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Network Engineering Technology
Bachelor of Science Degree
The Information Technology Department offers two concentrations as part of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology: Software Engineering Technology and Network Engineering Technology.
Network Engineering Technology
The Bachelor's Degree in Network Engineering technology provides the student more extensive experience in the management of Local Area Networks (LANs), intranets, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and exposure to configuring and managing web servers.
Students can earn their Bachelor's Degree in Network Engineering Technology is as little as three years, days or evenings. Upon completion of the Network Engineering Technology program, graduates are eligible to apply for positions as network security specialists, LAN managers, network administrators, network engineers and network analysts.
Graduates of this program will be eligible to take such internationally recognized certification exams as the CompTIA Security + and Network+ exams and the Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA).
"The success of our current employees from New England Tech says a lot about the college and its programs. The training that students receive prepares them for the fast-paced environment and challenges here at Atrion. We have a high technical standard so the real-world educational experience at New England Tech is wonderful; it really sets their students apart."
Rachel Croce, Talent Development Associate
Atrion Networking, Warwick, RI
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Program Mission, Goals and Outcomes
Program Mission:
The mission of the Information Technology Network Engineering Bachelor program is to provide preparation for the field of information technology with a concentration in Network Engineering. Through a combination of theory, labs, and optional field experience, the program emphasizes application of knowledge to the specifications and requirements of the Network Engineering and computer support industry, and teaches students to strive towards providing and enhancing a productive business environment. The Information Technology Network Engineering Bachelor program is designed to provide more depth and breadth with topics learned in the Information Technology Network Engineering Associates program, and to introduce more advanced concepts and practices with topics beyond the Information Technology Network Engineering Associates program.
Program Goals:
1. Through participation in a Senior Project or Externship, provide appropriate learning opportunities for students to acquire the theoretical knowledge, applicable skills, and professional attitude necessary to function as an IT professional requiring intermediate and advanced skills.
2. Allow students to learn the skills required to gather and analyze information required to successfully translate business scenarios into technical solutions through appropriate design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
3. Endeavor to cultivate every student's ability to critically analyze advanced IT problems, and efficiently and correctly troubleshoot those problems.
4. Provide an environment that encourages self-learning and the continuation of each student's education beyond graduation with the goal of furthering each student's ability to adapt to and incorporate new concepts, ideas, and evolving technologies.
5. Strive to instill in each student a sense of professional commitment and integrity with respect to the security and privacy of clientele and information, the rights of copyright holders, and the inherent responsibilities of license users.
6. Help prepare students for some of the objectives for various entry and intermediate level industry certifications, and help prepare students to acquire those certifications.
Program Outcomes:
Graduates of this program will be able to:
1. Plan, design, implement, analyze, integrate, and troubleshoot simple and complex networks via participation in a Senior Project or Externship.
2. Create, follow, and meet objectives of a project plan and recognize the need for adaptation, adjustments, and restructuring of the plan, both as an individual IT professional, and in a team environment.
3. Apply practical and theoretical Network Engineering knowledge based upon the foundation concepts defined in an integrated environment.
4. Demonstrate effective oral and written communications with supervisors, subordinates, team members and clients. In particular students should exhibit lucid, clear and concise technical and professional communication as well as be able to communicate complex technical ideas in layman's terms to non-technically trained people.
5. Provide network and computer support in a responsible and ethical manner, and comprehend and comply with applicable laws and regulatory standards.
6. Respect different cultures, customs, and professional technical methods and procedures inherent in an industry with many differences based on locality or region.
Courses Offered
Information Technology Bachelor Degree Program
- NE 115 Computer and Networking
- SE 111 XHTML/JavaScript
- SE 114 Programming Essentials Using C++
- SE 124 Intermediate Programming Using C++
- NE 121 Windows Networking Essentials
- IT 121 Visual Communications
- NE 134 Networking for Small Businesses
- SE 133 Database Management
- MGT 130 Effective Management of Teams and Projects
- NE 244 Desktop OS Troubleshooting
- NE 245 Introduction to Networks
- NE 247 Windows Server
- NE 255 Linux Essentials
- NE 257 Routing and Switching Essentials
- NE 259 Windows Server Lab
- NE 265 AS Capstone Project
- NE 267 Introduction to Information Security
- IT 260 Externshi OR IT 267 IT Ethics and Professional Development
- EST 236 Microprocessor Control Systems
- MGT 230 Principles of Marketing
- MGT 245 Professional Sales Techniques
- NE 371 Network Scripting
- IT 378 Database Management
- NE 406 Router Security and Firewall Management
- NE 381 Design and Implementation of an Active Directory Network
- NE 402 Linux System Administration
- NE 393 WAN Technologies
- NE 395 Internet Servers
- CYB 394 Windows Security
- IT 374 IT Project Management
- NE 404 Heterogeneous Network Administration
- NE 405 Mail Servers
- NE 407 Virtualization
- NE 416 Introduction to Network Engineering Senior Project
- CYB 412 Network Security
- CYB 408 Linux Security
- CYB 423 Incident Response
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October 1, 2012
Vol. 28 , No. 02
2012 Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer
History, Biography, and Human Agency
With more than six million books sold worldwide, Robert K. Massie is widely regarded as the foremost expert on the Russian royal family. He is also a respected authority on World War I military history and is a past president of the Author's Guild.
Massie studied American history at Yale University and modern European history at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Massie worked as a journalist for Newsweek from 1959-1962 before taking a position at the Saturday Evening Post.
His first book Nicholas and Alexandra, a biography of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife, Alexandra of Hesse, remained on the New York Times Bestseller List for 46 weeks, was translated into seventeen languages, and made into a film nominated for nine Academy Awards. Over six million copies of this book have been sold around the world.
In 1981, Massie was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Peter the Great. This book inspired a 1986 NBC mini-series that won three Emmy Awards, His most recent book, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, was published in November 2011 and has been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction by the American Library Association.
Robert Massie is this year's Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer and his campus visit is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.
Gandhi, the Politics of Visual Representation, and the Art of Dying
There is but no question that Mohandas Gandhi remains, more than six decades after his assassination, the most iconic figure of modern India. A distinct and complex iconography began to develop around his figure in his own lifetime. He was one of the most widely photographed men of his time; an entire industry of nationalist prints extolled his life; and statues of his abound throughout India and, increasingly, the rest of the world. Gandhi has been a blessing to cartoonists; and nearly every major Indian artist of consequence, from M. F. Husain and Ramkinkar Baij to Ghulam Muhammad Sheikh and Atul Dodiya, over the course of the last half-century has engaged with Gandhi in his or her work. In this talk, Professor Lal will examine the life and work of Gandhi in the light of various forms of visual representation and suggest what kind of insights we might be able to derive from a study of these images. After offering an overview of the visual practices that have informed representations of Gandhi, he will provide a more extended analysis of 'the sartorial Gandhi' and, especially, 'the martyred Gandhi'. And, in conclusion, as appropriate for a talk delivered on Gandhi's birthday, what we may surmise from his life and visual representations of his assassination about the art of dying.
Vinay Lal earned his Ph.D. with Distinction from the University of Chicago in 1992 after undergraduate and master's degrees in literature and philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. He has taught history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) since 1993 and most recently was Professor of History at University of Delhi (2010-11). His dozen books include Deewaar: The Footpath, the City, and the Angry Young Man (HarperCollins, 2011); Political Hinduism: The Religious Imagination in Public Spheres (ed., Oxford, 2009); The Future of Knowledge and Culture: A Dictionary for the Twenty-first Century, co-edited with Ashis Nandy (Viking Penuin, 2005); Of Cricket, Guinness and Gandhi: Essays on Indian History and Culture (Penguin, 2005); The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India (Oxford, 2003); and Empire of Knowledge: Culture and Plurality in the Global Economy (Pluto Press, 2002). He has recently completed a two-volume anthology on the idea of the city in modern India for Oxford UP and is on the verge of finishing two books on Gandhi. His work has been translated into Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Korean, and Persian. He is also honored to have been profiled at some length in David Horowitz's book, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America (2007).
Stories from the Frontlines: the War on Women, Fact or Myth?
The idea of a "War on Women" has been much in the headlines in 2012. But is this hype or reality, and how will it affect the Fall 2012 elections? Join Lisa Maatz, the Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for a stimulating discussion about the gender gap and the role it is playing in both policy making and campaigning.
Lisa Maatz graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio University before going on to pursue two master's degrees from Ohio State. Her grassroots advocacy career began when she was the executive director of Turning Point, a battered women's program recognized for excellence by the Ohio Supreme Court.
While serving as the top policy advisor for AAUW, Maatz spent 16 months serving concurrently as the interim director of the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund working to advance opportunities for women and girls. She did similar work for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Older Women's League and was a legislative aide to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).
Maatz is recipient of the Information Network's Young Woman of Achievement Award (she now serves on that organization's Advisory Council) and the Mentor Award from the Public Leadership Education Network. She also holds an adjunct appointment with the Women and Politics Institute at American University, was a congressional fellow for the Women's Research & Education Institute, and has received a mayoral appointment to the Washington, D.C., Commission on Women.
Maatz's visit to CMC is co-sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children and the Athenaeum.
Reinventing Bach
LECTURE: 6:45 p.m. PARENTS DINING ROOM
Paul Elie is a Senior Research Fellow with Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Director of the American Pilgrimage Project, a university partnership with StoryCorps which is based in the Berkley Center. His work deals primarily with the ways religious ideas are given expression in literature, the arts, music, and culture in the broadest sense.
Elie is the author of two books. His first work is called The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage, published in 2003. It was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and won a PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. His newest work, Reinventing Bach (2012), traces the fascinating relationship between Bach interpreters and new recording technologies, telling the story of how musicians of genius have made Bach's music new in our time.
Elie has also authored essays and articles for The Atlantic, The New York Times, Commonweal, and other periodicals. He is also the moderator of the Georgetown's Faith & Culture Lecture Series, a series of public conversations about the interaction of religion, art, literature, and society.
Paul Elie's Athenaeum talk is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and will be held in Parent's Dining Room.
Murder, Mystery and Egon Schiele's Dead City
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
U.S. Museums are full of objects shrouded in murder and mystery. New York attorney Raymond Dowd will take you on a visually-exciting tour of one of history's great puzzles.
In 1998, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau seized Egon Schiele's Dead City and Portrait of Wally at the Museum of Modern Art, creating a scandal that changed the legal landscape of Europe and the United States for victims of Nazi persecution and their survivors. Dowd represents the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer murdered in the Dachau Concentration Camp. Fritz's wife Lily died in the Minsk Death Camp during World War II. Grünbaum's art collection surfaced in Switzerland in 1956 under disputed circumstances, and in the first Holocaust-era art recovery trial in U.S. history, Bakalar v. Vavra, the District Court found that passing the artwork through Switzerland gave it clean title. The decision was subsequently vacated by the Second Circuit and remanded for a new trial.
Bakalar v. Vavra, a case that remains undecided, has tremendous implications for the art restitution field. Those who opposed the return of the Schiele picture used an array of defenses. This included the choice of law (they argued for Swiss law from the 1950s, rather than Austrian or United States law). They attempted to prevent the admission of evidence, including an expert report about the history of the Grünbaums and the picture. They argued that Grünbaum's heirs should have done more right after the war to pursue the art (laches). These "technical defenses" go to the heart of the restitution field and raise questions that apply more broadly to other collectors, museums, and national governments.
Dowd's talk is part of a series on museums and leadership. What are the ethical responsibilities of museum officials and how do museum leaders respond to legal challenges, such as those presented by Holocaust era restitution cases?
Raymond J. Dowd is the author of Copyright Litigation Handbook (West 5th Ed. 2010) and authors the Copyright Litigation Blog. He is a national officer of the Federal Bar Association, partner in the law firm of Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City and a graduate of Manhattan College (B.A. International Studies cum laude 1986) and Fordham Law School (1991). He speaks fluent French and Italian. Mr. Dowd is a member of Dunnington's corporate, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration and art law practice groups.
Hangover: The Financial Crisis of 2008 and its Fiscal Consequences
Until March 2011, Jim Millstein was the Chief Restructuring Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In that role, he was responsible for oversight and management of the Department's largest investments in the financial sector. He was the architect of American International Group's (AIG) successful restructuring, described by the Wall Street Journal as the "Super Bowl of Corporate Turnarounds."
From July 2000 to April 2009, Mr. Millstein served as Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Corporate Restructuring at global investment bank Lazard. Millstein managed a leading restructuring practice in Europe, the United States and Asia. He worked extensively on both domestic international issues, including the restructuring of United Auto Worker's contractual relationships with GM, Ford and Chrysler, and Argentina's international bond indebtedness.
Before joining Lazard, Millstein was Partner and Head of the Corporate Restructuring practice at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. For 18 years, Millstein represented clients like Disney, Daewoo Corporation, and Pan-American Airlines.
Millstein received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He holds an M.A. in Political Science summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University.
James Millstein's talk at the Athenaeum is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.
The Intensifying Capitalist Revolutions of Eastern Europe
The newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have been among the most enthusiastic adopters of free market reforms. In the 1990s, not only did they adopt most of the policies of the "Washington consensus" advocated by the international financial institutions, such as trade and price deregulation, enterprise privatization, currency convertibility, and monetary stabilization, but they went beyond the Washington consensus to adopt second generation reforms like the flat tax and pension privatization—programs that most conservative parties in Europe and the United States consider too extreme for mainstream democratic politics. While not widely accepted or practiced in the advanced industrialized countries, these bold, if not radical, anti-statist reforms spread throughout Eastern European countries during a short period of time from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. What accounts for the adoption of these programs in the region, long after the honeymoon period of anti-Communist revolution ended across the region? What role did the EU, the United States, the IMF and think tanks play in the diffusion of these policies? Professor Appel will shed light upon this phenomenon and seek to account for the momentum behind the continued intensification of free market reform in Eastern Europe.
Hilary Appel is the Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. Her research examines the politics behind post-Communist economic reforms, fiscal governance, policies of retrospective justice, and issues of identity and politics in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia. Professor Appel's publications include two authored books: Tax Politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, Regional Integration and the Democratic Compromise (University of Michigan Press, 2011) and A New Capitalist Order: Privatization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe (University of Pittsburg Press, 2004) and two edited volumes. She has also published scholarly articles on the politics of economic reform in World Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Review of International Political Economy, Post-Soviet Affairs, East European Politics and Societies, and others. Professor Appel is a recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, the Social Science Research Council, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Fulbright Foundation, and the Institute for the Study of World Politics.
From Kenya to America: Leadership Without Borders - Think Globally, Lead Locally
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
What do a Kenyan tribal elder and former government official and a woman engineer from the corporate world of high tech have in common? – A talent for leadership and a passionate belief that education feeds solutions to all the world's problems.
Meet Charles Waigi, Kenyan dignitary respected globally for his work in advancing education and economic development for his country, and Erna Grasz, Silicon Valley Senior Executive and electrical engineer. They now work together leading Asante Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on leveraging the power of knowledge as a catalyst to help young people create a future where they can live their potential.
These two leaders from vastly different worlds, united by a common purpose, have learned that the keys to successful leadership are more similar than different across the globe, across borders and across cultures. Enjoy their stories, be inspired by their work, and discover how to apply their wisdom to your own work.
Raised and educated in a rural village in Kenya, Charles Waigi studied at Kenya's competitive Mangu High School where during his sophomore year he wrote an essay that earned him a trip to America as Kenya's delegate to the World Youth Forum sponsored by the New York Herald Tribune. This invaluable experience opened his eyes to what lay beyond Kenya's borders and ignited a hunger to see more and do more. Charles returned to America to complete his last year of high school at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High near Boston, Massachusetts and went on to receive his Undergraduate degree with Honors in Political Science at Williams College, and a graduate degree in Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Charles returned to Kenya and served on the global stage as well as the local one. He began as an Assistant Secretary in the Trade and Economic Division of Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs followed by a long and respected career in the Kenyan Public Service. Charles traveled the world serving on Kenyan delegations to many international conferences and working to enhance Kenya's voice in international economic affairs to propel the country into the international marketplace. After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charles served briefly in the Central Bank of Kenya before moving to Kenya's Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) where he spent 24 fruitful years fostering local economic development via start-up loans for small business owners and joint ventures with large local and international corporations.
Erna Grasz has led organizations, teams and individuals to success in fast paced, high stress, and results orientated environments for over 25 years. She has an established reputation as a strategic leader with demonstrated success in diverse industries, including Medical Device, Defense Research, and Semiconductor Capital Equipment. She has exercised her skills in full management for business functions including: general management; research and product development; business development; operations; sales; and marketing. She has led teams as large as 400 people and as small as 3 people. Most recently, she has transitioned her leadership skills from being a Chief Technology Officer in the Medical Device Market to the Non- Profit world as the CEO of Asante Africa Foundation. She is known as an organizer of chaos and a "turn-around" leader. Other Formal Leadership Roles include: General Manager at Philips Healthcare, San Jose Campus / Vice President of R&D for Tyco Healthcare, Nellcor, Mallinckrodt Division/General Manager, KLA-Tencor/Program Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Erna is an award-winning speaker with Toastmasters International. She has published numerous articles on leadership, communication skills and project management. She is a certified leadership trainer and career coach with a specific focus on youth, and early and mid- career professions. Her advanced degrees are in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Management from Texas Tech University and Santa Clara University. She also has several executive Leadership and Management Training certificates from Stanford, MIT Sloan, and UCLA.
Strengthening Free Speech or Undercutting Democratic Elections? A Debate on Citizens United
In 2010, the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in the decision eliminated restrictions on corporate involvement in electoral politics. The ruling affirmed full political free speech rights for corporations, unions, and other outside groups, allowing them to spend unlimited amounts of money in electoral campaigns. During the current election cycle, hundreds of SuperPACs, independent political action committees created after the outcome of Citizens United, have raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars on political races, more than four times the amount spent in 2008. There is more speech but much of the information from outside groups and political advertising advertising is negative. Outside group influence may provide the substantive material to tip the balance in the 2012 general election or it might confound, distract, discourage, or irritate voters.
Does the Citizens United ruling appropriately support a fundamental constitutional principle – the doctrine of political free speech? Does it unleash money's influence in electoral politics, corrupting the process and undermining its legitimacy? Hopefully some of these questions will be answered – or at least colorfully discussed – at this Athenaeum event.
The Claremont Colleges Debate Union provides opportunities for national and international parliamentary debating. They participate in approximately 45 tournaments per year. Each year, students compete in tournaments in workshops throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Turkey, Croatia, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Korea. The Debate Union has been notably successful, winning three national debate championships, as well as more than 150 team and individual debate awards in each of the past 5 years.
Each 2-person team will consist of a current student and a CMC/Debate Union alumnus. Arguing in favor of the Citizens United/free speech side are Jesse Blumenthal and Nadeem Farooqi. Arguing against Citizens United and supporting the position that the ruling undermines fair elections are Allison Westfahl and Anna Joseph.
Allison L. Westfahl Kong graduated summa cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in 2007 with a B.A. in mathematics and government. One of the most successful intercollegiate debaters in the United States in the past decade, she also won the Asian Debate Championship in Seoul. Following college, she attended New York University School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2010. While at NYU, she served as the Senior Articles Editor of the Law Review and was a Furman Academic Scholar. From 2010-2011 she served as law clerk to the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. Court for the Southern District of New York and from 2011-2012 she served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her article Regulatory Change and Optimal Transition Relief, co-authored with Dean Richard Revesz, was recently published in the Northwestern Law Review. Starting in November 2012, she will join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
Jesse Blumenthal graduated with honors in 2011 with a B. A. in PPE. He was elected as the student commencement speaker that year. An extraordinarily successful competitive debater, Jesse and his debate partner were ranked among the top 20 teams in the nation for 3 years; he won the US National Debate Championship in 2010. He twice worked on Capitol Hill for then-House Minority Leader John Boehner. He is currently the Public Affairs Manager for the American Enterprise Institute.
Anna Joseph '13 and Nadeem Farooqi '15 will represent the current student membership of the Claremont Colleges Debate Union. Anna and Nadeem are talented debaters and both have qualified for national and international competition against undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students. This year, Nadeem and Anna are scheduled to attend many of the most challenging debate events in the world, including competitions hosted by the University of British Columbia, Oxford, Cambridge, and the US National Championship.
Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics
Victoria Rodriguez pioneered the examination of women in Mexican politics in the United States. She has authored two major books on the increasing importance of women in the political arena, and has stressed their contributions to and role in the democratic transition in Mexico in the 1990s and 2000s. Her most recent work on women appears the Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics (Oxford University Press, 2012). She served for many years as the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, which houses one of the leading programs on Latin American Studies, and currently is the Ashbel Smith Professor of Public Affairs.
Prior to joining UT Austin in 1991, she held teaching positions at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Texas at El Paso. She was also a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and has served as a consultant for the World Bank. Professor Rodríguez received a bachelor's degree from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly work has focused on governance, democratization, and political change in Mexico. In addition to numerous books, articles, and book chapters on Mexican politics and public policy, she is the author of Decentralization in Mexico: From Reforma Municipal to Solidaridad to Nuevo Federalismo (1997). Her current work includes path-breaking research and two books on women in Mexican politics: Women's Participation in Mexican Political Life (1998) and Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics (2003). Her books have also been published in Spanish in revised and updated editions.
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About the Race
Please join us for our fourth annual spring race on Saturday, April 12, 2014. The race, named after Kent State University's unofficial mascot, will be held at 8 a.m.
Check In: Due to insurance limitations, headphones, baby joggers, inline skates, animals, etc. are not permitted. Recreational Services reserves the right to refuse any entry.
Race check-in will take place on Friday, April 11 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). Runners may also check-in before the race from 7 - 7:30 a.m. in the lobby of the SRWC.
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By receiving the Clinical and Translational Science Award, the University of Minnesota is now required by NCATS and NIH to ensure an acknowledgment of the CTSA in any publications that result from UMN CTSI assistance with a project.
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The Midatlantic Region of the Williams Syndrome Association will host the Picnic at the Zoo to benefit research of the genetic condition.
The event begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the North America picnic area outside the zoo's entrance. Registration is $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under and can be made online at www.williams-syndrome.org/picnic-zoo
More information about Williams Syndrome and its symptoms can be found at www.williams-syndrome.org.
When you meet 11-year-old William Rodriguez, you've just met a friend.
Don't be surprised if he tells you so right off the bat.
Rodriguez has the boundless energy of most boys his age and loves to kid around. He likes basketball, football and WWE wrestling and especially enjoys music. He's a good dancer and if you ask nicely, he might beat-box for you.
The endearing friendliness and quick attachments to people that set him apart from many children are due in part to Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition Rodriguez was born with.
About one in 10,000 people are born with Williams Syndrome. The condition — caused by the spontaneous deletion of 26 to 28 genes on the seventh chromosome at the time of conception — carries with it the risk of health problems and cognitive difficulties. The relative few with Williams Syndrome often have cardiovascular problems, kidney irregularities and musculoskeletal issues. Many children with Williams Syndrome have difficulties learning — though they usually have strong language skills — and are often diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.
Rodriguez wasn't diagnosed until about two years ago, when he was about 9 years old.
His mother, Anna Rodriguez, knew that her son had certain strengths and weaknesses in the classroom. She never knew there was an underlying cause until his pediatric ophthalmologist recommended she research the syndrome. The doctor noted the starburst pattern in his irises common among children with the syndrome.
"After reading about it, I just knew," Anna Rodriguez said. "There were so many things about him that just fit."
From his bouts of sleeplessness and difficulty eating as an infant to his facial shape — the striking blue eyes, upturned nose, larger ears and long upper lip sometimes described as "elfin" — things seemed to click. William Rodriguez underwent genetic testing and diagnosis at McGovern Children's Hospital at Duke University Medical Center.
The diagnosis answered a lot of questions and helped at school, Anna Rodriguez said.
For the first time, she was able to explain to his teachers the strategies and methods that worked best for him. This year, she gave the staff at Elon Elementary a notebook with information about Williams Syndrome and educational tips for those with the syndrome. For instance, William Rodriguez is an auditory learner. He needs help staying focused. He's verbally expressive and needs one-on-one instruction but functions best in a social environment.
"We're all playing catch-up. His teachers are very supportive," Anna Rodriguez said. 'We just want him to meet his potential, which is what I think every parent wants for their child."
William Rodriguez interjected, affirming how much he likes his teacher.
"She is so nice. She's the best," he said.
This weekend, the Rodriguezes will attend the Picnic at the Zoo, a benefit for Williams Syndrome research and opportunity to raise awareness about the condition at the N.C. Zoo in Asheboro.
"Very few people know about it, that includes parents and educators. I'd like to help other parents learn about it earlier so they can help their child earlier," she said.
Saturday will be the first time William Rodriguez will get to meet other children with the condition. There are about 50 people registered to attend. His mother thinks it will be a good experience for him.
"I think it may lead to some very strong friendships for him," she said.
It will cap off a big week or so for William Rodriguez. On Friday, he participated in his first Special Olympics at Elon University. He ran the 400-meter race and medaled. The crowds of spectators cheering him along the track were his favorite part.
He also got to meet a lot of new friends, like Eliot Browarsky, a member of Elon University men's soccer team, who kicked the ball with him for a while that day.
"Eliot is my friend," William Rodriguez said. "He's very kind and encouraging."
Anna Rodriguez explains that Williams Syndrome is on the opposite end of the social spectrum as autism. Whereas children with autism are often introverted, children with Williams Syndrome are cheerful and outgoing. Both groups have difficulty picking up on social cues of others in their age group.
"In many ways, he's like other kids. But he has his own little nuances that make him like no one else," she said. "Even though Williams Syndrome is classified as a genetic disorder, I hesitate to call it a 'disorder.' He is the way God made him."


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Stanwood High has new head football coach
Trainor resigns; school hires former Monroe coach
Trainor resigned after one season, citing his inability to secure a full-time teaching position at Stanwood.
"It was my intent to be an eventual teacher at Stanwood High School upon taking the football job," Trainor said in a letter to the families of his players. "Philosophically and practically, having the coach on staff at the high school is the cornerstone of having a successful football program. After two hiring cycles (spring of 2012 and 2013), I was not offered a full-time position at the high school. I have no confidence moving forward, nor have I been given any inclination that a full-time teaching position will be in consideration for the fall of 2013."
Trainor, who teaches in Bellingham, said he had to know by June 19 whether a job would be available in order to inform his current employer whether or not he would be back. When nothing was available at Stanwood, he tendered his resignation.
In the letter, Trainor said Stanwood athletic director Tom Wilfong worked "diligently to create a teaching position, but could not get the go-ahead on a full-time job."
Trainor, who led the Spartans to a 4-6 record in his lone season, said he appreciated Wilfong's efforts and commended the AD for his dedication to fielding a quality football program.
Telford, the son of former Stanwood football coach Phil Telford, graduated from Stanwood in 1984 and went on to play quarterback at Fresno State University. He started his coaching career at Fresno State before going on to coach at the high school level. He served as an assistant coach at Stanwood in 2005 and 2006 before moving on to Havelock High School in North Carolina as an assistant.
He returned to Washington in 2008 and took over as the head coach at Monroe High School, where he coached for three seasons before resigning in 2010 to take a job as an assistant football coach at Indiana State University.
"The program could not be in better hands," Trainor wrote of Telford's hiring. "He will bring stability moving forward and our student-athletes deserve that."
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Developing siRNA and gene delivery tools for antiviral therapy is my field of expertise. While at the Harvard University, I developed novel ligand- and antibody-based targeted delivery platforms for specific gene silencing in human neuronal and T cells. I specialize in the generation of animal models for flaviviral and retroviral infections and have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of the nucleic acid carriers in animal models for flaviviral encephalitis and HIV, in three hallmark papers. These studies showed that RNAi-based technologies can indeed be used as therapeutic interventions for both acute and chronic viral infections. At Yale University, as an assistant professor, my laboratory focuses on application of such delivery systems to study the pathogenesis of viral infections in relevant animal models including multiple humanized mouse models that are infectable by HIV.
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On CNN Minnesota, there was a sort of abnormally long video about Black Friday sales.
When I had watched these types of broadcasts before I had never really thought the amount of time they devoted to them, but looking at it from the perspective of how much time they give to harder news and feature stories it seems a little off. In my mind they should spend the most amount of time on the harder news, but I can see how they might not have as much to go on as they would and do have with the feature news type stories.
The anchor in this video tripped over her words twice during the video, which I probably would never have noticed without looking at the video from this perspective.


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Jessica's Coping with Lupus Corner
The Coping with Lupus Corner is a monthly column giving the low-down on living with lupus. Our Director of Social Services, Jessica Rowshandel, M.S.W., picks topics based on questions from clients and visitors to our website, comments on our Facebook page, and information she finds helpful.
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Countdown to Spring: 2 days!!!
You did it, people! Well, you almost did it. You made it through one of the worst winters ever.
Why not get started with the celebration early. You can find the cure for cabin fever at...the Cure for Cabin Fever, at the Italian Community Center's Festa Ballroom, 631 E. Chicago St., at 6:30 p.m. tonight. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Salotto Zarletti becomes Zarletti Mequon and changes its menu
Salotto Zarletti in Mequon has changed its menu to align more to the menu of Zarletti downtown, and also has changed its name to Zarletti Mequon. »Read Full Blog Post
Sushi restaurant Kawa opens near Bayshore Town Center
After months of remodeling, sushi restaurant Kawa is open at 325 W. Silver Spring Drive in Glendale. »Read Full Blog Post
Plans proceeding to redevelop former Bavarian Inn
Lake Park Bistro lamb roast
It will be a picnic Saturday at Lake Park Bistro, overlooking Lake Michigan — a lamb roast will start at 1 p.m. outside the restaurant, 3133 E. Newberry Blvd.
The lamb, roasted on a spit outdoors, will be served with pistou, a garlic-herb sauce. Also served picnic-style with the lamb: grilled lacinato kale with lemon citronette, flageolet beans with lardons and herbs, house salad with spring vegetables and red wine vinaigrette, fingerling potato salad, chocolate cake and fruit parfait. »Read Full Article
Enrique Iglesias suffers fracture, completes hand surgery
NEW YORK (AP) - A statement on Enrique Iglesias' website said his reconstructive hand surgery "lasted longer than expected" because he suffered a fracture that needed to be corrected.
Iglesias had surgery in Los Angeles on Monday after slicing his fingers when grabbing a drone at a concert. »Read Full Article
Wauwatosa's Pizza Man to open its doors Friday
Ready ahead of schedule, the second location of Pizza Man — at the Mayfair Collection, 11500 W. Burleigh Road — will open its doors to the public Friday. »Read Full Blog Post
Jason Derulo, Billy Currington, Barenaked Ladies
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In 'Finders Keepers,' Stephen King delivers a 21st-century hard-boiled tale
With "Finder's Keepers," the second book of his Bill Hodges trilogy, Stephen King delivers everything readers of the his recent work have come to expect — mostly good news for King fans and probably a pleasant surprise for those who tend to dismiss his deceptively easy, chatty prose.
"Finder's Keepers" begins with the murder of an iconic author by an angry, obsessed fan. John Rothstein hadn't published in decades, but before he retired, he wrote his rebellious fictional hero, Jimmy Gold, into a career in advertising. Twenty-something Morris Bellamy considered both moves to be capital offenses. »Read Full Article
New DVD releases: 'Focus,' 'McFarland, USA'
FOCUS (Warner) Will Smith plays a veteran con artist who, in the middle of a huge scam, crosses paths with a beautiful protégé (Margot Robbie) who could cause him to lose, well, focus. Slick comedy-romance-caper movie written and directed by "Crazy, Stupid, Love" directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. (R; language, some sexual content, brief violence) »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Chubbys Cheesesteaks Grand Opening
Meat lovers, feast your eyes on this pic.
Ohhhhh yeah. Just look at all that gooey cheese and pillows of meat. Gotta love that bed of fresh cut french fries. You know you want it. »Read Full Blog Post
Bruce Jenner completes transition to Caitlyn in Vanity Fair
NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Jenner's transition is complete.
"Call me Caitlyn," declares a headline on the July cover of Vanity Fair, with a photo of a long-haired Jenner in a strapless corset, legs crossed, sitting on a stool. The image was shot by famed celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz. Inside, more images show Caitlyn in gold lame, a black bustier and a cleavage-baring, off-the-shoulder gown. »Read Full Article
Man sentenced for stalking Mila Kunis flees health facility
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man sentenced for stalking actress Mila Kunis escaped from a mental health facility over the weekend and was being sought by authorities in Southern California on Monday.
Stuart Lynn Dunn disappeared around 7:30 p.m. Saturday from the Olive Vista Behavioral Health Center in Pomona, said Deputy Chief Reaver Bingham of the Los Angeles County Probation Department. »Read Full Article
Tracy Morgan: Bad days and good days a year after limo crash
NEW YORK (AP) - Tracy Morgan said Monday that he doesn't remember anything about the limo crash that left him in a coma for two weeks and that, a year later, he still has bad days as well as good.
Appearing live on NBC's "Today" show for his first public appearance since the accident, Morgan sat clutching a cane and became emotional as he recalled learning after the June 7, 2014, crash that fellow comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair was killed. »Read Full Article
Lawyers get more time in fight over Robin Williams' estate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Robin Williams' wife and children have resolved differences over how to split up thousands of the late actor's personal items, but they remain at odds over some clothing and money to maintain one of his homes, attorneys said at a court hearing Monday.
Meredith Bushnell, an attorney for Williams' children from previous marriages - Zachary, Zelda and Cody - said about 300 personal items are in dispute after the two sides met with a mediator at a judge's suggestion. »Read Full Article
'Fifty Shades of Grey' sequel to be published June 18
NEW YORK (AP) - E L James is back for more.
A fourth novel in the British author's multimillion-selling "Fifty Shades of Grey" erotic series will be released June 18 by Vintage Books, the publisher announced Monday. The new book is called "Grey," told from the point of view of billionaire Christian Grey, whose explicit romance with young Anastasia Steele became an international obsession. As with the "Fifty Shades" books, "Grey" will be published as an e-book and a paperback original. »Read Full Article
Father John Misty dances away the misery
Father John Misty mastermind Josh Tillman warned that the band's sold-out Pabst Theater show Sunday would be an "unsolicited journey through my demented psyche."
Any artist that references a satanic Christmas Eve on a dreamy lead single — as Misty did with "Chateau Lobby #4" from this year's sophomore effort "I Love You, Honeybear" — is a bit off. »Read Full Article
Recent Marquette grads staging Shakespeare in 13 state parks
Like Bottom in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Hannah Klapperich-Mueller had a most rare vision.
While camping a few years ago in Potawatomi State Park, Klapperich-Mueller came upon an unused amphitheater and thought, "It would be so cool to do a play here." »Read Full Article
Top of the Charts: Taylor Swift grabs second No. 1 of 2015
As we enter June, we have a new star on top of the Billboard Hot 100, but it is a familiar face that has bumped Wiz Khalifa from the number one spot. Watch the video for Taylor Swift's newest hit below and then check out the tracks that were on top of the pop charts this week back in 2006, 1996, 1986 and 1976.
No. 1 hit June 1, 2015 »Read Full Blog Post
Actor Matt Dillon puts rare celebrity spotlight on Rohingya
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) - American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a hot, squalid camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence and a port that has been one of the main launching pads for their exodus by sea.
It was "heartbreaking," he said after meeting a young man with a raw, open leg wound from a road accident and no means to treat it. »Read Full Article
Point Fish Fry and a Flick to return in July
The Point Fish Fry and a Flick series returns to Milwaukee's lakefront in July and August with Wayne, Garth, Beetlejuice, Mad Max — and Groot.
The free outdoor movie series, in its seventh year, is held on select Friday nights during summer outside Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive, using the museum's building as the backdrop. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Starting the month with a beer dinner and outdoor music choices
June is here! Hey, look everybody. June is here.
If you don't already have dinner plans, get on this. Lakefront brings its beer up the hill to Wolf Peach for a Beer Line Dinner. A little food, a little beer. You know the drill. »Read Full Blog Post


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|LECOM School of Pharmacy students participated in Legislative Day in Harrisburg, Pa.
Students from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy recently participated in the Pharmacy Association Legislative Day at the Pennsylvania Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa and the Florida Pharmacists Legislative Day in Tallahassee, Fla.
Legislative Day provides future pharmacists the opportunity to bring any matters occurring in the world of pharmacy to the attention of the legislators from their district. All pharmacy schools in Pennsylvania are invited to attend and bring posters or other materials to help discuss any issue future pharmacists would hope to improve. The LECOM students presented a posted which addressed current issues and barriers regarding smoking cessation.
LECOM students attended a session of the House of Representatives, and met with Rep. John Evans (R-5th), Rep. Florindo Fabrizio (D-2nd), and a staff member of Sen. Jane Earll (R-49).
Legislative Day attendees from LECOM included Jaime Caputo, Emily Wysocki, Megan Anderson, Michael Minor, Lauren Funwela, Lauren Hajdu, Ashley Hartley, Richard Jay, Nate Dahl, Dumavo Atsou-Dzini and Olga Kurdelchuk, along with faculty members Janene Madras, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Admissions and Student Services, and Kim Burns, RPh, JD, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Bradenton Pharmacy Students Visit State Capitol
Students from LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton also attended a similar event as part of Florida Pharmacists Legislative Day in Tallahassee, Fla.
|From left back row: LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton students Blake Mirsky, Olutola Ajanaku, Nathaly Grullon and Rep. Bill Galvano. Front row: Peris Mukundi, Pratima Patel, Amy Ferrol, Angel Yu, Vishva Gandhi and LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton faculty member Teresa Schweiger, PharmD.
Students met with state Reps. Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) and Doug Holder (R-Sarasota) and state Sen. Mike Bennett (R-Bradenton) to discuss pharmacy legislation.
Pharmacy students from LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton, Nova Southeastern, University of Florida, Florida A&M University and Palm Beach Atlantic College gathered to promote the pharmacy profession.
The students spoke with legislators about stopping further cuts in Medicaid and promoting programs to help stop prescription drug abuse in Florida.


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I recently saw a few blogs on why Facebook is literally causing depression. I get it. We only show the highlight reel and for someone who may not be having ANY highlight reel to show at this very moment, it is depressing. Its like the time when my husband brought me six magazines of "How Celebrities got their Body back in 2 days After Baby" , after my second child (It truly was honest mistake, really, I told him to grab me celebrity-gossipy-mindless magazines and apparently it was Baby season).
It may be the linked articles to warn people of the dangers of the world that are causing anxiety and depression. Some of them help me; for example, there was one about how to spray my children with vinegar to ward of ticks and that calmed my bug phobia for about five seconds. There are certain articles that I am very happy to read and there are certain articles I do not need to be reading because it just feeds my phobia and anxiety.
Listed below are what goes on behind all my gleeful pictures. I'm guilty of only posting the highlight reel on Facebook (or Instagram) because that's human nature. Although, I do post pictures of toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls not on their appropriate rod because we are much too busy of a family to be bothered with all that nonsense.
1) My kids only brush their teeth once a day. I'm working on it, it just is what it is right now.
2) I use real cream and drink real coffee in the morning. GASP. For me, it's more than coffee, It's about memories, the aroma, the greetings to my children as I'm pouring a cup "GET UP NOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!", choosing the perfect cup, the sip/slurp sound, the deep breaths, did I already say the aroma? With the advent of our society fighting obesity (which I think is awesome), people are giving up EVERYTHING but nuts and twigs. For me, I HAVE to be in the middle of the road, the clown in the passenger seat in the way back of the tiny car, and on the Wall of Gaylord (see Meet the Fockers) when it comes to just about anything. (elaboration below)**
3) I do not sit up straight at the computer. I have improved my posture overall (because it used to be atrocious) but at the computer , when I'm in the zone, like a computer programmer (which I am not AT ALL ,see previous blogs, re computer murderer), I end up slouching , a lot , mostly because I can't see the screen very well which brings me to …..
4) I really need to be wearing reading glasses because I squint a lot at the computer too; hence the reason why I can't sit perfectly straight at the perfect distance from the computer. Like right now, I'm really trying, man.
5) My kids are not voracious readers, writers, athletes, "mathletes", gymnasts, or dancers. They play in the soccer league that gives out trophies for showing up and yes I have read the articles about how "awful" some people think giving out trophies to everyone is for a child. Really? that is what you think is awful with our society? Trust me, my kids face plenty of rejection and obstacles, I am not too worried about "trophy disease" harming their adulthood. My opinion is PUSHING them 24/7 is only going to backfire. I do involve them in sports etc, and have them read and write some in the summer, but it is light years away from any kind of Tiger Mom style of parenting, or even in my neighborhood for that matter.
6) I do not have an elaborate chore system for my children. I keep it extremely basic. No fancy Pint-rest boards of chores with bedazzled clothes pins and 4-D stickers and mishmashes of crafts that mark their achievements in CHORE-LAND. I HAVE TRIED WITH CHORE-LAND and almost super-glued myself to the chore chart. We ended up with a skinny lizard (he goes on hunger strikes) because of Crafty Chore time. Right now, I have a sticky note on the fridge that indicates, they can earn one dollar for three basic chores, and one of them is cleaning their room which some people think is ridiculous. I grew up with way more chores than I personally think should have been placed on a young child, and for the most part, it did not really help prepare me for much of anything other than anxiety about germs.
7) On the flip side, I'm terrified to let my nine year old ride around the neighborhood with his friends. Most kids my son's age in are riding their bikes in the neighborhood, and I do not know where I stand with this right now. I trust him, it's the cars going 75 miles an hour on a a subdivision strip, I do not trust. I am NOT judging the moms that allow their kids to do this at ALL. I know it's my own fears and trepidations, all I am saying is I am working through this debacle as we speak, right now.
8) I a bit of a "yeller." Yes, when I get frustrated, especially in the summer, I do yell , maybe at the computer, or at the mess, or even at the kids. I do not scream, or maybe once or twice ;), but I do raise my voice. I try to get down on their level, but I'm human and I get frustrated and I yell.
9) I can not fix my daughters hair. Giant bows fall out. Braids look like dread locks. 9/10, even if I do get it right , she has it all in her face within an hour.
10) Even though I have a phobia of my house being "clean", it's usually fairly messy. My kids are messy. It's very strange, the toilets are sparkling, but my house is kind of messy, compared to images we see on Facebook. I'm guilty , I showed an immaculate picture of my son's room after I re-organized one fall., Seriously, it stayed like that for five minutes, and then I get frustrated and yes I yell, because their rooms get messy all, the time, but I don't give them a trophy for cleaning their room.
I guess I need to make an more elaborate chore chart for the whole family.
* I actually try to use with coconut creamer and coconut sugar mixed with regular cream, (I know it's highly complicated scenario but have you read my blogs? ) to be "more healthy".
**Articles, blogs & Memes that center on "perfection", "No Excuses", "Train Lean, Eat Clean", "ABS are made in the kitchen" ,"Accept nothing less than the BEST", etc etc, usually end up hidden in my news feed. I get it, it's my issue. I am a recovering anorexic and recovering alcoholic. I simply can not get caught up in feeling like who I am or what I am doing is less than what I should be doing at any given time or I will want to go back to bad habits. I applaud the 18 ab~ pack mom with 75 kids who works out relentlessly and runs her own MLM business then captions it with a "What's Your Excuse" Meme, BRAVO, but it does NOTHING to inspire me.


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First Known Use: 15th century
adjective im·prop·er \(ˌ)im-ˈprä-pər\
: not correct
: not following rules of acceptable behavior : legally or morally wrong
: not suitable for the situation : not appropriate
Full Definition of IMPROPER
: not proper: asa : not in accord with fact, truth, or right procedure : incorrect <improper inference>b : not regularly or normally formed or not properly so calledc : not suited to the circumstances, design, or end <improper medicine>d : not in accord with propriety, modesty, good manners, or good taste <improper language>
— im·prop·er·ly adverb
— im·prop·er·ness noun
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Examples of IMPROPER
- The doctor gave him an improper diagnosis.
- They claim to have evidence of improper police conduct.
- improper use of public land
- This is an improper diet for a growing teenager.
- It would be improper for me to ask such a favor of her.
- He made some improper remarks.
Origin of IMPROPER
Middle English, from Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius, from in- + proprius proper
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- Synonyms
- amiss, graceless, inappropriate, inapposite, inapt, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, inept, infelicitous, malapropos, perverse, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong
- Antonyms
- appropriate, becoming, befitting, correct, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, genteel, happy, meet, proper, right, seemly, suitable
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First Lady: first veil - who is the wife of Egypt's new president?
Apparently it's still not enough for a woman in politics to be an activist, to assist in a successful election campaign and to look after her family: she also has to live up to the stylish expectations of her skeptical public.
Najla has tried to distance herself as much as possible from the former big-spending first lady, Suzanne Mubarak. There are some obvious physical discrepancies between the two: Suzanne Mubarak was most often seen in a tailored pant-suit, where as Najla is a more traditional dresser.
So far we have only seen her in the Islamic head veil - fitting for the wife of an Islamist you might think - but the critics are already saying she's not fit to represent Egypt abroad in her current apparel.
Last week, a photo of Najla began circulating on the internet showing her donning the conservative Islamic Khimar, a type of veil that covers the hair and falls loosely below the chest.
Egyptian netizens were brutal, posting comments like "She looks unpresentable with the cape or drapes uniform."
And: "It's great to have a 1st lady who hasn't the faintest idea about progressive women's rights."
Cairo Scene's lifestyle and entertainment website "The Scenario" went one step further and wrote a post titled: Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Morsi? With a photo of Najla attached and the question: "Is this the woman you want to represent Egypt?"
But moving outside of Zamalek and Heliopolis in Cairo, many Egyptian women look just like Najla. Or, at least, a lot more like the current First Lady than the former one and she is a representative of the new Egypt: more religious and more concerned with its ordinary citizens.
Najla Mahmoud, Egypt's new First Lady, was born in Cairo in 1962. She is Mohammad Morsi's first cousin from her maternal side and married the new president in1979: the couple has four sons and a daughter together.
As a young woman, she joined the Muslim Brotherhood in the US, where she lived with her husband while he studied at the University of Southern California. She has been an active member of the Brotherhood for many years alongside running multiple charity projects, particularly in the field of education and working as a translator at the same time.
Following the momentous election victory of Mohammed Morsi on Sunday, the family moved into the presidential palace. Najla previously told Egypt Today that she didn't want to live in the former Mubarak house and would look instead for a place in Cairo's fifth district, where she could entertain visitors more readily.
According to a recent interview in one of the Egyptian papers, she does not even like the title of 'First Lady' saying," Islam taught us that the next president, is the first servant of Egypt, this means that his wife is also the servant of Egypt. Any title that has been forced upon us must be gone with, it should disappear from my political and social dictionary".
But Najla sees herself first and foremost as a mother: in a rare interview with the Egyptian press she told the reporter she preferred to be called 'Em Ahmed' (mother of Ahmed) above any other title.
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As salam alaykoum, I'm and American-Egyptian and am proud that Umm Ahmed dresses like me! I was born and raised in the USA and came from an extremely liberal family. I remember my parents detesting the hijab when I committed to wearing it while a teen. But, thank Allah, every moment in hijab/khimar is a such a sweet blessing. Americans, in general, are very respectful towards Muslim women in hijab. I'm proud of my hijab and of Umm Ahmed, too!
First cousins? yuuuuuuuuck!
I find it quite amusing how the most caustic, demeaning coverage of Najla is found on a newspaper titling itself in Arabic.
Shedding all remnants of your culture doesn't make you more civilised nor modern.
As an Egyptian living overseas, I am proud that this civil servant is the absolute opposite of the last, who was hedonistic, arrogant and indifferent to the plight of Egyptians. Bismillah mashallah! I am proud to call myself an Egyptian now.
Some people feel so inferior that until you look like westerners, you are not civilised. This is inferiority complex of the worst type. Thye are not proud of anything theirs, they just look to others to efine civilistation for them.
May Allah Subhanallahuwataa'alla bless you 'Em Ahmed'!
yet again. So you can't be concerned and non-religious? and she gets constitutional advice from Islam. don't expect a blow-dry anytime soon.


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Li Na starts with the first service game.
Azarenaka breaks Li Na's serve to lead the Australian open final 1-0.
Azarenka serves to consolidate the break.
Li Na breaks back to equal 1-1.
Victoria Azarenka
World ranking: 1
July 31, 1989
Minsk, Belarus
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 66 kg
Plays: Right-handed
Turned pro: 2003
Coach: Sam Sumyk
Singles titles: 14
Prize money: $16,857,277
Best Australian Open result: Champion (2012)
Road to final
1st round: Beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1 6-4
2nd round: Beat Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-1 6-0
3rd round: Beat Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-4 4-6 6-2
4th round: Beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-1 6-1
Quarters: Beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 7-5 6-1
Semis: Beat 29-Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-1 6-4
Li Na finally holds her serve to lead Victoria Azarenka 2-1 in the first set.
Li Na
World ranking: 6
February 26, 1982
Wuhan, China
Wuhan, China
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Plays: Right-handed
Turned pro: 1999
Coach: Carlos Rodriguez
Singles titles: 7
Prize money: $9,461,614
Best Australian Open result:
Runner-up (2011)
Road to final
1st round: Beat Sesil Karatantcheva (Kazhakstan) 6-1 6-3
2nd round: Beat Olga Govortsova (Russia) 6-2 7-5
3rd round: Beat 27-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-4 6-1
4th round: Beat 18-Julia Goerges (Germany) 7-6 6-1
Quarters: Beat 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 7-5 6-3
Semis: Beat 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-2 6-2
Li Na breaks Azarenka again to go up 3-1.
Li Na fails to consolidate the break as Victoria Azarenka breaks back to make it 3-2 and it's back on serve in the first set.
Li Na breaks the Azarenka serve to make it 4-2.
Victoria Azarenka is looking to become the 8th player to defend the Australian Open title after Magaret Court, Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams.
Li Na consolidates break to make it 5-2. Azarenka serving to stay in the first set.
Victoria Azarenka is yet to hold serve in the first set, she needs to do it to stay in this set.
Finally, Victoria Azarenka holds serve to make it 5-3 and now Li Na has to serve for the set.
Victoria Azarenka breaks back as Li Na fails to serve for the set. It's 5-4.
Li Na takes the first set 6-4 as Azarenka fails to hold her serve.
After a topsy-turvy first set Li Na manages to seal it.
Victoria Azarenka breaks the Li Na serve in the first game of the second set.
Azarenka holds her serve to consolidate the break. She leads Li Na 2-0.
First set report: Li Na manages to edge Victoria Azarenaka
China's Li Na used her powerful groundstrokes and a strong return of serve against Victoria Azarenka to take the first set of their Australian Open final 6-4 on Saturday.
Perhaps weighed down by expectation from the most populous nation in the world and with an estimated 100 million people watching on television in China, Li had a shaky start, serving a double fault on the first point and having her serve broken.
The world number six, however, bounced straight back to the delight of the overwhelmingly pro-Li crowd in Rod Laver Arena and used her powerful forehand to break Azarenka twice to hold a 3-1 lead.
Azarenka then battled back to break to reduce the deficit to 3-2, but was broken again by Li, who was relentlessly attacking the Belarusian's serve. Azarenka was able to hold for the first time in the eighth game and break in the ninth, but Li broke again on her fourth set point to take it in 44 minutes.--Reuters
Victoria Azarenka breaks Li Na's serve again to go 3-0 up in the second set.
Li Na breaks Azarenka for a break back to make it 1-3.
Li Na suffers an injury and there's a medical time out.
Li Na returns after the medical time out as she has her left ankle taped.
Li Na holds serve after injury break to make it 3-2.
Azarenka saves 3 break points to hold serve and make it 4-2.
Li Na holds serve to make it 3-4.
Li Na comes back in the second set breaks Azarenka to make it 4-4.
Victoria Azarenka breaks Li Na to make it 5-4 as she gets set to serve for the second set.
Azarenka back in the final as she serves to make it 6-4 taking the second set. The match heads to a decider.
Azarenka gets the third set going with a 1-0 lead.
Li Na hits back to break the Azarenka serve as the match as 15 breaks of serves in it so far. It's 1-1 in the third and final set.
Li Na holds serve and makes it 2-1.
Play has been stopped as the Australia Day celebration gets underway.
Second set: Victoria Azarenka wins 6-4
Victoria Azarenka levelled the Australian Open final against China's Li Na at one set all after she took advantage of a painful-looking ankle injury to the Chinese to take the second set 6-4.
The world number one had trouble with her serve in the first set as Li pressured her to take it 6-4 before the Belarusian finally found her range with her groundstrokes in the second set and moved a lot better to race out to a 3-0 lead. Li broke back, but then suffered a sickening ankle injury after she was forced to change direction when an Azarenka backhand volley deep in the court levelled the score at 30-30 on Li's serve in the fifth game.
The Chinese took a medical timeout to have the ankle heavily strapped but held serve on her return and then got three break points in the next game as both players tightened up and were seemingly unable to hold serve. With the match on serve at 4-3, Li was broken again by Azarenka who then served out to love in the next game to send it into a decider when a Li forehand sailed wide.
Perhaps weighed down by expectation from the most populous nation in the world and with an estimated 100 million people watching on television in China, Li had a shaky start, serving a double fault on the first point and having her serve broken. The world number six, however, bounced straight back to the delight of the overwhelmingly pro-Li crowd in Rod Laver Arena and used her powerful forehand to break Azarenka twice to hold a 3-1 lead.
Azarenka then battled back to break to reduce the deficit to 3-2, but was broken again by Li, who was relentlessly attacking the Belarusian's serve. Azarenka was able to hold for the first time in the eighth game and break in the ninth, but Li broke again on her fourth set point when the Belarusian double faulted to take the first set 6-4.
(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Patrick Johnston)Reuters
Match resumes as Li Na takes a tumble.
Li Na gets examined by the doctor as another medical time out is taken by the Chinese player.
Match resumes as Azarenka serves.
Azarenka holds serve to make it 2-2 in the third set.
Victoria Azarenka breaks Li Na to make it 3-2 in the final set.
Azarenka holds serve to love. Leads Li Na in the third set 4-2.
Li Na holds her serve to make it 4-3 but Azarenka still has the break.
Azarenka holds her serve to make it 5-3 as Li Na serves to stay in the match.
Victoria Azarenka wins Australian Open 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Azarenka drops her racquet straight onto the ground and covers her eyes with her hands. The Belarusian player shakes hands with Li Na and then heads to the chair and sobs into her towel.
Victoria Azarenka retains her World No1 ranking, fending off Serena Williams who was in hot pursuit of the top spot. As Li Na moves to World No5 with her top-knotch performance.
Li Na accepts the runner's up trophy from the great Margaret Court as she gets a great clap from the crowd.
Li Na says her thank you speech, "Congratulations to Victoria, you've had fantastic result these two years. Two weeks ago I have to say I hate my team, they push me a lot. But I think it's not bad so I should shut up and continue. Thanks to all the fans for supporting me. I know I'm not young, but I have to say I'm looking forward to next year."
Victoria Azarenka is the eighth woman to successfully defend the Australian Open title.
Victoria Azarenka accepts her trophy as she says, "It's been a real long two weeks for me. So many things I'd love to say but I'll try to keep it short. Craig (Tiley) is one of the best tournament directors I've ever met & he's so supportive of players. Love coming here. I will always keep very special memories of this court and I will keep it in my heart forever. Last think I wanted to say is Happy Australia Day."
Victoria Azarenka celebrates her win with the trophy.


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