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By CHRIS MORRIS
Dr. Everett Bickers Jr. was the first physician to open an office in Floyds Knobs. He is also remembered as a man who loved horses and the outdoors.
But most of all, he loved his patients, according to registered nurse Ruth Heideman, executive director of the Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services Foundation.
"He was from a breed of doctors who were in medicine for all the right reasons," she said. "His patients came first. He was dedicated to them. He was a great physician who was loyal to Floyd Memorial. His focus was always on what could be done to improve the hospital."
Bickers, 79, died Saturday at his home in Greenville.
Bickers was a graduate of the University of Louisville and opened his practice in Floyds Knobs in 1961. He served as president of the medical staff at Floyd Memorial and as a delegate for the state of Indiana to the American Medical Association. He served as Floyd County health officer from 1973 to 2002.
"He was a good doctor," said Dr. Dan Cannon, who practiced medicine in New Albany for 62 years. "He was a very nice man who was devoted to his family. He took care of his patients very faithfully."
Bickers was one of the last Floyd County doctors to still make house calls according to Heideman. She said he was also "an avid" supporter of the foundation, donating $50,000 several years ago for the naming rights to the cardiovascular waiting room which is named after his late wife, Dorothy. Two of his sons, Rex and Mark, followed in their father's footsteps and became doctors. Bickers is also survived by a third son John, and daughter Julie, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
"He truly knew his patients. He had several generations of families. He was no-nonsense but very compassionate," Heideman said. "He brought a lot of doctors into the area and did a lot for this hospital."
Heideman remembers being an emergency room nurse at Floyd Memorial in the 1970s when Bickers always helped out if he was available.
"That was before there were emergency room doctors and we knew if we needed someone, Dr. Bickers was always there," she said.
Besides his passion for medicine and his family, Bickers loved the outdoors. He was a supporter of the Old Capitol Saddle Club in Corydon and was a regular participant in the club's annual four-day, 100-mile trail ride.
He also championed programs for youth through the Floyd County 4-H, athletics and academics at Floyd Central High School. Along with his wife, he provided support for public education, establishing the Dorothy Bickers Memorial Scholarship Fund at Indiana University Southeast in 1999. He was awarded the IUS Chancellor's Medallion in 2003.
His visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kraft Funeral Service, Charlestown Road Chapel, New Albany. His funeral will be at 12 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.


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By Bob Hertzel
Times West Virginian
What difference a year makes.
Just 10 months back, West Virginia University and Oklahoma played a football game in which 99 points were scored, 50 of them by the Sooners, and more than 1,500 yards were gained.
That was when Geno Smith was throwing for West Virgina, Landry Jones for Oklahoma. It was when Tavon Austin was rushing for 344 yards and 572 all-purpose yards.
Those days are gone, as gone as are Smith, Jones and Austin.
In this year's renewal in Norman, Okla., the Sooners edged the fumbling, bumbling West Virginia offense, 16-7, erasing a proud effort by the defense because the offense behind Paul Millard and the special teams were anything but special.
"Seven points on the board are pitiful," said Coach Dana Holgorsen, who in two years plus had never scored so few points as WVU coach. "We are real young and had inexperienced guys in key positions that made mistakes."
It was billed as a battle between two inexperienced quarterbacks, and neither produced.
Paul Millard completed 21 of 41 for 218 yards without a touchdown and one interception for WVU, while OU's Trevor Knight completed 10 of 20 for 119 yards and a touchdown to go with two interceptions. He also rushed for 49 yards.
To sum up the game, it is best to put it this way.
Each team had one touchdown and four turnovers.
The field was baking in 96-degree heat at kickoff, and you had an idea early that big things were to come.
On the game's second play, Millard scrambled until he could find Charles Sims and hit him with a 24-yard pass, but a big mistake by Dreamius Smith, a chop block, put an end to any dreams of a quick score. WVU wound up punting, Nick O'Toole continuing his powerful punting with a 50-yard boot that rolled dead at the 10.
The Sooners made a mistake of their own, snapping the ball past quarterback Trevor Knight and rolling back toward the end zone. Knight got it but just before he went into the end zone for a safety he tried to throw it and was penalized for intentional grounding, putting the ball at the 1.
The Sooners got out of trouble when Brandon Clay broke a run for 33 yards but wound up punting, WVU taking over and about to spring a big surprise on the Sooners.
Millard handed the ball to Smith, who made a thousand amends for the earlier chop block as he battered his way through a pair of tackles, cut outside and streaked down the left sideline, outrunning his reputation of not being a burner, to say nothing of the Oklahoma defense, crossing the goal line 75 yards downfield for a touchdown and a 7-0 WVU lead.
Oklahoma answered with a 44-yard field goal from Michael Hunnicutt to cut it to 7-3 but that was a victory for the Mountaineers as on the third down play the inexperienced Knight threw incomplete to the wrong receiver when Jalen Saunders was wide open running down the middle toward the end zone.
It hadn't been a very good day for WVU special teams coordinator Joe DeForest from the beginning, learning he was being accused of paying players for performance when coaching at Oklahoma State in an upcoming Sports Illustrated investigative article.
It got worse just before the end of the first quarter when punt returner Mario Alford muffed a punt and turned it over to Oklahoma, leading to a short touchdown drive that ended with Oklahoma's Millard, Trey, catching a short pass from Knight to make give the Sooners a 10-7 lead.
Moments later WVU played some more giveaway, Millard being hit just as he was releasing it, the play being called a fumble and Oklahoma recovery, Holgorsen challenging the call and losing the challenge.
Interestingly, the game's offensive hero, Dreamius Smith, wound up getting a lecture from Holgorsen for failing to protect Millard's blind side, making it more of an up-and-down night for Smith.
The Sooners looked like they might make something out of that fumble as Knight hit one of his rare completions on third down only to have WVU linebacker Isaiah Bruce run receiver Lacoltan Bester down from behind and knock the ball free, Darwin Cook falling on it for the recovery.
After being forced to punt, the WVU defense rose up again and bit the Sooners where it hurts the most, linebacker Brandon Golson creeping up on Knight's blind side and blasting the ball loose from him with Will Clarke recovering.
WVU could do nothing offensively, however, which allowed Oklahoma to stretch its halftime lead to 13-7 on a Hunnicutt field goal just before the half.
The third quarter was a festival of mistakes, a quarter in which WVU used all three of its second-half timeouts.
During the quarter Darwin Cook made a simply spectacular interception in the end zone. Karl Joseph, the other safety, added another one, but Millard threw an interception to the Sooners' Gabe Lynn, and Kevin White, with WVU driving for a what could have been a tying touchdown, fumbled the ball away, the ever present Lynn recovering and returning it.
But that wasn't the half of it. The special teams continued their disastrous evening, Alford fair catching a punt on his own 5, setting up a punt from the end zone that O'Toole shanked just 33 yards, his first bad punt of the year.
Through it all, though, the defense continued to hold, forcing yet another Oklahoma punt … this one with Jordan Thompson back in place of Alford. It wasn't much of an improvement, fair catching at the 9.
The Sooners were the first team to make a change at quarterback, bringing in Blake Bell and the Belldozer offense which went down the field for a fourth-quarter, 32-yard field goal from Hunnicutt. It was an important field goal as it gave the Sooners a 16-7 lead.
NOTES: WVU showed up with "CJ" decals on the helmets in memory of Associate AD Curtis Jones, who died suddenly this week. … In a warm gesture, Oklahoma paid tribute to the WVU baseball team for its humanitarian efforts when Moore, Okla., was savaged by tornadoes during the Big 12 baseball tournament. … WR Kevin White played for the first time and caught his first pass of his career, a screen for a first down. … The Pride of West Virginia band made the trip to Norman by bus and had the crowd cheering with a halftime performance, ... NG Shaq Rowell suffered a fourth-quarter leg injury and limped off the field. ... Oklahoma had its 87th consecutive sellout.

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text: In a way, the genre tagging that I do is a bit of a disservice to some films. Sure, there's nothing wrong with saying Halloween is a slasher or Cloverfield is a monster movie, but there are some films that don't easily fit into such categories. Maybe I should invent a new tag simply called "TRUE HORROR". If so, Anthony DiBlasi's adaptation of Clive Barker's Dread would certainly qualify.


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RALEIGH — A student event at N.C. State University titled "Dirty Bingo" was cleaned up on Friday by an unexpected source: the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
Dirty Bingo, which was sponsored by the student-run Union Activities Board and designed to teach students safe sex practices, attracted attention for its choice of prizes that included vibrators and other sex toys. Students and parents called for administrators and members of the board to cancel the event, citing the prizes as an inappropriate use of student fees.
Board President Lauryn Collier wrote in a prepared statement Thursday that programmers and concerned students would work together "to pull any items we deem unsuitable for this student event."
But it was the Department of Public Safety that forced the board's hand after it informed Collier that it is a Class 2 misdemeanor to offer a bingo prize costing more than $10 without a bingo license and a Class 1 felony to award prizes costing more than $50.
The board didn't have a bingo license, which costs $200 and must be renewed each year.
Because the more controversial prizes at the event all cost more than $10, they have been removed from the program, Collier said.
The board spent $305 on 25 prizes, including a 50 Shades of Grey book and game, six vibrators and other sex toys.
Although the prizes have been changed, the event will continue as scheduled, Collier said. It will take place Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the campus cinema at Witherspoon Student Center.
The board is also working to find external funding for the event. The money to fund it came from the $15.13 union activities board fee.
Will Holland, 20, a sophomore from Winston-Salem majoring in economics and engineering, said he considered using student money to pay for the program "frivolous spending." If the board found outside funding, Holland said he wouldn't be worried about the event.
"If they choose to spend the money themselves that is their prerogative," he said.
Sam Mazany, 20, a junior communications major from Cary, said he felt that the issue over money was a pretext for people's "prudish" attitudes toward sex.
"I am surprised to see people come out of the woodwork for this one little event," Mazany said. "I don't really think it is about the money."
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kiyote wrote:ManaCaster wrote:Ansan Gotti wrote:Still wondering why Charlie was so desperate to have him read the scroll, instead of just dying. Maybe being a magnificent bastard, he knew his seeming desperation would be perceived by Parson, who would then interrogate the bracer, thus revealing how active (and heavy-handed) fate was being, in order to wake Parson up to the true powers acting behind-the-scenes?
Parson dying would have been OK with Charlie, but Charlie already knows that Fate probably won't let Parson die. If Parson uses the scroll before Fate can arrange his rescue on the other hand, the Fate magic surrounding Parson will be unraveled, which also puts an end to the threat.
Has anyone considered the fact that Charlie may not be a complete bastard? While Charlie isn't opposed to killing Parson in order to get rid of him, that he may have tried the method that wouldn't kill him first?
Charlie is most certainly ruthless, but ruthless != vindictive.
Or that he has an ulterior motive. Charlie's first interactions with Parson were an attempt to get Parson's bracer + Parson over on Charlie's side.
Even if Parson goes home, I think there's a great likelihood that Charlie would try to summon Parson back to work for him. He did participate in summoning Judy too, so he has experience with caster linkups for the summoning spell. And he has a whoopload of casters to link up and an Arkentool to do it with.


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Collegiate Bests:
5k (XC): 17:42
6k (XC): 21:44.1
1500m: 4:35.14
Mile: 4:59.60
3000m - 9:57.79
5000m - 17:12.64
2007 Track - Outdoor:
-Placed fourth in the 1500m at the Seminole Invitational in a time of 4:38.12.
-Took 19th with a 4:36.97 in the prelims of the 1500m at the ACC Championships.
-Just missed her personal best in the 1500m as she crossed the line in 4:35.69 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
-Placed sixth at the ACC Championships with a mile run time of 5:12.47.
-Ran a career-best 4:59.6 during the prelims.
-Posted a season-best 10:01.68 in the 3000m at the Tyson Invitational.
2006 Cross Country:
-Started the season by finishing 10th at the Covered Bridge Invitational with an 18:41.15.
-Fifth across the line for the Seminoles at the Notre Dame Invitational with a season-best time of 17:44.
-Best 6k mark of the season was a 22:04 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals.
-Ran a 6k time of 22:44.3 at the ACC Championships.
2006 Track - Outdoor:
-Recorded a personal-best of 17:12.64 in the 5000m to take third at the Reebok Invite.
-Crossed the line of 3000m with career-best 9:57.79 to finish fourth at the FSU Relays.
-Finished at the ACC Championships in the 5000m with a time of 17:19.05.
-Made first 3000m appearance at the ACC Championships, posting a time of 10:13.45.
2005 Cross Country:
-Finished in the Seminoles' top five in four of six meets.
-Opened the season by finishing 10th at the Covered Bridge Open running the 5k in 19:17.64.
-Followed up by finishing the FSU Invitational in 18:51.03 and the Notre Dame Invitational in 18:39 in the 5K.
-In her first 6k of the season, she ran the NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet in 22:06.9.
-Finished 5.75k at the ACC Championships in 20:58.8.
-Closed out her 2005 season at the NCAA South Regional with a 6k time of 22:02.75.
2005 Track - Outdoor:
-Top 3000m runner on the team in her first season.
-Won the 3K at the Seminole Invitational in 9:59.97.
-Took eighth-place at the FSU Relays in 10:06.33.
-At the Penn Relays, ran a 10:08.16 to finish in 13th place.
-Was the second fastest 5000m runner, posting a 17:36.43 at the Snowbird Invitational.
-Competed in the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational, posting a time of 17:43.94.
-Ran a 18:06.52 in the 5000m at the ACC Championships.
-Narrowly missed the finals of the 1500m at ACC's, running a 4:35.14 in the 1500m.
-Ran a 5:05.52 mile at the Gator Invitational, good for fifth place.
-Posted a season-best 3000m time of 9:58.98 at the Wildcat Invitational.
-Completed the 3000m event at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:04.50.
2004 Cross Country:
-One of the top three runners for FSU during freshman campaign, she scored points in every meet.
-Opened the season with a third-place finish at the Mountaineer Open (18:34.40).
-Finished in the Top 50 at the Notre Dame Invitational, running a personal best 5k time of 17:42.
-Ran a personal best 6k time of 21:44.1 at NCAA Pre-Nationals.
-Second on the team, with a 23:09.4 during the ACC Championship.
-Wrapped up the 2004 season with a 22:00.58 time at the NCAA South Region Championships.
-Top-ranked cross country runner in the Virginia State Group AA.
-Completed the 2003 season in fifth place at the VHSL Group AA Championships en route to all-state honors.
-Won the VHSL Region III Cross Country title in 18:53.
-Placed 15th at the Foot Locker Southeast Regional.
-Was the 2003 Timesland Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
-Set a new course record with a time of 18:29 at the Bristol Cross Country Invitational.
-Virginia State Group AA Indoor 3200m champion, finishing the race in a time of 11:09.65.
-Fourth overall in the high school indoor national championships earning All-America honors.
-Her personal-best times included a 5k mark of 18:12, a 10:54.02 in the 3200m run and 5:00.95 in the 1600m run.
-Played indoor soccer in addition to cross country and track during high school.
-Born September 21, 1986 ... Majoring in religion ... Daughter of Joel and Susan Hagen.


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Pleasington Cemetery to double in size
11:01am Thursday 8th November 2012 in Blackburn
THE final go-ahead for a £1million doubling of the size of Pleasington Cemetery in Blackburn and upgrading of its crematorium has been given.
Work will start in May next year.
The year-long scheme, has received the final detailed approval from Blackburn with Darwen planning committee.
The cemetery off Tower Road is expected to be full by 2015, and more space is needed for burials before the borough runs out of plots. Around 500 burials a year take place in two of the borough's five cemeteries – 400 of them at Pleasington.
Blackburn with Darwen council will now extend the 9,000 grave site into land at nearby Lower Fold, to provide 2,500 plots providing for burials over the following decade.
Work will also to extend the crematorium and replace equipment to reduce harmful mercury emissions by 50 per cent by May.
Borough environment boss Faryad Hussain said: "These are two very important pieces of work.
"No graves will be disturbed while the work goes on."
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LBL Group Program Guide with KY & TN Correlations Call 270-924-2020 to make Group Reservations.
Woodlands Nature Station
This environmental education center communicates the relationship between people, past and present, and the area's natural resources. You will find a hub of activities featuring live animal and plant exhibits, hands-on discovery activities, hiking trails, and special events. Live animals include red wolves, a bald eagle, a bobcat, coyotes, deer, and a variety of raptors, snakes, and turtles.
New Nature Station Spring Group Program - Fine Feathered Friends-Explore bird adaptations during this interactive Nature Station program! Students will observe a live owl up close, work in groups to create their own bird, and learn about other animal adaptations during a scavenger hunt. Recommended - 3rd-6th grades. $3 per participant.
The Homeplace
Our living history farm recalls the lifestyles and customs of a family living between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers-the dominant features of this area. A setting of farm animals, antique furnishings, historic log buildings, and traditional activities re-creates a rich tradition of farming from the mid-19th century. Interpreters, dressed in period clothing, bring the farm to life as they demonstrate agricultural skills and work habits that changed the area's landscape.
Golden Pond Planetarium
Located within the Golden Pond Visitor Center, the 84-seat planetarium offers a variety of astronomy programs for audiences of all ages. Visual effects projected onto the planetarium's 40-foot dome allow you to sail through our solar system or explore the depths of a black hole.
Elk & Bison Prairie
Enjoy watching elk, bison, and other wildlife species as you drive through a prairie that represents a landscape once typical of western Kentucky and Tennessee. Interpretive stops along the route tell the story of the land, vegetation, wildlife, and people who inhabited Kentucky's barrens.
On your field trip to LBL, consider exploring and learning at these sites, too!
- Hematite Lake trail and picnic area
- Center Furnace site and interpretive trail
- South Bison Range
- Great Western Furnace site
- Golden Pond Visitor Center-heritage exhibit and picnic area
Call 270-924-2020 for additional information about reservations, scout programs ,and excursion program offerings.


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Area beekeeper Ned Farrell knows the secret to "bee-ing" happy. For him, it's keeping honeybees. He shares his passion for this hobby—now his profession—in an encore presentation of Hobby Beekeeping brought to you by the Killingworth Library on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 7 p.m.
Farrell, who owns and operates The Bee Happy Company with his wife, Sharyn, will demonstrate how to start a honeybee hive and share his knowledge of the fascinating inner workings of the hive.
A beekeeper with more than 20 years' experience, Farrell has even worked with African "killer" bees while serving in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. He will show audience members how simple and fun it can be to care for their very own bees.
The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Raw honey, all-natural beeswax lip balm, rolled beeswax candles and Bee Happy honey gift baskets will also be available for sale.
Hobby Beekeeping will be held either at the library or the firehouse. Call the library at (860) 663-2000 on the day of the event to find out the location.
The presentation is free, but space is limited. Please sign up in advance at the library.


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GRUNDY, Va. Multiple people were shot and killed Sunday in southwestern Virginia and at least one deputy was wounded, state police said.
The deputy was shot near Grundy in Buchanan County, said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller who said she was trying to confirm how many were killed and whether any were police officers.
Four Officers Shot In Rural Virginia - PoliceLink
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KING DIAMONDScreamBloodyGore on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 12:54am
King is fucking great, so much talent and some of the greatest story lines I've heard. Its hard for me to pick a favorite album from him, I like everyone he's done, including with Mercyful Fate. Hail to KING!
KING DIAMONDWamphryi on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 1:18am
Never had a chance to see him in concert, but No presents for christmas is a tradition in this house around the holidays!!! haha, Melissa is going to be the name of my daughter, if it ever happens!!
KING DIAMONDhorrorjunkie13 on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 11:48pm
Love THEM, Mercyful Fate rocks!!! Never saw him live, but I always thought he could be an author of horror stories, like maybe on the same level as Stephen King? I think that's the appeal, it's got the storylines and it's got the kick ass music (guitar solos like no other!). Do you know anyone else who has mastered that?
KING DIAMONDAllenC on Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 2:26am
Big fan for many years.I liked him both solo and with Mercyful Fate.
My favorites from Mercyful Fate were Melissa and Don't Break the Oath.My favorite solo stuff were Abigal and Fatal Portrait.
KING DIAMONDWilliam podoll on Friday, June 1, 2007 - 11:21pm
One of my all time faves The King Rules!!!!!!!!!!
Re: KING DIAMONDrottenskot on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 12:29am
I saw King Diamond in 2000 on the House of God tour. I've been a fan since I heard Family Ghost on Headbangers ball as a kid in the 80's. One of my favorites is The Graveyard. Highy underrated album.
Re: KING DIAMONDSYRE on Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 2:41am
Good job resurrecting a 3 year old thread! Though he just had to undergo a triple bypass open heart surgery. Still doesn't excuse......


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The following information was supplied by the Lynbrook Police Department. A criminal charge is only an accusation, and does not indicate guilt.
- Jose A. Castellon, 29, of West Hempstead, was arrested on Jan. 14 at 11:30 p.m. and charged with Aggravated Harassment at Lynbrook Police Department Headquarters.
- Craig C. White, 42, of Amityville, was arrested on Jan. 15 at 10:07 a.m. and charged with an open warrant for Disorderly Conduct at Lynbrook Police Department Headquarters.
- Alexander C. Rivero, 19, of Valley Stream, was arrested on On Jan. 16 at 9:10 p.m. and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana on Piccadilly Downs.
- Elias Haniotis, 31, of Barto, Penn. was arrested on Jan. 17 at 10:33 a.m. and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation and Tinted Windows on Sunrise Highway.
- Tiana S. Boer, 22, of Springfield Gardens, was arrested on Jan. 17 at 8:07 p.m. and charged with two counts False Personation and an open warrant for Prostitution, Escape and Dangerous Drugs at the Lynbrook Capri Motor Inn located at 5 Freer St.
Grand Larceny
- A complainant at Phoenix Beverages (2 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn) reports at 4:50 p.m. on Jan. 11 that while making a delivery to Wine and Liquor Mart, located at 393 Sunrise Hwy, an unknown person(s) removed their Ryder Rental Truck. The truck, a 2005 Isuzu, which was parked in municipal parking field # 12, is valued at $17,500 and the truck contained 209 bottles of assorted liquor valued at 15,310.92.
- At 4:35 p.m. on Jan. 16, a complainant reports that an unknown person(s) removed assorted jewelry from their Union Avenue residence. The jewelry, valued at $31,356.64, was taken somtime between Dec. 17 and Jan. 16.
Identity Theft
- At 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 14, a complainant reports that an unknown person(s) charged $228.79 on their Island Federal Credit Union account.
- At 1:21 p.m. on Jan. 15, a complainant reports that an unknown person(s) charged $434.53 on their CapitalOne Bank account.
Petit Larceny
- A complainant reports at 2:40 p.m. onJan. 18 that an unknown person(s) stole their Apple iPhone, which was on their desk at their place of employment, All Metro Health Care, located at 50 Broadway. The value of the phone is $600.
- A complainant reports at 12:50 p.m. on Jan. 21 that an unknown person(s) stole their Apple iPhone, which was on the counter at their place of employment, Cold Stone Creamery, located at 6 Broadway. The value of the phone is $800.
- At 7:31 p.m. onJan. 20, a complainant reports that while sitting at a table at White Castle, located at 490 Sunrise Hwy, their wallet, which contained $250, was removed from the table by an acquaintance without the complainant's permission. The Lynbrook Police Detective Division is currently investigating the larceny.
Grand Larceny/Criminal Mischief
- At 1:35 p.m. on Jan. 20, the owner of Merrick Road Collision located at 214 Merrick Rd. reports that an unknown person(s) cut a chain link fence and removed six assorted tires and rims from their storage area. The value of the tires and rims is $1,450 and the value of the fence is $200.
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Telework increases productivity, continuity, saves costs and the environment. (4:38 min)
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A mobile workforce provides numerous social, environmental, and economic advantages. Cisco provides a range of highly secure, flexible, and cost effective telework solutions for government, all designed to help your organization realize these benefits.
Teleworking helps ensure continuity of operations, as government workers can work from home or any location during bad weather, disasters, or pandemic outbreaks.
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- Improved job satisfaction and productivity, as workers avoid lengthy, expensive commutes
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Charles Hohm: Pacific Sociological Association President
Plans Annual Conference
Charles Hohm, dean, College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and professor of sociology, has begun his term as president of the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA), which runs from March 2006 to March 2007. He is the third CSU faculty member to be elected president in its 77-year history; most PSA presidents have come from major research universities, such as the University of California, USC, and Stanford. Founded in 1929, PSA is the largest and most prominent of the regional sociological associations, encompassing the western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, as well as the western provinces of Canada and western states of Mexico.
Hohm, who presented "Pursuit of Curricular Excellence in Sociology: A Dean's View" at this year's annual meeting in April titled "Playing with Sociology: Pedagogy, Postmodernism and Popular Culture," is responsible for organizing next year's event. "Sociology in the Academy: Its Current and Prospective Position," will take place in Oakland, CA, March 28-April 1. The former San Diego State University professor was inspired to choose this theme based on his experiences with the 1992 layoffs of 120 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including seven sociology professors, of which he was one. Although the professors were reinstated five months later in the wake of national attention due to protests from students and colleagues, the experience impressed on Hohm the vulnerability of his discipline and its faculty, particularly those with tenure.
"That's when I really got interested in how administrators view departments in general," he recalls. "I asked myself, 'How do they reach those decisions?' We met with the president on two different occasions. We found out that there was a lot of money he could take from our salaries to hire assistant professors for half that amount and put the rest in the university account."
"The last thing I would do is lay off tenured and tenure-track faculty, and I'd probably resign before I did that," he says. "One of the things that attracts people to teaching is the security, and the real security is knowing that you can say what's on your mind. Academicians like to think of themselves as liberals, and they tend to be politically. But in terms of change, they're a relatively conservative group and kind of reluctant to do risky things. So if you could lose your job because you say something really controversial, you're not going to do it if you don't have tenure. And who's the loser on that end? I think it's the students. They should be able to have professors who say what's on their minds, even if it's unpopular."
The PSA conference draws more than 1,200 attendees each year. In planning next year's event, Hohm will explore the perceived value of sociology in the academy through a survey of 1,600 deans and in-depth interviews with 12-15 deans, provosts, and presidents, some of whom are sociologists. He and his colleague, Paul Sargent of San Diego State University, will ask them to rank their institutions' majors in terms of factors such as rigor of program, student issues, research, inter- and multidisciplinary work, community and international involvement, and overall prestige. CSUDH students in Ricky Bluthenthal's (professor of sociology and director, Urban Community Research Center) research methods class will have a hand in number-crunching and organizing the data findings.
"No one studies the discipline of sociology as something that exists in a context," says Hohm. "Most of the time, we're studying families or games or banks or societies or cultures. But we don't often look at ourselves and ask, 'How do we operate in the system? What do we contribute? How are we viewed by other academics? What could we do better?'"
Other CSU Dominguez Hills colleagues who will participate in next year's PSA meeting are Bluthenthal, associate professor of sociology and NCAA faculty athletic representative Sohaila Shakib, who are serving on the program committee. Fumiko Hosokawa, chair and professor, Sociology Department; Matthew Mutchler, assistant professor of sociology;Alan Ryave, professor of sociology;Clare Weber, assistant professor of sociology; and Shakhib will also be presenting sessions.
Hohm hopes to also include CSUDH students in the experience.
"PSA is very student-friendly," he says. "We really want them to be involved. It's a matter of socializing students. They can take classes, but they need to do research. With their professors' help, they learn to do it correctly. They need to learn how to present that research, and the first way to do it is at a conference, with people in the audience who may get quite critical. But you learn to defend your thesis, your findings, and your interpretation of your findings.
"More than anything, it's a socialization process for students. It's part of becoming a professional. What do sociologists do? What do they look like? In a university, you just have your department. But, at a conference like this, you'll see over a thousand of them, many of them famous in the world of sociology."
Hohm's desire to involve students in the conference stems from his belief that the sociology major "speaks directly to their lives. It tends to look at the underbelly of society, at vested interests. Sometimes the issues that sociologists get into put institutions and people ill at ease because their power and what they're doing with it in a particular situation is exposed."
He touts the versatility of a sociology degree that can be parlayed into a variety of fields.
"Right now, the vast majority of people who get a Ph.D. in sociology end up being professors," he says, "but there's an increasing number who are going into research and are working for think tanks. People can work for the cities and counties, and nonprofits. That's actually where a lot of sociology students with B.A.s and M.A.s end up working. Back at SDSU, we did a survey and were surprised that a vast majority of our students were involved in business.
"What most businesses really want are people with college degrees who are articulate, can write well, and have good analytical, mathematical, and statistical skills. A good sociology program will produce all those attributes. Any company can train you into the specifics of the company. A sociology graduate can bring a real empathy and knowledge of social structure, and an understanding of various cultures and ethnicities and an empathy toward those cultures."
Hohm was influenced as an undergraduate by the president of Tabor College, a small liberal arts college established by the Mennonite church in Hillsboro, KS. Hohm was so influenced by an introduction to sociology course that he changed his major from pre-med to sociology.
"I was questioning a lot of things when I was growing up, but I was never able to have anyone put a focus on it," Hohm says. "Sociology explained my life story, I was able to look at my life, my family, and my community, and everything made sense, like a ray of light had come in."
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Absecon Island
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Location of many ocean swims
• Course: Demanding swim with strong tides and current, varying conditions and water temperatures that can range from 55°F (12.7°C) in the open ocean to 85°F (29.4°C) in the back bay.
• Distance: 22.5 miles (37K)
• Traditional Date of Race (no longer held): August
• Description: The Atlantic City Around-the-Island Marathon Swim was a traditionally one of the best professional marathon swims in the world, held 54 times since 1954, annually attracting the world's best professional swimmers. It has been called the hardest race in the world because conditions vary so greatly. Escort boats are rowed by local lifeguards.
City: Atlantic City
State/County/Province: New Jersey
Country: USA
Type: Ocean


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John Valverde
World War II veteran
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:58 p.m.
A survivor of Pearl Harbor, San Francisco native John Valverde enlisted in the Marine Reserves in 1938 and received an early discharge in 1940 in order to enlist in the Navy, where he became a Gunner's Mate lst Class on the USS Hull, a destroyer with the Division One Pacific Fleet.
At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack Mr. Valverde's ship was alongside the USS Dobbin undergoing tender overhaul. Somehow the crew was able to navigate the ship out of the harbor under major attack avoiding damage to the ship and crew.
In December of 1944, a Pacific Typhoon hit the USS Hull unexpectedly, eventually causing his ship to capsize and sink. Its crew was tossed into the ocean. Mr. Valverde and several ship mates spent 72 hours in a life boat before being rescued.
Upon discharge from the Navy, in 1946 he married his wife Frances in Bremerton, Wash. They moved to San Francisco, where Mr. Valverde worked as a warehouse man for several years, later changing careers owning and operating various service stations in the bay area.
They eventually moved to Ukiah, where they owned and operated a Union 76 service station where he and Frances worked side by side for many years. Upon retirement in 1987 they moved to Petaluma to be closer to their children.
Mr. Valverde died at his Petaluma home on Jan. 23, 2012. He was 93.
He is survived by his daughters Francine Hatfield, and Tracy Escher, both of Petaluma; grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Frances Valverde; and three siblings.
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Cumberland Times-News
Jen Barrick will speak during the local observance of the 62nd National Day of Prayer this week. Dan Bible, event chairman, said this year's theme is "Pray for America: In his name the nations will put their Hope."
The observance will begin with the prayer rally May 1 at 7 p.m. at Central Assembly of God, 2020 Bedford St. Cumberland. Barrick will speak and there is no charge to attend the service,.
Barrick's website is www.hopeoutloud.com. Her book is "Miracle for Jen" with forward by Joni Ereckson Tada.
The Community Choir will participate and sing special music that has inspired Barrick and pays tribute to America. Director will be Jeff Avey, with assistant Beth Creek and accompanist Donna Dicken.
Local church choir members have been invited to be part of the community choir. The Witmer Sister's will sing, and the Mountainside Marines will assist in the events.
The 17th annual National Day of Prayer breakfast will be held at the Holiday Inn in Cumberland on May 2 at 8 a.m.
City, county and state officials have been invited, including the board of education, members and heads of city, county and state law enforcement agencies, as well as area pastors, businesses, and sponsors and their affiliates. Tickets must be bought in advance by calling 301-697-6777. Special music will be performed by Korensa Gray — www.korensagray.com.
The National Day of Prayer entertainment will be on the Downtown Cumberland Mall on May 2 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Community Choir will sing a tribute for Barrick and to America. The King's Company Praise Dance Company, coordinated by DeEtta McGreevy; and The Wills Mountain Cloggers, with Beth Toner, will perform.
Praise, worship, and prayer will be from noon to 1 p.m. The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 172 color guard will walk to City Hall where the events will be complete.
Paulette Porter
Cumberland National Day of Prayer Committee


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HPV-related oral cancers are on the rise, which argues for straight talk by parents of teens.
There's an argument out there that oral sex is not sex. For some grown-ups, it's a way to deny that they're cheating. To some young people, oral sex preserves virginity—technically speaking—and allows for what is perceived as risk-free sexual intimacy. From a medical perspective, however, this is sex—and generally, as practiced, it's unsafe. People seem clueless that sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and human papillomavirus can take hold in parts of the oral cavity during sex with infected partners and that the oral contact can infect the genitals, too. HPV is a particularly scurrilous threat, since it incubates silently in the back of the mouth and is now linked to a dangerous form of throat cancer in both men and women similar to the one that arises in the cervix.
Head and neck cancers, which can attack the mouth, nose, sinuses, and throat, have been diseases of people over 50 with a history of heavy smoking and drinking. Thanks to the decrease in smoking and use of chewing tobacco, these disfiguring cancers are in steady decline. However, this triumph of prevention is clouded by an unexpected increase in oropharyngeal cancer, which develops in the tonsils and the base of the tongue and is apt to show up in those who don't smoke or drink heavily, and in younger people. Earlier this month, researchers from Johns Hopkins reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that between 1973 and 2004 there had been a near doubling of the incidence of these HPV-related oral cancers among people in their 40s.
It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that this rise in oropharyngeal cancer is linked to changing sexual practices and, in particular, ones that involve bathing the throat with HPV-infected fluid. Increasingly, scientists are implicating HPV-16, and in some cases 18, the same ones that causes cervical cancer. In 2006, a Swedish study of preserved surgical specimens from excised oropharyngeal cancers going back over 30 years identified HPV-16 in less than a quarter of specimens removed in the 1970s. By the 1990s, the proportion was 57 percent. After 2000, it was 68 percent. In 2007, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found HPV-16 in 72 percent of oropharyngeal cancers in the United States. Not proof, but based on correlations with sexual behavior, and an abundance of similar findings both here and around the world over the past few years, there is credible if not alarming medical concern that the infection is being acquired through unprotected oral sex.
That our children might be at growing risk for this deadly cancer is particularly unnerving. Health surveys indicate that well over half of American teens now engage in oral sex, with about 10 to 20 percent claiming "technical virginity." Pediatricians will tell you that this behavior is fueled by the adolescents' belief that oral sex is risk-free play, making it more common and acceptable. But few practice it safely. Some of this is anecdotal. But British researchers determined that more than 80 percent of university students ages 16 to 21 failed to protect themselves with condoms during oral sex. This is an age group well known for diligently using them during vaginal sex.
Granted, the major risk for STDs comes with vaginal sex, but the relative ease and growing frequency of oral sex among those engaging in casual "hookups" is a virtual epidemic in the making. Providing our young people with graphic medical information and stern parental and medical guidance is long overdue. As with all sex education, the abstinence message should be foremost and explicit. But it's not enough. They must also know that safe sex applies to sex by mouth, too. And, that's a message for all ages, unless one has a single faithful partner.
Concern about the growing risk of oropharyngeal cancer also bears on the use of the new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which protects against HPV-16 and 18. Currently it's approved for young women only. Yet men contract, carry, and transmit HPV and develop HPV-related genital cancers, though far less commonly than do women. But, when it comes to HPV-related tonsil and tongue cancer, men are at greater risk than women. This should provide strong impetus for an HPV vaccine that works for men, too—an effort that's taking an inexplicably long time. Before anyone thinks, however, that a cancer vaccine will deliver a free pass on risky behavior, just imagine for a moment what a rip roaring case of pharyngeal gonorrhea might look like. It's not pretty.


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Cullman County Sheriff's Office, Cullman City Police Department
Incidents from the Cullman City Police Department for Wednesday were not immediately available and will be included with future reports.
Here is a look at the incidents that were reported to the Cullman County Sheriff's Office for Wednesday:
• Probation violation — Joseph Christiansen, 27, arrested at the Cullman County Detention Center.
• Negotiating worthless negotiable instrument — Kimberly Butler, 44, arrested at the Cullman County Detention Center.
• Probation violation — Christine Mark, 47, arrested on Brunner St.
• Criminal mischief (private), harassment-simple assault — Judy Kelley, 51, arrested on County Road 1273.
• Failure to register as a sex offender — Jessie Swann, 26, arrested on Highway 91.
• Failure to appear/pay/comply (2 counts) — Justin Corum, 25, arrested at the Cullman County Detention Center.
• Committing a controlled substance crime — Joseph Clarke, 38, arrested on Mayfair Lane.
• Public intoxication — Bryan Garnto, 41, arrested on Warnke Road NW.
• Assault — County Road 1492.
• Theft of property — Highway 278 E.
• Criminal mischief — County Road 771.
• Harassment — County Road 1096.
• Burglary — Highway 69 N.
These reports are taken from the Cullman Police Department and the Cullman County Sheriff's Office incidents reports. All information reflects the opinions of the complainants.
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If you liked any of these. You will like 9 and 10 and 11. The best of the series. This one is lacking the flavor. After you've seen those they all get worse. Not bad, but I did fast forward alot. Girl quality was poor. Sex was rushed.
Except for the scene with Neveah the movie is filled with pretty ugly girls or girls that have boring scenes.
Systematic raunch. It was boring. seemed long. They tried to get everything in. making it bad considering the quality of girls was pretty sad. Not bad for a few about 10 mins worth your time. Not worth waiting for in the mail.
This had to have been the most boring girl girl stuff I have ever seen. No real gonzo action. Just looked like girls having sex. Buffy Malibu I am not impressed.
Don't get Vivid movies for the actors you like. Although this movie was well thought out. The story line was better than the sex. I would give this no stars but Sydney Steele is too cool for me to do that to her.
Didn't find anything worth remembering. I think I rented this for Julian. He was good in a few movies I saw. The quality of girls is slipping. Not particularly fond of this Category. I liked a few A2M but not featured like this. It gets really boring quick.
The English chic was good for the first few minutes, Dirty mouth. But she also says some stupid shit. The girls talk and that's ussually a mistake as in this movie.
Strangely this movie tried to have plots. What a mistake. Pre-interviews made the movie worse, talking about who would be upset if they saw this movie and racism. The sex was pretty bad too.
No DP.
Some pretty good scenes in here as a matter of fact. I was shocked at the quality. Wicked does do some pretty good scenes.
I was suprised at some of the stars in this film it was one of the worst things I have ever seen. Repeated loops and worse: They show toys and never use them. Not even worth remembering.


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Using the Monitor Display Options
- 1st button—All Data
- 2nd button—Force Curve
- 3rd button— PaceBoat/PaceSkier
- 4th button—Bar Chart
- 5th button—Large Print
- Use the five buttons on the right to select the various menu options or controls displayed on the PM4 screen. (An example of a control is the plus symbol, which allows you to increment a value during date, time, or workout setup.)
- Press Menu | Back to display the previous screen.
- The Change Display and Change Units buttons are not active.


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Miss Adele's Learning Center (FL) Invests in Outdoor Fun with a New Commercial Playground Structure from American Parks Company
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Fun comes in all sizes, and keeping children engaged in meaningful outdoor activity is important at all ages. Thats why the Management of Miss Adeles Learning Center made an investment in a quality, commercial playground structure from American Parks Company.
What makes Miss Adeles Learning Center exceptional is the reputation it has earned within the community of Lakeland, Florida. With more than 28 years of successfully caring for and developing the skills of children aged 2-5 years, the preschool educational program is recognized as one of the best in the area. The Owner/Director of Miss Adeles Learning Center is onsite every day, working with a team of qualified staff, and they are a VPK Certified Center and Nationally Accredited.
They chose the Rhyme 'n Reason play structure, which features nine different activities for up to 40 children ages 2-5 years, making it a perfect playground solution for daycare, nursery school, and preschool facilities. The design features three fun slides, including a tandem 28 Double Speedway Slide which encourages children to safely race their friends to the bottom. An additional Single Speedway Slide and 28 Curved Speedway Slide reduces waiting time for the next exhilarating trip down.
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As Lynne Rowley, executive director of elementary education, reminisced over the past 41 years she has worked in education, she shared what it was like when she first started teaching in the Edmond School District, how things have changed and her plans for retirement.
Rowley will be leaving the district at the end of this school year, after serving the district in the classroom, as an assistant principal and then principal and later as a district administrator.
As a preacher's kid, Rowley said the strong influence of her parents naturally led to her teaching and working with Bible classes, and she decided then to try teaching as a career.
"When I was growing up you had four career paths from which to choose," Rowley said. "You could be a secretary, a nurse, a teacher or a wife. I chose teaching. My plan was to teach five years and pay back my government loan. Then I got hooked."
Rowley said she was fortunate to work in an area where she felt she was making a difference in the world.
"John F. Kennedy emphasized in his Inaugural speech in the 1960s that being of service was important," she said.
Superintendent David Goin praised Rowley for her work with the district.
"It has been a privilege to work with Lynne Rowley over the last 19 years," said Edmond Superintendent of Schools David Goin. "She is a quality individual and caring professional who has devoted her entire career to the young children of our community. I consider her both a colleague and friend.
"As a teacher, principal and district-level administrator, Lynne has served as a mentor for numerous teachers and principals during her more than four decades as one of Edmond's most distinguished educators. She has been a tireless advocate for the development of effective early childhood and elementary education programs.
"As Mrs. Rowley draws to a close this phase of her career, I hope she is taking great satisfaction in having been a key leader most recently, in successfully implementing high quality full-day kindergarten classes for all of Edmond's public elementary schools."
41-year administrator retiring but has no plans to quit educating
As Lynne Rowley, executive director of elementary education, reminisced over the past 41 years she has worked in education, she shared what it was like when she first started teaching in the Edmond School District, how things have changed and her plans for retirement.
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Edmond Youth Chorus auditions begin Monday
The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond is seeking talented youth to try out for the upcoming season of the Edmond Youth Chorus.
Rainbow Fleet introduces statewide child care line
Oklahoma parents can now access a statewide program designed to provide resources and referrals for services across Oklahoma.
Team Oklahoma brings home third place from NTAE
Members of Team Oklahoma competing in the National Tournament of Academic Excellence placed third at the national competition held recently in Orlando.
Edmond School District's change orders anticipated
When building new schools and classrooms there may be additional costs, but when renovating older buildings those costs can more than double, according to a Edmond School District official.
"When remodeling, you have unknown and hidden costs and you need to include in your budgeted funds for the built-in items you can not see," said Bret Towne, Edmond's associate superintendent of general administration.
OC welcomes missionary, military families
For the ninth consecutive year Oklahoma Christian University will host missionary and military families returning to the United States at Global Reunion 2014.
The July 23-27 camp has doubled in size in the last two years with 150 participants from 43 countries on campus.
The camp is for children who are known as Third Culture Kids (TCKs) though parents are allowed to attend sessions as well. Directors Kent and Nancy Hartman, missionaries-in-residence at OC, give tools and resources to families that have lived outside the United States and are now seeking to reenter U.S. culture. The Hartmans spent more than 10 years as missionaries in Australia and were surprised by the challenges of reintegrating their family into America.
UCO debate team succeeds at nationals
The University of Central Oklahoma's debate team traveled to Bloomington, Ind., at the end of March to compete in the Cross Examination Debate Association's National Championship Tournament (CEDANCT), bringing home several awards and finishing the year ranked no. 24 in the nation.
OBU dance team celebrates National Dance Day
In 2010, "So You Think You Can Dance" co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe created National Dance Day in an effort to help people embrace dance and combat obesity on the last Saturday in July.
This year, on July 26, Oklahoma Baptist University's dance team will host a fundraiser that allows participants to dance all day for $30. The fundraiser will be in the Noble Complex on OBU's campus.
Cami Gower, an OBU junior and co-captain/co-founder of the dance team, said the team's officers have been planning for their upcoming season since April. Gower is a graduate of Deer Creek High School.
"Since then we have been coming up with better ways to reach the community with dance," she said. "This day of dance was a great way to do it and help the team raise funds."
OCU alumna earns honor society fellowship
Oklahoma City University alumna Neilee Wood was awarded a fellowship from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
The Oklahoma Arts Institute is a private, nonprofit organization developed in 1977, with a mission to provide exceptional multidisciplinary arts experiences that develop individual talent and inspire a lifelong passion for the arts. OAI administers a program for talented Oklahoma youth every June and a series of continuing education workshops for adults every fall.
Following are nine biographies of the 41 Edmond-area students who attended the prestigious Summer Arts Institute. The students worked with award-winning artists in nine areas of the literary, visual and performing arts. Biographies were published in each Tuesday MidWeek and Saturday Weekender edition of The Sun through July.
North senior wins Edward C. Joullian III Scholarship
Kassidy Gary, a senior from Edmond North High School, recently received the Oklahoma State Fair's Edward C. Joullian III Scholarship. Gary's accomplishment was recognized at the State Board of Education's May meeting.
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Cheryl is from Rancho Cucamonga, California. She received a B.A. in Sociology and Theology and Religious Studies with a minor in Psychology from the University of San Diego in May 2006. Cheryl's interest in the study of peace and justice began with working with Sudanese refugees in Cairo, Egypt. This interest continued throughout her undergraduate education as she focused on understanding border-relations and the immigrant experience, studied in Oxford, England, and interned with small-base communities in El Salvador. Cheryl's interest in justice turned national as she began her work with the Teach for America program, which places recent college graduates into low-income schools throughout the US in order to close the achievement gap between high- and low-income schools. Teaching World Geography and World History to high school students in La Joya, Texas, as well as coaching girls soccer, deepened Cheryl's understanding of the critical work that needs to be done in the field of peace and justice. Her primary interests within the Peace Studies Program are immigration, poverty and its effects on immigration and gang-activity, micro-credit and the empowerment of the world's poor. Back to top
Serena is from Riverside, California. She graduated from San Diego State University (SDSU) in 2007 with a degree in International Security and Conflict Resolution. From 2005 to 2006 Serena studied in Florence, Italy. While abroad, she interned with Democrats Abroad, a non-partisan political organization that promotes voting rights. Additionally, while attending SDSU, Serena interned with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) assisting refugee youth integrate into the United States. She also worked in the immigration office at the IRC. Most recently Serena was employed at the United States General Service Administration (USGSA) on security projects located at western US border stations. Serena's areas of interests are international mediation, refugee studies, and environmentalism. Back to top
Jill is originally from Newbury Park, CA. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1993 and has lived in San Diego since. She has a degree in Sociology with a minor in Latin American Studies. In 1991, she spent a summer in Ecuador with Amigos de las Americas working on community development and reforestation projects. While at UCSD, Jill became active in women's rights, which helped fuel her passion for human justice. After college, her interests and work expanded to research and mental health issues. Her main academic interests are women as peacemakers and how women are increasingly used as weapons of war. After receiving her Masters in Peace and Justice Studies from USD, Jill hopes to continue in the field of research to explore and document the stories and lives of women in conflict regions. Back to top
Brooke Gonzales
Brooke grew up in Southern California. She received her B.A. from California State University, San Marcos in history, where she focused her study on marginalized groups of people and social movements. She went on to get her teaching credential in social science. Brooke spent the next two and one half years teaching high school in San Diego County. She taught history and AVID, a class that focuses on getting underrepresented students into four-year colleges. During this time, Brooke worked mainly with Mexican-American students, and became interested in rights for immigrants. She also became passionate about using education to empower people. On a summer off from teaching, she went to Nepal to train teachers in rural schools, and went on to do fundraising for the same schools. This, in addition to other experiences traveling abroad, created a desire in Brooke to further her education in the area of peace and justice. Back to top
Kristen is originally from New York and completed her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in May 2004. While at Sarah Lawrence, Kristen studied social movements, labor history, and politics, and spent her time outside of the classroom organizing for peace and workers rights. After graduating, Kristen worked as the coordinator of the New York Union Semester Program, and then moved to San Diego to be a researcher and community organizer for the Justice for Janitors campaign. She currently lives at a Buddhist meditation center, and strives to bring together mindfulness and social action. She intends to focus her study on reconciliation in communities affected by conflict. Back to top
Takeo is from Davis, California. He graduated with Dean's Honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara in December 2006 with a double major in Japanese and Asian American Studies. He also attended a University of California Education Abroad Program at the International Christian University in Tokyo. Takeo desires to expand upon his social science background by delving into the relationship between social constructions in popular media and their role in the peace making process. His other areas of interest include peace and justice policymaking, conflict analysis, and the cultural and language based factors which influence cross cultural interactions. Back to top
Anu has a strong commitment to social justice and cross-cultural understanding that has been inspired by his world travels, particularly those in the developing world and by his multicultural exposure during his youth in the diverse Los Angeles area. Anu earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with summa cum laude honors from Southern Oregon University, where he majored in International Studies, with minors in Latin American and Peace Studies. Anu's academic interests include peace education, the roles that culture, art and religion play in conflict and its transformation, as well as, Latin America, occupied countries and U.S. foreign policy toward the developing world. Anu intends to begin his career by working for a humanitarian aid organization in the developing world and envisions returning to another of his passions - working with youth, as a conflict resolution educator later in life. Back to top
Marcia grew up moving between Japan and the U.S. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2006 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Latin American Studies. She speaks Portuguese, English, and a small amount of Japanese and Spanish. As an undergraduate, she studied in Cochin, India and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Post-graduation, Marcia spent several months in São Paulo working with children living on the streets, a health education and alternate-income project for women in prostitution, a youth-run magazine on social concerns and an organization advocating for human rights in the prison system. Most recently Marcia worked for a substance abuse treatment program and supervised an independent living program for Covenant House Florida, a crisis shelter for homeless and runaway youth. She is interested in all aspects of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, but particularly focused on children in conflict, youth and violence, human trafficking, and social transformation through the arts. Back to top
Sangita is from Nepal, a beautiful country known for the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, and the Birthplace of Lord Buddha. She received her Bachelor's degree in science from Tribhuvan University in Nepal and completed a program in Management from the Open University, London. Sangita started her career as a schoolteacher. She later switched to the social sector where she established a non-profit organization in January 2002 with the mission of empowering women through economic independence. Having seen the impact of ongoing conflict on women, she decided to work with women who had been displaced by conflict, by offering training that would lead to employment opportunities. She has been very effective in transforming conflict through economic opportunities. Since the establishment of her organization, Sangita trained 200 women who had been the victims of conflict and raised awareness on issues pertaining to women, conflict and economics. After receiving her Master's degree in Peace and Justice Studies at USD, she would like to become a political leader in Nepal so that she can serve women at large. Sangita believes that when she reaches the decision making level she can make a difference in the lives of women and children.Back to top
Wilco is from Utrecht, The Netherlands. He received a BsC in human geography (International Development Studies) and urban planning in 2007. Most recently Wilco worked at Jongehonden in the field of urban planning. Prior to this, he worked at the Corporation for Social Responsibility in the Netherlands. Until 2007, he also served as the Youth Representative of the Netherlands to the General Assembly of the United Nations. In this position, Wilco worked to reach as many youth as possible through activities such as debates and a youth trip to India. He has also sought to create awareness about the United Nations among Dutch youth through organizing a festival, visiting several schools, giving lectures at various locations, and lobbying for more youth delegates. At the UN, he had the opportunity to work for improved youth participation in political decision-making. Back to top
Patrick is a Ugandan who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo two years after the civil war that deposed the dictatorial regime of Idi Amin in Uganda. The memories and aftermath of the war and the conflicts in Northern Uganda have continued to shape Patrick's perspective on life and have etched in him a passion towards human rights. Patrick completed a Bachelors programin business management at M.S. Ramaiah College of Art, Science, and Commerce in the south Indiancity of Bangalorein June 2008. In India, Patrick worked with the Federation for International Students. While studying at USD, Wadri continues to serve as a volunteer consultant with the West Nile Rural Development Agency (WENIRUDA, www.weniruda.org), a nonprofit agency based in Northern Uganda. Wadri has a profound interest in studying conflict resolution, management of the aftermath of conflicts and microfinance as a toolfor economic development. He speaks English, Swahili and Lugbara, Luo, Itesot, and Madi, all of which are local languages spoken in northern Uganda. Back to top
Tanya received a B.A. in English Literature with a Single-Subject Teaching Credential from the University of San Diego. Growing up in San Francisco, Tanya's passion for the field of peace and justice was first ignited by theactivism that engulfed the city and the work that she was able to do within the homeless community. Experiencing the power in human connections, Tanya developed a desire to better understand how those connections could be made cross-culturally and the capacity that these relationships have to foster peace. She has since had the opportunity to build relationships with communities in the Blackfeet American Indian Reservation, the Lahu Village in Thailand, the small town of Logwood Walk, Jamaica, and with numerous families throughout Europe. In her undergraduate work, she developed the "Color Your World" program that uses art as a way to build relationships, break cultural barriers, and investigate our understanding of peace. This also connected to her advocacy in youth empowerment, encouraging youth in San Diego to discover, define, and declare their own voices. In the Peace and Justice Studies Master's program, Tanya hopes to build the foundational theoretical, and experiential knowledge that would strengthen her work in the field. Back to top
Leah is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2007, she received a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario specializing in Social Justice and Peace Studies with a minor in Religious Studies. As a Roman Catholic learning about peace and justice issues, she was delighted to discover Catholic social teaching and the liberation theology movement and focused her studies on the empowering role of religion in the social justice movement. She also began to explore religious conflict resolution and the numerous tools that religion offers the peace process. She hopes to further her understanding of these areas during her time in the School of Peace Studies. She has lived in Australia and Ecuador where she learned Spanish. She has also travelled in England, France, Cuba, and across Canada. After graduating, Leah worked for World Vision Canada, a Christian non-profit organization and the largest international NGO in Canada. Back to top
Cassidy is from San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California. She graduated from San Diego State University (SDSU) in December 2007 where she received her B.A. in International Security and Conflict Resolution and in Political Science. During her time at SDSU, she studied abroad in both Oxford and Estonia. She also completed an internship with the San Diego chapter of the International Rescue Committee, working specifically in the First Things First and Students Plus programs. Through her international studies and travels she became very interested in the varied conflicts of the world and their potential paths to peace. She looks forward to pursuing her areas of interest including working with refugees and conflict resolution through mediation. Back to top
Qiuwan is from Fujian Province, China. She got her B.A. at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2005 where she studied Public Affairs Management and English. She continued her studies and earned an M.A. in Public Administration in 2008. Between 2006 and 2007, she attended Hopkins-Nanjing Center for International Studies. Most recently, Qiuwan worked as a research assistant for the Hindu-Kush Himalaya Environmental Policy Project (funded by the National Science Foundation), whose primary goal was to assess and improve environmental policy by focusing on internationally funded participatory policies and projects, community-based natural resource management and other inclusionary policy processes in India, Nepal and China. Her areas of interest are environmental justice, the empowerment of women and NGO development. Back to top