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January 19, 2001. Inmate Danny Black receives three life sentences in Los Angeles Superior Court for his role in the 1995 murder of a fellow prisoner by stabbing him 120 times. Two other inmates, Michael Beattie and Jason Schmaus, had already received life sentences for their role in the slaying. All three inmates are affiliated with either the Aryan Brotherhood or the Nazi Low Riders, two white supremacist prison gangs. A fourth defendant, who testified against the three, earlier received a 22 year sentence.
January 19, 2001. Donald Rudolph, former leader of the San Joaquin Militia, pleads guilty to withholding knowledge of a conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction in connection with a plot to destroy a propane storage facility near Elk Grove in 1999, as well as conspiring to kill U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge. Two other militia members, Kevin Ray Patterson and Charles Dennis Kiles, have also been charged and await trial. Rudolph is already serving a 30 month sentence for illegal possession of a machine gun.
January 22, 2001. Yorba Linda resident Jeffrey Stuart Martin receives a nearly five year federal prison sentence for a 1996 stabbing. Martin, allegedly a member of a white power gang called Insane White Boys, had used a knife to assault a black teenager walking home from work
January 24, 2001. White supremacist Buford O. Furrow, Jr., pleads guilty to murdering a Filipino-American postal worker as well as to other counts related to his August 1999 shooting spree, which was primarily directed against a Los Angeles Jewish community center. Furrow will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole as part of the plea agreement.
January 30, 2001. Elk Grove resident Glayd Charles Allen is rebooked following his arrest the previous week on weapons charges. Sacramento County sheriff's department investigators found seventy weapons in his home, including eight that are considered assault weapons. The charges against him now include suspicion of eight counts of possession of an assault weapon and 29 counts of possession of an explosive device. A sheriff's department representative said Allen was a survivalist, but did not know if he was a member of any particular group.
February 5, 2001. Two alleged members of the Nazi Low Riders are arrested on drug and parole violation charges in Lancaster. Arrested are Christopher Dean Jenkins and Alfonso Anthony Rodriguez; also arrested is Roxanne Simonson, a girlfriend of Jenkins. The two were reportedly caught possessing methamphetamine, as well as compound bows.
February 7, 2001. Richard Finley of Sacramento, California, receives a sentence of four years in federal prison following his conviction on four counts of attempting to pass bogus money orders created by the Montana Freemen. Finley, owner of America's Legal Bookstore, had attempted to use one of the bogus instruments to pay his IRS debts.
February 9, 2001. Jack Houston, a Lake Elsinore, California, resident and alleged skinhead, enters into a plea agreement for his role in a 2000 hate attack in a supermarket parking lot. Houston reportedly instigated the attack against the victim, who was perceived to be Mexican. Houston will receive a six-year prison sentence. Another defendant, Staci Ann Schillace, previously pled guilty to a misdemeanor hate-crime charge and received a 210-day sentence. A third defendant, Kenny James Vierra, the person who allegedly punched the victim, has been offered a plea deal similar to Houston's.
February 12, 2001. Three Sacramento area residents are convicted of mail fraud and equity-skimming in a real estate fraud case. Raymond Hall, Richard Buschman, and Sandra Weaver, are reported to have promised 11 homeowners facing mortgage difficulties that they could stop foreclosures by transferring their homes to trusts set up by the defendants, who would collect rent from the homeowners and pay the mortgage companies. However, the defendants allegedly pocketed the money, causing the homeowners to lose their homes and ruin their credit ratings. Such schemes have been popular among anti-government extremists. While it is not known if all of the defendants have evinced such sensibilities, Raymond Hall, in a separate case, is also charged with having tried to pass bogus "Montana Freeman" style checks ostensibly worth more than $7.9 million to the IRS, various banks, and other institutions. Charges related to the real estate case are pending against a fourth defendant, Michael Fritch, while a fifth defendant, Albert Mueller, previously pled guilty to misdemeanor theft.
February 13, 2001. In Ventura County, skinhead Justin Merriman is convicted on nineteen charges, including first degree murder, in the 1992 killing of Katrina Montgomery. Merriman was a member of the Skinhead Dogs, a white power skinhead group, who was accused of raping and fatally stabbing and beating Montgomery, raping two other women, resisting arrest, and attempting to intimidate witnesses. He faces the death penalty.
February 16, 2001, Ohio. A group of "sovereign citizens" from Ohio and California file involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against a Cleveland-area Cadillac dealership following their arrest on forgery, attempted grand theft, and extortion charges for having allegedly used a sovereign citizen tactic known as "Redemption" in an attempt to purchase over $170,000 worth of cars. The four suspects, Matthew Perri, Thomas Carnes, and Charles Colombo, Jr., all of Ohio, and Ronald Lutz, from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, were unlucky in their choice of car dealership; in September 1999 an unrelated group of "Redemptionists" attempted the same trick, so the dealership was familiar with the tactic. It must still, however, deal with the retaliatory involuntary bankruptcy filings.
February 20, 2001. Law enforcement officers from the Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium in Fresno, California, arrest Daren Barger on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury and attempted robbery. Barger, an alleged skinhead and member of a white supremacist gang, is suspected of having been one of several skinheads who attempted to rob a 7-Eleven in Fresno in December 2000.
February 22, 2001. Roseville, California, residents Dorothy and George Henderson receive lengthy prison terms for selling trusts to clients to help them evade income taxes. The Hendersons allegedly helped people evade at least $13.8 million in federal income taxes. At their sentencing, the Hendersons, self-declared "sovereign citizens," tell the judge that the Internal Revenue Service has no authority over them. Dorothy Henderson receives a sentence of more than 11 years in prison, while George Henderson receives a six and a half year sentence. Because of Dorothy Henderson's claims, the judge adds five months to her sentence beyond the request of prosecutors.
February 23, 2001. Kenny James Vierra, an alleged skinhead and white supremacist, pleads guilty to assault with force likely to commit great bodily injury, as a hate crime, as part of a plea deal in which he will receive a six year sentence. Vierra punched a man he thought was Mexican in October 2000. Two others involved with the incident, Jack Houston and Staci Ann Schillace, previously pled guilty.
February 28, 2001, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Costa Rica. Lowell Wayne Anderson, a Fresno-area resident, is arrested in connection with a multimillion dollar tax fraud case and charged with violating money laundering statutes. Anderson is associated with an organization known as Anderson Ark & Associates, which authorities say markets offshore trusts and other schemes to allow people to illegally avoid paying income taxes. Also charged is Lowell's brother, Keith Anderson, a resident of Costa Rica and, according to his Web site, a self declared expert in "common law" who claims to help people free themselves from "U.S. D.C. jurisdiction." Additional people charged in the case are Karolyn Grosnickle of Washington, Richard Marks of California, Richard Castellini of New Jersey, and Michael Gonet of Massachusetts. According to authorities, Keith Anderson and Karolyn Grosnickle have not yet been arrested and are now considered fugitives; Costa Rica has no extradition treaty with the United States.
March 1, 2001. Three white supremacists—Daniel Glen Butler, Gregory Allen McDaniel, and Jason Mac McCully—admit to beating and stabbing a black man near Temecula, California in March 1999. They also admit they are associated with the Western Hammerskins, a racist skinhead group. In return for their plea of guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime, they will receive sentences of four years each. Three co-defendants—Travis George Miskam, Alan Thomas Yantis, and Jesse David Douglas-- still await trial.
March 12, 2001. A Ventura County jury sentences skinhead Justin Merriman to death for raping and killing a woman in 1992, and committing other violent crimes.
March 15, 2001. Gregory Lee Claunch, Jr., of Merced, California, is arrested following a stabbing attack on an African-American man on suspicion of attempted murder and a hate crime. Claunch, who has admitted to being a member of the Nazi Low Riders, a white supremacist prison and street gang, allegedly told police that he stabbed the victim because he does not like African-Americans.
March 16, 2001, Colorado. Steve Douglas Gartin, a "sovereign citizen" and Christian Identity adherent, is arrested in Fairfax, California in connection with a seventeen-count Colorado indictment generally related to the filing of bogus liens and other harassing filings against public officials in Colorado. Also arrested and charged are Eric Mitchell and Charles Clements.
March 16, 2001. Under a plea agreement, white supremacist Alex Curtis, operator of the "Nationalist Observer" Web site and a proponent of "lone wolf" terrorism, pleads guilty in San Diego to two civil rights violations for threatening various people and vandalizing two synagogues. Curtis also agrees to apologize to the people he victimized and to refrain from engaging in white supremacist activity during three years of probation. Of the three other defendants in the case, one, Michael B. DaSilva, still awaits trial, while to others await sentencing.
March 20, 2001. In Ventura County, a group of four or five skinheads attack an Oxnard, California, man who was just walking down the street. According to police, the attackers told the victim that they were skinheads and that he should "go back to Mexico." The victim offered them his wallet, but they refused it and began to beat him. Police have no initial suspects.
March 22, 2001. Alleged white supremacist gang member James Allen Gamache is sentenced to 230 years in prison by an Orange County jury for his involvement in a car chase and shootout with police in May 2000.
March 22, 2001. Palo Alto police arrest two Bay Area electricians, Matthew Rieder and Aaron Richardson, on felony explosive charges after they are called to the area to investigate possible gunfire. Finding the remnants of what appeared to be homemade bombs, police search the vehicles of the two men and find a variety of bomb-making materials, knives, ammunition, manuals on how to kill police offices, and a t-shirt bearing the phrase "white power white pride."
March 24, 2001, Nevada. Three admitted white supremacists are arrested in Reno, Nevada, in connection with an attack in February on an interracial couple. Taken into custody are Dustin Abbey, Kevin Pennington, and Craig Pennington, all California residents; they are charged with battery and hate crime charges.
March 26, 2001. Sacramento-area resident Raymond Hall pleads guilty to using a bogus check labeled a "comptroller warrant," a scheme popularized by the Montana Freemen in the mid-1990s, to pay IRS debts of more than $600,000. Hall made the warrant out for $3 million; he also sent such warrants to other institutions, including to two banks which cashed the warrant sent to them. Hall, with two associates, was also convicted on February 12 in a real estate fraud case.
March 26, 2001. White supremacist Buford Furrow receives five life sentences for his role in a 1999 shooting spree in Los Angeles that wounded five people at a Jewish community center and killed a American-American postal worker. Furrow apologizes to the victims at his sentencing. He had originally called the shooting a "wake-up call to America to kill Jews."
March 27, 2001. In a strange case that has received much publicity, two San Francisco lawyers are indicted on charges that include second-degree murder and arrested in Northern California. Robert Noel and his wife, Marjorie Knoller, were taking care of two large mastiffs that killed a neighbor in January 2001. Knoller faces charges of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and failing to control a mischievous animal that harmed a human; Noel is charged with involuntary manslaughter and the animal charge. According to authorities, the animals were raised as part of a dog-fighting ring run from Pelican Bay State Prison by two inmates, Paul Schneider and Dale Bretches, who are serving life sentences without parole and who both belong to the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang. Noel and Knoller adopted Schneider as their son shortly after the killing.
March 30, 2001. Scott Kuhn and Marcello Castellano, both of Lancaster, California, are arrested after police seize a cache of weapons at a storage facility belonging to them. Kuhn is booked on possession of illegal weapons or explosives, while Castellano is booked on parole violation and possession of narcotics. Police recover 73 firearms, including two fully automatic guns, three inert hand grenades, body armor, a sheriff's uniform and handgun, and a silencer. Police officials state that they believe the suspects are linked to the Nazi Low Riders, a white supremacist prison and street gang.
July 3, 2001, California. In Sacramento, a jury finds Joshua Mark Gilmore, member of a white power street gang as well as the World Church of the Creator, guilty of attempted murder for assaults on two people mistaken as members of a anti-racist skinhead group in 1997.
July 9, 2001, California. David Eugene Lampman pleads guilty to stalking an African-American bus driver with a group of Santa Clarita white supremacist skinheads. Under the plea deal, charges of possessing and detonating an explosive device and conspiracy to commit assault were dropped. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges because Lampman had no prior record and was not the primary instigator in the incidents. He faces up to six months in prison and three years' probation. Lampman's arrest was part of a multi-month investigation into the activities of the Santa Clarita group, whose members committed a large number of bombings, arsons, and burglaries. Several other members, all juveniles, previously entered guilty pleas.
July 9, 2001, California. In Riverside, a judge sentences Lee Ryan Rose and Daniel Fernandez, Jr., to eighteen months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Rose had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of civil rights conspiracy and one count of interference with housing rights, while Fernandez had pleaded guilty to one civil rights conspiracy charge. They had been arrested for torching vehicles in order to intimidate a black man in June and July 2000. The judge also orders 150 hours of community service for each defendant, restitution to the victim and reimbursement to the city for clean-up costs, and orders the defendants to avoid white supremacist groups and publications.
July 11, 2001, California. Police in Ventura County arrest four Ventura men for allegedly assaulting two people outside a coffee store in Port Hueneme in what is described as a racially motivated hate crime. Arrested are Joshua Brunkhurst, Michael Keaser, James Smiley, and Christopher Wallace. According to police, all four are members of a skinhead gang.
July 25, 2001, California. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies engage in a probation sweep that results in ten arrests, as well as the confiscation of a variety of weapons and white supremacist paraphernalia at one of the residences. At the search of the home of Matthew Gore, an alleged white supremacist gang member sought by police for probation violations, sheriff's deputies find a cache of weapons ranging from homemade swords and knives to a .22 caliber rifle, as well as a baseball bat carved with white supremacist logos. Gore is arrested on a no-bail probation violation warrant, suspicion of possession of a deadly weapon, and being a felon in possession of ammunition.
July 26, 2001, California. A gun battle takes place in an isolated mountain cabin in Butte County between two sheriff's deputies and the cabin's occupant, Richard Gerald Bracklow. The deputies were responding to a call from a neighbor who said that Bracklow had threatened him. What happened at the cabin remains unclear. Police who show up at the cabin forty five minutes later after failing to contact the deputies discover all three individuals dead. Bracklow was described by neighbors as a heavily armed survivalist who often carried weapons in public and dressed in camouflage clothing. Bracklow's father said he had been diagnosed two years earlier as a manic-depressive.
August 3, 2001, Ohio, California. California sovereign citizen activist Ronald Lutz, an advocate of "redemption," an anti-government tactic involving the creation of bogus sight drafts, is convicted in Cleveland on multiple counts of forgery, extortion, retaliation, intimidation, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Lutz and several Ohio associates attempted to use bogus sight drafts to purchase Cadillacs; following his arrest, Lutz attempted to force the Cadillac dealership as well as a local judge into involuntary bankruptcy.
August 21, 2001, California. Federal and local law enforcement agencies wrap up an 18-month investigation of methamphetamine dealing in southern California with raids against 21 locations. The investigation, "Operation Silent Thunder," involved the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the DEA, as well as the FBI, state and local parole and probation agents, and the Los Angeles Police Department. It produced 293 arrests, closed 16 meth labs, and seized more than $2 million worth of methamphetamine, as well as hundreds of firearms and large amounts of cash. Seventy-two of the nearly 300 arrested were known members or associates of white supremacist groups, according to authorities.
August 24, 2001, California. Two San Diego men are sentenced for their role in a campaign of harassment against synagogues, Jews, and public officials. Michael Brian DaSilva receives a 22 month sentence, while Robert Nichol Morehouse receives 18 months in prison. Their accomplice, Alex Curtis, a prominent figure in the white supremacist movement, was previously sentenced to three years in prison.
August 27, 2001, Ohio, California. California resident and sovereign citizen activist Ronald Lutz receives a 17-year prison sentence in Cleveland for trying to use bogus "sight drafts" to buy Cadillacs and for filing involuntary bankruptcy petitions against the Cadillac dealer and a local judge. Lutz was a vocal proponent of the "redemption" scheme, a tactic popular among anti-government extremists that involves printing fictitious financial instruments called "sight drafts."
August 28, 2001, California. Kelly Rangel of Camarillo receives a nine month sentence on perjury charges for having provided a false alibi for her boyfriend, David Ziesmer, a skinhead gang member charged along with five others for allegedly killing a Ventura teenaged girl in a motel room.
September 4, 2001, California. Federal indictments unsealed in San Francisco charge eight alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood with a variety of crimes, including charges relating to the 1995 murder of a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy. Robert Scully and Brenda Moore, already sentenced to death and 14 years respectively for their involvement in that murder, face new charges. The indictments claim that Moore and Scully were committing robberies on orders from prisoner Paul Schneider when they killed the deputy and charge Moore with murder and ten other federal crimes. Schneider faces 13 counts, including murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. The others-James Pendleton, Reuben Pappan, Phillip Fortman, John Harper, Robert Shields, and Mark Glass-are charged with various racketeering, conspiracy, robbery, attempted murder, and drug charges. According to authorities, the investigation that resulted in these indictments predated the highly-publicized attack by two dogs owned by Schneider on a San Francisco woman.
September 7, 2001, California. Benjamin and James Williams, brothers and white supremacists, plead guilty to federal charges relating to arsons of three Sacramento synagogues and an abortion clinic in 1999. They face sentences of 30 and 20 years respectively; they also still face state murder charges in the killings of two gay men, also in 1999.
September 9, 2001, California. Sacramento resident Joseph Ferguson embarks on a brutal shooting spree, killing five people and wounding a police officer before finally taking his own life. Ferguson begins the spree by showing up at an equipment yard and killing two security guards-most of the victims were associated with the security company for which he formerly worked. According to newspaper reports, a police search of Ferguson's residence reveals a number of guns, a wide range of white supremacist literature, and an underground bunker.
September 13, 2001, California. Merced resident Greg Claunch receives a 20-year sentence for a racially motivated knife assault against an African-American man in March. Claunch, a self-admitted member of the white supremacist Nazi Low Riders gang, allegedly told police that he did not like blacks and had committed the stabbing because he had been "disrespected."
September 18, 2001, California. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies arrest three people during a sweep aimed at parolees and probationers who are alleged members of white supremacist gangs. The arrests are for parole violations.
October 3, 2001, California. Frazier Park resident Paul A. Jenkins receives a conviction on state charges of tax evasion. Jenkins and his wife (who herself was convicted of a misdemeanor count of failing to file a tax return) reportedly owed the state more than $11,000 in taxes. Jenkins used tax protest arguments in his trial to suggest that his job activities were not "revenue taxable." He faces up to two years in state prison.
October 3, 2001, California. Alan Thomas Yantis of Temecula pleads guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and a hate crime for his role in a 1999 attack on a black man. He is sentenced to 10 years in prison. Yantis had been charged with attempted murder. Three other defendants in the case still face trial, while three more-Daniel Glen Butler, Gregory Allen McDaniel, and Jason Mac McCully-previously pleaded guilty and received four year sentences. The defendants were members of a racist skinhead group.
October 23, 2001, California. Richard Shane Hampton pleads no contest to battery on a peace officer in connection with the stabbing of a prison guard in July. Hampton, a member of a white supremacist gang who was in the California Youth Authority at the time, reportedly committed the assault with an accomplice because they wanted to go to prison. Hampton receives a nine year sentence for the attack.
November 2, 2001, California. Melissa Doran receives a life sentence for driving a getaway car for her white supremacist boyfriend, James Alan Gamache, while he engaged in a running gun battle with police. She had earlier been convicted on four counts of attempted murder of a police officer. The two were under investigation for receiving stolen weapons when a police officer attempted to pull their car over. Doran drove away while Gamache fired at police. Gamache was a former member of the Nazi Low Riders, a racist prison and street gang.
November 7, 2001, California. A federal judge declares a mistrial in Sacramento in the case of two militia members accused of plotting to blow up propane tanks in order to create civil unrest against the government. Jurors had deadlocked 11-1 in favor of convicting Kevin Patterson and Charles Kiles, although they did convict Patterson on a charge of possessing a destructive device. A third defendant, Donald Rudolph, previously pleaded guilty last January and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. A retrial is later set for April 22, 2002; conviction would carry an automatic sentence of life in prison.
November 21, 2001, California. White supremacists Travis Miskam and Jesse Douglas are convicted by a jury in Riverside on hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon charges, but are acquitted on attempted-murder charges. The two men, admitted members of the Western Hammerskins, a white supremacist skinhead group, attacked a black man at a bonfire near Temecula on St. Patrick's Day, 1999.
November 27, 2001, California, Washington. Christopher Turgeon, head of an apocalyptic, survivalist religious group known as the Gatekeepers, is sentenced to more than 50 years in prison for murder. Turgeon is already serving an 89-year sentence for other crimes, including attempted murder of a police officer. At the sentencing, Turgeon claims that God was angry with the United States for legalizing abortion, allowing homosexuality, and proclaiming equal rights for women. In the past, Turgeon had preached to followers that they should kill gays, abortion doctors, and advocates of women's rights. The group began in Washington before moving to southern California in 1997.
November 29, 2001, California. Two southern California men accused of beating an Orange County resident they thought was Mexican plead no contest to attempted murder, mayhem, and other charges. Ben Pospisil of Lakeside and Jason Phillips of Chula Vista were the main attackers in a group of people who assaulted the victim near the Mexican border in December 2000, shouting "white power" as they did so. However, a judge ruled during the trial that there was insufficient evidence to prove the beating was racially motivated. Two other suspects, Jeremiah Pospisil and Kristopher Gill, still face trial for assault, mayhem, and robbery.
November 30, 2001, California. White supremacist brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams receive lengthy prison sentences and hefty fines for setting fire to three synagogues and an abortion clinic in 1999 in Sacramento. Benjamin Williams is sentenced to 30 years in prison; James is sentenced to 21 years and 3 months. The two also must pay $1 million. They still face trial in April 2002 for the alleged slaying of a gay couple in 1999. November 30, 2001, California, Missouri. Lancaster, California, resident Roland Duke Dean is arrested in Cassville, Missouri. Police called to the scene of a domestic violence incident allegedly found Dean hiding behind a false wall in a secret room full of marijuana plants. Dean, reportedly a member of a California white supremacist gang, is wanted in that state in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl in July 2001; he will be extradited back to California.
December 12, 2001, California. Police arrest two members of the extremist Jewish Defense League in Los Angeles, including group leader Irv Rubin, for allegedly plotting bombings against an area synagogue and an Arab-American Congressman. The second JDL member arrested is Earl Krugel; both Rubin and Krugel live in Los Angeles. Irvin, who has claimed to have been arrested more than 40 times, is most known for high-profile confrontations with white supremacists.
December 14, 2001, Oregon, California. A Multnomah County grand jury returns indictments against five skinheads in connection with the beating of an 18-year old woman in November. The charges range from first degree assault to second degree kidnapping. According to reports, she was beaten because she refused to take part in an assault on an anti-racist skinhead. Indicted are Gary Carson Brown, Sheila McKenzie, and James Torkelson of Portland, and Pamela Bailey and Dimitri Tash of Los Angeles.
December 24, 2001, California. Riverside resident Robert Clyde is arrested on charges of making terrorist threats, battery, and a hate crime, following an incident in which Clyde allegedly screamed racial slurs at a black man and then attacked him. Clyde told police that he was a member of the white supremacist American Front skinheads.


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Russell Westbrook is set to miss at least 4-6 weeks of the regular season because of arthroscopic knee surgery to alleviate swelling in his repaired right knee. This is not great news to get with the season exactly one month away.
It puts a Westbrook return right around Nov. 27 at the earliest, and Dec. 10 at the latest. Potentially, the Thunder could play 18 games without Westbrook, or about 22 percent of their season. And that's just not having Westbrook in name. Because when he returns, it'll be without a training camp and without having played since April 24. It was already going to take him some time to round back into form anyway, but with this setback, it might be February before he starts looking like Russell Westbrook again.
Last season, the Thunder were dealing with the uncertainty of trading James Harden. This season, it's starting it without Westbrook. How about just a normal October for once?
But with this news, five big questions came to mind for me:
1. First, is Westbrook going to be OK?
Him being out is disappointing, but no one is feeling this more than Westbrook. By all accounts, his rehab and recovery were going extremely well and he was right on track to return soonish. The team was optimistic about him and with Westbrook's aggressive work ethic, it was looking likely that Westbrook would be back sooner than later.
A torn meniscus is no joke, though. Having a full repair done creates the potential for complications, and it was a serious surgery and recovery process. The team, and Westbrook, went that direction with the future in mind, trying to make sure they made the best decision for Westbrook's long career. Now, he's had to go under the knife again and things have been delayed. Maybe because people are antsy with the way Derrick Rose's recovery went, but there's real anxiety about Westbrook's 2013-14 season.
The most important thing to remember is that this is all done with Westbrook's long-term career in mind. The Thunder don't want to take any shortcuts or cut any corners. Presti said this Monday: "Although we lost a little bit of time, we gained a tremendous amount of confidence in the recovery and the knee itself." The meniscus repair was found to have been successful, so that much seems to be covered. This setback is more about the recovery and less about the original injury. That's a good thing.
There have been some questions as to why the lengthy timetable then. Remember: Westbrook wasn't completely back from the original surgery. He was still rehabbing, still recovering. Though the Thunder didn't release a timetable on it, he wasn't expected to be fully cleared until right at the beginning of the regular season. So the 8-10 weeks he's set to be out aren't all for the scope he had, but on top of the recovery he's already dealing with.
Make no mistake: This is a major bummer. But as Presti said Monday, they want to get this handled now, rather than potentially be dealing with a complication in February or March.
2. Second, are the Thunder going to be OK?
The Thunder already had plenty of questions about depth and bench coming in to this season anyway. Is Jeremy Lamb ready? Can Reggie Jackson be a sixth man? Who else can score? Now, without Westbrook, those issues are only amplified.
But keep in mind, we're talking about November and December here. The least important months of the NBA calendar. Presti has mentioned this time and again, but the focus of the team is not to be playing well Nov. 15, but to be playing at their best April 15. To get to that standard of performance, you use the entire season as a crock pot to let the recipe come together. But stressing over games early isn't the focus of the team. It's about constant improvement, so even though not having Westbrook might cost the Thunder wins, it may not impact their overall goal for the season.
Also, possible brightside for you half-fullers: Again, the Thunder already had questions about their depth and about their second unit even with Westbrook. Now, while it places a spotlight squarely on the role players and adds pressure, it also provides an opportunity to gain some footing. Lamb will have more responsibility, Jackson obviously will have a lot more on his plate. There's an opportunity to build confidence and maybe when Westbrook returns, as Presti said, the team will be better.
Still, that said, put me firmly in the screw-that-I'd-prefer-to-have-Westbrook-now camp.
3. Does this justify OKC's dormant offseason?
Here's my thinking: Westbrook's injury and surgery were going to place a level of uncertainty over this season no matter what. Not that anyone expected this setback, but there was always caution from the organization that Westbrook might not be Westbrook for a little while. With him coming back from something so significant, there really was no way to know exactly how he was going to respond, or even when he'd play.
So with the team so dangerously close to the luxury tax, did that uncertainty of Westbrook's health seal it for Presti that "going for it" wasn't worth it? Because as I've outlined before, dipping your toe into the tax is much more complicated than just having to pay some extra money. It's about adding a season of being in the tax and bringing into play the repeater. So again, it wasn't as simple as just the Thunder shelling out their mid-level exception, because had they done that and Westbrook wasn't able to return to form this season, what was the point? Now you're a year into the tax and damage your ability to spend in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
The Thunder are going to break over the tax eventually. There's a perception that they are afraid to spend and therefore, don't want to win. Which of course, both are complete nonsense. The Thunder are trying to build a roster that can contend for a championship over the next 10 years, not just make a run at it once. This idea of "going for it" is plain silly, because the Thunder are going for it. And they have been the last four seasons. They just don't want to blind themselves with a single season in mind and obliterate their chances to go for it again next season, or the next season, or the next five seasons. And this uncertainty with Westbrook kind of proves that point.
4. Do the Thunder sign someone else?
They only have Reggie Jackson and Derek Fisher on the roster as point guards. If Jackson were to roll an ankle, the Thunder's starting point guard would be Fisher. Hang on, I'm vomiting into a garbage disposal right now.
There really isn't much left available on the free agent market and while the Thunder signed Diante Garrett for training camp, he's really more of a combo guard. There's Daniel Gibson, who hasn't found a team yet this season. There's Chris Quinn, who has bobbed up and down between the D-League and NBA. There's Roddy Beaubois who didn't get re-signed by the Mavs. There's Chris Duhon who was waived by the Lakers. There's Keyon Dooling, there's Sebastian Telfair, and there's Jamaal Tinsley.
Will the Thunder just roll the dice, or do they make a move? The Thunder already have 17 players under contract with Garrett and Rodney McGruder. Waive both of them, and someone like Daniel Orton or Hasheem Thabeet would have to go to make room. That's kind of a tough choice to sign an extra point guard for the short-term.
5. What do the Thunder's first 4-6 weeks look like?
It's a worthwhile question: How many wins is Russell Westbrook worth? We won't really know, unless God-forbid he misses the entire season, but my estimation would be that if the Thunder were going to win 58 games this season with him, they'd win 48 without him. I think Westbrook is worth 10 wins, at least.
Again, if Westbrook returns Dec. 10 against the Hawks, he will have missed 18 games. Nine are on the road, nine are at home. Eight games are against 2013 playoff teams. If I was ranking those 18 games on a scale of 1-to-10, with 10 being the hardest, I'd give it a six. The Thunder play the Clippers twice, the Warriors twice, and the Spurs and Pacers once. But they also get the Jazz twice, the Kings, the Pelicans, the Suns, the Pistons and the Wizards.
If Westbrook were completely healthy, I'd estimate the Thunder would go something like 14-4 in those opening 18. Without him, they still might be able to get close to that, but 11-7 would be pretty good, I think.

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Marital conflict and stress in children
Marital conflict can serve as a significant source of stress for young people, new research has found. Published in the journal Child Development, the study revealed witnessing arguments of this type might also prove harmful to a child's stress response system.
Researchers from Auburn University and the Catholic University of America looked at 251 children from a variety of backgrounds and discovered this impact can also lead to a youngster's mental and intellectual development being hindered.
It was shown that children who saw more instances of marital conflict when aged eight had less adaptive respiratory sinus arrhythmia - an activity index in the body's stress response system - at age nine.
Benjamin Hinnant, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Catholic University of America, said the findings provide evidence that "stress affects the development of the body's stress response systems that help regulate attention, and that how these systems work is tied to the development of cognitive ability".
Dr Lynne Jordan, a Chartered Psychologist, comments:
'It is probably not surprising to those of us in clinical practice to find that children and teenagers can be adversely affected in their development by witnessing domestic discord and abuse. The child or teenager stays alert as part of their stress response mechanism to what is seen as threatening and scary or unsettling, and this alertness can become a semi permanent feature of the person s state of mind.
"This, in turn, can affect concentration and the ability to meaningfully engage in adult relationships. This is due to trust and a sense of security being undermined. When the people we look to for security and stability even in our adolescent years, are in conflict it destabilises us or at least causes us to feel very unsettled.
"The extent to which this effects us negatively will depend on a range of factors including other stabilising relationships, how long and how often the conflict has continued and also the age at which the events occur."


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I asked my husband to buy some Virigin CO and he came home with Hain organic refined coconut oil (expellor-pressed). It is solid at room temperature, but has a slight yellowish tinge to it.
Anyone know if using this refined CO, I will lose benefits of Virgin CO? My old jar of Virgin CO says that it is cold, wet processed. I just don't know if the expellor-pressed refining process will take away the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, metabolism-revving MCT action of the Virgin stuff.
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TV traps man in his house: Highland Heights Police Blotter (Ignominious mishap of the week. Sun Messenger)
Cleveland rapper arrested for attempted murder (WTAM-AM says Anthony "Face" Willis made a video about being on the run. Original incident involved a man shot nine times in an argument.)
How to Survive the End of the World in Northeast Ohio
(Cleveland Scene dismisses the Maya calendar but interviews a
"prepper,"whose philosophy is to be ready for anything and who belongs
to a group of like-minded people. Up until now, "Prepper" has been the nickname used by University School teams)
Ohio's AG says arming teachers is a local decision that he would consider (WKSU-FM) | Plain Dealer Columnist Kevin O'Brien would agree. | First-responder training proposed for Ohio teachers (WKSU-FM)
The Crime Scene today
- Sandusky Police: Foul ball prompts neighbor to pull gun (Sandusky Register)
- Clown knocking on doors alarms resident: North Royalton Police Blotter (Sun Star Courier)
- Christmas decorations ruined twice: Parma Heights Police Blotter (Parma Sun Post)
- Homeless man charged in Family Dollar robbery in Painesville Township (News-Herald)
- Mother, 29, fatally beaten; Woman planned a new life, away from suspect, family said (Morning Journal)
- Baby's skull cracked during argument in Melvyn Lane home (Chronicle-Telegram)
- 2 men arrested for threat; Accused of threatening to shoot people at Elyria house (Morning Journal)
- LaGrange girl charged for inducing panic (Morning Journal. Overheard saying she wanted to kill someone.)
- Windham High School locked down after bullet is found (Record-Courier)
- Portage County Sheriff's Office urges caution after incident in Rootstown Dec. 12 (Record-Courier. People in car got out at rural intersection, then got back in. Driver in car behind got worried.)
- Timberlake reverses fire service decision, giving nod to Eastlake over Willowick (Trying to save money. News-Herald)
- Midview school board approves elimination of 53 positions if levy fails (Chronicle-Telegram includes photo of audience that's a study in misery.)
- South Euclid City Council agrees to pay legal fees associated with parking ticket disagreement (Sun Messenger. $61,000.)
- Beachwood's Jewish Federation of Cleveland raises $29 million for charities around the world (Sun Press)
- Cleveland Foundation awards $10.5 million in grants (Crain's Cleveland Business)
- Election monitors criticized by Medina County officials (Board of Elections wants to set behavior standards for onlookers. Medina County Gazette)
- Sandusky students fight school uniform rules (Sandusky Register)
- Kent State launches effort to determine airport's fate (Crain's Cleveland Business)
- "A Christmas Story" added to National Film Registry (WTAM-1100 AM)


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MEDINA, Ohio – Medina County Auditor Mike Kovack has released the following information about the county's finances for the week of June 9-13.
Overall revenues were $4,505,790.75. The largest income came from real estate taxes, at $2,282,416.82.
The accounting department issued 737 checks for total expenditures of $1,031,899.53. County commissioner-approved expenditures totaled $841,407.20. Three vendor's licenses were issued
Interested citizens can review the county's individual expenditures on the auditor's website, www.medinacountyauditor.org. Click on "County Information" on the left-hand side.
There were 53 residential homes sales this week, with an average sale price of $201,532. Total fees collected for transfers were $40,702.20.
There were three commercial sales this week for an average of $1,243,267. The total fees were $11,310.70.


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HANOVERTON-Chris Kadvan spent his days at Struthers High School captaining the basketball team and taking joy in playing in front of a packed gym on Friday nights. Ever since then he wanted to coach boys basketball. Now he will get his first chance.
The 26-year-old Kadvan was named as the next head boys basketball coach at United High School Wednesday at a board of education meeting.
"I've always wanted to coach boys basketball," Kadvan said. "There is just something about playing on Friday nights with everybody watching. I played in a great atmosphere at Struthers and hopefully I can bring that to United."
Kadvan spent last season as the head girls coach at Heartland Christian, where he finished 6-15. Prior to that, he spent two seasons as a girls assistant at United and one season as a boys assistant at Neshannock High School in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Westminster (Pa) College-where he played baseball-in 2010 with an education degree.
"I've been around sports my whole life and wanted to remain a part of it after college," Kadvan said. "I'm grateful to get an opportunity at United. I've been there a few years and it's a special place."
Kadvan is currently a third grade teacher at United and served as a jayvee baseball coach this season. He has already cultivated a relationship with a number of kids and believes it will serve him well.
"You build a program from the bottom up," Kadvan said. "I've been able to build relationships with the younger kids, which should help with our youth program. "I also know a lot of the current players and they are excited to play for me.
The Eagles have won six games in the last three years. Kadvan hopes to shake things up in a major way.
"We have to completely redo the way we do things," Kadvan said. "We have to make a major commitment to getting better over the summer. I plan to completely change the style of play. We will be aggressive and play fast on both offense and defense."


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Judging the LeashHeather Spohr
The first time someone sees a toddler wearing a leash, they are certain to have a strong reaction. I know I did when I saw my first child leash many years ago. Back then my response was negative (probably of the "what is she? A kid or a dog?" variety), and I'm sure I judged the kid's parents. That was a long time ago though, and now that I'm a mom myself I realize that I was being extremely unfair.
I began to see things differently when my husband Mike and I wrote a post about this on our blog last year. In it, Mike wrote that he saw the value of the child leash if it gave the parents peace of mind, while I countered that I didn't think it was necessary. When I went to bed after hitting publish I was certain that I would wake up to comments that reflected our two perspectives.
What I found in the morning surprised me. While there were numerous comments from parents who used the child leash for their own peace of mind as Mike surmised, there were also a great deal of other – often very serious – reasons for using the child leash. There were parents who said they never would have imagined putting their kid on a leash, but found it necessary when their toddler turned out to be a "bolter" – a kid who takes off running the minute he or she lets go of a parent's hand. This very problem reared its head on the show Modern Family. Cam and Mitchell's daughter, Lily, was a bolter, but Mitchell was self-conscious about her wearing a child leash so he took it off her. The result? Lily took off and disappeared into the crowd. While nothing tragic was going to happen on a comedy show, in real life something very well could in this situation. This is a very serious and dangerous problem, and parents are smart to put these kids on leashes.
There were other explanations too. One child had horrible anxiety in public and felt comforted by the leash; another had developmental issues and needed to be kept close at hand. Reading all of these comments made me realize I had been too quick to judge, and that instead of being a "bad" parent for putting their kid on a leash these parents were pretty terrific for putting up with all of the criticism and judgement.
The child leash issue, like so many other parenting issues, is one where people are quick to make snap judgements about right and wrong without stopping to first understand the complexities of the issue. I used to be like that, but now when I see a kid on a leash I don't judge. Instead, I give the parent the benefit of doubt that they are doing what is best for their kid… naysayers be damned.
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MONTREAL:Mikael Granlund scored twice in Minnesota Wild's 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks that trimmed their deficit in the Western Conference semi-final series yesterday.
After losing both of the opening games of the matchup by three goals apiece, the Wild returned home with a vengeance and used a four-goal third period to cut Chicago's best-of-seven edge to 2-1.
Minnesota has been rejuvenated by their home crowd throughout the playoffs during which they are 4-0 on home ice.
"They just keep outdoing themselves," Minnesota's Zach Parise told reporters, of the team's boisterous fans.
"They really pushed us on."
After a scoreless game through two periods, Erik Haula got the Wild on the board with a tip-in at 1:41 in the third.
Granlund followed with a score less than three minutes later while Parise tallied a goal late and Granlund put in an empty-netter.
On the other end, Minnesota goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov needed only 19 saves for the shutout.
Bryzgalov, who was forced into action when Darcy Kuemper was injured in Game Seven of the Wild's opening-round series with Colorado, enjoyed his first postseason shutout since the 2006 playoffs, when he played for the Anaheim Ducks.
The Blackhawks had their six-game winning streak snapped and suffered their first shutout of the play-offs. "No one said it was going to be easy," said Chicago's Corey Crawford." REUTERS


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Labor Day, which we celebrated last week, shouldn't simply mark the end of summer. It should also mark the beginning of our renewed commitment to fighting for American workers and strengthening our middle class.
Last week, I received an email from Bill Ross, an Ohio business leader, explaining what Labor Day means to him. He wrote:
I grew up in a first-generation immigrant family in a small Ohio town. My father, who obtained only an eighth-grade education (not uncommon for his generation), worked hard in an industrial job. My mother worked at home to care for our family of five children. When able to do so, she went to work outside the household, too. We rented a home for $25 a month, ate nutritious meals at home and all walked to school with clean clothes each day. All five children went on to college, obtained post-graduate and professional degrees, and pursued rewarding professional careers in law, education and business.
How did that happen?
Because, first and foremost, my father had a job with a living wage and health care for his family that his union protected. Because we had access to good, quality public education. Because we had access to affordable state universities and student loan programs that we could later afford to repay. Because blue-collar working people had a chance.
I hope we can restore all of that in America again.
Bill's right.
For generations, hardworking Americans have left their homes every morning - and some at night - to earn an honest living. They have bent swollen knees to put on steel-toe work boots to provide for loved ones. They have put up with calloused hands to build a better life for their children. Middle-class Americans - and people struggling to enter the middle class - labor to ensure their children have enough food, enough clothes, and enough education to thrive.
But we know that steelworkers, nurses, mechanics, teachers, firefighters, and plumbers aren't always treated with the dignity they deserve. American history is a history of struggle for working people - fighting to get ahead, fighting for representation and fair wages, fighting for access to good-paying jobs and fighting for the dignity and respect befitting for their efforts for themselves and their families.
Unfortunately, some Americans who work hard and play by the rules still cannot get ahead. Too many working people still live in poverty - not because they're driving fancy cars or buying expensive homes, but simply because they aren't paid a living wage.
Even though we have taken big steps towards keeping American workers safe and providing them with fair wages and benefits, there are still far too many Ohioans who are working harder than ever and barely getting by. Too many working families struggle to get by on a minimum wage that has not kept pace with the cost of living.
That's why I'm fighting to pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in three steps of 95 cents each and then provide for automatic annual increases linked to changes in the cost of living. The bill also gradually would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers for the first time in 20 years. The tipped minimum wage currently stands at just $2.13 an hour. This bill would increase it to 70 percent of the regular minimum wage.
The labor movement has been pivotal in ensuring workers receive fair pay - and the resources needed to do their jobs well.
This Labor Day we honored those who fought hard to bring our country to where it is today, and we encourage those who know that the fight is far from over.


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WENDY is an attractive 28-year-old who "had everything" going for her. But in 2008, she was caught smuggling cocaine from Brazil and today sits in the women's prison in Diepkloof, Soweto.
The young mother has often been paralysed by loneliness, "even though I was crowded into a cell with up to 40 women". But that's the peculiar thing about incarceration: while it breaks some, it makes others.
Wendy is among the women at "Sun City" prison who enrolled in the Theatre for Incarcerated Women initiative, run by the Medea Project and Urban Voices in association with the Department of Correctional Services. These "theatre as social activism" workshops have been run annually since 2008, guided by US arts envoy Rhodessa Jones and her Cultural Odyssey colleague, Idris Ackamoor, as well as local cultural practitioners.
Through letter-writing, movement, singing and sketches, inmates express their pent-up anger, frustration, sadness and fear through constructive creative channels. Jones calls it "teaching beauty, telling truth, creating revolution".
"In the beginning, I wasn't sure if I could do it, but it was a healing process," says Wendy. "I found myself and faced my demons. It saved me - I now have a totally different attitude about myself and my life. I have forgiven myself."
A recent visit to "Sun City" to experience this project in action proved an eye-opener: seeing ordinary-looking women of all races enthusiastically clapping, skipping, rapping and reciting their guilt, their memories, their hopes. One lamented living a "plastic life"; another regretted not giving more "teddy bear hugs" to her child.
I ask Henifah, a perky 23-year-old, what she's in for. She doesn't bat an eyelid : for murdering her philandering boyfriend in 2009.
Taking part in the theatre project has been a learning curve, she says. "I've learnt how to open up to other women and face challenges.. Life doesn't end here. Surrounded by these big walls," - she gestures to the imposing brick structure frowning over the courtyard - "we do dance, drama. It's us telling our own stories."
Henifah's friend, Smangele, jailed for killing the father of her children, says the workshops are about more than drama: "It's a support group."
The women gather around their mentors, including Motshabi Tyelele, Mmabatho Mogotsi and Caroline Campbell. Hugh Lewin, who recently won the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non fiction, is also there - he was their writing coach.
The atmosphere is completely non-judgmental. T he inmates are encouraged to open up about how they've found the programme.
"I can express myself better," says one. "It's been an eye-opener, a learning experience," adds another.
The floodgates open: "It's helped me say goodbye to toxic relationships." "These four years working with Rhodessa have not only saved my life, but changed my outlook on life." "If it hadn't been for theatre and the stage and feeling loved and held, I'd be no more than a bad memory, or a bitch with a bad attitude."
A choreographer who's in for fraud admits to "a roller coaster of mixed emotions: in here, you feel the world shuts you out. You feel like a criminal and you're treated like scum. But (in this project) there are people who care about you other than your family."
Another woman gets emotional: "Talking about my problems breaks me," she confesses. Tyelele comforts her: "That breaking is healing - it's a step forward. It takes you out of your comfort zone and opens you to possibilities."
While not condoning the inmates' crimes, Jones speaks to them in no-holds-barred language they can relate to - such as "dick and dope equals death". Her regular workshops, aimed at empowering the prisoners and decreasing recidivism, have led to performances at the State Theatre.
Now, audiences can see SERIOUS FUN AT SUN CITY once again, on Saturday, at 11am in the recreation hall at the Diepkloof women's prison, near Southgate. Entrance is free and there is a free bus to the prison at 9.30am from the Market Theatre, or you can get there under your own steam.
"It's about giving them a voice," says Jones of this US government-supported "prison TRC". "I believe in public communion and the reinforcement of community; learning about each other. I believe they have changed in a good way. And yes, theatre can change the world."


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Modesto Police Detective Allan Brocchini took the stand in the double-murder trial of Scott Peterson on Tuesday, testifying that Scott was "calm, cool and relaxed" while being interviewed about the disappearance of wife Laci Peterson.
The detective watched as prosecutors played back a video of the midnight questioning session between Brocchini and Peterson on Christmas 2002, after Peterson's pregnant wife, Laci, was the subject of "suspicious missing person" report.
Brocchini's courtroom appearance, which was expected to take up most of Tuesday, followed Monday's session in which a string of Laci Peterson's friends testified that Laci had stopped walking her dog weeks before she vanished.
Their testimony countered the defense theory that Laci may have been abducted while out walking.
Brocchini's interview with Scott took place in a Modesto police interrogation room and showed the detective asking Peterson questions about his activities during the day. These included questions about fishing, the placement and condition of items in Peterson's home (such as why the floor mop was more wet than it had been a day after the maid's visit) and why the Peterson dog arrived home with its leash on.
On the stand, Brocchini also reviewed the cell phone calls Scott made during the day, including one call Peterson said he made to Laci to tell her he was going to be late.
On the video, Peterson said he went fishing near an island in Berkeley and trolled for 90 minutes. He also said he had a gun in the glove compartment of his vehicle, prompting the detective to request Peterson take a gunpowder residue test, to which Peterson submitted.
Before taking the test, Peterson asked the detective if exhaust from his outboard motor boat would show up in the results, Brocchini said.
Peterson, 31, claims he left his pregnant wife at home to go on a solo fishing trip and returned to an empty house. Prosecutors charge the former fertilizer salesman with murdering his wife and their unborn son on or around Dec. 24, 2002, and dumping the remains into San Francisco Bay. Peterson has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
On Tuesday, after seeing the courtroom video of Scott's questioning by Brocchini, Scott's sister-in-law, Janey Peterson, told PEOPLE: "Everything (Scott) said on the tape was the truth. He was absolutely cooperative. There's nothing there."
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THE SPECIAL psychology of the individuals who comprise a pair of identical twins has recently attracted considerable interest.1-7 Difficulties in their establishment of a sense of individual identity as well as unusual patterns of alliance and aggressive competition have shed light on certain aspects of developmental psychology and character formation in nontwins.
Our observations of twins were part of a larger study8 of supposedly healthy males most of whom were recruited as research subjects from neighboring colleges where they were students. The aim of the project was to correlate personality structure with relatively constant homeostatic patterns during phases of everyday life experience as measured by certain endocrine and exocrine indices of hypothalamic response. We have focused on the urinary excretion of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17OHCS), measured by the method of Reddy et al,9 and 17-ketosteroids (17-KS), determined by a modification of
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Chris Burg began his collegiate academic and athletic career close to home.
When the Martinsburg High School graduate transferred to a school nearly four hours away, Burg truly found his home in the classroom and on the football field.
Division-III Bethany absolutely represents Burg, and Burg, who began his career at Division-II Shepherd, reciprocates in kind.
That relationship between the player and his school reached its pinnacle this past week when Burg was chosen by Bethany to represent the school during "Division-III Week."
He was interviewed for a five-minute Internet video that appears on the Bethany College website, as well as YouTube.
Burg talks about his experience at Bethany, as well as why he became so comfortable in his situation.
"I thought it was pretty cool," Burg said. "I do a lot of things like that.
I'm a representative for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, was captain of the football team and I do a couple of other things."
He's fully energized by and integrated into the Bethany experience.
"It's just another thing I'm honored to do," Burg said. "It's an honor for people to recognize how hard I'm working in the classroom, in the weight room and on the field.
"It's nice to be recognized for doing your job."
His acclaim came during a week dedicated by the NCAA to Division III.
Even though the NCAA crowned basketball champions in Division-I men's and women's basketball this past week, perhaps piggybacking on the popularity of March Madness, Division-III Week celebrated some of the smaller member schools - ones that don't provide athletic scholarships.
Most of the some 350 Division-III schools across the country, as well as the conferences in which they compete, completed some kind of project to reflect on a week that highlights the NCAA's lowest division.
Bethany ran daily videos featuring student-athletes from an assortment of sports. They reflected on their time at Bethany.
"D3 is so centered on the student-athlete, with the biggest emphasis on student," Bethany sports information director Jerrod Plate said.
He said Bethany's representatives were chosen because they were "heavily involved in the campus and excel in academics."
Burg is a fine example.
He's carrying a 3.2 grade-point average in sports management and was chosen as a captain this past season for the Bisons football team, a recognition not usually accorded to a junior. Plus, there's that position on the advisory group.
It's just Burg being Burg, really.
He found his niche, something he didn't really do during two years at Shepherd.
One of the things he emphasized in his video interview was class size. Some of his classes contain only 17 or 18 students.
"So I'm not just a number," Burg said on the video. "... Everybody knows your name."
He has made a name for himself on the football field, being named captain serving as one way. He also was the team's third-leading tackler at linebacker last season.
He'll be playing his final season at Bethany in the fall.
After that, he'll focus on a future in what he hopes is a career in coaching.
During his interview, Burg said that it's easier for a student-athlete to earn a degree at a Division-III school in comparison to the higher divisions because "academics are stressed first."
He also said in the interview that he thinks student-athletes can transition more easily from high school to Division III "because of the smaller class size."
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Burg knows he's been seen.
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Saint Vincent College announced that five seniors have been named finalists for the 38th annual President's Award, the College's highest student honor, presented to the member of the graduating class who best embodies what the Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college values in its students – outstanding academic achievement, student leadership and community service. The finalists are Michael G. Barkowski, a biology and theology double major from Natrona Heights; Simon P. Clayton, a marketing major from Newark, New Jersey; Taylor L. Guido, a chemistry major and secondary education minor from Greensburg; Julie M. Pomerleau, a psychology and theology double major and sociology minor from Jeannette; and Renold M. Sossong, a finance and politics double major from New Germany. College President Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., will present the award at the spring Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 25 at 12:30 p.m. in Saint Vincent Basilica. Michael G. Barkowski Michael G. Barkowski is the son of Lawrence and Kathleen Barkowski of Natrona Heights. He graduated from Saint Joseph Catholic High School, Natrona Heights, in 2008. At Saint Vincent, he has been a member of the Life Science Club (vice president), Service Learning Community Meal committee, Respect Life Club (public relations officer), Equestrian Club, Campus Ministry (altar server, lector and Eucharistic minister), The One community enhancement initiative, Knights of Columbus (founder, trustee, chief squire, youth counselor and associate state director of squires program), and coordinator of Sports Friendship Day. He has been honored as a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society for excellent academic achievement (most active member award); Dean's List; Academic and Leadership Scholarships Awardee; Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities; Theta Alpha Kappa national honor society in fields of theology and religious studies; Highest Level of Engagement as a Prefect and Benedictine Award; Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society; and Senior Benedictine Values Recognition Award. He has served as a prefect for the Residence Life Office, as an ambassador for the Admission Office and as a tutor and teaching assistant for the Biology Department. He completed shadowing experiences at the Alle-Kiski Medical Center, St. Clair Hospital and a pre-medical summer internship in Latrobe and Pittsburgh. Michael participated in service trips to Taiwan, Calcutta, Nicaragua and attended World Youth Days in Germany, Australia and Spain. After graduation, he will begin medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as well as pursue a dual degree in public health in Temple University's master of public health program. He is a member of Saint Joseph R.C. Church in New Kensington. Simon P. Clayton Simon P. Clayton graduated from Saint Benedict's Prep School in 2008 and is the son of Robert and Lydia Clayton of Newark, New Jersey. He served as a member of the Student Government Association as a freshman and sophomore senator and as Executive Board treasurer. A member of the Marketing Matrix (executive board treasurer and director of fundraising), he is a member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and has been named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. A member of the Multicultural Student Coalition, he has also participated in Saint Vincent College Singers, Saint Vincent College Choir and the Saint Vincent Camerata. As a member of the Schola Gregoriana, he performed in a recital of traditional Gregorian chants at Heinz Hall. The recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, he studied abroad in China during his junior year and completed an internship with the International Trade Office for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Simon has been active in community service as an AmeriCorps program volunteer, Martin Luther King Challenge Day volunteer, mission service volunteer in Calcutta, India, Missionaries of Charity Soup Kitchen volunteer and Sports Friendship Day buddy. He has served the College as a prefect for the Office of Residence Life, as a tour guide for the Admission Office, completed an internship with Merrill Lynch and served as an instructor with Kids Corporation in Newark. After graduation, he will begin work for PNC Bank in Washington, D.C. He is a member of Saint Augustine R.C. Church in Newark, New Jersey. Taylor L. Guido Taylor L. Guido has been an active member of the Education Club, Student Government Association (Executive Board vice president), Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the Chemistry Club (treasurer). She has been honored with the Senior Benedictine Values Recognition Award, Dean's List, Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, SVC Community Service Award, Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society and Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society (president 2009-2010). She also served as homecoming queen, Westmoreland County Food Bank volunteer, missionary service volunteer in Calcutta, India, End Hunger Café volunteer, Campus Ministry pilgrimage to Italy, service volunteer in Toronto and as a Locks of Love donor. She presented her senior research at the American Chemical Society national conference in San Diego. She played varsity volleyball for four years (senior captain) and was recognized as a Presidents' Athletic Conference player of the week, member of the academic honor roll and received all-team honors. After graduation, she plans to complete her 7-12 chemistry teaching certification and pursue a master's degree in education to prepare for teaching secondary chemistry and coaching volleyball. Taylor is the daughter of Christopher and Sharon Guido of Greensburg and graduated from Greensburg Salem High School in 2008. She is a member of Saint Vincent Basilica Parish. Julie M. Pomerleau Julie M. Pomerleau, daughter of Paul and Teresa Pomerleau, is a 2008 graduate of Greensburg Central Catholic High School. She has been very active with Campus Ministry as a participant in the spring break service trips to Brazil, Guatemala and West Virginia and has served as a high school retreat leader, cantor and sacristan. A member of the Saint Vincent College Choir and Camerata, she was featured on the Camerata Scholars CD, A Blessed Day Has Dawned, and participated in the group's pilgrimage to Milan, Italy. She is a member of the Art Club, Shakespeare Club, Psychology Club and Respect Life Club and has served as an iPraise student prayer group music leader, as a Christian Women's Fellowship group leader and as a summer camp counselor on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota. She has been honored with membership in Alpha Lambda Delta for excellent academic achievement, Psi Chi national honor society in psychology, Alpha Theta Kappa national honor society in the fields of theology and religious studies (and its undergraduate achievement award) and the Dean's List. She is the recipient of the Saint Vincent Alumni Scholarship. After graduation, she plans to serve for a year with Amate House, an Archdiocese of Chicago service program serving underprivileged youths in schools and social service agencies and then to attend graduate school for counseling psychology. She is a member of Saint Vincent Basilica parish. Renold M. Sossong A 2008 graduate of Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Renold is the son of Mark and Andrea Sossong of New Germany. While studying at Saint Vincent, he completed internships with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the City of Johnstown Department of Economic Development and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. He has been an active member of the Saint Vincent College community serving as president of the Student Government Association Executive Board, as president of the Saint Vincent College Republicans, as a prefect for the Office of Residence Life, as business manager of The Review student newspaper and as vice president of Delta Mu Delta, the national honor society in business administration. He has participated in Campus Ministry volunteer service in West Virginia, Brazil and Alaska and will serve in Taiwan/China this summer. He has been honored with membership in Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society), Delta Mu Delta (chapter vice president), Aurelius Scholars, Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities and as a member of the Dean's List. He has served as a project counselor with the Diocese of Buffalo's Camp Turner and as a project manager with Applewood Development in Johnstown. After graduation from Saint Vincent, he plans to attend law school and may pursue a dual degree JD/MBA program. He is a member of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church in New Germany.
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AKRON, Ohio -- Timken Co. technologist Praveen Pauskar loves the idea of three-dimensional printing -- the concept of taking an image from his computer screen and getting a finished metal part within a few hours.
But for all the promise that the technology holds, it's not ready for big industrial companies yet, he and other representatives from Northeast Ohio manufacturers told University of Akron engineering professors Monday.
"It's been on our interest radar for about 15 years now," Pauskar told engineers gathered to hear details of the new federal additive manufacturing laboratory in Youngstown. "We weren't sure how we could use this technology, and we're still struggling with that."
Earlier this year, several universities, manufacturers and economic development groups in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania raised $40 million to establish the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute at Youngstown State University. Several federal agencies contributed another $30 million.
The goal of the new institute is to take 3-D printing and other methods for translating digital images into parts that you can hold in your hand from laboratories and specialty shops into factories.
Most large manufacturers use 3-D printers to create prototypes for parts so they can test them in large machines. But when it comes time to go into production, those companies typically used cheaper, time-tested methods such as metal stamping for production.
Terry Ellis, general manager of Arco Tool & Die in Akron, said the technology is hugely promising because with it, companies could design parts that can't be made using traditional fabricating techniques.
Airplane parts could be hollow on the inside, cutting weight and improving fuel economy. Fuel injectors for cars could be smaller and more precise. And custom-made tools used in every factory in the country could become even more customized.
"Even though we're a 62-man shop, and Timken is a massive company, we have the same problem with this technology," Ellis said. "It's close, but it's not quite ready yet."
The big limitations are price and speed. Though 3-D printing works quickly for plastic parts, it can be slow for the metal tools that Timken and Arco envision. And while 3-D printers that make plastic parts have fallen in price, the ones that can do metal still cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"For us to be able to justify this kind of investment, we would have to run this equipment around the clock," Pauskar said. He added that even if demand for such complex parts was high enough, the machines couldn't produce enough parts quickly enough to earn back those startup costs.
Lisa Camp, assistant dean for strategic initiatives at Case Western Reserve University, said those are the sorts of problems that researchers at CWRU, UA and other schools hope to solve with help from grants and technical assistance from NAMII.
"This isn't necessarily tech push from universities. We want to hear what industry needs from this technology," Camp said at the Akron event. CWRU and UA were two of the lead institutions that helped crafted the NAMII concept.
Ellis said several of his customers, primarily large tire companies that need specialized molds and tools, are coming up with designs that are so complex that they may need 3-D printing and other forms of additive manufacturing in the future.
"They're all excited about it, until I tell them that prices are going to triple for the parts," Ellis said. He added that if researchers can lower costs and raise quality, manufacturers will embrace the technology.
The key will be when companies start designing parts that can't be produced any other way than with commercial-grade 3-D printers.