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Dr. Henry Daniell has brought millions of dollars into UCF’s on-campus labs. Now he’s drawing international attention for his pioneer work in molecular biology. The work allows vaccines to be administered orally rather than through injections; a method that increases efficiency and
drives down costs. “All current vaccines are outdated and overpriced,” Daniell said. “So I thought that I’d revolutionize the whole thing—same quality but less expensive.” In his youth, Daniell remembers opening up the newspaper in his home country, India, and reading about hundreds of children dying from various diseases. As a student, he used
to think that his research would one day prevent those diseases. That day has finally come. For over a decade, Daniell has experimented with making vaccines in capsule form. Instead of using killed or inactivated forms of viruses, Daniell uses proteins that stimulate the protective immunities in the human body. He has
developed vaccines for malaria, cholera, dengue and other diseases that plague regions like Africa and Southeast Asia. The vaccines are made by genetically engineering lettuce leaves which are dried and put into capsules. The capsules do not need refrigeration and have a longer shelf-life. The pills are meant to be ingested, activating the immune system housed in
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knew I had to do it for them.” Jose Garcia-Aponte came up with the idea for Operation Giveback. Garcia-Aponte is a retired Command Sergeant Major who served 29 years in the army and said his idea to develop Operation Giveback is his way of giving back to the community. “The army to me wasn’t a job, it was a dream. I have a passion for the military,” said Garcia-Aponte. “I love soldiers and this is why I still want to be involved with this community.” Garcia-Aponte first thought of the idea for Operation Giveback when he saw Teresa Arciola on Oprah during the “America’s Bravest Families” show in January. Arciola’s son Michael was killed in Iraq in 2005, and was buried in Arlington national cemetery. Arciola would travel five hours one way to Arlington to visit her son’s grave and read his favorite childhood book Corduroy. “When I heard Teresa’s
There’s a new club on campus that wants to give a helping hand to those offering a helping hand. Knight Advocates, a new preprofessional club, is aiming to do just that for students looking to get into the field of victim advocacy. “I wanted to start up a club on campus because there was nothing on campus that related to advocacy, which is a professional field,” said Desiree Acampora, the founder and president of Knight Advocates. Acampora, a senior, currently works in the office of Victim Services as a victim advocate after interning there for a year. Her office works alongside the UCF Police Department in giving aid and support to victims of crime ranging from sexuREBECCA STRANG / al assault, CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE to abuse Desiree Acampora (above) and homi- founded Knight Advocates. cide. As an intern, Acampora wanted to become as involved as she could within the field of advocacy because she knew it was the career that she desired to professionally pursue. She felt that an organization on campus could help other students who were interested as well. With the help of Christine Mouton, the director of Victim Services, Acampora was able to set the wheels in motion for this new club. Mouton is a board member on the Florida Network of Victim Witness Services, a state nonprofit organization that promotes victim advocacy. “We had talked about getting more students involved in the organization and how could we do that, so it was decided that we needed some student representation on our state board,” Mouton said. Mouton nominated Acampora
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Sgt.First Class Charles Ray Armstead (far right) waits at the starting line with fellow wounded warriors for the inaugural Operation Giveback race.
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MIAMI CHILD REMOVAL RATES LOWEST IN STATE Miami-Dade County has the lowest rate of calls to the state’s child abuse hotline among Florida’s large counties and some experts say it’s because its largest ethnic groups fear calling the hotline .
TEEN DIES IN GAINESVILLE BIRTHDAY PARTY SHOOTOUT One teen is dead and another is charged with her fatal shooting after a fight broke out at a Gainesville birthday party.
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Dew still clung to the grass and covered the Veterans Memorial on Memory Mall as volunteers and participants gathered early Saturday morning for the inaugural Operation Giveback 5K/10K/Kids Run.Walk.Roll to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Over 1,100 people signed up to participate and nearly 1,000 gathered to run, walk or roll the 5K or 10K course around the UCF campus to raise over $50,000 for wounded veterans. The Wounded Warriors Project is a Jacksonvillebased nonprofit organization that aims to help wounded military personnel around the country by connecting them with other organizations that can help to address their specific needs. Many of the participants at Operation Giveback walked or ran to honor a family member or friend. Scott Brady of Leesburg, Fla. ran the 5K while sporting a shirt that said “I’m running 4 my heroes” at the top and listed his friends who are currently deployed in each of the four branches Sgt.Noé Santos smiles after dancing across the finish line.
of the military. The person at the very top of the list, Joseph Flory, has been Brady’s best friend since kindergarten and is currently in Iraq. “I did it for them,” Brady said. “When a friend told me about Operation Giveback, I
Staff Sgt.William Castillo walked the 5K with his wife and celebrates after crossing the finish line.
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So.Fla.movie prop company set to auction pieces PEMBROKE PARK — South Florida fire officials have ordered that decades worth of sets and props being housed at ME Productions’ 30,000-squarefoot warehouse in suburban Fort Lauderdale are a hazard and need to be removed. To make space, the event production company is holding an auction Tuesday. While the citations have caused headaches for ME Productions’ owners and employees, Hal Etkin, who started the company more than 30 years ago, said there’s a silver lining to this particular cloud. They found props and sets that had been lost for years. Etkin said he remembered building the Sphinx for an Egyptianthemed event years ago, but they could never find it. Until they were forced to clear their warehouse. All those pieces and many more spent decades filling ME Productions’ warehouse. And recently code enforcement and fire officials said more than half of it had to go.
Miami child removal rates lowest in state MIAMI — MiamiDade County has the lowest rate of calls to the state’s child abuse hotline among Florida’s large counties and some experts say it’s because its largest ethnic groups fear calling the hotline or any government authority will only worsen the situation . Child welfare officials say that lack of reporting by the Cuban and Haitian communities is one reason why the state’s most populous county also has the lowest percentage of children placed into foster care. But experts say it’s hard to determine if that’s because children are actually safer here. They also worry that Miami-Dade investigators aren’t removing children despite warning signs of abuse because of a statewide push to safely keep children in the home and work with their families.
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Student Government Association President Matthew McCann will make his first appointments for his executive cabinet at the first SGA Senate meeting of the semester Thursday. The positions McCann will be appointing include: chief of staff, comptroller, attorney general and the directors of the administration, campus life, communications, student affairs and governmental affairs divisions. The students will be appointed by McCann at the senate meeting where they will then be remanded to the Elections and Appointments Committee. Regardless of how the E&A Committee votes, appointees will present their résumés and ideas at the following senate meeting where senators will be able to question them on their qualifications. Senate will vote, and if the appointee receives two-thirds of the votes in favor, they will be sworn in and become official members of the cabinet. “It was truly mixed,” said McCann of the pool of applicants. McCann said he and his vice president, Adam Brock, saw people
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will tell how his cabinet differs from the previous administration, he thinks his cabinet choices represent a more diverse group of on-campus organizations and a larger demographic of students. “Kilbride and Lochrane did an excellent job last year of selecting a cabinet and they really set that bar high,” McCann said. “Adam and I came into it wanting to make sure that we exceeded those expectations that were set and I think we did that.” Senate President Pro Tempore and the most recent Activity and Service Fee Budget Chairman Josh Miller has been selected for the comptroller position, which would entail supervising the accounting and financial reporting within SGA. Miller said he thinks it’ll be a nice change from sitting on senate. “I’m very honored to be appointed,” he said. “It’s something I really wanted to do.” Miller said he expects a lot of questions from senators during the process, but is prepared to answer them. “I don’t really know what they’re going to throw at me,” he said. “I want it to be more about what ideas I have and the things I want to do for the future.”
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Teen dies in Gainesville birthday party shootout GAINESVILLE — One teen is dead and another is charged with her fatal shooting after a fight broke out at a Gainesville birthday party. The incident happened early Saturday morning near the Lions Club. Jamaal Hall says the club was rented to celebrate his birthday. He said a group of young men started picking fights as the party began breaking up after midnight. He says one man began firing a gun into the crowd. A 15-year-old girl, Jearicka Mack, was killed in the shooting. A 17-yearold boy is being held in the death.
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Imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban RASHA MADKOUR Associated Press
MIAMI — An elderly Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, while three others in Pakistan have been indicted on charges of handling distribution of the funds, authorities say. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, was arrested Saturday at the Miami Mosque, also known as the Flagler Mosque. One of his sons, Izhar Khan, 24, another imam at the Jamaat Al-Mu’mineen Mosque in nearby Margate, was arrested there. Another son, Irfan Khan, 37, was detained in Los Angeles. The three are U.S. citizens. Their mosques are not suspected of wrongdoing, authorities said. Also named in the indictment are three others at large in Pakistan — Hafiz Khan’s daughter, grandson and an unrelated man, all three charged with handling the distribution of funds, authorities said. The Pakistani Taliban are designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization. The indictment lists about $50,000 in transactions. According to the indictment, the funds were used to buy guns, support militants’ families and promote the cause of the Pakistani Taliban. It alleges that Hafiz Khan owns the religious school in northwest Pakistan that shelters members of the Pakistani Taliban and trains children to become militants. Khan’s 19-year-old grandson, Alam Zeb, who is accused of collecting and distributing money sent from the U.S. to the Pak-
istani Taliban, denied the charges against him and his family Sunday. “It is baseless,” Zeb told The Associated Press in Sarsnai, a village in Pakistan’s Swat Valley where the elder Khan used to live and established a madrassa, or Islamic school. Zeb also denied U.S. allegations that the madrassa that Khan founded is used to shelter or support the Pakistani Taliban or has trained sent children off to learn how to fight Americans in Afghanistan. The oldest of four brothers, Zeb also expressed surprise at the allegations against his uncle, Izhar Khan. He said the uncle spent about a month in the village a year ago — what Zeb said was the man’s first visit in 12 years. He said he learned about the allegations Sunday from his mother, Amina Khan, who also has been accused of collecting and distributing money for the Pakistani Taliban. She was identified in the court documents as the daughter of the elder Florida imam. In the United States, attempts to reach the U.S. men’s attorneys and families were unsuccessful. However, another son of Hafiz Khan, Ikram Khan, told The Miami Herald that his father was too old and sick to be involved in the plot. “None of my family supports the Taliban,” he told the newspaper. “We support this country.” If convicted, the South Florida men face 15 years in prison for each of the four counts listed in the indictment. All three are expected in court Monday. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said suspicious financial activity triggered the investigation three
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A pedestrian walks past the Jamat Al-Mummineen Mosque in Margate,where imam Izhar Khan has been charged with providing about $45,000 in financial support to the Pakistani Taliban Saturday.
years ago. U.S. authorities said the indictment recounts recorded conversations in which Hafiz Khan allegedly voices support for attacks on the Pakistani government and U.S. troops in the region, officials said. The Pakistani Taliban is a wing of the terrorist group that originated in Afghanistan. It claimed responsibility for paired suicide bombings Friday that killed 87 people in what it said was vengeance for the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. The group has also been linked to the Times Square car bombing in New York in May 2010. The Pakistani militant group is allied with alQaida, is based in the northwest of Pakistan near the Afghan border and has links to that country’s Taliban insurgency. The Miami Mosque — a
small, white house in a crowded residential area — was founded in 1974 and is the oldest mosque in the city, according to Mohammad Shakir, a local Muslim community leader. Hafiz Khan has been leading prayers at the mosque for about 14 years, Shakir added. Hafiz Khan has been suspended indefinitely as imam, said Asad Ba-Yunus, a spokesman for the Muslim Communities Association of South Florida, which runs the mosque. He said his organization is not aware of any attempts to raise funds for illegal activity that took place on its properties. In Pakistan, Zeb told AP that Khan regularly sent money from the U.S., but said it was only used to fund operations of the fiveroom madrassa, which is housed in a cement building. “By Allah’s will, he sent
money for the madrassa expenses, which we used to pay off the salaries of the teachers and nothing else,” Zeb said. Rahmat Bacha, a 46year-old villager who took over operations of the madrassa about a year and a half ago, said only about 100 girls attend the school, where they learn the Quran and how to read and write in Urdu. However, an AP reporter saw several boys attending classes as well. Khan ran the madrassa until he left for the U.S. more than 15 years ago, said Bacha. Another local villager, Naseeb Ahmed, ran the school until about two years ago when all of the villagers fled to refugee camps at the start of an army operation against the Pakistani Taliban in Swat. The school was closed and opened again about a year and a half ago, said Bacha. Other residents of
Sarsnai village, which has a population of about 2,500, said they were surprised by the allegations against the madrassa and Khan and his family. “We have not noticed any bad things in the madrassa so far,” said Shah Bacha, a 50-year-old shopkeeper. “Only girls are studying there, and I have known Sher Khan since my childhood, and there was nothing wrong with him.” Ramzan Ahmed, whose brother was the village elder, said locals never suspected Khan or his family of supporting the Pakistani Taliban. “We respected him always as he deserved,” Ahmed said. “I don’t know what made the Americans think of him as an aide to terrorists.” Zada contributed to this report from Sarsnai, Pakistan.
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Club seeks to prepare students for job market FROM A1 for a board position, and from there she began developing the organization. “It provides students with opportunities to engage in training, getting to know more people in the field. It’s a networking opportunity,” Mouton said. Because of the scarce job market right now, Mouton feels that students should learn how to properly network and secure a job after they are finished with school. The benefits seem to be panning out for the club as well, despite the fact that the club started in the midst of the spring semester. “It had a late start to it, but I had a really good turn out and a good response from people who were interested,” Acampora said. Acampora has been in contact with about 30 people total who are interested in the club but has been unable to meet with them due to scheduling conflicts. She hopes to be able to have a steady number of members once the fall semester begins. Meeting turn-out has been consistent with about 16 active members so far, with the majority representing the criminal justice field. Though the club is open to all majors, both Acampora and Mouton are not surprised by the number of criminal justice majors within the club since victim advocates work so closely with police departments. The criminal justice program at UCF also provides a certificate for students looking to get into the field, so there is more incentive to join a club that may improve their chances at securing a job. Acampora, on the other hand, is a psychology major and feels that the club could be beneficial to anyone studying psychology, sociology, women’s studies or social work. “I think psychology helps you be a more compassionate person. Compassion can’t be
‘It shows that there is a need and that students are looking for these types of opportunities even at UCF.’ — CHRISTINE MOUTON DIRECTOR OF VICTIM SERVICES
To comment on this story: www.UCFNews.com learned, but psychology can help you understand what some people are going through,” Acampora said. Senior English major Amanda Hankins serves as the club’s event planner. She feels that her extensive background in literature has helped her learn how to be more compassionate toward victims. “I’m culturally wellread, so I know a lot about other cultures and other places, which is important to the field of REBECCA STRANG / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE advocacy because you From left,Rakiyah Sutherland (treasurer) ,Desiree Acampora (president),Amanda Hankins (events officer) and Michelle Jewett (club member). have to be very openthe Challenge Course said. “These students, minded,” Hankins said. Hankins is one of those providers have been affectAccording to Hankins, used by the ROTC on depending on their year, interns that can’t wait to ed by crimes in some form she first became interest- campus leading up to an senior or junior, they can get a head start on her or another, so these people ed in the field of advoca- advocate training confer- already have two years of career. are survivors, if not supercy through her women’s ence hosted by the Flori- experience.” “A lot of victim/witness heroes.” studies classes and their da Network of Victim service learning oppor- Witness Services on June 23-24. tunities. This conference is “Those women are so passionate about pro- one of several special tecting other people and activities planned in helping other people and addition to hosting guest spreading the word and speakers and training awareness,” Hankins sessions. Acampora is hoping said. “It’s hard not to get involved, and it’s hard to see an increase in not to be passionate attendance during the about it when everyone fall semester and is around you is so passion- working toward funding a new scholarship for ate about the issue.” Hankins wants to victims of crime. Just this past year, attend graduate school and become a social Mouton saw a huge worker and hopes this increase in intern appliclub will help her net- cations, with 80 different work with other individ- applicants applying for uals who share her inter- an internship with Victim Services. est. “It shows that there is There are no group meetings during the a need and that students summer, but the mem- are looking for these bers will be participating types of opportunities, in a group challenge on even at UCF,” Mouton
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Prof. set to ‘revolutionize’ molecular biology FROM A1 the gut, which is more powerful than the blood’s immune system. This is different from the technique of injectable vaccines because it targets the gut instead of the blood stream. Vegetables like lettuce leaves are not easily digested and stay in the gut longer, allowing the proteins adequate time to work. Trials on animals have proven that the ingestible vaccines are more effective than injectable ones. But moving trials from the lab, where animals are tested, to the clinic, where humans are tested, is nearly impossible without generous grants from large foundations and government organizations. Daniell was one of thousands who applied for a grant through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation has a vision to eradicate preventable diseases in all areas of the world, especially in developing nations. Its recent focus has been on the polio virus, which was once thought to be eradicated until recent severe out-
breaks in West Africa and India. The Gates Foundation invited Daniell to give a speech in Seattle, and shortly after, chose his research to receive a $800,000 grant per year for two years. This grant would allow Daniell to begin clinical trials on the vaccines. “Taking medicine from the lab to the clinic is a costly process, sometimes over a billion dollars,” Daniell said. Daniell is working with the Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organization to begin testing people in various parts of the world. The process is expected to take about two years, which is the amount of time the grant will extend to. Assuming the research goes well, the Gates Foundation will then assist Daniell with “phase three” of the project, which was described by Daniell as the distribution stage. Daniell’s work is assisted by many students including undergraduates, graduates and post-doctoral research associate fellows from all over the world. Graduate student Neha
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Vaccines in Daniell’s lab are created through genetically engineered lettuce leaves,which are stored in petri dishes to test if the proteins have been stored in the plant.
Kohli, a first year biotech student, is starting a new project under Daniell’s supervision. “I find the work in this lab great, because it’s a different technique that costs
a lot less—this means that it can reach a larger population, including places that haven’t had access to these vaccines.” Other students, such as Dheeraj Verma, a post-doc-
toral research associate, attribute Daniell’s tireless effort and work ethic as the reasons for his success. “It’s difficult to match Dr. Daniell in terms of his commitment and time he
puts into the research of this lab,” Verma said. “How can you match a man who is here 24/7 and 31 days a month? He’ll even come in on Christmas day—this is a hard thing to match!”
Wounded warriors race FROM A1 story, I got so emotional. It broke my heart. So I told my wife that we had to do something to support the wounded warriors,” said Garcia-Aponte. “Oprah gave a call to action for everybody to do something in their community. My wife and I chose to answer that call so we developed Operation Giveback, and now it’s become a movement.” Teresa Arciola was personally invited to the event, but was nervous about attending because she didn’t know anyone. That all changed when she heard it was to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project. “I knew about the organization because one of Michael’s friends had lost his leg in combat and Wounded Warriors was there for him,” Arciola said. “I think it’s so great what [Operation Giveback] is doing and I’m so glad that I could be here for the beginning of all of this.” Members of the UCF Army ROTC 10-miler Team participated in Operation Giveback as part of their training.
For more photos of the race: www.UCFNews.com Taylor Brodt, a junior history major at UCF and member of the UCF Army ROTC 10-miler Team, said the ROTC paid their way to compete in Operation Giveback. “ROTC paid our way into this race so we could support and also make a name for UCF ROTC.” Among the thousand people participating in the race to honor a wounded family member or friend, to support the cause for wounded servicemen in general, or just to keep on a steady training regimen, a handful were actually wounded warriors themselves. In May of 2009, an Iraqi carrying an AK-47 shot Sgt. First Class Charles Ray Armstead point blank in the stomach. Doctors thought he would only live for two hours because he had lost so much blood. He spent recovery time at Brooke Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at Fort Hood.
Armstead rolled the course in his wheelchair. Armstead first got involved with the Wounded Warriors Project during his time at Brooke Army Medical Center and heard about Operation Giveback through the Warrior Transition Brigade at Fort Hood. Armstead said that participating in Operation Giveback is another step in his recovery process. “It’s a big part of the process: getting out and about and meeting new people and seeing others who are going through the same things that you are going through,” Armstead said. “It’s great to see the support that everyone is showing for [the Wounded Warriors Project].” In 2005, Sgt. Noé Santos was thrown out of his Humvee after it was hit by one of three Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq. His left leg was amputated at the hip after he arrived at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Santos said that the Wounded Warrior Project has been very helpful in his transition from military life
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Jose Garcia-Aponte (black hat) stands with Teresa Arciola while holding the check for the Wounded Warrior Project.
and being wounded to going back to civilian life, from learning to walk again to even cooking, cleaning and bathing. He doesn’t like to call it a challenge. “I try to live one day at a time,” Santos said. Santos said “it felt pretty darn good” to finish walking the 5K for Operation Giveback. “Everybody here and all the support really means the world to us,” Santos said. “I never had a doubt that I was going to finish. I was going to do it whether it took me crawling across the finish line.”
Scott Brady ran the 5K wearing a shirt that listed all of his friends in the service.
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BOX OFFICE SIZZLERS Superheroes charge into movie theaters this summer, but will they rule the box office? LAREMY LEGEL FILM.COM
MAY Bridesmaids (May 13) Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph team up, and big and bawdy laughs abound. This is the perfect girls night or date night, so long as you head into the theater expecting the jocularity producer Judd Apatow does best (Knocked Up, The 40-YearOld Virgin). If you can get past the occasional grossout joke, you’ll be rewarded with huge belly laughs as the film culminates. Everything Must Go (May 13, limited release) Will Ferrell portrays a man on the brink, battling alcoholism, and he does so with aplomb. A real treat for those who loved the Saturday Night Live stalwart’s dramatic work in Stranger Than Fiction, Everything Must Go is a worthy addition to your summer movie schedule. The Hangover Part II (May 26) Great comedies don’t tend to yield spectacular sequels, which makes the wolf pack’s far-flung adventure to Bangkok all the more audacious. Can history repeat? Will it work? Should they truly call them “floories”? Here’s hoping we all find out the answers together! Kung Fu Panda 2 (May
26) Never fear, children have their own frivolity to look forward to this summer. The voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie are back in action, ready for kung fu! Experts in “escapist” animation, Dreamworks provides a natural counterbalance to Pixar’s more sentimental fare. The Tree of Life (May 27, limited release) Enigmatic director Terrence Malick always delivers deliberate and evocative cinema. Sometimes the result is majestic (The Thin Red Line), while occasionally the work is more germane (The New World). Still, as he only averages a couple of films a decade, he’s always worth a watch, especially when he nabs Brad Pitt and Sean Penn for leading roles.
JUNE X-Men: First Class (June 3) There are four superhero options this summer … but only one was directed by Matthew Vaughn of Stardust and Layer Cake fame. Vaughn is a rangy director, and if anyone can survive taking the X-Men back to the origins, it will be him. Beginners (June 3, limited release) Ewan McGregor and talented French actor Melanie Laurent take a crack at explaining the magic and cynicism that
hangs over the outset of every relationship. Bonus: A Jack Russell terrier plays a prominent (and hilarious) role. Super 8 (June 10) J.J. Abrams’ homage to Steven Spielberg, produced by Steven Spielberg, looks to be Goonies meets E.T. meets Stand by Me. The only summer film with a legitimate chance to stand the test of time, Super 8 has stylish mystery in abundance. Buck (June 17, limited release) Summer doesn’t have to be all about explosions and car chases. For instance, here’s a compelling documentary about an empathetic horse trainer just to keep things interesting. It’s the perfect remedy for the superficial vibe of summer. Bad Teacher (June 24) Fans of Bad Santa will find this dark comedy in the same vein, as Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz team up for laughs. Though it looks extremely R-rated, it also looks to be chasing extreme amounts of levity.
JULY Larry Crowne (July 1) It’s a simple equation. Tom Hanks plus Julia Roberts in a modern romantic comedy is likely to equal captivating. As we’re never going to get a sequel to Forrest Gump, we will have to pin our entertainment hopes here instead. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (July 1) Speaking of hope, most summer
movie fans have given up hope the third Transformers will be anything nearing transcendent. At this point, the real bright spot is that director Michael Bay’s robot franchise probably can’t get any worse. That’s got to count for something. Winnie the Pooh (July 15) Disney hopes to capture both your nostalgia and an entirely new generation of fans. John Cleese and Craig Ferguson are modern additions to the beloved classic, and the trailer already has fans fondly reminiscing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (July 15) Saying goodbye to the Potter franchise isn’t going to be easy, but this action-packed 3-D film hopes to send the series out on a high note. Given the track record of the previous seven films, all signs point to “massive hit.” Cowboys and Aliens (July 29) Sci-fi Westerns never have gotten their full due as a genre ... Until now. Seeing Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig battle galactic baddies should be the ultimate in popcorn fun.
AUGUST The Change-Up (Aug. 5) If it didn’t have Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds, the “switcheroo” premise would be an active contrivance. But Reynolds and
Bateman have proven to be particularly likable, so audiences should be willing to take the ride with them. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Aug. 5) The very definition of cheesy action fun, James Franco’s latest summer offering should be one of the last big boxoffice draws, and a chance at redemption for his underwhelming Academy Awards performance. 30 Minutes or Less (Aug. 12) Jesse Eisenberg needs to get out from under the shadow of Mark Zuckerberg, and fast. This comedy about a pizza boy caught up in a bank heist headed up by Danny McBride should fit the bill nicely. Conan the Barbarian (Aug. 19) There’s very little reason to think the latest take on Conan the Barbarian will deliver. This, oddly, is precisely why it should play well with an audience coming down from a massive summer movie binge. Our Idiot Brother (Aug. 28, limited release) Paul Rudd wowed audiences at the Sundance Film Festival with this sentimental (but raucous) family comedy.
It’s more Family Stone than The Hangover, making it the perfect film to consider as you shake the sand out of your shorts.
BREAKOUT STARS Olivia Wilde You’ve seen her in Tron: Legacy and House. Now comes the big summer splash, with Cowboys and Aliens and The ChangeUp seeking to deliver her into the rarest of air as a crossover action-comedy star. Jason Momoa Jason Momoa’s turn at Khal Drogo on HBO’s Game of Thrones has proven that he’s a physical force in the action game. Now he gets his shot at the iconic Conan the Barbarian. Hey, it worked for Arnold! Tyrese Gibson The Fast and Furious series keeps steaming along, and Tyrese is perfectly positioned for the new “heist” vibe they are shooting for. Plus, he’s back to reclaim his role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Blazing away Knights’ fiery offense dominates UAB series JESSICA GILLESPIE Baseball beat writer
The Knights found themselves in a position they hadn’t been in since 2006 on Saturday — scoreless through nine innings. However, the offense exploded in the 10th, scoring nine runs capped off by an Erik Hempe grand slam, to beat UAB 9-0 and take the series on Saturday. After UAB made its first pitching change in the top of the 10th, Hempe opened up with a double. Four batters later and with the bases loaded, Ronnie Richardson hit the gamewinning single, knocking in Ryan Breen and Travis Shreve. “I was hoping Ronnie would come through there, and I had a lot of confidence in him,” Breen said. “He was just trying to put something in the air, trying to put something through the infield, and he took one off the end of the bat and got it through; felt pretty good.” Richardson’s single opened the floodgates. D.J. Hicks singled home another pair of runs. Derek Luciano walked with the bases loaded, forcing Beau Taylor home. When Hempe stepped to the plate for the second time in the inning, he hit a grand slam to conclude UCF’s nine-run rally. Hempe’s grand slam was the Knights’ fourth of the season and the perfect way to end his 22nd birthday. “Obviously we put together a lot of great at-bats, especially in that inning, and overall it was a great college baseball game with two great pitchers going at it,” said head coach Terry Rooney. Starter Danny Winkler and reliever Nick Cicio combined for 10 shutout innings with eight strikeouts and seven hits. “Outstanding performances,” Hempe said. “Danny has been hot his last few starts and he put up almost [seven] scoreless innings and Cicio’s been doing it all year and both of them, just great job on the mound.” UAB starter Ryan Woolley threw nine shutout innings for the Blazers (27-24, 9-14 CUSA), allowing only six Knights to reach base. "I knew going in that it would be a pitching battle and I would have to have my best stuff,” Winkler said in a release. “I got out of a couple of jams, let the defense work and the wind blowing in helped as well."
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New star-driven NBA is bad for teams, business For all but four NBA teams, the offseason is here. That includes the Orlando Magic, who probably had their exit interviews a little earlier than planned, unexpectedly losing to the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Thanks to that quick departure, the biggest story in Orlando sports right now, frankly because he IS Orlando sports, is whether Dwight Howard will stay in Magic blues. Amidst all the speculation is the belief that the Magic need to sign another star to compliment Dwight. How else will Dwight and the Magic be able to compete with the elite teams in the league, most notably their neighbors to the south
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in Miami, if Howard is the only superstar on the roster? It’s a scenario reflective of the league’s latest trend. In what has always been a league driven by stars and the players put around them, it seems the big-market teams will not be satisfied, or looked upon as competitive, unless their rosters look like they’re straight out of a fantasy draft. Problem is, and I don’t know if this has dawned on NBA com-
missioner David Stern quite yet, this is bad business for all. In a league that is, as mentioned earlier, star-driven, how good of a thing could it be that all the stars are conspiring through free agency to play together? It sounds like a fan’s wet dream, except when you consider the implications that will follow. It’s already tough enough to be truly competitive in the NBA. Fans love when a team like Memphis makes a splash and holds its own, but the reality is there are only so many teams that are considered true contenders. How small will that number shrink to when the only way to be competitive is to literally have an All-Star team as your starting line-
up? The NBA needs its smaller markets to keep their stars. If it continues this trend toward being overly top-heavy, with perhaps four teams with three superstars apiece, what’s the incentive for a small-market fan to buy season tickets to watch a team of role players? Has anyone actually watched the Miami Heat or New York Knicks this season? If they’ve shown anything, it’s that adding superstars doesn’t necessarily make a team invincible or a better product. Sure, the Heat are in the Eastern Conference Finals, but forward Chris Bosh is in the process of being downgraded from superstar status. There have been very few occasions when the
Heat looked like what people thought they’d look like — a traveling All-Star team with the big three all putting up big numbers. But most nights it just looks like your average one, maybe two-star team, with role players who have famous names. Which brings me to perhaps the most important point — more stars does not make a better product. A superstar on each team in a given contest makes a better product. A clear number-two guy, a second-class star playing Robin to the superstar’s Batman, makes a better product (unless it’s Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook, who for some reason thinks he is the superstar, which is both
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UAB series is no problem for UCF Semifinal loss closes season ERIKA ESOLA
FROM A8 The UCF defense played its sixth-straight game without committing an error. The Knights (32-19, 9-11 C-USA) used another big inning late in Friday night’s game when Taylor and Jonathan Griffin knocked out solo home runs in the ninth inning to break a 3-3 tie and secure a 5-3 win. Taylor sent the first pitch of the ninth inning over the wall in right center for his fourth home run of the season. Two batters later, Griffin slammed the first pitch he saw to left center for his 14th of the season. Joe Rogers, who entered the game in the seventh inning, earned his fourth win of the season after
Brian Adkins surrendered two runs over 6-2/3 innings. “I was just trying to keep the ball down and let the defense play behind me,” Adkins said in a release. “I don’t feel like I had my best stuff but I competed with what I had and luckily it was enough for the win. We knew coming in this was a huge series for us. You always want to get the victory on Friday and then try to carry that over into Saturday.” The Knights, ranked No. 28 in the nation, hammered the Blazers 18-6 in eight innings on Sunday. The win marks UCF’s first-ever series sweep against UAB. With the victory, the Knights are guaranteed a spot in the C-USA tournament starting on May 25 in Pearl, Miss.
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The softball team closed out their 2011 season in the semifinal round of the Conference USA Championship Friday after falling to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 6-1. “I am proud of our seniors and the rest of our team coming out and playing such a tough game against Tulsa,” head coach Renee Luers-Gillispie said in a release. “We knew they would be a tough team, but I thought our players did a great job. With the exception of a few pitches, we were right in it with them. Those
crucial pitches were the difference in the game.” Even though senior pitcher Diana Rojas (1014) got the loss, she closed out the season with a career-high 10 wins. Rojas pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed six runs, three of which were earned, on eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts. “This has been the best season for Diana,” senior Abby McClain said in a release. “I was so happy for her getting the win yesterday and even though she got pulled today, she has come such a long way. She has grown so much and has turned out to be a really great
pitcher. We would not have made it this far this year without her.” The Knights defeated UAB 2-1 in the first round Thursday afternoon. Rojas earned the win for UCF, giving up one run off three hits with one strikeout in seven innings pitched. Sophomore Allie Jest led the Knights with three hits through the two games. Sophomore Patrice Fee also chipped in with two hits, one run and one RBI. The Knights closed out the season with a 22-32 record, highlighted by the upset over UAB in the first round of the tourna-
ment and Luers-Gillispie’s 600th career win earlier in the season against FAMU. For seniors McClain, Rojas, Ashley Schmitt, Tiffany Lane and Tawny Swan, it was their last game in a Knights uniform. “There have been so many highs and lows during my career, but it’s been an enjoyable roller coaster ride,” McClain said. “When you are 12 years old, you always work toward playing in college and I am very happy I was able to do so. It’s been amazing and I don’t really think it has hit me yet.”
Magic must build team around Dwight FROM A8 entertaining and cringeinducing). Role players built around those two, forming a cohesive efficient team, is a good product. Having multiple “alphamale”, “need-the-ball”-type players on one roster is only going to is force players who don’t have the ball to fall into the background. Take Amare Stoudemire, who was in the process of resurrecting New York basketball and becoming the face of the franchise. Carmelo Anthony came in, stole his thunder and created crunchtime shot allocation issues.
General managers have gotten lazy. Teams with superstars don’t need more of them; they need cohesive rosters built on a foundation of chemistry and match-ups. Dwight Howard needs Magic GM Otis Smith to build a team around him, preferably with a pass-first point guard who can get the game’s best center the ball. Reality is, when the seconds are winding down in a Game Seven, only one superstar is going to have the ball in his hands. How confident can we be that the other two or three stars on a given roster will know how to box out?
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The softball team closed out their 2011 season in the semifinal round of the Conference USA Championship Friday losing to Tulsa 6-1.
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debate has been stewing lately in Washington over whether to raise the federal debt ceiling. In short, this means raising the limit on the federal government’s ability to borrow. Our federal debt ceiling is currently $14.294 trillion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The federal government is scheduled to reach this limit Monday, May 16, according to the Journal. United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said that he could act to avoid reaching this limit until Aug. 2 but cautions against inaction. Although it is unpleasant to see the U.S. increase this limit and add to our debt, this limit must be raised immediately. If the limit is not increased, the federal government would default on its financial obligations and not be able to pay some of its bills. In a recent letter to Congress, Geithner said that this would mean stopping the payment of military salaries, as well as Social Security and Medicare payments, among other things. The damage that would be caused by this is very real and could affect all of us. Geithner described the
consequences of inaction in his letter as catastrophic, saying that it could increase unemployment and hamper economic growth. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve System, has issued similar warnings, saying that the debt ceiling could lead to a devastating financial crisis, according to a recent column in The Huffington Post. He recently told the Senate Banking Committee that in the worst case scenario, the financial system could destabilize, which would have dire consequences for the U.S. economy. There must also be a long-term plan to deal with our federal deficit and debt in conjunction with raising the debt limit. When the government spends more money than it takes in, the difference between the two figures is known as a deficit. Our current deficit is $1.5 trillion, according to the Pew Research Center. Many experts agree that the longterm drivers of our debt and deficit are entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. According to a recent article posted in the Sanford Journal of Public Policy, the Social Security Trust Fund
will only last until the year 2037. The program would then only be able to pay for 75 percent of scheduled benefits until the year 2084. We need to make sure that this program continues to pay out full benefits and remains solvent. Doing so will help us bring our deficit under control and allow us to pay down our debt. The same article also cites the rising costs of Medicare as a driver of our deficit and an integral component of a balanced budget. Keeping these costs under control will also help to bring our fiscal house in order. These issues do not have a simple fix, and there are no easy answers to addressing these problems. Leaders from both parties must work together in order to find a lasting solution to this problem. Raising the debt ceiling immediately is a necessary step in avoiding disastrous consequences. Both Democrats and Republicans need to set aside any ambitions of obtaining a political edge over the other party on this issue. Our leaders must put the country above politics and act to preserve our prosperity.
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Drug tests will fix wasted welfare cash Anyone who knows a There is a good drug addict knows that chance that before you they will do anything to got your job, you were get money for more drug tested first. Now, drugs, such as lie, steal heads of families who and cheat. If the governreceive welfare will also ment gives them money be. to spend on their chilGov. Rick Scott is dren, they might not expected to sign legislaspend it properly. tion that would make all I think that drug testwelfare recipients pass a ALYSSA FELLER ing welfare recipients drug test before they get Guest Columnist will positively affect the their check. The legislawelfare program and tion, House Bill 353, has Florida in general. It shows the citalready passed the Florida Senate izens of the state that drug addicand House. tion is something that is not supWhile I believe that all needy ported and something that can families should get as much help ruin your life. as possible, it is also important The truth is that while welfare that the heads of the families help is a great program, one day it may themselves. be cut all together. Many federal Approximately 113,340 families and state programs have faced in Florida currently receive welbudget cuts, such as Planned Parfare checks, according to a recent enthood and Bright Futures. article in The Miami Herald. The More and more families are term “welfare” actually refers to struggling, and the number of peothe Temporary Assistance for ple joining the program has been Needy Families program, which going up. It would help to weed writes monthly checks to two out the individuals who are not types of families. One is for an being responsible and are not adult whose income falls below using the program appropriately. the federal poverty level. The second type is written to family mem- In fact, not many people will be affected by the new requirement. bers on behalf of a child in their A pilot program started in the care. Jacksonville area between 1999 and Each drug test typically costs 2001 found that of the nearly 8,800 $35, but those who pass the test will be reimbursed by having their welfare recipients in the area, only 335 failed the test, according to the benefits increased by the cost of Herald. As stated previously, even the test. Parents who fail the first if a parent fails a drug test, their time will lose their benefits for a children still get the money year. If they fail a second time, through another responsible adult. they will lose their benefits for Government programs are supthree years. If a parent fails their ported by tax payers and are suptest, they must designate another posed to help people who really adult to receive benefits on behalf need it. As a tax payer, I don’t of their dependents. want my money to fund drugs for While it would be horrible to addicts. By drug testing welfare prevent needy children from getrecipients, I think we can give ting money they could use, it would also be horrible for the gov- money to people who need it and prevent tax money from being ernment to pay adults who don’t wasted. deserve money. Hopefully, this will make people The welfare program is meant to help children get the necessities reconsider doing drugs and force them to realize the consequences they need, such as food, clothing of their actions. and school supplies, not drugs.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF GEORGE PAULDEEB, deceased. File No. 11-CP-862
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of George Paul Deeb, deceased, whose date of death was August 2, 2010, is pending in the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is P.O. Box 8099, Sanford, FL32772 8099. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF ACOPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALLCLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDAPROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is _______________, 2011.
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