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Cindy Crawford
One of the original Big Six supermodels, Crawford was the most commercially successful of the group. Following her more-is-more lead, working girls maxed their manes and primed their pouts with Revlon as they power-suited their charge to the boardroom. At halftime, throngs of sweaty men got the shivers when Crawford appeared onscreen chugging an ice-cold Pepsi. Her fame spread beyond the usual borders: In the classroom, schoolchildren voted the brainy model their second-choice pick for president (Bush placed first); and in Britain, a young Prince William was so smitten, Princess Diana invited the DeKalb native to Buckingham Palace for a visit.
Crawford's glowing good looks have landed her hundreds of covers, seventeen for Vogue alone. In the magazine, she was a popular pick for swimsuit spreads as well as those showcasing work by high-end designers of the day, including Azzedine Alaïa, Moschino, and Christian Lacroix. On the runway, Crawford was a favorite of Gianni Versace and Todd Oldham. She also had an ongoing working relationship with the photographer Herb Ritts, who introduced her to her first husband, Richard Gere, and shot her for Playboy in 1988. Recognizing Crawford's pull with the male demographic, MTV tapped her to host its new show House of Style in 1989.
Such universal appeal was worth millions, and the practical-minded model—who had given up a chemical-engineering scholarship at Northwestern University to pursue her career—kept her eye on the bottom line as she constructed the fantasy that was Cindy Crawford. "The Thing"[1] is what she called her own larger-than-life persona. Cataloging her best-selling calendars, posters, and exercise videos, Vanity Fair dubbed the entrepreneurial superstar "Cindy, Inc."[2]Today, she is married to the nightclub investor Rande Gerber, and a mother of two (with a son, Presley, and a daughter, Kaia). She is steady at the helm of a self-made empire that as of 2011 included a skin-care line and home and jewelry collections with the retail giant JCPenney. "It's been a great gig," she told Vanity Fair in 2008. "I didn't have two nickels to rub together, and I got to travel the world. I've been exposed to all kinds of people. Financially, I'm not just secure, I live very well. And my children will live very well."[3]
Cynthia Ann Crawford born in DeKalb, Illinois. Her father works as an electrician and a glazier; her mother is a housewife. In a 1999 interview with Good Morning America, Cindy's mother will tell her, "And you come out, and you looked like somebody put you through the meat grinder. . . . Your little face is all, like, squished up, and your dad and I both were, like, are you sure that's ours?" Crawford will add, "I guess my older sister was like this beautiful baby, and I came out with the cone head and all stretched."[4]
Her younger brother dies from leukemia at the age of three. His death will have a lasting impact on Crawford, who later supports leukemia and lymphoma charities.
Her father leaves the family, and her mother struggles to raise three teenage daughters. To earn money, Cindy takes a $4-an-hour summer job shucking corn, where she is spotted by a local photographer. She borrows $500 from her parents for a portfolio, which she pays back with her first modeling paycheck.
Juggling an active social life—and dates with DeKalb High's star quarterback—she wins a bet with her father that she could make straight A's throughout high school. Becomes valedictorian, and is accepted at Harvard, M.I.T., and Northwestern University. "I was wearing E.R.A. pins and I was going to be the first woman president,"[5] she later tells Primetime Live. Enters Elite's first Look of the Year contest and emerges a finalist. At her senior prom, "everyone wore white fluffy dresses," she will later tell People. "I wore a black Calvin Klein sheath dress that was backless, and it scandalized my boyfriend's mother."[6] In the fall, she begins studies at Northwestern on a chemical-engineering scholarship, with dreams of becoming a nuclear physicist. (She later recalls her first day in chemistry class: "The professor said, 'You're in the wrong class, honey.' I said, 'I don't think so.'"[7])
Leaves Northwestern to pursue modeling in Chicago, where she is represented by Elite and works exclusively with renowned local photographer Victor Skrebneski.
Moves to New York. Due to her resemblance to troubled model Gia Carangi, is nicknamed Baby Gia. "My agents took me to all the photographers who liked Gia: Albert Watson, Francesco Scavullo, Bill King. Everyone loved her look so much that they gladly saw me,"[8] she later tells Playboy. August: Photographer Richard Avedon captures her in pink Perry Ellis for the cover of Vogue, her first for the magazine. "The Vogue cover was like the stamp of approval. And from that came Revlon and all the other great things,"[9] she will tell Vanity Fair in 2008. October: Another Avedon cover for Vogue.
Prince pens a love song to the model, "Cindy C." January: She wears Giorgio Armani's navy wool gabardine jacket on the cover of Vogue, photographed by Richard Avedon. September: Another Vogue cover. François Halard shoots her at the country home of interior designer John Saladino in a sleek Geoffrey Beene dress with fringed hood and gloves. November: Graces Vogue's cover; inside, she models fall's couture standouts—including Christian Dior, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel—for photographer Wayne Maser.
Poses for Playboy; the images are shot by trusted friend Herb Ritts. The spread is spotted by an MTV producer and leads to MTV's hit show about fashion and beauty, House of Style, the following year. Meets An Officer and a Gentleman heartthrob Richard Gere at Ritts's backyard barbecue party for pop legend Elton John; the actor and model begin dating. February: Dons Calvin Klein's taffeta shirt and lime-green sweater for Vogue's cover.
Begins a six-year stint as host of House of Style. Inks a multimillion-dollar deal to become the face of Revlon. (She will continue in the role for the next 11 years.) August: Vogue's Bart Bull writes about an elevator ride he shares with the beauty giant's new spokesmodel.
Becomes the new face of Halston. January: Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Tatjana Patitz appear together on the cover of British Vogue, shot by Peter Lindbergh. Pop singer George Michael casts the group in his hit video, "Freedom! '90." February: She wears Oscar de la Renta on the cover of Vogue. March: Appears with Gere for the first time as a couple on the red carpet at the Oscars; she wears plunging red Versace. July: Poses in Pamela Dennis's hot-pink dress and Isaac Mizrahi's tangerine coat for a Vogue cover. October: Wears a chocolate Mizrahi ensemble and bronze Jil Sander coat on the cover of Vogue.
In a commercial for Pepsi, pulls up to a country gas station in a red Lamborghini; two local boys ogle not her, but the can of soda she chugs. (In 2009 the ad is rated the sexiest of all time.) Appears in Models: The Film, a documentary directed by Peter Lindbergh. January: Versace unleashes a quartet of supermodels—Linda, Cindy, Naomi, and Christy—on his spring runway, arm in arm and lip-synching to George Michael's hit song "Freedom! '90". March: Crawford wears a violet Chanel jacket on the cover of Vogue. September: For Vogue, Lindbergh captures Crawford with Campbell, Evangelista, Patitz, Helena Christensen, Claudia Schiffer, Stephanie Seymour, and Karen Mulder on an industrial city street wearing leather jackets and silk skirts by Versace and Chanel, paired with Harley-Davidson caps and boots. An Irving Penn portrait of her appears in the same issue. December: In one of her most iconic images for Vogue, lingerie-clad Crawford holds a photo of her face over another model's head for Helmut Newton. Exchanging homemade tinfoil rings, she ties the knot with Gere in a spur-of-the-moment ceremony at Las Vegas's Little Chapel of the West.
January: Wears Ralph Lauren's red, white, and blue sailor cap and jacket on the cover of Vogue. April: Joins a ladder-full of top models clad in white Gap shirts and jeans for Vogue's 100th-anniversary cover. May: In "Beauty's $1,000,000 Babies," Vogue's Shirley Lord chronicles the success of Crawford, Christy Turlington, and Claudia Schiffer. September: First of several best-selling exercise videos, Cindy Crawford Shape Your Body Workout, is released. For Gianni Versace's return to the New York runway, she dons his "Cindy Sado-Maso" outfit of "mechanically correct harness-bodice paired with a studded leather skirt and gladiator sandals."[10] November: Ritts shoots Gere (in black Armani) and Crawford (in red Atelier Versace) on the beach in Malibu for the cover of Vogue. The couple is profiled in the issue by Julia Reed in "The Model and the Movie Star." Singing "Good Golly Charlie," Crawford duets with Little Richard in a rendition of his "Good Golly Miss Molly" hit in a television commercial for Revlon's Charlie fragrance.
Poses for a pin-up calendar, one of several over her career; proceeds benefit leukemia research. March: Draws attention in tight white Hervé Léger on the Oscar red carpet. May: Named to People's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. (She makes the list again in 2002.) August: Wears Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel on the cover of Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel. Poses provocatively with country singer k.d. lang for the cover of Vanity Fair, shot by Ritts. The image becomes one of her most famous.
Stars as Jon Bon Jovi's girlfriend in his band's music video "Please Come Home for Christmas." February: Dresses in white Calvin Klein for the cover of Vogue. Poses for the Pirelli calendar. April: Hosts rocker Eric Clapton's special charity concert at Avery Fisher Hall benefiting leukemia, cancer, and AIDS charities. June: Appears with Seymour, Schiffer, Turlington, and Nadja Auermann (and five naked men) in a Versace campaign photographed by Avedon. July: Wears Mizrahi's canary-yellow plastic-paillette slip dress on Vogue's cover. Inside, is profiled by William Norwich in "Beauty and the Beat." September: Irving Penn composes a black-and-white portrait of the model with her head resting on her knees. November: She wears Versace's cropped rubber jacket and a lace dress by Bill Blass for another Vogue cover.
Gere and Crawford divorce. Omega watches signs her as the face of the brand, beginning a long-standing association. With estimated annual earnings of $6.5 million, she tops Forbes's list of highest-paid models. "Growing up, my idea of a millionaire came from The Beverly Hillbillies,"[11] she tells Playboy. August: Has a cameo in Douglas Keeve's fashion documentary about Isaac Mizrahi, Unzipped. September: Wearing a powdered wig and a midriff-bearing period costume, poses as George Washington for the inaugural cover of political magazine George, shot by Ritts. (Its editor in chief, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was a onetime beau.) November: Stars opposite Billy Baldwin in action film Fair Game.
Briefly linked to Batman actor Val Kilmer. January: Stars opposite English thespian Malcolm McDowell in television commercials for Diet Pepsi; the spots feature her animated superhero alter ego. February: Appears in Robert Leacock's Catwalk (a.k.a. Christy Turlington Backstage), a documentary following Turlington and her fellow supermodels on the spring 1994 runways. September: Included in Peter Lindbergh's photo book Ten Women. October: Publishes Cindy Crawford's Basic Face, a book co-written with makeup artist Sonia Kashuk.
Stars in a revival of Foster Grant's famed sunglasses campaign. Poses again for Playboy. May: Marries nightclub entrepreneur Rande Gerber beachside on Paradise Island, the Bahamas, wearing an off-the-rack ecru lace slip dress by John Galliano. November: Launches her official Web site, cindy.com. Within a month, the site sees a reported 400,000 unique visitors and 17 million hits.
June: Pregnant, Crawford poses for the cover of W wearing nothing but a Chanel necklace. July: Gives birth to a son, Presley. August: Appears in David Bailey's documentary Models Uncovered.
Is one of an ensemble cast including Lynn Redgrave and Harry Connick, Jr., in the film The Simian Line. January: Joins models Jean Patchett, Lauren Hutton, Bettina Graziani, Beverly Johnson, Penelope Tree, Rene Russo, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields, Kate Moss, Gisele Bündchen, and Carmen Kass for a feature story on the history of modeling by Vogue's Charles Gandee. Becomes the face of Kellogg's Special K cereal campaign.
April: Hosts a four-part series on fashion history for AMC. September: Gives birth to a daughter, Kaia. October: Publishes children's book, About Face.
Launches the first of several fragrances with Cosmopolitan Cosmetics. March: Joins Eva Herzigova on the runway for Roberto Cavalli's spring show. August: Represents women in their thirties in Vicki Woods's profile for Vogue's Age Issue.
October: Stars alongside Bond-film actor Pierce Brosnan and tennis player Anna Kournikova in Omega watch ads.
October: Appears in Blackgama's "What Becomes a Legend Most?" campaign, shot at the former Woolworth estate on Long Island, New York. November: Launches a skin-care line, Meaningful Beauty. December: The entrepreneur and her beauty products—designed by Fabien Baron—are profiled in Vogue.
Cindy Crawford Home furniture line launches with Rooms to Go. February: Stars opposite fashion maven Carson Kressley in a Super Bowl commercial for Diet Pepsi. The spot will win Outstanding Commercial at the Images in Advertising Awards. March: Hosts "Rock the Runway" event at L.A. Fashion Week. June: Launches Waterfalls, a fragrance.
Appears in Liz Claiborne's spring ad campaign.
Reunites with Schiffer, Campbell, Turlington, Evangelista, and Seymour for "A League of Their Own," a Vanity Fair feature on supermodels. "I would never refer to myself as a supermodel," she says. "It sounds silly, like we change into our capes in a telephone booth."[12]
May: Wears a brilliant-blue custom Versace dress to the Met's "Model as Muse" Costume Institute gala. September: Launches Cindy Crawford Style home line with JCPenney. November: Appears as a guest judge on Project Runway.
April: Model Coco Rocha re-creates Crawford's iconic eighties ads for MCM. Crawford launches One Kiss, a jewelry line with JCPenney. September: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shoot her for upscale Moscow department store Tsum.
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By Mitch Howard
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LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — It's a shocking thing to wake up on a February morning to find out that Clay County has lost in the 13th Region Tournament. I didn't go to Wednesday night's opener of the Girls' 13th Region Tournament. At current gas prices, I could put a down payment on a home for what it cost to drive to Harlan County.It may have been worth it to see this game. Whitley County edged the Lady Tigers 56-54. You can't call it a fluke because the Lady Colonels also won at Clay County on Dec. 10, 58-55. With the injuries the Lady Colonels have suffered this season, four starters lost, it didn't look like they would be the biggest threat to the Clay County reign. The earlier loss ended a streak of 61 straight wins against 13th Region opponents for Clay County. The last time Clay County lost in the 13th Region Tournament was 2008 when South Laurel punched their ticket to the Sweet 16 with 74-64 win at Knox Central.
Or maybe we should have put more credence into the post season farewell tour of Larry Anderson. The long-time Whitley County coach has announced his retirement after 26 seasons leading the Lady Colonels. Coach Anderson remains one of the favorite coaches I have covered in a long sports writing career. He was very patient with me as a young sports writer. When I saw him recently he was the same friendly coach Anderson. He threw his arm around me and had some very nice things to say to an old sports writer. The timing of this win for the Lady Colonels could not happen at a better time or to a more deserving coach.
As I contemplated the Clay County loss, I tried to decide which of the two major upsets was bigger. Clay County girls losing or the Corbin boys falling in their first-round game to Middlesboro.
You could vote for the Clay County loss because they were the heavy favorite and a four-time defending champion. My vote would go with Middlesboro-Corbin. The Redhounds came into the tournament as the hottest team. Corbin opened a big early lead on a Middlesboro team they had beaten by 17 on Jan. 8. The Yellow Jackets were in a five-game post Christmas losing streak at the time. The Middlesboro squad, led by five seniors, did get some quality wins after shaking off that losing streak.
Corbin has now lost in the first round of the 13th Region Tournament two straight years. In 2011, they lost to Bell County in overtime of the championship game.
Despite Monday's loss, this has to rank among the best coaching jobs by Corbin's Tony Pietrowski, who had to replace a lot from last year's team. Corbin ended the regular season with the region's best record and was on a nine-game winning streak when they lost.
What we have left is a boys' tournament all four teams can win. Harlan County has to be favored because it is their home court. Clay County is 1A because they are Clay County and arguably playing the best. North Laurel grades slightly lower because of their up and down season, but pretty sure no one wants to play them now. Middlesboro? Middlesboro coach Russell Thompson pointed out to his team that North Laurel won the tournament last year as a district runner-up. They believe it now and that makes them dangerous.
I give an edge to Corbin in the girls' tournament. Granted I have not seen Harlan County play this year and the Lady Redhounds only beat them by one in Corbin.
But the way this tournament has gone, don't count anyone out just yet. Corbin or Harlan County could lose before this column comes out.


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Brian Johnson Special Correspondent
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Execution down the stretch proved to be big for the Ada Cougars as they made enough plays to secure a 55-51 victory over the host Shawnee Wolves Tuesday night in boys high school basketball action.
Ada was clinging to a slim 42-41 lead when 6-foot, 6-inch sophomore forward Cory Kilby nailed back-to-back short-range jumpers, the latter of which came with 5:01 remaining, as the Cougars established a five-point advantage.
"Cory had an outstanding game…a good offensive game. We needed that cushion that he gave us," said Ada head coach Ron Anderson.
From there, the Cougars maintained a lead the rest of the way as 6-7 junior forward David Forbes and Kilby had consecutive buckets to push the Ada advantage to 50-44 with 2:04 to go.
The Cougars, who were only 8-of-15 from the free-throw line for the game, did knock them down when they needed to most as they were 5-of-7 in the fourth quarter.
Outside of 15 turnovers, Ada showed signs of solid execution as it had 19 assists on its 22 total baskets.
Kilby, behind 9-of-16 shooting from the floor, ended up with 20 points while pulling down eight rebounds and blocking two shots. John Stout, a 6-1 senior forward, followed with 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field for the winners as he connected on 7-of-8 free shots, including 5-of-6 in the final quarter, to go with a game-high five assists.
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Finally, handouts can give only a fraction of the customized guidance that an individual conference with a Writing Center instructor can provide. If you have questions about the information in our handouts, please make an appointment to see a Writing Center instructor.
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This page lists some useful books and websites for graduate students working on research proposals.
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Becker, Howard S. (with a chapter by Pamela Richards). Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. 1986.
Students in any discipline will find Becker's advice helpful. Sample chapter titles: "Persona and Authority," "Learning to Write as a Professional," "Getting It out the Door," and "Terrorized by the Literature."
Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis. 1998.
By a co-founder of the Harvard Writing Center, now a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping dissertators. In her words, "This book is a collection of successful field-tested strategies for writing a dissertation; it's also a guide to conducting an experiment, with you as your own subject, your work habits as the data, and a writing method that fits you well as the goal."
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research.
Thorough and sophisticated treatment of the research process: moving from a topic to a research problem, building a convincing argument, drafting, and revising. Also includes a helpful chapter on "Communicating Evidence Visually."
DeBakey, Lois and Selma. "The Art of Persuasion: Logic and Language in Proposal Writing," Grants Magazine, I (March, 1978), 43-59.
The focus is on writing; the content is useful, detailed, and timely despite the early date of publication.
*Krathwohl, David R. How to Prepare a Research Proposal: Guidelines for Funding and Dissertations in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3rd ed., 1988.
The emphasis is on grant proposals, with a section on dissertation proposals; much of the material applies to any proposal. Useful "Checklist for Critiquing Proposals" (pp. 146-153) and "Writing Tips" (pp. 183-185).
Locke, Lawrence F., Waneen Wyrick Spirdoso, and Stephen J. Silverman. Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. 4th ed., 2000.
A useful general guide for students writing proposals. Annotated bibliography; annotated samples of experimental, qualitative, quasi-experimental, and grant proposals.
Meloy, Judith M. Writing the Qualitative Dissertation: Understanding by Doing. 1994.
Based on a study of dissertations and on data collected from faculty and students. Shares their comments and offers questions to consider at various stages of the process in brief chapters that include "Selecting and Working with a Committee," "Preparing and Defending the Proposal," and "Connecting Focus, Literature, and Ownership."
Przeworski, Adam, and Frank Salomon. "The Art of Writing Proposals." New York: Social Science Research Council, 1995. 25 Feb. 2002<http://weber.ucsd.edu/~proeder/Proposals.pdf>
Ries, Joanne B., and Carl G. Leukefeld. Applying for Research Funding: Getting Started and Getting Funded. 1995.
Three of the seven sections in this comprehensive guide concern writing a proposal: "What and When to Write: Rules of the Game," "How to Write: Unique Moves," and "Checking for Infractions: Preparing for the Audience."
Rudestam, Kjell Erik, and Rae R. Newton. Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process. 1992.
Treats the dissertation process from finding a topic to the oral defense. Chapter on results gives detailed information on presenting statistical information in tables and graphs. Section on process, subtitled "What You Need to Know to Make the Dissertation Easier," includes practical advice on managing time and dealing with writing anxiety, including "Twelve Tricks to Keep You Going When You Write."
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Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials in Holdrege say the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have
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The lake will be allowed to hold an extra 2 feet in elevation if needed to prevent or slow downstream flooding.
That extra 2 feet equals about 62,000 acre-feet of water. An acre-foot is the amount needed to cover an acre of ground with a foot of water - about 326,000 gallons.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials have been releasing water from Wyoming reservoirs, anticipating heavy runoff from an above-normal snowpack in the Rockies.
McConaughy, which sits north of Ogallala in western Nebraska, is
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A St. Louis man was arrested in St. Peters charged after the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department found two stolen cell phones in the man's vehicle.
Tyson Evans, 30, of the 6100 block of Arsenal Street in St. Louis, was arrested on Jan. 1 in the 200 block of Cedar Grove Drive in St. Peters. A St. Charles County Sheriff's Department Deputy found two stolen cell phones, a small bag of marijuana and a concealed firearm in the car. A rolled up marijuana cigarette was also found in the cup holder in the car's center console.
Evans was charged with two misdemeanor counts. The first count, a class A misdemeanour for receiving stolen property. The second count, also a class A misdemeanor, is for possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana.
Evans informed police that he is the respondent of an order of protection is currently awaiting trial on an assault case relating to that order of protection.
Evans originally was detained on $5,000 bail, but he posted bail on Jan. 2. He has a disposition scheduled at 9 a.m. on Feb. 13.


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While Chinese Astrology designates 2013 as the Year of the Snake, in Greater Cleveland this might be the Year of the Horse. The Carousel Horse.
The Cleveland Euclid Beach Carousel Society is restoring the original Euclid Beach Carousel that will soon excite a new generation of riders at the new glass pavilion at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The restoration means Greater Cleveland will have two carousels to enjoy, given the Cleveland Zoological Society's recent announcement of a new carousel at the Metroparks Zoo.
The Euclid Beach Carousel, with 58 horses and two chariots, was installed at Euclid Beach Park in 1910 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, one of the most famous carousel manufacturers in the world. The Euclid Beach Carousel was the nineteenth built by PTC and was called "the finest carousel ever made."
The carousel restoration is a gift to Cleveland for all in Greater Cleveland to enjoy. Cities across the world have built carousels – but very few are originals.
The Euclid Beach Carousel has seen a number of homes since the park closed in 1969. When the restoration is complete, the carousel will spin for generations to come in its permanent home in University Circle.
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Former Corinth Holders High School social studies teacher and wrestling coach James McNamara has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Lock also ordered that McNamara surrender his North Carolina teaching certificate and that he not be alone with a person under the age of 18 during his period of probation.
McNamara, 25, was arrested March 29 and charged with one felony count of taking indecent liberties with the 16-year-old female student at the school.
According to a news release issued by Johnston County Assistant District Attorney Kelly L. Sandling, evidence indicated that McNamara drove the minor victim home in violation of Johnston County School Board policy. When they arrived at her home, McNamara went in side with her and they engaged in "inappropriate sexual activity."
McNamara was suspended with pay from Johnston County Schools on March 7, after the school system and the Johnston County Sheriff's Department began investigating the allegations. School officials later confirmed that McNamara requested his contract with the schools not be renewed for the upcoming school year.


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The symphony commissioned, premiered and recorded "Harmonielehre" in 1985 during Adams' tenure as the SFS composer-in-residence.
SFS Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas commissioned "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" in 1986, and it was recorded during the symphony's Centennial Season Opening Gala in September 2011.
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By Paul Tennant
---- — NORTH ANDOVER – Coach John Rafferty was the winner last night by a blowout score of 20-0. But he still doesn't have his job.
At least 20 people, including current and former Scarlet Knight football players as well as parents, spoke out against the decision to dismiss North Andover High School's head football coach.
No one present expressed support for Rafferty's departure. More than 200 people attended the School Committee meeting in the high school library – and it seemed clear they were all there to back the man they call Coach Raff.
Several wore T-shirts with Team Raff on the front and "R - respect, A-accountability, F- fortitude, F-fairness" on the back. They gave sustained applause to each speaker – as if he'd made a good block or tackle, or even scored a touchdown.
The committee did not take any action last night. School Committee Chairwoman Laurie Burzlaff pointed out that under state law, the hiring or firing of a coach is in the hands of the principal and athletics director.
School Committee member Christine Allen, however, told Rafferty's legion of supporters that while closure on the issue was not going to happen last night, comments from citizens can "influence us."
High school Principal Carla Scuzzarella and Athletics Director John Longley told Rafferty two weeks ago that he would not be rehired. Rafferty led North Andover High's football teams for a dozen years.
Robert Trickett, who graduated from North Andover High last year and now attends Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, said Rafferty does not know why he was let go.
"Why did this have to happen?" asked Trickett, who played under Rafferty and will be a linebacker for Division 3 Randolph-Macon next year.
"We can't comment on personnel decisions," Superintendent Kevin Hutchinson said.
"It he (Rafferty) doesn't understand, then who does?" asked Thomas Stabile, one of the Scarlet Knights' tri-captains last season.
Michael Laorenza, whose two sons played under Rafferty, made a determined but unsuccessful drive for the end zone.
"Can you override the decision?" Laorenza asked Hutchinson. "It's a yes or no question. That's all we want to know."
"I'm not going to answer because you're trying to draw men into (a discussion on a personnel matter)," Hutchinson said.
"You're not going to answer my question," Laorenza said.
Many of the speakers credited Rafferty, who did not attend last night's session, with rebuilding a football program that had fallen into disarray. They described a Thanksgiving game with archrival Masconomet Regional High School that ended with a brawl several years ago, before Rafferty was hired.
Stephen O'Grady, a former North Andover High football player, said Rafferty's emphasis on team discipline drastically reduced the number of personal fouls committed by North Andover players.
Patrick Turner, a 2003 NAHS graduate, cut short a vacation in Florida to attend last night's meeting and support his high school football coach. He expressed his "extreme displeasure" at the decision and said people have "nothing but wonderful things to say about this man."
Turner said he learned more from Rafferty than any of his teachers.
"I think you made a terrible mistake," he told the school officials.
Former School Committee member Daniel Murphy also said that Rafferty rebuilt a program that had been in disarray.
"We couldn't be prouder of this program," he said. "You'll never find a replacement for him."
Brianna Slattery, an eighth-grader at North Andover Middle School and daughter of Kevin Slattery, an assistant football coach at North Andover High, said school officials should reflect on "what he (Rafferty) has done."
The football players who turned out to support their coach were dressed in ties and waited quietly and patiently – many of them standing – for almost an hour while the committee discussed other agenda items before opening the floor to public comment.
"I feel your pain," School Committee member Brian Gross said. "I know this is tough. You should be proud of who you are."
School Committee member Andrew McDevitt said he was "incredibly impressed" with Rafferty's supporters.
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CLINTON — An 18-year-old man will serve up to 10 years in prison for a gunpoint robbery at Wild Rose Casino.
Destin R. Clark was sentenced in Clinton County District Court on Thursday for flashing a handgun at a 36-year-old Illinois man at Clinton Lawn Cemetery, demanding money and forcing the man to an ATM at Wild Rose Casino on Aug. 27.
Clark, of Neenah, Wis., pleaded guilty last month to second-degree robbery, a Class C felony. Because it is a forcible felony, Clark will be required to serve seven years in prison before being eligible for parole.
"It's sad to say that I think incarceration is going to provide him a better chance than his current lifestyle on the streets as a homeless person," Clinton County Attorney Mike Wolf said during Clark's sentencing.
Clinton police arrested Clark and 18-year-old Dylon White, who police classified as homeless, in connection with the robbery on Aug. 29 in Folletts.
Clark originally was charged with first-degree robbery and possession of a firearm as a felon. Robbery in the first degree is a Class B felony, carrying as much as 25 years in prison.
Pursuant to the plea agreement, the theft in the first degree and possession of a firearm as a felon charges were dismissed.
Clark asked Judge Thomas Reidel during the sentencing if there was anyway to avoid the prison term, telling the judge he had great plans for his future.
Reidel suggested Clark use his time in prison to consider the impact of his actions on the victim and the community at-large.
"This was a serious offense and you are going to pay a serious penalty," Reidel said. "Reading the pre-sentence investigation I see you have what I would consider to be admirable dreams and goals for your life, but it's going to be up to you."
Clark also will be required to pay $370 in restitution for the cellphone and $20 in cash his victim lost.
White will appear in court next week.


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Retired UC Berkeley scientist Harold "Hal" Johnston, whose pioneering research linked nitrous oxides emitted by jet aircraft to destruction of the Earth's protective ozone layer, has died at age 92.
He died peacefully of natural causes at his Kensington home on Oct. 20, according to a news release from the College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley.
He is remembered not only for his discoveries, for which he received the National Medal of Science in 1997, but also for his "unflappable intellectual honesty" in the face of criticism, according to the College of Chemistry, especially in the wake of his 1971 paper that drew the world's attention to the possible connection between supersonic aircraft and loss of the ozone.
When the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three other scientists for ozone research in 1995, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Johnston's work as helping to establish the foundation of our understanding about the threat posed by nitrogen compounds and human activity to the ozone layer, which the Academy called "the Achilles heel of the biosphere."
And when he won the National Medal of Science two years later, a news release from UC Berkeley noted, "His scientific concerns about the effects of man-made chemicals on the ozone layer, heatedly attacked at the time, have been borne out by the subsequent discovery of ozone holes over the Earth's poles."
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Harold "Hal" Johnston, noted atmospheric chemist and winner of National Medal of Science, has died
Harold "Hal" Johnston, professor emeritus of chemistry at UC Berkeley, died on Saturday morning, October 20, 2012. He died peacefully at his home in Kensington, CA, of natural causes. He was 92.
Harold Johnston was born in Woodstock, GA, on October 11, 1920. In 1941 he graduated from Emory University, with an A.B. degree in chemistry and a minor in English literature. He carried out graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1941-42 and 1945-47, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry with a physics minor in l948.
He was on the faculty of the chemistry departments of both Stanford University (1947-56) and Caltech (1956-57). From 1957–91, he was a professor of chemistry at Berkeley, serving as Dean of the College of Chemistry from 1966–1970. He retired in 1991.
Johnston is most widely recognized for his landmark 1971 paper in Science which showed nitrogen oxides emitted by aircraft in the stratosphere might cause substantial depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. He was thrust into the public spotlight with the publication of this paper, which was controversial because of its scientific conclusion that human activities could have an environmental impact on a global scale.
Johnston was known for his unflappable intellectual honesty, even in the face of the harsh public criticism that followed this paper. He continued to work toward an honest, unbiased and responsible discussion of the effects of stratospheric aircraft. The extraordinary insights presented in this 1971 paper, as well as Johnston's efforts to communicate the results with the public and policy-makers, led to a transformation in the state of stratospheric science, spurring the initial development of modern programs of stratospheric observation and modeling.
Johnston received numerous prizes for his work in atmospheric chemistry, including the 1997 National Medal of Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1965 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972. Some of his other major awards include the Tyler World Prize for Environmental Achievement (1983), the National Academy of Sciences Award for Chemistry in the Service to Society (1993) and the American Geophysical Union's Roger Revelle Medal (1998).
Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach worked in Johnston's lab at Stanford and described him as one of his most important influences. Herschbach's Nobel autobiography states, "My chief mentor at Stanford was Harold Johnston, who imbued me with his passion for chemical kinetics." Johnston's pioneering research in atmospheric chemistry and kinetics had a crucial impact on Hershbach, who shared his Nobel Prize with John Polanyi and Berkeley chemist Y.T. Lee.
Berkeley atmospheric chemist Ron Cohen has many fond memories of Johnston. He says, "Hal Johnston taught us all that actions by individuals can have consequences for the atmosphere on a global scale. I'll always remember him telling me of his adventures in science. In one example, he spoke to me about being hired as a consultant by GM to check up on Arie Haagen-Smit's science. Hal reported back to GM that Haagen-Smit was brilliant—and Hal was promptly fired. The story is classic Johnston. He was always in the thick of important stories in atmospheric science, telling the truth as he saw it and letting the chips fall where they may."
Johnston is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary Ella Johnston; four children, Shirley Johnston Anderson, Windsor, CA; Linda Banster, Port Republic, VA; David Johnston, Arlington, MA, and Barbara Schubert, Berkeley, CA; six grandchildren and two great-greatchildren; and two living brothers, Richard "Dick" Johnston and William "Bill" Johnston.
There will be no memorial service. Johnston chose to be cremated and wanted his ashes to be taken to the house in which he grew up in Georgia, where his youngest brother still lives.
A transcript of a series of interviews conducted with Johnston in 2005 can be accessed on the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office website.


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I know, I know: It has been five meaningless spring innings. Give it time, right? And, sure, four of those innings were against Spain in the World Baseball Classic, a team whose lineup was littered with players lacking even minor league deals. Pump the brakes, Parker.
The reality is that last year he handed out more free passes than the gals standing out front of Dream Girls gentlemens club. With 121 innings split between Rochester and the Twins, he walked 75, or 14% of all the hitters he faced. Five measly innings of not throwing four balls in a given at-bat is not going to change that fact.
His inability to work ahead of hitters put Deduno in many precarious situations in 2012. A whopping 8% of his match-ups resulted in 3-0 counts (league average being 5%). Overall, hitters knew his reputation and refrained from chasing much of anything outside of the strike zone. According to Fangraphs.com Deduno got opponents to chase after just 23.5% of all out-of-zone offerings the second lowest rate in baseball with a minimum of 70 innings pitched.
Heres the catch: Despite being behind hitters frequently, he was not damaged significantly. He walked plenty, but teams were unable to put the ball in play sharply. Thanks to his incredible movement of his fastball which had an MLB-best 67% ground ball rate, the opposition showed they simply could not square up. Even in situations where they should have an advantage, they were unsuccessful. While the rest of the American Leagues pitching staffs had a .299/.465/.513 batting line when behind in the count, Deduno produced a walk-heavy yet respectable .244/.524/.389 line.
With his nearly unhittable fastball (not to mention decent curve), Deduno has the foundations to be a very good pitcher. The giant elephant on his chest is his incapability to throw the ball over the plate consistently. Behind the small sample size, there may be some reason why he is throwing the ball better. Look how free and easy his motion is particularly his finish - while in the World Baseball Classic compared to last season:
Then again, who is to say that this will carry over to the season? At 29 years old, hes had numerous opportunities to try to get his walk rate in order and failed. Frankly, Deduno represents a fringe player; one whose skill set can get him near the top level but never fully entrench him into a starting rotation. That said, it is still important for a an organization to have a pitcher like Deduno available. As Russell Charltons research at Baseball Prospectus showed that pitchers who have had previous injuries have high odds of a reoccurrence. For example, pitchers who have had elbow injuries have had a 27.4% chance of re-injury. That means three-fifths of the projected rotation - Vance Worley, Scott Diamond and Mike Pelfrey stand the likelihood of spending time on the DL in 2013. If Deduno is able to harness his control, he could be a valuable contributor in some capacity.
Deduno will get the start for the Dominican Republic on Thursday, taking on a far superior Team USA lineup. Watch his command, walk total and scrutinize his mechanics if he is throwing free and easy, it could translate to a rough day for Team USA in the WBC.


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I write skeptically about science, public policy, media and NGOs.
The talk show health and science advice program hit a new low with Dr. Mehment Oz's recent foray into the debate over genetically modified crops and foods. The Genetic Literacy Project's Jon Entine reports.
Dr. Oz, a popular television celebrity, is a living example of why talk show health and science should never be confused with the real thing. He is infamous among public health professionals for exaggerating the latest scare: origins of autism, vaccines, dangers of BPA and chemical additives, arsenic in foods. His latest misadventure in questionable pop science was an October 12 program titled "GMO Foods: Are They Dangerous to Your Health?"
During the show, which was promoted as an "investigation," Oz provided uncritical time for Jeffrey Smith, an activist with no scientific or medical background, and Dr. Robin Bernhoft, a California doctor known as a leading proponent of unconventional medical interventions and a belief, unsupported by mainstream science, that most chronic medical problems are caused by "toxic environmental exposures." Neither has the slightest expertise in the science of genetics or agricultural genomics and both are known for their near-hysterical criticism of biotech foods.
On Oz's show, the two activists displayed graphic images of tumor-riddled laboratory rats in an attempt to link biotech crops to increases in human health problems ranging from cancer to ulcerative colitis to gastrointestinal disorders. The pictures were lifted from the infamous maize study, published in September by Gilles-Eric Séralini, which has been dismissed by the mainstream science community and even liberal journalists as a prototypical example of biased, activist science at its worst.
Both Smith and Bernhoff, with Oz's encouragement, also attacked the US Food and Drug Administration for 'ignoring' these problems. In fact, agricultural biotechnology has been under continuous review by the FDA for decades and no dangers unique to GM technology have yet been identified. Numerous federal agencies in the US and around the world have found no evidence that GM foods are processed by the body any differently than conventional or organic foods.
The Oz show, which also showcased his endorsement of California Proposition 37, the controversial regulation, widely opposed by mainstream science and health groups, and which would impose mandatory labeling on GM foods, has led to extraordinarily sharp and public reactions from mainstream scientists.
In a highly unusual move, Academics Review, an association with global membership including academics, researchers, teachers and authors who commit to peer review for the purpose of establishing sound science, savaged the Oz program for relying on activist boilerplate criticisms rather than peer reviewed science for information about biotech crops.
Bruce Chassy, Professor Emeritus of Food Science, Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a member of Academics Review, had been contacted by the producers before the program aired. (The only scientist to appear on the show—Martina Newell-McGloughlin, who directs the Biotechnology Research and Education Program at all ten University of California campuses and is one of the world's most respected plant geneticists, was given only a few minutes to balance the mountain of misinformation that preceded her before she was whisked off stage to make way for an appearance of another GM critic.)
Well before the program aired, Chassy said, he had advised Oz's producers of Jeffrey Smith's dubious credentials. Although Oz would later refer to him on the show as a "scientist," Smith's employment history consists of a stint as a ballroom dance teacher, yogic flying instructor and political candidate for the Maharishi cult's natural law party before assuming the mantel of anti-GM crusader.
Based on his conversations with show producers and concerned that crop biotechnology would face a 'kangaroo court" on the Oz show, Chassy wrote an open letter to the program's producers and its production company, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios, requesting that Oz present a more scientific perspective on GM foods and crops, and he asked that the show disavow unsubstantiated claims of health dangers.
"Thousands of published and peer reviewed studies conducted over the past thirty-plus years contradict [Oz's] claims and bizarre hypotheses associating health dangers linked to foods derived using biotechnology production methods," reads the letter posted on Academics Review. "This is corroborated by such respected scientific and medical authorities as the American Medical Association, World Health Organization with the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Institute for Food Technologists and the American Dietetic Association. Regulatory bodies including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) all confirm this safety.
"Your assurances and the tactics of the Dr. Oz show fall short of even the lowest standards of media and medical ethics," the letter concluded.
Considering the audience reach of his program, Dr. Oz had a chance to elevate the quality of public discourse on a widely misunderstood subject. Instead, he rang the hysteria bell. The Dr. Oz show represents a new low in the sometimes-elusive quest to encourage genetic literacy.
This is so so so true. Dr. Oz has made millions off of scamming people. As someone who did a PhD in nutrition I find his nutrition advice to be abhorrent and outright lies or ignorance. Either is unforgivable for a medical professional. And the people who defend these 'beliefs' act like religious zealots. They disregard ANY research that is contrary to their beliefs. It's sad that this nonsense gets a platform for mainstream exposure on national TV. The man is a medical doctor, he should NOT be commenting on things that he is not an expert in. I have Dr. in front of my name… does that mean I can go in and perform heart surgery? Of course not.
You may have a Dr in front of your name but it sure doesn't make your opinion better than ours. As I said, it is my right to know what I am putting in my body whether it is natural chemical like air so you were so polite to point out to me, or if it is artificial. If you want to give these products to third world countries, then go test this on them and leave American soil alone. I am sure these great scientists can genetically modify some grass so crops can be planted there. I prefer to eat what comes out of my garden and the gardens of people I can ask questions to.
As far as studies go, I googled studies of GMO's and funny I couldn't find any done by someone I would consider reputable…..CDC,WHO, ADA …..none of these organizations have done studies so how is it that we know it is safe?
I remember reading about the supposed link of vaccines and autism and saw the number of 700 a year. The first thing that went through my mind was "so what?" Rubella and Polio killed more than 70,000 children in a single year so if the number was correct, after a 100 years you would have the same number of autistic children as a single year of the devastating disease. Seems like a reasonable trade.
So the question is, could a genetically altered food cause an allergy in some individuals or cause reactions in some individuals. Without any research, I would say yes but so what? I am willing as a biochemist to accept that a portion of the population will react to this altered food. So what? I have 3 children. One is actually allergic to milk and tree nuts but he can eat peanuts. What does this have to do with it? It tells me that genetics and all the variations in the gene pool will mean someone, somewhere will have a reaction of some sort to the food as it is altered. It simply can't be stopped or changed. The remedy as with my soon is to choose some of the other foods to eat instead.
There is a portion of the population that reacts to stainless steel and they find out when they have a pin or rod inserted after a major fracture. People react to the material that makes medical tape stick to your skin. People react to latex gloves. So could people react to the modified food? Absolutely, but so what? Find a different food to eat. Besides, I think other than shark, all food you eat today has been genetically modified.
Really, Malpractice? It is a TV show. Are trying to ruin his show for speaking against Monsanto. Jon, you are simply a puppet for Monsanto. This article insults my intelligence. It is criminal to allow Monsanto to use American public as lab rats. This cover up to not label GMOs is tantamount to, "I do not believe cigarettes are addictive".
Chinese researchers have found small pieces of rice ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to receptors in human liver cells and influence the uptake of cholesterol from the blood.
This study had nothing to do with genetically modified (GM) food, but it could have implications on that front. The work shows a pathway by which new food products, such as GM foods, could influence human health in previously unanticipated ways.
Monsanto's website states, "There is no need for, or value in testing the safety of GM foods in humans." This viewpoint, while good for business, is built on an understanding of genetics circa 1960. It follows what's called the "Central Dogma" of genetics, which postulates a one-way chain of command between DNA and the cells DNA governs.
Joseph, I'm familiar with the Nanjing study, and I agree that it opens up the possibility that there are unanticipated ways that food, including GMO food, could influence health.
The problem is that it raises the same concerns about all food derived from living things because fragments of RNA are in everything. Since we have been eating food essentially forever, if this is really a problem, we've all gotten pretty used to it by now.
But as a worry related to GMO food, it's even worse than that. For RNA from rice to affect human lcells, they must be similar to some RNA that is normally in human cells. In general, animal foods contain RNA that is MOSTLY similar to human RNA. So we should expect any such effect to be much more likely when we eat, say, pork than when we eat GMO plants.
Not everything you can find to worry about can be turned into a worry about GMO food.
Of course I realized your snide remark, however, they are in a natural state. We do not alter the air we breathe except through air pollution and water except to filter it to make it drinkable. The chemicals I speak of are the ones, if you know how to read a food label, the natural and artificial flavors in our food, the preservatives and the like. I do not need a doctor to tell me that those are good to put into your body and if you are a medical doctor and you aren't talking to your patients about the food they eat, then shame on you!
Jon, I really like how you attempt to label anyone who questions the Holy Grail of GMO 's a quack, guilty of pseudoscience etc.
Science works like this.
1. New discovery….hailed as miraculous …
2. After some time, unpleasant side effects noted but dismissed as 'unrelated'
3. Small but vocal minority start to raise alarm bells about said side effects but Mainstream dismisses them as quacks
4. More time passes and side effects become too large to ignore.. the small but vocal minority is vindicated as the side effects are now acknowledged by one and all
When xrays were first disovered, it was touted as a health cure! Radium spas were frequented by consumers desiring expsure to radiation. People xrayed their feet before purchasing shoes. When a small, but vocal minority suggrsted radiation caused cancer, they were dismissed as quacks! Drs continued to xray pregnant women all thru pregnancy…even at birth to determine if the fetus was in the correct position. Now we know xrays are dangerous …but that took 50 years before minstream science got a clue.
Tobacco….100 years drs claimed it had no effect on health (even improved health) and it was the quacks who once again sounded the alarms linking tobacco smoke to cancer.
So keep stuffing yourself with these novel GMO protiens Jon….but dont complain when you develop some illness caused by consuming them 20-30 yrs down the line. You HAVE been warned.


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