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We've entered Day 46 of the NHL lockout and there still seems to be no end in sight. The big news today is that if a deal can't be reached within the coming hours, the 2013 Winter Classic will be canceled and that sucks, because that's probably the only non-playoff game I watch during the regular season (go Blues, big fan). That cancellation would be in addition to the 326 regular season games that have already been nixed, but there is apparently a silver lining.
While I'm no sports labor expert, I wouldn't get my hopes up. UPDATE: It was just canceled. The majority of analysis I've read over the past several days makes it seem as if the sky has already fallen, someone picked it up and used Scotch Tape to hold it in place, and then it fell again, this time killing some children and puppies.
But as usual, I started my morning routine by searching the webs and Tumblrs and Tweeters for humorous fan reactions and anything meme-worthy, and I came across two NHL bro pals who are handling the lockout in a rather amusing fashion, via text message anger management.
According to the OP: "My friend and I decided to rage about the lockout. I named him Erik Karlsson because he has a big man crush on him. LOL FUCK THE LOCKOUT!" Agreed. I thoroughly enjoyed these, so I hope that some of you devout hockey nuts do as well.
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Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the lawmaker who was wounded in a gun attack, on Monday called for universal background checks for private sales of guns during testimony in Colorado.
Kelly and Giffords have previously said they plan to lobby strongly on state and federal levels for laws to address gun violence. Kelly, a former astronaut, testified before the Colorado Senate's State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee, which is considering tougher legislation. The Colorado proposal requires all private gun sales to be subject to background checks.


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A New Jersey church organist is accused of sexually assaulting several boys for several decades.
71-year-old Joseph Cuthbert faces 15 sex-related charges.
Police said this investigation includes five victims so far, spanning a period of 30 years.
They said the most recent case took place in September.
"I was shocked. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing," George Daisey said
Daisey was stunned by the allegations against fellow church member and friend Joseph Cuthbert.
Cuthbert had been working as a volunteer organist at Erial Community Church for the past three or four years until police arrested him at his Sicklerville home Sunday.
Investigators said he met all his victims while working at several South Jersey churches.
"I would have never guessed it, that anything like this would come up," Daisey said.
An Erial Community Church Elder told FOX 29 off camera the most recent victim and his family are not members of the church.
He said the family came to them, so they called police and provided counseling.
The Elder said they've also notified other families who have been around Cuthbert.
Sgt. Chris Dubler said there could be more victims.
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Cuthbert faces five counts each of aggravated sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, and endangering the welfare of a minor.
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Oakley's Kye Peterson Wins Red Bull Cold Rush
The third installment of Red Bull Cold Rush moved from Red Mountain to Retallack in British Columbia, a favorite destination for the Oakley team. The terrain at Retallack is absolutely mind-blowing, and it being a cat-ski operation allowed for each competition venue to be blanketed in B.C.'s finest powder snow. In a year that has been unseasonable dry, everybody lucked out as the powder faucet has been on full-blast for most of March.
Red Bull Cold Rush gathers 12 of the best skiers in the world-veterans and newcomers alike-and gives them a big mountain playground where they compete in big air, cliff jumping, and big mountain disciplines. Monday kicked off with the big air portion of the comp. The big air portion was highlighted with everything from Oakley's J.P. Auclair throwing buttery double-backflips to Dave Treadway sending 100-foot airs off the biggest kicker.
Day Two dawned like a typical day at Retallack: dumping snow. After a couple attempts to get things rolling, it was clear that visibility would not reach levels acceptable enough to run the cliff section of the comp on PME Cliffs. Nobody was really too bummed out, however, because it just meant a day slaying deep, deep powder in Retallack's famous tree-runs. The competitors actually got some pretty sick stuff in the bag with the film crew for the Cold Rush, and even the event staff got to revel in few runs of Canada's finest powder. "Best run of my life," were the words uttered by more than one mouth on Tuesday.
Like clockwork, Wednesday broke blue early in the morning and the comp was back in full effect. The morning round consisted of the PME Cliff zone, which was really more like a big-mountain line with some cliffs in the middle. In typical Treadway style, Dave threw an 80-foot backflip off the biggest cliff on the top. Lower down on the slope, Oakley's Callum Pettit-at the ripe old age of 19-sent it off what was at least a 100 foot cliff.
The line of the day surely went to Oakley's Kye Peterson, who dropped into some mini AK-style spines and amongst all the steepness managed to find a popper he nonchalantly tossed a 40 foot 360 off of.
That afternoon, in a feat of logistical mastery, the event moved over into a whole new zone-highlighted by a long ridge draped with pillow lines-at Retallack. Each skier got took one run and the level of riding at this point was pretty insane. Callum Pettit again stepped up with the biggest air, brother Sean threw a slow 360 off a pretty sizeable pillow, and Kye Peterson again skied his line like he was attacking an AK peak-rivers of slough all around him.
When all was said and done, Oakley's Kye Peterson would be crowned King of this year's Red Bull Cold Rush. Joining him on the podium in Second Place was Oakley's JP Auclair, and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa rounded things out in Third.
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY --After a strong fall cross country season, Traverse City West senior Alec Ondrajka is looking forward to spring track — and then possibly a summer trip to Australia.
Ondrajka has been selected to run in two Down Under Sports races in Australia in early July.
Ondrajka qualified for the Division 1 state meet in November, finishing 98th overall in 16:25. He was contacted by recruiters from the Down Under Sports program afterwards.
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STILLWATER, Okla. — The Jake Moffat Band performed Friday night in downtown Stillwater to kick off the Downtown Stillwater Car and Bike Show.
The event continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Stillwater.
Classic, modified and new cars, pickups and motorcycles will be on view in downtown Stillwater. Downtown Stillwater merchants also will be open.
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The master's degree in special education program is now offering a one-year degree option for full-time students! More about this change in the program is available here.
Spring 2010
Professor Darlene Witte and graduate student Morna Flaum presented their paper "Toward a pedagogy of the
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December 2009
As the treasurer of a national scholarly organization in his field, the Council for Social Foundations of Education, Professor David McGough attended a professional conference in Pittsburgh in early November. The Council holds business meetings twice a year; in the fall the meeting is held during the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, and in the spring during the American Educational Research Association gathering.
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Instructor Doug Boardman published a "My Turn" column in the Burlington Free Press (July 30) under the headline "Some Teachers Better Than Others."


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The Lord's Table, 4:30 to 6 p.m., 18 Elm St. A feeding program, serving a full dinner. For info: 432-3558.
The Otego Craft Club meeting, 2 to 4 p.m., Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main St. For info: 432-5439.
Afterschool craft program, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m., Sidney Memorial Public Library, 8 River St. For children in fourth through sixth grades.
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At the state capitol Friday, a couple hundred solar energy business owners and renewable energy advocates staged a protest against a plan by Xcel Energy to drastically slash a popular solar rebate program.
Protesters held signs with slogans like "Clean Energy Today," and "Don't Let Xcel Kill Solar in Colorado."
Neal Lurie, executive director of the Colorado Solar Energy Industry Association, emceed the event on an ironically rare, cloudy and misty day.
He said Xcel's abrupt decision has already led to a drop off in sales of solar installations which he said will lead to a corresponding loss in jobs in the once-growing industry.
"We are not looking to be able to have exponential growth and just fall off a cliff. We want one thing, market stability," Lurie said.
The Public Utilities Commission still needs to sign off on the plan. Xcel officials say the drop in rebates is due to the corresponding dramatic drop in costs for solar panels.


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Wrentham Co-operative Bank, Wrentham, Massachusetts, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 211371938, which is an invalid routing number. Wrentham Co-operative Bank does not issue cashier's checks; however, it does issue treasurer's checks.
The counterfeit items have an ornate border along the top and sides. The words "CASHIER'S CHECK" are inside a rectangular box embedded in the center of the top border with the statement "HOLD DOCUMENT UP TO THE LIGHT TO VIEW TRUE WATERMARK" shown on each side. The bank's name and "P.O. Box 250, Wrentham, MA 02093" appear in the lower-left corner. The bank's name is repeated as "DRAWER" above a single signature line on the right side. The word "REMITTER" is in the top-left corner.
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Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic treasurer's check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
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TwinsTake of the Week - Week 4 - No-hitter, Fire Gardy? & the Worst Team in Baseball?
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Nice Picture, huh? Kinda Gross!
Did the offense give the pitching a break for a week?
No Hits in L.A.
Well, there's nothing like having a pitcher throw a no-hitter against you to get the focus off the pitching, huh? On Wednesday, the 2nd of May, Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher, Jered Weaver, pitched a no-hitter against our Minnesota Twins. That also made it two games in a row the Twins were kept off the scoreboard having been shut out the previous game by Jerome Williams. They ended up scoring only 3 runs in the 3-game series after scoring 13 runs in 2 games at home against the Kansas City Royals.
A no-hitter is a tremendous accomplishment for any pitcher and the team around him! There are other players on the field though. Pretty much every no-hitter has a few great defensive plays that keep it a no-hitter, even if those plays aren't really remembered much, if at all. The pitcher is remembered for the no-hitter so it seems like the pitcher was solely responsible for the whole game.* Every ball hit the web of the glove that was put in play unless, of course, there was an error. The pitcher knows this and I would imagine they all do something to make it known how thankful he is for all the plays his defense made for him.
*Maybe it should also be known as an all-webber? or a Web-fest? I'll come up with something! Ooh, how 'bout All-Leather Performance? No?
Most fans seemed to react as if this was rock bottom for the Minnesota Twins. They have the worst record in baseball, were shut out by a 5th starter and now they've been no-hit by a pitcher who is the ace of the Angels staff. I obviously don't want it to get worse for the Twins but I'm not sure that's rock bottom! How different would people have reacted if they got one hit? Would that have changed their reaction?
In the end, it is just one game and they have to be ready to play the next game. The Twins had a day off so they had time to think about, hopefully work on and go over the struggles they are going through. They need to forget about not getting a hit and just go play baseball in Seattle.
Worst team in baseball?
Have the Twins been as bad as their record shows? Maybe, but they have played some decent baseball at times. The offense has been performing alright but the pitching has been horrible. They aren't getting the big hit when they need it, especially with the bases loaded, where they are hitting .200 (5-25) with 1 double, 14 runs batted in (RBIs), 1 walk and 6 strikeouts. Usually when they have gotten a big hit, the pitching has given up the lead and the game more often than not.
They've been in games with chances to win. 11 of their 25 games have been one run games and they are 5-6 in those games. Only 2 of their games have been 2-run games and they lost both of those in Baltimore, 4-2 & 3-1. In 1-run games, they have been outscored 60 to 59. In the other 14 games, they've been outscored 76 to 31! It's no wonder pitching was my take in week 2 and week 3. OUCH!
Have the Twins been as bad as they were last season when they were committing errors on defense and just playing bad baseball? I dont think so or at least I think its too early to say with just 25 games played. A lot can happen in 137 games! It will be interesting either way, good or bad.
25 Scoreless Innings? Who Cares?
The Twins broke their scoreless innings streak last night when they scored in the 7th inning last night in Seattle. A lot of people made a big deal of that since they were shut out two straight games. Sometimes fans make too big a deal of those things. After shutting out the Twins for two straight games, the Angels have been shut out twice at home by the Toronto Blue Jays and have been shut out a whopping 6 times in 27 games and they have Albert Pujols on their team!*
*How often does a team with Albert Pujols get shut out 6 times in a season? It cant be many, right? WRONG! Since 2001, Pujols 1st season, the St. Louis Cardinals were shut out 89 times! Only 3 of those seasons did they get shutout less than 6 times.
Sometimes stats dont mean anything and they almost always dont mean anything to the players playing the game. Do you think any of the players knew their scoreless innings streak was at 25 innings in the 7th inning last night? At most, they knew they hadnt scored in two straight games but dont care about the one inning they didnt score in the 1st game of the Angels series and the 6 innings to start the 1st game in Seattle.
Jared Burton
How many of you know that Jared Burton has gone 8.1 innings without giving up a hit? Thats right! He gave up 2 runs (both home runs) in his Twins debut on April 7th and 1 run in his appearance on April 12th but since then he hasnt even given up a hit. In those 8.1 innings, hes struck out 8 and walked 2 with 11 groundball outs and 5 fly ball outs. Hes been pitching great and is or should be the right-handed setup guy. I hope I didnt just jinx him but if I did, Ill take credit for it! Hey, any publicity is good publicity, people! Tell EVERYBODY! Haha!
Is the Fire Gardy Bandwagon Fueling Up?
With the Twins record at 7-18, a lot of fans have taken to the Fire Gardy bandwagon! A lot of fans have been on that bandwagon for a long time and have never been fans of Ron Gardenhire.
I dont really know what Gardy is supposed to do with this team. He lost one of his best pitchers in Scott Baker before the season began and Francisco Liriano, his supposed best pitcher, apparently forgot how to pitch. The rest of the staff is either young or old! How much should we really expect from Liam Hendriks, Carl Pavano and Jason Marquis? So the two guys he was depending on are nowhere to be seen or shouldnt be seen.
It is almost impossible to win without good pitching. You can have the greatest offense in the world but if you cant keep the other team from scoring, youre probably not going to be winning a lot of games. The Texas Rangers finally figured that out and look where they are now.
Gardy won't be in Seattle as he went back to Minnesota for his daughter's graduation. Or is it Garduation?
Maybe the Twins needed more than three extra days in Spring Training? Gardy?
Twinsactions of the Week - Ups & Downs
4/28 - OF Ben Revere optioned to AAA Rochester Red Wings
4/28 - LF Josh Willingham activated from Paternity leave
5/1 - C Drew Butera recalled from AAA Rochester Red Wings
5/1 - 3B Sean Burroughs designated for assignment
5/4 - RF Erik Komatsu claimed off waivers from St. Louis Cardinals
5/4 - RF Clete Thomas designated for assignment
5/4 - 3B Sean Burroughs outrighted to AAA Rochester Red Wings
- Sean Burroughs accepted his assignment to Rochester so well see how he does there. That could be good for the Twins.
- Erik Komatsu might be a better option for the Twins than Clete Thomas. Komatsu looks to have a better feel for the strike zone with a .389 career minor league on base percentage (OBP)
- Clete Thomas had a minor league OBP of .348 and as you saw, he struck out a tad - in his last 7 games, he was 1-18 with 14 strikeouts and no walks
Those are my TwinsTakes! What are your TwinsTakes? Will the Twins get better as the season goes on? Will it be a repeat of last season?
We want to know what you think! Tell us in the comments or on Twitter or Facebook!
Twins Take on Seattle tonight at 8pm CST - RHP Jason Marquis vs RHP Felix Hernandez! Maybe the Twins can start a winning streak!
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Sisters Chandalyn Williams and Crystal Tate are close; their bond was made even stronger with the rapid passing of their mother two years ago.
"The end of April she was on a walker. May, she was completely bed-ridden and unable to speak lots of times," said Tate. "In June, we were looking for hospice care."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!
I loved this book. Dean Koontz always has such interesting ideas. I was most scared at the end of the book when the mysterious language was decoded in the sand. I was too scared to read it a second time. Loved It!!!
Published on Feb. 28 2011 by cjma4
3.0 out of 5 stars a page turner for sure
I haven't read a lot of his books (nothing has matched up to "Whispers" for me), but this was good. I thought the ending was very satisfying.
I found that I was also skimming parts of the book. It gave me the impression payment for writing was based on a per word basis.
I found it confusing at times, yet, though I tried to put it down I couldn't. The...
Published on July 31 2005 by Sally Herchel
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!,
This review is from: The Taking: A Novel (Paperback)
I loved this book. Dean Koontz always has such interesting ideas. I was most scared at the end of the book when the mysterious language was decoded in the sand. I was too scared to read it a second time. Loved It!!!
1.0 out of 5 stars My first Dean Koontz book: a huge disappiontment,
Sherry Simons (Edmonton, AB) - See all my reviews
Wanting a book to read while on vacay, I asked some friends about what they would reccommend. Dean Koontz, I was told. So I picked The Taking, expecting something great, but wow. Not only is the writing style of poor quality, the overall plot of the book is horrible. Most of the book is comprised of the most random, contrived imagery that is never fully explained. The ending was also a huge disappointment. I told my husband not to waste his time with this book after he read the first few chapters. I am glad he took my advice.
4.0 out of 5 stars better than I expected,
steve greenhorn (oshawa ontario,canada) - See all my reviews
Having read almost all Koontz's novels I'd say It returns to his earlier style,kinda like an old King novel.
Starts very creepy,mysterious,action in the middle and despite what others have said,I thought It a very good If not brief ending.I was expecting an alfred hitchcock the BIRDS type ending,but this is not the case.The strange and scary happenings are explained,and Yes it made me think a bit afterwards.Any regular Koontz reader will enjoy this quick but rivetting read.
3.0 out of 5 stars a page turner for sure,
Sally Herchel (Hamilton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
I haven't read a lot of his books (nothing has matched up to "Whispers" for me), but this was good. I thought the ending was very satisfying.
I found that I was also skimming parts of the book. It gave me the impression payment for writing was based on a per word basis.
I found it confusing at times, yet, though I tried to put it down I couldn't. The ending was one of those "NOW, I understand what all that stuff was about" sort of things. I would read it again but not too soon. I would also recommend it as a good, creepy, fairly fast read.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Intense,
Charles Linsor (Hot Springs Village) - See all my reviews
"The Taking" is a great book. The story hits the ground running with very intense scene setting imagery. The suspense goes full throttle with the growth of alien vegetation become a overwhelming threat. It becomes a quest to try to save the children. There is a great sense of "War of the Worlds." I was electrified in reading "The Taking" and highly recommend it. Other recommendations: "Life Expectancy", "The Kite Runner", "My Fractured Life", and "Are You Afraid of the Dark."
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a "Classic" - By a longshot!,
RotKar (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
The book started with a lot of promise, but by the end, I was skimming to get it over with. The characters were unrealistic and the gender-role-reversal of the main couple (SHE obviously has the external gonads in the family) was painfully realized. The book read like a alien/horror romance novel, with long, drawn-out periods of drippy introspection that made me angry, it was so insipid. Comparisons to real classics in science fiction are laughable. First and last book I will read by this author.
3.0 out of 5 stars The Taking by Dean Koontz,
Sandy (Ontario) - See all my reviews
I really enjoy Dean Koontz and I have read many of his books. The Taking started out fantastic. I could not put it down. I did not know if the story was going to be science fiction or horror. Molly and Neil Sloan are great characters and I enjoyed their travels. I think the book is worth reading for the entertainment value and writing. The story drags a bit in the middle but picks up to a really nice ending. A good read but not Dean Koontz's best.
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book,
Diane B (Kingston, ON.) - See all my reviews
This was the first Dean Koontz novel I have read, and it was amazing! I read it in 8 hours. I couldn't put it down, and yet in some parts I was almost afraid to go on. "Aliens" are invading the world; they take over dead bodies, turn people against each other and terrorize. A select few are chosen to round up children; to save them or to sacrifice them? Then at the end we find out what the "aliens" really are. Very shocking, but also a touching novel.
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Odd Thomas but still great,
This review is from: The Taking (Hardcover)
This is just not the type of book I would pick up---Aliens? Descending fog? A thriller? I don't think so. But having been exposed to some of Koontz's other books I decided to give this one a try and I was NOT disappointed! Somehow Koontz made me interested in the subject matter with his excellent writing and pacing. I totally disagree with another reviewer who said that his metaphors and descriptive passages slowed down the reading. It's a book for Christ's sake, not a movie! The prose is wonderful and this material in this author's hands is pure gold. I'm normally one to stick with a tried and true bestseller like "Da Vinci Code" or " Bark of the Dogwood," but decided to try something different (this book) and I'm glad I did!
Also recommended; THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and Preachy,
A. L. Coffey "RoseGoldWitch" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Taking (Hardcover)
I have never read a Koontz book before, and know very little about him other than his name. I picked up this book because it promised a spooky read. The opening was very good (though other reviewers have alleged that it is a "rip-off" of an SK novel - I've never read the novel in question, so I don't know). I settled in to be engrossed and entertained. HOWEVER, as I moved farther into the book, I began to realize that the plot was moving towards a preachy, insipid, eye-roll-inducing conclusion. Ugh! I will never pick up another Koontz book. What a waste of time. (PS I completely agree with the other reviewer that mentioned the deeply weird "global warming" rant that happens in the beginning of the book - that little scene serves as a warning for the Far Right nonsense still to come.)
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Last weekend's frost and freezing conditions across the Carolinas sent the process of leaf color changes into overdrive.
After a slow start to the season and some uneven conditions in the mountains, observers say the color show has developed quickly in North Carolina's foothills. And the show is moving rapidly into some parts of the Piedmont.
Trees are losing their leaves at altitudes above 3,500 feet, where autumn is starting to look more like winter.
It apparently has been a hit-or-miss situation this fall. Appalachian State University professor Howie Neufeld said colors were spectacular in places around Boone. The same report is coming this weekend from the Asheville area.
But reader Lou Nachman reported that the reds quickly turned to brown earlier in the week in Ashe and Alleghany counties. Nachman said the yellows were pretty, however.
With partial sunshine forecast Saturday and clear skies Sunday, this should be a good weekend to see the colors in Burke and Caldwell counties, in the northern Piedmont of North Carolina and in the South Carolina foothills.
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Northwest mountains: If you're venturing into the high country, try the not-so-high locations, at 3,000 feet and lower. Some recommendations: N.C. 181, from Morganton into Pisgah National Forest; U.S. 221 near Marion; and U.S. 421 near Wilkesboro.
Asheville and west: The website Explore Asheville reports excellent conditions around the Biltmore Estate, especially with the sourwoods and sweet gums (oranges and reds). The Blue Ridge Parkway between the Folk Art Center and Tanbark Ridge also has reached peak conditions.
In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, peak colors are reported near Newfound Gap. Peak conditions have passed in higher elevations of Pisgah National Forest and the Smokies.
Foothills: Ranger Amanda Lasley reports vivid reds (sourwoods and black gums) and yellows (sycamores and maples) at South Mountains State Park in Burke County.
Chimney Rock is among the top spots this week. Matt Popowski, spokesman for Chimney Rock State Park, says, "Leaf colors seemed to have exploded the past few days." He recommends Chimney Rock and Skyline Trail as places to visit.
Officials in Hendersonville also say that area is near peak conditions. DuPont State Forest in Henderson and Transylvania counties is the place to be, they say.
Piedmont: Peak conditions have arrived north of Winston-Salem at Pilot Mountain and Stone Mountain state parks. You'll also find colors at about 70 percent near Raleigh, at Falls Lake and Kerr Lake.
Colors are about 50 to 60 percent at Morrow Mountain State Park and in the Uwharrie National Forest northeast of Charlotte.
Closer to Charlotte, peak colors are still about a week away.
South Carolina: Colors are 50 percent or more on S.C. 11, the Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Byway, north of Gaffney.
Elsewhere in Southeast: Virginia conditions are peaking in the Shenandoah Valley and in lower elevations near Wytheville.
Tennessee officials say conditions are excellent between 2,000 feet and 4,000 feet. And Georgia's color show is peaking in the northeast mountains.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse Area Camera Club's annual photography exhibit will be hosted Sunday, April 7.
The exhibit will be on view from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Traverse Area District Library, 610 Woodmere Ave. In addition to photography by club members, the display includes images from area students in ninth through 12th grade from Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Wexford counties. Photographers will be on hand to discuss their images and answer questions.
For more information, visit www.tacconline.org.
Torch potluck
EASTPORT — The Upper Torch Lake Association's next monthly potluck will be hosted Monday, April 8.
The event at the Torch Lake Township Community Services Building, 2355 N. U.S. 31, includes a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. All area residents are invited and asked to bring a favorite beverage, table service and a dish to share with a list of its ingredients.
Cottage Coffee
TRAVERSE CITY — Caregiver tips and hospice services will be discussed at the Tuesday, April 9, Cottage Coffees Series at Hawthorn Cottage on the campus of Grand Traverse Pavilions.
The 10 a.m. free program will be led by Jen Simmer, marketing representative for Hospice of Michigan in Traverse City. The program is sponsored in part by Comfort Keepers. For details, call 932-3027, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan reggae band The FunDubMentals will play a farewell show Friday, April 12, at the Good Work Collective on South Union Street.
The group has been playing a mix of roots reggae, dub, ska and dancehall for the past eight years. Lead vocalist and songwriter, Tree, is moving to Florida to pursue an education at Full Sail University music school, closing the book on the current chapter of the band.
The FunDubMentals will perform at 9:30 p.m. A $10 donation is requested at the door. To learn more about the band, visit www.fundubmentals.com.
Andrew Bird
TRAVERSE CITY — Award-winning singer/songwriter Andrew Bird will make an appearance Thursday, April 11, at the City Opera House, 106 E. Front St.
The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist combines folk, rock, pop, classical and blues influences and has earned international recognition for his virtuoso musicianship and live performances.
Bird will perform at 8 p.m. The doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $34 each; call 941-8082, visit www.cityoperahouse.org or www.porterhouseproductions.com, or stop at the City Opera House box office.
Artists sought
GLEN ARBOR — Artist applications are available for the 42nd annual Glen Lake Women's Club Art Fair on Wednesday, July 17.
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Two more suspects arrested in Forestville triple homicide
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 6:21 p.m.
A father and son who share ties to central Colorado with a third man already in custody have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a Feb. 5 triple homicide near Forestville, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
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Francis R. Dwyer, 65, and Odin Leonard Dwyer, 38, were taken into custody Tuesday morning and are being held in New Mexico and Colorado jails respectively, pending extradition to Sonoma County, authorities said.
Sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary held out the possibility that other suspects might have been involved, but said he did not anticipate additional arrests.
"We went from a complete whodunit to three arrests in three weeks," O'Leary said, praising the work of his investigators.
The Dwyers are the same men pictured in surveillance photographs distributed by O'Leary last week after cameras at gas stations in Nevada and Wyoming linked them to the earlier suspect, Mark William Cappello of Central City, Colo.
Authorities believe the trio traveled from Colorado to Sonoma County before meeting Feb. 5 at a small house off Ross Station Road between Sebastopol and Forestville, where three other men were gunned down.
The younger Dwyer is a friend of Cappello, who was arrested Feb. 14, O'Leary said. Cappello apparently brought the Dwyers in on a would-be marijuana sale that instead turned into a triple slaying, O'Leary said.
Cappello, 46, was himself brought in by an acquaintance named Todd Klarkowski, a resident of Boulder, Colo., and one of the three men killed, O'Leary said.
Investigators have developed evidence that Klarkowski, 42, and another victim, Long Island, N.Y., resident Richard Lewin, 46, had been partners for some years in the drug trade, O'Leary said.
He said there is evidence Sebastopol native Raleigh Butler, 24, the third victim, also had been selling marijuana, though how he hooked up with Klarkowski and Lewin was unclear.
The Dwyers were were caught on surveillance footage at a St. Helena Chevron station the day before the three victims were slain.
That night, a partial grouping of the six men met for dinner at a Sebastopol restaurant, though O'Leary would not say where. The owner of Hopmonk Tavern has confirmed he turned over surveillance footage from inside the restaurant to investigators, though he did not know what it yielded.
But the next day, the six men apparently met at the home rented by Butler's mother, who was not present.
They were there ostensibly so the out-of-state victims could purchase a large quantity of marijuana, which would have entailed a substantial sum of money.
O'Leary would not say if the cash or any marijuana had been accounted for. He said earlier that no money and only a small amount of marijuana was found at the crime scene.
He also would not comment Thursday on the role the three murder suspects were to have played in the pot deal, nor whether they planned ahead of time to rob the others present or may have opened fire because the deal went awry.
Investigators raided Cappello's home in the tiny mountain community of Central City, about an hour's drive from Boulder, the night before he was arrested outside Mobile, Ala.
Detectives had traced him to the Gulf Coast, and he was arrested when Mobile County detectives pulled him over on a traffic violation and found a stop-and-hold order issued by Sonoma County, authorities said.
The Dwyers both were arrested on suspicion of murder and other charges in the early hours of Tuesday morning with help from local agencies, O'Leary said.
"They both surrendered without any problems," he said.
Francis Dwyer, who runs a website promoting "Personal Growth, Spiritual Development and Unity!" and claims on his Facebook page to be a former scoutmaster, has lived in various Denver-area towns but was arrested at an RV park in the southern New Mexico town of Truth or Consequences, located a straight shot down Interstate 25 from the Denver/Boulder area.
O'Leary said authorities recovered evidence from the Sonoma County crime scene in New Mexico.
The elder Dwyer was held Friday at the Sierra County Detention Center in New Mexico, pending an extradition hearing, a detention center spokesman said.
His son has no current address, but was arrested Tuesday at a residence outside Denver.
Both are being held without bail while awaiting extradition to Sonoma County, he said. Their arrests were not made public until Friday in an effort to preserve the integrity of the investigation.
The case took detectives far away from Sonoma County. Some have been out of state and away from their families for several weeks and still are on the road, O'Leary said.
Cappello should be returned to Sonoma County in the next few days, he said.
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For many OMCLs in the GEON, there has been a significant shift over the last few years from planned market surveillance testing (with products selected according to risk-based criteria) to the analysis of counterfeit and illegal medicines on behalf of other authorities such as customs, police, enforcement / food inspectors, courts and forensic laboratories.
This additional task involves a wide variety of analytical techniques for authenticity testing (comparison of a suspected counterfeit sample with the original product) and screening for unknown products (e.g. in a suspicious "white powder" confiscated by the police). Over the last few years, the OMCL Network and the EDQM have responded to the increasing number of potentially counterfeit and illegal medicines through a series of measures outlined below.
In October 2006, the EDQM set up a data repository for Network members involved in the testing of counterfeit and illegal medicines. This information platform is used by the OMCLs on a voluntary basis to make test reports available in a standardised format; it is reserved for Network members and allows rapid exchange of information on testing activities in the area of falsified medicines.
Following an initiative of the Network, since 2007 the EDQM has been organising a programme on the testing of Suspicious Unknown Products (SUP). This programme aims to evaluate whether OMCLs of the Network are able to identify (and where possible quantify) unknown active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in a selected sample.
At its Annual Meeting in Split, Croatia in 2010, the Network decided to publish the first document covering this field of activity on the EDQM's website. This document provides an overview of the contributions of the OMCL Network in supporting the implementation of the MEDICRIME Convention of the Council of Europe and is aimed at raising awareness of the essential value of the work of OMCLs in fighting against counterfeit and other illegal medicines.
These concerted efforts of the Network also led to the organisation of the first symposium for OMCLs focusing on all aspects of testing of falsified medicines, which was held on 29-31 March 2011 at the EDQM in Strasbourg.
During the Annual Meeting of GEON 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Network members agreed to establish a working group dealing with relevant aspects regarding the testing of counterfeit and illegal medicines.
Since 2012, the OMCL Network is developing joint market surveillance programmes on suspected counterfeit and illegal products (MSSIP) to cover a large part of the European market in a co-ordinated campaign targeted to defined product groups.
Twenty one OMCLs participated in the first study (MSSIP001), focused on Slimming Dietary Supplements. 370 products from the legal and the illegal supply chain were analysed for the presence of undeclared active ingredients. A summary of the study report is now available.
Symposium on combating counterfeit and other illegal medicines.
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The Clinton Herald
---- — CLIVE (AP) — The number of accidents at Clive intersections monitored by red-light cameras was twice as high in 2012 as it was four years earlier, but the number of accidents citywide dropped 22 percent over the same period, according to a review of data provided to the City Council.
The accident data comes amid a long debate in Clive over use of the cameras, which were discontinued in July but resumed Monday because of concerns about what the halt would mean to the Des Moines suburb's budget. As part of a deal to again use the traffic cameras, the City Council promised to discontinue the cameras on June 30, 2014.
The Des Moines Register reported Monday that a review of data provided to the council shows 26 accidents occurred at red-light camera intersections in 2012; 13 occurred in 2008.
Throughout the city, accidents dropped, with 244 property damage accidents in 2012 compared to 330 in 2008.
Council member Michael McCoy said that shows the cameras are ineffective at their primary purpose of preventing accidents.
"The underlying problem, safety, isn't being taken care of by just red lights," McCoy said. "So, what that does show me, if it's increased in the red-light camera intersections and decreased citywide, that tells me that it's actually done the opposite of what it was intended to do, and that is brought accidents, or increased accidents in those intersections," he said.
Police Chief Michael Venema said using the number of accidents to evaluate the effectiveness of the camera program would be misguided.
"What I caution people is — you're talking about a very small sample size," Venema said.
If it ends the traffic cameras as planned, Clive would be the first Iowa city to install and then dismantle a traffic camera system.
Since Davenport became the first Iowa city to install traffic cameras in 2004, dozens of cameras have been put in place throughout the state, including in Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Muscatine, Sioux City and Windsor Heights.
During the legislative session, a measure that would have required cities and counties to get a permit from the state Department of Transportation before installing new traffic cameras died. The proposal also would have forced local governments to justify existing cameras by submitting traffic data to the department.


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Camp Director and Weatherford head football coach Weldon Nelms, with a strong contingent of assisting instructors, put young football campers through their paces developing skills with drills earlier this week, beginning on Monday and running through Thursday.
In the morning sessions, the coaches conducted camp for the younger kids, grades three through six. The seventh and eighth-grade campers, most who will soon be donning uniforms for middle-school football, worked through drills in the afternoon sessions.
There were 25 campers in the morning session, with the group growing to 44 for the older kids.


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Darrel Starr, Coast Guard captain and naval architect, dies on 90th birthday
Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 6:59 p.m.
Darrel W. Starr Jr., a retired captain of the U.S. Coast Guard, a naval architect and Korean and Vietnam war veteran, died after a short illness at a Santa Rosa care facility on Friday, his 90th birthday.
A native of Los Angeles, Starr in 1943 entered the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Groton, Conn., where he was a star football player and heavyweight wrestling champion.
Although he didn't serve in action during World War II, on one assignment their boat was forced to evade a German submarine near Bermuda, said his son, Darrel W. Starr III of Rohnert Park.
Starr graduated from the academy in 1948 and served in numerous places, including the Gilbert Islands, Alaska, Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio and San Francisco.
During the Korean war, Starr was on a vessel providing support for the landing of forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Inchon. He taught at the academy and then attended the University of Michigan in 1959 and received a masters degree in naval architecture.
His last cruise was in 1967 as executive officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roger Tanney from Government Island in Alameda, where it was stationed, to Japan and back.
He was stationed in Washington D.C. and Maryland and retired in 1978 as commander of the 12th Coast Guard District on the West Coast.
"He always said that he never had a day that he didn't enjoy going to work," his son said. "It was wonderful stuff."
After retirement Starr worked as a consultant in the Bay Area and lived in Terra Linda before moving to Santa Rosa in 1992.
His wife, Claire Beach Starr, died shortly after they moved to Santa Rosa. They were married 39 years.
He was a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the American Society of Naval Engineers, USCG Academy Alumni Association, the University of Michigan Alumni Association and the San Francisco Breakfast Club.
He also was inducted into the U.S. Coast Academy Sports Hall of Fame for football and wrestling.
In addition to his son, he is survived by a sister, Margie Sherman of Downey, two grandchildren and companion Molly McGowan.
At his request there will be no services. His ashes will be placed in the San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio, San Francisco. The Trident Society handled arrangements.
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Tim Tebowing is half the Battle in the Week 6 Pickups
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The big names are Tim Tebow and Jackie Battle this week, but it's really all about Tebow. He was a stud when he got the chance to start last season. Time for him to do it again. This week's pickups are listed in the order I'd try to acquire them. Feel free to...Read more →


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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is offering a one-day free recycling event Saturday for hard-to-recycle items.
They'll be taking various kinds of e-waste like cell phones and computer components along with plastic grocery bags and number 5 plastics.
The one-stop-drop will be at the Whole Foods in Rookwood Commons.
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Keep Cincinnati Beautiful is teaming up with the Ohio Department of Transportation for a clean-up project Saturday focusing on the city's dirtiest entrance and exit ramps on Interstates 71 and 75.Volunteers are asked to report to the ODOT location at 1400 Seymour Avenue in Cincinnati by 10:30 a.m.


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China's Scary Financial System
China's financial system isn't just inefficient, it's built on quicksand.
Mr. Hahn is director of economics at the Smith School, University of Oxford and chief economist at the Legatum Institute. Mr. Passell is a senior fellow at the Milken Institute and the economics editor of the Legatum Institute's Democracy Lab. They are co-founders of Regulation2point0.org, a web portal on regulatory policy.
As China's economy slows, skepticism about the sustainability of the Chinese miracle is gaining traction. But the reasons offered for why Beijing's ducks may finally be coming home to roost are all over the place.
The granddaddy of explanations is the inherent contradiction between free markets and an authoritarian government. There are alternatives, though. China-watchers are pointing to deep divisions in the ruling Communist Party, to the stresses created by widening income inequality, to the toxic wasteland left by helter-skelter industrialization, to the weak protection of intellectual property, to cultural restraints on innovation. (Pick all that apply.) Our own candidate is the failure to build a financial system that is up to the challenges of efficient intermediation in a very large, very complex economy. In theory, this problem is eminently fixable. But that doesn't mean it will be fixed before the fallout takes a big toll.
Banks have been a primary vehicle for funneling Chinese households' formidable savings into capital since Mao consolidated power in the early 1950s. And while the banks' organizational structure has grown more byzantine since Deng Xiaoping made China safe for private enterprise in the 1980s, they remain creatures of the state.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the economy.]
In the 1980s and 1990s, the banks were drafted for the job of bailing out hopelessly inefficient (but politically connected) state-owned enterprises with the vast deposits of the country's household sector. In turn, the government was forced to bail out the banks, which were all but technically insolvent thanks to all their nonperforming loans from the above-mentioned state-owned enterprises. And the cycle apparently began again in 2008, in response to Beijing's decision to stimulate the economy in the wake of the global downturn—and to manage the feat without running up a public debt.
The government ordered the banks to lend the equivalent of hundreds of billions of dollars to various provincial and local authorities charged with creating jobs and income with public works projects. No one has a clue at this point what percentage of those loans will ever be repaid, or at least nobody who knows is talking. But, then, nobody believes these giant lenders—the biggest, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has nominal assets equivalent to $2.5 trillion—would ever be allowed to fail.
Actually, the problem is worse. Bank managers seeking higher returns having increasingly lent to less regulated (but probably legal) "shadow banks"—insurance companies, trust companies, securities companies—that make loans to the private sector, yet maintain very low reserves. In fact, loans from this bank-funded parallel system—a system that could easily become insolvent in an economic downturn—now represent 40 percent of total credit outstanding.
[Read the U.S. News debate: Should Congress Interfere with China's Currency Policies?]
This is no way to run a capital market, even if the government ultimately stands prepared to socialize the banks' losses when they grow too big to hide. The banks, operating with fuzzy incentives and often unstated mandates from the central government, are not efficient at channeling deposits into their most productive uses. Indeed, the best guess is that a large portion of Chinese households' (very) hard-earned savings is being sucked into a crony capitalist hole.
Wait, this dreary story gets even scarier. The government's failure to decentralize banking—or to allow the state-owned and controlled banks to operate as profit-maximizers—has spawned a large informal (and unregulated) credit market. Small businesses, which have a tough time obtaining bank credit, do much of their borrowing from private entrepreneurs who've gotten very rich operating under the government radar—though presumably with the knowledge of influential government officials. The Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission, which regulates the banks, conservatively estimates that the size of this informal lending market at between $500 billion and $800 billion.
In an economic downturn, these borrowers would presumably suffer disproportionately. Yet, nobody knows how the resulting insolvencies would ripple through the unregulated portion of China's capital market, or whether Beijing would come to the rescue before the above-ground banks caught the bug.
[In the Red: Chinese Banks Moving Into U.S. Market]
This is the spot in articles of this sort where you expect to find the authors' prescriptions for making China's financial markets more transparent, more competitive and less responsible for the care and feeding of state-owned enterprises. We'll spare you: Suffice it to say China does not lack the expertise to reform the system.
Indeed, the question is not whether it could be done, but whether the complex mix of interest groups—the big exporters, the state enterprises, the sprawling central and provincial bureaucracies, the military—are up to the task. Many powerful people are doing just fine in this hybrid system, and it's far from clear that they would do as well in an economy that more uniformly rewarded productivity and punished crony enterprise, private and public.
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Don't let the swooping, retro lines of the 2009 Schwinn Laguna fool you: this lightweight all-American scoot leaves nostalgia in the dust, easily reaching speeds of 40-45 mph.
With a dry weight of just 162 pounds—plus the weight of 1.1 gallons of fuel—the Schwinn Laguna is engineered for practicality, efficiency, and flair. The tank is tiny, but with an estimated fuel economy of 100 mpg, a single fill-up should get you through the workweek without incident. The 2009 Schwinn Laguna's belt-driven, fully-automatic, continuously variable transmission (CVT) provides a smooth ride, and the cross-drilled front disc brake promises 4-star taxi avoidance. That means you can ride fast, ride safe, and bring your 2009 Schwinn Laguna 50 home in one piece.
The step-through design of the Schwinn Laguna makes it easy for a single rider to climb aboard the scooter's tapered double vinyl saddle. As you would expect from Schwinn, the single-piece saddle is comfortable and sturdy.
The efficient, emissions-friendly four-stroke 49.5cc engine can manage most city hills, and the Schwinn Laguna's smooth ride is aided by telescoping front forks, and a single-sided rear swing arm with dual adjustable coil-over shocks. The telescopic front suspension has enough travel to keep you comfortable on even the most pitted and pockmarked alleys.
Nestled under a small windscreen in the center of the dash, the integrated instrument panel of the 2009 Schwinn Laguna includes a speedometer, fuel gauge, and indicators. There is also a handy helmet hook on the dash—unfortunately, with no lock.
With a manufacturer's minimum recommended age of 16, the Schwinn Laguna 50 makes a great starter scooter for new drivers. And weighing in at just 162 pounds, petite riders should have no problem swinging a leg through, revving the four-stroke engine, and making this jaunty, city scooter jump to life.


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Ohio Dominican University is a private institution that was founded in 1911. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,127, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 93 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Ohio Dominican University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (Midwest), 92. Its tuition and fees are $28,104 (2012-13).
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Ohio Dominican University is a Catholic liberal arts University with a Dominican tradition, guided in its educational mission by the Dominican motto: to contemplate truth and to share with others the fruits of this contemplation. Ohio Dominican University offers students a high quality, career-oriented liberal arts education in an intimate, attractive setting that is conducive to intellectual exchange, personal growth, and the development of enduring values. It is a place where diversity is embraced and individualism is celebrated. Here, you will find an environment that is inspiring on many levels. Our intimate atmosphere provides a level of comfort and belonging not commonly found at other universities. Faculty members know their students by name, and every student knows they are a top priority. Ours is a complete learning experience that leaves graduates well prepared to accomplish more than they thought possible. Throughout the experience, we provide the tools necessary for success. At the base of all we do lie the Dominican principles of caring, learning and truth. This is an environment where students can benefit from moral guidance, spirituality and contemporary thinking. Each individual leaves Ohio Dominican confident and instilled with a passion for life that cannot be dampened.
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When applying to Ohio Dominican University, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling. Scores for either the ACT or SAT test are due August 1. The application fee at Ohio Dominican University is $25. It is selective, with an acceptance rate of 66.1 percent.
For more information about the tests, essays, interviews, and admissions process, visit the Applying to College knowledge center.
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Academic Life
The student-faculty ratio at Ohio Dominican University is 12:1, and the school has 54.9 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Ohio Dominican University include: Business Administration and Management, General; Biology/Biological Sciences, General; Elementary Education and Teaching; Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching; and Psychology, General. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 63 percent.
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Ohio Dominican University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,127, with a gender distribution of 41.7 percent male students and 58.3 percent female students. At this school, 45 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 55 percent of students live off campus. Ohio Dominican University is part of the NCAA II athletic conference.
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Ohio Dominican University offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring, placement service, and health service. Ohio Dominican University also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Of the students at Ohio Dominican University, 90 percent have cars on campus. Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at Ohio Dominican University.
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