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Only about 50 schools nationwide belong to the Education Department's Veterans Upward Bound program.
Eastern Kentucky University is not among them.
So the school created its own version of the program, accepting veteran applicants regardless of their scores on college admissions tests, determining their academic skill levels and offering special help to those who need it in veterans-only classes.
"What we're trying to do … is not just talk about bringing veterans here," said Brett Morris, the school's director of admissions. "It's what do we do with them when we get them here."
Such initiative, along with what the school's president calls a "laserlike" focus on veterans, propelled Eastern Kentucky to the top of our annual ranking of four-year universities. Mountwest Community & Technical College, based in West Virginia, topped the list of two-year schools, while Colorado Technical University led the way among online and nontraditional schools.
More than 650 schools, a record, responded to our 2013 Best for Vets: Colleges survey, which consisted of nearly 150 questions.
The surveys demonstrated widespread efforts by schools to accommodate vets and active-duty service members:
* About 84 percent of responding institutions said they accept American Council on Education credits, which convert military training into academic hours.
* More than three-quarters waive late fees for students whose military education benefits arrive late, while about half waive interest, advance credit toward books and other expenses, or help students find emergency money.
* Almost 75 percent of schools offer online degree programs, which can be crucial for deployed troops.
But responding schools still showed room for improvement. Fewer than 11 percent of institutions require faculty- and staffwide training on veterans issues, and 43 percent had no such training available even for staff members who would participate voluntarily.
Half of schools have special rules in place to give service members in-state tuition. About six in 10 schools have a veterans office on campus.
School representatives contacted by Military Times said that a vet-focused president and administration are crucial to creating a welcoming college or university.
Stephen Abel, director of veteran and military programs and services at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, said he sits on 12 university committees to ensure that the veteran perspective is considered when the school makes important decisions.
School leaders don't follow every recommendation he makes, "but I've got to tell you, it's pretty close to every recommendation."
Between 2008 and 2010, the school's state funding dropped by $253 million, he said. Despite the limited resources, Rutgers created a school veterans office, as well as Abel's position, in July 2010.
"I think folks at Rutgers understand their responsibility to, as Abraham Lincoln said, take care of those who bore the battle," Abel said.
Other schools reported similar challenges in creating and maintaining programs for service members as coffers ran low.
"Resources sometimes I felt like I was going around with a cup in my hand, asking people to support things," said Eastern Kentucky's Morris.
Marine veteran Joshua Burch, a junior at the school, credited its tutoring and veteran-oriented classes for helping him stick with higher education.
"It's probably the main reason I've stayed in school, because I've struggled," Burch said. "I think it's very vet-friendly here. They encourage you to be successful."
Eastern Kentucky President Doug Whitlock, himself an Army veteran, expressed great pride in his school's veterans initiatives, saying that in addition to showing appreciation, the efforts amount to a "strategic investment" that helps the school.
"When you talk about funding our institutions based on their performance, and a good part of performance is based on student success, it becomes not only the right thing to do, it becomes the smart thing to do," Whitlock said.
University of South Florida Director for Veterans Services Larry Braue said veterans also can contribute to learning and culture on campus by bringing years of wisdom and maturity that other students don't have, as well as firsthand knowledge of issues around the world.
"They come with a maturity that I think a lot of our younger students, and even our faculty, value in the classroom," Braue said. "They're just more valuable to the discussions."
At Mountwest, the school strives to repay that contribution in a meaningful way not just with tributes or through high graduation rates but by making sure vets find jobs after they graduate.
"The only thing that I would tell other institutions is: Don't throw your veterans a barbecue and call yourselves military-friendly, unless you're going to get them a job the next day," said Cory Payne, the school's military programs coordinator. "Your program needs to have teeth. It needs to have purpose. If it doesn't, it's just a dog-and-pony show."
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Sinclair Community College has won its first ever Bellwether Award for the "Pioneering Online Sciences Labs" project. The college has been nominated several times in the past, but has never won. Sinclair is the first school in Ohio to win in the Instructional Programs and Services category.
The Bellwether Awards recognize outstanding, trend-setting programs and practices that are successfully leading community colleges into the future. Applications for the awards are competitively peer-reviewed by a panel of judges, who select 10 finalists to present at the Community College Futures Assembly. At the Assembly, each finalist college gives a presentation. The programs are judged based on how well the program addresses a need, results and strategy and capacity. In addition, the program is measured on its impact to the workforce of 2020 and sustainability.
The "Pioneering Online Science Labs" story was presented by Nancy Thibeault, Shan Huang, Marigrace Ryan, Vandana Rola, and Rene Vogt-Lowell. The group reviewed how Sinclair students expressed a need for fully online degrees. After achieving approval and getting faculty buy-in, the development of online labs required the recruitment and training of qualified adjuncts to accommodate the unexpected student demand and the creation of specific courses.
"It is a wonderful story that could only happen at a great place like Sinclair," said Dean of Distance Learning Nancy Thibeault. "It took a lot of people at the college to make this successful, but could not have happened without the hard work of the Web Course Development team."
Many others contributed to the project's success including everyone in DL - Learning Technology Support and Distance Learning Programs & Support.
Thibeault pointed out that many at the college were instrumental in making this a success. The science faculty bravely stepped forward to develop the online labs, and their chairs routinely add extra sections to meet demand. All the divisions and departments across the college support the technical infrastructure and provide services to students. It is great to see the students succeeding because of this team effort.
This was a challenging journey with a successful ending that could not have happened without their support, added Thibeault. "We should be very proud of the contribution that we all made to win Sinclair's very first Bellwether award!"
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The Tularosa Downwinders Consortium is holding its fourth annual luminaria lighting and prayer service for cancer victims and survivors on Saturday.
Tularosa Village Trustee Fred Tyler said the service begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Tularosa Little League Field at the corner of La Luz Road and Wildcat Turf Loop.
"We will have a blessing by a Mescalero Apache medicine man and, hopefully, appearances by some of the state and federal representatives that have been invited," Tyler said.
He said there are still bills before the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to have New Mexico recognized for "unknowing victims of the Trinity Site Atomic Bomb Test of July 16, 1945."
"Please ask for support by calling or emailing Rep. Bob Goodlatte and Rep. John Conyers for H.R. 1645, and by calling or emailing Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Chuck Grassley," Tyler said.
Last year, the Tularosa Village Board of Trustees declared July 16 as "Downwinders Day."
According to the Department of Justice, New Mexico is included as a uranium worker state, but not a downwinder state.
That dubious honor belongs to counties in Arizona, Utah and Nevada, though 12 states are considered uranium worker states.
The government considers downwinders as those people who lived near the Nevada nuclear weapons test sites.
Tyler has previously said parts of New Mexico received high amounts of radiation from the Trinity test and have much higher cancer rates than the national average.
He said the federal government misled people about the amount of radiation that came from the Trinity Site, telling them that it was safe.
The Trinity Site is located about 45 miles away -- as the crow flies -- from Tularosa.
"The levels of radioactivity from the test at the Trinity Site were above dangerous," Tyler said last year. "They were lethal and in some areas near the test were 10,000 times the approved exposure level."


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I graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1989, after 13 years of education in the public school system in Chillicothe. A lot has happened in the past 24 years to contribute to my ongoing learning in both my personal and professional life, but I would argue my foundational years within the Chillicothe school system (surrounded by a strong community), helped shape the person I am today.
I moved on to graduate from Ohio University with Bachelor of Science in communication and then graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a master's degree in clinical social work specializing in geriatrics and mental health. After almost 20 years in the health care industry, I'm fortunate to work as a general manager for a multinational healthcare company where I have had the opportunity to work in U.S. and global roles residing in several cities in the U.S. and abroad in Hong Kong and now Denmark. I'm happy to go to work every day, as I know my work translates into patients receiving novel therapies for life threatening diseases as a result of our work.
I often visit home, as my family of four generations resides in Chillicothe and continues to grow. In a recent visit, I became aware of the Chillicothe School Levy to be voted on in May and had the opportunity to speak with several community members about the importance of supporting the levy. To learn about the cuts over the past few years equaling over $6 million and the risk of losing approximately $1.5 million additional in an already tightly staffed and under resourced school system is devastating news. The first thought that came to my mind was, "What has changed our priorities in the last 20-plus years?"
As a person who often speaks to others about our unique community, I was surprised to hear about the financial state of our school system and more importantly concerned about the future effect for the children who deserve the same educational opportunities we benefited from over the years. We have an obligation to ensure our children are armed with knowledge and the fundamental skills to be successful future citizens and leaders. This community has a long history of prosperity, which can only be preserved by continuous investment into the future.
Who knows where my next move will take me? This is an unknown for now, but I do knowI'll continue to come back home to be connected to my family and community who helped me build a strong foundation for my future. I hope the community supports this need to pass the Chillicothe school levy, for the future of our children and community.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA - OCTOBER 05: The New England Compounding Center is shown here on October 5, 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts. The pharmacy is currently being investigated for producing a contaminated steroid shot that included the meningitis fungus that has killed at least five people. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) / Getty Images
The defunct drug compounding company blamed for 64 deaths nationwide and 16 in Tennessee from a fungus-tainted steroid is now being blamed for the deaths of two Nevada children who were administered a different drug from the same company during open heart surgery.
In the two nearly identical suits filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada, the parents of the two children charge that a heart medication called cardioplegia led to the deaths in September of last year. Both had undergone surgery at the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.
The hospital, its pharmacist, and the owners of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center are named as defendants in the cases.
According to the court filings, Zacharie Rood-Sucharzewski, 6, was administered the drug on July 12 of last year and died on Sept. 6. His father, Alan Suchsrzewski, was not informed that the heart drug their son had been administered had been recalled until Oct. 18.
In the second case, Ari Thomas Gomez, 4, was administered the same drug on Aug. 14, 2012, and died on Sept. 24, nine days after his fourth birthday. His mother, Katrina Eldreth, according to the complaint, was not informed that her son had been treated with the same recalled drug until she received a letter from Sunrise dated Oct. 18.
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The fire broke out along the 200 block of South Shore Road around 11 p.m. Thursday night.
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About 25 members of the Neighborhood Service Organization's Life Choices program will help an artist beautify Belle Isle in Detroit.
Artist Chazz Miller will begin painting a mural at 10 a.m. today on the fence line of the island park's closed zoo. The mural will feature plants and animals native to Michigan.
Life Choices provides support for children and adults with developmental disabilities. Neighborhood Service Organization staff will help members of the program during the mural project.
Access Arts Detroit, North Oakland Vocational Association and the city of Detroit's recreation department are collaborating with the project.
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Licking Valley quarterback Grant Garber hands the ball off to running back Bailey Hayden during a 34-7 Licking County League-Big School Division victory against Watkins Memorial a week ago. Valley hosts Licking Heights in a battle for first place at 7 p.m. Friday.
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The good news for Licking Valley is its opponents rarely leave in a good mood. First place in the Licking County League-Big School Division is on the line Friday, and Licking Heights is playing against history.
Since 2005, the Panthers (6-1, 1-0) have lost just once - to Newark Catholic in 2009 - to a league opponent. The Hornets (7-0, 2-0) will attempt to reverse the trend and clinch at least a share of the LCL title at 7 p.m. ...


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You won't find greatness on this week's DVD/download calendar, unless your tastes run toward 50-year-old desert epics. The newer releases on the slate may be lesser pleasures, but shouldn't be overlooked.
An animated flick with a strong female protagonist, Oliver Stone's latest trip into cinematic delirium and an infuriating yet fascinating documentary about wretched excess should be enough to hold anyone's interest.
New movies
? "Brave." Brilliant it's not, daring it never attempts to be, but this safe animated offering from Pixar still satisfies, perhaps more so because of its lesser ambitions. Set in a mythical Scotland of long ago, the film follows the red-haired Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly MacDonald), a young archer who makes a reckless choice that forces her to grow up fast.
Wrote Slate's Dana Stevens, "It's a rollicking children's entertainment, gorgeously animated and wittily cast, and also an unusually astute exploration of the complex bond between mothers and daughters." Rated PG for some scary action and rude humor. 93 min.
? "Savages." More often than not, the films of Oliver Stone tend to be a bit of a mess, exceptional in some respects while failing to cohere into anything approaching unqualified acclaim. This thriller, set in the drug wars along the U.S.-Mexico border, is highly stylized, drunk on violence that, for a change, isn't completely senseless. There's more to chew on here than what we're accustomed to finding in this genre, and the film features one of the best roles yet for the lovely Blake Lively.
Still, this is far from Stone's better efforts. Rated R for strong brutal and grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, nudity, drug use and language throughout. 131 min.
? "The Watch." Any resemblance this film might bear to the real-life case of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman accused of killing teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida earlier this year, is purely coincidental, but nonetheless awkward. Fox figured changing its title would disassociate the film from the murder, but the movie's mediocrity was really all it took.
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill star in this comedy, in which their suburban characters combat aliens. Any resemblance to "Ghostbusters" was what was really desired. Rated R for some strong sexual content including references, pervasive language and violent images. 102 min.
? "The Queen of Versailles." We're all entitled to the pursuit of happiness, it says so in the Declaration of Independence. And if building the largest house in the country will make David and Jackie Siegel, the deliriously rich subjects of this documentary, happy, who are we to question that right? It's intensely satisfying, at least initially, to watch this fatuous couple fall to earth as the faltering economy destroys their dream and ruins their superficial lives.
But don't be surprised if you find yourself turning sympathetic to their plight, the surest sign that this film is on to something thought-provoking. Rated PG for thematic elements and language. 100 min.
Old movies
? "Lawrence of Arabia." David Lean's 1962 masterpiece doesn't quite solve the enigmatic riddle that was T.E. Lawrence, the British military figure played so memorably here by Peter O'Toole. But no other motion picture that I know of captures the fearsome majesty of the desert like this epic. This Blu-ray offering includes a making-of documentary and four shorter featurettes that are fully as fascinating as the film, perhaps more so.
For some reason, this release comes in two-disc and four-disc versions. Stick with the former; the latter is considerably more expensive. Be aware that the best way to see this movie will always be in the theater. 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition. 227 min., two discs.
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This week's top DVD rentals, as compiled by Internet Movie Database: "That's My Boy," "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," "Madea's Witness Protection," "Magic Mike," "Safety Not Guaranteed," "The Avengers," "Snow White and the Huntsman," "The Cabin in the Woods," "Red Lights" and "The Five-Year Engagement."


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Oakland -- Nobody's backing down in the Warriors' standoff with Mickael Pietrus as they approach the Feb. 21 trade deadline. Pietrus' agent, Bill McCandless, says that Golden State remains unreceptive to potential deals despite interest in his client from around the league.
"We quietly requested a trade prior to the first date on which he could be traded this season, and we've repeated this request many times," McCandless said. "There are several teams who would like to acquire Mike, and several offers have been made.
"We thought he was traded last week, but the trade was nixed at the 11th hour. Three days ago, Mike met with Chris (Mullin), and two days ago, Mike met with coach (Don) Nelson, both times repeating the trade request."
Problem is, Golden State has little incentive to make a deal it doesn't like, and its executives still view Pietrus as an important part of the team, if he can return to last season's level of play. Nelson has moved the 6-foot-6 forward, who has been playing out of position at power forward, back down to the 3-spot as Stephen Jackson's primary backup.
"Mike has been asked to play out of position for all of this season," McCandless added. "He does not want to play the 4 and the 5. Mike doesn't want to be a corner spot-up shooter for whom no offensive plays are run. He simply feels he can contribute much more on both ends of the floor for another team. He truly hopes to be traded tomorrow."
The Suns and Mavericks are among the teams said to be looking for help at the wing positions, and the Heat tried unsuccessfully to trade for Pietrus in the offseason.
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I agree. I also demand his trade.
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I think you are missing the point. Pietrus would be traded for Lowry.
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LXDE is the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. It is an excellent choice for older hardware or for users who wish for a complete window manager without all of the overhead required by KDE or GNOME. Since it is XDG-compliant, the PC-BSD Control Panel, AppCafe™, and Life Preserver will be available on the desktop and will integrate into LXDE's menus.
Figure X.XX shows a screenshot of the default LXDE installation with the LXPanel open.
Figure X.XX: LXDE Desktop on a PC-BSD System
In addition to PC-BSD's utilities, LXDE provides the following utilities:
- PCManFM: found in Utilities -> File Manager. A file manager with features like drag and drop, tabbed browsing, built-in file search, file association with default application, thumbnails for images, bookmarks, and support for non-UTF-8 encoded filenames.
- LXPanel: desktop panel which is launched by clicking on the PC-BSD icon in lower right corner of desktop. To configure the panel, right-click the PC-BSD icon and select "Panel Settings" or "Add/Remove Panel Items" from the right-click menu.
LXAppearance: theme switcher to change the theme, icons, and fonts used by applications ??
Leafpad: text editor editors/leafpad install by default?
Xarchiver: archiving archivers/xarchiver install by default?
- GPicView: fast image viewer found in Graphics -> Image Viewer.
- LXTerminal: terminal emulator found in Utilities ->LXTerminal
- LXTask: task manager and system monitor found in System -> Task Manager.
- Openbox: the window manager used by LXDE. You can configure settings such as themes, appearance, mouse, and margins by going to Settings -> Openbox Configuration Manager.
LXRandr, a screen manager. Manages screen resolution and external monitors.
LXShortCut, an easy way to edit application shortcuts
LXMusic: minimalist xmms2-based music player
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Tom Brady addresses the Michigan football team Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, in Ann Arbor.
For years around the Michigan football program, Tom Brady has been just a memory.
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The New England Patriots quarterback and former Wolverine stopped by Schembechler Hall for a speech to the team, hours before playing an exhibition tonight against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. ...


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Dublin is awash with hotels and guest houses since our economic boom and the result is that, for a small compact city, you don't have to walk more than a few steps to find some sort of accommodation offering. Hence, Dublin visitors had lots of options, but because of the sheer numbers of hotels in every category (boutique, five star and chain hotels) the overall standard had wavered, until now. A much slower economy has raised the stakes for these properties, and all hotels and guests houses have been forced to drop their prices and raise their game. More established family-run hotels have held their ground, supported by loyal clients, but only the best boutique and five-star hotels have weathered the storm.
Here, I've chosen to highlight those properties that have been the least affected by the recession, offering the same high standards they always did. The same can be said for guest houses, and the few highlighted here continue to offer amazing value and genuine personal service. The good news for everyone, however, is that for the most part, hotel and guest house rates all over Dublin have never been lower!
Thing to consider when booking
- Dublin city rates are extremely high and so car parking space is like gold dust. Almost all of the city centre hotels will charge for overnight parking and this is usually in excess of 10 euros per night. Ask at the time of booking what this rate is and if you want to avoid, look at hotels a little further out of the city centre.
- Breakfast is included with guest houses, but it can be a hidden cost with hotels, up to 20 euros in some cases, so again, check when booking.
- The new Aviva Stadium near Ballsbridge in Dublin 4 is a major draw for hotels in that area. If you want to visit Dublin for the best rates, please check that you are not coinciding with a major international rugby or soccer event here as rates will be higher at these times, and the city will be awash with people.
- The city is divided by the River Liffey into the Northside (O'Connell Street and surrounding area) and Southside (St Stephen's Green and surrounding area) and typical to stereotypes, the Southside is seen as the more affluent divide, so expect to pay more on this side of the city!
- Ireland's biggest festival parade takes place on St. Patricks Day March 17 so if you want a carnival atmosphere, this is a great time to visit the city, but book early. Of course, if it's peace and quiet you're after, avoid Dublin like the plague at this time!
- Temple Bar is the most popular part of the city for stag and hen parties, and tourists are often pointed in this direction. Bars and clubs here are fun, but please be aware that prices are completely inflated in these parts, and the atmosphere can be quite rowdy. Please refer instead to my advice on Dublin's nightlife.
- First-time visitors to Dublin -- you will probably be surprised by the compact nature of the city. Dublin is easily navigated by foot. Hence, if you're here for a short time and you want to browse the main tourist sights, you don't need to rent a car to do so - you'll also avoid high car parking rates. There's a decent public transport system, and the 'Hop on Hop Off' bus' does a complete circuit of the city. New cycling tours are a fantastic way to tour, and there are plenty of taxis.
- If you're a fan of hostels in other cities, guest houses in Dublin offer much better value for the same rates, in my opinion, plus a full Irish breakfast in most cases, so check these out first. Again refer to my top 30 expert recommendations for some of Dublin's best guest houses.
- Irish weather is a big consideration and you'll discover that it's a daily talking point for us Irish. Our climate is extremely unpredictable, and while winters are relatively mild in comparison to other parts of Europe, it's the rain you have to worry about. Always bring a rain coat but, that said, you could get glorious sun!
I've been in and out of almost all of Dublin's hotels over the past 15 years, and enjoyed a drink in their bars, or eaten in their restaurants - and if I haven't, my friends or family have. I've based my top 30 recommendations on my experience, and the experience of my friends, to point users of this site in the right direction. I've included a fair mix of prices and standards in my top 30 recommendations to keep all budgets, and wallets, happy. I'm presuming that most people will be visiting Dublin for a relatively short stay, as is the trend at the moment, and so all of my properties are either within walking distance, or a short travel time, from the city centre. That's the beauty of Dublin - its city centre is compact and can be easily explored on foot, so these recommendations will take advantage of this great aspect of the city. I haven't included any hostels in my recommendations because I think that for value for money, guest houses win hands down. For 50 euros you can stay in a guest house and enjoy personal service, a homely atmosphere and a fantastic breakfast whereas these can be lacking in hostels that I've visited (however I'm open to suggestions!).
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A group of senators from states with large veterans' populations is appealing to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as a Vietnam veteran to do everything he can to help reduce the backlog of veterans' disability claims.
Led by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., senators from Florida, New York and Texas are pushing, in particular, for electronic records-sharing between the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments as a way of speeding claims that are, on average, taking more than 300 days to complete for Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans filing their first disability claims.
Electronic records, especially medical records, would not single-handedly eliminate the pile of more than 900,000 pending veterans' claims, but they would make a dent and smooth the path for faster processing of new claims.
"The Veterans Benefit Administration claims file is still in paper format for nearly all veterans," said Michael Viterna, president of the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates. "The paper claims file is a dinosaur that is at the heart of VA's inability to improve disability claim processing."
In the letter sent to Hagel on Thursday, Boxer and five other senators say claims processing times are "simply unacceptable." Veterans wait, on average, 439 days for claims processed in Waco, Texas. In New York and Los Angeles, the comparable figures are 449 and 506 days, respectively, they say, citing VA workload reports.
Delays in obtaining military medical and service records account for at least part of the problem, with VA officials saying that adds 30 or more days to processing time.
Defense and VA officials have made improvements, the letter acknowledges, "but it is clear that more must be done to improve the timeliness of record exchanges and to expand cooperation."
They appealed to Hagel to make this a priority. "As a combat veteran, you have a deep personal understanding of the challenges currently facing our nation's veterans. We know you share our commitment to ensuring all veterans receive the benefits they deserve in a timely and accurate manner," the letter says.
Electronic record-sharing has been a contentious issue for years because DoD and VA have had difficulty coming up with a seamless transition process, although a joint agency task force was created earlier this year to look for solutions. A searchable database of military records also is being created for VA's use. It could be available by year's end.
In the meantime, veterans continue to wait. On Friday, Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., asked VA to send more claims processors to her state after discovering 7,000 veterans have been waiting more than a year for their benefits to be processed and 700 have been waiting for two years or longer. She called the numbers "alarming," and said things seem to be getting worse instead of better.
Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said the average VA claim is taking 273 days, but the wait is longer for new veterans. "If it's your first claim, like it is for most Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, it is actually 316 to 327 days," he said. And, in some places, like California, Texas, New York and Chicago, the wait can be even longer, he said.
"Long wait times have a devastating impact on veterans and their families who are trying to successfully transition to civilian life," Tarantino said. "Veterans are still languishing in a VA disability system that was obsolete before most veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were born."
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Former LSU linebacker Tahj Jones wants to play football again as he continues a speedy recovery from two surgeries for a gunshot wound to his abdomen on April 11.
"Oh yeah, he plans on playing football again," said Mark Swinney, who with his wife Pam adopted Jones a decade ago in Sulphur after Jones' mother died. "There is always a chance. That's what we're praying for."
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first of all: I absolutely LOVE ADTOE. I think it's a masterpiece from start to finish. You get the feeling that every member is inspired and motivated, it's melodious, heavy, proggy, cinematic, balanced. I don't wanna be the first to whine about the album, because I don't. I think it's awesome. This is just a tiny thing that makes me a little sad when thinking of the past...
Now ever since Systematic Chaos came out, people could notice a change in DT's sound. While these albums were awesome in their way (in my opinion), people missed something from them. For me it was mainly the "color", the brightness, the happiness of the older times. SDOIT was such a bright album, but after BC&SL it seemed like they didn't really want to return to that at all.
And then MP left the band... I was curious whether these guys were trying to get back the older, more colorful sound and now that I've heard the new album lots of times, I think yes, the color is back. ADTOE is vivid and transparent again, it features dark and bright sections, it's diverse. I couldn't be happier with it... Or could I?
My favorite DT album is I&W. Not because of the technical side, but it's the incredible warmth and the uplifting side that made me love it in the first place. And this is something that whilst adoring ADTOE I'm still kinda missing from DT... Listen to Surrounded, my favorite DT song. The "his shadow slowly fading from the wall" part makes me happy everytime and is probably my favorite DT moment.
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Teachers College Columbia University
Here is the link for the 2013 application. https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=col-tcnd
Through the Teachers College Bilingual Extension Institute, bilingual speech-language pathologists acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality services to bilingual populations with a primary focus on birth through high school. During the Institute's 18 years of existence, students have come speaking many different languages including Spanish, Arabic, Yiddish, Polish, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin, Italian, Tamil, Urdu, etc. The bilingual proficiency standard is the NYSED Bilingual Education Assessment, which must be passed for students to be awarded the bilingual extension certificate by NYSED. The Institute meets the academic and clinical requirements of the NYSED bilingual extension certificate to the TSSLD teaching certificate. Those who do not practice in NYS receive a certificate of completio
2013 ParticipantNames
Liliane Azevedo, Valeria Berdini, Marianella Bonelli, SilviaCaceres, Cindy Caro, Sandra Corro-Moy, Amanda DeAlem, Stephanie Devlin, NancyDomenech, Melissa Flores, Amy Furth, Katrina Fuscaldo, Deborah Galatianos,Desiree Gallardo, Sellynette Garcia, Wendyliza Gonzalez, Noemi Grasso, DianaGutierrez, HuoyJing Lisa Hsieh, Rhonda Israel, Elsie Juarez, Lisa Lopes,Paulina Otalora, Nicollette Quintero, Jennifer Rivera, Christina Rodriguez,Sabrina Salegas, Kazi Shaon, Wan-Lin Sheu, Gabriela Stastny, Magali StolovitskyColb, Hannah Tahhan, Angel Tam, Julissa Taveras, Rochell Thomas,Paola Trejos, Pamela Wang
TUITION: $5,500. $300 due to register (refunded if applicant is not admitted.) The balance of payment for Summer 2013 is $2485, which is the $2450 for tuition plus the $35 college fee. The tuition for Fall 2013 will be $2750.
Possible FUNDING Sources (Students contact the funding sources directly) :
1) NYSED ITI provides $3,000 in funding for eligible students. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/ITI-Graduate-Eligibility-Requirements-and-Application-2011-12.pdf
2) NYCDOE Teachers of Tomorrow for newly hired NYCDOE teachers. $3,400 in funding for eligible students. http://schools.nyc.gov/TeachNYC/incentives/financial/default.htm
DATES for 2013. Attendance at all Institute weekends is mandatory. Do not schedule the BEA on a date the Institute meets. Make sure you can attend all dates. The following are the dates for the 2013 Bilingual Extension Institute:
May, 17, 18, 19
June 8
June 21, 22, 23
September 20, 21, 22
October 18, 19, 20
November 15, 16, 17
November 30 and December 1
TIMES: Fridays: 6 pm to 8:30 pm; Saturdays: 9 am to 4 pm; Sundays: 9:30 to 3:00 pm
"Like" the Bilingual Extension Institute FACEBOOK page to receive updates on the Institute and on the newest research and policies.http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bilingual-Extension-Institute-at-Teachers-College-Columbia-University/265511882871?sk=wall&filter=1
Here is a link for more detailed information on the Bilingual Extension Institute. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/bbs/speech-language/detail.asp?Id=Bilingual+Extension+Institute&Info=Overview+and+Faculty
Paradis, J., Genesee, F., & Crago, M. (2010).
Dual Language Development and Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language Learning Baltimore (2nd Ed.). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
Justice, L. & Ezell, A. (2002). The Syntax Handbook: Everything You Learned About Syntax (But Forgot). ProEd.
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The community of Broken Bow came together Saturday morning at the City Square for a time of remembrance and reflection following a tragic accident Friday afternoon that claimed the lives of two Broken Bow teachers and coaches, and an Ansley man. Coach Zane Harvey, 38, Coach Anthony Blum, 24, and Albert Sherbeck, 70, were killed in the accident on Highway 2 one mile west of Ansley shortly before 4 p.m. Friday.
Broken Bow Public Schools has released an update on the conditions of the students involved in the accident. The boys, all members of the BBHS basketball team, were returning home from a day-long basketball camp in Kearney. Their names and most recently updated status is as follows:
Hunter Campbell was flown from the Broken Bow hospital to Kearney for treatment and released early this morning (Saturday) after being treated for cuts and bruises and being checked for a possible neck injury.
Marcus Miller has been treated and released from the hospital in Kearney.
Lane Albus was treated and released from the Broken Bow hospital yesterday following the accident.
Grayson Minnick was treated and released from the Broken Bow hospital yesterday following the accident.
Austin Reynolds remains in the hospital in Kearney with a broken femur and broken elbow.
Scott Gates has received treatment for fractures and remains in the hospital.
Taylor O'Brien has been treated and released from the hospital.
Chad Christensen remains in ICU in critical condition.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. shareholders should reject a $20-per-share dividend that was proposed by activist investor Sardar Biglari and should not vote for Biglari to be added to the companys board, according to advisory firm Egan-Jones Proxy Services.
That message was echoed by Glass, Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services, which help advise shareholders on proxy voting for some of Americas largest companies, and one that Lebanon-based Cracker Barrel passed along to shareholders Friday, just a couple of weeks away from the companys annual shareholders meeting.
It would be imprudent of the company at this time to pay the special dividend advocated by the dissidents, thereby substantially increasing leverage and reducing the company's financial flexibility to invest appropriately in its business in the future as market conditions may change, Egan-Jones said in the report, according to a Cracker Barrel statement. We believe that the dissidents have failed to make a persuasive case that their joining the board would work to maximize the value of shareholder value.
Biglari, through his San Antonio, Texas-based Biglari Holdings Inc., owns nearly 20 percent of Cracker Barrel shares and is pursuing a board seat for a third consecutive year, along with his associate Philip Cooley, describing the current managements strategy as asinine.
His dividend proposal would cause Cracker Barrel to double its debt by borrowing as much as $400 million and would cost the company $475 million.
Earlier this month, Cracker Barrel, led by CEO Sandra Cochran, also announced a $50 million share repurchase program for the company's common stock, and declared a regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share, payable on Nov. 5.
Institutional Shareholder Services said Cracker Barrels menu options, brand investment, changes in its retail merchandise and revenue growth reflected a well-managed strategy and that a $20-per-share dividend would increase financial risk and reduce the companys flexibility. Additionally, the boards significant increase in its regular dividend demonstrates its willingness to return capital shareholders, according to the statement.
Glass Lewis described Biglaris arguments for a board seat as perfunctory and semantic and said his own company had not generated returns marginally comparable to Cracker Barrel.
Cracker Barrel announced in September that it would allow shareholders to vote on a $20-per-share dividend at its shareholders meeting Nov. 13.
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This Good Friday, many will visit Our Lady of Wisdom Church in Lafayette to take part in a living Stations of the Cross.
The service is one of many that will retrace the 14 Stations of the Cross, from the time Jesus was condemned until he dies on the cross and is buried, according to the Bible.
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For details of the re-population plan and other updates on Ortley Beach, visit www.tomsrivertownship.com.
TOMS RIVER — Joe Tedde will need a sleeping bag if he moves home Feb. 4 when the residents of Ortley Beach may be permitted to live in their houses for the first time after superstorm Sandy.
The opportunity to live again in the beachfront community that he has called home for 15 years might help him sleep through the night, though much work still lies ahead, he said.
Its a long road because then you have to see how much insurance is going to give me and FEMA issued the new flood elevations. All these things remain to be seen, but at least I can go home, said Tedde, 56.
Toms River officials submitted a request Friday to the Ocean County Office of Emergency Management for state officials to lift the State of Emergency order banning residents from staying over night in Ortley Beach. Officials said Tuesday they are confident their request will be approved.
Ortley Beach is the last section of Toms River to allow residents to move home permanently after superstorm Sandy struck the Jersey Shore.
Because of the devastating mark Sandy left in Ortley, the highly anticipated repopulation plan comes with a few caveats.
Only properties with all four utilities gas, electric, water and sewer will be allowed to move home, Mayor Thomas F. Kelaher said. That will exclude some residents, particularly those people with properties east of Route 35 North, he said.
Kelaher said working closely with the utility companies was the key to possibly getting at least some residents to move home.
It was a struggle, the mayor said. We never stopped working on it and we never stopped coordinating with the utilities to get to this position and Im delighted people suffering from this hardship are able to get back to their own homes.
Tedde wasnt certain whether he could make his home inhabitable even with utility services restored on the barrier island.
He said it will depend on his ability to get the necessary contractors and technicians to inspect his duplex.
Teddes place wasnt knocked off its foundation like some other Ortley residents experienced, but he had so much flooding that everything in his home, from furniture to the insulation, had to be thrown out.
I cant see it back to the way it was at least until mid to late March, if not April, he said.
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. / Special to the Register
Toast to the season at Santa Pub Crawl
Saturday at Miss Kittys, 8800 Swanson Blvd., Clive. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Go to www.desmoinespubcrawl.com.
Celebrate the holidays with booze and more booze during the 10th annual Santa Pub Crawl. The biggest Christmas party this side of the North Pole will have 20 buses to cart people to 13 bars across the metro. The party will start at Miss Kittys at 5 p.m., with free beer and pizza while it lasts. The buses will depart at two different times (7 and 8 p.m.). Dress in your holiday best there will be a costume contest at Miss Kittys with prizes. VIP registration is $35 online or $40 the night of the event.
Mackelmore show now Tuesday at 7 Flags
6 p.m. Tuesday at 7 Flags, 2100 N.W. 86th St., Clive. $15 through www.ticketfly.com.
Rising Seattle rapper Macklemore performs at 7 Flags (moved from Peoples). His debut studio album (produced by Ryan Lewis) was released in October and hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, which is rare for a self-released album. It includes the hit Thrift Shop. Dee-1 and Xperience open.
Local favorites host 10th Nada Silent Night
8 p.m. Saturday at Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Ave. Go to www.hoytsherman.org.
The Nadas return to Hoyt Sherman Place for an evening of music and merriment to support the Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive during Nada Silent Night. Enjoy the popular local bands holiday show, and participate in the silent auction to raise money for the toy drive. Tickets are $22.50 in advance through Ticketmaster or the Hoyt Sherman box office, or $27.50 the day of show with one unwrapped toy.
Symphony teams up with Jon Nakamatsu
7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, 221 Walnut St. $15-$55. Go to www.dm symphony.org.
The Des Moines Symphony and piano soloist Jon Nakamatsu will perform Masterworks 3: Liszt & The Italian this weekend. Nakamatsu will perform both of Liszts famous piano concertos, and the symphony will perform Mendelssohns Italian Symphony, concluding with Tarantell. Arrive 45 minutes early and join music enthusiast Arlene DeVries in the east lobby for her concert prelude talk, which is free and open to everyone. In addition, Sunday is Des Moines Symphony Academy Day.


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Barbara Aggelopoulos Carnett Rash, born Jan. 19, 1942 in Joliet, Ill., to George and Patricia Aggelopoulos, died Jan. 17 at her home in Livermore, Colo., attended by her husband, CSU Prof. John Rash, her daughter, Patricia Ledesma-Carnett of Eastvale, Calif., and several loving and devoted family members and friends. Barbara was Educational Speech Pathologist in Pomona, Calif. for 20+ years. After retiring to Santa Fe, Barbara served on boards of NM ACLU, AAUW, and NOW. She promoted women's and children's rights, civil rights, and human rights. Barbara is survived by her husband, two brothers, Angelo and Nicholas Aggelopoulos, two sisters, Mary Mancuso and Marilyn Metros, her daughter, and two grandchildren, Taylor and Katelynd. She was preceded in death by her sister Rita Andrews. A "CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED" will be at 3 p.m., March 23, 3602 Terry Point Drive in Fort Collins, CO (970-482-2501). Donations in her name should be made to Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families, 2845 Aqua Fria, Santa Fe. Her husband is grateful and appreciative for all expressions of love and kindness for his loving and beautiful wife, Barbara.


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This post is for poeple that want to make other kind amv's.
i for one want to post something other then specific Japanese stuff. i looked up the word anime. its short for animation.i said this before anime is anime no matter where it comes from. Actually, this is the only site for amvs. the only reason american animes are not allowed is because. the person who made this site doesn't like american shows. He cant say he likes 'em, because if he does he'd allow all types of amvs, american shows or not. Plus, I read awhile back in an old post that he stepped down. so why is the no anime rule still on.
If this site were to allow all animation, put some guidelines on what would be allowed, we'd see some interesting videos.for example im making a amv a tribute to an old show the real ghostbusters, im sure im not the only one here that loves this classic show. i uploaded the info but, because its considered non anime, it was taken down a few hours later. now if there were guidelines on what other animation is allowed like most action shows and exclude shows that ill say most people would consider it corny im not going to say any names of shows because people have different ideas of whats is or is not so called corny.i sure wont make an amv of ,dora the explorer, but as i look through netflix, i wouldn't mind making amv's of lets say ,wolverine and the xmen,ironman armored adventures.show was ok i could make a good amv out of it. i could make an awesome amv of the joker from the batman 2003.but again other animation isn't allowed.
i started making amv's a few years ago on youtube of ,beavis & butthead, with nirvana's smells like teen spirit. it came out very well had some followers before youtube changed. There's a big rumor that only a handful of people still upload here because of the rules on what you can and can not do.its annoying. I'm not the only one that feels this way, even though they'd deny it now. some one else, i wont say any names said to me....I don't understand why they have the option in the anime section if it isn't even allowed.. now i couldn't say it any better then that if i tried. if theres an option to choose other animation in the anime section then it should be allowed. half that section is crossed off.its harder to pick regular anime because almost everything is crossed off am i right.there would be more people joining & posting amv's if the no non anime rule was lifted then there would be people leaving.
the meaning of anime is short for animation even wikipedia says the same thing.
wikipedia: anime, The word is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation" In Japan, the term anime does not specify an animation's nation of origin or style; instead, it serves as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world...
if the word anime in japan is to refer to all forms of animation including america. then why does this site not allow other forms of animation.
im only posting this because i'd like to make amv's of though's crossed off listtings im not saying everything on that list should be allowed but some should
there could be a hole section devoted to the non japan animation amv's like avatar the last airbender & the recent one im working on real ghostbusters ect ect.
p.s. i apologize if this is hard to read. as im not good with commas and periods. im typing it all like this so this post would be taken seriously.
if you agree with what im saying then say so. so the admin & mods would re think this one rule over. if you dont agree dont say anything i already know what you'd say anyways.


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Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Pinch-hitter Chad Tracy stroked a go-ahead two- run single to highlight a five-run eighth inning, as the Washington Nationals rallied for a 7-4 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
It marked Washington's second come-from-behind win in as many games this season. The Nationals posted a 2-1 victory in Thursday's opener by scoring the tying run in the eighth and the go-ahead run in the ninth.
The Cubs carried a 4-2 lead into the eighth on Saturday and Chicago reliever Kerry Wood (0-1) retired the first two Washington batters of the inning, but couldn't get another out.
Danny Espinosa made it a one-run game with a solo homer and Ryan Zimmerman kept the inning alive with a single. He raced to third on another base hit by Adam LaRoche, ending Wood's day, and Carlos Marmol walked Jayson Werth to load the bases before Tracy ripped a base hit into right field to give the Nats a 5-4 lead.
"That's the kind of bench I like to have," said Washington manager Davey Johnson. "People come in the game and get hits."
Roger Bernadina then doubled home Werth and Steve Lombardozzi greeted Shawn Camp with a run-scoring infield base hit to cap the uprising.
Tyler Clippard worked around a two-out walk in the home eighth and Henry Rodriguez issued a leadoff walk to Ian Stewart in the ninth before fanning Starlin Castro, pinch-hitter Blake DeWitt and Jeff Baker to notch his first save.
"I think this is one of the best bullpens in baseball," Johnson added about his relief staff that surrendered one hit over the final 5 1/3 innings. "Everybody did their job and the offense came alive. That's how you win games on the road."
The win went to Ryan Mattheus (1-0), who struck out two in his lone inning of relief. LaRoche finished 4-for-5 with a two-run homer in the victory.
Washington starter Gio Gonzalez was roughed up for four runs on seven hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings of his National League debut. Acquired from Oakland in December as part of a six-player trade, the 26-year-old lefty was given a five-year, $42 million deal in the offseason.
Matt Garza went the first six innings for Chicago and was in line for the win after yielding two runs on five hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
"I set goals for myself and I didn't reach them. I want to at least pitch into the seventh every time out and take my team deep into the game and I didn't do that," said Garza.
The Cubs scored a gift run in the first. Joe Mather walked with one out and raced to third on a base hit by Castro. With two outs, Castro took off for second base and Washington catcher Wilson Ramos came out of his stance behind the plate in attempt to make the throw, but failed to come up with Gonzalez's low pitch. It skipped away and allowed Mather to cross the plate.
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Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
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Shown is a reward poster for information on Pfc. Kelli Marie Bordeaux, a combat medic stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bordeaux has been missing since April 14. ()
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The family of missing Pfc. Kelli Bordeaux is hoping for a Christmas miracle.
It's been more than seven months since Bordeaux, a married Fort Bragg, N.C., combat medic, disappeared, and her sister says she has not given up hope that Bordeaux will be home for Christmas and Bordeaux's birthday two days later.
Remains found on the post Nov. 21 raised the possibility of a grim resolution to the case, but authorities determined they were from an animal.
"We're not searching for remains. We want Kelli back," said Olivia Cox, Bordeaux's sister and an Army wife at Fort Stewart, Ga. "We want her laughing, smiling, carrying on; her jubilant self to be here for Christmas and her birthday."
Bordeaux, 23, was last seen April 14 leaving Froggy Bottoms, a bar less than a mile from her house in Fayetteville. She went there to sing karaoke, a first for her but not out of character for the fun-loving Bordeaux, her sister said.
Police say the last person to see her alive was a registered sex offender.
The soldier's disappearance galvanized Fort Bragg and the surrounding community. Some 600 people turned out the next weekend to search for her on foot, on horseback and in boats. A local group searched every Saturday for the first six months, Cox said.
A local business, Black Ops Security Services and Consulting, has offered $8,000 for information leading to Bordeaux.
Bordeaux's mother, brother and sister came to Fayetteville to raise awareness about the case. They held a vigil where they released more than 100 butterflies as Bordeaux did at her wedding in hopes that she would be found.
Cox asked the soldiers of Fort Bragg not to forget her sister.
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Fayetteville police said Bordeaux left Froggy Bottoms with a bar worker she met the previous week, a registered sex offender named Nicholas Holbert.
Holbert, 25, told police that, at Bordeaux's request, he dropped her off at the entrance to the apartment complex where she lived with her husband, who was visiting family in Florida that weekend.
Detective Jeff Locklear said he has twice interviewed Holbert, who was convicted of molesting a 5-year-old when he was 16.
Holbert has since been arrested for violations connected to his sex offender status. He was living in his car behind the bar and failed to register at that address. He also granted an interview in front of a school. (He is not permitted within 1,000 feet of a school.)
Locklear said he believes Bordeaux accepted the ride from Holbert because, as a career-minded soldier, she feared the repercussions of a drunken-driving arrest.
However, he said he does not believe a young woman would ask to be let out on a dark road. Holbert's account, he said, "does not pass the smell test" and was "not truthful."
"He's not being upfront with us," Locklear said. "I believe that Nick Holbert knows more than what he's saying and holds the keys to what happened to Kelli."
Cox said that on the night her sister was last seen, she received two text messages from Bordeaux's number, 40 minutes apart. The first indicated she was on her way home, and the second that she got home safely.
The family does not believe Bordeaux sent the last text message, Cox said.
Why would it take 40 minutes for Bordeaux to get from the bar to her home 0.8 miles away?
"There's no reason for it," Cox said.
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The youngest of three, a trained dental hygienist and native of St. Cloud, Fla., Bordeaux joined the Army in April 2011 for better opportunities and financial security for her family, Cox said.
She was with the 44th Medical Brigade's 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion.
Cox said the Army was a "perfect fit" for her sister, who was upbeat, hands-on and loved challenges. A cross-country runner in high school, she loved daily runs and weekly ruck marches at Fort Bragg, where she arrived last November.
"I was like, 'You're insane. Who likes running every day?'" Cox said. "She loved the Army."
Bordeaux had signed up for three online courses from the American Military University and had plans to go to the Warrior Leader Course, hoping to quickly make rank.
"Nothing was out of the ordinary. She was going out to have fun," Cox said. "She just wanted to enjoy being Kelli, and it's sad that that led to her being missing."
Mystery, pain persist
Seven months later, Locklear has amassed six binders of investigative information, detectives meet daily to discuss the case and they continue to run down leads.
The Army and agents from Criminal Investigation Command "have done an awesome job" assisting, he said.
Yet the case remains a mystery. There are no electronic traces of Bordeaux since her disappearance; no phone records, bank records or otherwise. No friends say she has contacted them.
"There's been nothing," Locklear said. "I'd try to stay away from saying a person is dead because there's no evidence, body or crime scene. But at this point, the chances of her being found alive would be slim."
Cox said Locklear is thorough and responsive to her weekly calls.
"Even though it didn't happen last night, they're always working on it, and they let us know they're not going to stop," Cox said.
Locklear said Bordeaux's husband, Michael Bordeaux, a 24-year-old construction worker, is not a suspect, and his whereabouts during his wife's disappearance are not in doubt.
Cox said her sister's disappearance has been very painful for him.
"Mike is having an extremely difficult time coping with Kelli being missing, and the fact that he was out of town makes it extremely difficult for him to not blame himself," Cox said.
It has been a tough year for the family, Cox said. Cox and Bordeaux's father died in May 2011, and their grandmother died three months later.
Cox is more than eight months pregnant, and her husband is set to deploy soon, with Christmas and her sister's birthday looming.
"It's extremely difficult, especially for my mother," she said.
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The F-16 was one of two fighter jets from the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard that clipped wings during a training mission Aug. 1. One of the jets plunged into the ocean about 35 miles southeast of Chincoteague on Virginias Eastern Shore. The pilot was rescued at sea. The other pilot was able to fly back to Joint Base Andrews, Md.
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