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School of Nursing Scholarships
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Eileen Callaghan Memorial Scholarship
The Student Nurses Association will award a scholarship for the academic year. A student must be a full-time undergraduate student at Saint Xavier University's School of Nursing. They must be a member in good standing and actively engaged in SNA activities. The student must be at least Junior I status, have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and demonstrate involvement in non-academic activities.
Cynthia Martin Chase-Sophia Steinhardt Scholarship
A scholarship for nursing students. This scholarship was established through the generosity of Mr. James Martin. Criteria include involvement in university and/or community service. Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Judith and Laurence Hicks Scholarship
The student must be a junior or senior student in nursing and must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.0. The student must submit an essay describing the student's interest in technology and its interface with patient care. The student must also agree to an observational experience under the direction of the donor or her named successor, as well as submit a letter of recommendation.
Virginia Landman '73 Scholarship
Established to honor Virginia Landman, '73. Two scholarships are available: one will be awarded to a nursing student who has achieved junior status and the other will be awarded to an incoming freshman. Must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and submit an essay demonstrating financial need.
Therese McConnell Lee Scholarship
It is the intent of Mr. Brendan Lee that this gift, and other donations to the Therese McConnell Lee Scholarship, be used to support scholarships assisting a Saint Xavier University student in the School of Nursing based on the following criteria:
- The student must be a declared nursing major, must maintain a minimum 3.0 overall GPA, and must demonstrate financial need.
- The student must also submit an application for the Scholarship, as well as a short essay (250 words or less) describing the student's interest in the nursing profession that will be reviewed by a scholarship committee consisting of the above donor and other family members.
- The student must also present a letter of recommendation.
The Hearst Foundation Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an African American or Hispanic nursing student holding a GPA of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The student must also demonstrate financial need.
Mary Clare '65 and Gerald Loftus Nursing Scholarship
This award is granted to a junior or senior nursing student in good academic standing who demonstrates qualities of care and compassion consistent with the Mercy mission. Applicants must be a full-time junior or senior enrolled in the School of Nursing with a minimum GPA of 2.7 or higher. Applicants must also be currently working in a Catholic or community hospital in the Chicago metropolitan area. This award was made possible through the generosity of Mary Clare, '65, and Gerald Loftus.
Joyce M. Jeck Scholarship
Be a full-time undergraduate student (at least sophomore II level) in good academic standing in the School of Nursing. Must have a minimum GPA of 2.5, demonstrate financial need, and submit an essay addressing commitment to the nursing profession. Must submit a School of Nursing faculty recommendation that addresses the student's commitment and integrity.
Lebold/Sigma Theta Tau/Alpha Omicron Scholarship
Established by the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society (Alpha Omicron Chapter) in honor of Dr. Mary Lebold, '60, the long-time dean of the School of Nursing at Saint Xavier University. This annual award will be given to students enrolled as nursing majors, who are in good academic standing and eligible for membership in Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Omicron Chapter. The applicants will also demonstrate financial need and display a commitment to the community and/or caring and compassionate nursing care in the clinical setting.
Friends of Uncle Mike Nursing Scholarship
Friends of Uncle Mike is a charitable, non-profit organization formed in memory of Mike Lynch. It's founding was initiated to emulate his example and lifestyle in spending and communicating the with the youth of today. At his passing, it was determined that his dream of assisting young people to come to fruition. Students applying for the scholarship, worth up to $5,000, must be at a junior or senior level, and maintain a GPA of 3.0.
Applicants must submit an essay (one-to-two pages, double spaced) and two letters of recommendation. Essay topic: Why have you chosen nursing as a major and how do you plan to help your fellow human beings with your education? How will your career choice reflect Uncle Mike's values of respect, compassion, service, and learning for life?
Additionally, candidates may be required to interview with the Friends of Uncle Mike, Inc. scholarship committee.
Eileen Callaghan Memorial Scholarship
An annual award to a second semester sophomore, junior or first semester senior nursing student, active in the Student Nurses Association, plans to be a full-time student for the next academic year and has a GPA of 2.5 or higher. The candidate must also demonstrate involvement in extracurricular activities.
Rosaleen Hertel '45 Scholarship
This award is given to a second semester sophomore, junior or first semester senior nursing student who is in good academic standing and displays caring and compassionate nursing care in the clinical setting. This scholarship was established through the generosity of Ms. Mary Jo Hertel, '57, in memory of her sister.
Mary Kay Millea Schmidt '44 Scholarship
This scholarship was established through the generosity of Mr. Charlie Schmidt, widower of Mary Kay Millea Schmidt '44. The criteria for the scholarship include an interest in gerontology and/or homecare. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75, be in good academic standing within the School of Nursing, and must be at least a Junior I in the nursing program. Applications must include an essay addresing the student's interest in gerontology or homecare and a letter of support from community service representative or a university representative.
SON Alumni and Friends Scholarship
This scholarship is for nursing students. The SON Alumni and Friends Scholarship was established by the Alumni and Friends of the School of Nursing in honor of the School's 75th Anniversary.
Deadlines for nursing scholarship vary from year to year. For information on available scholarships and deadlines, please check the UG Clinical Canvas page.
If you have any questions on available nursing scholarships, please contact Brian Mueller at email@example.com.
Additional Information and Outside Scholarships
- Provident Hospital Nurses Alumni Association Margarite Gilliem Scholarship
- Nursing VA Learning Opportunities Residency (Valor)
- Northwest Chicago Area Chapter American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc., Alpha Eta Chapter Inc., awards $50,000 annually in scholarships at the national, regional and local levels to minority nursing students.
- The National Student Nurses' Association offers a scholarship program.
- Illinois Nurses Association Sonne Scholarship Application
- The Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program is administered by The Division of Nursing at HRSA and is available to registered nurses serving at a health facility in an under-served area to receive loan repayments.
- MinorityNurse.com maintains a listing of scholarship and fellowship money for undergraduate or graduate nursing students.
- The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) offers a Student Nurse of the Year award to an NBNA member in pursuit of a bachelor's or other advanced nursing degree.
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) awards $2,000 annually to students earning a master's degree in maternal-child nursing program and $1,000 to student members enrolled in any level nursing program, including baccalaureate.
- Hispanic Students Scholarships
- Discover Nursing is published by Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., and has an extensive nursing scholarship search feature.
- The Barbara Rhomberg Excellence in Nursing Scholarship, sponsored by B4 Brands, is awarded each year to five, non-traditional, fulltime students pursuing undergraduate degrees in nursing.
- NursesLink.org Nursing Program Scholarship
- Healthcare Leaders Scholarship
Most of these scholarships require a minimum 3.0 grade-point average.
Please consult with the Office of Financial Aid when applying for any of these scholarships.
For additional resources regarding scholarship and financial aid opportunities for nursing students, visit the American Association of Colleges of Nursing website.


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NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, NCXT Director Carolyn Larabell, and Berkeley Lab Deputy Director Graham Fleming at the NCXT.
As part of his tour, Director Zerhouni also inspected the NCXT's newly constructed soft x-ray microscope. This is the first such microscope to be designed and built specifically for biological and biomedical imaging. (The NCXT is an NIH National Center for Research Resources that also receives joint funding from the Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research.)
Dr. Zerhouni, a radiographer with considerable experience in full-body CAT scanning, was enormously enthusiastic about the potential of the new technique and told the assembled group, "I love this stuff!" Nearing the end of the NCXT tour, Mark Le Gros, the Berkeley Lab scientist responsible for the design and construction of the new microscope, showed Director Zerhouni his latest innovation, an instrument for a technique known as correlated microscopy. At the end of his inspection of the NCXT beamline, Director Zerhouni, with overall responsibility for the NIH's $29 billion budget, beamed and said "this was money well spent!"
Laser seeding yields high-power coherent terahertz radiation
Contact: Fernando Sannibale,
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have been exploring the ways coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) is generated in electron storage rings when femtosecond lasers are used to carve out ultrafast x-ray pulses by femtoslicing (see previous highlight published in ALSNews Vol. 271, "Tailored Terahertz Pulses from a Laser-Modulated Electron Beam." In their most recent work, the researchers reported the first observation of seeding an instability of the electron beam by the laser, and they presented a physical model that shows how this occurs under the proper conditions. Such a mechanism makes it possible to control the instability onset and to exploit its gain for the generation of pulses of terahertz CSR of unprecedented power. Terahertz radiation with a wavelength from about 1 cm to about 100 microns between the microwave and the infrared would provide access to a large number of fundamental phenomena. To mention only some of them: excited electrons orbit, small molecules rotate, proteins vibrate, superconducting energy gaps resonate, and gaseous and solid-state plasmas oscillate at terahertz frequencies. But generating terahertz radiation is ordinarily a challenging task for any kind of source, including storage-ring-based synchrotron light sources. The new findings by the ALS group could represent a significant step toward satisfying the need for powerful terahertz sources. Read more...
Publication about this research: J.M. Byrd, Z. Hao, M.C. Martin, D.S. Robin, F. Sannibale, R.W. Schoenlein, A.A. Zholents, and M.S. Zolotorev, "Laser seeding of the storage-ring microbunching instability for high-power coherent terahertz radiation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 074802 (2006).
Contact: Eli Rotenberg,
Graphene, because of its unusual electron properties, reduced dimensionality, and scale, has enormous potential for use in ultrafast electronic transistors. It exhibits high conductivity and an anomalous quantum Hall effect (a phenomenon exhibited by certain semiconductor devices at low temperatures and high magnetic fields). Among its novel properties, graphene's electrical charge carriers (electrons and holes) move through a solid with effectively zero mass and constant velocity, like photons. Graphene's intrinsically low scattering rate from defects implies the possibility of a new kind of electronics based on the manipulation of electrons as waves rather than particles. The primary technical difficulty has been controlling the transport of electrical charge carriers through the sheet. This area of research is known as bandgap engineering. While bandgap engineering is the basis of semiconductor technology, it is only now being applied to graphene. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) at ALS Beamline 7.0.1, a team of scientists from the ALS and Germany characterized the electronic band structure and successfully controlled the gap between valence and conduction bands in a bilayer of graphene thin films deposited on a substrate of silicon carbide. This was done by doping one sheet with adsorbed potassium atoms, creating an asymmetry between the two layers. Read more...
Publication about this research: T. Ohta, A. Bostwick, T. Seyller, K. Horn, E. Rotenberg, "Controlling the Electronic Structure of Bilayer Graphene," Science 313, 5789 (2006).
Contacts: Gary Krebs,
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The goal of the User Services Office is to provide a seamless interface between the user and the ALS and Berkeley Lab while ensuring the highest safety standards. This six-member team offers the following administrative services to the users during their stay.
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Last month, Jamshed (Jim) R. Patel, ALS user and dear colleague to many, died at his home in Menlo Park at the age of 81. Jim was one of the key players in the development of x-ray microdiffraction at the ALS, and his sharp mind and kind and gentle nature will be deeply missed. A memorial service will be held for Jim on Saturday, June 9th, at 3:00 p.m., at Saint Raymond's Catholic Church, located at 1100 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA. All who wish to remember Jim are welcome to attend (see "In Memoriam: The ALS remembers Al Baez and Jim Patel," ALSNews Vol. 274).
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It's not too early to start planning to attend this year's ALS Users' Meeting. The meeting will be held on site at Berkeley Lab—from Thursday, October 4, to Saturday, October 6—and will offer a variety of invited talks, workshops, and selected science highlights. Ongoing facility projects such as top-off mode and the construction of the new ALS user support and the ALS user housing buildings will be discussed. The topical workshops are great opportunities to network, discuss recent successes, and combine efforts to address shared experimental challenges. The workshop topics are actively coming together now, and both suggestions and volunteer leaders are welcome. Please contact the meeting chairs Peter Fischer (


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quote: Apple's iPhone 5 16GB costs roughly $168 to make, but you end up paying $649 The iPhone 5, it turns out, isn't that much more expensive to churn out than its iPhone 4S predecessor. It costs about $35 more per unit; the phone's new A6 processor accounting for the bulk of that at $28. That brings the total manufacturing cost of the least expensive iPhone 5: the 16GB, up to an estimated $167.50, according to UBM Tech Insights. It's a decent amount of money, for sure. But $168 feels like a mere drop in the bucket when you stack it up to the phone's retail value of $649. Talk about a markup. As Venture Beat points out, some of that dough does go back into Apple's operations and marketing funds, but at the end of the day, it still ends up amounting to one hell of a profit. Need proof? Well, just in the last quarter alone Apple brought in $8.8 billion in net income, all thanks to its loyal fans overlooking the company's steep price tags. And those folks have no intentions of jumping ship, as proven by iPhone 5 pre-orders selling out in 60 minutes flat on Friday. The most notable differences in the sixth-generation handset are its larger 4-inch display, thinner body and totally redesigned "Lightning" dock connector.


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Forrest Michael "Mike" Carr, 66, departed this life Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at his home in Elkins.
He was born Saturday, June 14, 1947, in Parsons, a son of the late Bessie S. Carr.
Surviving are one son, Brandin F. Carr and fiancee, Lindsey B. Hart, of Valley Bend; one brother, Joseph B. "Joe" Carr and wife. Brenda, of Elkins; fiancee, Elaine M. LaBenne of Clarksburg; one grandson, Zane Mitchell Forrest Carr; one niece, Sherri L. Kerr and husband, Adam, of Elkins; and one great-niece, MaKayla A. Kerr of Elkins.
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Mike had a special friend which he thought a lot of, Mike Bond. He had two special pets, Mikey and Bubba.
Mike loved being outdoors and enjoyed fishing with his brother, Joe. He loved having cookouts with his family and friends. He attended Davis High School in Davis.
Mike worked for Mountain State Transport until his recurrence of cancer.
Mike was a Protestant by faith.
Mike's request for cremation was honored.
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Dude, it's not my fault. I was drunk and it was fun. What can I say? I'm heteroflexible.
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Not gay or bisexual, but in between bi and straight. Like, being straight, but you would consider doing something with a member of the same gender should the situation arise. Mainly for pleasure and adventurous reasons, you probably wouldn't date them. Also can be called bent.
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A person who identifies as a heterosexual, but is not afraid to explore curiosity towards the same sex.
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de Brian 18 juin 2006
A person who identifies themselves as primarily heterosexual but can find the same sex sexually appealing.
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A primarily heterosexual person who's not opposed to occasional same-sex trysts when circumstances permit.
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A person who enjoys sex with both male & females but considers themself heterosexual in the sense that they do not relate with the same sex for an emotional relationship like a bi-sexual could. Heteroflexible is a heterosexual person that is beyond the bi-curious stage but would never engage in an emotional relationship with the same sex.
I like the fact that my wife is heteroflexible, she really likes girls as an appeitizer before she's ready for the main course!
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SCHLADMING, Austria � Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher won the men�s slalom title Sunday on the last day of the skiing world championships for his first individual gold medal at a major event.
Cheered loudly by a home crowd of 35,000, the Austrian overcame the pressure of expectation to earn the host nation its second gold of the worlds, after the mixed team event.
Hirscher held onto his first-run lead to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 51.03 seconds. Felix Neureuther of Germany was 0.41 seconds back in second. Hirscher and Neureuther are also 1-2 in the World Cup discipline standings.
Two-time former champion Mario Matt of Austria took third, 0.65 behind.
�It�s awesome,� Hirscher said. �I forced myself to think, �There�s nothing at stake, it�s just ski racing, it�s just a game.� That helped me to handle the pressure. The atmosphere was sensational, super. I had to be careful not to blow it all for them.�
Hirscher missed the 2011 worlds because of a broken foot. On Thursday, he injured his back and neck during training but finished second to Ted Ligety in GS the next day and followed it up with Sunday�s win. It was the 14th gold in slalom for Austria.
His father and coach, Ferdinand Hirscher, called it �a wonderful day.�
�It was very tense as we had to change something on the setup of his boots this morning,� Ferdinand said. �But Marcel always stays cool. He tries not to think about titles and championships. He just concentrates on the information the coaches are giving him before a run.�
Italian great Alberto Tomba said the Austrian�s achievement was �super, super.�
�I said three days ago, Marcel is going to win,� said Tomba, the 1996 world slalom champion. �It�s super he�s done it. Felix and Mario were also great.�
Ligety, a three-time champion, failed to finish when the American lost his balance and his left boot clicked out of the bindings 15 seconds into his run.
Olympic winner Giuliano Razzoli of Italy skied out on the bottom part in his first run, and defending world champion Jean-Baptiste Grange of France finished 2.43 off the lead in 12th place.
Neureuther, who trailed Hirscher by 0.28 after the first run, won his first individual medal at a major competition.
�It�s fantastic,� Neureuther said. �I usually try to hide my emotions, but I can�t do that now. I�ve finally done what I�ve tried to do many times before at big events. I am really happy and proud.�
Neureuther helped Germany win bronze in the team event. Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who won the women�s super-combined title, added two more medals for Germany.
�Everybody was talking about this duel: Marcel vs. Felix � and that�s what it was,� Neureuther said. �I just tried to avoid the mistakes I made at other championships.�
Matt won the world slalom title in 2001 at home and again in 2007. He led the race briefly after a strong second run but was overtaken by both Neureuther and Hirscher.
�You have to fully attack but avoid making it a useless run,� Matt said. �I lost a bit of time with a small mistake on the bottom, but I have to be satisfied with bronze.�
The course caused many racers problems as mild temperatures softened the top layer of snow.
�The snow felt weird,� Hirscher said, and Neureuther added it was �extremely difficult to gain speed on this course. You just don�t get the right feeling on it.�
Ligety�s attempt to win a fourth medal failed shortly after starting his first run.
�I just kind of made a mistake,� Ligety said. �I wanted to go really hard forward on the ski, and I just peeled it right out of the back of the binding.�
Ligety, who also captured the super-G and super-combined titles, could have equaled the 45-year record held by French great Jean-Claude Killy, who won four golds in 1968.
Ligety helped the United States top the medals table, even without Lindsey Vonn, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening race. Mikaela Shiffrin added another gold in the women�s slalom, and Julia Mancuso took bronze in super-G.
�It was an awesome world champs,� Ligety said. �Of course it was a bummer to go out in the slalom. I just had the ski peel off again, which has been happening this year ... I feel pretty good for the most part. I�m not at the level of consistency of Hirscher or Felix, but I still feel like I have good speed relative to those guys. I just don�t put together runs like those guys do.�
Ligety�s teammates David Chodounsky and Will Brandenburg also failed to finish the opening run.


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"It's definitely a combination of excitement and nerves, because my breathing isn't exactly the same," the singer, 34, tells PEOPLE. "I'm feeling out my breathing through my nose trying to see if the swelling's going down. The sensation is mildly different, so that makes me fearful about singing."
DeGraw says the Aug. 8 attack by unknown assailants left him completely unrecognizable.
"When I first saw my face, it looked like evil me. I had some fractures in my cheekbone and eye and nose. Everything was completely swollen," he says.
Two weeks later: "I have a little mark on my nose from stitches. If you saw me right now, you'd think I'd cut myself shaving on my nose. It literally looks like there's almost nothing visibly wrong anymore," he says.
And although his physical appearance is returning to normal, DeGraw suffered a severe concussion, which he says has altered his memory and left him disoriented.
"My brain definitely got sloshed around in my skull during that walk home [afterwards]," he says. "I still get dizzy – particularly if I stand up from sitting down."
Remembering That NightAs for what he remembers of the incident, "I had a night off, and I met up with some friends at the bar I own with my brother. We had a few drinks. I put my friends in a cab and I walked home because I live pretty close. I remember maybe three guys said something to me and I didn't appreciate it, and I guess I let them know I didn't appreciate it. They weren't exactly on the debate team, so I ended up with a tube down my throat," he says.
"I just literally remember an exchange of words that lasted a second and then being very bloody."
Was he drunk? "I can't say I was drunk. I know I had a few drinks with friends."
DeGraw says the police are still piecing details together, but he understands they have bigger priorities. "There are many and much worse crimes happening than me getting beat up," he tells PEOPLE. "I don't think that it's necessarily even fair that I got the attention I did."
The singer – who will release his fourth album, Sweeter, on Sept. 20 – says he's moving on – and continuing to heal.
"I'm not living in fear," he says. "It was a terrible night for me, but fortunately I got through it. I still look like my mother, and onward and upward."


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Stan Cunningham Excavation began the process Monday morning of demolishing the former Sherwin-Williams building on Fifth Street in East Liverpool. The building's ownership was recently transferred from the city to Court Partners Inc., which is demolishing the building to prevent further damage to the adjacent building that houses Aronson, Fineman & Davis law firm.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
Ryan Braun understands why many people are skeptical of him, given the way his name has twice been linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
He refuses to let it bother him.
On a sun-splashed field in Arizona, the Brewers slugger said that getting back to spring training has helped him deal with the swirling controversy and that playing for the U.S. team in the World Baseball Classic could help to convince some fans to give him a clean slate.
�Obviously, there�s been a lot of things I�ve dealt with over the last year and a half,� he said. �But I�m just trying to focus on the things I can control.�
After his MVP season in 2011, Braun tested positive for steroids during the playoffs. But he fought the case and eventually had his 50-game suspension overturned by an arbiter who discovered chain-of-custody issues in the handling of Braun�s test sample.
Then this last offseason, Braun�s name surfaced in records from the now-defunct Biogenesis of America LLC clinic that allegedly provided substances to several players.
After his name was connected to the clinic, Braun issued a statement in which he said he used the clinic�s operator, Anthony Bosch, as a consultant in appealing his previous positive test.
Braun so far has refused to address his use of Bosch or the clinic in detail, but he did say that all of the allegations swirling around him have not become a distraction.
�You know, I think the longer you deal with something, the easier it becomes to deal with, if that makes sense,� he said. �Regardless of what the circumstances are, I�ve kind of lived this for the last year and a half, so I�m able to focus when I get on the baseball field, whether it�s personal issues or family issues or a situation like this. I just come to play.�
He�s certainly done that.
Last season, Braun led the league in homers with 41, was second in RBIs with 112 and finished third in batting with a .319 average, and nearly won his second consecutive MVP. He finished second to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey in the voting.
Braun appears to be locked in this spring, too.
After going 2 for 8 with a homer in four games for the Brewers, he left camp to catch up with the U.S. team at the WBC. In the first of two exhibition games Tuesday, he went 3 for 4 and scored a pair of runs in a 4-4 tie with the Chicago White Sox.
The Americans will open Pool D play Friday night against Mexico in Phoenix.
On Tuesday, any angst felt by fans over Braun�s connection to steroid use seemed to have washed away in the Arizona desert. Dozens of fans lined up along the fence line with balls, hats and jerseys that they hoped he would autograph � and Braun dutifully signed many of them.
�There�s no more baseball in the Olympics, so this is the closest we get to an Olympics-style event. It�s only once every four years,� he said of the WBC. �For everybody that�s on our team, we take a tremendous amount of pride in being here, and the guys I know playing for Mexico and the Dominican (Republic) and Venezuela, they all feel the same way.�
While sensitive to the way he�s perceived by fans, Braun said he doesn�t spend much time thinking about how sponsors and potential business opportunities might view his past.
Braun also has said he�s supportive of the drug testing system that Major League Baseball has in place.
He welcomed an announcement by the league and its players union that players will be subject to in-season, unannounced testing for human growth hormone.
�I�ve always been supportive of the system,� Braun said earlier in camp. �I�ve always been supportive of additional drug testing or whatever testing they have that�s available.�
In the meantime, he intends to keep his focus on the field.
Easier to do now that games have started.
�I try not to think big picture too much. I focus on things I can control,� he said. �The challenge in this game is consistency and longevity, and hopefully I�m able to be at least as productive over the next eight to 10 years.�


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REEDSVILLE - After several years of able supply pastors, an interim pastor and lay speakers, the members of the East Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Church have accepted a new full-time pastor.
The Rev. Dr. Pat Roller has been delivering sermons from the pulpit of the stone church in Reedsville since August.
Roller's talents in ministry extend beyond inspiring sermons from the pulpit.
Hailing from southern Indiana, she graduated from the University of Virginia at Wise with a major in English and a minor in education. She began teaching in Virginia and later in El Salvador and Puerto Rico.
Her knowledge of several languages took her to a variety of careers. Roller's calling to the ministry came as she was serving in Puerto Rico as head mistress of a church school.
When her term there ended, the pastor said, she debated whether to continue ministering to children on a volunteer basis or to make a career out of it.
Her decision made, she returned to the U.S. to attend the Southeastern Theological Seminary where she received a Master of Divinity in Christian education and later a Doctor of Ministry from the Erskine Seminary.
After graduating from seminary, Roller held positions in several churches as the director of Christian education. Her positions included planning Sunday school, youth activities, retreats and special events for children and youth. She has written Sunday school programs for various ages, and she obtained a grant to create and field test a curriculum for small churches by combining learning stations with teacher-led lessons.
Her ministry to children continues in Reedsville. Since she began her position at East Kish, Roller said she has worked to integrate children into the weekly worship services by taking up the offering or serving as acolyte.
Recently, a youth Sunday school class also committed to buying an ark of animals at a cost of $5,000 through the Heifer International, and the congregation will support their efforts, she said.
The church also hosted an area-wide Presbyterian youth event last week, and it plans to continue with more events open to children in the whole community, Roller said.
An imaginative person, Roller said she wants to lead the congregation to use all of the arts as ways to express love and faith in Christ, especially through engaging community youth.
One of her ideas for the summer is to host community day camps for art, music, journaling and more.
"We just want to reach the children in our community," Roller said.
The pastor said she looks forward to becoming active in the community, providing activities for the children of Reedsville and helping the church meet the needs of the community.
Roller said she hopes East Kishacoquillas "will continue to grow in faith and numbers, leading others to a living relationship with Christ." She said she wants the church to be seen as a safe place for those who are hurting, lonely or feel left out.


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Wood flooring was one of the most popular finishes in pre- and post-World War II homes in America. The love affair with wood flooring lasted well into the late 1950s when wall-to-wall carpeting became an affordable and stylish alternative.
While carpet remains the most popular floor covering in American homes, wood flooring is gaining, and has been since the early '80s. One factor that is driving the demand for wood is the vast array of products that are now available for do-it-yourself installation. One such product is a floating wood floor.
Unlike traditional solid wood flooring planks, a floating floor consists of thin layers of plywood laminated together. The uppermost layer consists of a wood veneer such as oak or maple. To make the product user-friendly, it is prefinished. This eliminates the arduous sanding and finishing process.
Another positive feature of the floating wood floor is its ability to be installed over a concrete slab. That is why it has been dubbed "floating." In sharp contrast to traditional glue and/or nail wood flooring, the floating floor planks are edge-glued to one another, but not to the substrate. A half-inch gap is left at all walls. This allows the floor to expand and contract with environmental conditions of the space. Movement occurs at the perimeter rather than resulting in unsightly gaps between the various planks. Decorative baseboards are installed to conceal the expansion gap.
And because the manufacturing and finishing process is so superior, the planks fit together with a smooth monolithic appearance that was once only achieved through hours of sanding.
The installation process is straightforward. A table saw, cut-off saw, casing saw, mallet, tape measure, pencil and razor knife are needed. The flooring material generally comes in boxes containing 20 square feet. It helps to have some extra on hand to accommodate errors.
Prior to beginning the installation process, the area where the product is to be installed should be clean and level. Use a floor scraper and a vacuum to remove any surface debris. The floor should be level to within ∂ inch in 10 feet. Low spots should be filled with a leveling compound to avoid a bouncy floor. Also, remove doors and use a casing saw to undercut door frames and trim to make space for the wood flooring and pad.
The installation process is the same for a wood subfloor or a concrete slab with one exception. When installing the product over a slab, a vapor barrier consisting of one layer of 6-mil plastic sheeting must be installed directly over the slab. In the case of a wood subfloor, a building felt paper is used in place of the plastic sheeting. An ∂-inch thick foam pad is placed atop the vapor barrier. It is on this foam pad that the entire glued-up floor "floats."
With the vapor barrier and foam in place, the wood flooring can be installed. Start by placing shims against the starting wall. This will help create a straight row of planks. Glue is applied to the groove along the edge and one end of each strip. The strips fit together like pieces of a puzzle. Use a mallet and a scrap of flooring to tap joints tight. Be sure to have a moist sponge handy to wipe up excess glue.
A tip on gluing: Most manufacturers of floating floors have a brand of glue that can be purchased along with the flooring. Use it. It is yellow or "aliphatic" glue which is virtually the strongest available for wood. Also, when applying the glue to the groove, don't run a continuous bead. It is best to alternate approximately 12 inches on and 12 inches off. Aside from saving glue, this will prevent excess glue from oozing up and out of the joint.
Once the entire floor is installed, allow the glue to set up over night. Complete the project by installing baseboard to conceal the expansion gap at the perimeter. Also, special thresholds and transition strips are available for installation at locations where flooring changes occur.
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TFG today announces that it will reinitiate its share repurchase program previously announced on October 28, 2011 (the "Prior Share Repurchase Program"). The Board of TFG continues to be confident in the long-term prospects of TFG. The Board also believes that the purchase of shares in the market may at appropriate price levels below Net Asset Value represent an attractive use of TFG's excess cash and an efficient means to return cash to its shareholders.
The updated share repurchase program will commence on January 14, 2013 and will continue for a period of up to April 30, 2013, until the remainder of the 5% of the Company's outstanding shares authorized under the Prior Share Repurchase Program have been repurchased or until terminated by the Board. Other than as described below, the updated share repurchase program shall be conducted on the same terms as the Prior Share Repurchase Program. Accordingly, the maximum price to be paid per share under the share repurchase program shall not exceed the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam. TFG's maximum daily trading volume for such purchases shall be based on the average daily volume traded in December 2012 and shall be fixed for the duration of the program.
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TORONTO – The way the Buffalo Bills played run defense Sunday, you'd have thought all their video of the Seattle Seahawks got lost in cyberspace.
Just two weeks ago, the Seahawks burned the Chicago Bears with read-option running plays. Quarterback Russell Wilson takes a shotgun snap, reads the defense, and either hands off to Marshawn Lynch up the middle or pulls it out of Lynch's belly and keeps it himself for a sprint off tackle.
The Bills claimed they studied those tapes. They claimed they prepared for it all week.
What a waste of a week of practice.
Wilson and Lynch ran the option runs to perfection in burying the Bills, 50-17.
"We let down our fans, we let down the organization, we let down ourselves," said Bills linebacker Bryan Scott. "It's tough because it's embarrassing. We practice so hard. But it's embarrassing. I don't even know what to say."
The loss was the latest bad statement by the Bills' players in support of embattled head coach Chan Gailey. Buffalo (5-9) was eliminated from playoff contention. The Bills became the first team since 1986 to give up 45 or more points four times in a season.
"We played poorly and it reflects poorly on him," said quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. "It just eats me up."
A crowd of roughly 35,000 (paid attendance was 40,770) at Rogers Centre saw the Bills lose for the fourth time in five Toronto games.
Seattle rushed for 270 yards on a Bills defense that had yielded only 78 rushing yards a game over the last five weeks.
Lynch rushed for 113 yards on just 10 carries against his former team. Wilson rushed for 92 on nine carries and scored three touchdowns.
"That is a type of offense run scheme that we've had trouble with this year," said Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams. "They run that option, that zone read. Since the bye, conventional running games we've done some good things against. But we've had trouble with that zone read. To be able to defend that, you have to play very disciplined and we didn't."
The read-option runs killed the Bills early and often. On Seattle's first drive, Wilson faked a Lynch run up the middle and ran around right end for a 14-yard touchdown.
Bills defensive end Mario Williams crashed down to tackle Lynch, safety George Wilson came hard on a blitz and got blocked, and Scott couldn't get over quickly enough from his inside linebacker position to catch Wilson.
"The call we had on, it was take dive," Mario Williams said of his responsibility on the play. "And there was nobody there to take the quarterback.
"All week we had it installed for us to take one or the other. You can not play them both. If you got two guys playing the back or two guys playing the quarterback, that's the outcome."
On Seattle's next drive, Wilson scrambled 25 yards for a touchdown to put the Seahawks up, 14-0. Bills defensive end Kyle Moore rushed aggressively up the field and the fleet Wilson sprinted up the left sideline. The Bills' defensive backs were in man coverage and had their backs turned to the play.
"You want to rush and throw a move, but if you get up [the field], he's going to take off running," Moore said.
In the middle of the second quarter, the Bills overplayed Wilson and let Lynch rumble 54 yards up the middle to the Buffalo 4. It set up a score that put Seattle ahead, 24-7. Bills linebacker Nick Barnett cheated too far to his left, thinking Wilson might keep it and run off tackle.
"Marshawn got one big run that was a mistake that was mostly me," Barnett said. "I gotta play it to the B gap [between the guard and tackle], but I got a little too worried about the option. I've just gotta play my responsibility on that."
The next drive was more of the same. Wilson faked to Lynch and burst around right end for a 13-yard score. This time it looked like Mario Williams bit too far in, and Scott couldn't get over enough to catch the QB.
"I had the alley [inside], and then we're supposed to have somebody outside," Scott said. "If you don't play that exactly the way it's supposed to be played, you get in trouble. You have to be so disciplined.
"Wilson is such a good athlete. If you don't get on him right now, and if guys don't know where to go and what to do, he's gonna slash you."
The Bills defenders' said they studied the Chicago video. Wilson burned the Bears for 71 yards in that game. Obviously, the message of defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt didn't stick.
"Yeah, we worked against the read option," Barnett said. "We spent a lot of time on it. We just didn't execute it the way we needed to today."
The Bills were within 31-17 at halftime. But Fitzpatrick threw an interception to Seattle's K.J. Wright on a pass for tight end Scott Chandler. It set up Seattle at the Buffalo 20 and killed any thoughts of a comeback.
"That's a play I've thrown a lot to Scott this year," Fitzpatrick said. "The backside linebacker kind of snuck in and got it. It's just one of those plays that I didn't locate him till late."
Fitzpatrick was 21 of 38 for 217 yards, and he missed a couple of open deep passes. Bills back C.J. Spiller rushed 17 times for 103 yards.
Seattle (9-5) won for the fifth time in six games.
"You get angry at yourself because you did not get the team ready to play at the level they needed to play to win the ballgame," Gailey said. "When they do not play well, the buck stops with me."
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Kozy says: "WatchDog: I'm sorry you had to go through such heartache and I do not wish pain on anyone, but God says He knew us when we were still in our Mother."
But? What exactly do you think my decision was Kozy? Just out of curiosity.
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This man needs help or he will just do it again. I just hope there is an answer.
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At a time when the man in this article does not get the treatments he needs nor most with serious mental issues and when our moral compass is no where to be found, should we be spending any money on abortions?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Planned Parenthood performed an abortion every 94 seconds...
Cost to taxpayers: $524 million...
I just wonder how many would benefit from $524 million...or at the least pay off $524 million of our debt.
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Tesla Motors' Roadster has
been in development for quite some time now, but it appears that there is
finally light at the end of the tunnel for the project team.
Malcolm Powell, Tesla Motors' Vice President of Vehicle
Integration, announced yesterday that The Tesla Roadster has passed all Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards (FMVSS) and is legal for sale in all 50 states.
"Thanks to great design, structural analysis, build
quality and well run test management, we have successfully completed the entire
suite of dynamic impact testing to meet both FMVSS and, as importantly, our own
very strenuous internal performance targets," said Powell. "This is a
great achievement for Tesla; it takes us another (major) step closer to our
final goal and is another demonstration that EVs are as real as any other
vehicle on the road."
The Tesla Roadster performed admirably in front, rear and
side crash tests. "I always find it interesting when people say, 'Isn't it
dangerous carrying all those batteries around?' Well I don't know about you,
but I'd rather carry a load of relatively inert battery cells than 10 gallons
of highly volatile, flammable liquid," added Powell. "I will not comment on
how other companies design their vehicles but at Tesla, we have paid great
attention to the integrity of the design for crash management."
In addition, the vehicle passed basic rear view mirror,
lighting and windshield defogging/defrosting tests.
Production of the $100,000 roadster will begin on March 17
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Tesla claims that the temporary transmissions are of a
design that has been road tested more than 100,000 miles, so owners shouldn't
be too concerned about reliability or safety. Performance, however, does take a
nose dive -- the first production models will only accelerate 0-60 in 5.7
seconds instead of 4 seconds as previously promised.
The temporary transmissions will be replaced with
production-level hardware at Tesla Motors' expense when it is available.
The Tesla Roadster is loosely based on the
aluminum-intensive Lotus Elise and features an electric motor powered by 6,381
lithium-ion cells. The projected range for the two-seater is just
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