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Healthy Lifestyle May Buffer Against Stress-Related Cell AgingJuly 29, 2014 A new study shows that while the impact of life's stressors accumulate overtime and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and ... full story
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Forced Mutations Doom HIV: How Potential HIV Drug Exacts Its Toll on Viral PopulationsJuly 28, 2014 Fifteen years ago, medical researchers had a novel idea for an HIV drug. They thought if they could induce the virus to mutate uncontrollably, they could force it to weaken and eventually die out -- ... full story
Cell's Recycling Center Implicated in Division DecisionsJuly 28, 2014 Most cells do not divide unless there is enough oxygen present to support their offspring, but certain cancer cells and other cell types circumvent this rule. Researchers have now identified a ... full story
Irreversible Inhibitor for KRAS Gene Mutation Involved in Lung, Colon, and Pancreatic CancersJuly 28, 2014 Cancer researchers have found a molecule that selectively and irreversibly interferes with the activity of a mutated cancer gene common in 30 percent of ... full story
Genetic Mutations Linked to Salivary Gland TumorsJuly 28, 2014 Research conducted at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has discovered links between a set of genes known to promote tumor growth and mucoepidermoid carcinoma, an oral cancer that ... full story
The Role of Dairy in Maintaining Adult Bone and Skeletal Muscle HealthJuly 28, 2014 Understanding that diets are often built around food groups rather than specific nutrients, researchers from Switzerland, France, and North America decided to examine interactions between four ... full story
New Protein Structure Could Help Treat Alzheimer's, Related DiseasesJuly 28, 2014 Bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body's normal proteins into a state that's linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer's, ... full story
Potential 'Universal' Blood Test for Cancer DiscoveredJuly 28, 2014 A simple blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people have cancer or not has been devised by researchers. The test will enable doctors to rule out cancer in patients presenting with certain ... full story
Mutations from Venus, Mutations from Mars: Why Genetic Fertility Problems Can Persist in a PopulationJuly 28, 2014 Researchers explain why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population. Some 15% of adults suffer from fertility problems, many of these due to genetic factors. This is something of a ... full story
Six New Genetic Risk Factors for Parkinson's FoundJuly 27, 2014 Using data from over 18,000 patients, scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson's disease, including six that had not been previously reported. ... full story
New, Noncommittal Mechanism of Drug Resistance DiscoveredJuly 27, 2014 Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi can evade treatment by acquiring mutations in the genes targeted by antibiotics or antifungal drugs. These permanent mutations were once thought to be the only ... full story
New Drug Target Can Break Down Cancer's Barrier Against TreatmentJuly 27, 2014 Targeting a molecule in blood vessels can make cancer therapy significantly more effective, according to research. Researchers have found that a molecule, called focal adhesion kinase (FAK), signals ... full story
Epigenetic Changes Can Drive Cancer, Study ShowsJuly 26, 2014 A mouse model has been created providing the first in vivo evidence that epigenetic alterations alone can cause cancer. Epigenetic alterations don't change the DNA sequence but how it is ... full story
Manipulating Key Protein in Brain Holds Potential Against Obesity, DiabetesJuly 25, 2014 A protein that controls when genes are switched on or off plays a key role in specific areas of the brain to regulate metabolism, researchers have found. The research potentially could lead to new ... full story
Genetic Test Helps Predict Which Children With Kidney Disease Will Respond to Standard TherapyJuly 24, 2014 Among children with sporadic nephrotic syndrome, genetic mutations in the kidney's filtration barrier were frequently linked with a lack of response to immunosuppressive treatments, researchers ... full story
Pesticide Linked to Three Generations of Disease: Methoxychlor Causes Epigenetic ChangesJuly 24, 2014 Researchers say ancestral exposures to the pesticide methoxychlor may lead to adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and obesity in future ... full story
New Mechanism for Neurodegeneration FoundJuly 24, 2014 A surprising mechanism behind neurodegeneration in mice, one that involves a defect in a key component of the cellular machinery that makes proteins, known as transfer RNA or tRNA, has been found by ... full story
Fighting Bacteria -- With Viruses: Promising Information for Developing an Alternative to AntibioticsJuly 24, 2014 Research reveals how viruses called bacteriophages destroy the bacterium Clostridium difficile, which is becoming a serious problem in hospitals and healthcare institutes, due to its resistance to ... full story
Linking Microbial, Immune Environment in Semen to HIV Viral Load, TransmissionJuly 24, 2014 HIV infection re-shapes the relationship between semen bacteria and immune factors which in turn affects viral load, suggesting that the semen microbiome plays a role in sexual transmission of HIV, ... full story
- Stem cell advance may increase efficiency of tissue regeneration
- Forced mutations doom HIV: How potential HIV drug exacts its toll on viral populations
- Cell's recycling center implicated in division decisions
- Irreversible inhibitor for KRAS gene mutation involved in lung, colon, and pancreatic cancers
- Genetic mutations linked to salivary gland tumors
- The role of dairy in maintaining adult bone and skeletal muscle health
- New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer's, related diseases
- Potential 'universal' blood test for cancer discovered
- Mutations from Venus, mutations from Mars: Why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population
- Six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson's found
- New, noncommittal mechanism of drug resistance discovered
- New drug target can break down cancer's barrier against treatment
- Genetic test helps predict which children with kidney disease will respond to standard therapy
- Pesticide linked to three generations of disease: Methoxychlor causes epigenetic changes
- New mechanism for neurodegeneration found
- Fighting bacteria -- with viruses: Promising information for developing an alternative to antibiotics
- Linking microbial, immune environment in semen to HIV viral load, transmission
- Gene changes in breast cancer cells pinpointed with new computational method
- New way to determine cancer risk of chemicals found
- DNA mostly 'junk?' Only 8.2 percent of human DNA is 'functional', study finds
- First IPS cells created to offer human model of insulin resistance
- Mutated gene linked to both autism, intellectual disability
- Natural products from plants protect skin during cancer radiotherapy
- Newly discovered gut virus lives in half the world's population
- One route to malaria drug resistance found
- Why don't genetically identical cells behave identically? Cellular noise
- Unsuspected characteristics of new cystic fibrosis drugs found, offering potential paths to more effective therapies
- Age of puberty in girls influenced by which parent 'imprinted' genes are inherited from
- Genetics of cancer: Non-coding DNA can finally be decoded
- Dead body feeding larvae useful in forensic investigations
- Genes found to be linked to breast cancer in East Asian women
- Junk DNA not as worthless as once thought: Precise regulation mechanisms found, may be correlated with immune response
- Ancient genetic material from caries bacterium obtained for the first time
- Vaccine for dust-mite allergies created
- Potential genetic link between epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders
- Gene variant identified as heart disease risk factor for women
- Enhanced instrument enables high-speed chemical imaging of tissues
- Unique study focuses on combined treatment approach for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
- 'Signatures' of genetic mutations in colorectal cancer: Discovery may advance diagnosis, treatment
- Schizophrenia's genetic 'skyline' rising as genetic code linked to illness grows
- Gene variant linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, alcoholism
- Researchers eliminate HIV from cultured human cells for first time
- Regulating the regulators: Degradation key to activity of miR-21 oncomiR
- Epigenetic tie to neuropsychiatric disorders found
- ROS1 gene fusions are found in 2.4 percent of Asian patients with lung adenocarcinoma
- Potential new flu drugs target immune response, not virus
- Genes that contribute to radiation resistance identified
- Diagnostic criteria for Christianson Syndrome
- New drug against malaria effective: Uses synchrotron light
- Genetic risk for autism stems mostly from common genes
- New technique maps life's effects on our DNA: Powerful single-cell technique to study environmental effects on DNA
- Genetic cause of common breast tumors found
- Scientists map one of most important proteins in life -- and cancer
- High-dose fluticasone effective against eosinophilic esophagitis, study shows
- New clues to brain's wiring found by scientists
- Interleukin-10 aids survival of cells transplanted to repair cardiac tissues after MI
- Immune cell's role in intestinal movement may lead to better understanding of irritable bowel syndrome
- Genetic variations may modify cardiovascular benefit of aspirin
- Measuring the number of protein molecules inside cells
- Bowel cancer breakthrough may benefit thousands of patients
- Discovery may make it easier to develop life-saving stem cells
- Gene that links stem cells, aging, cancer discovered by researchers
- Cystic fibrosis is two diseases, study suggests, and one doesn't affect lungs
- In development, it's all about the timing
- New potential way to control spread of insect-borne disease
- Exploiting gastric vulnerability: How Helicobacter pylori identifies and colonizes sites of small injury in the stomach
- Protein-building enzymes have undergone metamorphosis, evolved diverse new functions
- Next step in creating HIV-1 immunotherapy using fossil virus
- Gut microbes turn carbs into colorectal cancer, study shows
- Genetic dysfunction connected to hydrocephalus discovered by international research team
- Faithful cell division requires tightly controlled protein placement at the centromeres
- Gene that plays a surprising role in combating aging identified
- Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers
- Saving the heart in breast cancer treatment
- Effects of starvation can be passed to future generations, through small RNAs apparently without DNA involvement
- Gene linked to fatal inflammatory disease in children identified
- Cell membrane proteins give up their secrets
- Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers
- Sun exposure, vitamin D levels and mortality
- Drug's effect on Alzheimer's may depend on severity of disease
- Gene profiling technique to accelerate stem cell therapies for eye diseases
- Structures of Huntington's disease protein compared in study
- Improving tumor radiation therapy: When basic ions break DNA down
- Decoding dengue: New pathway taken by virus discovered
- Preventing heart disease in New York City children and their caregivers
- Prostate cancer in young men: More frequent, more aggressive?
- Defects in fatty acid transport proteins linked to schizophrenia, autism
- Understanding melanoma development
- 'Game theory' model reveals vulnerable moments for metastatic cancer cells' energy production
- New hope for treatment of Alzheimer's disease: Role of genetic variant may delay onset
- Zinc deficiency magnifies, prolongs lethal immune response to sepsis
- Capturing cancer: A powerful new technique for early diagnosis
- CRISPR system can promote antibiotic resistance
- Genome-wide analysis reveals genetic similarities among friends: Study finds truth to 'friends are the family you choose'
- New avenues in search for Alzheimer's cure
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With the assistance of teachers, guidance counselors, and principals, students are selected based on need. We are mandated by the Department of Education to select a certain number of students who fall below certain income levels and/or whose parents did not graduate from a 4-year post-secondary institution. However, not all students are required to meet this criterion. The main thing Talent Search seeks is students who are motivated and have the potential to pursue a post-secondary education. New students are recruited primarily in the fall, particularly 6th graders; however, referrals are appreciated all year and from all grades. Interested applicants must submit a completed application to be considered. Submission of an application does not guarantee placement in Talent Search.
Talent Search has many activities for students all year long. Regularly scheduled workshops, college campus tours, and enrichment trips are conducted during the school year. Summer activities include campus tours and cultural enrichment trips. Talent Search also provides newsletters to both students and parents. Talent Search strongly encourages parents to become actively involved in preparing for their child's educational goals. Topics covered by Talent Search include:
The MCC TRIO Talent Search program provides various activities throughout the year. During the school year, Talent Search advisors do regularly-scheduled in-school workshops that are designed to be both fun and pertinent to successfully completing secondary education and enrolling in a program of postsecondary education. Workshops topics include career games, bridge building, college information, money for college, career information and character-building activities.
Talent Search campus visits have included campus tours to Murray State, Western KY U, University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Brescia, Berea, Austin Peay, Kentucky Wesleyan, Vanderbilt, University of Evansville, Owensboro Community and Technical College, and West Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Participants have the opportunity to participate in cultural and career trips to the Glema Mahr Center, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, RiverPark Center Martin Luther King Museum, Louisville Science Museum, Evansville Museum, KET television station, and the Corvette Factory.
In the past the Talent Search program has taken senior and summer trips to places like Gatlinburg, Atlanta, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, and a trip visiting various schools and landmarks in Kentucky.
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CHAMPLAIN — A Champlain man was arrested on charges associated with allegedly failing to follow the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Shane L. Agnew, 21, was arrested by the Clinton County Sheriff's Department on Monday evening. He was charged with failure to notify a change of address, a felony.
It is alleged that Agnew failed to notify the Sheriff's Office of his change of address within the required time frame, according to a press release from the Clinton County Sheriff's Department.
Agnew was arraigned in Champlain Town Court and sent to Clinton County Jail in lieu of $500 cash or $1,000 bond.
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Weatherford and Hudson Oaks area fire officials are exploring the possibility of combining resources to provide fire service to the area.
The ESD No. 3 board of commissioners, which is responsible for fire and emergency services coverage in Hudson Oaks along with a portion of the Annettas and nearby unincorporated area, gave the go ahead last week for officials to continue to look at the possibility of consolidating Weatherford's Station No. 2 and ESD No. 3's station resources.
No action has been taken or contracts signed, according to ESD No. 3 Chief Pat English, who said they are currently brainstorming.
The Weatherford City Council is also expected to be presented with information on the proposal Tuesday night.
Weatherford Fire Chief Paul Rust said they are looking to see if there is a more regional approach they can take and efficiencies they are not currently taking advantage of in providing fire service.
"Our station takes calls where we drive by their station," Rust said.
ESD No. 3, which staffs its North Oakridge Drive station with two paid firefighters around the clock, and Weatherford, which has three paid firefighters at Station No. 2 at 122 West Lake Drive, have set up a system so that calls in Weatherford's area that ESD No. 3 is closer to are forwarded to ESD No. 3.
If additional manpower is needed, Weatherford Station No. 2 firefighters continue to respond, according to Rust. If not, they cover ESD No. 3's area during the call.
"That kind of led into this ... would it be better to combine two stations into one crew?" Rust said.
Firefighting best practices currently call for four firefighters responding to a call, according to Rust, though neither station currently has the number of employees to provide that level of engine staffing.
"We're sitting down, trying to get all the decision makers together," Rust said. "So far, everybody's excited about the potential."


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Learning Safari pre-k youth enjoyed various fun activities incorporating math, music and movement Wednesday with John Doyle, a teaching artist with Alliance Theatre of Atlanta.
Doyle, a professional actor, was able to visit and teach students made possible through a Pre-K Summer Transition grant-based program.
"Only five classes in Baldwin County received this grant. The Pre-K Summer Transition program is a six-week intensive program. This is our first time applying and being awarded," said Lee Blount, a lead pre-k teacher at Learning Safari. "Hopefully we can continue each summer because it's very positive for the kids and they are really enjoying it."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It's impossible to sit still when you hear them.
"The beat is God's heartbeat. Everyone who hears it can relate to it because it's just like their heart is beating," said Mildred King.
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Deborah Scott said, "Drumming keeps us fit, physically, mentally, socially, spiritually."
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Scott added, "Even with all the challenges senioritis brings to us, drumming keeps us in better shape."
King keeps her walker next to her.
"I can't dance like I used to, but I can sit down and make movements and that's what I do."
They play throughout the community. On Martin Luther King Day, they played for an overflow crowd.
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The audience's reaction to Jamie Foxx's recent Soul Train Award dedication illustrates a dangerous trend among America's populace. To loud applause, the actor thanked "God and his Lord and Savior Barack Obama … (more cheering, so he repeated again) … Barack Obama!"
Leaving aside the tasteless nature of the actor's remarks, the overwhelmingly positive reaction of the crowd demonstrates a peculiar and slavish adoration of the president that is becoming commonplace among the political left. This month, a painting depicting Obama as the crucified messiah is on display in a college art gallery in Boston.
There is something patently un-American about politician worship. I state that with confidence because our Founders went so far as to expressly forbid in the Constitution that any "title of nobility shall be granted by the United States." We are neither North Koreans brainwashed into ascribing deity to our Dear Leader nor are we Stalin-era Soviets faking subservience to avoid being sent to the Gulag as enemies of the state.
Americans are supposed to be sovereign citizens, not subjects. Our government of the people, by the people, and for the people serves the citizens, and not vice versa. Unlike Deity, it derives its just powers from the consent of the governed and requires that we remain vigilant to prevent it from becoming our tyrant. Those who worship their leaders become blind to their faults and ultimately will be reluctant to hold their politicians accountable to the very law they have sworn to uphold.
Elections, like our last one, are usually a choice between the lesser of two evils (in this case a charismatic socialist versus a flip-flopping capitalist). The best we can hope to elect will still be all-too-human representatives of ourselves, hampered by the same failings that plague the rest of mankind. Unfortunately, the oath of office will not change their fallen human nature.
I voted for George W. Bush twice, but never had any delusions that he was a messiah. He did inspire me from the rubble of Ground Zero, but I was routinely disappointed by his unwillingness to restrain his own Republican Congress from racking up debt. In the end he seemed like a genuinely nice guy who was committed to waging war on external threats to our security but unable to tackle the existential financial threats from within.
Even the greatest leaders of the past century like Churchill, Reagan, or Thatcher were unworthy of worship, and today's leaders are no different. I might admire the courage of a Benjamin Netanyahu standing tall in the face of overwhelming opposition, but adoration is out of the question.
Worship is every bit as dangerous to the politician receiving it as it is to those who offer the praise. Back in the first century, King Herod once gave an oration that so impressed a huge crowd that they repeatedly shouted, "This is the voice of a god and not of a man!" The Bible states that immediately he was struck dead by an angel of God and died because he accepted the worship of men rather than giving glory to the Creator.
There is one Lord and Savior, but he doesn't live in the White House. And His first two commandments make it very clear that He will not share the altar with anyone.
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The Mozilla Foundation has just released Version 220.127.116.11 of its Firefox browser. The update fixes two security bugs. And there are new versions of both Thunderbird and Seamonkey.
One of the issues also affects Linux systems. The security hole described on this page gives would-be attackers the ability to escalate privileges. According to Mozilla the bug also affects the Thunderbird mail client and the Seamonkey browser. An update will be available to fix the bug, but Mozilla has not yet released it.
The second security hole, which only affects Windows systems, gives the attacker the ability to launch arbitrary pre-installed programs. To allow this to happen the user would need to have called a special URL that compromises system if Internet Explorer 7 is also installed.
Firefox version 18.104.22.168 is available as a download from the Mozilla Foundation website. Updated packages for various distributions should be hitting the repositories any day soon. In the Release Notes developers advise all users to switch to the new version.
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Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
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Field is one the latest brownfield projects along the City of
Camden's waterfront. A minor league baseball team, named the
Camden Riversharks, opened its season in 2001 at the facility
that features views of the Ben Franklin Bridge and the City
of Philadelphia across the Delaware River.
Redeveloping the City of Camden's historic industrial
waterfront continued to evolve in 2001 with completion of a minor
league baseball stadium, college soccer field and community park.
These projects compliment previously redeveloped waterfront parcels
that now contain the Tweeter Center (formerly Sony Entertainment
Center), New Jersey Aquarium and Wiggins Park, a city green space.
The remediation and redevelopment of a 10-acre
former industrial facility into a minor league baseball stadium
named Campbell's Field is the largest project south of the Ben Franklin
Bridge just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia that has
come to fruition in 2001.
The new ballpark involved a $24 million construction
project that included $7 million for remediation costs. Prior to
the new venture, Campbell's Field was a vacant, undeveloped parcel
of land that historically housed businesses that included the Campbell
Soup Company Plant No. 2, Pennsylvania & Reading Rail Road's
Linden Street Freight Station, David Baird & Company's lumber
mill and Eavenson & Sons' soap manufacturing company.
Another parcel along the northern waterfront area
consisted of the 4.5- acre Palko Continental site, which had ceased
wood refinishing, limited brass works and production of custom architectural
moldings at its facility. Prior to these operations the site was
used as a manufacturing facility of asbestos-wound gaskets. The
contaminated site existed in a mixed residential/commercial area
and there was little space available for public recreation. The
site was cleaned up through an effort of Rutgers University, which
constructed a university soccer field for its Camden campus and
a community park with a grant from NJDEP's Green Acres Program.
The buildings on the site were demolished, some
contamination was removed, but it was not feasible to remove the
vast quantity of historic fill. The solution was to construct a
cap to prevent human contact with the underlying contamination.
The overall construction project cost $5.2 million. What is most
unique here is that the cap is composed of, in part, recycled material.
The cap itself is approximately 18 inches thick, with multiple layers
of stone and fabric. The majority of the site has artificial grass
as a final covering. This grass, composed of a combination polyethylene-polypropylene
mix is impregnated with approximately two inches of recycled black
rubber. The rubber is made of 40,000 tires and sneakers.
With these latest brownfield reuse projects completed
at the northern end of the Camden waterfront, other actions underway
and the Battleship New Jersey set to anchor nearby, visitation to
the area is expected to surpass two million in 2002.
Camden Aquarium, top photo, also enjoys a waterfront location
south of the new ballpark and is a favorite spot for school
children from across the region. In the bottom photo, a view
from the eighth floor balcony of the Camden Port Center looking
north shows the three-story L-3 Communications building to the
right, which has been operational for several years. The historic
six-story "Nipper" building, located behind the L-3 structure,
is now undergoing a conversion to residential use. The "Nipper"
building was the original manufacturing facility for the Victor
Talking Machine Company and contains 500,000 square feet. This
photo was taken in the early stages of construction of Campbell's
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Oklahoma State's men's golf team posted a 287 during its second round on Monday at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational to remain in fifth place at Olympia Fields Country Club.
Through 36 holes, the Cowboys stand at 580, 20-over par, and two shots behind Florida State and Northwestern for third place. Arkansas posted a 2-under 278 to extend its lead to 12 strokes at the par-70, 7,080-yard layout. The Razorbacks will begin their final round with a 561 total, while Auburn sits in second place at 573.
Arkansas' Sebastian Cappelen fired a 67 during his second round to move to the top of the individual leaderboard at 3-under 137.
OSU freshman Jordan Niebrugge posted a 1-over 71 to move into a tie for 14th place at 144.
Sophomore Patrick Winther posted his second consecutive 73 to stand in a tie for 23rd place at 146, while a pair of Cowboys were at stroke back at 147 and tied for 29th. Senior Sean Einhaus posted a 72, while sophomore Tanner Kesterson matched Niebrugge for the squad's low round of the day with a 71.
Freshman Wyndham Clark finished the day tied for 36th place at 149 after signing for a 77.
The Cowboys will get their final round underway at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday and will be grouped with Northwestern and Florida. Live scoring for the event is available at golfstat.com.
Oklahoma State men's golf team still in fifth at Fighting Illini Invitational
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. —
Oklahoma State's men's golf team posted a 287 during its second round on Monday at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational to remain in fifth place at Olympia Fields Country Club.
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I usually review art that is on display for some time following the appearance of an Artbeat column. However, when it comes to the University of Tennessee's 2011 Honors Exhibition, it's worth a mad dash to the Ewing Gallery by June 13 should this article remind you to see the current show.
Featuring painting, sculpture, and installations by eight fine-arts students and a dozen individual architecture/interior design projects, the exhibition's content was determined by faculty members (with architecture students chosen by a Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society-sponsored outside review team, as well). And the show is special for that reason—for the heady boost deserving young people get from being recognized by their mentors. What's more, works produced by these talented students could hold their own plugged into a showing of professional work.
Beside artists who've included small canvases in multimedia pieces, only two straight painters take part in the honors show. Three oil paintings by Javan Grover, although firmly rooted in the Abstract Expressionist firmament, are nevertheless fresh as objects in and of themselves. Grover, whether evoking Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, or some other mid-20th-century demigod, employs dynamic gesture, layering, and color to maximum effect; the color in both "Red Honor Jacket" and "The Mother of Twins" (which is a bit too blatantly upside down) is simply electric.
"Chair Study," by Nichole McMinn, consists of 30 sections, identical in size, each with—you guessed it—a chair as subject matter. "Black, White, and Gray," paying homage to Jasper Johns' American flags, utilizes thinned pigment that's been allowed to drip down the surface of the image, possibly referencing our present "rode hard and put up wet" national identity (think diminished strength, ongoing racial strife, cultural stasis, what have you). "Self Striation" signals a leap of sorts from other pieces, not only because it's nonrepresentational, but because McMinn's use of materials, in this instance oil paint and tar, seems both confident and distinctive.
Drew Dudak's sculpture incorporating tree branches and dismembered chairs or stool parts is scattered throughout the exhibition space, its placement sometimes problematic. For instance, two pieces adjacent to McMinn's paintings appear to accompany those paintings, especially the aforementioned "Chair Study." But there's no meaningful juxtaposition given their accidental connection. Worse yet, the "seat" of Dudak's part-chair, part-rock-on-a-stick piece is piled high with what looks like horse dung, leaving viewers wondering whether to laugh or cry. Trent Frazor's black papier-mâché orb resembling a wasp's nest adds a strangely ominous note to the offerings in sculpture. The show falls short as a whole when it comes to exhibition design (students having installed their own work), its participants presumably lacking presentation experience. However, the gallery's separate areas hold together if only because works are mixed and somewhat evenly distributed.
As impressive as selected architectural drawings and models are, I'm afraid I must lump them into one clump, as I've had to do in previous reviews of this annual exhibition. Unfortunately, extraordinarily detailed individual efforts are virtually impossible to adequately address within the scope of this column. For that, I apologize to both students and readers and urge them to see the show. The responses to varying architectural challenges are thoroughly considered and interesting—particularly those geared toward Knoxville.
Furthermore, the presentation of projects often bridges a gap between straightforward plans and what could only be called fine art. For instance, Andrew Ruff's "The Language of Earth" consists of a four-part folded panel with moody sketches of a monolithic structure above framed mixed-media works. Wood chips, gravel, blocks of wood, and dirt rest in small piles on the gallery floor beneath them. A tall rectangular box with a maul and some iron stands flank the central portion of the piece, serving as parentheses of sorts, framing a reminder that sweat and rudimentary materials are, despite technology, the essence of building. This back-to-basics emphasis, holding hands as it does with the green movement, can be found throughout the show.
Should I appear to be lauding architecture over fine art, I'll assert that comparing what is ultimately driven by function with what evolves from arguably fewer constraints is like comparing apples and oranges. In which case, installations might be tangelos. And installations in the honors show run the gamut from Caitlin Zimmerman's combined photography and video to Jessica Stewart's conglomeration of wall-hung ceramic pieces, a wood strip "nest," a mobile, and painted canvas.
Stewart also presents a glass cabinet with 10 ceramic teapots and the odd addition of a partly lopped-off head (and shoulders) that appears to model the circulatory system, until we notice veins are trees morphing into birds. Ben Dorger's mirrored space with images projected onto cloth caught up in a maze of string is intriguing, as is Frazor's photography and painting above a mass grave-like cluster of dime-store toy soldiers and a charred amputated leg. Eyes, cigarettes, and blood add to the mix, creating a fragmented and potent commentary on being at war.
Acknowledging exemplary work by students earning one of three degrees—a bachelor's of fine arts, a bachelor's of architecture, or a bachelor's of science for interior design—this 21st annual exhibition is indeed as memorable as shows in years past.
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FUQUAY-VARINA — Panther Creek senior Dorrel McClain scored four touchdowns, including three in the second half, to help lead the Catamounts to a 34-16 victory over Fuquay-Varina on Friday.
Panther Creek, which improved to 3-1 in the Southwest Wake Conference, scored 24 after halftime to remain in second place in the conference.
"We came out and played a lot harder in the second half," said McClain, who scored on runs of 15, 17 and 8 yards following intermission. "It's been great to see our team work so hard and come together as a family. Even when we got down tonight we didn't lose our focus."
The Catamounts capitalized on two special teams plays in the first five minutes of the second half. Javontay Rhoades returned the opening kick 50 yards to set up McClain's second touchdown, and on the ensuing kickoff, Panther Creek jarred the ball loose and recovered at the 28-yard line. McClain had his third score five plays later and the Catamounts turned a 16-10 deficit into a 24-16 advantage.
"We capitalized on some opportunities," Panther Creek coach Sean Crocker said. "To come up with 14 points in the first five minutes after halftime was huge. Fuquay-Varina played well and took us out of some of the things we liked to do in the first half."
Crocker credited the Catamount defense, which limited the Bengals (1-3 SWAC) to 76 yards of offense in the second half. Phillip Stone connected on two field goals of 22 and 27 yards, and Panther Creek quarterback Brendan Magner was an efficient 10 of 17 passing for 142 yards. Magner's 78-yard pass to Rhoades in the first quarter set up their first score.
Fuquay-Varina senior Tyler Williams rushed for 186 yards and scored twice, including a 67-yard burst on the game's second play.
Williams was also named homecoming king at intermission.
Trevor Phillips sacked Magner for a safety in the second quarter to put the Bengals ahead 16-10.
"Panther Creek made some good halftime adjustments and shut down our inside running game," said Fuquay-Varina coach Jeb Hall. "Our kids played hard on both sides of the ball, but McClain got loose and made some big plays for them. We have to be able to overcome some adversity, but as a young team that will come."


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Mike McCarthy has confirmed tonight that he's finishing up a contract extension with the Green Bay Packers.
The coach declined to discuss the details. He says the contract is a work in progress, and he feels good about the progress he and team officials have made.
McCarthy had one year left on his original deal. He was hired two years ago yesterday.
In his first season as a head coach the Packers went 4-8. Since then, the 44-year-old McCarthy has won 18 of his last 21 games.
Green Bay went 13-3 this season.
With Saturday's 42-20 playoff win over Seattle, the Packers are in the NFC championship game for the first time since the 1997 season.


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Government Barometer 2012
Summary of results
We carried out our first 'Government Barometer on Illegal logging and Trade' in early 2004. It was a gauge of how committed EU member state governments were to implementing the FLEGT Action Plan agreed in 2003. Our 2012 barometer is the 5th edition, and comes after a four-year break. It assesses progress on three measures set out in the action plan:
- the FLEGT Regulation (which facilitates the import of licensed timber from producer countries which have negotiated a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) with the EU);
- development cooperation focused at addressing illegal logging in producer countries (through the VPA negotiations); and
- green public procurement.
The FLEGT Regulation needs to be in place before VPA-licensed timber can enter the EU. The first licensed shipments, according to some governments, are expected in 2012. The EUTR will come into force in March 2013. Various implementing measures need to be in place in 2012 to facilitate this. The other two measures covered by the barometer are ongoing. Read more on FLEGT here.
The 2012 barometer has four new questions, designed to assess progress on FLEGT and EUTR. The other questions remain unchanged. It's therefore possible to compare assessment over all five Government Barometers on cross-departmental collaboration, public procurement and development cooperation support for the VPA process. Progress in each EU member state has been measured against a maximum score of 18.
In 2012, the main overall conclusion is that 17 out of 27 EU member states are failing to take sufficient action with regards to tackling the trade in illegal and unsustainable timber and wood products. Of the remaining ten, some have improved their performance since 2007 and made good progress on implementing the regulations, but they all need to do more. The overall level of achievement against the commitments under the FLEGT Action Plan is still limited. Our conclusion is that after nine long years, EU member states are still not doing enough.
The weakest performers overall in 2012 (scoring 2 points or less) were Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Slovakia and Spain. Finland was the lowest-scoring country overall with 0 points. This was because it had nobody working on FLEGT at the time of the survey and nobody else who could provide a response. Germany, the Netherlands and the UK scored the highest, with 12 points each. However, this score still classifies as 'further improvement needed'.
Comparable scores over the course of the barometer surveys (2004-2012) show that Belgium, France and Slovenia are the most improved. France and the UK scored the highest. The UK has been the most consistent high scorer (taking both the comparable scores, overall barometer results and the 2012 results), but from a good start it has become one of the slowest in terms of improving its performance.
As in past barometer exercises, the 2012 survey shows that countries perform poorly on questions assessing the effectiveness of national level implementation of measures such as public procurement policies that require legal and sustainable timber supply, and/or support for development cooperation. Exceptions are France and the UK which can demonstrate, to a limited extent, the impact of both public procurement and VPAs. But most countries appear to have done little to significantly progress in these areas. Member state actions at both national and international level are essential elements in the pan-EU movement to eliminate illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber and timber products within the EU. Actions being undertaken by the Commission and a few member states alone will not be sufficient. Each EU member state has to recognise the role it needs to play, and has to assume responsibility for fulfilling its part in the wider picture.
A key gap remains the failure by the EU to tackle the finance sector on its safeguards policies in relation to the timber industry. This was one of the measures set out in the original FLEGT Action Plan, which the barometer has not assessed. Early discussions focused on the use of money laundering legislation, but this does not seem to have progressed. As a minimum, financial institutions should also be required to adopt a responsible forest investment policy and do due diligence before investing in projects.
With regards to performance in the different areas, the overall results of the survey were as follows:
1. All EU member states need to ensure that the relevant government departments have a systematic, coordinated approach to deliver on their commitments under the European Union's Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade.
This is the only comparable area where there was a significant improvement since the last barometer exercise, when many countries still had no formal inter-departmental initiatives to tackle the FLEGT actions in an integrated and comprehensive way. In 2012, cross-departmental collaboration was generally very good: nine countries scored the maximum points and 13 were undertaking some form of cross-departmental collaboration. This improvement is doubtless down to the need for the relevant departments to coordinate on the FLEGT and EUTR regulations. Only Finland, Italy, Malta, Slovakia and Spain appear to have no cross-departmental collaboration. This is borne out by the fact that these five are also weak performers overall.
Given the complexity of the trade in illegal and unsustainable timber and wood products, it's essential that government agencies continue to work together in and between all member states in a coordinated and comprehensive way, to ensure effective implementation not just of the regulations, but also measures such as legal, sustainable public procurement policies, the voluntary partnership agreements and other FLEGT commitments.
2. The FLEGT Regulation must be in place in each EU member state before the EU market is ready to receive FLEGT-licensed timber. The penalties and sanctions for those dealing in illegal timber and listed wood products from VPA countries must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
In 2012, only four countries – Belgium, Cyprus, Germany and Sweden – are ready to receive FLEGT-licensed timber and have effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties and sanctions in place. Twelve countries are making good progress, leaving seven countries weak on implementation of the FLEGT regulation and four unprepared (Estonia, Finland, Greece and Spain). Unfortunately, implementation of the VPA licensing agreements in producer countries is equally slow and although the first batch of licensed timber was expected late in 2011, it now looks like it will be the latter half of 2012.
3. Government - at a national, regional and local level - can play a critically important role by putting in place sustainable timber and wood product public procurement policies. Sustainable procurement policy is one area where member state public bodies can make a significant difference to reducing the EU footprint in illegal and unsustainable timber and wood products. The public sector in every EU country is a huge customer for timber and wood products. By proactively sourcing only timber and wood products from independently verified legal and sustainable sources, EU governments have the opportunity to set the market standard and demonstrate that positive sourcing policies, addressing the sustainability of procured products, can make a difference.
As such it is extremely disappointing that in 2012, not one country has a required commitment across all public institutions on legal and sustainable timber and wood product supply and can prove effective implementation. While there has been a slight improvement since 2007, as many as 11 countries still have no procurement policy in place at all and only seven are making good progress. Green public procurement is a key recommendation of the FLEGT Action Plan and is a government commitment that arose out of Rio and the Agenda 21 process 30 years ago. It remains a critically important step that all governments should take.
4. EU countries importing timber and wood products from countries with a high risk of illegal and unsustainable harvesting should be proactively supporting the EU's VPA negotiations in these countries.
In 2012, only six countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands and, in particular, the UK) were actively involved in supporting the VPA process in FLEGT partner countries, as well as legality discussions in Russia – through the provision of resources and/or staff. Belgium and France have made a significant improvement in their performance under this issue compared to previous rounds. France, Germany and the UK are the only countries able to demonstrate (albeit based on only limited results) that the VPA negotiations are having a beneficial effect on forest governance in partner countries. Three – Belgium, Latvia and the Netherlands – are unable to do so. Germany and the Netherlands could be doing a lot more on the VPA process, as could Austria, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
The VPAs are another key area under the FLEGT Action Plan where EU governments have a chance to make a big difference. NGO feedback on the VPA process is that there are clear, demonstrable benefits arising from the VPA negotiations in producer countries, particularly in key areas of governance such as delivering the possibility of creating transparency, capacity building of civil society, industry and governments at a national level, and facilitating the participation in decision-making by non-state actors. The ability to prove the positive impact of the VPA negotiations will only be answered adequately when better indicators of 'forest governance' have been determined and are properly monitored. This is being developed for all VPA countries, so there should be a marked improvement on this score in the next two years.
It's surprising – particularly in light of the results of this survey, the discussions around reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) and global recognition of the critical importance of securing good governance in key timber producing countries – that in the last few months countries such as the Netherlands have actually pulled budget and staff from the VPAs, and that countries already mentioned are not doing more. See partnership agreements.
5. All EU member states need to ensure that the relevant EUTR measures for governments are in place by March 2013 to ensure proper control of those placing timber on the EU market. One of the foremost measures to be undertaken by the EU member states is to ensure that the penalties and sanctions for those dealing in illegal timber and listed wood products are effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
In 2012, nine countries still need to put in place the necessary implementing measures in preparation for the EUTR coming into force in 2013. The rest are progressing to varying degrees. Only three countries are currently considering effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties and sanctions – these are Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Of the remaining 24, 11 are considering penalties and sanctions deemed by NGOs to be too weak nationally and 13 have yet to consider them at all. At this stage the European Commission is still developing implementation measures, so further progress and development of these is expected across all member states before 2013. But penalties and sanctions should already be in place.


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All employers in the US are required to verify the identity and lawful work authorization of each of their employees. The required form used for this verification process is the I-9 form. The I-9 process is fraught with potential pitfalls for employers, even ones who try diligently to comply with the rules governing the process. As an example of the complexity of this process, the one-page I-9 form is accompanied by a 64 page instruction booklet for employers. And strict compliance with I-9 rules is essential. Over the past 2 years, the US government has dramatically increased I-9 investigations and enforcement actions against employers to fail to implement proper procedures for completion and maintenance of I-9 forms.
Now, to compound the difficulty of the I-9 process, on March 8, 2013, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new two page Form I-9 which replaces the old form. This new I-9 Form can be used immediately, but will be mandatory as of May 7, 2013. DHS gave employers very little time to understand the new form, and to take steps necessary to train administrators who are responsible for the I-9 process. Proper completion of the new form can be especially challenging for employers that have several people responsible for the I-9 function through many different field offices.
This session will review the new Form in detail, going line by line through the form to make sure that each section will be completed properly at your company. The session will also review the most common errors based on the new form, including how to correct errors made on the Form.. The initiation of a new form is also an excellent time to review all I-9 policies, including whether to make copies of supporting documents, how to process remote hires and rehires, when to reverify in Section 3, and how long to retain I-9 Forms. The speaker will provide practical solutions, especially for those employers that continue to rely on paper I-9s.
Conducting witness interviews for disciplinary and grievance purposes requires skill and tact. Cognitive interviewing will enable HR practitioners and managers to retrieve more accurate evidence from witnesses even when a trigger event occurred some time ago. It also reduces the need for costly re-interviewing. This webinar will provide investigators with an understanding of the theoretical framework and benefts relating to cognitive interviewing as well as some practical tips for planning and conducting a cognitive interview with witnesses.
This technique is widely used by investigators within other contexts and this event will explore its applications to the specific context of employee investigations and in particular the interviewing of witnesses to events. Such witnesses will typically be employees of the organization.
The webcast will define the goals of the cognitive interview, explain the purpose of the technique and break down the interview into its various structural elements.
The cognitive interview is best applied to the more serious issues of employee misconduct and the more serious complaints raised by employees however the session will give examples of when it is best applied.
Cognitive interviewing is a set of skills which can be easily learnt but which should be practiced regularly and one of the main benefits for the human resource professional is that it adopts a less adversarial style and is therefore better for employment relations within the HR context.
The technique has been thoroughly researched and there is a solid evidence base for it effectiveness. This webcast will enable participants to contextualize the skills within the HR context.
Does your organization have an employee handbook? If so, when was the last time you reviewed and updated it? Have you made sure that all the necessary policies are included in your handbook, and that your handbook does not include policies that do not apply to your company?
Laws keep changing, but most employers' employee handbooks are rarely updated. Worse, many employers have employee handbooks that work against them and bind them to promises and obligations that can be enforced by current and former employees in a court of law.
This presentation opens with a discussion of the benefits of employee handbooks and why every employer should have one. Essential handbook policies such as EEO policies, protected leave, drug and alcohol testing, and wage and hour policies will be covered.
Andrew also will discuss areas in which employers may struggle to determine the best policies and practices for their workplaces—social media being one such example. Finally, participants will learn about the most common mistakes found in many employee handbooks as well as how to fix those common mistakes.
There will be adequate time left for question and answer both during the presentation and after it is complete.
This webinar is essential for any employer, company leader or HR professional whose company does not currently have a handbook, or who has a handbook that has not been reviewed or revisited in years. If you have not reviewed and revised your handbook in the past year, you will find this webinar invaluable.
It's hard to think of a more controversial, emotional and perhaps polarizing issue than the right in many states of an employee to lawfully carry a weapon for protection when traveling to and from work, and to safely store that weapon in his or her private vehicle while at work. Employers must respect this right, while also recognizing their responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace for not only employees, but also customers, vendors and members of the public. In addition, there is a movement to expand the right of all qualified citizens to carry a concealed weapon in all public areas, including restaurants, commercial facilities, places of entertainment, and even religious institutions and college and university campuses. There are vocal advocates on both sides of these issues, but who speaks for the Employer who may feel caught in the middle?
Presented by Jaffe Dickerson, shareholder at Littler Mendelson. Jaffe is a specialist in labor and employment law for over 30 years. He represents public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law before state and federal administrative agencies and courts. He will discuss:
In an age where employees can abscond with a truckload of information on a simple thumb drive, what can employers do to protect their trade secrets and proprietary information? Recent surveys confirm that departing employees are walking out the door with company information almost as a matter of course. Employers have to take affirmative steps to stop this type of conduct.
This presentation will address policies and procedures aimed to prevent or at least thwart a departing employee from taking sensitive information. The company must adopt confidentiality and non-disclosure policies that the employee acknowledges upon commencing employment. The company should stress the seriousness of the obligations under the various agreements and not treat them simply as another form to sign during the hiring process. In addition, when appropriate, the employer can adopt other agreements such as garden leave policies, non-competes, and non-solicitation obligations that can protect company information, customer relationships, and overall competiveness. The ultimate goal is to prevent the employee from starting a competing company with the employer's information.
In addition to up front policies and agreements, the presentation will also address procedures that are suggested at the time of departure to reemphasize the agreements previously entered into by the employee. These range from the exit interview to friendly reminder letters of company obligations.
Finally, the presentation will discuss some pragmatic solutions for how to protect company information beyond employee covenants. These include password protection of company trade secrets, monitoring employee access to proprietary information, and regulation of mobile devices, laptops, and other technology which allows access to company information.
In this comprehensive training, Sean will provide HR professionals with the most important information they need regarding wage and hour issues. He will begin with an overview the core provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – including minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements—as well as other relevant laws pertaining to wage and hour requirements. Next, Sean will delve into the nuts and bolts of employee status and classification, how to define and count hours worked, how to properly administer and enforce meal and rest periods, and overtime. Viewers can expect to learn how an employee's status dictates his or her wages and hours, and the differences between how volunteers, independent contractors, interns and trainees under FLSA. Viewers will also learn how to properly classify their employees as exempt or non-exempt, different kinds of exemptions, and penalties for improperly classifying employees. How to properly define and count hours worked, how to properly administer and enforce meal and rest periods, and how to calculate overtime will also be covered. Do employees need to be paid for activities performed as preparation to work, such as putting on protective gear or turning on a computer? When must an employee be paid for travel time? What should, or can you do when an employee works impermissible overtime? Sean will provide answers to these questions, and more. He will end the presentation with a discussion of relevant case law to help viewers better understand the issues at hand, as well as the regulations with which they must comply.


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After winning a 2011 contest sponsored by a Florida company that promised to remake her kitchen, Patricia Mulvehill of Ebensburg is still waiting for the work to begin.
"I'm losing my patience," she said in a letter to The Tribune-Democrat.
"It's been a year and a half and nothing been done."
Mulvehill was declared the winner of the Ugliest Kitchen Contest sponsored by Pompano Beach-based Mei Kitchens in August 2011.
She was promised a makeover for her kitchen worth up to $14,000.
Mulvehill said she entered the contest to help her disabled husband, Robert Mulvehill, who was in a nursing home. He was left partially paralyzed after suffering numerous brain tumors.
In order for him to return home to visit, the kitchen door needed to be enlarged to fit his wheelchair, Mulvehill said.
Her husband died Feb. 27. He was 65.
"He died waiting for this to be completed," she said.
Mulvehill said she has gotten little help each time she has contacted the company.
"They keep passing the buck," she said.
Hoping to facilitate the project, Mulvehill said she had a wall knocked out at her own expense in May.
Still nothing.
Now, that may change.
After being told the project was on hold, Mulvehill said she received an email from a Mei Kitchens representative after The Tribune-Democrat contacted the company on Wednesday.
The company representative told her she would have a design for her approval next week.
After that, he said, "We will then expedite the pulling, packing and shipping of the selected cabinets to your home."
Mulvehill's contractor will do the work.
There is no timetable for the project, which is estimated at about $13,000.
A company spokesperson declined to comment for this report.
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Eva Mae Brown, of Highway 26, Williamsburg, departed this life on Monday, March 18, 2013, at Heritage Nursing Home in Corbin. She was 89 years, 1 month, and 12 days of age. She was born on Feb. 6, 1924, in Whitley County, to the late Elihu Cox and Sudie Hill Cox. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Homer Blaine Johnson and Robert Hubert Brown; a son, Gary B. Johnson; and two brothers, Elmer Cox and Emerson Cox. She attended Wofford Baptist Church.
She is survived by her two sons, Bill Johnson and Toby Johnson and his wife Jackie, all of Williamsburg; five grandchildren, Bill Johnson and his wife Tracy, of Williamsburg, Jeffrey Johnson, of Danville, Michael Johnson and his wife Jill, of Corbin, Leah Lawson and her husband Jason, of London, and Kendra Johnson, of Corbin; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Johnson, of Corbin; seven great-grandchildren, Ben, Sam, Mattie, Lily, Cabela, Abby and Blaine; a sister-in-law, Lois Cox, of the Meadow Creek Community; nephew, Paul Bruce Cox, of the Meadow Creek Community; many nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her passing.
Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel.
The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Bunch officiating. She will be laid to rest in the Hill Cemetery. Jason Lawson, Bruce Cox, Bruce Jaynes, Judge Dan Ballou and Clyde Hardin Johnson will serve as pallbearers.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.croleyfuneralhome.com
Croley Funeral Home of Williamsburg is in charge of all arrangements, Jerry W. Croley and J. Andrew Croley, directors.


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The mistakes you're making as you hunt for a job.
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You don't have to sacrifice a great life for career success. Here are 50 tips to help you have the best of both joy and success penned by the authors of the new bestselling book Winning Without Losing.
This music industry executive sets the record straight on how to get the job of your dreams and what it's really like.
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Team GB: Storming start in London
Great Britain smashed the world record in their qualifying round of the women's team pursuit.
Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott were the last riders to take to the boards in their heat and blew the opposition away with a time of 3min 15.469sec.
The British trio, who lowered their own best set in April in Melbourne, will now meet Canada in what is effectively a semi-final on Saturday.
Canada clocked 3mins 19.816secs to progress in fourth, while second-fastest qualifiers the United States (3:19.406) were set to meet Australia (3:19.719), the third quickest, in the second semi-final.
Hope Powell hopes GB's women's football team will compete at future Olympics after their medal bid ended.
Tirunesh Dibaba produced a stunning final lap to see off her rivals and retain her 10,000 metres title.
Victoria Pendleton has labelled her Olympic keirin triumph as the greatest moment of her sporting career.
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A week into the Games of the XXX Olympiad, Richard Moore brings us his half-way highs and lows
Linford Christie sprinted to 100m gold for Britain at an Olympic Games best remembered for America's basketball dream team.


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Riotous as they are, the Jackass movies have not been immune to the law of diminishing returns — in terms of laughs, not box office. That the fourth feature, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, is the funniest since the first, 2002's Jackass: The Movie, is something of an unexpected achievement.
ABC's attempt at turning Will Eisner's iconic comic The Spirit into a TV series in 1987 may not have passed the pilot stage, but it sure beats Frank Miller's misbegotten $60 million feature-film treatment of 2008. If you missed the one-hour episode the first time around — and most of us did, which is why the series ended as it soon as it started — Warner Archive comes to the rescue.


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Wichita's urban-serving community and connection between higher education and industry partnerships sparked Glen Hahn Cope to take the next step in her career.
Hahn Cope is he first of five candidates vying to become the next president at Wichita State University. President Donald Beggs announced plans to retire earlier this year. He has served as the university's leader since 1999.
Hahn Cope said she was attracted to Wichita because of its size, diversity and how the university gives back to the community.
"Where I am now is really an urban-serving university," she said. "I don't really want to go to a university that isn't engaged in its community."
Hahn Cope has served as the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Missouri in St. Louis since 2004. She has a background in public policy, politics and economics. Hahn Cope received her Ph.D. in Public Administration from Ohio State University.
Despite a strong academic background, Hahn Cope said athletics can bring enthusiasm to schools. She said she grew up near Notre Dame, and saw how athletics brought prominence to the university.
"Athletics brings the campus together in a way," she said. "But the students should be student-athletes, first."
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Devyn Marble scored 24 points and Aaron White added 11 with 13 rebounds as Iowa cruised past Indiana State 68-52 in the opening round of the NIT Wednesday night in Iowa City.
Melshan Basabe had nine points and eight boards for the Hawkeyes (22-12), who won a home game in the NIT for the second straight season. Iowa will next host Stony Brook in the second round Friday night.
Iowa shook off a sluggish start with a 19-4 run to open the second half. Playing before a sellout crowd of over 15,000, the Hawkeyes maintained a comfortable lead the rest of the way.
Justin Gant had 16 points to lead Indiana State (18-15), which was playing in the NIT for the first time since 1978.