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VETS Center
The University of Arizona is committed to helping student veterans pursuing higher education, a UA official told a congressional subcommittee today.
Melissa Vito, senior vice president for student affairs and enrollment management and vice provost for academic initiatives and student success, testified before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, sharing with subcommittee members and other panelists how the UA has increased its student veteran services over the last several years.
"At the University of Arizona, we recognize and appreciate the commitment and sacrifices made by our men and women who serve and have served in the armed forces, and are committed to making a college education a reality," Vito told the subcommittee, which invited the UA to participate in the hearing, titled "Defining and Improving Success for Student Veterans." (The full text of Vito's testimony is available here.)
Of the 40,621 students attending the UA, 1,317 are veterans. Between 2008 and 2013, the student veteran population doubled from 178 to 355 and usage of the center the UA created for veterans – called the Veterans Education and Transition Services Center – increased by 31 percent from fall 2012 to fall 2013, to more than 10,000 visits during that academic year.
The VETS Center was opened in 2008 to provide services specifically for student veterans. Originally located in Old Main, it moved to the Student Union Memorial Center in 2009 as demand rose.
The UA opened a second VETS Center on April 9 at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The first of its kind in the nation, the new center provides support for veterans who are working toward degrees in health sciences.
"The VETS Centers offer individualized service to improve the experience of all veterans attending the University of Arizona," Vito said. "We provide a step-by-step 'in-processing' or 'on-boarding' guidance for student veterans who are applying or have been recently admitted to the institution. The VETS Centers foster a USO atmosphere, allowing veterans to study, relax and engage with other student veterans who have walked in their same boots."
Vito also discussed the UA's Disability Resource Center, which provides transitional resources to veterans. It received a congressionally directed Department of Education grant in 2008 and "since then has been a leader for disabled veterans in higher education, producing research-based best practices for use on college campuses," Vito said.
In 2012, the UA Department of Disability Studies in the College of Education, the Disability Resource Center and the UA's Veterans Education and Transition Services office obtained a grant from the Paralyzed Veterans of America to design an adaptive athletics and college learning camp for veterans with spinal cord injuries.
"Building upon the success of the project, we obtained another grant in 2014-2015 to replicate the college-learning component including the VETS Center and the Supportive Education for Returning Veterans curriculum," Vito said.
The classes within the SERV curriculum are compatible with the GI Bill and help new student veterans learn to navigate campus and integrate their military experiences into their college experiences. They are only offered to veterans.
The SERV program, Vito said, "has resulted in overall retention rates of over 90 percent for those student veterans enrolled in SERV classes versus 70 to 80 percent retention for those who have not taken SERV classes."
She also credited the efforts of the DRC for its research and engagement with student veterans. The center "has expanded our understanding that many veterans arrive on campus with a new injury or disability, and are often unfamiliar with the resources available to them," Vito said.
"As we explore what measures still need to be taken to ensure our student veterans are accomplishing their academic goals, I ask you to consider that the first six months of transition are crucial, and it is exactly that transition our Supportive Education for Returning Veterans program takes aim at addressing," Vito said.
Other officials who testified included: Michael Dakduk, vice president of Military and Veterans Affairs with the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities; William Hubbard, vice president of External Affairs with the Student Veterans of America; Ricardo Torres, president and CEO of the National Student Clearinghouse; and Thomas Ross, president of the University of North Carolina.


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SUMMERDALE, Alabama – When Sherie Coyne of Summerdale began substitute teaching at her child's elementary school in Arkansas she didn't realize it would introduce her to a career in fitness.
Coyne's son was in elementary school when she learned that his physical education teacher was going back to school to pursue a higher degree. The need for someone to fill the position combined with the knowledge of Coyne's step aerobics attendance resulted in Coyne being offered a position as the P.E. teacher at her son's school.
For five years Coyne worked as a P.E. teacher. Later, her husband was offered a job in Foley, and the two made the move to Baldwin County.
Wanting to continue with her exercise, Coyne decided to take up running.
"I had never been a runner," Coyne said. "I started jogging and running."
The subdivision the family lived in soon became too short of a distance for Coyne to run, but because she lived next to a county road, Coyne did not want to risk running next to that road.
She soon found an alternative to running.
Coyne had purchased some dancing and fitness DVDs, which featured salsa and meringue, to practice at home. However, Coyne was ready for a classroom setting and again her son's school came into play when it began offering Zumba classes.
"I had been doing DVDs," Coyne said. "So when they offered it at my son's school, I wanted to be able to experience a class setting because it is a lot different than a DVD setting."
Sherie Coyne
Birthplace: Euclid, Ohio
Hometown: Summerdale
Family: Husband, Dave; children, A.J., Dave, Kelly and Joey
Occupation: Zumba/ fitness instructor
Activities: gardening, making jewelry
After attending classes for eight months, Coyne knew she wanted to do more than just attend.
"I was able to listen to different songs and choreograph dances," Coyne said. "There was a light bulb going off, and I knew I needed to go do something about it."
"I fell in love with Zumba," Coyne said. "I went to get certified to teach Zumba."
In December 2010, Coyne traveled to Tulsa to become certified to teach Zumba. One year later, she returned to get certified for a Zumba Gold license. Zumba Gold is offered for those interested in a fitness class that does not require as high a level of energy as a typical Zumba class.
"I saw such a need for it because we have a lot of Snowbirds and local seniors," Coyne said about offering her Zumba Gold class. "This as a great thing to bring to the community and to the Recreation Center so that people can have more than just classic exercise activities."
Coyne continued to get licensed in other areas of Zumba fitness. She visited Louisiana to be licensed to teach Zumbatomic, which is a Zumba class for children. She later went to Birmingham to become licensed in aqua training.
In total, Coyne has become licensed to teach eight different classes, and she currently teaches five of those classes. She teaches at Bodenhamer Recreation Center in Gulf Shores and at Curves.
Coyne said she enjoys working with the people and seeing their personal success with fitness.
"I have had quite a few ladies that have started with me, and I couldn't tell you the numbers as far as weight loss goes," Coyne said about her class participants.
Coyne also enjoys working with the senior adults in her class."I am humbled to see people in their 60s and 70s in my class," Coyne said. "I am humbled to see them happy in life and participating. I absolutely love my job."

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By FRAN SYPEK
Don Williams came to Massachusetts from his native Newmarket, Ontario, and never left.
His first stop was Boston to play hockey for Northeastern University. He eventually settled in Westfield after marrying his wife, Karen, 40 years ago, and became president of Westfield Bank.
Williams still has a passion for hockey. Through his effort, Westfield Bank has been a long-time supporter of high school hockey.
So it is fitting that Williams is this year's recipient of the Matthew J. Ryan Award for contributions and dedication to high school hockey.
"I am very humbled," Williams said. "It is really the bank who sponsored this - I just made the recommendation."
But it took more than a brick and mortar building or a group of officers to pave the way for the sponsorship and Williams was instrumental in helping kids play a sport he grew up with.
Williams retired earlier this year as bank president and is the bank's chairman.
"Anytime you can give kids an opportunity to stay off the streets, it's good," Williams said. "It's important to keep them busy."
The award will be presented at the Amo "Bets" Bessone Banquet on May 3 at the Dante Club in West Springfield. Williams won't be there in person to accept - he's off to the Kentucky Derby that weekend - but a representative from the bank will be in attendance.
The highlight of the banquet is the presentation of the Bessone Award, given annually to the Most Valuable Player in high school hockey in the Pioneer Valley.
The five finalists are Kyle DiFranco and Vincenzo Spagnuolo of East Longmeadow, Keith MacDonald and Dan Fenton of Cathedral and Patrick Lenihan of Holyoke.
A new award, the Gene Grazia Award, will be given to the top forward. The Eddie Shore Award will go to the top defenseman; the Bruce Landon Award to the top goalie.
There's also a new award for the Division IIIA MVP. It is being sponsored by Todd Howe of Caddie Consulting.
The Bill Ryan Award, sponsored by the Ryan Family and the local officials, will go to Westfield senior Alec Fouche.
The Rob Murray Award, sponsored by the Springfield Falcons, will go to the player who best represents the traits of the long-time team captain of the city's American Hockey League team.
Coach of the Year and Rookies of the Year for the Berry, Fay and Wright divisions will also be presented. The Republican's All-Scholastic team and All-Academic team representative (Lenihan) will be given certificates as will all eight members of the Cathedral girls hockey team - the first female hockey team from Western Mass. to compete in high school hockey.


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Contact: Guy Lamolinara (202) 707-9217
October 19, 1995
Library of Congress Publishes New Edition of Class Schedule R: Medicine
Library of Congress Classification R: Medicine, 1995 Edition has just been published by the Library of Congress's Cataloging Distribution Service. It is the first new edition of this schedule in nine years, replacing the 1986 fifth edition. Class Schedule R includes classification data created through early 1995 and has new class numbers and captions for such topics as DNA fingerprints, exercise addiction and Lyme disease.
LC Classification Schedule R: Medicine, 1995 Edition is the second schedule produced using the new automated Library of Congress system. The Library is now converting all class schedules into the USMARC format, which will result in more frequent updating and revisions and quicker publication of new editions.
The new publication is smaller and less bulky than before. It is now a handy 7-1/4 by 10-1/4 inches and is printed on both sides of the page. Thumb tabs throughout the tables and indexes make content location easier. A new cover design and colors, more readable typeface and the new size help users quickly differentiate the new LC schedules from the old.
LC Classification Schedule R: Medicine, 1995 Edition costs $34 in North America and $35 outside North America. Order it directly from:
Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service P.O. Box 75640, Washington, DC 20013-5640 telephone: (800) 255-3666 (toll-free in U.S.) or (202) 707-6100 elsewhere fax: (202) 707-1334
Related Library publications, also available from the Cataloging Distribution Service, include: LC Classification--Additions and Changes (1995 subscription: $100 North America/$110 outside); LC Classification Schedules Package (all schedules, A-Z) for $666 in North America/$700 outside--price subject to changes as new editions are published; Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification, 1st Ed. ($27 in North America/$29 outside); Update No. 1 (1995) to the Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification ($23 in North America/$24 outside); and Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting, 2nd Ed. ($37 in North America/$39 outside).
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Animal plasma is present in all foods that contain meat, as they also contain blood as part of the meat. The animal plasma included in Wysong diets is porcine in origin. The nutritional advantages of plasma as an added ingredient beyond that which is naturally in meat is partly due to immunologic fractions, including IgG, similar to what is found in the colostrum in breast milk. Plasma also contains haptoglobulin, growth factors, other proteins and peptides, and transferrins. The protein fraction of plasma is highly digestible and plasma also increases digestibility of other ingredients, including fiber.
Some of the research showing the benefits of plasma:
Most recent study (2004) to prove the positive relationship between plasma and fiber digestibility:
Bergström, J. R., J. L. Nelssen, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, S. S. Dritz, K. Q. Owen, and W. B. Nessmith, Jr. 1997. Evaluation of spray-dried animal plasma and select menhaden fish meal in transition diets of pigs weaned at 12 to 14 days of age and reared in different production systems. J. Anim. Sci. 75:3004–3009.
Coffey, R. D., and G. L. Cromwell. 1995. The impact of environment and antimicrobial agents on the growth response of early-weaned pigs to spray-dried porcine plasma. J. Anim. Sci. 73:2532–2539.
Coffey, R. D., and G. L. Cromwell. 2001. Use of spray-dried animal plasma in diets for weanling pigs. Pig News and Info. 22:39N–48N.
Hunt, E., Q. Fu, M. U. Armstrong, D. K. Rennix, D. W. Webster, J. A. Galanko, W. Chen, E. M. Weaver, R. A. Argenzio, and J. M. Rhoads. 2002. Oral bovine serum concentrate improves cryptosporidial enteritis in calves. Pediatr. Res. 51:370–376.
Jiang, R., X. Chang, B. Stoll, M. Z. Fan, J. Arthington, E. Weaver, J. Campbell and D. G. Burrin. 2000. Dietary plasma protein reduces small intestinal growth and lamina propria cell density in early weaned pigs. J. Nutr. 130:21–26.
Jiang, R., X. Chang, B. Stoll, K. J. Ellis, R. J. Shypailo, E. Weaver, J. Campbell, and D. G. Burrin. 2000. Dietary plasma protein is used more efficiently than extruded soy protein for lean tissue growth in early-weaned pigs. J. Nutr. 130:2016–2019
Kats, L. J., J. L. Nelssen, M. D. Tokach, R. D. Goodband, J. A. Hansen and J. L. Laurin. 1994. The effect of spray-dried porcine plasma on growth performance in the early-weaned pig. J. Anim. Sci. 72:2075–2081.
Quigley, J. D., III, and M. D. Drew. 2000. Effects of oral antibiotics or IgG on survival, health and growth in dairy calves challenged with Escherichia coli. Food Agric. Immunol. 12:311–318.
Quigley, J. D., C. J. Kost and T. M. Anspach. 2002. Effects of oral immunoglobulins and oligosaccharides in calf milk replacer formulations. J. Dairy Sci. 85:413–421.
Quigley, J.D., J. M. Campbell, J. Polo and L. E. Russell. 2004. Effects of spray-dried animal plasma on intake and apparent digestibility in dogs. J. Anim. Sci. 2004. 82:1685-1692.
Torrallardona, D., M. R. Conde, E. Esteve-García, and J. Brufau. 2002. Use of spray dried animal plasma as an alternative to antimicrobial medication in weanling pigs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 99: 119–129.
Q: Are there any communicable disease concerns created by adding Plasma?
A: No more than would be transmitted by eating any meat (which contains whole blood). After heat processing it is very safe. Remember, animals in the wild eat whole raw meat and blood with great benefit and optimal health.
Q: Is Plasma added to other Wysong foods?
A: Yes, it is in our Au Jus™ canned products as well as our Stew Diets™.
Q: I have been a long time customer and I have noticed that the Au Jus™ canned diets now have animal plasma listed as an ingredient. I have read your statement on the Wysong website regarding the animal plasma. I still do not understand why animal plasma has been added. I know that animal plasma is a "cheap" ingredient and is bad for pets. Only pet food companies who produce poor quality food use animal plasma as an ingredient. I do not agree that animal plasma has nutritional benefit; it is just a junk by-product. I find it very suspect that your company has chosen to use such a cheap, poor quality ingredient. Additionally, the Whole Dog Journal has dropped Wysong from the top ten-dog food list. I called them to find out why and they said it was because Wysong added animal plasma to their food. Why would you add such a horrible ingredient to your pet food?
A: We have supplied you with the facts on plasma and have given you scientific references.
Although there are myths about plasma perpetuated by those who wish to feed based upon identifying boogeyman ingredients, demonizing plasma makes no more sense than demonizing meat as a food for carnivores.
As for a 'rating' from the magazine you spoke of, we do not construct foods or advise people based upon the faulty criteria they use. Health is our number one objective.
They obviously have agendas other than the health of pets or are misinformed. We have sent them the appropriate criteria for evaluating foods if health is the objective. They have ignored it and chosen to use myth, lore and fable, rather than facts and science.
We are staffed and led by doctorate level researchers with 35 years of experience in the field. That cannot be said for any other manufacturer or for self-proclaimed experts on staff at magazines.
Our objective is the health of your pet. If that is your objective too, we encourage you to use the Internet and to learn from our website and printed materials.


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Kelsey enjoys art that incorporates words. I like almost all art. I love taking my kids to exhibits, far more than they like going. I knew as soon as a Ruscha exhibit was in the area, Kelsey would enjoy it. He's the consummate manipulator of words and landscape. I never tire of wondering about the connection between his visuals and choice of text, sometimes I come up with something that feels enlightening and sometimes I come up empty. Either way, the thought process is fun.
This week we visited Ed Ruscha: On the Road at the Hammer Museum, a series of paintings and photographs inspired by Kerouac's On the Road. The first room of the exhibit contains paintings of the tops of Ruscha's signature mountain ranges with selected phrases from the book. My favorite was the green "greatest seventy-yard passer in the history of New Mexico state reformatory." I chuckle every time I think of it. It describes a characteristic that isn't quite resume material, but everyone should be great at something, I guess. Neither Kelsey or I have read On the Road, but you don't need to know too much about the book to enjoy the exhibit. I read The Grapes of Wrath last spring, and scenes from that book resonated with me through out our visit. Smaller paintings in the room contained phrases over a splattered background, while not quite as monumental, they're still interesting.
I interpreted a bit of a biting tone in the art. I saw a commentary on America that included an element of snarky in it. Then Tany Ling started to sing. We chose our visit to coincide with an ongoing event called "Sing Your Favorite Book." Several times throughout the run of the show, a performer is in the gallery singing his or her favorite book. During our visit, Tany Ling, a contemporary and experimental music singer who performs all genres, sang from The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. She performed excerpts as if they were a Gregorian chant. It was beautiful to listen to and brought an entirely different mindset to the work. The paintings felt more majestic, the words took on greater import, the entire exhibit was recast in a new light. Changing one sense, hearing, deeply affected the viewing experience. Kelsey came away enthralled by the music, I left intrigued by how my perception of the art changed.
The second room displayed an illustrated On the Road compiled by Ruscha. A combination novel and artist's book, Ruscha illustrated the novel with photos he either took, appropriated, or commissioned. It's amazing.
The exhibit it up until October 2nd. Sing Your Favorite Book performances are scheduled for August 11, August 19 and October 1.


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HADLEY - Although the Northwestern District Attorney's Office has now reached resolutions with all six defendants in the Phoebe Prince bullying case, the public might need a scorecard to sort out all the legal implications of three of the four deals struck Thursday.
Sharon Velazquez, 17, Ashley Longe, 18, and Flannery Mullins, 18, were all charged as juveniles in the case because they were under the age of 17 at the time of the alleged crimes. As such, their cases would ordinarily have been shielded from public view.
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However, former District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel also charged the three as youthful offenders, a designation that opens the cases to public scrutiny. When the juvenile and youthful offender charges were joined, everything was thrown open.
All three were charged with criminal harassment, violation of civil rights resulting in bodily injury and disturbing a school assembly. In addition, Velazquez and Mullins were charged with stalking and Longe with assault.
Velazquez and Longe admitted to sufficient facts for a guilty finding on the criminal harassment charges, Mullins to disturbing a school assembly and as much of the civil rights violation as constituted a misdemeanor, meaning absent the "bodily injury" portion. Civil rights violation resulting in bodily injury is a felony.
Admitting to sufficient facts for a guilty finding is not a guilty plea but an acknowledgment that the prosecution could secure a guilty verdict if the case went to trial. By the terms of the agreements, those charges will be continued without a finding for a period of time. In Velazquez' case, that's until she turns 18 on July 8. Because Mullins and Longe have already turned 18, their charges are continued until their 19th birthdays. Mullins' is Jan. 17, 2012. Longe's is April 28, 2012.
The charges will be dismissed with prejudice when each defendant reaches her birthday, meaning that they cannot be brought again by the prosecution.
The plea agreements all pertained to juvenile charges, conviction of which would have resulted in detention at a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services facility. In that case, the defendants would have been found "delinquent." The juvenile charges were public because the youthful offender charges had not yet been resolved. Those were dropped only after the judge accepted the plea agreements.
As terms of their probation, the period during which their charges are being continued, each defendant must stay away from the Prince family unless the family consents otherwise, earn a GED or high school diploma and perform community service. Longe and Mullins must perform 100 hours of community service with at-risk or underprivileged youth. Because her birthday is only two months away, Velazquez was required to perform only 50 hours of community service. At the request of the Prince family, however, she is encouraged to voluntarily perform 50 additional hours.
As a final term of their probation, none of the defendants may profit from their involvement with Prince or the cases resulting from it.
Three of the defendants were charged as adults.
On Wednesday, Sean Mulveyhill and Kayla Narey, both 18, had their day in court. Because they were 17 at the time of the alleged crimes, they were charged as adults.
Narey admitted to sufficient facts for a guilty finding on the criminal harassment charge. That charge will be dropped after a year's probation. Mulveyhill pleaded guilty to the same charge and will have it on his criminal record. He was also ordered to serve a year's probation. Charges of civil rights violation resulting in bodily injury, disturbing a school assembly and statutory rape were dropped against Mulveyhill. The prosecution also dropped the civil rights and school assembly charges against Narey. The terms of their probation are similar to those of the youthful offenders.
Later Thursday, the state dropped its single charge against the sixth defendant, Austin Renaud, 18. He was not accused of bullying Prince but was charged with statutory rape for allegedly sleeping with her when she was under the legal age of consent.


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A trustee has dug up credit card bills and other personal records he says show that the disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his family were feasting off investors' money.
The documents recently filed in a Manhattan bankruptcy court include a bill from an American Express corporate card used by members of Madoff's inner circle. The trustee says the card bankrolled a lavish lifestyle. Total charges for one month topped $100,000.
The 70-year-old Madoff pleaded guilty in March to charges that his secretive investment advisory operation was a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
The trustee is trying to recover funds to pay thousands of claims from investors burned by the scheme. As part of that, he's asked a judge to consolidate separate litigation over Madoff's personal and business assets.


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Analysis of the real estate bubble in Canada -- http://CanadaBubble.com
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Dec 29, 2011 Vito Pilieci The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa's real estate market is showing signs of finally settling down.
In the new-home sector, builders scaled back in 2011, starting an estimated 5,750 homes (final numbers aren't in yet), compared to 6,446 units in 2010 and 5,814 in 2009, according to figures from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC).
The pace was the slowest since 2005, when builders started a total of 4,982 homes. According to Sandra Pérez Torres, senior market analyst for CMHC, the decline shows that demand from first-time home buyers, spurred on in recent years by record low interest rates, has largely been satiated. New developments will need to be driven by a different demographic she calls the "move-up buyer: " People looking to start families and buyers in the 45-to-55 age bracket looking for more space.
"Employment for these moveup buyers has been growing this year, when compared to other age groups," said Pérez Torres.
"The move-up buyers are the ones really driving the market, especially in the last half of 2011. We are expecting that to continue into next year."
For the first 11 months of the year, new home sales are down 9.2 per cent to 3,687 units compared to 3,995 in the same period last year. The total is also well below the five-year average of 4,325 units. John Herbert, executive director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association, has attributed the slide to a combination of a land shortage for building new homes and the federal government's deficit reduction plan. Federal public servants are concerned about their future, awaiting details of proposed cuts to programs, services and jobs to meet the government's goal of trimming $4 billion from department budgets.
Industry experts caution that while the market for both new and existing homes is expected to cool, it's not expected to plunge. Continued immigration, a highly paid workforce and a growing baby boomer demographic looking to downsize into higher-end, highdensity developments should ensure continued demand.
Add to that strong employment numbers, low vacancy rates, steady rental rates, stable price increases and a balanced market for home sales and the city is showing no signs of a housing market bubble, they say. Still, condominiums could be the only market segment in Ottawa to show growth next year.
CMHC expects builders to begin construction on 1,500 condominium projects in 2012, an increase over the 1,475 started in 2011. The market is expected to be driven by baby boomers looking to downsize. According to CM-HC, more than 170,000 people in the capital region are between the ages of 55 and 74.
That demographic made up more than 40 per cent of all condominium buyers in Ottawa last year. CMHC expects boomers to account for as much as 50 per cent of all condominium sales by 2016 as the aging group continues to migrate to smaller homes.
Condominiums could be the only market segment in Ottawa to show growth next year. Construction of townhouses is expected to fall to 2,200 next year from 2,245 in 2011, while single-family homes will fall marginally to 1,850 from 2,000.
More than 80 per cent of all residential construction started in Ottawa in 2012 will happen in the suburbs, outside the Greenbelt.
Pérez Torres said the suburbs offer buyers more affordable housing choices than the downtown area, which is why builders are fighting so hard with municipal politicians to open more land for development outside of the core.
The builders' association has been in a long battle to persuade the City of Ottawa to stretch the urban boundary and free more land for development, a move city council has resisted as it pursues its goal of intensification within the urban core. Earlier this year, the association won a partial victory at the Ontario Municipal Board in getting 850 hectares of land released for development rather than the 230 that had previously been approved by council.
The condominium boom will have an impact on the resale market. As more Ottawans opt for smaller condo spaces outside the Greenbelt, CMHC expects a record number of homes to be offered on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) operated by realtors.
This will increase competition among sellers and should cause price increases to taper off. The housing agency expects resale values to move in lockstep with inflation, at about two per cent.
Buyers still have money to spend, thanks to the continuation of interest rates at their lowest point in 60 years. CM-HC said rates will likely remain low for most of 2012.
"Sales are strong. Inventory is a little higher than the previous year," Ottawa Real Estate Board president Joanne Tibbles reported. "That actually works out better for people. Realtors can actually work the listings, it gives them the opportunity to work for their sellers. It also gives buyers more of a choice so they don't feel pressured into buying the first thing that comes up."
The average price of a resale home in Ottawa increased 5.4 per cent to $344, 357 in the first 11 months of the year (final 2011 resale statistics won't be released until early 2012). By the end of November, Ottawa real estate agents had sold a total of 13,710 homes, up slightly from the 13,549 they sold during the same time frame in 2010.
Paul Rushforth, an Ottawa real estate agent, says 44 per cent of real estate activity in Ottawa over the past year involved homes priced below $300,000. About the same amount - 43 per cent - involved homes between $300,000 and $500,000. The remaining 13 per cent involved homes worth upwards of $500,000.
Marnie Bennett, another area agent, said as of Dec. 1 a total of 57 properties worth more than $1 million had been sold in Ottawa in 2011.
Most of those sales involved homes, but some condos located close to downtown are starting to hit six-figure territory. Bennett says milliondollar listings were once concentrated in Rockcliffe Park, but now homes priced at a million or more are scattered all over the capital, including areas such as Manotick.
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KALAMAZOO, MI — The Western Michigan men's tennis team announced today that Casey Cullen, a Bronco men's tennis record holder and alumnus, has been hired as the team's assistant coach in anticipation of the 2012-13 season.
Cullen was a two-time Second Team All-MAC selection at Western Michigan and a key component in helping the Broncos win Mid-American Conference regular season championships in 2008, 2009, and 2011, as well as MAC tournament titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He ranks sixth on the overall victories list at Western Michigan with a 192-81 (.703) career record.
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Since its inception in 2002, Peaceworks' OneVoice grassroots movement has taken a bold approach to engaging Palestinians and Israelis in greater civic involvement. Spawned during a time of hopelessness and frustration following the collapse of the Oslo process, OneVoice strives to empower the moderate majority of Israelis and Palestinians to take a more assertive role in resolving the conflict. OneVoice works to reframe the conflict, transcending the "left vs. right" and "Israeli vs. Palestinian" paradigms and revealing that the moderate majority can prevail over the absolutist vision of an extremist minority, which so often succeeds in derailing the peace process.
Conceived by the PeaceWorks Foundation, OneVoice is run by Israelis and Palestinians through offices in Tel Aviv, Ramallah, and Gaza City. In addition to its unique methodology, OneVoice deploys cutting edge technology, electronic democracy, a network of activists and member organizations, and a broad cadre of experts, dignitaries, celebrities, business leaders and spiritual authorities. Its award-winning Public Negotiations Process educates people about the issues themselves as well as about the art of negotiation and non-violent conflict resolution. The OneVoice Leadership Program equips hundreds of young Israelis and Palestinians with grassroots leadership and community organization skills, empowering them to propel the majorities on both sides to demand accountability from elected representatives and to ensure that the agenda for peace is not hijacked by forces of violent absolutism.
A few of our successes so far:
- Over 600,000 Israelis and Palestinians have signed on to the OneVoice Movement, committing to break barriers and find consensus where they thought it impossible.
- OneVoice's Israeli office has built an unprecedented coalition amongst the youth wings of all seven of Israel's largest political parties, affirming principles of non-violence, democracy and supporting OneVoice's work for a popular mandate for peace.
- Hundreds of volunteers helped our Palestinian office run the first ever non-partisan 'Get Out the Vote' campaign in the history of the Arab world during the Palestinian Presidential elections in January 2005. In the face of a Hamas boycott, Islamic Chief Justice Sheik Taysir al-Tamimi appeared on a OneVoice public service announcement supporting participation.
- Our Youth Leadership Program has already trained 3000 of the brightest and most committed Israelis and Palestinians in the skills necessary to engage their societies in the fight against extremism and onto the path for conflict resolution.
- Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan honored OneVoice with the King Hussein Leadership Prize -— the first ever to be awarded to a joint Israeli- Palestinian organization.
Over the next year, OneVoice will continue to unite and bolster the movement. The newly launched "One Million Voices to End the Conflict" campaign is designed to remind citizens that they have a choice and, in fact, an opportunity to grab the reins of the currently out-of-control situation on the ground, and to garner a groundswell of grassroots support for immediate, uninterrupted, and ongoing negotiations toward a two state agreement. Ultimately OneVoice will enable citizens to push for progress and negotiations with strength and conviction, bridging the gap between the moderate majority and the elected leadership and demanding accountability to the will of the people, while marginalizing their outnumbered extremist counterparts. It is only by transferring societal ownership over the resolution process to ordinary citizens that the Israeli and Palestinian people can take control of their lives and demand real progress toward ending the conflict.


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Any Republican's an improvement | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I was born on South Whidbey and left the island after high school to attend college, serve time in the military and then pursue a career. What happens on the island still interests me, so I frequently go to the Record's website to see what's going on in the neighborhood.
This opinion is in response to the letter dated March 13, criticizing the Republicans for all the problems facing our nation today. As is typical with liberals —- always blame the other side, but never admit to your own mistakes.
Remember which party was in control of Congress when the "drunken frat boy" ran the car into the ditch? Wasn't it the Democrats including Barney Frank and Chris Dodd? Didn't they insist that everyone should be able to purchase a home even though they couldn't afford one?
Didn't this lead to the collapse of the housing market which led us into a recession? I'll admit that government spending under Bush increased by an unacceptable amount, but again the Dems in Congress had a hand in that. If Bush drove the economy into the ditch, then the present administration has driven it off the cliff. Meanwhile the government gets bigger, more dollars for entitlements, joblessness is still high, debt is the highest it's ever been and nothing in sight to change anything.
The writer admits that the Obama administration is flawed, but gives him a pass by saying it's "a tough job" getting us out of the ditch. I'll admit it's tough, so why did we elect someone that didn't have the least bit of experience to do the job? His only qualification seemed to be that he could give a good speech with the aid of a teleprompter. The writer takes our present condition all the way back to Reagan. Why not go all the way back to Lincoln, or even Jefferson? After all, they were both Republicans.
Whether we like it or not, the government is more and more in control of our lives. It is already creeping into: what cars we drive, fuel we use, light bulbs we purchase, food we eat, whether we can own guns, and shortly, through Obamacare, where we get our health insurance, doctors we can see, and whether mandated health care will treat us as we get older.
I challenge you to read Mark Levin's book titled "Ameritopia." It will open your eyes as to how we have evolved from a republic as laid out in the Constitution, to a socialistic government more and more in control of our lives. I can't blame it all on Obama since it was started way back with Woodrow Wilson, and really got the ball rolling with FDR and the New Deal.
I still have not made up my mind which Republican candidate I will support, but I will vote for any of them over Obama. I love this country too much to do otherwise.
Meanwhile, to Norma Metcalf -- go, girl.
Dick Bryant
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LANCASTER - Another week, another L-L League girls' basketball power poll.
UPDATED L-L League girls' basketball standings.
Saturday's non-league box scores.
With one more round of head-to-head section games remaining, here's the latest list ...
1. Lancaster Catholic (11-0, 15-0) - Solid 60-38 win over previously unbeaten Lampeter-Strasburg on Tuesday punctuated this 15-0 start. Said it before and will say it again: Will be jaw-droppingly stunned if Crusaders don't run the table and win league gold.
2. Manheim Township (11-0, 14-2) - League win streak up to 44 in a row for the Blue Streaks, who have a cozy 3-game lead over rival Hempfield in Section 1. Snapped Solanco's 5-game winning tear on Friday in a playoff atmosphere. League finals or bust for this crew.
3. Lampeter-Strasburg (10-1, 15-1) - Lancaster Catholic snapped Pioneers' 14-0 getaway with a relatively easy 22-point win on Tuesday. Still, L-S has a 2-game lead in Section 3 over Northern Lebanon, which is battling a couple of major injuries (Emily Brandt and Morgan Phillips are out with cranky knees).
4. Cocalico (9-2, 12-3) - Three wins in a row for the Eagles, who are in sole possession of first place in a really fun Section 2 race; Ephrata, Solanco and Elizabethtown are all chasing - should be a terrific stretch run.
5. Hempfield (8-3, 12-4) - Five wins in a row for the Black Knights, including a come-from-behind 42-41 non-league victory over Governor Mifflin on Saturday. No standout starts in Landisville, but Hempfield is doing what it usually does best: Grinding it out on D, getting contributions from everyone offensively, and - bottom line - winning games, under the radar this time around.
HONORABLE MENTION: Annville-Cleona (7-4, 10-7), Elco (7-4, 10-7), Elizabethtown (7-4, 9-7), Ephrata (8-3, 12-5), Garden Spot (7-4, 8-7), Northern Lebanon (8-3, 11-6), Solanco (7-4, 10-6).
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Steven Spielberg presented the Best Picture Academy Award to "Slumdog Millionaire."
Previous best actor winners Robert DeNiro ("The Deer Hunter"), Ben Kingsley ("Gandhi"), Michael Douglas ("Wall Street"), Anthony Hopkins ("Silence of the Lambs") and Adrien Brody ("The Pianist") presented the statuette to Sean Penn for "Milk."
Previous best actress winners Sophia Loren ("Two Women"), Shirley Maclaine ("Terms of Endearment"), Nicole Kindman ("The Hours") and Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball") presented the Best Actress statuette to Kate Winslet for "The Reader."
Reese Withersp[oon presented the Oscar to Danny Boyle for "Slumdog Billionaire."
Queen Latifah sang a subtle, totally affective rendition of "I'll Be Seeing You" to pay tribute to those who passed in the entertainment industry this year.
Wow, hard to believe we will never see Paul Newman deliver another fine performance.
And the Academy Award goes to James March, director of "Man on Wire."
Previous winners Christopher Walken ("The Deer Hunter), Kevin Kline ("A Fish Called Wanda"), Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Jerry Maguire"), Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Joel Grey ("Cabaret") presented the award to: Heath Ledger for "The Dark Knight."
Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller (lame impersonation of Joaquin Phoenix) presented the award for "Best Cinematography" ...
Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire."
After a rousing opening number by host Hugh Jackman and Best Actress nominee Anne Hathaway (for "Rachel Getting Married"), the parody of all nominated films and performers gave way to .... a new gimmick: Previous best supporing actress winners Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton"), Goldie Hawn ("Cactus Flower"), Eva Marie Saint ("On the Waterfront"), Whoopi Goldberg ("Ghost") and Angelica Huton ("Prizzi's Honor') presented the Best Supporting Actress oscar too:
Penelope Cruz, for Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
But for once, the gimmick really worked. The winner doesn't really matter -- this new format gave such major, indvidualized praise to each of the nominees ... Bravo to this new format. It really works. It takes the generic awards show format to new heights. Each of these nominees matters. All of the winners of past awards (the ones who presented Penelope's award) are living proof that careers are about so much more than the "awards season" culture that we have become so enslaved to ... Hell, all of the nominees were reduced to tears before they even heard the winner's name read aloud.
Congrats Penelope.
Best adapted screenplay: Simon Beaufoy for "Slumdog Millionaire."
And the winner is ... Jennifer Aniston (surprisingly, refreshingly cool with Brangelina in the front row) and Jack Black presented the award to the producers of "Wall*E"...
yeah,surprise, surprise ..
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Next up...2010
December 27, 2009 - Steve Schulwitz
Wow! Another decade in the books. It seems like just yesterday I was hunkered down my sister's basement, flashlights in hand waiting to see if the Y2K scare would become a reality. It didn't, but what the following 10 years held will surely add a chapter or two to history books everywhere. Here are what I believe are the 3 biggest news story of the decade. They are in no particular order, but I will add a little narrative to each.
1. The terrorist attack of 9/11 My grandmother always talked of where she was when Pearl Harbor was attacked. My mothers remembers where she was when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This was the defining moment of my life up until this point. It shook the nation to the core, but it also showed the resilience of Americans. It also made us aware that we are vulnerable within our borders. The recent events at Detroit Metro Airport reaffirms that thought.
2. The election of President Barack Obama. A part of me thinks no matter who represented the Democratic Party on the ballet, they were going to win. Obama however gained rock star status and voters quickly gravitated to the young man. One of the final racial barriers was torn down in November of 2008, as Obama became the first African American to be elected Commander and Chief. Obama went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
3. The recession, financial failure and stimulus. The worlds economy watched as one by one, as banks failed, markets crashed, jobs were lost and the government shelled out hundreds of billions of dollars to save financial institutions, the auto industry and state budgets. The Feds wasted little time in pledging support with programs such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to take faulty loans and mortgages from banks such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Citi Group. The government owned stakes in the banks, until the institutions repaid the loans, plus interest. The Cash for Clunkers initiative gave car dealerships incentives to sell more fuel efficient vehicles, while taking the "gas guzzlers" off the road. The program was so popular it was extended and spurred auto sales to levels that may not have been reached for several years down the road. The road to recovery is a slow one, but all indications are the quick action by President Bush and President Obama saved us from a depression as severe as the one in the 1930's.
So what is in store for the next 10 years? Will we prevail in the fight against terror? Can we create a more clean, energy efficient nation? Will a health care plan every be approved upon? I think the odds of these things becoming a reality are better than that of Detroit celebrating a Lion's Super Bowl win.
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If there's one theme that holds together every episode of the public radio documentary show "This American Life," it's this: Things are rarely what they first seem to be.
Consider the story about Improv Everywhere, the group of conceptual artists/pranksters who run around New York City pulling off elaborate stunts to puzzle and/or thrill the citizens. They dance in shop windows. They throw phony surprise parties on subway cars. It's all very weird and interesting, and thus perfect grist for a "TAL" story.
It was such a mesmerizing radio story a few months back, it seemed an object lesson in the power of that age-old medium. The intimate relationship between the narrator's voice and the limitless horizons of your imagination, and so on.
But here comes another twist: The version of that same story that turns up on Showtime's new version of "This American Life" is every bit as good. And maybe just a little better.
In a different way, perhaps. But it's a testament to "Life" creator/host Ira Glass, and to everyone in the radio show's production team, that they have managed to pick up something as fragile as a storytelling sensibility and deliver it, wholly undisturbed, into a medium with an entirely different set of possibilities and limitations.
Some constants remain. As with the radio show, Showtime's "Life" is hosted by Glass, who also does some, though not all, of the narration. The stories themselves -- some by seasoned writers, others by unknowns with interesting tales to tell -- veer from funny to sad to strange to oddly familiar. And though all include some kind of epiphany, the events themselves spring most often from the ordinary texture of life.
"Regular lives" is how Glass describes it. But, he continues, "the stakes in the stories are the things closest to their hearts."
On the radio, Glass and company draw out the textures, and quirks, in their stories through a combination of probing questions, elegant writing and clever post-production sonic touches. The tone is set by Glass, whose untrained voice tends to loop and stutter, burst into laughter, gasp in shock and let out sudden exclamations, e.g.: "Oh, my God!"
He's just as unlikely on TV. Pale and thin, with nerd-chic horn-rimmed glasses, the host appears in a dark suit, most often sitting behind a wooden desk that has been set, microphone and all, in the midst of some spectacularly implausible place. Next to a highway. In a field of oil tanks. On a mountainside. His voice is mostly disembodied during the stories themselves, which makes sense since this is where the characters, and the visuals, take center stage.
Some pieces are shot like traditional documentaries, divided between interviews, on-the-scene shots and narration. The more writerly essays (including the scene-setting anecdote at the top of the first episode, in which a writer recalls the childhood day she deliberately peed on the floor of a school bus) illustrate the writer's story with animation or artfully-shot re-enactments.
The reported stories would seem to present more of a trick for the "TAL" crew. As Glass has acknowledged, the presence of cameras, and the legion of crew members required to operate them, tend to change everything about reality. But rather than trying to fake it, they focus on stories that are either all about visuals or come with rich video records.
The scenes shot by the "TAL" crew tend to have the same off-kilter feel as the musical cues the radio crew use to add texture to the spoken stories. On TV this means supersaturated colors, unlikely camera angles and a creative use of visual textures.
Perhaps the most thought-provoking aspect of the show, and what drives home how successfully "This American Life" has spun into TV, are the stories that use video to tell stories that comment on how video has come to change so much about our lives.
The most affecting of these is by a guy who spent months taping a documentary about his mother and her husband, intending to reveal the many ways his stepfather had ruined their lives. He turns his camera into a weapon, in other words, hoping to reveal the truth while simultaneously bludgeoning his stepfather into submission.
But remember what we said earlier about things not being what they first seem to be?
It happens again, revealing a complex, heartbreaking story that could be told only on TV.
That's a strange thing to say about a show spun off from a radio program. But as "This American Life" reveals so often, this American life is full of surprises.
This American Life airs 10:30-11 p.m. Thursday, on Showtime


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NASA calls the new system the Space Launch System or SLS. It consists of the core stage, two strap-on solid rocket boosters and an upper stage topped by the Orion crew capsule. Marshall is designing the core, which will hold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel for the space shuttle main engines that will lift the rocket into deep space. It will stand 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.5 feet This is similar to the propulsion system that boosted the space shuttle into space, but the new crew capsule will sit on top of the tank -- as astronauts did on the Saturn V moon rockets.
Earlier this month, Marshall announced that Boeing, the core contractor, and NASA had presented "a full set of system requirements, design concepts and production approaches" for the new rocket to an independent review board. The board gave the green light to the plan, which means detailed construction blueprints can be drawn. "We are right on track," said NASA manager Tony Lavoie.
The first test flight of the new system is scheduled in 2017. NASA says "swift progress" is also being made on other components of the system. "The J-2X upper-stage rocket engine, developed by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne for the future two-stage SLS, is being tested at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi," NASA says on its website. "The prime contractor for the five-segment solid rocket boosters, ATK of Brigham City, Utah, has begun processing its first SLS hardware components in preparation for an initial qualification test in 2013."


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Re: Twitter App?!Bluepen61 May 31, 2013 8:13 AM (in response to CmL91)
I think Twitter is an installed B&N social app and if I remember correctly, social apps can be controlled in Settings. My NC is at home, so I cannot verify this. But check in Settings would be a good start.
Re: Twitter App?!KM0901 Jun 5, 2013 6:24 AM (in response to CmL91)That and AMV, and Woodwing..if there is nothing to do about it, then I am seriously upset. I used to love my Nook Color. Now there is continuous installations and apps I did not ask for.
Re: Twitter App?!5ivedom Jun 5, 2013 3:19 PM (in response to KM0901)
Yes, it's very inconvenient.
IN trying to add it for people who need the apps (AMV and Woodwing for magazines, twitter for twitter people) B&N has unnecessarily added it for everyone. It should have been optional.
Re: Twitter App?!Pingo00 Jun 14, 2013 10:37 PM (in response to CmL91)
So with Twitter, AMV, and Woodwing we are pretty much messed up? they never isntall and they just stay there doing nothing.
Re: Twitter App?!kiko_ajc Dec 6, 2013 7:35 AM (in response to CmL91)
I found a way to get rid of the Twitter app because I had the same 'Installing' problem you had.
1.- You need to download the Twitter app via browser from B&N. I don't think the internal one will let you
2.- You have to install it and it will fail (will corrupt the intenal one on the Nook
3.- Remove the installation (or Archive it) and it will remove both Twitter apps!
I have done this twice and it works. Sorry I can't remember the specific steps of how I managed to cheat the NC & B&N into allowing me to download a copy!
Re: Twitter App?!kiko_ajc Dec 6, 2013 9:21 AM (in response to CmL91)
Sorry for not remembering the detail but I think this is what I did.
I am runnig Puffin Web browser on my Nook Color. I logged onto the B&N web page using the Puffin App and searched for the App "Twitter" The only one available is for Nook Tablet (not for Nook Color) and
I downloaded it and ran it. It began to install, but towards the begining is stopped and said something about not being able to continue (can't remember the specifics). I decided to archive it and the 'Twitter' App dissapeared from the 'APP' and from HOME. I tried unrchiving it and reinstalling it, but I got the same error, so I deleted it completelly. Now my Nook color is clean and there are no more 'Twitter' Apps shown!!!


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|Position Title:
|International/Comparative Politics
|Position Type:
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|Subject Area:
|Political Science
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|2013/11/04* finished (posted 2013/09/24, finished 2014/02/21, listed until 2013/12/02)
|Position Description:
|Department of Political Science, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. The Department of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at Hamline University seeks candidates for a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, with a focus in international/comparative politics beginning Fall 2014. The Assistant Professor of Political Science will be responsible for teaching our introductory World Politics course, and will be staffed on our First Year Seminar on a rotating basis. Other teaching areas might include (but are not limited to) Human Rights, Democratization, International Political Economy, Political Research and Analysis, or another regional focus. Assistant Professor of Political Science is also encouraged to contribute to Hamline's East Asian Studies and Global Studies Programs, and possibly to the Model United Nations program as well. Successful candidates should be committed to effective teaching and quality scholarship. Requirements: Candidates must possess PhD in Political Science or ABD Status. Candidates must also possess expertise in international and comparative politics, with a specific ability to teach about the politics of East Asia, including China. Interested applicants should submit the following application materials: 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae 3) three letters of reference, 4) transcripts, 5) short writing sample and 6) representative syllabi and teaching evaluation summaries (if available). Candidates must submit applications via the Academic Jobs Online web site. Inquiries about the position may be directed to Professor and Chair of Political Science Joseph Peschek at email@example.com and further information about the university and the department may be found at www.hamline.edu. Application materials must be received by NOVEMBER 4, 2013. Hamline University is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and educator.


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Time for another financial moxie quiz.
This one focuses on what will happened if you failed to file or pay your federal tax burden on April 15.
Getting a six-month extension to file would absolve you of the filing penalties, but not the payment penalty. You owe what you owe on April 15. Also, there are ceilings to these penalties, but ignore them for the purpose of this quiz.
Answer to last week's quiz:
B. Kurtosis is the height of a bell curve. Or, as one smarty pants wrote in: The degree of "fatness" in the tails of a distribution curve. These days, it's all about the tails. Read Investopedia's take.


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D.J. Wilner (CfA), C.D. Dowell (CalTech), M.J. Holman (CfA), M.J. Kuchner (Princeton)
The main-sequence star \epsilon~Eridani is the most nearby star (3.22~pc) surrounded by a substantial debris disk, where dust particles are thought to be generated from larger bodies analogous to Kuiper Belt Objects in our Solar System. We present new observations of the \epsilon Eridani system at 350 microns wavelength obtained during the commissioning of the SHARC II bolometer camera at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. The resulting image confirms the ring of emission with radius 60 AU (18 arcseconds) seen in previous observations at longer submillimeter wavelengths, and it better defines the azimuthal brightness variations in the ring as diametrically opposed arcuate features. The substructure in the disk may be attributed to the gravitational influence of an unseen planet. We discuss relevant dynamical models in light of these new data.
Partial support for this work was provided by the NASA Origins of Solar Systems Program.
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Sylvania Twp. roundabout gets ground-up makeover
Olander Park interns take it from weedy to wonderful
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Motorists' wishes for pleasant landscaping instead of unsightly weeds at a western Sylvania Township roundabout have been fulfilled by two Olander Park System interns.
"The hardest part was trying to find plants that would thrive in that area," said Casey Fuleky, an environmental studies and landscape architecture student at the University of Toledo who designed the project at Brint and Mitchaw roads.
Sarah Parker, a senior at Evergreen High School in northeast Fulton County, then prepared the site, and the two completed planting the roundabout early this month.
The Lucas County Engineer's Office considers the landscaping such a success that it plans to reuse the design for the islands at two pending roundabout sites on Mitchaw: the Sylvania Avenue intersection, to be rebuilt this summer, and the Sylvania-Metamora Road intersection, to be converted next year.
Weeds and brush at Brint and Mitchaw had been the target of complaints since that roundabout's 2010 completion, said Ron Myers, traffic and operations engineer.
But because a "landscaped center" would go beyond the county's limits of mowing and spraying weeds, Mr. Myers said the engineer's office turned to the Olander Park System to spruce up the 53-foot-diameter island.
Ms. Fuleky — an Olander intern since 2008 — sought plants that would tolerate full sun, winter road salt, and minimal upkeep when she started planning the layout in February.
Low-growing junipers, dwarf grasses, and winter creeper were best for keeping weeds at bay by taking up nutrients and space, she said. The winter creepers cover the ground, further inhibiting weeds.
Ms. Fuleky also chose three sousa dogwood trees for safety as well as aesthetics.
The trees, partially blocking the view of the roadway on the other side of the roundabout, alert approaching drivers to the circle, reminding them that they can't drive straight, Mr. Myers said.
They also help drivers steer their eyes toward traffic approaching from the left, to which they are supposed to yield before they enter the roundabout.
Once the design was approved, Ms. Fuleky and Ms. Parker prepared the site, which she described as "pretty overgrown," by raking out dead grass and spraying weeds with herbicide. In June, Ms. Parker tilled the plot and prepped it for the plants and trees.
The county engineer's office kicked in the $1,473.25 cost for the plants, purchased from Lowe's Home Improvement.
With the help of Olander Park staff, the interns first planted the three trees. Then, in one day, they planted — also with assistance — the 850 other plants, including 750 of the winter creepers, Ms. Fuleky said.
Everything was in the ground by July 12, the last day before a seven-day heat wave descended on the Toledo area. That was good for the workers, but the heat hasn't been kind to all the plants.
"One of the trees isn't looking so hot," and the grasses have been wilting in the heat, Ms. Fuleky said, adding that Olander staff have watered the island from a truck to keep as many of the plants alive as possible.


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A couple of Sundays ago at Cross Point, we had a blast celebrating our dads for Father's Day.
I've learned more about being a father by simply having conversations with
other fathers than probably anything else. So I thought it would be a
blast to sit down with two of my friends and just talk about fatherhood.
What we're learning, how we're failing and what we're scared to death of. These are two dads in
two different seasons. One's a fantastic speaker, author, and worship
leader and the other is the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans.
Hope you enjoy.


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NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – August is just around the corner, which means it's time to prepare for the annual North Olmsted Homecoming celebration, coordinated by Community Council.
This year's theme is "Show Your Colors." Festivities will take place Aug. 21-24 at North Olmsted Park. Hours are 6-10 p.m. Aug. 21; 6-11 p.m. Aug. 22; noon to 11 p.m. Aug. 23 and noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 24.
Applications are being accepted for entries in the parade, which steps off at 1 p.m. Aug. 24 from behind the old library at North Olmsted Middle School. 27351 Butternut Ridge Road.
Parade entries are due by Aug. 17. There are prizes for winning entries in various categories.
Entries must include the name of the organization, description of entry, whether there is a float, person in charge of the entry, address, email address, when the organization was started, background and if it is a political entry, list the political affiliation.
Mail parade entries to Randi Jones, chairman and grand marshal, 3912 Columbia Road, North Olmsted, 44070. Contact Jones at firstname.lastname@example.com or 440-779-1198, or Jeff Peepers, email@example.com or 440-313-7034, for more information.
Peepers also is the contact for any organization or individual interested in obtaining a midway booth for Homecoming.
Faith, Family and Football: Former University of Notre Dame football coach Gerry Faust will be the guest speaker at "Faith, Family, Friends and Football" at St. Mark Catholic Church on Aug. 9. The event begins with Mass at 8:30 a.m., followed by coffee, juice and donuts at 9:15 and Faust's talk at 9:45. Questions and answers are slated for 10:45 a.m.
A freewill offering will be accepted.
St. Mark's is at 15800 Montrose Ave. in Cleveland's West Park neighborhood.
Call 216-226-7577 to register for the event.
Fun in Fairview: Fairview Park Fire Department will sponsor an open house 12:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 2, followed by a food truck festival 4-9 p.m.
There will be refreshments, safety information, demonstrations, tours, a car seat raffle and free fire extinguishers for the first 100 people to stop by the fire station, 20777 Lorain Road.
Parking is available behind City Hall, which is adjacent to the fire station.
Eight food trucks, inflatables for youngsters, beer for adults and entertainment by the Breakfast Club will be in the back parking lot of the Gemini Center, adjacent to Fairview High School and accessible from West 213th Street.
BocaLoca, Burrito Factory, Nosh Box, Stone Pelican, Rolling Café, the Calzone Zone, Off the Griddle, Betty's Burgers, Premier Crepes and Sweet! Mobile Cupcakery.
Special service: Judi Wiseman of West Park United Church of Christ sends word that a special service is planned for Aug. 3 to honor former church pastor the Rev. Lawrence Craig. He will be named pastor emeritus during the service, which will recognize the 40th anniversary of his ordination.
Craig retired from West Park UCC in 2011.
A reception will follow the service.
Dems to meet: Fairview Park Democratic Club will meet at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Dunson Room at City Hall, 20777 Lorain Road.
Attorney Alana Jochum, Northeast Ohio coordinator for Equality Ohio, the statewide organization working for equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, will be the guest speaker.
The meeting is free and open to all interested Democrats and Independents. Visit fairviewparkdems.org or send an email message to email@example.com for more information.
Car cruise: St. Patrick West Park Parish Holy Name Society will sponsor its first car cruise and ice cream social 5-9 p.m. Aug. 6 in the north parking lot adjacent to the Community Center, 4427 Rocky River Drive. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, ice cream, baked goods, lemonade and kettle corn will be available for purchase.
There is a $10 fee to enter a car in the event, The first 50 cars will receive a dash plaque. There also will be door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and side boards.
For more information, call Denise Quinn, 216-941-9541, or Jeff Quinn, 216-402-7621.
Movie night: "The Lego Movie" will be shown at dusk July 31 at Bain Park Cabin, 21077 N. Park Drive, Fairview Park. The viewing area opens at 7:30. Concessions will be available.
Airport meeting: Don't forget the West Park Airport Committee is hosting a meeting at 6:30 p.m. July 31 at St. Patrick West Park School gym, 17720 Puritas Ave.
The topic will be Cleveland Hopkins International Airport's plan to renovate the exterior façade and ticket lobby of the airport.
For more information, call Melissa at Bellaire-Puritas Development Corp., 216-671-2710, send her an email message at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit the BPDC website.
Golf outing: The 20th annual golf outing to benefit the St. Joseph Academy Scholarship Fund will be Aug. 2 at Mallard Creek Golf Club in Columbia Station.
There will be breakfast, lunch, dinner, contests, raffles and 18 holes of golf with a cart. Reserve a foursome or get more information, at sja1890.org/alumnaeevents, or send an email message to Betty Hjort, alumnae and special events coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Engine show: The Antique Engine Show at Frostville Museum will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Frostville complex, 24141 Cedar Point Road, North Olmsted.
A display of antique farm engines will be offered by Lagrange Engine Club.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase and the museum houses will be open for visitors starting at 11 a.m.
Contact Gary Porter, 440-777-2693, send an email message to him at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit olmstedhistoricalsociety.org for more information on this and other Frostville events.
Community visioning: Kamm's Corners Development Corp. will have a community visioning meeting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 at River's Edge, 3430 Rocky River Drive, West Park.
Residents in the KCDC service area are invited to attend.
Going up: Contruction crews are hard at work on the new eco homes planned for the property overlooking the Rocky River valley at the east end of Lorain Road in Fairview Park.
Run registration: It's almost time for the seventh annual Patrick Joyce Fund 5k/1-mile walk and kids' races. The event will be Aug. 9 on a course in West Park. Proceeds will benefit the Patrick Joyce Scholarship Fund and PACES, a nonprofit international group of physicians and allied professionals who conduct research and advocacy for cardiac rhythm distburbances affecting those with congenital heart disease.
The 1-mile walk starts at 8:30 a.m. and registration is $15 in advance, $17 race day; the 5k also starts at 8:30 and registration is $20 in advance, $25 on race day; children's races start at 9:45. Registration is $8 in advance, $10 on race day.
There will be a post-race party at West Park Station, 17015 Lorain Ave. The Sunday brunch and children's menu will be available after 9:30 a.m. Face painting, show cones, cotton candy and other fun activities for children will be offered.
Horse festival: The annual Valley Riding Benefit Horse Festival will take place 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Rocky River Cleveland Metroparks Stables, 19901 Puritas Ave., West Park, in the Rocky River Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks. The stables are at the bottom of Puritas Road hill, across from Mastick Woods Golf Course.
Festival admission is free, but a $5 donation is requested for parking on the stables' front lawn.
The event will feature a variety of riding demonstrations, including Valley Riding Therapeutic students, drill team performances, stick horse races, raffle prizes, barnyard bingo, food and refreshments. Lake Erie Nature and Science Center and the Cleveland Animal Protective League Mobile Unit will feature other animals.
Children ages 3 and older who weigh less than 160 pounds can ride a pony for $5.
Proceeds from the event will be used to support Valley Riding's therapeutic riding programs for adult and children with special needs.
Ticket deadline: Aug. 10 is the deadline to purchase tickets for the Fairview Park Junior Women's Club bowling fundraiser. The event is 7-9:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Fairview Lanes, 21847 Lorain Road.
Cost is $20 per person (age 21 and older), which includes 21/2 hours of bowling, shoe rental, food and drink tickets; five-person maximum per lane. There will be 50/50 sideboard raffles and raffle prizes.
Call Nancy, 440-734-9577 or Carrie, 440-334-3700, for tickets. Visit fairviewparkjwc.org for more information.
Health fair: Lorain Station Flea Market will host the annual S.W.A.G. Health Fair 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 2 at 9830 Lorain Ave., Cleveland.
The free health fair will include health insurance information, stop smoking education, diabetes education, blood pressure screening, blood glucose screens, HIV screens, music, food and fun.
Musical interlude: The final summer concert of the season at Halloran Park is set for 4-8 p.m. Aug. 3. The Rat Pack & More will perform.
Bring your own blanket or lawn chair. Food can be purchased from food trucks. The park is on West 117th Street, just south of Lorain Avenue, in Cleveland.
Information, please: Readers are invited to share information about themselves, their families and friends, organizations, church events, etc. in Fairview Park, North Olmsted and West Park for the A Place in the Sun column, which I write on a freelance basis. Awards, honors, milestone birthdays or anniversaries and other items are welcome. Submit information at least 10 days before the requested publication date to email@example.com.


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EUCLID, Ohio -- Had she not been killed in her Euclid home more than three years ago, Marilyn Habian would have celebrated her 58th birthday Wednesday.
Coincidentally, one of the dance instructor's favorite songs was on another Marilyn's mind that morning.
"I turned the radio on in my car, and a Marilyn was requesting to hear 'What a Wonderful World,' " Cliff Habian said. "I cried."
He and Marilyn Habian married in 1987 and divorced 12 years ago but remained friends.
"She was a loving, kind human being," he said. "The world is worse without her."
Prosecutors say she was killed April 7, 2008, by a neighbor turned burglar, who shot her in the chest in her basement, then tried to start a fire in the kitchen.
Richard Penque, 23, was indicted Friday on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, kidnapping, attempted aggravated arson and tampering with evidence. He is being held on a $1 million bond and scheduled for a hearing Oct. 14 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
If convicted, Penque faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, Cuyahoga County prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Russo said.
Penque had lived across the street and a few houses down from Habian's Ball Avenue home, Russo said.
Habian, 54, was a teacher in Cleveland schools for nearly 10 years and a dance instructor for nearly 20 years at the Cleveland Music School Settlement.
"Family members and close friends of Marilyn Habian spent sleepless nights grieving the loss of their loved one and speculating on the circumstances that led to her death," Prosecutor Bill Mason said. "Solving this case will begin to give them closure."
Penque killed Habian, then put combustibles on top of the stove and tilted the top toward a wall in an attempt to start a fire, Russo said.
Her dogs were in the house and her car was warming up in the driveway, Russo said, declining to release further details in the ongoing investigation.
Euclid Councilwoman Mary Jo Minarik said the homicide shocked the neighborhood.
"Everyone I talked to said she was a lovely lady," Minarik said.
Penque was served with the charges Friday, the day before he was to be released from an Ohio prison after serving 17 months for aggravated assault in Chesterland. That assault occurred in 2009 when he used a baseball bat to attack two friends who were visiting him in his home.
Geauga County Prosecutor David Joyce said that whole case was a mystery.
"We never were told why he hit these two boys. At the sentencing Penque admitted he had anger issues," said Joyce. "The boys worked with Penque's sister at a local restaurant and they went to the house [where Penque and his sister lived] to unwind."
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By Jim Six
MANTUA TWP. -- What may have been a traveling road-rage incident ended on Route 55 here Friday morning with a Mount Laurel man being stabbed several times.
The man's silver Ford Taurus and a red pickup truck with tan trim were both traveling south and the driver's pulled over to the right shoulder just south of Exit 53B, at Woodbury-Glassboro Road at about 8:36 a.m., police said.
The two drivers got out and started throwing punches at each other, but the 37-year-old Mount Laurel man suddenly realized he'd been stabbed several times in the left side, said New Jersey State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones.
The victim, whose name has not been released by the state police, was transported to Cooper Medical Center in Camden with "non-life-threatening injuries," said police.
The pickup truck driver drove off, but not before witnesses got a good description of the truck and its license plate number, police said.
The information was broadcast on police radio frequencies and within minutes, Mantua Township Ptl. Joanie Krucinsky spotted the red pickup truck parked outside Burger Fence Co. on Main Street in Mantua, said police. She arrested the man, identified as Ediberto Ruberte, 51, of Pennsauken.
Ruberte was turned over to state police at the NJSP Bellmawr station. He was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of an illegal weapon, hindering apprehension and obstruction of the administration of justice, said Jones.
Bail was set at 10 percent of $40,000, said police.
State police said the knife had not been recovered.
Jones advised drivers who may become involved in a moving road-rage incident not to pull over to continue the altercation face-to-face.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — There's welcome news for motorists across the region this August as gas prices continue a decline despite the occasional hiccup or two.
It will cost an average of $3.52 a gallon this Monday across the Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland region, according to Dearborn-based auto club AAA of Michigan. Current levels mark a 2-cent decline from the weekend but about 10 cents higher from a week ago.
This likely will be the norm during the next several weeks, GasBuddy.com analysts predict.
Oil prices have dipped below levels seen just prior to unrest in Eastern Europe and Iraq earlier this year — a four-month low. Additionally, tropical storms and hurricanes haven't affected refineries. GasBuddy expects the peak of 2014's gas prices are behind us should the weather cooperates.
Some occasional increases in mid- and late July across the Great Lakes region likely are a "head fake" rather than a new trend, GasBuddy says.
Grand Rapids-area stations aren't the only ones hovering near the $3.50 level, with much of the state in tow. Only Traverse City stations are averaging below $3.40.
Motorists using GasBuddy's crowd-sourced app report several stations on the city's Northeast Side are seeing prices tumble below $3.45 or less. The app indicates prices overall are holding relatively steady from current levels.
Across the lakeshore, prices average $3.51 to $3.63 in Holland and Muskegon.
Andrew Krietz covers breaking, politics and transportation news for MLive | The Grand Rapids Press. Email him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter.