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On the afternoon we spent with her, she nibbled food and seemed in a playful mood, not depressed as some had feared.

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CJ and Buddy grew up like brother and sister, but once Buddy reached sexual maturity, their relationship changed, their owners said. He was more moody and rougher with her. A Department of Agriculture inspector said last week that CJ appears to be fine right now, but primate expert Dr. Mel Richardson said it isn't healthy for her to live alone, and in the long term she needs to be with other chimps. Watkinson and Derosa said they are aware of CJ's needs.Buy Tag Heuer watches online,We also supply all kinds of omegawatch watch such as replica Bell&Ross,

"This was never our intention to keep her here for life," Derosa said. "This (backyard enclosure) was to make these chimps as happy as possible until we could bring them to a better sanctuary."

Co-owner Nikki Riddell, who raised CJ and Buddy since they were babies, agreed that CJ needs to go to an approved sanctuary to live out her life as a chimp. Riddell said she agreed a year ago to work with animal activist Linda Faso to make the transfer, but it is not easy to place a chimp, and it didn't happen soon enough for Buddy, whose escape led to his death. Riddell was devastated by the news, as were all of the various people who helped raise him…

"I got a phone call and (they) said he was dead," the chimp's caregiver, Dominique Tordjman said. "Then I turned on the TV and saw his body."

Buddy's death has intensified the search for a sanctuary for CJ. It has also focused public attention on the many other exotic animals living in the valley and the need for stronger regulation.

Other tragedies are waiting to happen, Linda Faso said, for the animals and for people, so long as breeders are allowed to continue selling chimps and other exotics. Such trafficking is just a mouse-click away and is big money. The infant CJ cost $60,buywatches is one of the world's most famous producers of luxury timepieces.000. Derosa said she thinks breeders should be made liable for life for the animals they sell.

"So, in 15 years if you're sitting at a table enjoying the money and a chimp goes out and kills somebody, you're going to jail," Derosa said.

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Friends said Potochan loved the chimps as much as anyone, but never took any of the money that was paid for the property rental and hopes CJ will be happier somewhere else.

rookie Paralympian headed for 2012 Games

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In the neonatal intensive care unit at Royal Columbian Hospital, where Nathan DeWitt was born 21 years ago, not too much has changed, except DeWitt himself. He and twin brother Brenndon were born at 26 weeks, weighing less than three pounds each. DeWitt is now a strapping young athlete, headed for the 100-metre and 200-metre wheelchair sprints at the 2012 London Paralympic Games for the first time.

“It’s like I was just here yesterday,” said mom Linda as the family, including father Shane, youngest son Brody, 15, Brenndon and Nathan met the unit’s doctors and nurses, some of whom cared for the twins two decades ago.

The reunion was arranged so that DeWitt could thank the medical team that saved his and Brenndon’s life and hospital staff could congratulate him on his unexpected success.

Babies born before 24 weeks have a survival rate of about 60 per cent, and premature babies often have cognitive and physical disabilities, said pediatrician David Ou Tim, who remembered treating the twins and still works in the neonatal ICU.

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DeWitt has a natural confidence and a natural ability. The rookie Paralympian began racing only five years ago, and entered his first international competition just this year in Switzerland, where he easily made Paralympic qualifying times by racing a 17.14 in the 100-metre and 31.19 in the 200-metre sprints. He trains on the track at Surrey’s Holy Cross high school six days a week, sometimes twice a day, “to get those arm muscles firing fast,” with coach James Hustvedt.shoes001 is the ultimate alternative furniture store,

His is father an avid sports fan and coach, and DeWitt grew up with athletics. He especially enjoys sledge hockey, which is played on a sled with two hockey sticks outfitted with picks that players use to propel themselves across the ice. It’s a sport he can play with his brothers.

Wheelchair racing began as a hobby, but DeWitt quickly learned he had the skills to win. “It started as recreation. They said I had some sort of talent, and a good chance of making it,” he said.

Of the stress associated with competing for Team Canada, DeWitt’s not afraid.

“I can naturally block it out. I have no hype to live up to. I just go, race my own race.” DeWitt is focusing on the first step, the semifinals, and on racing a personal best. His first sprint takes place Sept. 4.

Though he’s had health setbacks, mainly from a cerebral shunt that was replaced 19 times over the years after a bout of hydrocephalus (swelling in the brain) at three days old. His family has faith he will excel in London.

“He’s had health issues, but every time he comes back with a vengeance,” Shane said. “He has that internal passion you need to be successful in life, or in sport.”

citizens chat at Monticello Coffee With a Cop

At an outreach event put on by area law enforcement Wednesday, John Purcell’s biggest concern was lending a helping hand to White County police.

“I told (White County Sheriff Pat Shafer) that there’s a lot of seniors that are retired and they can be the eyes and ears for the sheriff’s department or any police department, like in the wintertime when people go to warmer climates and their homes sit empty,” Purcell said.

“These guys can’t cover everything and be everywhere. The (watch) group wouldn’t have badges, guns or any arresting ability, but just help look out for property during certain times.”

After Purcell shared his ideas, he grabbed a sizzling cup of coffee inside Lana’s Java Junction in Monticello during the “Coffee With a Cop” event, an informal opportunity in which questions and concerns from citizens were brought to police officers.

“We all want law and order,” Purcell said. “We want people to obey the laws and abide by all the regulations. But we want to show our support, too.”

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People are always concerned about crime taking place in their neighborhoods, Shafer said.

“We always stress to people that if they see any suspicious activity going on to phone it into the police (so) we can go and check it out,” Shafer said. “We also stress to keep an eye on your neighbors’ property, be aware of who lives in your area and when they are going to be away on vacation.Wholesale Agate beads from Low Priceagatebead,

“That way, if they’re away on vacation and you notice suspicious activity going on at 2 in the morning, you should call that same day and let an officer check it out.”

As a little extra incentive, attendees Wednesday were given a chance to enter their name into a drawing for a $50 gas card, sponsored by The Partners for a Drug-Free White County.

“It’s important that people communicate with us whether they go to the sheriff’s department or see us in the community,” Indiana State Detective Jerry Holeman said. “They’re the first line of defense out there, and if the public are expressing concerns, then we know what to look for and can take action.”

Toronto Varsity Blues 2012 football season kicks off Monday night

The University of Toronto is set to commence their 151st year of football and celebrate, in conjunction with the CFL, the 100th playing of the Grey Cup game. This celebration of football kicks off at home when they host the Laurier Golden Hawks on Monday, September 3 at Varsity Centre.

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Stay in the stands for a special halftime show, featuring the U of T dance team and a Parade of Champions, honouring the 17 Varsity Blues teams who won gold, silver or bronze medals last season.

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Broc Elliott and Chris Johnson are charged with filling DeSouza’s void this season. In 2011, the duo combined for 33 tackles and were key contributors to the OUA’s No. 1 ranked defence after weeks 3, 4 and 5. Taylor Shergold and Spenser Stewart will also be called upon to supply solid support to U of T’s second line of defence.

Fourth-year defensive back Kevin Kinahan is coming off a breakout season, posting 20 solo tackles and earning an invitation to last season’s East West Bowl. Kinahan provided solid numbers in 2011,Choose from any of the following replicaomega. which included two interceptions for 69 yards in Toronto’s season opener at Windsor. Third-year standout David Green, sophomore Jaiden McBride and incoming rookie Jimmy Roy are also expected to contribute significantly in 2012.

The Blues return 3-of-4 starting defensive linemen, including James Bodanis, Abbey Olusoga and Zack Lukings. Everton Williams will take on a starting role after a solid showing in 2011.

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All eyes will be on veterans Alex Pierzchalski and Paul de Pass to lead an impressive receiving corps this season. A native of London, Ont., Pierzchalski nearly doubled his numbers in 2011, ranking 15th among OUA receivers with 443 yards. De Pass also posted impressive numbers, ranking second in the province with 21.2 yards per catch. Kevin Bradfield, Codi Rossi and Ben Sharpe will also be steady targets for Quittenton in 2012.

Emilijano Daci and Stephan Boroniec need to hit the ground running on Labour Day. Daci had a stellar rookie campaign, ending with an explosive 137-yard performance versus Waterloo on Oct. 22. Boroniec is a versatile full back, having recorded 87 rushing and 119 receiving yards last season.

At 6-foot-3, 290 pounds, Mario Tedesco shifts from left guard to centre this season. He, along with third-year linemen Aaron Wheaton, Connor Hanak and Shawn Horrigan, will be relied on to step up big for the Blues offence and protect their quarterback. The Blues also add talented rookies Kyle Draga and Zach van Kerrebroeck into the mix.

Special teams is a critical piece of a winning puzzle, and the Blues will have to find some new pieces that fit. With some significant losses in the line-up, fresh faces will be expected to step in and fill some big shoes.

Sophomore receiver Kevin Bradfield will take the reigns to replace graduated punt returner Dorian Munroe and kick returner Michael Prempeh, who accounted for over 75% of U of T’s returns in 2011.

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Fifth-year kicker Andrew Lomasney leads this young special teams corps. The Toronto native hit 7-of-15 field goals in 2011 – his longest was 37 yards at York on Sept. 10.

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"She did see the other stuff, and she picked it out and said she liked it," said Nicole Savarese, the Glen Ellyn mother of three, who, with her mother-in-law's help, steered Sophia away from the adult styles during a recent shopping trip.

"I know girls who dress their 6-month-old babies in mock leather pants, and in those shoes that look like they have a stiletto," Savarese said. "But I just feel that she's 5. Why would I want to dress her older when she's going to get older already?"

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"You can walk into any teen/adult retailer and you begin to see how they're taking it younger and younger," Cohen said. "I shake myself in disbelief and say, 'Did I just see that?' It's a 4-year-old dressing like she should be at a college bar."

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"I have an 8- and a 10-year-old. They know things that I'm shocked that they know," said Evan Cagner, president of Synclaire Brands. "I think it's just how information moves, quite honestly, and they're just more aware of what they're wearing."

The company's new venture took off — Synclaire Brands now offers dozens of women's-inspired shoes in sizes newborn to 11 — and was soon joined by a rush of other companies eager to cash in as well, Cagner said.

Shoppers encouraged the growth by spending money on their children instead of themselves, another trend that surfaced during the recession, said Cohen, the retail analyst, who noted that shoppers spent $12 billion on clothing for 5- to 10-year-olds in the last year, a growth rate of 41/2 percent. Women's clothing sales remained flat in the same time period.

At Water Tower Place in Chicago, shoppers used to rely on anchors such as Macy's or American Girl Place for children's clothing. Today, adult stores such as Billabong and Adidas have added kids' lines, said Katie Lindsay, marketing manager.

"As times have evolved, the products that they're making for children are also evolving," Lindsay said. "I think moms want the opportunity to dress their children exactly how they're dressed."

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Jennifer Gersten of Barrington Hills was alarmed when she began taking note of the miniskirts and midriff-baring tops sold at her 9-year-old daughter Eleah's favorite stores.

"I have to go shopping without her so I have a little bit more control over what she is drawn to," Gersten said. "It's not her fault. She's just drawn to what everyone else wears."

Laura Kleyweg, 40, of La Grange, surprised herself by giving her 9-year-old daughter a serious talk about her body and being conscious of showing skin when Ellen was in second grade.

"I'm hopefully laying some good ground rules to start respecting her body," Kleyweg said.

And as school started at Grove Elementary in Barrington, Kalogeropoulos made sure a box of extra clothes in the nurse's office was ready for students who might dress in an outfit that showed a little too much or sent the wrong message.

"The fleeting years of childhood, you have that little portal of time to just be carefree and innocent, and to have that robbed and shortened, even by a year? It's so hard to imagine," Kalogeropoulos said.

After noticing a steady stream of parental rants on the subject online, Jessica Ashley,posted helpful tips on how to keep children fashionable but appropriate for their age in today's shopping world.

First, Ashley suggests sticking with well-established children's clothing companies, which are less likely to try flashy new looks because they have an image to uphold. She also recommends developing clear-cut wardrobe rules for your family, explaining not just what your kids can't wear but also why.

Team bosses won't stop paralympians' logo protest

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World record holder in the 100 metre sprint in his classification, Evan O'Hanlon, who has cerebral palsy, and his training partners Scott Reardon and Brad Scott are among those pushing the protest, although O'Hanlon has recently received competitive shoes from ASICS and will therefore be displaying their logo.

Hellwig and team members yesterday attended the raising of the flag ceremony in the athletes village for the Australian team. Hellwig said he was not concerned by the act as it was not directed towards team sponsors.

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“I know a lot of kids nowadays are getting in to more trouble. There’s not too much opportunity out in Conklin for these kids,” he said. “They have all the equipment now, I’m going to teach them how to properly ride a skateboard before they even get into the tricks.”

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They come at the end of their night, to shake off the grime of a shift spent shepherding charlatans and drunkards and passengers who insist that a taxi must take them to Brooklyn, and they come at the beginning, so their rented Bentleys and BMWs shimmer so brightly that even the nightclub bouncers they will soon encounter cannot help but notice.

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The family transferred back to the United States at the end of the school year. They lived in Manhattan for a couple of months, but Greenwich beckoned.

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That's something Joe and Jill Kelly agree with.

The couple were helping at a fundraiser at Old Greenwich School Sunday for the Greenwich High School football team. Their son, Joe Jr., is one of the team's five captains along with Alex McGee, Alex McMurray, Taylor Olmstead and Liam O'Neil.

"There is everything there that if you want to take advantage you can take advantage," Jill Kelly said as fellow parent Janice McGee nodded in agreement. "They offer you everything. It's just a matter of getting involved and taking action and not sitting there and waiting for people to come to you to educate you."

Joe Kelly said students and their parents have to seize the initiative to get the top-quality education that is offered in the public school system.

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While they believe the public school system and specifically the high school offer everything a student would need or want, they say the school is lacking a proper football facility.

The Kellys said Cardinal Stadium needs to be upgraded but they realize that the Music Instruction Space and Auditorium (MISA) project is currently the priority for the school.

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McGee said she heard last year from parents of visiting teams that they were surprised by the condition of the stadium.

As she left Garden Catering on Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich, Christine Vitiello said she is looking forward to her children's year in school, the last time the two of them will attend the same school.

Her son Johnny, 10, is a fifth-grade student and will be spending his last year at the school, while his sister Sofia, 5 1/2, is entering her second year.

Vitiello says she is interested in seeing how her son will handle the increasing responsibilities of school and extracurricular activity as he gets older, including his first year of football with the North Mianus Bulldogs this fall.

"My only concern is the balance between academics and sports and how he will be able to manage both," she said.

Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen had to watch

In the end, Jacob Turner's strong outing was overshadowed by that of his Arizona counterpart Tyler Skaggs.

Still, it was an impressive Miami debut for the young right-hander in a 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks Wednesday in the opener of the first home doubleheader in Arizona history.

Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen had to watch most of it on a television in the clubhouse after he was ejected by first base umpire Angel Campos following the top of the third inning. It was the second time he had been tossed this season.

" I have been ejected 27 times but that one was a weird one," Guillen said.I saw there are many seller selling salereplicashoes, "The excuse he is going to make is I was throwing water at him. I never did. I just threw water on the field then some of the players were telling me I got kicked out of the game."

Turner, acquired from Detroit in a trade deadline deal, allowed three runs on four hits in six innings. He gave up a two-run homer to Aaron Hill in the first inning.

"I just got on the side of the ball in the first inning and made myself fly out a little bit and made a few bad pitches that cost me," he said. "I started getting on top and making quality pitches."

Guillen called Turner's performance "outstanding."

"He was relaxed on the mound, very nice and loose," Guillen said. "He was throwing a lot of strikes. He made one bad pitch but I like what I see. `'

Skaggs allowed three hits through 6 2-3 innings, pitching Arizona to a 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins Wednesday.

The 21-year-old left-hander gave up a two-run homer to Justin Ruggiano in the second, then shut down the Marlins on one hit the rest of his outing. He fanned four and survived five walks.

"It got pretty nerve-wracking," Skaggs said, "but I feel like I did a pretty good job."

Gerardo Parra singled twice and scored both times for the Diamondbacks in a game that went just 2 hours,redbullhatsat Watch Click. 20 minutes. The doubleheader was necessary because Arizona had played on 23 straight days.

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Tropical depression 9 graduated to tropical storm Isaac Tuesday afternoon, and overnight, many long-range forecast models had converged on the length of western Florida or the eastern Gulf Coast as the likely areas for an eventual US landfall.Welcome to wedgeshoes Online Store.

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Depending on the whim of atmospheric steering winds, Isaac could arrive at or near Tampa, Fla., the site of next week's Republican National Convention, by Tuesday. The convention is slated to run Aug. 27-30.

For now, forecasters have posted tropical storm warnings and hurricane watches for most of the major islands in the eastern Caribbean, including Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.What we see and hear enough of, we buy buychristianloubouti into – often. At 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, Isaac's center was located some 230 miles east of Guadeloupe, an island in a long island arc forming the boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Isaac's maximum sustained winds were hitting 45 miles per hour, with the tropical-storm-force winds extending as many as 60 miles from the storm's center.

Forecasters say they expect Isaac to dump from 4 to 8 inches of rain on the Leeward Islands, which include Guadeloupe, with rainfall of up to 6 inches over Puerto Rico.Official site. Information on city services, iwcwatches, The storm could bring storm surges of from 1 to 3 feet.

Changes in weather patterns influencing Issac's projected path have nudged the storm's track somewhat east of the path forecasters had projected at midday Tuesday.

Instead of skirting the south coasts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Cuba's southeast coast, Isaac is now set to track across the southernmost tip of the Dominican Republic, near its border with Haiti,Official site. Information on city services, iwcwatches, and over Port-au-Prince from Friday into Saturday, according to the latest forecast.

The track could represent some modestly good news for Haiti's beleaguered capital, which is still struggling to recover from the effects of a devastating earthquake that struck two years ago. Isaac is expected to drop from hurricane to tropical-storm status after its encounter with the mountains that stretch along the border of the two countries.

Even so, the storm could bring between 8 and 20 inches of rain to the island that the two countries share, triggering flash floods and mudslides, forecasters say.

Once it leaves Haiti and clips the eastern end of Cuba, Isaac currently is projected to make a beeline for Florida's southwest coast, returning to hurricane status as it does.

In addition, forecasters are tracking tropical depression 10, which formed Wednesday from a broad patch of storms in the tropical Atlantic, roughly midway between Africa and the Leeward Islands.

Forecasters currently see this disturbance becoming a tropical storm within the next 24 hours, following a course toward the US eastern seaboard. By 8 a.m. Monday, the forecast suggests, a tropical storm Joyce will be located some 430 miles south of Bermuda.

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A screen behind the stage begins to show these words: “My body is possessed by past dances/This is a situation we’ve been in before/ Remembering, Remembering.”

“We used this dance, ‘A History,’ to capture the history of the company and dances but to make new dances, to see what new could come out of the old,” said Talvin Wilks, the show’s dramaturge who has been with Bebe Miller Company since 1998.vuittonhandbags the Art of Fusion in Watches,

The performance of “A History” doesn’t premiere until September, but a complementary gallery show filled with artifacts, journals, video and audio — much selected from the archives at the university’s Theatre Research Institute — of renowned choreographer Bebe Miller opens this week at the OSU Urban Arts Space. Miller is a faculty member of Ohio State’s Dance Department.

Much the same as the dance, remembering the past to inspire the future is key to the “Bebe Miller: Tracing History” exhibition.

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Highlights of the show include videos of dance rehearsals juxtaposed beside videos of the final performances, the floor on which Miller danced “The Hendrix Project,” a vinyl recording of spliced audio of Miller talking about her work, and a video installation about Miller by New York-based artist Maya Ciarrocchi.

“Throughout the 25 years she has worked with her company, Bebe Miller has shown a rare ability to translate the human condition into movement,” Dannemiller said later by email. “She’s an innovator who combines a generous spirit and a deep commitment to collaborative processes with grace and originality. This exhibition will ensure that people around Columbus discover what dance people around the world have known for years.”

OU international program to hold orientation

A 31 year-old program will continue the tradition of bringing a family environment and sense of home to international students at OU by holding an orientation Thursday.

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At 15, Audas left her home in Bolivia and began a life as an international student to attend one year of high school in Illinois. She had planned to return home and complete high school there but instead graduated early and attended college in Michigan, France and Italy.

During her time in France, Audas said she became close to the daughter of one host family.

“She is as close as a blood sister,” she said.

Upon coming to OU in 1978, Audas applied that family feeling to her position at the College of International Studies, where she molded the program from President George Lynn Cross’ Host Families program into its current form in 1981.

Presidents of FIS Dale and Lisa Robinett are familiar with how close host families and students become with each other. When the couple began hosting students in 1989 to expose their young sons to other cultures, a boy from former Yugoslavia entered their lives.

“This is my favorite story to tell people about hosting,” Lisa said. “We got three students, and one from Yugoslavia came up with long, curly hair, a leather jacket and tight jeans. I thought, 'What have we gotten ourselves into? What are we putting in front of our children?’”

What the Robinetts got was a relationship that endures to this day, a relationship that lasted through student’s doctorate studies and beyond.

Lisa said the feeling of closeness never changes.

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Staff assistant at the College of International Studies Claudia Robertson also has experienced the family environment that hosting creates. She keeps up with many of her students through Facebook.

Both Robertson and the Robinetts said they have gotten a lot out of the experience.

“It’s been a tremendous experience. My kids are growing up learning that the world is bigger than Oklahoma and the United States,” Robertson said.

“I know the program is supposed to benefit the students, but I feel like I get more out of it,” Lisa said.

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So, I’m leaning closer to the European model guidance track which takes TD 9/Isaac right across the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica late Wednesday and then just south of Puerto Rico on Thursday. From there, the European model guidance forecasts that this system will miss Hispaniola and then track very close to the north coast of Jamaica on Sunday.

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Welcomes More than 14700 Back to School

More than 14,700 students began classes August 20 as the 2012-13 school year began in the Walnut Valley Unified School District.

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The first morning of school also included a welcome back parent breakfast hosted by the school’s Community Club and new parentorientation.

“We have very involved and supportive parents,” Nguyen said.

The re-location to the new school dubbed “C.J. Morris West” is for the entire school year. The school’s staff voted unanimously so that this could happen.

“It was definitely thinking outside the box to come here to a new site,” he said. The alternative would have been to operate out of a “portable town “for a year and it would have been a slower process, he said. “This helped speed things up.”

During the summer, Walnut Valley hired more than 40 new certificated employees and 15 classified staff members as a result of end of the year retirements.

South Pointe Middle School welcomed a crop of 11 brand new educators for the new school year.

“Our new teachers have big shoes to fill,” said Principal Susan Arzola. “We screened and interviewed hundreds of applicants to ensure our students have nothing but the best preparing them for their future,” she said.

One of the school’s new hires– Lauren Guzzino, an 8th grade language arts teacher, said she was excited about a lot of things on her first day – but mostly meeting her students.

“I am so excited to learn about them both as individuals and as a class. They are the reason I am a teacher,” she said.

Her first goal is to create a classroom environment where students feel completely welcome and comfortable.

“I want both my students and myself to enjoy the year learning and growing together. I look forward to teaching them, and even more to the things I will learn from them,” she said.

Guzzino said she wants to design a curriculum that is exciting and arduous, but that also expands their minds to find connections between the classroom and their immediate world.

Administrative changes in Walnut Valley include Joan Perez returning as the new Principal of Collegewood Elementary, Principal Carolyn Wills moving to Evergreen Elementary, and Jennifer De Anda being named new Principal at Vejar Elementary. Steven Dorsey joins the District as the new director of pupil personnel services.Wholesale Agate beads from Low Priceagatebead,

De Anda welcomed students and their families in the courtyard on the first day of school.

The longtime Vejar educator also got lots of hugs from students. Second grader Quintin Burrola beamed as he greeted his new principal with a “high five.“

Fayetteville grapples with rise in crimes

Mary Pearce can't sleep because she worries about criminals in her neighborhood.

Burglars have broken into the 82-year-old's home on Herndon Street twice in the past year and once before that. She now hides her prized possessions in case it happens again.

"I watch for thieves all night,'' said Pearce, who gets only about three hours of sleep between long hours of peeking out of her windows.

Fayetteville has a growing number of people like Pearce this year - victims of break-ins, thefts and violence. Preliminary statistics show reports of several types of crimes are up during the first half of 2012, compared with the same six months in 2011. In some cases, the spike is disturbingly high. The number of homicides is flat over last year, but robberies are up nearly 23 percent, and assaults are up 19 percent. Reports of burglaries are 12 percent higher so far this year, from 1,Buyshoesat Great Prices.809 to 2,031.

The city's surge in certain crimes doesn't reflect what's going on statewide and nationally. North Carolina's crime rates are the lowest they've been in decades.Buy Tag Heuer watches online,We also supply all kinds of omegawatch watch such as replica Bell&Ross, Nationally, violent crimes fell an average of 4 percent from 2010 to 2011, while property crimes, such as break-ins, fell by less than 1 percent.

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Pearce has seen more patrols of her neighborhood, which is off Cliffdale Road near Fayetteville Academy. She has seen officers go door-to-door telling people to properly secure their homes and stay vigilant.Thousands of discount rolexwatches styles for selection. His hair curls a little more in fright.

Still, she worries.

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"Put your favorite things out, and they're going to steal your favorite things," she said.

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But, in Brad Mills’ case, perhaps he was smiling on the inside when it happened to him late Saturday night.

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Mills had to go to the games because it was his job. So did hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham, who also were told they don’t have to report on Sunday.

Frankly, it doesn’t make a difference who is named as the Astros’ interim manager Sunday morning or whether he remains next season or someone else takes over. General manager Jeff Luhnow has a plan that a lot of people inside baseball believe will turn the Astros into a relevant team again. But even Luhnow acknowledges that it will take two to three years. It will take them longer than that to become a contender.hublotreplica. Authorised Breitling Watch Stockists.

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The Bayou Blue Senior Citizens Center will hold a Pampered Chef raffle ticket sale. Half of the money will go to the center, and half will go to Pampered Chef. Also, a $100 certificate will be given to the winner for Pampered Chef products. Tickets cost $2.

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Coming off his best finish in a major, Carl Pettersson kept rolling on Thursday. He fired an 8-under 62 to grab a 1-shot lead after the opening round of the Wyndham Championship.

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Tim Clark, who is rounding back into form after wrist surgery, and David Mathis are one stroke off the lead at minus-7 at Sedgefield Country Club.

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U.S. Open winner and defending champion Webb Simpson headlines a groups of 12 players tied for eighth at 4-under 66.

Simpson started his round with a bogey on the 11th. He went on to card three birdies on his opening nine to make the turn at minus-2. On the front nine, Simpson posted two more birdies to card a 66.

"Great start today. You know, only one bogey on my 2nd hole. Other than that played really solid, and fun to watch somebody shoot 62," said Simpson, who played with Pettersson.

The big fight this week is to get inside the top 125 on the FedExCup points list. Mathis is No. 136 on that list. Three people tied in eighth with Simpson -- Gary Woodland, Richard H. Lee and Arjun Atwal -- are on the outside looking in. Woodland is No. 130, while Lee is No. 164 and Atwal is No. 169.

While they are fighting to get into the top-125, Pettersson is looking to move higher on that points list.

Pettersson entered the week ranked ninth and could go as high as No. 3 with a win.

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Pettersson rolled in a 17-foot birdie chance at 16 and made the turn at minus- four thanks to a birdie on the 18th.

Around the turn, Pettersson parred the first four holes before shooting up the leaderboard. He 2-putted for birdie on the par-5 fifth and followed with a 6- foot birdie effort at six.

Pettersson stuffed his tee shot at the par-3 seventh inside two feet and he kicked that in for birdie. At the eighth, he converted his fourth straight birdie, this time from 10 feet out, to move to minus-8. Pettersson parred the last to end there.

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Clark, who was Pettersson's college roommate, also played the back nine first. After a birdie on the 12th, he poured in three straight birdies from the 15th to make the turn at 4-under.

The South African rolled in a 7-footer for eagle on the par-5 fifth. He got within one of the lead when he ran home a 33-foot birdie effort on No. 9, his last.

Mathis had four birdies on the front nine and three more around the turn en route to his 63.

NOTES: Jason Dufner is the only player in the field this week that can move ahead of Tiger Woods in the FedExCup points list. Rod Pampling, who entered the week as No. 125 on the points list, opened with a 68. U.S. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III carded a 3-under 67 in round one.

NFL referees watch and wait during lockout

He should have been there. He should have been somewhere, anyway: that’s just what Mike Spanier does at this time of year:

Go to football games. Professional football games. As a referee.

“By now, I’d be getting ready to head to the first preseason game this weekend,” said Spanier, who has been an NFL official for 13 years after 16 seasons of officiating college games. “This is a little strange.”

But instead of throwing flags in preseason games this past weekend, Spanier was sitting at home in Sartell, Minn., just watching and waiting.

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But he might be waiting for a while before any of that happens this season.

The NFL locked out its officials on June 3, escalating a contract dispute that is almost entirely of the league’s making and right now basically seems to be going nowhere.

“Well, I think that’s probably fairly accurate,” said Mike Arnold, chief negotiator for the NFL Referees Association.

“That’s always been our position — that we want to work, and that we want a fair and reasonable agreement to get there. We’ve been somewhat perplexed that the league locked us out on June 3.”

The lockout obviously has made a major impact on NFLRA members, who are the lowest-paid officials of any of the four major American sports (football, baseball, basketball, hockey). But more visibly to the general public, the lockout has the potential to dramatically impact the NFL’s product — and not for the better.

Spanier and the 121 members of the NFLRA can’t say much about the situation.

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Arnold, however, can.

He’s predictably unhappy with the NFL’s negotiating stance, which basically has been “take it or leave it.” And football fans should be displeased about the lockout’s potential ramifications.

The NFL began its exhibition season by replacing the union officials with scab officials, most of whom are coming from considerably lower levels of football.

“As a matter of fact, the league hasn’t really made any secret of that,” Arnold said. “One of their supervisory people issued a memo where they laid the ground rules out for their scouts (looking for replacement officials).

“Their typical recruiting ground is (NCAA) Division I. In that memo, they told their own scouts, in effect, don’t bother with Division I. Look for people who have already retired, (or) look for lower-level college.”

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“One way to look at it is the NFL normally would never put more than one rookie (official) on the field at a time, and they’d surround him with six veterans on a crew. It’s hard to believe they’re going to try to do it with 119 rookies.”

That’s merely part of the hard line the NFL has taken with its officials. The league began contract “talks” by telling the union that they were going to abolish their pension.

“That’s one of our big issues: They want to freeze and terminate our defined pension plan,” Arnold said. “All of our guys who are current officials were hired with the expressed promise of that benefit plan.

“Our question is, why? Why would an organization with $9 billion in revenues, and expected to go to $12-$14 billion, do this to 121 guys?

“There’s really three major issues: pay, pension and protection,” Arnold said. “We want independent arbitration: we don’t want the commissioner (Roger Goodell) as our arbitrator when we have grievances.Wholesale piagetwatches,Semi precious agate gemstone beads,”

But really, the NFL officials’ biggest grievance is this: They’re not being allowed to work.

“That’s all we’ve ever wanted,” Arnold said, “to get back to work and get a fair deal.”

Until that happens, all Spanier and his fellow officials can do is watch. And wait.

“I’ll be watching the games with a high degree of interest,” Spanier said. “I’m anxiously waiting to get going, and hope that they can come to an agreement so I can go back to doing what I’ve been normally doing for the last 30 years.”

Poland Watches Warily As Euro Crisis Spreads

One factor that has kept Poland somewhat insulated from the eurozone crisis is domestic consumer spending. Poland had more than 4 percent growth last year while the rest of the continent was mired in negative or flat growth. Poles have more discretionary income than ever before, and they're using it to buy things in swank malls cropping up all over the country.

"Consumer spending has risen significantly in recent years," says Miroslaw Borjarczyk, as he shops at Warsaw's Golden Terraces mall. "I think it's because of malls like this, which allow people to buy a wider variety of products in nice surroundings, and this spending is a driving force behind our economy."

Just over 20 years since the end of communism, rampant consumerism is now embraced as Poles feel like they are still trying to catch up with Western Europe. But with the debt struggles of Greece, Spain and others, many Poles see danger signs ahead.

Pawel Jozwicki, who works installing industrial air conditioners, is not hesitating to buy a new washing machine as he shops at a chain store in central Warsaw. But he is having second thoughts about his country's plans to eventually join the euro single currency.

"I really think it's best to stay with our own currency like Great Britain did," he says. "They stayed with their own money, and today they're able to take care of themselves a lot better."

The anxiety is well-founded. Poland's economic destiny is deeply tied to Europe: About 80 percent of its trade is with EU countries, about 30 percent with neighboring Germany, Europe's largest economy.

"If you are a Polish investor sitting on cash, you [are] looking ... [at the] disaster which is happening in eurozone, you are simply afraid of investing big money," says Ryszard Petru, a partner with PwC in Warsaw.

He says many Polish companies are now investing enough to keep operations going, but they are holding off on making big-ticket investments in infrastructure, expansion or hiring.

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That can have a ripple effect. Poland's economy is diversified, but not so diverse that it could absorb a eurozone shock.

Polish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski recently warned of "potentially serious risks" to the economy from the debt saga.

"The nature of the threat is we don't know exactly how severe it will be," he said. "I warn that it would be very serious."

Adding to the economic apprehension here is the forthcoming big drop in public spending. Poland has been the biggest benefactor of EU structural funds for highways and other large infrastructure projects.

Poland pumped money into gigantic ventures, including roadways and stadiums, ahead of co-hosting the Euro 2012 soccer tournament in June. In all, it is estimated that Poland's total preparations for Euro 2012 amounted to more than 5 percent of its gross domestic product. That massive, de facto stimulus program is now over.

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"It's a slowdown. We are dependent on what's happening in our region, in Europe, what's happening globally."

He argues that Polish banks are fundamentally solid, and he should know: In many ways, he's the father of modern Polish banking. Wancer's Jewish parents were arrested by the Red Army after fleeing the Nazis eastward during World War II. He was born in a Soviet labor camp in 1942. After the war, he and family members made it to the U.S. He returned to Poland from a banking career in America just after the fall of communism and played a central role in helping Poland build a modern banking system.

He notes that few Polish banks today dabble in exotic derivatives or are badly exposed to Spain's disastrous real estate holdings.

"It's completely wrong to have banks that cannot fail because they are too big," he says. "Although I am a banker for 50 years, I have to say this is completely wrong. It grew to the point where banking services and products are being produced that very few people really understand, and there is nothing tangible behind these products."

Wancer thinks Poland can withstand some shock if the euro crisis deepens and spreads, but he quickly adds a caveat: "Nobody knows to what point we can hold out. There is no country that is that strong enough to resist a tremendous attack if it comes from all sides, or if the eurozone breaks apart."

Nepal’s street children are stigmatised by society

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Nepal is a country of contrasts, with soaring mountains, beautiful valleys, and subtropical forests. It is also one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, with a quarter of its population living on less than 1 US dollar a day. The violent days of the civil war may be over, but Nepal is still fragile, both politically and economically. With an estimated 38% of the population aged 14 or younger, the problem of street children like Himal is not one that is likely to go away anytime soon.

Himal left home when his father divorced his mother and remarried. Himal’s stepmother didn’t warm to him and he was gradually pushed out of the family home. His father likes to drink, so he didn’t notice what was going on. Himal’s birth mother did not have the money to look after him and when things got really bad, he decided to run away to Kathmandu in search of a better life – like so many other children in Nepal. Every year 600 others like him arrive on the streets of this sprawling urban centre.Buy Tag Heuer watches online,We also supply all kinds of omegawatch watch such as replica Bell&Ross,

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In 2011, however, a glimmer of hope appeared for street children in Hetauda, a town about three hours’ drive from Kathmandu, in the form of a university tutor doing research for his PhD. He spent 52 days living on the streets with the children and provided them with food every day. In this way he gained their trust and slowly they started to open up to him. After sharing their experiences he started to understand what it would take to get them off the street, and armed with this new knowledge he set up a home for street children called Mamaghar, just outside Hetauda. Although the Nepalese government are not doing much to help the cause nationally, he has the support of the local police and authorities, who gave him a grant to cover the first year’s rent of the home. The home has helped reunite a few children with their close or extended family, and their safety and wellbeing is being closely monitored to avoid them running away again.

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They've found no evidence to support Saints wiretapping allegations

Louisiana State Police investigators have found no evidence that the Saints or general manager Mickey Loomis rigged Superdome wiring so opposing coaches' radio communications could be intercepted.

"This has been an intensive investigation, and after numerous interviews we have determined that there is no evidence that state laws have been violated," State Police Col. Mike Edmonson said Monday after meeting with Saints owner Tom Benson in New Orleans to brief him on the status of the probe.

State police investigators have been working in conjunction with the FBI since the eavesdropping allegations surfaced in news reports in April.

"We found no corroborating evidence that Mickey Loomis or anybody in the Saints was engaged in wiretapping or eavesdropping," Edmonson said.

Edmonson said it was only fair to hold a news conference about the status of the State Police probe because he had talked about it when his investigators first began looking into the allegations.

Edmonson said he cannot comment on the status of related federal probes. He also noted that State Police will reopen their investigations if new allegations surface.

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Loomis and the Saints have emphatically denied the allegations, and the Saints have hired the firm of former FBI director Louis Freeh to do its own investigation.

When informed of Edmonson's comments, Loomis said he did not have anything to add at this time.

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