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It might be cold outside, but at Stewart School, the FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School) students are just warming up. If you walked down the hallway of Stewart School recently, you've often heard them singing as well as practicing their foreign language skills.
Second-graders are learning numbers from 0 to 31 in Spanish. They are able to express their age and ask others how old they are as well. Soon, they will be able to solve simple math problems in Spanish, reinforcing place value skills in their second language, to connect with the regular second-grade classroom curriculum. Students have learned the months of the year, too, so they can eventually express the date of their birthdays.
Meanwhile, third-graders have been hard at work learning the body parts through a series of hands-on activities including "Simon Sez," making flip books, and creating a spinning wheel with the body parts. After learning the parts of the face, they listened to Señora Gutierrez describe a silly face and then by using eye, nose, ear, mouth and teeth cut outs, created a face to match the sentences they heard. Next, they wrote their own silly face sentences and drew their "crazy creation." Students also learned how to express which body part hurts, and have learned the song, "Me Duele la Cabeza."Fourth-grade FLES activities have focused on the house. In addition to learning the names of the rooms of the house and some furnishings, comparisons were made to the students' homes and those in Spanish-speaking countries. As a culminating project, students wrote essays in Spanish describing their own homes.
Fifth-graders focused their learning on the topic of shopping. They learned the names of the various stores, and using the food vocabulary learned in fourth grade, they learned to describe the items they wanted to purchase in each store. They used the new vocabulary to write a paragraph about the various stores, and they described their favorite store. They also drew and colored pictures of themselves in a diorama of their favorite store. After each class completed its writing, students created a graph which illustrated the favorite store for their class. Finally, students worked in small groups to create a supermarket "sale" flyer in Spanish. They created a store name, translated over 20 items, used promotional wording, converted the prices to Euros, and included pictures of the items sold.
Antonietta Gutierrez is a FLES teacher at Stewart School.
Thursday, 13 March 2014 11:51
Hard decisions are once again part of the equation for the Garden City School Board in regard to the proposed budget for the 2014-15 school year despite the fact that this year's tax levy cap is expected to be 1.58 percent versus last year's 3.91 percent. Monetarily, the proposed budget amount is slated to be $109,280,138, a $1,677,772 increase over the 2013-14 adopted budget of $107,602,366. These were among the many numbers discussed at the board of education work session that was moderated by Superintendent Dr. Robert Feirsen and the Garden City Board of Education on Tuesday, March 4.
Tuesday, 11 March 2014 00:00
On Tuesday, March 18, Stewart Manor will be holding village elections from noon to 9 p.m. at Village Hall on 120 Covert Ave. in Stewart Manor. Current trustees Orlando Sa and Mary Carole Schafenberg, who filled in the seats of former trustee James Lynch and current mayor Jerry Tangredi respectively, are running for their first full terms. Stewart Manor resident Bill Grogran is also running for trustee. The following was submitted by Grogan. After contacting Sa and Schafenberg, there was no response as of press time.
Thursday, 13 March 2014 12:02
The Garden City Girls Winter Track Team recently competed at the trials for the Millrose Games where a 4x400m team of senior Laura Jaeger, junior Emma Gallagher, and seniors Emily Cafaro and Kelly Lawkins won the Nassau County section. The quartet ran a time of 3:55.33 which ranked them as U.S. #1 among high school teams at the time. On Jan. 25, the sprint relay team also had the fastest time in the country at the New Balance Games at the Armory.
Thursday, 13 March 2014 12:01
Although the Garden City girls softball team lost nine seniors to graduation last year, do not mistake that for being in a rebuilding mode. The team has a new wave of veteran players; some of them still underclassmen, according to Head Coach Melissa Reichman.
Last year's squad finished with an 11-5 record. But its season ended in the first round of the playoffs with a 9-0 loss to Wantagh. Luckily, many Lady Trojan starters will be returning.
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In a statement before the march, Sabbah called upon Israeli and Palestinian leaders to settle the ongoing conflict through negotiations and to cease the killing of innocents, according to the paper.
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat arrived in Bethlehem earlier this morning. He is due to attend a mass at night.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will build a $17 million southeast Wisconsin regional office adjacent to the site of its existing facility on Milwaukee's near north side.
DNR officials had some discussions on possible alternate locations in Milwaukee "but ultimately decided that the current location is where we're going to be," southeast district director Eric Nitschke said Tuesday.
The agency has land available adjacent to the existing structure at 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The DNR built the 48,900-square-foot facility in 1983 as a state contribution to redevelopment efforts at the high-profile central city intersection of King Drive and West North Avenue.
The existing structure requires significant repairs that would be prohibitively expensive, Nitschke said.
The state Building Commission approved Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal to fund the project earlier this year, but DNR officials could not be certain of funding until Walker included the project in the state budget he signed June 30, Nitschke said.
"We're very thankful and appreciative that the money is in the budget to do something about this facility for our customers and employees," Nitschke said.
The DNR's Milwaukee office, which is the agency's largest field office, has 158 employees and serves nine counties from Kenosha on the south to Sheboygan on the north and west to Walworth. The office serves state residents who camp, fish and hunt as well as businesses and governmental entities involved in water quality, air permitting, water and remediation projects.
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4-star apartment in Burlada with a bar/lounge
Situated near the airport, in the city center, this apartment is close to Pamplona Cathedral, Pamplona City Hall, and Plaza de Toros. Local attractions also include Plaza del Castillo and Auditorio Baluarte.
Property Features
Hotel AH San Fermín Pamplona provides a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, complimentary wireless Internet access, and limo/town car service.
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Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchens, complimentary wireless Internet access, and washers/dryers.
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The apartment offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center, a technology helpdesk, and limo/town car service.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and small meeting rooms. This business-friendly apartment also offers multilingual staff, a media library, and laundry facilities. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Total number of rooms - 86
- Number of floors - 5
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Three lives are set on a collision course. Fate is the unseen but all-powerful master in this saga involving unknown identities, accidental meetings and dark confrontations, all playing out amidst a world at war. With Verdi at his most melodic, private moments and public spectacle blaze to life. Our new production— sleek and arresting—propels the central characters inexorably to an unforgettable end.
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Stories. Leonora and Alvaro attempt to elope but are foiled by Leonora's father. Alvaro's pistol goes off accidentally and mortally wounds the old man, who curses his daughter. Leonora's brother Carlo seeks to avenge their father's death. Their lives intertwine amidst upheaval spanning the European continent, but ultimately the truth comes out and all must face their destinies.
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San Francisco Opera is the second largest opera company in North America. Gaetano Merola and Kurt Herbert Adler were the Company's first two general directors. Merola led the Company from its founding in 1923 until his death in 1953; Adler was in charge from 1953 through 1981. Legendary for both their conducting and managerial skills, the two leaders established a formidable institution that is internationally recognized as one of the top opera companies in the world--heralded for its first-rate productions and roster of international opera stars. Following Adler's tenure, the Company was headed by three visionary leaders: Terence A. McEwen (1982-1988), Lotfi Mansouri (1988-2001), and Pamela Rosenberg (2001-2005). Originally presented over two weeks, the Company's season now contains approximately seventy-five performances of ten operas between September and July. San Francisco Opera recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of its performing home, the War Memorial Opera House. The venerable beaux arts building was inaugurated on October 15, 1932 and holds the distinction of being the first American opera house that was not built by and for a small group of wealthy patrons; the funding came thanks to a group of private citizens who encouraged thousands of San Franciscans to subscribe. The War Memorial currently welcomes some 500,000 patrons annually.David Gockley became San Francisco Opera's sixth general director in January of 2006 after more than three decades at the helm of Houston Grand Opera. During his first months as general director, Gockley took opera to the center of the community with a free outdoor simulcast--the first in the Company's history--of Puccini's Madama Butterfly in May 2006. Subsequent simulcasts included Rigoletto in October 2006, reaching 15,000 people in San Francisco and Stanford University's Frost Amphitheater; Don Giovanni in June 2007, which was broadcast to 7,000 people in four theaters across Northern California; and Samson and Delilah for an audience of 15,000 at AT&T Park in September 2007. In 2007, Gockley led San Francisco Opera to take these innovations even further and created the Koret-Taube Media Suite. The first permanent high-definition broadcast-standard video production facility installed in any American opera house, the Koret-Taube Media Suite gives the Company the permanent capability to produce simulcasts and other projects including OperaVision, where retractable screens provide full stage, close-up, and mid-range ensemble shots in high-definition video for patrons in balcony seats. Gockley ushered in another first for San Francisco Opera in December 2007 when the Company announced an agreement for distribution of six operas per year to movie theaters across the globe. This agreement with The Bigger Picture, a subsidiary of Access Integrated Technologies, Inc., marks the first time that any opera company will utilize the feature film quality digital cinema format and underscores how the era of digital cinema is transforming how and where great entertainment reaches new audiences.
Gockley's partner in artistic programming and musical issues is Music Director and Principal Conductor Donald Runnicles, appointed in 1992. During his tenure, Runnicles has championed new repertory ranging from the world premieres of John Adams's Doctor Atomic (2005) to Conrad Susa's The Dangerous Liaisons (1994), in addition to the spectacular American stage premiere of Olivier Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise (2002) and the West Coast premiere of Stewart Wallace's Harvey Milk (1996). After seventeen years with the San Francisco Opera, Maestro Runnicles will step down as music director in the summer of 2009. He will continue his relationship with the Company, conducting a new production of Peter Grimes and the "American" Ring Cycle, which continues into the 2010-11 season. Nicola Luisotti, a rising star in the opera world, will succeed Donald Runnicles as music director in the fall of 2009.
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Video: Inside Harper's so-called bubble Add to ... The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Apr. 07 2011, 1:54 PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Apr. 07 2011, 1:54 PM EDT Prime Minister Stephen Harper has come under fire for campaigning in a so-called bubble and screening members of the public who want to attend rallies. His daily itinerary is a highly scripted affair. Watch More Video: Inside Harper's so-called bubble Former Don Bosco football player signed to CFL team thanks Mayor Rob Ford Lost backpacker survives Australian outback by eating flies Not everyone is toasting the idea of later last calls in Montreal Veteran's mom gets formal apology for one-cent cheque Nakamoto: 'I have nothing to do with bitcoin' Donald Trump predicts Hillary Clinton will be Democratic nominee for 2016 Olivia Chow talks mayoral race with media, maintains poker face Neighbour feared Pistorius would take his life after girlfriend's death Obama calls Crimean referendum violation of international law Prince Harry Launches Invictus Games in London Will the girl in this viral ad make people care about Syria? "You wanna lose elections? Stand for nothing" -- Cruz at CPAC This Saskatchewan man could be the ultimate winter outdoorsman Clinton explains her Putin-Hitler remark Wynne 'surprised' by Chrysler turning down government money Residents divided over Crimean parliament's vote to join Russia Listen to neighbour's testimony of finding Reeva Steenkamp dead NDP would fight Quebec referendum, Mulcair says Alberta Premier grilled about expenses Dog stranded on ice for days is rescued by U.S. Coast Guard Comments AA More Related to this Story Video: Harper releases Tory platform Video: Campaign woes dog Harper, Ignatieff Video: Turfed student says she hasn't ruled out any party
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper to visit Israel, West Bank, Jordan
First official Mideast trip will promote "essential Canadian values," Harper tells Jewish National Fund gala in Toronto — where he also belted out hits by the Beatles and Neil Diamond.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Israel, Jordan and the West Bank in January, marking his first official trip to the Middle East.
Leaving the Senate scandal behind in Ottawa, Harper made the announcement in Toronto on Sunday evening at the Negev Dinner, an annual gala held by the Jewish National Fund of Toronto.
Harper touted his Middle East trip as a means to promote "essential Canadian values" such as human rights, and to strengthen international relationships throughout the region.
"Canada recognizes the importance of building inclusive and stable societies, underpinned by democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law," Harper told the crowd at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The news of Harper's Middle East visit comes almost exactly one year after the Harper government voted against Palestine's bid to be recognized as a "non-member observer state" at the UN General Assembly. Canada was one of only nine countries to vote against the measure, which passed with 138 votes in support.
At the time, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called the vote "an impediment to peace." The prime minister threatened "consequences" if the UN vote passed.
The gala on Sunday also played host to news that a bird sanctuary in Israel would be named after the prime minister.
The aviary, officially known as the Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and Education Centre, was paid for by a Jewish National Fund campaign.
The sanctuary will be constructed in the Hula Valley, a lush lakeside dale in northern Israel that acts as a stopover for migrating birds. Depending on construction, Harper could visit the aviary on his upcoming voyage.
"I'm very excited. I'm glad to say this will be our best campaign in our 65-year history," John Cooper, chief executive of the JNF's Canadian branch, told The Canadian Press.
"The project will bring jobs to the region. It will be an epicentre for environmentalists, for birders from all over the world, to learn and study birds together in Israel."
It was "very exciting" news, the prime minister told the crowd. So exciting that he broke into song.
Harper closed the gala by belting out tunes by the Who, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones with the band Herringbone. The audience sang along as the prime minister crooned "Sweet Caroline," which he dedicated to his wife, Laureen.
While the prime minister performed inside, a crowd of about 200 protesters with drums and tambourines gathered at nearby Olympic Park
The rally, organized by a group called Independent Jewish Voices, included a number of aboriginal protesters rallying against the Northern Gateway project.
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One whole year ago my fellow NASA tweeps and I were at JPL in Pasadena listening to Allen Chen give us live play by play updates as Curiosity descended to the Martian surface and the famous seven minutes of terrible possibilities unfolded. Even Neil deGrasse Tyson has since admitted he had severe doubts about the Rube Goldberg landing scheme. You can get an idea of the complexity by playing the free Xbox Kinect simulation of the landing. You'll see just how many kinks were built into the plumbing. But the video game is much more hand-wavy than the actual landing turned out to be. The Chens, and the Stelzners, and the Sanguptas, and the Ferdowsis, and the rest of los dedicados were victorious.
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Bournemouth hotel offers cash on rainy days
A hotel owner in Bournemouth has resorted to paying guests £10 for every day it rains on their holiday.
Sarah Uzzell, owner of the Arlington Hotel, plans to run the offer in August after a drop in bookings following the wet start to the summer.
She said: "What I'm trying to do is persuade anyone who hasn't booked a holiday in August to take the plunge."
The hotel will pay out if the Met Office records more than 0.25mm daily rainfall at Bournemouth Airport.
During the first week of July, Bournemouth experienced more than twice as much rainfall as would be expected for the entire month.
Ms Uzzell admitted it had been a "tough" year with a 20% year-on-year drop in bookings.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — That big Philip Rivers-for-Eli Manning trade the San Diego Chargers pulled off on draft day 2004 is now essentially a one-for-one deal.
Kicker Nate Kaeding, obtained with one of the three draft picks the Chargers got that day along with Rivers, was released from injured reserve Tuesday and became a free agent.
He'll collect $1.1 million in termination pay.
The two other players the Chargers obtained with picks from the Rivers-Manning trade, outside linebacker Shawne Merriman and left tackle Roman Oben, are long gone.
"You get drafted, but you're not going to last somewhere forever," Kaeding said. "I think they got some decent mileage out of those draft picks."
While Rivers remains in San Diego, the Bolts haven't come close to getting what the Giants got with Manning — two Super Bowl titles.
Kaeding was taken with a third-round pick in 2004, Merriman with a first-round pick in 2005 and Oben was acquired from Tampa Bay on June 9, 2004, in exchange for the 2005 fifth-round pick the Chargers got from the Giants.
The Chargers took Manning with the first overall pick in 2004 and then made the deal with New York less than an hour later. Three days earlier, agent Tom Condon called the Chargers to say that Archie Manning wished that the Chargers would not use the No. 1 pick on his son.
Kaeding is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, having made 180 of 207 field goal attempts in the regular season, or 87 percent.
However, he'll be mostly remembered for the ones he didn't make in the playoffs.
He missed three field goals in a 17-14 home playoff loss to the New York Jets in January 2010, San Diego's last postseason appearance. As a rookie, he was wide right on a 40-yard attempt on a wet field in overtime that would have beaten the Jets in a playoff game following the 2004 season. The Jets moved down the field and won it 20-17 on Doug Brien's 27-yarder.
Kaeding was just 8 of 15 (53.3 percent) in eight playoff games.
The furthest the Chargers have gotten in the playoffs since the Rivers-Manning trade was the AFC championship game in January 2008. They lost to the then-perfect Patriots, who in turn lost to Manning's Giants in the Super Bowl.
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The fatalities included a crew of seven and 20 border guards, including the acting head of the ex-Soviet nation's border protection service, Col Stambekov, the statement said.
Without specifying further details, authorities said an investigation was opened into the Christmas Day crash.
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The US $100 bill has been redesigned and the new bill will begin being circulated in October per an article I read.
My question is should we take the new $100 bills or the old ones to Burma this January? We can avoid it by taking $50's, but given we will be paying our remaining deposit to Santa Maria, it would be a lot easier to take $100's to at least pay them. Thanks!
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Have you asked Santa Maria? I'm sure they'll be a good test of what will be generally accepted.
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Another thought, are they still making the old design? The bills are carefully scrutinized so the newer the better, pristine, so that may answer the question.
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Take either the newest bills or the ones current now. Just no really old or battered bills. Rumor has it that the central bank no longer requires pristine bills, but don't expect places outside of Yangon and Mandalay to know that. So to be on the safe side take the cleanest uncreased bills you can find. I always order new currency from my bank. They get new currency in around the holidays, so your timing should be good for getting new bills.
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Over and above hotel and transport costs, a hundred a day for a couple is plenty. Food is pretty inexpensive, any taxis and such are cheap. Depending on just what you plan to do, you may need to figure in the costs of your boat on Inle, horsecart in Bagan, and admission fees. At Inle, if you choose to go to Sankar (and you should), it's about $50 for the boat, and you'll pay a Pa-O lands admission fee (in addition to the Inle fee) and will get a Pa-O guide you'll pay maybe $10 for.
Is there anything you want to shop for? Figure that in as well. I always like to make a generous estimate and am happy to come home with money in my pocket. But do spend all of your kyat before you leave, as it's worthless outside the country. -
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I found there was a difference between one place and another regarding how much use a bill could have had and accepting them. So if you can't get all new bills I suggest you divide them into 2 piles, new and almost new. When exchanging currency and paying for services and goods offer the almost new first. It sounds a bit silly, I know, but some of my almost new were rejected so I had to find better ones. It wasn't around the holidays when, as Kathie says, the banks had lots of new ones so I did the best I could which occasionally wasn't good enough. If you're able to get all new bills then that's obviously the best solution of all.
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Thanks for the advice. Guess I will talk to my bank and see how to go about getting several thousands of crisp new bills.
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Teams of local chefs and winemakers will match up to see who can create the best food and wine pairing in Ventura County. The winner of the "Best Food & Wine Pairing" award will be chosen by a blind-tasting panel of judges, and announced during the evening. Attendees also have a HUGE part to play in the evening's festivities by choosing their favorite for the "People's Choice" award. Together, the very best pairing will be selected and awarded the 2014 trophies. The evening will begin with champagne and live jazz. From there, guests sample the area's finest wines and cuisine in an unmatched array of food and wine pairings! Proceeds from the evening will go to benefit Ventura County FOOD Share, one of the area's largest food banks. Join us for this culinary concert, featuring decadent food and wine pairings, champagne reception, live music and more! |
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A beautiful burst of color married to innovative design makes for a dramatic scarf that stays securely around your neck in even the highest winds. Handmade by the women of Wawoto Kacel Cooperative Society, an organization created in 1997 to empower displaced people, single mothers, and those living with HIV/AIDS or other disabilities in Gulu, Uganda. Each scarf is a touching way to share the love while helping artisans better their lives and their communities.
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Many of the women employed not only care for their own families, but also for children orphaned during the war. In addition to providing a vocation to these women, One Mango Tree provides school fees stipends to help alleviate the cost burden of sending so many orphaned children to school, as well as bicycles to ease the commute to work in the market.
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Nurse in Afghanistan dies in Skype chat with wife
HOUSTON (AP) — The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday.
The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death were not immediately available. The Pentagon said it was under investigation, and his brother-in-law said he didn't have details.
"We are entrusting the military with investigating and with finding out what happened to Capt. Clark," Bradley Taber-Thomas told The Associated Press.
Clark, a 43-year-old Army chief nurse, grew up in Michigan and lived previously in Spencerport, N.Y., a suburb of Rochester and his wife's hometown. He joined the Army in 2006 and was stationed in Hawaii before he was assigned to the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso. He deployed to Afghanistan in March.
A statement from the family released by Taber-Thomas said Clark died Monday while talking to his wife during one of their regular Skype sessions.
"At the time of the incident, the family was hoping for a rescue and miracle, but later learned that it was not to be," the statement said. "Although the circumstances were unimaginable, Bruce's wife and extended family will be forever thankful that he and his wife were together in his last moments."
Clark's body was returned Thursday to Dover Air Force Base.
A funeral is planned in Spencerport, but details were not immediately available. Clark and his wife, Susan Orellana-Clark, moved there in 2000. While living there, he worked for about four years at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., first as an operating room assistant then operating room technician.
"He was a friendly guy, always joking, always picking on me because of my (British) accent," said Ellie Villanueva, a nurse who worked with Clark at the hospital and kept in touch with him after he left. They spoke a few days before his death, and he talked about coming for a visit. "After work, we would all go out. It was like a family. He was my son."
Clark was an EMT before he worked at the hospital. He went on to earn his nursing degree and planned to become a certified registered nurse anesthetist, Villanueva said.
"He was always willing and always wanting to better himself," she said.
Military records show Clark finished his nursing degree before joining the military in 2006.
He received a number of awards and decorations for his service.
"When you were in Bruce's presence it was apparent he served a higher purpose," the family's statement said. "He was deeply honored to serve his country, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice to serve people, his children, family, community, and church."
A memorial service also was planned in Addison, Mich., where Clark graduated from high school.
Villanueva said the delay in releasing the cause of Clark's death was difficult on those who knew him.
"Why is it taking so long? It's odd," she said. "It's a real shame."
Clark is survived by his wife and two daughters, age 3 and 9, he said.
AP writers Chris Carola in Albany, N.Y., and Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, N.Y., contributed to this report.
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Uvalde County Sheriff's Dep. Michael Schaefer suffered a fatal heart attack while attempting to arrest a teenage girl during a domestic incident, reports the San Antonio Express-News.
Two deputies had responded to a domestic dipute between the 16-year-old girl and her mother. Schaefer, 55, was pronounced dead at Uvalde Memorial Hospital on Saturday following the incident.
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Southland is set to stage New Zealand's first UCI Tier One track cycling event, which will carry vital world qualifying points.
The event will form part of a week-long festival of international cycling, with the Oceania Championships to follow at the SIT Zerofees Velodrome in Invercargill.
BikeNZ is partnering with Cycling Southland to stage the UCI Tier One event on November 16-17, with the Oceania Championships to follow on from November 19 to 22.
Both events are part of the new regulations brought in by the sport's ruling body, the UCI, and carry points for the 2014 and 2015 world cups, which provide qualification to the world championships and, ultimately, the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
"New Zealand must stage a UCI Tier One event each year," said BikeNZ high-performance director Mark Elliott. "While this is an additional burden on our high-performance budget, on the plus side, our riders will compete against world-class competition at home while cycling fans will see international track cycling every year. It is also an excellent development opportunity for our next tier of track cyclists to compete on a higher stage."
While Australia has already hosted the 2014 Oceania Championships, ironically staged in December last year, the new regulations mean a further Oceania Championship is required this year.
"When the rules changed, then the Oceania region had to change with it. Again it presents a good opportunity for racing at home and we are indebted to Cycling Southland for putting up their hands to host this and raise considerable funds to stage it."
Cycling Southland has taken up the challenge to produce two world-class events, having hosted the Oceania Championships two years ago and the 2012 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Invercargill last year.
"After hosting the Junior Worlds last year, these events come at a great time for the sport and its fans across New Zealand and in the deep south," Cycling Southland chief executive Nick Jeffrey said.
"We all hear about the outstanding results our riders deliver internationally, year after year, so to be able to see the best in the country lining up against international competition in our own backyard is a rare treat. And with the revised international qualification period, it means they are going to have to bring their A game, so we are going to see some outstanding racing."
BikeNZ will select its team later this month.
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On October 17, Saudi Arabia was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to a nonpermanent seat on the Security Council. The next day, Riyadh made a stunning announcement: It was declining the seat, because of the council's longstanding "inability to perform its duties and responsibilities" due to "the manner, mechanisms of action and double standards existing in the council." As examples of Security Council failures, the Saudis cited Syria, weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East (probably a reference to both Iran and Israel), and, de rigueur, the Palestinian issue.
While these specifics are disputable, the broader diagnosis of the council's systemic failure is not. Saudi Arabia may yet change its mind, but even if it does, its initial repudiation alone will have told the truth about the Security Council: The emperor has no clothes.
The New York Times said "the sudden about-face came across as a slap to the United Nations and the United States." Russia professed "bewilderment," saying that criticizing the council on Syria was "particularly strange." Diplomats in New York said the move was "totally unexpected." This is apparently the first time a country has actually secured a nonpermanent seat (five of these are filled by election each year for staggered two-year terms) and then declined it, a breach of precedent sure to cause migraines at Turtle Bay. ("That's not the way things are done at the U.N.," a British diplomat said to me in my early days as U.N. ambassador, as if I would find that compelling.)
By custom (rather than formal rule), the 10 nonpermanent council seats are allocated among geographical regions. The respective regional groups typically decide by consensus which of their members will serve, thus essentially guaranteeing candidate countries an unopposed victory in the General Assembly. The real politicking is done well before the General Assembly actually votes. In large groups, like Asia, which includes the Saudis, council seats also rotate among subgroups, and a special protocol protects Arab states (spanning both the Asia and Africa groups), ensuring they are never shut out.
So the cost to Riyadh in the short term is diplomatic and bureaucratic. The Saudis look somewhat amateurish in the timing of their announcement; had they withdrawn at any point prior to election, the effect would still have been shattering, but the self-inflicted diplomatic wound would have been smaller. By elbowing everyone else aside and then backing out once elected, Riyadh has doubtless irritated many Asia-group countries and Arab colleagues. Now, another Arab state in Asia will have to step forward and quickly assemble the necessary resources and personnel before the term begins on January 1.
But for all the diplomatic angst, Saudi Arabia's decision also has a positive aspect in the short term. Although U.N. members strive mightily for seats on the council, almost all heave sighs of relief when their terms end. While service on the council may bring tangible benefits like increased foreign aid or even the occasional personal bribe, smaller U.N. members typically tire of the endless pressure on them to vote one way or the other. By contrast, the countries (like Germany and Japan) that feel they deserve permanent seats use their terms to burnish their credentials. Saudi Arabia would have fallen somewhere in between, but the main regrets will be those of Saudi diplomats now doomed to postings elsewhere than New York.
In reality, the influence of the 10 nonpermanent Security Council members is minor. Council decisions—good or bad, significant or meaningless—are made almost entirely by the 5 permanent members. This exclusion from real authority is what frustrates the rotating countries, which seldom can affect council decision-making, yet are lobbied mercilessly by the permanent members. While there are exceptions (Japan, for example, played a key role in 2006 when North Korea launched ballistic missiles on July 4 and subsequently tested its first nuclear weapon), they are rare.
Thus, on balance, Saudi Arabia's decision to decline a nonpermanent seat will have little effect during 2014-15, which would have been its term. Instead, the real significance is long range: Saudi Arabia has just fired a diplomatic cruise missile into the U.N.'s engine room.
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I'm in New York, and the hotels are jammed with diplomats and bureaucrats associated with the U.N. General Assembly session, which opened yesterday. Overhearing various conversations at breakfast, I was reminded of John Bolton's comment that "The secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If it lost ten stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference." In fact, it seems to me, the loss would be a considerable improvement. And in light of next week's likely U.N. vote in favor of statehood for a terror-friendly Palestinian entity, surely Congress will want to reconsider the U.S. taxpayer money going to that august organization.
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The Pueblo West girls basketball team has seen better days against Valor Christian.
The Cyclones beat the team from Highlands Ranch twice last season.
But the Eagles turned the tables Tuesday, upending the Cyclones 63-48 in a nonleague game at Pueblo West gym.
"We played them twice last season and they beat us both times, so this was kind of fun," Valor Christian coach Sherryl Klosterman said.
"They are a great team and they are a program we try to model ourselves after, so this was a big win for our program."
Valor used full-court pressure throughout the game, with most of the focus on Pueblo West junior Haley Simental.
"Haley is a tremendous player and she is tough to contain," Klosterman said.
Despite the attention from the Eagles, Simental hit five 3-pointers to lead all scorers with 28 points.
But the Eagles owned the paint as junior Kendall Bradbury hit 11 field goals and went 4-for-7 at the line for 26 points.
Valor's offense was aggressive and precise.
Pueblo West played well in the first quarter and even led by six points early.
But the Cyclones fell behind in the second quarter and never could get back into the game.
Pueblo West players missed 10 straight field goals in the second quarter.
"We had some good looks. We just didn't convert," Pueblo West second-year coach Gil Lucero said.
"It's not that we didn't have those shots. We just couldn't put them in."
Pueblo West senior Gina Carochi battled underneath all game, but admitted that her team's rebounding wasn't good.
"We weren't boxing out like we normally do and our shots just weren't falling," Carochi said.
"We need to get more physical. Our intensity needs to go up for four quarters."
Carochi finished with seven points.
Valor Christian 63, Pueblo West 48
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Valor Christian— McCoy 3 0-1 3, Hammond 3 0-0 6, Roth 1 0-0 2, Bryan 7 2-3 18, Waldon 3 0-0 6, Bradbury 11 4-7 26, Rose 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 6-11 63. 3-point goals: McCoy 3, Bryan 2. Fouls: 11.
Pueblo West— Simental 9 5-6 28, Rodriguez 3 0-0 6, Moore 1 0-0 2, Carochi 3 1-2 7, Herrera 1 0-0 2, Franklin 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 6-8 48. 3-point goals: Simental 5, Franklin 1. Fouls: 12.
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