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Top official insists decision was not political as Israel says it overshadows peace agreement between the two countries.
The head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has said it has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel because of violations of contractual obligations, a decision Israel said overshadowed the peace agreement between the two countries.
Mohamed Shoeb, the gas company's top official, said Sunday's decision was not political. "This has nothing to do with anything outside of the commercial relations," Shoeb said.
He said Israel had not paid for its gas in four months. Yigal Palmor, Israeli foreign ministry spokesman, denied the claim of not paying.
The 2005 Egypt-Israel gas deal has come under strident criticism from leaders of the popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, the longtime Egyptian president, last year.
Critics charge that Israel got bargain prices, and Mubarak cronies skimmed millions of dollars off the proceeds.
The sale of gas to Israel, which signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, has always been controversial in the Arab world's most populous country. It was the largest trade deal between the two former foes.
Egyptian radicals have blown up the gas pipeline to Israel 14 times since the uprising.
The country's military ruler was quoted by the MENA news agency as saying that the Egyptian armed forces would defend the borders with Israel if necessary.
Addressing troops in the Sinai Peninsula during annual field exercises on Monday, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said: "Our borders, especially the northeast ones, are inflamed. We do not attack neighbouring countries but will defend our territory. We will break the legs of any trying to attack us or come near the borders."
'Great concern'
Tantawi's statement came apparently in response to remarks the previous day by Yuval Steinitz, Israel's finance minister, that the Egyptian announcement was of "great concern" politically and economically.
"This is a dangerous precedent that overshadows the peace agreements and the peaceful atmosphere between Israel and Egypt," Steinitz said in a statement.
Israel relies on Egyptian natural gas for 40 per cent of its supplies to produce electricity, the chairman of a government holding firm said on Sunday.
The Israeli side said the decision was "unlawful and in bad faith", accusing the Egyptian side of failing to supply the gas quantities it is owed. The dispute is under international arbitration.
Israel insists it is paying a fair price for the gas.
Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna, reporting from Cairo, said the row would have major political consequences.
"At the base of it, this is a commercial dispute, which has in reality been under international arbitration since September last year," he said.
"But when this agreement was reached in 2005, it was subject to government approvals of Israel and Egypt, many believe under pressure from the government of the US.
"So although this maybe a commercial situation at the moment, this is an issue that will have immense political, international fallout in the days to come."
However, Al Jazeera's Cal Perry, reporting from Jerusalem, said that the Israeli government had been downplaying the dispute.
"Everyone here is downplaying it. In fact we just heard from the prime minister's office that the deal is not off, that this is just a commercial issue between the israeli and Egyptian gas companies," he said.
"It is not surprising that they're downplaying it if you look at the implications this could have.
"If this deal falls apart the concerns I think many people have is that the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which was signed in 1979, could be in jeopardy."
Mubarak defended
In January, a lawyer defending Mubarak told a Cairo court that there was not a shred of evidence linking the deposed Egyptian president to the controversial gas deal.
Farid al-Deeb said Egypt's spy agency negotiated the deal in line with international norms.
"There isn't an ounce of evidence that Mubarak was involved in the deal to import gas to Israel," costing the state $714m in losses, Deeb told the court.
Among the shareholders of East Mediterranean, the joint Egyptian-Israeli company that carries the gas to Israel, is Hussein Salem, a close friend of Mubarak.
After the many disruptions to the supply of gas over the past year, Israeli ministers have urged the speedy exploitation of recently discovered gas fields off the country's northern coast.
Israeli officials believe that exploitation of two major natural gas fields could compensate for the loss of Egyptian gas.
Israel has already moved to begin exploiting the fields, signing a deal with Cyprus to mark out maritime borders, but it faces challenges from Lebanon, which claims that the gas fields lie in its territorial waters.
Al Jazeera's Perry said that the attacks on the pipeline had become a major problem for Israel in the past 14 months, and as a result the country had to purchase gas supplies from other countries as far away as Mexico.
"The price of electricity has gone up 20 per cent and the cost of living continues to go up as well," he said.
Cairo demonstrations over Egyptian lawyer arrested in Saudi Arabia lead Riyadh to recall ambassador and close missions.
Saudi Arabia has decided to recall its ambassador to Cairo and close its diplomatic missions in Egypt after protests
outside its embassy over an arrested Egyptian lawyer, state news agency SPA reported.
An official spokesman, quoted by SPA, said on Saturday that the measures were decided in response to demonstrations outside its missions in Egypt and threats following the announcement of the arrest of the Egyptian lawyer in Saudi Arabia.
The protests were "unjustified", the spokesman said, adding that Saudi and Egyptian employees of its diplomatic missions had been threatened.
"Hostile slogans were shouted out and the immunity of the diplomatic representations was violated, contrary to all international regulations," the spokesman said.
Hundreds of Egyptians have rallied outside the Saudi embassy this week to demand the release of Ahmed el-Gezawi, who was detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom's monarch.
Saudi authorities say the lawyer was arrested trying to smuggle anti-anxiety drugs into the kingdom.
Sharp escalation
Saturday's announcement Saturday is a sharp escalation in the case.
The spokesperson said the violence had led to the suspension of diplomatic and consular services for Egyptian workers and Muslim pilgrims headed for Islam's holiest sites, located in western Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday, hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the embassy demanding the release of an Egyptian human rights activist held by Saudi authorities who claim he possessed banned drugs.
The protesters chanted slogans against the Saudi regime as they called for the "immediate" release of Ahmed Mohammed al-Gizawi, who was arrested on arrival at Jeddah airport on April 17.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, an Egyptian organisation, said Gizawi was detained following a sentence of one year in prison and 20 lashes delivered against him in absentia for criticism of the Saudi government.
Gizawi, whose supporters said he travelled to the Gulf state on pilgrimage, was being targeted for his activism in favour of Egyptian detainees in Saudi prisons, it said.
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To help and provide for poor, disabled and destitute especialy children, women and the aged, the most neglected and vulnerable of Gwalior and Chambal region in India, one of the most backward area with a population of about 11 million with six million being children and 90000 are disabled children. This charity has been providing services to these vulnerable peole for last eight years through Hospitals, schools and Orphanages. With "Radha" we initiate a hospice for children with HIV to care for Radha and other children.Sunrise Intl. School started as an intigrated School for main stream and children with mild learning disabilities while Snehalaya meaning home with love started as a care home with school for special needs and vocational training centre for disabled and destitute children with aims to make them independent and able to lead their life with self respect and esteem. At present there are 70 residents including 37 children in Snehalaya but plans are in place to make it a facility for 200 children with a hospital on site. More than 1000 children in existing Orphanages and schools in slum areas have been adopted by this charity supporting for their health and education needs.Volunteers from all walks of life are welcome to help us raise funds, to create awareness about this cause and to work with us to train local staff and students and provide their services to the community there at Gwalior in India. Students and trainees are welcome to gain work experience too. We need your support to carry on with this work and for its expansion. All donations in U.K., U.S.A. and India are tax exempted as per tax rules in the country. For more information or donations on line contact us or visit our website www.gwalior.hospital.care4free.net
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Parent as Packhorse?toddler-times
I don't fly (my husband refuses), but Lisa Unger's frequent flier article over at the NY Times this week had me groaning in total agreement.
I too have plane shame – or the road-tripping parent's equivalent. Where I once traveled with one bag in hand, I now carry six. And it's all due to the three-foot-and-change person who travels with me.
STUFF has taken over our vacations. Bags of it.
Our Mother's Day trip to visit my in-laws down in Virginia required a bag for her toys (nine hours in the car, you better believe we brought toys), a bag for her accoutrements (kid toiletries – from the baby wash we still use to the swallowable toothpaste she likes best), plus that colossal bag for her clothes . . . extras of EVERYTHING lest we be stuck somewhere without a laundry and she spilled her way through a pile of t-shirts and shorts.
By the time we got done packing in a cooler full of cold juice boxes, yogurt and fruit, we had just enough room in the backseat for her booster seat . . . oh yeah, and her.
Put together, my husband and I had fewer bags then our (then) three-year-old. But our trip, to borrow a phrase from Unger, "required the mobilization of a small army."
Her daughter has now been on more than seventy flights, and her passport is littered with the evidence of visits to far-flung countries. Unger calls her an "intrepid" traveler.
My daughter "travels well" too, despite someone teaching her those infernal words "are we there yet" this spring (Pennsylvania, by the way, is interminably long to a three-year-old, but even longer to her suffering parents). But there's nothing like pulling up to a hotel, booking a room and then making six trips back and forth to the car for her stuff . . . when you're only staying the night. Hey – we had to get her Elmo bathing suit. And her flip flops. And her (toy) computer. And . . .
Do you feel plane shame for your packhorse parenting?
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A ureterocele involves the kidney, ureter, and bladder. A normal ureter is one that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder. When a child has a ureterocele, the portion of the ureter closest to the bladder becomes enlarged because the ureter opening is very tiny and obstructs urine outflow. As the urine flow is obstructed, urine backs up in the ureter tube.
Children who have a ureterocele may also have an ureteral duplication. This means that they will have two ureters for one kidney that drain independently into the bladder. The ureter with the ureterocele generally drains the top half of the kidney while the duplicate may drain the lower half. The ureter with the ureterocele may enter the bladder lower than the duplicate ureter, which may cause a backflow of urine into the higher ureter.
Ureterocele and ureteral duplication is much more common in girls than in boys. In girls, the ureterocele will nearly always involve both kidneys, whereas in boys often only one kidney is involved.
The cause of ureterocele and ureteral duplication is unknown; however, some cases have been reported in siblings, suggesting a genetic component.
If a ureterocele is not detected on a prenatal ultrasound, it may not be detected until the child has recurrent urinary tract infections. If your child has a history of frequent urinary tract infections, your child's health care provider may do the following tests:
Ultrasound of the entire urinary tract. A diagnostic imaging technique which uses high-frequency sound waves and a computer to create images of blood vessels, tissues, and organs. Ultrasounds are used to view internal organs as they function, and to assess blood flow through various vessels.
Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). Your child's bladder is filled with contrast from a catheter and urination is watched to see if reflux into the ureters occurs.
Treatment for ureterocele is very complex, individualized, and varies from child to child. Your child's health care provider will figure out the best treatment for your child based on:
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If your child is ill from a urinary tract infection, intravenous fluids and antibiotics may be given. Once the urinary tract infection is resolved, the ureterocele will be addressed.
Treatment of the ureterocele often depends on the size of the constriction and the function of the kidney that the ureter is draining. If the area of the ureter has a great deal of urine buildup, it may need to be surgically drained. Larger ureteroceles that may cause a great deal of reflux (or backflow) into the ureter may need to be removed. If there is a duplicate ureter, the twin may be left intact.
In some children, the kidney of the affected side may be damaged and part of it may need to be removed.
Your child may be referred to a urologist (a doctor who specializes in disorders and care of the urinary tract and the male genital tract). A small ureterocele may not require medical intervention if the kidney is functioning without difficulty.
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Explore the information below and begin your journey toward becoming a licensed psychologist in Georgia. The following procedures have been the same for many years; however, they are subject to change and it would be wise to contact the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychology at (478) 207-2440 if you have any concerns or questions regarding requirements for earning your Georgia psychologist license.
I'm a High School Graduate
As a high school graduate already researching Georgia psychologist licensure information, you are ahead of the game! Right now you are in perfect position to learn a great deal about various career opportunities in the field of psychology while simultaneously advancing your formal education.
The following steps will help you exedite your journey toward receiving a higher education and to learn more about what it's like to work in a psychology field.
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No matter where you end up working geographically or when speaking of a career field, earning a college degree is a vital step toward becoming a professional. A degree in psychology is highly versatile. Whether you wish to help people manage issues that are halting the progression of happiness, or to help companies manage their workforce, knowledge of psychology is a highly practical tool.
Click on the links below to browse schools offering programs you are currently qualified to begin!
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One very important step many people decide not to take advantage of is immersing themselves in an environment that is similar to what they may experience in the workforce. If you are interested in helping individuals as a Georgia psychologist, then you may wish to find out if the actual act of working to help others improve their lives really makes you tick.
The following are links to organizations offering volunteering opportunities across the state of Georgia.
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Once you have your undergraduate or Master's degree you will need to continue on and earn your doctorate degree in psychology, educational psychology or an education degree that specializes in counseling psychology or educational psychology from an accredited college or university.
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Contact schools offering Master's, PhD or PsyD programs you are interested in.
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When choosing a Master's or Doctoral program, you will be narrowing your career focus. Since there are a large variety of areas where you can go within the field of psychology, it would be wise to speak with the career services personnel at your school to learn more about various opportunities you may participate in to boost yourself higher on the list of possible applicants for school and/or for a professional position once you have completed your schooling.
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Follow the steps to learn how to acquire your Psychologist license in Georgia.
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During the last year of receiving your doctoral degree, you will need to take part in an internship that meets the standards of the APA or the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
Most likely, you will have an advisor aiding you through this process; however, there is more information on this subject in the following document.
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Once you have completed your degree and internship, you will need to begin working on 1500 hours of supervised experience. Georgia psychologist licensure requirements state that your supervised experience needs to be acquired within a 1 or 2 year time period. At least 500 of these hours need to be in direct client contact and all hours need to be supervised by a qualified psychologist.
You can find more information regarding specific requirements for supervised experience on the following Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists webpage.
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The step is to download and complete an application for Georgia psychologist licensure. You can download the application on the following Georgia Board of Examiners webpage.
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Once the Board has evaluated and approved your application, you are then eligible to take the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). The Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists will contact you to tell you of your status and provide you with testing information.
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We have arrived at the finish line, the fourth quarter, the ninth inning, and, of course, the 36th hole.
The Llano High golf team—led by Clayton Meyers, Tyler McDonough, and Chance Craig, who have played the game about as long as Obama has been President—will be in Austin, April 27-28, for the state championship tournament. It will be their last.
"It's very bittersweet," said Meyers, "considering we've worked toward this for many years."
"Definitely surreal," noted Craig. "I know there will be a lot of tears shed, since we are seniors."
The Jackets, fourth in state a year ago under veteran head coach, Mike McIntosh, qualified for this opportunity by winning the Region IV tournament in Corpus Christi, April 13. Their four scores—from five players—totaled a superb 297 and beat the field by seven strokes. Rain washed out Round 2.
"It's a short course," McDonough says of the Onion Creek Club's Original 18, "but you have to tread carefully."
"Narrow," Holden Simpson contends. "You've got to hit the ball solid to post a good score." The layout measures 6,527 yards and is a par 70.
The club hosted a Legends of Golf event in 1978, and what do you know? The Senior Tour, now known as the Champions Tour, was born.
Clayton insists, "Onion Creek can test everything in your bag. Very fitting for the most competitive tournament we have ever played."
Chance, the talented lefty who fired a 77 in Corpus despite facing devilish trouble off the tee, does not think the pressure is off with the Region (and district) triumphs. "We know that we are a contender for the state title, and that is the ultimate goal."
Alex Benge and Clayton carded one-over 73s at regionals, but Alex acknowledges the road to Austin, "has been a grind for all of us—mentally and physically.''
"Argyle will be the favorite," coach McIntosh declared. "They have been all year long." Meyers mentions, "Texarkana-Pleasant Grove may be a dark horse." McDonough: "Argyle, Andrews, Fredericksburg {which tied for second in Corpus with La Vernia}, and Pleasant Grove."
Bothersome and gifted Lampasas did not make it to state.
Each youngster carrying the Orange and White golf bag—and all are seniors—has been a contributor, including Jai Bhakta and shortstop-and-pitcher Simpson, whose 76 helped win Region. "Everybody has begun to turn it on," he told me.
Chance: "Clayton and Tyler are never going to have a bad round, and Holden and Alex have started shooting their best {recently}, so I feel we are ready to take on state."
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What year(s) did you participate in NaNoWriMo?
Tell us if you won or not, and what you learned from the experience
I did win, but just barely. I finished my 50,000 words around noon on 11/30/11. Winning was significant for me because it meant I could control my inner critic long enough to right something that was very flow-of-consciousness. In many ways it's made me a better writer because I don't sit and agonize over the right word anymore. I just choose something workable and go on. Perfection is for drafts 2 – whatever.
What specific advice do you have for someone attempting NaNoWriMo ?
1. Keep to a schedule. It's much easier to write a little every day than to find yourself 10,000 words down on 11/29 (like I did last time).
2. Have fun with it. Play with characters and situations. Use your imagination. Your goal isn't to write the next Great American Novel, it's to ramp your imagination up to high gear and see what flies out of your subconscious mind.
3. Don't delete anything, even if it's horrible, even if it's a subplot you've decided is a non-starter. EVERY word counts!
4. Bribe yourself. I'm a shameless choco-holic, and I allowed myself two pieces of my favorite candy every day I hit my word count.
5. Don't give up. Around the middle of November, you're going to start to feel as if everything you've written is pure crap with no value whatsoever. Those feelings, however, do not reflect reality. They're a natural part of the process, of the inner critic fighting back against something that feels so wildly different from what he or she is used to. Just keep writing. In the end, you'll be glad you did.
In your opinion who do you think is a good fit to do the challenge and who is is *not* for.
National Novel Writing Month is a great fit for someone who isn't afraid to step outside of what feels comfortable. If you can just let the words flow without judgment, you may be surprised at the characters and plot lines and perfect pieces of prose that come flying out of your mind.
If you're a very rigid, by-the-book writer who edits each word as you go, NaNoWriMo may be a source of anxiety rather than fun. Even so, it may still be worth giving it a shot. Just remember that the world doesn't come to an end if you don't reach 50,000 words and that there's something to be said for occasionally hog-tying your inner critic.
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Tis the season for…football in Mint Hill. Friday night, Butler will face Vance in the semi-finals of the state 4AA championship. The winner goes to Raleigh next Saturday and will play either Panther Creek or Rolesville. Mint Hill kids have won the state championship 9 of the past 11 seasons. Butler looks like it will win its second championship in as many years. Read about their ultra-talented defense in this week's Mint Hill Times.
The quarterback and best wide receiver at Butler, Riley Ferguson and Uriah LeMay respectively, are products of the AFY Mint Hill Chargers. The team has won two national championships in three years and looks to make it a third this weekend in Orlando Florida. The Mint Hill Chargers have outscored their opponents 582-12 this season.
And don't forget about Charlotte Catholic which faces Crest tomorrow night for a chance to go to the state 3AA finals next week. Four of Catholic's starters are Mint Hill kids.
Other stories this week:
• The town held a workshop Tuesday to allow citizens input in designing the upcoming Comprehensive Land Use Plan survey. It has become one of the hottest debates around town: How much is too much growth? Get the full story in this week's paper.
• Two recent Mint Hill house fires were caused by a faulty chimney and Thanksgiving cooking that was left unattended. Read about ways to stay vigilant against house fires during the holiday season and winter months. Mint Hill Fire Chief Jeremy Russell has some good tips for residents.
• This week's editorial raises questions about area environmentalist groups who want to block construction of the Monroe Bypass. They claim the NC DOT is in a "rush" to get the project going. Never mind that the state has been working on the bypass for more than two decades. The same law firm that represented environmentalists in trying to block the Bridges at Mint Hill are also representing the groups trying to block the Monroe Bypass.
• Elsewhere in this week's paper: As always, The Mint Hill Times has a list of everything going on in town in our happenings section; There are columns from Dr. Mike Richardson, Leslie Southerland and John Hood; And great ideas for holiday gifts from local advertisers.


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In the context of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup currently being played in Singapore, Afghanistans 28-run win over the India Under-23 team was insignificant. The Indians still topped the group to move into the semi-final, where they will take on United Arab Emirates on Friday. But for Afghanistan, despite the fact that the result didnt help them from exiting the event, the victory was perhaps their most important.
For the first time in their short cricketing history, Afghanistan had recorded a win over a Test-playing nation, albeit an age-group side of it, in any format.
The fact that Afghanistan was allowed to enter their main side for the tournament while the Indians obeyed the age restriction was a footnote in fine print that in no way took away the shine from this emerging Asian cricketing nation.
The hero of the day for the Afghanistan was their skipper Mohammad Nabi, who scored 25 runs with the bat and finished with figures of 3/32 in a low scoring game. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 184 with Samiullah Shenwari scoring 43 off 44 balls. In reply, the Indians succumbed to Nabis off-spin. India were 156/9 at the end of 50 overs.
At the end of group games; India, Pakistan and Afghanistan all finished with four points. But Afghanistans poor run rate got them eliminated.
Assessing potential
Speaking to The Indian Express after the win, Nabi said, For us it is a big win, beating India can only be a moral booster. Though, there were no international players in the Indian side, Nabi and his men were in awe of their young rivals. With most of the India under-23 players playing in the Indian Premier League, the Afghanistan players had seen them on television and thus were keen to match their skills against them.
We all have watched them play for their franchise team. Everybody knows and has seen players like Unmukt Chand. IPL is very popular in our country. A win against these boys has helped to assess our potential, added Nabi.
Deep inside, each member of the Afghanistan team was proud of the upset they had caused. But few celebrated the result as they had, after all, been knocked out of the tournament.
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India start on a high!
It was an absolute delight to watch the Men in Blue back in action. And they came back in style! A comprehensive victory in the end ensured that India leads the series 1-0 against Srilanka in the Micromax cup which commenced from today. He may not have been in the best of forms in the […] Continue reading →


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Rollins Band concert tickets are on sale. You can find the list of Rollins Band tour dates here.
Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins. They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the mid-late 1990s. Critic Steve Huey describes their music as "uncompromising, intense, cathartic fusions of hard rock, funk, post-punk noise, and jazz experimentalism, with Rollins shouting angry, biting self-examinations and accusations over the grind." In 2000, Rollins Band was included on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, ranking at No. 47.
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba plans to market the world's first 3D television that does not need special glasses later this year, a report said on Tuesday.
Toshiba will unveil three models of the television, which will cost several thousand dollars, before Christmas, the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
The company has developed a new system that emits a number of rays of light with various angles from the screen so that viewers can see stereoscopic images without glasses, the daily said.
"People can enjoy images in three dimensions from various positions and suffer less stress," it said.
Japan's major electronics makers launched 3D television this year, but sales have not been as strong as expected while many customers have complained of being irritated by the glasses.
However, a Toshiba spokeswoman said: "We are not in a position to make any announcement."
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You signed up for a fantasy football draft. This was supposed to be all about drinking beer and enjoying a night with the boys. The problem is you've been on the clock so long that your beer's gone warm, and your buddies can't stand the sight of you. You've been faced with the seemingly insurmountable task of deciding who to pick from a group of players ranked in the same tier, and you're paralyzed with mental anguish. We get it…and we're here to help. This week, we've given our writers two groups of players who fall right next to each other in positional rank and ADP. Here are the picks they would make and the logic behind them:
Phil TWR
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All of these guys have my endorsement if you're fishing for a WR in the later rounds of your draft. I've always been enamored with DHB's skill set, and still think he can be a late bloomer – trading Carson Palmer for Andrew Luck certainly can't hurt. Jacoby Jones had some memorable moments in the playoffs, and with the Ravens looking pretty thin at WR, it wouldn't shock me if he finally developed some consistency. Broyles probably has more going for him than anyone on this list – blue chip talent, pass happy offense, human/cyborg hybrid lining up on the opposite side of the field to draw coverage away. It's a shame someone switched his knee ligaments with two pieces of thin sliced prosciutto. If I had to pick just one from this list, I'm taking a home run swing with Cordarrelle Patterson. He's officially caught me in his tractor beam with the impression he made on coaches and teammates in OTA's. Check out the highlight reel and tell me why he can't reprise Percy Harvin's role for the Vikes.
Kevin Roberts
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I'm hearing a lot of hype around Broyles (and I get it, too). I also think DHB could spread his wings and fly in Indy's vertical offense. But neither excites me, and I just don't believe in Jacoby Jones as anything more than a role player and return guy. Patterson, though, is one of my favorite rookies I've ever scouted. He has Julio Jones talent, and the lack of depth at WR in Minnesota should force him into the starting lineup early. In my opinion, he was easily the best WR talent in this year's draft, and he could be just what the doctor ordered for Christian Ponder. I know he's raw and may not make an immediate impact, but he could end up being the steal of the draft (current ADP of round 13 in standard 12-team leagues).
Adam Cook
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The easy choice here is Ryan Broyles. Broyles is already ahead of schedule in his ACL recovery and fully participated in mini camp. I believe this is finally the year that pesky Nate Burleson gives up his starting spot. Broyles Thanksgiving Day game last year against Houston (6 REC 126 YDS) is still fresh in my mind. In PPR leagues, Broyles is by far the best option. Patterson is intriguing, but Christian Ponder will limit his overall numbers. No one threw the ball more than the Lions did last year and I expect their pass happy ways to continue. The Ravens would be smart to keep Jones as a primary kick returner, and TY Hilton will take away production from Heyward-Bey.
Greg Smith
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Jacoby Jones stands out to me most in this group. The roles of Patterson and Heyward-Bey are ill-defined this early in the preseason, and I have night terrors involving Calvin Johnson miraculously appearing out of nowhere to grab every pass aimed at Broyles. Meanwhile, as I noted in my most recent draft video, I don't think the Ravens would have let Anquan Boldin walk away if they didn't plan to get Jones more involved as the second wide receiver.
Jason Willan
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I'm also picking Broyles from this group. He's working his way back from his second ACL reconstruction in as many years, so this pick obviously comes with a lot of risk. But at a Yahoo ADP of about 125 (50th WR), there aren't going to be any sure things left on the board. Give me the guy that showed flashes of being special at the NFL level in 2012. From Week 7 through Week 12 of the 2012 season, Broyles caught 21 passes for 307 yards and two touchdowns. It's an incredibly small sample size to be sure, but those numbers extrapolate to 819 yards and five TD over 16 games. Broyles is reportedly further along in his recovery this season than he was a year ago. If he can stay on the field in Detroit's high-volume passing game, he'll be a steal at his current draft position.
Kevin Roberts
It's still RG3. All signs point to him being very far along in the rehab process, and if he's even remotely close to as good as he was as a rookie, he's every bit worth the risk. I know the other guys are money makers too, but RG3 has the most upside and is the most complete player of the four. If not for his knee injury, this wouldn't be a debate. So with him going through a torn ACL before and being so far along already, why even continue talking about it? I'm snatching him up at his seventh round ADP and never looking back.
Adam Cook
Man this one is tough! My strategy would to be to let other owners pick through these guys and take the last one standing. Their value is that close! If I wanted to reach here for a QB, I'm taking RG3. He was the top scoring QB when he was healthy and he is already running and cutting off his newly repaired knee ligaments. I think RG3 learned a lot from his rookie season, such as how to not take hits and when to get rid of the ball. Pierre Garcon is healthy this year, and Alfred Morris is back and better to take some pressure off him. 4,000 passing yards, 800 rushing yards, and 34 total TD's is attainable. After RG3 I would go Stafford, Kaepernick, and Wilson.
Greg Smith
Kaepernick is my choice, just barely ahead of Matthew Stafford. Kaep's loss of Michael Crabtree is troubling, but he still has a fine arsenal of weapons at his disposal and the best coach in the league sculpting schemes around him. All in all, though, I advocate not forcing this decision and trying to take one of the last QBs available from whatever tier of signal-callers you are targeting. The quarterback position is especially deep this season and there's no reason to reach on a guy like Kaepernick if one of these other three QBs will be available for you in the next round.
Jason Willan
There have been 109 instances of an NFL quarterback throwing for at least 4,000 yards in a season. On average, such QBs threw a touchdown every 154.4 yards. In 2012, Matthew Stafford's 248.4 yards-per-touchdown ratio was the worst of any member of 4,000-yard club, as he threw for almost 5,000 yards but only 20 TDs. At the historical average, Stafford would have thrown 32 TDs, which is also in line with his average production over the last two seasons (30.5 TDs). With the best receiver in the game at his disposal, a new weapon in the passing game in Reggie Bush, and the likelihood that Detroit will continue to throw the ball a lot this season, fantasy owners shouldn't be too quick to pass over Stafford in favor of the trendy young guns.
Phil TWR
How am I the only staffer picking the guy that tied Cam Newton for most fantasy points per game (23.5) from week 9 on last season? Russell Wilson is a dream boat folks. If you're looking for a reason for him to take a step backwards in year two, have fun grasping at straws. That John Clayton story about his passing attempts being capped at 28 per game? Wilson needed only 24.5 per game over his final 10 games in 2012 to post averages of 222.4 yards and 1.9 TD's passing TD's. He's tied to a run first offense? Over that same 10 game stretch, Wilson ran 73 times for 487 yards and five touchdowns. I want him tied to a run first offense. I'm pretty confident in saying that this is the tier I'll be selecting my starting QB from in most of my drafts, and I'd be happy to land Kaepernick or RGIII as well, but Wilson is the only one I'm willing to move on a round early to guarantee I secure his services. Full credit to @Chad_Scott13 for those Wilson stats, and for convincing me Russellmania II will be worth the price of admission.
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Thanks for the reply Phil…I agree with you on all counts (unless Rodgers or Brees falls to the 5th!!), I'm waiting on QBs and I've got Romo penciled in above Luck on my cheatsheet.
Hey guys, can't say enough about how much I like these "Real Question" columns. I have a couple questions for you concerning QBs this year. First, do you think maybe we've seen the "wait on QB" strategy start to go almost TOO far at this point? I mean, Rodgers/Brees dropping to the late 3rd/early 4th in mocks seems ludicrous, considering their value above replacement is pretty high. Second, how confident are you that Luck, Wilson and RGIII are all "sophomore slump" proof? If we had to pick which one had the greatest chance of statistical decline, who would it be? (Luck losing Arians, RGIII knee, Wilson in a very run-first offense). Thanks, and keep up the good work!


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Tomorrow's pioneering paean to the joys of communal public transport has proved to be a classic of the British psychedelic underground.
In 1975, it charted in the UK Top 20 for the Scottish rock band Nazareth and crawled into the Top 100 just under 10 years later when covered by actor Nigel Planer in his guise as Neil, the hippy in BBC sitcom The Young Ones. Nevertheless, the original, non–hit version of 'My White Bicycle', issued by Tomorrow in May 1967, was, according to that group's guitarist Steve Howe, "the first British psychedelic single", and whether or not that's strictly true, it certainly was one of the first.
"You have to remember, there was no such thing as a psychedelic sound at that time," says Mark Wirtz, who produced the Tomorrow recording. "That was a record company invention. It used to be called 'underground', and we weren't even thinking about that. We were just doing what we were doing, and it had nothing to do with psychedelic until the record companies called it 'psychedelic'."
"Psychedelic sounds were coming out of the West Coast of America in 1966, inspired by the use of drugs such as LSD," adds Tomorrow's drummer, John Alder, who back then was nicknamed 'Twink' but these days goes by the name of Mohammed Abdullah John Alder. "I was listening to the Electric Prunes, the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane and Vanilla Fudge, to name a few, while in England we had psychedelic music by the Beatles with 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and Donovan with 'Sunshine Superman'."
'My White Bicycle', written by Keith Hopkins (the real name of Tomorrow lead singer Keith West) and Ken Burgess, was inspired by the White Bicycle Plan: a community bike–sharing programme that industrial designer–inventor Luud Schimmelpennink of the radical Dutch Provo counterculture movement instigated in Amsterdam during the mid–1960s. After gathering 50 bikes and painting them white, the anarchic Provos parked them unchained all over the city so that they could be used and then left on the streets by anyone who needed them to get around.
The aim was to eliminate all motorised traffic in the city centre and improve public transportation, but the police impounded the bikes because municipal law forbade them to be left unlocked. So, the Provos then retrieved the vehicles, equipped them with combination locks and painted the combinations on the bikes, and even though the White Bicycle Plan still received no support from the local authorites, it served as the model for similar programmes that are today in force in various European cities.
"'My White Bicycle' was a total flop in England," says Wirtz, "but it did well in Holland and, down the years, it's come to be regarded as a classic."
Born on 3rd September, 1943, in Strasbourg, Mark Wirtz had to endure an identity crisis when he was growing up.
"Even though I was half–Jewish and half–Catholic, the Germans occupying Alsace put a swastika on my birth certificate," he says. "After that, the French claimed I was French, the Germans claimed I was German, and if I set foot in either country they would have pulled me into the military. It was crazy."
Emigrating to England two days before his 16th birthday, Wirtz studied art at London's Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences, as well as drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts before switching to Reigate College.
In 1963, while still at college, Wirtz launched a pop trio named the Beatcrackers which, as Mark Rogers & the Marksmen, was signed to a recording contract by EMI producer Norman Newell. On 30th July of that same year, Wirtz also signed a solo contract as a pianist, replacing Russ Conway who had recently departed the label, but he had to wait to do his audition at EMI's Abbey Road facility.
"The Beatles were recording 'All My Loving' in Studio 2," he recalls. "When they were finished, it was then my turn, and that's when I met Norman Smith. He was also Norman Newell's engineer, and so after that we worked a lot together."
In 1964, while observing a session with singer Danny Williams, Mark Wirtz told Norman Newell that he thought he could write a better arrangement than the one he was listening to. The producer responded by handing the teenager a couple of song demos and telling him to prove it, but this was easier said than done. Wirtz had never written any arrangements, let alone ones for a 40–piece orchestra, so he bought a book on music theory along with some chart paper and spent the next two days beavering away inside his freezing–cold flat.
"With the help of that book, I wrote my first arrangement, and at the end of those two days I was exhausted," he says. "So, I went to sleep and when I woke up a rat had eaten the arrangement. It was in shreds, meaning I now had a day to redo it and to do the second one as well."
This is precisely what he did and, when the orchestra played both arrangements in the studio, Norman Newell loved what he heard. At the same time, news arrived that Newell's regular arranger, John Barry, capitalising on the success he'd been enjoying as a film composer, had just quit EMI to join the independent Ember Records label. This provided a timely, unexpected and previously unlikely opening for the 20–year–old Wirtz to step into his shoes, and it was indicative of his prodigious talent that the veteran Newell chose him to be the company's new wunderkind.
In 1965, when Newell quit EMI to concentrate on his successful and lucrative work as a lyricist, Wirtz likewise left to start his own production company, Colinio Productions. The first fruit of this enterprise and his artistic input, released through EMI's Parlophone label, was the Mood Mosaic swinging–'60s pop instrumental 'A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass', followed by the Mark Wirtz Orchestra album Latin A Go–Go for Ember Records.
In 1967, Wirtz accepted the offer of another veteran EMI label head and producer, the ultra–successful Norrie Paramor, to rejoin the company as an in–house producer, with the freedom to make his own signings and select the projects with which he wished to be involved.
After booking agent Bryan Morrison invited Norman Smith to attend a performance by the Pink Floyd at London's UFO Club, he then took Mark Wirtz to another venue called Blaises — where Morrison was the exclusive booker — to see a band he was managing named the In Crowd. At that point, the group were making the transition from a mod–soul outfit into one that, as Mohammed Abdullah John Alder recalls, "was experimenting with long guitar solos as we began our musical change".
"In January 1967, I went to the UFO Club and saw the Pink Floyd for the first time," explains Alder who, in addition to Keith West and Steve Howe, played alongside bassist John 'Junior' Wood in the group that would soon rename itself Tomorrow. "The whole place was set up for a psychedelic happening. I got it immediately and wanted to be involved, but it was difficult convincing the rest of the band to change our name — the UFO would have never booked us with a name like the In Crowd — as well as our image and our repertoire. Steve was initially the most receptive to new ideas, and eventually Keith and Junior came along when they realised the benefits of this new wave."
"I heard their demos, I thought they were terrific and right off the bat we got along great," adds Wirtz, who signed the group soon after seeing them play at Blaises. "We just clicked; definitely a case of kismet.
"One of the reasons why I loved working with them was that the rhythm section was a trio, and so there was never a clash between the instruments. They would come into the studio, I would ask, 'So, what have you got?' and then Steve and Keith would get together to work out an arrangement for the song they were going to do. Steve would play the guitar, Keith would sing, and they would play me the tune while Twink and Junior would listen.
"I was always like the fifth member, sitting in on keyboards for all of their stuff, and I'd make myself fit in with the concept of their ideas. This was not about Mark Wirtz, it was about them, and so it was never a case of me auditioning, approving or selecting the material; it was just them really having it together to the point where all I had to do was say, 'OK, great.' Having an idea of the song and the structure, I'd just add myself into the arrangement as a keyboard player, we'd record it and three or four hours later we'd have a track. It was incredibly self–contained, they were very much on top of it, and so working with them was fabulous."
Now fast–forward to March 1967 and the In Crowd's first EMI recording session, tracking 'My White Bicycle' in Studio 3 where, sitting alongside Mark Wirtz, was Geoff Emerick, then involved in engineering the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
"Geoff and I were like brothers," Wirtz remarks. "We didn't always have to talk in order to communicate. However, regarding the work he did with me and the work he did with the Beatles, whatever we respectively came up with was ours and remained a secret. Geoff never, ever disclosed how he did things with the Beatles, and he never disclosed to them how he did things with me, even though Paul McCartney has recently gone on record saying how I influenced his writing on Abbey Road with productions like Tomorrow's 'Revolution' and Keith West's 'Grocer Jack'.
"My whole concept back then was to make records like movies, doing multiple edits and working in scenes that were later crossfaded. I could do that because I was an orchestrator, so I knew at point A what was going to happen at point F. It gave me the opportunity and the freedom to do many things I couldn't do any other way. I mean, I couldn't clear the studio, get in different musicians to record a few bars, and then ask them to leave and get in other musicians. Instead, I'd record certain instruments that shared common ground separately from instruments that had other things in common. Each group of instruments was like a mosaic, and I'd create different mosaics at different times.
"When you talk about the Abbey Road sound, you're really talking about the drums: having the drums in front of vocals that were recorded almost dry, taking the front skin off the kick drum and the underneath skins off the other drums, close miking from underneath and using these really cheap AKG D19s, along with Fairchild limiters. Still, Geoff was absolutely insistent that whatever happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas.
"In Studio 3 at that time, we had the old consoles with the four huge faders in the middle that looked like the levers used to switch the direction of a train by shifting the rails. Let me tell you, back then Abbey Road was a horrible studio, not only because of the union–type mentality where you couldn't move a mic an inch without somebody in a white coat being called down from upstairs to do it, but also because the equipment was antiquated. The console had one master EQ switch for 'classical' and 'pop', and that was a problem for someone like me who was a fan and disciple of Phil Spector.
"The sound that Spector created with his team was more random than absolutely by design, but if you wanted to emulate that kind of sound, you had to come up with a slightly more designed concept. Well, the EMI tape machines were all aligned to the CCIR curve: a classical EQ curve that goes very high up and very low down, but which is also very, very clean and lacks some of the low–mid frequencies. The American records were all recorded on a NAB curve, and that's a very specific sound. So, when Spector produced George Harrison's All Things Must Pass at Abbey Road, he couldn't get his own sound.
"We didn't have the time to reconfigure all of the machines to NAB; that would have been ridiculous, because they'd have to constantly switch between one or the other. However, Geoff did actually develop a sensational system; going to +3dB at 10 kilocycles across the board on every track and then to –3dB on playback. That meant it was clean but, by staying at 15ips instead of going to 30ips to adjust the curve, it still had that grit in it. Geoff became an absolute genius at doing that, and it was a secret. None of us ever talked about it, and he didn't even allow it to be used for the Pepper sessions.
"Then things got interesting. We became friends with some of the technicians upstairs and they started inventing things for us. For instance, they invented the 'presence box' which, once you plugged it in, ensured the sound was focused on a shelf of 10 kilocycles of top end, which is very audible but also kind of transparent and definitely has some grit to it. We shared that with everyone. Nineteen sixty-seven was the year when, within a very short space of time, incredible things were written, forward motion was taking place in audio recording and we tried to battle the negatives of that studio. We even started using the downstairs toilet as an echo chamber, because the chambers that EMI were famous for were so pristine and so clean, I hated using them."
"Whereas the Beatles really liked Studio 2, Pink Floyd and I really liked Studio 3. Looking out to the live area through the control room window, the bass booth was to the left, at about nine o'clock, and Junior's bass would be recorded direct injection and with an Electro-Voice RE20 mic on his amp. He liked to be near Twink, whose drums were on a podium and screened off to the side and rear at the far end of the room, at about 11 o'clock, miked with AKG D19s and all of the underneath skins removed, aside from the kick which had some sort of broadcast mic on it. I liked working with leakage, and I had overheads hanging in the room just for atmosphere. We'd dampen the snare with a handkerchief, a T–shirt or a towel, and we'd put paperclips in a little bag on it to create a rattle. Also, something that Ringo started and which we would like to do was put a tambourine on the hi-hat. The stereo overheads were a fair distance above Twink. And, while we used a Kepex noise gate, the Fairchild limiters and compressors were absolutely integral to — and very much part of — the sound.
"Steve Howe, looking towards the control room, was screened off behind and to the sides in the centre of the room, at about 12 or one o'clock, and again recorded with a combination of direct injection and an RE20 mic on his amp. As for Keith West, he'd sing along and do a guide vocal, but the actual recording was an overdub, captured with a Neumann U47 in a maximum of three takes. There weren't that many harmonies, so it was very simple, and I kept my keyboard part very simple, too. I really tried to augment rather than compete. I was not the star. The stars were Keith's writing and Steve's playing.
"I remember, it was 10 o'clock in the morning when I listened to the demo of 'My White Bicycle', and then we began recording it. It didn't start off as a particularly exciting track, but we were all into it and really enjoying ourselves while smoking a couple of joints, and what's funny is that, for the part of the record where you hear a police whistle, Keith went outside and actually got a cop to come in and blow that whistle. There were joints everywhere and the place stank of marijuana, but the cop came in all excited, blew his whistle and then left."
Whereas Nazareth's hit version of 'My White Bicycle' is distinguished by Manny Charlton's slide guitar and Dan McCafferty's high–pitched vocal, the Tomorrow original is altogether different and sonically far more interesting. Right from the start, we hear backwards guitar and backwards hi-hat together with Junior Wood's pulsating bass and Twink Alder's driving percussion, punctuated by Steve Howe's edgy guitar licks.
"The backwards hi–hat that runs throughout the entire song was my idea," says Alder, while Wirtz recalls the excitement of experimenting with backwards guitar. "That wasn't an orchestrated part," Wirtz explains. "We just recorded a regular solo and turned it around. It was totally random.
"In all, three hours were spent on recording the instruments and maybe an hour doing the vocals. As for the mix, that may have taken a while, but altogether we're probably talking about three sessions lasting a total of nine hours."
Shortly after recording 'My White Bicycle', Mark Wirtz would write and produce 'Grocer Jack', with lyrical assistance by Keith West who was the featured artist. Subtitled 'Excerpt From A Teenage Opera' in reference to Wirtz's intention of creating what would have been the first ever rock opera, the single climbed to number two on the UK chart following its release in July 1967, helping to shape the so–called 'Summer of Love'.
"I dreamed every note of that song," Wirtz recalls. "The next day, I went into the studio and said to Geoff, 'I've had this dream and I'm going to make a record of it. It's about a grocer in this little village...' and Geoff said, 'You're crazy. You can't make a record out of that. It's not rock & roll.' I said, 'Oh, man, wait until you hear it!' So, we recorded it secretly, section by section, during down time at the end of other artists' sessions — including the orchestra, the children's choir and Steve Howe's guitar — and I felt as if I was cheating because I didn't spend a lot of time creating the actual song. Nobody at EMI knew we were doing it."
That October, a second Keith West Teenage Opera single was released. 'Sam', again with Steve Howe on guitar, just about cracked the UK Top 40. However, even though other tracks were recorded, the demise of the pirate radio stations meant Wirtz's productions were accorded little BBC airplay and, without record company support, the project was abandoned. Still, it would help inspire Pete Townshend to compose Tommy.
In the meantime, a second Tomorrow single, 'Revolution', was released in September 1967, when the band recorded the first John Peel session on BBC Radio 1, but by the time a self–titled album was issued in February 1968,the psychedelic trend was already becoming passé and the group disbanded shortly thereafter. While John Alder would subsequently join the Pretty Things for their concept album SF Sorrow, Steve Howe would find fame in the progressive rock field with Yes.
"Ultimately, Tomorrow couldn't survive because they could not support Steve's talent," says Mark Wirtz, who relocated to LA in 1970 and Savannah, Georgia in 1996. Having been involved with numerous projects as an artist, writer, producer and even stand–up comic during the past four decades, he recently recorded his latest self–penned, self–produced album, Self–Licking Ice Cream, that includes out-takes from the Teenage Opera project. "Keith's writing was terrific, but it was within a fairly narrow kind of field, whereas Steve could handle a really broad spectrum. He was far more talented than anything Tomorrow would ever do."
Alder, who recently released his latest album, You've Reached For The Stars by Twink & The Technicolour Dream, disagrees. "Steve was, indeed, a rare talent," he remarks, "but Junior was also a great bass guitarist and songwriter, and Keith was a very charismatic lead vocalist as well as a great songwriter.
"The problem for Tomorrow came about with 'Grocer Jack'. Until then, things had been going exceedingly well for the band, but it was pushed to the sidelines when, from a purely business point of view, the focus switched to the Teenage Opera — that didn't even exist — because EMI, Mark, Keith and our management could only hear the cash registers opening and closing. If the Opera had not reared its head, I feel sure the band would have gone on to greater things."
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Lyons — Carter Dorwin had a million-dollar smile and he showed it off every day at Eastview Elementary School.
The 9-year-old loved wrestling, being outdoors with his fellow Cub Scouts and with animals.
But, Carter won't have the chance to spend another afternoon fishing, on the wrestling mats, camping in the woods or holding his dog Toby.
Last week, Dorwin was killed when the car his mother was driving was struck by another vehicle while on the way to school. Carter died at the scene right about the time he should have been sitting in Bonnie Anderson's third-grade class.
Hundreds came out Saturday to Mt. Zion Church to say goodbye to the young man who has touched so many during his two years in the Lake Geneva area.
Among the mourners was Scout Troop 239 leader Frank Guske and his family. Guske said the Dorwin family had only been in the area for a short time, but they had made an impact, especially Carter.
"He was one of us," Guske said of Carter. "He was one of our own."
Guske said Carter enjoyed the outdoors and was especially at home during time spent on Charlie Moelter's conservation property just east of the city of Lake Geneva. Over the years, Guske's scouts have spent much time there. But, Guske said Carter "loved" being out there. The scouts, including Carter, were out there as recently as Halloween.
"It's a shame he was taken from us," Guske said. "He will leave us with something."
Members of the Badger Youth Wrestling Club also attended Saturday's services. Last week, the club issued a statement following Carter's death.
"We prepare for the day when we must say goodbye to our young wrestlers as they leave us for other ventures, whether it be wrestling in high school or change of direction in their life. These goodbyes we are prepared for and learn to celebrate. Carter's goodbye has come in a manner that no one here on earth can prepare for or make sense of."
According to the club members, Carter "epitomized" what the organization is about, including having fun and working hard, but learning from failure and sportsmanship.
Guske said a memorial to Carter is being planned on the Moelter property. He also said he hopes there are changes made and people start making better choices regarding drinking and driving. The driver who struck the Dorwin's vehicle had multiple drunken driving offenses and police said alcohol was involved at the time of the crash, which was around 7 a.m.
"If we don't make a change about what's going on here, we are all at fault," Guske said.
The tragedy of Carter's death hit teachers, staff and students at Eastview School.
On Friday, Eastview Principal Colin Nugent said Carter first arrived at his school last year. In second-grade, the boy's teacher was Matt Conrardy. This year, Carter was in Anderson's third-grade class.
Nugent said he saw Carter nearly every day. After all, Eastview is a small school.
"I met him every day getting off the bus," Nugent said. "I'd see him in the lunch room. If I had to pin it down, he's just a great kid — happy-go-lucky, well-liked, big smile. ... Like all of our students, he had that million-dollar smile.
He said Carter loved being at school. Perhaps it runs in his family. His mother, Nicole, is a teacher in the Family And Consumer Education Department at Badger High School.
Dealing with the tragedy
Nevertheless, it made Tuesday, Nov. 16, a difficult day for Eastview. During the morning, Nugent said he and other district teachers and officials designed a plan for how to deal with the tragedy.
He said they told Eastview students about Carter's death in the afternoon.
"We did it on an individual basis, by going into each classroom," Nugent said. "We told the kids the facts of the situation and we sent a letter home with them for their parents."
Counselors from other area school districts helped Eastview break the news on the same day students were taking the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam.
"But our priority was the well being, mostly of the Dorwin family, and the students here in school," Nugent said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family."
Guske called the Dorwin family "amazing people" that "we can learn so much from them" during this tragedy.
Carter's younger brother, Bradley, is a 4-year-old kindergarten student at Eastview. On Friday, Nugent said Bradley still hasn't returned to school.
Until then, Nugent said they're ready and waiting.
"We're just going to keep an extra eye on him, be there for him, for help and support," he said.
Nugent also said Lake Geneva Schools have established a memorial fund to help the Dorwin family.
People can drop off donations at the offices of either Eastview or Badger schools to be delivered to the family.
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Former Grady Hospital Emergency Room Doctor Sentenced to Over 26 Years in Child Exploitation Case
|U.S. Attorney's Office July 12, 2010
ATLANTA—Dr. ADAM WAYNE LEBOWITZ, 50, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Richard W. Story on charges of producing child pornography and attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in unlawful sex acts. LEBOWITZ was convicted of the charges by a jury on February 25, 2010, after a seven-day trial.
United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said of the sentence, "As a doctor, this defendant took an oath to 'never do harm' to anyone. He not only violated that oath, he sexually violated children and then published his violation on the Internet, victimizing the children each time the videos were viewed. His long term of incarceration ensures that he will no longer threaten another child."
FBI Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin said, "Today's sentencing should remind us all that child predators come from all walks of life and efforts to offer profiles of such individuals to a concerned public are elusive at best for this very reason. The investigation and resulting successful prosecution of Mr. Lebowitz also serves as a good example of the need for parents to not only remain vigilant but to report suspicious activities to law enforcement authorities in order to protect their children from such predators."
Coweta County Sheriff Michael Yeager said, "I appreciate a lot of hard work by many agencies to bring this case to a successful conclusion. Parents, get involved and stay involved with your children. Know where they are and who they are in contact with. As long as individuals like this continue to prey on our youth, law enforcement will be there to put them away, hopefully for a long time."
LEBOWITZ was sentenced to 26 years and eight months in federal prison. He was also ordered to have no contact with victims in the case, and must register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
According to United States Attorney Yates and the evidence presented in court at his trial: LEBOWITZ came to the attention of law enforcement officers at the Coweta County Sheriff's Office on October 26, 2006, after a victim, a 15-year-old boy, received a series of e-mails and sexually graphic instant messages from LEBOWITZ. The victim's mother contacted the sheriff's office and reported these online messages sent by LEBOWITZ to her son. The sheriff's office then began an undercover investigation of LEBOWITZ that culminated in his arrest in the driveway of the victim's home on November 2, 2006. Evidence at trial showed LEBOWITZ had multiple condoms and sexual lubricants inside his vehicle at the time of his arrest, and had planned to transport the victim to LEBOWITZ's home in Decatur, Georgia.
Following the arrest, the sheriff's office obtained and executed a search warrant of LEBOWITZ's home. During the search, investigators seized three computers, two of which contained video recordings of LEBOWITZ engaged in sex acts with two young boys. Members of the FBI's Safe Child Task Force identified the victims in the video recordings and contacted them. Both victims revealed that LEBOWITZ had recorded himself engaged in graphic sex acts with these victims when both were minors. An examination of LEBOWITZ's computers, performed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), revealed that LEBOWITZ had sent images from his recordings of the two young victims over the Internet. He was indicted on the charges on June 12, 2007, and a superseding indictment was filed on February 9, 2010.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In February 2006, the Attorney General launched Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney's Offices around the country, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
This case was investigated by members of the FBI's Safe Child Task Force, the Coweta County Sheriff's Office, the Clayton County Police Department, and the GBI, with valuable assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Computer Forensics Division. Assistance in this case was also provided by the Coweta County District Attorney's Office.
Assistant United States Attorneys Richard S. Moultrie, Jr., and Rodney D. Bullard prosecuted the case.
For further information please contact Sally Quillian Yates, United States Attorney, or Charysse L. Alexander, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, through Patrick Crosby, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, at (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the HomePage for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan.


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Located at the heart of campus, the Mills building was originally built as a library, a gift in 1951 of the Davella Mills Foundation. The library served the College for many years, but with the opening of the Olin Library in 1985, plans got underway to turn Mills into a student center.
The architects for the Mills renovation, Rogers, Lovelock & Fritz, stayed true to the original building in their redesign of the structure for its new purpose. The Mills building reopened in the summer of 1987 and currently houses the post office, student government and publications offices, student resource center, WPRK—the College's student-run radio station, and a number of lounges and offices. Among the facilities on the first floor is the Galloway room, a large room for meetings, lectures and receptions. Also on the first floor is a bronze bust of Hamilton Holt, of which it is said that if you rub the nose, you will have good luck for years to come.
Hamilton Holt accepted the presidency of Rollins College in 1925 and served until 1949. He had established a national reputation as a journalist through his involvement in the family-owned Independent magazine. A graduate of Yale and Columbia, Holt was managing editor and eventually owner of the magazine.
He was active in the world peace movement and served as the president of the National Peace Congress. His career was diversified; first a journalist, then an internationalist, and then he focused his energies on education.
Holt built a national reputation for Rollins with his innovative teaching methods. He encouraged faculty to employ new methods built around what he called the Conference Plan. Classes centered around discussion between faculty and students rather than the traditional lecture and recitation.
Holt also recognized the value of good teachers. He said, "It is the professors who make a college great, and yet how rare is a great teacher." He was responsible for bringing what he called "Golden Personalities" to the teaching faculty.
Holt was convinced that the proper physical environment was important for a meaningful education experience. He felt buildings should be designed with spacious and open breezeways to take advantage of the favorable climate. He thought Spanish-Mediterranean architecture blended best with "palms, bamboos, and brilliant sunshine." Altogether, Holt added 32 buildings to the campus, all built with the Spanish-Mediterranean design.
His contributions to Rollins survive today through the buildings, the architectural style, his beloved Walk of Fame, and his spirit of constant striving for excellence.


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Photographs taken by Percy L. Spencer during his decade as a radio operator for the Standard Fruit Company, 1930-1940
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During the decade of the Great Depression, Percy Spencer served as a maritime radio operator with the Standard Fruit Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. During this time, he chronicled his journeys through photography. Percy's son John has edited these photos and put them in the context of the times and Percy's life.
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- Upload your projects by midnight EDT on Monday, May 30.
- The winning entries will be shown on this blog on Wednesday, June 1 and will receive an "I'm Moxie Fab" challenge winner button as well as a truly moxie fab prize.
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To the large group of "cyclist" that was out on Barnes Bridge east of Beltline this morning (Sunday July 28th). I wanted to say thank you so much for almost running me off the road. I was the guy that told the sweepers their "ride leader" needed to give better heads up.
Your ride lead gave no heads up until he was passing me. There was no communication in the group about passing a slower cyclist on the right and several of you jerks cut me off when passing me.
I don't know what riding group this was, but all of you are really poor cyclist. Yeah you go really fast but you have no clue or worst yet, know but don't use any rules for a large group passing a single cyclist.
It is really sad when I have to watch out for other cyclist more than I do car when I ride.


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McNeil Consumer Healthcare is recalling approximately 574,000 bottles of Infants' Tylenol Oral Suspension, 1 oz. Grape, a popular pain reliever and fever reducer that is distributed nationwide in the United States.
The company issued the recall after receiving complaints from consumers who reported difficulty using the Infants' Tylenol SimpleMeasure dosing system.
SimpleMeasure includes a dosing syringe, which a parent or caregiver inserts into a protective cover, or "flow restrictor," at the top of the bottle to measure the proper dose.
In some cases, the flow restrictor was pushed into the bottle when inserting the syringe, the company said.
Consumers can continue to use Infants' TYLENOL provided the flow restrictor at the top of the bottle remains in place, the company said.
If, however, the flow restrictor is pushed into the bottle, the parent or caregiver should not use the product, the company said.
No adverse events associated with this action have been reported to date and the risk of a serious adverse medical event is remote, the company said.
Consumers can request a refund by visiting www.tylenol.com or contacting McNeil at 1-888-222-6036 (Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time; Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time).
Parents and caregivers with any health questions or concerns should contact their healthcare provider and visit www.tylenol.com for additional information