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Malcolm Campbell Family and friends of one of the victims of the Pike River mine disaster have stripped off for a calendar to raise money for the recovery fund.
The group, from Malcolm Campbell's home town of St Andrews in Scotland, posed naked in various locations around the town with strategic obstacles to oreserve their modesty.
The women and some men were photographed on the beach, in the sea, pub, at the harbour and one on a horse for the calendar which is available online for £13 ($26.50).
Among the models are Malcolm's mother Jane in two group shots and his sister Kerry, who was pictured beside his favourite beach, Cottesloe in Perth, Australia, where he once lived.
Her picture is featured in November - the month of the tragedy.
Mr Campbell, 25, worked in Australian gold mines for two years before moving to New Zealand where he was planning to marry Kiwi fiancee Amanda Shields a few weeks after the explosion.
Jakie Barclay, a friend of the Campbell family in St Andrews, said: "We wanted to do something for the family and the efforts to retrieve the bodies. It's a scandal that families like Malcolm's haven't been able to bring the bodies home for burial after all this time. It's difficult to grieve without it.
"Malcolm was a great boy, hard-working, loving and down to earth and his family miss him terribly.
"The calendar was great fun and quite liberating but we never forgot why we were doing it."
St Andrews photographer Stuart Reid took the pictures free of charge.
"It was great fun but a bit cold. We did the photographs in October and one of the women even went in the sea which was very brave.
Twelve women and five men - whose jobs ranged from homecare assistants to housewives and chemist technicians to nurses and taxi drivers - took part in the photo shoot.
Orders have come from Mexico, Dubai the US and New Zealand.
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text: A Cowboy's Life (Hardcover) http://www.amazon.com/Cowboys-Life-Bob-Lilly/dp/1600781012/ by Bob Lilly (Author), Kristine Clark (Author), Roger Staubach (Foreword) List Price: $24.95 # Hardcover: 256 pages # Publisher: Triumph Books (September 10, 2008) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 1600781012 # ISBN-13: 978-1600781018 Book Description Bob Lilly is Mr. Cowboy. The humble man from Throckmorton, Texas, often called "the greatest defensive tackle in NFL history," shares his life's journey for the first time in A Cowboy's Life. Lilly recounts his humble beginnings in Texas, being the first player ever drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1961, his induction into the Ring of Honor, and his passion for photography. It's all here: Lilly's innumerable successes, his injuries, the stories of what he did after he retired from the Cowboys, and what he is doing today. Well supplemented with many never-before-published photographs taken by Lilly himself, A Cowboy's Life is the real story of Mr. Cowboy, straight from the man who lived it all. From the Publisher "A man like that comes along once in a lifetime. He is something a little more than great. Nobody is better than Bob Lilly." --Tom Landry "Regardless of whether Bob was double-teamed or even triple-teamed, he'd still beat you. There were times when he didn't even confront the opposition at all. He would either jump over them, go around them, or strategically outsmart them by making the play." --Roger Staubach, from the foreword

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LAFAYETTE (AP) — Two groups approved to start three charter schools in Lafayette Parish say they are on track to open schools as planned in August and one is already starting to look for key staff to run its schools.
In October, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved a total of five new charter schools by two charter groups to open in the parish between 2014 and 2017.
The first three are scheduled to open in time for the next school year.
"We're in negotiations for two properties," Jay Miller, a board member of Louisiana Achievement Charter Academies told The Advocate (http://bit.ly/1hgKrhE). The group is opening two K-8 schools in the parish — one in August and the other by 2015 — in partnership with the charter management company National Heritage Academies.
Contracts should be in hand in early December for the two schools set for an August opening by the Lafayette Charter Foundation, said Mary Louella Cook, foundation president.
The group joined with charter management company Charter Schools USA to open three schools in the parish: two K-8 schools in August and a high school by 2017.
One of the K-8 schools will be built in Sugar Mill Pond in Youngsville; the second is planned for Couret Place, a new development in north Lafayette.
Cook said the foundation is accepting applications for principals with a goal of hiring its two school leaders by February or March.
Miller said his board will begin its staff search after its construction contracts for schools are squared away.
Both groups' boards will meet in December, though details are still being worked out for such things as meeting locations and sites for temporary offices.


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I first started hunting turkeys in the spring season of 2012. Prior to that, I had only shot at three pheasants, and missed. I had tagged along on many, many hunts for waterfowl, upland birds, and deer, but this would be my first season truly attempting to fill a tag. During the spring of 2012, I spent many early mornings and full days pursuing turkeys. I even had the opportunity to shoot at three big gobblers. Even though I had been great at target & skeet shooting, turkey fever seemed to get the best of me all season long! Each time I missed a gobbler, I felt utterly devastated. There were a few rides home in the truck that consisted of me crying and feeling terrible. How could these big, gnarly birds get me so worked up?
The next spring season rolled around and by that time, I had shot 25 birds including grouse, ducks, geese and one Hungarian partridge. The fall/winter had been good to me and I was determined and feeling very confident on finally getting a turkey! The spring of 2013 was a great one, but again, I came up empty handed. That season, I never even had the opportunity to shoot at one. What a bummer!!!!!
Fall turkey season came around again this year (2013), and honestly, I wasn't even thinking about turkeys. I just shot my first deer this October, and have been very successful with grouse again. When my boyfriend, Chattan, who has been my hunting guide all along, suggested we try for some fall turkeys, I couldn't help but want to try again. We got permission from a landowner and were able to do a spot and stalk on private land. We snuck up a small hill to peer into a draw where we thought they'd be, and sure enough, there were two nice gobblers. One for each of us! The lead gobbler started to run away, and Chattan told me to stand up and shoot him. Now was my chance. I took the shot and it was perfect. He was down! Chattan shot his immediately after. I was hollering for joy that we had both shot turkeys! It was my first one ever and his third. Words cannot explain my excitement after all the hard work and two unsuccessful spring seasons. My bird turned out to be a bit of a freak. He actually had SEVEN beards which totaled 32.5 inches in length. He weighed 18 lb 4 oz and had ¾" spurs. Through the NWTF website I entered the numbers and found out he scored 98.25. He was beautiful and came along just in time for Thanksgiving. I also shot a grouse on Thanksgiving day, which we threw in the pot, and so this was the first year where I have provided the meat for the holiday. What an unforgettable experience in Orofino, Idaho. - Julie Tibbets


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Chad White – Male Model Mondays
Chad White is probably the most photographed and most famous male model currently working today. His work for L'Uomo Voque is one of his most important stints as a model, as photographed by world-renowned photographer, Steven Klein.
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Shasta County Sheriff Animal Regulation
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Who We Are
Shasta County Animal Shelter has been in existence at the same location for over 55 years. We have provided all Animal Care and Shelter Services for the unincorporated area of Shasta County, Redding,California. We were a small shelter dedicated to the placement of select individuals into loving, responsible homes.
However, there are new changes on the immediate horizon. Shasta County Animal Shelter will be closing it's doors permanantly beginning January 1st, 2013. The County has contracted all sheltering and licensing services with the local humane society. So, beginning January 1st, 2013- ALL stray and owner unwanted animals from the unincorporated area of Shasta County will be housed with Haven Humane Society located on Eastside rd., Redding. Haven Humane will also be responsible for selling Shasta County animal licenses for 2013, as well. If you are missing an animal please call or go in to Haven Humane Society. If you should have any questions on dog licensing in the unincorporated area of Shasta County for 2013, please call them at phone number (530) 241- 1653. Although Shasta County Animal Regulation is no longer providing shelter or licensing services, we will continue to provide Enforcement and Regulation services for the unincorporated area of Shasta County. Our ofice is closed to the public and will NOT be manned. We can be reached at (530) 245-6065 for enforcement services only and for Emergency/ After-hour situations that are EMERGENCIES ONLY, please contact ShasCom Dispatch Agency @ 245-6540. If you have an Enforcement or Animal Service complaints for the unincorporated areas of Shasta County, please continue calling Shasta County Animal Regulation at (530)245-6065 for service.
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Sept. 13, 2004
In 2003, University of Tennessee Women's Golf Head Coach Judi Pavon's goal for the team was a return to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2000. Pavon achieved that feat, as the Lady Volunteers had an extremely successful regular-season and earned a berth to the championships. At the national invite, the Big Orange finished in 11th place on the strength of a program-record score of 1193, besting the previous mark of 1197 set in 1997.
For 2004-05, the goals are significantly higher, as all five starters return from the record-setting squad, including National Golf Coaches' Association All-American Jessica Shepley and first-team SEC honoree Violeta Retamoza. Add in four talented newcomers and the orange-clad linksters have one of the deepest squads in the nation and are ready to "Stake Their Claim" this season as one of collegiate golf's elite teams.
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Guiding the way for the Lady Vols will be Pavon, who enters her fifth full season as the head coach. Pavon continues to impress, as under her tutelage Lady Vols have earned National Golf Coaches' Association All-America status five times, garnered All-SEC accolades on 14 occasions, earned six tournaments titles and four individual winners. For that success to continue, Pavon realizes the squad must strive to achieve its preseason objectives.
"I have high goals for the team this season," Pavon said. "I'd like to win the SEC Championship and finish in the top five at the National Championship. In addition, I would like to see us win more than once as a team and have more than one individual victory as well. It's not often that you have a team that really has the potential to be great. This team has that potential. I have nine strong players who are good students and great people. I'm looking forward to working with them and seeing what we can accomplish together."
Joining Pavon in the coaching efforts will be former UT golfer Caroline Cole (1998-02), who returned to her alma mater in July 2004 to serve as the assistant golf coach. The first-year coach has spent the past two years playing on the Futures Tour before working as an operations intern with the National Junior Golf Coaches' Association. Previously, Cole followed her playing career by serving as a volunteer assistant coach with the Lady Vols during the 2001-02 season.
"I think Carrie will play a huge role in recruiting," Pavon said. "She is a very personable, well-spoken individual who has first-hand knowledge of being a student-athlete at Tennessee. She will bring a unique perspective to our coaching staff. I think Carrie will also relate to the players very well, which will help day-in and day-out with the rigors of being a student-athlete. Carrie and I have a great relationship and will work really well together. I'm really looking forward to having a friend as my assistant coach."
Pavon and Cole welcome back all five starters from last year's record-setting squad. In addition to Shepley and Retamoza, senior Teesha Ash, junior Golda Johansson and sophomore Holly Cantwell return for the Lady Vols. Joining the returning letterwinners are North Carolina State transfer Sarah Bonner-Shanks, Tennessee high school state champion Jennifer Davis, America Junior Golf Association All-American Christie Reed and 2003 Miss Kentucky Golf Marci Turner.
"This team will only be limited by themselves," Pavon said. "Sometimes when you haven't won the big tournaments or competed to be the best, you can't see that it's possible. We are going to work day-in and day-out to get this team to dream big and believe in themselves. With self-confidence I think we can achieve all of our goals. We definitely have the best team in the country players 1-9 and, probably, players 1-7 also. On paper I believe we're one of the top five 1-5. We just have to believe it and prove it.
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"Having so many good players on the team is a real luxury. It will be tough on the players as individuals, because they will never feel safe in their spot. But for the team, it will be terrific. I can see any of the nine players making the top-five lineup at one time or another. We are going to be very competitive every day, which will ultimately make us a stronger, mentally-tougher team."
With this year's squad returning Retamoza and Shepley, Pavon has two solid top players who can be counted on each tournament. She also understands, however, that to accomplish the goals this year that it truly will take a team effort.
"When you have goals like winning the SEC or finishing in the top five nationally, you can't do it with just one or two players," Pavon said. "Jessica and Violeta have always been players we really lean on, but in order to be one of the best teams, we are going to need five players step up. I'm looking for Golda, Teesha, Holly, Marci and Christie to really compete against each other for a spot in the lineup and to perform well in competition. No matter who fills the role, we are going to have to have strong performances from the number three and number four spots. The one and two players are so important to the success of the team, but the three and four scores are the difference in being a good team or a great one."
Shepley returns for her senior year after coming off a tremendous 2003 campaign. It culminated with a record-setting performance at the NCAA Championships, where she set the program mark for low score in the tournament with a 286 and tied current LPGA golfer Young-A Yang's team standard with a fifth-place finish. After her first three years, the Oakville, Ontario, native has a career scoring average of 75.68, which ranks as the third best in school annals. In 2003, Shepley had a stroke average of 75.62 while finishing in the top 25 at four tournaments with three top-10 finishes. Shepley also turned in a strong performance at the SEC Championships, finishing in a tie for fourth place with a 218. The standout will also be counted on in a leadership role again, serving as the team captain for the third consecutive season.
"I really can't believe Jessica is already a senior," Pavon said. "She was my first recruit as head coach and will always be special to me. She has been a great player and a great leader for our team. She really started to play some great golf late in the year last season, and I know her confidence will be high starting this season. She is one of those people whom everyone depends on and looks up to, and she loves being in that role. I know Jessica is looking for her first collegiate win, and that will be a very strong motivator for her during her last season."
Completing the senior contingent is Ash, who will be playing in her second year with the Lady Vols. She will be counted on to provide solid play behind Shepley and Retamoza and appears ready to do so. In her first year with UT, the transfer from Mississippi had a scoring average of 77.87 in 31 rounds. Ash led the Lady Vols at the Las Vegas Founder's Women's Collegiate Showdown with a 219 that put her in a tie for sixth place. In addition, at the NCAA Championships she became the third Lady Vol golfer in history to make a hole-in-one in competitive play. The historic moment came on the 145-yard No. 17 hole and spurred the Chattanooga native to a 69th-place-tying 303.
"Teesha was such a pleasant surprise last season," Pavon said. "Because she had to sit out after transferring, I had no idea what to expect from her in competition. She proved that she has the game, both physically and mentally, to really play well. She had several rounds in the low 70s during the season and had a lot of rounds under par about two-thirds of the way through. If Teesha believes in herself, she will make a strong contribution to the team."
SEC first-team selection Retamoza is back for her junior campaign and is poised to regain the All-America status that she earned in 2002. The Aguascalientes, Mexico, native enters the year with the lowest career scoring average in Big Orange history, currently sitting at 74.32. She is coming off a year in which she played in 33 rounds, accumulating seven top-25 finishes with three of those coming in the top 10. At the SEC Championships, the sophomore battled Vanderbilt's May Wood down to the wire, tying her adversary on the 18th hole to force a playoff. Although Retamoza succumbed on the first playoff hole, her three-under 213 was the third-lowest shot total in an SEC Tournament by a Lady Vol.
Jessica Shepley
"I can't say enough about Violeta and her talent as a player," Pavon said. "She really had a tough sophomore season because of injury, but she had a few really great showings. She is motivated this year to regain the form she had as a freshman and to make sure that people know who she is. With self-confidence and a great attitude, I think Violeta can be one of the best players in the country. If she can get off to a good start this season, I think she will be great. She should be one of the top contenders for SEC Player of the Year."
Johansson is the other junior on this year's team. The Lund, Sweden, native provides the Lady Vols with another strong presence in the lineup. After overcoming an injury early in the year, Johansson finished strong. She turned in a 222 en route to a 14th-place finish at the SEC Championships. She then backed up that performance with a 226 that tied for 20th at the NCAA East Regionals. The performance was key, helping spur the Lady Vols to a seventh-place finish in the region, which qualified UT for the national tournament.
"I am so proud of Golda and the hard work she puts in," Pavon said. "She won the 'Carrie Cole Effort Award' last season as the hardest worker on the team. Her good attitude and work ethic have really paid off, and I think she is ready to play the best golf of her career. I expect Golda to be in our lineup and make a strong contribution to the team's success this season.
Cantwell rounds out the returning starters. As a freshman, the Morristown, Tenn., native competed in nine of 11 tournaments, compiling a scoring average of 78.46. One note of interest is that Cantwell's average lowered after each round of play in competition from 79.89 to 77.67 to 76.33 in the final round. With that type of effort to never give up, Cantwell should be a solid performer this season for the Lady Vols.
"Holly has come a long way since she stepped on campus last season," Pavon said. "She has gained a lot of yardage and knowledge and will be very prepared for this season. Holly probably is one of the best fighters on our team. She never gives up on a round and that makes a huge difference. Now that Holly knows what to expect in competition and practice, I think she will really have a strong year."
With two outgoing players in Mary Jan Fernandez and Tai Perry, Pavon turned to the recruiting path to round out this year's squad. Bonner-Shanks returns to eligibility after transferring from N.C. State. As a member of the Wolfpack, Bonner-Shanks ranked second on the team with a scoring average of 77.00 in 2001-02 and was third with an average of 77.6 in 2002-03. She compiled four top-ten finishes while competing for the Wolfpack, including a career-best tie for seventh place at the Lady Seahawk Invitational in 2001-02.
"Sarah spent last spring recovering from a broken arm and is now healthy and back to 100 percent," Pavon said. "She has had some great collegiate experience and also had a great junior career. She knows what it takes to succeed at the collegiate level and has been working hard this summer to get her game back in shape. Sarah is very enthusiastic and will help keep the players excited about golf when we start to get tired. She has a solid short game and will have a great chance to earn a spot in the traveling lineup."
Davis is one of three incoming freshmen, all of whom come in with high credentials. She joins the Lady Vols from Seymour High School in Seymour, Tenn., where she earned all-state recognition each of her four years. Davis took home the state crown in 2001 and was the runner-up in both 2000 and 2002. In addition, Davis represented the United States as an amateur at the 2002 Junior Ryder Cup.
"Jennifer has almost fully recovered from knee surgery she had last spring," Pavon said. "She has been working very hard on her short game, and her long game is coming around. Jennifer had a great junior career and will be a great collegiate player when she's healthy. She has made a smooth transition into college, and I'm looking forward to getting her into competition this season."
Holly Cantwell
The second of the incoming freshmen is Reed, a native of Coral Spring, Fla. Reed joins the Lady Vols from Westminster Academy where she amassed three regional titles and led her squad to a top-five finish at the state championship each year she competed. As an amateur, she was a two-time AJGA All-American, finishing 2003 as the sixth-ranked player in the United States. She won 72 titles as well as earning 15 top-three finishes, earning a spot on the AJGA Canon Cup Team (East Squad).
"Christie committed to Tennessee almost two years ago, so I feel like she's been a Lady Vol for a long time," Pavon said. "She is a great player and a very hard worker. She has high hopes and expectations for herself and her team while she's at Tennessee, and I think she will really help motivate her teammates to be their best. Christie has spent the last year working on her game and swing to be prepared for collegiate golf, and I'm looking forward to watching her compete for us. She has had a phenomenal junior career and has a lot of experience competing against the best juniors in the world. I think she will be eager to test her game against the best collegiate players."
The third member of the freshman class is Turner, coming to UT out of Monroe County High School in Topkinsville, Ky. At MCHS Turner won the 2003 Kentucky state championship crown with a two-round 141 (73-68) that set the state championship winning margin at 12 strokes. She was a nine-time letterwinner and served as the team captain for eight of those years, competing with the high school golf team since the fourth grade. As an amateur the past three years Turner has posted nine top-10 finishes and claimed three crowns in national tournaments. She was a 2003 Polo Golf Junior All-America selection in 2003 and finished her career ranked No. 20 in the nation.
"I'm really looking forward to coaching Marci for the next four years", Pavon said. "She has such a solid golf swing and a solid overall game. Marci had an outstanding junior career and has plenty of experience to be able to step into college golf without a significant transition. She is also an excellent student and will be a great representative of the university."
With one of its deepest and most talented squads in place for the season, the Lady Vols are ready for another challenging schedule. The Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship tournament highlights the slate, which includes five fall and four spring tourneys before culminating with Southeastern Conference and NCAA postseason play.
"We have a very exciting schedule planned for this season," Pavon said. "I think it's a good mix of very tough tournaments with strong fields and great tournaments with smaller fields. We will be playing to win more often this season, which will be fun for one thing. Our schedule last year was so strong that finishing fifth some weeks was really good, but that doesn't help our confidence. Having some opportunities to win will really help us get more confident and will prepare us for how to close out tournaments in the last nine holes the last day. Our toughest fields will be at the NCAA Fall Preview, the Hooters Match Play, the Arizona Wildcat, Liz Murphey Collegiate and the Landfall Tradition. We are looking forward to some events we haven't been to before, the Cougar Classic and The Landfall Tradition, which are both at phenomenal golf courses and are really well-run events."
The Big Orange opens the fall season Sept. 12-14 at the Cougar Classic at the Yeamans Hall Club in Charleston, S.C. UT then heads west to Corvallis, Ore., for the NCAA Fall Preview Sept. 19-22. The Preview, hosted by Oregon State at the Sunriver Resort, is the first chance many competitors get to see the site of the 2005 NCAA Championships. The tourney marks UT's eighth appearance in the prestigious event. Tennessee then returns to Rocky Top to host the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at Cherokee Country Club in Knoxville over Oct. 7-10.
Teesha Ash
"We are really excited about hosting the Mercedes at Cherokee Country Club this fall," Pavon said. "Cherokee is a great golf course that will really test the players. The greens are very difficult, and that is going to be the difference in scoring. The field this year is very strong with several teams that finished last season ranked in the top 30 and only three teams that were ranked out of the top 50. Of course, our goal will be to win the tournament, and I feel that this year will provide a good opportunity for us to do so."
The Lady Vols then head to Wilmington, N.C., for the Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall, hosted by UNC Wilmington Oct. 28-31. Tennessee concludes its fall slate over Nov. 13-16 with the exciting Hooters Match Play tournament, hosted by the Golf Coaches Association at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The course is the site of last season's incredible finish at the NCAA East Regional that earned UT a berth in the NCAA Championships.
The spring schedule begins Feb. 20-22 with the Lady Vols' sixth trip to the Arizona Wildcat Invitational at the Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz. UT then heads to the South Shore Country Club in Las Vegas, Nev., for the UNLV Invitational over March 14-17. The squad continues the spring season over March 24-27 with a foray into SEC country at the Liz Murphey Collegiate in Athens, Ga. The Lady Vols' last attack on the Liz Murphey ended with a sixth-place finish in 2004. UT concludes regular-season play over March 31-April 3 at the Bryan National Collegiate at Bryan Park in Greensboro, N.C., where Tennessee also finished in sixth place.
The Lady Vol golf squad then turns its attention to the SEC Championship April 15-17 at the Tunica National Golf Club in Tunica, Miss. The Lady Vols then look to make their 13th consecutive appearance at an NCAA Regional over May 5-7. The top eight teams at each of the regional sites advance to the NCAA Championships over May 17-20, hosted by Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., at the Sunriver Resort.
With everything in place, the stage is now set for the Lady Vols to embark on the 13th season of UT golf history. Under the steady guidance of Pavon and Cole, the orange-clad linksters are prepared to battle against the best in the country and "Stake Their Claim" as one of the nation's top programs.


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The Bursar's Office manages student accounts. We issue online bills for tuition and fees, credit your account for payments you make and that you may receive through financial aid. We also offer a payment plan known as UPay. If you are a Perkins Loan Holder or a Nurse Faculty Loan Holder, contact our loan repayment services.
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We are pleased to announce that bills issued this Fall 2016 will consolidate some of the mandatory fees we previously billed separately into one tuition charge. Your tuition charge will reflect the cost of your core education and will now include the curriculum fee and other campus-wide fees; other fees, such as for student activities, housing and dining will be listed separately. Tuition Retention FAQs
Tuition credits, formerly known as waiver, are an award that will lessen the amount of your tuition. While you may receive or be eligible for multiple tuition credits from a variety of sources, you will only be able to use one tuition credit per semester. The dollar value of the tuition credit for the current Academic Year (AY) will remain the same as AY15-16. The value of the tuition credit is based on enrollment eligibility and will not exceed $857 per semester or $1714 per AY.
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Lawyer: Gossip doesn't make pastor, Arthur Schirmer, guilty of murder
STROUDSBURG, Pa. - A prosecutor suggested Tuesday that a philandering pastor killed both of his wives because he was unhappy with his sex life, but the former clergyman's attorney said that his client's adultery doesn't make him a murderer.
Prosecutor Michael Mancuso told a jury in Monroe County that Arthur Schirmer, 64, repeatedly hit his second wife in the head with a heavy metal object in 2008, then staged a car accident in a bid to cover it up.
He said the plot unraveled a few months later when a member of the congregation committed suicide in the church office after learning that Schirmer was in a relationship with the congregant's wife, the church secretary.
Emails and other evidence pulled from Schirmer's computers indicate the former Methodist pastor's marriage to Betty Schirmer was "very, very troubled," Mancuso said, telling jurors about one email in which the pastor complained his menopausal wife had lost "all interest in sex," and that they hadn't been together sexually in two years.
The retired pastor is charged separately in Lebanon County with killing his first wife, Jewel Schirmer, in 1999. Mancuso told the jury about that case, too, saying there are similarities in how the women were killed and that Schirmer had cheated on Jewel, too.
Schirmer has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
His attorney, Brandon Reish, acknowledged his client's philandering ways, including the fact that Schirmer had a sexual encounter with a longtime mistress just weeks after his wife's death. But he said in his opening statement that just because Schirmer cheated on his wives doesn't mean he killed them.
"You can't take bad behavior, bad science and church gossip and turn them into a murder, let alone two," Reish said.
The trial is expected to focus in part on the car crash that Schirmer blames for his wife's death.
Schirmer told investigators he was driving his wife to the hospital at 1:50 a.m. on July 15, 2008, so she could be treated for a jaw pain disorder called TMJ. He told police a deer crossed their path, causing him to lose control of their PT Cruiser. A.B. Schirmer was unhurt in the crash and there was minimal damage to the car, but his wife, who he said wasn't wearing a seat belt, suffered multiple skull and facial fractures and died at the hospital.
Mancuso said police reopened their investigation into the crash after the suicide in Schirmer's office at Reeders United Methodist Church. He said accident reconstruction and medical experts concluded that Schirmer was only driving between 18-22 mph when he hit the guard rail, not 55 as he had initially claimed, and that Betty Schirmer's extensive injuries could not have been caused by the crash.
The crash "was not only survivable," said Mancuso, "She should have walked away."
Police also found the victim's blood in the garage of the church parsonage, along with evidence that someone had tried to clean it up, Mancuso said.
Two of the first prosecution witnesses were emergency medical personnel who testified about the bloody car-crash scene. Paramedic Margo Warner said that with the car so lightly damaged, she never expected to find a patient with the kind of severe head and brain trauma suffered by Betty Schirmer.
"I'm looking around the inside of the car for what did this," Warner said.
She said she didn't find a good answer.
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GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. - The 'Good Samaritan Law' in Tennessee allows someone to break out a window of a car if they see a child in danger, but there are still some things that need to be cleared up.
We found out there is no age limit set on the law, and this law applies to all temperatures and seasons.
The stories of kids left in hot cars show no signs of slowing down.
Ashley Aldridge is a mom of three and can't believe someone could leave their child locked in a car. "I have 3 in there right now and there is no way they would be quiet for one second for me to be able to leave them. I can't imagine that at all," she said.
A new law in Tennessee could save a child's life. It's called the 'Good Samaritan Law' and it gives a person the right to break a car window if they believe a child is in danger.
Kelly Fox says she would not hesitate. "If I see a kid in a car I would find something and bust that window out. I have a child and that breaks my heart seeing a kid left alone in there," she said.
But does it just apply to children? We went to find out who is protected by this law by talking to the person who authored the law, David Hawk. "Someone who could not get out of a car themselves, someone who is basically helpless if a car were locked. You've got an infant in a car seat a toddler in a chair," he explained.
The law states that if a 'Good Samaritan' decides to break out a window, they must first call 911.
Knowing that the law protects 'Good Samaritans' and children puts Ashley at ease. "People won't feel intimidated. They'll know that they are responsible to be able to help those children," she said.
The law also requires a Good Samaritan to see visible signs of danger, like a face that is flushed or a person sweating a lot.
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I've always felt that the best advice in life can be found on the side of a matchbox: "Keep Away From Children". However some people seem to have a knack for taking great photos of kids, including Michelle White of Fremont, Ohio, USA. "I guess you will be able to put this in your "weird celebrations" section! This is a picture of the neighborhood boys at a local ice cream stand. The kids try and get us to go there about EVERY DAY during the summer. This pic was taken on the last night it was open for the season. I asked them to ham it up for me - I think they did a good job. It was dark out so I used my flash (Olympus E-500) and I thought it looked a little flat, so I edited it with Topaz Adjust to give it a little bit of drama. If nothing else, I hope it makes some people smile." I certainly did Michelle, and I hope that the SanDisk Compact Flash card and reader, ATP Photofinder Mini and a copy of Adobe Lightroom 2 that you've just won make you smile too!
The companies that send out our prizes will have to pay a little extra postage this month, because all our prize winners live outside the UK. Our top prize winner this month is Rita Kecskes of Budapest, who was also winner of a runner-up prize in our October competition. I really like this photo; it captures the mood of celebration perfectly, and it's beautifully shot. "The clinking of glasses was shot using two external flashguns and Christmas spotlights in the background. I used a cheap carbonated soft drink instead of champagne since I needed about a dozen of attempts since the timing was quite difficult." Rita wins a 2 gigabyte SanDisk Extreme III SD card, a 5-in-1 card reader, an ATP Photofinder Mini GPS tracking device and a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Congratulations to Philippe, Michelle and Rita, and many thanks to everyone else who entered. If you think you can take a photo as good as the one's you've seen here, don't forget that this month's competition is open, with the theme of "Ends and Beginnings", and a closing date of January 31st, so please read the competition page to find out how to enter.


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Perched atop a bluff overlooking Dungeness Bay, the AAA Three Diamond Juan de Fuca Cottages sit just steps from a private 300-foot beach where guests launch a kayak, comb for seashells, or simply soak up the famous Sequim sun—you'll even be able to see Victoria, British Columbia, across the water. Or, explore the area by bike. Either way, at day's end you'll want to treat yourself to an in-room massage.
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Rubber duck treats couple to dinner in New Zealand
WESTPORT — As Linda and Ron Gaudet enjoyed a leisurely Maine vacation, one little rubber duck named "Madge" raced her tail off in windy conditions through the channel that runs from Buzzards Bay to Allens Pond. Madge's spring was fast enough to capture the grand prize in the ninth annual Allens Pond Duck Derby fundraiser last month. Madge was first into the finish line boom assembly and first to be plucked from the water — a feat missed by her vacationing sponsors. But after hearing a voice mail from Gina Purtell, the sanctuary director, and then receiving a Sunday morning phone call from their neighbor, Peter Holmes, who was reading the newspaper and saw the race results – they realized they had won dinner for two, with transportation and two nights' accommodations anywhere in the world. And they also knew they had quite a decision to make. Since moving to South Dartmouth in 2004 from Lexington, Mass., where they lived for 37 years and Linda was employed for 17 years as the secretary of the town's Conservation Commission, the couple discovered Allens Pond and the Duck Derby and Linda has since adopted a flock of five ducks each year — putting them in her children's names hoping that they might win the travel opportunity of a lifetime. This year, however, she reserved her flock for herself . "Madge", named after Linda's mother in law, an avid bingo player who "never won anything" may have provided the victory but the Gaudets had to decide on the location. "I couldn't believe it," Ms. Gaudet said. "It really wasn't an easy decision to make. We discussed an African safari and European destinations and then considered New Zealand. Everyone we've spoken to about New Zealand, whether it be citizens of the country or Americans who have visited all say the same thing — that they can't wait to go back. We have always wanted to go there but it's a very long and expensive trip. Winning the Duck Derby took care of the airfare and a little lodging and we'll take care of the rest. We are very, very excited!" Mr. Gaudet has been reading up on the destination and now that they have a plan, they're headed to the travel agent to explore itineraries and book the trip. Their intent is to explore New Zealand and then fly over to experience Australia, a trip that will last approximately one month. They anticipate leaving in February or March. Ducks for the 2013 Duck Derby are available to adopt online and the event will be held the weekend of August 17-18 . For more information, call the Field Station at (508) 636-2437 or visit the Allens Pond website at http://www.massaudubon.org/allenspond.
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Temora Aviation Museum has the world's finest collection of flying historic aircraft. On regular flying days you can see a selection of aircraft displayed at their best - in the sky.
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From California's Yosemite National Park, across the country to New York's Adirondack Mountains — and everywhere in between — explore some of the most exquisite natural landscapes in America.
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Yosemite National Park
Nestled deep within the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the country, let alone California. With plenty of scenic overlooks, countless breathtaking waterfalls and stunning, ancient sequoias, Yosemite is paradise for even the most novice of outdoorsmen.
Mount Hood National Forest
One trip to majestic Mount Hood, and it's easy to see why so many Americans are infatuated with the Pacific Northwest. Known as the crown jewel of the Columbia River Gorge, Mount Hood, the highest point in Oregon, is also considered an active volcano, although it hasn't erupted in about 150 years.
Redwood National and State Parks
Home to some of the world's oldest living organisms and the tallest trees on Earth — including Hyperion, which stands close to 380 feet — Redwood National and State Parks welcome an average of more than 400,000 visitors per year. They're located in Humboldt County along the coast of California.
Arches National Park
Moab, UT, is home to some of the most glorious rock formations in the US, and the same can be said for nearby Arches National Park. With more than 2,000 natural stone arches, this red-rock wonderland also includes an unbelievable number of hiking trails, spires and monoliths unlike any others you'll find in the world.
Adirondack Park
With seemingly bottomless lakes and a diverse mountain landscape, Adirondack Park covers roughly 6 million acres of New York's lush countryside. Filled with pristine camping grounds, the state-owned Adirondack Forest Preserve within the park is an ideal location to spot wildlife, from large, dangerous animals such as moose and black bears to smaller species including muskrats and foxes.
Devils Tower National Monument
Deep within the Black Hills of Crook County, WY, lies an impressive geologic laccolith known as Devils Tower National Monument. Protruding from the ground to an astounding 1,200-plus feet above the Belle Fourche River, Devils Tower was formed by igneous rock intruding between the layers of surrounding sedimentary rocks.
Hurricane Hole
Located on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, Hurricane Hole consists of 3 separate bays — Otter Creek, Water Creek and Princess Bay — and provides pristine blue waters and once-in-a-lifetime snorkeling adventures.
Tonto National Forest
Encompassing nearly 3 million acres of beautiful desert countryside, Tonto National Forest is the fifth-largest forest of its kind in the United States. It's most impressive feature, the Salt River (pictured), measures almost 200 miles long. It's the perfect place to go tubing, as it acts as a lazy river for locals trying to escape Arizona's sweltering summer heat.
Channel Islands National Park
You may technically be in Southern California when you travel to Channel Islands National Park, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Encompassing about 250,000 acres, the park consists of 5 islands, including Anacapa (pictured), and the ocean surrounding them.
Mosquito Bay
Truly a sight to see, Mosquito Bay — located on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques — offers one of the most unusual water experiences you can have. Also known as Bioluminescent Bay, it gets its name from microscopic organisms that reside in the water and generate a phosphorus blue glow when agitated.
Yellowstone National Park
Filled with amazing natural features, from Old Faithful to the Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park is primarily in Wyoming but spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho as well. Established in 1872, America's first national park also provides incredible picturesque landscapes, including the Lower Falls (pictured).
Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake in southern Oregon has azure waters that make up the deepest lake in the country. Surrounded by sheer cliffs, the fifth-oldest national park also boasts some of the United States' cleanest air, allowing hikers to see clearly into the distance along more than 90 miles of trails.
Coconino National Forest
Covering nearly 2 million acres in northern Arizona, Coconino National Forest is divided into 3 different districts, each with its own attractions, including a group of volcanic summits known as the San Francisco Peaks; the largest natural lake in the state, Mormon Lake; the scenic Mogollon Rim; and the expansive red-rock canyons in Sedona (pictured).


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Last week, the state Legislature, in a well disguised move, attempted to cut $20 million in costs that it is required to send to local governments to ensure transparency in the California Public Records Act.
The state's attempt to save money was to essentially destroy the act. Thankfully, newspapers and elected officials statewide - including Assemblyman Dan Logue - led the fight to save the act. Logue was prepared to introduce legislation that would have essentially nullified a trailer bill that was attached to the state budget that was on its way to the governor's desk.
But cooler heads prevailed and the CPRA will survive intact. Government must be open - and as transparent as possible - if liberty and freedom are to survive.
There's always been a healthy mistrust of government in this country, but the CRPA enables citizens to invoke Ronald Reagan's great phrase on arms control, "Trust but verify."
Regardless of which party is in power, in a free country, someone in the political minority will seek to subvert that power. And an open and free government grants those in the political minority the power to hold the political majority accountable. Without that, the basis for trust is far less stable.
The CPRA not only holds government accountable, it provides the basis for a community to know what is happening within it: Who is getting arrested on what charge, and why? Who are the victims? Are the charges trumped up by a government attempting to destroy a political enemy while hiding the facts from public scrutiny?
You may not think that can happen here, but cockroaches exist even if you can't see them until the lights come on. But turn off the lights that shine on government and you can bet they'll start to show up in time.
Ask the citizens of Bell, California.
In nations with less liberty and access to government than ours, we see citizens rounded up and arrested by government edict for a variety of reasons. But those reasons are neither honestly disseminated nor required to be justified. Those in power will just tell you, "Cousin Ernie's in jail and that's all you need to know."
In this country, government has to say why, where and for how long. In America, individuals have the right to privacy in their communications with one another. Governments do not. They must show a compelling reason why the public doesn't need to have access to government records.
And the state's attempt to trim $20 million off of a multi-billion-dollar budget by denying its citizens that right isn't compelling enough.
Especially when one considers the billions of dollars that the state has pillaged from local governments in the last 23 years, spending $20 million to ensure transparency is the least they can do.


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When putting together a customer training development team, you typically bring on board a subject matter expert (SME) and an instructional designer (ID). Both play a vital role in creating an engaging and effective online customer training program. But what if your organization intends to forgo the ID function and only wants a SME on the team?
First, let's take a brief look at what each expert does
Instructional Designer: An ID models a customer training program based on how learners best absorb knowledge. To do this, the ID utilizes instructional principles shaped by scholarly research into the strategies that enable successful learning outcomes.
An ID is also well versed in the latest digital training formats, from learning management systems (LMS) to multimedia creation tools. The ID role requires abstract knowledge of educational theory as well as technical know-how.
Subject Matter Expert: Like the name implies, a SME possesses in-depth knowledge of the content you want to teach to your customers. They have domain-specific skills or insight. That person could be a staff member who works in the area the customer training program is based upon, or an outside consultant added to the team for their expertise.
Related Reading: The Key People You'll Need to Build a Killer Customer Training Program
Although the SME has content knowledge, they may lack the ability to devise training in a way that learners benefit from it. That's the gap the ID fills in the development of a customer training program.
5 tips for using your SME
Yet you can still create a great customer training course without an ID by having your SME follow these tips.
Set clear goals for the SME. Make sure the SME understands the purpose of the training, whether it's to impart technical skills or higher-level subject matter knowledge. Knowing the goal informs how the customer training program is designed. A program to teach software utilization will likely be a shorter, skills-acquisition-based training program. To make the learner an expert in a particular field requires a more intensive series of courses.
Related Reading: 7 Reasons to Ditch Workshops & Webinars for Online Customer Training
Put the SME in the learners' shoes. Ask the SME to think like the learner taking the customer training course. Is it someone who has no prior knowledge of the subject matter or a more experienced individual? Because your SME has such an abundance of content knowledge they may assume the learner does also. That may not be the case. Once the SME understands the learner's perspective, they can develop an appropriate customer training program.
Ask the SME to pare down the content. Your SME holds an encyclopedic data bank of knowledge. That's why they are a SME. However, not all that information needs to be included in your customer training program. One of main tasks of the SME is to separate the essential from the nice-to-know facts. Only the essentials become part of the customer training.
Get the SME to think outside the box. Today's customer training programs can be delivered in a variety of formats, from traditional instructor-led classes to digital learning that incorporates videos, games, quizzes, and animation. Have the SME design training with those different platforms in mind. Instead of merely reciting a relevant case study, ask the SME to convert that content into a role-playing simulation or video enactment. The SME may simply want to dispense information to the learner, so remind them that the best way learners acquire skills is by doing and by seeking out the answers themselves. Therefore, the SME should provide thought-provoking questions and relevant exercises rather than PowerPoint presentations and lecture notes.
Related reading: As Education Grows Beyond the Classroom, How Will the Role of Instructional Designers Evolve?
Acquaint your SME with the tech tools. Your SME may be familiar with the all the technology available to develop customer training programs — everything from LMS to video production platforms. Yet even if that individual enters without those skills, today's edtech tools have progressed to a point where even newcomers can easily master their use in a relatively short period. At the beginning of the process, make sure your SME has at least a basic knowledge of those tools and how to use them in developing the customer training course. Even SMEs appreciate learning something new.


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The Top 10 Moments in World of Warcraft
Even though some critical features (player-versus-player battlegrounds, for one) weren't implemented, the game clearly outstripped established rivals in polish and scale at launch, and demand was so intense that Blizzard's overloaded servers spent the first few months fighting a losing battle against the tide of players.
So you can hardly call Blizzard's first steps in massively multiplayer gaming tentative. Nevertheless, WoW in its early days was a shadow of what it became over the next five years, in terms of the quality of the game itself as well as the size of its player-base (two million in June 2005, 12 million today) and its impact on popular culture. You can trace that journey in the media: in the news and in reviews (Eurogamer'soriginal 8, the re-review 10, the reviews of the Burning Crusade and Lich King expansions). Best of all, you can hear the story of its development in the words of its developer, in parts one and two of Eurogamer's exclusive Making of World of Warcraft.
But some of that story can only be understood, and properly put into context, in hindsight. You'd need a book to comb over the significance of every event, so below we single out one development in the game and one in real life ["IRL", surely -- Ed.] for each of WoW's five years of operation. Some of them are famous, some obscure; it's not a definitive list and they might not be the single most important moments in WoW's history, but they all say something about where the game has been, how far it's come, and how much it's changed the gaming landscape.
2005 in-game: Corrupted Blood
It did. On some servers, players exploited teleportation to carry Corrupted Blood from Zul'Gurub's remote jungle location to the game's major urban centres. It spread like wildfire, killing lower-level characters in seconds. Regular gameplay was completely disrupted; some players took malicious glee in spreading it, while others formed an impromptu relief effort, taking it upon themselves to heal the sick. Eventually, Blizzard was forced into a hard reset of affected servers to kill it off.
2005 in real life: Leeroy Jenkins
Caught on video and posted mock-seriously on WoW's forum, the moment spread first across the game's community and then beyond it, and eventually escaped the confines of the internet and into national and international media. Leeroy became a sort of folk hero of WoW. His name and idiotic feat are immortalised as an in-game achievement and title; his image is recreated alongside Warcraft's heroes and villains in the WOW trading card and miniatures merchandising; the player behind him, Ben Schultz, does public appearances at conventions.
2006 in-game: Shadow of the Necropolis
2006 in real life: Make Love, Not Warcraft
To see the rest of the list, head over to US Gamer.


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Rihanna Joins Paul McCartney for Surprise Desert Trip Performance"We finally found someone under the age of 50," McCartney joked.
5 Artists Who Should Play Super Bowl Halftime ShowIf Adele's not gonna do it, someone has to.
Rihanna and Coldplay to Headline Made in AmericaThe festival will take place September 3rd and 4th in Philadelphia.
Rihanna's Rider: Bitch Better Have My Cheetos (Both Kinds)Because you never know what kind of mood you're going to be in that day.
Are Rihanna and Drake Dating Again?The singer shares her relationship status with Ellen.
Is Rihanna's 'Anti' Coming this December?The album is rumored to stream exclusively via Tidal for its first week.
Rihanna Parties in Bikini, Shares Photos on InstagramWe've heard that there's a very limited, but passionate, online audience of people who are interested in seeing Ri Ri in a bikini. Well, this one's for you!
The 11 Biggest Pop Duets of the Last DecadeWe compiled a list of the flashiest, most important, most entertaining duets of the last decade in pop music.
Rihanna, Florence + the Machine, Wiz Khalifa Tapped for Season-Ending 'SNL' ShowsScarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Louis CK will host.
April Fool's Aftermath - 5 Awesome Celebrity PranksThis year, April Fool's Day surely did not disappoint.
Paul McCartney's Ex-Wife Slams Him for Rihanna and Kanye West CollaborationsMcCartney's ex took pot-shots at the former member of the Beatles, accusing him of grasping at relevance.


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Ohio State remains undefeated and a No. 1 seed with comeback win
With 58 seconds remaining at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, it looked like the Bracket Watch would have its first real shakeup at the top this season. Ohio State, a No. 1 seed in every iteration of the Watch thus far, trailed Notre Dame by eight points. The Irish had completely stifled the Buckeyes for the first 19 minutes of the second half, limiting them to just 17 points and seven made field goals. Then Aaron Craft and Lenzelle Smith Jr. took over, forcing two quick turnovers after a LaQuinton Ross jumper to cut the deficit to two points. The veteran duo hooked up again for the game-winning bucket with 16 seconds left.
It wasn't so much that OSU came back to stun Notre Dame and rob the Irish of what would have been a resume-building victory that kept the Buckeyes a No. 1 seed in this week's Watch. It was more the resiliency and defensive effort from a team that knows exactly what it is and how it will have to play if it wants to be suiting up in early April this year. While their offense abandoned them for significant stretches, the Buckeyes held an Irish squad that had been averaging 81.2 points per game to 61 points on 45.1 percent from the floor. The Irish make nearly 40 percent of their three pointers. They made just 4-of-14 on Saturday.
The Buckeyes will simply have to get more offensive consistency from both Ross and Smith if they are to compete once conference play begins, but they know that their defense will have them right there in every game they play this season. That's a necessary element for a team that has designs on raising a Big Ten championship banner.
West Region
1. Arizona (12-0, Last week: West 1)
The Wildcats held onto the No. 1 overall seed after a 69-43 win over Southern in their only game last week. They play their final non-conference game of the season Monday against Northern Arizona and then shut it down for 2013.
2. Baylor (10-1, LW: Midwest 2)
They got a scare from Northwestern State last week, but the Bears pulled it out in overtime behind 20 points from Kenny Chery. After finishing off their non-conference slate, two of their first five games in the Big 12 are on the road against Iowa State and Kansas.
3. Duke (9-2, LW: W3)
In cruising to wins over Gardner-Webb and UCLA last week, the Blue Devils scored 165, led by Jabari Parker who had 45 points on 56 percent shooting in the two games combined. They host Eastern Michigan on Saturday, their only game this week.
4. Wichita State (12-0, LW: On the cusp)
The Shockers remained unbeaten with wins over Alabama and North Carolina Central last week, and it's now time talk about this team running the slate. If they can make it through back-to-back road games with Indiana State and Northern Iowa the first week of February, they'll likely take that goose egg under the "L" column into the Big Dance.
Midwest Region
1. Ohio State (12-0, LW: MW 1)
The Buckeyes welcome Louisiana-Monroe to Columbus on Friday, but you can bet they already have Jan. 7 circled on their calendar. That's when they travel to East Lansing for their first of two games against Michigan State.
2. Villanova (11-0, LW: W2)
Villanova already has wins over ranked teams in Kansas and Iowa, but it has a chance to put the country on notice when it takes on former Big East rival Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. While the Wildcats haven't shot it well from deep this year, they have the guards -- specifically James Bell and Darrun Hilliard -- to put pressure on the Orange 2-3 zone.
3. Memphis (8-2, LW: E3)
A neutral-court loss by two against a Florida team that gets better by the week isn't enough to knock Memphis from a 3-seed. The Tigers have two more cupcakes before playing Cincinnati, Louisville (on the road) and Connecticut in three of their first four conference games.
4. Kansas (8-3, LW: W4)
The Jayhawks ran Georgetown out of the gym on Saturday, getting 17 apiece from Joel Embiid and Tarik Black in an 86-64 rout. Andrew Wiggins, however, shot just 3-of-10 from the floor, the fourth time this season he shot worse than 40 percent in a game. They don't play this week, but host a tough Toledo squad next Monday. The undefeated Rockets average 86.4 points per game and are the clear favorite in the MAC.
East Region
1. Syracuse (11-0, LW: East 1)
The Orange have a stranglehold on a 1-seed right now, and could challenge Arizona's standing as the No. 1 overall team in the bracket with an impressive showing against Villanova on Saturday.
2. Wisconsin (12-0, LW: E2)
What will it take for the Badgers to jump up to a top seed? They don't play Ohio State or Michigan State until February, so they'll need to hold serve and hope for one of the teams ahead of them to slip. A win over Michigan on January 18 would help, too.
3. Florida (9-2, LW: E4)
Casey Prather has become a true star for the Gators in his senior season, leading them to a 77-75 win over Memphis at Madison Square Garden last week. They may not get another real challenge until the second week of February when they travel to Tennessee and Kentucky.
4. Iowa State (9-0, LW: On the cusp)
Fred Hoiberg has his Cyclones undefeated and scoring 89.6 points per game, the second-highest total in the country. They play Akron in the seminfinals of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu on Monday. A win there would set up a matchup with the winner of South Carolina and Boise State on Christmas Day.
South Region
1. Michigan State (10-1, LW: S1)
The Spartans put together their best half of basketball this year in the second half against Texas, scoring 56 points on 62 percent shooting. Aderian Payne had a career-high 33 points and was instrumental as MSU put the game away over the last 10 minutes. They should find themselves right back here next week, as their host New Orleans in their only game this week.
2. Oklahoma State (11-1, LW: S2)
The Cowboys got their first big win since November on Saturday, earning a 78-73 victory over then-No. 20 Colorado in Las Vegas behind 23 points and 11 rebounds from Markel Brown. They don't play this week but get tested immediately in conference play with games against Kansas State and Texas.
3. Louisville (11-1, LW: MW4)
Rick Pitino's bunch is 11-1 after two easy victories last week, but it bears mentioning that the Cardinals do not boast a win over a team in the top 50 of RPI or Ken Pomeroy's rankings. They can change that on Saturday when they travel to Lexington to take on Kentucky in their annual Bluegrass battle.
4. Oregon (11-0, LW: S4)
The Ducks squeaked past BYU in overtime on Saturday, keeping themselves among the ranks of the unbeaten thanks to a 31-point, 13-rebound night from Jason Calliste. Despite their gaudy record, they can't move off the 4-line until their best win is better than a seven-point victory over Illinois. They'll get a chance for that in Boulder on Jan. 5.
On the cusp
Kentucky: Julius Randle boosted his Wooden Award bona fides with his ninth double-double of the season in a win over Belmont. The Wildcats will be back in the better section of this column next week if they can beat Louisville on Saturday.
North Carolina: The hardest team in the country to figure out continued its confounding ways last week, as the Tar Heels fell to Texas before needing overtime to get past Davidson at home. Leslie McDonald gives them the second outside-shooting threat they lacked, though they'll now be without Joel James for about two weeks as he nurses a sprained MCL. They have to have their fingers crossed hoping he'll be back for their Jan. 11 game at Syracuse.
Connecticut: The Huskies suffered their first loss of the season on Wednesday, losing 53-51 to Stanford at home. That was enough to relegate them to the cusp this week. Their first two conference games are at Houston and SMU, but they'll challenge themselves after that when they host Ivy League favorite Harvard on Jan. 8.
Colorado: The Buffaloes had their 10-game winning streak snapped by Oklahoma State on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Their next chance to jump up to a top-four seed comes on Jan. 5 when they host Oregon.


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A real estate agent's marketing statements should have been understood as "puffery and hyperbole" and were not misleading, the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal has found.
Agent Daphne Brown has successfully overturned a serious misconduct decision in relation to the marketing of an Auckland central city apartment.
The tribunal upheld an appeal against a decision that misleading information was provided in the statement: "currently we're experiencing a buoyant property market in Auckland. All the indications are that this is not likely to change now or in the future. The best time to invest is NOW".
The tribunal said that statement would have been taken by any objective viewer as "puffery or hyperbole".
A second charge of serious misconduct was upheld by the tribunal.
The charges were in relation to a marketing scheme by LJ Hooker, trading as City Investment Services Limited (CISL), which promoted Auckland apartments as investment properties. Mrs Brown was principal officer of CISL.
In 2006, Hamilton couple bought an apartment in the Zest building, which is now worth significantly less than the purchase price.
They had attended a seminar run by LJ Hooker, and were then visited by an agent who told them the property market was rising and they could make a profit within two to three years.
The couple paid $248,000 for the apartment, which they borrowed $253,500 to purchase.
In 2010 the couple were incurring losses of about $11,000 a year and wanted to sell, but found it was by then worth only $143,000.
The tribunal's decision said the property had since risen in value but was still worth considerably less than LJ Hooker's estimate of more than $300,000 after six years.
It upheld a decision that CISL had given the couple the impression of working on their behalf, which amounted to serious misconduct. The tribunal described the licensee's actions as "a deliberate and serious departure from the acceptable standards".
Mrs Brown was fined $450. Under the law in force in 2006, the maximum fine is $750.


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When little fingers (and heads) get stuck – a childhood rite of passage
The story of a little boy in Melbourne who got his fingers stuck in the drain have taken writer Lana Hirschowitz back to the day she learned that lesson herself by getting her head stuck in the bars of a cage at the zoo!
A visit to the zoo
Remember the thrill of the zoo when you were just a child? The hundreds of animals in their sort-of-not-quite-close-to-natural habitats that you could observe in half a day if you walked really fast? There was something very magical about seeing the animals live and close up – except if you went too close and couldn't actually stop looking at the animals BECAUSE YOUR HEAD WAS STUCK IN THE CAGE.
That, unfortunately, is my lasting memory of the zoo as a child. I remember very little about the time before we got to the giraffes, I imagine I was entranced by the majestic creatures as they roamed their enclose at the Pretoria Zoo in South Africa, eating leaves off the tall trees. I can imagine thinking that it would be an even better view if I got a little closer, I can even imagine myself believing that the best way to get closer would be to stick my head out further than my body through the bars of the cage.
And then nothing was left to my imagination because my memory kicks in with my head between the bars through some mysterious force of nature that was never going to go the other way. I was stuck in the bars of the giraffe cage and had to stay there till a man with a hacksaw released me. Cue MANY tears and much humiliation.
Not the first and not the last
But I was not the first kid , and I wont be the last, to get a body part jammed. Two-year old toddler Charlie Salmons was having a bath in his Melbourne home on Wednesday when he got four of his fingers stuck in the drain.
His mother was unable to free his hand using cooking oil to provide lubrication so she called emergency services, sparking a four-hour rescue operation. 9news.com.au reports:
"It was pretty worrying because he was so twisted, he had all the fingers twisted in there," Ms Salmons said.
"He was pretty tired and frustrated, he was saying he wanted to get out."
Firefighters cut a hole in the floor to release the drain from underneath the bath. That failed so they tried from the side of the bath but in the end their only choice was to hoist the entire tub from the ground.
"They basically had to demolish the bath and then he was off to hospital," Ms Salmons said.
With his fingers still in the drain, doctors and firefighters comforted the brave little boy. They finally freed his little fingers with a mini hack saw.
I really feel for little Charlie because I can imagine how frightening that must have been for him. But as sorry as I feel for him there is a part of me that is jumping for joy that there was no social media around when I was at the zoo all those years ago getting a good look at the giraffes.
Has your child ever got stuck somewhere they shouldn't have been?
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Popular property highlights
Beirut Municipal Stadium is within a mile (2 km) of Golden Tulip Hotel De Ville, and other popular sites like Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium are within a couple of miles (3 km). This 118-room, 4-star hotel has a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and a fitness center. Hippodrome du parc de Beyrouth and National Museum of Beirut are also a short walk from this Beirut hotel.
In addition to a meal at the onsite restaurant, you can also enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the privacy of your room with room service, or get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served each morning for a fee.
All 118 air-conditioned rooms feature microwaves, refrigerators, and minibars. LCD TVs come with cable channels and DVD players, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms offer hair dryers, bathrobes, slippers, and bidets. In-room massages are available, and other amenities include safes and desks.
Property features
Golden Tulip Hotel De Ville features a fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and conference space. You can take advantage of valet parking for a fee, along with an airport shuttle for USD 33 per room one way. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day to help with dry cleaning/laundry and securing valuables. Additional amenities include a business center, a library, and free newspapers.
- Close to Beirut Municipal Stadium
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Fitness center
Golden Tulip Hotel De Ville
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A business center is on site at this 4-star property.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a library, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 118
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 10
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Hair salon
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Air conditioning
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cable TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Golden Tulip Hotel De Ville has a restaurant on site.
Cafe Rue 75 - This coffee shop serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 13 and USD 19 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 33 per room (one way)
- Self parking fee: USD 3 per night
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