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Notre Dame, Indiana University among local colleges fighting sexual violence with awareness, education
Prevention initiatives and victim resources are growing as campuses pay closer attention to sexual assault.
Michiana's colleges are diverse in size and culture, but there's at least one thing they have in common – a proactive approach to eliminating sexual violence on their campuses.
University of Notre Dame
- Out of the Shadows Support Group: A confidential women's support group for Notre Dame, Saint Mary's and Holy Cross undergraduates who have experienced unwanted sexual contact, sexual assault or rape.
- A freshman seminar curriculum with several workshops on sexual violence prevention.
- The Gender Relations Center, which provides a variety of workshops and programs throughout the year aimed at preventing sexual violence.
Indiana University South Bend
- IUSBBRAVE: A new program providing orientation, regular training and encourages use of on-campus counseling services.
- Annual rallies against sexual violence hosted by student life groups.
- HAVEN, an online program for students on how to reduce the incidence of sexual and relationship violence.
Goshen College
- Campus-wide education on bystander intervention.
- Classes that include discussion on dating violence and stalking.
- Self defense training.
St. Mary's College
- Belles Against Violence, a campus office dedicated to addressing sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking. The program includes a student advisory board, events and educational programs.
Goshen College's bystander intervention training and University of Notre Dame's Gender Relations Center, are among local institutions that offer programs to address a problem so widespread that it inspired its own White House task force earlier this year.
'We can't sweep things under the rug'
Sharon Hurt is assistant director of the Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County and project coordinator for S-O-S, a St. Joseph County rape crisis center that also serves Elkhart County.
In the 25 years she's spent working with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault – including college students – she's noticed a change on campuses.
"I don't know that they're safer, but we are certainly more aware of what's happening," she said. "Title IX has come out and college campuses, the administrations, don't have a choice anymore. We can't sweep things under the rug."
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that receives federal funding. Discrimination includes sexual harassment, sexual battery, sexual assault and rape.
By the numbers
Between 2010 and 2012, there were 22 reports of forcible sex offenses at the University of Notre Dame, two at IU South Bend, one at St. Mary's College, two at Bethel College and zero at Goshen College, Holy Cross College and the Elkhart and South Bend campuses of Ivy Tech Community College.
(See infographic below for more details.)
Those figures come from schools' annual crime reports and include only on-campus incidents.
Note, however, that when it comes to gauging how effective schools are at preventing sexual assault, the numbers don't necessarily tell the whole story.
Less than 5 percent of completed or attempted rapes against college women are reported to law enforcement, according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
It's a gap that colleges and universities are more than aware of as they address on-campus sexual crime.
Support groups, workshops and rallies
In August, Indiana University launched a new sexual assault prevention initiative that comes several months after the Board of Trustees approved a student welfare statement that includes a zero tolerance approach to sexual assault.
Starting this fall, each of IU's seven campuses – including South Bend – will be plastered with posters listing resources and definitions related to sexual violence.
The university will also launch a new website with sexual violence resources and offer increased education at freshmen orientation sessions.
Hurt acknowledges the difficulty in fully understanding the climate of safety on each campus, but she commends local schools for their proactive – rather than reactive – approaches.
"Notre Dame, St. Mary's, IU, Bethel, Ivy Tech – all of those universities and colleges are on board with stamping out this craziness," she said. "They all are working hard to proptect the students that go to their institutions."


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Safeway proposes highlands store, council OKs gas station
October 5, 2011
By Warren Kagarise
NEW — 4 p.m. Oct. 5, 2011
The plan to open a grocery store in the Issaquah Highlands — a still-unmet target from early goals for the community — reached a milestone Monday, as Safeway submitted a proposal for a store in the neighborhood.
Meanwhile, City Council members adjusted longstanding development rules Monday to allow a gas station in the highlands — a critical factor in Safeway's proposal to build the store.
The debate before the council decision exposed a split among highlands residents eager for more amenities in the community, and residents from elsewhere concerned about potential groundwater contamination from gas station leaks.
In a unanimous decision, council members adjusted the agreement between the city and highlands developer Port Blakely Communities to allow a gas station to accompany a grocery store in the neighborhood. The council also added rules to the development agreement to require a gas station to be built alongside a grocery store.
Safeway applied for a city permit on the same day a representative from the California-based chain addressed the council about the gas station issue.
John Shaw, consulting director of operations for Port Blakely, said the company needed the agreement adjusted to allow gas stations in order to conclude a grocery store deal.
"In several years of trying, as we all know, Port Blakely has come close, but has not landed the grocery store," he said during a hearing before the council decision. "In our recent conversations with grocers, we have realized that we're unlikely to attract a grocer in the highlands if the grocer does not have the ability to offer gas."
Port Blakely executives said neighborhood residents, in a recent survey, ranked a grocery store and a gas station as the most sought-after amenities.
"In the modern world, grocers view the ability to sell gas just like they do the ability to sell bakery goods and meat," Shaw said at the hearing. "It's part of the business."
David Livingston, a national grocery consultant based in Wisconsin, said Safeway and other grocery chains tie gasoline sales to customer-loyalty programs and other offers.
"It certainly does complement the store, and I could see why they would want to do it," he said. "They've obviously found that it works for their business model, but it's not absolutely necessary. They may need it in that particular situation in order to get their sales forecast."
Safeway is the No. 2 grocery chain in the United States after Kroger. Safeway operates a store — sans gas station — in the Issaquah Commons shopping center along Northwest Gilman Boulevard.
In the past, Central Market and Whole Foods Market considered and decided against opening highlands stores. Safeway differs from the other chains considered for the neighborhood.
"Safeway has always just been considered the average, plain-vanilla grocery store," Livingston said. "No matter how much they upgrade their stores — and so does everybody else — they're still average, plain vanilla."
The proposed Safeway could anchor a planned retail complex in the highlands.
In July, Port Blakely announced a deal to sell 14 acres for a proposed shopping center to Florida-based Regency Centers. The deal calls for Regency Centers to purchase the land and build a 175,000-square-foot shopping center along Northeast High Street and Northeast Park Drive — a site once set aside for a retail destination called The High Streets. If the transaction is completed, construction could start as early as next year.
Highlands geology poses challenge
The agreement between the city and Port Blakely fills a 4-inch binder. The thick document outlines rules for the highlands and, until Monday, banned a gas station in the neighborhood.
The original pact between city officials and Port Blakely executives prohibited a gas station due to concerns about contamination to the Lower Issaquah Valley Aquifer, a major drinking water source. (The city purchases water for the highlands from the Cascade Water Alliance.)
"That was back in 1995, and what we know today is that the geology in Issaquah Highlands, underneath the surface of Issaquah Highlands, is a lot more complicated than what was described in the environmental documents that were produced for that project," Keith Niven, city Major Development Review Team program manager, told council members.
The changes in understanding — and updated safety features for underground tanks — prompted officials to rethink the ban.
Officials learned more about highlands geology from a 2004 landslide. Before the landslide, storm water from the highlands entered the ground near the current Swedish/Issaquah hospital campus. Geologists said the site acted as a sort of pipe to down the aquifer.
However, geologists and municipal officials later realized aquatards — impermeable soil layers — caused some storm water to flow horizontally out of the highlands, too, and contributed to the landslide.
Concerns about contamination
Some gas station opponents said, regardless, such a facility in the highlands poses a risk for groundwater contamination.
"This is a complex geology up there," Cougar Mountain resident Mary Lynch said. "We know that. We've had problems with storm water runoff. We still don't know what caused some of those in the past. We still don't understand all of our wells."
Jeff Parker, a Safeway real estate manager, said no major spills occurred at the company's gas stations. Safeway uses double-walled tanks nestled inside fiberglass cladding, he said. The tanks also include sensors to monitor for leaks.
"These tanks are considered the safest tanks available," Parker told council members. "Our system monitors those tanks 24/7/365, and gives notification onsite and to our Safeway maintenance department, and is able to provide a quick response."
Some gas station proponents turned around the environment-related argument on detractors.
"A gas station will reduce air pollution and reduce congestion by eliminating the need for people heading to the highlands to swing off the freeway, go through downtown Issaquah, get gas here and go on up," Bill Frisinger, Mayor Ava Frisinger's husband, said at the hearing. "Congestion is a problem and anything that can reduce that ought to be given serious consideration."
(The mayor only casts a vote on council decisions in order to break a tie.)
Other gas station opponents raised concerns about changes to the agreement between the city and Port Blakely.
"The highlands have more density than was originally planned — and still no grocery store," said Bryan Weinstein, a downtown Issaquah resident and former council candidate. "The city has been negligent in acquiescing to developer want without keeping in mind well-documented community needs. Our grocery store could have been built years ago if you really insisted on it."
The discussion came as the latest clash in a long and contentious debate about development in the highlands.
Chris Hawkins, a highlands resident, leveled blunt remarks against people opposed to the gas station.
"You are just inexorably against any kind of progress up in the highlands, whether it's a shopping center, Microsoft, I mean, you are just against it," he said. "You lost some sort of political battle back in the mid '90s and you have been holding development up there hostage ever since."
Hope for additional construction
The council amended the development agreement in the past to open land for additional development and, in October 2009, to allow Swedish Medical Center to install underground fuel tanks for emergency generators, despite similar concerns about groundwater contamination. (Swedish/Issaquah opened in July 2011.)
The council last considered gas station legislation in December 2009, but Port Blakely executives pulled the bill at the last minute. The earlier proposal — billed in the past as legislation for a high-tech "energy station" — differed from the just-passed legislation, although officials said a highlands gas station could offer ethanol or electric-vehicle charging stations.
Councilwoman Stacy Goodman, a highlands resident, amended the measure to limit a gas station to opening as part of a grocery store.
"I'm not thrilled with a fuel station," she said before the council decision. "I know a fuel station was not envisioned as part of the Issaquah Highlands urban village, but Issaquah Highlands needs a grocery store. That land up there has been vacant for way too long."
Councilman Tola Marts said the decision to allow a gas station offered a chance to land a grocery store for the neighborhood.
"I saw a number of instances where Port Blakely and other businesses that they worked with got very close to getting a grocery store, and it always slipped through our fingers," he said. "I believe that had it been possible for them to get a grocery store in the last two years without a gas station, they would have done so."
7 Responses to "Safeway proposes highlands store, council OKs gas station"
Chris Hawkins on
October 5th, 2011 5:24 pm
Issaquah residents who live in the valley get their drinking water from four city wells. In the same valley, often quite close to the wells, are nearly 20 gasoline storage locations. These include the public filling stations we all know about, but also filling and storage facilities for business and government.
The city of Issaquah does a good job of monitoring water quality, and also inspects these gasoline storage facilities. But the laws for existing legacy facilities are much weaker than for new facilities. The facility to be built in the Highlands will be a safer facility than any which now exist in Issaquah.
My blunt statements are focused on the Issaquah Environmental Council.
The issue of the existing storage facilities in the valley is exactly where their
focus and concern should be. But they are completely silent.
My challenge to the IEC is to 'Walk your Talk'. Change your focus from blocking progress in Issaquah Highlands to working to working with the city to strengthen the laws concerning legacy gasoline storage facilities in the valley.
Nick Karnik on
October 6th, 2011 10:50 am
Chris – Thanks for the clarification. I am a bit concerned about the gas station affecting the water …. also, where will it be built?
Anon on
October 6th, 2011 4:19 pm
It's called Grand Ridge Plaza according to the 8/29/11 pdf. There's a map in the document
Connie Marsh on
October 7th, 2011 5:33 am
The valley floor gas station situation has been and is an issue. Issaquah Environmental Council members have spent considerable time tracking contamination and attempting to unravel the information on clean-up and follow through of past requirements. We have found, to our dismay, that is just about impossible to figure out if the required actions for clean up have been taken. This, of course, increases our concerns for all hazardous materials storage.
Within the past 5 years a system of tracking hazardous products has been implemented on the valley floor and has improved the situation for smaller quantities.
Currently Costco is seeking to add on to the number of pumps at its station on the valley floor. It is, of course, the IEC intent to ensure standards at least equal to those required in the Highlands.
Chris, you crack me up! When I think of the hours and hours the IEC has spent in the Highlands removing weeds, salvaging plants and basically improving your world. You know this.
It is one Issaquah and we spread our efforts all around town.
Connie Marsh, President Issaquah Environmental Council
Chris Hawkins on
October 7th, 2011 12:35 pm
Thank you for clarifying Issaquah Environmental Council's on-going efforts to address aquifer contamination issues in the valley floor. I had not seen these efforts mentioned in the Issaquah Press, nor did I hear these concerns raised at Monday's Public Hearing.
As a fellow environmentalist, I value what your organization could do with its considerable membership and connections. Due largely to your efforts, the Issaquah Environmental Council has an influence at City Hall and with the local media that surpasses any other organization in Issaquah.
My concern is how that influence is used.
Issaquah Environment Council appears to have a grudge against everything in Issaquah Highlands, no doubt dating from your organization's opposition to Issaquah Highlands being created. The outcome of this grudge is that many worthwhile projects in the Highlands have been blocked, delayed, or subverted by IEC's efforts.
A more fitting use of this influence would be an inclusive organization that represented all of Issaquah, old and new, and focused on issues that would pull citizens together towards common goals. Goals that would improve the city and the preserve the environmental values that most of us share, not goals that pit one part of the city against another.
When Issaquah Environmental Council becomes a broad based inclusive organization, I will be happy to become a member and work toward those common goals.
Chris Hawkins
Issaquah Highlands resident and Invasive Weed cutter.
Jamie Fenderson on
October 7th, 2011 5:41 pm
I am dissappointed that the design isn't similar to the Safeway they have recently built in downtown Bellevue, or the one in Portland, with nice condos and/or office buildings above the store. I think something like that would fit better than this typlical suburban design.
Marc Overmars on
October 8th, 2011 12:47 pm
Jamie – yes, it's pretty dully and 'suburban sprawl typical'. So much for the so called "vision" we kept hearing about from the City & Port Blakely.
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Great tracks from the second generation of Philadelphia International – that time when the label moved past the clubby Philly sounds that had won them big hits in the 70s – into an even deeper range of styles overall! Most of the tracks here have a wonderfully mature sort of feel – a move past easy dancefloor modes, into more complicated mellow steppers and midtempo rhythms that are perfect for the emotive, sensual lyrics of the tunes – most of which are performed by artists who were still the greatest working for the Pilly International label at the start of the 80s! Gems throughout – with great cuts that include "I'm In Love Again" by Patti Labelle, "Easy Easy Got To Take It Easy" by Teddy Pendergrass, "When I'm Gone" by The Jones Girls, "Mine All Mine" by The Stylistics, "Start The Fire" by Jean Carn, "I Can't Stop Turning You On" by Silk, "Set A Little Trap" by Phyllis Hyman, "So Glad I'm The One" by Instant Funk, "Yes You Need Love" by Anthony White, "Your Love Is Good" by Bunny Sigler, and "I've Been Pushed Aside" by McFadden & Whitehead. © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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GTA 5 free with latest Xbox 360 bundle and is "In stock"
Authored by Patrick Day-Childs
If for some reason you're reading a gaming site but still don't have an Xbox 360 (Sony fan, maybe?) Then this is the best time to buy, we've just found that GAME is offering Grand Theft Auto 5 in their latest console bundle. You'll also get Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City and Forza 4.
The console is "In stock". But I imagine if you try to actually buy it then you'll be stopped in your tracks, because obviously Grand Theft Auto 5 isn't out yet. So it should read "Pre-Order".
I rarely use GAME, so I don't know if this is a usual thing or not, someone should try and buy it to see what happens…Probably nothing.


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Police hope the surveillance video will help them find the suspect.
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Frank V. de Bellis Collection - Music Manuscripts
The Collection abounds with manuscript music and a large collection of 18th century scores. The latter group includes a rich sampling of the Neapolitan school. There are operas, complete and excerpted. Two interesting groups are: some forty sinfonie and overtures by da Capua, Galuppi, Cocchi, Conforto, Pergolesi, Lustrini, and others; and choral works by such composers as Paisiello, Caldara, Durante, and Leo.
Other highlights of the de Bellis music manuscript collection
A leaf from a Northern Italian choir-book, ca. 1380, from the C. H. St. John Hornby collection is the earliest manuscript, and is a lovely specimen of the art of illumination.
On thirty-five folio size leaves of vellum is a Mass for the Dead dating from the middle of the 15th century. Its provenance is the library of George Dunn of Wooley Hall.
The authorship of an intriguing holograph lute tablature ("comencato August 5, 1615") has not been established, although on the first leaf the signature of Ascanio Bentivoglio appears. The dedication is to one Erchole Corio of Milan. Believed never to have been transcribed or printed, it contains about sixty airs and dances.
Two manuscript song-books of the 17th century (4" x 11") contain songs and duets with basso continuo.
A holograph manuscript by Alessandro Scarlatti, signed, "Venezia, Gennaio, 1707," is an oratorio for six voices based on the biblical story of Cain and Abel entitles Il primo omicidio. Its world premiere performance was in Siena in 1966 and San Francisco of the same year.


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Difference between Playstation 3 and Playstation 4?
By Maya Mayfield
6th August 2013
Sony is making history selling 2.1 million PS4 units globally since its November 15th launch in the US, but what makes the PS4 so different from its PS3 predecessor? While Online retailers like Gamestop and Amazon are struggling to keep up with high consumer pre-order demands for the PS4. There are some gamers out there who won't be trading in their old Playstation 3 consoles just yet. After all the excitement from recent tech shows revealing brand new Playstation 4 game play demo's. Some people are still not sold, and they want to know what the core fundamental differences are between the old PS3, and the new PS4.
The PlayStation 4 is the brand new console, but the Playstation 3 does have an enormous catalogue of games to choose from. As developers create newer titles for the PS4 it will mean PS3 games will inevitably get cheaper. Although some of the graphics from the PlayStation 3 games won't be as visually stunning as the newer Playstation 4, that doesn't mean the games will be any less exciting to play, take the brand new Grand theft Auto V as a prime example. From some of the games we saw at recent award shows, there really wasn't much of a difference between the two consoles visually. We suspect games graphics will obviously continue to improve, between the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4, later in the PS4's life cycle as developers get to grips with some of the "Rich Feature set," Mark Cerny mentioned in an article we covered about the "Future of PS4's Graphics."
So today we will be comparing the differences between Playstation 3 and Playstation 4?
PS3 vs. PS4 Head to Head
The Playstation 4 standard package will be retailing for $399 on release date, this would only include the DualShock 4 controller.
You can click here to check out the bundle deals.
The PlayStation 3 currently retails for $299 with a number of bundles thrown into the mix to make the price more appealing.
PS3 bundles at Gamestop including 3 games and a single controller, and 60 days on PS Plus subscription which gives gamers access to a lot more free games online.
The new PlayStation 4 utilises AMD Jaguar system-on-chip, that is very similar to the Xbox One and gaming PCs.
The hardware isn't backward compatible, but it does make game development easier especially for independent developers. .
The PlayStation 3 uses a custom Cell processor that also breaks backwards compatibility with the Playstation 2, but can play Playstation 1 games. This custom Cell processor did make things very difficult for programmers to write for the PS3 initially, but over time the process got much easier to use.
Both the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 will come with a 500 Gb of Hard Drive storage space, which can also be increased if they so wish.
The Playstation 3 has been in circulation for seven years, and has a large amount of great games available, including titles like. Heavy Rain, The Show 13, MLB, Gran Turismo 5, The God of War series. Uncharted 2, and recent titles like, Grand Theft Auto 5, Grand Turismo 6 the Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls.
It's also worth bearing in mind that most of the Playstation 4 games we did see at E3 2013 will also be making their way to the Playstation 3 also. Games like: Fifa 14, Watch Dogs, Madden 25, and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.
The PlayStation 4 uses the new DualShock 4 controller, which has a few enhancements to the current DualShock 3 Playstation 3 model. The joy sticks on the DualShock 4 controller are now concave instead of convex. This makes it much easier to grip. The trigger buttons have also gone through drastic improvements, making it easier for action shooters. Sony also added a touch pad to the top, a share button and a few other modifications to the grip.
When we tested the controller controller at this years Comic Con 2013 we could instantly feel the difference.
The PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 is similar in design to that of the Playstation 1 and Playstation 2 controllers, except for the addition of the motion sensors and wireless feature Sony included.
The PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4 will offer similar online services, with only two major differences. Playstation 4 will have access to Flixster, and players who want to go online with their PS4 to play will have to pay for the PS plus subscription. Though the benefit to the $5 dollar monthly subscription fee, will be a bunch of free games including the new DriveClub: PS Plus Edition at Launch and more pS3 games updated regularly.
Thanks to our friends from ps-4.dk for the comparison chart below.
Thanks to our friends from ps-4.dk for the comparison chart below.
So thats the difference. Now you know do you intend to hold on to your Playstation 3, a little while longer, or trade it in for the Playstation 4? Let us Know


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- If your kids are heading back to school, get ready to shell out big bucks for supplies.
A new study found the price of school supplies is going up at a staggering rate.
A study by Huntington National Bank found this is what you can expect to spend on back to school supplies:
For Elementary School: $577
For Middle School: $763
For High School: $1,223
"Paper, pencils, composition notebooks, hand sanitizer," said Natasha Fleming.
The teacher is stocking up on school supplies for her second grade classroom, but also keeping an eye out for deals for back-to-school supplies for her daughter.
"She's transitioning from elementary school to middle school, so I'm nervous for her," she said.
Shopping around, she noticed prices have been going up, but she didn't realize by how much.
A new study by Huntington National Bank's annual Backpack Index found prices have jumped 7.3 percent this year.
A graphic calculator Fleming could have picked up for $90 bucks last year, is now more than $100 dollars in some stores.
"I wouldn't be surprised. It seems like a lot of things have went up," she said.
People who ran the survey said they weren't sure what caused the spike in price, but Fleming said some parents at her school were already struggling to buy back-to-school supplies.
"Year to year, I run in to that, I have two or three students that don't have everything I request on the supply list," she said.
When that happens, Fleming usually picks up the tab herself.
The National School Supply and Equipment Association found teachers will spend $347 dollars of their own money to help students in need.
"I buy back to school supplies for my students who can't afford it, so I give out money, and spend it on my class," she said.
But she keeps her eye out for a deal, and said she's ready to bargain hunt for her daughter.
"I'll get her list and jump on it," she said.
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Video: Procter & Gamble Expanding, Adding Jobs In Greensboro
Video: GSO Wins P&G Plant Expansion, 200 Jobs Coming
Greensboro, NC -- Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble has chosen Greensboro for a manufacturing plant expansion, investing more than $100 million in adding a skin care line to the work at the plant on Bryan Park Road.
The move is expected to create 200 jobs within the next three years.
"This is fantastic news for Greensboro. I know for a fact that the Greensboro City Council and Guilford County Board of Commissioners came together to send a strong message to the P&G leadership team," Jim Phillips, chair of the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance's Operating Group, said in a news release.
The city and the county offered P&G about $2 million in combined incentives.
Average salaries of the new jobs is expected to be $52,000, but will vary by job function. The average salary in Guilford County is $42,000.
"We're really excited about it," plant manager Brent Holmes said. "We're glad that the company's got a lot of confidence in making the choice here. They could've put it anywhere else and they chose us here in Greensboro."


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Christophe Decarnin is leaving Balmain
His absence from his own show at Paris fashion week last month was a sign that something was very wrong at the house of Balmain and now it has been confirmed that Christophe Decarnin is leaving the label that he catapulted to fashion fame in just five years.
Rumours were already rife after his autumn/winter show, but executives at the label insisted that the designer was simply exhausted. At the same time Decarnin had also lost his collaborator-in-chief Emmanuelle Alt who was a force behind the labels styling.
During his tenure, Decarnin has fused couture and ready-to-wear, putting his ultra-sexy spin onto super luxe embellished jeans, tees and jackets which have all been hugely wait-listed despite their dizzying price tags.
Decarnin entirely reinvented the house and made it one of the most coveted and talked about labels of the past decade.
Balmain is expected to made an announcement as to his successor later today, WWD is reporting, and that that person is likely to be plucked from within his own design team.
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May 25, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past posted a surprisingly strong debut in Brazil, where it eclipsed Rio 2 to become Fox's biggest opening weekend in the market with an $8 million bow. The film posted stronger opening numbers than Dark Knight Rises, Thor 2, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The latest installment of the X-Men franchise topped the weekend chart in Brazil, where it played in 996 screens.
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Save Mart executives travel to each store and headquarters unit during the holidays, which says a great deal about their commitment to employees and customers.
Simply doing the math can give one a headache. About 235 stops in less than six weeks, visiting stores and headquarters units scattered throughout two states and making a point to stop for upwards of an hour at each visit to talk with as many employees as possible. Also, handing out "President Awards" at every stop along the way to recognize employees who perform above and beyond the norm.
Frankly, accomplishing this every November and December would be difficult for people with a lot of time on their hands. Bob Piccinini and Steve Junqueiro, the two top officials at Save Mart, along with several other executives who participate in these annual holiday store visits, do this despite having plenty on their plates back at the office. That includes running a chain that has mushroomed from a relatively small player in northern California to a major player in the region.
Still they do it.
The reason has as much to do with a company tradition that started years ago when there were just a handful of units as it does with these officials' deep desire to show all company employees that no matter how big Save Mart gets they still intend to run it as the small, family-owned business Piccinini's family started 60 years ago. So for those six weeks, these executives use cars and planes, and probably would jump aboard a train if it helped, to make sure they visit every one of their stores.
That level of commitment makes it easy for Grocery Headquarters to honor Save Mart as our 2012 Independent Retailer of the Year.
Yet, there is more to this chain that just an annual tour of stores. Save Mart has succeeded in what many say is a terrible economic climate in California by growing at a slow, calculated pace. In an interview in this issue, Piccinini is clear that growth is not first and foremost on his mind. He is focused on the long-term survival of the company, and that means he is going to pick and choose the right times for expansion, whether through external means such as purchasing stores from Lucky Stores as he did a few years back, or by opening new stores in existing markets. Or, perhaps, no growth at all.
The key, it seems, is to make sure that there is no Achilles' heel in the company's business plan. Operating five different retail formats, Save Mart officials want to make sure that existing stores meet the needs of existing consumers in the marketplace. And, if you know anything about California, that means dealing with various types of income brackets and dozens of types of consumer heritages to ensure that each store has the right mix of products and price-points to maximize sales.
Save Mart seems to be succeeding and the Modesto, Calif.-based chain should serve as a model for other independents seeking to find a niche in a crowded marketplace. But as you follow the exploits of this chain, do not be fooled by the high number of stores it runs.
This is still a family-owned operation that values its employees, customers and vendors. Somehow, it just got big while still staying small.


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FIFA U-20 WWC Germany 2010 - Wrap-up
The 2010 edition of the tournament proved to be a perfect precursor to the highly-successful FIFA Women's World Cup held the following year also in Germany. Well attended matches and an increased quality of football were features of Germany 2010, which culminated as the host nation claimed a deserved triumph. A host of new stars came to the fore for the first time on the world stage, but perhaps the tournament will best be remembered for the rise of new nations. Colombia, Korea Republic and Nigeria all reached the last four for the first time, with the latter being the first semi-final appearance by an African nation in a FIFA women's tournament.


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The Zanesville Community Theatre will be conducting auditions for two upcoming productions.
On Sunday and Monday, open auditions will be at 7 p.m. at 940 Findley Ave., for a celebratory cabaret performance to be included in the ZCT 50th season lineup of productions. The cabaret, directed by Sean McClure, will consist of songs from past shows as well as testaments from members as to the value of Zanesville Community Theatre to Zanesville and other area communities.
Performance dates for the cabaret will be July 19 and July 20 only at 8 p.m.
On June 4 and June 5, ZCT will conduct auditions at 7 p.m. for the musical "Young Frankenstein."
These auditions will be at the Market Street Baptist Church, 140 N. Sixth St.
Auditions are open to all for this ensemble cast of varying age groups. "Young Frankenstein" is being directed for ZCT by Jan Smith, with Sheryl Wise as musical director.
Performance dates for this musical are Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 4-6.
For more information on Zanesville Community Theatre's 50th Anniversary Cabaret or "Young Frankenstein," call the theatre box office at 740-455-6487.
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Settlement detailed in excessive force case
Hipolito Aranda, a 48-year-old Latino man with limited English skills, suffered broken ribs and a broken elbow after being flung violently to the ground, pummeled about the head and chest, then tased.
Police officer Tim Heidt was fired after the settlement was reached. Deputy Rich Broyles, whose role was less clear and considerably more limited, was not subjected to official discipline.
The city declined to release documents detailing its disciplinary process and other aspects of its handling of the case, citing exemptions in public records law designed to protect personal privacy. The News-Register filed an appeal to District Attorney Brad Berry, and he ruled in favor of the newspaper in a ruling issued Wednesday.
The city said it would accept the ruling without further appeal. The News-Register expects to be doing a followup story once it has had time to examine the records.
The lawsuit does not specify how the settlement is to be divided between the city and county. However, the fact they share an insurance provider makes that essentially moot.
Aranda was riding beside a driver stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence in February 2010. As McMinnville police went about interviewing and field-testing the driver, Aranda got out and asked if he could walk home.
The officers dealing with the driver denied the request made by Aranda and asked Heidt, who had arrived to provide backup, to "keep an eye on him."
Heidt began to conduct a frisk, then, within a matter of seconds, threw Aranda to the ground so hard he bounced, squad car videotape shows. The videotape continued to roll as Heidt began battering Aranda about the head and chest and Aranda responded by trying to shield himself without offering any resistance.
The tape shows Broyles pulling up to find Heidt grappling with Aranda and joining in, using his knees to strike Aranda in the chest and punching him in the head and shoulder. Sgt. Cully Desmond of the McMinnville police then approached and tased Aranda two or three times in the legs, it shows.
Aranda was charged with resisting arrest, but was acquitted by a jury that had to render its decision without benefit of the tape. After winning acquittal in the criminal case, he sued both the city and county in federal court, naming Heidt, Broyles and Desmond, along with Police Chief Ron Noble and Sheriff Jack Crabtree.
The city conducted an internal affairs investigation immediately following the incident, also without benefit of the videotape. Based on statements made by Heidt and fellow officers, it apparently served to justify his actions.
In February 2012, Heidt was vacationing in Seaside when he became embroiled in a drunken bar fight, then tried to force entry into a unit he mistook for his, leading a frightened female occupant to call 911. After investigating, the McMinnville Police Department demoted him from sergeant to officer and docked him a month's pay.
Heidt, a McMinnville native and McMinnville High grad with 16 years on the force, filed a union grievance. An arbitrator upheld his demotion but restored his lost pay.
The department subsequently discovered it had viewable videotape from the Aranda incident. Even though it was facing civil litigation by this point, it commissioned a new internal affairs investigation.
The findings, which had to be turned over to Aranda's attorney under discovery rules, were sharply critical of Heidt's conduct. They also questioned the veracity of his account, saying it differed in important respects from what the videotape suggested.
After the settlement was reached, the department terminated Heidt.
The union served notice of its intent to pursue arbitration again, but the city is questioned the sufficiency of that notice, saying that requires a vote of the membership and none has been taken. Meanwhile, the deadline has passed.


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Hospital Remains Most Common Place Of Death For Cancer Patients In England
In a large analysis led by Dr Wei Gao and Professor Irene Higginson from King's College London, the authors used death registration data collected by the Office of National Statistics to identify all 2.28 million adult cancer deaths in England between 1993 and 2010.
Throughout the study period, the authors found that hospital was the commonest place of death - 48% of cancer deaths - whereas 24.5% deaths of cancer patients occurred at home and 16.4% occurred in hospices.
However, the authors found that the proportion of home deaths increased after 2005 whereas the proportion of hospital deaths declined. The proportion of deaths in hospices also increased over the study period. The National End of Life Care Programme in England was launched in November 2004.
Importantly, the authors also found that being single, widowed or divorced was linked with a higher chance of dying in hospital than being married. Being aged over 75 years was also linked to a higher chance of dying in hospital than in younger age groups although older people were more likely to die at home or in a hospice after 2006 than in earlier periods. Cancer type also played an important role in place of death: for example, patients who died from blood or lung cancer were more likely to die in hospital than patients with colorectal cancer throughout the study period.
The authors say: "This large-scale, population-based study found that hospitals remain the most common place of death for patients with cancer. Following a prolonged period of plateau, there was a steady downward trend in hospital deaths (about 50%) from 2005 onwards. The pattern was mirrored by increasing home deaths."
They continue: "This trend coincides with the launch of a National End of Life Care Programme in November 2004 in England, which was based on research evidence about patient preferences and possible solutions.
The authors conclude: "More efforts are needed to reduce hospital deaths. Healthcare facilities should be improved and enhanced to support the increased home and hospice deaths. "
They add: "People who are single, widowed or divorced should be a focus for end-of-life care improvement, along with known at risk groups such as haematological cancer, lung cancer, older age and deprivation."
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She wants him out of the house. He thinks she should be the one to leave.
A judge thinks the solution for a warring Orthodox Jewish couple in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, might be for both of them to stay put.
So he has suggested that they consider building a wall to divide their roomy flat into very distinct "his" and "hers" sections.
Judge Eric Prus of Brooklyn Supreme Court floated the suggestion in the acrimonious and ongoing divorce proceedings between Pinchus and Nechama Gold. The case was most recently in court last week.
A father of 11 who has described himself as Orthodox Jewish music's answer to Michael Jackson will now have more time to work on his vocals after being found guilty of grand larceny.
Michoel Streicher has been sentenced to up to three years behind bars for stealing nearly £24,000.
He took the money from a woman who wanted to buy a Torah scroll for a dying relative.
Judy Burstein wanted to build a "mini synagogue" at home and was a fan of Mr Streicher, who released several albums in the 1990s.
When a politician carves time out of a tight schedule to meet with leaders of your community, you can almost certainly bet that he is chasing money or votes. So it was notable that during a three-day visit to New York last week, Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, made not one but two appearances before Russian-Jewish audiences.
On Tuesday evening, Mr Lieberman stopped at a 300-person Manhattan gala in honour of Israel, organised by media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky.
Do you watch the likes of Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay from behind the sofa, wishing for once they would ditch the shrimps and bacon and prepare a nice kosher dinner?
Well worry not, New York's Centre for Kosher Culinary Arts is offering students courses in preparing fully kosher
More than 125 students have taken part over the past two years. Devorah-Leah Benson, 19, from Ilford, Essex, was one of them.
Ireland's President Mary McAleese has personally thanked the Jewish community for a donation of $82,000 given to the victims of the Irish Potato Famine in 1847.
The President was speaking at New York's Temple Shearith Israel, a synagogue founded in Crosby Street in 1654 by Brazilian, Spanish and Portuguese Jews.
In 1847 Jacques Judah Lyons, who was chazan of the synagogue, organised a donation of $1,000 from the congregation to be sent to the victims of the famine. The Irish famine killed more than a million people between 1845 and 1852.
Right in the heart of Manhattan is an unusual refuge - a place where New York's 'Chasidic rebels' gather to socialise, meet and learn.
Footsteps, which runs the centre, is the only organisation that exists outside Israel to provide defectors from the Chasidic community with the practical and emotional support they need to make it in mainstream society.
"People don't come to Footsteps for sex, drugs and rock'n'roll," says executive director Paula Winnig. "They're with us because they want to learn."
A Jewish father in New York is fighting to have his 11-year-old daughter returned after she was taken to Ireland under a passport he claims had been fraudulently signed.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has demanded that the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, which issues passports, cancels the Irish passport issued to his daughter. She lived in New York two years ago, before, he alleges, being abducted by her mother and taken to Ireland.
An 11-year-old boy is at the centre of a potential mumps epidemic among New York's strictly Orthodox community because he is believed to have been the carrier of the disease after visiting the UK.
More than 300 people, almost all strictly Orthodox, have been diagnosed with mumps in the towns of Monsey and New Square, home to over 7,000 Skverer Chasidim.
The shop windows that line Lee Avenue in the Charedi neighbourhood of Williamsburg advertise every aspect of Orthodox life — long black coats, ornate silver menorahs, challahs, prayer books, Jewish-themed toys.
So the gleaming white storefront at number 65 is striking for the fact that it advertises nothing; just a neat row of white blinds.
Behind the blinds is Williamsburg's first kosher soup kitchen, the Orenstein-Met Council Masbia Kitchen, which opened last month.
"It's quoted in halachah that the best way to do charity is to go all out," said Alexander Rapaport.
It's been quite a year for Roger Cohen. The British-born New York Times columnist has been called a "self-hating Jew" and accused of attempting to "undermine American solidarity with Israel". The editor of America's largest Jewish paper, the New York Jewish Week, even wondered whether his heart had "become brutal".
Mr Cohen's crime: a succession of columns sharply criticising Israel and presenting an alternative view of Iran.
"I don't set out to be provocative," Mr Cohen says, from his home in Brooklyn. "I set out to write what I believe."


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Married men and women who long for a growing, lasting relationship will find a welcome resource in this 365-day devotional from this wise and winsome couple with a nationwide ministry of teaching and encouragement. Each of these reflections contains practical, biblically grounded advice that will encourage you to deepen your relationship with God and draw closer to each other. You will learn how to avoid pitfalls that can damage your marriage and how to cultivate habits that will strengthen both your marriage and your soul. Tony and Lois Evans urge and invite couples to reorder their priorities, to seek the Lord together, and to live a life of integrity.
A Season for Everything
Marriage is full of changing seasons—some bright with promise, others more challenging. Strong marriages require daily maintenance—and a strong, mutual commitment to the God who enables us to love and persevere.
Our Love Is Here to Stay is a daily devotional designed to help you pray and consider God's Word together. Each of these reflections offers practical, biblically grounded advice that will encourage you to deepen your relationship with God and draw closer to each other.
Story Behind the Book
Tony and Lois Evans live as examples to their congregation at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. As with every other Christian couple, the Evanses find a good marriage to be a continual challenge, requiring a strong commitment to God and to each other. In an effort to teach principles that would create life change among those in their care, they developed some life focus points that deepened their own lives as well.
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The Lonely Trail, directed by Joseph Kane, stars John Wayne as veteran Union officer John Ashley. Ashley (Wayne), upon his return to his hometown in Texas, finds his presence unwanted by his former neighbors, who have all sided with the Confederacy. Law and order is being maintained by the smooth-talking Benedict Holden's (Cy Kendall) armed troopers. Though initially duped by the seedy northerner, Ashley realizes that Holden (Kendall) is merely a carpetbagger who, without the knowledge of the governor, is killing, stealing, and taxing the local ranchers out of their property under the pretense of state authority. In an attempt to thwart Holden's continuous betrayal of the Texas citizens, Ashley himself enlists in Holden's troops. The Lonely Trail also features actors Sam Flint, Bob Kortman, and actress Anne Rutherford. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi


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Toronto-based SkyPower Corp. and Nova Scotia-based Scotian Windfields have announced that Nova Scotia Environment has granted environmental approval for 25.5 MW worth of wind turbine capacity for the Digby wind power project in Digby, Nova Scotia.
SkyPower and Scotian Windfields had originally filed a request for approval for a 30 MW project. As part of the environmental assessment approval process, three of the proposed 4.5 MW wind turbines were excluded from the approval and will require relocation, subject to further consultation with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division regarding wildlife connectivity and Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) regarding sound and setbacks.
The proposed relocation of the turbines will be submitted shortly to the NSE Environmental Assessment Branch for review and further consideration.
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Environmental Protection Agency scientists recently met in Washington, D.C., to review the latest studies linking the herbicide atrazine to human health harms.
They won't meet again until early next year and, in the meanwhile, we will all be subject to a rather predictable PR push from the makers and defenders of atrazine. In particular, we will be asked to believe that this review of atrazine is "unusual" and "unnecessary."
When something is detected in 94 percent of drinking water tested by the USDA, and is linked to everything from birth defects to cancer in a body of science that delivers more conclusive evidence every day, I would say that we need to take a hard look at the facts.
When the EU and Switzerland (where atrazine's maker, Syngenta, is based) ban atrazine because they do not want their water contaminated, I would say we need to take a hard look at the facts.
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RH: So when does it become a problem?
Winch: Guilt is incredibly distracting, and when we're distracted by feeling guilty, we have trouble concentrating and enjoying life. In fact, we may consciously and unconsciously make efforts not to enjoy things. People can feel guilty for weeks and months and years, so that's no small pickle. Guilt makes us feel punished. There was a study in which students were allowed to administer electrical shocks to themselves when they played a computer game that deprived a fellow student of a lottery ticket. The device wasn't connected, but the researchers wanted to see whether the students would flip the switch for such a minor thing, and they did.
RH: What can we do about guilt?
Winch: First, we have to see how maladaptive excessive guilt can be. For example, parents of newborns often can't leave the house for fear of something bad possibly happening; even if Grandma or some other competent person is there, they feel too guilty to leave. Or the people who squelch their own happiness because their lifestyle doesn't match the values of their parents or their community, and they can't take the guilt of living their life the way they'd like to because of what it would do to their parents. When it gets too extreme, this kind of guilt can be very damaging and maladaptive. In other words, guilt does its job when it gives us the signal to reconsider our behavior, but sometimes the signal doesn't turn off, and we have to learn to turn it off. When we feel guilt about hurting someone, I think the simplest and most direct course of action is to issue a correct apology.
RH: So what makes a good apology?
Winch: One element is a clear statement of real empathy. If you want other people to forgive you, they have to believe that you genuinely understand what you did, that you get what the consequences of that were to them, and that you're really taking responsibility for your behavior. For example, if you didn't show up at your best friend's birthday party because you overslept, saying "I'm really sorry I didn't come to your birthday party" has no real empathy statement or expression of regret, and probably wouldn't be well received by most people. But saying "I'm really sorry I didn't come to your birthday party. I know you must have been very disappointed, and you must have been standing there feeling really bad and wondering what happened to me. It probably put a real dent in your evening. I just feel absolutely terrible." If your best friend really feels that you get what you did and you're owning it, then she'll be able to forgive you. When we omit that empathy statement, there's a huge piece missing, but when we include it, authentic forgiveness is far more likely.
RH: I noticed your first aid weaves together several different theoretical approaches. Was this a challenge?
Winch: Yes, that synthesis was tough. There's so much research, and the various theories have so much to say about the various types of emotional wounds. I spent a lot of time whittling down the most relevant material to include. I drew from the narrative therapies and bibliotherapy, lots of cognitive behavioral therapy. There's also some experiential stuff in there, even systems approaches. The apology component of the guilt piece includes a systems approach, because for your guilt to ease, you need to have the other person get the impact so they can ricochet it back to you. We have a lot of practical stuff in our professional literature. I wanted to weave in as many interesting, different ideas as possible.
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When Pano Tiatia arrives in Reno, Nev., this weekend, it won't be to play the slots - though, at just 15 years of age, he lacks the legal right to do so. Instead, the young, 5-foot-7, muscle-clad athlete will participate in USA Boxing's 2013 Junior World Team Open, set to commence today at the Grand Sierra Resort and last through Jan. 11.
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Officially no series 8 in 2013
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Re: Officially no series 8 in 2013
StCoop wrote:
Allyn Gibson wrote:
If the BBC America coproduction rumors are true, I'd expect a run in the
Ripper Street
model -- eight to ten episodes broadcast in a single block.
After hearing they were co-producing AAIS&T I'd have thought a BBC America deal was likely but they also seem to be throwing money around on lots of different projects at the moment and they can't have that an unlimited amount in the budget.
I think coproducing
Doctor Who
is something BBC America would want to do. At the same time, you're right -- their budget isn't bottomless. I doubt they have seven or eight million dollars sitting free in the bank, plus they're on the hook for the programming they've already committed to (like the second season of
) or been committed to (like the second season of
Ripper Street
). I do think they could pull the money together, but that wouldn't happen overnight.
Also, I think that BBC America would want to be more than just BBC Wales' purse. Cardiff would probably prefer to take the money and run, but I can't see New York tolerating that if they're buying in in a significant way; they don't like the short, split seasons, and the nonsense over the broadcast date last year rankled. If there's a negotiation going on, that's going to be a sticking point.
Finally, I think now would be too early for BBC America to announce a coproduction agreement on series 8 anyway. They would want to wait until after the ratings were in on the 7B premiere so they could say that the show has been successful for them and now they're buying in. In other words, think back to the way the series 2 announcement was made in 2005 (setting aside all the concomitant Eccleston stuff); the ratings were in on "Rose," and the BBC trumpeted that to say that they had commissioned a second series. If
Doctor Who
becomes a BBC America coproduction, that would be the time to look for an announcement, the first week of April.
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|Outcome of removal of intrauterine devices with flexible hysteroscopy in early pregnancy.
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|Removal of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in early pregnancy, when the IUDs threads are not visible at the cervical canal and the patient wishes to continue her pregnancy, remains a problem. Thirty-three patients using IUDs with nonvisible filaments on examination underwent flexible hysteroscopy for retrieval of the devices and follow-up until delivery. In all cases, hysteroscopies were performed without cervical dilatation and anesthesia. In 30 patients, the devices were found within the uterine cavity, and 28 IUDs were removed. In the remaining 3 patients, no IUD was observed. Twenty-four healthy children have been born. Six other patients requested a dilatation and curettage (D & C) about 1-2 weeks later after successful IUD removal. In 2 women, examinations were done at 22 and 29 weeks antepartum, and these 2 patients were lost to follow up. Operative fiberoptic hysteroscopy is proposed as a useful and effective method of retrieval of IUDs in early pregnancy when the filaments of the IUD are absent.
|J C Lin; Y O Chen; B L Lin; R F Valle
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The Cheese Stands Alone
Lefty college professors are dismayed to find that their students are pro-war. Wait 'til they get a load of the numbers for the rest of the boomers.
7:00 AM, Apr 9, 2003 • By LEE BOCKHORN
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, I read something in the New York Times that actually brings a smile to my face. Take this story from last Saturday's edition, which chronicled the split on college campuses between students and professors over the war in Iraq. It sounds almost too good to be true: Leftist professors who came of age protesting the Vietnam War are disgusted and shocked--shocked!--by the pro-war views of many of their students. One Yale professor tells the Times that "these are the kids of Reagan. When I lecture on Reagan, the kids love him. Their parents are horrified and appalled." At the University of Wisconsin, a student newspaper columnist chastises a U-W professor for canceling classes to hold an antiwar protest. A professor at Princeton asks if there are any ROTC students in his class; two students raise their hands, and their classmates applaud.
As Times reporter Kate Zernike notes, in a deadpan tone that can't help but elicit a chuckle, "All this dismays many professors."
This article should reassure conservatives who fret constantly over how radical faculties at leading universities are corrupting our youth. (I'll confess to occasional membership in this club.) Most students today--whether pro- or antiwar--can see these tenured radicals as the pompous, self-absorbed windbags they are. A women's studies professor at Amherst tells Zernike that "We used to like to offend people . . . we loved being bad, in the sense that we were making a statement. Why is there no joy now?" Another professor says that when he was a grad-student protester in Madison, "there was a certain nobility in being gassed."
Today's students, chastened by the reality of September 11, hardly see "nobility in being gassed," or find any "joy" in "being bad" to "make a statement" and "offend people." And most of them probably also find it difficult to believe that Flower Power will get us very far with the likes of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein; it seems they would rather opt for Special Forces and stealth bombers. (As the Times article notes, in the annual nationwide survey of college freshman conducted by UCLA, this year 45 percent of freshman supported an increase in military spending--more than double the 1993 percentage.)
What's truly pathetic about these nostalgic lefty profs is that they're out of sync not only with their students' views, but also with their own generation. The most shocking thing about this week's Washington Post/ABC poll is that the age group with the highest level of support for the war in Iraq (87 percent! ) is the 45 to 54-year-old set. That's the same baby boomer group most of the professors in the New York Times story no doubt belong to. Even the baby boomers are pro-war!
As those Vietnam-era protesters might have said: The times, they are a-changin'.
Lee Bockhorn is associate editor at The Weekly Standard.


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Moto3: Fantastic Fenati romps to first win
29 April 2012
By Lisa Lewis
Grand prix rookie Romano Fenati has taken his first Moto3 victory at only his second attempt with a stunning ride in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
The 16 year old rookie took the win by an astonishing 36 seconds as competitors struggled in the difficult conditions at the drying Jerez circuit with the damp patches catching out even the more experienced riders.
After battling through the final laps Luis Salom rode his Kalex KTM home to second while Red Bull KTM rider Sandro Cortese showed his experience to follow the leaders and then battle home for third.
Some time leader and pole sitter Alex Rins lost out on the podium to finish fourth on the Repsol sponsored Estrella Galicia Suter Honda, despite having a trip into the gravel while in second place.
Alexis Masbou capitalised on his best ever qualifying to finish the race fifth for Caretta Technology Honda.
After an early wobble it was all about gaining as many points as possible for title favourite Maverick Vinales who cut back through the field to place the Blusens FTR Honda in sixth.
The Bankia Aspar team saw improvement with Alberto Moncayo bringing the Kalex KTM home in seventh and Hector Faubel using all his experience to fight for ninth.
Sandwiched between them San Carlo Gresini also saw improvement after changing chassis to FTR with Italian Niccolo Antonelli finishing eighth, despite having a quiet race Malaysian racer Zulfahmi Khairuddin stayed consistent and rounded out the top ten for his AirAsia-Sic-Ajo KTM team.
New Italian hope Fenati lapped everyone up to his team-mate Tonucci in eleventh in taking his win. He had already become the first rider since 1998 to take a podium when he finished second last time out in Qatar and now becomes the first rider since Noburu Ueda in 1991 to have made the rostrum on his grand prix debut and follow it up with another podium finish at the next race.
Fenati also becomes the first Italian since Andrea Iannone in Catalunya 2009 to win a race in the minor grand prix class.
The first lap crashes of Danny Kent, Jack Miller and Arthur Sissis in the same corner at turn nine was a sign of things to come as the difficult conditions kept the bikes tumbling as the laps counted down.
Kent and Miller both needed attention in the medical centre as KTM rider Kent hit Miller's Caretta Technology head on in the gravel. Early leaders Jakub Kornfeil on the FTR Honda and Miguel Oliveira's Suter Honda also crashed out from the front, with Portugal's Oliveira frantic plea to the marshals to be given back his Suter Honda and rejoin the race falling on deaf ears.
Britain's Danny Webb retired late in the race after a strong mid-pack battle, clearly frustrated after experiencing mechanical problems mid lap.
Wild-card rider Alex Marquez, younger brother to Moto2 favourite Marc Marquez, took an impressive twelfth on his grand prix debut despite a crash and being lapped.
Jerez's crash fest saw only 17 finishers, Moto3 racing continues next weekend when the racing continues in Estoril, Portugal, where 16 year old Fenati will go leading the championship standings.
Race Results:
Romano Fenati
ITA (FTR Honda)
43m 50.885s
Luis Salom
SPA (Kalex KTM)
44m 27.024s
Sandro Cortese
44m 27.780s
Alex Rins
SPA (Suter Honda)
44m 27.946s
Alexis Masbou
FRA (Honda)
44m 39.921s
Maverick Viñales
SPA (FTR Honda)
44m 46.742s
Alberto Moncayo
SPA (Kalex KTM)
44m 48.390s
Niccolo Antonelli
ITA (FTR Honda)
44m 54.568s
Hector Faubel
SPA (Kalex KTM)
45m 6.236s
Zulfahmi Khairuddin
45m 26.535s
Alessandro Tonucci
ITA (FTR Honda)
+1 lap
Alex Marquez
SPA (Suter Honda)
+1 lap
Ivan Moreno
SPA (FTR Honda)
+1 lap
Alan Techer
FRA (TSR Honda)
+1 lap
Giulian Pedone
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'The Voice' Champion Checks in the Morning After Winning
Water Cheaters Hamper "Unusual" Irrigation System
Financially Embattled Wedding Owner Looks for Sale
Cooking Fires: Do You Know What to Do?
Teacher Fired After Using "Cone of Shame" on Students
JSO: Man Killed in Police-Involved Shooting Was Unarmed
Kitchen Remodel Company Leaves First Coast Home Undone
1 Dead, 1 Injured in Jacksonville Shooting
Officers Ordered to Stand Trial in Fatal Beating of Homeless Man
Ex-Teacher Arrested, Charged with Having Sex with Student
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- The owner of a Ponte Vedra wedding venue, which owes clients $180,000 dollars, plans to sell the property.
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office notified clients Wednesday they are investigating Palm Valley Gardens.
"She's devastated," said PVG client Nat Fogle of his fiance. "I think that's the proper word for it."
Fogle is seeking legal action after he and fiance, and over 50 other couples, lost their wedding venue and deposits averaging $3,600 each.
"We did receive an email from the county this morning saying they are determining whether or not there would be legal ramifications," Fogle said.
St. Johns County shut down Palm Valley Gardens last week for a permit violation, but allowed it to operate for another 180 days for clients who already booked.
In a May 3rd interview, PVG owner Ren Weise told us that grace period didn't help.
"By not being able to book brides for next year, we have no cash flow," Weise said. "We are out of business as of two weeks from now."
"Sort of like a ponzi scheme almost. But not really because every business does this," said bankruptcy attorney Charles Fyler.
Well, not every business, he added.
"A responsible business should have an operating account," Fyler said. "They shouldn't be operating on the deposits. They should build up over time."
Fyler said other than forcing PVG into bankruptcy to recoup losses, legal options for customers are few.
"I doubt that anyone will recoup all of the money," Fyler said.
Adding to repayment uncertainty, First Coast News has learned Weise owes the IRS more than $60,000, according to the St. Johns County Clerk of Courts.
Weise said that amount is now about $30,000, telling First Coast News in a phone interview, "We've been paying down on that for the last two years or so."
But as of Wednesday, the Clerk of Courts office had no record of those payments.
Weise is now hoping to sell the venue in the next 45 days with the expectation the new owner can honor the already booked weddings. Sixty percent of the deposits for those weddings have already been paid to Weise; money he said previously is "gone".
"We want to make sure the people who have booked can still have their wedding and can have it with just paying their final payment," Weise said.
According to Realtor.com, Palm Valley Gardens is worth $1.1 million.
Weise believes it has doubled in value, and hopes to sell it for around $2.2 million.
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The Winter Solstice Book
Instructions:The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson
This book is an overview of the history, traditions and the celebrations. The book is in picture book format with full color illustrations.
I would not recommend it for toddlers or early preschool. The subject matter can be a little dark.
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The International Society of Electrostatic Precipitation has functioned effectively to provide a forum to exchange information on all phases of ESP technology. Dr. White, whose idea it was to establish the organization would be pleased that it has continued to contribute to effective control of particulate emissions worldwide.
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