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T.-*. VOL. V, NO. M THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES. f\ A_ iBBiirrs ▼unaantw auuBae- auia •*_**!.■.»**-w maw X taai ^-'' S Iti >t ■** ■ ■ _Lj__bi a« a***. Mm ■ _•___ na.-j.a«_. o%*a ISSUED THURSDAY AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924 Subscription Pries, 91.00 Par Year "Sandstone Center of ths World" BUSINESS MEN BACK "BOOST AMHERST" CAMPAIGN -. . SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE TOMORROW BECAUSE OF LICK OFJUNOS. REPORT School Budget Cut Nearly $8,000 said to Be the Cause of Closing At This Time; Amount Per Pupil L'Ower than Some. 8UPT. POWERS MAKES REPORT SHOWING AVERAGE COST PER PUPIL IN AMHERST Dropping of Some of the Subjects would not Decrease number of Teachers Needed :■■«<«■■■ IHBIHSM ICBIVBIVB ■ 81 "81 •'"81 "■"■''■ Amherst First We. LO. •ler., ''t-ty • Oj, ""*fol/( Is the Motto of the Business Men Who, with The News-Times are Backing the "Boost Amherst" Campaign iilTING WITH TNE NEWS-TIMES. niEY HOPE TO PUT NEW SPIRIT AND LIFE INTO COMMUNITY : V 1 For the flrst time In many years, the Amherst public schools wlll close at the conclusion of an eight-months term; lack of funds being the cause. This becomes effective tomorrow, In compliance with the decialon ot the Board ot Education at a meeting last Tuesday evening. Of the five achool board members, three voted to close the school and two against It. Teachers had previously agreed to release the board ol their nine-months contracts. ' In a Statement made by W. O. Nord, president ot the board of education, he said that the aituation is caused, to a large extent, by the budget being cut nearly $8,000, and by having the new building left Incomplete; that is, there were « number ot necessary things which had to be done. However, financial embarrassment has been experienced tn previous years, but the present school law does -not permit borrowing money. <State aid was applied for by the local board but It has not Men granted. The following statistics was submitted by F. R. Power* Superintendent of the Amherst schools: A state-wide survey in 1819 showed that tbe valuation per pupil enrolled ln the atate was 1100.03. Amherst's present valuation Is 8*8.03 pupil. The state report shows that Lorain county, in eluding Lorain, Elyrla and Oberlin, paya $88 for each pupil enrolled. This Includes the amount expended for bonds and Interest (for new buildings Amherst's allowance this year ls $61 per pupil, or $17 less per pupil than the county budget? Leaving out the cities ot (Elyrla and Lorain, and ex eluding Oberlin, there are 28 school districts In Lorain county. In money allowed for operating expenses 'this year 'Rochester township stands first with $124 per pupil. Operating expenses ln the sense here used, do not Include funds for bonds and interest. Amherst in this respect stands twenty- fourth from the top, or fourth from the bottom of the list, with an allowance of $88 per pupil. On the aame basis Wellington gets $78, or $19 more per pupil. The county average for operating expenses Is $86 per pupil. ' In a report made to the Board laat aprlng by Mr. Powers, attention was called to the peculiarity of the laws governing school finance, and the difficulty ot accurate planning. While schools plan their expenditures In the spring of the year, they have no way of knowing their receipts before the following tall. The Amherst situation was more than usually uncertain tbe poat year because the valuatIon on which to base operating expense was unknown. School district lines were being changed, which might effect tbe valuation and also the revenues. Then too, what law might govern financial operators was uncertain at the time. There has been some question about the different types of school work carried out this year. Supt. Powers produced statistics which show that In the school year of 1921-1922 one superintendent, one principal, one part time music teacher, thirteen elementary and five high school teachers, or a total of al were employed in the central building. Since then" territory employing five teachers was added, making a total teaching force of 26. Under the present organisation the entire number, Including full time teachers In Art, Music, Gymnasium (1 class in chemistry), Manual training end Domestic science, totals 86 also. In other words, all special work la carried on without any Increase in the teaching force, other than putting one part-time teacher on fnll time. This la accomplished through the so- called "platoon system", by which arrangement part of the teachers are carrying on classes In the special branches while others are occupied with auch subjects oa reading, arithmetic and georgraphy. Dropping a subject, such as art. would not do- creases the number of teachers at all, Supt. Powers sold. Powers further stated that expenditure for teachers salaries ln a large number of schools ranged from 60 to (Continued on bock page) CLEAN UP, BY GOSH. IHE COUNCIL SAYS Coin' f Polish up th' Hull Town on May th' 7th and 8th SHEPHERD BOY TO SPEAK HERE MAY 7 Sunday Will The village Kouncll, the mayre, the Biznes men's Assosheatlon, the skool. th' preachera, the >boy skoots, the wlmmens klubs, an' Iverbody whuts got a lick o' pride in this town, has Jlned In a move to clean up, an' polish up th' hull town next week Toosday and Wensday, th' 7th an' 8th <>' May. 'F ya gotta a vacan lot that's goln' to break out wld weeds like the measels or rubels in Mexico, as Mickey sec, shake a wicked ho an' rake, an' loosen up yer jlnts. The twno dadB may call it a noosance if yo* dont an' do some tldyln' fer ye. due|| ■ ■■■■■■■ bill to ye later on. Ya gotta house? Dus the blamed outside ov it luk Ilk It shud be in No Man's Land? Oit a brush 'n paint It! Make It purty an' decent Ilk humans lived in it an' not the other kind. We here that th' kummltte is to slnd the trucks and wagons aroun' on Toosday an' Wenaday, th' 7th an' 8th ov May. This Is to niuk a kol- lectlon ov tin cans 'n bottles 'n things which don' squush or ya cant burn up. Oit yur kollectlon out on display no later than Toosday mornln' tho, Una they alnt gonna visit no habitation morn onct, an' if yer too late, yer gonna be outa luck, thassall. Th' stores wll sel ya scrubbln' things, 'n paint in' things, 'n spades, 'n hose, 'n soap, 'n glass, 'n seeds, 'u whatever ya need. They say th' drug storz have even things fur th' gurls to clean an' paint wld. But enny way, rassle a pick, 'n wiggle a brush, an' can th' weeds, an' bum the trash. Oil on th' band wagguu an' yell yure fule hed off for a clean fine town. a—i . American Specialty Co. Amherst Furniture Co. Amherst Hardware Co. Amherst Lumber Co. Amherst Park Bank Co. Amherat Savings A Banking Co. C. C. Aschenbach Auto Top Hospital J. B. Avery C. E. Baker Jacob Baus Beaney's Market Beaver Park Co. W. J, Bodmann & Co. Jack Brennen C. J. Ehrman William H. Ehrman Carl Ernst Dr. H. L. Hall — L. J. Henes Dr. H. G. Hoffner Fred Holzhauer/ August Jaeger L. P. Lersch Charlee Ludwig W. R. MacCarthy E. H. Mays Dr. Bryce Miller Frank Mischka Ohio Cut Stone Co. Plato Coal &. Supply Co. Dr. H. W. Powers E. C. Schuler Ludwig Thomas Wesbecher Hardware Co. Conrad Zilch Werner Zilch Transfer Line i Give Them Your Patronage. They are Interested in You and Your Community. They stand for Progress AMHERST FIRST ■ Boosters Want to Enlist the Co-operation and Support of all in Favor of Progress; Plan the Campaign to Continue for Six Months NEWS-TIMES WILL BE GIVEN FREE TO EVERY HOME IN AMHERST AND VICINITY Organization of an Association is Seen as the First Neceeeary' Step to Get the Town United POSTPONED CONCERT PLANNED FOR MAY 19 Will Be Held in Town Hall; Tickets Now on Sale By Members IB I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Also Lecture on at 3:00 P. M. YOUNG PEOPLE HOST TO COUNTY LEAGUES One Hundred Twenty-five are Entertained by Amherstites Tuesday The I. O. O. F. hall represented a tpringllke appearance last Monday evening, when imembers of the Evangelical league of Christian Endeavor of tbe Stone church were hosts to the various leagues throughout the district. Quests numbering 226 responded to roll call, including representatives from-Lorain, Huron, South Rldge, Independence, Henrietta, Cleveland and Brownhelm churches. The hall was extensively decorated with pink and green streamers. Following a miscellaneous program, plentiful refreshments were served and a social time was enjoyed, z On May l&th the assembly ls Invited to Cleveland to attend a rally. The local entertainment was held in the nature of a get-together meeting Tbe program follows: * Music Orchestra Songs by assembly .. .- Led by Mr. Charles Thuers Scripture reading -. Mrs. Jacob Miller Prayer Rev. Kern Piano Selection Mrs. Qeorge Schroeder Songs Led by Mr. Thuers Welcome address C. J.' Springer Vocal numbers Male Quartet Planologne Miss Zelma Muth Address Rev. Tlmms Vocal numbers Male Quartet Closing remarks Rav. Prats The latter Jart of tbe program was Interspersed by short talks from the various endeavorers represented. —!—o Miss M'ldred Brucker and Alma Ornsted of Lorain speut Sunday with Mias Haleu Orcutt. An American citizen made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land recently, but it was made under different circumstances than the usual tour of l'ule<itine, for this American was going home, home to the land of his birth. In his boyhood he had tended his father's flocks on the hills around the Sea of Galilee. He had come to America, where by dint of his own hard work he had graduated from an American university. And he returned to the land of his fathers, the Holy Land, of all Chrlstundom. That man was Stephen A. Hah- oush, author, lecturer, and traveler. And in hla pilgrimage back to the land of his birth he saw Palestine with native eyes uud with the eyes of an American citizen. He brought back to America, wfth him, a marvelous moving picture of Palestine life and customs, thrilling scenes of the Holy Places of antiquity. He brought back to the land of his adoption the reul story of Palestine as it was and ls, a true interpretation of the Bible sory in the light of people und places which have not changed those two thousand years. Stephen A. Haboush knows Palestine as most Americans never can know it, becuuse it is his native land. He knows it, too, as an American, because he Is an American himself an American by choice und adoption. People of Amherst wlll be privileged to hear Stephen A. Hnboush next Wednesday night ut St. I'eters k!vangelical church. He is bringing to Amherst the true story of Palestine, told by one who knows best. He brings his marvelou* motion pictures of places and scenes that ure inaccessible to Europeans His travelogue promises to be a treut. It is something different, the like of which dies not exist. The public is invited. O- URGE TRIMMING OF LOW BRANCHES OF TREES THE WEEK'S CALENDAR CALENDAR Friday, May 2 7:30 p. m. Party ut St. Peter's church for entire bible school. Saturday, May 3 7:30 p. m. Community club dunce at Ehrman hall. Monday, May 6 6:30 p. at,, .Businsss meu's supper at I. O. O. P. hall 7:16 p ni. Choral Union practice at school house. Tuesday aud Wednesday are clean-up days. Wednesdsy, May 7 8:00 p. m. Motion pictures ot tarpon Ashing at school house gym. All Invited. 8:00 p. in. Stereoptlcon lecture by mun from Galilee at St. Peter's church. Community Invited. lllilsllliBli!iBlli!BlllBill!B!l>a!!lBllliBliiiailliaililBIII!| OPEN LETTER ON OE Miss Beatrice Delbrldge of Oberlin college spent tbe week-end with her parents here. Mayor Nord urges that lu conjunction with clean-up week, to be held next Tuesday and Wednesday, ull residents and property owners remove all dead und low hanging limbs und brum lies from trees along the streets, so.thut same will not interfere with unmbrellas which pedestrians may carry during rainy or hot weather. PARKING LINES ARE MARKED OFF ON STREETS TO SHOW MOVIES OF TARPON FISHING V. B. Cray, Rod and Cun Editor of Plain Dealer Here Without a doubt, all outdoor enthusiasts in this section are familiar with the name of V. B. Gray, who ls rod and gun editor ot the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gray wlll be at the high school gym iu Amherst on the evening of Muy 7th, under tho auspices of The Amherst Outdoor-Life association. In idlltlon to his actual presence, his experience in landing an unwilling hundred-pound tarpon llsh, together with Other feats requiring unusual acquutic llflll, will lie shown on the silver icreen. Most of tlie pnetures were tikes bfl l1"' west Florida coast, and ill ure from reul experience. Besides the features offered by Gruy, mil-de by the Stone church quantum- uud by the high school orchestra will be rendered. All are invited. O GRADUATES MUST TAKE EXAMS FOR NORMAL The work of marking-off the streets ln tbe business section, ln compliance with the parking ordinance, is now ln progress. In all probability lt will be completed sometime tomorrow. Parking parallel with the curb will be Enforced on one side of Church street and Park avenue. The white lines on the opposite sides Indicate the angles and spaces in which machines may be placed. Whetr tbe work Is completed, strict compliance with the specifications will he demauded. All high school graduates who are expecting to enter a normal school to prepare for teaching thl coming year must take un entrance extmination under the direction of the State Department of Education, according to word received today from County superintendent of schools, E. C. Seale. For this purpose, a general examination will be held at the high school building In Elyrla on Saturday, May 10, 192, at !) o'clock a. m. There will be u forenoon and afternoon session. The extmination can be completed iu one day, Mr. Seale announces. O Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Cotton, Mr. aud Mrs. Carl Schmltkons aud Mra. J. At the Monday evening reheursal of the Amherst Choral union final arrangements were made for the Spring Concert. Monday evening, May 19th. was decided upon, und the Town Hull is the place. Previous plan* were to give the concert on March 31st, Jiut the date was postponed. Inasmuch as tickets were already printed und placed on sale previous to the postponement, these wlll be honored for the enterainment. All members of the union are selling tickets and so far the results ure grutlfylng. The Choral union was organized lust full und has since conducted ro- heursals under the direction of Mrs. It. II Hearn. On severul occasions when the union made public appearances they were well received. The program will consist of sacred numbers, (negro spirituals, lullabies und other groups in uddttion to special numbers. These will Include readings, violin'solos und selections by a inul quartet. Following tre the members of the union: George Abderhulden, Mrs. George Abderhulden. Mrs. 'klmer I laker. C. G. Ashenbach, Elizabeth Ashenbuch, Hilda Becker, Herman Beeslng, George C. Cox, Helen Decker, Casper Dute, Mrs. Thresu Dute, Eugene Eastman, Llbby Gerlach, Carolyn Guild, Evelyn Guild. .Mrs. 0< M. Harris, Dorothea Hearn, Flora Hearn, Ray Hearn, Mrs. Hay Hearn. Edith Heller. Fred Holzhauer, Mrs. B. A. Jenne, Mrs. Henry Kune Akiics Luhiff, Albert I.ukofski, Mrs. R. L. Menz, Mrs. H. C. Moore, Zelma Muth, Myrtle Ream. Airs. Fred lloemer Elinore Ruth, Helen Snbiers, Mrs. E. 0. Schibley. MYs. C. J. Springer, Vlolu Weiss, Charlotte '.Standen. Gertrude Wernert, Luura Wltte. EMEI ATTEND MERCHANTS DINNER Business Men Pleased with Prospects for Campaign Schiiaitkoiia ull of Elyrlu, herst visitors Sunday. were Am- Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner spent last Thursday evening iu Vermilion. April 30, 1924. An Open Letter to the Amherst School Board. Gentlemen: 1 have today heard upon good authority that your body has decided to close the Amherst Schools on May 2nd because of lack of sufficient funds to continue school for the full fine months as planned. I am writing to ask if it is altogether too late for your body to consider u protes t agulnst such closing. — This letter is in no way intended us a crltlclsim of the splendid work of your bourd during the pust yeur. nor Of your action in ordering school closed on May 2nd. It, no doubt, seemed the best und possibly the only wuy out of u bad situation. It my humble opinion there Is u better wuy, uud It is this thought I um asking you to consider. If it ls necessary, as It seems to be, to hold school for only eight months,' j either this year or next, because of ! lnsuitlclent funds, Is it not tar better 1 to have a well-planned eight month' school next yeur than to cut a month from this school year which had been ' planned as. a nine months yeur?: Everyone of our eight hundred pupils | from first grade to high school seniors j will, lt school closes Muy 2nd, huve to leuvc their work unfinished and incomplete. This mouth cun never be mude up—lt is absolutely lost. Have you thought whut it mean? With 800 pupils It means 800 months, or 66 2-3 yeurs of school lost. Our experts on the value of education in dollars and cents tell us thut every day Is worth $U. to the student in high school und $4 tu the boys nnd girls ln the grudes. Vour action in closing school on May 2 lakes from our boys and girls $60,000 In years to come. Further than that is seems to me that this last month is much the most important of the whole year. It ls the time of finishing the Job, reviewing aud clinching the work of the whole year. The boys and girls go out feeling that they have finished something worth while and something has been accomplished. Of this you rob them if you close school now. On the other hand, If rightly planned ahead of time by superintendent und teachers, a very satisfactory oight months year can 'be arranged. Nearly, if not quite the same amount ot ground can be covered ln most studies in eight months as In nine. This statement comes out of an experience as member ot a school board for five years, during two of which we were compelled, becuuse of lack of funds, to run eight-month terms. If we must have au eight months school year, let lt be planned this summer und begin next fall. Let our eight _,.. uuii jjrs. Harry Williams and hundred boys and girls, who have been daughter Myrtle are visiting relatives working so well under our splendid an(| frleuds In Detroit, force of teachers, finish their year's work us planned. Let tbem hoe out their task unfinished. Eighteen business men'responded to the call of the Monday weekly evening dinner meeting last week, and Important mutters were discussed. The business men were pleased with the response given to the News- Times for udvertlslng to muke imih- sllile the •'Boost Amherst Campaign. An extreme effort will be mude to keep Amherst business in Amherst. As one business mun said, "if we wunt to get more business und eventually more money we must spend more." The ussoclutlon decided to obtain u speuker ou sulueamuuship for a future meeting ut which clerks und salesmen of the merchants will be Invited to uttend. The next meet ing will be held in the I. O. O. F. hull. Members who have been absent at these meetings ure urged to uttend. -0- MRS. SAUL EPPLEY DIES Russel Plato left Sunday to resume his studies ut Dayton university. 'Mrs. Suul Eppley, 60, well-kuown iu this community, died at her home near Elyrlu, early Monduy morning. Death ' followed a week's llines with pneumonia. Her husband, u son, Irviu, 1 und u daughter, Peurl, ure the survivors. Funeral services were cou- j ducted Wednesday afternoon und in torment mude In Murruy ridge I cemetery. the row. Don't shut the school door in their faces aud send them out with Very siucerely, (Signed) F. E. Eastman With the determined purpose to muke the wheels of progress move faster ln Amherst, tbe Amherst Business Men's Association, uniting with the News-Times, this week Inaugurated u "Boost Amherst" campaign which will continue from the present week until November 1st. During the "Booster" period the business men and the News-Times hope to enlist the co-operation and support of every resident who wants Amherst to progress. Several plans ami projects already have been suggested and will be pushed by the merchants and this newspaper. During the six months period those who ure pushing the campaign hope to put new lite and spirit into the town: they hope to do things that will make outsiders and those who are not progressive enough to be interested sit up and take notice. The one thought in their minds for the next heir year will be a bigger and better Amherst, and this campaign will be only the starting point for fetter things here, if the will of the business men and the News-Times Is accomplished. The Amherst 'News Company will deliver a copy of the News-Times euch week during the six month period free of charge to every home In Amherst und rural routes of Amherst. Subscriptions of all paid-up dubscrlbers wlll be advanced for six mouths. Accounts of delinquents will remain on the company's books and may be paid any time. A delinquent subscriber will be allowed to take advantage of advancing his subscription six months if he pays this week. Every resident of Amherst knows and believes he Is living in the best town in tlie United States. Amherst has everything every other town has and more. Good location, near large cities, near Luke Erie; excellent transportation facilities by steam and electric; best wuter supply in the state; good sewage system; well lighted streets; pavement on almost every street ln town; u group of prosperous and helpful churches; good schools. Whut else is there to be desired in the wuy of modern Lmprovoment? But, muny progressive citizens, ask, why, If the town hus such wonderful facilities, does it now grow faster and continually get better things? The unswer cannot 'be given at the present. Undoubtedly there are a number of reasons. The "Boost Amherst" campaign should, however determine these reasons aud eliminate them. One of the flrst moves on the program of the "Boost Amherst" camalgn should be to take definite steps to have an other Old Home Week cele- brut ion this summer. The News- Times hus written before about the same topic, but little action has been tuken. As u purt of the camaign, this celebration by all means should be held. The business men and other interests of Amherst should determine a way to increase the population of the town. In a decadelrom 1910 to l'i-'" the town grew in population only from 2.106 to 2,485. A higher number at the present time is doubted by many. It seems u shame to many of the more progressive citizens thut this town hus not grown tuster. Tbe draw back, us The News-Times sees it, ls thut there bas been no organisation, no combined effort to get anywhere. Kven a great many of the business men apparently are not interested ln the future growth ot the town tbey think the best iu the country. The entire town must work together. A goul should be set, und the next census should be watched for results. To fall in line with the revival ot the spirit of progress in Amherst, The News-Times intends to give tbe residents u better newspuper. For six months it will be given free. Many persons in this town perhaps never huve seen a News-Times. Now (hey ure going to get the chance. A newspaper with all the news, that pushes progress for the town, and Is for the towu every minute of the day, and every duy ot the year, ls one of tbe (Continued ou back page) N v., a
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f\ A_ iBBiirrs ▼unaantw auuBae- auia •*_**!.■.»**-w maw X taai ^-'' S Iti >t ■** ■ ■ _Lj__bi a« a***. Mm ■ _•___ na.-j.a«_. o%*a
Subscription Pries, 91.00 Par Year
"Sandstone Center of ths World"
-. .
School Budget Cut Nearly $8,000 said to Be the Cause of Closing
At This Time; Amount Per Pupil L'Ower than Some.
Dropping of Some of the Subjects would not Decrease number
of Teachers Needed
Amherst First
• Oj,
Is the Motto of the Business Men Who, with
The News-Times are Backing the
"Boost Amherst" Campaign
iilTING WITH TNE NEWS-TIMES.
niEY HOPE TO PUT NEW SPIRIT
For the flrst time In many years,
the Amherst public schools wlll close
at the conclusion of an eight-months
term; lack of funds being the cause.
This becomes effective tomorrow, In
compliance with the decialon ot the
Board ot Education at a meeting last
Tuesday evening. Of the five achool
board members, three voted to close
the school and two against It.
Teachers had previously agreed to release the board ol their nine-months
contracts. '
In a Statement made by W. O. Nord,
president ot the board of education,
he said that the aituation is caused, to
a large extent, by the budget being cut
nearly $8,000, and by having the new
building left Incomplete; that is, there
were « number ot necessary things
which had to be done. However, financial embarrassment has been experienced tn previous years, but the
present school law does -not permit
borrowing money.
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Mariah Carey was the singer of the '90s with her pop/R&B/AC blend of music, but was quickly derailing in the first half of the next decade. After signing an $80 million contract with Virgin Records, she had an infamous appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, a huge commercial failure with her semi-autobiographical film and album project Glitter, and reportedly had a physical and emotional breakdown. It didn't help that she largely "abandoned her girl-next-door tunefulness in favor of hip-hop whoredom." PD
Virgin dumped her, but Def Jam gambled that the fifteen-time-chart-topper might have something left. With collaborator Jermaine Dupri, Carey found the right mix of contemporary and old-school R&B on "Together." While "uncharacteristically restrained" AB'00 for Carey, it still had a "rapid-fire, Beyoncé-esque staccato vocal" PD that just might make it "the finest single of her career." PD
We Belong Together
Not only did it put Carey back on top after a five year absence, but Billboard magazine named it the most successful song in history by a female artist WK and the best-selling song of the decade. SF Its 14 weeks atop the pop chart tied it with the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" as the biggest #1 of the decade and in the rock era only "One Sweet Day," which Carey recorded with Boyz II Men, has spent more weeks (16) atop the Hot 100. Two more trips to the top before decade's end put Carey second only to the Beatles.
The laundry list of writers (ten credits in all) suggest a written-by-committee approach, but some of the credits are due to references to other R&B heartbreak songs. In a radio-flipping session, Carey cleverly weaves lyrics from Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and The Deele's "Two Occasions" into her own reflections of love lost.
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- DMDB page for "We Belong Together"
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- Mariah Carey'ss DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry
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- PD PopDose.com (11/24/09) The Best Songs of the Decade
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Students who would like to learn how to practice law while they are in law school should apply for the in-house clinical education program, LAW OFFICES. Applications are now available for the summer. Students may apply for Law Offices after they have completed the equivalent to their first year of law school (27 credits). To be considered for a place, ALL students must complete and return a completed Law Offices application. The Registration date has not yet been set; consequently, the deadline for submitting applications for the summer semester is pending. We will notify you of the application deadline as soon as we are advised of the Registration period.
Students who have previously taken or who are now taking Law Offices (called Continuing Law Offices Students) and who submit their applications by the due date will be given preference in their same practice group if availability permits. New students who have submitted their applications by the due date will be selected in the Law Offices lottery. The total number of available places during the summer semester is dependent upon the number of supervising attorneys in each practice group. The number of available new places is dependent upon the number of continuing students and has not yet been determined.
There are seven in-house practice groups from which to choose - employment discrimination/civil rights with some general practice, criminal defense, first defense legal aid, health, information technology and entrepreneurship (ITEC), mediation and other ADR procedures, and tax (prerequisites are Personal Income Tax and Tax Procedure).
In three of the in-house programs - employment discrimination/civil rights litigation with some general practice program, the criminal defense litigation program, and ADR program - students are given the option of enrolling for three or four credits. Students who enroll for four credits put in a minimum of thirty-two hours per week, and students who enroll for three credits put in a minimum of twenty-four hours per week during the eight-week semester. In the health law litigation program, ITEC, and the tax litigation program students enroll for three credits and put in a minimum of twenty-four hours per week. Students in FDLA enroll for two credits and put in a minimum of sixteen hours per week.
For more information, you may talk to the clinical professors who supervise
the various practice groups - Professors Gonzalez (room 629) and
Leader (room 625) for labor and employment law; Professors Kling (room
613), and Thomas (room 609) for criminal defense; Professor Kraus (room
627) for health law; Professor Williams (room 623) for ITEC, Professor
Kentra (room 611) for mediation & other ADR procedures; and Professor
Decatorsmith (room 621) for tax. Professor Walz is off campus and
may be reached at (773) 292-9780, and Professor Laser (room 631)
is also available to answer your questions.
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Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
Kenneth Weisbrode
Diplomacy's role in foreign policy is hampered by multiple understandings of what diplomacy is and does. A broad definition of diplomacy holds that it encompasses more than the promotion of peaceful international relations. Instead, it applies to the sum of those relations—peaceful, hostile, and everything in between. Thus, foreign relations—so long as they involve the interests, direction, and actions of a sovereign power—may be regarded as being synonymous with diplomatic relations, whereby foreign policy relates to the theory and practice of setting diplomatic priorities; planning for contingencies; advancing strategic, operational, and tactical diplomatic aims; and adjusting those aims to domestic and foreign constraints. This conception of diplomacy is functional: it emphasizes the roles of diplomats and recognizes that many other people perform these roles besides official envoys; and it illustrates that diplomatic settings—and the means, methods, and tools of diplomacy—undergo continuous change. The basic mediating purpose of diplomacy, however, has endured, as has much of its institutional apparatus—embassies, ambassadors, treaties, and so on. This is likely to remain the case so long as there are multiple polities in the world, all having to relate to one another.
Foreign Policy Learning
Guy Ziv
An improved understanding of foreign policy learning necessitates a clarification of what foreign policy learning is, who learns, and how such learning occurs. Cognitive and social psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists situated in a variety of subfields have contributed to the understanding of foreign policy learning, a multidisciplinary area of inquiry. Learning theorists seek to show how a change in an actor's beliefs due to experience or observation can lead to changes at other units, such as organizations and within the government. This cognitive dimension is important because actors may pursue a new course of action for politically expedient reasons rather than having genuinely "learned"—a distinction referred to as "complex" vs. "simple" learning.
Foreign policy learning can be internal or external. The former type of learning entails what individuals, governments, or organizations learn from their prior experience. Learning theorists who focus on the individual level of analysis borrow insights from political psychology in an effort to shed light on the personal characteristics, the belief structures, and the cognitive psychological mechanisms of political actors that can better inform policymaking. Leaders whose cognitive structures are described as relatively open and complex—like Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, whose learning brought about the dramatic changes that ultimately led to the demise of the Soviet Union—are more likely to alter their beliefs than their cognitively closed and simple counterparts.
Yet external learning occurs as well. Policy diffusion studies show that learning can result from demonstration effects. Foreign policy learning via diffusion is not instrumental, but instead occurs through osmosis. Privatization in the former communist states, China's Foreign Direct Investment liberalization, and the diffusion of environmental norms in the European Union are examples of learning that is contagious, not chosen. A more conscious mode of learning than diffusion is policy transfer, which entails policymakers' transferring ideas from one country and implementing them in another. Technological innovations, unlike lessons that involve political ideology, are generally easier lessons to transfer—for example, Japan's success in applying lessons from the West to modernize its army in the second half of the 19th century.
The constraints to foreign policy learning are formidable. Decision makers are not always open to reconsidering views that challenge their beliefs. Leaders tend to resort to, and misuse, analogies that prevent learning. Even a change in a decision maker's beliefs may not lead to foreign policy change, given the myriad political pressures, bureaucratic hurdles, and economic realities that often get in the way of implementing new ideas. Indeed, foreign policy learning and foreign policy change are not synonymous.
Scholars face significant obstacles in studying foreign policy learning. There is no consensus on the definition of learning, on what constitutes learning, on how actors learn, when they learn, or on how to assess whether learning has taken place. Despite attempts to make sense of the confusion, scholars face the daunting challenge of improving understanding of how learning is shaped and funneled through the interaction of agents and the structures in which they are situated, as well as the relationship between learning and foreign policy change.


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UMN CIBER Hosts Model UN for Area Students...in Spanish
Event was part of outreach mission to K-12 students and teachers
During spring break, the Carlson School of Management hosted nearly 130 students, teachers, and volunteers from two Spanish immersion schools in the Twin Cities - Highland Park Junior High School and Anwatin Middle School. The students spent the day on campus conducting a United Nations-style discussion - in Spanish - about food aid.
The event was the first Spanish-language Model U.N. conference organized by the United Nations Association of Minnesota (UNA-MN) and and was co-sponsored by the University's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and Institute for Global Studies
"From our perspective, this event fit very well with CIBER's outreach mission to K-12 students and teachers," says Abby Pinto, CIBER managing director. "It was impressive to watch students grapple with significant global economic issues and country dynamics - and do this confidently in Spanish. We hope they'll stay engaged with major world issues and motivated to continue exploring them."
Model United Nations is part of Global Classrooms, an innovative international education program that engages students from grades 7 - 12 both in the classroom and in simulations involving human rights, peace and security, and sustainable development issues.
"We are very committed to the value of the Global Classrooms program in helping students be more aware of their role and responsibilities as global citizens and we know the Carlson School shares that commitment," says Terry Ellen Robinson, co-chair of the UNA-MN Education Committee.
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Sholtez is more than happy to look back on an exhilarating period of his life, in which his career got a well- deserved turbo boost. Let's face it, not every aspiring artist out there is given the opportunity to sign with Verve Records and record with some of the finest jazz musicians available in less than a week. Because that's what it took for a tape with rough mixes to end up on chairman Tommy LiPuma's desk, resulting in a long distance phone call to Brisbane, Australia.
"Before signing a record deal and recording Real Street, I had always looked at that as the ultimate goal," explains Sholtez. "When you're trying to make a living working the clubs and writing and recording in your spare time, to get it all to come together can seem like such an unlikely reality at times. For me, that's what made it hard to think too far beyond that.
"The biggest change for me, once Real Street was actually released, was the realization that I had, in fact, just arrived at the beginning of my music career. After more than ten years of working hard to get it together I was finally standing on the starting line.
"Now, as I get ready to go into the studio to record a new album, it's interesting to look back on the past year or so and think about all the cool things I've gotten to do. Like playing the Sydney Opera House opening for Diana Krall and touring with George Benson and Al Jarreau. And also, it was very cool meeting people that have made a genuine connection to the songs on Real Street. It's a treat when you're meeting people after a show and someone tells you that they recently got married and they used one of your songs as their bridal waltz; or they walked down the aisle to one of your songs or something like that. I had one guy tell me that he proposed to his girlfriend at one of my shows!
"I'm at the point now," Sholtez concludes, "where I'm closing the book on Real Street and focusing on the new songs and the new recording. To know the first album has a life of its own now and will continue to play a part in someone's life somewhere is exciting. It motivates me to want to make more music."
There's a huge difference in recording an album and performing live, that's why not all recording artists are comfortable onstage. Studio perfection can easily hide what can go wrong in a live performance; artistic and technical standards often aren't an issue in a studio environment, while the real-time situation onstage demands more from a musician than just to play an instrument and/or sing.
The skill of entertainment has become a discipline in its own right. Recorded music doesn't necessarily require a band to play their parts together. Onstage, musicians really need to be able to rely on their colleagues to deliver the goods as a collective, so the audience will be content. And this is just looking from the gloomy side. In Sholtez's case, it wasn't so much the pressure of living up to the quality recording of his debut album (a stellar cast of musicians, vibrant arrangements of original material) as it was to continue as a performer who happened to have been the first Australian artist to sign with the prestigious Verve label.
Does Sholtez work with a steady band, or different musicians? What are his ambitions and dreams in this direction, about playing his music live? What qualities should a musician have, to make a great live performance? And does Sholtez like to play his songs the way they were recorded, or is there room for improvisation?
"Whenever I go to see a band or an artist live," Sholtez says, "I'm always hoping to hear something new, that you won't be listening to the album or get to watch a music video. Different arrangements or stories about what inspired the songs, or even some quirky cover that sheds some light on what the artist is listening to themselves. When I perform, I try to stay true to that. I think it's really important to let the audience get to know you. Like how they get to see me on stage isn't too different from hanging out with me at home, for example.


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The net worth of the JPR Foundation's assets may drop to zero because of its recent agreement with Southern Oregon University, Jefferson Public Radio's ousted executive director asserts.
"It basically doesn't have any money," said Ron Kramer, who was terminated effective June 30.
Kramer made his assessment after reviewing a six-page agreement reached between SOU and the JPR Foundation, which was announced Monday. Without assets, the foundation will be hard-pressed to take on projects such as the remodeling of the Holly Theatre in Medford, Kramer said. Even more dubious is an effort to build new JPR headquarters at Jefferson Square on 10th Street, he said.
JPR Executive Director Paul Westhelle said it's true the assets of the foundation will be significantly reduced — but they will be partly shifted into Jefferson Live!, which eventually will own the Holly Theatre, Jefferson Square and the Cascade Theatre in Redding, Calif.
After taking out the debt on these various buildings, Westhelle said the net worth of Jefferson Live! could total more than $5 million.
"It would have plenty of assets," he said.
Other assets owned by the foundation, such as radio station licenses, would be shifted to Southern Oregon University for the benefit of JPR, he said.
As a result, the foundation would become something of a money manager, raising funds for the radio stations while coordinating with Jefferson Live! on separate cultural projects that would benefit the community, such as the Holly, he said.
Westhelle, who helped coordinate the effort to remodel the Cascade Theatre, said he hopes that fundraising efforts on the Holly could yield significant progress in pushing forward with that project in about a year.
The SOU and JPR Foundation deal gives SOU control over all 22 radio stations.
The agreement also provides a framework for selling off radio station licenses in the future, with the proceeds benefitting JPR.
Westhelle said selling off a radio station would make sense only if there is a duplication of service. As an example, he said a new JPR station in Coos Bay offers broader coverage than smaller stations that serve the same area.
Westhelle said no plans exist at the moment to sell off any radio stations.
Much of the new agreement looks similar to an earlier version that prompted public outcry, resulting in intervention by Gov. John Kitzhaber.
The new agreement differs in that it allows an autonomous board of directors to run the foundation and offers the possibility that Jefferson Live! could own the Cascade. However, the university would exercise more oversight over the foundation under the new agreement.
"From my standpoint, there is no meaningful or discernible difference between the settlement agreement announced yesterday and the settlement agreement of June 9," Kramer said Tuesday.
Kramer said the creation of Jefferson Live! and the separation of the administration of the foundation and radio stations could add another $500,000 to the $3.5 million Holly restoration project.
Westhelle said he couldn't understand where Kramer got that number, but said that taking on the Holly and Jefferson Square projects would require extra staff — something that has already been taken into account.
JPR Foundation board president Steve Nelson said he is still not completely clear how assets will be transferred from the foundation to the other entities, saying it is part of ongoing discussions.
He said about $2,000 in operating expenses will be left in the foundation's account after it takes on the hiring of a new executive director, administrative staff and setting up separate offices.
But how the foundation will parlay its resources to finance the Holly and Jefferson Square is something that is still being worked out.
"It's not going to be easy in some spots," he said.
He said officials have considered a number of financial scenarios that would allow Jefferson Live! to take over the Cascade Theatre, which is now owned by Southern Oregon University.
Nelson said his goal is to re-energize the fundraising campaign for the Holly and to make sure the central mission of JPR succeeds.
"No one wants radio to fail," he said.
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JPR Foundation 'basically' broke
The net worth of the JPR Foundation's assets may drop to zero because of its recent agreement with Southern Oregon University, Jefferson Public Radio's ousted executive director asserts.


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Usopp from one piece...then natsu from fairly tail. But now i definitely love them!
Taiga 'cos she's bitchy lol
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Sakura Haruno from Naruto. I hated her in Naruto but in Shippuden, she seems really awesome.
She has grown on me so much since the Sasuke retrieval arc! I used to think her obsession with everything Sasuke-related was immature but in later episodes I was able to empathise. Though still a relatable character, she has really come into her own through training with Tsunade. It's interesting to hear Kishimoto's views on his characters: in past interviews he admitted characters like Sakura and Rock Lee represent humanity, with all its imperfections and flaws, as opposed to ingenuity and natural talent (Neiji, the Uchiha brothers, etc.).
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I was going to say Sakura from Naruto, but then I realized I still dislike her.
Maybe Fai from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle? I used to really dislike him - I still don't love him, but I'm okay with him now.
1% evil. 99% fangirl.
Mihashi Ren- I mean, he's still flaming and all. But he's a crybaby for a good reason and is a really good person.
Haruhi Suzumiya- She still gets on my nerves, but while I dislike her I also like her.
Enoshima BOWL!
Black Star from Soul Eater...in the beginning I could not stand his gigantic ego but then I eventually fell in love with his too big of a head.
Yoite from Nabari No Ou, he angered me with all his lonely Sasuke atmosphere but then I began to understand him.
People like Kirino? Pretty sure she's a demon that snuck into their family and is waiting for the opportune moment to eat all of them. Like Kyosuke says "Thats not Kirino. That's something wearing Kirino's face". Best reveal ever!
Motorboat no-jutsu!
I wasn't really a fan of kei kurono from gantz but at the end I really wanted to see more. I didn't particularly like ganta at the start of deadman wonderland either.
With certainty, it has to be Remon from Ano Natsu de Matteru. I just couldn't understand her motives what-so-ever, I really though she was just a total @$$hole. Then I learned, and wow is all I can say!
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People like Kirino? Pretty sure she's a demon that snuck into their family and is waiting for the opportune moment to eat all of them. Like Kyosuke says "Thats not Kirino. That's something wearing Kirino's face". Best reveal ever!
Yes, they do. <3
You forget, so busy going from A to Z, that there's 24 letters in between...
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Usopp and Rock Lee are probably my two biggest changes of opinion. The character designs on both were so aggravating to me that I despised them on principle especially as they are both originally presented as complete goobers only existing for juvenile comic relief. However my opinion of both characters did a 180 fairly shortly as they show themselves to be some of the most admirable characters(and my personal respective favorites) in their shows. Just goes to show that appearances aren't everything.
Wendy From Fairy Tail
Just in case, I'll put it in a spoiler. It's from Princess Tutu. I'd consider this a major spoiler to the series. Yes, the character is a spoiler.
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Fakir. He is a complete jerk in the beginning, but once you find out WHY he acts the way he does, he became my absolute favorite character in the series. (He inadvertently kills his parents, he wants to protect Mythos from feeling pain, etc.) I never would've thought my opinion of him would turn so 180, but he is the most awesome character by the end.
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Excerpted with permission from The Lawyer's Guide to Effective Yellow Pages Advertising, 2nd Edition, by Kerry Randall and Andru J. Johnson (ABA Law Practice Management Section, 2005).
Advertising in the Yellow Pages is unlike advertising anywhere else. Your Yellow Pages ad must be constructed specifically for the Yellow Pages or it probably won't work-it just won't attract calls from the potential clients you want to see. Advertisers who do not understand the uniqueness of the Yellow Pages medium do not get powerful results with their Yellow Pages advertising.
To many lawyers, and other owners of small and medium-size businesses, advertising is the most perplexing aspect of operating their businesses. Advertising seems to be "a horse of a different color"-a zebra, if you will. And, if advertising is a zebra, Yellow Pages advertising is different enough to be a spotted zebra.
Let's look at two of this zebra's spots: content orientation and wants-based versus needs-based buying.
Content Orientation
When people read magazines and newspapers, or watch television and listen to radio, they focus on content other than advertising; they tolerate the advertising. It is just there. Sometimes, readers find advertising amusing. When creating ads, developers often use the tool "amusement" to get the attention of readers who are avoiding advertising, but are nonetheless open to being amused. Though newspaper, magazine, radio and television advertisements do inspire people to buy, most readers focus on non-advertising content. Not so in the Yellow Pages: Readers focus on advertising content in the Yellow Pages-they are looking at a book of advertisements. Yellow Pages readers have already decided to make a purchase. They are now looking for the direction to go to make that purchase. Due to this content orientation, some "rules" about advertising do not apply to Yellow Pages advertising. It is important to understand this different content orientation while building your Yellow Pages ad.
Wants-Based versus Needs-Based Buying
Notice the advertising on television, on billboards and in newspapers and magazines. Listen to radio advertising. These advertisements are all selling things we might want: cars, clothing, status, restaurant dining, hot tubs, toys, better lifestyles and so on. Most of the advertising to which we are exposed on a day-to-day basis sells things we might want; most advertising sells wants-based products and services.
Yellow Pages advertising is different: Yellow Pages advertising is needs-based. Yellow Pages advertising is the place we go when we need things. Businesses that sell needs-based products and services pay for the majority of advertising in the largest headings in Yellow Pages directories.
The 10 largest Yellow Pages headings, listed in order of advertising expenditure, are as follows:
- Attorneys
- Physicians and surgeons
- Insurance (all categories)
- Dentists
- Plumbing (including emergency services)
- Storage (household and commercial)
- Automobile repairing and service
- Air conditioning contractors (repairs)
- Glass
- Pest control
For the most part, there is not much that people can get excited about buying on this list. When we look through the Yellow Pages, we are most often in a needs-based frame of mind. This need-to-buy and want-to-buy distinction influences the way we read Yellow Pages ads. To appeal to the need-to-buy frame of mind, ads that work in the Yellow Pages differ from ads in non-Yellow Pages, want-to-buy media.
Six Key Elements of High-Performance Ads
In The Lawyer's Guide to Effective Yellow Pages Advertising, the authors explain that by focusing on these six high-performance elements, you can create a powerful, call-generating ad for your law practice.
- A strong headline that commands attention and engages readers
- A laser-sharp focus; a willingness to ignore most readers
- Arresting, eye-captivating illustrations or photographs
- One or more unique advantages to the consumer
- Relevant copy (text) that covers less than 50 percent of the ad space
- A professional-looking, clutter-free layout.


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China's 'Manipulative' Grip on the Yuan
In the run-up to the U.S. elections, the yuan hit a 19-year high. But the WSJ's Jake Lee reports that what looked like appreciation was really just the residue of manipulation.
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As a dietitian and parent, I am always shocked by some of the alarming health statistics related to poor nutrition reported across the nation. And the biggest shocker for me is that many of these statistics affect a younger age group every year - some as young as 7 years old!! For instance, did you know:
• The American Institute for Cancer Research has determined that while 30% of all cancers are related to smoking, 35% of all cancers are related to our diet?
• Heart attacks, strokes and triple bypasses are no longer just for the aged? These life-threatening diseases have now found their way into the lives of 20-year olds.
• "Adult-Onset Diabetes" had to be renamed "Type 2 Diabetes" due to the vast numbers of children developing this lifestyle-induced type of diabetes?
• Autopsies from young accident victims found 50% blockages in arteries of children as young as 7 years old?
• As a result of our high-fat, high-sugar, refined-flour diets and our rather sedentary lifestyle, this will be the first generation of children predicted to NOT outlive their parents?
Creating Healthy Habits in Children I know it isn't always easy getting kids to eat healthy, so I'd like to help. In addition to parents leading by example, here are a few tips parents, grandparents, teachers and caregivers can use to foster healthy habits in children. Maybe together we can turn some of these alarming statistics around before it's too late.
Make vegetables FUN! Allow no encourage them to eat broccoli like dinosaurs! (Stick the stalks in their pile of mashed potatoes and go "Grrrrrr" as they grab with their hands, eating like dinosaurs!) Buy carrots with the green tops so kids can eat like Bugs Bunny and say "What's up Doc?" Try serving fresh leaves of baby spinach overhead, holding the leaves in your outstretched hand as if they are leaves dangling from trees. Suggest to your children that they are a giraffe and see how far they can stretch their necks out to eat the leaves from the tree. (Warning: You will be amazed at how hungry your little "giraffe" can be, so make sure you have lots of fresh spinach.)
Get sneaky Turn pinto beans into dip by pureeing them with salsa in the blender. Use the food processor to whirl fresh or frozen spinach, broccoli, peppers or carrots into spaghetti sauce. Camouflaged into tiny little pieces means they won't suspect a thing! Or stir-fry veggies in sweet-and-sour sauce, dip in light dressing or top them with melted, reduced-fat cheese.
Make "fruit and vegetable" desserts Carrot cake, pumpkin muffins, blueberry buckle, cakes and cookies are all great ways to incorporate fruits and vegetables. Simply use reduced-fat and low-sugar recipes with whole-grain flour.
Slash the sugar A 12-ounce can of regular soda pop contains 40 grams of sugar which is the same as 10 teaspoons!!! Have your kids choose soda OR ice cream OR a cookie for their sweet treat of the day, but NOT all three. Also save their favorite high-sugar cereals to be used sparingly as special "toppers" on healthier whole-grain, high-fiber cereals.
Snack on ready-to-eat vegetables Always keep a bowl or plate of ready-to-eat-vegetables in the fridge for snacking. When kids ask for a snack before dinner, place the bowl on the table and just say, "You can eat whatever is on the table." They may refuse at first, but the chances of their eating vegetables are best when kids are the HUNGRIEST and veggies are AVAILABLE.
Create a "5-a-day" strategy Present one fruit and/or vegetable at EVERY meal and EVERY snack.
Limit the amount of "bad" and "ugly" fats Certainly children need fat in their diet, but not the "bad" saturated fats or the "ugly" trans fats. Too much saturated fat from meats and dairy, and trans fat from foods containing partially hydrogenated oils clog arteries, cause weight gain, increase cancer risks and cause poor physical performance in sports and play.
• Start serving low-fat milk (1% or less), reduced-fat cheeses and low-fat ice cream
• Select lean cuts of meats and make sure the portion sizes don't get out of control even for children
• Use olive and canola oil instead of butter or margarine even for your grilled cheese sandwiches
• Start walking away from the ever-present fast-food French fries and commercial nachos covered in "plastic" cheese.
Give foods a fun and tasty name Kids would much rather eat dessert than a salad, so change your Crunchy Apple Salad to Crunchy Apple Dessert. Also get creative with names, like Pizzucchini- (zucchini casserole that smells and tastes like pizza).
Get them involved Include your kids in the shopping of this week's fruits and vegetables. Ask them to pick one new vegetable or fruit that the family has never tried before. Have them help prepare healthy snacks and even a complete meal. (Don't forget to take their photo holding the dish they've made!) Watch their self esteem skyrocket along with these invaluable new life skills. Let them name their creations and they'll take ownership and pride as well as feeling like they've had choices.
"Zonya Here's a photo of the Surprise Pumpkin Pie I made by myself last week. It's gone now! I look forward to making more of your recipes."
Alex Mitchell, 10 years old Grinnell, IA
Disband the "Clean Plate Club" Training children to eat past "no longer hungry" promotes a lifetime of overeating and not listening to what our body truly needs. Teach yourself and your children to listen to their GUT FEELINGS so it becomes a natural process to stop eating when no longer hungry.
• Instead of saying, "clean your plate," say, "when your stomach tells you you've had enough, you can be excused." Then cover unused portions and refrigerate for the next meal or snack.
• Remember that when serving dessert, everyone should save room for this additional intake instead of cleaning your plate so you can have dessert.
• When your child eats a big meal, avoid the temptation to say, "good boy" or "good girl." Instead stay focused on their gut feelings and say, "Wow, you were hungry, weren't you?"
• Teach children to say "NO!" to super-sizing!
Remember that persistence pays Kids may balk at broccoli, spinach, beans or even fruit at first, but studies have shown that children and adults alike generally accept a new food by the eleventh try.


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Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced Monday that the Sabres have traded defenseman Robyn Regehr to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Los Angeles' second-round draft picks in the 2014 and 2015 NHL Entry Drafts.
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For Chris Aubin swing dancing has been a passion since he was in high school. At least a couple nights a week, you'd find him doing the Lindy Hop with a variety of partners at events around town.
In early 2003 he was at the Willowbrook Ballroom in Willow Springs when his friend and dancing mentor Riley Wimes Jr. told him he should dance with a talented newcomer.
Bridget Ryan was home from college, visiting her family for the Christmas holidays and made quite an impression on Wimes.
"Bridget was a fantastic dancer. She had really fantastic feet — which means she had good moves," says Wimes. He pointed at Bridget and told Chris, "Hey man, you need to dance with this girl right here.' "
And so he did.
"I remember going back to Riley and saying, 'She's a really awesome dancer. We partnered really well together,' " says Chris.
And that was that. Dancing with new partners is part of the swing dancing scene. No big deal. "We didn't have any conversation. We danced and then we went our separate ways," he says.
About 10 months later, Chris and Bridget ran into each other in Minneapolis, where they both had traveled to watch The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, swing dancing's national championship.
"I saw her there and I remembered dancing with her in Chicago so I asked her to dance again."
Here's how the conversation went:
Chris: "Where are you from? I know I've seen you in Chicago."
Bridget: "I'm actually from Chicago."
Chris: "What part?"
Bridget: "The southwest suburbs."
Chris: "Oh, me too. Which one?"
Bridget: "You've probably never heard of it. It's just a small town called Homer Glen."
Chris: "What? Me too! How is that possible? What subdivision?
Bridget: "Pebble Creek."
Chris: "Whoa. Pebble Creek. That's where I'm from. What street?"
Bridget: "Boulder."
Chris: "That's crazy. I lived on Boulder."
What are the chances?
For 10 years, Bridget and Chris had lived 17 houses apart on Boulder Drive — but never met.
Recalling the aftermath of that chance meeting in Minnesota, Chris says to Bridget, "I don't remember NOT hanging out with you after that. We certainly quickly became dance partners and then the dating started quickly after that."
As they got to know one another, the couple tried to figure out how they could have lived so close but didn't know the other existed.
Perhaps it was because Bridget, 31, is a year older than Chris, 30. So, although they went to the same grade school and middle school, they hung out with different friends. They took the school bus together but have no memory of each other. Bridget remembers thinking when she saw Chris for the very first time that there was something "familiar" about him but she dismissed it.
They went to different Catholic high schools so that's another reason their paths didn't cross, and they attended different Catholic churches (St. Dennis in Lockport for Chris; St. Bernard in Homer Glen for Bridget).
Whatever. They were together now. Partners in life as well as in dancing.
In 2004 and 2005 they won the top Chicago-area swing dancing competitions, the Bringing the Heat contest, and in 2006, on a ski trip to Colorado, they were engaged. The 2008 wedding was at St. Bernard's, Bridget's parish.
When the DJ — their friend Riley Wimes — took over after the wedding dinner, the dance floor at Orland Park's Riviera Country Club quickly filled up.
Many guests just pulled up a chair to watch the swing dancing, thinking it was a floor show. The dancers were that good.
"A lot of people were asking us if we'd hired dancers and we said, 'No, they're our friends!' " says Bridget.
Both Bridget and Chris say they can't imagine marrying someone who wasn't crazy about dancing — which brought them together (although they're both rabid White Sox and Blackhawks fans too).
Right now, however, Bridget is taking a break from swing dance competition. "No throwing through the air for me," she says.
That's because their first baby is due in four months, Nov. 10 to be precise. To celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary in June, the Evergreen Park couple didn't go dancing.
Instead, Chris and Bridget went to the doctor and listened to their baby's heartbeat.


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In the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament at Norfolk Scope Arena, Pendarvis Williams poured in 20 points as No. 4 seed Norfolk State beat No. 5 Savannah State 57-47 Friday night to reach a semifinal Friday against No. 1 seed N.C. Central.
The Spartans (19-13) pulled away in the slow-tempo game midway through the second half.
Leading 33-32 with 12:35 remaining, NSU put together a 13-0 run, led by six points from Williams.
Savannah State cut the lead to 50-44 with 1:46 left, but the Spartans made 5 of 6 from the free-throw line to preserve the win.
Brandon Goode added 10 points for NSU. Malcolm Hawkins, averaging 21.3 points in his last three games, was held to one point.
Jyles Smith led Savannah State with 15 points. Deven Williams added 10.
Also, Justin Black scored a career-high 29 points as No. 3 Morgan State beat Florida A&M 81-68 to reach a semifinal against its Baltimore rival, Coppin State (12-19).
Black was 10 of 14 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and grabbed nine rebounds as the Bears (14-15) avenged a 78-73 defeat to the Rattlers on March 3. Morgan State owns two victories over Coppin State this season.
Jamie Adams scored 26 points on 7-of-17 shooting, canned four 3s and dished out four assists to lead Florida A&M (14-18). Jamari Bradshaw added 12 points andfour steals.
Terry Allen scored 27 points and Kendall Anthony 23 as Richmond beat Duquesne 76-64 to reach an Atlantic 10 quarterfinal against 23rd-ranked VCU in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The seventh-seeded Spiders (19-13) snapped a four-game losing streak and set up a third game this season with their crosstown rival Friday at Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets.
"It's a huge rivalry," the 5-foot-8 Anthony said. "But we're here to win a championship."
Ovie Soko, a former Bethel High and HRA player, had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Dukes (13-17). ...
Chaz Williams made his only 3-pointer of the game with 1:49 left, shrugging off a poor homecoming performance with some clutch plays late, and sixth-seeded Massachusetts (24-7) rallied to beat 11th seed Rhode Island 65-61.
Williams, who went to high school about 3 miles from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, scored 11 points but didn't have any in the first 17 minutes of the second half. ...
Vee Sanford, a transfer from Georgetown, made all nine of his field-goal attempts and tied his career-high with 23 points off the bench to lead Dayton to an 87-74 win against Fordham (10-21).
The Flyers (23-9) face fellow bubble occupant Saint Joseph's on Friday in what some experts perceive could be a "play-in" game to the NCAA tournament. ...
Despite a technical foul, Youssou Ndoye had 19 points and 10 rebounds as St. Bonaventure beat La Salle 82-72 to earn a berth against top-seeded Saint Louis.
Tyrone Garland, a transfer from Virginia Tech, endured a scoreless, 0-for-7 game for the Explorers (15-16), who returned four starters from last year's Sweet Sixteen team but never could replace the offense lost from leading scorer Ramon Galloway.
James Woodard scored 24 points and second-seeded Tulsa used a pair of second-half runs to take a 70-49 victory over seventh-seeded Tulane at the Conference USA tournament in El Paso, Texas.
The Golden Hurricane (19-12) will take on Old Dominion's conqueror, Middle Tennessee State, in a semifinal Friday.
On the bracket's other half, Aaron Brown scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and Michael Craig added 12 as Southern Mississippi bounced host UTEP 64-56.
Craig also grabbed 12 rebounds and the No. 4-seeded Golden Eagles (27-5) outrebounded fifth-seeded UTEP 45-28, including 20-7 on the offensive end.
Southern Miss earned the right to face Louisiana Tech, the highest seed among the four that tied for the regular-season championship at 13-3.
The Bulldogs (26-6) breezed past Charlotte 86-65 behind Michale Kyser's 20 points and nine rebounds.
Southern Miss ended Old Dominion's hopes of winning the Conference USA tournament in the Lady Monarchs' first year in the league, defeating ODU in El Paso.
Jamierra Faulkner distributed the Golden Eagles to victory, combining 12 assists with 15 points on a night when four Eagles scored in double digits. Brittanny Dinkins led USM with 19 points.
Shae Kelley scored 13 and Warwick High graduate LaQuanda Younger 12 for ODU (17-15), which will hope for a WNIT berth. Younger shot 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.
The game's last tie was at 33. Southern Miss went ahead 46-40 by halftime, then zoomed ahead 56-42 in the first 3:15 of the second half.
The Lady Monarchs cut the deficit to 60-52, but another 9-2 USM run all but put the game away. ...
Florida International (15-17) knocked off a third higher-seeded foe in three days, beating Tulane 69-55 as Jerica Coley continued her climb through the recored books.
Coley, who recently scored her 3,000th point and had passed such all-time greats as Chamique Holdsclaw the previous day, had 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Golden Panthers, whose staff includes head coach Cindy Russo and assistant Inge Nissen -- both of whom are ODU alums. ...
Top-seeded Middle Tennessee (27-4), ranked 22nd nationally, beat Alabama Birmingham 69-59 behind Ebony Rowe's 29 points and 15 rebounds. ...
Host UTEP knocked off Louisiana Tech 81-72, thanks in large part to Kayla Thornton's 25 points, 12 rebounds and four steals.
At Scope Arena, Kyra Coleman had 22 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to boost Coppin State past Maryland Eastern Shore 82-60 in a MEAC quarterfinal. The Eagles will hope to upend No. 2 seed N.C. A&T in a semifinal Friday.
In the other semifinal, Jasmine Norman had 22 points and six rebounds as Savannah State earned the right to challenge top-seeded Hampton on Friday by defeating Florida A&M 84-75.


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AMERICUS - Cierra Duhart posted her sixth double-double of the season to lead the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team to a 48-44 win over Montevallo in the Storm Dome on Saturday evening.
Despite shooting 24 percent from the floor, GSW gave a determined effort and found a way to return to the .500 mark with an overall record of 10-10.
The two sides went back-and-forth over the opening 20 minutes of the game as the lead changed hands seven times and the largest advantage was held by Montevallo at 7-2, less than four minutes into the game.
GSW took a 22-21 lead into the half.
The Lady Hurricanes managed only three points over the first five minutes of the second half, but kept the deficit manageable, staying within four.
A Jessica Bivins three-pointer with 8:30 to play gave GSW the lead, 36-34, and the Lady Hurricanes would not trail again in the contest.
UM tied things up at 44-44, but Duhart and Bivins accounted for the final four points and helped GSW improve to 4-7 in the Peach Belt.
Montevallo falls to 9-11 overall and 5-7 in the PBC.
Both teams struggled from the floor as UM finished with a 29.1 shooting percentage for the game.
The Lady Hurricanes out-rebounded the Falcons, 47-40, and made the most of their opportunities for second-chance points, holding a 21-5 advantage.
Duhart finished with 18 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks for GSW. Bivins added 16 points.
Carrie Parrott paced Montevallo with 10 points.
Southwestern returns to the road for a Thursday matchup in Savannah against Armstrong Atlantic. Tip is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.


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SOCHI, Russia — Sven Kramer got started on his road to Olympic redemption with a rousing performance that drew a royal rave review.
The 27-year-old Dutchman blew away the field and defended his title in the men's 5,000 meters Saturday, winning gold with an Olympic-record time of 6 minutes, 10.76 seconds.
The powerful Dutch team swept the medals. Jan Blokhuijsen took the silver and Jorrit Bergsma claimed the bronze.
All three were cheered on by the king of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, his wife Queen Maxima, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
"What can you say? We could never have hoped for such a great result," the king, himself a keen speedskater, said. "That Sven was able to deliver despite such pressure, it leaves me speechless. What can you say, such a great Olympic record."
Chad Hedrick, the American who won the 5,000 in Turin eight years ago, tweeted his congratulations to Kramer.
"A legend in the making!" Hedrick wrote.
Kramer flew around the Adler Arena with amazingly consistent laps, all falling within a range of eight-tenths of a second. He easily beat the Olympic mark of 6:14.60 he set while winning gold at Vancouver four years ago. His fastest lap was 29.04 seconds. His slowest was his last, 29.84.
"I knew it was a good race," Kramer told NOS, the Dutch national broadcaster. "I've had 6:10 in my head all week and I've had sleepless nights thinking 9.2, 9.2, 9.2. Skate only 29.2 laps and keep going as long as possible and it worked."
Kramer is determined to sweep the two longest speedskating races in Sochi and make up for a series of Olympic flops that have marred his otherwise brilliant career – most notably at the Vancouver Games, where he made an inexplicable error in the 10,000. Directed into the wrong lane by his coach, he was disqualified in a race he should have won easily.
There's more. As a teenager during the 2006 Winter Games, Kramer clipped a lane marker during team pursuit and took out his heavily favored squad. There were more problems in the pursuit four years ago, when some poor teamwork cost the Dutch another shot at gold.
Only three gold medals will do in Sochi.
One down, two to go.
"The pressure is gigantic, the pressure is immense," Kramer conceded.
Blokhuijsen earned the silver in 6:15.71. Bergsma set a quicker pace than Kramer in the early going, but he couldn't maintain the speed. He settled for bronze in 6:16.66.
The Dutch earned their 28th speedskating gold and moved within one of equaling the U.S. team, which has won more golds in the sport than any other country.
Seventeen-year-old Emery Lehman of Oak Park, Ill., was the top American finisher, placing 16th in his Olympic debut. Jonathan Kuck of Champaign, Ill., was 19th, one spot ahead of Patrick Meek of Chicago.
Russia's Denis Yuskov thrilled the home crowd by briefly claiming the lead before the dominant Dutch dropped him to sixth.
Kramer's world championship record is unsurpassed, with six all-round titles and 13 distance titles. But his legacy as one of the best ever will only be complete if he can make up for his Olympic disappointments.
If he was burdened by the pressure, he certainly didn't show it. Kramer stepped on the ice while a Russian band – complete with four pompom-waving cheerleaders – entertained the crowd during the second resurfacing break. The Dutch-dominated crowd roared when they spotted their favorite glide around the turn. He returned their adulation with a big smile and wave.
Turning on his game face, Kramer pumped his fist confidently toward the Dutch coaching contingent when he came around the oval again.
The draw was a bit of a disadvantage for Kramer, who skated in the 10th of 13 pairings. His closest challengers all went after him, which meant they would know how fast they needed to go for gold.
But Kramer put up a time no one came close to touching.
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When Christopher Evans became nervous early Sunday morning and told friends to leave the Lakeview bar they were in, right away, he was not acting like himself, friends and family said.
Once outside of Roscoe's Bar, 3356 N. Halsted St., Evans ran eastbound on Roscoe Street about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. Friends and family haven't heard from him since, they said.
"He got very paranoid and didn't want anybody around him," said Christopher's father, Michael Evans, who lives in Evergreen Park with his son. "He just ran off away from where he was."
Michael Evans said this behavior is not typical for his usually laid back, 25-year-old son, who frequently visits Chicago to meet up with friends on weekends.
Chicago police sent a missing person alert Wednesday afternoon, which said Christopher Evans was "not acting like himself and appeared very agitated" before running away from his friends into the night.
John Geahan, who said he was with Evans on Saturday night, describes his friend as usually calm and collected. Geahan said Evans had been drinking, but had not had more than two or three drinks that night. When Evans suddenly became nervous, it was out of character for him and confused his group of friends, Geahan said.
While Michael Evans said it's not uncommon for his son to leave his Evergreen Park home on weekends to visit Chicago without letting his parents know, the financial analyst at Loyola University is always back home by Sunday night, ready to work on Monday. He's also pursuing an MBA at the university, his dad said.
A former college classmate, Veronica Arends, said friends began make calls and worrying about Evans Sunday afternoon when he didn't show up to her house to meet before the Pride Parade.
"It's very not like Chris to have an appointment and miss it," Arends said.
Arends said friends found Evans' car parked near the intersection of Broadway and Cornelia Avenue on Monday.
Friends and family have been passing out flyers with information about Evans in the Lakeview neighborhood since Monday, said Michael Evans.
"It's a big loss if we don't find him safe," Evans said. "We love him."


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