publications in Boston, including ESPNBoston.com, NESN.com and New England Hockey Journal. He continues to also contribute to NHL.com and CBSBostonSports.com in addition to other sites and publications.
He founded the TheBruinsBlog.net in November 2008. TheBruinsBlog.net is not a fan blog — it is a source of news, analysis and opinion about the Bruins provided objectively by an independent blogger.
Matt has worked as a sports writer for more than a decade after graduating from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism in 1997. He started his career as a general-assignment sports reporter in Winter Haven, Fla., before moving back to Boston to work as a senior editor at SchoolSports.com.
After aiding numerous beats at papers like the Boston Herald and Manchester Union-Leader, Matt settled in on the Bruins beat. He was the Boston chapter chairman for the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) from 2007-2010. His first book, "100 Things Bruins Fans Should Know or Do Before They Die" was published by Triumph Books in October 2010.
Through his continued dedication to the Bruins beat, Matt hopes to keep bringing NHL fans and Bruins backers the best Bruins-related content possible — from the locker room, the press box and beyond.


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A drunken yob has been ordered to pay £540 after he was twice caught behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Monday how Andrew Hart, 25, of Lucas Road, Newbold, Chesterfield, was abusive towards police during two nights-out in Chesterfield town centre.
Prosecuting solicitor Becky Allsop said: "Police were called after a report of males fighting and they drove to Stephenson Place. One male had pushed another to the ground and police were trying to deal with the youths and Hart became antagonistic and swore at an officer.
"Police told this defendant to leave but he continued to swear and as he walked off he turned round and demanded the officers' numbers and despite being given further opportunities to go he did not and was arrested."
Hart was involved in an incident about a week later on Holywell Street, according to Mrs Allsop, when he said he would take on a police officer. Despite efforts to issue a dispersal notice, the defendant became aggressive and was arrested.
Hart pleaded guilty to two counts of being drunk and disorderly in public after the incidents in December. He said he was embarrassed but he felt terrible because his friend had been thrown to the ground. He added: "My attitude was terrible and I'm sorry."
He claimed he was arrested the second time because police realised he was on bail.
Magistrates fined Hart £330 and ordered him to pay £170 in costs and a £40 victim surcharge.


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DON'T MISS: "Venus and Serena" — The United States Tennis Association sued to have this documentary about the game's greatest sister act banned because it contains scenes "not in the best interest of the sport." That, of course, makes us want to see it even more. The film is touted as an "unfiltered" look at the lives of the iconic Williams siblings, who faced long odds and broke ground in a sport that wasn't always welcoming. Billie Jean King and John McEnroe provide commentary. 9 p.m. Friday, Showtime.
SUNDAY: On a new episode of "Secret Millionaire," Debbie Johnston, the founder of a lucrative health care company, goes undercover in Richmond and works with grass-roots organizations devoted to improving residents' lives. 8 p.m., ABC.
SUNDAY: The finale of "Whodunnit?" arrives, and the "killer" is revealed. Our guess? That Colonel Mustard guy looks pretty guilty. 9 p.m., ABC.
SUNDAY: A lot of disgruntled fans will tell you that "True Blood" was truly awful this season. Perhaps for them, tonight's season finale hasn't come soon enough. 9 p.m., HBO.
MONDAY: In the season finale of "Major Crimes," Capt. Raydor (Mary McDonnell) must make some tough decisions in order to capture a killer who is terrorizing Los Angeles. 9 p.m., TNT.
TUESDAY: "The Life of Muhammad" is a thorough documentary that charts the extraordinary story of the prophet who founded Islam. Journalist and scholar Rageh Omaar hosts the three-part program. 8 p.m., PBS.
TUESDAY: The new reality series "Heroes of Cosplay" continues with more crazy adventures featuring "cosplayers" (or costume players) as they travel the comic-book conventions of America dressed as their favorite characters. Tonight's stop: Seattle. 10 p.m., Syfy.
WEDNESDAY: "Modern Dads" is a new reality series that follows the exploits of a tight-knit group of suburban stay-at-home fathers in Austin, Texas. 10:30 p.m., A&E.
THURSDAY: If "Sharknado" didn't quite satisfy your appetite for cheesy fin-tastic flicks, sink your teeth into "Ghost Shark." It's the tale of a phantom aquatic killer that can hunt on land and in the sea. 9 p.m., Syfy.
THURSDAY: On "Wilfred," our mangy mutt (Jason Gann) develops a forbidden-love fixation on another animal. So why can't he just roll over and play dead? 10 p.m., FX.
FRIDAY: "Tanked" is airing a celebrity-themed episode called "Lifestyles of the Fish and Famous." That title is enough to get us to take the bait. 9 p.m., Animal Planet.
SATURDAY: The TV film "Escape From Polygamy" gives the big-love treatment to a tale about a widow (Mary McCormack of "In Plain Sight") who takes her teen daughter to an isolated polygamous compound. Naturally, some major drama ensues. 8 p.m., Lifetime.


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For Atlantic City, it's a grim reality that's growing stronger by the day.
Its glory days as an East Coast gambling mecca are long gone. At least two and maybe three of its casinos are closing this year. And the voices that have been calling for "right-sizing" its stock of gaming halls are being heard louder and clearer than ever before.
The question now: What number is the "right" number?
The question soon to come: What do state and city officials — and the private sector — do with the shuttered properties?
Both questions resurfaced late last month, while competition from neighboring jurisdictions continues to grow. On June 27, Caesars Entertainment Corp. said it would close Showboat Atlantic City Casino, one of its four properties in the resort, on Aug. 31. That followed the closure of the Atlantic Club in January and news that the beleaguered Revel Casino Hotel would close this summer if it can't find a buyer.
As for when the bleeding will stop in Atlantic City, "the real answer to that question is going to come from the market," said Steven P. Perskie, a former regulator, judge and state lawmaker who authored the 1977 bill to legalize casino gaming in New Jersey.
"The market has its own rules," said Perskie, now a Linwood-based attorney. "Regulators and economic planners … can sit around and be as smart as they need to be, but at the end of the day the market is going to make that determination."
Wall Street analysts have tried to tackle that question in recent weeks. In a research note to investors, Andrew Zarnett of Deutsche Bank wrote, "Today, we believe Atlantic City can support only six, maybe seven casinos and, thus, more supply needs to come out of the market."
It's a refrain going back several years, ever since citywide gaming revenue began falling from its 2006 peak of $5.2 billion. It was less than $2.9 billion in 2013 — part of a decline that was taking place even as the resort added to its stock with Revel in 2012.
"I've said it many times, it shouldn't have opened," Zarnett said in an interview. "And it shouldn't have opened from purely the perspective that in a declining revenue market, the last thing you need is more supply."
Israel Posner, executive director of Stockton College's Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism, said it's an oversupply issue that touches the entire mid-Atlantic region. And he notes that Atlantic City is not the only jurisdiction that's feeling at least a pinch: In 2013, Pennsylvania recorded its first decline in gaming revenue since casino gaming began there in 2006, even if it was a slight 1.4 percent.
And more casinos are on the way — in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.
"So you see pressure on the casino industry in the entire region," Posner said.
But that does little to answer the question of what to do with a casino once it closes. Last month, Caesars said it hadn't determined what will become of the Showboat property and land, but that it intends to work with city and state officials as it evaluates alternative uses.
In May, Clearwater, Fla.-based TJM Properties purchased the shuttered Atlantic Club. The firm has said it plans to convert the 800-room property to a nongaming facility, though a company representative did not return requests for comment last week.
Posner said there are several scenarios for such a site, including a "condo hotel" in which the units are owned by residents but go into a hotel inventory when they're not being used. He also floated the idea of a hotel with multiple brands — a concept becoming more common elsewhere — in which operators offer a range of top-, mid- and low-tier room sizes and amenities in different sections of the building.
"I don't know that any of these are likely, but there are different kinds of possibilities," Posner said.
The question is perhaps most glaring for Revel, a lavish megaresort that has only faltered and lost money since opening its doors. With the property now in its second round of bankruptcy proceedings, its owners have said it will close by mid-August if it can't find a buyer.
Zarnett, the Deutsche Bank analyst, said it can be sold, "but likely at pennies based on" the original $2.5 billion investment, according to his written report. He noted there are "always alternative uses for real estate, and real estate developers are pretty clever in terms of finding alternative uses."
If things continue on their current trend, developers will have plenty of opportunities to experiment.
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