New Physician Joins Oregon Reproductive Medicine

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PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Oct 8, 2013) - Oregon Reproductive Medicine, a globally recognized fertility clinic, welcomes board-eligible reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist Amanda Hurliman, MD to the practice.

Dr. Hurliman completed medical school and her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland. She returns home to Portland after completing her subspecialty fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Vermont. As a fellow, she received prestigious ASRM/SREI National Research Service Institutional Training Award for her research focusing on cardiovascular health and polycystic ovary syndrome. Additionally, she was involved in clinical research conducted by Reproductive Medicine Network addressing treatment options for couples with unexplained infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome.

"We are thrilled to introduce Dr. Hurliman to the community and share her passion for fertility with our patients. She is a great addition to our family at ORM," says Dr. Bankowski.

Beginning in October, Dr. Hurliman will be accepting new patients. She is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.

Oregon Reproductive Medicine is a globally recognized fertility clinic specializing in In Vitro Fertilization in Portland, Oregon. Recognized locally for outstanding personalized care, the practice is known worldwide for extraordinary life birth success rates -- amongst the highest in the United States.

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Caribbean Medical School Founder Faces Trial Over Swiss Accounts

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Patricia Hough, according to her lawyers, is an altruistic psychiatrist who helped her husband build two Caribbean medical schools. To prosecutors, she is a tax cheat who used offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars from the schools sale.

Jury selection began today in federal court in Fort Myers, Florida, where Hough, 67, is accused of using accounts at UBS AG (UBSN), the largest Swiss bank, and elsewhere to hide assets and income from the Internal Revenue Service, including almost $34 million she and her husband made when the schools were sold in 2007.

The case is the largest, in dollar value, of four that have reached trial since the U.S. started a crackdown on offshore tax evasion in 2008. Prosecutors have secured 61 guilty pleas, including several involving larger accounts.

Hough and her husband, David Fredrick, used the proceeds to buy an airplane, two houses in North Carolina, and a condominium in Sarasota, Florida, according to a May 15 indictment. Fredrick vanished after the indictment, leaving Hough to face trial alone. U.S. District Judge John Steele, who is overseeing the trial, has declared Fredrick a fugitive.

Houghs lawyers say she helped Fredrick build Saba University School of Medicine, on the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles, and the Medical University of the Americas, or MUA, on Nevis in the West Indies.

The evidence at trial will show that Dr. Hough is a very humble, bright, hard-working and charitable person, Nathan Hochman, a lawyer for Hough, said in an interview. The idea that she would try to steal over $30 million from the very medical school foundation that she worked tirelessly to support for over a decade, and not report it on her tax return, is absurd.

Hough isnt charged with stealing. Prosecutors accuse her of conspiring to defraud the IRS by using nominee entities to conceal assets and income. Shes also charged with filing false individual tax returns for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 that understated income and didnt disclose offshore accounts, according to the indictment.

Hochman, who represented Fredrick for two years before his indictment, said his whereabouts are unknown.

Prosecutors accuse Hough of scheming with her husband and two unindicted co-conspirators, Swiss financial adviser Beda Singenberger and UBS banker Dieter Luetolf.

Singenberger, who was separately charged with helping 60 U.S. clients hide $184 million in offshore accounts, hasnt responded in federal court in New York. Singenberger is one of 30 bankers, lawyers or advisers charged in the offshore crackdown. Prosecutors also accused 70 taxpayers of crimes, including at least six Singenberger clients who pleaded guilty. Luetolf isnt charged.

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Events honoring Hilliard and Bednarik spotlight Liberty's sports legacy

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Two Liberty High sports icons. Two different sports. Two very different generations.

But make no mistake, while they are two very different people, Chuck Bednarik and Darrun Hilliard featured the same work ethic and desire to succeed.

That's why a plaque of Bednarik was dedicated inside Memorial Gym on Friday afternoon and why, maybe, Hilliard will have the same honor one day.

Both men took center stage last week.

Hilliard was featured on Wednesday night as part of a special Villanova night at the SteelStacks sponsored by the Christmas City Classic, the high school basketball tournament held in honor of the late George Yasso and Todd Rothrock.

Hilliard, who is coming off a big sophomore season with the Wildcats, is looking forward to two more years filled with promise on the Main Line.

Two days later, Bednarik took a bow as Liberty honored him in two separate ceremonies culminating with the unveiling of a new statue at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium.

Current Liberty student-athletes enjoyed the Bednarik festivities and would have loved the question-and-answer session with Hilliard. The Hurricanes boys basketball team saw both events.

Hopefully they got more out of it than just a night out or time out of the classroom. Hopefully, the idea that hard work can lead to success resonated.

"You try to get that message across to kids and these two very special events brought it home," Liberty basketball coach Chad Landis said. "Bethlehem has changed a lot over the years, but a lot of those underlying principles are all over the place around here."

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Liberty tax district poised to take leap in revenues

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LIBERTY TWP.

A special tax district initiated by Liberty Twp., Middletown and Mason seven years ago is poised to draw even bigger numbers once a major retail project kicks off later this year.

Since going into effect in October 2006, the joint economic development district or JEDD I has earned $4.29 million, of which $3.37 million has gone to Liberty Twp, according to the most recent township data.

With local governments expected to fund a much greater share of infrastructure projects due to lack of available funds at the state and federal levels, the JEDD is certainly important for Liberty Twp., said Caroline McKinney, the townships economic development director.

Its another tool in the toolbox as it relates to economic development and balancing our community between residential and commercial aspects, she said.

Revenues come from a 1.5 percent tax on workers, property owners and business owners in the 685-acre district, which started off with 624 employees at the end of 2006 and increased to 2,431 by 202, a nearly 290 percent increase.

Net revenues are allocated to Liberty Twp. (83 percent), Mason (15 percent) and Middletown (2 percent), according to Kristen Bitonte, the townships administrator. Middletown receives a 5 percent service fee on gross revenues for their administration of the income tax, she said.

Helping boost collection totals have been the ebb and flow of workers responsible for retail and medical construction projects small and large, including the $83 million Cincinnati Childrens Liberty Campus and the $50 million Liberty Interchange.

District revenues are poised to receive another boost when construction starts at Liberty Center, a more than $300 million, 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-used center to be built at the intersection of Ohio 129, Interstate 75 and Liberty Way. Revenues will receive a further boost from construction of a $160 million expansion to Cincinnati Childrens Liberty Campus.

The thousands of employees expected to be added to staff both projects will contribute millions of dollars in the coming decades to fund area infrastructure and road improvements, promoting and sustaining commercial development in the process.

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Libertarian Candidate Gains Ground in Va. Governor's Race

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October 8, 2013

Election Day is four weeks from Tuesday, and new poll numbers show voters are gaining more confidence in whom they want as Virginia governor while a third-party candidate is gaining ground.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe continues to jump ahead in the governor's race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli.

"I would say at this point Cuccinelli should be generally concerned about his chances in November," said Geoff Skelley of the UVa. Center for Politics.

Data show McAuliffe is attracting women, independents and even some Republicans.

"This is a very unusual case in which both of the major-party candidates have less than 50 percent of a positive rating by voters in polling," said Rick Sincere, a blogger for Virginia Politics on Demand.

That's part of the reason why some analysts say Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis is showing some impressive poll numbers.

A poll from Christopher Newport University released this week shows McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli 47 percent to 38 percent among likely voters. But Sarvis was favored by 8 percent of likely voters.

In a Politico poll also released this week, McAuliffe draws 44 percent of the vote to Cuccinelli's 35 percent, but Sarvis received 12 percent.

"If anything, it just shows he's getting consistent support and it's not going away from him as we get closer to Election Day, which is typically what happens to a lot of third-party candidates," Skelley said.

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