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Altidore impresses in his first two outings with Hull City.
Howard stunned in goal, his Everton falls 6-1 to Arsenal.
Bradley goes distance, Mönchengladbach saves Bundesliga future with draw.
Bradley, Mönchengladbach again face relegation worries after 5-0 loss.
Fulham fans fete Dempsey; Reading says farewell to Hahnemann.
Hahnemann, Reading come up short to Burnley in promotion playoffs.
Bocanegra scores, but Rennes is upset by Guingamp 2-1 in Cup final.
Hahnemann, Reading fall short of Premier League promotion, get second chance.
Hahnemann posts two shutouts, Reading has Sunday shot for promotion to Premier League.
Howard saves in tiebreaker lead Everton past Manchester United in FA Cup semifinals.
Reading finally scores, but Hahnemann concedes lead in 2-2 draw with Blackpool.
Dempsey scores twice, adds assist to spark Fulham past Manchester City.
Edu scores first goal, Beasley injures rib in Rangers victory.
Friedel is sent off from Villa's 5-0 rout at hands of Liverpool.
Howard, Everton are on the upswing in English Premier League.
Bradley helps Gladbach mount effort to escape relegation.
Donovan to wrap up Munich tenure and rejoin Galaxy in MLS.
Healthy after long recovery, Spector is recording playing time with West Ham.
Foul tackle leaves Beasley bruised, but apparently not sidelined.
Bradley scores tying goal in Gladbach's 1-1 draw at Bremen.
McBride, Beasley stay put as transfer window closes.
McBride could return to Fulham of EPL, Altidore moves.
Friedel posts two shutouts for Aston Villa which defeats Portsmouth, ties Doncaster.
Beasley, Edu struggle for playing time for Glasgow Rangers.
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(Thursday, August 27, 2009) -- Charlie Davies' transfer from Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby to French Ligue 1's Sochaux has been a resounding success for the young American striker. In three league matches, he has gone from late substitute to starter and has scored two goals along the way.
In his debut, he played the final 22 minutes of Sochaux's 1-0 victory at Auxerre. Then, a week ago, he came on to start the second half at home against Bordeaux and responded with a pair of goals in a 3-2 loss.
In the 60th minute, he settled a cross from Marvin Martin, turned and shot a left-footer from the center of the penalty area into the bottom left corner.
In the 90th minute, Davies again used his left foot. this time to put a cross from the left side six yards into the center of the net, box into the center of the goal.
Most recently, Davies started and played 71 minutes in Sochaux's 2-0 loss Saturday at Montpellier.
American forward Kenny Cooper is also off to a good start with 2Bundesliga's 1860 Munich.
Just a week after arriving from Major League Soccer's FC Dallas, Cooper found himself in coach Ewald Lienen's starting side and rewarded him by heading home a cross by Benjamin Lauth in the 17th minute of a 2-0 victory August 9 over visiting TuS Koblenz.
Cooper beat American goalkeeper David Yelldell.
Cooper had three more good chances in the match, but was stopped by Yelldell. Cooper left the match in the 72nd minute to a roar of approval from the home crowd.
On Monday, Cooper scored in the 18th minute, but Munich lost 3-1 to visiting Karlsruhe.
In between, Cooper played the first 72 minutes of a 2-1 loss August 15 at Hansa Rostock, Cooper stands as 1860's leading scorer with two goals in three matches..
A week earlier, he started and played 72 minutes before being replaced in a 2-1 loss at Hansa Rostock.
Yelldell has played well for Koblenz so far this season. Last week, he made eight saves in a very strong showing en route to a 3-2 win over Arminia Bielefeld. Koblenz got all three of its goals after the 80th minute.
Last Friday, Yelldell again was strong in a losing effort, making six saves in Koblenz's 1-0 setback to Fortuna Dusseldorf.
In other 2Bundesliga action, U.S. keeper Luis Robles has not yet played through Kaiserslautern's opening three weeks because Tobias Sippel won the goalkeeping role.
American attacker Matt Taylor played the final 20 minutes of FSV Frankfurt's 2-1 opening-day loss to Duisburg and has not dressed since. He was not available for Frankfurt's 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Greuther Fürth or a 0-0 draw with SC Paderborn 07 last Friday.
In the first division Bundesliga, midfielder Michael Bradley spent a week away from his team, essentially in quarantine, following his return exposure to U.S. teammate Landon Donovan, who was diagnosed with H1N1 flu. On Sunday, he started, but played only the first half in Borussia Mönchengladbach's 3-0 loss to Werder Bremen. He did receive a yellow card
U.S. defender Steve Cherundolo, after also spending a week off in H1N1 quarantine, had a happier return. He played 90 minutes in Hannover 96's 2-0 decision Saturday over FC Nürnberg. The team has played considerably better since coach Dieter Hecking was sacked.
American attacker Sal Zizzo did not dress for the match. Last weekend, however, he came on for Hannover in the 74th minute in a 1-1 home draw with FSV Mainz 05.
Midfielder Jermaine Jones, who is opting to play for the United States with his dual German\American citizenship, continues to recover from stress fracture in his shin and has not dressed yet for FC Schalke 04 this season.
In France's Ligue 1, U.S. defender Carlos Bocanegra's Stade Rennes has gotten the season off to a good start with a victory and a pair of draws. Rennes started the season with a 3-0 win over Boulogne, then earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Nice despite going a man down in the 77th minute. On Saturday, Rennes played a 1-1 draw at Marseille.
Bocanegra was in his accustomed spot on the left side of defense in all three matches.
In Ligue 3, newly-relegated Troyes, with American keeper Quentin Westberg playing very well in net, has looked good, defeating Plabennec 5-0 after starting off the season with a 2-0 decision over Louhans-Cuiseaux and a 2-2 draw with Paris FC before dropping a narrow 1-0 result Sunday to Reims.
Troyes also got its French League Cup campaign off to a good start with a lopsided 4-0 shutout of newly-relegated Nantes. Westberg made two good saves near halftime and late goals put the match out of reach.
In Italy's Serie A, U.S> defender Oguchi Onyewu was dressed, but remained on the bench for AC Milan, which opened its season with a 2-1 triumph Saturday over Siena.
In Scotland, Glasgow Rangers opened the defense of their Premier League title with a pair of victories, a 4-1 win over Falkirk, and 2-1 decision Sunday over Heart of Midlothian.
Maurice Edu continues to rehab of his surgically repaired knee with no return date yet set. His fellow U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley has been dressed and on the bench after a summer that had him rumored heading for Germany or the Netherlands. Beasley received some playing time in preseason matches for Rangers.
In Denmark, U.S. midfielder Benny Feilhaber came back from U.S. duty in Mexico exhausted and found himself on the bench for most of AGF Aarhus's 1-0 victory over FC Copenhagen. He came on in the 81st minute.
On Saturday, he played 71 minutes in a 2-2 draw with Silkeborg IF.
American striker Jeremiah White has been starting for Aarhus. He played the first hour last weekend in the 2-2 draw with Silkeborg. A week earlier, he received a start against FC Copenhagen going 71 minutes in the 1-0 win.
American defender Danny Califf is starting again for FC Midtjylland. After coming off the bench the previous week, he was not dressed two weeks ago for Midtjylland's 4-1 decision over Randers.
On August 17, Califf played 90 minutes in Midtjylland's 1-0 loss at Odense BK. On Saturday, he went the distance in a 4-1 loss to FC Copenhagen.
American defender Michael Parkhurst played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in FC Nordsjaelland's 1-0 loss Sunday against Sonderjyske. A week earlier, he went 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with HB Køge and he also went the whole way in the previous 3-0 triumph over Silkeborg IF.
American striker Marcus Tracy has not dressed for Aalborg the past three weeks.
U.S. midfielder Freddy Adu will not be heading to Odense in Denmark on a one-year loan from Portugal's Benfica. Odense had been in negotiations with Benfica, but now, according to the Danish media, talks have broken off.
Reportedly, the deal fell apart over how much of Adu's salary would be paid by Benfica this year. Odense officials told the media that Adu is still of interest to them, but not under the current circumstances. While he continues to train at Benfica, according to the Portuguese media, Adu has been told he does not have a future with the team.
In Norway, goalkeeper Troy Perkins' up-and-down season continues at Valerenga. He played well, but gave up an 88th minute goal in a 1-0 loss to Lillestrøm.
Previously, he did not look sharp, but came away with a victory when Valerenga outscored Tromso 4-3 to move to the Norwegian Cup semifinals. In his latest outing, Perkins was beaten three times in a 3-2 setback Sunday to Stabaek.
Another American has started play in Norway. Former University of Tulsa goalkeeper Tyrel Lacey joined last-place Eliteserien side Lyn and was in goal for a 4-1 upset of IK Start Sunday at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.
Lacey was drafted by the MLS's New England Revolution, but was released..
American defenders Clarence Goodson and Hunter Freeman went the distance for Start in the loss to Lyn. Freeman also picked up a yellow card in the 58th minute.
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Wagging tails brought a smiling face to 13-year-old Kaitlyn Stinebaugh as she made her way down the hall of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Covenant Children's hospital on a recent Wednesday.
The furry visitors are usually not allowed in the ICU units, but hospital personnel made an exception for what they called "our little celebrity."
Sarah, Kaitlyn's mother, said her child's smile was a change from the usual expressions shown during regular extended visits in the past six months.
"It's just a change from being in here all the time," she said.
The expression meant Zoe, a Yorkie and toy poodle mix, and Cass, a standard poodle, served their purpose.
They are part of a local pet therapy program certified by national branches.
The pets involved in local pet therapy programs have special certification to go into health care facilities with their owners. They visit some local hospitals and nursing homes with a mission to help patients feel better, if only for a moment.
Before becoming a therapy pet team, the animals and owners must go through a training course where the animals are tested in different situations to make sure they keep a calm demeanor in a hospital setting.
"It's multifaceted with benefits," said Cayce Kaufman, regional patient experience director for Covenant Health. "Caregivers get a lot of benefit as well. Healthcare is pretty stressful from the caregiver's side. When they see a four-legged friend coming down the hallway, it lights up their whole day. It gives them a diversion. It's a great escape to see a dog here in the hospital."
Susan Bailey, director of volunteer services at University Medical Center, said pets have a natural sense to heal.
"When a person pets a dog or cat, it relieves stress," she said. "… They instinctively know what to do."
The therapy animals in Lubbock most often seen are dogs. Dakota may be the exception.
The 17-pound brown tabby cat, also known as Dr. Dakota, makes rounds at UMC giving "cat scans."
Philip Wischkaemper, Dakota's owner, said his cat has been a therapy pet for about seven years and is the only therapy cat in Lubbock, to his knowledge.
"There's a novelty factor," Wischkaemper said. "There are not many cats in hospitals. … When you've got a pet this great, it's really a shame to not share."
Critters for Christ is a pet therapy program with volunteers that visit the Covenant facilities.
Melinda Hatler, Critters for Christ volunteer, trains pet therapy teams for certification. She said the program is affiliated with Therapy Dogs Inc. To become a pet therapy team through Critters for Christ, Hatler said a handler and their pet are required to attend classes once a week for eight weeks.
"They learn the skills for pet therapy," she said. "Obedience and things that the dog doesn't already know."
Hatler said she recommends pet owners becoming pet therapy teams only when owners have time to work with their animal.
She said the animals are required to pass tests and observations to become certified.
Hatler and her dog Tony visit the Covenant facilities at least once a week.
Margaret Row is also a pet therapy tester for the Lubbock branch of Therapy Dogs Inc. She said she and Tom Evans, another tester, conduct dog testing for pet therapy.
"It involves looking for dogs that like people, are good with other dogs and mind you," she said.
As people call, dates are set for Row and Evans to review the rules and regulations of pet therapy. She said there are a few limitations as to the breeds that they can test.
"It doesn't matter the breed," she said. "The only ones we're not allowed to test are wolf breeds, hybrids, coyotes and coyote hybrids."
She said the dog must be well behaved and like people.
"I would say we have probably close to 150 to 200 handlers with dogs," Row said. "Not all of them visit anymore. Some got into it and really don't like it so they don't do it anymore for whatever reason."
Aside from being a tester, Row said she has a miniature schnauzer named Sadi who regularly makes rounds at UMC.
"She just loves it," Row said. "Most terriers are very hyper. She does bark, but once she comes in a hospital, it's 'we've got to go to work.'"
Denver, a golden doodle, is also a therapy dog who visits UMC.
J. Matthew Driskill, senior clinical department administration for the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and Denver's owner, said pet therapy has had measurable influence on patient health.
"He does a good job of taking the cares and pains away from individuals," Driskill said. "Therapy has shown blood pressure goes down. People heal and get better quicker when they have therapy pets involved in their therapy."
Driskill described an incident when Denver was present and helped distract a boy he said was about 11 or 12 years old as he was given an IV.
"He was trying to be brave," Driskill said.
Driskill said he and Denver were going to wait by the door of his room until the nurse called them in. He said he watched the boy visibly showed signs of relaxation.
"He was like, 'I didn't even realize you'd done it'," Driskill said.
Wischkaemper said Dakota once sparked a reaction from a patient who had been in a coma. He said the visit was a special request. He said he was told the patient had been unresponsive until Dakota was placed on her chest where he began to purr. He said she responded by opening her eyes, something her family had not seen for a while.
"Pets provide a different kind of healing," said Kaufman. "It's body, mind and spirit healing."
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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a heart condition in which there is an abnormal extra electrical pathway of the heart. The condition can lead to episodes of rapid heart rate (tachycardia).
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is one of the most common causes of fast heart rate disorders in infants and children.
Preexcitation syndrome; WPW
Normally, electrical signals in the heart go through a certain pathway that helps the heart beat regularly. The wiring of the heart prevents extra beats from occurring and keeps the next beat from happening too soon.
In people with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, some of the heart's electrical signal goes down an extra (accessory) pathway. This may cause a very rapid heart rate called supraventricular tachycardia.
Most people with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome do not have any other heart problems. However, this condition has been linked with other conditions, such as Ebstein's anomaly. There is also a form that runs in families.
How often the rapid heart rate occurs depends on the patient. Some people with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome may have just a few episodes of rapid heart rate. Others may have the rapid heart rate once or twice a week or more. Sometimes there are no symptoms, and the condition is found when a heart test is done for another reason.
A person with this syndrome may have:
An exam performed during a tachycardia episode will show a heart rate faster than 100 beats per minute. A normal heart rate is 60 - 100 beats per minute in adults, and under 150 beats per minute in newborns, infants, and small children. Blood pressure will be normal or low.
If the patient is currently not having tachycardia, the physical exam may be completely normal.
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome may be diagnosed with the following tests:
A test called an electrophysiologic study (EPS) is done using catheters that are threaded up to the heart from an IV placed in the leg. It may help identify the location of the extra electrical pathway.
Medicine such as adenosine, antiarrhythmic drugs, and amiodarone may be used to control or prevent a rapid heartbeat.
If the heart rate does not return to normal with medication, doctors may use a type of therapy called electrical cardioversion (shock).
The long-term treatment for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is catheter ablation. This procedure involves inserting a tube (catheter) into an artery through a small cut near the groin up to the heart area. When the tip reaches the heart, the small area that is causing the fast heart rate is destroyed using a special type of energy called radiofrequency.
Open heart surgery to burn or freeze the extra pathway may also provide a permanent cure for Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. However, surgery is usually done only if you need surgery for other reasons.
Catheter ablation cures this disorder in most patients. The success rate for the procedure ranges between 85 and 95%. Success rates will vary depending on the location and number of extra pathways.
The most severe form of a rapid heartbeat is ventricular fibrillation. It may rapidly lead to shock or death, and requires emergency treatment (cardioversion). Atrial fibrillation can lead to ventricular fibrillation.
Call your health care provider if:
Because there are some inherited forms of this condition, discuss with your health care provider whether your family members should be screened.
Olgin JE, Zipes DP. Specific arrhythmias: diagnosis and treatment. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2011:chap 39.
Zimetbaum P. Cardiac arrhythmias with supraventricular origin. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 64.
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text: A couple of questions still hang out there: 1.) Who provided the prosecution with the knowledge that O'Brien and Hughes overheard potentially incriminating comments from Bates? Thomas would be a likely candidate, but he seemed too wrapped up with trying to get promoted to valet. 2.) Is Cora in any way aware of Lord Grantham's dalliance with Jane? Even if that little sidebar was left unaddressed, I wouldn't mind. It all seemed rather forced and unnecessary.


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Confidentiality of Student Records Notification of Rights Under FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their educational records. They are:
- The right to inspect and review the student's educational records within 45 days of the day the College receives a request for access. Students should submit to the registrar, dean, head of the academic department, or other appropriate official, written requests that identify the record(s) they wish to inspect. The College official will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the College official to whom the request was submitted, that official shall advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed.
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- The right to consent to disclosers of personally identifiable information contained in the student's educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to a school official with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); a person or company with whom the College has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, or collection agent); a person serving on the Board of Trustees; or a student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee; or assisting another school official in performing his/her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an educational record in order to fulfill his/her professional responsibility.
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While in Sydney, Caroline Wozniacki and boyfriend Rory McIlroy decided to check out the sights. From a bird's-eye view.
The Skywalk at the Sydney Tower Eye advertises its experience as "walking on air 268 meters" above the city.
Below are some photos, via Apia International Sydney, from the couple's adventure.


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Set the handling of the ordering of options and arguments. A RuntimeError is raised if option processing has already started.
The supplied value must be a member of GetoptLong::ORDERINGS. It alters the processing of options as follows:
Options are required to occur before non-options.
Processing of options ends as soon as a word is encountered that has not been preceded by an appropriate option flag.
For example, if -a and -b are options which do not take arguments, parsing command line arguments of '-a one -b two' would result in 'one', '-b', 'two' being left in ARGV, and only ('-a', ") being processed as an option/arg pair.
This is the default ordering, if the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. (This is for compatibility with GNU getopt_long.)
Options can occur anywhere in the command line parsed. This is the default behavior.
Every sequence of words which can be interpreted as an option (with or without argument) is treated as an option; non-option words are skipped.
For example, if -a does not require an argument and -b optionally takes an argument, parsing '-a one -b two three' would result in ('-a',") and ('-b', 'two') being processed as option/arg pairs, and 'one','three' being left in ARGV.
If the ordering is set to PERMUTE but the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, REQUIRE_ORDER is used instead. This is for compatibility with GNU getopt_long.
All words on the command line are processed as options. Words not preceded by a short or long option flag are passed as arguments with an option of " (empty string).
For example, if -a requires an argument but -b does not, a command line of '-a one -b two three' would result in option/arg pairs of ('-a', 'one') ('-b', "), (", 'two'), (", 'three') being processed.
# File lib/getoptlong.rb, line 244 def ordering=(ordering) # # The method is failed if option processing has already started. # if @status != STATUS_YET set_error(ArgumentError, "argument error") raise RuntimeError, "invoke ordering=, but option processing has already started" end # # Check ordering. # if !ORDERINGS.include?(ordering) raise ArgumentError, "invalid ordering `#{ordering}'" end if ordering == PERMUTE && ENV.include?('POSIXLY_CORRECT') @ordering = REQUIRE_ORDER else @ordering = ordering end end


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SAVANNAH — The attorney for a teenage mother charged with child cruelty in the death of her 21-month-old daughter says it was a "tragic accident" that the toddler was fatally mauled by her family's seven dogs in southeast Georgia.
Defense attorney Tom Edenfield said in an interview Wednesday the child's mother, 18-year-old Summer Laminack of Ellabell, loved her daughter and is still suffering from the trauma of her death March 27.
Bryan County authorities say young Monica Renee Laminack slipped outside through a doggie door and was killed by the seven pit bulls and pit bull mixes her family kept in the back yard. Edenfield says the girl's mother was in her bedroom studying.
She was charged Tuesday with second-degree child cruelty, a felony punishable by one to 10 years in prison.


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Adam Scott breaks course record at Australian Open
• Masters champions says he struggled with swing
Adam Scott admitted he struggled with his swing during his record-breaking 10-under-par start to the Australian Open.
In a spectacular opening to his quest to complete Australian golf's Triple Crown, Scott birdied his first six holes – and last four – to smash the old course record at Royal Sydney by three shots.
He is three clear of the field and so well was he striking the ball that the longest birdie putt he made was from less than 15 feet.
The world No2's other nine birdies were all accrued from less than six feet and he even thought a 59 may have been on the cards.
"It's an amazing start," Scott said. "I remember Greg Norman birdieing the first six holes at Royal Troon in 1989 and that was about as good a start as I can remember. Today obviously was very good."
The Masters champion admitted he toyed with the idea of breaking 60 before cooling off mid-round with eight consecutive pars.
"I wasn't thinking about it hard but I knew it was a possibility," Scott said. "Having birdied the six holes I'd birdied, I felt like all the opportunities were still to come. So if I'd kept it going and had a good run around the turn, I felt like it was on for sure."
Yet, ominously for his pursuers, the perfectionist in Scott also admitted he feared losing control during his eight-hole stretch of pars.
"I can't sit here and complain about anything but, a bit like last week in the first round, the swing wanders on a couple of shots and it did it again today," Scott said. "It's not quite in the slot. Although I hit a lot of great shots today it's not as free flowing as [it has been recently]. The swing is a bit of hard work for me at the moment."
In the end, Scott's 62 beat the previous course record jointly shared by Chris Gaunt, Matt Goggin, Stephen Dartnall, Ewan Porter and Jason Norris all recorded at the 2008 Australian Open.
"I was really happy to finish the round off with four birdies because I felt like I'd created such a great opportunity to have a really low round out here and didn't want to waste it," he said.
Three in front of Canadian Ryan Yip and four ahead of countryman David McKenzie, Scott is on track to add the Open title to his victories at the Australian Masters and Australian PGA.
Two-time champion Aaron Baddeley is a further shot back in a share of fourth place after carding a five-under 67, while former world No1 Rory McIlroy birdied the last for a 69 and will enjoy the much easier morning conditions for his second round on Friday.
Jason Day signed off for a 70 playing alongside Scott, his World Cup-winning team-mate from last week.
Day said he was in awe of Scott's dazzling display.
"You're just watching the show really," he said. "That's how the best players in the world play and I got to witness it today and it was special. That's something that I'm going to remember for a long time."


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Note: For out-of-province applicants or applicants who reside over 400 km from the University, special arrangements for an orientation, long distance portfolio submission, and interview are available. For further details contact the department assistant.
Students who do not meet these requirements might consider the Arts Studies
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1. Submit the application fee along with your UFV application for admission form to the Office of the Registrar (OReg). You can apply online or download an application form at ufv.ca/admissions/admissions/apply. Application forms are also available from any OReg or Student Services office.
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• Proof of B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent if not 19 years of age or older.
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Tuition fees are approximately $4,500.00 per year. An allowance of $2,000.00 per year should be made to cover the cost of textbooks, supplies, field trips, practicum expenses, and other miscellaneous items. Some courses will have an additional supply fee to cover the cost of materials provided to students. These fees are approximate and may vary with each individual student depending on the courses they choose. Supply fees range from $255.00 to $280.00 per year.
Supply fees cover the cost of pre-packaged kits necessary for student samples. Fees range in price depending on the course. Not all fashion courses have supply fees.
Courses are offered on the Abbotsford campus.
Twenty hours per week of classroom time is scheduled in the first year of the program and 15 hours in the second, with additional time up to 24 hours depending on the electives or options selected.
In addition to scheduled classroom time, students are expected to take advantage of the fashion lab time (a minimum of 15 hours per week) to keep up with the workload.
Deadlines are strictly adhered to as success in the industry relies heavily on the meeting of deadlines and delivery dates.
Regular attendance is mandatory. Penalties for late arrivals and absenteeism without reason might include a reduction of the final grade.
Students should not fall behind. Thirteen weeks per semester does not allow time to catch up. Also the design, drafting, and construction courses are so closely linked that a class missed in one area could set you back in the other two.
Students will benefit greatly from participating in extracurricular activities such as fashion shows and open houses, and are encouraged to do so. Time schedules and duties will be announced well in advance.
Transfer students and advanced standing
Applicants applying for transfer credits from another institution or advanced standing will be considered on an individual basis. Make an appointment to see the program head.
Any student who has previously applied to the UFV Fashion Design program but who did not register and wishes to re-apply for admission will follow the same procedures as a new applicant.
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The Fashion Design diploma will be awarded to students who have successfully completed all required courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 (C), plus electives/ options to give a minimum total of 63 to 67 credits.
A minimum C- grade or the instructor's permission is required in all courses that are listed as a prerequisite for advancement into the next level.
Sample program outline
Semester I
Note: CMNS 115 is only open to students in a trades program; CMNS 165 is no longer offered.
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Note: Courses not requiring acceptance into the program may be taken individually.
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Prosecutor Juan Martinez significantly turned up the heat on Jodi Arias Wednesday with pointed questions about sexual encounters she had with her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. Martinez showed the jury text messages and played voice recordings meant to prove that Arias was always a willing participant in their sexual adventures and not a woman forced to comply with Alexander's erotic demands.
"It was a consensual, mutual relationship sexually speaking, wasn't it?" he said.
"Yes, always," replied Arias.
In Session is live-blogging Arias' testimony. Click here to read Monday's bombshell testimony and get caught up on Tuesday's live blogof Arias' time on the stand.
Read below for minute-by-minute updates from her testimony Wednesday (best read from the bottom up):
6:31 p.m. ET: The judge has recessed court for the evening. Testimony will pick back up at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday.
6:29 p.m. ET: Arias said she doesn't know when her laptop was packed in her car. She also said its a detail she doesn't remember. Martinez said during direct examination, Arias said all of her items were in her car before 5:30 p.m. June 4, 2008.
6:27 p.m. ET: Arias said she put her bags in her rental car at some point.
6:25 p.m. ET: Martinez is showing the jury a picture of her genitalia taken at 1:44 p.m. ET. Arias said afterwards she took a shower, and put on clothes.
6:19 p.m. ET: Arias said she shot a sex tape with Alexander on June 4, 2008 with her Olympus camera. They watched it, and then deleted it.
6:17 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias why she would want to spend time with a "bully." Arias said he wasn't just a bully.
6:16 p.m. ET: Arias said she stuck around and spend time with Alexander after they had sex on June 4, 2008. The attorneys are at a sidebar.
6:15 p.m. ET: Martinez is showing sexually explicit photos to jury of Alexander that does not show the rope.
6:11 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about a sex tape she made with Alexander on June 4, 2008.
6:10 p.m. ET: Arias said Alexander cut the rope in the bedroom, but she didn't know where he left it when he was done. Martinez replied by bringing up the fact that Arias had said during the investigation that she thought Alexander put the knife on his bedside table.
6:07 p.m. ET:
"I don't know about ropes and things," said Arias.
6:04 p.m. ET: Arias and Martinez are still talking about photos of Alexander's bedroom where no rope can be scene.
6:02 p.m. ET: Martinez just showed Arias sexually explicit photos that she took with Alexander on June 4, 2008. No rope can be seen in the photos.
5:57 p.m. ET: Martinez is showing the jury a picture of Alexander's bed to show how Arias was tied to it.
5:54 p.m. ET: Martinez is making the point that Alexander may not have needed to cut the rope for the sexual encounter. This point may cast doubt on whether the knife used to stab him was already in the bedroom like Arias claimed on direct examination.
5:51 p.m. ET: Alexander tied her hands against the bed, but she could slip her hands out.
5:47 p.m. ET: Arias is describing how long the rope was Alexander used for a sexual encounter on June 4, 2008, the day he died.
5:46 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about her arrival at Alexander's house the night before he died.
5:39 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with Judge Stephens.
5:37 p.m. ET: Arias said she was flattered that Alexander wanted her to see him during her road trip in early June 2008.
5:33 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias if she was going to visit Ryan Burns, a potential love interest, in Utah then why was she allowing Alexander to guilt her. Arias said he had an effect on her. Testimony has stopped for a few minutes while the court staff fixes a technical difficulty.
5:29 p.m. ET: Arias said before she left for her road trip in early June 2008, Alexander was trying to guilt her into stopping by Mesa, Arizona to see him.
5:27 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about Alexander's alleged ability to guilt her into doing things.
5:04 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens has recessed court until 5:25 p.m. ET. The live blog will pick back up when testimony resumes.
5:03 p.m. ET: Arias said she could not see that what was on the ground was a license plate, because she was nearsighted and didn't know until 2 years later.
4:58 p.m. ET:
4:56 p.m. ET: Arias picked up a license plate she saw on the ground after she saw the skaters. She said she thought it the front license plate for her rental car, and it did not occur to her to double check it with license plate on the back of the car. If she had she would have noticed the license plate was supposedly upside down. Martinez is pointing out that Arias actions do not seem logical.
4:49 p.m. ET: Martinez has moved on to Arias' claim that some skaters may have turned her license plate upside down on her rental car.
4:48 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "What was taken from your room?"
"10 and 20 dollar bill," replied Arias.
Martinez asked, "Your laptop wasn't taken?"
"No, my laptop was with me," replied Arias.
Martinez said, "Do you remember that you actually told the police officers that you were actually pretty lucky because your laptop was in a hamper sort of thing and the clothes were covering it and it hadn't be stolen. Do you remember saying that to the officers?"
"No, I remember there was a discussion regarding the laptop and I told them I was lucky I had it with them," replied Arias.
4:47 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "How about the gun you used to kill Mr. Alexander, how big was that gun?"
"It wasn't very big," replied Arias.
Martinez said, "Looked like a toy gun, right?"
"Looked pretty real, to me," replied Arias.
Martinez said "It could fit in your purse right?"
"Yes, if she takes a few things out of her purse," said Arias.
4:46 p.m. ET:
4:45 p.m. ET: Arias said some money was also stolen from her room in her grandparents' house.
4:43 p.m. ET: Martinez has moved on to Arias' grandfathers guns. A .25 caliber gun was stolen from Arias' grandparents house, where Arias was living, on May 28, 2008. The gun was the same caliber that was used to shoot Alexander, and the gun was never recovered by police.
4:42 p.m. ET:
"You didn't know it was going to be important back then in 2008 this issue involving the gun, and that's why when he asked you about it you said 'no he doesn't have any guns' because it wasn't important at that point because you couldn't foresee the future," said Martinez.
4:41 p.m. ET: Arias said she saw Alexander with his gun in the Fall in 2007, and it was the same gun she used to shoot him.
4:40 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "You had all the information when you called the detective, isn't that true?"
"Barring my memory gaps, what I knew, I had information," replied Arias.
Martinez asked, "You knew you had been the person who had killed him, you knew that right?"
"Yeah" replied Arias.
4:37 p.m. ET:
4:36 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "So, when you are doing that you wouldn't purposely say things that to hurt you, would? Hurt your case?"
"I don't know," replied Arias.
Martinez asked, "You think you would purposely say things to hurt your case?"
"Probably not, that wasn't really my goal," replied Arias.
4:35 p.m. ET: On the recording, Arias can be heard asking Flores what weapons were used to kill Alexander. Arias told Flores that Alexander did not have a gun. Arias testified earlier that she shot Alexander with his own gun she found in his closet when he was trying to attack her for dropping his new camera.
4:33 p.m. ET: Arias said she initiated contact with Flores before he reached out to her. Martinez is now playing a clip of the phone conversation Arias had with Flores shortly after his death.
4:30 p.m. ET: Now Martinez is asking Arias about a conversation she had with Detective Esteban Flores shortly after Alexander's body was found in June 2008.
4:27 p.m. ET: Martinez just asked Arias if she had a gun with on this road trip to Mesa, Arizona. She replied she did not have a gun.
4:25 p.m. ET: Arias said she never told Ryan Burns that she was going to stop to visit Alexander in Mesa, Arizona, before visiting Burns in the Salt Lake City area.
4:23 p.m. ET:
4:21 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "Your goal changed apparently?"
"I still wanted to save gas, but my priority changed," replied Arias.
4:20 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "So if you want to save on gas why is it then that you're willing to pay $13 for a gas can which would increase if you will the price of travel by $13?"
"That wasn't' a calculation I made when I bought, that's why I returned it," replied Arias.
4:19 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias if she wanted to save money why didn't she fill up the gas tanks in Nevada where gas is cheaper. Arias said when she got the gas cans her goal was to change, but when she decided to visit Alexander in Mesa, Arizona her priorities changed.
4:16 p.m. ET: Arias said she did not have a third gas, when she returned it Wal-Mart did not give her a return receipt.
4:11 p.m. ET:
4:10 p.m. ET: Martinez just pointed out that earlier Arias said she wanted the gas cans, because gas was so expensive in California. The receipts show Arias bought around $80 in gas filling up the car and tanks in Pasadena, California.
4:08 p.m. ET:
Martinez asked, "Wouldn't you agree that cash transaction is harder to keep track of then a credit transaction?"
"Yes I would agree with that," said Arias.
4:06 p.m. ET: Martinez is showing a reciepts to the jury that shows Arias bought 9 gallons gas four minutes after buying 8 gallons of gas. She bought eight gallons of gas with a debit card, but she bought the 9 gallons a few minutes later with cash. Arias agreed with Martinez that a cash purchase would be harder to track.
4:04 p.m. ET:
Martinez said, "So, you're saying throughout the trial you might have spaced out and not paid attention to whats going on?"
"During other people's testimony sometimes my mind wonders," replied Arias.
4:03 p.m. ET: Arias said she had the gas cans so she could have extra gas on hand.
4:01 p.m. ET: One of the receipts show she filled the car up at an Arco in Pasadena, California.
4:00 p.m. ET: Arias returned the gas can at some point. Now Martinez is showing the jury gas receipts that seem to show the gas cans had a larger capacity than five gallons.
3:58 p.m. ET: Arias said she bought a third gas can from Wal-Mart in Salinas, California.
3:57 p.m. ET: After leaving Monterey, Arias said she got her nails in Salinas, California on June 3, 2008. The next day Alexander died.
3:56 p.m. ET: Arias said she put the gas cans in the trunk of the car after borrowing them from Brewer in Monterey, California.
3:52 p.m. ET: If you need more information on Arias' road trip that culminated in Alexander's death click this link:
Jodi Arias trial: The tragic road trip
3:51 p.m. ET: Martinez got frustrated at Arias, because she is adding information to her answers. He keeps explaining to the her that he wants one word answers when he asks yes or no questions.
3:49 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if she told Brewer that she was going to Mesa, Arizona. Arias replied no she told him she was going to see friends in Utah.
3:44 p.m. ET: Arias said she borrowed gas cans from her ex-boyfriend Darryl Brewer for her road trip in June 2008.
3:41 p.m. ET: Martinez is walking Arias through gas receipts from her June 2008 to Mesa, Arizona.
3:40 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar.
3:39 p.m. ET: Arias is back on the stand. Martinez is asking about Arias' road trip to see Alexander in June 2008. Arias is talking about how she ran out of gas in Nevada.
1:57 p.m. ET: Judge Stephens recessed court for lunch. The live blog will resume when testimony picks back up at 3:30 p.m. ET.
1:56 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias if she is saying that red cars stick out to police departments more than white cars.
1:54 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about how she turned down a red rental car. The rental car agent testified earlier in the trial she didn't want a car that stood out. Arias just replied to Martinez and said she didn't want a red car, because they get more tickets.
1:50 p.m. ET: Arias said Redding is about 100 miles away from Yreka.
1:47 p.m. ET: Martinez reminded Arias that she testified earlier in the trial that Yreka is a small town and everyone knows each other's business.
1:46 p.m. ET: Martinez is hinting that Arias rented the car in Redding, California, instead of in her hometown of Yreka, because someone might recognize her there.
1:44 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about the rental reservations she made for a road trip to go visit Alexander in June 2008.
1:38 p.m. ET: Arias said that during her TV interview she could not keep her lies straight.
1:35 p.m. ET: In this clip, Arias gives a very detailed account of how the intruders killed Alexander, and how she tried to fight them off.
1:33 p.m. ET: Martinez is about to play another clip from the TV interview.
1:30 p.m. ET: In another clip of Arias' TV interview, she acknowledges that there is a lot of evidence that places her at the crime scene. Arias also said she almost lost her life that day, because she barely escaped the intruders in Alexander's home. They allegedly threatened her and told her that she could not tell anyone about what happened when Alexander died.
1:26 p.m. ET: Martinez then showed a gchat conversation Arias had with Ryan Burns, where she called him "hottie biscotti." Arias said she called a lot of people that nickname. Martinez tried to make the point that, because Arias called both Burns and Alexander that nickname she really didn't care about Alexander.
1:24 p.m. ET: Martinez showed the jury a text message Arias sent Alexander when she called him a "hottie biscotti."
1:20 p.m. ET: Martinez played another part of the phone sex conversation, where Arias said they were, "horny toads."
1:19 p.m. ET: Arias testified her sexual relationship with Alexander conflicted with Mormon teachings.
1:16 p.m. ET:
1:15 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing yet another part of the phone sex conversation. Arias said she wants to have sex with Alexander every day.
1:12 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing another part of the phone sex conversation with Alexander. In the clip, Arias said she wanted to shoot video of them having sex.
1:11 p.m. ET: Martinez asked, "It was a consensual, mutual relationship sexually speaking, wasn't it?"
"Yes, always," replied Arias.
1:09 p.m. ET: In one text message, Arias told Alexander, "I want to [expletive} you like a dirty, horny little school girl."
1:08 p.m. ET: Martinez is showing the jury text messages Arias sent Alexander that shows Arias being an enthusiastic participant in sexual encounters with Alexander. The text messages are sexually explicit.
1:02 p.m. ET:
1:00 p.m. ET:
12:59 p.m. ET: Arias said it takes two hands for her to masturbate.
12:57 p.m. ET: Martinez asked Arias about the time Alexander started having sex with her while she was asleep and whether it was consensual. Arias said yes and no.
12:51 p.m. ET: In the recording, Arias said she hopes to marry a "kinky" Mormon man.
12:50 p.m. ET: Martinez is playing another part of the phone sex recording to the jury.
12:47 p.m. ET : Arias said she did not get a chance to delete the recording of the phone sex, because it was stolen. A few years later the phone resurfaced.
12:43 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking who was in possession of the phone sex recording after it was made. Arias said she never gave to Alexander. Earlier in the trial, Arias claimed Alexander requested that she record their phone sex.
12:40 p.m. ET: Arias said she doesn't believe Alexander did not masturbate before meeting her.
12:37 p.m. ET: Martinez just played another part of the phone sex conversation between Arias and Alexander. Alexander said he did not masturbate before meeting Arias.
12:36 p.m. ET: Martinez proved his point that people lie, by pointing out all the lies Arias told.
12:34 p.m. ET:
12:33 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias if she witnessed Alexander have sex with other people. She said Alexander told her he had sex with other girls. Martinez replied that he wanted to know about her first-hand experience, not what Alexander said, because people lie.
12:29 p.m. ET: In the interview clip, Arias gives an example of Alexander's generosity. Arias claims while in Ehrenberg, Alexander gave a homeless woman a cheeseburger. She makes no mention of the sexual encounters she and Alexander allegedly had that made her feel like a prostitute.
12:24 p.m. ET: Martinez is about to play a clip for Arias' interview with a TV show where she discusses her trip to Ehrenberg.
12:23 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Arias about a trip she took to Ehrenberg, Arizona, to meet Alexander. Arias said she felt like a prostitute after the trip. Martinez just played a sexual explicit recording of Arias talking to Alexander where she said she enjoyed their sexual experience in Ehrenberg.
12:20 p.m. ET: Arias is in the courtroom, and testimony should begin any minute.
On June 4, 2008, Alexander was shot in the head, stabbed multiple times, and his throat was slit from ear to ear.
Read more: In Session's live blog of Tuesday's testimony
Prior to that, a burglar allegedly broke into Arias' grandparents house, where Arias was living at the time, and stole a .25 caliber handgun. The medical examiner said earlier in the trial the same caliber gun was used to shoot Alexander. The gun was never found.
Arias testified that an altercation occurred between Alexander and herself on June 4, 2008, in which he body slammed her onto the bathroom floor after she dropped his new camera. She said she ran into the closet to get away from him, found a gun on the top shelf, and used it to protect herself. She said the gun went off, but that that didn't stop him. She says she does not remember stabbing him.
Read more: 142 evidence photos from the Arias trial
If Martinez can prove Arias staged the break-in at her grandparents' home to get her hands on a gun it could help him establish premeditation, and the jury may be persuaded to convict her of first-degree murder.


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Born in Clarksville On Oct. 1, 1918, Lola was the daughter of Lawrence Preston Smith and Velma Louetta Smith. Lola lived almost all of her 94 years in Clarksville. She was preceded in death by her four siblings; one infant great-granddaughter and her husband of 68 years, Flynn Carlisle Kinman.
She is survived by four daughters, Cheryl Touchton (Ryan) of Marietta, Ga.; Jan Harris (Rick) of Brentwood, Tenn.; Lynn Brown (Jim) of Oak Harbor, Wash.; and Tina Muncy (Marc) of Clarksville. She is survived by eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the River Valley Church of Christ and taught Sunday School until she was 87. Her legacy will live on for generations through her family and all those influenced by her.
Special thanks to the Heritage Retirement Inn for their loving and nurturing care during the last year and a half of her life.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26 at Oakland Cemetery. Arrangements by Hardwicke Funeral Home.


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Tennis • Top-seeded Novak Djokovic beat unseeded Florian Mayer of Germany 6-1, 6-4 Saturday in Beijing to advance to the final of the China Open.
The Serb will face France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France who was leading 6-1, 4-1 when his opponent Feliciano Lopez retired with a left wrist injury.
In the women's event, top-ranked Victoria Azarenka beat ninth-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-2 to set up a final against Maria Sharapova.
Sharapova cruised to a 6-4, 6-0 victory over seventh-seeded Li Na of China in the other semifinal.
• Milos Raonic ousted top-seeded Andy Murray 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) in Tokyo to move into the final of the Japan Open. Raonic will meet Kei Nishikori on Sunday after he routed unseeded Marcos Baghdatis 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour. The 17th-ranked Nishikori defeated Baghdatis for the first time after losing three previous matches.
Vettel claims pole in Japan
AUTO RACING • Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, qualifying ahead of teammate Mark Webber in Suzuka. Vettel, a two-time winner in Japan, secured his fourth consecutive pole at Suzuka and will be in a good position in Sunday's race to further erode the championship lead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Vettel won the previous race in Singapore and is just 29 points behind Alonso in the standings with six races left.
Chelsea extends league lead
soccer • Chelsea extended its Premier League lead with a 4-1 victory over Norwich while defending champion Manchester City climbed to second place by beating Sunderland 3-0.
Chelsea rallied after Grant Holt scored for Norwich in the 11th minute. Fernando Torres, Frank Lampard and Eden Hazard scored before halftime and Branislav Ivanovic added a late goal.
Chelsea leads the league by four points and is off to its best start since the 2005-06 season. City rose to second after goals from Aleksandar Kolarov, Sergio Aguero and James Milner.
Langton wins bobsled push title
bobsledding • Steve Langton won the U.S. men's bobsled push championship, topping a field of 39 athletes in Lake Placid, N.Y., for his fourth national title.
The reigning world push champion who helped the U.S. win two- and four-man world titles on the ice last season had a two-run time of 8.83 seconds, edging Dallas Robinson (8.85) and Curt Tomasevicz (8.98).
The push championships are part of the process for coaches and pilots to select teams for the season. U.S. bobsled, skeleton and luge athletes are to open on-ice training in Lake Placid on Oct. 15, though that could be moved up if conditions permit.
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Paying Respects
Today was a hard day for the Cardinals as they headed to Tupelo for Josh Hancock's memorial service. The only Cardinal to speak at the service was Randy Flores, who lightened the mood by recalling Josh's pranks before declaring, "Everyday I was reminded of his heart." The Cardinals did not speak to the media.
Click here for the Post-Dispatch coverage.
Click here to read the Hancock family's statement.
Read Bill McClellan's column, suggesting that if alcohol is involved, Josh's death may at least prevent future deaths if sports fans think twice about drinking and driving.


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"It's normal that there will be some measure of homesickness. But parents have to ask, 'Is the child ready to learn new skills and meet new people?' Usually yes, they are."
Often it's the parents who aren't ready to let their child go, Nienow said, and initial bouts of homesickness will quickly pass. However, "is there value in imposing camp on a child who is completely not interested or ready? Probably not," he added. Most camps start accepting children around age 7, he said.
Local YMCA and church camps can be short, lasting about one week, while more traditional sleep-away camps can run for several weeks or the whole summer. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Child Psychiatrist Richard Shaw said rather than simply going by the child's age, parents need to consider the individual needs and personality of their child to determine whether he or she is ready to go away to camp and not be overly influenced by whether his or her peers are ready.
"Kids may not be at the same developmental age as their friends," he said.
Shaw said signs that a child is ready to go off to sleep-away camp include initiating basic self-care such as teeth-brushing, tying shoes and hygiene, making friends on their own and being able to trust adults in authority. Participating in sleepovers with friends or staying with relatives away from home successfully are also good signs of camp readiness, he said.
On the other hand, "if a child has never slept away from home, is afraid of the dark or is very shy or a picky eater," he or she may have a hard time adjusting to camp life, Shaw said.
Though camp can be a wonderful experience in socialization and confidence-building for shy or anxious kids, Shaw recommends preparing them for camp by sending them on one-night overnights or weekend programs first, or to camp with a good friend to ease the transition.
Nienow recommends a more traditional camp experience, offering a wide variety of activities for first-time campers, especially those who come from urban areas or who otherwise don't spend much time in the great outdoors.
"Some kids may have never swam in a lake, slept in the woods or rowed in a rowboat," until camp, he said. For children with specific interests, a camp dedicated to one hobby, sport or topic may be a dream come true. However, parents should be sure their child really wants to focus intently on one interest rather than trying the more classic general-camp route.
"Choosing a specialty camp really comes down to making sure the child really and truly has the desire to go and devote themselves to this intense, in-depth experience," Nienow said. "If they're at a basketball camp, they're going to be playing basketball four or six hours a day."
National Camp Association staff members such as Nienow offer free advice to any parent looking to choose a camp. A quick visit to www.summercamp.org puts the reader in touch with a variety of articles and tips on the camp-selection process.
Nienow said parents concerned with finding the right camp for their child should go directly to the source and check out interesting camps on an individual, in-depth basis. Speaking with the head of the camp can go a long way toward determining if the camp is a good choice, especially if the child has special needs or the parent has particular concerns.
"Check out what each camp is offering and make sure it's a good fit for your child. Talk to the staff and the director; they want to talk to parents and make sure it's a good fit and that the child has a good time," he said.
No matter what type of camp a child attends, the experience will make a lifelong impression, Nienow said.
"Any adult who ever went to camp as a child remembers it. For many kids, it's their first time away from mom and dad, their first taste of independence, learning a new sport, finding a first love. They are impacted for life," he said.
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Austrian Pension Changes
Recipients of an Austrian pension who are still incurring commission charges from Austrian banks are advised to close their Austrian bank account in order to avoid account-running charges.
To transfer their pension from Austria to the UK, pensioners had to open an account at an Austrian bank, usually Creditanstalt-Bankverein or Bank Austria. Today, however, to avoid charges it is possible to have the annuities transferred direct by the pension authority in Vienna to a UK account via the Deutsche Post Stuttgart. Application forms for the direct transfer of a pension are available from this office.
Quoting your account number, Creditanstalt-Bank Austria – which merged in 2003 – can be contacted at: Internationale Privatkunden, Schottengasse 6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria.


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Political Action: An Eight Nation Study, 1973-1976 (ICPSR 7777)
Principal Investigator(s): Barnes, Samuel H., University of Michigan. Center for Political Studies; Kaase, Max
The wave of unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s in advanced industrial societies provided the impetus for this cross-national study of conventional and unconventional forms of political participation. This is an integrated dataset of national sample surveys that were conducted via personal interview during 1973-1976 in eight nations: Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, United States, Italy, Switzerland, and Finland. Part 1 contains data gathered in a cross-section sample from 12,588 respondents 16 years of age and over. Part 2 contains data gathered from 1,635 parent-child pairs (with the child being 16-20 years of age) who were part of the first sample and who were further interviewed. The surveys focused on various forms and combinations of political activity ranging from voting to protest actions, and on individual propensities to perform these activities. Among the factors explored in the surveys as contributors to those political activities are personal satisfaction and deprivation, interest in politics, perception of over- and underprivileged groups, left-wing/right-wing self-placement, political attitudes and values, materialist/post-materialist standards, voting behavior, conventional political participation, subjective social class, system responsiveness, political efficacy, attitudes toward young people, ideological sophistication, and satisfaction with government's political, social, and economic policies. Demographic data collected from respondents include age, sex, ethnic origin, number of siblings, father's occupation, family's wealth when young, parents' political preference and education, respondent's religious activity, marital status, number of children, educational level, employment status, organizational membership, current occupation, union membership, and personal, family, and desired income.
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Barnes, Samuel H., and Max Kaase. Political Action: An Eight Nation Study, 1973-1976. ICPSR07777-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-04-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07777.v1
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
- Tilburg University (Netherlands)
- Austrian Science Fund
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
- Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique (Switzerland)
- Academy of Finland. Social Science Research Council
- United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: beliefs, cultural values, family relationships, income, life satisfaction, political action, political affiliation, political awareness, political efficacy, political ideologies, political participation, social attitudes, trust in government, voting behavior
Geographic Coverage: Austria, Europe, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United States, Global
- 1973--1976
- 1973--1976
Universe: Persons aged 16 and over in Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, United States, Italy, Switzerland, and Finland.
(1) These data were processed by the Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung at the University of Cologne in cooperation with ICPSR on the basis of eight surveys carried out independently. Although a common set of questions had been agreed upon by the principal investigators, the eight questionnaires showed a considerable amount of diversity with respect to sequence of questions and coding. Therefore, prior to any data processing, a "common core" of the eight surveys was defined by including any question asked in at least three of the eight surveys, making an "integrated" dataset. (2) More detailed technical descriptions (than provided by this dataset's codebook) of sampling procedures, interviewer characteristics, and comparisons of the sample estimate with known population characteristics have been deposited with the Zentralarchiv.
Sample: National multistage probability samples were used to select a valid cross-section of the population 16 years of age and over in each of the eight countries making up the study's universe. In addition to the cross-section sample, interviews were carried out to provide information on parent-child pairs. In sample households that contained at least one 16- to 20-year-old member, in addition to the respondent selected by the usual household listing selection procedure, a supplementary interview was conducted with the respective other member of the pair.
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Commission Opinion COM(97) 2009 final [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report COM(98) 708 final [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report COM(1999) 503 final [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report COM(2000) 703 final [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report COM(2001) 700 final - SEC(2001) 1746 [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report COM(2002) 700 final - SEC(2002) 1402 [Not published in the Official Journal]Commission Report [COM(2003) 675 final - SEC(2003) 1200 [Not published in the Official Journal]Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236 of 23.09.2003]
In its Opinion of July 1997, the European Commission took the view that transposal of the acquis in the direct taxation field should not pose significant difficulties for the Czech Republic. That assessment also held for indirect taxation, provided that the country made a considerable effort.
The November 1998 Report, however, stressed that no progress had been made in bringing Czech law more closely into line with the acquis.
The October 1999 Report stated that the Czech Republic had adopted VAT legislation very similar to Community legislation. However, the legislation on excise duties did not completely conform to the acquis. The Czech Republic should draw up a more structured and more closely targeted pre-accession strategy in this area.
The November 2000 Report noted that certain additional measures had been implemented in the fields of VAT and excise duties. With regard to administrative cooperation and mutual assistance, no significant developments were evident. In the area of direct taxation, the rates of income tax (higher band) for natural and legal persons were decreased to 32% and 31% respectively. In addition, the legislation on the rate of tax withheld at source of 15% on dividends and interest was aligned with the acquis.
The November 2001 Report noted that the only significant progress was in the field of excise duties. A single combined duty (specific/ad valorem) was established for cigarettes, and tax stamps were introduced for cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. Similarly, duty rates on certain mineral oils rose and wine was now subject to zero duty. However, no progress was made in the areas of direct taxation and VAT, where the rate for restaurant services was even reduced from 22% to 5%, thus breaching the acquis. The closure of duty free shops at land borders was put off until December 2003. Progress was made in the field of mutual assistance and administrative cooperation (recovery of debt relating to the EAGGF, customs duties linked to VAT and certain excise duties). The effectiveness and transparency of the tax administration was improving its capacity.
The October 2002 Report notes that no legislative progress can be reported in the fields of indirect taxation and direct taxation. Progress has, however, been made in the areas of taxation, administrative capacity, administrative cooperation and mutual assistance.
The 2003 Report recorded that the Czech Republic was essentially meeting the commitments and requirements arising from the accession negotiations in the taxation chapter, except on duty free shops at land borders. In view of the repeated failure to close such shops and in particular in light of the recent further postponement of their closure until the end of March 2004, it was most important that shops be closed without any further delay.
The Czech Republic was granted transitional periods for the continued application of the reduced VAT rate on the supply of construction work for residential housing not provided as part of a social policy (until 31 December 2007), and on the supply of heat energy used by households and small entrepreneurs not registered for VAT for heating and water services (until 31 December 2007). It also obtained derogations for the application of a VAT exemption on international passenger transport and VAT exemption and registration thresholds of EUR 35 000 for SMEs. The Czech Republic was granted a transitional period regarding delayed implementation of the excise duty rates on cigarettes and other tobacco products (until 31 December 2006: minimum excise duty equivalent to 57% of the retail selling price and minimum excise duty of EUR 60 per 1000 cigarettes of the category most in demand; until 31 December 2007: minimum excise duty of EUR 64 per 1000 cigarettes of the category most in demand), and a derogation to continue to apply its excise duty rate scheme for spirits distilled from small red fruit, provided that the quantity does not exceed 30 litres of fruit spirit per year per household and the reduced excise rate is not less than 50% of the standard national duty rate for ethyl alcohol.
The Treaty of Accession was signed on 16 April 2003 and accession took place on 1 May 2004.
The body of EU law in the area of direct taxation mainly concerns some aspects of corporation taxes and capital duty. The four Treaty freedoms have a wider impact on national tax systems.
The legal framework for indirect taxation consists primarily of harmonised legislation in the field of value added tax and excise duties. This includes the application of a non-cumulative general tax on consumption (VAT) which is levied at all stages in the production and distribution of goods and services and requires equal tax treatment of all domestic and import transactions.
In the field of excise duties, established EU law and practice comprises harmonised tax structures and minimum rates of duty together with common rules on the holding and movement of excisable goods (including the use of tax warehouses).
Value Added Tax
The Czech Republic has continued to align its VAT and excise duty legislation. The VAT system in force incorporates the broad principles of Community legislation. Yet since the 1998 Report there has been no real progress in aligning legislation with the acquis. The alignment of VAT and excise legislation has been considered as a less important priority since the first opinion on the matter was delivered by the Commission in 1997. However, a special programme to monitor the accuracy of VAT declarations has been established.
Despite efforts being made in 2000, the trickiest problems affecting in particular the application of the rates (public authorities) and VAT exemptions (subsidies) still remain. The same is true for the establishment of a complete system for VAT refunds for taxable persons not established in the territory and the application of the right to VAT deduction allocated from the bottom up.
In April 2002, a VAT rate of 10% on bus transport operated by Austrian companies was introduced. However, in its 2002 report, the Commission notes that this rate is not in line with the acquis, as the VAT rate is applied only against Austrian bus operators and not in a general manner, and may therefore constitute a discrimination.
Overall, it would appear that, because of the delays in the gradual alignment of rates, VAT rates in the Czech Republic are still far from being aligned with the Community acquis.
At the end of 2003 alignment still needed to be completed on the scope of the reduced VAT rate for some supplies of goods and services, and the scope of exempt transactions. Alignment was also needed in the following areas: VAT refunds to foreign taxable persons not established within the Czech Republic; further reduction of the registration and exemption threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); introduction of certain special schemes including for second hand goods, travel agents, investment gold; introduction of the intra-Community regime.
Excise duties
Although the Czech Republic has continued to align its excise legislation, there has been some delay in transposing the acquis. As in the case of VAT legislation, alignment in this sector has progressed only slightly.
In July 1999, the Excise Duty Act was amended by an increase in the rates of duty for tobacco products, including cigarettes, and mineral oils. Duty-free shops at the country's land borders with the European Union continue to operate. Parliament rejected a government proposal which would have terminated the operating licenses for these shops by the end of 2001 at the latest. In September 1999, the government adopted a new proposal to close these shops, without however specifying a date. This date is now planned for some time before 31 December 2001 but follow-up work is required since the date of closure has already been postponed several times.
The 2000 report states that a single combined system for duties (specific/ad valorem) should be introduced for cigarettes. The 2001 report is satisfied with the adoption of a single combined duty for cigarettes. However, the 2002 report does not report any significant progress in the area of excise duties.
In 2003 the Czech Republic adopted legislation aiming to fully align with the acquis, except for the areas where transitional measures were granted in the accession negotiations.
Direct taxation
According to the Commission 2002 report the Czech Republic needed to align its legislation further with the acquis, in particular by eliminating potentially harmful tax measures and complying upon accession with the Code of Conduct for Business Taxation to the same extent as current Member States.
At the end of 2003 alignment needed to be completed with the Directive on indirect taxes on the raising of capital and the Merger and Parent/Subsidiary Directives. The Directives on interest and royalties and on taxation of savings income had still to be transposed.
Administrative capacity
As regards administrative capacity, the Czech Republic has strengthened and modernised its tax administration, regarding both VAT and direct taxation. According to the Commission's 2002 report, it appears to have adequate legislative and administrative structures to ensure effective tax collection, enforcement and controls. In addition, the transfer of the administration of excise duties to the customs administration is progressing well. An excise duty unit has been established at the General Directorate of Customs, the human resources responsible for excise duty administration at local, regional and central level have been allocated, and various training initiatives are underway. However, the necessary concrete legislative steps still remain to be taken.
By the end of 2003 the necessary administrative structures for VAT and direct taxation were in place.
The transfer of the administration of excise duties to the customs administration was progressing according to plan, but some measures remained to be completed on schedule.
Administrative cooperation and mutual assistance
With regard to administrative cooperation and mutual assistance, a Central Liaison Office was set up in February 2002 within the tax administration. The implementation of the VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) started in January 2001, and a test platform has been developed, so as to allow a pilot test in 2002.
By the end of 2003 the Excise Liaison Office was established, but needed additional staff. Preparations for the VAT Information Exchange System were progressing.
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Stepson: Bagley, Minn., murder-suicide caused by brain disease
BAGLEY, Minn. – Ben Vorderbruggen had plenty of time to process the suicide of his stepfather, but when he arrived in Bagley on Monday night, another tragedy stunned him.
"I was on my way from Bismarck when my mother called me and told me Jack (Gerbracht) shot himself. I spent the next three and a half hours on the road just kind of thinking about that, and then I get here and I found out that he had also killed my (step-)grandmother in the process," Vorderbruggen said. "That was a whole other element to it, which I still don't think I've completely, emotionally dealt with."
Vorderbruggen's step-grandmother, Darlene Gerbracht, 64, died after being shot by her son, Jack, 41. The two died in Darlene's Bagley home Monday night, according to police. Jack, who lived less than two blocks from his mother, killed himself after shooting Darlene.
Jack and many in his family suffered from Pick's disease, Vorderbruggen said. An obituary for Jack's uncle, Gene Gerbracht, says he died in September at the age of 56 after a "long battle with Pick's Disease."
The Mayo Clinic classifies Pick's as being among a set of diseases known as frontotemporal dementia, "an umbrella term for a diverse group of uncommon disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain – the areas generally associated with personality, behavior and language," according to the clinic's website.
Vorderbruggen wants his stepfather remembered not in the context of a tragic murder-suicide, but as a kind man who helped raise the now 28-year-old father.
"It's really going to sound like an excuse, but Jack suffered from a rare brain disease. It severely inhibits your impulse control and there's no real triggers for it. It just kind of happens," Vorderbruggen said.
"The man that I know was a very gentle and caring individual. He wasn't a physical person at all; he wasn't an angry person at all."
Police have not released any additional information other than the fact that Jack shot his mother in her home before turning the gun on himself. But according to Vorderbruggen, a motive, if there was one, may never be known.
"I never saw any of his episodes, personally," Vorderbruggen said. "But the way I understand it is, it's a schizophrenia type thing – where things would happen and he wouldn't remember them, or even know that he did them."
Darlene Gerbracht was remembered by her neighbor Curtis Lundell as a "lovely woman," who without asking cleared Lundell's driveway of snow over the winter.
According to Kyle Christopherson, a spokesman for the State Court Administrator's Office, Darlene worked as a senior court clerk in Clearwater County from 1987 to 1994. That year, she became the court administrator. In 2005, she also became court administrator for Hubbard County, and worked both jobs until she retired in 2011.
Vorderbruggen said Jack had a strained relationship with Darlene, but that she was a part of Vorderbruggen's family.
"I still kept an open line of communication with her and I cared about her," he said. "And even with the rocky relationship that she had with Jack and my mother, I still kept in touch with her and stayed close. She was really caring for me and my family."
Darlene's former co-workers said they were still dealing with her loss and didn't wish to comment, as did several family members in the Bagley area. But Vorderbruggen, standing in the kitchen of the home that his mother shared with Jack and their two daughters, wanted the community to know that his stepfather was not a heartless killer.
"It almost seems to me that the disease makes your personality turn a 180," Vorderbruggen said. "For example, if you're a really active person, all of a sudden you become inactive and want to be alone. But in Jack's case, he was a very gentle, caring person. He loved his grandkids, his daughters very much. It seemed like when he'd lose his impulse control he'd get angry, which he (normally) didn't do. But violence was a very small part of his episodes, a minute fraction."
Vorderbruggen's description of the effects the disease on his stepfather mirror that of the Mayo Clinic.
"Some people with frontotemporal dementia undergo dramatic changes in their personality and become socially inappropriate, impulsive or emotionally indifferent, while others lose the ability to use and understand language," a description of the category of disease – dementia – in which Pick's falls, read on the clinic's website.
Vorderbruggen said Jack's father, James, also suffered from the disease and died as result. James Gerbracht was 49 when he died in 1993.
"(Jack) came into this house when I was 12 years old," Vorderbruggen said. "I lived with him for 10, 11 years, and I never had a physical confrontation with him even once. And, you know, him being my stepfather that sometimes is rare – especially with an adolescent stepson."
The Mayo Clinic lists the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration as the primary resource for those suffering from dementia-related diseases such as Pick's.
"There's not a lot known about this disease," a grief-stricken Vorderbruggen said Wednesday. "Obviously, it's a genetic disease, so they know how they get it, but they don't know how to slow it down, how to stop it, how to deter it. I don't want people to remember Jack as a murder-suicide. He was a very caring and gentle person. Violence was one one-millionth of his personality."
Justin Glawe, Forum News Service


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Well they may both be currently injured, but Derrick Rose and Jeremy Lin fans are still showing love for the players. Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls came in first place for the NBA's Most Popular Jersey and Team Merchandise, according to the NBA Store in NYC and nbastore.com. It is the first time in his career that D-Rose has earned the top spot in jersey sales.
The New York Knicks has two players in the top five in jersey sales, with Lin at #2 and Carmelo Anthony at #5. As a team, the Knicks also had the biggest jump in team merchandise sales as they came in at the number 2 spot after finishing 4th last year. The Lakers, Heat and Mavs follow them at 3,4 and 5 respectively.
Here's the list:
Top 15 Most Popular NBA Jerseys:
1. Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls
2. Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks
3. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
4. LeBron James, Miami Heat
5. Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks
6. Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
7. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
8. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
9. Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
10. Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics
11. Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks
12. Ray Allen, Boston Celtics
13. Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
14. Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
15. Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers
Top 10 Most Popular Team Merchandise:
1. Chicago Bulls
2. New York Knicks
3. Los Angeles Lakers
4. Miami Heat
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Boston Celtics
7. Oklahoma City Thunder
8. Los Angeles Clippers
9. Denver Nuggets
10. Orlando Magic
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