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The MHealthy Dining Program
Look for the MHealthy logo to choose food that is simply smarter for your body.
With so many of us eating on the go, identifying healthier options when dining out is essential. The MHealthy Nutrition team is working with dining locations on U-M's three campuses and the Health System to identify healthier choices on their menus. Healthier menu items that meet MHealthy nutrition guidelines and are approved by U-M registered dietitians, are labeled with the MHealthy logo.
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$1 Off Mondays in March!
Every Monday in March, get $1 off delicious AND nutritious sandwiches, pastas, salads and more at select UMHS cafés! All food items meet the MHealthy Nutrition Guidelines and include a free bottle of water. A different item is featured every Monday.
Locations and $1 off items include:
UH Café (Main Hospital)
- March 2: Steak Chimichurri
- March 9: Tuscan Vegetable Salad
- March 16: Rojo Portobello Burrito
- March 23: Chicken Club Wrap
- March 30: MHealthy Buffalo Shaker Salad
Get Away 'n Play Café (Children & Women's Hospital)
- March 2: Spaghetti Marinara
- March 9: Tuscan Vegetable Salad
- March 16: Simple Fresco
- March 23: Chicken Club Wrap
- March 30: Roasted Red Pepper Primavera
Atrium Healthy Heart Café (CVC)
- March 2: Dali Surreal Veggie w/Hummus
- March 9: Egg Salad Pita Pocket
- March 16: Ben's Boston Bibb Lettuce Wrap
- March 23: Tuna Salad Pita Pocket
- March 30: Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Nick's Café (NIB)
- March 2: Portabella Mushroom entrée
- March 9: Classic Farmer's Egg Salad sandwich
- March 16: Veggie Burger
- March 23: Dearborn Ham Tweener
- March 30: Italian Herb Encrusted Chicken entrée
We are always working to add to our list, so check back often for new locations!
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Arbor Lakes
Cardiovascular Center
Children and Women's Hospital
East Ann Arbor Health Center
Kellogg Eye Center
North Ingalls Building
Taubman Center
University Hospital
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Ann Arbor Campus
Duderstadt Center and Pierpont Commons
ISR Building
Law School
Michigan League
Michigan Union
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- Panda Express
- Subway & Freshens
- Wendy's
Palmer Commons
Ross School of Business
Shapiro Library
U-M Residential Dining Services
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On 6/27/14, Realty Income Corp.'s 6.75% Monthly Income Class E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (O.PRE) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1406, payable on 7/15/14. As a percentage of O.PRE's recent share price of $25.64, this dividend works out to approximately 0.55%, so look for shares of O.PRE to trade 0.55% lower — all else being equal — when O.PRE shares open for trading on 6/27/14. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 6.57%, which compares to an average yield of 6.81% in the "Real Estate" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.
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As of last close, O.PRE was trading at a 2.76% premium to its liquidation preference amount, versus the average premium of 1.24% in the "Real Estate" category. The chart below shows the one year performance of O.PRE shares, versus O:
Below is a dividend history chart for O.PRE, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.1406 on Realty Income Corp.'s 6.75% Monthly Income Class E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock:
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Realty Income Corp. (O) makes up 1.63% of the First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund ETF (FRI) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Wednesday.

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While much of the country prepares for the Great Storm of '13, kind of hoping to find their Rudolph to guide their Buicks to the packie for some brew before the road shutdown. we, the global Egotastic! community help assist in these hard times by coming together round a relief package of hot celebrity skin known as Reader Finds. Hey, everybody has a special talent to contribute, this is ours.
This week's Reader Finds includes Australian actress Lily Sullivan nekkid in Mental (thanks to EgoReader 'Pito'), Jennifer Lawrence bare bottom on X-Men set (blessed be 'Bobby'), Alessandra Ambrosio slipping lip in her bikini (kudos to 'Drew'), Sarah Harding nip slip delights (dropped from above by 'GPlock'), a better view of the infamous Emma Watson nip slip at Glastonbury (we bow down to 'Michael), Keri Russell delightful pokes in Eight Days a Week (poking provided by 'Joey'), recently divorced Liberty Ross nekkid modeling pics (thanks to 'Steve N.'), another view of the Beyonce nipple-gate from The Super Bowl (handed off by 'Tom Tom'), Kate Mara sideboobs from House of Cards (many Internet points for 'Khan'), Alice Goodwin topless in bedroom shoot for Ketchup (wicked contributory via 'Dylan'), Bai Ling nekkid in Locked Down (courtesy of cub reporter 'Chris'), Vikki Blows topless calendar shoot (delivered by 'Dave'), and Belen Rodriguez see-through ta-ta's (many many thanks to 'Stephen'). Talk about a hand and mouthful of skin. My, oh, my. Enjoy.


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2013 Laramie. Mirrors don't fully tilt in reverse
My 2011 Laramie used to tilt right down to the ground. It was a great feature and my wife loved knowing she wasn't messing up my rims. I just bought a new 2013 Laramie with every option. The drivers mirror tilts half was down and the passenger mirror moves about half a centimetre. Took it to the dealer and they said it was operating normally. B.S. they even went and tried a new Laramie and it did the same thing. Is anyone else having the same problem? As it is now, it serves no use.
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Annex 2: Correspondence with Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September 25, 2013
H.E. Pham Binh Minh
Minister of Foreign Affairs
No 1 Ton That Dam
Ba Dinh, Hanoi Vietnam
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Your Excellency,
Human Rights Watch is an international nongovernmental organization that monitors violations of human rights by states and non-state actors in more than 90 countries around the world.
Our report The Rehab Archipelago: Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern Vietnam, released in September 2011, described serious human rights violations, such as arbitrary detention, forced labor, and torture, within Vietnamese drug detention centers.
Human Rights Watch is currently preparing a report regarding compulsory drug treatment in Cambodia. Our report explores issues of due process, the right to health and freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Our research to date has noted the cooperation between the Vietnamese and Cambodian governments regarding anti-narcotics policies. For example, the 2013 annual report of the Cambodian National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) states that a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the construction of a proposed national drug treatment center in Preah Sihanouk province in Cambodia was drafted by the government and sent to the Vietnamese government in 2012.[123]
We are writing to request information regarding Vietnam's assistance to the government of Cambodia in the field of drug treatment. Human Rights Watch is committed to producing material that is well-informed and objective. We seek this information to ensure that our report properly reflects the views, policies and practices of the government of Vietnam regarding the subject.
We hope you or your staff will respond to the questions below so that your views are accurately reflected in our reporting. In order for us to take your answers into account in our forthcoming report, we would appreciate a written response by October 25, 2013.
With respect to dealings that your government may have with the Cambodian government, we would be grateful for the following information:
- A description of your government's current or planned projects in or with Cambodia's centers;
- The total budget for current or planned projects related to Cambodian drug detention centers, by year;
- The specific type of activities conducted,
- Any support for the construction of new, or renovation of existing, physical infrastructure in Cambodian drug detention centers;
- Any direct or indirect support (including trainings, study tours, conference scholarships, etc.) to staff in drug detention centers, or government of Cambodia employees (including Ministry of Social Affairs staff, military police, civilian police and Phnom Penh municipality staff) who work in or are responsible for drug detention centers;
- Any salary support to staff of drug detention centers, or government of Cambodia employees (including Ministry of Social Affairs staff, military police, civilian police and Phnom Penh municipality staff) who work in or are responsible for drug detention centers.
- Does the Vietnamese government have any stated policy outlining whether dealings with the Cambodian government in the field of drug treatment are required to comply with human rights standards (if so, please provide a copy of this policy.)
- According to Vietnamese government regulations, labor therapy [lao dong tri lieu] is one of the official five steps of drug rehabilitation. Given that labor therapy constitutes a form of forced labor prohibited under international law, Vietnamese law and Cambodian law, please specify whether your government will promote this policy with respect to Cambodia's drug detention centers.
In addition to the information requested above, please include any other materials, statistics, and government actions regarding the assistance provided by Vietnam to Cambodia in anti-drug policies that you think might be relevant.
Thank you in advance for your time in addressing these urgent matters.
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11:22 AM — The new Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to use his timely appointment, one day before the first vote on same-sex marriage, to announce his opposition to changes in the law.
Tory MP Caroline Dinenage: Banning gay couples from marrying 'takes nothing away from their relationship' 39
10:55 AM — Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage has told a PinkNews reader that the "state has no right" to redefine its meaning of marriage - she is the daughter of ITV regional news presenter Fred Dinenage.
1st February 2013
'God-fearing' Tory Equalities Minister Helen Grant defends same-sex marriage bill 10
3:22 PM — Equalities Minister Helen Grant has responded to critics of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill and pledged her support for it, saying she feels it is "absolutely consistent" with her Christian beliefs and Conservative politics.
UK: Pro-gay Christians urged to pray ahead of same-sex marriage vote 27
2:53 PM — Christians who support equal marriage will hold a Day of Prayer on Sunday ahead of next week's vote by MPs on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
28th January 2013
Church of England: The government has 'no mandate' for its same-sex marriage bill 42
11:54 AM — The Church of England has responded to the publication of the government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples Bill) and has complained that it wasn't given enough time to study the proposals in full ahead of last week's announcement.
Exclusive: Defence Secretary Philip Hammond links incest with same-sex marriage 122
11:12 AM — Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told students in Surrey that allowing gay couples to marry would be like sanctioning incest.
25th January 2013
Comment: The same-sex marriage bill isn't the end of the journey towards gay rights 53
6:51 PM — Chris Ashford, Reader in Law and Society at the University of Sunderland analyses the Marriage (Same sex Couples) Bill for PinkNews and argues that despite first appearances, it isn't the final piece of the jigsaw to achieving gay equality.
Yvette Cooper: I'm glad to be supporting the government's same-sex marriage bill 10
1:16 PM — Yvette Cooper, Labour's shadow home secretary, has welcomed the publication of the government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.
Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: Today is a landmark moment for LGBT equality 9
11:46 AM — Writing for PinkNews, Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Gilbert says the publication of the government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is a cause for celebration.
Government publishes same-sex marriage bill for England & Wales 51
10:48 AM — The government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales has officially been published.
24th January 2013
Same-sex marriage bill introduced in House of Commons 86
11:37 AM — The government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales has officially been introduced in the House of Commons by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.
23rd January 2013
Exclusive: Philip Hammond: Government's marriage reforms don't protect faith groups 54
12:21 PM — The defence secretary says he has "concerns" about the government's proposed equal marriage bill - and faces an equal marriage protest at the University of London this Friday.
22nd January 2013
Church of England criticised for Twitter joke about equal marriage and Katie Price 10
3:58 PM — The Church of England has received criticism after its official Twitter account tweeted a joke about Katie Price in response to a question about its opposition to equal marriage.
21st January 2013
Bishop of Truro: I'm against same-sex marriage — maybe we could call it something else? 67
12:15 PM — The Bishop of Truro is against the idea of gay couples entering into marriages, although he has stressed the importance of maintaining a dialogue about the subject.
14th January 2013
Church of England considering in-church blessings for 'celibate' gay couples 43
1:40 PM — Reports have suggested that the Church of England plans to consider allowing gay couples to have their civil partnerships blessed in churches.
Tory 'love cheat' MP says same-sex marriage makes it 'difficult to promote Christian values' 53
12:45 PM — Conservative MP Bob Blackman, who previously had an affair behind his wife's back for 11 years, says legalising equal marriage would make it "difficult to promote Christian values in parliament."
12th January 2013
A thousand Catholic priests fear that equal marriage marks a return to 'centuries of persecution' 293
1:44 AM — More than a thousand Catholic priests have signed a letter saying that if equal marriage is legalised it could threaten religious freedom in a way last seen during "centuries of persecution" of Catholics in Britain.
10th January 2013
Dean of Worcester: I agree with allowing equal marriage because 'marriage is not an institution' 16
3:34 PM — The Dean of Worcester has written an opinion piece laying out his reasons for supporting marriage equality, and the government's plans to legalise equal marriage.
Anglican Nigerian church threatens to split from Church of England over gay bishops row 26
2:52 PM — The Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion has threatened to break away from the Church of England over a recent announcement that the latter has dropped its opposition to gay clergy becoming bishops.
Liam Fox: Gays should be treated with respect – but banned from marrying 50
12:58 PM — Former defence secretary Liam Fox says as a medical doctor same-sex relationships are a variant of the spectrum of human sexual behavior, although this does not mean he approves of the government's equal marriage plans.


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Keep the chill at bay in a warm medley of earthy colors and intriguing appliqué. Perfect for showing your unique style during comfy-cozy strolls in the park or shopping in town.
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Kidd Skilly - Motor City Punjab
Artist: Kidd Skilly
Producer: DJ Robby
Album: UnderCover SuperStar Mixtape
Avg Rating: 2.7 ( 18 votes )
As far as genre-melding goes, the fusion of hip-hop and bhangra really isn't that much of a stretch. Both rely heavily on rhythm and percussion, and each has its own dance component that has evolved symbiotically along with it. While the combination has yet to gain mainstream appeal in the USA, artists like Kid Skilly are doing their best to help it along. His new single, Motor City Punjab, is a half English, half Punjabi pop jam. The Mexican-Indian Detroit native's vocals fall somewhere between singing and rapping, and come across as a sort of festive chant. Producer DJ Robby contributes a Detroit beat with a Far East twist. Motor City Punjab will appear on his new mixtape, UnderCover SuperStar Mixtape, available on September 11.
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The lost art of reading might be in danger, but I'm happy to report that the desire to write remains strong, at least with Amazw'Entombi ("Voices of the Girls").
This creative writing club in Gugulethu, a township 10 miles outside Cape Town, South Africa, drew together nearly two dozen expressive girls, ages 13 through 20, each week for a year. With the help of a prompt -- a phrase or a short piece of writing to get started -- together the girls and I wrote. Like athletes in training, we built up from an initial three minutes of writing to, eventually, 20 minutes and sometimes longer when they asked for more time. Then we would go around the circle where we sat and read aloud what each of us wrote.
One week, the girls collectively wrote their manifesto (below), and staged a reading when the Flip camera came out. Then Sharon added her own contribution, "Proudly South African" (to hear her read, click here). She's now enrolled in her first year studying psychology at the University of Cape Town. I'm secretly hoping she switches to journalism.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ - click to view more info about 'Mic' or find free 'radio mic' pictures via Wylio" href="http://blog.sojo.net/2011/07/26/sojourners-launches-radio-and-facebook-ads-calling-politicians-to-remember-the-poor/" target="_self">If you live in Kentucky, Nevada, or Ohio and listen to Christian or country radio, you'll be hearing some of Sojourners' new radio ads calling for legislators to remember the least of these during this default crisis. For those of you who haven't completed your migration over to Google+, you might also start to see some ads popping up on your Facebook page in the next few days asking you to speak out on behalf of those in need. The reason we are running these ads is simple: The rich have lobbyists while those in need don't, and that's why Christians need to speak out and form a "Circle of Protection." If you don't live in one of these areas (or aren't listening to Christian or country radio) you can listen to the ads here.
Walmart has launched a charm offensive as part of its new urban strategy to impose smaller versions of its big box in inner cities across the country. It has proposed four stores for Washington, D.C. -- all in predominantly minority, and most in low-income, neighborhoods.
The debate over building Walmart stores in D.C. is engaging intense public sentiment, and for good reason. While Walmart promises new jobs in a community, in reality it displaces other local businesses, leaving in question whether there is a net jobs gain; one study showed that for every retail job Walmart brought, communities lost 1.4 other jobs. In addition, Walmart passes on the cost of its low wages to taxpayers when associates and their families rely on publicly funded health care and other assistance programs.
http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ - click to view more info about 'Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Mathew Ahmann, Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, in a crowd.], 08/28/1963' or find free 'civil rights' pictures via Wylio" href="http://www.wylio.com/credits/flickr/4101511358">How should music rank among the ever-growing list of time-tested nonviolent methods such as boycotts, marches, strikes, sit-ins, and vigils?
Anthony Shadid of the New York Times reports that a song, "Come on Bashar, Leave," is spreading across Syria, boldly calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down. (Bryan Farrell also wrote about it at the Waging Nonviolence blog.) The article suggests that a young cement layer who chanted it in demonstrations was pulled from the Orontes River this month, his throat having been cut, and, according to residents of the city of Hama, his vocal chords torn out. Hama is where, in 1982, then-president Hafez al-Assad, father of the current president named in the song, gave orders to the army to massacre more than 10,000 in putting down an Islamist upheaval. Today, boys 6-years-old and older vocalize their own rendition of the original warbler's song instead. As the song has sped across Syria, demonstrators have adopted it for themselves.
There's something special about the bookends of our lifetimes. I became a first-time father seven months ago and a hospice chaplain just one month past. Growing up and growing old, especially the first and last months of our lives, can be surprisingly similar experiences.
I fed my daughter sweet potatoes for the first time last night. Introducing her to solid foods has been a treat. While we're trying our best to teach her the sign language words for "food", "more", and " all done", Robin still finds closed-mouth grumble-whines to be the best way to let us know she thinks sweet potatoes aren't all that hot. Another subtly nuanced whine might instead wonder, "You don't happen to have any more mashed banana or applesauce around, would you?" My attempt to turn the filled spoon into an acrobatic and roaring airplane met with scant success.
I'm getting arrested on Aug. 29 at the White House. It's time to put my body where my soul is -- defending God's creation.
A interreligious contingent has chosen Aug. 29 as our arrest day. Jews, Muslims, Christians, and others will train together on Aug. 28 and then worship and risk arrest together on Aug. 29.
This is part of a two-week campaign (Aug. 20-Sept. 3) in which leading environmentalists including Wendell Berry, Naomi Klein, and Bill McKibben will join a peaceful campaign of civil disobedience to block the approval of a dirty oil pipeline that will cross the United States. As one Canadian wrote, "This [pipeline] will make the Great Wall of China look like Tom Sawyer's picket fence." Bill McKibben explained further in an earlier blog on God's Politics:
As the time shortens for Congress and President Obama to agree to the contours of legislation to raise the nation's debt ceiling, I am reminded of the story of King Solomon and his judgment regarding two women who both claimed to be the mother of a child (I Kings 3: 16-28). Solomon ordered that the living child be cut in two and half a dead child be given to both women. The woman who was the true mother insisted that the living child be given to the false mother. She was willing to give up her righteous claim to save the child's life.
He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
--Excerpts from Matthew 13
He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
--Excerpts from Matthew 13
It's been a rough weekend. Watching the devastation that the combination of mental illness and fundamentalism brought to the people of Norway. Watching what the combination of drug addiction and fame brought to a talented singer, who, like so many who went before her, is now dead at the age of 27. Something they don't tell you when you get clean and sober is that if, by the grace of God, you manage to stay that way -- you get a much better life -- but year after year you also watch people you love die of the same disease. So yesterday when I heard that Amy Winehouse had been found dead in her home, it brought me back to nine years ago when my dear friend PJ was also found dead in his home.
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Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Maybe, but a Stink Rose by any other name (say... garlic?) might get more play.
On July 19, Campus Crusade for Christ announced its plan to officially change its name to Cru in early 2012.
Brown v. Board of Education had not yet been fought in the Supreme Court when Bill and Vonetta Bright christened their evangelical campus-based ministry Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951. The evangelical church context was overwhelmingly white, middle class, and suburban. The nation and the church had not yet been pressed to look its racist past and present in the face. The world had not yet been rocked by the international fall of colonialism, the rise of the Civil Rights movement, the disillusionment of the Vietnam War, the burnt bras of the women's liberation movement, the fall of the Berlin Wall, or the rise of the Black middle class (more African Americans now live in the suburbs than in inner cities). In short, theirs was not the world we live in today. So, the name Campus Crusade for Christ smelled sweet. Over the past 20 years, though, it has become a Stink Rose ... warding off many who might otherwise have come near.
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Using the literacy-based curriculum, ŌĆśPieces of Peace' developed by Augustana students and faculty for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, this workshop will share the experiences pre-service teachers and master teachers can have as they bring peacemaking to life for students in elementary classrooms. The workshop uses powerful childrenŌĆÖs literature as a vehicle to explore concepts of peacemaking that arenŌĆÖt readily available in everyday life for children. ┬Ā
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Karmit Bulman & Mariah Levison, Conflict Resolution Center
Research and experience demonstrate that public schools and their students benefit from restorative justice and mediation services in response to student behavioral infractions. In this workshop, we will provide research and data on effective peacemaking programs and restorative approaches to discipline in public schools and will share the experience of the Conflict Resolution Center in providing these services in Minneapolis. Experiential exercises will be used to demonstrate effective conflict resolution skills which can be applied in school settings.
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Special education faculty in the Department of Education at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN work with the Center for Democracy and Citizenship (CDC) have worked to embed Public Achievement (PA) into the Augsburg Special Education curriculum, as Augsburg students collaborate with a metro area middle school, Augsburg faculty and the CDC in the development and implementation of the PA special education model. In an engaging and interactive way ŌĆō the presenters will share what has happened and what continues to happen with this endeavor.
Youth Empowerment and Peace Education in Cross-cultural Perspective
Joe Underhill, Moderator, Augsburg College & K-12 Schools
This workshop explores youth empowerment in four different contexts (Cairo, rural India,the Twin Cities Ka Joog, and Save the Kids). Panelists discuss various aspects of empowerment including radicalization, job creation, civic engagement and alternatives to incarceration. The breadth of concrete approaches gives life to the hope for better solutions for at-risk youth.
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Scott Lipscomb & Dee Lundell, University of Minnesota
At an urban K-8 in south Minneapolis, the fourth grade social studies curriculum is based on the life of a selected Nobel laureate. The primary goal of this opera is to assist students in discovering the "Power of Voice" (i.e., how a Nobel Peace Prize winner used their own voice to transform the world for the better) and to assist these fourth graders to realize how they too can use their own voices to create positive change.┬Ā
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Creating a culture of peace requires that individuals develop the skills to make healthy choices, relate compassionately to others, and non-violently resolve conflicts. Learn how the STAR program (Students Teaching Attitudes of Respect) is creating positive change by teaching middle school students conflict resolution skills and providing them with opportunities to teach these skills in their schools and communities. This workshop will feature a presentation by a team of students from the STAR program.
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Dennis Falk, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Throughout the year, we have several special events such as Junior Ranger Day, Earth Day (both in April), Apple Picking Day (mid August), and Yosemite Facelift (late September), where volunteers can just show up, no application needed. We list these events on this website when we know the dates for each year, as well as on volunteer.gov. We also have at least one drop-in volunteer day each week from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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Historic apple orchards in Yosemite Valley attract bears, leading them to eat non-native foods while increasing human-bear conflicts in parking areas and campgrounds near the orchards. To help decrease the impact of the orchards, volunteers are invited to pick apples, removing the temptations for the bears. Usually scheduled sometime in August or early September, depending on when the apples ripen. Check back in late July for an exact date.
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Expectancies, Socioeconomic Status, and Self-Rated Health: Use of the Simplified TOMCATS Questionnaire
- Magnus Odéen,
- Hugo Westerlund,
- Töres Theorell,
- Constanze Leineweber,
- Hege R. Eriksen,
- Holger Ursin
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Coping has traditionally been measured with inventories containing many items meant to identify specific coping strategies. An alternative is to develop a shorter inventory that focusses on coping expectancies which may determine the extent to which an individual attempts to cope actively.
This paper explores the usefulness and validity of a simplified seven-item questionnaire (Theoretically Originated Measure of the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress, TOMCATS) for response outcome expectancies defined either as positive ("coping"), negative ("hopelessness"), or none ("helplessness"). The definitions are based on the Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS; Ursin and Eriksen, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29(5):567–92, 2004). The questionnaire was tested in two different samples. First, the questionnaire was compared with a traditional test of coping and then tested for validity in relation to socioeconomic differences in self-reported health.
The first study was a comparison of the brief TOMCATS with a short version of the Utrecht Coping List (UCL; Eriksen et al., Scand J Psychol, 38(3):175–82, 1997). Both questionnaires were tested in a population of 1,704 Norwegian municipality workers. The second study was a cross-sectional analysis of TOMCATS, subjective and objective socioeconomic status, and health in a representative sample of the Swedish working population in 2003–2005 (N = 11,441).
In the first study, the coping item in the TOMCATS questionnaire showed an expected significant positive correlation with the UCL factors of instrumental mastery-oriented coping and negative correlations with passive and depressive scores. There were also the expected correlations for the helplessness and hopelessness scores, but there was no clear distinction between helplessness and hopelessness in the way they correlated with the UCL. In the second study, the coping item in TOMCATS and the three-item helplessness scores showed clear and monotonous gradients over a subjective socioeconomic status (SES) ladder. Positive response outcome expectancy ("coping") was related to high subjective SES and no expectancy ("helplessness") to low subjective SES. In a model including age and sex, TOMCATS scores explained more variance (r 2 = 0.16) in self-reported health than both subjective (r 2 = 0.08) and objective SES (r 2 = 0.02).
The brief TOMCATS questionnaire showed acceptable and significant correlations with a traditional coping questionnaire and is sensitive enough to register systematic differences in response outcome expectancies across the socioeconomic ladder. The results furthermore confirm that psychological and learning factors contribute to the socioeconomic gradient in health.
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- Expectancies, Socioeconomic Status, and Self-Rated Health: Use of the Simplified TOMCATS Questionnaire
- Open Access
- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
- Journal
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 2 , pp 242-251
- Cover Date
- 2013-06-01
- 10.1007/s12529-012-9221-x
- Print ISSN
- 1070-5503
- Online ISSN
- 1532-7558
- Publisher
- Springer US
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Cognitive Activation Theory of Stress (CATS)
- Socioeconomic gradient in health
- TOMCATS inventory
- Coping
- SES ladder
- Norway
- Sweden
- Authors
- Magnus Odéen (1) (3) (5)
- Hugo Westerlund (2)
- Töres Theorell (2)
- Constanze Leineweber (2)
- Hege R. Eriksen (1) (4)
- Holger Ursin (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Uni Health, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway
- 3. Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kysthospitalet, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Stavern, Norway
- 5. Uni helse, Postboks 7810, 5020, Bergen, Norway
- 2. Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- 4. Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway


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The Clinical and Translational Science Institute will implement a new, simpler rate structure for investigators using CTSI's clinical research facilities and support staff, effective Jan. 1, 2015.
Rather than paying for each procedure, research teams will pay a simple, hourly rate in 15-minute increments. The new, University-approved rate structure will charge UMN investigator-initiated studies either $60/hour for a CTSI-staffed clinic room or $25/hour for a clinic room only.
Only a few highly specialized or equipment-intensive procedures will continue to be itemized, including iDXA and pQCT scans, glucose clamps, and GFRs. Under this new policy, investigators will be charged for the use of clinic rooms at the Delaware Clinical Research Unit (DCRU) and the Masonic Clinical Research Unit (MCRU). View the rate sheet.
CTSI made this change to make it easier for University research teams to plan and manage their budgets, and to support efforts to build a University-wide research infrastructure that's sustainable, efficient, and equitable. The change responds to feedback from University investigators and research teams, who made it clear that they want a simpler rate structure.
The new rates are still below the real cost of these services, which investigators will continue to be shielded from.
CTSI is currently assessing how the new rate structure will impact individual projects that are currently using clinic staff or space, as well as projects that have received an estimate for this kind of support but have not yet started. Affected investigators have been contacted about the change, and CTSI will work closely with them to ensure a smooth transition.
The new structure only affects the rates of CTSI's Clinical Research Implementation Services (CRIS), including clinical research facilities (Delaware Clinical Research Unit and Masonic Clinical Research Unit), support staff, and procedures. It will not apply to investigators who use Clinical Research Coordinators, Research Project Managers, statisticians from our Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, our Nutrition Research Center, or the Lillehei Clinical Research Unit (LCRU).
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Depositphotos Review
- Top Notch Images From DP
One thing most people don't know about the site is that their contributors are expected to give them high quality commercial value images. When browsing their marketplace of images, you will discover how all images are perfectly crafted. Something as small of a slight focus problem can have the image or video disapproved. Now you now that all images being used on this site are top of the line.
- Easy To Use
Once you're all signed up, you can search for images in their search bar, and you begin downloading images. You need to add funds of course, but doing so is even easier. They give a wide array of options in terms of size and pricing. Once you have saved the image, the photo is saved into your account for you to use at any time in the future. Buying stock photos is much easier when using the DP platform.
- Free Content For Bloggers
If you're a blogger and you're looking for some new images to use, this stock agency has a way to help you. They are always eager for new opportunities to grow their brand and business. This is why they are offering a zero subscription program for bloggers who will use their images but in return provide Depositphotos review on their blog. Of course, this doesn't always happen, and they are changing their platform constantly to improve their interface. Check out their current offerings for bloggers.
Buying stock photos is a thousand times easier when you are using this online platform. Other image stock sites are either unreliable or just aren't worth the money. Sometimes, all you really need is a quality site with good images and an easy to pay for subscription program. DP has millions of clients from over 190+ countries, and they have even more images and videos for you to choose from. Stock photos on this site are clearly laid out and properly sectioned to make it even easier on you when finding photos through the search functions and throughout the categories. Depositphotos is definitely one of the best stock photo sites on the web today.