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A Russell County man is being held on two counts of first degree rape along with other charges, according to the state police
Michael York, 38, of Russell Springs was arrested early Monday by the Kentucky State Police after allegedly taking an adult female victim to a location off John Street where he held her at knifepoint and forced her to engage in various sexual interactions.
The citation reads that York went to another residence where he broke out the front glass of a door in an attempt to make entry. After finally gaining entrance through a side door he kicked in, he attempted to rape a second adult female victim. The second victim, who is a sister to the first victim, was able to break free and flee to a neighbor where she called 911.
York allegedly fled the residence and attempted to hide in the basement of that residence.
At the time that York was taken into custody a knife matching the description given by the first victim was located in his back pocket, according to the citation. York was positively identified by both victims.
In addition to two counts of rape, York is charged with sodomy first degree, burglary first degree, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and menacing.
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Identities of opera singer, World War II veteran, used for balloting.
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The rider hit a car then slid under a big-rig on I-5 near Oceanside Boulevard.
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Comstock took more than 212,000 from ArtSplash in Carlsbad.
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Retired Carlsbad schoolteacher Tom Robertson joins annual author tribute in Key West, Fla.
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Their real estate agent said Hyon and Chang Hong were selling, to move to South Korea.
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U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-18th District of Pennsylvania) called Pres. Barack Obama wrong in his Jan. 25 column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for rejecting a Keystone XL pipeline project that Murphy says is "the 'granddaddy' of energy-related job creators."
Pennsylvania's 18th District runs directly through the Baldwin-Whitehall area, touching all three municipalities. (See district map here.)
Murphy explains that the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would transport oil from Canada to multiple U.S. locations, was rejected by Obama on Jan. 18.
"By denying the permit, the president has allowed OPEC to tighten its stranglehold on the United States economy," Murphy writes. "If we are ever going to stop sending $129 billion of foreign aid to OPEC nations by buying their oil, we must seek out stable energy sources that break our dependence on Middle East oil."
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Canada and the United States are not OPEC members.
Click here for more from Murphy's stance in the Post-Gazette.
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By Keith McShea
Today features a significant lineup in boys (37 games) and girls (13) basketball, bowling (the Section VI boys championships) and boys hockey (Federation Division II quarterfinals).
Among those many boys basketball games are: East at McKinley at 6 p.m. in Yale Cup I, Bishop Timon-St. Jude at St. Joe's in Monsignor Martin Association action at 7, Dunkirk at Olean at 7:30 in the Huskies' regular season finale; in ECIC I games at 7:30, the home teams will try to keep the three-way tie atop the division in these three games: Lancaster at Clarence, Orchard Park at Williamsville North and West Seneca West at Jamestown; Iroquois aims to sew up ECIC II at home against Williamsville South at 6:30; Randolph is at Salamanca at 7:30 in a major CCAA battle; Olmsted is at I-Prep/Grover at 6 to decide the Yale Cup II crown. In competitive ECIC III action at 7:30, Amherst is at Depew while Cheektowaga is at East Aurora.
As always, we're looking forward to your #PrepTalkLive updates on Twitter. I'm not working tonight but I've set it up ahead of time to display your updates.
Our scoreboard page has a schedule of today's games -- that same page will have box scores as games are reported to us throughout the evening.
Keep track of the action and contribute to it as well in the blog below -- the easiest way to do that is to tweet updates with the #PrepTalkLive hashtag.
We will set up blogs like this throughout the winter, especially on busy nights -- we'll monitor games via not only our tweets, but those of high school sports fans and followers who use the #preptalklive hashtag.
While tonight is a busy basketball night, we want tweets from all varsity sports every day of the week. The #preptalklive blog (and hashtag) -- as it was during football season -- is the place to check out scores from all over Western New York.


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Sports 'R' Us: The Top 10 Colleges For Sports: Unigo List
First Posted: 09/22/11 09:29 AM ET Updated: 11/22/11 05:12 AM ET
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Have so much school spirit that you want to shout your school's name from the rooftops? Would you rather study tailgates than Watergate? Have no fear: There is a college out there for you. And it could be one of the 10 below, where the school spirit manual is thicker than an Intro to Bio textbook. Courtesy of Unigo.
Let us know your thoughts -- and school cheers -- in the comments section!
Louisiana State University
Students at LSU are serious about sports, and so is the school's hometown. "Baton Rouge is definitely a college town. Life in this city centers around sports, drinking, and tradition. No matter where you look, whether it is on stores' signs, banners, t-shirts, advertisements, etc. there is a huge display of school pride," says Serena, a communications major. LSU's football team is by far the most popular, and Saturdays in Baton Rouge tend to revolve around games. One sophomore English student explains, "There is nothing better than spending the day tailgating with 100,000 of your closest friends, followed by a Saturday night in Death Valley for a Tiger football game."
Ohio State University
"How can you come to Ohio State and not be a fan of the Buckeyes?" asks Leslie, a sophomore education major. "People come here because they want to be known as Buckeye, as part of the biggest school in the land with the best damn band in the land and one of the best football teams." Sports are indeed a big deal at Ohio State University, and few among the school's 39,000 students would lack Leslie's passion. Malerie, a psychology student, has a different point of view: "A lot of people have superiority complexes, and if you don't like football, prepare to be ridiculed." Or, just stay in your dorm room until the game is over.
Syracuse University
Syracuse is a huge university, comprised of a number of different schools and communities that all come together to support the school's many sports teams. One sophomore student offers this quick rundown of Syracuse sports: "Basketball is the biggest sport on campus, with lax following. Football games are fun even though we can't win a game. Club sports are a big thing, especially hockey, skiing, rugby, and soccer. Athletic events are huge and absolutely should be attended." Lisa, a linguistics major, expands on Syracuse's clubs sports: "Syracuse has a fabulous club sports program. The club sports are run through recreation services. It is a well-run department of the university that is eager to involve students in activities and works for the students' benefit."
University of Alabama
"The absolute best thing about Alabama is Alabama football! The energy of the campus is phenomenal and being in the stadium with 96,000 other Crimson Tide fans is life changing!" claims a journalism sophomore. While the academics are nothing to scoff at, students don't flock to Alabama to study Shakespeare. Lucy, a junior, offers this potential warning for prospective students: "If you absolutely abhor football, you might want to hide between the months of September and December on weekends when there are home games. That is because Tuscaloosa becomes overrun with tailgaters, and shouts of "roll tide" fill the air. School spirit goes into overdrive. It is hard to resist joining in with the other 92,000 people singing the fight song when the team scores a touchdown."
"Athletic events here are really popular especially since we have such a great athletic program," says one sophomore. With an undergraduate population of close to 39,000 students, UCLA has one of the largest and best athletic programs in the country. "UCLA has an amazing athletic program, and students are more than proud to be able to say that they are a Bruin. Support at football and games are amazing, and students show their pride by wearing school colors and sporting "BEAT SC" tattoos, among other things," explains Rebecca, a junior English student.
University of Connecticut
UConn consistently has one of the best basketball programs in the country. In the past decade, the women's basketball team has won the NCAA Tournament five times and the men's team has won it twice. The football team is also a big contender in the Big East conference. Melissa, an environmental studies major, says simply, "The UConn basketball and football teams are life on campus." Another student has this to say about sports at UConn: "We are all crazed Husky basketball fans!!!! who love to party and don't mind flipping a car over every once in a while after winning a big game." Somebody take away her red bull.
University of Florida
Students at the University of Florida in Gainesville may have more pride for their school (and their football team) than any others in the nation. "Pretty much where ever you go, people have heard of UF and you can get a 'Go Gators!' There is so much school pride that it is crazy. People are always wearing school colors, especially during football season. Everyone on campus and everyone who is or was a gator at one point is always really friendly and nice," explains Shannon, a freshman mathematics student. Another student has this to say: "93,000 people fill the stadium for football every home game in the fall and make enough noise to hear it from across campus. Basketball isn't too different, even in bad years the arena is still one of the loudest buildings you could ever set foot in."
University of Georgia
"Football is HUGE at Georgia. There is nothing like a fall Saturday where there is a football game. Even if you are not a football fan, you will enjoy these Saturdays," says one sophomore. During the fall semester at UGA, life seems to revolve around Saturday games. Students are either filing into Sanford Stadium clad in red and black face paint, or glued to a television somewhere, probably clad in red and black face paint. "In reality, the school is obsessed with its football - over 92,000 people flock to Athens every Saturday in the fall," claims Melissa, a sophomore business student.
University of Michigan
"Football games are the focal point and probably something like 2/3 to 3/4 of the student body attends every Saturday home game," explains Colin, a Michigan English major. "I will never tire of going to the Big House. If there's anything that represents the communal atmosphere of the university, it's going to a football game in the fall with 107,501 of your best friends." Wow, that's a lot of friends! The Wolverines are consistently one of the most competitive football teams in the nation, and nothing brings a diverse student body together like a big win.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
If you looked at every rankings list ever assembled of the nation's biggest sports schools, we're pretty confident that UNC Chapel Hill would be on all of them. Students at UNC love sports - basketball in particular - and many internationally known professional players once wore a Tar Heels jersey. "UNC is quite the basketball school. Tickets can be hard to get. The entire town is consumed with basketball during games, with peaceful riots on Franklin Street commonplace after big victories. The UNC-Duke rivalry is arguably the most intense rivalry in the nation, and watching the game anywhere in Chapel Hill is an incredible experience," explains Kennan, an international relations student. "Intramural sports are also very popular," claims another student. So if big crowds aren't your thing, there's always the broom ball team.


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There is a pleasing symmetry to Recreativo Huelva's move to the Estadio Nuevo Colombino. For their new stadium occupies the site of the former Gas Company's playing fields, where in 1889 Recre played its first game of football. This spot, on the banks of the Rio Odiel, lost its playing fields decades ago and for a while became a dock for local trawlers, landing their catch on the less than romantically named Barriada de Pescadería or Fish Slum. By the late 1990's the municipality had drawn up plans for this waterside area, which included a modern 21,000 seat stadium.
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Do you have some favorite leftover recipes? What are they? Let's hear 'em..
I like this one for Sunday's football games:
Turkey Salad Sandwiches
Couple/few cups of coarse diced turkey meat
couple/few stalks of celery, diced up
Sweet onion, diced up (Vidalias are the best)
Coarse chopped white seedless grapes (usually I get a small package and use just about all of them)
Some coarsely chopped nuts of your choice (this year I'm using pistacchio, but walnuts work well, too. About 1 to 1 1/2 cups)
Some mayo, usually a few tablespoons, maybe 1/3 of a cup, but I don't measure. I just add till it looks right and everthing has a nice coat.
Salt and pepper to taste
Throw it all in a big bowl and stir it up well. Usually I'll rinse off some fresh leaf lettuce, slice a big tomato and some coarse, crusty peasant style bread. Toast the slices and put some good baby swiss or jarlsberg cheese on top and bottom. Some lettuce, big scoop of salad, more lettuce, a slice of tomato and some salt & pepper.
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Residents of an apartment building in the 1300 block of Martha Washington Drive reported Thursday that their dog, a Shiba Inu weighing about 25 pounds, had been attacked, cornered and severely bitten by a pit bull owned by neighbors in the building.
The couple had taken their dog out for a walk, they said, and had just returned when a pizza was delivered to their downstairs neighbors.
The pit bull rushed out the door and drove their dog into a corner, they said, where it bit the smaller dog multiple times, causing lacerations and puncture wounds.
They said the walls and carpet in the corner were spattered with blood — of which they produced pictures — and they had to send the dog immediately to a veterinary hospital.
The owners of the pit bull did not know if their dog was licensed, did not know whether it was vaccinated, and did not know the name of the veterinarian that sees it. The dog was put under quarantine.
In other incidents:
A Wauwatosa resident reported that between 9:15 and 10:30 p.m., while he was at the Starbucks at 151 N. Mayfair Rd., someone smashed a window out of his company truck. Nothing was stolen. Police consider the incident likely related to two earlier vehicle break-ins at the Starbucks location, because the windows were broken in the same way, in the same part of the parking lot and around the same time of the night.
At 1:33 a.m., a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from Peoria, Ill., were arrested for possession of marijuana after they were stopped for driving without their headlights on in the middle of the night in the 2200 block of Ludington Avenue. Walking up to the car, the patrol officer immediately smelled pot, and found several stashes of small amounts of the drug on them and in their bags. No total weight of marijuana was given in the report.
A resident of the 5800 block of West Wisconsin Avenue reported that between 3:50 and 5 p.m. someone slashed a tire on her car while it was parked in her driveway. The owner said she had let her dog out at about 3:50 and shortly afterward heard it barking and growling aggressively, but she did not investigate.


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My exceptionally strong architectural design skills, along with my AutoCAD skills and previous experience as a senior designer, make me an outstanding candidate for the Interior Designer position I recently read about on craigslist.org.
Since receiving my graduate degree in design, I have worked in architectural firms and for home renovation television shows and my recent positions allowed me to do so while managing a team of design assistants. My personal style is clean and contemporary with a mix of vintage to create a comfortable, lived in aesthetic. However, when working with a client, I utilize a holistic design approach to create the ideal environment for them so I have experience with many design styles. Though most of my work is residential, my previous projects include everything from commercial offices to banks and an animal rescue center in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
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Designed set for the special Top Ten Rappers of the 21st Century, including developing design concept and presentation, sourcing and purchasing materials, and installation of design and décor
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Managed a team of design consultants for HGTV's The High Low Project; Prepared field and schematic design drawings; Specifications research and sourcing; Managed and sourced Trade-Outs; Collaborated with production staff and talent on set and in post production; Standard administrative duties
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text: Rent the Runway Partners with Shopstyle Rent the Runway Answers Our Style Challenge by Noria Morales 7/20/11 0 Reactions 6 Shares Print 0 1 5 0 0 Today, Rent the Runway announced their official partnership with our sister site Shopstyle, so we immediately had to test Jenny Fleiss and Jennifer Hyman — the founders of RTR — on their style savvy. Their credentials are impressive: after graduating together from Harvard Business School they hatched a little business we know today as Rent the Runway, which operates like the Netflix of designer fashion. Hundreds of covetable dresses that would be way out of many people's reach are now for rent, which means designer fashion just got way more attainable, and getting the perfect outfit for a special occasion got way easier. Still, what is the perfect outfit for those special occasions? We asked Jenny and Jennifer to create outfits on Shopstyle to reflect the perfect outfits for the following events: black-tie, summer wedding, and cocktail party. To see their choices, keep reading. If you love it, just click to shop (or rent). What to Wear: Black-Tie Event What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jennifer's Picks: Try bold additions to an elegant black gown. Nicole Miller Mystery gown ($100 rental, $770 retail) Christian Louboutin pump ($895) Alexander McQueen clutch ($1,545) 1 / 6 What to Wear: Black-Tie Event What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny's Picks: A little black Milly dress, chartreuse pumps and metallic jewels are my heaven. Milly dress ($50 rental, $385 retail) Badgley Mischka shoe ($170, originally $245) Paco Mena clutch ($42) The Limited earrings ($10, originally $17) 2 / 6 What to Wear: Cocktail Party What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny's Picks: This is one of my favorite Herve dresses with the muted grey tones and mix of green. These Dannijo earrings add a feminine touch to a sexy look. Herve Leger dress ($200 rental, $1,600 retail) Dannijo earrings ($270) Marc Jacobs clutch ($495) Diane von Furstenburg sandals ($280) 3 / 6 What to Wear: Cocktail Party What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jennifer's Picks: I like to treat navy like black and play with adding color. Halston Heritage dress ($50 rental, $295 retail) Matthew Williamson clutch ($1,155) Dolce and Gabbana sandals ($645) 4 / 6 What to Wear: Summer Wedding What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny's Picks: The exposed shoulder and decolletage of this Tibi dress is just the right amount of sexy without taking the attention from the bride. Tibi dress ($50 rental, $395 retail) Tuleste market earrings ($68, originally $85) Diane von Furstenburg sandals ($280) 6 / 6 What to Wear: Summer Wedding What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jennifer's Picks: This Tibi dress scores high on all three of my summer wedding dress rules. I'll make it bolder with these Prada platforms. Tibi dress Hampton Harbor dress ($50 rental, $326 retail) Prada platform heels ($644, originally $895) Gia crocodile clutch ($395) 6 / 6 0 1 5 0 0 Read More Style TipsStyle ChallengeRent The RunwayHow-ToShopping Get a Personalized Fashion & Beauty Newsletter! Help us customize your newsletter by selecting your interests (optional): Street Style Fashion & Beauty News Beauty Tips Celebrity Style Link Love Watch the supermodels put a permanent stamp on their friendship — Lucky Has Lululemon taken things too far? — HuffPost Style Here's how to take a virtual shopping vacation — InStyle The Reformation makes a stylish case for an extended Summer — Racked Things are getting a bit twisted on the street — Who What Wear Chloé is taking us on quite the stylish road trip — The Cut Why is everyone walking right past this mall store? — Fashionista Your wedding style game just got an upgrade — The Zoe Report This is one angel who won't take the runway anytime soon — Vogue UK Source: Getty / JP Yim


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Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:
Truman State University's non-discrimination policy might be changed to include sexual orientation.
One Truman State University student was surprised when her private Facebook status went public.
Truman State University administrators created a coalition to find ways to adjust to budget cuts earlier this month. Now, the student member of the coalition, Ryan Nely is forming a similar coalition of all students.


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Annual Charity Presentation & Installation of the Meadowbrook Women's Initiative.
To Celebrate the Culmination of their Third Year!
At our philanthropy presentation, we will make our annual grant to Hofstra University's new medical school, and to two other local organizations that will be announced at the ceremony; representatives from each organization will be present to accept the grants.
Join us for Coffee and Pastry Service and a Spectacular Full Lunch.
Meet the representatives of the chosen charities and see the presentation of our contributions.
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Shaun Ryder, formerly of Happy Mondays, Black Grape, and extremely heavy drinking fame, has recorded a solo album described as a "mixture of breakbeat and stories put to music" in the deep dark depths of Perth Australia. Ryder, who has a column in the Daily Sport newspaper says "I've been in Australia since January, firstly touring and then recording new material…It will be released under the name of Shaun Ryder and Off World Sounds. I've done the album with Shane Norton from Kuling Bros. and Sound Lab, a top outfit from Oz."
"We've tried to make the album and the music a bit different. We've remixed some of my favorite songs and replaced the vocals with some of my stories – all true of course!" Ryder wants heads to know that the recorded music is "ready to go", and will be "totally different" than his previous work with Black Grape and the Happy Mondays.
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GOP's Short And Long Game
by Josh Orton, Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 01:48:27 PM EST
Atrios makes both points about this weekend's GOP leadership sketch on SNL: it wasn't all that funny, but it did nail the the big points of the Republican message strategy in a way that most pundits don't.
Smear opposition short-term, proclaim failure long-term.
That long-term strategy tells us why Republicans have no motivation to support Democratic policies today: they want to proclaim them a failure tomorrow.
Few in the traditional political media get it. When liberals describe Washington as a town fixed in favor of Republicans, we're not talking about all the hard-core conservative journalists filing stories for major newspapers. We're talking about the fact-and-policy-agnostic stance most journalists take: give both sides of a debate equal credibility, no matter what they say. And knowing that, Republicans will say whatever they want and enjoy legitimacy regardless of merit.
So Democrats argue that tax cuts are a bad choice to create jobs while Republicans say they're great. But facts always face the uphill battle in a world where journalists think there's actually a difference between spending and stimulus.
Three total Republicans voted for Obama's stimulus, because just six months from now (if that long), they'll declare the legislation a failure, months before any evaluation is reasonable. Their declaration will be treated as legitimate.
Meanwhile, the traditional media dutifully reports Obama's supposed failure at bipartisanship.
Too bad most political reporters aren't funny. We might fix some problems if they traded jobs with comedy writers.
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CONCORD — Tommy Tuberville has always been a fan of fast cars and the people who drive them.
A long-time NASCAR fan, Tuberville has attended his share of races, met numerous drivers and even driven a pace car 110 mph at the 2.66-mile Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 2004.
The first-year Cincinnati coach's appreciation for the sport went a step higher after riding in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race car Tuesday afternoon at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
"I've sat in the pits and talked to drivers," said Tuberville, who was at the speedway – along with his Bearcats players, and the players and coaches from North Carolina – as part of the pregame activities surrounding Saturday's Belk Bowl.
"I've been in the driver meetings, listening to all the rules. I've been through all the pregame stuff, and how they get ready. But there ain't nothing like getting in that car."
Tuberville, who took over as Cincinnati's coach after last year's Belk Bowl, went three laps in a Cup racer operated by the NASCAR Racing Experience.
While those cars didn't go as fast as the actual vehicles, which can hit 200 mph on the backstretch at CMS, it was still fast enough for Tuberville.
"For those guys to do that for 200-250 laps or more, concentrating on not only what they're doing but what's going on to each side and behind them, it's mind-boggling," Tuberville said.
"I've always had an appreciation for what those guys did to begin with, but now … what they do is unbelievable."
Field change: The heavy rain that soaked Charlotte and the surrounding region Sunday and Monday forced North Carolina to change its practice field for this weekend's Belk Bowl.
The Tar Heels moved to Mallard Creek High – which has an artificial-turf field – for Tuesday's practice after Charlotte Country Day's fields were left unusable by nearly three inches of rain that fell between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
According to team spokesman Kevin Best, no decision has been reached on whether the Tar Heels will hold their remaining practices at Mallard Creek, return to Charlotte Country Day or move to another site.
Blue might sit: North Carolina tailback A.J. Blue, who has battled injuries off and on this season, might miss Saturday's game because of a back injury.
Best said Blue – North Carolina's No. 3 rusher with 298 yards despite missing two games – did not practice with the team last week, and he was not dressed out for the portion of Tuesday's practice open to the media.


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---- — WEST LEBANON, Ind. – Seeger hosted Fountain Central in boy's tennis but fell to the visitors by the score of 3-2.
Depending on whom you might ask, the match between the two schools may or may not have been for the Wabash River Conference championship.
Unofficially, the two teams have combined to defeat the other WRC schools so it could be said that this match had the top two schools in the conference and thus would decide the title.
Officially, each school has other matches to play and no coach would want his team to think the conference race was already over.
"No, it's not for the title," said Fountain Central assistant coach David Kight. "We're only playing our third conference match, so it's way too early to say that."
But, with the victory on Monday, the Mustangs (6-5 overall) are the conference leaders at 3-0 with two matches still to play.
Still, the match developed as if it were being played for a title as it came down to the No. 1 singles final to decide the winning team.
Borden Kennedy of Seeger got the first win for his team at No. 2 singles over Austin Wright 6-1, 6-1.
Fountain Central tied it back up with the No. 1 doubles pair of Ladd Warner and Doug Keeling taking down Josh Orahood and Nick McGowen by that same score. The Mustangs then went ahead as their No. 2 doubles team of Dalton Griffin and Dallas Otero defeated Bret Frye and Logan Stout 6-2, 6-0.
Cal Stover of Seeger then tied the match at 2-all when he defeated Holden Helms 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.
That put the pressure on the No. 1 singles players, as the victor of that match would give his team the win on the night and the lead, if not the title, in the WRC.
Kody Keeling of Fountain Central, who has only lost one time this year and that to a powerful Crawfordsville player, won the first set 6-2 and was up 5-2 in the second set.
Addison Martin of Seeger battled back to win the next two games to pull within one at 5-4, but Keeling won the last game to win the set 6-4, giving him the victory at No. 1 singles and Fountain Central had a hard-fought 3-2 victory.
Fountain Central returns to action on Tuesday with a match at home versus Rockville in the WRC and then they travel to sectional foe Benton Central on Wednesday.
Seeger is off until Thursday when they play three straight non-conference foes in North Montgomery, Frankfort and Benton Central before their rematch on the 25th with the Mustangs.
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Fox Business reported that Cote will join a handful of other top executives to talk with President Obama Wednesday about the country's debt crisis.
According to an article published on Nov. 12, other attendees include the CEOs of Aetna, Xerox, Wal-Mart, Ford, PepsiCo, IBM, Chevron, American Express, and Proctor & Gamble.
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Los Angeles police say a man distraught over his job situation killed his wife and five children before committing suicide at their home. The victims include two sets of twins.
Officers responding to a report of a shooting went to a home in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles Tuesday morning after getting a report of shots fired.
Deputy Chief Kenneth Garner says they found the bodies of a man, a woman, an 8-year-old girl, two 5-year-old twin girls and a set of twin 2-year-old boys.
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What was the highlight or most memorable moment of your tour?
"The mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale
The beautiful towns of Noto and Cefalu
The food!"
How was your Explore Tour Leader?
The tour leader, Elaine, was excellent - the best tour leader I have ever had. She was knowledgeable, thoughtful, helpful and a great person. She ensured we got to sites early to avoid the crowds. It was also good that we had a local tour guide, as he made the site visits more informative, and could also help deciphering the food menus!
What tips would you give to someone else booking this tour?
"Pack light! We stayed a few nights at each destination, so there was plenty of opportunity for laundry.
Ensure you take your swimming stuff, as there were opportunities for swimming and snorkelling.
Don't be intimidated by Palermo - its a wonderful, safe city."
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Although you don't see all of Sicily, this trip certainly takes you to the best places. A one week holiday is not enough. This tour had the right balance of sightseeing, whilst not being rushed.
What was the highlight or most memorable moment of your tour?
Arriving first at the top of Mount Etna in bright sunlight and seeing an uninterrupted 360 view over the calderas and down to the coast and then walking around near the summit with vents pouring hot steam into the air, Magical walking around in the silence in the snow with Etna spewing sulpur smoke into the blue, blue sky and then watching as the clouds descended at obscured the view after 1 hour. feel so privileged to have had such a wonderful experience and to find the only totally clear morning to see the magnificent view.
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Great, obviously proud to be a Sicilian and yet totally honest about the good and bad sides of the country, its peop;e and politics. A mine on information and a great lecturer and guide. He opened our eyes, an accomplished lecturerer and delighted to show us the hidden delights of his country.
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Go with an open mind and be prepared to be suprised. Take every opportunity to explore on your own abnd be guided by your guide so yoyu dont miss out on some of the hidden delights especially in the larger cities
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If there were not so many other tempting places to visit and explore I would be happy to do this tour all over again. Having been on several Explore holidays I would still rate the Backroads of Poland as the best holiday ever for its variety, history a variety of places and activities, a holiday never to forget and one I have recommended to many friends who have also been and agrees with my feelings.


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By Lance Coleman
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Blount Today
Blount County commissioners went to school Tuesday night. The commission met in a special joint session with the Blount County School Board to discuss the proposed 2007-2008 schools budget.
The two bodies, the commission and the school board, convened at the Blount County School Board.
Troy Logan with the Blount County School System said the systems $71,300,000 current budget is a 5 percent increase over the 2005-2006 budget. "Weve had three straight years of growth from the Basic Education Program (formula)," he said in referring to the amount of money given by the state because of growth.
Logan projected this school year would end with about $3.3 million in fund balance. "I have not done a projection of where I think our fund balance will be at June of 2007," he said.
Logan said the 2007-2008 budget proposal is for $71.5 million. While there was a $296,000 decrease, increases were seen in items such as salary, health care and retirement. "Were setting at a $5 million shortfall," he said.
Board chairman Mike Treadway then opened the floor for commissioners to ask questions.
Logan explained the step program of how teachers are paid. "When we refer to a step, all employees have schedules based on years of service. Each year you move up a step. Its estimated a step is a 2 percent increase," he said.
The proposed budget calls for a step increase, plus an additional 2 percent. "Its estimated a step plus 2 percent would cost $1.3 million," he said.
Commissioner Steve Hargis asked how much it cost this year to send one child to school and how much it will cost in 2007-2008. "Based on budget numbers for 2006-2007, it is $7,215 per student," he said. "Our new budget is $7,300, but thats an estimate."
"The state average is $7,469," Treadway said. "It does cost quite a bit to educate a student."
Steve Samples asked about the cost of textbooks. The amount of textbooks was expected to rise from about half a million to more than a million.
"That will catch us up on all adopted text books up through the 2007-2008 year," Logan said.
Logan said there will be a $12,000 retirement incentive at the end of this year and a $20,000 incentive at the end of the 2007-2008 school year. "The savings we generate from people who replace (retiree's) is in next years budget," he said.
Commissioner David Ballard asked who was eligible for retirement and was told that anyone who had reached 60 years old or had with 30 years of service was eligible to retire.
Commissioner Scott Helton asked why the Public Building Authority was getting paid 2 percent of the cost of building projects for new schools when someone at the school board is paid to purchase furniture for schools.
Treadway said the 2 percent is a project managers fee that the board agreed to when it went into the contract with the PBA. "Money in the budget is allocated for replacement of furniture for existing schools," Treadway said. "The contract with PBA is for construction of new schools, period. Dr. Brian Bell is paid to provide furniture for existing schools."
Schools director Alvin Hord said that if the commission didnt fund the full proposed budget, the school board would come back and reduce or eliminate some expenditures. "Outside of salaries, our increases have primarily been like the countys -- insurance and Tennessee Consolidated Retirement and adding new teachers for growth," he said.
Treadway said the proposed budget was a "wish list" they had put together to provide the best education for the countys children. "We want our children to be able to compete. We know theyll be competing to get into college and to get jobs," he said.
Budget hearings will start in March. A new budget must be adopted before the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Finney prods Department of Ed on teaching evolution,
From Scripps press reports
If Sen. Raymond Finney has his way, state Education Commissioner Lana Seivers will do something many philosophers and scientists have tried to do for years answer the question of whether the universe was created by a "Supreme Being."
Finney proposes to use the legislative process to get an answer to the question to the creation question. Under Senate Resolution 17, introduced by the Maryville Republican, the answer would come from Seivers "in report form" no later than Jan. 15, 2008.
Finney said Monday, Feb. 26, that his objective is to formally prod the Department of Education into a dialogue about the teaching of evolution in school science classes without also teaching the alternative of "creationism," or "intelligent design."
The move would thus renew a debate that has raged off and on in the
Tennessee Legislature since at least 1925, when the 64th General
Assembly enacted a law forbidding the teaching of evolution - setting
the stage for the famous John
Scopes "monkey trial" in Dayton, Tenn., later that year.
Finney said there is no doubt in his own mind that everything in the universe, including human beings, was created by a Supreme Being.
"There has never been any proof offered that Darwins theory of evolution is correct," he said.
"Im not demanding that she (Seivers) to do anything," he said, "just asking, Are you sure were doing the right thing? "
He said the resolution is "giving her the opportunity to say, Youre wrong. There is no creationism. "
As the resolution is written, if Seivers does answer no to the first question - stating that the universe was not created by a Supreme Being - she would be offered "the General Assemblys admiration for being able to decide conclusively a question that has long perplexed and occupied the attention of scientists, philosophers, theologians, educators and others."
But if she answers yes, or states that the answer to the creation of the universe is uncertain, then there is a follow-up question that must also be answered: Why is creationism not being taught in Tennessee schools?
Finney said he suspects that Seivers would answer that the means of creation of the universe is uncertain. Seivers was not available for comment.
But Bruce Opie, legislative liaison for the Department of Education, said state policy has been "over the last several years" that it is appropriate to teach students about creationism in religion or sociology classes, but not in biology classes.
The State Board of Education decides curriculum for public school courses, he said, and Seivers is basically bound by those board decisions.
As a Senate resolution, the measure needs approval only by the Senate - where Finney and fellow Republicans have a majority of members - to become effective as a formal request to Seivers. The Democrat-dominated House need not take any action.
Opie said department officials would welcome discussion with Finney about his questioning proposal, which has not yet been scheduled for a vote in any committee. Finney said he was not certain when he would bring the resolution up for a vote.
Department officials are analyzing the Finney proposal and have not taken a formal position on it, Opie said, but, "I could possibly see us flagging it." Legislation opposed by the administration is said to carry a "flag" or to be "flagged."
The 1925 statute banning the teaching of evolution in Tennessee was passed by the General Assembly in March. Teacher John Scopes was charged with violating the law and went on trial in July.
Scopes was convicted and fined $100, but the conviction was overturned two years later by the state Supreme Court. The statute was repealed by the Legislature in 1967.
County Health Department begins move on Monday
As workers busy themselves finishing the new Blount County Health Department facility on McGhee Street, officials are preparing to move to the location within the next week.
The site was formerly the Blount County Public Library and most recently was the temporary home for the City of Maryville until the new municipal building was completed. It has been renovated with funding from both the County and the Tennessee General Assembly.
The Blount County Health Department will begin moving into its new facility on Monday, March 5 and hopes to complete the move by March 9.
There health department will be on a reduced schedule on Monday and Tuesday, March 5-6, and will be closed March 7-9.
"We want to serve patients as long as possible with as little interruption as necessary," Blount County Health Department director Micky Roberts said.
On Monday, the staff will provide WIC (women infants and children) and primary care services in the morning; as well as, family planning services in the afternoon. On Tuesday, March 6, they will be providing immunizations and WIC in the morning and family planning services all day.
No services will be provided on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Regular services will resume on Monday, March 12, at the new location.
"This will be a great structure to help us and our primary care partners in our attempt to meet the preventative health care needs of the uninsured citizens of the community," Roberts said. The Health Departments current facility, located at 1006 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, is overcrowded and short on space, he said.
"This is a win-win for the taxpayer," Roberts said. "Were breathing new life into a county building to provide improved health department services for years to come."
The new health department building will allow additional space for primary care services, as well as preventive health services.
Basic medical services for uninsured adults are offered on a sliding fee scale based on income, with a $5 minimum fee for each visit. This fee will be in addition to the charges for any drugs or supplies dispensed during the visit.
The primary care clinic provides treatment of acute illnesses, management of chronic diseases and referral assistance.
The Blount County Commission previously authorized the Public Building Authority to issue bonds not to exceed $3 million for the renovations.
The county also received $1 million from the State Health
Department to establish a primary care clinic for the uninsured in the
wake of TennCare cuts.


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COLUMBIA, SC — A water line break at Broad River Road near the intersection of St. Andrews Road is expected to cause delays in the area for hours, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The two lanes of westbound traffic are being rerouted to Zimalcrest Drive and Browning Road, said Lance Cpl. David Jones.
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Earlier this year, Oracle created the infinity-loop graphic above to illustrate "The Customer Journey." While customer journey mapping techniques have been around for years, our hats went off immediately to this illustration's designer. Most customer journey maps we've seen in the past looked more complex and confusing than one of those infamously indecipherable Power Point slides created by the Pentagon.
The most important thing the Oracle illustration communicates is something marketers too often forget—the word "customer" can be applied to two distinct groups:Read More
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Marketplace Homes plans to experiment with a way to have a salesperson show new homes remotely.
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Kalis, the managing partner of Michigan-based Marketplace Homes, thinks builders, like dealers, need to extend the hours and days they make their models—which are their "stores"—available for viewing. And he believes he's figured out a way to help builders do just that.
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Here is an update on the Hotaru Ferschke case that just continues to be an example of all that is wrong with US immigration:
Robin Ferschke is looking forward to her grandson's visit with excitement — and dread.
She's eager to hug her slain Marine son's boy for the first time in seven months when he arrives in Maryville, Tenn., on Friday with his Okinawan mother, Hotaru, for a weeklong visit.
But she dreads when Hotaru and 17-month old Mikey, named after his father who was killed in Iraq two years ago, must return to Okinawa.
Hotaru has been denied U.S. residency because her marriage to Marine Sgt. Michael Ferschke was not consummated after they married. They wed over the telephone in July 2008, just a month before he was killed while conducting door-to-door searches in a town north of Baghdad.
Mikey, who is a U.S. citizen by birth, was born five months later.
"I'm afraid we might never be able to go ahead with our plans to have them move here and raise Mikey where his father grew up," Robin Ferschke said. "The bills introduced in Congress have stalled and there's not much hope the law will be changed soon."
Current law is designed to guard against weddings of convenience used to obtain U.S. residency for foreigners bypassing strict immigration rules. Proxy marriages are not valid unless they are consummated after the vows have been exchanged.
Michael Ferschke, then 22, a radio operator with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, met Hotaru, 24, on Camp Schwab in March 2007. When Hotaru discovered she was pregnant in May 2008, just a month after Michael deployed to Iraq, they decided to marry over the phone.
Hotaru flew back to Maryville for her husband's funeral and was so touched by the outpouring of love from her new in-laws that she decided to raise their son there.
She was able to stay with the Ferschkes for almost a year after Mikey was born, but was forced to return to Okinawa when her visa ran out. [Stars & Stripes]
Read the rest at the link, but the Senate is refusing to do anything about this even though a private bill to exempt Hotaru was introduced. However, according to a Senate spokesman such private bills are "frowned upon". The Senate may not have time to help Hotaru and her deceased husband's family, but how much you want to bet that they will find time this year to try and pass a massive amnesty bill for people who illegally entered the country while continuing to punish someone like Hotaru who is trying to receive residency the legal way?
Think about that this 4th July.
Also kudos to Stars & Stripes for continuing to follow this story because the mainstream media rather highlight sob stories of illegal immigrant criminals instead of a widow of a US Marine killed in Iraq trying to gain residency in the US.


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Tapes are due for a midlife crisis. Invented in 1963 by Lou Ottens and later introduced at the Funkausstellung radio exhibition in Berlin, compact cassettes would go on to become the most prevalent form of prerecorded music from 1983, when they began outselling records, until 1991, when the CD became the most popular medium.
Tapes were undeniably an iconic part of music culture for several decades during the height of physical musical sales and distribution. And as the technology turns 50 this month, is anyone paying attention?
When it comes to romance, music critic Rob Sheffield writes in Love Is A Mixtape, cassettes "wipe the floor with MP3s." This is about neither superstition nor nostalgia, he adds.
Sheffield, 47, came of age in the heyday of the cassette and likely harbors an affinity for hiss-filled tapes that I, and others my age (I'm 21), can't relate to. Sure, I had a cassette player once. I was five, and my dad would load the thing with Stevie Ray Vaughan recordings. But by second grade I'd moved on to better and slicker things, namely Blink-182 CDs picked up at my local Newbury Comics. From then on, I never used that Sony cassette player again.
Still, that player and those tapes were both lightweight and portable, something skipping, scratched-up CDs didn't compete with well. This low profile and their ease of use made them a cost-effective distribution medium for labels and hopeful bands trying to get A&R love, as well as a chance for DIY home recording and music swaps among audiophiles and young lovers alike.
We're all familiar with the well-worn trope of using a blank cassette to record radio bootlegs and make mixtapes for loved ones, an act that coerced the British Phonographic Industry to make the 1980s slogan "The Home Tape is Killing Music."
I have been an active mixtape maker and music gifter my whole life. Every girl I've had feelings for has received a playlist with a little bit of mushy indie rock with a hint of gangster rap to cut the sappiness. I've used CDs, Dropbox and more to send these mixes, but tapes never have made the cut out of fear that the chosen lady would not have any means to play a tape. Even now, as a handful of my friends work at labels and music companies, I have convinced myself that the cassette tape is too niche to present as a gift. Can they ever make a comeback?
The cassette isn't quite shaking physical music these days, and it isn't enjoying the same sort of renaissance as vinyl, which has seen a 33.5 percent increase in sales in the first half of 2013 alone. But there is undoubtedly public interest in the format today, spurred by new tape labels popping up, a phenomenon Marc Hogan wrote about in a 2010 Pitchfork feature. Our colleagues at Noisey have said there's a "resurgence" of tapes, even if most folks have yet to see it.
In September, there will be the first Cassette Store Day (an interesting title, seeing as there are few stores that just handle cassettes), which will include concerts and limited edition releases and reissues from bands like Fucked Up, Deerhunter and The Flaming Lips, as well as labels like California's Burger Records, Night People, Domino and my personal favorite 4AD.
At the turn of the millennium, there were still over 70 million cassette tapes shipped throughout the US.
The organizers' website claims that the cassette is "no longer the inadequate, younger sibling of vinyl and CD," and that it is "still going strong in the turbulent current musical climate." This may be true for die-hard music fans (who some may refer to as elitists), but sales and press coverage beg to differ.
Perhaps because they're pretty much nonexistent in the world of major labels and larger retailers, it's rather difficult to find out just how many cassettes are moving off the shelves. The Nielsen music industry report doesn't even give the cassette its own sales category. The analytics company lumps the format into a section called "Total Album Sales" that includes CDs, vinyl and digital album downloads.
According to NME, only 604 official units were sold in the UK last year (three times as many sales as the previous year), but most of the sales were of a single by British outfit Feeder. Good luck determining how many tapes niche labels like The Trilogy Tapes or Opal Tapes sold, as the plastic devices will surely continue to be ignored by Nielsen.
Digital Music News recently made a chart that tracks the decline of cassette sales, using shipment data from the RIAA. At the turn of the millennium, there were still over 70 million cassette tapes shipped throughout the US, while the site claims that number is essentially zero today. Based on DMN's data, the cassette appears about as widespread as the irrelevant MiniDisc, which had just under 300 purchases in 2012.


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James Lagomarsino, 36, has spent the better part of a year walking the county, dropping by people's houses, talking to them about the district judge's job, and asking for their votes.
Lagomarsino, currently Corsicana municipal judge, and formerly a prosecutor with the district attorney's office, is running against Clay Beard, a private practice attorney. The incumbent judge, John Jackson, is not seeking reelection.
As he travels from house to house, block to block, he meets a lot of the people who don't know what the district judge does, and while he understands that it can be confusing, he thinks educating people is part of the process.
Unlike justice of the peace, or even county judge, the district judge is required to be a lawyer, and is currently the only jurist in the county able to hear felony cases. In Navarro County, the district judge is also the administrator over the probation department and the county auditor's office.
Lagomarsino said it's also been educational for him, too.
"I've been meeting people I never would have met otherwise. People who are just going about their lives," Lagomarsino said.
He admitted that judges don't always meet the nicest people, nor do prosecutors, he said.
For seven years, from 1999 to 2006, Lagomarsino worked as a prosecutor with the Navarro County District Attorney's office, and he focused primarily on child protective cases, of abuse, molestation and families torn apart by drugs. He left the D.A.'s office in 2006 to become municipal judge, taking the place of Lowell Thompson, now district attorney.
He took the municipal judge's position to see if he would enjoy being a judge, and found that he does.
While he doesn't compare the two directly — as municipal judge, he doesn't hear felonies, and most of his punishments are for fines or one or two days in jail at most — he sees the similarities.
"As a municipal judge you have to follow all kinds of rules and laws, and many I don't personally agree with," he said. Still, he can't enforce them selectively, picking and choosing which ones he likes or not.
"It trains you to be neutral and objective. You're there to make sure everyone gets a fair trial," he said.
If elected, he pledges to be fair, and abide by the laws, not personalities, in all his decisions.
"I will follow the law, and make sure safety (of the community) is always considered, as well as the rights of the defendant," he said. "It's a great balancing act."
Lagomarsino said he's the better candidate because of his experience, integrity and willingness to put in long hours and devote himself to the job, as he has in the last two years at municipal judge.
"You've got to be willing to work hard and stand up to people in that courtroom, both as a lawyer and a judge," he said.
"I've been a public servant since I got out of law school," he said. "That's part of the job."
Born and reared in Corsicana, Lagomarsino is married to Shannon Lagomarsino, and they have two children, Logan, 12, and Aiden, who is nearly 3. They are expecting twins. Shannon works as a flight attendant with Delta Air Lines.
He attended the University of Texas at Austin, worked in Washington, D.C., as a special prosecutor, and attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law.
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MODESTO — A Modesto man already in jail on a separate charge was rearrested Monday night in connection with last weeks fatal stabbing near the citys senior center, authorities said.
Forrest Eric Heath, 31, was booked into Stanislaus County Jail on one count of murder. He had been recently arrested on an unrelated case and was currently in custody, according to Lt. Rick Armendariz of the Modesto Police Department.
Heath is suspected of killing Jimmy Espinoza, 31, whose body was discovered early Wednesday afternoon in an alley off Melrose Street near the Modesto Senior Citizens Center.
Espinoza died from at least one stab wound, police said.
Following up on leads, homicide detectives discovered Espinoza had been having an ongoing dispute with Heath.
In a press release, Armendariz said detectives interviewed Heath, and learned he had been involved in a violent altercation with Espinoza and had fatally stabbed him.
Armendariz could not be reached for further comment on Monday night regarding the exact details of the incident and the nature of Heaths prior arrest.
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Edward Kame'enui '70 is an internationally-known expert on reading and learning disabilities, the author or co-author of more than a dozen textbooks and more than 100 scholarly articles and book chapters. Recently, Kame'enui was appointed the country's first commissioner of special education research as head of the new National Center for Special Education Research, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
Yet, during his undergraduate days at Pacific, the native of Hawai'i was more interested in Greek tragedy and poetry than teaching. His thesis while earning a bachelor's degree in English literature was on John Keats.
"I was not initially interested in teaching at all at Pacific," he said. "I resisted doing any kind of education certificate."
However, Kame'enui and his wife got jobs as live-in teachers and house parents in a Wisconsin residential treatment center for children with serious emotional and behavioral problems. A light went on. "I enjoyed it. They presented enormous problems and had serious behavior issues. They were bright kids, but didn't know much. They had not been taught very well." He found that with the proper presentation, even these troubled kids could learn, setting off an interest in education research. "I became intrigued with the whole process of what works."
Kame'enui took that interest to the University of Oregon (UO) where he earned master's and doctoral degrees in special education. He taught at the University of Montana and Purdue University before returning to UO as a professor of special education and head of several federal and state research projects.
Although he said education in general lacks the body of research other disciplines draw upon, there is strong evidence that children with learning disabilities benefit from specialized instruction. "For these kids the instruction is very crucial - how we present the information, how many chunks and for how long and what we expect back - the steps in the activities that permit them to get the information."
The Center for Special Education Research opens in Washington, D.C., in July 2006. It is tasked with sponsoring research aimed at improving the education results and services for students with disabilities and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Kame'enui sees that effort as no different than what the National Institutes for Health does. "We will establish a research agenda for the U.S. in special education, identify topics that have the best research and best science out in the field, and get funding to the best researchers."


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DEP and county West Nile Virus staff respond to these reports with additional mosquito surveillance and control, according to a DEP news release.
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Stay up-to-date with the Center of Lifestyle Medicine see all media appearances, our monthly newsletter and presentations.
Center for Lifestyle Medicine Presentations 2009–2010
"Obesity: What Works, How, Why, and When?" Invited speaker, American College of Physicians (ACP) annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 24, 2009.
"Treating overweight and obese patients: Engaging and motivating patients in 15 minutes or less" Invited speaker, Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, June 3, 2009.
"A Physician's perspective: Defining obesity medicine as an independent specialty" Invited speaker, The World Health Congress 4th Annual Obesity Congress, Washington DC, September 30, 2009.
"Feeding the obese patient" Invited speaker. 4th International Erasmus Master Class: Obese Patients, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. March 26–26, 2010
"Total Nutrition Therapy (TNT) – Diabetes" Invited speaker, Abbott Nutrition International. Beijing, China. April 10, 2010.
"Advances in the clinical management of obesity: Implications for prevention" Invited speaker. Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association 16th annual symposium. Schaumburg, IL, April 15, 2010.
"Update on Obesity" Invited speaker. Illinois Dietetic Association 2010 Assembly, Oak Brook, IL, April 16–17, 2010.
Publications 2009–2010
Talarico JA, Torquati, A, McCarthy EM. Preoperative group education in Medicaid Population: Does it really make a difference. SOARD 2010 (ahead of press).
Kushner RF. Understanding obesity by asking the right questions. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 53(1):148–151, 2010.
Kushner RF, Neff L. Bariatric surgery – a key role for registered dietitians. Editorial. J Am Diet Assoc 110(4):524–526, 2010.
Kushner RF. Tacking Obesity. Is primary care up to the challenge? Commentary. Arch Intern Med 170(2):212–123, 2010.
Kushner RF, Choi SW. Prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle patterns among overweight and obese adults. Obesity (published 2009 online ahead of press).
Kushner RF. Obesity and Nutrition, Chapter 36. In: Waldman SA Terzic A, Eds., Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Principles to Practice. Sanders Publ., Philadelphia, PA, 2009, pp 549–556.
Shikora SA, Bergenstal R, Bessler M, Brody F, Foster G, Frank A, Gold M, Klein S, Kushner R, Sarwer DB. Implantable gastric stimulation for the treatment of clinically severe obesity: results of the SHAPE trial. SOARD 5;31–37, 2009.
Kushner RF, Kushner N, Jackson Blatner D. Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Tool Kit, American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL, 2009.
Kushner RF. Assessment of the Obese Individual, Part A. In: Nonas CA, Foster GD, Eds., Managing Obesity. A Clinical Guide, 2nd Edition. American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL, 2009, pp 3–10.
Sharma AM, Kushner RF. A proposed clinical staging system for obesity. Int J Obes 33:289–195, 2009.
Kushner RF, Sujak M. Prevention of weight gain in adult patients with type 2 diabetes treated pioglitazone. Obesity 17:1017–1022, 2009.
Kushner RF, Kushner N. Lifestyle and behavior: Weight management counseling using a targeted lifestyle patterns approach. Diabetes Spectrum 22(1):26–28, 2009.
Mechanick JI, Kushner RF, Sugerman HJ, for the writing group. AACE/TOS/ASMBS Guidelines. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery medical guidelines for clinical practice for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient. Endocrine Practice 14(3):318–336, 2008; Obesity 17 (Suppl 1):S1–S70, 2009.


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Mike Hamilton timeline
A look back at Mike Hamilton's time as athletic director at UT. http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jun/07/mike-hamilton-timeline-tennessee/
Amid all of the negatives might give him credit for really building up the athletic department complex. Just about every facility UT has has either been built or substantially upgraded during his tenure. In fact, I'm not sure there is one that has not. Perhaps the Goodfriend Tennis Center, which was relatively new when he took over.


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Fahad Habib, Amazon
Fahad is the manager of the Kindle Development Kit (KDK) QA team at Amazon. He has worked at Amazon since 2005, and prior to that he was with Microsoft. He received the MS in Computer Science from PSU in 2004.
Hanna Linder, IBM
Hanna is currently a VMware ESX Support Engineer at IBM where she is responsible for advanced support and critical customer situation resolution for VMware's flagship virtualization platform running on IBM's server hardware. She has worked at IBM since 1999, and before that at Sequent Computer Systems since 1996. She received the BS in Computer Science from PSU in 1999.
Holly Rasmussen, US Bankcorp
Holly has been a Senior Application Developer at US Bancorp where she develops software for Internet and ATM banking. Prior to joining US Bancorp, she was with SunGard where she developed import/export Internet applications for large banks such as Chase Manhattan, Credit Suisse and Bank of Scotland. Holly received an MS in Computer Science from PSU in 1999.
Jack Weast, Intel
Jack is an Advanced CE Solutions Architect and an Engineering Manager at Intel. He received the BS in Computer Science from PSU in 1999.
Joe Capell, A-dec
Joe is a Senior Software Developer at A-dec, where he develops custom applications supporting manufacturing processes and workflows. Prior to A-dec, Joe worked for Tiburon, Inc. as a Software Engineer Technical Lead in charge of public safety mobile data systems. He received his BS in Computer Science in 2004 from Portland State.
John C. Thomas, Sharp Labs
A Senior Member of the Technical Staff, John C Thomas has been with Sharp Labs for the past 14 years, and before that with Tektronix. His recent work involves printer emulation, color reproduction and network communication. He holds the BA in Physics from Reed College.
Shauna Gonzles, Nike
Shauna is the Lead Software QA Engineer at Nike, where she has worked since 2004. Prior to Nike, she served as QA Manager at Inspiration Software, and before that as VP of Engineering and QA at ImageBuilder Software. She has worked in the Software QA field since 1987. She received the BA in Computer Science from Portland State in 1987.
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Rosemaria Martinelli, the Associate Dean of Student Recruitment & Admissions at the Chicago Graduate School of Business. Rosemaria was kind enough to answer a few questions about Chicago GSB and the Chicago GSB admissions process. If you are getting ready to apply to Chicago GSB or any business school, you shouldn't miss out on this sage advice:
Can you provide a general overview of your admissions process?
Chicago GSB employs a holistic admissions process. We seek candidates who have a track record of success both academically and professionally, who are engaged in their community, and who have a clear sense of path and plan and how Chicago GSB fits into their plans. Self-awareness is critical. We utilize the typical application components -- GMAT, GPA, work experience, community engagement, essays and recommendations to evaluate whether candidates are a fit & match with Chicago GSB's values. We conduct interviews by invitation only after a full evaluation of the application.
Is it better to apply early in the process?
The timing of an application is less important than the quality of the application. While we encourage applicants to apply as early as is possible, there is always room in Round Three for great candidates.
Who conducts your admissions interviews?
Admissions interviews are conducted by trained graduate assistants on campus, alumni around the world, and staff in specific locations around the world
Do you have any interview tips for applicants?
Know yourself and be yourself. Relax and tell your story.
How important is an applicants GMAT score?
It is one of the predictors for how well a student will do in studies at the GSB. The 80th percentile range of scores for the entering class is 640-760 (a broad range). A high score will not guarantee admissions; likewise, a low score will not preclude admission. It's just one piece of a complex puzzle.
In regards to undergraduate study, do you consider other factors besides performance? For example, does it matter where an applicant completed their undergraduate schooling?
All these factors are important. Each applicant has very different options and opportunities in their life. How well a person leverages his/her opportunities is more important than the brand of an institution.
What is your position on people who apply to your MBA program directly out of college?
Chicago GSB is certainly open to admitting a small number of students directly from college. Successful students need to have had a number of internships, have done extremely well academically, have demonstrated leadership potential through student group activities and can clearly answer "why now?". Of course, personal/professional maturity is important as well.
Does race, ethnicity, sex, and cultural background play much of a role in your admission decisions?
Crafting a diverse class with diverse backgrounds, citizenship, industry and function is an important part of the admissions selection process and the education we provide. We want a well rounded student class body to enrich the learning of everyone. It's just part of the job of crafting a class versus admitting a class.
What qualifies as a good letter of recommendation?
The best letters of recommendation highlight with examples both the strengths and weakness of the candidate in light of a peer group. Typically, admissions offices limit essay length, but we all encourage recommenders to take the space they need to help build your case.
What is the most common mistake that applicants make?
Trying to be someone they are not, and trying to impress the admissions committee.
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Lois Ann (Fox) Belak, 82, of Twinsburg, passed away Oct. 30.
She was the wife of the late John Belak, according to the Plain Dealer.
She was mother of four, grandmother of eight and great-grandmother of seven.
A Memorial Mass will be held Monday, November 12, 2012 at 10 AM at Holy Angels Catholic Church, 18205 Chillicothe Rd. Bainbridge, OH.