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Lallo earns degree from University of Akron
AKRON - Jackie Lallo, daughter of Tracey Lallo of Salem, recently graduated from the University of Akron with a bachelor's of arts degree in journalism.
She is a 2008 graduate of West Branch High School.
Lallo was also commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Ohio Army National Guard as an adjutant general officer.
She is assigned to the I-174EL Defense Artillery Brigade in Cincinnati.
Jenkins is Kiwanis Student of the Month
SALINEVILLE - Emily Jenkins, daughter of Mike and Rochelle Jenkins of Salineville, has been selected as the Kiwanis Student of the Month for January.
She has a 3.2 grade point average and is ranked 21st in her class.
Jenkins has been on the honor roll her entire high school career. Her academic awards have been: freshman year she earned all A's in science; sophomore year academic English award; junior year most improved in chemistry; and senior year National Honor Society.
In athletics, she currently holds the record for most points in volleyball which she received her junior year and most kills in volleyball her senior year.
She is a two-year varsity letter winner in volleyball, was the volleyball team captain and currently is a basketball team captain. Jenkins was also a recipient of the Indian Award during volleyball.
Her activities include National Honor Society, community service, church organizations, American Red Cross blood drive, student council, class officer, homecoming court, Habitat for Humanity, Future Farmers of America, Spanish Club, Pep Club and Yearbook Club.
While not busy with school activities she is employed by Sunkiss and Turtle Beach Tanning as well as Rue 21.
Upon graduation Jenkins is planning to attend Kent State University and major in business.
Eshelman presented Slovak Club scholarship
SALEM - The Salem Slovak Club recently presented Salem High School graduate Taylor Eshelman with a scholarship check for $500.
Eshelman will attend the Kent State University Salem campus.
The Slovak Club annually presents a scholarship check to a child or grandchild of a member of the club that attended either Salem, United, West Branch, Columbiana or Leetonia High schools.
Ramus earns dean's list at Gannon Univ.
ERIE, Pa. - Jason Ramus, a 2009 graduate of United Local High School, made the dean's list at Gannon University in Erie, Pa., for the fall 2012 semester.
Full-time undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.5 or better qualify for the list.
Ramus is majoring in mechanical engineering, a member of Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society, and is the captain of the men's golf team.
Miller named to Coastal Carolina dean's list
CONWAY, S.C. - Devan D. Miller of Leetonia was among approximately 1,800 students from Coastal Carolina University who made the fall 2012 dean's list.
He is majoring in intelligence and national security studies.
To qualify for the dean's list, freshmen must earn a 3.25 grade point average, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 grade point average.
Area students on KSU Stark dean's list
JACKSON TOWNSHIP - The following students have been named to the Kent State University Stark campus dean's list and president's list for the fall semester.
- Alliance: Arielle M. Adkins, AnaMarie Brown, Sara L. Brown, Margo A. Byrnes, Kyle Devies, Jordyn Hall, Chelsie J. Kahler, Rachelle M. Kress, Alexandra N. Lancia, Brittnee S. Olis, Darcie K. Pagnucco, Kristin A. Rodabaugh, Joshua D. Schering, Timothy J. Sermonte, Lillian B. Sholes.
- Berlin Center: Sam N. Vuletich.
- Canfield: Candace L. Mirto.
- East Liverpool: Christopher W. Green, Jimmy E. Morgan, Shannon M. Rabovsky and Wesley M. Vunjak.
- Homeworth: Taryn A. Miller.
- Lisbon: Trevor D.L. Householder (President's List).
- Malvern: Kelly J. Decker.
- Minerva: Lori L. Davis, Emily J. DePalmo, Sabrina N. Detchon, Angela N. Grindstaff, Kara M. Kowars, Jessica N. Needham, Tara R. Pilcher, Chelsie R. Shears, Rochelle R. Smith and Nicholas J. Willoughby.
- Negley: Jennifer M. Click.
- Ravenna: Samantha M. Easterling, Randi Labrier, Rachel A. Meadows.
- Salem: Emma N. Barry, Sean W. Casto, Michelle A. Long, Breanna D. McCreary, Matthew R. Miller, Harry L. Spencer.
Allegheny Wesleyan registering students
SALEM - New student orientation and registration will be held at Allegheny Wesleyan College at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21.
Classes will convene on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
If you are interested in taking college classes, contact the Office of the Registrar at 330-337-6403 for information.
Also, Dr. Paul Kaufman will be teaching Introduction to Judaism at Allegheny Wesleyan College this semester.
This course is designed to trace the rise of Rabbinic Judaism and the history of the Jews after A.D. 70.
For information, contact the Office of the Registrar at 330-337-6403.
Seefred Trust scholarships available
STRUTHERS - Seventeen years ago, Thomas J. Seefred of Struthers created the Thomas J. Seefred Trust. It is a perpetual fund that awards scholarships up to $3,000 each to college students between 18 to 25 years of age who are suffering from juvenile diabetes.
The college student must be successfully completing a standard curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree at an accredited junior college, college, or university. Current high school students are not eligible.
This scholarship is open to Ohio residents with preference given to qualified applicants from Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana counties.
All scholarships will be awarded by the trust and will be based on academic promise, personal statement, recommendations, and financial need.
Applications may be printed from the trust's website at www.seefredtrust.org. Scholarship applications must be postmarked by April 1. Scholarship recipients will be notified after July 1. For more information call Karen Leetch at 330-533-9900.
Panhellenic Scholarship offered
YOUNGSTOWN - Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic is offering a $1500 scholarship for the 2013-14 school year to an undergraduate who is an active member of a National Panhellenic Conference Sorority.
The applicant must be a full-time sophomore, junior, or non-graduating senior woman who resides in Mahoning, Trumbull, or Columbiana county in the state of Ohio.
The award will be based on scholarship, financial need, leadership, and sorority participation. The award will be paid directly to the university's financial affairs office. The deadline for applying is April 1.
Applications may be secured online at youngstownalumnaepanhellenic.weebly.com/scholarship.html
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Whittington ranked in the top 10 in the Mid-American Conference in five categories, including points, rebounds, blocks, field goal percentage and free throw percentage.
The Paw Paw native and former Lawrence High School star averaged 13.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game last season.
Darius Paul's departure from the program means Whittington will be an even bigger part of what the Broncos do offensively this coming season.
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Files from the Home Office TRA (Traffic) symbol series. The Home Office is concerned with road traffic control because of the police's responsibility for the application of traffic legislation. The files in this series reflect its consultative and co-ordinating role, and deal with such subjects as the Central Conference of Chief Constables Traffic Committee and Sub Committee, the Highway Code, traffic wardens and school crossing patrols, measures to combat drinking and driving, the Road Safety Act 1967, restrictions on urban traffic and policing of motorways and trunk roads.
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Whilst legislation and major policy developments relating to road traffic are usually initiated by the Department of Transport, the Home Office has an administrative role in this area by virtue of the responsibility of the police for the practical application of traffic legislation. This role commonly involves a process of consultation with the Department of Transport, regional police forces, local authorities and other bodies, and the co-ordination of activity by these different organisations towards a given end. Specific functions include the administration of the Central Conference of Chief Constables Traffic Committee, and the Association of Chief Police Officers Traffic Committee. The files reflect these concerns of the Home Office in the field of road traffic control.


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Apachesby Lorenzo Carcaterra
Boomer. Dead-Eye. Pins. Geronimo. Reverend Jim. Mrs. Columbo. Legends of the NYPD. Now they are apaches, working on their own to bring down the most vicious criminals working New York City today.
Apaches: A Novel of Suspenseby Lorenzo Carcaterra
Boomer. Dead-Eye. Pins. Geronimo. Reverend Jim. Mrs. Columbo. Legends of the NYPD, they were great cops. The best cops. But they are cops no more. Now they are apaches, a renegade unit working on their own. --reunited to bring down the most vicious criminal working New York City today. . . .
Chasersby Lorenzo Carcaterra
From the bestselling author of Sleepers and former writer/producer of Law & Order comes another high-octane New York City crime drama pulsing with energy. In Lorenzo Carcaterra's Chasers, the street-smart and highly specialized cadre of renegade NYPD cops last depicted in his acclaimed novel Apaches returns in a new tale of action and suspense. It's 1985, and the city that never sleeps is about to wish it had stayed in bed. The heinous machine-gun murder of innocent bystanders in a Manhattan restaurant shocks all five boroughs. The brutal slaying propels the surviving members of the Apaches-controversial, take-'em-down, outside-the-law ex-cops-into investigating a Colombian drug cartel responsible for distributing millions of kilos of cocaine on American shores. Along for the harrowing ride with Boomer, Dead-Eye, and Reverend Jim are three new Apaches: Ash, a wounded female Hispanic cop who specializes in arson investigations; Quincy, an HIV-positive recruit who's a forensics expert; and a retired police dog named Buttercup, a Neapolitan bullmastiff who is no ordinary animal but a gold-shield detective, highly decorated for his skills at sniffing out illegal drugs. Now this dedicated team will become Chasers, working multiple cases that will converge into one explosive, all-out street war. They will face a gallery of formidable enemies: Quinones, a mysterious and deadly assassin; the Boiler Man, a killer as ruthless as he is cunning; Angel, a former priest turned cartel boss, determined to end his career as the richest drug baron in the world; and the G-Men, a band of dealers and doers determined to maintain their iron grip on the cocaine trade-no matter how much blood is spilled. Fueled by Lorenzo Carcaterra's adrenaline-rush prose and peopled with uncommon heroes and merciless crime lords tearing through city streets, Chasers proves to be this acclaimed author's most intense novel to date. From the Hardcover edition.
Gangsterby Lorenzo Carcaterra
Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra's new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption. Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and his father to seek a second family--the criminals who preside over early 20th century New York. In his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss, he encounters ever more barbaric betrayals--in friendship, in his brutal business, in love-- yet simultaneously comes to understand the meaning of loyalty, the virtue of relationships, and gains a perspective on the lonely, if powerful, life he has chosen. As the years pass, as enemies are made and defeated, as wars are fought and won, the old don meets an abandoned boy who needs a parent as much as protection. By taking Gabe under his wing and teaching him everything he knows, Angelo Vestieri will learn, in the winter of his life, which is greater: his love for the boy he cherishes, or his need to be a gangster and to live by the savage rules he helped create. A sweeping panoramic with riveting characters, a unique understanding of the underworld philosophy, and a relentless pace, Gangster travels through the time of godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban Sopranos. But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime. Setting a new standard for this acclaimed author, Gangster is a compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate--and an unforgettable epic of a family, a city, a century.
The Knight of Maison-Rougeby Alexandre Dumas Lorenzo Carcaterra Julie Rose
A major new translation of a forgotten classicParis, 1793, the onset of the Terror. Brave Republican Maurice rescues a mys-terious and beautiful woman from an angry mob and is unknowingly drawn into a secret Royalist plot--a plot revolving around the imprisoned Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, and her enigmatic and fearless champion, the Knight of Maison-Rouge. Full of surprising twists, breakneck adventure, conspiracies, swordplay, romance, and heroism, The Knight of Maison-Rouge is an exhilarating tale of selflessness, love, and honor under the shadow of the guillotine. Dumas here is at the very height of his powers, and with this first and only modern translation, readers can once again ride with the Knight of Maison-Rouge.From the Hardcover edition.
Midnight Angels: A Novelby Lorenzo Carcaterra
In the secret passageways of one of the world's most majestic cities, an American woman must risk everything to keep the long-lost work of a Renaissance master from falling into the hands of thieves.
Paradise Cityby Lorenzo Carcaterra
The most exciting achievement to date from the acclaimed author ofSleepersandGangster,Paradise Cityis a riveting thriller of two cops and two countries, a stunning crime novel about the roots of revenge, honor, and evil. As a fifteen-year-old, Giancarlo Lo Manto learned about injustice the hard way. His father was gunned down by the Camorra, the murderous clan run by Don Nicola Rossi. When his mother moved him from New York back to his family's ancestral home in Naples, Gian found himself face-to-face with the source of the mob's strength, the spring that spawned its deadly killers. Today, twenty-three years later, he is a dogged detective on the Naples police force, homicide division, the most dangerous beat in Europe. He is the nemesis of all who export evil, the man who stops it before it spreads overseas. His efforts have not gone unnoticed. "The strength of Naples reinforces the muscle of New York"-and now the two worlds are about to collide. In the highest towers of the most expensive streets of New York City, Pete Rossi, the son of Don Nicola, has decided to bring Gian back to America-permanently. When Gian learns that his teenage niece, Paula, has gone missing in Manhattan, he cancels a much-needed vacation to Capri, to paradise, joking that "one island is just as good as the other. " Gian's homecoming will be anything but smooth. Someone must always watch his back, and Detective Jennifer Fabini gets the job. A gifted officer with her own personal demons, Jennifer thinks she'll be dealing with a peasant from the old country. The handsome, reserved, unrelenting Gian is a revelation: an irritant and a temptation-especially for a woman who has sworn off cops as lovers. Together the two must solve a disappearance that appears to be a kidnapping . . . but turns out to be a deadly trap. As they dash from the sun-struck villages of Italy to the darkest drug dens of New York, their journey links old-world honor and modern-day danger, and ends in a dizzying explosion of the present and the past. Paradise Cityis Lorenzo Carcaterra's richest entertainment, a book that is at once a sensational crime novel and a provocative exploration of his trademark themes: violence and innocence, love and revenge.
A Safe Place: The True Story of a Father, a Son, a Murderby Lorenzo Carcaterra
From the book: I was fourteen, walking on a beach in Ischia, a Mediterranean island forty miles off the coast of Naples, when I found out about my father. A white cotton towel hung around my neck, the morning sun warmed my back and soft waves rolled against a pea-green fishing boat. A cluster of children were building sand castles by the shore while three German tourists nodded in approval. It was mid-July 1969, my first summer away from home and the most peaceful time in my life. My mother, slumped and weary, stood at my side, staring out to sea. She hardly noticed the Moroccan merchant who was offering good buys on cheap goods or the beach bum selling cool slices of fresh coconut. She reached for my hand, her brown eyes softened by the passing years. "It's time you knew the truth," she said. "About your father." ...
Sleepersby Lorenzo Carcaterra
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * For fans of Game of Silence, Sleepers is the extraordinary true story of four men who take the law into their own hands. This is the story of four young boys. Four lifelong friends. Intelligent, fun-loving, wise beyond their years, they are inseparable. Their potential is unlimited, but they are content to live within the closed world of New York City's Hell's Kitchen. And to play as many pranks as they can on the denizens of the street. They never get caught. And they know they never will. Until one disastrous summer afternoon. On that day, what begins as a harmless scheme goes horrible wrong. And the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. The oldest of them is fifteen, the youngest twelve. What happens to them over the course of that year--brutal beatings, unimaginable humiliation--will change their lives forever. Years later, one has become a lawyer. One a reporter. And two have grown up to be murderers, professional hit men. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within. Only one thing can erase it. Revenge. To exact it, they will twist the legal system. Commandeer the courtroom for their agenda. Use the wiles they observed on the streets, the violence they learned at Wilkinson. If they get caught this time, they only have one thing left to lose: their lives. Praise for Sleepers "Undeniably powerful, an enormously affecting and intensely human story . . . Sleepers is a thriller, to be sure, but it is equally a wistful hymn to another age."--The Washington Post Book World "A gut-wrenching piece of work . . . [Lorenzo] Carcaterra's graphic narrative grips like gunfire in a dark alley."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "A terrifying account of brutality and retribution, searing in its emotional truth, peopled with murderers, sadists, and thugs, but biblical in its passion and scope."--People "Sleepers is so many things: a Dickensian portrait of coming of age in Hell's Kitchen, a terrifying and heartbreaking account of the brutalization of youth, a shocking--and disturbingly satisfying--climax worthy of the finest suspense novel. A brilliant, troubling, important book."--Jonathan Kellerman "Compelling."--USA TodayFrom the Paperback edition.
Sleepersby Lorenzo Carcaterra
The author recounts his harrowing months in the Wilkinson Home for Boys in this controversial bestseller that was also made into a movie.
The Star Roverby Jack London Lorenzo Carcaterra
The Star Rover is the story of San Quentin death-row inmate Darrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life--and long stretches in a straitjacket--by withdrawing into vivid dreams of past lives, including incarnations as a French nobleman and an Englishman in medieval Korea. Based on the life and imprisonment of Jack London's friend Ed Morrell, this is one of the author's most complex and original works. As Lorenzo Carcaterra argues in his Introduction, The Star Rover is "written with energy and force, brilliantly marching between the netherworlds of brutality and beauty."This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition, published in 1915.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Street Boysby Lorenzo Carcaterra
Naples, Italy, during four fateful days in the fall of 1943. The only people left in the shattered, bombed-out city are the lost, abandoned children whose only goal is to survive another day. None could imagine that they would become fearless fighters and the unlikeliest heroes of World War II. They are the warriors immortalized in Street Boys, Lorenzo Carcaterra's exhilarating new novel, a book that exceeds even his bestselling Sleepers as a riveting reading experience. It's late September. The war in Europe is almost won. Italy is leaderless, Mussolini already arrested by anti-Fascists. The German army has evacuated the city of Naples. Adults, even entire families, have been marched off to work camps or simply sent off to their deaths. Now, the German army is moving toward Naples to finish the job. Their chilling instructions are: If the city can't belong to Hitler, it will belong to no one. No one but children. Children who have been orphaned or hidden by parents in a last, defiant gesture against the Nazis. Children, some as young as ten years old, armed with just a handful of guns, unexploded bombs, and their own ingenuity. Children who are determined to take on the advancing enemy and save the city--or die trying. There is Vincenzo Soldari, a sixteen-year-old history buff who is determined to make history by leading others with courage and self-confidence; Carlo Maldini, a middle-aged drunkard desperate to redeem himself by adding his experience to the raw exuberance of the young fighters; Nunzia Maldini, his nineteen-year-old daughter, who helps her father regain his self-respect-- and loses her heart to an American G. I. ; Corporal Steve Connors, a soldier sent out on reconnaissance, then cut off from his comrades--with no choice but to aid the street boys; Colonel Rudolph Van Klaus, the proud Nazi commander shamed by his own sadistic mission; and, of course, the dozens of young boys who use their few skills and great heart to try to save their city, their country, and themselves. In its compassionate portrait of the rootless young, and its pitiless portrayal of the violence that is at once their world and their way out, Street Boys continues and deepens Lorenzo Carcaterra's trademark themes. In its awesome scope and pure page-turning excitement, it stands as a stirring tribute to the underdog in us all--and as a singular addition to the novels about World War II. From the Hardcover edition.
Tin Badgesby Lorenzo Carcaterra
In a city where a girl can go missing for years, a retired New York cop investigates a gruesome crime.Tank is a retired New York City cop coping with two teenaged problems: one is his recently-orphaned nephew, and the other is a girl whose decomposed body was found in a cooler off the Henry Hudson Parkway. Determined to bring the girl's killer to justice, Tank hits the streets of upper Manhattan, chasing leads and searching for clues about her tragically short life. "Tin Badges" by Lorenzo Carcaterra is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books's Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and read them all!
The Vulture's Game (Short Story)by Lorenzo Carcaterra
In The Wolf, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra introduces readers to Vincent Marelli, his most stunning and captivating hero yet. But, in this eBook original prequel short story, before Marelli becomes the world's most powerful mob boss, he must prove he has what it takes to lead the pack. Features a preview of Lorenzo Carcaterra's riveting new novel, The Wolf! My name is Vincent Marelli, and when I was a young man life gave me a choice: play by the rules . . . or play to win. You might say I chose well, because today I am the don of all dons, commanding the biggest, most successful organized crime operation in the world. But all that I have--everything I won--I got by working harder, thinking smarter, and fighting better than the rest. This is the story of how I started. How my uncle gave me a job to do and turned me loose in the big, bad world he'd already conquered. And how I took on the man who tried to take on the wrong people--my people. I won't say what happened. You can find out for yourself. Let's just say that killing your enemy is easy, but there are better ways to get revenge. And the best revenge is a gift that keeps on giving. Advance praise for The Wolf "Lorenzo Carcaterra is one of the my favorite writers in the world, and The Wolf is his best book yet. In it you'll meet the superbly crafted crime boss Vincent Marelli--and then you'll spend this riveting read trying to decide whether Marelli, like Michael Corleone, is a hero or a villain. Pick up a copy of The Wolf and you won't put it down until the surprise ending!"--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Accused "The Wolf crackles with the geopolitical high stakes of Homeland, the intrigue and lore of The Godfather, and the clock-ticking final showdown of 24. No one combines such themes as Renaissance art, global terror, and all things Italian like Lorenzo Carcaterra."--Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author of Everything to LosePraise for Lorenzo Carcaterra "Terrifying and heartbreaking . . . a brilliant, troubling, important book."--Jonathan Kellerman, on Sleepers "Crackles with action . . . a riveting and ingenious read that will keep you turning the pages."--Douglas Preston, on Midnight Angels "A powerful read . . . with plenty of action and dialogue as authentic as the streets of New York."--St. Petersburg Times, on Paradise City "A brilliant, multilayered novel that breathes and bleeds on every page. This book transcends the genre of crime fiction. It is a full-blooded novel and an epic read."--Robert Crais, on Gangster
The Wolfby Lorenzo Carcaterra
In this thrilling novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra--the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers, Gangster, and Midnight Angels--organized crime goes to war with international terrorism in the name of one man's quest for revenge. My name is Vincent Marelli, though most people call me The Wolf. You've never met me, and if you're lucky you never will. But in more ways than you could think of, I own you. I run the biggest criminal operation in the world. We're invisible but we're everywhere. Wherever you go, whatever you do, however it is you spend your money, a piece of it lands in our pockets. You would think that with that kind of power I would be invincible. You would be wrong. I made a mistake, one that a guy like me can never afford to make. I let my guard down. And because I did, my wife and daughters are gone. Murdered by terrorists with a lethal ax to grind. That was my mistake. But it was also theirs. I wasn't looking for a war with them. No one in my group was. But they've left me with nothing but a desire for revenge--so a war is what they'll get. The full strength of international organized crime against every known terrorist group working today. Crime versus chaos. We will protect our interests, and I will protect my son. We won't get them all, but I will get my revenge, or I will die trying. They will know my name. They will feel my wrath. They will fear The Wolf.Advance praise for The Wolf "Lorenzo Carcaterra is one of the my favorite writers in the world, and The Wolf is his best book yet. In it you'll meet the superbly crafted crime boss Vincent Marelli--and then you'll spend this riveting read trying to decide whether Marelli, like Michael Corleone, is a hero or a villain. Pick up a copy of The Wolf and you won't put it down until the surprise ending!"--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Accused "The Wolf crackles with the geopolitical high stakes of Homeland, the intrigue and lore of The Godfather, and the clock-ticking final showdown of 24. No one combines such themes as Renaissance art, global terror, and all things Italian like Lorenzo Carcaterra."--Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author of Everything to Lose Praise for Lorenzo Carcaterra "Crackles with action . . . a riveting and ingenious read that will keep you turning the pages."--Douglas Preston, on Midnight Angels "A powerful read . . . with plenty of action and dialogue as authentic as the streets of New York."--St. Petersburg Times, on Paradise City "Terrifying and heartbreaking . . . a brilliant, troubling, important book."--Jonathan Kellerman, on Sleepers "A brilliant, multilayered novel that breathes and bleeds on every page. This book transcends the genre of crime fiction. It is a full-blooded novel and an epic read."--Robert Crais, on GangsterFrom the Hardcover edition.
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Jail for West Rutland robberNovember 29,2012A St. Albans man convicted of robbing a pharmacy in West Rutland was sentenced to 40 months behind bars this week.
Christopher J. McCarthy, 43, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal charge of obstructing commerce by robbery.
On Monday, Judge Christina Reiss sentenced McCarthy to more than three years in jail followed by three years of supervised release. He must also pay $405 in restitution to Rite Aid.
McCarthy was arrested on Feb. 11 hours after he approached a clerk at the pharmacy and handed her a note that demanded prescription painkiller drugs and the promise that if the demands were met no one will get hurt.
In an interview with police, McCarthy said he was addicted to the drugs and robbed the pharmacy out of desperation.
McCarthy was originally charged in a Vermont court, but the state dismissed its charge against him in April to allow the federal charge to be brought.MORE IN This Just InBENNINGTON A Bondville woman is facing a felony charge after police said they learned she was... Full StoryBENNINGTON A local man is facing up to 50 years in jail after being arraigned earlier this... Full StoryVermont leaders face many policy challenges, chief among them demographics change, according to... Full Story
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Knowledge in the making
A BT developed diagnostic tool is transforming the way BT Wholesale handles broadband faults for its customers.
Since the trial launch of Knowledge Based Diagnostics (KBD) in 2008, after a series of 'ideas' workshops between BT Wholesale and its customers, there has been a steady improvement in fault analysis. Current figures now show a recommendation of the cause of the fault in 97 per cent of tests.
Previous analysis using the 'one shot check' method gave mostly inconclusive data with outcomes of 45 to 60 per cent - and then only as a pass or fail.
The one shot check method is reliant on the customer having network knowledge, and submitting a predetermined fault report code into the testing tool. One shot check then carries out all testing and checks simultaneously. But the fault report code is often incorrect and this conflicts with the testing, and leads to the high volume of inconclusive results.
A key part of KBD - developed by the BT Design business - is an innovative interactive system for customers which uses a range of information to provide a more accurate recommendation of where the fault lies. Present figures show that KBD is 84 per cent accurate on these tests.
As a result there is a quicker response to customers and crucially a quicker business decision on the direction of the fault and which BT business should handle it.
Faster fix
BT Retail used KBD to make such a decision for its business recently as Yvonne Forrester, BT Wholesale project manager for KBD explains: "KBD underpinned BT Retail's decision to introduce home IT engineers to its business. And it has reduced BT Wholesale's fault volumes by nearly 3,000 a week, and more importantly it means an appropriate and faster fix for customers."
Greater interactivity with BT Wholesale customers' and a reliable and robust end-to-end process has also gone a long way to highlight KBD as a credible tool with quicker one touch test and diagnostic capabilities.
Now BT Wholesale and its customers work closely together, using previous fault records if necessary, to trace the fault. Tests are then run to provide a more accurate assessment on the condition of the line, and a statement is provided on the recommendation on the next course of action to take.
Cost efficiencies
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Tornado makes direct hit on Iowa City
Al Olson
Public Works Administrator
City of Ankeny, Iowa
Member, APWA Facility & Grounds Committee
On Thursday, April 13, 2006, Iowa City took a direct hit from an F2 tornado packing winds over 150 miles per hour. No tornado had ever made a direct hit on Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa. Historically only 15% of the tornados in Iowa have been an F2 or higher. This storm was the beginning of a rare tornado outbreak sequence that struck across the country throughout the following week.
The first sighting of a funnel cloud occurred around 8:30 p.m. Before the tornado had finished cutting its path through Iowa City, Public Works Director Rick Fosse was calling out crews and working with Fire and Police Departments to put the City's Incident Management Plan into action.
Day 1 following the tornado (Photo: Iowa City Press Citizen)
The tornado tore across the south edge of the university's campus, then ripped through the heart of downtown Iowa City and its historical districts leaving a 3-1/2-mile path of destruction one-third of a mile wide. This was one of a number of tornados reported in Johnson County that evening. The ferocity of the storm caused significant property damage destroying buildings, dropping power lines, causing gas leaks, crushing cars, and forcing many residents from their homes. Johnson County opened their Emergency Operations Center to manage the responses throughout the county while Iowa City established a Command Post to coordinate intensive response activities within the city.
Public Works crews hit the streets running in darkness, some contending with bumper-to-bumper traffic, and sidewalks overflowing with people exploring the damage. Crews were in an emergency response operation for the first three days following the storm. The crews' focus was to move the mixed roadway debris to the shoulders of the roadway and along the right-of-way to open emergency access routes leading to hospitals and devastated areas. This facilitated the vital movement of emergency vehicles, and allowed law enforcement to provide the necessary security.
It was soon evident that the extent of damage was beyond local response capabilities. Governor Tom Vilsack declared a state of emergency for Johnson County that evening. The National Guard, Iowa Department of Transportation, and the Highway Patrol handled crowd control, provided security, and assisted with traffic control at intersections where traffic signals were damaged and not functioning. Police, fire and ambulance crews from neighboring communities were also quick to respond.
As darkness prevailed throughout the city, safety was first and foremost in the minds of the first responders in clearing and moving the debris off the roadway. City crews reacted as if there were bodies underneath each and every pile of wreckage. Downed wires were commingled with the debris, requiring close coordination with Mid American Energy before the debris could be removed. Fortunately, Mid American Energy had deenergized much of the area, because of more than 50 reported gas leaks.
Darkness and conflicting reports made it difficult to determine the limits and severity of the damage. Damage assessment teams were deployed Thursday night to focus rescue efforts and again on Friday to examined the path of the tornado and prepare a comprehensive estimate of public damages and a map of the storm's path. The total damage was assessed at $12 million. FEMA arrived in Iowa City on Saturday and was provided with a detailed damage assessment and map.
Contractors work in tandem in removing debris off city streets.
The focus of the City's efforts shifted from emergency response to debris management and removal on Monday morning. Huge volumes of debris would need to be removed and properly disposed. Quick, convenient removal and conservation of landfill space were established as priorities. The City of Iowa City issued a news release providing residents with debris management information. Two drop sites were established for tree debris. Building and tree debris could also be placed at curbside for removal by the City, but residents were asked to separate building debris from tree debris. It was important to get the information out to the public quickly to separate their waste before placing it at the curb. All fees for these services were waived for a period of two weeks as a service to the citizens, and to expedite the cleanup process for public safety. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was contacted to obtain approval to place commingled waste in the landfill.
City staff met and a systematic approach to debris management was implemented. Curbside cleanup crews were split into two teams. Solid waste crews started at the perimeter of the storm path while personnel from city streets, forestry, Johnson County and the Iowa Department of Transportation started in the center of the path of the tornado. One important aspect of the debris removal was to keep the 50 crew members hydrated, fed, and with access to portable restroom facilities. Two contractors with grapplers were hired to load tandem axle trucks supplied by the Iowa Department of Transportation, Johnson County, and local city contractors. Skid loaders with clam buckets were also used to pick up debris at curbside. As fast as debris was being hauled away, it was piling back up as people continued to clear their properties. Curbside pickup continued for two weeks.
One of the other problems facing Iowa City was that their landfill didn't operate a construction and demolition (C&D) area. After the initial cleanup of debris, homeowners and businesses started to demolish their damaged buildings producing a second wave of waste arriving at the landfill. With the approval of the DNR, a C&D cell was permitted, constructed, and up and running in a short period of time.
During the first two weeks of cleanup, over $88,000 of fees were waived at the landfill. The drop-off sites remained free all summer and ultimately processed 25,000 cubic yards of tree debris into 7,000 cubic yards of wood chips which were given away free of charge.
City crews work to clear debris.
Many cities in eastern Iowa offered to help by providing staff and equipment through the Iowa Mutual Aid Compact (IMAC). The Iowa Mutual Aid Compact is an intrastate voluntary program that allows for one political subdivision to assist another political subdivision in a disaster that has been declared either by the local member political subdivision or the governor. Crews from Cedar Falls and Waterloo were used to help with the restoration of traffic signals. The City of Bettendorf provided a vacuum street sweeper to remove all the glass off the streets. Each of the cities that provided mutual aid was reimbursed for their hard costs such as hotel accommodations, food, and fuel expenses. All the cities waived reimbursement for their labor costs. Information on the IMAC can be found at iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/IMAC.
Iowa City's total cleanup operation took about two months to complete. Cleanup proceeded faster than expected and within a week of the storm all streets were back open. The traffic signal system was fully restored which included replacing 7 signal poles, 53 signal heads, a control cabinet and 75 signs. After 60 days of contemplation, FEMA's Damage Assessment Team concluded that this event was not a federal disaster and no assistance was provided.
Feedback from the public has been overwhelmingly positive, and City staff was commended for their remarkable work in the cleanup operation. Fosse is especially thankful that only one crew member sustained an injury during the entire cleanup process.
Al Olson can be reached at (515) 963-3525 or email@example.com.


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So your young child keeps getting hung up when trying to express a thought or word. You noticed, out of nowhere, they started stuttering. Should you be worried? Speech therapist Mary Jo Haughey simply says: no.
"One in four will have a pattern of stuttering as their language develops," says Mary Jo Haughey, speech therapist with Golisano Children's Hospital.
Most kids who pick up a stutter will get over it, but not all of them.
"You don't know which one is going to out grow it. So the theory used to be, don't treat it they're going to outgrow of it - but that's not the theory anymore," says Haughey.
If a child doesn't resolve their stuttering in about 6 months it might be time to seek help. Research shows the earlier a problem is addressed, the better. Haughey has worked with children as young as three.
"With them it's really modifying the environment, having the parents slow down their speech pattern, not having a lot of competing noise. You don't work directly on the stuttering itself at that age," says Haughey.
There are signs that it may be more than a passing phase. Children who stumble on words starting with the letters b, d, k, p, or t. They may say the first letter or syllable over and over. Or make prolonged sounds mid-word. If they feel rushed or pressured, it gets worse.
"Telling a person to slow down isn't a good thing to do because it's a speech pattern. They need to learn different controls," says Haughey.
Speech therapy has shown great success, especially if started by preschool. It works by identifying trouble spots and working around them.
"Lots of people when they sing they won't stutter because they're changing the loudness of their voice, they're changing the pattern. That's the things that you will work on in therapy," says Haughey.It's all about finding the at-risk child and opening up their window of opportunity.


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It's a tough life being a football fan sometimes.
From the luxury of watching great matches unfold right there in front of you to the freedom to hurl abuse whenever you want, the joy of being a football fan is one that few would deny or deem not needed.
It has always been the fans around the world that have made certain clubs, moments and, indeed, entire stadiums themselves into the icons that they are today.
So, then, with the fans in mind, what are the best stadiums across the globe to watch world football? Which are the grounds and the venues that simply take the beautiful game to that next level and create an experience which few other things in life can parallel?
Read on to see the top 10 grounds to watch a match in world football. Note that these are not necessarily the best stadiums as such in world football, but specific in relation to the history and the experience that fans receive when they watch a world football match.
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Jason Crowe was so precocious his parents put him in the second grade at age 5. But like many gifted children, Jason, who lives in Newburgh, Ind., couldn't concentrate—or even tie his shoes—in school, and he always seemed to be in trouble. Those were difficult days, but Jason knew that when he got home Nanny would be there. Nanny was Mary Alice Long, his maternal grandmother, and she meant the world to him. Then, five years ago, at age 85, Long was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. "When she died," says Jason, now 13, "part of me died with her."
But something else was born. Channeling his anguish into positive energy, Jason—who received a 1999 Point of Light award from President Clinton—started The Informer, a bimonthly newsletter for kids with articles on trends like Pokémon, plus such serious issues as hunger and war. It has 1,000 subscribers in 29 states and 16 foreign countries. Jason donates the profits (about $3,000 so far) to the American Cancer Society.
In 1998, Jason founded a group to raise $100,000 to build a peace statue in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Last year he created Operation Yellow Bow for Kosovo, which raised $4,000 for the Red Cross. And recently he started Youth for Peace in the Year Two Thousand, which aims to hold a children's peace summit in Bosnia. Oh yes, in his spare time he does community work, organizing a literacy program at the local library and a food and toys drive for tornado victims. "Jason flat out astounds me with what he's doing," says folksinger Joan Baez, who met him at a concert in '98 and shares the boy's passion for peace. "It was clear when I met him he was a genius."
He just may be. The boy's parents, Dennis, 77, and Cindy, 52—both retired teachers—say Jason knew the alphabet at 14 months and was reading road signs at 1½. (His sister Roxana, 29, is an attorney in Milwaukee.) But in school, Jason was bored, antsy. "I remember the teacher saying, 'Behave or I'll hang you,' " says Jason. The Crowes took him to be tested at the Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, where the staff marveled at the boy's intelligence. "He's like one of those sponges with super-absorption," says staff development coordinator Laura Whaley.
Still, as Nanny began treatment and moved into the family's brick ranch-style house, Jason struggled through third grade. "When I had a bad day, Nanny was there," he says. She even got down on the floor to play with his toy soldiers. "When I wanted to know about something, she would have the answers," Jason says. "Sometimes we didn't have to talk at all."
As Nanny's condition worsened, the Crowes decided to school Jason at home. "I wanted him to have as much time as he could with his Nanny," says Cindy, "and it gave us a chance to try some different teaching methods on him." Nanny succumbed to her illness on Aug. 10, 1996. Some weeks later, desperate to pull the boy out of his slump, the Crowes took him to James Delisle, a professor of education at Kent State University. "I told Jason," says Delisle, "rather than concentrating on his grandmother dying, he should concentrate on using his gifts to do something positive. That's when he came up with the newsletter."
These days Jason continues to be educated at home; he will probably go on to college at age 15. In the meantime, though, he is anxious to erect his peace statue in Sarajevo, a sculpture with children in it, to give the long-warring parties pause. "There is an old folk song," says Jason, "that goes, 'Hearts starve as well as bodies/Give us bread, but give us roses.' People need real help, but they also need spiritual help."
Nanny would understand.
William Plummer
John Slania in Newburgh
For Nanny
updated 09/11/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 09/11/2000 AT 01:00 AM EDT


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Duke Medical Center Library & Archives
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DUMC Archives Resources Round-up
Posted On: Friday, September 16, 2016 - 02:09 by Beverly Murphy
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Archives has a variety of online resources to help users learn about the collections and the Medical Center's history.
MEDSpace – If you're looking for historic images, our digital repository, MEDSpace, is an excellent place to start. MEDSpace contains nearly 700 photographs documenting the history of Duke Medicine. You can also find early publications, medical illustrations and artwork, and medical artifacts.
Digitized Yearbooks – Want to look up a...MORE
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New Exhibit Features Duke Health's Founders
Posted On: Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 21:44 by Beverly Murphy
Our new exhibit, Early Duke Notables, is now on display. Featuring artifacts, photographs, and documents from the Medical Center Archives collections, the exhibit highlights some of the key individuals who helped found Duke Health and their contributions.
Items on display include original hospital floorplans with Dr. Wilburt C. Davison's notes, a 1930's nursing cap from first School of Nursing Dean's Bessie Baker's tenure, a patent for one of Dr. J. Deryl Hart's inventions, and a letter from Dr. Frederic M. Hanes about establishing Duke Gardens.
On Display: June to September 2016; Level 1 Lobby and Level 2R.
To learn more about Duke Health history, visit the Medical Center...MORE
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Historical Materials about African Americans at Duke Medicine
Posted On: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 10:02 by Beverly Murphy
African American History at Duke Medicine, a guide produced by Medical Center Archives, aims to introduce researchers to materials documenting the history of African American faculty, students, and staff at Duke Medicine. Included are oral histories, archival collections, photographs, audiovisual materials, and publications, selected key dates and key figures, and links to recommended digital resources.
Categories: Explore Tools, Resource Updates
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DUMC History Retrospective: Duke's African-American LPN Program
Posted On: Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 16:57 by Jolie Braun
This look back at DUMC history features Duke's Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program. When it began in 1948, there were already several others in the state. Duke's was unique, however, as it was the only one in North Carolina established exclusively for training African-American nurses.
The program, known as the Practical Nurse School at Hillside High School, was a collaborative effort between Duke University Hospital, the Durham City Schools, and the North Carolina Department of Vocational Education and was established to address the area's shortage of professional nurses. The idea was that trained LPNs would be a means of improving bedside care, as they could take over the duties that might have been previously handled by a nurse's aide...MORE
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DUMC Archives Resources Round-up
Posted On: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 10:49 by Jolie Braun
Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Archives has a variety of online resources to help users learn about the collections and the Medical Center's history.
MEDSpace – If you're looking for historic images, our digital repository, MEDSpace, is an excellent place to start. MEDSpace contains nearly 700 photographs documenting the history of Duke Medicine. You can also find early publications, medical illustrations and artwork, and medical artifacts.
Digitized Yearbooks – Want to look up a...MORE
Categories: Resource Updates
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Employee Spotlight: Matt Shangler
Posted On: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 17:13 by Adrianne Leonardelli
- Working at Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives since: 2010
- Education: Master's degree, Public History with a concentration in Archives & Records Management, North Carolina State University
- Current position: Head of Technical Services, Duke University Medical Center Archives
1. Please describe your current position & what you find most interesting about it.
In my current position, one of my major responsibilities is processing collections. This entails...
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Duke Intercom Now Online
Posted On: Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 15:21 by Jolie Braun
Duke Medicine's primary news publication from 1953 to 1986, the Intercom, is now available online. It features information about campus construction and events, faculty and staff news, facts and figures, and articles about medical research and innovations at Duke.
The Archives collaborated with the ...MORE
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Ask an Archivist!
Posted On: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 12:36 by Jolie Braun
Did you know that Archives staff are available at the Medical Center Library to work with patrons? Even if you're unable to make it to our off-campus facility on Christian Avenue, you can still learn about our resources and services.
Stop by our office in the Library (M-F; 9:00a-4:00p; Room 103G) to get help with your historical research and (with advance notice!) work with archival materials. To learn more, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Dr. Hanes and the Beginnings of Duke Gardens
Posted On: Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 21:51 by Jolie Braun
While Duke Gardens is one of the most recognized destinations on campus, it's less well known that the attraction's origins can be traced back to the medical campus.
The gardens were the idea of Dr. Frederic Hanes (pictured right), a physician who joined Duke in 1930 and became chair of the Department of Medicine in 1933. His daily walks on campus often led him past a debris-filled ravine, the result of a stalled project to create a lake. An avid horticulturist, Hanes had thought that this would be a perfect site for a garden featuring his favorite flower, the iris.
In 1934 Hanes persuaded Sarah Pearson Angier Duke, widow of Benjamin Duke, one of the university's founders, to donate $20,000 for the...MORE
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Duke School of Medicine Yearbooks Now Online!
Posted On: Friday, April 4, 2014 - 10:54 by Jolie Braun
We are happy to announce that our collection of the Duke University School of Medicine yearbook, The Aesculapian, has been digitized and made available online. The collection consists of 34 volumes that span more than 60 years of DUMC history, from 1950 to 2013. In addition to portraits of medical and nursing students, the yearbooks also feature photographs of faculty and staff, clubs and organizations...MORE
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NC Archives Week: October 21 - 27
Posted On: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 11:55 by Beverly Murphy
NC Archives Week is an annual, week-long observance of the agencies and people responsible for maintaining and making available the archival and historical records of our nation, state, communities and people. This year's archival theme is Home Grown! A Celebration of NC Food Culture & History. Be sure to visit our exhibit of materials from the Duke Medical Center Archives related to food and nutrition. On display through November; Level 2R.
For more on this "Gastronomical Look at DUMC History," see the Archives Website.MORE
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DUMC History Retrospective: Frank Beresford
Posted On: Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 22:36 by Beverly Murphy
A good mystery novel, at its core, consists of interesting characters, a compelling plot, and puzzle-solving. In these respects, the job of an archivist mirrors that of a detective, as the archivist must reconstruct the pasts of people or objects from fragments of information. While such mysteries come in a variety of forms, the most common is determining the history, or provenance, of an item or collection.
Recently a series of paintings in the Medical Center Library's Artwork Collection posed such a challenge. The paintings, done in 1944 by Frank Beresford, depict scenes of the U.S. Army 65th General Hospital Unit at work during World War II in the Eastern Theater of Operations (E.T.O.). Absent from the...MORE
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DUMC History Retrospective: Nurses to the Front
Posted On: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 23:04 by Beverly Murphy
In April, the School of Nursing welcomed back its graduates for their annual alumni weekend. Nursing education has a long and rich history here at Duke. From its beginnings in 1931 to the present day, Duke has attracted the best faculty and produced top graduates. Among these graduates is a unique group that exemplified service: the Cadet Nurses.
On April 30, 1941, prior to U.S. involvement in World War II, the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) issued a call for schools of nursing to increase enrollment in order to train more nurses for military, health, and civilian service. Duke responded by admitting 84 students in October, 1941, a boost from 58 the previous year.
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor later that year, the...MORE
New Archives Guide
Posted On: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 17:51 by Beverly Murphy
The Duke University Medical Center Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to materials documenting the history of the DUMC community, from the 1930s to the present. This new guide provides a brief overview of the Archives, including information about the collections, how to find items, as well as suggestions of other helpful resources.MORE
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Date: 3/14/2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Learning Connection (CDC LC) was established in November 2010 to provide a central location for e-learning, training information, and other public health learning activities. In 2011, CDC partnered with the Public Health Foundation (PHF) through a cooperative agreement to integrate TRAIN, the nation's premier learning management system for professionals who protect the public's health, as an external-facing portal to the national learning management system on CDC LC. With CDC TRAIN, CDC LC provides access to a variety of free public health training opportunities offered in on-site and web-based learning formats. Many of these courses offer continuing education for maintaining professional licenses. Following is a sample of the 25,000 courses available on TRAIN:
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In August 2010, the Los Angeles Times created an uproar by publishing a series headlined "Grading the teachers" in which they looked at the comparative effectiveness of elementary teachers in Los Angeles Unified Schools.
The newspaper analyzed seven years of student math and reading scores for 11,500 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade teachers in 470 schools. They used the data to calculate each teacher's effectiveness in each subject, called a value-added measure, and ranked the teachers by percentile. They put the results in an online database, allowing readers to look up teachers by name to see their rankings.
The story that accompanied the rankings included a profile of two fifth-grade teachers in the same elementary. One teacher was among the top-ranked instructors in the district; the other was among the worst. The story included their names and pictures of those teachers in the classroom.
To read the Times' story, click here; for the database, click here.
The backlash was big and immediate, with the Los Angeles teachers union leading the charge. Even in the journalism world, where many were impressed by the scope of the project, the online database was controversial -- and remains so.
On Saturday, I attended a daylong journalism conference in Chicago to brief education reporters on the nationwide movement in overhauling teacher evaluations. The final session talked about the L.A.Times project and the larger issue of whether the media should be publicizing the value-added measurements for individual teachers.
The panelists included Doug Smith, database editor for the Los Angeles Times, and Diana Epstein, senior education policy analyst for the Center for American Progress, who just released a paper that argues that "publishing value-added estimates of teachers by name hinders education reform."
Epstein points to the fact that calculating value-added measures for teachers is relatively new and there's still considerable debate among educational experts, including statisticians, about how to best calculate value-added and about the accuracy of the measures.
"We've gotten to the point where we recognize that we need better evaluation systems," Epstein said. "But we're just getting started. This is very much a work in progress."
She also points out that experts agree that value-added measures are "just one piece" of a teacher's performance -- in the same way that student test scores are just one reflection of their academic performance.
"It's an incomplete picture," she said.
In that context, Epstein says, publicizing the scores "just makes teachers defensive" and has the potential to create tremendous resistance among educators to doing value-added measures. She also suggest publishing the scores for teachers by name could create a "run on the bank," as parents yank their kids from classrooms headed on poorly rated teachers.
Jaime Sarrio, an education reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who also was on the panel, acknowledged that possibility.
"Right now, officials can't guarantee every children has an effective teacher, which is sort of scary," Sarrio said.
For his part, Smith said that he initially had considerable doubts about the idea of an online database that named the teachers.
But during the months that he worked on the project, his doubts were eased by several factors.
One was that in visiting schools as part of their reporting, Times journalists were able to see for themselves examples of high- and low-scoring teachers, which seemed to confirm the validity of the ratings. (Smith recounted the story of a reporter who visited a school and explained to an auditorium of teachers that he was there to see examples of effective and ineffective teachers. At the reporter's reference to the latter, all the teachers turned to look at the same person -- who happen to be the very man identified by the Times' analysis as a low-performing teacher.)
In addition, Smith said the newspaper took pains to make its analysis as accurate as possible, and gave teachers the chance to see their scores and post comments before the database was put online. He also said the presentation of the data was among the most sophisticated presentations that the paper has ever done, and included considerable caveats.
But Smith also readily acknowledged the concerns about the database. "The worries about the reliability of (value-added measures) is real," said Smith, the L.A. Times editor.
Also real, he said, is the fact that even a teacher with a high VAM may not be the best teacher for every child: "The importance of the interplay between the student and teacher is real, too."
At Saturday's conference, among those backed Smith's stance was a journalist who offered the perspective of a parent.
He related his own experience this year as the father of a fifth-grader with a difficult teacher. It's unclear to him and his wife, he said, whether the teacher is "a jerk" or one who challenges students and gets results. He said his wife is about ready to demand that the girl be transferred to another class, but he's be willing to have the daughter stick it out if he knew that the teacher has a proven track record.
His point: Information about the effectiveness of teachers is information that parents desperately want.
Others in the room acknowledged the dilemma. Should schools and the media be withholding valuable information from the public? But is releasing that information fair to teachers?
Stephanie Black, a teacher on an early panel who stayed in the audience for this discussion, offered her perspective.
"It's so hard to see teaching boiled down to a single score," Black said.
It's more than just an journalism ethics debate, people in the room agreed.
"It's deeply personal," said Emily Richmond of the Education Writers Association, who was moderator of the panel discussion. "For parents, it's their child. For teachers, it's their livelihood."
Julie Mack is a reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 269-388-8578, or follow her on Twitter.com at Twitter.com/kzjuliemack. She also writes a blog that can be found here.


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"We tied," said 10-year-old Slade O'Connor and his sister, 8-year-old Skye, of Valencia.
For a week, Slade and Skye reminded their mother that Day for Kids was coming up and they couldn't miss it.
More than 5,000 children and parents sprawled across Newhall Park Saturday, engaging in entertainment and swallowing hot dogs at the fourth annual Day for Kids, presented by the Boys & Girls Club of SCV and the city of Santa Clarita.
And it was all for free - all of it, even the raffle tickets.
"She's having a blast and the best part of it is we're having this much fun and it hasn't cost a penny," said Santa Clarita resident Jeff Victor, father of 10-year-old Hannah Victor.
Hannah was thrilled she had received a personal-autographed photo from actor Dan Benson.
Benson stars as Zeke on The Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place. Benson was one of several entertainers amongst more than 300 local volunteers who donated their time to the thousands of kids that donned paper hats, goofy glasses and face-paint.
With the troubled economy, planners initially worried the $12- to $15-thousand event wouldn't be as grand as it had been in past years, said Jim Ventress, chief professional officer of the Boys & Girls Club of SCV. But in hard times, families need an affordable - or free - and entertaining outlet.
"It's been rough for a lot of families in the SCV, we thought it was extremely important particularly this year," said Ventress, who co-chaired the event with Phil Lantis and Pat Downing with the city of Santa Clarita.
But 17 sponsors and 50 participants came through and neither parents nor kids seemed to notice that 52 vendors participated this year compared to last year's 70.
"The kids are having a blast and that's all the matters," Ventress said.
Still, financial fears eased as donations such as more than 3,000 beverages from Coca-Cola or 15 bicycles from Walmart were received throughout five months of planning.
The local Day for Kids was one of 1,500 taking place nationwide. Ventress said Santa Clarita's day is considered a signature event because it's one of the largest in the country.
The hope is that eventually Day for Kids will be a nationally recognized and celebrated day, Ventress said.
As for Santa Clarita, the event has definitely gained its prominence with local families.
"This event fits nicely with the philosophy of the community and why people come out here - it's kid-friendly and family-oriented," Ventress said.


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Gray, hampered by a badly sprained ankle for 10 days and not much of a factor in a 61-53 loss at now-No. 9 Georgetown on Saturday, keyed a 9-0 run at the start of the second half that reversed a three-point halftime deficit and made it 38-32.
West Virginia got to within three points at 54-51 with about 8 minutes remaining, but Mike Cook hit a 3-pointer and two free throws and Fields made another off-balance 3 while nearly falling out of bounds during another 9-0 run that gave Pitt (25-5, 12-3 Big East) its first double-digit lead.
Cook all but sealed it with another 3 after Joe Alexander hit two free throws for West Virginia.
West Virginia (20-8, 8-7) dropped their fourth in six games and might need to win at least once in the Big East Tournament to get a bid in the NCAA Tournament.
ARIZONA: Wildcats coach Lute Olson labeled speculation that he has Parkinson's disease "a vicious, vicious rumor" that is "totally false."
The 72-year-old coach brought up the subject at his weekly news conference Tuesday.
"I have gotten some calls about rumors and certain radio stations running some things about me having Parkinson's, which is a complete lie," Olson said. "I have physicals like everyone else does. There is absolutely no medical indication of any type of problem."
A member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, Olson has a 779-278 record in 34 years as a college coach, including a 587-186 mark in 24 years at Arizona.
He said he first heard the rumor a couple of weeks ago, then was asked about it after his weekly radio show on Tuesday.
"There is absolutely no truth to that statement. If it has been repeatedly on radio stations then I will take the necessary actions that I need to get this stopped," he said. "It is a vicious, vicious rumor. If I need to I will get my physician to make a statement."


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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Knitted jumper
I cannot quite believe it is actually finished and that it actually fits.
And I wouldn't mind knitting another one either. I would prefer to follow a pattern created by an experienced knitter next time, though.
This was really quite an experiment. Maybe because I don't have much knitting experience and because I really don't understand the language used in knitting patterns. But like many other times when sewing clothes the adventurer in me thought, "How difficult can it be?"
Well, the lady at the shop where I bought the wool couldn't wish me luck often enough after I had told her about my plan (basically 4 rectangles sewn together with some minor add ons or take aways).
I've learned quite a few things about knitting. Also, that counting is definitely not my thing.
How do you keep track of rows and stitches?
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Simple Clown
Who would have thought that she might ever want to dress as something other than a princess at some point in her life. I still can't quite believe it.
But she was very clear. A clown - with a striped shirt, a bow tie, a red nose and a wig of red curls.
I tried to make a sort of girly version of a striped shirt and one that she can wear even when she's not a clown. I just have to make a little sewing time go a long, long way.
The bow tie makes me smile. It's a made of one of the last scraps of one of my favourite fabrics, (previously used here and here and here). So next time I get mad at all the fabric stacked into our tiny flat I'll look at it.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Sunday Mondays
Wishing you all a slow start to the week.
Thank you for your advice on the sock repair. They are finished now and very nice and warm.
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Ancient ruins found near Venice
Ruins of the ancient Roman city of Altinum have been discovered on the outskirts of Venice.
Satellite imaging has revealed a collection of ancient buildings and infrastructure including temples, theatres and streets.
Researchers at Padua and Venice universities are now formulating plans to excavate the ruins, which could soon be available for tourists to find.
Paolo Mozzi, researcher at the University of Padua"s geography department, explained that Altinum had been an important seafaring centre before it was overrun by Attila the Hun in the 5th century.
He continued: "The hypothesis is that as Altinum also succumbed to the Barbarian invasions, the inhabitants fled farther down to the lagoon to build Venice on the islands, using some of the stones."
Meanwhile, the Venice Film Festival organisers have announced the next year"s event will take place a week later than usual beginning on September 2nd, in a bid to avoid the traditional holiday rush.
However, there is concern that the new dates for the Venice festival, the world"s oldest, will conflict with the Toronto Film Festival, which begins on September 4th.
Venice – Fall in love all over again on a Gondola ride on the Grand Canal and lose yourself in the grand St Marks Square.


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how do u take such good pics???
Glad you like them. The trick is that I only upload the pictures I think people want to see :)
There are many images that just don't make the cut. At least with digital the only cost is time.
its very good work
Photo taken in Umm Suqeim 3 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates


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Windows cannot open MTL files?
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Files with the MTL extension identify a MathLook plug-in file used in the Microsoft Excel application. MTL files support the calculation of data in the cells within the Microsoft Excel application. MTL files can be opened and edited with the Excel application.MTL files contain various formulas and calculations used by the MathLook plug-in. The MTL equations and formulas can be input in various cells within the program.The MTL extension is also used by the Mastercam application where it denotes a mill tool library file used in CAD software drawings. The MTL files contain proesses that are utilized by the various mill tools found within the application.
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Insurgent spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Friday that the dog was captured during a battle about a month ago in Laghman province, east of the capital, Kabul.
The insurgents sent a video by email that shows a brown dog, believed to be a Malinois, held on a leash by an armed Taliban fighter. It is wearing a black harness mounted with what the Taliban said was a video camera, and a voiceover said the dog was being called "Colonel."
Mujahid said by telephone that the dog is being held in a "safe place" in Laghman. "The condition of the dog is okay – he was not injured and is not being mistreated," he said.
In the video, the dog looks slightly confused as the men surrounding it cheer and shout. "Allah gave victory to the mujahideen," one of the men exclaims, according to The Washington Post. "Down with them, down with their spies!"
The NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan confirmed Friday that one of its military dogs went missing during a mission in December. It gave no other details, but The Washington Post reports that the dog was attached to a British special forces unit that was engaged in a fatal battle on Dec. 23.
Military service dogs are used to sniff out bombs and are also used in special forces raids as protection and to help subdue suspects. Bringing dogs into homes during raids is controversial in Afghanistan because dogs are considered unclean by many Muslims.


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Sluggish susans: we have all seen them at keeping foods, expensive marriages and decadents desserts, or else used for display on the end platforms of libraries and galleries. Their use is limited by most people to the sophisticated events, because a lazy susan isn't a plain or slight target. What is often overlooked, however, is their every day use within your kitchen. There are several excellent uses for change tables in the modern house kitchen, but there are three that have found their way in to popular houses in recent years.The first use might be known as the 'morning meal nook' this is where napkins, salt, pepper, and something else applied to an everyday basis at the table are organized along the outside edge of the lazy susan and placed in the middle of the table. It was so named, as spaces in most kitchens are small enough that there's little elbow room for moving, making a turn-table way of daily meal requirements an additional simplicity in eating.The second, and probably most common use, is always to place a sizable dumbwaiter in the corner of a counter, filling it with flour, sugar, sodium, baking powder, and anything else used generally in baking. The benefit of this really is three-fold first, it enables the user to maximize what may otherwise be empty table space. Subsequently, it is a to display Hot Fudge Sauce items in this way that it is certainly a display, something attractive to the eyes, rather than a random system of items prearranged at random. Finally, they enable a cupboard-searching-free way of standard meal planning, as all goods can be obtained easily.The next utilization of a lazy susan in the kitchen, the one that is now popular lately, is to arrange cooking herbs on a little dumbwaiter and put it near kinds stove-top. This makes a stylish and unique display of cooking herbs, but, a lot more than that, with an easy turn of the turn table, each cooking spruce is straight away inches from whatever plate has been prepared for the use. The reward to this third use could be the imagination it encourages in cooking. The old adage, 'out of sight, out of mind' is valid in cooking whenever a spruce or seasoning is hidden deep in one's case, there's hardly any to call to mind its existence. Having a dozen or so herbs and seasonings readily available next to a kitchen's cooking place promotes more innovative seasoning in dishes. In a world where dieting offers faster than pancakes, calorie-free herbs will add a world a taste to a recipe without putting an of unnecessary fat.Dumbwaiters were, certainly, originally created for both elegance and ease, however they have now found their way in to even the every-day task of meal preparation. Alongside flow filling the kitchen and keeping the kitchen beautifully prepared.
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Cynthia Nordstrom had one question for the creators of the popular Disney Channel series ''Phineas and Ferb.''
''One boy has a triangle head,'' Nordstrom said. ''What is that?''
Nordstrom had vested interest in the question. As a costume designer for Feld Entertainment, she was entrusted with translating the animators' vision on stage for ''Disney's Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever,'' which comes to the Covelli Centre for two shows on Saturday.
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Nordstrom has created costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as well as for several Disney on Ice productions. What made working on "P&F'' unique is that this is the first live production featuring the characters from one of the cable network's most popular shows.
''What's exciting about this is no one's ever done it before,'' she said. ''It's a hot TV show. How do we take it out on the road but also keep the characters childlike ... I wanted them to be able to do anything, just like on the show.''
Crafting costumes for a productions like this involves balancing aesthetic and practical concerns. The costumes have to recreate an animated world for a young audience, but they also have to meet the demands of a traveling company that does multiple shows on the same day.
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When You Go
WHAT: ''Disney's Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever''
WHEN: 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St., Youngstown
HOW MUCH: Tickets range from $17 to $45
''I go to fabrics that stretch and can be laundered regardless of where it was,'' Nordstrom said. ''They have to last and be maintainable by a crew. They can't be too fussy.
''I try to vary materials. I like to use color and texture to mean something. This one is all about bright colors and simple surfaces.''
That triangle head made Phineas one of the most difficult characters to reproduce, she said. ''I thought Buford would be, but he became very easy.''
The stage show is built around some of the popular songs featured on the cartoon. The characters perform ''Gitchee Gitchee Goo,'' ''Squirrels in My Pants,'' ''Backyard Beach,'' ''Busted,'' ''Today Is Gonna Be a Great Day'' and ''Summer Belongs to You'' as well as ''We're Gonna Put on a Show,'' which was written specifically for the live show.
And the maneuverability of Nordstrom's costumes becomes important as the cast members must execute acrobatics, a Broadway-style chorus line, a Bollywood production and the dance moves for a reggae hip hop party.
Of course, the show also include the stepbrothers' pet platypus, Perry, who will turn up as his secret identity - Agent P - to thwart the latest plan by his nemesis, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz.
Nordstrom spent the last four weeks of the rehearsal process with the cast tweaking the costumes and troubleshooting so the touring staff will be prepared if anything goes wrong.
''They would never reach out to the designer (on the road),'' she said. ''During the tech / dress process, that's when you're ironing out all of those scenarios.''
In addition to the 15 performers on stage, the touring stage includes 10 crew members, four truck drivers, four staff members and 13 concessions workers.
Nordstrom just finished work on the next Disney on Ice production, which involved more than 200 costumes to create characters from three Disney features, including the latest Disney/Pixar film ''Brave.''
''You're always learning new ways to use fabrics and different applications.''


text: quote: Now Wal-Mart is using Sam's Club as a proving ground for the new technology, by economically forcing its suppliers to adopt the system. The new, more forceful, push will begin with Walmart's DeSoto, Texas distribution center that distributes pallets to Sam's Club stores across the southwest. Starting January 30, all pallets entering the center must be RFID tagged or suppliers will face fines of $2 per untagged pallet.


text: PR Newswire August 28, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: FINANCIAL NEWS DISTRIBUTION: TO BUSINESS EDITOR LENGTH: 589 words HEADLINE: Wackenhut Corrections Rescinds Notice of Contract Cancellation at Delaware County, PA Prison DATELINE: PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Aug. 28 BODY: Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (NYSE: WHC), today reported its intention to rescind its earlier notice of contract cancellation for the provision of contracted correctional services at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility located in Delaware County, PA, based upon newly negotiated contract terms that are subject to the review and approval of the Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors at its September 19, 2001 board meeting. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010614/WCCLOGO ) George C. Zoley, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation ("WCC") said, "We are pleased to have resolved our financial concerns with respect to WCC's existing operating contract as well as reaching agreement an regarding the phased opening of a new 220-bed low security camp. The new agreement will improve the company's financial performance by approximately $1.6 million during the next year. "We look forward to continuing our public-private partnership with Delaware County and want to thank the county's officials for their cooperation and patience as we worked together to achieve our mutual objectives," Mr. Zoley concluded. In 1995, WCC was awarded the correctional services contract for the former 1000-bed county prison and in 1998 the Company was awarded the design, build and operations contract for the new 1562-bed multi-security George W. Hill Correctional Facility. WCC is a world leader in the privatized correctional management, medical and mental health rehabilitation services industry. The Company offers government agencies a turnkey approach to the development of new correctional and mental health institutions that includes design, construction, financing and operations. WCC has contracts/awards to manage 56 correctional, detention and mental health facilities representing nearly 39,000 beds in North America, Europe, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. WCC also provides prisoner transportation services, electronic monitoring for home detainees and correctional health care services. The company is a subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corporation [NYSE: WAK WAKB].


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