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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has named Michael R. Lovell dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, effective August 1.
Lovell is the associate dean for research and a professor of industrial and bioengineering the University of Pittsburgh and is a researcher in the engineering field of tribology - the study of friction and the motion of interacting surfaces.
The university’s announcement highlighted the fact that during Lovell’s tenure as associate dean, research expenditures increased more than 63%, from $38 million to $62 million. He also helped coordinate the construction of a $6.1 million nanofabrication facility.
“I am delighted by the selection of Michael Lovell to be the next dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science,” Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago said in a statement. “He is the right choice at the right time. I look forward to working with him to grow engineering education and research here in Milwaukee, where there is so much need.”
Jeff Suppan gave up eight earned runs and 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings and the Cubs banged out 17 hits off of the Brewers pitching staff Tuesday night in a 19-5 rout at Wrigley Field.
The Brewers have allowed 27 runs in the two games.
The struggles continued for reliever Derrick Turnbow, who gave up 4 hits, 4 walks and six earned runs in 2/3 of an inning.
Complete Journal Sentinel coverage of this game will be posted in the Brewers section shortly.
A girl was shot in the leg about 7:30 tonight by a man affiliated with a grocery store near N. 22nd and W. Center streets, says Milwaukee police Capt. Christopher Domagalski.
The girl, who police said was either 13 or 14 years old, was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive, Domagalski said.
The man was taken into custody by police.

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Used to be, when I answered my phone at work, I didn’t know what to expect. A college frat boy wanting to build the world’s largest beer bong. Ashrita Furman, a guy from Brooklyn planning to break the marathon unicycle-riding record for the greater glory of his spiritual leader, Sri Chinmoy. A woman who had toilet-trained her chameleon. I was the associate American editor for the Guinness Book of World Records, and point man in the U.S. for would-be record-breakers.
So, two decades of gaming coverage later, you can imagine my excitement when I heard that Guinness was publishing the inaugural volume of Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition. This is a substantial tome, a large-format, full-color, heavily illustrated 256-page bible of electronically powered amusement. If you care about gaming, something here is going to fascinate you.
Know who developed the first rumble-equipped controller, or wireless controller? Nintendo (N64, 1996) and Nintendo (GameCube, 2001). The first fighting game to use combos (moves requiring several buttons hit in sequence)? Street Fighter II, from Capcom. The biggest LAN party ever? It was held in Jönköping, Sweden, in November 2004, when 9,184 people on 8,521 machines tackled Counter-Strike simultaneously. What’s the best-selling game of all time? Super Mario Bros., with more than 40 million sold (it was bundled with the NES in 1985, which boosted the game’s total). The longest of Metal Gear’s interminable cut scenes? The 15-minute, 17-second sequence in Metal Gear Solid when Snake destroys Metal Gear Rex.
The first game that used motion capture to create accurate movement? Prince of Persia (1989): designer/programmer Jordan Mechner filmed his brother performing acrobatic moves and then traced over each frame. Which console is the most energy-efficient? It’s the Wii, hands down (18.4 watts versus 186.5 for Xbox 360 and 199.7 for PS3). Sonic the Hedgehog’s original name? Mr. Needlemouse. The first in-game pizza-delivery system? That honor goes to EverQuest II (2005), which let you connect to the Pizza Hut online ordering system by typing “/pizza.”

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The 112th Boston Marathon runners rest up in the Hopkinton, Mass., Athlete's Village, Monday, April 21, 2008. More than 25,000 runners will participate in today's race. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
By JIMMY GOLEN – 4 days ago
BOSTON (AP) — The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with defending champion Robert Cheruiyot and a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile run to Copley Square.
Cheruiyot was looking for his fourth Boston win. Lidiya Grigoryeva, last year’s women’s winner, was also trying for a repeat.
South African Ernst Van Dyk led from start to finish in the men’s wheelchair race of the Boston Marathon to win for the seventh time in 1 hour, 26 minutes, 49 seconds. It was the second slowest time in his seven victories. He won by a huge margin. No one was near him when he crossed the finish line on Boylston Street.
The marathon comes a day after the U.S. Olympic women’s trials featured the top American runners fighting for a berth in the Beijing Game. Deena Kastor, Magdalena Lewy Boulet and Blake Russell finished in the top three to earn a chance to run in the Olympics. They served as grand marshals for Monday’s race.
Also in Monday’s field was seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.
The second-largest field in the race’s history gathered in Hopkinton under an overcast sky and temperatures around 50 degrees. The wheelchair racers left first, at 9:26 a.m., followed by the elite women at 9:35 and the elite men along with the main field at 10:00.
Some tried to quell their nerves by having a bite to eat and relaxing in the athlete’s tent near the starting line in Hopkinton. Two dozen runners from Korea, however, danced to loud drum music in front of a church, their bodies wrapped in multicolor sashes.

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HAALE comes to the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River, on Thursday, April 10, at 8 p.m. Haale is a downtown New Yorker of Iranian descent. On her breathtaking full-length debut, No Ceiling, she draws on that heritage freely, but filters it through a contemporary prism.This is a free show in conjunction with the opening of the Experiencing the War in Iraq art opening. For more information please contact 508-324-1926.
The New Piano Quartet will perform Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth. Pianist Esther Ning Yau, violinist Brenda van der Merwe, violist Emily Rome and cellist Judith Glixon will perform piano quartets by Beethoven, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Ivan Erod. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students and children. Call 508-252-5718.
LEO KOTTKE will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Tickets are $45, $40 in advance. For more information, call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org or www.leokottke.com.
SONNY LANDRETH will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Tickets are $25, $22 in advance. For more information, call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org or www.sonnylandreth.com.
Singer-songwriter Patty Larkin will perform Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at the Common Fence Point Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road. Tickets are $22 and are available at the ticket desk from 3 to 5 p.m. on concert days; through Ticket Web anytime and at the door until sold out. Call Ticket Web at 866-468-7619 or visit www.commonfencemusic.org.
“COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE” will take place on Sunday, April 13, 2008, at 5 p.m. at the Waterstreet Café, 36 Water St., Fall River.
Southcoast Strength and Spirit is a team of five local women helping fight one of the leading causes of cancer by participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Boston next month. Michelle Pelletier, Pam Sefrino, Isabelle Silva, Jennifer Preston Sousa and Diana Victor will walk more than 39 miles (a marathon and a half) each between May 17 and 18.

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NEWMARKET — The scene was relatively quiet on Saturday, a hundred or so runners milling about a makeshift Sport Expo inside the high school gym, and kids making noise on their fun run.
That won’t be the case this morning, when some 1,500 runners — plus their entourages and race fans — converge for the second running of the Great Bay Half-Marathon, an event that will burst the seams of this town of 7,000 and effectively usher in spring.
The Great Bay Half opened to rave reviews a year ago, when some 1,730 runners and walkers took part. The scenic, 13.1-mile course hugs the edge of the Great Bay estuary in Newmarket and Durham before returning to town.
“It seemed to build momentum out of nowhere,” said Durham’s Mike O’Brien, the defending champion. “It got a good buzz and people just seemed excited to do it.”
Aside from complaints from some residents, who didn’t like having the edges of their lawns used for overflow parking, things ran pretty smoothly for a first-time event of this size.
“It was like we’d done if for years,” said race director Mike St. Laurent, who owns Loco Running in town. “I got blasted on a blog. I called the course ‘moderately hilly.’ They said, ‘This is really hilly.’ But that’s about it.”
The expansion from race to weekend-long event has also given the Great Bay Half a cache not found in most local road races. Dick and Ricky Hoyt, the father-son wheelchair team of Boston Marathon fame, were on hand Saturday to greet runners and will compete today.
Also, some members of the U.S. military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are running in the half-marathon “virtually.” Race officials will mail them a bib and finishing medal if they can complete a 13.1-mile run sometime before Monday, at their convenience.

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Paris, France – A 20-year-old Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede this morning won the 32nd edition of Paris Marathon – an IAAF Gold Label Road Race – in 2:06:40, currently the second fastest time in the world this year. Kenyan Martha Komu created a surprise in the women’s race, lowering her personal best by seven minutes to 2:25:33.
29,706 runners took the start of the 42,195m circuit across Paris streets, in front of some 200,000 spectators, on a sunny and cold (5°) morning. The still wind conditions allowed an impressive depth of performances, and despite the two uphill stretches the first 12 finishers dipped under 2:10 and the winner Kebede came within seven seconds of the 5-years-old course record.
Kebede, accompanied by his fellow Ethiopian Guisa Shentema, stayed among an otherwise largely Kenyan leading group which included James and Hosea Rotich, Philip Manyim, Benson Barus, Moses Kimeli Arusei, David Kiyeng Kemboi, Paul Kosgei (the former track specialist and Half Marathon World champion).
The pack cruised past halfway in 1:03:40, a more realistic pace than last year’s edition when the pacemakers had splits of 1:02.50 in the 20° temperatures which resulted to only two sub 2:10 performances.
This year taking advantage of perfect running conditions, the runners stayed in the group and positions remained largely unchanged until 30th kilometre when six Kenyans and the two Ethiopians were now leading the race.
The second uphill point on the circuit caused the most damage as by the 35th kilometre there were only three runners battling for the victory: Kebede, Shetema and Kimeli Arusei.
Running at a much faster pace than their personal bests, it was unclear who would have the resources left to win:
Moses Kimeli Arusei, 24, a 2:10:30 performer was taking part to his fifth marathon after a modest carrier on the track; the young Kebede had produced his marathon debut last October in Amsterdam, 8th with 2:08:16 and had showed good form once again in February (59:35 PB in Ras Al Khaimah 8 Feb); Shentema was the most experienced of the trio, as the 27-years-old was contesting his tenth marathon since 2003 and had lowered his personal best in January to 2:09:27 (Dubai 18 Jan).

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I like to run. It's fun.
I've been running 5Ks, sometimes a little farther, since I was 15. And for those keeping track, well, that's been 10 years now.
I've run in various 5Ks throughout the Tampa Bay area, including nine of the last 10 Gasparilla 5Ks. As a matter of fact, I'm running in a 5K this Saturday: the Brandon Shamrock Classic.
I actually just got back into doing more 5Ks with the intent of just proving to myself that I lost that freshman 15 - in my case, more like the senior 70.
But I realized that it's gotten tougher - not because I'm far from the strapping young lad I was nearly a decade ago, but because more and more people are now doing these runs, not to mention the heat has gotten even more unbearable.
So, I figured I'd go over some tips for those starting out on the 5Ks, or maybe even the mile walks, because let's face it - these runs are fun, even if you're not doing it to take home the gold medal.
These runs, most of which give proceeds to charity, are great social events, and most come with many free prizes, contests and postrace events.

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A race of the octogenerians has developed for Saturday’s Cowtown Marathon.
In one corner, at 87, is Don McNelly from Rochester, N.Y. With more than 700 marathons, he has been running for almost 40 years.
In the other corner, at 80 years old, is Gene Brock from Arlington. He has 30 years of running experience, and the advantage of being the race’s hometown favorite.
Cowtown organizers created a new 80-and-up age group for the two runners. Because McNelly and Brock are the only two entrants, only one will go home with the 80-plus medal.
After finding out about another octogenarian in the race, McNelly did little to fan the competitive fire.
“I think he [Brock] will beat me,” McNelly said. “In Austin last week, no one else was in their 80s. A lot of times, I’m the only one in my age group.”
Of course, Brock and McNelly might not cross paths in a marathon field of several hundred runners, let alone sprint side-by-side in the final 400 meters. Three weeks ago, Brock figured he would be the only runner in his age group.
“I can’t believe that [McNelly] is running at 87,” Brock said. “I’ll try to make it a point to meet him. Between the two of us, that’s a lot of miles.”
McNelly and Brock hope to finish in less than six hours. McNelly finished in 5:30:33 at the Austin Marathon last weekend.
Cowtown will be McNelly’s 733rd race of marathon length or longer. His total is good for No. 3 in North America, and it comes to 18 races a year since he took up running in 1969.
“I began running because a couple of people I knew that were my age had heart attacks and died,” McNelly said. “It was right before the beginning of the exercise boom when I started my routine.”
McNelly’s first marathon was Boston in 1969, the final year runners could participate without posting qualifying times. He’s run Cowtown eight times, mainly on the old course that went through the Stockyards.
McNelly likes to swing through Texas in February for the Austin Marathon, and then stop by Dallas to visit Dr. Kenneth Cooper for a physical at the Cooper Aerobics Center.
Brock took up running when he was 50, and through the years his marathons have included New York, Boston and Honolulu. He ran in one of the first Cowtowns, and thinks this year’s race might be his last.
“Distance races are hard on the body,” Brock said. “But I enjoy the Cowtown, the festivities are a lot of fun. The only issue for me is finding a place for my wife to stay while she waits for me.”
Brock and McNelly said there was little secret to their athletic longevity.
“People ought to do something to stay active,” McNelly said. “They can run, or walk. I don’t think it makes much of a difference so long as you’re doing something.”
By the numbers
167 Combined age of Cowtown Marathon entrants Don McNelly and Gene Brock, equal to the number of years that has passed since the city of Dallas was founded
60,000 Miles that McNelly estimates that he has run in 40 years
210 Brock’s weight when he took up running at 50
145 Brock’s weight now
THE COWTOWN 7:30 A.M. SATURDAY, SUNDANCE SQUARE
A race of the octogenerians has developed for Saturday’s Cowtown Marathon.
In one corner, at 87, is Don McNelly from Rochester, N.Y. With more than 700 marathons, he has been running for almost 40 years.
In the other corner, at 80 years old, is Gene Brock from Arlington. He has 30 years of running experience, and the advantage of being the race’s hometown favorite.
Cowtown organizers created a new 80-and-up age group for the two runners. Because McNelly and Brock are the only two entrants, only one will go home with the 80-plus medal.
After finding out about another octogenarian in the race, McNelly did little to fan the competitive fire.
“I think he [Brock] will beat me,” McNelly said. “In Austin last week, no one else was in their 80s. A lot of times, I’m the only one in my age group.”
Of course, Brock and McNelly might not cross paths in a marathon field of several hundred runners, let alone sprint side-by-side in the final 400 meters. Three weeks ago, Brock figured he would be the only runner in his age group.
“I can’t believe that [McNelly] is running at 87,” Brock said. “I’ll try to make it a point to meet him. Between the two of us, that’s a lot of miles.”
McNelly and Brock hope to finish in less than six hours. McNelly finished in 5:30:33 at the Austin Marathon last weekend.
Cowtown will be McNelly’s 733rd race of marathon length or longer. His total is good for No. 3 in North America, and it comes to 18 races a year since he took up running in 1969.
“I began running because a couple of people I knew that were my age had heart attacks and died,” McNelly said. “It was right before the beginning of the exercise boom when I started my routine.”
McNelly’s first marathon was Boston in 1969, the final year runners could participate without posting qualifying times. He’s run Cowtown eight times, mainly on the old course that went through the Stockyards.
McNelly likes to swing through Texas in February for the Austin Marathon, and then stop by Dallas to visit Dr. Kenneth Cooper for a physical at the Cooper Aerobics Center.
Brock took up running when he was 50, and through the years his marathons have included New York, Boston and Honolulu. He ran in one of the first Cowtowns, and thinks this year’s race might be his last.
“Distance races are hard on the body,” Brock said. “But I enjoy the Cowtown, the festivities are a lot of fun. The only issue for me is finding a place for my wife to stay while she waits for me.”
Brock and McNelly said there was little secret to their athletic longevity.
“People ought to do something to stay active,” McNelly said. “They can run, or walk. I don’t think it makes much of a difference so long as you’re doing something.”
By the numbers
167 Combined age of Cowtown Marathon entrants Don McNelly and Gene Brock, equal to the number of years that has passed since the city of Dallas was founded
60,000 Miles that McNelly estimates that he has run in 40 years
210 Brock’s weight when he took up running at 50
145 Brock’s weight now
THE COWTOWN 7:30 A.M. SATURDAY, SUNDANCE SQUARE

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