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Grand Rounds is a continuing medical education opportunity offered to Newport Hospital physicians, all Newport Hospital staff and allied health care providers. Programs are held from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Community Conference Room and are free and open to the public.
The programs are bi-weekly presentations that cover a broad range of topics. These topics are determined by an annual needs assessment, performance evaluation and improvement committee recommendations, and medical staff recommendations.
Grand Rounds programs are intended to inform the medical staff of pertinent and new developments in the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of patient care, review medical sciences, provide programs to correct identified deficiencies, provide programs identified as being of need or interest, and to provide programs related to medical conditions medical staff members are treating in the hospital or in their office practices.

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Girls from Girlguiding Selkirk have held an extra-special birthday party – one to mark the 100th birthday of the Brownies.
This year, hundreds of thousands of Girlguiding members from all over the UK are celebrating The Big Brownie Birthday – and the Selkirk Brownies chose to hold their own celebration to mark the occasion.
The Brownies welcomed all the Rainbows, Guides, Senior Section and Trefoil Guild members from the town, as well as county commissioner Gail Fox and local minister Reverend Margaret Steele to the party on March 27. Festivities included an Easter bunny hunt, making bunnies out of flannels, and the evening ended with two Brownies and the Selkirk district commissioner cutting the owl birthday cake and singing some campfire songs.
Brownie leader, Kirsteen MacKenzie, said: "It was fantastic to see the Brownies have so much fun mixing with the other units and our thanks must go to the planning team who organised such an enjoyable evening."
For more information on how to join Girlguiding – the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK – go to www.girlguiding.org.uk.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama--The education gap - shortage of workers with college degrees compared to the number of openings - is weakening large metros like Birmingham, according to a new study released today.About 38.6 percent of job openings in metro Birmingham require a Bachelor's degree, but persons with a four-year college degree make up only 15 percent of the unemployed and 26.3 percent of all potential workers, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program said in a new report. On the flip side, jobs requiring a high school diploma or less make up 27.5 percent of all jobs, while folks with just a high school education or less comprise 53 percent of the unemployed and 44.3 percent of all potential workers in metro Birmingham.
"Education, Job Openings, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America," analyzed educational requirements for new jobs in the 100 largest metros for the first time. The research found in today's technology-driven economy, job openings require more education than all existing jobs and more education than the average worker possesses.
Across all metro areas, 43 percent of job openings typically require at least a Bachelor's degree, but just 32 percent of adults have earned one. Details on the 100 cities in the report, including Birmingham, are available at brookings.edu/educationgap.
"Narrowing the education gap is particularly important for improving the long-term health of metropolitan economies," said Jonathan Rothwell, senior research associate and report author. "Metro areas with wide education gaps have higher unemployment, but metro areas with narrow education gaps have lower unemployment, more job creation, and more job openings."
It is the second major study to find Alabama suffering from low educational levels. In early August, a study by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, "A Decade Behind: Breakout out of the Low Skill Trap in the Southern Economy," found that most Southern states including Alabama had what the author called a "brain drain" of its best college graduates because they had the combination of too few high-paying jobs and too many low-wage jobs.
The study analyzed strengths and weaknesses in all 100 metros, finding the education gap small in Madison, Wis., Raleigh, N.C., Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis. The education gap was largest in metro areas throughout California's Central Valley.
Declines in industry demand and housing prices explain most of the short-term changes in metropolitan unemployment rates during the recession and recovery, but education gaps explain most of the long-term levels of metropolitan unemployment, according to Brookings, a Washington-based think tank.
Younger workers and less educated workers are more likely to be working if they live in areas with a smaller education gap, Brookings said, while metro areas with larger education gaps have experienced lower rates of job creation and job openings.
The findings, in the wake of the Georgetown University study that painted Alabama's educational attainment in a negative light, aren't good for efforts to recruit industries, labor experts say. While an advanced degree isn't a prerequisite to being successful, it helps to open doors that would otherwise be closed, Norris said.
" It is kind of a build it and they will come scenario," he said. "If you produce a poorly educated workforce, you will attract jobs which don't require a lot of education. If you have a highly skilled workforce, you will attract jobs that do."
Studies have shown that workers are more productive when they have more education and training. In order to compete in today's global economy, Norris said the U.S. must be more productive than the emerging markets are cheap, which requires a greater emphasis on education and workforce training.
"Some people can be enormously successful and never darken a college classroom," he said. "However, they probably also had a enormous amount of specific job-related training, which is a form of education itself. I have always wanted to go to a high school and say something along the lines of: "Getting your diploma doesn't mean you won't end up working in McDonald's. However, dropping out of school means working at McDonald's might be the best you can do."
The skills gap and educational attainment has always been an issue, particularly in states with fewer college graduates like Alabama, said Ahmad Ijaz, an economist at the University of Alabama. With unemployment rates higher than normal due to the sluggish economic recovery, most businesses are very selective about who they hire, he said.
"There is a large number of available workers who are either under-employed or unemployed," Ijaz said. "Prior the most recent recession, with relatively low unemployment rates, most businesses were much more willing to hire workers and provide them with the required training. Most firms are not willing to do that anymore because its is both costly and time consuming and if they have to lay off the same workers down the road, its not very cost effective."


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Get an overview of this hotelResort in Pahoa with full-service spa and restaurant
Situated by the ocean, this resort is in the same region as Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Resort Features
Along with a full-service spa, this resort has a restaurant and an outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a snack bar/deli, and a sauna are onsite.
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Kalani - Retreat Center12-6860 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road Pahoa HI 96778
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Dining options at the resort include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to a full-service spa, Kalani - Retreat Center features an outdoor pool and a sauna. 7 meeting rooms are available. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle at scheduled times and a shopping center shuttle. This Pahoa resort also offers a fitness center, spa services, and a library. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Kalani - Retreat Center has designated areas for smoking.
- Total number of rooms - 100
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
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- Year Built 1975
- Free self parking
- Shopping on site
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Concierge services
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- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
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- Free WiFi
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- Meeting rooms
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Snack bar/deli
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Sauna
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- Outdoor pool
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- Outdoor pool
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Daily housekeeping
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- Individually furnished
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Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM.
The Lanai - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
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Recreational amenities at the resort include an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Kalani Wellness Center has 3 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Kalani is a 501(c) (3) retreat center, with 50 classes a week in Hawaiian culture, yoga, and the performing arts. It is the largest retreat center in Hawaii, and has 4 decades of history serving international guests, as well as benefiting the local community.
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J. Crace
Education Guardian, Sept. 7th 2004, p.9
Two years after citizenship became a part of the curriculum, a study finds the subject has a remarkable impact on students.
T. de Castella
Young People Now, June 9th-15th 2004, p. 8
Government figures show that permanent exclusions from school are falling. The article discusses whether behaviour is actually improving due to the impact of new support initiatives or government is manipulating the figures to conceal what is really happening in schools.
S. Cassidy
The Independent, Sept. 16th 2004, p.12
Formal end-of-year tests for seven-year-olds are to be abandoned. Pupils will still take tests for English and maths, but not under strict examination conditions. Scores will feed into teachers' assessments of their work for the year.
(See also The Times, Sept. 16th 2004, p.13)
L. Lightfoot
Daily Telegraph, Sept. 15th 2004, p.1 and 2
The article reports that the Business Academy in Bexley, one of the government's new breed of semi-independent schools in deprived areas, is threatening to challenge Ofsted in the courts over a finding of "significant weaknesses" in its teaching.
P. Mahoney, I. Hextall and I. Menter
Globalisation, Societies and Education, Vol.2, 2004, p.277-296
The paper describes, in the context of the implementation of performance-related pay for teachers in English schools, the extent to which the private sector had penetrated the education system. It goes on to explore some consequences and implications of private sector involvement in public education. It argues that education is being turned into a standardised commodity which can be traded across national and cultural boundaries.
S. Cassidy
The Independent, Sept. 28th 2004, p.8
Children are being denied school adventure trips because teachers fear being sued in the event of an accident. Activities such as caving and canoeing teach children about teamwork and leadership as well as developing physical skills.
(See also The Times, Sept. 28th 2004, p.9)
N. Bennett, J.A. Harvey and L. Anderson
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, Vol.32, April 2004, p.217-235
The article explores the relationships of schools with their Local Education Authorities (LEA) through interviews with six chief education officers (CEOs) drawn from a variety LEAs. Results of the interviews showed that CEOs saw the concept of partnership to be problematic, creating confusion about the extent to which LEAs could constrain schools through formal accountability and external codes of practice. The article concludes that the concept of partnership requires further clarification if it is to be used to describe relationships between schools and their LEAs.
R. Garner
The Independent, Sept. 2nd 2004, p.19
The government has agreed to crack down on private agencies recruiting teachers from Africa and the Caribbean to work in the UK. Such agencies will loose their "quality mark" which guarantees ethical standards to schools if they persist.
B. Hall
Financial Times, Sept. 6th 2004, p.2
The Conservatives estimate that £5.7bn could be saved by making all schools self-governing, reducing the role of local education authorities and introducing a lighter inspection regime.
K. Halsey and others
Department for Education and Skills, 2004 (Research report; RR567)
Report documents the experiences of 12 local education authorities as they implemented the fast track to prosecution framework. The framework sought to ensure a faster approach to the implementation of intervention strategies for tackling school non-attendance.
R. Smithers
The Guardian, Sept. 28th 2004, p.4
Former Downing Street aide Fiona Millar attacks government education policies. She is critical of the school choice agenda, the government's "academy" programme, and the idea that the new independent state sector schools should be able to set their own admissions criteria. She also calls for the abolition of charitable status for independent schools to prevent the flight of middle class parents from the state sector.
(See also Education Guardian, Sept. 28th 2004, p.2)
P. Matthews and P. Sammons
London: Ofsted, 2004 (HMI 2244)
Report evaluates the impact of inspection on the quality and standards of education. It finds that well-managed schools and those that cause concern are the most likely to benefit from inspections. Many other schools show some improvement but, in the absence of external follow-up, tend to make incomplete use of their inspection findings. It goes on to comment on the inspection of independent schools, the post-compulsory education and teacher training sectors and local education authorities. Evidence of the quality of inspections, particularly school inspections, is examined. Report addresses some of the concerns raised about inspections and identifies improvements since the first cycle of school inspections. Evidence confirms that advance notice of inspection often contributes to the stress on teachers and may result in heightened performance during the inspection visit.
A. Walker and C. Dimmock
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, Vol.32, July 2004, p.269-287
The article explores the international role of the National College for School Leadership (NCSL). It begins by discussing the uniqueness of the NCSL and its potential to influence leadership research and practice internationally. It then sets out three possible pathways for the college - as a tourist, a colporteur and a confrere - and uses a case study from Hong Kong to illustrate how the three roles might be played. The authors favour the role of the confrere, arguing that it is from this perspective that the NCSL can best create an international learning environment for policy makers, as well as benefiting the growing number of multicultural schools and communities in the UK.
F. Millar
Education Guardian, Sept. 28th 2004, p.2-3
Much has been achieved since 1997, says former Downing Street aide Fiona Millar. But if Labour wins a third election, it should abandon the messy compromise of choice for the middle classes, and concentrate instead on students who really need help.
P. Earley and J. Evans
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, Vol.32, July 2004, p.325-338
The National College of School Leadership (NCSL) was established in November 2000 to provide a national focus for school leadership development in England. Its aims, amongst others, are to develop a range of leadership programmes to ensure heads have the confidence, skills and understanding to transform learning, to analyse, describe and celebrate great practice in school leadership and to promote collaborate learning and communication. As well as this, it seeks to demonstrate its impact on school leadership and to measure its progress in its key goal to "have every child in a well-led school, and have every leader as a learner". The article explores the methodological issues involved in measuring the College's impact, with specific reference to two surveys of heads and deputies in English state schools in 2001 and 2003. The strengths and weaknesses of using baseline and follow-up studies as impact measures are discussed and new methodological approaches and research designs are suggested.
R. Webb and G. Vulliamy
Department for Education and Skills, 2004 (Research report; RR568)
The report presents a qualitative evaluation of a three-year project which placed five social work trained home-school support workers in seven secondary schools in Yorkshire for three years. The support workers undertook casework with 10-20 pupils with challenging behaviours with the aim of preventing their exclusion from school. Support workers were successful in averting permanent exclusions and saved senior school management a great deal of time in dealing with crises.
G.M. Crow
Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, Vol.32, 2004, p.289-307
The world of leadership has changed dramatically in our post-industrial society. In today's world successful leadership is based on the theory of socialisation, where leaders are not only taught the skills they require, but also expected to actively contribute towards their learning. Within this context the article explores the aims and programmes of the National College for School Leadership from a North American perspective, and identifies the opportunities and challenges it faces in contributing to the reform of leadership and leadership development.
I. Shemlit and others
Child, Vol.30, 2004, p.413-427
The study aimed to measure the health and social impacts of breakfast club provision in schools serving deprived areas across England. Analysis revealed a mixed picture of benefit and apparent negative outcomes. Intention to treat analysis showed improved concentration amongst the intervention group at three months and reduced truancy. Observational analysis at 1 year showed a higher proportion of primary school breakfast club attendees eating fruit for breakfast compared to non-attendees. However, a higher proportion of breakfast club attendees had borderline or abnormal conduct and total difficulties scores (primary school pupils) and prosocial scores (secondary school pupils).
(For economic aspects see Child, Vol.30, 2004, p.429-437)
M. Benn
The Guardian, Sept, 2nd 2004, p.26
A new model school offering cheap private education to be set up by the right-wing Civitas think-tank in Brent has received little support. The article considers why middle class parents have chosen to stick with local state schools.
R. Smithers
Guardian, Sept. 9th 2004, p.11
The government is urging all secondary schools to have a school uniform. However, while the cost of uniforms has soared, a survey has revealed that school clothing grants are available now in for fewer parts of Britain and are worth less than was the case three years ago.
R. Garner and S. Cassidy
Independent, Sept.10th 2004, p.16
The Secondary Heads Association reports that examination entrance fees have doubled over the past four years. In a typical 1500-pupil comprehensive, public examination entrance fees are now about £100,000 a year, plus administration costs of £32,500. The Association is also calling for reform of the public examination marking system. Under its proposals, senior teachers at all schools would be recognised as "chartered examiners" and then allowed to mark pupils work.
(See also Guardian, Sept.10th 2004, p.5)
Education and Skills Committee
London: TSO, 2004 (House of Commons papers, session 2003/04; HC1057)
The report calls for schools struggling to recruit staff to be allowed to pay above the national rate. Also proposes the creation of a programme to recruit and train an elite band of teachers committed to working in the toughest schools. However, concludes that there is no general shortage of teachers thanks to incentives to encourage graduates to enter the profession, such as training bursaries and "Golden Hellos" for new teachers in shortage subjects.
Education and Skills Committee
London: TSO, 2004 (House of Commons papers, session 2003/04; HC58-I)
The report examines the process of school admissions, focusing particularly on how children are allocated a secondary school place, how parents and guardians express their preferences regarding school allocation and how disputes are resolved.
A. Sparrow
Daily Telegraph, Sept. 23rd 2004, p.7
The article reports that government is planning to introduce a bill to tackle childhood obesity and traffic congestion caused by the school run. It would:
S. Cassidy
Independent, Sept.17th 2004, p.16
Truancy levels rose by 6.54% in 2003/04 with an average of 48,900 pupils missing school without permission every day in spite of a £16m drive to cut the number of children skipping class.
L. Florian and others
British Journal of Special Education, Vol.31, 2004, p.115-121
Recent developments in the Department for Education and Skills have produced a National Pupil Database (NPD) that contains information about the attainments of individuals, and the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC) that includes personal and demographic information about individual pupils. The NPD and the PLASC together are able to provide the information needed to track individual pupils over their school careers and explore issues in their individual performance. The article explores the problems and possibilities of researching issues of pupil achievement and inclusion using these national datasets.


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The most anticipated hunk of concrete and steel to travel to Tacoma in a long while arrived fashionably late Monday afternoon, greeted by crowds of construction workers and curious onlookers gathered to watch it come to rest under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
The 14,000-ton, 130-foot-long piece is the first of two caissons that will be lowered nearly 70 feet into the bottom of the Narrows to serve as the foundations for two towers that will support the new bridge.
Made up of enough concrete to fill a football field three feet deep and 3,500 tons of steel, the caisson will soon have 24 anchor cables attached to it. The caisson will then be slowly lowered into the seabed and gradually filled with concrete to create the tower.
Pulled by two Foss tug boats and escorted by a Pierce County Sheriff boat, the caisson traveled 10 nautical miles from the Port of Tacoma, where it was built over the last four months.
Tacoma Narrows Constructors Project Manager Manuel Rondon said the caissons journey this week was one-of-a-kind for many reasons.
There hasnt been a caisson this large moved in decades, he said, explaining that the caissons underneath the current bridge were put in place nearly 70 years ago. And the Narrows isnt like any other body of water on earth, so it offers some unique obstacles.
Rondon said unlike a river, whose water flows in only one direction, the water in the Narrows changes direction in accordance with the tides. Also, given the channels narrow span, the currents are strong usually nearly 7 knots and the depth can vary from 10-15 feet.
To provide the smoothest trip possible, Rondon said crews chose this week to move the caisson because the currents were expected to be less than half their typical speed less than three knots for five consecutive days.
To prepare for any possible mishap, such as tilting or swaying, Rondon said crews performed a battery of tests both in the laboratory and on a scale model of the Narrows.
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Update - 4:20 p.m. Testimony from an attorney who worked with the Ashkar brothers in their attempt to claim $5 million from the state lottery office was halted at 4:10 p.m. and will resume in the morning.
Lawyer Robert O'Leary, who sent sworn statements to lottery officials giving reasons why Andy Ashkar waited six years to cash a winning scratch-off ticket, was the third witness on the stand today.
He said Andy Ashkar was worried that the convenience store his parents owned would become a "target for robbery" if people learned he hit the jackpot. He said the store was in a "high crime area" and he did not want to "jeopardize the safety of his family members."
He also said he waited to cash the ticket because his wife had recently immigrated to the United States from Israel, and he "needed to know the marriage was based upon a strong foundation."
Ashkar told O'Leary he had read about people who had won the lottery only to have their lives fall apart and said he was "not eager to complicate" his own. He said he considered the ticket "money in the bank," and kept it in a safety deposit box until it was closer to the expiration date to make his claim.
3:35 p.m. Richard Dettor, an accountant, was the second witness called to the stand.
He said he met with Andy Ashkar in 2009 to discuss "what the taxes would be" on $5 million in lottery winnings that Ashkar said he had won but hadn't cashed in. He met later with Nayel Ashkar, and they discussed how to split the ticket, he testified.
"I asked him why he didn't cash it in," he testified.
Prosecutor Beth Van Doren asked if Dettor advised Andy Ashkar that he was losing money by keeping the ticket in a safe deposit box. Dettor said interest rates were low, so he didn't know if Ashkar was losing much money by holding onto the ticket.
Dettor said Andy Ashkar told him he waited to cash the ticket because was worried for his safety, the safety of his family, and possible backlash regarding the convenience store his father owns where the ticket was purchased.
2:45 p.m.: Nayel Ashkar asked if he could have a reduced prize amount in exchange for anonymity when he and and his brother tried to claim a winning scratch-off ticket worth $5 million in March of 2012, a principal clerk in the prize payment unit of the state lottery office said today in court.
Joan China testified that her encounter with the brothers in March was "off."
"I had never seen claimants come in before that weren't happy," she testified. "Usually they're excited, jumping up and down, crying. It's a life changing event. I did not get that from them at all."
2:20 p.m.: Witness testimony is under way during the trial of Andy and Nayel Ashkar, two brothers accused of trying to claim $5 million from a stolen lottery ticket. On the stand now is Joan China, who is a clerk in the prize payment unit of the state lottery office.
The brothers are wearing matching black suits, with about a dozen friends and family watching in the courtroom. The brothers' father, Nayef, is present.
In Beth Van Doren's possession is what has been labeled as "exhibit number one," the disputed "Extravaganza" scratch-off lottery ticket worth $5 million.
After the courtroom opened, Judge Joseph Fahey handed waiver forms to the defendants, who have opted to have a bench trial rather than a jury trial. Prosecutor Beth Van Doren then made her opening statement.
"I want to make it clear from the onset, what this case is not about," she said. "We are not here today because the defendants waited over five years to cash a winning $5 million ticket. Waiting that amount of time is the legal right….Of the rightful owner."
Van Doren said the case was about the "falsehoods and deceit" that surrounded the brothers' claim. She said those suspicions led to an investigation by state lottery officials, a "planted" press release and the eventual finding of Robert Miles, whom the prosecution contends is the rightful ticket owner.
Defense attorney Robert Durr, who is representing Andy Ashkar, said in his opening that there are "major inconsistencies" from prosecutorial witnesses as to "what exactly occurred that day. What time it occurred."
Defense attorney Robert Tisdell, who represents Nayel, said the people had no evidence his client committed any crime.
"If in fact, one accepts their (the prosecution's) fairy tale...where did you hear anything to prove that Nayel—if Andy is to have done anything—what proof do they have that Nayel knew anything about it? There's no statement from Nayel Ashkar, that he was in the store, or saw anything. That he ever had a conversation with Robert Miles.
"Bottom line: where's the proof?"
1 p.m.: Two brothers accused of trying to claim $5 million in winnings off a stolen lottery ticket stand trial today in Onondaga County Court.
Andy Ashkar, 34, is accused of stealing a winning ticket from customer Robert Miles at The Green Ale Market on East Fayette Street in Syracuse on Oct. 27, 2006. Prosecutors say Ashkar told Miles the "Extravaganza" ticket was worth $5,000 and gave him $4,000. He is accused of keeping $1,000 for the store, which his father owns. He is charged with conspiracy and criminal possession of stolen property.
Ashkar's brother, Nayel, 36, is accused of conspiring to help his brother claim the winnings six years later. The brothers are expected to waive their right to a jury when the courtroom opens at 1 p.m. Then, Judge Joseph Fahey will decide the facts of the case during the trial.
Assistant District Attorney Beth Van Doren is prosecuting the case. Defense attorney Robert Durr is representing Andy Ashkar and Robert Tisdell is representing Nayel Ashkar.
The brother's father, Nayef Ashkar, who is also charged with conspiracy, has a separate trial date scheduled in September.


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French houses honored at French fragrance awards
The French fragrance foundation awarded its annual prizes exclusively to local brands last week. Its main awards for best fragrance of the year went to Yves Saint Laurent's Belle d'Opium, in women's perfumes and Bleu de Chanel in the men's category. All other winning brands, including Lancôme, Hermès, or Biotherm, also hail from France.


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High resolution Chandra observations reveal large populations of low mass X-ray binaries around distant galaxies. As in the Milky Way, globular clusters appear to be especially fertile environments for low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) formation, with a probability of hosting a LMXB that is at least two orders of magnitude larger than for field stars. We have studied the X-ray properties of LMXBs and the optical properties of globular clusters (that host roughly 40% of the LMXBs) around a sample of 4 early type galaxies. This study allows us to isolate and understand the preferred physical characteristics of globular clusters that lead to the formation of LMXBs via dynamical processes in globular clusters, probe the ancestry of the field LMXB population and correlations with the star formation history of the galaxy, and the importance of globular clusters to the X-ray emission from early type galaxies. One of the most striking results of our analysis is that LMXBs are approximately 3 times more likely to form in red, metal-rich globular clusters than in metal-poor ones, an observation for which there is currently no convincing explanation.
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Mike Strom leads our team in Hammond, where Salmen's appeal has been upheld and the Spartans will take on St. Michael the Archangel in the Class 4A semifinals. Vandebilt, which used an ineligible player, was forced to forfeit its victory over the Spartans.
Interestingly enough, both teams warmed up in anticiaption of playing Friday afternoon, making for an awkward setting.
Other games in Hammond have just as much at stake … and contenders just as worthwhile to be hoisting the hardware. Easton takes on St. Thomas More and St. Thomas Aquinas battles Pickering on the girls side, while Riverside-University Lab, Scotlandville-Comeaux, St. Thomas Aquinas-Winnfield, Country Day-Christian Life, and Madison Prep-Castor are the boys games … all set for Saturday.
The crew in Bossier City, headed by Jerit Roser and Kelly Morris, will be following Class 5A No. 1 seed Ouachita Parish on its quest to win a boys championship -- as well as four other No. 1 seeds Southwood (girls 5A), Pelican (girls C), Bossier (boys 3A) and Atlanta (boys C). Also of particular interest is the run of No. 23 seed Parkview Baptist in Class 3A boys. Other games include Sulphur-Natchitoches Central and Dubach-Plainview for the girls, with Pelican-New Living and Simsboro Prep-Anacoco for the boys.
Finally, our Lake Charles coverage is handled by Andrew Lopez, and he'll be busy with seven games over the next two days. The biggest of those might be a pair of boys 4A semifinals on Saturday: No. 1 Peabody vs. No. 4 Northside and No. 2 St. Thomas More vs. No. 11 Istrouma.
We'll be covering every game live, so stay with us all weekend. Interested fans can nominate players for our annual prep basketball awards. And for the complete schedule, check below
Girls: Friday
James Smith will continue his LSU recruiting series today and tomorrow, and we'll also be at the Jesuit Invitational baseball tournament all weekend (in addition to our basketball coverage).
- Friday schedule of events
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Why in the hell is Rahm Immanuel in Israel? It's definitely not just for his son's bar-mitzva. That could be done at his local synagogue. You say he is on vacation?
Not with all those bodyguards and pissed off Israelis.
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IRVINGTON -- A Superior Court judge today granted bail to an Irvington police officer he had sentenced to three years in prison earlier this month for trying to cover up a fight between a fellow officer and a supermarket patron.
Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin reinstated the $10,000 bail on the officer, Brandis Puryear, her attorney said. Puryear was scheduled to be released today, said the attorney, Anthony Iacullo.
She was convicted in October of conspiracy to commit official misconduct, stemming from the November 2007 assault at an Irvington Pathmark.
Judge Ravin had previously denied Iacullo's bail application. On Thursday, the appellate court reversed that ruling.
Puryear was off-duty and working security in the Pathmark when fellow off-duty Officer Brian Rice got into a fight with a store patron.
Rice was also convicted but is awaiting sentencing. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Both officers remain suspended from the Irvington Police.
Previous coverage:
• Irvington supermarket security guard says off-duty police officer took surveillance tapes
• March 13, 2009: Irvington cops are indicted in alleged coverup


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Kate Baker at the sixth annual Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Jazz Festival. When: 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: OSPAC amphitheater, 4 Boland Drive (off Prospect Avenue near Route 280), West Orange. Howmuch: $5-$10, children free. Call (973) 669-7385 or visit ospac.org.
By early September, Kate Baker really feels the pull. As executive director of the not-for-profit Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center in West Orange and producer of OSPAC's jazz festival, she bears considerable responsibility.
"I'm exhausted," says the Westwood (Bergen County) native, 48, over the phone this week. "But when you see it all come together, and it's coming together great, then it's worth it. We're getting really good response, it's going to be a fabulous festival."
The sixth annual festival takes place rain or shine Saturday and Sunday at the OSPAC amphitheater in West Orange. Such jazz luminaries as saxophonists Joe Lovano and Richie Cole, singer Maucha Adnet, pianist Geri Allen, and guitarists Dave Stryker and Vic Juris, Baker's husband, are appearing. West Orange resident Baker -- a striking jazz vocalist and gifted teacher who instructs privately, in master classes, and at the New School in New York -- also performs (See accompanying story for details).
Baker relishes the festival's feeling of community and camaraderie. Many of the artists and attendees reside in Essex County. "It's great to do something in your own community, where you can hang with your friends," she says. "The audience gets to see a lot of performers who are their neighbors."
She also thrives on the altruism of OSPAC in general, and the festival in specific. She has prior nonprofit experience, having worked as press officer on Amnesty International's 1988 Music for Human Rights Tour that included Bruce Springsteen and Sting.
"Before I joined OSPAC, I was just singing and teaching, and I felt a void, I wanted a vehicle to give back," she says. "Here, we can help keep the music alive, and through our annual jazz workshop, held each August at West Orange High School, help kids learn and build self-esteem."
Of course, Baker looks forward to performing on Sunday's bill. The 2004 graduate of William Paterson University in Wayne's jazz program will investigate a variety of pop standards in the company of her husband, pianist Oscar Perez, bassist Harvie S, percussionist and vocalist Mayra Casales and drummer Anthony Pinciotti. Her colleague, singer Judi Silvano, will also guest on two tunes.
"I love to sing," says Baker, who has performed at such noted venues as Birdland and the Blue Note in New York and at festivals in the U.S. and Europe. "Telling the story that's in the lyrics, that's what I get into the most, being true to the song, true to yourself, getting that across."
Her selections Sunday include "People Make the World Go Round" -- "I love the groove of that song" -- a bossa nova version of "The Fool on the Hill," and the evergreen, "Lover Come Back to Me."
Like many musicians of her generation, Baker first fell for rock and folk, in the guise of such artists as Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt and Neil Young. Then, in her late 20s, she became enamored with jazz via such singers as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn.
"It was like discovering gold," she says. "I kept wanting to hear more."
Zan Stewart is The Star-Ledger's jazz writer. He is also a musician who occasionally performs at local clubs. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at (973) 324-9930.


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ST. PETER - Megan Rosol and Lizzie Larson made sure that Fairmont girls golf mentor Ron Kallheim's final South Central Conference Meet was a memorable, albeit historical one on Monday.
Rosol carded an 18-hole medalist round of 85, while Larson tied New Ulm's Corinne McKeeth for runner-up individual accolades with an 89 to lock up the Cardinals' team championship with a total of 373 at Shoreland Country Club in St. Peter.
Rosol and Larson, who also captured the No. 1 and 2 spots in the overall points standings, respectively, guided Fairmont to a 27-shot margin of victory over runner-up Blue Earth Area's 400 to complement its undefeated dual-meet campaign.
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FOURSOMES — Fairmont's Josh Baldus (white jacket) and Joe Nordquist (right) wait with New Ulm's Matt Saffert and Kelton Schmitz during Monday's SCC?Meet in St. Peter. RIGHT — Fairmont's Megan Rosol signs her card while getting instructions during the SCC?Meet in St. Peter. Blue Earth Area's Natali Fellows (left) and Waseca's Sydney O'Brien look on. (Photo by Charlie Sorrells)
FOURSOMES — Fairmont's Megan Rosol signs her card while getting instructions during the SCC?Meet in St. Peter. Blue Earth Area's Natali Fellows (left) and Waseca's Sydney O'Brien look on. (Photo by Charlie Sorrells)
ANTICIPATION — Blue Earth Area golfer Connor Thielfoldt waits for his putt to drop into the cup during Monday's South Central Conference Meet at Shoreland Country Club in St. Peter. (Photo by Charlie Sorrells)
The 2013 Cardinals captured the 28th of just 38 SCC girls golf team crowns overall, including the 20th of Kallheim's esteemed career at the program's helm. Kallheim is retiring from coaching at the end of this season.
"The girls really played their hearts out on their last nine holes (Shoreland's front side) today. We were up by just two strokes at the turn, so to win by that margin (27 shots) was incredible," said Kallheim.
While Kallheim's girls lineup exited the Shoreland parking lot with team hardware in their collective hands, Fairmont head boys golf coach Brad Haugen's Cardinals generated a team total of 329 to claim runner-up honors to the New Ulm Eagles again.
Kelton Schmitz penciled in a medalist round of 74 on Monday to power New Ulm to an SCC Meet-winning mark of 315 to complement its unbeatable regular-season dual-meet crown.
While Schmitz proved the individual boys champion of the day, Fairmont senior Josh Baldus delivered a second-place round of 76 to wrap up the SCC points championship overall.
"Josh was a model of consistency throughout the (regular) season and then again at today's SCC Meet, and that's why he's the overall champion," said Haugen.
Baldus produced a team-best seven pars to complement a birdie on the par-5, No. 15 hole to pace his 41-35-76.
Carter Welchlin and Joe Nordquist, who finished No. 8 and 9 in the final points race, respectively, each fired 81s to share sixth place overall during Thursday's competition. Welchlin sank five pars and a pair of birdies for a 43-38, while Nordquist tallied a team-best three birdies to complement three pars en route to a 43-38, too.
"That's why we nicknamed him 'deuce' due to the way he has a tendency to always birdie par-3s," Haugen said in reference to two of Nordquist's three birdies on the day.
Cole Huinker connected for two pars to highlight his 46-45-91 to complete the Cardinals' counting marks on the SCC Meet.
Sam Havnen sank four pars to pace a 50-42-92 for Fairmont, while Derrick Hohensee chipped in a 51-49-100, including one par.
While Rosol and Larson each birdied the par-4 No. 12 hole and connected on six and five pars, respectively, Emily Kim and Elizabeth Kim packed low-scoring punch to the Fairmont girls golfers' winning ways.
Emily Kim sank one par to pace a 52-47-99 to place third on the Cardinals' roster, Elizabeth Kim made two pars to highlight a 48-52-100 to complete the red-and-white's counting marks on the day. Elizabeth Kim tied for 10th place in the points standings, with St. Peter's Zoey Bartlett claiming the final all-SCC medal via an on-paper tiebreaker.
Cassidy Krusemark and Alyssa Westcott rounded out Fairmont's team championship effort by shooting a 62-59-121 and a 67-59-126, respectively.
Blue Earth Area senior Autumn Drake carded a 44-47-91 to capture fourth overall on Monday en route to a fourth-place showing in the all-SCC points standings.
Natali Fellows, who fired a 54-44-98 to share sixth place with Bartlett and Waseca's Melissa Bartz at the SCC Meet, won the on-paper tiebreaker with Bartz for the No. 5 spot in the points race.
Anna Aukes tallied a 53-50-103, while Aeli Olson fired a 59-49-108 to complete Blue Earth Area's counting marks on the day.
Signe Olson netted a 66-60-126, while Ashley Peterson penciled in a 66-70-136 to round out the Bucs' effort.
In the boys' meet, Connor Thielfoldt made four pars to pace a 44-45-89 to guide Blue Earth Area to a fifth-place meet-day total of 365.
Taylor Olson drained two pars to highlight a 47-43-90, Zach Curtis and Trevor Zierke produced two pars each to fuel a 47-45-92 and a 47-47-94, respectively, for the Bucs, while Logan Jacobs added a 53-56-109.
The Fairmont boys team travels to the Mankato Golf Club at 2:30 p.m. today for a triangular with Mankato West and Mankato East. The Fairmont girls lineup plays host to United South Central at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Rose Lake Golf Course.
Both Blue Earth Area golf teams return to action at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, during the Section 2AA, South Sub-Section Meet at North Links Golf Course in Mankato.
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Club In St. Peter
Meet-Day Team Results: 1. Fairmont 373; 2. Blue Earth Area 400; 3. Waseca 403; 4. St. Peter 408; 5. St. James 445; 6. New Ulm 448.
Meet-Day Individual Results: 1. Megan Rosol (F) 40-45-85; 2. (tie) Lizzie Larson (F) 45-44-89 and Corinne McKeeth (NU) 46-43-89; 4. Autumn Drake (BEA) 44-47-91; 5. Sydney O'Brien (W) 48-49-97; 6. (tie) Natali Fellows (BEA) 54-44-98, Melissa Bartz (W) 46-52-98 and Zoey Bartlett (SP) 48-50-98; 9. Emily Kim (F) 52-47-99; 10. Elizabeth Kim (F) 48-52-100.
Other Fairmont scores: Cassidy Krusemark 62-59-121; Alyssa Westcott 67-9-126.
Other B.E. Area scores: Anna Aukes 53-50-103; Aeli Olson 59-49-108; Signe Olson 66-60-126; Ashley Peterson 66-70-136.
All-SCC - Final Point Standings: 1. Megan Rosol (F); 2. Lizzie Larson (F); 3. Corinne McKeeth (NU); 4. Autumn Drake (BEA); 5. (won tiebreaker) Natali Fellows; 6. Melissa Bartz (W); 7. Karly Maier (SP); 8. Anna Amos (SP); 9. Sydney O'Brien (W); 10. (won tiebreaker) Zoey Bartlett (SP).
Meet-Day Team Results: 1. New Ulm 315; 2. Fairmont 329; 3. St. Peter 338; 4. Waseca 364; 5. Blue Earth Area 365; 6. St. James 391.
Meet-Day Individual Results: 1. Kelton Schmitz (NU) 38-36-74; 2. Josh Baldus (F) 41-35-76; 3. (tie) Josh Kummerfeldt (W) 39-39-78 and Matt Saffert (NU) 40-38-78; 5. Jonah Cooper (NU) 41-39-80; 6. (tie) Carter Welchlin (F) 43-38-81 and Joe Nordquist (F) 43-38-81; 8. (tie) Cole Miller (SP) 42-40-82 and Chris Amsden (SP) 43-39-82; 10. Josh Cooper (NU) 44-39-83 and Tanner Zupfer (NU) 42-41-83.
Other Fairmont scores: Cole Huinker 46-45-91; Sam Havnen 50-42-92; Derrick Hohensee (F) 51-49-100.
B.E. Area scores: Connor Thielfoldt 44-45-89; Taylor Olson 47-43-90; Zach Curtis 47-45-92; Trevor Zierke 47-47-94; Logan Jacobs 53-56-109.
All-SCC - Final Point Standings: 1. Josh Baldus (F); 2. Josh Kummerfeldt (W); 3. Kelton Schmitz (NU); 4. Matt Saffert (NU); 5. Cole Miller (SP); 6. Jonah Cooper (NU); 7. Josh Cooper (NU); 8. Carter Welchlin (F); 9. Joe Nordquist (F); 10. Tanner Zupfer (NU).


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CHICAGO — Building on a 10-year history as the International
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Symposium, the Pork Checkoff
co-sponsored the 2013 North American PRRS Symposium.
The meeting drew 200 participants from across North America
and beyond to share the latest research and insights into the syndrome. The
disease costs the U.S. pork industry $664 million per year or $115 per sow,
shows previous research by Iowa State University.
"The main goal of this conference is the exchange of
knowledge between some of the world's foremost authorities on PRRS so that key
research can move forward as quickly and efficiently as possible," said Lisa
Becton, the Pork Checkoff's director of swine health and information. "The Pork
Checkoff's ultimate goal is to see how research can be applied at the farm level
to help curb this devastating disease."
The meeting focused on the latest discoveries related to
PRRS and associated disease syndromes, including porcine epidemic diarrhea
Speakers focused on PEDV, PRRS surveillance, development of
a PRRS outbreak investigation, roles of PRRS virus proteins, PRRS virus
antibodies and nutritional management of PRRS-infected herds.
The checkoff-funded nutritional research, presented by
Thomas Burkey, University of Nebraska, focused on how PRRS affects pigs all the
way to market weight.
The ongoing research showed a decrease in average daily gain
and average daily feed intake early in the pig's life from which the pigs were
not able to recover through compensatory gain later in life.
Tissue accretion also was reduced 15 percent to 20 percent
all the way to market weight. Burkey said continued research was needed to find
how to specifically feed pigs that are PRRS-positive.


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WesCo North volleyball champion Monroe displayed why it finished the regular season with an 8-0 record, defeating the Wildcats in three straight games on Senior Night at Oak Harbor High School Tuesday, Nov. 4.
The Bearcats, currently the eighth-ranked class 4A team in the most recent Washingtion state coaches poll, were led by outside hitter Kylin Munoz who had 29 kills and served five aces in the match.
Munoz, the 6-foot, 1-inch senior, will attend Brigham Young University in the fall where she said she received a full-ride scholarship to play volleyball for the Cougars.
Monroe opened an 11-7 lead in the first game of the match and stretched the margin to 17-9 before Munoz served an ace to give the Bearcats a 25-13 victory.
In the second game the Wildcats again fell behind early but didn't quit, rallying to tie the score at one point, 11-11.
However, the Bearcats got their offense in gear once again and captured the second game 25-14.
The third game of the match was an entirely different story.
Oak Harbor senior Kim Mowbray, playing in the final match of her high school career, took things over at the serving line and at the net and kept the Wildcats in the game.
With help from fellow seniors Jessica Muzzall and Jennifer Jansen, Oak Harbor played right with the Bearcats.
After falling behind 6-3, the Wildcats got a side out and Jansen knocked down a kill to cut the lead to a single point.
Muzzall followed with an ace on serve and just like that, the score was tied 6-6.
Later in the game, Mowbray recorded a kill and then tipped down another point to give the Wildcats to a 22-18 lead.
With Melany Cone on the serving line, Mowbray made a big block at the net to put Oak Harbor up 23-19 and Monroe coach April Munoz called a time out.
After that, the Bearcats came roaring back on three kills and a tip by Kylin Munoz to reclaim the lead, 24-23.
Monroe junior Emily Bourg then served a game-winning ace for a 25-23 Bearcat victory.
Cone had 20 assists for Oak Harbor.
Jansen led the Wildcats in kills
with nine and served three aces. Mowbray had seven kills and Muzzall had six.
Oak Harbor ends the season 1-7 in WesCo North matches and 3-11 overall.
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Red Sox camp at Fort Myers, Fla., continued to pick up speed over the weekend, with media outlets chasing baseball in the Sunshine State posting a slew of online updates.
One update in particular caught my eye: Kevin Youkilis will be keeping a "player diary" this season on ESPN.com.
The first entry was posted Sunday night, with Youk making the surprisingly candid observation that he isn't the biggest fan of fielding practice. An excerpt:
The worst part of spring training has got to be ground balls because you've got to take so many ground balls. It's endless. These fields are a little choppy, so you get some bad hops. You know, ground ball after ground ball after ground ball, it just gets boring. A lot of us, we just like to hit and we play a position so we can hit. So I'd have to say ground balls are probably the worst part of spring training.
Clearly, Youkilis takes his defense seriously, considering he's good enough to man both first and third base and won a Gold Glove Award in 2007 for his work at first, where he didn't commit an error that season. It makes it that much more interesting that he considers fielding something he must do to get the chance to hit.
A footnote on Youkilis' "player diary": Since it's written through a ghostwriter, it's difficult to label Youk's work as a blog. One also has to wonder how long it will last and how frequently updates will be provided, considering the aptly named "YOOOOOUUUUUKKKKK" blog he once wrote for MLB.com was sporadically updated after being launched with great fanfare. Remember this?


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Migrants: Obama urges Latin leaders, GOP to help
WASHINGTON — Pressing for swift action, President Barack Obama on Friday urged Central American presidents and congressional Republicans to help ease the influx of minors and migrant families crossing the southwest border of the U.S.
He emphasized to the regional leaders that despite U.S. compassion for migrant children, those who do not have a proper claim to remain in the U.S. will be turned back.
While citing progress in stemming the flow, Obama called on House Republicans to act urgently on his request for emergency spending. With one week left before Congress' August recess, Republicans on Friday were trying to unite behind a plan that would spend about one-fourth of the amount in Obama's proposal.
"It is my hope that Speaker Boehner and House Republicans will not leave town for the month of August for their vacations without doing something to help solve this problem," Obama said after meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. "We need action and less talk."
Obama played down a proposed pilot program that his administration is considering that would give refugee status to young people from Honduras. White House officials said the plan, which could be expanded to Guatemala and El Salvador, would involve screening youths in their home countries to determine whether they qualify for refugee status.
Obama said such an effort would affect only a small number of asylum seekers.
"There may be some narrow circumstances in which there is humanitarian or refugee status that a family might be eligible for," he said. If that were the case it would be better for them to apply in-country rather than take a very dangerous journey up to Texas to make those same claims. But I think it's important to recognize that that would not necessarily accommodate a large number of additional migrants."


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KentvilleŌĆÖs Nova Scotia Senior Baseball team is now 1-13 on the season after a July 10 loss to Dartmouth Dry 11-1 at Beazley Field.
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Retired Lt. Col. James B. Olinger Jr. was good at a lot of things, especially training soldiers.
"Jim was an infantry battalion training officer. He knew about training soldiers and he was good at it. When he talked about a training concept or an event he was getting ready to execute, you knew it was going to be well planned and thoroughly resourced. It was also going to be meaningful for the soldiers taking part in it. Jim trained light infantry in the 28th Division's 2nd Brigade.
He drew on his Vietnam experiences which were still in short-term memory. He was a hell of a soldier in combat and he had the citations to back it up. At the same time though, his natural abilities as a trainer would have come through without the jungle time," said retired Col. Barry Reynolds of Linglestown.
Olinger, 65, of Palmyra, died May 4.
He was a career soldier with 29 years of active, reserve and National Guard service.
A decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, he served multiple combat tours in Southeast Asia assigned to the Military Advisory Command-Vietnam and for his service and combat actions he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge; Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device for Valor, with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC); Purple Heart, with 1 OLC; Legion of Merit; Meritorious Service Medal, with 1 OLC; Army Commendation Medal, with 3 OLCs; Air Medal; Humanitarian Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star (individual award); Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal, First Class; Presidential Unit Citation; Meritorious Unit Citation; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation; along with numerous other federal and state service medals and ribbons.
Olinger was an active life member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 1983; VFW Post 6417, Palmyra; F&AM Lodge 313, Indiana; and a life member of the US Parachute Association.
Surviving are his wife, Lorna (Pryor) Olinger, his daughters, Andrea S. Olinger and her children Taylor and Tyler; Capt. Elizabeth A. Tallent, her husband, Warren, and their daughter, Devin; Kristina L. Litzenberger, her husband, Josh, and their children Riley and Brayden; Amber L. Alter and her son, Ryder; and his sister, Elaine (Olinger) Trice and her husband, William.
Reynolds said that Olinger eventually worked as the mobilization and readiness specialist at the state headquarters at Fort Indiantown Gap.
"Jim was a soldier, friend and man that everyone sought out for advice on a wide array of topics," Reynolds said.
After Olinger retired from the military, Reynolds said he became a contractor "and was a key developer of the most modern virtual training base in the Army National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap. As the leader of the Battle Command Training Center, he was responsible for some of the most innovative training and evaluation programs available to soldiers. He built the center from the ground up and saw it through infancy to full maturity."
From his guest book:
"One of the finest military officers I ever worked with. Jim will be missed by all those he touched both in and out of the military."
-- Frank Deyo
"I am a better officer because of his influence and assistance at the BTCT at FTIG. The world was a better place because of his presence here. My thoughts and prayers!"
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Ahhhhh... Sheep. Now I get the references to unsavory smells. Although - my Oma taught me to sleep on top of well-preserved sheep skins in those really cold village German houses, and if you can get one from a good tanner, the saved body eat is awesome and it only lightly smells of lanolin, which I actually like.
I remember when I used to be in the marching band, when a school had that loose black cinder stuff covering the track around the football field - I would blow sooty boogers clear into the next day.
Can't you beat up the cook or something just before hamburger day so you all don't get Sahara-dry beef??? Someone ought to tell that person that the cow done died once - cooking it to death ain't gonna make it any deader.
Nothing much happening at my place... After the distraction of the Christmas season, now I am noticing how short the days are. Blech. At least we get to spend a week at an indoor waterpark at the beginning of February - Kalahari Resort. You ought to look it up - they have some pretty decent indoor water slides. One is literally a ginormous funnel in which a four-man raft can swirl around, just like the Tidy Bowl man, and drop through the bottom into another pool. My kids love it.


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By Amanda Ippolito
WEST WINDSOR — The annual lacrosse rivalry game between West Windsor-Plainsboro North and South high schools — started three years ago with just a small fundraising basket to benefit injured veterans — has grown this year to include 30 volunteers and more than a dozen vendors.
Organizers hope to raise $3,000 — up from less than $1,000 last year.
The tournament is scheduled for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North.
It will include four games, with the varsity and junior varsity squads of both the boys' and girls' programs squaring off.
All proceeds will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides various programs to assist and raise awareness for injured veterans.
Denise Marsch, a coach for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, started the tournament with a personal connection to the cause: Her father was a Korean War veteran, and she witnessed the physical and emotional issues many veterans face.
After last year's event, which included a few raffles, Marsch decided to turn the games into a bigger, community-wide event.
She began reaching out to local businesses in November and said she was overwhelmed by how many people were willing to donate their services.
Teachers, parents and students have offered their time.
And while the athletes are excited for the rivalry, Marsch said, they understand what it's all about.
She asked them to research the Wounded Warrior Project and make posters about its mission.
"It was a learning experience for a lot of them. They're very, very excited about this," Marsch said.
Money will be raised through T-shirt and refreshment sales, raffles and silent auctions.
The event has also raised funding by selling vendor spots to the New Jersey Devils, Verizon Wireless, Princeton Wellness Center, U.S. Army and Marines representatives, Mrs. Green's Natural Market and Dr. Robert Altomare's dentistry services.
According to Marsch, there are some big prizes to be won, including tickets to Trenton Thunder and Devils games, golf and tennis outings and prom packages.
She said she made sure raffle items were provided by local businesses popular with students and their parents.
Companies that donated raffle items include the Devils, Princeton University, the Trenton Thunder baseball team, Mercer County Tennis & Golf Centers, Romeo's Pizza, It's a Grind Coffee House, Grover's Mill Coffee House, Hair Plus, Plainsboro Flowers and Aljon's Pizza.
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, Casa Rosario's, Bagel Street Grill, McCaffrey's, the Village Store and Sam's Club have donated food for concessions and volunteers.
"I know these are things that the people of West Windsor are interested in," Marsch said.
Auction and raffle tickets can be purchased Saturday until the middle of the last game, at 2 p.m.
The first game begins at 9 a.m. with the junior varsity girls teams, and the junior varsity boys will follow at 10:30 a.m.
The varsity girls game will begin at noon, and the varsity boys will play at 1:45 p.m.
This is the first time the girls' teams have been included.
"I think it'll be a much bigger, much better event because everybody is involved," Marsch said.
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As the government bans ash imports to halt the spread of "dieback"and fells 100,000 trees affected by the disease , Channel 4 asks what effect it will have on the UK.
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What is the threat, and where has it come from?
Chalara fraxinea - or ash dieback to give it its common name - was discovered in Poland in 1992 and has since spread to other European countries.
Denmark is one of the hardest hit countries. Since its discovery there in 2005, more than 90 per cent of its ash trees have been destroyed.
How does the disease spread?
Although there is no clear scientific evidence yet, it is understood that fungus spores are spread by wind - as far as 10 miles by strong gusts.
When were the first British cases reported?
A Buckinghamshire nursery was the site of the first ash dieback discovery in February 2012 - it was found in saplings it had imported from the Netherlands.
Since then, more than 20 different woodland sites have reported cases. It has also been sighted in mature trees for the first time, in separate sites in Suffolk and Norfolk.
What is being done to stop the problem?
Imports of ash trees are to be banned from Monday in an attempt to stop the spread of a disease The Forestry Commission and the government is assembling a task force to look at the problem.
How many ash trees are there across the UK?
An estimated 80 million, taking up around 30 per cent of woodland across the country. By contrast, Dutch elm disease killed around 25 million elm trees between the 1970s and the 1990s.
How will the loss of ash trees affect our environment?
Fallen ash leaves are an ideal source of nitrogen and other feeds for animals and other plants. Many bluebell woods are mainly ash, as the trees' branches are ideally spaced for light to pass through and let the bluebells grow. Owls and woodpeckers also depend on ash trees.
How important are ash trees to our timber industry?
Ash wood has two main practical uses. It is excellent firewood, and burns well even before being dried.
The other main use of ash wood is when both strength and a little flexibility are needed. In sports, ash is commonly used for hockey sticks, oars, snooker cues and for the sticks known as hurleys used in the Irish sport of hurling. "The clash of the ash" is a familiar phrase to Irish sports journalists trying to convey the excitement of a hurling match.
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JACKSON -- Alli Owens has no intention of just being one of the guys at the racetrack.
Owens, a 20-year-old Daytona Beach, Fla., native, will make her second start at Michigan International Speedway on Friday for the Racing for Wildlife 200 ARCA Re/Max Series race. The 5:15 p.m. race will follow NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying.
Owens will start 24th based on car owner points after qualifying was rained out Thursday.
Defending race winner Justin Lofton of Westmoreland, Calif., and James Buescher of Plano, Texas, will start on the front row.
The field also includes past winner Frank Kimmel (1998, 2005), who will start on the outside of the second row.
Owens expects to move up quickly in the race.
Last week at Pocono, she started 28th and roared past 11 cars before completing the first lap. She finished 10th, her second consecutive top-10 finish.
She hopes it is part of a stepping-out party that will have her racing competitively on a bigger stage in 2010.
"It's been a big step for me this year, not just on the race track, but off it, too," Owens said Thursday. "It's no secret that stock car is looking for its Danica Patrick."
There are some people close to Owens on the public relations side of her racing effort who have ideas to market a driver who just might be one of stock car racing's next big thing.
"There's a right way and a wrong way to approach it," Owens said. "It's been a big learning curve for me. My whole life growing up has been jeans, T-shirts, ball caps and sneakers and just trying to blend in as much as possible at the racetrack.
"Now, it's about being proud to be a girl. The part of adjusting to high heels is worse than adjusting to a 200 mph race car."
Owens continues to test her boundaries outside a race car.
She hosts a weekly national radio show, "Gas N Go With Alli O," on VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network that focuses on women in racing, and she was taken about as far out of her comfort zone as she could imagine on a recent trip to New York.
"There have been times this year when it has been more about marketing that it has been racing," Owens said. "They just sent me to New York for a makeover. I had a hairstylist, a clothing stylist, a makeup artist. I had five guys pulling on me at the same time for the camera. This is not me at all."
Owens is more comfortable under the hood of a car than she is in front of a camera at a fashion shoot. She has been a racer first since she started riding BMX bikes at age 8 and quarter midgets at 12.
"I'm never just a driver," Owens said. "If I was just a driver, I wouldn't be here. When I was younger, if I didn't work on my bike or if I didn't work on my car, we didn't go race.
"I remember plenty of times during spring break changing rear end axles on race cars instead of being at the beach. I wouldn't have changed those experiences for anything, because now, when I go out to the race track and I'm making adjustments and talking about it, it's not a foreign language to me."
Owens, who lives in Mooresville, N.C., said she plans to run 15 to 20 races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series next year. That would put her one step from her ultimate goal of running in the Sprint Cup Series.
"You can't expect everyone out here to understand what your life is like being a female race car driver," she said. "But hey, I put on my fire suit the same way, I put my shoes on the same way and I strap on my helmet the same way.
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The St. Tammany Parish Library has received a $10,000 grant to participate in The Big Read. With the grant funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the library will invite residents throughout St. Tammany to spend the spring of 2014 reading and celebrating "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett.
The library's Big Read events will begin March 14.
The St. Tammany Parish Library is one of 77 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host The Big Read between September 2013 and June 2014. The Big Read is a program of the NEA, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The Big Read is managed by Arts Midwest.
Library Director Donald Westmoreland said, "As the only participating Louisiana library, we feel honored to have been chosen as a Big Read grant recipient. We look forward to celebrating one of the classics of literature in a fun and exciting way."
NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa said, "It's wonderful to see that these 77 communities are making reading and the celebration of books a priority. I look forward to seeing the innovative ways they find to engage their communities in these great works of classic and contemporary literature."
The Big Read provides communities nationwide with the opportunity to read, discuss, and celebrate one of 31 selections from U.S. and world literature. The 77 selected organizations will receive Big Read grants to promote and carry out community-based reading programs featuring activities such as read-athons, book discussions, lectures, movie screenings, and performing arts events.
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Residents near the Garfield Avenue chromium site in Jersey City were given some good news at a community meeting, The Jersey Journal reports.
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CHAGRIN FALLS - The Chagrin Valley Conference High School Honors Band was recently selected, including Chagrin Falls High School students Shan Kanvinde, Peter Berlin, Sophia Gielink, Celene Gielink, Andrew Crouch, and Dylan Moore.
Honor band students from all 18 Chagrin Valley Conference Schools were eligible for this honor. Selection was based on director recommendation and by instrumentation.
The band will work together on April 17 prior to their free concert that evening at Painesville's Harvey High School.
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Tiger Moth is a red and yellow biplane who is reckless and daring. In the magazines, Tiger Moth has a face.
He flies high and low, doing tricks to show off, and is very rude indeed. He learnt his lesson after crashing into a haystack.
Tiger Moth is loosely based on a de Havilland Tiger Moth with a radial engine and tail resembling that of a Sopwith Camel. According to an interview with Robert Gauld-Galliers by SiF, Tiger Moth is actually a Nieuport 17 Bi-Plane.
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- The red and yellow paint work resembles the Tiger Moth model (and plane for the live-action footage) in the "Thunderbirds" movie "Thunderbird 6". This makes sense, as David Mitton worked for Gerry Anderson on the original programme and subsequent show Anderson created.
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Spring Training Report 3.24.15
Possible Gwinnett Braves right-handed starter, and Atlanta Braves starting rotation candidate, Mike Foltynewicz took the mound Tuesday for the Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Foltynewicz recorded four of his first six outs via strikeout, but the Phillies also tagged him for three runs on four hits and two walks in 2 2/3 innings. Atlanta rallied to tie the game at three in the seventh inning but ultimately fell 5-3 at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Foltynewicz had been scheduled to start Monday against the Houston Astros in Kissimmee, Fla., but the Braves pushed him back a day because of the possibility of rain. He is 0-2 with a 7.06 ERA (6 ER in 7.2 IP) and is tied for second on the club with 10 strikeouts in four Spring Training starts.
Other possible G-Braves pitchers' stats from Tuesday vs. Philadelphia:
LHP Manny Banuelos, 3.0 IP, 4 H, BB, 2 K.
RHP Arodys Vizcaino (L, 0-2), 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, K.
RHP Cody Martin, 1.0 IP, K.
Infielder Pedro Ciriaco continued his torrid pace offensively with singles in both of his at-bats against the Phillies while playing third base. He scored on a seventh-inning home run by shortstop Andrelton Simmons and stole his first base of Spring Training when he swiped second in the eighth. Ciriaco is 6-for-10 in his last four games, and his 13 hits, overall, are tied for the team lead.
Other potential G-Braves position players stats from Tuesday against the Phillies:
Kelly Johnson (1B), 1-for-2, R.
John Buck (C), 0-for-2.
Todd Cunningham (RF), 0-for-1, K.
Eury Perez (pinch hit), 0-for-1, K.
The Braves have their final off day of Spring Training on Wednesday. They will resume play with a contest against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:05 p.m. Thursday in Bradenton, Fla.
2013 Spring Training – Weekly Update
Spring Training is underway and the Atlanta Braves have got off to a slow start, losing three of their first four games. With new faces around camp and early departures for the World Baseball Classic, the Braves are not worried about win-loss records, but concerned with building a continuity to prepare for an exciting summer of baseball.
With several regulars leaving for the WBC, it has allowed for former 2012 G-Braves to make an impact in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Twelve of 15 Braves that wore the G-Braves uniform in 2012 have seen the field this spring.
Joe Terdoslavich made a big splash, hitting a solo-homer on Feb.22 against the Detroit Tigers. His home run was the lone run for the Braves, as they were stymied by seven different pitchers in a 2-1 loss.
Tyler Pastornicky has flourished since Andrelton Simmons left to Taiwan to prepare for the WBC. In his last two games, Pastornicky has picked up two hits and an RBI.
The other three positions players, Ernesto Mejia, Jordan Parraz and Jose Yepez have one hit each through the first four games. Jose Constanza, who is having visa issues in the Dominican Republic, is yet to report to camp.
On the hill, the race for five went from luke-warm to steamy. Sean Gilmartin and Julio Teheran matched each other on Sunday afternoon with two scoreless frames. Both hurlers picked up two strikeouts and allowed one base runner each. Gilmartin gave up a single, while Teheran walked one.
If the race for five was not enough, the bullpen battles are starting to get hot. Cory Gearrin has tossed two scoreless frames, allowing one hit and recording two strikeouts, while Dusty Hughes hurled a perfect frame with one strikeout.
Lefties Ryan Buchter, Yohan Flande and Daniel Rodriguez have struggled through the first few days of camp. Buchter has allowed two runs on three hits in one inning. Flande has given up six runs on seven hits in two innings of baseball. Rodriguez' control issues continue to give him trouble, walking three and giving up three runs in his lone appearance.
The players return to action today at 1:05 p.m. at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, FL against the Washington Nationals.
Simmons Promoted to Atlanta, Pastornicky Demoted to Gwinnett
The future is now according to the Atlanta Braves most recent move. The Braves shortstop of the future Andrelton Simmons has been promoted to the Atlanta Braves from Double-A Mississippi as he'll skip an appearance in Triple-A Gwinnett. With the promotion, the Braves rookie shortstop Tyler Pastornicky has been reassigned to Triple-A Gwinnett, where he played his 2011 season. Also, the G-Braves middle infielder Greg Paiml has been sent down to Double-A Mississippi to fill Simmons' void at shortstop….The shortstop roulette shuffle continues within the Atlanta Braves organization.
Simmons is widely considered the best fielding shortstop in minor league baseball, and some scouts say he is already a better fielder than half of the shortstops at the Major League level. He reminds a lot of people of Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus.
Last season, Simmons won the Carolina League batting title in Single-A Lynchburg with a .311 batting average, forcing scouts to think of him as an all-around player. In 43 games with Mississippi this season, Simmons batted .292 with 28 runs scored, 50 hits, nine doubles, two triples, three home runs, 21 RBI, 10 stolen bases and an extraordinary 1:1 walk to strikeout ratio with 20 of each in Double-A.
Pastornicky, 22, made his Major League debut this season with the Braves as part of their Opening Day roster. The Bradenton, FL native hit .248 with six doubles, a triple, a home run, 12 RBIs and two stolen bases in 45 games with Atlanta.
Originally a fifth-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2008, Pastornicky was acquired via trade by Atlanta in July of 2010. He made his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett last season, hitting .365 with two doubles, a home run, nine RBIs and seven stolen bases in 27 games.
Paiml, 27, hit .212 with four doubles, seven RBIs and two stolen bases in 29 games for the G-Braves. The Tuscaloosa, AL native was acquired by the Braves from the Chicago White Sox in March and was in his first Triple-A season.
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By: Tony Piraro
Greetings from Champion Stadium
It's the first-ever "G-Blog On Location" if you will, as I write to you from the slightly damp Champion Stadium pressbox at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, FL. I'm taking in my first Atlanta Braves Spring Training game today, a split-squad tilt vs. the New York Mets that's scheduled for 1:05 PM.
Scheduled is the key word. We had a sudden rain storm pass through that seemed to catch everyone off-guard, including myself as I rushed to move out of the first row of press seating. The grounds crew is currently working on fixing up a large puddle on the left side of the diamond, where Chipper Jones and Andrelton Simmons are slated to be this afternoon.
Here's a few photos I've taken already today:
Here's a look at the Braves' lineup for today: Andrelton Simmons (SS), Martin Prado (DH), Brian McCann (C), Dan Uggla (2B), Chipper Jones (3B), Eric Hinske (1B), Jason Heyward (RF), Stefan Gartrell (LF), Todd Cunningham (CF), Randall Delgado (SP).
Personally, I'm excited to see Gartrell in action after all I've read about his 2011 campaign in Gwinnett. I'm also intrigued to get my first look at Simmons, the #4 prospect in the Braves' system according to Baseball America. Plus, I'll get a first-hand view of Delgado, who throws for the first time since a forgettable first Spring outing against Detroit on March 4. It looks like we'll be ready to get underway here shortly.
I'll likely be tweeting throughout the game at my personal account, @DaveLezotte and re-tweeting through @GwinnettBraves. Feel free to check in throughout what should now be a gorgeous day for baseball here in Lake Buena Vista.


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Anyone who orders a "7 and 7" at Brownies or the Great American Pub near St. Joseph's University will now be served with seven blocks and seven dunks.
On an electrifying evening on City Line Avenue, the Hawks of St. Joe's hosted a dunk contest while the Wildcats of Villanova spectated. All the hype that went into this year's rendition of the Holy War certainly lived up to it, as all 4,200 strong at Hagan Arena blew the roof off the place.
From the towering blocks, monstrous dunks, nifty passes and smooth shooting, once SJU grabbed the lead, they never looked back. Villanova came out flat from the start and had no shot at beating the Hawks on this night.
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