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DUBAI, U.A.E., 26th February 2013: Emirates, Official Airline of the ATP World Tour and title sponsor of the ATP Rankings, hosted its first live-on-air Google+ Hangout with the number one ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, and tennis fans from around the world including Emirates Skywards members. To watch the Hangout go to Emirates' YouTube Channel.
"As Official Airline of the ATP World Tour and title sponsor of the ATP Rankings, Emirates supports professional tennis on a global level," said Sir Maurice Flanagan, Executive Vice Chairman of Emirates Airline & Group. "By enabling fans to get closer to tennis legends and to interact with them directly via Google+ Hangouts, we are able to share our passion for the sport and to give our customers rewarding, once in a lifetime experiences."
Currently ranked number one, Novak Djokovic also held the top ranking by the ATP in 2011 and 2012 and is considered by many to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, winning six Grand Slam singles titles. Highlights from the Hangout include questions posed to Djokovic by participants about his favourite tennis memories, tips for aspiring tennis players and his fitness regime. When asked who he would play against if he could challenge anyone in the world, Djokovic said he would pick 'Bono, on a clay court, in Monte Carlo.'
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By Dan Telvock
If Buffalo Board of Education members want to pinpoint two reasons why almost half of city schools are failing they can look at the district's physical and health education programs.
The problem is they've been turning a blind eye.
The youngest students aren't getting enough exercise and about 45 percent of Buffalo's seventh graders are overweight, which does impact academic performance according to national studies.
So it shouldn't be a surprise that the school system isn't in compliance with state regulations for its physical and health education programs and hasn't been for at least a decade.
The state Department of Education requires a comprehensive health education program for all grades and daily physical education for the youngest students.
Most students in kindergarten through third grades are only getting physical education once every six days and there isn't a comprehensive health education program for all grades. The school system needs to hire 30 more physical education teachers to meet state regulations.
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On Jan. 10, 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated what would soon become the most powerful corporation in America (and make him the wealthiest person in the country)—Standard Oil.
Exactly 31 years later, on Jan. 10, 1901, the biggest oil discovery up until then took place near Beaumont, Texas, when a 100-foot drilling derrick delivered a gusher of crude oil. The black goo shot up more than 100 feet above the derrick, called Spindletop, ultimately covering several acres. It took mechanics nine days to figure out how to cap the well and bring its mighty production under control.
And an interesting footnote: The discovery of so much oil in Texas convinced a young engineer in Detroit to bet his future on the internal combustion machine, rather than steam or batteries, to power the contraptions he was starting to build. His name was Henry Ford. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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ELOY, Ariz (KGUN9-TV) - An ambush in a remote desert leaves two men---trying to sneak into the country illegally---dead.
They were being smuggled through an area near Eloy, but just barely inside Pima County.
The area is remote but still fairly close to major cities like Phoenix and Tucson. That means it's a prime pathway for illegal immigrants. Jo Bode is captain of the neighborhood watch group for nearby Silverbell Estates. She has seen illegal immigrants turn up in her front yard.
"Most of the time they want food or water or they want directions, how to get to Phoenix, or how to get to Eloy or something like this. But other than that, there's always a constant fear. There's been houses broke into out here. There's been houses ransacked when people were gone, they come home at night and they found the illegals in their house and scared them out."
Bode knows a lot of the people she may encounter are just trying to get a job and get ahead but worries more and more about dangerous drug traffic too.
An incident Sunday shows how the danger can escalate.
As a pick up packed with illegal immigrants worked it way through a dry wash an ambush group dressed in camouflage opened up with rifles.
Border Patrol and Police from Eloy and Coolidge rushed to the scene.
Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Tom Peine says, "When they responded out there they found a pickup truck with two deceased adult males. One was in the bed of the truck and another one was located nearby in a wash area."
Pima County is handling the case because the crime scene is just over the Pinal County line.
The incident is an example of why neighbors in the area carry guns and watch out for each other.
Jo Bode says, "And it was much worse prior to the last, say, four years. Efforts have been stepped up, thanks to (Pinal County) Sheriff Paul Babeu and his task force in patrolling this area out here and making it a safer place for us. But that's something that changes on a day to day basis. They cannot be here 24/7."
There's been more and more talk in law enforcement about organized rip crews that steal from other smugglers, but Pima Deputies are not drawing any conclusions yet about whether that's what happened in this case.
This idea of rip crews and border bandits figures into several recent cases.
There's the case of Border patrol Agent Brian Terry who was killed in a remote area near Rio Rico. That was in December 2010. He was part of a special unit working to stop border bandits in that area.
There was also the case of a Shawna Forde, a woman trying to set up a border militia. She was convicted in a case where she and some others basically became a rip crew which busted into the home of a man they suspected of dealing in drugs. They killed him and his nine year old daughter and are serving time for those crimes now.
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NICE, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency (HPA), has produced this quality improvement guide for board members working in (or with) hospitals. The aim is twofold: to reduce the risk of harm from healthcare-associated infections for patients, staff and visitors; and to reduce the costs associated with preventable infection.
The guide consists of 11 quality improvement statements which provide clear markers of excellence in infection prevention and control at a management or organisational level. Each statement is supported by examples of the type of evidence that could be used to prove the organisation has achieved excellence, and examples of what this would mean in practice on a day-to-day basis.
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Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), is a complex problem affecting about 5% of school-aged children. These kids can't process the information they hear in the same way as others because their ears and brain don't fully coordinate. Something adversely affects the way the brain recognizes and interprets sounds, most notably the sounds composing speech.
Kids with APD often do not recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even when the sounds are loud and clear enough to be heard. These kinds of problems usually occur in background noise, which is a natural listening environment. So kids with APD have the basic difficulty of understanding any speech signal presented under less than optimal conditions.
Kids with APD are thought to hear normally because they can usually detect pure tones that are delivered one by one in a very quiet environment (such as a sound-treated room). Those who can normally detect sounds and recognize speech in ideal listening conditions are not considered to have hearing difficulties.
However, the ability to detect the presence of sounds is only one part of the processing that occurs in the auditory system. So, most kids with APD do not have a loss of hearing sensitivity, but have a hearing problem in the sense that they do not process auditory information normally.
If the auditory deficits aren't identified and managed early, many of these kids will have speech and language delays and academic problems.
Symptoms of APD can range from mild to severe and can take many different forms. If you think your child might have a problem processing sounds, consider these questions:
APD is an often misunderstood problem because many of the behaviors noted above also can appear in other conditions like learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and even depression. Although APD is often confused with ADHD, it is possible to have both. It is also possible to have APD and specific language impairment or learning disabilities.
The causes of APD are unknown. But evidence suggests links to head trauma, lead poisoning, and chronic ear infections. Because there are many different possibilities — even combinations of causes — each child must be assessed individually.
Audiologists (hearing specialists) can determine if a child has APD. Although speech-language pathologists can get an idea by interacting with the child, only audiologists can perform auditory processing testing and determine if there really is a problem.
Some of the skills a child needs to be evaluated for auditory processing disorder don't develop until age 7 or 8. Younger kids' brains just haven't matured enough to accept and process a lot of information. So, many kids diagnosed with APD can develop better skills with time.
Once diagnosed, kids with APD usually work with a speech therapist. The audiologist will also recommend that they return for yearly follow-up evaluations.
The five main problem areas that can affect both home and school activities in kids with APD are:
Strategies applied at home and school can ease some of the problem behaviors associated with APD. Because it's common for kids with CAPD to have difficulty following directions, for example, these tactics might help:
It's especially important to teach your child to notice noisy environments, for example, and move to quieter places when listening is necessary.
Other strategies that might help:
Be sure to keep in regular contact with school officials about your child's progress. Kids with APD aren't typically put in special education programs. Instead, teachers can make it easier by:
One of the most important things that both parents and teachers can do is to acknowledge that CAPD is real. Symptoms and behaviors are not within the child's control. What is within the child's control is recognizing the problems associated with APD and applying the strategies recommended both at home and school.
A positive, realistic attitude and healthy self-esteem in a child with APD can work wonders. And kids with APD can go on to be just as successful as other classmates. Although some children do grow up to be adults with APD, by using coping strategies as well as techniques learned in speech therapy, they can be very successful adults.
Reviewed by: Thierry Morlet, PhD
Date reviewed: January 2011
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The association of state public universities has a new name and logo, reflecting its mission as a center point for public university collaboration on a variety of matters. The Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan is now known as the Michigan Association of State Universities.
March 10, 2013/Detroit Free Press
By Patrick Doyle and Doug Rothwell
Michigan's economy is rebounding faster than most other states', but businesses here won't be able to get the high-skilled workers they need unless we commit to making higher education more affordable for more students.
That's true even though data show that Michigan's public universities, as a group, confer the fifth-highest number of degrees and certificates among all states. Even more impressive, Michigan produces the fourth-highest number of degrees and certificates in critical skills areas, including math, science, engineering and technology -- degrees that are needed to fill the high-paying, in-demand jobs that will help Michigan become a top-10 state for job, economic and personal income growth.
Is there a higher education bubble in Michigan? The Mackinac Center recently suggested there is, and recommended Michigan scale back spending on higher education even further (state higher education support per student is down 48 percent in the last decade). Consider this: 62 percent of jobs in Michigan will require some form of post-secondary education or training by 2018, according to research by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Today, only 36 percent of Michigan residents have an associate's degree or more; only 24 percent have a bachelor's degree or more. We are in the bottom 15 of states in both measures. It's the biggest reason that we are one of the poorest states in the nation.
February 4, 2013/The Detroit News
Aditya Sathi pays $12,800 annually in tuition as a full-time University of Michigan student. If he had attended the university 10 years ago, his bill would have been $7,224 — or almost half of that. The 77 percent tuition jump reflects similar increases at the state's other 15 public universities after an estimated $1 billion cut in state support to higher education during the past decade. The reduction in aid accelerated during the recent recession when state revenues began to fall faster. Local lawmakers pulled back support to universities, leading schools to increase tuition.
February 4, 2013/Crain's Detroit Business
By Gary Anglebrandt
By August, more than 500 University of Michigan-Dearborn students are expected to take up residence in The Union at Dearborn, a $30 million redevelopment of a former Ford Motor Co. diagnostic center.
Higher education institutions always are under pressure to attract students. This is why they advertise, invest in their campuses, run popular sports programs and launch fundraising campaigns.
January 28, 2013/Prima Civitas Foundation
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EAST LANSING, MI - On Saturday, Jan. 26th, the Prima Civitas Foundation (PCF) recognized the winners of its recent 2012 Young Innovators Competition by distributing more than $10,000 in cash prizes at an awards ceremony in East Lansing. In addition to the awards, PCF will also work with students to locate local resources for nurturing and launching their innovative ideas.
The 4th annual competition, conducted under PCF's C.S. Mott Foundation funded Moving Ideas to Market entrepreneurship Initiative, challenged 6th - 12th grade students in Michigan to submit business ideas for new products, solution-focused ideas, and mobile applications.
January 6, 2013/Detroit Free Press
By Lou Glazer
Gov. Rick Snyder predicts that his administration's efforts will soon secure Michigan's place among the nation's top 10 states for business climate.
But in a pair of essays getting wide circulation in the business community, Lou Glazer, the cofounder and president of the nonpartisan think tank Michigan Future, warns that achieving that distinction may not translate into high standards of living for most Michiganders.
December 5, 2012/Detroit News
By Kim Kozlowski
Chicago — When Monique Bush graduated from Michigan State University 10 years ago, she landed at the Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau marketing the city to out-of-towners.
After two years of working to attract business to Detroit, Bush quit and moved to Chicago.
"One day I said to myself, 'I have to move here,'" said Bush, a Farmington Hills native who recently bought a condo on Chicago's north side. "I felt if I didn't leave, I would be stuck in Michigan. (And) if I don't do it now, I am never going to do it."
USA Today/December 2, 2012
By Daniel J. Hurley
Best way to keep college costs affordable is for states to invest more.
OUR VIEW: $10k college degrees are on to something
One proposal espoused by Govs. Rick Perry of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida is the creation of a $10,000 four-year bachelor's degree. Of all the solutions for strengthening college access and student success, this one falls exceptionally short.
October 2012/the Hamilton Project
By Adam Looney & Michael Greenstone
According to today's employment report, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent in September, falling below 8 percent for the first time since January 2009. Furthermore, the share of working-age Americans who are employed increased to 58.7 percent, the highest level since May 2010. Employers added 114,000 jobs last month, and an average of more than 145,000 over the past three months, roughly the same pace of job growth experienced over 2011 and 2012. (These figures do not reflect the anticipated update to the payroll data, which will be official in February and is expected to show that the level of employment was 386,000 jobs higher in March 2012 than previously reported.)
August 27, 2012/Detroit Free Press
Five Michigan universities made the list of America's top 100 institutions of higher learning as ranked today by Washington Monthly.
The University of Michigan was ranked 13th, Michigan State was 34th, Michigan Tech was 63rd, Western Michigan was 90th and Wayne State 95th.
May 04, 2012/Crain's Detroit Business
LANSING — Entrepreneurial degrees, classes, clubs and competitions are on the rise at all 15 Michigan public universities, a development that officials say bodes well for community and economic development, a survey has found.
"It's pretty phenomenal how much has begun happening in a short period of time," said Rob Fowler, CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan and chair of the entrepreneurship committee of the Michigan Sense of Place Council, which released the survey.
"It seems like it's happening all over the state," he said. "Much of it is student-led, but it includes entrepreneurship degrees at the bachelor's and master's level, helping companies in their communities through venture capital funds and incubators, and student clubs and companies."
March 27, 2012/The Atlantic
There is a cost to not educating young people. The evidence is around us and all over the world.
If you want to feel optimistic about the state of things for unemployed, disengaged, and dissatisfied youths in America, here's a way. Spin a globe. Stop it with your finger. If you touch land, the overwhelming odds are that the young people in that country are doing much worse.
March 26, 2012/Grand Rapids Business Journal
Business Leaders for Michigan Wants State to be Among Top 10 Again
By Peter Daly
Things were much more grim across the state of Michigan two and a half years ago when Business Leaders for Michigan was formed to try to turn around the state's economy, using the influence of business leaders on state government.
Kalamazoo Gazette/January 23, 2012
A large body of research indicates that the value of a college degree affects almost every aspect of life.
The conventional wisdom these days -- OK, the more cynical version of conventional wisdom -- is that a college degree is a ticket to student debt and not much else.
Just a few days ago on mlive.com, commenter spikes 11 made a sarcastic reference to how higher education results in a "$25,000 job after 5 years and $100k in student loans to pay off for the next 50 years."
December 4, 2011/The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Student Assembly hosted its first Student Association of Michigan this past weekend to foster increased discussion among student governments within the state about issues affecting every college student in Michigan.
Founded in 2007, SAM is a student-led organization comprised of representatives from student governments at the 15 public universities in Michigan. Jay Gage, SAM president and a student at Lake Superior State University, said the organization aims to work collaboratively with student governments to generate policies that can make an impact among students.
October 10, 2011/Michigan Future
Our view of the purpose of higher education is taking a dangerous step in the wrong direction. As reflected in a recent Bridge article increasingly policy makers and opinion leaders are making the case that Michigan's public universities should primarily be in the business of preparing students for a professional job in the student's major with a Michigan employer immediately upon graduation. In a previous post I have dealt with why the immediate job standard is harmful. Here I want to explore why "for a Michigan employer" is just as bad.
For more than a century what it has meant to be a Michigan resident and taxpayer is access at affordable rates to a world class system of public higher education that prepares students to better take advantage of life's opportunities no matter where you choose to live and work after college.
October 6, 2011/Detroit Free Press
Restructuring plan could mean end to autonomy
DETROIT - Although Michigan's universities are working together more than ever, there's no need to consolidate them into one statewide system, the presidents of the state's biggest three said Tuesday.
"I think we are some of the most responsive (higher education) institutions to the state's needs anywhere in the country," University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman told the Detroit Economic Club. She added she didn't think that would be the case if all the universities were grouped under one system.
September 25, 2011/Detroit Free Press
Michigan and the nation are struggling to identify what can reboot our economy and grow jobs again. A leading argument is that low taxes and reduced government are the answer.
The truth is that to be truly "business friendly" requires strategic investment in public goods -- the things the market does not do itself -- that in turn support business and create conditions for economic growth.
July 23, 2011/Lansing State Journal
A state lawmaker accused Michigan State University officials of "getting cute with the definition of 'academic year' " to slip in a larger tuition increase than allowed by the state appropriations bill. At stake is an $18.3 million tuition restraint payment.
One could more correctly argue that lawmakers used sloppy language in their bill. Fortunately, lawmakers also gave Budget Director John Nixon the authority to decide whether a university is complying with tuition restraint guidelines. Now he must be the rational voice to end this silly sideshow.
Here's the back story.
The budget passed on June 21 appropriates $222.8 million to MSU for operations and an additional $18.3 million if it complies with "tuition restraint."
July 19, 2011/The Mining Journal
The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees voted last week to increase tuition by 6.99 percent for the 2011-2012 academic year. While we're sorry to see the cost of higher education continue to inflate, we're glad the hike wasn't even more severe.
The tuition increase will mean resident undergrads will pay an additional $550 this year, increasing the annual total to $8,414.04.
We can sympathize with the plight of today's students, summarized by Justin Brugman, president of the Associated Students of Northern Michigan University. He said the tution hike would be a tough pill to swallow.
June 19, 2011/Lansing State Journal
Michael Boulus of Okemos, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, has been named American Arab of the Year in Education by the American Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Boulus was recognized May 18 at the American Arab Celebrating Success Banquet held in Dearborn.
"I am sincerely humbled to receive this recognition," Boulus said. "I am immensely proud of the work that the Presidents Council does to enhance the role of public education in Michigan, and I am proud of my heritage as an Arab American.
June 2, 2011/Detroit News
Allan Gilmour spent more than 30 years working at Ford Motor Co. When he became Wayne State University's 11th president, he instantly noted similarities between the two Metro Detroit institutions.
"I used to have a colleague at Ford who described the auto industry as both labor intensive — it takes a lot of people to run a big car company — and capital intensive: It takes a lot of money to develop the new products," he said.
"The same is true here. We're labor intensive in that … we have a very substantial professional work force. And on the capital side, the buildings cost money, the technical equipment costs money," he says. "We have both of those intense elements at work."
May 14, 2011/The Oakland Press
On any given day, Virinder Moudgil — upon finishing a full day's work as provost for Oakland University — can be found after hours in Dodge Hall, working in his lab to study the effects of hormones on breast cancer cells.
"This is still home. Wilson Hall is work. This is home. And you've got to do both," said Moudgil, who has been vice president for academic affairs and provost at the university since 2001.
Ted Montgomery, media relations director for Oakland, said Moudgil often works a 14- or 16-hour day.
April 15, 2011/PRNewswire-United Business Media
Bills fail in several states, while battle continues in Texas
Four years ago on April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two semiautomatic handguns and several hundred rounds of ammunition, shot and killed 32 people and wounded many more on the campus of Virginia Tech before killing himself.
The gun lobby's immediate reaction was to call for permitting the carrying of loaded handguns on college campuses. This year, legislation has been introduced in 20 states that would allow anyone with a concealed handgun permit, including students, to carry and possess loaded handguns on college campuses – in classrooms, sporting events, student dormitories and libraries. At this writing, guns on campus bills/proposals have been defeated in several states. Utah is currently the only state that forces its nine state- supported colleges and universities to allow guns on campus
KALAMAZOO — Students, faculty members and university organizations gathered on Western Michigan University's campus Thursday to protest Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed cuts to higher education.
April 14, 2011/By The Center for Michigan
Like plenty of Michigan companies, Cignys, Inc. was forced to lay off workers as the state's economy tanked during the Great Recession.
The Saginaw-based supplier of precision-machined products to the aerospace, defense and plastics industries is hiring again, though, as manufacturing enjoys a surprisingly strong rebound.
But there's just one problem: Cignys can't find enough welders, machinists and the other skilled-trades workers it needs to meet the accelerating demand for its products and services.
March 30, 2011/Central Michigan Life
University President George Ross testified before Michigan lawmakers today and urging them to invest in the state's higher education.
Before the state House and Senate Appropriations Higher Education subcommittees, Ross spoke on Central Michigan University's budget in response to Gov. Rick Snyder's recently proposed 23.3-percent cut in funding to CMU, and said public universities need to be funded fairly and equitably.
"If I go back 30 years, 75 percent of our budget was funded by state appropriations," Ross said. "If the proposed cut to the budget (gets approved), then we will have less than 15 percent."
March 28, 2011/The South End
Protesters enter capitol building, denied access to House chambers
LANSING – Students from the 15 public universities in Michigan and union workers from throughout the state marched down Michigan Avenue and gathered on the steps of the Capitol building March 24 to protest the proposed budget cuts to higher education.
With signs that read "Where's the Funding?" and "Why does the 'Nerd' hate education?" students rallied against Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed 15 percent cut, or $42 million, to higher education in Michigan.
One of the major concerns surrounding the proposed budget cuts include education only being available to the privileged. WSU Student Senate member Keely Czartorski spoke during the rally and said that higher education for students needs to be a higher priority if the goal is to re-invent Michigan.
March 23, 2011/The Eastern Echo
Students, residents and councilmen all showed up to voice their concern and outrage about Gov. Snyder's budget proposal Monday night at Washtenaw Community College.
Sen. Rebekah Warren – D, hosted the town hall meeting where she and panelists spoke and took questions about the budget. Panelists included Ypsilanti Mayor Paul Schreiber; Dedrick Martin, the Superintendent of the Ypsilanti School District; EMU accounting professor Howard Bunsis and Audrey Dowell, a University of Michigan graduate student in social work.
Warren opened the discussion by sharing facts about the proposed budget, the differences between it and the current budget and how the communities in Washtenaw County would be directly impacted by the changes.
March 10, 2011/Michigan Future Inc.
Lots of folks have asked for my reaction to the recent Paul Krugman New York Times column that a college degree is less and less a path to good paying jobs and careers. Krugman argues that globalization and technology are reducing the demand for high skill American workers so that: It's no longer true that having a college degree guarantees that you'll get a good job, and it's becoming less true with each passing decade.
The core Michigan Future belief is that globalization and technology are mega forces that are fundamentally changing the economy. And that those – both individuals and communities – who will do the best will be those who align with – rather than resist – new realities.
College educated workers are subject to the same realities that machines are increasingly able to do work that humans use to and that over time more and more workers across the planet will compete with us for jobs at all skill levels and in any industry where work can be digitized. Having a college degree doesn't protect anyone from these mega forces.
March 13, 2011
Gary Russi credits partnerships between Oakland University and various parts of the community for much of the school's growth, but many say he deserves a lot of credit.
"President Russi has had a strategic vision that we can and that we should grow," said Jay Meehan, chairman of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Russi first came to OU in 1993 as vice president for academic affairs. In 1995, he was named interim president, then appointed president in 1996. He is one of the longest-serving presidents of Michigan's 15 public universities.
March 02, 2011, 2:18 PM/The Grand Rapids Press
By Dave Murray
Allowing state community colleges to offer four-year degrees would be unnecessary duplication, Grand Valley State University President Thomas Haas told lawmakers today.
Haas testified before the state House Higher Education Subcommittee Wednesday morning and later appeared before a state Senate committee to answer questions about funding and academics.
Haas recently proposed that college funding be linked to meeting state goals for higher education, and told the House committee he's worried that state aid continues to shrink, forcing tuition increases.
"We are doing everything the Cherry Commission asked of us: access, affordability, relevant degrees for today's job market, and continuous quality improvement," he told representatives.
Februrary 26, 2011/Detroit Free Press
Gov. Rick Snyder's budget seeks to find the bottom of Michigan's fiscal freefall by creating a simpler, fairer tax system, forcing action on long-standing legacy cost structures, and signaling that Michigan has a good business climate. He also proposes to tax retirement income like other income, rightly noting that a robust Michigan economy is more about making sure our children and grandchildren have a state in which they want to live, work and make their entrepreneurial careers than whether Michigan is a Cayman Island for retirees.
Yes, there is much to admire in Gov. Snyder's budget. But a good business climate and low taxes do not necessaily a richer state make.
Evidence is overwhelming that the richest states, with growing per capita income, are the ones that are the best educated. Eight of the 10 highest per capita income states have the highest education attainment rates.
Michigan's public university presidents emerged hopeful of the long-term future after meeting Wednesday with Governor Rick Snyder and Department of Technology, Management and Budget Director John Nixon, but they also acknowledged they expect to see further budget pain in the upcoming years.
There's growing optimism about hiring in key growth sectors of the Greater Lansing economy, including health care, financial services and technology.
December 14, 2010/Detroit Free Press Editorial
I agree with your premise that, as the second largest component of discretionary state spending, Michigan's university system of funding and oversight bears critical examination ("State universities need smarter governance," Nov 21).
Any informed observer must agree that our universities serve at least two vitally important and reinforcing needs in our state: To provide higher education to our children "which offers entry to high income and occupational choice in the adult world" and to act as a magnet for the knowledge-based employers we need to attract to Michigan.
By John DunnPresident Western Michigan University
The Free Press suggests Michigan's public universities would be better if governed through a statewide system. They contend this approach would reduce duplication and bring us in line with other great systems, such as that found in Wisconsin.
Having worked in several states with statewide systems, my experience is quite the contrary. If the goal is to increase costs, create bureaucracy, enhance political infighting, and reduce entrepreneurship and creativity, a system is the way to go.
While the idea of a statewide system might appeal to the ill-informed, I am appalled that the Free Press would venture a proposition that would so poorly serve Michigan's international reputation as a home of great universities. Wisconsin has two research universities, but Michigan has five. Wisconsin provides more money to its universities, but Michigan's universities produce more with less state support.
October 3, 2010/Detroit News
Michigan's hemorrhaging of prosperity has little to do with the devastation of the domestic automobile industry, and a lot to do with our failure to prepare for that inevitability.
It's not about economics, it's about education.
"It's totally an education story," says Kurt Metzger, director of Data Driven Detroit. "Michigan could have weathered the economic collapse with a better-educated work force."
September 28, 2010/ABC News 12
Higher education will see a 2.8 percent reduction. Students at one local school are questioning why lawmakers are cutting their funding, all the while promoting education as a must to succeed.
In a 10-year span, funding per Saginaw Valley State University student has dropped almost $1,000. Some students are asking where the value is in that.
"Any kind of cut will affect all students, from sports to extra circular activities," said Zach Bauer.
September 28, 2010/Michigan Future, Inc.
Every time the state gets into financial difficulty there are calls for some kind of centralization of the state's higher education system. Led by the business community and editorial writers. It's a bad idea! Hard to figure out since both groups argue that markets are better than centralization of both the private sector and k-12 education. If centralization doesn't work in those sectors why would it work better in higher education?
Grand Valley President Thomas Haas does a terrific job in a recent Dome article making the case that more state control of higher ed is a bad idea. So if centralization is not the answer what is?
Michael Boulus addresses the importance of higher education in today's knowledge-based society.
MiVote.org -- Empowering the citizens for the 2010 Michigan elections.
August 30, 2010/Detroit Free Press
By Lori Higgins
About half of the 250 students on the Ferris State University campus last week for student orientation had needs more pressing than just signing up for classes: They were trying to figure out how to pay for those classes.
Similar scenes have been unfolding in financial-aid offices at colleges and universities across Michigan as students, for reasons that range from procrastination to a sudden drop in income, find themselves searching for what may seem like a miracle.
August 30, 2010/Forbes.com
By Mary Sue Coleman
Entrepreneurs on today's college campuses are no longer only huddled together at the business school. They are emerging from the hallways in our music schools and our engineering programs. They are coming forward with fresh ideas in architecture and medicine.
August 22, 2010/The Saginaw News
An influential group of Michigan executives — a group that includes Dow Chemical Co. Chief Financial Officer William H. Weideman and Dow Corning Corp. Executive J. Donald Sheets — wants Michigan to become a "Top Ten" state for job and economic growth.
August 22, 2010/Booth Newspapers
Eric Fingerhut says his goal isn't just to save Ohio money - it's to save Ohio, through an improved higher education.
June 16, 2010/Dome Magazine
Joan Keiser navigates a group of visitors through the empty labyrinths of the massive former Pfizer research complex in Ann Arbor with such ease, it seems as if she could do it blindfolded.
Keiser got to know the 30-building complex well, having spent more than a decade working there, the last five years as Pfizer's vice-president for cardiovascular and metabolic disease research.
June 21, 2010/The Detroit News
This month state lawmakers are expected to vote on the passage of legislation that would allow Michigan community colleges to grant four-year degrees in select high-need job areas. Lawmakers would be wrong to vote for these bills, yet they should also continue to pressure public universities to expand their capacity to provide training in these skills.
Michigan ranks eighth in the nation in economic impact from international students, according to the Institute of Higher Education.
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problems facing our state, one bright spot emerging during these troubled times
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June 3, 2010/The Center for Michigan
By John Bebow
If you believe in the economic growth, education, and reform proposals outlined in the Michigan's Defining Moment agenda, please lend your name in support as we work to turn those citizen priorities into Lansing's priorities.
May 25, 2010/USA Today
Tuition increases for undergraduates attending public colleges and universities in their home states appear to be all over the map this fall.
April 18, 2010/The Detroit News
My mother wanted me to go to college. My father wanted me to be a plumber. Had he been around to watch me fix a dripping faucet by removing both the sink and countertops, he likely would have been in rare agreement with mom.
March 29, 2010/Detroit Free Press
Changes coming to the world of college lending could mean less confusion for students taking out federal loans, more flexibility in repaying those loans,more money for Pell Grants and more students being eligible for the grants.
March 26, 2010/WNEM.COM
On Thursday, March 25, the Student Association of Michigan held a rally at the Capitol and students from almost all 15 public four-year universities attended the event. Their goal was to make legislators aware that higher education has to be a higher priority and that they should do the right thing. View here.
March 24, 2010/GLITR
How far will university students go to make their voices heard in Lansing?
When it comes to Michigan Technological University, in the northwestern corner of the Upper Peninsula, it's about 490 miles.
March 16, 2010/Associated Press
By Tim Martin
LANSING, Mich. — A proposal to cut state aid to Michigan's public universities has some students worried their tuition bills could go up next fall.
By Thomas Haas
By The Center for Michigan - February 25, 2010
By Jo Mathis
Small businesses employ half of the private workforce and generate about 70 percent of the country's new jobs each year.
Who would want to save Michigan? Plenty of people, it turns out.
One of them is 29-year-old Sean Mann, founder of "Let's Save Michigan," a web site, blog and much more.
Please, dear citizens, disabuse yourselves of the notion that reforming state government and reinvigorating manufacturing by themselves will restore Michigan's fortunes.
Detroit Free Press/January 31, 2010
The charts on today's editorial page tell a story. It's an important story, and some would argue it's the only story you need to understand what has happened to Michigan in the last two generations.
Everyone's familiar with the challenges we face in Michigan as we confront a dramatically declining manufacturing economy.How to replace the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and keep young people here?
As America hopes for recovery, Michigan needs whole-scale reinvention. It may be 15 years before the state returns to prosperity.
January 13, 2010/Great Lakes IT Report
Six engineering students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn were invited to be among the first developers to adapt Ford Motor Company's new Sync application programming interface for in-car voice-controlled Smartphone mobile apps.
After four years and hundreds of miles of fiber-optic cable, Merit Network engineers lit the fiber-optic cable between Mount Pleasant and Big Rapids on Dec. 12 to complete the "Blue-Line" portion of the Merit backbone network.
January 12, 2010/Detroit News
More Michigan companies are offering internships as a cost-effective way to develop new talent and get the job done as they struggle to make payroll and are forced to cut staff amid the lingering recession, experts say.
January 10, 2010/MTU News
Automotive engineering is entering a new era of hybrid electric-drive vehicles that demand a special set of skills most automotive engineers didn't study when they went to college.
December 23, 2009/The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- Community college enrollment is hitting record levels in Grand Rapids and elsewhere, and Ferris State University leaders say there's a growing need for people to lead those schools as they grow.
The Detroit News editorial board is well known as a voice for fiscal common sense. That's why the board's support for allowing two-year community colleges to expand into four-year nursing programs -- and other degrees -- is quite perplexing ("Expand nursing schools," Nov. 20).
December 04, 2009/MSU News
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A program from Michigan State University's College of Nursing is helping retain nurses by transitioning them into home-based, hospice, long-term and ambulatory care practice.
December 7, 2009/The Michigan Daily
About half of Michigan college students leave the state once they graduate — a sobering fact that significantly hampers the state's prospects for future economic and job growth.
December 4, 2009/The Detroit News
Central Michigan University's new president will come back to the campus he left to take a job leading Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
By John Johnson
MARQUETTE, Mich.—Northern Michigan University student Joseph Sobel's "Untitled" photographs are on display in the Anderson House in Lansing as part of the fifth annual Arts in the House exhibit.
November 29, 2009/Crain's Detroit Business
By Amy Lane
LANSING — A move by community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in nursing and three other areas is sparking a turf war with four-year universities.
November 23, 2009/The Detroit News
Hundreds of Wayne State University students rallied on campus Monday to urge state lawmakers to restore their college scholarships.
November 19, 2009/Detroit Free Press
Gov. Jennifer Granholm stepped up her campaign Wednesday to put public pressure on the Senate -- especially Senate Republicans -- to restore the Michigan Promise Scholarship program, which was eliminated in the new state budget.
Unfortunately, an important promise to Michigan's college students has been broken, but we hope only temporarily.
November 19, 2009/Detroit News
East Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm took her case to restore funding for Promise Grants to college campuses today, scolding lawmakers for taking time off without resolving the issue.
The Promise Grants to about 96,000 college students were cut out of the state budget as legislators tried to find ways to fill a $2.8 billion deficit.
November 18, 2009/WNEM News
November 15, 2009/Crain's Business
Withering state support and increasing student enrollment will continue to pressure Michigan's universities in 2010.
November 13, 2009/The Associated Press
HOUGHTON, Mich. — The state Legislature has given Michigan Technological University a go-ahead for its planned $25.3 million Great Lakes Research Center.
Twice a year I head off for the hinterlands of Michigan on the Great Lakes IT Report Tech Tours.
October 1, 2009/Great Lakes IT Report
The phrase 'world class' gets tossed around so much it's almost lost meaning.
But if the phrase still means anything, you've got to hand it to Michigan State University, whose sprawling campus, 47,000 sharp students and 5,000 faculty cover every academic discipline worth covering with uniform excellence.
A short brochure with facts about the current economy and spending in Michigan
Entrepreneur October 2009
To block brain drain and enrich economics, more universities and cities are linking up in creative entrprenuerial initiatives. Here's a look at 10 that are leading the class.
September 16, 2009
Students develop sustainable projects to benefit their communities through Ford College Community Challenge
Thousands of students, faculty and staff are settling into Central Michigan University's new Education and Human Services Building -- a facility that has opened doors for advanced educational opportunities for our students rich with innovative technologies, larger classrooms and new learning spaces.
WWJ Newsradio 950/September 13, 2009
Who could have conceived of harnessing power that's available right in a human body?
Bio-Nano Power, at tenant at Central Michigan University Research Corp.'s business accelerator, did just that.
Gongwer News Service/September 4, 2009
A major announcement by Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon of a restructuring program that could cut Michigan's largest university's budget by 10 percent over the next two years, along with refocusing its programs, is just the latest in an ongoing effort by the state's public colleges to help control costs, officials said.
September 3, 2009
ANN ARBOR, MI - As of September 1, 2009, schools, libraries, higher education institutions, museums, and government agencies across Michigan that connect to Merit's network are now connected to the nation's high-performance network, Internet2. As part of a collaborative effort by Merit Network and Internet2, all organizations that are eligible for Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP) connectivity in Michigan can now use the Internet2 Network for high-bandwidth applications, innovative educational programs, and connectivity to other Internet2-connected organizations across the United States.
The Grand Rapids Press/September 01, 2009
Grand Valley State University will guarantee three University of Michigan undergrads each year early admission to its master's program in occupational therapy under a partnership in the fall.
Great Lakes IT Report/September 1, 2009
In early September, Wayne State University will open Business Assistance Centers in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties to aid small businesses and nonprofit organizations with such things as developing business strategy, marketing studies, financial projections and info tech support.
Lansing State Journal/August 30, 2009
As the Oct. 1 deadline to resolve the state's budget deficit draws nearer, my colleagues and I are looking at ways to resolve a budget deficit of almost $2 billion. With a deficit this size, it's imperative that we work across the aisle to find ways to put our state back on sound financial footing. We have many difficult decisions to make in the days ahead, and we need everybody at the table to get Michigan on the right track.
News/Talk WJR August 25, 2009
Michael Boulus, Executive Director, Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan tells Steve Courtney he's against the idea of concealed weapons on college campuses. Listen here
Lansing State Journal/August 9, 2009
Among the most knowledgeable people in Michigan about the state budget are the directors of the nonpartisan House and Senate fiscal agencies.
So when Gary Olson, director of the Senate Fiscal Agency, recently said Michigan's annual budget crisis is not the result of the state's 9-year-old recession, he's worth listening to.
August 13, 2009/WWJ Newsradio 950
Macomb Community College is teaming up with the University of Michigan-Dearborn to help criminal justice students transition from a two- to a four-year degree program.
Great Lakes IT Report/August 13, 2009
As part of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan, the United States Department of Energy awarded Wayne State University a $5 million federal grant to provide an electric vehicle engineering education and workforce training program.
Michigan residents now see that getting higher education is critical to ensuring a stable financial base in their personal lives, but that comes at a time when the state's universities confront fiscal stability as their biggest worry, said Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan University president.
MIAMI — When LaKisha Coleman received her associate's degree at Miami Dade Community College six years ago, her best bet for a bachelor's degree seemed to be at the more expensive Florida International University.
But nowadays, Miami Dade College — the "Community" has been dropped — offers bachelor's degrees in teaching and nursing and public safety management, and will soon add engineering technology, film production and others. Ms. Coleman returned to Miami Dade two years ago and is about to graduate with a degree in public safety management.
Conway Jeffress and Thomas J. Haas • April 14, 2009
One bright spot emerging during Michigan's troubled times is increased collaboration between our community colleges and public universities. All across Michigan, the transition from community colleges to public universities is becoming easier and easier, and students couldn't be happier.
by The Grand Rapids Press
Thursday April 23, 2009, 11:40 AM
GRAND RAPIDS -- Students looking for internships this summer could be able to tap into a central Web site created by a coalition of business leaders and educators.
Detroit Free Press -- March 28, 2009
Rick Haglund | Detroit Bureau Tuesday April 14, 2009The loss of more than 350,000 manufacturing jobs over the past decade, many of them in the auto industry, has depressed the state's per capita income to 11 percent below the national average. That is the lowest level since the federal government started collecting data in 1929.
To Read the Michigan Future Report click here
Detroit News - April 3, 2009At a time when Granholm is pushing to double the number of college grads, the number of grads leaving the state has doubled instead. Half of Michigan's college grads now leave the state within a year of graduation, taking with them their diplomas and the talent needed to help rebuild Michigan's economy.
Crain's Detroit Business- March 23, 2009
A student team that developed a plan to use algae to simultaneously treat wastewater and produce raw material for biofuels has won a top prize in a competition established by DTE Energy Co. and the University of Michigan.
The Presidents Council- March 24, 2009
The Presidents Council joined a large colalition to express deep concern about the many tax cuts, tax credits and other tax expenditure bills making their way through the legislative process. The one thing all of these bills have in common is that they will reduce revenues at the state and/or local level at a time when the state and its local units are already experiencing serious revenue loss.
Lansing State Journal
As the Lansing State Journal seeks input from readers on how best to balance the state's budget, it is important that readers and Journal staff take a step back and look at what has already happened to the state's budget this decade.
Lansing Bureau- March 22, 2009
The backdrop for the tax-cutting is a Michigan economy in shambles and the assertion that the state has to make dramatic repairs.That effort apparently began Thursday when the civic group Detroit Renaissance huddled with legislative leaders to discuss improvements in Michigan's business climate. A goal, said House Speaker Andy Dillon, is to agree on serious change in these "serious times."


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1 Check with local air carrier for restrictions. Real-world use has shown the bag fits in the overhead compartment of both regional and wide body aircraft.
2Weights vary based on equipment configuration including the rain cover, waist belt, and dividers, as well as the overall sewing and materials tolerances. Minimum weight is consider the basic bag without the rain cover, waist belt and a standard divider configuration for long lens travel. Maximum weight is as shipped and includes extra dividers.
3 Average useable volume of main compartment and front pockets.


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Product Test: George Foreman
We bought the new George Foreman Grill it at QVC for 109.80, plus shipping. It comes with six interchangeable plates and gives you plenty of options.
Our tester, Dustin tried out a few of the plates. He made waffles and then a chicken breast and some burgers. Everything he made turned out delicious. The mess is easy to clean up and our tester said it was wroth the price. Dustin gave it two thumbs up.


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The North Country snowboard teams took to the slopes of Stowe on Wednesday.
The Boys had two riders finish in the top ten with Josh Brien taking home 4th place and Justin Christopher in 8th.
Nick Kincaid took 18th, followed by Noah St. Marie in 19th, Chuck Norton in 35th, and J Mahieux in 41st
In the girls race, Danielle Gabucci finished a team best 10th place, followed by Gina Basiliere in 13th and Emily Pennington in 21st. Gaia Riskin and Kaila DeBonville did not finish.
The meet comes on the heels of a tough outing at Okemo where several members of the team sustained injury and coach Natalie Gaines spent the majority of the time trying to monitor her fallen athletes.


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Allison Carroll Duffy's Maple-Pear Preserves
Yield: 4-5 cups
A note about storage options for your preserves:
***This recipe includes directions for canning your preserves. However, you may instead freeze your preserves, or keep them in the refrigerator. To do this, simply omit the canning portion of the directions (steps 7-10), then, after cooking, allow your preserves to cool, place in freezer safe containers, and freeze or refrigerate as desired. If you are freezing your preserves, be sure to leave extra space at the top of your jars to allow for expansion during freezing. Your preserves will store well in the freezer for several months, and in the refrigerator they'll last for 2 to 3 weeks.
To do ahead of time:
***Prepare the calcium water. To do this, combine 1/2 teaspoon white calcium powder (included in the Pomona's Universal Pectin package) with 1/2 cup water in a small, clear container with a lid. Shake well before using. Note that you will have more calcium water than you will end up using in this recipe; simply store it in the refrigerator for later use.
To do ahead of time, if you plan to can your jam:
***If you are new to canning, please familiarize yourself with the safest and most up-to-date boiling water bath canning techniques. The Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving (often available where canning supplies are sold-make sure to get the most up to date edition) is a great resource for this, as is the National Center for Home Food Preservation http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/
***Wash and rinse five half-pint jars, lids, and screw bands. Set screw bands aside until ready to use. Place jars in hot water bath canner, fill at least 2/3 of the way full with water, and bring to a boil. Sterilize jars for 10 minutes (add 1 additional minute of sterilizing time for every 1000 feet above sea level), then turn down heat and let jars stand in hot water until ready to use. Place lids in water in a small pan, bring to a low simmer, and hold there until ready to use.
2 pounds firm, ripe pears (about 4 1/2 medium pears)
1 3/4 cup water
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon calcium water
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons Pomona's Universal Pectin powder
1.) Peel pears and remove cores, then cut pear into thin, length-wise slices. If pears are especially large, or if you prefer smaller pieces, you may want to cut these slices in half.
2.) In a large saucepan, combine pear slices and the 1 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pears are somewhat soft but still hold their shape.
3.) Remove from heat. Then, measure 4 cups of the cooked fruit, combine in a large saucepan with the lemon juice and the calcium water, and mix well.
5.) In a separate bowl, combine the maple syrup and the pectin powder and mix well.
6.) Bring fruit to a boil over high heat. Add maple syrup-pectin mixture, then stir vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes, still over high heat, to dissolve pectin. Return to a boil, then remove preserves from heat.
7.) Remove hot jars from canner and fill jars with preserves, leaving ¼ inch of headspace. Remove trapped air bubbles, wipe rims with a damp cloth, and put on lids and screw bands.
8.) Place jars in the hot water in the canner, place the lid on the canner, return the canner to a rolling boil, and boil for 10 minutes. (Add 1 minute additional processing time for every 1000 feet above sea level.)
9.) Turn off heat and allow canner and jars to sit for 5 minutes. Then, remove jars from canner.
10.) Allow jars to cool undisturbed for 12-24 hours. Then, confirm that jars have sealed. Enjoy your preserves! Or, store properly for later use.


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WADDINGTON Monsignor Robert L. Lawler testified last week that Bobbie Jo Zeller told him she wanted to have a good life for her and her son.
A glimpse of the good life enjoyed by Ms. Zeller, accused of conning Mr. Lawler and other charitable donors of some $300,000, was offered in a report to state police by a 16-year-old boy who said he watched her spend money freely on such things as a trip to a New York Giants game.
The boy, a friend of Ms. Zellers son, said, His mom, Bobbie Jo, was always really nice to me and offered to buy me things like clothes and things like that.
The boys name was redacted from his statement, which was filed last week in Waddington Town Court.
The boy described a weekend outing last year for the Nov. 25 game between the Giants and the Green Bay Packers. The tickets were from Bobbie Jo Zeller, he said.
So were the hotel stay, with pay-per-view movies; sightseeing in New York City; dinner at a medieval-themed restaurant, with entertainment; football jerseys; and food and drinks during the game, according to the boy. Our seats were in the Giants end zone, about half way up, he said.
The boy said a man from Syracuse identified by Ms. Zeller as her brother joined them for the trip.
She said she bought the tickets from Ticketmaster and that she worked at Hospice, the teen said. I dont know how much money she makes there, but she always had a wad of cash in her purse, which she used to pay for everything.
Mac Shoen, finance director of Hospice & Palliative Care of St. Lawrence Valley, said Friday that Ms. Zeller has never worked for Hospice.
She was arraigned Thursday in Waddington Town Court on charges of fourth-degree grand larceny and first-degree identity theft. She is accused of using June H. McQueeneys credit card to rack up nearly $10,000 in charges, including a $522.45 purchase through Ticketmaster two weeks before the football game. She also is accused of taking $1,600 from Mrs. McQueeney as a loan that was never paid back.
Ms. Zeller also was arraigned in Potsdam Town Court on Thursday on two counts of third-degree grand larceny, accused of scamming Robert W. and Gloria J. Dietze out of more than $30,000.
Those charges were refiled because Ogdensburg City Court Judge William R. Small did not have the jurisdiction to arraign Ms. Zeller on all of the charges she was facing.
Up to four additional petit larceny charges also remain pending.
Ms. Zeller, who is being represented by attorney Brian S. Pilatzke, is being held without bail at the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
By Sarah Camille Hipp
FORT HOOD, Texas – A beautiful dress that earns you compliments all night long is every girl's dream – especially at her high school prom. Unfortunately, this dream can cost a lot for military families on a tight budget.
On Saturday, USO Operation: That's My Dress! made these dreams come true, free of charge, for more than 200 military daughters and wives of Fort Hood, Texas. About 500 dresses in multiple sizes – all valued between $450 and $1,200 – were available for ladies to choose from. Each participant was allowed to take one dress home for free.
The day began with a fashion show. The USO Show Troupe preformed a song and dance routine while 17 Miss USA titleholders modeled a selection of dresses donated by designer Sherri Hill, the event's primary sponsor.
"The fashion show was awesome and a new experience for me," said Katie DiGusto, 17. "It was my first time to ever see something like that."
With her boyfriend by her side, DiGusto said she came to USO Operation: That's My Dress! to find a beautiful dress to wear to her prom, just one week away.
USO of Metropolitan New York's Ray Kennedy, who was instrumental in creating the first USO Operation: That's My Dress! at Fort Campbell, Ky., last year, said he loved seeing girls smiling ear to ear as Miss USA titleholders helped them pick out their dresses and matching accessories.
"You see magic start to happen," Kennedy said. "It's so much more than just a prom dress for these girls."
USO Operation: That's My Dress! was available to military wives, as well. After picking a dress, women had the chance to pick out jewelry donated from the Stella & Dot Foundation, along with an evening purse.
The special day also included free lunch at the "Diva Diner," makeup and hair demonstrations by InStyle and Rachel Freddo and a raffle for shoes by Alishia Hill.
Cheyenne Hamilton said she appreciated having Miss Virginia USA 2013 Shannon McAnally with her every step of the way as she decided which dress and selected accessories worked best for her to wear at her band banquet this spring.
Hamilton said finances are very tight in her family, especially because her dad is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in June.
"It means the world to me," Hamilton said. "To be able to get a free dress for my banquet is huge."
USO Fort Hood Director Robin Crouse said USO Operation: That's My Dress! is another way to remind military families that they always have the support of the USO.
"Our graduates are the future of our nation, our Army and the USO," she said. "So many young girls, mothers and military spouses left very happy. It was a great day for everyone."
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Photo caption: Miss Virginia USA 2013 Shannon McAnally poses with Cheyenne Hamilton during USO Operation: That's My Dress! on Sunday on Fort Hood, Texas. McAnally helped Hamilton choose a free dress and accessories for a spring banquet. (USO photo by Sarah Camille Hipp)
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Man the other day I was SO tempted on buying it. Which one you got? Are you dual booting? I beet it's nice.
After installing yellow dog linux 2.3 on my "flatscreen" iMac it ran wonderfully; however, I have one problem - screen suspend. The monitor always is glowing, even when the monitor is supposedly in standby, this isn't right...it doesn't do this under OS X...I was wondering if there's a kernel module or something that need be installed, or possibly a configuration issue - thanks for your support. Also, I was wondering if anybody knew where I could get ydl 3.0, April 29th (the free release date) is too far away :: wah ::
Man the other day I was SO tempted on buying it. Which one you got? Are you dual booting? I beet it's nice.
Edit your kernel config (cd /usr/src/linux && make xconfig), and go to "General Setup." Near the bottom of that list there's "Power Management Support" (in gentoo's version of the kernel, at least...they might have changed that part). Not totally sure if that's what you'll be wanting, but I suppose it's better than a swift kick to the ass ??? Good luck
Yeah, well - I tried configuring the kernel as you said, but there was nothing there for power management, It really sucks - because I don't want to burn out my monitor, I looked all over for this problem, but can't seem to find the solution - oh well.....If anybody can direct me in the way of help, I'd apreciate it.


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LOWVILLE A judge has reserved decision on the challenge of a 2006 Lewis County all-terrain vehicle road-opening law following a 1�-day trial.
I would love to be in a position to give you a decision right now, acting state Supreme Court Judge Peter A. Schwerzmann, Watertown, told petitioners Janette M. Peek, Watson, and Gerald A. Smith, Barnes Corners, and Lewis County Attorney Richard J. Graham on Tuesday morning.
However, the judge said both sides had given him plenty of information to consider and promised only to issue a ruling as soon as possible.
This has been interesting for me, said Judge Schwerzmann, Jefferson County Surrogate Court judge. Ive learned a lot about the trail system here in Lewis County.
He also commended Mrs. Peek and Mr. Smith, who filed the legal challenge in 2011 and represented themselves in court, for being the most prepared pro se claimants in cases over which he had presided.
In a closing statement Tuesday, Mrs. Peek reiterated her contention that county officials exceeded their authority under state law by allowing ATV traffic on the following county road segments: 1.5 miles of Hermitage Road in the town of Diana, 5.5 miles of Sears Pond and Liberty roads in the town of Montague, 2.5 miles of Number Four Road in the town of New Bremen and 2 miles of Seven by Nine Road in the town of Pinckney.
The only trails shown on the official Lewis County ATV trail map are pathways that lead to only two commercial establishments, she said.
Mrs. Peek argued that those short stretches should not provide justification for opening Seven by Nine Road and that there are no other trails or riding areas adjacent to any roads opened by Local Law 3 of 2006.
Municipalities may open roads to ATVs when in the determination of the governmental agency concerned, it is otherwise impossible for ATVs to gain access to areas or trails adjacent to the highway, according to state law. A 2005 informal opinion from the state attorney generals office to the county said roads should not be opened to ATVs simply to connect with other roads or commercial parking lots. However, they may be opened to connect actual trails or other riding areas.
Mr. Graham, in his closing statement, questioned the two petitioners legal standing for all of the opened roads, some of which are many miles from their homes. He noted that the county law contains a clause allowing the balance to remain intact if portions of it are nixed.
The county attorney also suggested that legislators did due diligence before adopting the road-opening law, referring to a packet of material prepared by his office in conjunction with the planning and highway departments to assist their deliberations.
As part of his defense earlier in Tuesdays session, Mr. Graham introduced a 2005 planning office review of the attorney generals opinion and a pair of 2006 meeting minutes from the legislative Planning Committee during testimony by county legislative Clerk Teresa K. Clark and committee Chairman Richard C. Lucas, R-Barnes Corners.
County planning officials took the attorney generals opinion into consideration and, both in 2005 and 2006, suggested the four road segments might be justifiable to open, he said.
The justification for two of them was to provide a connection to state truck trails that subsequently were closed to ATV traffic by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, but Mr. Graham said lawmakers could rely only on information available at the time, when the trails were open.
There is no obligation under Vehicle and Traffic Law that if circumstances change, action has to be taken, he said.
While no formal action has been taken to close Hermitage Road, Mr. Graham noted it no longer is marked as part of the countys official ATV trail system.
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Dual 10" subwoofer for fixed indoor/outdoor installations.
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Built for Skiers. The Atomic Skiwear Lookbook 14/15.
Top shape. He was skiing as if he had never been gone. 2nd place after the victory on Sunday at the giant slalom double in Beaver Creek for Atomic star Marcel Hirscher! And it was only the third race after his comeback. The new generation of the Atomic D2 race made the athlete from Salzburg fly on the Birds of Prey slope. Continuation: Thursday at the slalom season kick-off.
Even at more than 3,000 meters above sea level at the highest skiing area of the Vail Valley, Marcel Hirscher had enough breath for big jumps. The 22-year-old athlete from Salzburg commented, "I am extremely happy about the 2nd place. I'm leaving with a lot of points." High tech for a high performance – the ATOMIC protectors provide perfect service as one can tell from the marks on Marcel's overall. Hirscher agreed, "I would not be safe without carbon protectors." For the ATOMIC D2 Race Unit, Philipp Schörghofer, third in Sölden, dealing with a couple of heavy mistakes in this race, still ranked 10th. ATOMIC STARS USE MATERIAL EVOLUTION IN THE SLALOM "I am super excited about the slalom kick-off", Marcel Hirscher smiled. The whole ATOMIC D2 Race Unit will be supported by a material evolution. ATOMIC's Technical Coordinator Hans-Peter Habersatter did not tell all too much, "The new material component was excellent in the tests. It will be put to the test in the first World Cup slalom. The positive feedback from our athletes has made us confident."


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