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Microsoft Surface pre-orders in Canada, UK are not delayed (Update)

Microsoft's Surface for Windows RT appears to be flying off the virtual shelves, however it seems some of the customers who've pre-ordered will be waiting about a week longer than they thought. We've received several tips from readers in Canada and the UK indicating they've received emails (as seen above, check after the break for similar reports from Twitter) explaining that their tablets will be shipping on November 2nd, instead of October 26th as originally scheduled when they put their requests in days ago. There's no reason currently listed for the delay, however we have contacted Microsoft for further comment on the situation. Currently the Surface is listed as completely sold out on the UK and Canada Microsoft Store sites, and in the US all three variants are no longer promised for delivery on release date. It's been reported that Microsoft is building up to five million of the devices for launch this fall, hopefully they can all find their way to good homes sooner rather than later.

Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has responded, informing us that the emails sent out were incorrect, so "all customers should expect their devices by the original date given." It will be following up with customers to let them know their shipping date has not changed, and you can read the full statement for yourself after the break.

[Thanks to Jack, everyone who sent this in]

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Midwest Poets Series readings put KC on the map - KansasCity.com

August 1988.

Just a few days after writer Raymond Carver?s death, his wife, poet Tess Gallagher, called Bob Stewart at home. He was expecting to hear from her, expecting her to cancel. Her scheduled appearance at the Midwest Poets Series, which Stewart directs, was only two weeks away, and when he heard the news about Carver, he just knew what she?d say. ?This is her way of saying she?s not going to make it,? he thought as soon as he heard her voice on the other end of the line.But Gallagher surprised him. ?She said, ?No, I absolutely want to assure you I?m going to come,??? Stewart said. ?Because she wanted to celebrate Ray Carver?s life.?Two weeks later, Gallagher arrived at Rockhurst University and held the stage for more than an hour and a half. She read not just her own work but also brought out poems by Carver no one had seen before.?We had one of the most extraordinary evenings in memory,? Stewart said. That?s saying a lot for a program that in its first 29 years has brought to Kansas City 14 Pulitzer Prize winners, 10 U.S. poets laureate, two Missouri poets laureate and one winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. The series, which Stewart founded in 1983, will kick off its 30th anniversary year on Thursday with a 15th Pulitzer winner, Tracy K. Smith, who won the 2012 prize last spring. The reading is just one highlight of a season that once again celebrates the global range and influence of the written word.The Midwest Poets Series has become a cultural institution in the community and made a name for Kansas City on the national and international poetry scene.?It?s the kind of place where poets would like to read because we have nothing if not authenticity,? said Michelle Boisseau, a Kansas City poet and creative writing colleague of Stewart?s at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Boisseau read at the series last year. ?When I got up on stage I felt so much desire to hear me read. It?s incredibly energizing to read to that audience.?Stewart says this year?s poets can be seen as a microcosm of the series as a whole. Rounding out the schedule are Valzhyna Mort on Nov. 29, Mark Doty on Jan. 31 and Australia?s Les Murray on March 21. ?Bob took special care in choosing the slate of poets,? said Cynthia Cartwright, director of the Center for Arts and Letters at Rockhurst. ?He is very careful about constructing a season where there are both male and female poets, all sorts of ethnic backgrounds, national reputations and international reputations.?Smith is African-American, and Mort, ?a true international voice,? grew up in Belarus before she moved to the U.S. Stewart called Doty ?one of the premier figures in contemporary American poetry.? Murray, who lives in New South Wales, Australia, is renowned worldwide.Murray has published 12 books of poetry, translated into 10 languages. Doty, with eight books of poems and four books of prose, is only the second poet to make a repeat appearance. Mort and Smith are making names for themselves early in their careers; Smith has three books, and Mort recently published her second American book. ?The whole series represents what we?ve been trying to do all these years,? Stewart said.Doty and Smith also reflect Stewart?s method of choosing poets, which involves a little acute observation, a little intuition and a little luck.?Every time I turn around lately, I?m discovering a poem by Mark Doty, or my students are telling me things they?re reading by Mark Doty that they?re enthusiastic about,? he said. ?There?s just too many intersections of interest that I can?t ignore.?Similarly, Kansas City writer Whitney Terrell mentioned Smith?s name to Stewart a couple of years ago, and when she won the Pulitzer earlier this year, Stewart knew the time was right to invite her.?So often it happens, where I?m kind of already interested in (a poet), and there will be little things that come up, sort of like the universe is telling me that now is the time to bring this person to Kansas City,? Stewart said. ?I look for where the energy is.? Attracting poets of Murray?s international stature sets the Midwest Poets Series apart from other cultural institutions in the country, Boisseau said. Someone like Murray, who often reads in major cities like New York, would never have a chance to visit Kansas City otherwise, she said.And when major poets do come to read, they find it a rewarding experience. People are there to see the poet and are not likely to approach him or her with manuscript in tow, just trying to further their own careers.Stewart said many of the poets he keeps in touch with have fond memories of the series and even ask if they can come back. The Midwest Poets Series puts Kansas City on the map for people who otherwise may never see or think about it. ?In literary terms, on a national scale, I don?t think it can be doubted that a lot of major writers in the country identify with Kansas City now, and they wouldn?t have without this here,? Stewart said.When she arrived at Rockhurst more than 20 years ago, Cartwright was initially surprised by the poetry series? popularity.?Where are these readings held, in a phone booth?? she wondered. ?Who comes out to them??She estimated that the series as a whole now draws 900 people a year, many of them frequent attendees. For the last 10 to 15 years, the series has been in Rockhurst?s Mabee Theater, which seats 300.?It?s not uncommon to have standing room only,? said Cartwright, who applauded the shared experience of hearing poetry in public. Former poets laureate Billy Collins and W.S. Merwin both drew crowds of almost 1,000 for their readings, which were in the campus gymnasium. Merwin?s reading was especially memorable for Stewart. He remembers Boisseau sitting in the front row, listening with rapt attention. ?Merwin got done reading; everybody applauded, and Michelle just sat there,? he said. ?Finally she stood up and she says, ?I feel like somebody has just been throwing flowers on me for an hour.????I remember feeling as if all the cows were surrounding the manger,? Boisseau said. ?He was glowing like some kind of emanation.?But even a sparsely attended reading can have a big impact.In 1989, Stewart brought Joseph Langland, a poet who?d grown up in Iowa in a community of Norwegian immigrants. He recalls maybe 15 people in the audience. ?I remember sitting in the front row and thinking, ?I don?t care who?s here, I?m here,??? Stewart said. ?I was completely thrilled to sit there and listen to Joe Langland read his poems.?Because, in the end, poetry is a personal experience. Stewart says it ultimately doesn?t matter how many people come to a reading. If a reading changes one person?s life, he said, it?s extraordinary.?People get uplifted, they?re entertained in a way that?s a little deeper, more powerful than we?re used to with mass media entertainment,? he said. ?I think it changes people?s thinking about who poets are and what they?re about.?Being present at the Midwest Poets Series is inspirational, Boisseau said.?When you?re in the salt spray of language,? she said, ?then you say, ?I want to go on my own voyage, I want to build my own ship.? And that?s why we bring people to town.?

Christine Pivovar is a graduate student in creative writing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and an intern this semester at The Star. Reach her at cpivovar@kcstar.com.

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GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month?s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a mob upset about an American-made, anti-Muslim movie. It is unclear whether anyone outside the CIA saw the cable at that point or how high up in the CIA the information went. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that the CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month?s deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a mob upset about an American-made, anti-Muslim movie. It is unclear whether anyone outside the CIA saw the cable at that point or how high up in the CIA the information went. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's administration could have suspected early on that militants, not angry protesters, launched the attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya.

Within 24 hours of the deadly attack, the CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington that there were eyewitness reports that the attack was carried out by militants, officials told The Associated Press. But for days, the Obama administration blamed it on an out-of-control demonstration over an American-made video ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee, led Friday's charge.

"Look around the world, turn on your TV," Ryan said in an interview with WTAQ radio in the election battleground state of Wisconsin. "And what we see in front of us is the absolute unraveling of the Obama administration's foreign policy."

As a security matter, how the Obama administration immediately described the attack has little effect on broader counterterrorism strategies or on the hunt for those responsible for the incident, in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. And Republicans have offered no explanation for why the president would want to conceal the nature of the attack.

But the issue has given Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity to question Obama on foreign policy and national security, two areas that have received little attention in an election dominated by the U.S. economy. Obama's signature national security accomplishment is the military's killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

Ryan was teeing up the issue for Monday's presidential debate on foreign policy.

"I'm excited we're going to have a chance to talk about that on Monday," Ryan said.

Obama, speaking Thursday on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," insisted that information was shared with the American people as it came in. The attack is under investigation, Obama said, and "the picture eventually gets filled in."

"What happens, during the course of a presidency, is that the government is a big operation and any given time something screws up," Obama said. "And you make sure that you find out what's broken and you fix it."

The report from the station chief was written late Wednesday, Sept. 12, and reached intelligence agencies in Washington the next day, intelligence officials said. It is not clear how widely the information from the CIA station chief was circulated.

U.S. intelligence officials have said the information was just one of many widely conflicting accounts, which became clearer by the following week.

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN that the administration didn't understand the gravity of the situation in Benghazi and as a result bad decisions were made to promote the video as the root of the violence.

"By continuing to promote the video, by escalating the value and credibility of that video to a presidential level, by buying ads in Pakistan that actually fueled protests all across Pakistan ? and so, this is what's so disturbing to me: Were those decisions based on intelligence? I think it's hard to say yes. So why did they do it? That's the question we need to get answered. "

Democrats have spent the past week explaining the administration's handling of the attack. On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said a period of uncertainty typically follows attacks.

"In the wake of an attack like this, in the fog of war, there's always going to be confusion," Clinton said. "And I think it is absolutely fair to say that everyone had the same intelligence. Everyone who spoke tried to give the information that they had."

On Tuesday, Obama and Romney argued over when the president first called it a terrorist attack. In his Rose Garden address the morning after the killings, Obama said, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for."

But Republicans said he was speaking generally and didn't specifically call the Benghazi event a terror attack until weeks later. Until then, key members of the administration were blaming an anti-Muslim movie circulating on the Internet as a precipitating event.

This Wednesday, the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., put the blame on the director of national intelligence, James Clapper.

"I think what happened was the director of intelligence, who is a very good individual, put out some speaking points on the initial intelligence assessment," Feinstein said in an interview with news channel CBS 5 in California. "I think that was possibly a mistake."

A U.S. intelligence official said that the talking points were written so senior officials could say something preliminary about the attacks but that it wasn't until days later that analysts reconciled contradictory information and decided there probably wasn't a protest around the time of the attack. The official spoke anonymously because the official was not allowed to speak publicly of the still-evolving investigation.

The official said "right now, there isn't any intelligence" that the attackers pre-planned their assault days or weeks in advance, but instead still points to an them launching the assault opportunistically after they learned about the violence at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.

Congress is asking the administration for documents about the attack, in hopes of building a timeline of what the government knew and when.

Obama has weathered similar criticisms before. After both the failed bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009 and the attempted car bombing in Times Square in 2010, the Obama administration initially said there were no indications of wider terrorist plots. The Christmas Day bomber turned out to be linked to al-Qaida and the Times Square bomber was trained by the Pakistani Taliban.

Nevertheless, polls have consistently showed voters trust Obama over Romney to handle terrorism. If Obama was worried that Monday's debate would change that, he showed no signs of it Thursday night.

Speaking at a charity dinner, he offered this preview of the debate: "Spoiler alert: We got bin Laden."

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32GB Nexus 7 tablets appear at retail with $249 price tag, October 29th street date

Ahead of Google's Android event on the 29th there's additional confirmation of a storage upgrade for the Nexus 7, as 32GB units have now been spotted on shelves at US retailers. Seemingly dead-set on matching the LG E960 "Mako" Nexus G for the title of worst-kept secret, we've received this photo of a tag for the new unit at a Sam's Club (with a placeholder price), while reports on Android Central and The Verge mention hardware spotted at Staples locations with one person actually succeeding in buying one. All of that follows a listing on the Staples website and one Japanese buyer apparently receiving one early by accident. According to the tags and receipts the new units are scheduled to go on sale the same day as the Android event, and at the same $249 price of the current 16GB model. Now that alleged Sony Nexus phone has been exposed as a fake we don't know if there will be any surprises left to reveal 10 days from now, but if you want to buy anything from the brand patience (or at least shopping around) is probably your best strategy.

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Freelancing expert says future lies in partnering

Comedian Dan Nainan explains how he went from a technical job to a career in standup.

By Donna Wares, NBCNews

Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz explains how the world of work has undergone a dramatic change as more and more Americans turn to freelancing to earn a living.

NBC News: How do you define independent worker?

Horowitz: An independent worker is anyone who doesn?t work a traditional 9-to-5 job with benefits. That means consultants, free-lancers, part-timers, temps, solo entrepreneurs. There?s also a growing number of people who have traditional jobs pursuing paid gigs in their off-hours. Like the accountant who sings opera at night. Or the nanny who designs websites. More and more Americans are searching for a new balance that only independent work can provide.

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Sara Horowitz, founder and executive director of the Freelancers Union, says relationships are the key to success.

Many independent workers do more than one job or career. Some call it moonlighting. Others talk about a gig economy.? What do you see as the benefits?

There?s no doubt we?re changing the ways we work. More and more people are asking themselves the deceptively simple question: ?Why work?? There was a time when working meant stability and a near-guaranteed path to the middle class. That?s not the case anymore. Instead, people are looking for other reasons to work. And they?re finding that work needs to mean something to them ? it has to let them do what they?re passionate about and construct a life that makes sense. This isn?t just a change in how we get paid. It?s a shift in how we all view work.

What?s the downside?

People used to say the downside to freelancing was the lack of benefits and stability. But does anyone really think traditional work offers those anymore? So while there are challenges to the freelance life ? getting health insurance, finding work, getting paid on time, etc. ? the challenges of traditional work also continue to grow. That?s why we need to move toward a new economy that empowers all people to choose how and where and why they work.

Aside from?freelancersunion.org, what are some of the most useful resources for independent workers?

There?s a whole ecosystem rising around the freelance workforce. There are now co-working spaces in almost every city ? and networks of co-working spaces like LooseCubes, who are based in the same Brooklyn building as us. Sector-specific groups like Graphic Artists Guild and National Writers Union have been supporting freelancers for years. Freelance job sites like Hourly and Odesk are surging.

But I think the future is not only in resources that target individual freelancers, but also in platforms that help freelancers connect with each other and build real partnerships on their own. We hope to launch our own platform like that soon to help freelancers connect online and in-person.

What are top traits of successful independent workers?

The most successful freelancers are the ones who work hard to build their networks. But ?networking? these days is about more than just handing out business cards. It?s about being there to help and support and learn from your fellow free-lancers. They?re the ones who help you find gigs in lean times. They?re the ones who take your overflow when you?ve got too much work. They?re the ones who are learning new tips and tools, just like you are. Feed and water those relationships. That?s what makes for a successful freelance career.?

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Television section

For the week of Oct. 8-14

1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Houston, NBC, 19.92 million

2. "NCIS," CBS, 18.51 million

3. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 15.72 million

4. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.18 million

5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14.23 million

6. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 13.55 million

7. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 13.33 million

8. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 12.89 million

9. "Modern Family" (Wednesday, 9:30 p.m.), ABC, 12.31 million

10. "The Voice" (Tuesday), 12.19 million

Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032450/ns/today-entertainment/

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A Review Of Japan Used Cars On Sale

Cars for sale dealerships and realtors simply run to this auctions and buy cars and homes at extremely low prices and later sell them off at double or triple the price. In the past its only car dealers and realtors with special licenses who were allowed into this kinds of auctions because the government and other financial institutions had to sell off this repossessed cars and homes quickly inorder to cut cost of storage and maintenance.

Today however things have changed because of the Internet, It is now possible for the government and other institutions to spread the word round about this auctions via Internet to enable anyone attend the auctions and buy. Once you join the Government car auction site you will get an excellent service to enable you save time and money with a detailed database site and much more information about government and other state auction sites and their contact telephone numbers.

You will get access to many used cars for sale including Japan used cars both new and used cars including luxury cars and homes to choose from, you will also have the opportunity to shop at local and online auctions in every U.S state. You can now become that lucky buyer to drive away the car or home of your dreams because this auctions sometime have few people attending and therefore the repossessed cars and homes are auctioned at highly discounted prices.

When buying repossessed cars don?t think that these cars are always in bad shape, there are no pieces of junk, in fact you will be amazed to find that some of the cars are still in their brand new conditions with their warranty still on and you will be able to get a background information on the car you wish to buy since all this information is provided to you by the government auction free of charge.

Cars for sale auctions offer multiple benefits among buyers because bids are normally offered at low starting prices which makes it possible for you to save a lot of money, you can expect a wide rang of vehicles and homes to choose from and the price of the vehicles is not compromised by the quality of the vehicle and therefore it is possible for you to find the a car of your dreams at a price you can easily afford. Visit http://www.providecars.com/ for more details.

Source: http://bid4insurance.com/a-review-of-japan-used-cars-on-sale/

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3 dead, 1 hurt in Fla. salon; gunman then kills self

By NBC News staff and wire services, NBC News

Updated at 6:27 p.m. ET: Police have identified 36-year-old Bradford Baument as the gunman who stormed a Florida hair salon, fatally shooting three women and injuring a fourth before killing himself at a friend?s home, police said.

Police say the deadly rampage appeared to part of a domestic dispute.

The Salon?s manager, Marcia Santiago, who was also Baument?s ex-girlfriend, had filed a restraining order against Baument, according to WESH-TV in Orlando.

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About two hours before a court hearing on the restraining order was to start, Baument stormed Las Dominicanas M & M Salon in Casselberry, northeast of Orlando, and opened fire, police spokeswoman Sara Brady said.

Santiago was critically injured in the shooting. Officials identified two of the slain as:?Noelia Gonzalez-Brito, 28, an employee, and Gladys Cabrera, 52, a customer. Identity of the third slaying victim was not released. Two others escaped injury by hiding in the bathroom, WESH-TV reported.

After the shooting, the gunman traveled about seven miles to a friend's home in Winter Park and shot himself, said Seminole County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Heather Smith. He did not threaten his friends.

"He advised them he was having some problems and that they were problems he could not remedy and he proceeded to take his life with a firearm inside the home," Smith told WESH-TV.

About two dozen mourners gathered near the salon, located in a strip mall just , and police taped off the parking lot. Yellow paper covered the salon's windows. A Dominican Republic flag was hung in the storefront along with a neon sign that read: Hair Cut. Color. Perm.

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A witness to the salon shooting told the Orlando Sentinel he heard gunshots before seeing the gunman flee.?"We saw the guy with the gun in his hand ... coming this way ... on foot with the gun in his hand," said Juan Diaz, who was at a nearby store at the time of the shooting. He said he went into the salon once the gunman left and saw "a bunch of dead bodies."

A year ago in Southern California, an angry ex-husband donned a bulletproof vest before killing his ex-wife and six of her fellow stylists and patrons at a hair salon, police said. Scott Dekraai is also accused of killing a man in the parking lot. He is awaiting trial on murder charges.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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9/11 mastermind dons camo vest to face Gitmo court

ACLU lawyer Hima Shamsi (background) addresses Judge Pohl, while 9/11 victim family members (left to right): Gordon Haberman, Kathy Haberman, Jo Aquaviva, and Anthony Aquaviva observe from behind a glass barrier at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Wednesday.

By NBC News staff and wire services

The self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks showed up to court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday wearing a camouflage vest after a judge ruled that the military-style garment would not disrupt the proceedings.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was using his attire to make a political statement, which he coupled with a monologue late in the day?s proceedings to condemn what he called prosecutors "elastic" use of national security to justify its actions.

"The government uses national security as it chooses," the Arabic-speaking Mohammed said through a translator while seated at a defense table. "Many can kill people under the name of national security and torture people in the name of national security."

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Mohammed was appearing before the military commission for the third day of hearings that will set the ground rules for the trial of the 47-year-old Kuwaiti and four accused co-conspirators accused of planning and aiding hijackers who flew commercial airlines into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,976 people.

All five defendants are charged with terrorism and murder and could be sentenced to death if convicted. The trial is likely more than a year away.

Fashion statement
Mohammed, who has grown a long beard in detention and dyed it with henna, wore the vest over his traditional white tunic and turban. He and a co-defendant had sought to wear camouflage items at their May 5 arraignment, but that request was denied.

At the time, the commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison said the camouflage might make it harder for the military prison guards to gain control if necessary, suggesting the clothing could create confusion about telling the difference between prisoners and fellow troops.

Earlier coverage of the week's Guantanamo pre-trial hearings:
Tuesday: Hearings for accused Sept. 11 terror planners haggle over rights, secrecy
Monday: 9/11 mastermind, alleged accomplices return to Guantanamo court

In Tuesday?s hearing, Military Judge Army Col. James Pohl dismissed the suggestion that the more than a dozen military members in the courtroom would have any problem distinguishing the bearded defendants. But just to be sure, he specifically prohibited them from wearing any items from U.S. military uniforms.

Mohammed considers himself a prisoner of war and wanted the same right to wear a uniform as the Japanese and German troops prosecuted for war crimes after World War II, according to his lawyers.

Mohammed surprised the courtroom midway through the afternoon by raising his hand to request that the court allow him to make a statement.

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Judge?Pohl said defendants are not generally permitted to comment on proceedings, but then granted his request.

"This is a one-time occurrence," Pohl told the defendant after some some back-and-forth.

"We are all human beings," Mohammed said in his brief monologue. "Your blood is not made out of gold and ours is made out of water."

He said that while Americans were sad that 3,000 people were killed on Sept. 11, the U.S. government has "killed millions of people."

He urged the judge not to be persuaded by the government's "crocodile tears," and he complained that the U.S. president can "legislate" assassinations in the name of protecting Americans.

Battle over secrecy?
Earlier Wednesday, the court resumed hearing arguments on the admissibility of testimony that includes information about the period of detention and harsh interrogation techniques employed at secret CIA prisons, before the men's transfer to Guantanamo Bay in 2006.

Even the judge grew frustrated with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed during a hearing at Guantanamo Bay as he refused to answer his questions. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.

The government has already acknowledged some details about the secret prisons, including the fact that Mohammed was subjected to a near-drowning technique called water-boarding 183 times, but prosecutors have said that restrictions are necessary to prevent the release of information that would reveal information about intelligence sources and methods.

ACLU attorney Hina Shamsi picked up where she left off Tuesday when court adjourned, arguing that the detention information should be part of the public record.

Shamsi said the restrictions were overly broad and intended not to protect national security so much as to prevent the public from learning more details about the harsh confinement of the defendants in the CIA's prisons overseas.

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"We are aware, your honor, of no other protective order that is as radical as what the government is asking you to judicially bless here," Shamsi said.

But government prosecutor Joanna Baltes said the ACLU and other critics of the proposed rules are exaggerating the restrictions. She said the restrictions, known as protective orders, are similar to those in major terrorism cases in civilian courts.

"I think it is a very inflammatory allegation for the ACLU to come in and claim they have never seen anything like this," Baltes said.

The painstaking pre-trial hearings are intended to deal with 25 motions, many of them dealing with security rules and defendants? rights.

On Monday, the court agreed that the defendants could not be forced to attend the pre-trial hearings.

At Wednesday?s hearings, Mohammed, who was born in Kuwait, and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, a Pakistani, were the only two of the five who attended. Mustafa Al Hawsawi, a Saudi; and Walid Bin Attash and Ramzi Binalshibh, both from Yemen, sat this one out.

Hearings were slated to continue on Thursday morning.

The Associated Press and NBC News' Courtney Kube and Kari Huus contributed to this report.

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Louisiana Supreme Court dismisses role of politics, race in ruling on ...

Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson?is legally entitled to?be the court's next leader, the court ruled Tuesday in a unanimous decision, ending several months of legal and political rancor. Johnson?is now set to?become the state's first black chief justice.

The ruling settles a racially charged scrum over the question of the rightful heir to the state's top judicial post, which?Chief Justice Catherine "Kitty" Kimball is vacating at the end of January.

All that remained following Tuesday's decision was a?review, by?the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, of a Sept. 1 ruling by federal District Judge Susie Morgan, who also found that Johnson has the seniority to succeed Kimball.

That review?was expected only to address whether federal courts had a right to?decide the issue. But the state late Tuesday dropped its appeal.

"As we've said all along, this was an issue for Louisiana courts to decide and we're glad this important issue was decided by the Louisiana Supreme Court. We won't be moving forward with an appeal," Kevin Tully, an attorney for the state, said in an e-mail.

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Johnson and Justice Jeffrey Victory had both laid claim to serving the longest on the court. Johnson has been there two months longer than Victory, but her right to assume the court's top seat was challenged by others on the bench as illegitimate.

They claimed her first six years on the court didn't count, because she was appointed to the Supreme Court after winning a seat in 1994 on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, as a result of a civil-rights consent decree that temporarily expanded the state's high court from seven to eight judges.

While technically on the 4th Circuit, Johnson was immediately assigned to the Supreme Court under the consent decree. Victory took office two months later, elected directly to the Supreme Court bench.

Johnson's backers, including Urban League president and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial and many prominent African-American leaders, called the challenge a severe slight. The New Orleans City Council also came out in support of Johnson.

In its ruling on Tuesday, the court found that Johnson's years as an appointed judge counted, taking pains to dismiss the high-volume charges over the past several months.

"Although commentators have loudly emphasized them, factors which we do not ascribe any importance to in answering the constitutional question before us include issues of gender, geography, personality, philosophy, political affiliation, and race -- all of which have the potential to inflame passion; however, not one of those factors provides so much as a feather's weight on the scales of justice," according to the 21-page opinion.

The issue has led to racial tension that cropped up as recently as last week, with the traditional celebration of "Red Mass" to launch the start of the U.S. Supreme Court term.

Several black judges and attorneys ditched the annual event at St. Louis Cathedral for their own celebration at New Zion Baptist Church.

Morial issued a statement on the ruling Tuesday.

"I'm relieved that the matter has finally been resolved in accordance with federal law,"?he said. "I have always maintained that Justice Johnson's status has never been in question, and that any attempt to deny her was an ill-advised attempt to undermine both the consent decree which created her seat and the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court's ruling can now usher in a bright new chapter in the history of Louisiana."

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, another Johnson supporter,?also issued a statement.?

"I am gratified that the Supreme Court confirmed what so many people, including myself, believed was self evident from the time Chief Justice Kimball announced her retirement: Justice Johnson is the longest-serving justice on the Court," Landrieu said. "She has earned the right to serve as Chief Justice and will serve the citizens of Louisiana well in her new role."

Johnson, Victory and Justice Jeannette Knoll all recused themselves from the matter.

Voting in their place were Burrell Carter, chief judge of the state 1st Circuit Court of Appeal; Henry Brown, chief judge of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal; and Ulysses Thibodeaux, chief judge of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal

The court found no distinction between "elected" and "appointed" justice in the law.

"If the constitutional framers and the electorate had desired to distinguish between elected and appointed service, then it would have been a straightforward matter to do so," the court found. "The word 'elected' could have easily been added before the word 'service.'"

Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/10/louisiana_supreme_court_sidest.html

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Should You Accept Guest Posts? | Search Engine Journal

It?s no secret in the SEO world that Google?s recent Panda and Penguin algorithm updates have killed off a number of backlink building techniques that were effective in the past. And with the elimination of these low-value tactics, SEOs have turned to linking strategies that focus more on providing value and building meaningful relationships between websites. In particular, SEOs are focusing more on one technique than ever before:?the process of guest posting.

But while the specifics on how to find and secure guest posting gigs have been pretty well covered online, what about the inverse of this proposition? How should you handle being approached by other guest post authors who are interested in posting their content to your blog?

While it may be tempting to say ?Yes? to anyone who wants to provide you with free content for your site, there are a number of different things you?ll want to keep in mind when determining whether or not to accept guest posts on your website. Specifically, consider the following advantages and disadvantages before opening your site up to this promotional technique:

Pros

Guest posting reduces your writing burden

Every time you choose to publish a guest article on your website, that?s one post you don?t need to invest effort into writing. For busy website owners, the idea of being able to take a break from the constant ?write-edit-publish? schedule of running a successful blog can provide a welcome relief, as well as the time needed to focus on other priorities.

Guest posting allows you to leverage knowledge in other areas of expertise

Though I?m sure you?re smart, you aren?t likely an expert on every aspect of your chosen niche. As a result, your website is probably lacking content in key subject areas that would benefit your readers. When it comes to filling these gaps, you have two options: You can either commit an extensive amount of time to researching and writing articles on these topics or you can solicit guest posts from other site owners who have extensive experience in your weaker areas.

As you might expect, going with the guest posting route can save you a significant amount of time!

Guest posting can increase your perceived authority

Publishing guest posts on your website earns you a certain amount of industry cachet, especially if you?re able to secure articles from prominent figures within your niche.

When website visitors arrive on your website and see guest posts, they see you as someone with strong enough industry connections that other authors find it beneficial to share their work on your site. After all, as a website owner, you wouldn?t waste time posting your guest content on young, unestablished blogs.

In this way, receiving requests for guest posts indicates that you?ve gained clout within your industry, making their publication an indication to your readers that you?re an authority figure within your chosen field.

Cons

Guest posting may dilute your message

Now, while accepting guest articles may help to increase your perceived authority, you?ll want to use caution when posting them to your site.

As a website owner, one of your goals should be to develop a memorable voice and a series of helpful content pieces that enable readers to build a relationship with your brand. But by posting too many guest articles, you dilute the very voice you?re trying to create, making it more difficult for readers to understand and engage with your site?s unique message.

Guest posting funnels visitors away from your website

In addition, most of the guest articles you accept will come with a caveat, that the original author be allowed to link back to his or her own website. And while this is often a worthwhile trade-off in exchange for free content, be aware that every guest post you publish will divert visitors away from your own sales funnels and onto competing websites (where they can?t make you any money).

Guest posting requires editorial effort

Finally, bear in mind that deciding to accept guest posts isn?t as simple as ?copy and pasting? other authors? content into your own website. As soon as you open your doors to guest articles, you?ll be on the hook for corresponding with authors on potential topics, reviewing posts that are submitted to you and coordinating any necessary changes to ensure that the articles you accept meet your stringent quality guidelines.

Given all these different factors, it?s up to individual webmasters to determine whether or not to open their sites up to guest articles.? However, if you do decide to go down this road, you?ll want to pay attention to the following advice in order to make the process as easy and rewarding as possible:

1.?Establish your guest posting terms

First of all, be aware that deciding to accept guest post submissions doesn?t mean that you must say ?Yes? to anyone and everyone who contacts you to arrange a guest article. It?s perfectly fine to limit the number of posts you?ll accept. In fact, it?s recommended that you do!

To avoid allowing guest authors to dilute your voice on your own website, consider limiting guest posts to no more than one to three slots per month. Also consider establishing quality guidelines up front that specify how long posts should be, how many links can be included in each article, and what subjects can be covered in order to minimize unqualified requests.

2.?Create a ?Guest Author? page on your website

Next, with your newly established list of guest posting terms, create a separate page on your website that explains your complete guest article process. Plenty of webmasters use search queries that include the words ?guest post? or ?guest author? to find potential submission sites, so setting up this type of page in advance will help increase your exposure to a wider audience of authors (as well as eliminate any confusion about what you expect from your guest authors).

3.?Don?t be afraid to reject guest post submissions

As you begin to receive guest posting inquiries or submissions, be aware that you?ll likely receive a handful of articles that don?t meet your quality expectations. The articles may be off-topic, poorly-written, or lack the depth of subject matter you desire. But whatever the case, you need to become comfortable with rejecting posts that run afoul of your editorial guidelines.

It isn?t easy or fun to do, but it?s best to address these situations head on. Instead of letting status update queries sit unanswered in your inbox, follow up with authors whose posts won?t work for your site in order to inform them of the situation and let them know whether you?re outright rejecting their pieces or if changes could be made to make their articles acceptable for your site.

4.?Reach out to guest authors on other industry websites

If you?re having trouble attracting qualified guest post submissions, consider reaching out to website owners that have posted good articles on the industry sites you frequent. In many cases, these webmasters haven?t heard of your business before, but will jump at the chance to promote their content on your website.

5.?Pair up with guest authors to create reciprocal exchanges

One final piece of advice to consider when it comes to getting the most out of your site?s guest authors is to request that webmasters who submit content allow you to exchange a reciprocal post for their websites. As a business owner, leveraging these connections in order to increase your own online exposure can present a welcome trade-off for the time needed to manage your own internal guest posting program.

Clearly, these recommendations come from my own experience managing websites and soliciting guest posts, but now, I want to hear from you. Do you allow guest posts on your website? If so, share your words of advice for webmasters who are thinking about doing the same in the comments section below!

Sujan Patel is the co-founder of Single Grain, an SEO Agency based in San Francisco, CA. Single Grain specializes in helping start ups and Fortune 500 companies with their digital marketing strategy. You should follow Sujan on Twitter.

Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/should-you-accept-guest-posts/49979/

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Bullying in Canada is at a 'breaking point,' NDP MP says (with video, poll)

OTTAWA ? A young backbench New Democrat is calling on the Commons today to help prevent bullying, saying that the federal government must show leadership on this ?nationwide problem.?

Dany Morin, 26, said that his own experiences from being bullied as a teen show the ?scars are permanent? and something must be done.

?It is a nationwide problem and only growing with time,? Morin told reporters before beginning debate on his motion in the House of Commons Monday.

?With cyber bullying, it has gotten to a breaking point.?

The motion calls on the Commons to create a non-partisan, special committee to quickly study and come up with concrete ideas to help prevent and help those victimized by a bully either in the schoolyard or online.

Morin said he wanted the committee to look at best practices from other countries to develop any future strategy.

Although Morin first proposed the motion in late May, it came up for debate Monday in the Commons, days after B.C. teen Amanda Todd died by suicide after being tormented by bullies in her school and online. Her story has made headlines across the country and around the world because of the video she posted online weeks before she ended her life.

The issue of bullying and cyber bullying has floated around Parliament Hill for much of 2012. In April, Liberal health critic Hedy Fry?s private member?s bill seeking to add cyber bullying to the Criminal Code passed second reading, but has not yet gone to third reading.

And at the end of October, a Senate committee will release the results of a study on cyber bullying in Canada. It is expected to target young people

During debate, Conservative MP Candice Bergen said the government wanted to know more about how the proposed committee would not duplicate efforts in the Senate or the Commons committee reviewing Fry?s bill.

?It is time for action,? Bergen said. ?This Parliament has not one, but two committees looking at bullying.?

Bergen said the government has invested in local initiatives to help schools and groups develop programs that best fit their local circumstances.

During debate, Fry said the Liberals would support the motion, but didn?t feel that the terms of reference for the committee went far enough. She said there shouldn?t just be a focus on prevention.

?Eventually, we have to look at consequences. Some of those consequences may or may not be in the Criminal Code,? Fry said.

?We do believe we need to take this seriously,? she said. ?It?s time we put an end to this.?

Anti-bullying groups, such as bullying.org, estimate that Canadian high schools experience 282,000 incidents of bullying per month. Some of those incidents have led to the suicide of teens.

While bullying in the past has been through verbal, physical or social abuse on the playground or in school, cyber bullying takes it into the digital realm, through email, text messages or social media.

Girls are more likely to be sexually harassed online, whereas boys are more likely to be bullied by name calling or being threatened.

A University of British Columbia study, released April, found about 30 per cent of 17,000 Grade 8 to 12 students in Vancouver experienced or took part in cyber bullying. However, the study also found 95 per cent of what was labelled ?cyber bullying? was intended as a joke.

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Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes as he starts defense

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, on trial accused of some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two, said he should be praised for promoting peace rather than charged with war crimes, an assertion hotly denied by some victims.

Karadzic is one of three Serb leaders brought to trial in The Hague for war crimes during the violent break-up of multi-ethnic Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1999, in which more than 100,000 people were killed and millions were displaced.

Now 67 and still recognizable by his shock of white hair, he began his own defense on Tuesday against charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and cross-examined witnesses himself.

Looking resigned but relaxed and reading from a pre-written speech, he said Muslims had faked the circumstances of two shellings of a marketplace in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo during a siege by Serb forces. More than 100 people were killed.

"Sarajevo is my city, and any story that we would shell Sarajevo without any reason is untrue," he said, reiterating long-standing allegations by the Serb side which have already been refuted by the Hague tribunal in an earlier case.

Prosecutors at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia say Karadzic was jointly responsible for the shelling of Sarajevo when Bosnian Serb forces besieged it from 1992-6.

He is also charged with being behind the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.

"Instead of being accused, I should have been rewarded for all the good things I have done. I did everything in human power to avoid the war. I succeeded in reducing the suffering of all civilians," he told the court.

"I proclaimed numerous unilateral ceasefires and military containment. And I stopped our army many times when they were close to victory."

Some of the victims expressed disgust at his words.

"It is difficult to even describe how I felt when I heard him saying this," said Kada Hotic, a Srebrenica massacre survivor who lost 56 male family members there.

"I lost so many family members only because they were Muslims in a territory that Karadzic desired to turn into exclusively Serb land. Is that peacemaking?" she said.

MARKET SHELLING

Karadzic said the first Sarajevo market place shelling, in February 1994, in which 68 people were killed and 144 were injured, had been orchestrated, as was a second a few days later. He called Russian colonel Andrej Demurenko as a witness and read aloud his statement, which said it would have been impossible for the Bosnian Serb forces to have fired the shell.

But during the trial of Bosnian Serb General Stanislav Galic, the tribunal had established that Bosnian Serb forces were responsible for shelling the market place.

Karadzic also said a famous press photograph of an emaciated man standing behind barbed wire in what was apparently a concentration camp had been staged.

Fikret Alic, the detainee who appeared in that picture, was watching Karadzic's statements from the gallery on Tuesday.

"It was a humiliation for me that even today he is maintaining that this story was made up," he said.

The tribunal established in the trial of local leader Milomir Stakic, who was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment, that detainees were beaten and tortured in camps including Trnopolje, where Alic was detained.

Karadzic was warned by a judge that reading lengthy summaries of witness depositions would eat into the 300 hours he had been allocated to defend himself.

HARD TO HIDE

The tribunal has indicted Croats, Muslims, Serbs and Albanians on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia.

The majority were ethnic Serbs, including the former head of state, army chief of staff, defense minister and speaker of the parliament, and many Serbs consider the tribunal to be biased.

For years, it had seemed the main war crimes suspects would stay out of the tribunal's reach, until political changes in the region made it more difficult for them to hide.

A former psychiatrist, Karadzic was arrested in 2008 in Belgrade, where he had been living in disguise as a new age health guru.

Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic went on trial in The Hague this year, after 16 years on the run. Former Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic died in 2006 before the end of his trial.

As Karadzic opened his defense, the tribunal also began the separate trial of its last suspect, the final chapter for an institution that has broken new ground in the investigation of conflicts and paved the way for a permanent war crimes court.

Goran Hadzic, the last of 161 suspects still alive and at large after the Yugoslav wars, is accused of murder, torture and forcible deportation at the very outset of those wars.

Prosecutors say Hadzic, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina from 1992-94, was responsible for killings and forced deportations of minority ethnic Croats from the region after Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia in 1991.

Already sentenced in his absence to a total of 40 years in prison by Croatian courts in the mid-1990s, Hadzic was finally detained by Serbian authorities in 2011.

(Additional reporting by Maja Zuvela in Sarajevo, Ivana Sekularac in Amsterdam; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/karadzic-denies-bosnia-war-crimes-starts-defense-082119620.html

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Olathe automotive teacher named national instructor of the year ...

Ed Hensley knows how to reach the teenagers who don?t want to be reached, who have no use for school, who couldn?t care less whether they graduate.

?That was me,? the Olathe automotive teacher said.Hensley, 54, graduated only because of a resolute order from his father. But his apathy showed. He graduated at a seventh-grade reading level and learned in short order that nothing in life would be handed to him. Raising two kids while working full time and studying to be a mechanic has a way of changing one?s perspective.?I play big on my story because I want their story to be easier than mine,? he said. ?I share with them the problems I?ve had all the way through my career because I didn?t get my education when I was young.?Decades of manual labor later, Hensley has transitioned to teaching and spends his days motivating students to keep learning. His work and relationships with many students have meant the difference between their dropping out of high school and earning a college degree. He doesn?t need a statistic from the Labor Department to tell him just how big a life-changer that is for his students and their future families.This month Hensley, the teenage punk who had little time for class, learned he had been named national instructor of the year by the National Institute for Automotive Excellence.Not bad, even the humble teacher can admit, for a kid motivated to graduate from high school only because his dad, who only went through the eighth grade, demanded it.?I gave him my high school diploma the day I graduated and said, ?Here?s your diploma.? He didn?t give it back to me until I was 45.?

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Hensley, a lifelong mechanic, taught community college part-time for years and decided to try his hand at high school in 2008. But the students were vastly different.High school students have varied aspirations. There are budding engineers who breeze through calculus classes with enough ease to earn full rides to college. And there are some who fail to thrive in a traditional classroom.Everyone must be challenged or they won?t learn.Hensley?s colleagues laugh remembering his ?thousand-yard stare? those first days as a teacher. It didn?t last long before he was connecting with students, they said.These days they are constantly impressed by his work. Co-workers were hardly surprised when Hensley was named instructor of the year. And his commitment to furthering his own education has caught the attention of students.?I think the main quality of being a good teacher is being able to reflect and evaluate regularly,? said Ken Gandy, a fellow automotive instructor. ?Self-reflection is a gift and he?s got that.?Industry officials said they know he has trained students to handle the latest technology. Local repair shops heavily recruit his students. ?Ed gets them in there and gets their hands dirty,? said John Anderson, owner of Anderson Automotive in Olathe. But it?s harder to find graduates these days, industry officials said, because so many of his students are immediately off to college.The automotive repair program is run by the Olathe School District but students come from 19 area high schools to take his and other courses offered at the Millcreek Center industrial shop in downtown Olathe.?They?re not thinking what?s going to happen next year. We?ve got to get them thinking about that,? Hensley said. But most students want to know more about his motorcycle and the school bus he converted into a NASCAR tailgate bus with a bathroom and kitchen.?They all want nice cars and houses, especially the car,? he said. Hensley is strict, but he?s also approachable and trustworthy, students said.Seventeen-year-old Aubrey Turner credits the auto program, specifically the teachers, with keeping her in school. ?I probably wouldn?t be in school right now. Mr. Hensley and Mr. Gandy have been so helpful to me,? she said. ?They?re probably the biggest example in my life.?Aubrey said many had given up on her after she made a series of bad decisions. ?They helped me get back on the right track. I?m a whole different person because of them,? Aubrey said. ?I just needed somebody to pick me back up.?The 17-year-old wants to attend a Harley Davidson technical school in Kansas when she graduates in May.She?s especially encouraged after bringing home honors at a SkillsUSA competition recently. Months later, Aubrey beams with excitement about her success.?I like walking out proud,? she said.Hensley understands that feeling. When he began teaching high school, the automotive technician had only a limited teaching license until he finished nine college courses. He learned so much that he kept going and earned his bachelor?s degree. He regularly shared his college experience with students, some of whom could relate to his struggle with biology. He?s getting his master?s degree next.?It reminded me of what these students are going through,? he said.The training on classroom management, lesson planning and interacting with students was invaluable, he said. But it doesn?t always prepare him for frustrating days that go hand in hand with a job involving teens, he said. There are constant lessons to teach students that have nothing to do with cars. Don?t get into texting wars. Respect your parents. Learn to work with people you don?t like.The frustrations fade quickly in May when students like Aubrey walk across the stage and receive their diploma with their parents watching.?At the end of the year you sit back and say, ?Wow, I made a difference in some lives,?? he said.

To reach Dawn Bormann, call 816-234-7704 or send email to dbormann@kcstar.com.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/14/3867407/olathe-automotive-teacher-known.html

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