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Casey Anthony will be released from jail on July 17 after getting credit for time served, a court spokesperson says.
The Florida mom, 25, was found not guilty Tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, but convicted of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers.
Judge Belvin Perry on Thursday sentenced her to four years in prison, but with credits she will now be released a week from Sunday.
Anthony is also being fined $1,000 for each count, or $4,000.
The Orange County, Fla., Corrections Department said the originally announced release date of July 13 was incorrect and that the new date was determined by a "detailed recalculation."
"Due to the high profile nature of this case and intense emotional interest by the public, appropriate measures will be taken to release the individual into the community in such a manner so as to preserve the safety of the individual and the public," the department says.
Before sentencing, Anthony walked into the courtroom smiling and looking relaxed. She declined the opportunity to make a statement before Judge Perry decided her future.
For several minutes before the sentencing, the defense presented the argument that the four charges against Anthony should be treated as one.
Anthony spent 997 days in the Orange County, Fla., jail while awaiting trial in the death of Caylee, whose remains were found in 2008.
Reporting by STEVE HELLING
Casey Anthony to Be Released Next Week
Joe Burbank/AP
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32:1 Now the children of a Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of b Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle; (a) Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid.
32:13 And the LORDS anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done c evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
(b) Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in ( Genesis 31:47 ). (c) Because they complained and would not believe their report, which told the truth concerning the land.
32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and d ye shall destroy all this people. (d) By your occasion.
32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their e place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. (e) In the land of Canaan.
32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go f armed before the LORD to war, (f) Before the Ark of the Lord.
32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his g enemies from before him, (g) That is, the inhabitants of the land.
32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession h before the LORD.
32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin i will find you out.
(h) The Lord will grant you this land which you request, ( Joshua 1:15 ). (i) You shall assuredly be punished for your sin.
32:28 So concerning them Moses k commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: (k) Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and other, would be performed after his death so that they would not break theirs.
32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the l LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. (l) This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaks.
32:33 And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the m Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.
32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them n Havothjair.
(m) The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he makes mention of them that dwelt on this side: ( Joshua 10:12 ) he speaks of them that inhabited beyond Jordan. (n) That is the villages of Jair.

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M. McKusick, ``A Brief History of the BSD Fast File System'', Usenix ;login: Magazine, 32, 3. pp 9-18, June 2007.
P. Dawidek, M. McKusick, ``Porting the Solaris ZFS File System to the FreeBSD Operating System'', Usenix ;login: Magazine, 32, 3. pp 19-24, June 2007.
M. McKusick, ``Disks from the Perspective of a File System'', Usenix ;login: Magazine, 31, 3. pp 18-19, June 2006.
S. Graham, P. Kessler, M. McKusick, Retrospective on ``gprof: A Call Graph Execution Profiler'', Twenty Years of the ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation, 1979-1999, A Selection, Edited by Kathryn S. McKinley, 2004.
M. McKusick ``Enhancements to the Fast Filesystem To Support Multi-Terabyte Storage Systems'', Proceedings of the Usenix BSDCon 2003 Conference, pp 79-90, September 2003.
M. McKusick ``
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G. Ganger, M. McKusick, C. Soules, Y. Patt, ``Soft Updates: A Solution to the Metadata Update problem in File Systems'', ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 18, 2. pp 127-153, May 2000.
M. Seltzer, G. Ganger, M. McKusick, K. Smith, C. Soules, C. Stein, ``Journaling versus Soft Updates: Asynchronous Meta-data Protection in File Systems'', Proceedings of the San Diego Usenix Conference, pp 71-84, June 2000.
M. McKusick, G. Ganger, ``Soft Updates: A Technique for Eliminating Most Synchronous Writes in the Fast Filesystem'', Proceedings of the Freenix Track at the 1999 Usenix Annual Technical Conference, pp 1-17, January 1999.
M. McKusick ``Secondary Storage and Filesystems'', ACM Computing Surveys 28, 1. pp 217-219, March 1996.
J. Pendry, M. McKusick, ``Union Mounts in 4.4BSD-Lite'', Proceedings of the New Orleans Usenix Conference, pp 25-33, January 1995.
M. McKusick, ``Networking Comes to UNIX'', UNIX Review 12, 5. pp 40, May 1994.
M. McKusick, ``What's New in 4.4BSD'', UNIX Review 12, 1. pp 51-56, January 1994.
M. McKusick, ``Le prospettive di UNIX su PC'', Informatica Oggi and UNIX 13, 90. pp 34-35, Gennaio, Italy 1993.
M. Seltzer, K. Bostic, M. McKusick, C. Staelin, ``An Implementation of a Log-Structured File System for UNIX'', Proceedings of the San Diego Usenix Conference, pp 201-218, January 1993.
M. McKusick, ``UNIX Variants: BSD'', UNIX Review 10, 4. pp 46-47, April 1992.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, K. Sklower, K. Fall, M. Teitelbaum, K. Bostic, ``Looking Ahead to 4.4BSD'', Bit Magazine, pp 10-19, September 1990.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, K. Bostic, ``A Retrospective of 4.3BSD'', Bit Magazine, pp 4-9, September 1990.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, K. Bostic, ``A Pageable Memory-Based Filesystem'', Proceedings of the Anaheim Usenix Conference, pp 137-144, June 1990. Reprinted in Proceedings of the United Kingdom UNIX Users Group Meeting, London, England, pp 109-115, July 1990.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, K. Sklower, K. Fall, M. Teitelbaum, K. Bostic, ``Current Research by the Computer Systems Research Group of Berkeley'', Proceedings of the European UNIX Users Group Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, April 1989.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, K. Bostic, ``The Release Engineering of 4.3BSD'', Proceedings of the New Orleans Usenix Workshop on Software Management, pp 95-100, April 1989.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, ``Design of a General Purpose Memory Allocator for the 4.3BSD UNIX Kernel'', Proceedings of the San Francisco Usenix Conference, pp 295-304, June 1988.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, ``Directions of UNIX at Berkeley'', Digest of Papers of the Thirty-second IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Compcon, San Francisco, pp. 196-199, February 23-27, 1987.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, ``A New Virtual Memory Implementation for Berkeley UNIX'', Proceedings of the European UNIX Users Group Meeting, Manchester, England, pp. 451-460, September 1986.
M. Karels, M. McKusick, ``Towards a Compatible Filesystem Interface'', Proceedings of the European UNIX Users Group Meeting, Manchester, England, pp. 481-496, September 1986.
M. Karels, M. McKusick, ``Network Performance and Management with 4.3BSD and IP/TCP'', Proceedings of the Atlanta Usenix Conference, pp 182-188, June 1986.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, J. Bloom, ``4.3 Berkeley Software Distribution'', Six volumes of documentation and tape of software, Computer Systems Research Group, 463 Evans Hall, Dept of EECS, Berkeley, CA 94720 April 1986.
M. McKusick, ``UNIX Unleashed'', UNIX Reviews 3, 10. pp 28-33, October 1985.
M. McKusick, M. Karels, S.Leffler, ``Performance Improvements and Functional Enhancements in 4.3BSD'' Proceedings of the Portland Usenix Conference, pp 519-531, June 1985.
M. McKusick, ``A Berkeley Odyssey: Ten Years of BSD History'', UNIX Reviews 3, 1. pp 30-42, January 1985.
M. McKusick ``Register Allocation and Data Conversion in Machine Independent Code Generators'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. November 1984.
M. McKusick, W. Joy, S. Leffler, R. Fabry, ``A Fast File System for UNIX'', ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 2, 3. pp 181-197, August 1984.
S. Leffler, M. Karels, M. McKusick, ``Measuring and Improving the Performance of 4.2BSD'', Proceedings of the Salt Lake City Usenix Conference, pp 237-252, June 1984.
P. Aigrain, S. Graham, R. Henry, M. McKusick, E. Pelegri-Llopart, ``Experience with a Graham-Glanville Style Code Generator'', Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1984 Symposium on Compiler Construction, SIGPLAN Notices 19, 6, Montreal, Quebec. pp. 13-24. June 1984.
M. McKusick, ``Using gprof to Tune the 4.2BSD Kernel'', Proceedings of the European UNIX Users Group Meeting, Nijmegen, Netherlands. April 1984.
M. McKusick, T. Kowalski, ``Fsck - The UNIX File System Check Program'', 4.2BSD UNIX Programmer's Manual, Vol 2c, Document #66 August 1983.
W. Joy, E. Cooper, R. Fabry, S. Leffler, M. McKusick, D. Mosher, ``4.2BSD System Manual'', 4.2BSD UNIX Programmer's Manual, Vol 2c, Document #68 August 1983.
B. Kridle, M. McKusick, ``Performance Effects of Disk Subsystem Choices for VAX Systems Running 4.2BSD UNIX'', Proceedings of the Toronto Usenix Conference, July 1983.
S. Graham, P. Kessler, M. McKusick, ``An Execution Profiler for Modular Programs'', Software - Practice and Experience, Vol 13. pp 671-685, 1983.
S. Graham, P. Kessler, M. McKusick, ``gprof: A Call Graph Execution Profiler'', Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1982 Symposium on Compiler Construction, SIGPLAN Notices 17, 6, Boston, MA. June 1982.
W. Joy, S. Graham, C. Haley, M. McKusick, P. Kessler, ``Berkeley Pascal User's Manual'', UNIX Programmer's Manual, Vol 2c, Document #48 October 1981.
W. Joy, M. McKusick, ``Berkeley Pascal PX Implementation Notes, Version 2.0'', Computer Systems Research Group, U.C. Berkeley. January 1979.


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Judicial Resistance to Copyright Law's Inalienable Right to Terminate TransfersPeter S. MenellUniversity of California, Berkeley - School of Law David NimmerIrell & Manella LLP UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1355678 Abstract: For a century, Congress has sought to protect authors and their families by allowing them to grant their copyrights for exploitation and then, decades later, recapture those same rights. After judicial interpretation of the 1909 Act frustrated this intent, Congress spoke unambiguously in 1976: Termination of the grant may be effected notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary . . . . 17 U.S.C. Section 304(c)(5). Yet, in Penguin Group (USA) Inc. v. Steinbeck, 537 F.3d 193 (2d Cir. 2008), the Second Circuit eviscerated that clear Congressional command by enabling a grantee to renegotiate the terms of the grant so as to frustrate recapture by the author's family. This ruling follows a Ninth Circuit decision similarly allowing a grantee to go through the charade of rescinding and regranting a copyright license for the express purpose of blocking the author's family members from exercising their statutory termination rights. Milne v. Stephen Slesinger, Inc., 430 F.3d 1036, 1046 (9th Cir. 2005). Notwithstanding the unequivocal meaning of the word any in Section 304(c)(5), explicated unmistakably in the legislative history, these decisions invite grantees to engage in all manner of opportunistic behavior to frustrate Congress' clearly expressed language and intent. In this amicus brief supporting grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court in the Steinbeck case, the authors argue that the Court can restore the intergenerational equity that Congress legislated and remove the cloud now hanging over innumerable copyrighted works. Number of Pages in PDF File: 8 Date posted: March 10, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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MADE FOR TWO LEXIE DAVIS ISBN#: 9781606017005 November 2009 Siren Publishing, INC. www.sirenpublishing.com eBook $3.99 62 Pages Erotic Romance, Menage a trios/Quatre, vampires/werewolves Rating: 5 Cups
Natalie is a vampire who has finally escaped the heavy hand of her parents and is living in the human realm. Although she asked to come to this world she has found that sex with humans less than satisfying and to have sex with a vampire results in her taking a mate. What is a girl to do when she wants a good time; she goes to a Halloween party.
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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Library of Congress hide caption itoggle caption Library of Congress Planet Money Rethinking Free Tuition, College May Risk Reputation July 16, 2012 After 110 years of free education, a college considers charging some students. Does it risk a backlash like one the Red Cross experienced during World War II?
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* Fury In Sri Lanka Over Saudi Arabia's Execution Of Young Domestic Worker; Would They Kill Westerners? Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 12:28 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Jan 09 (IBT) Human right activists have condemned the Saudi Arabian government for executing a young Sri Lankan housemaid who was convicted of murdering an infant in her care. Rizana Nafeek, a 24-year-old woman, was beheaded by a sword in public near Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on Wednesday, according to the Saudi Ministry of Interior.
The murder of the baby occurred in 2005 when Rizana was only 17 years old.
The President of Sri Lanka, whose repeated requests for clemency in the case were denied by the Kingdom, has also added his voice to the growing chorus of outrage against the Saudi's relentless practice of executing domestic workers and other foreigners.
On behalf of President Mahinda Rajapakse, the foreign ministry in Colombo stated: "[We] deplore the execution of Rizana Nafeek despite all efforts at the highest level of the government and the outcry of the people locally and internationally."
The parliament in Sri Lanka observed a minute of silence to honor the dead girl.
International rights campaigner Human Rights Watch also condemned the act.
"Rizana was just a child herself at the time of the baby's death, and she had no lawyer to defend her and no competent interpreter to translate her account [of the crime]. Saudi Arabia should recognize, as the rest of the world long has, that no child offender should ever be put to death" said Nisha Varia, senior women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, in a statement.
"Saudi Arabia is one of just three countries that execute people for crimes they committed as children. Rizana Nafeek is yet another victim of the deep flaws in Saudi Arabia's judicial system."
According to HRW, Rizana was employed by her Saudi employer for only two weeks when the four-month-old baby named Naif al-Quthaibi under her care died. Initially, she confessed to the crime, but later retracted it, citing it was made under duress from the authorities. She claimed then that the infant died from choking while drinking from a bottle.
Contrarily, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency, the interior ministry asserted that Rizana smothered the baby to death after engaging in an argument with the child's parents.
Rizana had been imprisoned in the Dawadmi jail in Riyadh province, since her arrest. In 2007, a court in Dawadmi sentenced her to death. The Saudi Arabian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence three years later.
The interior minister subsequently formally approved the execution, as required under Saudi laws.
In a bizarre and tragic twist, when Rizana applied to work in Saudi Arabia, a Sri Lankan recruitment agency lied about her age (alleging she was 23 instead of 17) so she could legally work in the Kingdom, by altering the dates on her passport.
Saudi Arabia, HRW noted, is breaching the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which explicitly forbids the imposition of the death penalty for crimes committed before the age of 18. Saudi Arabia ratified that convention, but Saudi courts have great latitude in imposing the death sentence.
The Saudis executed at least 69 people last year, HRW estimates.
With serendipity, the execution coincided with a report from the Geneva-based International Labour Organization (ILO) calling for greater protections for domestic workers around the world,
Of the more than 52 million domestic workers globally, only about 10 percent enjoy the protection of labor laws available to other workers.
The Sunday Times newspaper of Sri Lanka estimates that about 1.8 million Sri Lankans currently work abroad -- almost half of whom (45 percent) are women.
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) specifically blamed President Rajapaksha for Rizana's execution.
"His office and the government… shamelessly neglected the life of this innocent Sri Lankan woman, who remained incarcerated abroad," AHRC said in a statement.
"The Government of Sri Lanka [and] the office of the President did nothing to save Rizana's life, despite calls for assistance from Rizana's family and from the global civil society… The Government of Sri Lanka did nothing, except issuing valueless statements relating to this case."
BBC reported that in Sri Lanka itself the tragic fate of Rizana has sparked discussions about the wisdom of sending migrants to work in the Middle East, as well as the poverty that pushes such people to seek work elsewhere.
HRW stated that Saudi Arabia has more than 8-million migrant workers-- accounting for half of the total workforce-- the overwhelming majority of them from Third World countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines and Bangladesh.
Another prominent human rights organization, Amnesty International, reported that about one half of the people executed in the Kingdom annually are foreign nationals from developing nations.
One Sri Lankan opposition MP, Ranjan Ramanayake, who had long campaigned for Rizana's release, suggested that the Saudis were acting with racial and ethnic bias -- that is, the kingdom would never execute (white) Europeans or American for similar crimes. He also blamed the current Sri Lankan government for the death of Rizana, citing they have financial incentives not to protest too strongly against the Saudis.
"Rizana has paid for this ordeal with her life which the real culprits who sent her [the recruitment agency] are not punished," he said, according to the Sunday Times newspaper of Sri Lanka.
"The [Colombo] government receives an income six billion dollars from migrant workers but it hasn't ensured their safety."
However, Ramanayake's claim that the Saudis do not execute foreigners from Europe and the U.S. may simply reflect the fact that (white) westerners do not need to work as domestics in Saudi Arabia. They typically travel there to work as highly compensated petroleum engineers or other such white-collar professions which likely provide far more prestige and protections than being a housemaid.
"The Saudi Arabians have not executed a westerner for several decades," said Jamie Chandler, a politicial scientist at Hunter College in New York.
"However, western citizens are subject to the laws of the country, and could be executed if convicted of crimes that merit the death penalty. However, these types of cases also create diplomatic crises that may lead to the sentence not being delivered."
Indeed, in March 2008, the Saudis sentenced Mohamed Kohail, a Canadian citizen of Saudi descent, to death in connection with the killing of a Syrian boy named Munzer Hiraki in a schoolyard brawl. Kohail was sentenced to a public beheading, but the case is currently on appeal.
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San Jose Parks Foundation is launching ParkForce, its inaugural membership campaign, which will offer San Jose residents the opportunity to provide private sector support to protect and preserve the city's many public parks and trails. "The coming budget cuts could have a negative impact but by building a strong ParkForce membership, we can protect and preserve – and in some cases enhance – our parks and trails." ParkForce basic family memberships start at $60 and are now available online. Citizens may join ParkForce online at www.sanjoseparks.org.
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You are 100% correct and I would have to agree with you that living aboard is a state of mind. Truthfully, I have not lived aboard (yet)... but I did spend nearly a year living in my VW camper bus and loved every minute of it. Too bad I ran the poor thing to death and finally it just died. I''d probably still be in it had I the money to keep it running. But even then, I was looking to the waves as my next residence...
About 10 years ago, I started toying with the idea of living aboard a boat for a few reasons. 1) my love of the water. I have always been around the water since I grew up in Wood River, Illinois which is on the Mississippi River. 2) I was led to believe it would be "cheaper" than buying a house, property taxes, etc.
Actually, back in 1989, I came across a book called, "Privacy: How to Get it; How to Enjoy it." It was a cool book and it talked about many different lifestyles... living aboard was merely one way to "drop out" of society.
Like most people, I have "issues" concerning the missappropriations of tax funds and am trying to do all I can to drop out of this society. That may sound like being an unpatriotic rebel, but truth is, I am tired of giving my hard earned tax dollar to Uncle Sam and having his spend it on things I don''t agree with. (Of course, no one likes paying taxes and living aboard will not completely solve that problem anyway... but that was a cool book and made ya think of alternative lifestyles).
OK, I''m ramblin'' now. I had better log off for the night. Take care!
PS: Yes, 4Knots... I would agree with you too... Living aboard would be preferrable to being tied down to a house in the terrorist scenario... Mobile is better! That Privacy book I mentioned earlier talks greatly about being prepared for anything!
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Cholly Atkins
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Born | Charles Sylvan Atkinson September 30, 1913 Pratt City, Alabama, USA |
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Occupation | Choreographer, dancer |
Spouse(s) | Maye Atkins (?-2003) Dottie Saulters (1962†) Catherine Atkins (div) |
Charles "Cholly" Atkins (September 30, 1913 – April 19, 2003)[1] was an American dancer and vaudeville performer, who later became noted as the house choreographer for the various artists on the Motown label.
Born Charles Sylvan Atkinson, a native of Pratt City, Alabama, Cholly Atkins began dancing in the late 1930s before entering military service in 1942 during World War II. Upon leaving the U.S. Army. Atkins first found fame as one-half of Atkins & Coles, a top vaudeville dance act with partner Charles "Honi" Coles, debuting at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Atkins & Coles toured extensively nationally and internationally, then performed from 1949 to 1952 on Broadway in the stage production, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.[2] In the mid-1950s, Cholly began teaching dance steps to the Cadillacs, Shirelles, Moonglows, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Little Anthony & The Imperials, and other vocal groups.[3] After working as a freelance choreographer in 1962 for The Miracles, Atkins was hired by Berry Gordy to work as a Motown choreographer in 1964, and set about developing the routines that would later become the trademark moves of other Motown acts like The Supremes, The Temptations (Atkins was also featured in the video for their hit single "Lady Soul"), The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, Gladys Knight & The Pips and others.[4] Atkins would, in fact, continue working with Motown artists well into the 1980s. He choreographed for non-Motown artists as well, namely the dance routines of The Cadillacs in the 1950s, and the Sylvers, as well as The O'Jays during the mid-1970s, appearing with them on an episode of Soul Train. He also worked with Detroit rock band DC Drive and is featured in the "You Need Love" video. Cholly is also known by a few Detroit dancers to created the Partner dance known as the Graystone, named after the great Graystone Ballroom. The dance rhythm is slow, quick, quick, slow, quick, quick.
In 1989, Atkins received a Tony Award for choreographing the Broadway show Black and Blue. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2003, Atkins died of the cancer several weeks later on April 19, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada. He was five months short of his 90th birthday.
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- ^ http://udetroit.com/article.php?article_id=19
- ^ http://www.rontyson.com/chollyatkins.html
- Vance Holmes (2008). "Charles "Cholly" Atkins". American Dance Legends. TheatreDance.com. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- Douglas Martin (2003-04-23). "Cholly Atkins, 89, Dancer and Choreographer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
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- "Cholly Atkins". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- Cholly Atkins at the Internet Broadway Database
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Chavez withdraws Peru envoy amid Andean spat
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CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez withdrew his country's ambassador to Peru after Lima
recalled its envoy as a fierce dispute over U.S. free trade
agreements rattled the Andean region.
Chavez, a left-winger locked in a stand-off with
Washington, made his announcement after Peruvian President
Alejandro Toledo appealed to the Organization of American
States to prevent Chavez interfering in Peru's election.
The spat between Caracas and Lima underscores sharp
differences in Latin America over U.S. trade deals as Chavez
contrasts with moderate voices in a regional left-wing
resurgence such as Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.
Venezuela's diplomatic rift with Peru erupted after an
exchange between Chavez and Peruvian presidential candidate
Alan Garcia who called the Venezuelan leader "shameless" for
attacking U.S. free trade deals signed with Peru and Colombia.
"We had no choice but to withdraw our ambassador," Chavez
told reporters in Bolivia after meeting with ally President Evo
Morales. "It should not have come to this as it was a
gratuitous attack against me by a candidate from over there."
Chavez had branded Garcia a "thief" and threatened to break
ties with Lima if he won the Peru presidency in a runoff with
nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala, whom the Venezuelan
president has openly backed to win.
Peru then withdrew its envoy to protest his meddling.
An ally of Cuba, Chavez presents his socialist revolution
in the world's No. 5 oil exporter and his proposals for a
regional leftist alliance as alternatives to U.S. trade deals
for Latin America.
Chavez has signed scores of energy pacts with neighbors,
but the United States, a key client for Venezuela's oil,
portrays the former soldier as an authoritarian bully who has
used his country's petroleum to destabilize the region.
The Venezuelan president has promoted leftist, anti-U.S.
free trade candidates such as Peru's Humala against Garcia and
former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua.
Polls show Garcia, a center-left former president whose
1985-1990 government drove Peru's economy into ruin, is
expected to beat Humala when they face off in June in the final
round of the election.
Lambasting Peru and Colombia for joining in U.S. trade
accords, Chavez recently withdrew from the Andean Community
trade bloc in protest. Bolivia joined Chavez in threatening to
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for 810, it is smaller with super sensitive touch, expandable storage, exchangable battery, wireless charging, Clear Black Display for outdoor use. Of course, a number of Nokia and Nokia exclusive apps.
for 8X, higher res but narrower screen, a better speaker and a large on-board but limited storage, a better front facing camera, too.
Personally, I will go for 810 for sure. I understand people might want to go with the 8X for design. Honestly, if screen res is not an issue, given both have RGB grid which should be good, 810 is better.
Plus, there is probably going to be price difference.
Another thing is that, HTC is focusing more on Android, which in my opinion, they should not do. If they go all in with Windows 8, they might have a chance.
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I personally love the 8x's design, it's much better (IMO) than the 820's. However, the 810 looks pretty slick. All that it's missing is a 720p display.
bringing this thread back, as I got some hands-on time with the 8X today...
I must say, I MUCH prefer the Lumia 810 vs. the 8X. Yes, the 8X's design and feel is nice. It's a quality device. It's well designed and feels good in the hand. However, I must admit I'm a little concerned with the durability of the device...maybe I'm the only one that feels that way, but I don't know...I really tried to like it...and personally (NO FLAMES - PERSONAL OPINION!) I wouldn't be happy with it for 2 years. Again - just me...I'm super picky, though.
The lack of Nokia apps is huge...just play around in the marketplace on an HTC device and try to match Nokia Drive, etc...and then there's the removable and changeable covers...SD card support...etc...
I'm sure this topic has been beat to death, but after some one on one time with the 8X, I'm really glad I chose the 810. :) - 11-19-2012, 06:20 PM #5
I've been with the 8x (#2) for a week and admittedly I have considered swapping out for the 810. I have an eerie feeling the beautiful blue coating will wear off over time.
Sent from my Windows Phone 8X by HTC using Board Express - 11-19-2012, 06:23 PM #6
exactly! especially those corners...beautiful yes, but i'm not going to buy a phone like that to put a cover on it! lol
I played around with the 8X today at a Microsoft store and I have to say that it felt great in my hand. Seeing it person kind of swayed me towards the 8X over the 920 (which I also played with) but HTC's bad reputation regarding updates will keep me away from buying one.
I would now like to get my paws on an 810 to see how that one feels. - 11-20-2012, 06:26 AM #8
Love the 810! The 920 is huge...im finding 4.3" to be the smartphone sweet-spot for me.
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Do you own a Subaru with a Brand Alarm or one with a factory fitted key pad immobiliser? Chances are you do as this was a common part fitted by Subaru Australia to all WRXs from 2002 to 2007 (with free retro fit to 1999-2001) and all STis from 1999 to 2007.
As these alarms are now in some cases becoming quite old, the parts are either wearing out or require servicing. Common faults are:
These are just some of the faults we see. Don't risk your insurance as 90% of cars fitted with this alarm require the alarm to be correctly and fully functioning to qualify for the insurance policy!
This picture shows the back up battery that is fitted as part of the alarm, and the owner of the Subaru B4 this battery came from was reporting that the car would just stall several times and not restart for up to an hour! Needless to say they were not happy, and brought the car to MRT.After road testing and checking all other common problems with B4's (MRT work on many B4's!), the alarm was checked and found to have an intermittently working back up battery.
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First Girl Scout : the life of Juliette Gordon Low / Ginger Wadsworth. |
Authors: | Wadsworth, Ginger. |
Call number: | jB Low, J.G. WAD |
Publisher: | Boston : Clarion Books, 2012. |
Publication date: | 2012. |
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Girl Scouts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927 -- Juvenile literature. Girl Scouts of the United States of America -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
Title: | First Girl Scout : the life of Juliette Gordon Low / Ginger Wadsworth. |
Additional title: | Life of Juliette Gordon Low |
Physical description: | xiii, 210 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Summary note: | "Juliette (Daisy) Gordon Low was a remarkable woman with ideas that were ahead of her time. She witnessed important eras in U.S. history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction to westward expansion to post-World War I. And she made history by founding the first national organization to bring girls from all backgrounds into the out-of-doors. Daisy created controversy by encouraging them to prepare not only for traditional homemaking but also for roles as professional women--in the arts, sciences, and business--and for active citizenship outside the home. Her group also welcomed girls with disabilities at a time when they were usually excluded. Includes author's note, source notes, bibliography, timeline, places to visit, recipes, The Girl Scout Promise and Law, and sheet music for the favorite scout song "Make New Friends.""-- Provided by publisher. |
Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-204) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780547243948 (hardback) 0547243944 (hardback) |
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The decision to apply for LEED Certificationis both exciting and daunting for designers and managers. Having your building recognized by the USGBC is a badge of honor in the design and construction industry, but it also means more planning, measuring and upfront costs. What's more, a simple "LEED Certified" designation no longer holds the same weight as it once did; in fact, the most common designation is now LEED Gold. This requires getting at least 60 out of the 110 possible points under the current LEED rating system. Points vary tremendously in ease and cost, so make sure not to miss any of the low hanging fruits in this list. Also, you shouldn't worry about whether these options will still be available under LEED V4; a project can still apply to the current system, LEED 2009, until mid-2015.
In terms of ease and benefit, the number one thing any project should do is to make sure you have a LEED AP on the team. LEED AP's have passed the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP Exams, as well as documented experience on a project seeking LEED Certification. They will have the expertise required to design a building to LEED standards and to coordinate the application process. LEED APs also go through continuing education to ensure they understand the latest in integrated design and how to consider interactions between the various credit categories. Remember that they must have a LEED AP designation, which tests for advanced knowledge of a particular rating system; not simply a LEED Green Associate, which only tests a fundamental understanding of green buildings.
Fortunately for everyone, the use of low-emitting products are becoming common practice across the paint and coating industry and the more environmentally friendly option is often no more expensive than their counterparts, with the same level of durability and performance. The only thing a project manager needs to do is to specify which paints and coatings comply with the LEED requirements for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) limits and then enforce that standard on the jobsite. It should be noted that others in the past have made the mistakes of purchasing products that have "Low VOC" on the label and did not check the product's technical data sheet or material safety data sheet to see if it actually met the requirements. Also remember that if a material not meeting the LEED requirements is used in a different section of the project, the associated point can be lost.
It is not difficult to find materials that use recycled content and including those in the project. There are a growing number of manufacturers that are finding it economical, on both a production and marketing stand point, to use recycled materials in their process. This credit can take some time however, due to the fact that the cost and exact percentages of post- and pre-consumer materials must be collected for each recycled item used. Still, it is considerably easier than other Materials and Resources credits, such as using rapidly renewable materials like bamboo.
The USGBC defines regional materials as those that are within 500 miles of your project. Many project managers are surprised by how much a 500 mile diameter encompasses and how much material is extracted and produced in their regions. These manufacturers sources are often already in the standard business practices of many construction companies and can often be cheaper than materials produced from farther away. This is not a catch-all however, while materials may be extracted from a nearby area, there may not be the local manufacturing needed to deliver the credit. Still, the 10% threshold is usually very easy to achieve.
When designing a project from scratch, it is a wise idea to install permeable pavers instead of concrete sidewalks. Thanks to a growth in popularity in recent years, the costs of new systems have fallen and many have the same look as traditional pavers. More importantly for LEED Certification, studies have shown that permeable paver systems can reduce rainfall runoff by up to 60 percent, well above the 25 percent needed to get the point. The one major deterrent is the amount of physical labor generally needed to install these systems, which often involves having to lay individual blocks by hand. The growth of LEED as a brand and as a standard is simply remarkable. In 2006, there were 660 buildings that had achieved at least a "LEED Certified" rating, today there are over 14,000 LEED Certified buildings. Despite some backlash from various industries, such as chemical and wood producers, LEED has continued to grow exponentially. The introduction of LEED 2009 restructured the process for certification, but left the technical rigor of the system in-tact for the most part. As the fifth comment period for LEED V4 comes to a close, it is clear that more effort a precision will be required to attain certification. Building owners and project managers have been granted a three year extension for LEED 2009, one which they would be wise not to waste.
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Caesar: Drama, Legend, History
This is the transcript of a talk that was delivered at the Annual Faculty Convocation at New York University on November 14, 1984. It derives from a longer text.
I. The play that bears the title Julius Caesar does not deal with the tragedy of Caesar himself. The person confronted with a tragic dilemma is somebody else, namely Marcus Brutus. Furthermore, for people who have been brought up on classical studies or who have read the Bellum Gallicum, the presentation of Caesar in this drama is not a little disquieting. We do not discover the great man of action. Instead, a man whose language is often pompous, whose behavior is wavering and uncertain. On the morning of the 15th of March, will he or will he not go into the Senate House? Someone says about him, "He is superstitious grown of late." Emphasis is put on his physical fragility. For example, he says to Antony, "Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf." And, much worse, there is what Cassius relates. When Caesar had challenged him to a swimming match in the river Tiber, Caesar was just not good enough: "Help me, Cassius, or I sink!"
Now the three items I mention are not to be found in Plutarch, Shakespeare's main source; that is to say, he made them up. Therefore, we can use Shakespeare for a certain degree of guidance. Just as when we're dealing with ancient historians, such as Thucydides or Tacitus, the things that they make up—i.e., speeches or digressions—have a singular value. Not only the inventions that I have mentioned, but the presentation of Caesar, the despot, is illuminating in various respects. For example, by a touch of genius, Shakespeare makes Caesar refer to himself in the third person. "Shall Caesar send a lie?" or "Caesar doth not wrong"; or, again, when Caesar emphasizes his virtues of courage and resolution and generosity (but perhaps in an exaggerated form) he says, "If I could pray to move, prayers would move me: But I am constant as the Northern Star."
We ask ourselves, is Caesar wishing to give confidence to others? Or to himself? And is he not overplaying his role? For example, when he compares himself to Danger personified, declaring: "Danger knows full well / That Caesar is more dangerous than he. / We are two lions littered in one day, / And I the elder and more terrible." This outburst takes one back about sixty years to Italy of the 1920s. It is an exhibition of terribilità (to use the Italian term). One is reminded of the famous aphorism of the leader: "Better one day of a lion than a hundred years of a sheep!"
Now, what are we to do with this presentation of Caesar? One could say, "It doesn't matter, for it is only the art of a dramatist. It doesn't represent the facts about him." On which note we should pause and ask, what are the facts …
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Augury -- whether art, science or gift -- can't be an easy path to follow. If the plague of locusts you predict for next week doesn't turn up, your credibility is going to take a big hit; conversely, if your prophesies target events so far into the future that you'll be dead and gone long before they fail to materialize, then you can't exactly establish a track record while you're living. And as stock analysts and tipsters know all too well, you're only as good as your last pick.
On the energy and environmental front, however, anyone following the presidential primaries today can make some fairly safe predictions about our sustainable future without even picking a winner from the thirteen major candidates. In its 2008 Voters' Guide, the League of Conservation Voters compares the energy policies of all the presidential hopefuls. The League doesn't over-editorialize, but it's clear from even an unbiased reading of their positions that the country will go in a diametrically different direction in 2009 depending largely on the party of the 44th president.
To compare the competing Democrats, one would think they were vying to establish which of them is the greenest one of all. And while this could be construed as oneupmanship at this point in the race, it's also a good indication of how seriously each candidate takes 'green' issues. They have all published detailed, thoughtful plans on how they would deal with the issues of energy independence and climate change, and what's most encouraging about them is the extent to which they see the twin issues as interdependent. Here's a simplified summary of their positions:
Issues | Clinton | Edwards | Kucinich | Obama | Richardson |
Mandatory cap and auction of pollution permits | Supports, with 100% auction | Supports, with 100% auction | Supports cap | Supports, with 100% auction | Supports, with 100% auction |
Carbon emission reduction | Supports 80% reduction by 2050 | Supports ≥80% reduction by 2050 | Supports 80% reduction by 2050 | Supports 80% reduction by 2050 | Supports 90% reduction by 2050 |
Fleetwide fuel efficiency | 40 mpg by 2020, 55 mpg by 2030 | 40 mpg by 2016 | 40-45 mpg by 2017 | 52 mpg by 2026 | 50 mpg by 2020 |
National renewable electricity standard | 25% by 2025 | 25% by 2025 | 30-40% by 2020 | 25% by 2025 | 30% by 2020, 50% by 2040 |
Energy efficiency improve- | 20% by 2020 | 15% by 2018 | 10% by 2020 | 50% by 2030 | 20% by 2020 |
Emissions from coal plants | Supports phased-in carbon capture | Opposes new plants without carbon capture | Supports phaseout of all coal power & mining | Would consider banning new plants | Would impose strict emissions limits on new plants |
Liquid coal development | Supportive if carbon pollution reduced by 20% | Opposed | Opposed | Supportive if carbon pollution reduced by 20% | Opposed |
For the most part, Republicans also talk up a storm on energy independence, but somehow miss the connection to climate change mitigation. This leads them to interpret our energy future mostly in terms of new nuclear power plants, old coal, clean coal, liquid coal and business-as-usual in Detroit and the oil states. Examining their positions on the same seven issues listed above, we see a wider spectrum of responses, ranging from mildly supportive to insouciant to frighteningly hostile:
Issues | Giuliani | Huckabee | McCain | Paul | Romney | Thompson |
Mandatory cap and auction of pollution permits | Opposed | Supports, with no position on auction | Supports, with no position on auction | No stated position | Supports cap if enacted globally | No stated position |
Carbon emission reduction | No stated position | No target specified | Supports 65% reduction by 2050 | No stated position | No stated position | No stated position |
Fleetwide | Opposes mandatory action | 35 mpg by 2020 | General support, no targets | Opposed 33 mpg in 2005 | Opposes as stand-alone measure | Opposed 35 mpg in 2002 |
National renewable electricity standard | Opposed | Supports 15% by 2020 (inc. nuclear & clean coal) | Supports state & local, not national, standards | No stated position | No stated position | Opposed 10% & 20% standard in 2002 |
Energy efficiency improve- | General support, no targets | General support, no targets | General support, no targets | No stated position | General support, no targets | General support, no targets |
Emissions from coal plants | Supports conventional coal | Supports conventional coal | Supports carbon capture | Supports conventional coal | Supports conventional coal | Supports conventional coal |
Liquid coal development | Supports liquid coal | No stated position | Will support liquid coal if pollution capture/control improves | No stated position | Supports liquid coal | Supports liquid coal |
As can be seen, Governor Huckabee and Senator McCain lift themselves somewhat above their competitors with support for fuel efficiency and carbon emission limits, but with these exceptions noted, the Republican candidates seem to be sharing a generally reactionary platform. Candidate Ron Paul's position on energy is perhaps scarier than most, as he does not appear to have given much thought to the seven major issues measured; on fuel efficiency and coal plants he has shown himself no friend to clean energy or the environment, while on the other five issues he hasn't recorded any position whatsoever. Giuliani's and Thompson's records show opposition to virtually everything beneficial to the environment, and support for continued use of coal in any form. And the campaign promise of the former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, to bring large-scale clean energy technology to market, clashes with his public opposition to the nation's largest proposed offshore wind project off the coast of the Bay State.
Overall, the impression given by the campaign literature of GOP hopefuls is that the energy/environmental debate has not been worthy of serious thought, nor has it featured in their spoken rhetoric as much as immigration, health care or the Iraq war. Compared with some of the Democratic candidates' meticulously crafted plans with their targets, price tags and deadlines, the Republican contenders seem to be paying lip service to an issue they know does not excite the general public. And so far as government support for clean energies such as solar is concerned, most of them mention it only as afterthoughts to ideas for increased use of coal, drilling in the ANWR and building more nuclear plants, measures that may offset some fossil fuel imports but will exacerbate environmental problems already approaching crisis levels.
So in this exercise in crystal ball gazing, you could probably get just as accurate a result with a two-dollar snow globe. With Huckabee and McCain, and to a greater extent with the six Democrats, there is a sense of recognition of the comparative importance of the energy issue. It's the recognition that whereas we can survive not finding a perfect solution to some of the more emotionally charged issues in politics today, we can't survive a failure to address effectively — and on a national scale — the interrelated issues of energy and environment. It's also difficult to escape the conclusion that, in the event of a candidate in the mold of Giuliani, Paul, Romney or Thompson being sworn in next January, the brotherly relationship between the oil & gas industry and Government that characterized the Bush administration will become, if anything, measurably cozier.
Chris Stimpson is the executive campaigner and activist for the Solar Nation advocacy group solar-nation.org. Solar Nation is the nationwide campaign where citizens rally and convince their leaders to make America a true Solar Power. As the locus of grassroots American activism in support of legislation and regulation of solar energy issues, Solar Nation seeks to positively affect state and federal policy, enabling solar power to become a significant part of America's energy future. Visit or join Solar Nation at www.solar-nation.org.


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The McWilliams Fellowship in the Mellon College of Science
The McWilliams Fellowships in the Mellon College of Science are selected each spring. Each department may nominate up to two students. Nominations are due at 5:00 PM on the last Friday in January.
Thanks to a very generous gift from Dr. Bruce McWilliams (S '78, '78, '81), an endowed fund has been established to provide fellowships to graduate students in the Mellon College of Science studying in an area where Carnegie Mellon has a comparative advantage and where research is at an emerging or critical stage. This fellowship will initially focus on students doing research in the areas of nanotechnology, biophysics or cosmology, with the donors' strong preference for supporting chemistry or physics students. The fellowship will provide tuition, stipend and fees for one year, or until the recipient graduates, whichever comes first. The student will receive $1000 in a discretionary fund for conference travel or other research expenses. Note that the recipient of the fellowship must write to and meet with Dr. McWilliams periodically during and after the fellowship to keep them apprised of ongoing progress.
Each department may nominate up to two students for this award. To be eligible, students must be in at least their third year and have completed all of the requirements for the Ph.D. that are expected at their stage in the program. Nomination packages should include the following:
- The nominee's statement of his/her research accomplishments, research goals for the next 1–2 years, and how this fellowship would specifically impact their research (2–3 pages),
- The nominee's up-to-date curriculum vita,
- One letter of support from his/her research advisor(s) describing Carnegie Mellon's comparative advantage in the student's research area, evidence of the student's current and potential contributions to this area, and the impact of those contributions at the current stage of research, and
- A second letter of support from a faculty member (either a Carnegie Mellon faculty member or a collaborator from another institution) who is familiar with the student's work and can comment on the stage of the research.
Nominees and letter writers are encouraged to include information that will make the candidate's credentials clear to a selection committee drawn from a broad range of scientific disciplines. This could include comments on the nominee's:
- outstanding experimental or theoretical results,
- creativity and initiative,
- contributions to collaborative efforts, and
- publications (including comments on the quality of the journals in which they appear).
The deadline for submitting these materials is the last Friday in January at 5:00 PM. Copies of the applications should be submitted to Rea Freeland, Associate Dean, at email@example.com or MI 440-B. Electronic copies are preferred, or five copies of printed material can be submitted. The Dean will appoint an ad hoc selection committee to make a recommendation to him regarding selection of the recipient.


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dc.contributor.author | Wissing, Maria | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Temane, Qambeshile | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-08-04T15:36:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-08-04T15:36:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | WISSING, M., & TEMANE, Q. 2009. Gender, Spirituality and Psychological Well-Being. Journal of psychology in Africa, [http://www.nisc.co.za/journals?id=5] [http://www.ianrothmann.com/display.php?pid=1] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1433-0237 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3346 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose. This study examined the role that various dimensions of subjective spirituality played in the maintenance of psychological well-being specifically among the population of adults 85 years of age and older. This study also investigated if this relationship differed by gender and ethnicity. Method. This study utilized an archival dataset to explore the questions of interest. The sample represented a nationwide randomly selected group of community dwelling older adults. Of the original sample, 163 participants were 85 years of age or older. One way multivariate analysis of variance was used to examine that data. Two separate 2x2 factorial MANOVAs were used to explore differences in this relationship across gender and ethnicity independently. Results. Of the three main hypotheses proposed for the present study, only one was fully supported by the statistical analysis. Overall results indicate that the presence of moderate spirituality is strongly correlated to greater psychological well-being. However, results indicated that this relationship did not vary when taking into consideration gender or ethnicity of participants, suggesting that the role of spirituality on psychological well-being is significant regardless of gender or ethnicity. | |
dc.publisher | Elliott & Fitzpatrick | |
dc.title | Gender, Spirituality and Psychological Well-Being | en_US |
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