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David Griem will remain Bob Bashara's attorney - for now.
During a hearing Thursday before 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King, Griem requested he be granted withdrawal as Bashara's counsel because the two's relationship was "no longer in tact."
Griem said he and Bashara met three times in the last four day and had "lengthy discussions" about the situation.
"We are on different paths, different wavelengths," Griem said.
He stressed that the request to part ways was being made by both parties.
"This is a client and an attorney asking the court to sanction the divorce, to sanction the severance of the attorney-client relationship," Griem said.
Griem said Bashara is already planning on meeting with two new potential attorneys Thursday and Friday.
When asked about specifics on what the two were disagreeing on, Griem said he would not share the reasoning in open court because he didn't feel comfortable talking about in front of the prosecution.
He then went on to say Bashara would never get a fair trial.
"The reason this man can't get a fair trial in the state of Michigan is police leaks and prosecution leaks," Griem said.
But the judge expressed concerns that bringing a new attorney before Bashara's preliminary exam wouldn't work, and that just because the two weren't getting along, wasn't a good enough reason for him to walk away from the case.
Bashara came to Griem's defense.
"In the last seven months since my wife's murder, Mr. Griem has spent a good portion of his time dealing with police leaks, police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct and a number of things that have affected my ability to be treated fairly and to get a fair trial," he said.
Bashara also said he cares about Griem's reputation and doesn't want to make the situation worse.
"I don't want to fire him in open court," Bashara said.
Slideshow:David Griem in court
More: Joe Gentz in more trouble behind bars
More: Bashara murder investigation history
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Bob Bashara arrested
Bob Bashara has been charged with plotting to have Joe Gentz killed - the man who is charged in Bashara's wife's death.
Bashara is accused of trying to hire a hit man between June 8 and June 25. His bail was set at $15 million cash. If he posts it, he must turn in his passport, driver's license and wear a tether.
A preliminary exam which had been scheduled for July 24.


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The Barren County Relay for Life committee is calling on the whole community to join in its Trunk-or-Treat kick-off event this Sunday.
Barren County Relay hosts a fundraising kickoff every fall, but this year is the first time the committee has opened the event up beyond Relay for Life teams and is asking all community members to participate, according to Luminaria Chair Lisa Black. Black and other committee members have made an effort to attend other community events and spread the word about the Trunk-or-Treat this Sunday at 3 p.m.
"We're trying to blitz the community with this event and hoping that the community will come out and support our event," Black said.
The committee hopes having extra community involvement in the kickoff will lead to extra involvement with Relay for Life and this year will blow other years "out of the water," Black said. As all Relay for Life events raise money for the American Cancer Society, committee co-chair Mica Wood said this Sunday is a great activity for families to be part of.
"The American Cancer Society is a great cause so coming out to support the American Cancer Society is always a positive thing," Wood said.
Of course, the event will also be a lot of fun, according to Black, and it will give children an extra chance to show off their Halloween costumes. This year's Relay theme is "Hope never takes a siesta," so there may be a few sombreros among the team costumes. The Trunk-or-Treat will be held in the Glasgow Middle School parking lot from 3 to 5 p.m., and Relay teams will have "trunk sites" set up with decorated cars and plenty of candy. Along with trunk-or-treating, attendees will have games, giveaways, face-painting, inflatables and food.
"Bring your kids, do trunk-or-treating, let them enjoy a fun afternoon," Black said.
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Jan 9 2012 - HP's updated Pavilion dv7-6c80us has both good and bad aspects compared to the previous models it replaces. It gets a slight speed bump of its quad core Core i7 processor and the memory moves to 8GB. This helps its general overall performance a bit but is only noticeable in demanding applications. Battery life is still above average thanks to the large battery pack. Unfortunately, HP has decided that this model should not have a dedicated graphics system. This hurts it for anyone that might want to use it for casual gaming or desktop video work. For those tasks, users would definitely want to spend a bit more for one with a dedicated graphics processor.
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Review - HP Pavilion dv7-6c80us
Jan 9 2012 - HP has updated its 17-inch dv7 series with its latest dv7-6c80us. With this, the previous Intel Core i7-2630QM quad core processor receives a slight speed bump up to the i7-2670QM. In addition to this, the memory has been raised from 6GB to 8GB of DDR3 memory. The two of these combined offer a very fluid experience both in the Windows 7 operating system and for demanding applications such as desktop video editing. Overall, this laptop offers a solid level of general application performance.
Storage features remain unchanged from the past model. This includes a fairly sizable 750GB drive that provides plenty of space for applications, data and media files. Unlike the Envy 17 series of laptops though, the drive spins at the slower 5400rpm rate that provides it with modest performance for loading applications and data. The Blu-ray compatible drive allows it to be used for watching Blu-ray movies. It also handles playback or recording of CD and DVD media. The system offers two USB 3.0 ports for use with high speed external storage devices if there isn't enough internally.
The other big change for the dv7-6c80us is the graphics system. The display remains the same with its 1600x900 resolution that is a bit disappointing since it can't fully display 1080p high definition video from sources like its Blu-ray drive. Color, brightness and viewing angles are all fairly typical. A glossy coating like just about every consumer laptop makes it difficult to use outdoors in bright like. The problem though is with the graphics processor. Many desktop replacement class laptops come equipped with a dedicated graphics system. With its price tag around $1000, one would assume HP would equip this version of the dv7 with one but instead it relies solely on the Intel HD Graphics 3000 built onto the Core i7 processor. Now, for those not intending to use the laptop for gaming at all, this isn't a problem. It does also offer a benefit for those doing video editing work by adding acceleration for this task via QuickSync. The problem is that the performance boost is limited to QuickSync enabled applications and lags behind discrete graphics for major applications like Photoshop.
One surprising aspect of the HP Pavilion dv7-6x80us is the large battery pack that comes with it. While many laptops are using six cell battery packs, this comes with a nine cell with a surprisingly high 100WHr capacity rating. HP claims this can supply up to ten hours of running time. Both of these are higher than Apple's claims with its MacBook Pro 17. In DVD playback tests, it yields roughly four and three quarter hours before it goes into standby mode. This is slightly below Apple's five hours of DVD playback time and seems to be cause from Windows 7 slightly less power optimized nature. Blu-ray playback will yield less time as it is more demanding. Ten hours is still a bit of a stretch for even typical usage though.
One problem that has been increasingly plaguing HP's consumer models is presintalled software. Over time, HP has loaded more and more applications onto their Pavilion systems. While they don't make much of an impact on the very large storage capacities these days, they do impact the overall performance. In particular, the number of programs that load at boot time cause it to take much longer than it should. Buyers will want to take some time to go through and remove any unwanted applications to help improve the boot speeds.


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By Mary Catherine Brooks
Wyoming County Bureau Chief
It was a wrong turn more than four years ago that brought Guisela Moro, of Newfoundland Films, back to Wyoming County to film her movie "Hollow Creek."
Moro wrote the story, is the producer and will also serve as director.
She conducted open auditions Sept. 1 in the Wyoming County East High School auditorium and was very pleased with the result.
"I was very impressed with the faces I saw here," she said during the screen tests.
"We've had a great response from the community," she emphasized.
"I know what I'm looking for, what I want for the movie," she explained. "But sometimes people walk in and I'm taken by surprise."
Moro had an older person in mind for the part of a police officer. One young man, however, came in and she re-wrote the character to fit him.
"He just nailed it," she said. "I adapted the part to him."
Moro said he reminded her of Michael J. Fox.
She has also conducted auditions, by invitation only, in Florida and in Parkersburg. Thus far, she's screen tested about 100 people for parts in the feature film.
The two leading characters in the movie will be performed by professional actors, Moro said.
The movie is set around "a New York writer, who, seeking inspiration for his latest horror novel, retreats to a remote cabin in the Appalachian Mountains. Accompanied by his secret lover, a twist of fate turns the romantic interlude into a real life abduction murder when his lover mysteriously goes missing and he becomes the prime suspect."
Three boys will be cast for key roles in the movie, according to Laura McKinney, deputy circuit clerk, who is assisting with pre-production work.
McKinney has also assisted with scouting county locations for the movie. She and Moro became friends several years ago when Moro was in the county conducting business.
"A West Virginia accent is essential," McKinney emphasized of some of the roles.
The historic Itmann Company Store building will serve as a major location for the movie, according to Moro.
"I drove by the area for the first time (nearly four) years ago and fell in love with the scenery," Moro said.
"I remember then saying to myself, that one day I was going to write a script based on this amazing, unique place."
The building once served as the center of community life for Itmann's isolated coal mining community. At one time, the structure housed the company store, post office, pool room, barber shop, doctor's office, along with apartments for company employees. The facility has been vacant for several years.
"I don't think Hollywood could build anything better," Moro emphasized. "It's going to be like an extra character in the movie — that's how important it is to the movie."
Moro is funding the film, in part, with a grant from the Burt Reynolds Film Institute in Florida.
Principal photography will begin in late September and continue throughout Wyoming County into October.
The film company will return in January because there is a four-month span in the story, McKinney explained.
The county courthouse will be used in the movie as well, McKinney said, including the old jail.
Two farmhouses in the county will also be used in the film project, she said.
When filming begins, crews are expected to be in the county for several weeks, McKinney said.
The West Virginia Film Commission tried to convince Moro to film nearer to Charleston, but Moro was determined. She loved the company store and the county courthouse.
"I was so determined to shoot here," she emphasized.
Once commission representatives came to the area, they were just as impressed, Moro said.
The commission will make Wyoming County "their location of the month" in the future, Moro said. However, she asked that she be allowed to use the locations first before "the secret" got out and other movie producers flocked to the area.
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The irreverent programme starring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman first aired 40 years ago in 1969.
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Welcome to the research guide for your historical studies course in the modern Middle East. The suggested databases are available linked from here and from the Electronic Resources section of the library home page. Print resources are available in the PHC on-campus collection or by mail to distance learning members of the PHC community. You may check the location and the availability of an item in the on-campus collection through the online catalog, Voyager, accessed here and through the library home page.
The term paper will focus on a particular event or phenomenon for which library research assistance may prove invaluable. Professional library assistance is available on campus, by phone at 540-441-8400, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com .
In the on-campus library
Many of the required readings and textbooks are on reserve and are available for 2 hour check out, in library use only, at the library circulations desk. Additional suggested resources:
Oxford dictionary of the modern Islamic world, vols. 1-4, at Ref DS 35.53 .O95 1995.
The Arab Mind, by Raphael Patai, at DS 36.77 .P37 2007.
Middle East Patterns, 4th edition, by Colbert C. Held, at DS 44 .H418 2006.
From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman, at DS 119.7 .F 736 1990.
Hezbollah: born with a vengeance by Hala Jaber, at DS 119.7 .J224 1997.
History of the Middle East - DS 62.4 .M36 2004
Oxford History of the Middle Islam - BP 50 .O95 1999
Selected Journals
The Economist (In print and online, 2001 to Present)
Current history: a journal of world affairs (In print, 2001-Present, Online 1988 to 2010)
Stratfor is a news analysis provider that covers political, economic, and military developments from around the world, including breaking news.
The JStor collection contains complete back issues of 241 scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. Issues from the most recent 3 - 5 years for each title are not included in the collection.
ProQuest contains the citations and abstracts of over 1,000 titles in the broad areas of social sciences and law. Of those 1,000 titles, 710 provide users with full-text, images and graphics online. Indexing and full-text coverage begins in the early 1990s for most titles.
LexisNexis provides access to wide range of news (full-text newspapers) business, government, legal and reference information.
Internet Resources
Heritage Foundation as a conservative "think tank" provides research and promotes international policies inline with their values of individual freedom and strong national defense.
Brookings Institute provides research and formulates policy recommendations on a variety of issues including international conflicts.
Center for Strategic and International Studies - Middle East Desk analyzes national security and foreign policy issues related to the Middle East.
Research tips
All citations must be in Turabian format. Information for proper Turabian citation can be found in the library. Additional Turabian citation help can be accessed online at OWL .
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Four Duncan fire engines and trucks, along with multiple law enforcement officers responded to a fire call at the Stephens County Jail just after 9 p.m. Monday.
The county jail is located in its own building connected to the west side of the Stephens County Courthouse.
A small fire was quickly extinguished and Duncan Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Hammack said they were clearing the building of smoke.
Hammack said he could not confirm what started the fire in the jail. The county jail is under the jurisdiction of Stephens County Sheriff's Office.
Status of the inmates was unknown, but no ambulances were in sight and it did not appear any inmates were evacuated from the premises. Two women were seen outside, minutes after the emergency call was issued, but it was not known if they were jail guards or other personnel.
The fire engines were able to respond in a matter of minutes and drove into the west parking lot of the courthouse. Three of them were parked right next to the jail and ground floor entrance, and another was parked on the street.
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I expected my heart to focus on Morneau's glorious history with the Twins. If Morneau never plays again for the them (and I'm fairly sure he won't in the near future), he'll still rank fifth all-time in RBI, fourth all-time in slugging percentage and third all-time in home runs, as well as being one of just five Twins to have won an American League Most Valuable Player award. Despite having his career impacted by a concussion problem that cost him at least a year-and-a-half of his prime, he's a sure-fire inductee to the Twins Hall of Fame.
But in Major League Baseball, a player is more than just his performance on the field. He is also attached to a contract and that contract affects how desirable that player is. In Morneau's case, he was attached to a contract that paid him $14M this year, or approximately $2.3M per month, which is an amount that far exceeded his production for most of the year. And that contract became at least as important as his performance for the last couple of months.
For instance, two weeks ago Justin Morneau passed through waivers without being claimed by any team. Waivers is process by which a player is offered to each team, and if any team wants him, they can "claim" him. If they claimed Morneau, they risked the Twins just giving them Morneau and his contract, without any compensation. But nobody claimed Morneau. The risk of being stuck with Morneau's contract outweighed the value they expected to gain on the field, even for those teams chasing an postseason spot.
In that light, my head is telling me that yesterday's trade is a victory for the Twins. They took a player who two weeks ago was passed over by the Pirates and turned him into an outfielder who is roughly equivalent to Clete Thomas and a somewhat promising right-handed reliever. This is a better return than Twins fans could have expected if Pittsburgh was also going to be responsible for that contract.
"...if Pittsburgh was also going to be responsible for that contract." That's the part my heart is having trouble getting past.
I'm not someone who rants about the Pohlad's billions and wonder why it isn't spent on my baseball team. I believe in budgets. I believe that a fiscally responsible business is admirable, and in fact necessary for it to truly be healthy long-term.
But payroll was cut by $20 million this year. And this week they traded away Jamey Carroll for cash. And now the Twins traded away Morneau for a couple of fairly fungible prospects - which allows them to pocket another $2.6M. And my heart can't help but wonder if the Twins were more willing to eat that money - money which they certainly had in their budget already - what they could have received in return.
The Pirates have some very tempting pitchers in their farm system, even if you overlook the top three names that would have been untouchable for any organization. And it's not like the money wasn't important to the Pirates. They admitted as much:
"He allowed us to go significantly over budget," the GM said of the club's chairman. "We appreciate Bob for the financial flexibility to do something like this."
As a fan, it feels like the money is more important than the product. It feels like my favorite team's GM is more proud of the cash he saves ownership than the team he puts on the field. And it feels like trading away Justin Morneau was more about saving a few million dollars than trying to build for the future.
So while my heart misses Morneau and what he did, what is really troubling it is the future. Are Terry Ryan's priorities in the right place? Is he ever going to be able to use the revenues that Target Field has provided. Does he fully understand the limits he faces when trying to spend money to build the farm system?
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WEST, Texas -- The company at the center of Wednesday's devastating accident near West, Texas once told the federal government that such an explosion was not a possibility.
That's what the KHOU 11 News I-Team found when reviewing risk management papers filed with the EPA by the West Fertilizer Company.
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The plan also requires that companies outline a "worst-case scenario," and forecast potential injury estimates and health concerns to the surrounding community.
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In environmental permit applications, West Fertilizer Co. had promised "all storage tanks will be inspected once a day to ensure there are no (anhydrous ammonia) leaks."
In addition, government records show that in 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency fined the company $2300 for failing to have a risk plan that met federal standards.


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Robert Heinlein at 100
How the science fiction master created the template for our looser, hipper, more pluralist world.
The science fiction writer Robert Heinlein's 100th birthday is July 7. Despite his visions of near-immortals and cryogenic sleep, he didn't live to see it. He died in 1988, mourned by millions of readers who saw him more as a father or a guru than merely as a spinner of captivating tales.
Fans plan to celebrate his centennial at a conference in Kansas City, near Heinlein's birthplace, in July. Among those who will be paying him homage are Buzz Aldrin (the second man to walk on the moon) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), whose past includes stints as both a hippie folksinger and a Reagan speechwriter.
That pair of devotees says something about the range of Heinlein's influence. His influence on science fiction almost goes without saying; when the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America chose their field's first Grand Master, Heinlein was the easy choice. But Heinlein was bigger than his literary genre. Following him could lead you to seemingly contradictory places, from the military to a free-love commune.
Heinlein venerated the armed forces, most notoriously in his 1959 novel Starship Troopers, which celebrated an elite military order. Just two years later, he was publishing the counterculture classic Stranger in a Strange Land, with its simultaneously beatific, sexy, and heroic vision of Martian-inspired communal living. A rich mix of bohemian and straight-arrow values, Heinlein's unique take on American individualism made him the bridge between such disparate '60s icons as Barry Goldwater and Charles Manson.
Heinlein's novels and short stories reflected the rough-hewn anti-government but pro-defense message associated with Goldwater and the conservative movement he sparked. At the same time, his writings exuded the communal desire to live in blissful togetherness, ignoring the repressive sexual and religious mores of bourgeois America. With a libertarian vision that appealed to individualists of both the left and the right, Heinlein not only set the template for the American 1960s but helped create the looser, hipper, more pluralist world of the decades since.
Whether we're looking at post-Star Wars pop culture, post-Reagan politics, or the day-to-day tenor of our own lives in the Internet age, it's easy to see that while more literary novelists such as Philip Roth and Saul Bellow enjoy high-flying critical reputations, it's Heinlein's fingerprints that mark the modern world.
Heinlein the Soldier
Heinlein was born in 1907 in Butler, Missouri, the son of a farm equipment salesman. Family connections with the Pendergast political machine in Kansas City won him an appointment to Annapolis. He identified proudly with the Navy for the rest of his life, although he was retired in 1934 because of tuberculosis, just five years into his active service.
Heinlein sold his first S.F. story in 1939 and almost instantly became the acknowledged king of his field, under the tutelage of legendary Astounding editor John Campbell. In the Campbell era, with Heinlein leading the way, the S.F. magazines moved from didactic travelogues and amateurish intergalactic epics to intelligent treatments of politics, religion, and sociology. Heinlein was also the first S.F. writer to break into respectable "slick" fiction magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post after World War II, and he spearheaded the first sober space travel movie, Destination Moon (1950), in which private enterprise-beating back objections from early advocates of a sort of "precautionary principle," who feared it was to unsafe even to try-makes it to the moon.
Most important, from 1947 to 1958 Heinlein wrote a series of S.F. novels for boys, published by Scribner's, that seemed to make it into every high school and elementary school library. From book to book their scope widened, starting with plucky, capable boys making a simple moon flight (Rocket Ship Galileo) and progressing across the solar system, presenting young men fighting revolutions on Venus (Between Planets), farming on Ganymede (Farmer in the Sky), navigating interstellar starships (Starman Jones), and finally defending the human race before an alien tribunal (Have Space Suit, Will Travel).
These coming-of-age adventure tales imagined an anti-xenophobic world in which aliens were lovable, inscrutable, and often wiser than men-although, for all that, occasionally dangerous. Those books lie close to the heart of almost everyone who went on to love or write science fiction, or to work to make its space travel dreams come true.
As the 1950s ended, Heinlein wrote a final boys' novel, Starship Troopers. Scribner's rejected it, finding it inappropriate for its intended youth market. It tells the story of a young man who finds his place in the world by joining the Mobile Infantry, going through the travails of training, and eventually fighting a war against sinister, implacable alien bugs whose ant-like lack of individuality was an unmistakable metaphor for communism.
Troopers was published in 1959, just before Barry Goldwater made his first big national splash with his 1960 manifesto Conscience of a Conservative. Goldwater's appeal had two things in common with Heinlein's: an individualist sense that Americans were being overmanaged and overpampered by an out-of-control federal government, and a belief that those rotten commies needed to get it, good and hard.
Heinlein was influenced by the same Cold War realities that inspired Goldwater. Even in the 1930s, during his brief involvement with Upton Sinclair's left-wing End Poverty in California movement, Heinlein had always been a staunch individualist (and somewhat of an elitist). His novels were peopled by super-competent men and women struggling against repressive governments and hidebound bureaucracies, not to mention more literal threats to their individuality, such as brain-controlling slugs from Saturn's moon Titan (in his 1951 Red Scare metaphor The Puppet Masters).
The struggle part was key to Heinlein's thought. In the 1950s, he viewed Soviet communism as a threat to individualism that needed to be combated by nearly any means necessary. (A draft, which he regarded as slavery under any circumstances, was not one of them.) One of his central ideas, repeated over and over again, was that man is the most dangerous beast in the universe. Thus, he saw no probable peaceful end to the Cold War. Preparing for a nuclear war he saw as bordering on inevitable was, he believed, an American's prime duty. In 1958 he bought newspaper ads calling for the formation of "Patrick Henry Leagues" to push this idea. (Among other things, the ads stated that "higher taxes" were a price worth paying to beat the Soviets.)
The novel that arose from this sense of mission, Starship Troopers, strikes many readers as overly militaristic, bordering on fascist. The S.F. writer and Nation critic Thomas Disch wrote that the book caused "so many of [Heinlein's] critics" to pin a "totalitarian" label on him. (Disch kindly said that "authoritarian" is more apt.) Troopers posited that a ruthless military was an inescapable aspect of human civilization, and it presented approvingly a society in which only veterans of public service could vote.
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Former Brookdale Community College President Peter Burnham Tuesday, accused of abusing his power as head of the county college.
Burnham, 68 of Colts Neck, pleaded guilty before Judge Thomas F. Scully to two counts of official misconduct and one count of theft by deception. Prosecutors say Burnham used credit cards issued to him by Brookdale to purchase more than $10,000 worth of items.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Burnham faces a maximum of five years in prison. Pending sentencing, Burnham, represented by Toms River lawyer Steven Secare, could lose the entirety or a portion of his pension.
Burnham resigned from the college in March 2011 amid controversy over his contract and spending practices. Under the terms of his contract, Burnham received a housing allowance, a new car and had his country club membership paid for by the college.
During the 15-month criminal investigation, the state, with the cooperation of Burnham, uncovered fraudulent and misrepresented receipts for personal items. Gramiccioni said Burnham would approach the Brookdale finance board with receipts for items such as electronics, groceries, travel, meals and alcohol, and represent them to the board as items such as briefcases and office supplies.
The state also uncovered meetings which never happened, which Burnham used to justify travel and meal expenses.
Burnham also pleaded guilty to using his son's tuition reimbursement, a clause in his employment contract with Brookdale, for personal use. Burnham agreed that Brookdale put $20,000 toward his son's education at Monmouth University between 2010 and 2011.
Days after Burnham's March, 2011 resignation, he instructed his son to apply for financial aid, which he was awarded in the amount of $20,000. Realizing it had been paid twice, Monmouth University sent a check back to Burnham's son, which Burnham deposited into a personal account.
Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni said Burnham's son is not the target of any current investigations.
"Mr. Burnham had known that his son's tuition had already been paid," Gramiccioni said.
Freehold Director John Curley said he had requested a line-item budget from Brookdale after the college discussed the possibility of raising tuition and had difficulty getting a hold of a copy. When he did obtain the requested line-item information, Curley said he was troubled with the spending by Burnham's office.
"I was in essence a whistle-blower. There were other freeholders that complained, but I was the one that did the research and shot the gun," Curley said.
"It was me getting a copy of that budget and looking at the press office budget and looking at his contract and realizing what he had was heinous. And looking at all the expenses from the president's office it did not appear to be correct. From my business background, I just had a complete shock at what I saw."
Gramiccioni said the state is seeking $44,000 of restitution from Burnham.
"I think it is a sufficient sentence for the crimes," he said, noting Burnham's continued cooperation in ongoing investigations.
Gramiccioni did not comment on current or future targets of state investigation. Burnham's sentence is set for Sept. 21 before Judge Scully.
"I've been speaking out on this for the past two years now, and I knew something was going to come down the line soon," Curley said.
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---- — LADY LAKEL, FL — Joyce H. Nephew, formerly of Plattsburgh, NY, died Feb. 9, 2013 following a long illness. She was the wife of the late Edward Nephew.
She was born and educated in Plattsburgh, N.Y., the daughter of the late Pearl and Benjamin Cramer. Mrs. Nephew worked for many years for AT&T Company in New Haven, Conn.
She is survived by three daughters, Patricia M. LaPoint of Palm Bay, Fla., Kathleen A. Filion Goddard of Tulsa, Okla., and Susan P. Filion; one son, Daniel B. Filion, of Tulsa, Okla.; one sister, Shirley A. Cramer, of Plattsburgh, N.Y.; 7 step-children; 11 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, June Cramer Matott and Betty Cramer Gerlach. She was also preceded in death by one son, Michael S. Filion of Tulsa Okla.
A funeral mass and burial will take place at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, West Chazy, N.Y., in the spring.
Arrangements are in care of the R.W. Walker Funeral Home, 69 Court Street, Plattsburgh.
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What's good, KD?
The first in a series, wherein I evaluate the Durantula's music evaluations.
With the outlook for a full (or even halved) NBA season
growing bleaker and bleaker
, I've realized how weirdly unhealthy my obsession with Kevin Durant is.
I constantly refresh his Twitter and Facebook pages on the regular, hoping to catch a few loose links to videos of semi-pro games he's dominating, or
news about the movie he's shooting
, or
awesome photos of him repping Oklahoma
. Heck, I even bought a pair of his shoes, just for playing pickup ball.
In all this, I've noticed how much this guy cares about music (exclusively hip-hop and R&B, from what I've seen), as he's constantly talking and arguing about what he's listening to. Just a few days ago, Durantula defended West Coast mixtaper Dom Kennedy via Twitter, after arguing with
(apparently a friend?) between Pusha T and Young Jeezy the night before. He's also been pushing Big K.R.I.T., an upcoming Southern trunk rapper/producer, extensively the last couple of weeks.
So I thought it might be fun to tune into No. 35's Skullcandy headphones and analyze what he's saying about it. Here's your first installment of "What's good, KD?"
Let's consider his recent brief assessment of Clipse member and Kanye collaborator Pusha T. From Durantula's Facebook, around about 2 a.m. yesterday:
"Now playin on my Skullcandy's: 'open your eyes' - Pusha T. MEEEAAANN track!!!"
Clipse's 2006 street-rap manifesto "Hell Hath No Fury" set a high bar for mean hip-hop, and Pusha's work since then's been similarly aggressive. He loves to set your expectations much lower with especially playful beats and samples (the "Bohemian Rhapsody" sample on "Open Your Eyes" is textbook), then skewer them by comparing himself to, say, the genocidal Hutu tribe, as he does on "Fury"'s "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)." It's one of the reasons he's been so great with Kanye, who's been similarly aggressive and graphic lately.
I'd be inclined to agree with KDTrey5 here then, except Pusha doesn't really hit you that hard lyrically, and certainly not in the same place. On "Open Your Eyes," he's more earnest about his drug-dealing past, and proud of his success ("bigger homes, with bigger guns and better cameras") than he is aggrandizing. It's less intimidating, especially when you compare the track with his recent
"Fear of God" mixtape
(from standout song "My God": "I gotta voodoo doll / Every time I pin the verse / Not only do they say they feel it but they say it hurts").
This seems to me more like post-game wind-down music than a really gritty, mean, pre-game warmup track. So KD, while I do love that you're into Pusha T, dig into some of his other work for stuff that's truly "MEEEAAANN," and you'll instill the "fear of God" within the heart of every three-man in the league this season.
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Rally to protest 10 years in Afghanistan
Set for Oct. 7 downtown.
Carmen Forman
A public rally held by The Peace House and the Oklahoma Center for Conscience will protest the 10-year anniversary of the war in Afghanistan.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Shopping and signing off
There's one last opportunity to shop before I'm out of here.
What's red and green and bedazzled all over?
Mistletoe Market
, that's what. (I'll be here all day with amazing jokes. You should hear the one about a grasshopper walking into a bar.) Mistletoe Market is
shopping event for the suburban set. It's not one that I ever buy much at, but I've gone nearly every year with a friend. Mostly for the people watching.
This year, The Junior League's annual market — which raised $160,000 for its community programs last time — is next Friday through Sunday. But, there's a new venue, the Cox Convention Center. Get all your Old World crosses and sparkly burnout tees from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 14-15, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 16.
And if you want to get the choice picks, the "Sip, Shop and Mingle" private preview party is held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13. The preview party is $40 in advance, or $50 at the door.
Mistletoe Market kicks off the market season in the metro — all are a great spot to find holiday gifts.
The Girlie Show
will be held Nov. 4-5, and the
Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar
follows on Dec. 10.
And with that, I'm out of here. For once, it's not to shop. I am approaching my last day at
Oklahoma Gazette
before I move to Denver. Yeah, the place in Colorado. I've never actually been to the city, but that's half the fun, right? Just nod and say yes.
I'll leave you all with an interpretive dance to what you're most likely feeling:
by Jenny Coon Peterson
10.07.2011 2 years ago
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VOTD: Trip-hop to the rescue
Watch Portishead play its first American TV show in over a decade.
Just when I was getting worried for a while that the super-aggro, mass-culture-canned version of dubstep (see: Skrillex, Excision) was starting to completely fill out the mainstream's understanding of electronic music, legendary English innovators Portishead calmed me down. The trip-hop act showed up on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" to play a brand new song and a classic, for the first time on American TV in 13 years.
Watch (or rather, experience) "
Chase the Tear
," which the band is currently promoting as a 12" release, and "Mysterons," a haunting song that will probably outlive us all:
by Matt Carney
10.07.2011 2 years ago
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Rod loves (at least tangentially related to movies) CDs
You may wanna 'Drive' these into your ears.
As a serious pop-culture playa, I do more than consume movies. I've also been known to eat up music as well. It's simply by coincidence that the latest batch of discs to hit my desk are related to film in one way or another, directly or indirectly. Like what, you ask? Like ...
Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The year's best movie
gives us the year's best soundtrack, anchored by a damn fine score from Cliff Martinez, whose work I've admired since his sparse guitar on "sex, lies, and videotape" in 1989. Here, Martinez proves himself a master of mood, with 14 down-tempo cuts that exist in the shadows but pulse with tension and excitement. His beats are very much a character in the film, but they work well on their own, especially as a soundtrack to your own zooming about town. Where else will such menacing titles ("Skull Crushing," "They Broke His Pelvis," "Kick Your Teeth") belie their come-down content?
I also cannot discount the disc's first five tracks, mostly synth-driven, '80s-influenced numbers by under-the-radar acts Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx, Desire, College and Chromatics. The show may be stolen, by Italian composer Riz Ortolani's "Oh My Love," a 1971 ballad showcasing the beautiful, seductive voice of Katyna Ranieri, which ironically provides the sonic background to cinema's grisliest elevator encounter.
Batman: Arkham City - The Album
Soundtracks to video games are no longer a novelty, and "Batman: Arkham City — The Album" is among the most heavily promoted I've ever seen. No matter how the game turns out — quite awesome, if its predecessor is any indication — the disc offers 11 tracks of songs (some original) that's surprisingly cohesive for a "various artists" effort. I've no idea if these actually appear in the game, but all would fit (Daughtry excepted), being various shades of dark and grimy. Immediate standouts for me were †††'s "The Years" and Panic! At the Disco's "Mercenary," which is the closest thing to joy the compilation dares reach.
A better-than-usual Black Rebel Motorcycle Club recalls Stone Roses on "Shadow on the Run," while The Raveonettes dish out their brand of gloom-pop with "Oh, Stranger." While I'm no fan of the over-the-top style of Coheed and Cambria (here with "Deranged"), I admit to digging the over-the-top of vocals of System of the Down's Serj Tankian, who's solo here with "Total Paranoia." Also among the rogue's gallery of groups: The Duke Spirit, The Damned Things and The Boxer Rebellion. Perhaps its spirit of all things Gotham will tie you over until "The Dark Knight Rises" lands in theaters.
Doug Benson - Potty Mouth
The title holds double meaning, because not only is comedian Doug Benson's act decidedly R-rated, but the man loves his marijuana. I know this because he won't stop talking about it in this live act, not to mention in his podcast, "Doug Loves Movies," which currently is something to live for (and justifies me including his disc here). Culled from two consecutive shows, "Potty Mouth" finds Benson doing his usual stand-up, which isn't usual in the stand-up world. Rather than follow the standard set-up/punch-line formula, he just seems to talk from the top of his head (he's well-noted for his lack of being able to remember anything without writing it down).
Thus, we get seemingly random observations on Twitter (including him calling out audience members tweeting about the show
the show, marijuana, dirty words, more marijuana, the Black Eyed Peas, and even more marijuana. A highlight has him telling him the world's cleanest joke and the world's dirtiest joke simultaneously, alternating between the two line by line. It makes sense when you hear it, and I hope you do. Bonus: The non-digital, physical-CD version includes a DVD of his now-canceled Comedy Central series, "The Benson Interruption."
Robert Davi - Davi Sings Sinatra: On the Road to Romance
Yes, folks,
Robert Davi: the character actor with the poor complexion who's memorable in such '80s blockbusters as "The Goonies," "Die Hard" and "License to Kill." Often the bad guy on the screen, the guy's got good pipes on stage, as demonstrated throughout this 12-song covers album of Frank Sinatra hits. You'd assume this album to be some half-assed vanity project, but nope! It's produced by the legendary, 14-time Grammy winner Phil Ramone, who's worked his studio magic with the likes of Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, Madonna and Elton John, not to mention the Chairman of the Board himself.
Plus, Davi doesn't go for all of Sinatra standards. No "Theme from New York, New York," no "My Way," no "Fly Me to the Moon," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Strangers in the Night," "It Had to Be You" and all that. He sings "Witchcraft" and "I've Got the World on a String," and that's about it for the greatest hits. Admirably, he opts for the lesser-known tunes ("Mam'selle," anyone?), which forces listeners to hone in on his voice, rather than let their brains recite lyrics they've committed to memory. Quite simply, Davi does good; Frank would approve.
That said, it's not really my thing. But rest assured, my mom is gonna
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.07.2011 2 years ago
at 12:30 PM |
Tag this one #guiltypleasure.
Rod Lott
My latest guilty pleasure is the super-short "Vlog." At first, I was uncertain whether the 71-minute horror film was supposed to be funny on purpose, but I was certain that it's supposed to gory, coming from several "Saw" producers. Even if you hate that franchise, give this stripped-down effort a shot. It may surprise you.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Poe 'nuff!
Quoth the raven, 'Here's the trailer.'
With today marking the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's death, the trailer debuted for next March's "The Raven," a mystery-thriller that stars John Cusack as Poe.
My take: Perhaps the third time will the charm for director James McTeigue ("V for Vendetta," "Ninja Assassin"). Being a longtime reader of Poe, this one looks packed with elements straight from his stories, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and, duh, the poem from which the flick takes its title.
Plus, I'm also a fan of Alice Eve's curves.
But March 9, 2012, is a long way away. Until then, Relativity Media offers these 20 "unusual facts about Poe, the 'Enigmatic Master of Darkness'":
• Poe wrote a fabricated news story of a balloon trip across the ocean to garner attention and publicity in New York City.
• Poe was a champion for higher wages for writers and international copyright law, as his writings were continuously published without him getting credit or compensation.
• Prior to becoming Poe's wife at the age of 13, his female cousin Virginia acted as a courier, delivering letters to Poe's lady loves.
• From 1949 to 2009, a mysterious figure has left a half-empty bottle of cognac and 3 roses on Poe's grave every day on his birthday.
• Poe formulated rules for the short story, including that it should relate a complete action and take place within one day in one place.
• Poe was deeply interested by cryptography, the creation and translation of secret codes, and was very proud of his ability to translate them. He would challenge readers of various publications where he worked to send him codes to decipher and, by all accounts, he seemed able to unlock the secrets to any he received.
• Poe's lifelong dream of owning and operating his own publication never came to fruition.
• Poe met with Charles Dickens while Dickens was in the U.S. on a lecture tour, and solicited his help with getting published in England — nothing ever came of it.
• Poe's grandfather was an important figure in the American Revolution, contributing a large sum of his own money to outfit local branches of the Continental Army.
• Poe's grandmother, personally sewed over 500 soldiers' uniforms for Lafayette's troops as they passed through Baltimore.
• Poe joined the Army in 1827, lying to recruiters about his age and name. He also published his first collection of poetry during this time. He achieved the rank of Sergeant Major.
• Poe experienced periods of extreme destitution, often having to burn his furniture to keep warm during the winter.
• Poe successfully sought expulsion from West Point. That being said, he was one of the top students in his class.
• Wrote poetic tributes to all the pivotal women in his life.
• Poe had two biological siblings, but all were raised in separate foster homes.
• Poe's childhood hero was Lord Byron.
• The Poe House and Museum in Baltimore is in jeopardy of being closed in mid-2012 due to Baltimore City budget cuts. The city eliminated the Museum's funding in 2010.
• Edgar Allan Poe was buried in Westminster Burying Ground and had no headstone for years after his death. In 1860, Poe's relatives commissioned a small headstone that erroneously listed Poe's birth date as January 20 instead of January 19 and was destroyed in a train accident before it made it to the gravesite.
• In 1875 Poe's remains were dug up and moved to a memorial site to be near his family and a gravestone was placed in the wrong spot and was moved around several times.
• This lead people to wonder not only where Poe's original burial spot was but also if the man who was moved to the spot by the memorial is even Edgar Allan Poe.
—Rod Lott
by Rod Lott
10.07.2011 2 years ago
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Page One: Inside The New York Times
All the news that's fit to shoot about all the news that's fit to print.
Rod Lott
Startling admission: As a career-long journalist in one form or another, it is difficult for me to be truly objective about the documentary "
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Monday, October 10, 2011
St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
Born Tulsan, Annie Clark's third record is alluring and fearless.
Matt Carney
Right away, "Chloe in the Afternoon," the first track on St. Vincent's new album, distinguishes itself as superior to both the band's previous LPs, 2007's "Marry Me" and 2009's "Actor."
Monday, October 10, 2011
The Last Circus
Send in the clowns.
Rod Lott
Álex de la Iglesia, Spain's clown prince of cinema, making a movie about warring clowns? It's such a natural, I'm surprised he hadn't done it before now.
Monday, October 10, 2011
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When: 6:30
Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham
TV/radio: ESPNU, WKIX-102.9 FM
Projected starting lineups:
No. 6 Duke (4-1)
G Quinn Cook, Jr., 12.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg
G Rasheed Sulaimon, So., 9.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg
F Rodney Hood, R-So., 21.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg
F Jabari Parker, Fr. 22.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg
F Amile Jefferson, So., 8.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg
Vermont (1-4)
G Sandro Carissimo, Sr., 10.6 ppg, 1.6 apg
G Candon Rusin, Sr., 8.4 ppg, 1.0 rpg
F Clancy Rugg, Sr., 15.4, 7.8 rpg
F Brian Voelkel, Sr., 5.4 ppg, 10.2 prg
F Luke Apfeld, Sr., 9.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Player to watch
Jabari Parker, Freshman
In five career games, Parker has topped the 20-point mark all five. He's just the second player in Duke history accomplish that feat. Art Heyman opened the 1961-62 season with 10 straight 20-point games.
Duke has won an NCAA-best 105 consecutive non-conference home games. The Blue Devils' last loss at home against a non-conference opponent was an 83-82 loss against St. John's on Feb. 26, 2000.


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bunglo, a textile design company founded by Shay Spaniola (BFA '10), will launch a new line of pillows, bedding and shower curtains at NY NOW in August.
Delving beyond the limited thresholds of representation and likeness, this exhibition questions the definitions and confines of the "self-portrait." Sept. 15 - Oct. 8, 2014
Unintended Consequences, the 2014 Stamps Alumni Juried Exhibition, is on display from July 14 — August 2, 2014 at Slusser and Work: Ann Arbor.
Love the new work by MFA graduate, Siyang Ziui Chen, who studied industrial design here at Stamps but has recently turned to painting as a means of expression.
She explains:
"I had a feeling after returning from China at the end of...
Stamps student Gina Garavalia is clearly having a great time in Florence. Follow her blog: http://t.co/mnJ2FtOv1Q @GlobalMichigan @mgoabroad
Stamps student @horowitzx94 is up to some awesome photo collaborations in NYC this summer! #umsummer #photography #artstudents #WORKit!!


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A state auditor's report issued Monday says the Peninsula School District failed to implement timely recommendations made in an audit last year, which had raised concerns about the handling of money from student activities and fundraisers.
The result, auditors contend, is that some of the more than $1.1 million generated during the 2012-13 school year for the district's Associated Student Body (ASB) fund could have been at risk.
The auditor's report doesn't document any losses or misappropriation of funds. But it does point to potential problems and urges the district to adopt stronger controls on money raised through tickets sold to school events, yearbook sales and other fundraisers.
Karen Andersen, chief financial officer for the Gig Harbor-area school district, said it's taking steps to close gaps in oversight.
"We created an action plan to address problems," Andersen said. "We have run it by auditors and they are pleased with our response."
Auditors looked at ASB activities at Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools, and at Kopachuck Middle School. A total of 11 fundraisers were reviewed.
Andersen said some problems stemmed from procedures in which one person sold tickets and someone else collected money. She said those people could have been teachers, adult volunteers or students.
One finding determined that cash boxes from sporting events and other after-school activities were stored in a vault that was left unlocked. Andersen said it likely happened towards the end of the day and that there was "minimal access" to it.
She said the district has implemented changes that should help remedy the problems. For instance, district officials will make sure every school has the correct forms to document money raised and checklists to ensure all rules are followed.
She said there may have been confusion in the past with two major fundraisers: Gig Harbor High School holds its annual Tidefest, and Peninsula High School sponsors Winterfest.
"Inside those fundraisers are mini-fundraisers," Andersen said.
She said new procedures should ensure that every club adviser knows what forms need to be completed before and after the events.
The district has vowed to make oversight a priority going forward.
"We will tighten it up and we'll do a better job," Andersen said.


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Number of animals being transported: 9
Breeds, weight, age: 3 Feist Mix,(10-15 lbs each), 1 Feist Mix (25 lbs), 1 Chihuahua mix (15lbs), 2 black Lab Mixes (40lbs each), Collie Mix (45 lbs), (possibly a Maltese mix (10 lbs).
Health Condition: Good
Heart worm Status: negative
Vaccinations: utd
Health Certificate: yes
Special needs: no
Name of Sending Rescue/Parties Wilson County Animal Shelter-Kristin Brinson
Name of Receiving Rescue/Parties: Burlington County Animal Alliance of NJ (BCAA)
Contact information (publicly viewable on forum): Maria Maccaroni, firstname.lastname@example.com (609) 903-6471
Are you a 501c3: yes
Additional Info/situation: These dogs are being rescued from a high kill shelter...temporarily safe.... Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport, Rocky Mount, NC (KRWI) to The Flying W Airport, Medord, NJ (N14). Other optional airports for dropoff ...
Philadelphia Northeast Airport, Phil., PA (PNE), Trenton-Robbinsville Airport, Robbinsville NJ (N87), or Trenton-Mercer Airport, Ewing, NJ (TTN) if that would be more convenient.


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VT Law School to Lift Ban on Military Recruiters on Campus
July 22, 2011
SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– Vermont Law School will lift its ban on military recruiters on campus when the "don't ask, don't tell" law is formally repealed in late September.
VLS, which has denied campus access to military recruiters for more than 25 years because "don't ask, don't tell" conflicts with the school's non-discrimination policy, notified the U.S. Department of Defense on July 19 that its recruiters will be welcome back on campus when the law is fully repealed and the Pentagon agrees to abide by VLS's non-discrimination policy.
VLS is one of only two law schools in the nation that have prohibited military recruiters on campus because of the "don't ask, don't tell" law, which prevents gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military—and VLS is the only law school to forgo some federal funds because of its stance on "don't ask, don't tell."
"This law school has stood fast to our position of principle, in the face of significant pressure, to insist that the 'don't ask don't tell' law be repealed," Dean Jeff Shields said.
Legislation to repeal the law was approved by Congress and signed by President Obama in December 2010. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce this afternoon that the Pentagon has certified that the law's repeal will not affect military readiness. President Obama is expected to certify the repeal, which would become effective in 60 days, or late September.
Shields said VLS was moving forward in rescinding its campus ban because the official repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" was imminent and the school wants to be well positioned to welcome military recruiters for the fall employment recruiting season.
Shields, in a letter Tuesday to the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy, said VLS will rescind its policy to deny access to military recruiters on campus. Shields also asked that VLS again be made eligible for Department of Defense funding as well as federal funding from other departments and agencies that excluded VLS because of its stance on "don't ask, don't tell."
"We had continued that longstanding practice of denying campus access with regret because all constituents of Vermont Law School hold the Armed Forces and the several Judge Advocate General's Corps in the highest respect," Shields wrote. "Nor has our practice reflected any bias against military service as a career for our students or graduates. We recognize the importance to the country of an able corps of lawyers of high quality in the Armed Services and the value to our students of the professional opportunities that JAG service provides. In fact, a number of our students and recent graduates have accepted JAG commissions and internships, and some are presently serving with distinction on active duty.
"Our practice reflected our long and strongly held institutional belief that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, like discrimination on the basis of race and other prohibited grounds, is an unacceptable practice that weakens national unity and arbitrarily deprives the military and all sectors of our society of the abilities and services of individuals of high talent and dedication. Our practice has also been consistent with the public policy of the State of Vermont as reflected in its nondiscrimination legislation. Our campus is now open to fully support the recruiting efforts of the Armed Services."
Shields cited the leadership of Scott Cameron, former chair of the Board of Trustees; Professor Jackie Gardina, who organized annual student trips to Washington, D.C., to lobby for the law's repeal; Professor and former Dean Kinvin Wroth; and a number of other trustees and faculty members over the years.
VLS students and JAG recruiters have maintained a strong relationship despite the impediment of having to meet off campus over the years. On average, VLS has the same number of graduates and interns entering JAG as law schools nationwide that have long allowed military recruiters on campus.
Vermont Law School has prohibited military recruiters on campus almost continuously since 1985 when the school adopted a nondiscrimination policy for all employers. The policy prohibits employers from using VLS's Career Services Office for recruitment on campus unless they give written assurance that they do not discriminate in hiring on a variety of grounds, including sexual orientation. JAG recruiters declined to provide that assurance. In 1990, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) adopted a requirement that member schools deny campus access for recruitment to employers who decline to provide written assurance that they do not discriminate on those grounds. VLS operated under both its own and the AALS policies since 1990. The "don't ask, don't tell" law was enacted in 1993 under the Clinton administration as a compromise to excluding gay men and lesbians entirely from military service.
In 1995, Congress adopted the Solomon Amendment to withhold some federal money from law schools and universities that do not give military recruiters the same access to campus as other employers. In 2000, the Defense Department announced that if any school or department of a university prohibited military recruiters, the entire university would be denied federal funding under the Solomon Amendment. In response, the AALS suspended its nondiscrimination requirement so far as it affected JAG recruiters, but imposed more stringent requirements of "amelioration" upon law schools that allow JAG recruiters on campus. Since then, nearly all law schools affiliated with a college or university bowed to central university pressure and allowed JAG to recruit on campus and complied with the "amelioration" requirement. VLS, however, as an independent institution, continued to deny military recruiters access to campus.
VLS has not sought federal appropriations, grants or contracts covered under the Solomon Amendment since 2000. The federal law has made VLS ineligible to receive federal funds from the Departments of Defense, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and certain related agencies. As a result, VLS has forgone the opportunity to receive an estimated $500,000 a year in federal funds. The school has continued to receive funding from other federal agencies, including the Departments of State and Energy. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Solomon Amendment, but the VLS faculty, trustees and students repeatedly reaffirmed the school's nondiscrimination policy and its practice of denying access to military recruiters until the "don't ask, don't tell" law is repealed.
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TODDLERS EXPLORE and CREATE SCIENTISTS Thursdays: Ongoing 4 week session blocks T.E. - Ages 2 – 3 years C.S. – Ages 4 – 6 years Children will explore their world through song, movement, craft projects and other hands-on activities. Children are very inquisitive! In this...Read More
Ages 8- 12 Years 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Drop off your student for the first three Thursdays of each month beginning Sept 2014 thru April 2015 our Home School Series is 3 interconnected classes – that's 270 minutes of enriched, growing opportunity to wonder,...Read More
First Friday of Each Month (September thru May) 6:30pm – 9:30pm Ages 6-12 years. Drop the kids off for a night of scientific and theatrical entertainment! Kids will take part in games and activities based on the movie of the night. Kids will bring their pillows and we...Read More
Next event EARTHFEST AT ARBOR DAY! Saturday, April 26, 2014 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Education and fun in Tuscawilla Park! Youth fishing derby, art in the park, live entertainment, food vendors and more. http://youtu.be/FQ–5HISOnc...Read More
Just a friendly reminder the Discovery Center Adventure Camp and Outdoor Camp spaces are filling up fast! If you are planning on joining us again this summer, or are a first time camper, please register soon to secure your spot.
We're looking forward to a fun filled, action packed summer!Read More
Free Workshop for Student Photography Contest Participants
April 12, 2014
9:30am – 11:30am
The Discovery Center at Tuscawilla Park
Broaden your photography skill set with the Ocala Camera Club at the Discovery Center as you learn:
The first 45 minutes of this workshop will be in the classroom and then you will head outdoors to practice what you've learned.Read More
Marion County students, Grades 6 – 12 are invited to submit photographs for entry into the It Starts in Parks, Student Photography Contest. This contest is designed to expose youth to both nature and photography while discovering the important role that parks play in our community. All images must be captured in a city, county, state, or nationally managed park located within Marion County, FL. Images may include a sports event, recreation activity, landscape, nature, and even objects that you might bring or a staged scene: a fashion shoot, dad's cool car, flag football game, etc. All images will be judged against each other.
Division I – Grades 6 – 8 Division II – Grades 9 – 12
Prizes award to both divisions.
Photographs placing First through Third will be professionally framed and exhibited
at a public City Gallery for 6 months, then returned to the photographer.
First Place: An on-location photography shoot with Emmy award-winning, National Geographic photographer Mark Emery. You will have the opportunity to learn from a master! Plus a $100.00 bhphotovideo.com gift certificate.
Second Place: $75.00 bhphotovideo.com gift certificate and "Understanding Composition Field Guide: How to See and Photograph Images with Impact" by Bryan Peterson.
Third Place: $50.00 bhphotovideo.com gift certificate and "Understanding Composition…" by Bryan Peterson.
Honorable Mention: $25.00 bhphotovideo.com gift certificate and "Understanding Composition…" by Bryan Peterson.
Judging will consist of a panel comprised of members of the Ocala Camera Club. Photographs will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and artistic merit.
May 30, 2014
Judges' Critique and Awards Ceremony
Discovery Center
6pm – 7pm
All contest participants and their family members are invited to attend.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Docent led tours – Thursday, February 13th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
The Art of Bonsai presentation 11:00 am.
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Science Fiction
Phil Bacharach
"Cowboys & Aliens" sounds like one of those high-concept flicks for which you might expect the idea went no further than the jokey title. Think "Snakes on a Plane."
In general, I prefer the films of Guillermo del Toro that he doesn't direct ("The Orphanage," "Splice") to the ones he does (particularly "Hellboy" and its sequel). That pretty much holds true for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," which he only co-wrote and co-produced, ceding the director's chair to newcomer Troy Nixey.
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A Philadelphia neighborhood plagued by crime and drugs is working to turn things around thanks to one man's idea to take back his block.
West Phillie Produce may look like any corner grocery store, but here you won't find soda, cigarettes or even lottery tickets.
Instead, it's all healthy.
Arnette Woodall tells FOX 29's Chris O'Connell he opened the market to be a hub for healthy foods.
It turned out to be a whole lot more.
Just a few years ago, the corner of 62nd and Ludlow was an empty lot filled with abandoned cars and drug dealers. That was until Woodall said enough was enough.
Woodall says he used his life savings to transform the corner that doubles as a water ice stand and landscape business.
In another room of his market, he allows the community to use the computer and fax machines. He also employs kids from the neighborhood.
Once a week, the store sponsors a dance fitness class and a healthy cooking class.
As always, it offers low cost fresh foods to customers.
Woodall says the neighborhood needed to "take some lights, camera, action." He feels his market is a prototype of what needs to be done all over the city.
Wednesday (83/62): Sun/Clouds
Refreshing Forecast
Wednesday will feature another comfortable day with below average temperatures and low humidity. Highs in the upper 70s/Low 80s. Expect a mix of sun and clouds.
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