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Pat Cashell, a recovering meth addict, spent nights homeless under this bridge in downtown Reno. He now trains as an athlete, and tells his story in the hopes he can help others suffering from addiction. Cashell will be cycling in the Tour De Nez Sunday in downtown. / Liz Margerum/RGJ
WHAT: 21st annual Tour de Nez bike race
WHEN: Sunday. A 5-kilometer footrace starts at 9 a.m.; cycling races run from 10:30 a.m. to 7:55 p.m. A handcycling time trial will be held at 10 a.m. today in Cold Springs.
WHERE: Downtown Reno (around Wingfield Park)
WHO: Open registration
COST: Free
DETAILS: www.tourdenez.com
In this moment, Bob Cashell wasn�t the mayor of Reno.
He wasn�t a casino owner or a multimillionaire.
He was just a father, a man desperate to save his son. Cashell�s son, Pat, was eroding before his eyes. He had been addicted to meth for years, an embarrassment to one of Reno�s elite families. Many times before, the elder Cashell had tried to get his son sober. Now, he was just fed up.
�I looked him in the eye and said, �Pat, you know, the family would be a lot better off if you were dead,�� Cashell recalled from his office in downtown Reno. �That�s a hard thing to say to your son, but I meant it. The way he was going, he was going to kill himself, and I didn�t want to sit and watch him do it.�
That harsh meeting came in Baldini�s parking lot. Cashell was giving his son, who weaved in and out of homelessness, money for food. Instead, that money would go toward drugs. The addiction was strong.
�He pulled up next to me,� Pat recalled, �rolled down his window and said, �I just wish you were dead so I can mourn the loss of my son.� ... It was hard to hear, but back then, addiction is such a dark place, and it didn�t even faze me.�
The Cashells reminisce about some of these memories, including one in which Bob Cashell knocked his son�s tooth out during a fight, and they can laugh. The 46-year-old Pat, who is now seven years sober, beat his decade-long addiction. He beat the odds because of his friends, his family and a bicycle.
Pat Cashell will jump back on the bicycle Sunday when he takes part in the 21st annual Tour De Nez. The fact that he�s still here, still able to race, is a miracle.
�I never thought I�d be clean again,� he said. �Once I started on my path down meth, I never thought in a million years I�d have the life I have today. I never thought I�d have a relationship with my family. I never thought I�d have my friends back. I never thought that this was remotely possible.�
Getting addicted
Cashell�s first taste of alcohol came at age 14. The alcohol turned to weed; the weed to cocaine; the cocaine to a host of drugs, most notably meth.
At age 28, with a loving family and a life full of nice possessions, Cashell thought he�d try meth just to see what it was like. After his first try, he was hooked. In a matter of months, the drug had sucked him in and taken nearly everything he had � his house in Caughlin Ranch, his boats, his cars.
�The darkest time during my addition was being homeless,� he said. �It�s the worst feeling in the world, not having a place to lay your head down at night, not having a family to talk to, not having somewhere to take a shower, going days without food. ... On top of that, having an addiction like meth, it gets dark out there. The people you run with, the things you experience, the things you see. It�s all pretty dark.�
Cashell was jailed a half-dozen times, mostly for drugs but also for a couple of domestic abuse felonies, which were later dropped. He was an embarrassment to his family. His brother and two sisters didn�t talk to him. His father, working his way up to mayor, wouldn�t take him to public events.
Still, Bob Cashell cared about his son, a little too much. He rented him a house and gave him money. But, as he now knows, that just fed his son�s addiction. The father�s actions enabled his son�s abuse.
�If you love your child, you will not enable,� Cashell said. �They have to go to the bottom. Hard love, I don�t subscribe to it and I don�t like it, but you have to make things very uncomfortable. You can�t bail them out of jail. You can�t give them money. If they have a car, take it away from them. If they have checking account, clear it out. ... They won�t get uncomfortable until they sleep in the street or sleep under the bridge or sleep in a snowstorm. I wasn�t strong enough.�
Getting high every day and then eating cheap fast food, Cashell ballooned to 240 pounds. He was angry. He was moody. He wasn�t pleasant to be around. He used the drugs to cope. Friends tried to get him clean, but he pushed them away.
Coming clean
Tired of listening to friends and family, Cashell agreed to go to a 30-day drug abuse rehabilitation center in Southern California. He went to appease his family, not with the idea of getting sober.
After four days in the program, Cashell was kicked out because of his negative attitude. But, in those four days, his life was changed forever.
For a meth addict, everything happens at night. During his four days in California, Cashell saw the light. He saw the ocean and the beach. He saw families playing with their children. He saw laughter.
�Something clicked in those four days,� said Cashell, who hasn�t taken a hit since that trip.
After returning to Reno, Cashell surrounded himself with healthy people and positive influences.
One of his first visits was to Franz Weber, a former Olympic skier who lives in Reno and has known Cashell for three decades. Weber was one of the few who always kept tabs on Cashell, even during his addiction. When Cashell knocked on his door seven years ago asking for help, Weber began to cry.
�I dropped everything and told him, �We�re going for a walk,�� Weber said. �I told him he needed to change everything. Clear out his cellphone. Get rid of all your contacts. Change your address. All of those friends will find you, and if you still have that temptation, they will get you back into drugs.�
Weber had intended to take his friend on a 20-minute walk. They were gone all day. Weber then gave him access to his in-laws� house above Caughlin Ranch. He put a blank book in the house and told Cashell to hike there whenever he wanted and jot down his thoughts as he battled demons.
Cashell hiked to the house � a 30-minute one-way trip � every other day for one year. He built a routine; he avoided drugs and he found a purpose in life: to live sober.
Weber also gave Cashell a bicycle, which sat in his home for a year. Cashell said he was scared of it at first, but after much needling by Weber, he eventually got back on his bike. Along with the support of friends and family, the bike has been one of the most important pieces in Cashell�s recovery.
�Cycling has become a passion of mine,� said Cashell, one of the best cyclists in town. �It has rebuilt my self-confidence, my self-esteem. I can�t tell you what it has done for me. I watched the Tour de Nez when I was young, when I was 18 or 19 years old, and seeing them race was always an interest of mine, and I always wanted to do it. The drugs and alcohol took those dreams away.�
A guiding light
A few years ago, Cashell was at the valet parking at Silver Legacy messing around with a friend who was stuck in a wheelchair because of a broken leg. He heard a voice from behind.
�You�re just as goofy now as you were as a little kid,� the man said.
Cashell was stunned at first. He didn�t recognize the person�s face. The man had worked for his father as a chef at Boomtown. He had watched Pat grow up, a jovial kid before the drugs took over.
�I said, �I don�t recognize you; how do you recognize me?�� Cashell recalled. �He said, �You saved my son�s life.� I said, �I don�t know what you�re talking about.�
�He said, �You saved my son�s life because you and your dad did a TV commercial and you told your story. My son was sitting on the living room couch. He had just shot up with his last bit of heroin and he saw the commercial and he went and checked himself into rehab, and he�s been clean six months now, and it all started with your story.��
At first, Cashell was embarrassed to tell his life story. He didn�t want people to know he was a recovering addict, that he had thrown away 10 years of his life. Now, Cashell shares his story with everybody. He sees it can change lives. His weekly radio show �Fearless� focuses on helping people with recovery. He�s filmed commercials and works part-time at Quest Counseling & Consulting, which helps teenage boys experiencing substance use.
Cashell said it�s a miracle he�s still alive. He wants others to know a miracle could await them, too.
At Quest, Cashell takes struggling children on hikes and to play basketball. He lets them know that it isn�t too late for them to change. It also helps keep him sober because now there are people relying on him as a role model.
When Weber looks at his friend�s transformation, the thing he�s most proud of is his work with kids.
�I love what he does for others now,� Weber said. �He doesn�t just do this for himself anymore. He knows that his story can help others, and he is using his story to help others.�
Return to downtown
During the depths of his addiction, downtown Reno was hell for Cashell. His memories of the area are clouded with doing drug deals.
On Sunday, Cashell returns to downtown Reno, where he�ll take part in the Tour de Nez, riding on the same streets where he used to sleep homeless. The event was canceled in May but has since been resurrected thanks to longtime Cashell family friend Bubba Melcher, who has taken over as the event�s executive director, as well as the help of a number of sponsors.
One of those sponsors is Stacie Mathewson, whose son, Josh, died of an overdose in February after 3� years of sobriety. Mathewson has run a foundation since 2011 based out of Reno that puts recovery programs on college campuses. She was planning on a moderate sponsorship donation, but offered $20,000 after hearing of the Tour de Nez�s struggle. Her monetary lifeline helped save a key Reno event.
�The fact the Tour de Nez was struggling to the point of almost closing down and having to reorganize and fight its way back, I see that as being very similar to people in recovery,� said Mathewson. �Sometimes they go back down to bottom and they just need that extra support around them.�
Mathewson�s son would have turned 30 on Sunday, the day of the Tour de Nez. Having a positive event in Reno on her son�s birthday will help dull what will be a painful day. Mathewson, who has known Cashell for two years, said sharing their stories will help give others a path to recovery.
�There�s a lot of shame that comes along with addiction, and when people can talk about it and normalize it and show some compassion in the struggle, it identifies it more as a disease than something you did wrong,� Mathewson said. �It brings more attention and compassion to the topic.�
Cashell will compete in two of the 10 races in Sunday�s Tour de Nez. He won first place in the Little City Stage Race in Minden last week, along with a check and trophy. After finishing second in the Tour de Nez last year, his eyes are set on top billing this weekend.
�It would mean everything to me to win,� Cashell said. �It would be awesome, especially in downtown Reno in front of everybody who has watched what I�ve been through. Hopefully, the kids from Quest can come and watch me. It would mean everything to me.
�But, if I don�t, the fact that I get to be here, compete and actually race with everybody and live a dream that was taken away from me because of my addiction, that means everything to me. It�s what�s keeping me sober this week.�


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Concerning the Spiritual in Russian Art, 1965-2011
The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) will present an original exhibition from the US-based Kolodzei Art Foundation, bringing together a selection of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photography and installations by Soviet and Post-Soviet artists. Be sure to read the Star Tribune's review of this exhibit by clicking here!
The selection explores aspects of spiritual expression in the Soviet Union and Russia from the 1960s to the present.
The title for the exhibition is derived from Wassily Kandinsky's book Concerning the Spiritual in Art of 1911, one of the 20th centuries most influential books on art theory.
Featuring 70 works of art, including Anatolii Slepyshev, Francisco Infante, Valeri Pianov, Petr Pushkarev, Valentina Lebedeva and more, this exhibition explores the way many Soviet and Post-Soviet artists transcended the anti-religious stance of the government by basing their art upon forbidden religious themes. Touching on aspects of cultural tolerance and coexistence, as well as artistic and religious consciousness, this exhibition covers spiritual and religious themes in nonconformist and Post-Soviet art.
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Mint Julep Gelatin With Whipped Cream
To make this dessert, you will need one-cup Bundtlette pans, which can be found in most kitchen-supply stores.
- Servings: 4
Photography: BEATRIZ DA COSTA
Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 1999
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 bunch fresh mint (2 1/2 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin (2 packets plus 1 teaspoon)
- 1/3 cup bourbon
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup sour cream
Place sugar in a small saucepan with 2 2/3 cups water and mint. Bring liquid to a simmer, and continue simmering 10 minutes. Strain into a large bowl; set aside.
Place 1/4 cup water in a medium heat-proof bowl or the top of a double boiler. Sprinkle gelatin over water, and let sit 5 minutes. Set the bowl over a pan of simmering water; stir mixture until gelatin has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Stir bourbon, lemon juice, and gelatin mixture into reserved syrup.
Pour mixture into four 1-cup Bundtlette pans. Chill until set, about 1 hour. To unmold, briefly dip bottoms of Bundtlette pans in warm water. Invert onto a baking pan, and transfer to plates.
Combine heavy cream, confectioners' sugar, and sour cream in a large chilled bowl. Whisk until mixture holds stiff but soft peaks, about 1 minute. Spoon over gelatin, and serve immediately.


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Divinyls Singer Christina Amphlett Dies at Age 53
Christina Amphlett in 2007 [photo: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images]
Christina Amphlett in 2007 [photo: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images]
Amphlett's husband of 14 years, former Divinyls drummer and multi-instrumentalist/producer Charley Drayton, confirmed in a statement that the charismatic singer died after battling multiple sclerosis since 2007 and breast cancer since 2010. "Chrissy's light burns so very brightly," Drayton stated. "Hers was a life of passion and creativity; she always lived it to the fullest…With her force of character and vocal strength she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women."
Drayton also revealed that Amphlett had "expressed hope that her worldwide hit 'I Touch Myself' would remind women to perform annual breast examinations."
The Divinyls formed in 1980 in Sydney, Australia, and they recorded five albums (with various lineup changes) between 1982 and 1996. While "I Touch Myself" marked their international commercial peak, they became stars of the early-MTV era thanks in no small part to Amphlett's sexy, fearless, tough-girl persona in music videos like "Boys in Town" and "Pleasure and Pain." One of the Divinyls' later songs, 1996's "Human on the Inside," was covered by another feisty rock 'n' roll female, Chrissie Hynde, on the Pretenders' 1999 album Viva el Amor. In 2001, the Divinyls' 1982 single "Science Fiction" was named one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association, and the band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006.
In March 2012, Amphlett took to her Facebook page to share sad news about her ongoing health issues. "Unfortunately the last 18 months have been a real challenge for me having breast cancer and MS and all the new places that will take you," she posted. "You become sadly a patient in a world of waiting rooms, waiting sometimes hours for a result or an appointment. You spend a lot time in cold machines…hospital beds, on your knees praying for miracles, operating rooms, tests after tests, looking at healthy people skip down the street like you once did and you took it all for granted and now wish you could do that. I have not stopped singing throughout all this in my dreams and to be once again performing and doing what I love to do.


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Kentucky Education Commissioner Jon Draud knew and approved the extra cost of his new state vehicle, even after a finance official offered him a chance to reconsider because of the state's bleak budget, government e-mails show.
The e-mails, obtained by The Courier-Journal in an open-records request, show that Draud instructed his staff to "proceed with the order based on the information/price quote" for a 2008 Chrysler 300 with $13,000 in extras.
In a May 22 interview with The Courier-Journal, Draud denied he knew anything about the cost of the car, for which the state paid $30,697.
Yesterday, Draud said he didn't "recall signing off on the price of the car" when he spoke to the newspaper.
"I had a lot of other things going on, and I really did not remember approving it or being aware of the cost when we last spoke," said Draud, adding that his job requires a lot of travel.
The e-mails also show that state Deputy Finance Secretary Glenn Mitchell gave Draud a chance to reconsider in light of Gov. Steve Beshear's executive order that agency heads justify any expenditure over $1,000.
In a March 20 e-mail to Robin Kinney, the education department's associate commissioner for operations, Mitchell wrote that "all other officials who are provided vehicles as a part of an employment contract are currently using a Chevrolet Impala," with a base price of $15,600.
"Given the current budget challenges and the difference in cost between the vehicle requested and the Impala, I wanted to provide this information and give the commissioner an opportunity to reconsider his request," Mitchell wrote.
Saying the lease had expired on the previous car he had been driving, Draud requested a 2008 Chrysler 300, with a base price of $18,101.
But he requested add-ons which included an engine upgrade, global positioning system device and a hands-free telephone system that raised the price to $30,697.
In a March 28 e-mail to Hiren Desai and Greg Hughes in finance, as well as to Forrest Banta in fleet management, Mitchell said he had spoken with Draud about his request.
"We had a long discussion about his travel plans and also the current budget environment and attention on spending," Mitchell wrote. "He (Draud) said he fully understood that he might be criticized, but that he felt he had sufficient justification for the car he has requested and the equipment he has requested."
After looking back at e-mails and being told by staff, Draud acknowledged yesterday that he "did ask for the features."
"I was aware they cost more money, I felt they were important for safety purposes and the fact that I am going to drive about 25,000 miles a year, representing the state of Kentucky," he said. "I am not going to continue dialogue on this subject. I was aware of the cost and I approved it. It is what it is."
Joe Brothers, chairman of the Kentucky Board of Education, said yesterday that he was not happy with the situation.
"This is not the time to be sending a signal to people that we have more money than we really have," Brothers said. "We are not talking about big dollars in terms of the overall budget, but we are talking about how this appears, and it makes an awfully good person look bad."
Brothers said he agrees that Draud needs the GPS and hands-free phone system, but he questions why those items cost $12,000 more.
"In these times of a tough budget, we need to be frugal and look at what we are doing and consider all of our options," he said.
Brothers said both he and Draud have inquired about returning the car.
"What we have learned is that since the car was actually purchased; there is no going back," Brothers said.
This is not the first time Draud has been questioned about job benefits.
In February, after having been on the job two months, the board approved his request to amend his contract to include 20 days of leave each year, instead of the 12 days he was entitled to as a new state employee. The board also approved his request for a one-time bonus of 30 days sick leave.
The request prompted some, including the governor , to question whether the increase was appropriate given the state's budget shortfall.
A day later Draud withdrew his request.
Reporter Antoinette Konz can be reached at (502) 582-4232.
Education chief declined chance to cut car costs
Dec. 17, 2008
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Holographic Communication Data Disc
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Understanding Bio-resonance
Bio-resonance is the field of Energetic Medicine that detects and works with electromagnetic frequency information generated by the body. Bio refers to a living organism and resonance means 'to vibrate in harmony with'. Our body cells generate tiny electrical impulses that interact or communicate with neighboring cells. Cells continuously emit and respond to these signals. These signals are in the form of oscillations or vibrations (frequency) and the oscillation pattern has been found to differ between a healthy person and a sick person. Oscillations from a cell burdened with foreign substances such as bacteria, toxins, etc., also have a different structure to that of a healthy cell.
All cells in the body emit minute electrical signals and these signals are used as a means of communication between cells. If a cell is in a good health, its signal will be harmonious and resonate in a free manner with other cells in the body. If a pathogen (toxin, virus, parasites etc) attacks a cell, then the signal coming from the cell becomes distorted.
This distorted signal (low in vibration) will communicate & affect other cells around to be vibrated at the distorted signal & thus we get sick or have a weaker body. The body is said to be "out of tune".
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DK . . "Crime Of The Century" . .September 1974
[Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm] [Cm] [Cm7]
[Cm]The actors and jesters are he[Cm7]re,
[F]The stage is in darkness and cl[F7]ear,
[Fm]For raising the curtain, and no-one's quite certain
Whose [Cm]play it is.[Cm7]
[Cm]How long ago, how [Cm7]long?
If only we [F]had listened then,[F7]
If we'd [Fm]known.. just how right,
We were [Cm]going to be.[Cm7]
For we [Cm]dreamed a lot and we [Cm7]schemed a lot
And we [F]tried to sing of love before
The [Fm]stage fell apart.[Fm]
Oh [Cm]o-h, o-h-h, o-h-h, [Cm7]o-h-h, [Eb]o-h-h-h
[Eb]If everyone was [Bb]listening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb)
[Eb]There'd be a cha-nce that [Bb]we could save the show.(Run Bb,B,C)
[Cm]__Who'll be the last clown [F]... to bring the house down?
[Cm]Oh [Gm]no, [Cm]please [Gm]no,, [Cm]don't let the [Gm]curtain [Fm]fall.
[Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm][Cm] [Cm7]
[Cm] [Cm7] [F] [F7] [Fm] [Fm][Cm] [Cm7]
[Cm]What is your costume to[Cm7]day?
[F]Who are the props in your pl[F7]ay?
[Fm]You're acting a part which you thought
From the start.. was an [Cm]honest one.[Cm7]
[Cm]Well, how do you plead?
An actor indeed! Go re-[F]learn your li-i-ines
[Fm]You don't kno-ow what you've done,
The fi[Cm]n-aa-lee's begu-u-u[Eb]n:
CHORUS (As previous)
[Eb]If everyone was [Bb]listening you know,(Run Bb,C,Eb)
[Eb]There'd be a cha--nce that [Bb]we could save the show.{run Bb,B,C)
[Cm]__Who'll be the last clown [F]... to bring the house down?
[Cm]Oh [Gm]no, [Cm]please [Gm]no,, [Cm]don't let the [Gm]curtain [Fm]fall.
(Outro played slow)..
Db//// Cm//// Db//// Cm/
at the end of chorus, Oh no, it is a G# instead of a Cm


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Erica Lauren Wollerson and Ryan Kyle Fulford exchanged marriage vows at 6 p.m., July 28, 2012 at Feazel Chapel in West Monroe, La. The Rev. Bill McCullin officiated the ceremony.
Parents of the couple are Pete and Carla Wollerson of West Monroe, Stacey Boutwell of Baskin, La., and Marty and Laurie Fulford of West Monroe. Grandparents of the bride are Millard and Barbara Osborn, Mildred Wollerson and the late Samuel Wollerson, all of Winnsboro, La. Grandparents of the groom are Linda Boutwell of Crowville, La., Barney Boutwell of Monroe, Ethel Fulford of Waverly, La. and the late Charles Fulford.
The bride was escorted by her father, Pete Wollerson. She wore an Ivory Galina Signature beaded tiered tulle gown with a sweetheart neckline and sweeping train. The two-tiered veil featured a beautifully beaded scalloped edge of flowers and sequins. She carried a round bouquet of white Casablanca lilies, hydrangea, roses and purple stock. Kacie Walley served as matron of honor. Emily Lyle and Laureen Hinton served as bridesmaids. They wore street length Lapis satin one-shoulder dresses with ruched waist detail and carried smaller versions of the bride's bouquet.
Corey Wright served as best man. Jarred Gallagher and Michael Simon served as groomsmen. Heath Hackney and Ryder Caldwell served as ushers. The groom wore a Wilke-Rodriquez black tuxedo with an ivory vest. Groomsmen wore Wilke-Rodriquez black tuxedos with lapis vests.
The chapel was adorned with ferns and arrangements of purple and white gladiolas, larkspur, lilies, spider mums, alstromeria and purple stock.
Guest book attendant was Amber Hutto. Pianist was Lydia Headrick with Dr. Jim Coughran and Ellen Oswell as soloists.
The bride is a graduate of West Monroe High School and attends ULM School of Nursing. She is employed as a nurse tech in PICU at St. Francis Medical Center.
The groom is a graduate of Franklin Parish High School and attends ULM School of Nursing. He is employed as a nurse tech in NICU at St. Francis Medical Center.
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"Out of my way, you filthy slack-jaws!" Jessie screamed, plowing yet another hoard of zombies into the dirt with her giant mallet. She was smashing rotting skulls so quick, I could barely keep up.
"Slow down, stupid!" I shouted. "Stay on your guard, Jess. They sneak up on you!"
"I know, I know," she sighed, rolling her eyes. "Jeez, Skye. Loosen up."
"That's what'll get you killed!" I snapped, swinging my battle-axe at another zombie throat.
We were in Intestinal Cemetery, fighting a hoard of leg-dragging, stink-breath zombies in the middle of the night. Welcome to the life of Skye Thompson.
"Ewww! They're so gross!" Jessie squealed, slapping away a disembodied hand that was still wiggling around.
Zombies are the foulest creatures on earth. They, as you might know, are the living dead. But what you didn't know is that they actually exist. Oh yeah, people. They're out there.
I took a final swing of my axe, instantly beheading about eight zombies at once. Their heads made a sickening THUNK as they hit the ground. Greenish slime splurted from their necks, showering my shirt with the putrid goo. I gagged. It smelled like rotten eggs! Well, what can you do?
I sighed and wiped my brow. "I think that's the last of 'em."
"Sweet! I'll report to Soldier Titus," Jessie sang as she whipped out her diamond-studded bubble gum pink cell phone. "Burn the bodies."
"Yeah, yeah," I grumbled, already dousing the rotting (and in some cases, still moving) corpses with the gasoline we had brought. I lit a match and threw it.
The cemetery lit up with the blindingly bright light. I watched the bodies burn, completely mesmerized.
"You ready, Skye?" Jessie called. "Let's go! I need a freakin' shower!"
I nodded and caught up to her. "I am so not looking forward to school tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" she laughed. "You mean in four hours?"
I groaned. "Please kill me."
"Your not a zombie yet, sweetie," she winked.
"There's an eyeball in your hair."
Jessie shrieked and shook out her short, choppy pink hair frantically. The eyeball slid out of her hair and rolled onto the grass. "Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!"
I laughed and shook out my own brown, curly hair. Leaves, dirt and other unmentionable disgusting things flew out.
"Yeah, let's go," I said.
Our school isn't really like your school. I mean, in most ways it is like a normal school. It has classes, students, teachers…
But one fact sets it apart from all the others: Our school is designed to train it's students to become full-fledged zombie killers.
The Death for Zombies Academy, or the DFZ as we like to call it.
There are five levels of zombie fighters. The Level Ones (or, little unos) are those who first enter the DFZ at about age ten or so. At age fourteen, they test you on skill and ability. If you pass, you're promoted to Level Two. The weak usually don't make it past this level.
Once you make it to Level Five, meeting all DFZ requirements, you're accepted into a prestigious group called the Soldiers. They have the highest rank in the zombie-hunting world.
I, myself, at eighteen just got promoted to Level Three. When I reach Level Five, I'll finally be Soldier Skye!
But I shouldn't get ahead of myself here. I've still got a lot of work ahead of me.
Getting back into the dorms was hell. Jessie and I tried to creep in as quietly as possible…Until Jessie stepped on a stray cat's tail. The cat freaked out and sprinted right smack into a stray dog who also freaked out and chased the cat into a janitor's closet, immediately causing an avalanche of bucket and mops to come spilling out onto the floor.
Of course, the whole freakin' dorm woke up and the dorm mother, Ms. Bartleby, ripped us a new one.
Which brings me to name three reasons why I seriously hate dorm life:
1. No privacy
2. Bitchy dorm mothers
3. Random stray animals everywhere (but that could also be due to the lack of security around here.)
So, in conclusion, I felt like crap in the morning. I skulked up the concrete steps that led into the huge DFZ.
And when I say huge, I mean HUGE. It has the main four-story building, and then it has these two gargantuan towers on either side. It was a sight to behold.
Right above the main door (Which is made of steel, by the way. How weird is that?) were the words "Death For Zombies Academy" with the DFZ's insignia right by it. A brain with two criss-crossing swords impaling it.
I sighed and kept walking. Right when you walk inside, the first poster you see had the three main guidelines to fighting a zombie.
Rule #1: Wield your weapon proudly and face your enemy head on. There's no point in running.
Rule #2: Control your breathing and pace yourself. Zombies are hard to kill, so don't rush.
Rule #3: Go for the throat!
I smiled to myself. If only Jessie would pay attention to the rules. She almost got herself killed last night.
"Skye! Hey, Skye. Wait up!"
Well, speak of the devil.
Jessie caught up to me. "Hey! Soldier Titus said he'd give us extra credit for that mission we busted last night, since it kept us up so late."
Soldier Titus was our homeroom teacher.
"Sweet!" I shouted. "So is he gonna let us off the hook for that Weapon Skills test today?"
"Uh-no," Jess sighed. "He's not that cool."
"Crap!" I groaned. "Well, it's his fault if we fail. Come on, we're gonna be late."
And so goes another day in the good ol' DFZ.
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Hursh Desai, a junior at Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River, decided to volunteer with the Indian Red Cross Society.
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It's time to head back to school. But before we do, we asked Shore-area students to share what they did on their summer vacations. These A+ Shore kids had plenty to share, from their experiences volunteering in malaria-stricken communities to investigating superstorm Sandy's impact on local bodies of water.
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Mission in India
Hursh Desai, a junior at Monsignor Donovan High School in Toms River, volunteered with the Indian Red Cross Society after learning from his father about the poverty and scarcity of medical care in some areas in India.
On June 16, he arrived in Ahmedabad, the capital city of Gujarat, India. With state tuberculosis project coordinator Manishaben Solanki, Hursh visited small, poverty-filled towns including Jamalpur, Shahpur, Dudheswar, Duriyapur and Kalupur. His task was to inform the community about the dangers and prevention of malaria, typhoid fever and other deadly illnesses.
"At times, the sewage water would mix with the drinking water, causing people to get sick and unwell," Hursh said. "The cause for malaria in these areas was due to the lack of pipelines and gutter lines.
"The conditions in the villages were atrocious," Hursh said, adding that litter compounded problems. "There were hundreds of people living so close together that it was hard for me to even breathe in some of the areas. I believe the only way to prevent these diseases and pollution is to inform the residents about the dangers that come with their actions."
Helping refugees
Helping refugees
Aisha Bhoori, a senior at Middletown High School South, was inspired to launch Dreamers Without Borders after communicating via Skype with Afghan, Burmese and Tibetan refugees and learning more about refugees' experiences during the New Jersey Scholars Program at The Lawrenceville School. The five-week interdisciplinary course examined the benefits and challenges of immigration through history, literature, sociology and folklore.
The refugees she communicated with expressed the hardships associated with their camps and detention centers and asked the teen students for help.
Dreamers Without Borders, founded by Aisha and two other scholars, is a not-for-profit project dedicated to accessing resources for refugee students around the globe - to help even the most underprivileged students access the tools necessary to obtain the education promised to them by the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights.
She and the other 38 scholars are the organization's ambassadors, generating awareness of the project's mission in more than 35 different high schools in the metropolitan area.
They're planning a back-to-school drive, through which they will collect gently used school supplies to send to Afghan and Tibetan refugee students. Visit dreamerswithoutborders.org for more information.
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Summer in science
Monmouth University's 10-week School of Science Summer Research Program enabled students this summer to work on collaborative research projects under the supervision of School of Science faculty and staff.
Student researchers carried out original research in a range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, nanotechnology, software engineering, homeland defense and emergency preparedness, and watershed management.
They worked on their research projects in wet laboratory, computer laboratory and field research environments.
"The Summer Research Program provides students with invaluable research experience and helps to support an intellectual community of faculty teacher-scholars," School of Science Dean Michael Palladino said.
Palladino said research experience is a key determining factor for acceptance into science graduate and professional programs and for employment in the sciences.
About 270 students from throughout the United States applied to the 2013 program, which accepted 84 students, including undergraduate and graduate students from Monmouth University.
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|Irish Coffee: Top 5 Big Baby Celtics moments
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For the second time in five games, the Celtics welcome a member of the 2007-08 NBA championship team in an opposing uniform. Kendrick Perkins got a hero's welcome when the Thunder visited Boston last week, so will Glen Davis get the same treatment when the Magic visit Monday night?
Davis had his share of moments, good and bad, during his four years in a Celtics uniform (remember how he broke his thumb?), culminating in a 32 percent shooting performance in last season's five-game Eastern Conference semifinals loss to the Heat. In one last contribution to the Celtics, he agreed to a four-year, $26 million sign-and-trade deal after the NBA lockout that shipped him and Von Wafer to Orlando for Brandon Bass.
So far, at least, the Celtics got the best of that deal, as Bass only makes $4 million this season, although Wafer's production on the Magic makes it closer than one might think. Take a look at their numbers through 15 games.
Bass: 11.5 PTS (48.1 FG%, 72.7 FT%), 6.4 REB, 0.7 BLK, 0.6 AST, 0.3 STL, 0.9 TO
Davis: 7.9 PTS (37.5 FG%, 73.3 FT%), 5.1 REB, 0.7 AST, 0.4 STL, 0.2 BLK, 1.3 TO
Wafer: 6.2 PTS (47.8 FG%, 46.7 3P%, 84.6 FT%), 1.3 REB, 0.8 AST, 0.2 STL, 1.1 TO
Regardless, Davis gave the Celtics more than they could have hoped for when they selected him with the 35th overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft, developing into one of the game's top three Sixth Man Award contenders last season. If Eddie House got a tribute montage video, why shouldn't Big Baby?
"We just have to let it play out," Magic teammate Dwight Howard told the Orlando Sentinel. "He's emotional. He might cry. We'll make sure we bring a big pacifier." It wouldn't be the first time.
Without further ado, I give you the top five Glen "Big Baby" Davis moments in a Celtics uniform. Read the rest of this entry »
|Chris Mannix on D&C: Chris Paul to Celtics an 'extreme longshot'
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Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix joined Dennis & Callahan on Friday morning to discuss the NBA blocking a trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers.
On Thursday, the Hornets, Rockets and Lakers reached an agreement to send Paul to the Lakers, Pau Gasol to the Rockets and Lamar Odom, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic and Luis Scola to New Orleans. But according to multiple reports, commissioner David Stern intervened and blocked the trade because league owners were irate that the trade was being allowed to go through.
The Celtics have been reportedly interested in acquiring Paul ever since the lockout unofficially ended, but Mannix does not expect that Boston will be able to trade for Paul after the Lakers deal was blocked.
"Do you know what [Lakers owner] Jerry Buss would do if the NBA approved [Paul to the Celtics]? He would make Mark Cuban look like a guy on Xanax because he would go absolutely ballistic over something like that," Mannix said. "You can't veto a trade of Chris Paul to the Lakers and all of a sudden trade him to your arch rival."
Added Mannix: "I would say right now it's an extreme longshot that Chris Paul would wind up with the Celtics."
Mannix explained that Stern and the NBA rejected the trade for a number of reasons.
"I think he did for a few reasons. No. 1, the small-market owners certainly had an influence. I'm sure by now you've seen Dan Gilbert's letter. '¦ I'm sure Dan Gilbert and some of the other small-market owners, like Robert Sarver, maybe Michael Heisley in Memphis, put some pressure on Stern," Mannix said. "But guys I've been saying for two weeks right now the biggest road block to Chris Paul getting traded is the commissioner's office. Because No. 1, they've spent five months trying to legislate against players doing exactly what Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are trying to do right now. They don't have a problem with super teams. '¦ They have a problem with how these super teams are formed. They don't want players independently going out there and saying, 'I want to play in such-and-such market, if you don't trade me there, I'm going to walk at the end of the season.'"
|10 questions post-NBA lockout Celtics must answer
|11.26.11 at 4:34 pm ET
Now that the NBA lockout is all but over, we can talk actual basketball again. No more exhibition games. No more Paul Pierce sightings at the World Series of Poker. No more overseas discussions. Should lawyers on both sides approve the tentative agreement as expected in the next three days to a week, both training camp and free agency are scheduled to begin on Dec. 9, leading up to a Celtics at Knicks season opener on Christmas Day.
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, head coach Doc Rivers and the rest of the C's brass face a ton of questions over the next month. Here are 10 of the biggest ones they'll have to answer.
10. How will the Celtics fill out the remainder of the roster?
The C's currently have just six players under contract: The Big Four of Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen as well as center Jermaine O'Neal and second-year guard Avery Bradley. That leaves nine open spots on the 15-man roster.
Jeff Green has received a $5.9 million qualifying offer that makes him a restricted free agent, and the remaining eight players from the team that lost a five-game Eastern Conference semifinal series to the Heat are free agents. Only Nenad Krstic, who signed a two-year deal with CSKA Moscow that did not include an NBA out clause for this season, is off limits.
First-round draft pick JaJuan Johnson is a lock to land one of those nine open slots, while second-round selection E'Twaun Moore is a strong candidate to make the roster. Johnson has been working out in his hometown of Indianapolis during the offseason, and Moore has averaged 9.5 points in six appearances for Italy's Benetton Treviso over the past two months.
Prior to the lockout, undrafted Pitt swingman Gilbert Brown was on the team's radar, so he has a chance to join the Purdue pair on the bench as well.
Assuming Green remains in Boston, Ainge will at the very least have to find veteran players capable of playing significant backup minutes at center, power forward and the two guard positions. Re-signing combo guard Delonte West would go a long way in cementing the latter, and we'll be examining the free-agent options at each position throughout this week.
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|10 Things I Heard About Celtics III
|08.22.11 at 4:18 pm ET
On another slow Celtics news day, there's still plenty to learn about Boston's green men. Here are 10 more C's links of interest we discovered over the past 24 hours (Here are "10 Things I Heard About Celtics" I and II) …
10. By now, I'm sure you're sick of all the random Rajon Rondo ridiculousness. One week the Celtics point guard is in Louisville. The next he's in Las Vegas. Then Boston. And Alcatraz. If they don't get this whole NBA lockout thing settled soon, he'll be climbing Mount Everest and sailing the Dead Sea before you know it.
Rondo's latest adventures involve a paycheck — but sadly no basketball. He scoffed at himself in Lakers gear for a Champs Sports commercial and donned a beret and ascot for a series of Foot Locker ads, revealing some classic Rondo "quickness faces" — The General, The Panther Stare and whatever the hell the third one is called (The Grand Millimeter?) — with his signature deadpan delivery. I also enjoyed this advice from Lesson No. 3:
"It's the fourth quarter, your most bitter rival is about to step up to the line and shoot free throws that will end your season. Don't let this go down. Get in his mind, talk some trash and wreak havoc."
9. Even during the lockout, a week doesn't pass without some sort of Dwight Howard speculation. The latest? Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer claims he's been told by Magic CEO Alex Martins that a new collective bargaining agreement may include a more significant "Bird Rights"-like clause that would give Howard's current team an even greater chance of retaining his services over teams like the Lakers or Celtics in 2012 free agency.
"One thing that might give some comfort to Orlando fans is that one of the thoughts in the new collective bargaining agreement is to give an advantage to teams who are trying to keep their incumbent players," Dyer told the Orlando Sentinel. "That would allow the Magic, for instance, to offer Dwight more money than any other team and (entice him) to stay home."
How significant that advantage might be for the Magic is obviously up for debate between owners and players.
|Celtics sign-and-trade options for Glen Davis
|08.08.11 at 4:46 pm ET
There has been plenty of discussion about sign-and-trade opportunities for the Celtics concerning unrestricted free agent Glen Davis, which leads to a number of questions:
- How does a sign-and-trade work?
- Who could the Celtics get in return for Davis?
- What are the odds of a sign-and-trade after the NBA lockout?
Here, we'll attempt to answer all three of those issues.
Under the now expired collective bargaining agreement, the sign-and-trade option benefited all three parties involved. Ideally, the player got a better contract than he would have on the open market, his new team got a player coveted by its opponents and his old team got a a player, picks or some kind of trade exception in return.
For example, the Celtics own "Bird rights" to Davis and could sign him for more dollars than another team at or above the salary cap. I'm guessing Big Baby wouldn't turn down the extra cash. So, let's say the Magic and Hawks both want Davis, the Celtics could shop him to the highest bidder in exchange for acting as the middle man.
Recent history of sign-and-trades involving players of Big Baby's caliber haven't garnered too much in return. I think we can agree that Davis falls somewhere in between 2010 C.J. Watson and 2006 Al Harrington. Watson signed a three-year, $10.2 million deal with the Warriors, and then got shipped to the Bulls for a second-round draft pick. Harrington inked a four-year, $35.3 million deal with the Hawks, and then got traded to the Pacers for a first-round draft pick. The Harrington deal turned into the No. 11 overall pick in a fairly deep draft — which Atlanta wasted on Acie Law — so there is some value there.
|What we know about Celtics' financial situation
|07.21.11 at 4:10 pm ET
In case you haven't heard, NBA owners have locked out their players, and the outlook appears grim, as Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck is among a group willing to lose the entire 2011-12 season over the labor dispute.
Grousbeck and the rest of the ownership group purchased the Celtics in late 2002 for a then-record $360 million, taking on $180 million in debt. Forbes.com valued the franchise at $452 million after their near-title 2009-10 season, a 65.0 percent increase in value since the 2001-02 season.
Before we put how much the Celtics have made — and stand to make — from their new TV deal into perspective, let's take a year-by-year look at how the Celtics have done financially since the current owners took helm …
|Larry Bird on the Big Show: I never would have coached at old Garden
|06.28.11 at 6:39 pm ET
Celtics legend Larry Bird was a guest of The Big Show on Tuesday and he sat down with Glenn Ordway for a wide-ranging interview that touched on his job with the Pacers, how he feels about the modern game — and some of the players — and his memories of playing with the Celtics.
Bird also said that he never would have coached at the old Boston Garden.
"All my memories I just wanted them to be as a player," Bird said. "Even here in Indiana, I told Donnie [Walsh] if the Garden was still up I would never go in there as an opposing coach and play the Celtics as an Indiana Pacer coach. I just couldn't do that. But they tore it down and I got in there in the other Garden and it didn't bother me as much."
Asked if he would have handed over the team to his then-assistant coach Rick Carlisle, Bird laughed, "Carlisle did a lot of it anyway. No, I just wouldn't have taken the job. I just couldn't do that. I couldn't see myself walking in the Boston Garden as a visitor. I just couldn't do that."
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You haven't made a lot of trips back [to Boston]. Is that by design or is that just how the schedule worked out?
Well, we're pretty busy here and I try to get out there as much as I can, just never enough because my admiration I have for that city, it's a great city, it's a sports town. I always like to go back out there but an opportunity hadn't arose as much as I'd like. But obviously I'm going to be there for a couple of days and I'll probably enjoy it.
As you look back at the great period that you had with [the Celtics], is there anything you look back at and say, "I wish I had done this?"
Yeah, a couple more championships would have helped. You know in 1981 when we won our first championship, I looked at our team and I thought, "Boy, we got a chance here to win at least five championships." And we had a couple years where we didn't do as well. Starting in '84, '85, '86, and '87, we were well on our way to winning a lot of championships. Then all of a sudden the back issues started coming in and things started changing. I always felt that we had a good enough team to win five championships.
We played in five finals but we just won three, so that's probably the most disappointing thing, but overall it was the greatest time of my life. It was something I loved and playing in a city that cared for their players and their teams, really it was a positive for me and I miss it. I miss being out there, I miss playing, but sometimes I forget I even played because it's been so long. But it was a great experience for me, I grew up in Boston and met a lot of good people and obviously got to play for Red [Auerbach], and I had some good teammates. We were a good team out there. Read the rest of this entry »
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'Stuck': Film explores families in international adoption vacuum
From the football field to Silicon Valley, Craig Juntunen's drive has always paid off in success.
Juntunen is now focusing that can-do attitude on what may be his most daunting challenge: Raising awareness about the need to simplify international adoption an issue showcased in the movie "Stuck," which Juntunen produced.
The quest began in 2006, when Juntunen and his wife Kathi adopted three children from Haiti. It was a life-transforming experience, which led him to write the book Both Ends Burning. Readers would tell Juntunen they'd been inspired by his example and then share stories about the roadblocks they hit when they tried to adopt.
"That was the first of many red flags about barriers, restrictions and rules preventing people from adopting," he said. Juntunen began investigating what was happening, and the more he learned, the more frustrated and fired up he got about helping orphans and the families who want to give them homes.
Far too many children don't have a family, he said, and the process to give them permanent homes is too long and costly nearly three years and $28,000 on average. UNICEF estimates there are 17.8 million children in orphanages or living on the streets worldwide. About 400,000 children in the U.S. are in foster care.
According to the U.S. State Department, there were 8,668 children adopted by U.S. families in fiscal 2012 down 60 percent over the past decade.
Juntunen said unnecessary hurdles and bureaucracy have contributed to the steep decline in international adoptions, which he blames on a "lackadaisical system" that moves at a "snail's pace" if that.
"What we're trying to do is to basically form the social and political will to deal with what is a social tragedy," Juntunen said.
The movie • With that in mind, Juntunen set up a non-profit organization called Both Ends Burning and produced "Stuck" to raise awareness of problems confronting families who want to provide homes for orphans through international adoption.
Juntunen has the bonafides for such an ambitious task. He went from a successful football career as a quarterback at the University of Idaho to the Canadian Football League. After football, Juntunen started a profitable company in Silicon Valley and, after 18 years, sold it in 1995, when he turned his attention to philanthropy. In 2006, he launched the Chances for Children Foundation, which supports orphanages, churches, educational and economic programs in Haiti.
Juntunen believes there are two primary problems bogging down international adoptions: roadblocks posed by many nongovernmental organizations and system inefficiencies. Those problems are highlighted in "Stuck."
The 82-minute film follows adoptions of four children: Tihun from Ethiopia; Nate from Vietnam; and Erickson and Therline from Haiti. Juntunen is traveling the country via bus to show the film in 62 cities. "Stuck" will be shown in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Tower Theatre. The tour will end on May 17 in Washington, D.C., where Juntunen plans to stage a march to the White House to present President Obama and every member of Congress copies of a petition he hopes by then will have been signed by 1 million people who support revamping the international adoption process.
The reaction of most audiences to the film, he said, has been, "I had no idea" and "How can I help?"
Utah story • For Jeff and Jenna Denbleyker, the film will be a replay of the nightmare they've experienced over the past 5 1/2 years.
The South Jordan couple had a flawless experience adopting a girl from Guatemala in 2004 and three years later decided to adopt two more children from that country. In August 2007, they were given referrals for two infant girls just as the country enacted a law revising its adoption system because of concerns of fraud.
The Denbleykers brought Chloe, now 5, home five months later. Today, they are still trying to bring Lauren also known as Jazmin to Utah.
Although adoptions already in motion were supposed to be grandfathered in under the new law, the Denbleykers have run into one "whimsical, random" hang up after another in Lauren's adoption. There have been lost files, no shows at court hearings, months waiting for government officials to deliver requested records and, most recently, lack of a correct address for the birth mom.
"After five years, that was the first time we heard that," said Jenna Denbleyker.
In November, they were told they would have to restart the entire process under the provisions of the 2007 law. Jenna Denbleyker estimates there are at least 150 other children whose adoptions by families in the U.S. remain in limbo, down from 900 or so that were halted when the law first took effect.
Lauren, who is about a month older than Chloe, was initially cared for by a foster family associated with the Denbleykers' attorney; she has lived in an orphanage since she was 15 months old.
"We thought they [Chloe and Lauren] could grow up together," Jenna Denbleyker said, "as best friends and sisters."
Over the years, they've tried to stay in contact with Lauren through twice yearly visits and monthly web chats. But that is no substitute for the love and care they could give her in their own home.
"I don't think words can express what it feels like, whether we are there or on a webcast, and have her ask, 'When are you coming to get me?' and not be able to answer that," Jeff Denbleyker said.
Adds Jenna Denbleyker: "No one has ever come to visit [Lauren] except for us. There is no interest by anybody else in adopting her. She is clearly an orphan, with no other interest, and yet we can't get her. ... There is just not the political will to get these adoptions done and that means these children are the ones who are paying for it with their lives. It breaks our hearts, it breaks our hearts for Lauren and every other child in that situation."
It's political • Politics, political ideology and [non-governmental organization] ideology are in many instances preventing children from leaving institutions and joining a family, Juntunen said. Among the new policies: an emphasis on domestic adoptions over intercountry adoptions.
But Juntunen doesn't buy arguments that international adoption amounts to a deportation of "national heritage" an attitude he believes would lead to "global segregation."
"We are advocating that every child has a right to belong in a family," Juntunen said. While the foster care system in the U.S. could use improvement, "the activity that seems to be the most broken is the activity around international adoption."
His response to people who say "What about our kids?"
"Every kid on this planet should be our kids and our sense of responsibility to our kids shouldn't be contained by a border," Juntunen said.
In many foreign countries, children living in orphanages are at-risk of "this enormous eclipse of human potential" because they don't get the necessary stimulation that comes from being part of a loving, thriving family.
"They are just fighting to survive," Juntunen said.
And that is why one of his chief goals is to shorten the amount of time children spend in institutions.
Juntunen said that determining eligibility to adopt is one of the most time-consuming tasks in an adoption and obviously must be done right to avoid putting birth mothers and children at-risk. He believes it is possible to create a system that has greater efficiency while also adding more transparency and safeguards.
"We're advocating for a broad-based, comprehensive solution for children to join families," Juntunen said. "What we're trying to do is just form the social movement which happens when attitudes and values are examined and reconsidered in a new context. We are hoping new information and awareness will collide with common sense and change will happen."
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International adoption in the spotlight
"Stuck," a documentary about international adoption, follows cases of four children and the families who want to give them homes.
When • Monday, 7 p.m.
Where • Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City
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November 24, 2015
The search continues for a pair of thieves who pretended to help a couple, but instead stole from them.
The couple's car broke down outside the Kroger store at Tates Creek and Man O'War.
That is when two men pulled up in a silver Ford Fusion and offered help.
The man, who was looking under the hood of the car, then grabbed the woman's purse and took off to his car.
He and the driver then took off.
Some of the couple's friends showed up, just as the crime occurred, and they followed the crooks' car.
The thieves eventually tossed the woman's purse out the window, but not before taking cash.
Police have leads in the case.
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When Leia and Mike Lins were married, Leia had to give up her cat in deference to Mike's allergies. The dander and fur her beloved feline produced made life impossible for Mike.
Leia wondered if a hypoallergenic pet would be more amenable to Mike. After eight years of persuasion and Internet research, she found a dog that Mike agreed to bring home.
Their new pup, Koda, is a goldendoodle the result of a happy meeting between a standard poodle and a golden retriever. Because poodles have a different type of fur and shed less than most dogs, many people consider them to be ideal for allergy sufferers.
Koda is 3 years old now and Mike hasn't had any allergic reactions. "He loves Koda and she is a great family pet," Leia said. "She has the smarts of a poodle and the temper of a golden retriever. She's smart and really mellow."
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, one out of every four people struggle with allergies and asthma on a regular basis, and 15 to 30 percent of those cases are dog or cat related.
The hypoallergenic label is usually associated with pets that have little fur, don't shed much and produce fewer allergens than others of the same species. While Mike Lins and Koda live peaceably, a hypoallergenic pet may still affect people with severe allergies or asthma.
That's because the problem isn't just the fur; it is what's in the animals' glands, too.
"Unfortunately there is no such thing as a nonallergenic dog," said Dave Mangold, a board-certified physician assistant at the Allergy and Asthma Center based in Missoula and Kalispell.
According to Mangold, all dogs have the protein "Can f 1," which is allergenic.
"Different breeds of dog release less of this protein and could be deemed hypoallergenic. Unfortunately there are no well-defined ways to measure that, and I usually recommend a dog-allergic patient 'test drives' a dog first before bringing one home," Mangold said. "Typically the shorter-haired, less-shedding dogs are better."
In cats, the allergenic protein is "Fel d 1." A company called Allerca claims to have genetically modified cats to exclude this protein, according to Mangold.
"Whether this is real or not remains to be seen," Mangold said. "Cats are typically much more allergenic than dogs, and if someone has a cat allergy I usually recommend they do not get a cat at all."
Most allergy sufferers come into contact with these allergens through the animal's skin or saliva. Pet allergens are so small that they can remain airborne for months. They are about 10 times smaller than pollen or dust particles. That's why kicking your dog out of the house when an allergy sufferer pays a visit doesn't help.
While no dog is totally nonallergenic, certain breeds work better for some allergy sufferers. Yorkshire terriers, poodles and poodle hybrids, such as the Lins' goldendoodle, may not cause a reaction with mild allergy sufferers. But, even these breeds may cause different forms of allergies including bronchitis as does any breed of dog.
Cat breeds, such as the LaPerm, Sphynx, Devon Rex and Cornish Rex, which lack some or all of the normal layers in cat fur, are believed by mild allergy sufferers to be significantly less likely to provoke an allergic reaction than other breeds.
The Lins are glad to have found a clean, allergy-friendly dog that works for them, and Leia is thrilled to have a pet back her life.
"I knew a lot of people with allergies who had dogs like this, and I thought, 'if it works for them, it has to work for us,'" Leia said.


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- 200 cities ranked
- Topeka earns number 37 spot
- Based on rankings of car collision frequency
- Olathe, Kansas City, Overland Park and Wichita also ranked in the top 50
- Sioux Falls earned top spot
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka ranks high in the latest "best drivers"
Out of 200 cities ranked across the United States, Topeka earned the number 37 spot.
The report, conducted by Allstate Insurance, bases the rankings on car collision frequency.
According to the report, Topeka residents will experience a collision every 10.9 years, which means Topeka drivers are 8.3 percent less likely to get in an accident compared to the national average.
Olathe, Kansas City, Overland Park and Wichita also ranked in the top 50.
Sioux Falls earns the top spot for having the best drivers.
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Forest Hills Family Medicine is moving to the former Blockbuster store in Anderson Township, 8094 Beechmont Ave., in Anderson Township.
A former video store is being transformed into a doctor's office.
Forest Hills Family Medicine has been at its current location, 7175 Beechmont Ave., between Salem and Markley roads, for more than a decade, but the office is moving to another building in Anderson Township.
The practice is expected to open July 30 in the former Blockbuster video store, 8094 Beechmont Ave., across from New England Club Drive. ...


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Nick led the work to publish the IAB's UK Good Practice Principles for behavioural advertising in March 2009, providing new rules based around notice, choice and education to help guide the industry and enhance consumer trust. He is also vice-chair of IAB Europe's Policy Committee, spearheading self-regulatory initiatives at EU level, including the recently launched pan-EU Framework for behavioural advertising. Nick was elected chair of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) – the body administering the EU self-regulatory initiative - in June 2013. He also vice chair of the cross industry EU steering group on behavioural advertising.
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