4 shot, 3 dead in Ky. condominium complex shooting

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ? A domestic situation apparently prompted the midweek shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded, police said.

Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell identified the dead from the shooting Wednesday afternoon as a girl, a 38-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man. He didn't release their names nor disclose a possible motive in the hours after the shooting.

He added that a woman in her 60s was hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting Wednesday afternoon.

The shooting at the Lakeview Condominum complex located near a neighborhood of upper middle class homes in Louisville is being investigated by a homicide unit, Mitchell said.

He said the suspect apparently was among the dead and police don't think anyone was "on the loose." He didn't identify the suspect but said police had gathered evidence and were interviewing witnesses.

The University of Louisville Hospital, contacted by The Associated Press early Thursday, said it could not release any information on the woman's condition until she was identified by name.

Mitchell said the shootings took place inside a residence but he declined to say whether there were other people inside at the time.

The Lakeview Condominiums complex lies in a neighborhood filled with upper-middle-class homes with manicured lawns.

About two hours after the shootings, a man and a woman who was crying went to the area cordoned off by police. They didn't speak to reporters but crossed the police tape and talked briefly to an officer before being escorted back to their vehicle to leave.

About a half-hour later, a different pair came and also spoke to police, the woman visibly shaken and weeping, before being walked back to their vehicle and driving off.

Molly Hoekstra said she has lived in the complex for nearly two years. She returned home Wednesday to find the building blocked off by police tape.

"It's always been really safe and neighborly," she said of the community, adding she was shaken up and would spend the night with relatives.

Alexa Hall, a resident, told The Courier-Journal newspaper ( http://cjky.it/104yWAC ) of Louisville that she was at the complex's pool when a man and a boy came running, shouting that shots had been fired. They urged someone to call police, according to the newspaper.

She described a scene of panic and confusion soon after the shooting.

"Nobody really knew what to do," she said, adding people stood by watching as police arrived.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/4-shot-3-dead-ky-condominium-complex-shooting-102516916.html

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Duke Energy names insider to take over for Rogers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Duke Energy's chief financial officer will take over for retiring CEO Jim Rogers at the end of the month.

Lynn Good, 54, has been CFO since 2009. She will also take a seat on the company board.

Rogers will retain his board chairman seat until he steps down at the end of the year.

The board plans to name one of its independent directors as chair-elect in the coming weeks. That person will become chairman when Rogers departs.

Rogers, 65, has been president and CEO at Duke Energy Corp. since 2006. In November, he announced plans to retire from the Charlotte, N.C., company by the end of 2013 after the contentious takeover of Progress Energy.

(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Wedding Insurance: Help For Bridal Fails | Bankrate.com

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Wedding day disasters come in all sizes, from lost rings and ruined bridal gowns to slip-and-fall and alcohol-related personal injuries to unpredictable weather events to plain old cold feet that can shut down a once-in-a-lifetime celebration faster than you can say "I do."

Fortunately, wedding insurance can help you absorb the financial hit should your big day suddenly veer off course.

Policies cost as little as $95. Couples can insure against financial losses due to:

• Wedding cancellation or postponement because of severe weather, sudden illness within the wedding party, or unforeseen military deployment of the bride or groom.
• Loss or theft of wedding attire, gifts, jewelry and luggage.
• Mishaps or no-shows involving the florist, caterer, limousine service, photographer/videographer, disc jockey/band or officiant (the person officiating the ceremony).
• Sudden closure or unavailability of the wedding venue.
• Personal liability should guests fall ill, become injured or cause property damage. (There's typically "host liquor liability" in case a guest becomes inebriated at the wedding and causes an auto accident or similar harm.)

Help with 'knotty' problems

Wedding insurance can't recreate that special day exactly, but it can reimburse you for the nonrefundable deposits you paid to vendors, pay for reassembling the wedding party with all the trappings for a photo/video reshoot and provide deposit money to line up new vendors for your rescheduled nuptials.

It wasn't always easy or affordable to insure a wedding. Among the three major wedding underwriters, Fireman's Fund started offering wedding coverage only in the 1990s, Aon entered in 1999, and Travelers followed in 2007.

But interest in wedding insurance grew as the price of U.S. weddings rose. In 2012, the average U.S. wedding cost $25,656, according to The Wedding Report, a research firm that tracks nuptial numbers. Reality TV has helped popularize wedding insurance, too, thanks to the matrimonial mishaps sometimes portrayed on bridal shows such as "Bridezillas."

'I do -- want insurance'

"Wedding insurance has definitely become more popular," says Fireman's Fund spokeswoman Janet Ruiz. "People are planning further out for weddings, some as long as a year ahead, so they're aware of making and protecting their deposits."

Chantal Cyr, vice president for Travelers' wedding insurance unit, agrees. "It's a significant investment -- the cost of a new car," she says. "You'd never buy a new car without insuring it."

In fact, Cyr says some couples today may have no choice but to insure their wedding.

"We've seen a growing demand from venues asking the bride and groom to buy wedding insurance," she says. "Venues would have their own (coverage), but it may be subject to a deductible and potentially a rate increase. They want the bride and groom to carry that coverage."

What the policies can cover

Today, all three major providers of wedding cancellation and liability coverage offer the convenience of buying a policy online: Fireman's Fund at Wedsure.com, Aon at WedSafe.com and Travelers at ProtectMyWedding.com. Couples can purchase coverage as early as two years before and as late as the day of the wedding, depending on the carrier.

Most policies cover the entire wedding event, from the rehearsal dinner through the wedding ceremony and reception. Policies typically extend to destination weddings in Canada, the Caribbean, Great Britain, Mexico and U.S. territories, though specific locales vary somewhat by insurer.

Each major carrier offers a signature feature in the wedding niche. Travelers policies have no deductible. Aon offers the highest liability limit at $5 million. Fireman's Fund is the only insurer to offer "change of heart" coverage, though it compensates only the wedding's financier (i.e., mom and dad), not the couple, and the cancellation due to a bride's or groom's cold feet must be made at least a year before the festivities.

Don't walk down the aisle without it

Not long ago, Master Bridal Consultant Mark Kingsdorf of The Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants in Philadelphia would never have suggested wedding insurance to his clients for fear they might take his advice the wrong way.

"It's a little like asking, 'Have you guys thought about a prenup?'" he chuckles. "It sort of gives couples the creeps."

Today, part of his job involves collecting certificates of insurance from each of the vendors that will be on-site for the big day.

And Kingsdorf strongly recommends that all couples obtain liability coverage, either as an event rider on their (or their parents') home insurance, or through a wedding insurer.

"Even when you know 'almost everybody' there, there's the date du jour of that girl you went to school with who gets drunk at your party and kills somebody driving home," he says. "By the same token, if you're hosting a reception at the Pennsylvania Museum and somebody gets drunk and falls into a sarcophagus, you pray that you've got that $1 million liability insurance."

For those whose wedding budget is close to or exceeds the $25,000 national average, Kingsdorf says wedding insurance is a classic no-brainer.

"A couple hundred bucks here is a really minimal investment to make sure things go well," he says.

Source: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/insurance/wedding-insurance.aspx

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Herbal extract boosts fruit fly lifespan by nearly 25 percent

June 18, 2013 ? The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers.

But it's how Rhodiola rosea, also known as golden root, did this that grabbed the attention of study leaders Mahtab Jafari and Sam Schriner. They discovered that Rhodiola works in a manner completely unrelated to dietary restriction and affects different molecular pathways.

This is significant, said Jafari, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, because dietary restriction is considered the most robust method of improving lifespan in laboratory animals, and scientists have been scrambling to identify compounds that can mimic its effects.

"We found that Rhodiola actually increases lifespan on top of that of dietary restriction," Jafari said. "It demonstrates that Rhodiola can act even in individuals who are already long-lived and healthy. This is quite unlike resveratrol, which appears to only act in overfed or unhealthy individuals."

The researchers proved this by putting flies on a calorie-restricted diet. It has been shown that flies live longer when the amount of yeast they consume is decreased. Jafari and Schriner expected that if Rhodiola functioned in the same manner as dietary restriction, it would not work in these flies. But it did. They also tested Rhodiola in flies in which the molecular pathways of dietary restriction had been genetically inactivated. It still worked.

Not only did Rhodiola improve lifespan an average of 24 percent in both sexes and multiple strains of flies, but it also delayed the loss of physical performance in flies as they aged and even extended the lives of old flies. Jafari's group previously had shown that the extract decreased the natural production of reactive oxygen species molecules in the fly mitochondria and protected both flies and cultured human cells against oxidative stress.

Jafari and Schriner, an assistant project scientist in Jafari's laboratory, are not claiming that Rhodiola supplements will enable humans to live longer, but their discovery is enhancing scientific understanding of how supplements believed to promote longevity actually work in the body.

Rhodiola has already shown possible health benefits in humans, such as decreasing fatigue, anxiety and depression; boosting mood, memory and stamina; and preventing altitude sickness. Grown in cold climates at high elevations, the herb has been used for centuries by Scandinavians and Russians to reduce stress. It's also thought to have antioxidant properties.

Jafari's research group is currently exploring the plant's potential to kill cancer cells, improve Alzheimer's disease and help stem cells grow.

Rhodiola is readily available online and in health food stores. Jafari, though, has analyzed several commercial products and found them to not contain sufficient amounts of the reputed active compounds -- such as rosavin and salidroside -- that characterize high-quality products.

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/most_popular/~3/AhqPHvYGpj8/130618125112.htm

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Remember the wave of pundit insanity over the death of Trayvon Martin two Februaries ago? Well, get ready for round two. The trial of George Zimmerman, who stands accused of second degree murder, began today in Sanford, Florida, and immediately inspired one of the most baffling comments ever uttered by a talking head about Martin's late-night confrontation with Zimmerman, even for a story already so loaded with race, death, lawyers, Florida, and inevitably Nancy Grace. ...

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World's first large(wafer)-scale production of III-V semiconductor nanowire

June 10, 2013 ? Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, and University of Illinois, U.S.A, developed the large-scale heteroepitaxial growth III-V nanowires on a Si wafer.

The research team demonstrated a novel method to epitaxially synthesize structurally and compositionally homogeneous and spatially uniform ternary InAsyP1-y nanowire on Si at wafer-scale using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The high quality of the nanowires is reflected in the remarkably narrow PL and X-ray peak width and extremely low ideality factor in the InAsyP1-y nanowire/Si diode.

A nanowire is a nanostructure with a diameter of the order of a nanometer (10-9 meters). Alternatively, nanowires can be defined as structures that have a thickness or diameter constrained to tens of nanometers or less and an unconstrained length. Technology related to nanowires has been selected as one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2004 by MIT Technology Review.

High-aspect-ratio semiconductors have led to significant breakthroughs in conventional electrical, optical, and energy harvesting devices. Among such structures, III-V semiconductor nanowires offer unique properties arising from their high electron mobility and absorption coefficients, as well as their direct bandgaps.

A common technique for creating a nanowire is Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) synthesis. This process can produce crystalline nanowires of some semiconductor materials. However, metal catalysts, usually expensive noble metals, should be used for initiating the VLS mechanism. In addition, these metal catalysts are known to significantly degrade the quality of semiconductor nanowires by creating deep levels, thus limiting practical applications of nanowires into opto-electronic devices.

In this work, however, Prof. Choi's group developed a novel technique of growing III-V semiconductor nanowires without metal catalysts or nano-patterning. Metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD, AIXTRON A200) was used for the growth of the InAsyP1-y. 2 inch Si (111) wafer was cleaned with buffer oxide etch for 1 minute and deionized (DI) water for 2 seconds. Then, the wafer was immediately dipped in poly-L-lysine solution (Sigma-Aldrich inc.) for 3 minutes then rinsed in DI water for 10 seconds. The Si substrate was then loaded into the MOCVD reactor without any delay. The reactor pressure was lowered to 50 mbar with 15liter/min of hydrogen gas flow. Then the reactor was heated to growth temperatures (570 -- 630 ?), and stabilized for 10 minutes.

Kyoung Jin Choi, Associate Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea, and Xiuling Li, Professor at University of Illinois, U.S.A. led the research and this description of the new research was published on the web on May 7 in ACS Nano. (Title: Wafer-Scale Production of Uniform InAsyP1-y Nanowire Array on Silicon for Heterogeneous Integration).

"If we develop new technology which manages the density of nanowire and bandgap energy with further study, it is also possible to produce high-efficiency & low-cost large scale solar cells," said Prof. Choi. "This technology will give us a chance to lead the research on the new renewable energy."

Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/physics/~3/LMJT78FR8gA/130610083916.htm

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