Tom Cruise's 'Jack Reacher': The Reviews Are In!

Cruise goes off the grid for Christopher McQuarrie's adaptation of the Lee Childs novel series.
By Josh Wigler


Tom Cruise in "Jack Reacher"
Photo: Paramount Pictures

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1699272/jack-reacher-movie-reviews-tom-cruise.jhtml

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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich: Tavener, Bax, Ireland, Finzi

Fom the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, English music for Christmas performed by the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra, by Tavener, Bax, Ireland and Finzi.

Live from the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Presented by Christopher Cook

A feast of English music for Christmas from the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra

John Tavener: A Christmas Proclamation: God is with us Arnold Bax: Mater ora filium John Ireland: The Holy Boy Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis

Nicky Spence tenor Edward Price baritone

BBC Singers BBC Concert Orchestra David Hill conductor

Three contrasting but much-loved English seasonal favourites lie at the heart of this Christmas programme from the BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra. Gerald Finzi's solo cantata "Dies natalis" sets Thomas Traherne's ecstatic words to music of rapturous beauty, while Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia is a high-spirited sequence of traditional carols which takes the listener on a musical journey from Advent to New Year, and Herbert Howells' beautifully-wrought carol-anthems for a cappella choir have become modern choral classics.

Completing the programme, Finzi's evocation of a frosty Christmas Eve, Arnold Bax's hymn to the Virgin Mary, and other choral and orchestral works for the Festive Season by British composers.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p9j86/Radio_3_Live_in_Concert_Live_from_the_chapel_of_the_Old_Royal_Naval_College_Greenwich_Tavener_Bax_Ireland_Finzi/

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Ky. court upholds decision in penis removal case

(AP) ? A Kentucky man lost his bid Friday to force a doctor to pay damages for removing a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a simple circumcision.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals found that a jury correctly concluded that 66-year-old Phillip Seaton of Waddy consented to allow Dr. John Patterson to perform any procedure deemed necessary during the Oct. 19, 2007, surgery.

Patterson, a Kentucky-based urologist, maintains he found cancer in the man's penis during surgery and that it had to be removed. The patient claims the surgery was supposed to be a circumcision and he never authorized the amputation, nor was he given a chance to seek a second opinion.

"Additionally, there is uncontroverted testimony in the record that if Mr. Seaton were not treated for the penile cancer, it would prove fatal in the future," Judge Janet Stumbo wrote for the court.

Judge Michael Caperton dissented, but did not issue a written opinion.

Clay Robinson, a Lexington-based attorney for Patterson, said the opinion was "very well-reasoned" and fact-based.

"You always appreciate when you see judges at any level go into that amount of detail," Robinson said.

Seaton and his wife, Deborah, sued Patterson, a Kentucky-based urologist, in Shelby County Circuit Court in 2008. Seaton, now in his 60s, was having the procedure to better treat inflammation. The Seatons also sued Jewish Hospital, where the surgery took place. The hospital settled with the couple for an undisclosed amount.

Both sides agree that Seaton had squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, in his penis. Patterson concluded that a tumor had overtaken much of the top of the organ, which made it impossible to insert a catheter.

"He also opined that serious complications and additional surgery could result if he did not insert the catheter," Stumbo wrote.

The main point of contention is whether Patterson acted reasonably in removing the organ immediately or if amputation could have been delayed to let Seaton seek other medical options.

Stumbo and Judge Donna Dixon concluded that, even though Seaton had limited ability to read and write, he never informed the doctor of that fact and signed the consent form in the presence of a witness. The Seatons claimed that the waiver didn't give Patterson authority to conduct an amputation without further consent.

"They maintain that no harm would have resulted if Dr. Patterson has consulted with either of them before proceeding, or if he had allowed them to consult with another physician to get a second opinion or other treatment options," Stumbo wrote.

Stumbo wrote that Patterson acted properly because the tumor had consumed such a large section of the organ.

"For this reason alone, the resection of the tumor was 'necessary and proper' in the context of inserting a catheter," Stumbo wrote.

Kevin George of Louisville, the attorney for Seaton, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

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End of the Year Housing Trends: Market Snapshot Iowa City ...

It?s pretty close to the end of the year and definitely a good time to look at home sales in Iowa City for the month of December.? 24 homes sold so far this month. 53 homes sold in December 2011. We have a bit of catching up to do to beat that number by the end of the month, but with 52 homes marked as?Contingent?or?Sale pending?on the Iowa City MLS there?s a good chance of home sales catching up by the end of the year.

Looking at the trend in the Iowa City real estate market for the year, home sales in Iowa City are up by 10.7% ?to date. This is based on data pulled from the Iowa City MLS today, (December 21) and will change a bit by the end of the year. 868 homes sold so far this year compared to 784 in the same time frame in 2011.

The?absorption rate? is at 4.1 months, that?s an average of ?124 days on market. This time last year the?absorption rate was at 4.8 months?There is a very low inventory of homes on the market in Iowa City right now and that helps the absorption rate ? The absorption rate is calculated by looking at both the number of homes sold and active listings.

Market snapshot Iowa City December 2012

265 Active Listings
52 Homes Pending or Contingent
24 homes sold?in Iowa City in November to date?- ?19 Single Family Homes, ?5 Condos

What do these numbers mean to you if you?re buying or selling a home in the Iowa City area? The first thing is that there are good signs that the market is stabilizing. The real estate market in Iowa City is not prone to experiencing extreme highs or lows, but it was pretty flat and prices did take a bit of a hit for a while during the downturn. Housing is definitely trending in the right direction again in Iowa City now!

The second point I want to make is that whether you?re a buyer or a seller, getting your information from the National Media is not a good idea. Already I see talk of a housing boom in 2013. That may be true for some parts of the country ? I don?t sell real estate there so I don?t know ? What I do know is that a ?housing boom? is highly unlikely in the Iowa City real estate market, at least based on the data we have for this year. (And the fact that Iowa City doesn?t typically experience extreme highs and lows anyway). I?ve said it before in my blog posts. Real estate is local. This applies regardless of where you live. If you want information about the real estate market then you should talk to a local Realtor. Period. We are your best source for information on all things related to real estate bar none! (Of course it goes without saying that you should choose a Realtor the same way you choose any other Professional you work with ? Carefully).

Check back for updates to see how the Iowa City real estate market continues to do through 2013. I?m definitely expecting good things! Better yet?Subscribe to My Blog?and have updates on the Iowa City housing market sent directly to your email.

Want to talk through your options and figure out whether now is a good time for you to buy a home or sell your home in Iowa City? ?Give me a call at 319-400-0268 or drop me an?email. My approach is very straightforward. I?ll help you figure out a strategy on how to get from A to B with the minimum amount of fuss.?

Source: http://ichomesforsale.com/end-of-the-year-housing-trends-market-snapshot-iowa-city-december-21-2012/

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Broadway musical 'Chicago' to enter history books

In this undated publicity photo provided by The Publicity Office, Amy Spanger will star as Roxie Hart when the Broadway musical hit ?CHICAGO? plays its record-breaking 6,681st performance at the Ambassador Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Jeremy Daniel)

In this undated publicity photo provided by The Publicity Office, Amy Spanger will star as Roxie Hart when the Broadway musical hit ?CHICAGO? plays its record-breaking 6,681st performance at the Ambassador Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Jeremy Daniel)

(AP) ? The musical "Chicago" is about to swagger into the history books again.

Thursday night's performance of the edgy musical will be its 6,681, meaning it becomes the third longest-running show in Broadway history. It snatches that title from "Les Miserables."

The only shows that have run longer are "Cats," with almost 7,500 shows, and "The Phantom of the Opera," which is still going after more than 10,300 performances.

It was only last year that "Chicago" took over third place on the list, beating out "A Chorus Line."

Set in the 1920s, "Chicago" is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals. It has skimpy outfits, a rotating cast of celebrities and killer songs such as "All That Jazz."

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Online:

http://www.chicagothemusical.com

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4-part test of your customer service - Business Brief

To make sure you?re delivering what you promise and are as accessible to customers as possible, try this test of your customer care.

Call anytime

Dial your customer service number. Do you think that it?s quick and easy to get to a person? Is it what you?d expect if you were a customer? If applicable, listen to the menu options for any that can be eliminated, and grade the friendliness of the person who picks up first.

Call late

Call after hours (if you don?t have 24-hour service) and leave a message. Is the speed in which it is returned acceptable to you?

Ask to be contacted

Fill out a contact form online, if there is one. See how long it takes to get an automated message and then a personal response.

Is that an acceptable amount of time? And is the tone of each message welcoming? It must be because this is how potential first-time customers ask for help.

Check the email

Put yourself (perhaps a personal email address) on your company?s email list. Do you get important messages in a timely manner? Are the messages reaching you consistently (or have they been booted out by a spam filter)?

Source: Customer Service Alert, 11/12.

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Israel bars Haneen Zoabi from re-election

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israel's electoral authority barred a Palestinian lawmaker from re-election on Wednesday, saying she had supported the nation's enemies by joining a protest ship that tried to break a naval blockade of Gaza.

Haneen Zoabi is expected to appeal to Israel's highest court which has overruled most previous efforts to disqualify Palestinian candidates as violations of free speech.

Israel's Central Elections Committee voted 19 to 9 with one abstention to block Zoabi's candidacy for the Jan. 22 general election, a committee spokesman said. Separate motions to disqualify two Palestinian political parties were defeated.

Zoabi was on board the Mavi Marmara ship which was boarded by Israeli troops as it approached waters off Gaza in May 2010 as part of an international flotilla challenging Israel's blockade on the enclave.

Nine Turkish citizens were killed, striking a huge blow to relations between the two countries.

The electoral committee disqualified Zoabi on two grounds: "negating Israel's existence as a Jewish state" and "support for an enemy state or terrorist organization engaged in armed conflict against Israel," spokesman Giora Pordes said.

Centrist and left-leaning Israeli lawmakers argued against disqualifying Zoabi.

"We cannot deny representation to people who disagree with us," said Nitzan Horowitz of the left-wing Meretz party.

Zoabi belongs to a tiny party in Israel's parliament that believes the country should not be defined as a Jewish state, which it sees as discriminatory toward the minority Palestinian population.

Most of the Palestinians who make up about 20 percent of the Israeli population are related to or descended from Palestinians who fled or were driven away in a 1948 war over Israel's establishment.

Zoabi has insisted she had no role in any of the violence on board the Mavi Marmara and had tried to mediate between the sides.

Source: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=549558

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Kodak, dijital g?r?nt?leme patentlerini aralar?nda Apple, Google, Microsoft ve Samsung'un da bulundu?u bir ?irketler birli?ine satacak


?lk dijital kameran?n mucidi Eastman Kodak, 21. y?zy?lda dibe vuran k?kl? teknoloji firmalar?ndan biri olarak ge?ti?imiz Ekim ay?nda Amerika'daki tesisleri ve di?er m?lklerini elinde tutabilmek i?in resmen iflas koruma ba?vurusunda bulunmu?tu. Yakla??k otuz y?l ?nce 145 bin ?al??ana sahip bir d?nya markas? olarak nitelendirilen g?r?nt?leme end?strisinin dev ismi, y?z binden fazla eleman?yla yollar?n? ay?rd?, bir?ok k?tadaki onlarca operasyonuna son verdi. ?flas Mahkemesi taraf?ndan toplam m?lkiyeti 5.1 milyar dolar, borcu ise 6.75 milyar dolar olarak a??klanan ?irket, Citigroup ile 950 milyon dolarl?k bir kredi i?in anla?maya varm??, bunun d???nda as?rl?k tecr?besinin ?r?nleri olan g?r?nt?leme patentlerini satarak borucunu kapatmaya ?al??aca??n? duyurmu?tu.

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1,100 g?r?nt?leme patentine sahip Kodak'?n federal mahkemeden yapt??? a??klamada, dijital foto?raf ?ekme, payla?ma gibi hususlarla ilgili patentlerin 2.21 - 2.57 milyar dolar de?erinde oldu?u bildirilmi?ti. Ancak Google, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, LG gibi bir?ok firmaya lisanslanarak ?imdiye kadar 3 milyar dolar?n ?zerinde gelir elde edilen bu teknolojilerin yayg?n hale gelmi? olmalar?ndan ?t?r? de?erini yitirdi?i ifade edildi. Patentleri sat?n almak ?zere Intellectual Ventures Managment ?a?t?s?nda birle?en Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion gibi firmalar, Temmuz ay?ndan beri RPX'in bir araya getirdi?i Google ve Android ekosisteminin Asyal? firmalar?ndan Samsung, HTC, Huawei ile teklif yar??? i?erisindeydi. Bug?n Bloomberg'in bildirdi?i son geli?meyle nihayet taraflar?n bir ?irketler birli?i olu?turarak patentleri sat?n almaya karar verdi?i ortaya ??kt?.

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Resmi bas?n duyurusunu k?sa s?re ?nce a??klayan Kodak, bir k?s?m g?r?nt?leme patentlerini kapsayan bu al?mdan yakla??k 525 milyon dolarl?k bir gelir elde edece?ini belirtti. ?irketler birli?inde ba?? ?eken Apple ve Google'?n yan? s?ra al?m?n kapsad??? dijital g?r?nt?leme teknolojilerini ?r?nlerinde lisansl? bir ?ekilde kullanabilecek ?u isimler yer al?yor; Adobe Systems, Amazon, Facebook, Fujifilm, HTC, Huawei, Microsoft, Samsung, Shutterfly, Research In Motion. 2011'de Nortel Networks'?n 6,000 ileti?im teknolojisi patentine yine bir konsorsiyum olu?turarak 4.5 milyar dolar ?deyen Apple ve Microsoft, 900 milyon dolarl?k bir teklif veren Google'? saf d??? b?rakmay? ba?arm??t?. Fakat bu durumdan ders ??karan teknoloji devlerinin Kodak patentleri i?in s?rd?rd?kleri rekabetten vazge?erek daha ekonomik bir teklifle anla?maya vard?klar? belirtildi.

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Ald??? krediler ve satm?? oldu?u g?r?nt?leme patentleriyle bor?lar?n? ?deyip 2013 ilk yar?s?nda iflastan ??kmay? uman Eastman Kodak, ilerleyen d?nemlerde ?irketi k???lt?p foto?raf??l?k sekt?r? yerine reklam, ambalaj ve bask? alanlar? ile kurumsal servislere odaklanacak. Bu stratejiyle varl???n? s?rd?rmeye devam etmeyi uman New York merkezli firma, gelecek planlar?nda ?nemli bir yere sahip olan patentlerinin sat???n?n ?flas Mahkemesi taraf?ndan onayland?ktan sonra tamamlanaca??n? aktard?.?

Source: http://www.donanimhaber.com/Kodak_dijital_goruntuleme_patentlerini_aralarinda_Apple_Google_Microsoft_ve_Samsungun_da_bulundugu_bir_sirketler_birligine_satacak-38273.htm

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