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Jessica Ennis-Hill has told her official Facebook page that she's excited and anxious to be expecting her first child.
The 2012 Olympic gold medalist revealed her happy news this morning, telling the happy news to over one million of her fans on the social media website.
"Hi guys, I wanted you to be amongst the first to hear my exciting news – Andy and I are expecting a baby this summer," she wrote.
"It is very early days, and we are both incredibly excited and a little anxious too! I have been lucky in that I feel very good and have no crazy cravings yet!!"
Ennis-Hill married long-time partner Andy Hill back in May, with the pair enjoying a low-key ceremony in Derbyshire. Eight months later, and the pair are celebrating once again with news of the 27-year-old's pregnancy.
Becoming a mother won't keep the heptathlon superstar off the track for long though, with her team of coaches already putting plans in place for an adapted programme pre and post baby.
"I am going to maintain a steady training programme and return to full time athletics post baby Ennis-Hill arriving and the thought of going for another World and Olympic medal really excites me – it offers me a new and tough challenge – one I will savour," she continued.
"My team are setting me and adapted programme for the next few months and then for post baby and I know they will do an amazing job as always. 2014 will be a very different journey to the one I had planned but one that I am sure will be fun - I will keep you all posted on my progress!"
The announcement does mean that Ennis-Hill will not be able to compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – a competition in which she won bronze back in 2006 in Melbourne.
She admits it will be hard knowing she can't take part in the event in Scotland later this year, but she's looking forward to lending her support to fellow athletes in the build-up and during the Games.
"The one thing that has been hard is knowing I won't be able to compete in Glasgow as I was really looking forward to it – but I will be watching and giving the event all my support in the next few months and from the sidelines (or from the sofa with my feet up) in July," she concluded.
"Thanks as always for all your support and lovely messages."
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10, 2012 - The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has been awarded $194,400 over three years by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) to expand minority high school student participation in summer research programs. With the foundation's funds, the UPCI Summer Academy will be one of five high school programs at Pitt recruiting students into clinical research positions. The Summer Academy prepares rising high school seniors to further their studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to consider careers in cancer care and research.
"The ultimate goal of our grant is to increase the diversity of the biomedical research workforce," said Betsy Myers, program director for medical research at DDCF. "While they are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, minorities remain underrepresented in medical research careers. We hope that early engagement in the scientific process will motivate students to pursue a career in clinical research or a related field."
Students accepted into the DDCF clinical research program will work directly with researchers in clinical research training programs to develop, nurture, and support their interest and aptitude in pursuing a career in clinical research.
The Summer Academy offers DDCF scholars eight weeks of didactic and experiential learning at two different sites, The Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside and the Magee-Womens Research Center in Oakland.
"Our high school Summer Academy is a true labor of love for the cancer researchers and administrators who run it," said Michael T. Lotze, M.D., vice chair, Department of Surgery with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the program's director. "We are thrilled to be one of nine institutions to receive support from DDCF. Our program is strongly committed to understanding and eliminating disparities in health and health care, and this grant will allow us to expand our program, accepting more students than in previous years."
The program is currently accepting applications for the 2012 UPCI Summer Academy. Please visit the UPCI Summer Academy website for more information: http://www.upci.upmc.edu/summeracademy/
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TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 entered no plea at an arraignment on Monday at a military base in Washington state.
Sergeant John Russell is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress.
Russell, of the 54th Engineer Battalion based in Bamberg, Germany, faces five charges of premeditated murder, one charge of aggravated assault and one charge of attempted murder in connection with the May 2009 shootings. Six months ago, he was ordered to stand trial in a military court that has the power to sentence him to the death penalty, if convicted.
Two of the five people killed in the shooting were medical staff officers at the counseling center for troops experiencing combat stress. The others were soldiers.
Russell, tall and broad-shouldered with a military crew-cut style haircut and glasses, was mostly silent during the 15- minute hearing, answering only "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" to the judge's questions.
Russell's attorney, James Culp, waived hearing of the charges on Russell's behalf and entered no plea for him, which is common practice in military justice procedure.
The arraignment, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, comes at a sensitive time for the Army, which is in the process of deciding how to prosecute Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing Afghan villagers in cold blood earlier this year.
A two-week hearing at Lewis-McChord to establish if there is sufficient evidence to send Bales to a court-martial wrapped up last week following harrowing testimony from Afghan adults and children wounded in the attack.
Bales' civilian defense lawyers have suggested he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, an argument that has already played a role in Russell's case.
In the days following the Iraq shooting, Admiral Mike Mullen, then chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the incident highlighted the risks of multiple deployments on soldiers and underlined the need to redouble efforts to deal effectively with combat stress.
Russell's attorney wrote in a memo this year his client was "facing death because the Army's mental health system failed him."
Army Colonel James Pohl, who presided over a preliminary hearing in the case last year at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, had called the death penalty an "inappropriate" punishment for Russell because of combat trauma concerns. The Army's General Court-Martial Convening Authority disagreed and referred the case as a capital crime in May.
At the time, an Army spokesman said that decision was made because of the severity of what he called "blue-on-blue" killings.
A recent Army study estimated as many as 20 percent of the more than 2 million U.S. troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan could suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Before the shooting, Russell's commander had determined that Russell's weapon should be taken away.
Reporting By Laura L. Myers; Writing by Bill Rigby; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Peter Cooney


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Looking for lost classmates? Our alumni change emails, jobs and locations often making it hard to keep up with them.
The Office of Alumni Relations has partnered with Harris Connect to update contact information for Western's alumni so that they can keep up-to-date on news, activities and events. The result of this research will be housed in a beautiful hardbound alumni directory due to come out in early 2012.
WestConn alumni will have an opportunity to purchase this directory, allowing them to reconnect with each other as well as network professionally.
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'Yaya underrated because he is African'
Samir Nasri believes Yaya Toure does not receive the acclaim he deserves as one of the world's top midfielders because he is African.
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Nasri and Ivory Coast international Toure both scored spectacular goals as Manchester City beat Sunderland to win the Capital One Cup on Sunday, and the Frenchman argued the 30-year-old is underrated because of his nationality.
Toure has been named African Player of the Year three times in a row but Nasri feels he does not receive enough recognition elsewhere because is not Brazilian or Argentine.
The former Arsenal player was quoted as saying in The Guardian: "If he wasn't African everyone will say he's the best midfielder in the world. He can do everything -- he can score goals, he can defend, he can attack. When he gets the ball he is so powerful.
"You should just admire the way he plays because he's a great player. I might be a little bit biased because he's my friend, but for me he's in the top three of the best midfielders in the world. Of course it counts against him being from Ivory Coast.
"If he was Argentinian or Brazilian everyone will talk about him, everyone. You have some Brazilians or Argentinians, I don't want to say anything wrong, but just because they are from this country you pay them 40 million pounds or 50 million pounds."
Toure's long-range equaliser at Wembley -- which the Ivorian described as his best ever goal -- was the 17th goal of the most prolific season of his career.
He has also now won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup in England to add to the six major honours he lifted during Barcelona's remarkable haul in 2009.
Nasri added: "A guy like Yaya, he [has] won every trophy, he is always there. Tell me one defensive midfielder who can go forward like him, who can score 16 or 17 goals in a season. Tell me one and then we can talk."
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Alicia Keys is calling on women to join her in a mass combined viewing of her AIDS documentary.
The Fallin' hitmaker wants female fans to gather together on the evening of 19 January (14) to simultaneously watch her 30-minute film, in which she chats with HIV sufferers about their battle with the disease.
The documentary will be available to watch on the Greater Than AIDS website.
Keys says, "I was so moved by the strength, passion and message of hope... and I know you will be too. The power is within all of us - whether HIV positive or negative - to make a difference in this fight."
The R&B singer launched the Empowered campaign in 2013 as part of the Greater Than AIDS initiative, calling on women to work towards ending the scourge of AIDS.


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ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Neil Sauter (SAW'-ter) walks 9 feet off the ground. But he's more concerned with distance than height these days.
Sauter plans to trek 400 miles across his home state during the next month as part of an effort to raise money for the United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan nonprofit.
The 29-year-old Deerfield resident has mild cerebral palsy.
His "Walk for No Limits" kicked off April 12 in Ann Arbor. His journey is scheduled to end May 19, not far from his southern Michigan home.
Five years ago, Sauter stilt-walked 830 miles across the state and raised about $85,000 in the process. This time, he's looking to walk less and raise more.
Sauter says that when he looks back, he's "going to be really proud of these trips."


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Post subject: Page arrangement
IMHO six panels on a page would be more comfortable. 9 panels is not a mistake especially when we want to show 2-person dialog or we want to focus camera on details.
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Thank you everyone for the feedback, right now I'm redrafting the first page and spreading it out to fit about 4 pages worth of content. I figured when I hone my craft a little better I will post more content on the board to hopefully entice an artist to come aboard (and hopefully will have work by then to pay them). If anyone is interested in the story-line just for curiosity sake you can PM me, it would be great to get feedback from others then just my circle of friends.
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Ok im going to start out by saying unfortunatly i dont really have time to work on a project like this. The story line you wrote for this is amazing and if you were writing a movie script the outline you made would work pretty well. However it is hard to put as much detail as you want in a single panel. From ypur outline i can see many many comics.
Ill take your first two panels and show you what i mean
Panel 1
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We see a mother sitting in a chair going through mail
Panel 2
We see her eyes widen as she comes across a letter
Panel 3
Letter contents
Panel 4
The mother covers her mouth and tears roll down her eye
You have a really great story line and if you find an artist i have a feeling you can take this pretty far.
Honestly i really wish i had the time to work on a piece like this but school and work is barely leaving me time for my own projects.
I wish you the best of luck and if you still havent foubd an artist around christmas time contact me my schedule should open up around then
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Thank you for the advice, i'll take any and all help I can get!
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Hello, I'm Richard Headrick. A former member of the USAF, I'm interested in writing a Sci-Fi/Drama Graphic novel. At its very core it is a tale of revenge, The protagonist brother is branded a traitor by the Earth government after one of its colonies rebels against the state, Tom(who is the main character) has reason to believe that not everything is coming to light with this story, so he starts investigating and finds out that there is a conspiracy within the military that used his brother as a scapegoat.
armed with the knowledge that his brother is innocent, Tom sets out for revenge against the conspirators. On a different note, right now I do not plan to host this Graphic novel on any site, the current plan is to get a kickstarter campaign going to help out with the cost of getting this published, but in the future I will revisit this train of thought and see if hosting is the right way to go.
I'm a first time writer, or at least this is the first project I seriously have put thought into going commercial with, so here is the first page of what I'm working on.
The first page will 9 panels, The first panel will cover the entire width of the page and the rest is split between 2 rows.
The first panel going is going to show a mother reading an official document. The rest of the panels will a side by side shot of her reaction and the death of her son.
(Panel 1)
Int. Marcus Residence, New York - DAY
A middle-aged mother is sitting in her living room when she receives an e-mail from the War Department, immediately she stands up and begins to read its contents.
(Panel 2)
12, January 2221.
Dear Mrs. Marcus, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that CAPT. Marcus, Clancy A., has been Killed in Action in Serenity City.
The mothers eyes widen as she realizes what the contents of the letter are.
(Panel 3)
The perspective is if someone was standing, watching what was about to happen.
In the foreground is CAPT. Marcus who is put onto his knees, he is bloody and beaten, clothes are ragged and torn. He is weary, but there is still a sense of defiance left in him. Behind him is a man concealed by shadows pointing a gun to the back of his head.
MAN IN THE SHADOWS: Any Last Words?
(Panel 4)
There can be no words of comfort for a mother that loses her child.
The mother stricken with grief starts tearing up and falls to her knees.
(Panel 5)
The focus is on the pistol and the only sound is the *click* of the hammer.
(Panel 6)
CAPTION: He was loved by all his men, they were his family away from home.
This view is from behind the mother, she starts to tremble.
(Panel 7)
The focus is entirely on the pistol and a loud audible *BANG* effect is used, blood sprays towards the shooter.
CAPTION: He served with bravery and honor, and all of Earth honors his sacrifice.
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The view is still behind the mother, and she visibly slumps to the floor and starts to sob, her husband and younger son rush to see what is wrong.
(Panel 9)
The panel zooms out to show CAPT. MARCUS body, lifelessly hit the wall and slides down to the pavement.
End of Page 1.
I wish I could offer some sort of payment, I'm in the middle of searching for employment, the only thing I can promise right now are shares of the back-end profit when this gets published. If my job search goes well then I would be more than willing to Negotiate a price for services rendered.
For the art style I'm looking for a more realistic style, colored as well. But I'm flexible on both accounts. If anyone is interested shoot me an email at
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GeneaBloggers Radio will be hosting a special one-hour broadcast live from the New England Regional Genealogical Conference on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 6pm Eastern. Here are the details from GeneaBloggers with information on how you can listen in live or catch the archived broadcast at a later date:
Join us for a special "conference edition" of GeneaBloggers Radio on Thursday, April 7, 2011 starting at a special time: 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central, 4pm Mountain and 3pm Pacific when we'll be broadcasting with special guests from the New England Regional Genealogical Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Held every two years, the New England Regional Genealogical Conference this year is coming from Springfield, Massachusetts. Join us as we report live from the conference!
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Our live guests will include Dick Eastman of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Elissa Scalise Powell, CG of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and many of the exhibitors at the NERGC conference.
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A special thanks to Sharon Sergeant of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council for helping to organize this episode, get the word out to exhibitors and attendees, and for coming up with the "conference" episode concept.
And, as usual, you never know what other aspects of genealogy and family history we'll discuss at GeneaBloggers Radio so tune in!
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• The church is looking for ways to evangelize outside of the church. Last week, members walked the streets and prayed over the businesses and apartments, asking God to bless Williamstown and save the lost.
• Sunday evening, 10-year-old Wesley Cain brought the message. It was awesome. There were so many more than usual for Sunday evening, even Wesley's school teacher and his family came to support him.
• What does it mean to be godly? God looks at the heart of each being and judges godliness. He can sense an attitude of dedication to do His will. Christians need to have a dedication to succeed no matter what the cost. A willingness to train constantly is also required. The Christian life offers the opportunity for all people to be winners. In a sports contest, only the winner receives the prize. Those who complete the Christian life will all receive the crown of life. The 10 most powerful two-letter words: if it is to be, it is up to me.
Dry Ridge
• Jan. 16 - Family Night at 6 p.m. Bring a covered dish.
• Jan. 18 - The Day Baptist Women will meet at 11 a.m. at Meadow View.
• Jan. 29 - CIA and Mission Friends will have an International Lesson on Thailand.
• The Night Baptist Women are collecting tissues for the Personal Care Home.
• March 13 - Spring Revival will begin with Evangelist Greg Waltermire from Heritage Baptist Church in Lexington. The Music Minister will be Carl Brown from Yellow Creek Baptist Church in Owensboro.
Dry Ridge
• The Dry Ridge Presbyterian Church continues to welcome guest pastors throughout the month of January before the return of Rev. Jim Bernard. This Sunday Dry Ridge Presbyterian welcomes the former pastor of Union Presbyterian Church. Call 824-5622 or visit www.dryridgepresbyterian.com for more information.
Family Worship
• Jan. 21 – Kidz-4-Gsus will be having a movie night from 7 to 10 p.m. for ages 4 to 12 (through fifth grade). "How to Train Your Dragon" is the movie. Invite some friends and come ready to have fun eating popcorn, drinking pop and playing games and watching the movie. There will also be prizes.
• URGENCY Youth group will go to Victory Life Church, Georgetown, to attend the United Youth Rally. The group will leave FWC at 5:30 p.m.
• Jan. 30 – Prayer, praise and worship service at 6 pm.
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• It is awesome to see the body surrendering to something more meaningful and lasting than personal agendas. Put in proper prospective - Jesus in the center of our hearts, Holy Spirit as our power, with prayer, preaching, and praise to humble us before a Mighty God. For information and sermons go to firstloveky.org.
• Pastor Pullens of Harvest Apostolic Church preached "Having a balance." Christians must make sure they are maintaining a healthy spiritual and a daily balance in their lives. If they don't learn to hold onto a balance in life, they will eventually lose out and lose integrity.
Mt. Carmel
• Mt. Carmel welcomes visitors. The church is located at 389 Mt. Carmel Road, Williamstown. For more information call Pastor Rick Haggett at 859-907-4930 or visit the Web site at www.mtcarmelbaptistky.com.
Mt. Zion
• The deacon of the week is Don Bingham, at 428-1877.
• Jan. 16 -The Lord's Supper will be observed.
• There will be no Fifth Sunday singing in January, but will begin again in May.
• Feb.13 – There will be a Valentine Banquet after morning service, featuring a salad and spaghetti dinner..The TEAM KIDS are plainning this event.
• Congratulations to Steve and Rhonda Tiller on the birth of their daughter, April Christina Tiller, on Dec. 29, 2010.
New Life
• Jan. 13-16 and Jan. 20-23 –Revival services at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday evenings and at 2 p.m. on Sunday at 1645 Gardnersville Road, Crittenden with Evangelist Rusty Adkins from Noblesville, Ind.
Oak Ridge
• The church has begun to collect for Operation Shoebox for 2011, with bars of soap, washcloths, toothpaste and brushes. Bring items and keep saving those shoeboxes.
• The church went over it's goal for the Lottie Moon Offering, collecting $1,905.50. This money will help send missionaries all over to tell people about Christ.
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• Wednesdays - New Bible Study classes began on Jan. 12. A lady's Bible Study on the book of Esther and a new study on 2 Corinthians is offered beginning at 7 p.m. Dinner is available at 6 p.m. at a cost of $4 per person. Youth groups for all ages are also available..
• Jan. 23 - Preaching Minister, Tim Seevers, will begin a series of messages titled, "How to Avoid Being a Bad Christian," at both the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services.
• A new ministry of the church is the Upward Sports Ministry. The church will offer Upward Soccer this spring. Registration forms can be picked up at the church office at 1055 Sherman Mt. Zion Road. The early registration cost is $55. After Feb. 15, the cost is $60. Each player must attend a soccer evaluation. This will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 19 and March 5. For more information call the church office at 859-428-1661, Denny at 428-0292 or Jason at 824-3782.
• Sunday morning, Pastor Steve Davis preached a message titled " Jesus Christ, Our All in All" using 1Timothy 6:10-15 (KJV). Jesus Christ is anything people need in any situation. He'll walk with us, provide needs, as well as teach things that people need to know later down the road.
• Sundays - Sunday Celebration at 10:30 a.m. Earl is beginning a new series, The Big Move, which will continue for the next couple of weeks.. To learn more about happenings at the Vineyard look up our Web site at www.vineyardgc.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/vineyardgc.
• Jan. 16 - Vertical Youth at 12:30 p.m. Middle school and high school kids meet up every other Sunday after church to hang out, have pizza and spend time together talking about Jesus.
Movie Night at the Vineyard starts at 6 p.m. Grab a snack and a drink and watch the movie "Despicable Me" on the big screens.
• Senior Minister Gary Swick is beginning a series called "This I Wish ...", which will be messages on strengthening families.
• Sunday evenings - Small group book study and worship continue at 6 p.m.
• Jan. 20 - The Senior Saints will travel to the I-Max Theater at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal to see "Hubble."
• Prayers and funding go with the Wheeler family as they begin their mission work in Guatemala.
United Methodist
• Jan. 16 – Worship services at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Children's activities are scheduled during evening worship. Transportation will be provided. Anyone who needs it should see Pastor Barry. Fireproof- Youth Group meet at 5 p.m.
• Jan. 17 – Bible study at 1 p.m.
• Jan. 19 – Bible study at 6:30 p.m. A new study on1st and 2nd Corinthians is beginning. Praise and worship band practice is at 7:15 p.m. in the sanctuary.
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On Saturday night (7/26) Wichita Falls police were dispatched to the neighborhood of Avenue H and Giddings where residents were reporting that 61-year-old Kerry Winters was exposing himself to children.
Texoma's Homepage is reporting that according to police, Winters was seen coming out of his house naked with nothing but a bag over his genitals. While at least 4 children under the age of 15 watched, Winters started slapping his own buttocks, yelling obscenities, and then began masturbating.
Winters has been in and out of jail the past few weeks and was arrested again Saturday night after a short foot chase. He has been charged with 4 counts of indecency with a child, indecent exposure, evading arrest, and disorderly conduct. His bonds total more than $80,000.


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CCM, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati ("UC"), received approval today from the UC Board of Trustees to enter an agreement with Steinway & Sons to purchase 165 new pianos, the largest unit purchase in Steinway's 155-year history.
Upon delivery of the pianos, CCM will receive the designation of "All Steinway School," a distinction shared by the top conservatories in the world. CCM will also become one of the largest repositories of Steinway pianos outside the company's Long Island City, N.Y.-based factory. The handcrafted instruments will serve to renew and replace a majority of CCM's current stock of 255 pianos and will be moved into concert halls, rehearsal rooms and teaching studios.
According to Steinway, fully 98% of all pianists performing with orchestras last year chose their pianos exclusively. With the "All Steinway School" designation, CCM students and faculty will have the opportunity to perform and practice on the instruments they will encounter most frequently on the concert stage.
"We are extraordinarily excited to become an All Steinway School," says Douglas Knehans, dean of CCM. "This is both a mark of distinction, a high achievement and a profound signal of CCM's commitment to quality, its students, faculty and community. With this purchase, CCM's world class facilities will now be matched with the world's finest pianos throughout its performance, teaching and study spaces."
Sally Coveleskie, Steinway's National Director of Institutional Sales, adds, "Steinway & Sons is deeply honored that CCM has joined our worldwide roster of All Steinway Schools. Pianos designed by Steinway & Sons will be available to CCM's illustrious faculty and gifted students from practice rooms to the concert stages of this remarkable institution. With its founding in 1867, and that of Steinway in 1853, the union of two American cultural icons is now formalized and will share a partnership based on our mutual dedication to excellence well into the future."
The cost of the pianos is $4.1 million, which CCM will pay for via an aggregation of income from multiple endowment funds. Continues Knehans, "In order to be a leading institution, we must invest in the very best resources for our students and faculty. We are very proud that through the excellent and strategic management of our endowment resources, coupled with the university's commitment to CCM's continuing excellence, we are placed in a position to deliver this further improvement to our already standard-setting quality."
CCM will receive the pianos in multiple shipments; the first delivery of approximately 80 pianos is scheduled for late December 2008, with final delivery to take place by June 2009. Premier Pianos, Greater Cincinnati's only local authorized Steinway dealer, has facilitated the agreement and will work with CCM to remove used pianos and install the new instruments.
About CCM
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized internationally as one of the leading conservatories for the performing arts and electronic media. CCM also is the largest single source of performing arts events in Ohio with an annual calendar of nearly 1,000 performances and presentations, ranging from solo recitals to full-scale opera and musical theater performances. Visit www.ccm.uc.edu for more information.
About Steinway & Sons
Since 1853, Steinway pianos have set an uncompromising standard for sound, touch, beauty, and investment value. Handcrafting each Steinway requires up to one full year, and the result is an instrument of rare quality and global renown. Not surprisingly, Steinway remains the choice of 9 out of 10 concert artists, and it is the preferred piano of countless musicians, professional and amateur, throughout the world. More information is available at www.steinway.com.


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DescriptionW. E. Cule. Child Voices. London: Andrew Melrose, [n. d., ca. 1900]. Octavo. Publisher's binding. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Very good.
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A whistleblower who exposed a corporate tax-avoidance scheme was awarded more than $38 million from the Internal Revenues Service, the law firm involved announced on Friday.
Neither the tipster nor the corporation was named publicly, and the IRS has a policy of not commenting on whistleblower awards, which are distributed as part of a program set up in 2007.
"The target corporation doesn't even know that it had a whistleblower, and they should never know," said Gregory Lynam, a tax partner at the Ferraro Law Firm's Washington office, "because the IRS did not inform the taxpayer that they had help from us on the sophisticated tax issues involved in this case."
The award comes just two months after the IRS made the largest whistleblower award in its history, $104 million to former UBS employee Bradley Birkenfeld.
The amount in taxes the IRS collected from the company, which is in the Fortune 500, was not revealed. By law, the IRS award must be 15 percent to 30 percent of the amount it collected because of the whistleblower's actions. The precise amount of Friday's award was $38,037,899.
"Both the name of the company and the name of the whistleblower have remained completely confidential throughout this whole process, and remain so even after payment of this award," said Ferraro tax partner Scott Knott, "so this large payment by the IRS proves that their program can reward corporate whistleblowers without putting themselves and their jobs at risk."
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Gift for MuslimsIslamic Studies Curriculum for SchoolsInclusive of a levelled colour-coded syllabusBy Shaykh Mohammad Asad
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Full Colour A5 Size ISBN : 9780956945211Publisher : Islamic Preparatory School, Wolverhampton UK
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This book is inclusive of a levelled colour-coded Islamic Studies syllabus, linked to the QCA Schemes of Work for schools in the UK.
It is designed to be taught in Independent Islamic Schools where teachers can track pupils progress with the attainment targets that the syllabus is based upon, in KS1-3.
This simple tracking method can be adopted in any other educational institutes worldwide including Madrasa's and Maktabs weekend/part-time classes etc.
People from all types of backgrounds are able to benefit from the syllabus, including parents, reverts and professionals alike. It consists of the basic essentials that we all should be fully aware of as Muslims.
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(Shaykh) Mohammad Asad was born in the West Midlands, and he attended regular schooling until he enrolled in a full time Islamic school.
At the age of 13, he memorised the Quran and travelled to various countries to lead Taraweeh Prayers. He completed his GCSE's and started a full time Islamic Theology and Arabic course, which consisted of Arabic Syntax, Etymology and Grammar, Logic, Quranic Exegesis, Hadith Exegesis, Comparative Religions, Islamic Jurisprudence of the four main schools of thought, Foundations of Jurisprudence, Quran and Hadith, and other subjects. He also studied the ten different types of Qira'ah of the Qur'an which is recited globally.
After extensive studying for approximately twelve years, he successfully graduated with a Masters in Islamic Theology and Arabic from the world renowned famous Islamic University in India.
Since then, he has worked as an Imam, Minister of Religion and worked in various fields of education as a teacher, tutor and Head Teacher and is currently a Deputy Head of a primary and secondary school in the West Midlands.
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