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MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin women's track coach Jim Stintzi carefully measured his response to a question about the competitiveness of Dorcas Akinniyi, Jessica Flax and Deanna Latham; a trio of multi-event athletes whose uniqueness as individuals belies their single-mindedness as teammates; all of which was underscored after their 1-2-3 finish in the pentathlon at the 2012 Big Ten Indoor Championships.
"I'm trying to figure out a way to describe their competitiveness,'' Stintzi acknowledged. "They push each other. They're really good friends, but they're really competitive. They all want to win. You'll see them high five each other and get excited and lift each other up. But deep down inside, it's like, 'I want to beat so-and-so in this event' just like they want to beat everyone else in the Big Ten.''
Akinniyi pointed out how Flax "is good at all the stuff I'm not good at'' while "I can push here in the high jump and the long jump'' during workouts; making each better. Flax mentioned how athletes are just naturally competitive by virtue of their training and "when we do push each other it keeps us going'' in the right direction. Latham advanced some of Stintzi's thoughts on their resolve.
"There's a certain competitiveness between us in practice which makes us good,'' Latham said. "Obviously none of us want to lose to each other. But I wouldn't say it was like a (personal) battle or anything like that.
"We really push each other not necessarily because we want to be better than one another but because we know that we can become better if we hold ourselves to a certain standard.''
Akinniyi, Flax and Latham have set a high standard for Friday and Saturday's competition in the heptathlon at the Big Ten outdoor championships on the track at the McClimon Complex. Flax is the defending champion. Akinniyi won the title two years ago.
"If we take one-two-three, I personally don't care what the order is,'' Latham said. "I guess it's a little different for me because I'm an underclassman.''
Latham is a sophomore from Newbury, Mass., (just outside of Boston). Flax is a senior from Pearland, Texas (just outside of Houston) and Akinniyi is a senior from Carollton, Texas (just outside of Dallas). "I look up to Dorcas and Jessica every single day,'' said Latham. "If I beat them, that's cool. If I don't, that's also very understandable. They're extremely talented people. I aspire to be like them.''
Akinniyi was asked if there might be the makings of a rivalry, however friendly, with Flax since they are the last two outdoor winners in the heptathlon. "I try not to think of it that way,'' said Akinniyi, the three-time defending Big Ten pentathlon champion. "Especially with multi-events, it's better that you focus on yourself; once you start focusing on other competitors, it takes you out of your element.''
What do you get out of Akinniyi, Flax and Latham in their element? Flax suggested, "We're extremely happy people.'' Akinniyi noted "Deanna is more crazy'' and "Jessica is more focused'' and I'm in the middle somewhere.'' Latham said, "During practice we're constantly goofing around. But it's a real positive atmosphere because each of us brings their own little different personality to the table.''
Nonetheless, they've proven to be extremely good at what they do -- which is more not less; a little bit of everything. "They're great all-around athletes,'' Stintzi said. "They're not super stars but when you put all of their events together, they're phenomenal. What they have in common is they're pretty cool, calm and collected, which you have to be for the heptathlon because it's a two-day event.''
As successful heptathletes, they have no interest in narrowing their focus, either. "Coming out of high school, I wasn't really that great at any one particular event,'' Akinniyi conceded. "So it was nice to have an event (heptathlon) that catered to being decent at everything. It can be exhausting -- you get about 30 minutes between your events -- but it's worth it in the end if you have a good outcome.''
Flax remembered her parents introducing her to the concept of participating in multiple events at a very young age. "As you would get older, you would do more events,'' she said. "They would tell me, 'You're good at this and you're good at that, so let's try them all together.' Now I would never want to be a single event person. I love competing in all the different events. It's a lot more fun.''
Latham got similar backing at home from her mom and dad, both of whom were track and field athletes at the University of Maine. "I guess it was something I knew that I would excel at -- kind of a calling,'' she said. "My dad always pegged me for a heptathlete. It's a lot of hard work but after I got started, I really enjoyed it. I've got seven events to play with. If I was a one-event person, I'd get bored.''
Fittingly, as multi-event competitors, Flax and Akinniyi have had multiple influences on their growth. Flax's older brother, Jarrett, was a Conference USA champion in the heptathlon and decathlon at Houston. Akinniyi's older sister, Deborah, was an NCAA qualifier in the triple jump at Stanford. She's also had three brothers involved in college football at Arizona, Northeastern and West Point.
Since they spend so much time together in workouts, Flax and Akinniyi have willingly taken Latham under their wing. "If something is bothering one of us, it's very clear and the others pick up on it right away,'' Latham said. "I feel like they want what's best for me and they're always willing to help with boys or school. I feel comfortable talking to them about any aspect of life.''
Meanwhile, UW assistant coach Nate Davis is largely responsible for honing their skills. While he refuses to take any credit for their development, they can't say enough good things about his influence.
"He knows everything; he's a genius,'' Akinniyi said. "He knows how to fix any problem. Whenever we're worried about something, he can tell us what we need to do and it takes a lot of pressure off of us.''
Davis looks for certain inherent traits in his heptathletes. Flax spelled it out. "I would say maturity, the ability to put things in perspective -- focus, trust, believing in yourself,'' she said. "A lot of times it's like a roller coaster. You go up, you go down. You can do really good in one event and really bad in another. But you have to keep perspective and stay focused on what you're doing at that time.''
Not only are Flax, Akinniyi and Latham looking forward to the challenge of a Big Ten championship meet, they are excited about performing in front of the home crowd.
"I realize that's not an area a lot of people are going to put time and money into,'' Stintzi said of the commitment that the Badgers have made to the hepthalon, "but it's something we're going to hang our hat on.''
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On July 23, the SEC re-proposed amendments, initially proposed in March 2011, related to the removal of credit rating references in rule 2a-7 and Form N-MFP of the Investment Company Act. The re-proposed amendments would implement provisions of Dodd-Frank. Comments must be submitted within 60 days of the proposal's publication in the Federal Register. Proposed Rule.
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On July 21, the Fed released a study providing insights into payments within the United States. Release. Research.
On July 24, S&P issued a request for comment on changes to methodology and assumptions for assessing Japanese RMBS. Report.
On July 24, Fitch issued Asia-Pacific Consumer ABS ratings criteria. Report.
On July 24, Fitch issued UK whole business securitizations ratings criteria. Report.
On July 21, DBRS issued its methodology for North American commercial mortgage servicer evaluations. Report.
On July 21, DBRS issued its methodology for stability and sustainability of structured income fund evaluations. Report.
On July 6, Jed S. Rakoff, U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York, declined to extend the reaches of Section 550(a) of the Bankruptcy Code abroad to permit the recovery of funds that were alleged to be fraudulently obtained from Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC in connection with Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The decision involves the attempted extraterritorial application of Section 550(a), which allows a trustee to recover "property transferred ... to the extent that a transfer is avoided" under bankruptcy law. For the complete Law360 article, please click here.
On July 23, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules that govern money market mutual funds. The amendments make structural and operational reforms to address risks of investor runs in money market funds, while preserving the benefits of the funds. Press Release.
On July 23, S&P's parent company, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., disclosed that it received a Wells notice indicating that the SEC's enforcement staff had made a preliminary determination to recommend that the SEC institute an enforcement action against S&P alleging violation of federal securities laws with respect to S&P's ratings of six commercial MBS transactions in 2011 and public disclosures made by S&P regarding those ratings thereafter. S&P will have the opportunity to respond to provide its perspective and to address the issues raised by the enforcement staff before any enforcement proceeding is initiated. Press Release.
On July 24, the SEC announced that it had charged three Morgan Stanley entities with misleading investors with regard to two RMBS securitizations that the firms underwrote, sponsored and issued and that the firm agreed to settle the charges. In the cease and desist order memorializing the settlement, the SEC alleged that Morgan Stanley misrepresented the current and historical delinquency status of the mortgage loans underlying the securitizations. The SEC alleged that these misrepresentations violated Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933. Morgan Stanley agreed to settle the charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing. As part of the settlement, Morgan Stanley agreed to cease and desist further violations of §§ 17(a)(2)-(3) and to pay US$275 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest and penalties, which will be placed in a Sarbanes-Oxley Fair Fund for distribution to investors. Press Release. Order
On July 18, Justice Marcy Friedman of the New York County Supreme Court, Commercial Division, granted in part and denied in part Nomura Credit & Capital Inc.'s motion to dismiss claims brought by HSBC, as Trustee for the NAAC 2006-AF2 RMBS Trust, seeking damages, specific performance and indemnification for alleged breach of contract. Relying on her order from a prior case involving Nomura, Justice Friedman held that the causes of action for damages and specific performance were adequately pled to the extent they were based on Nomura's alleged breaches of representations and warranties regarding mortgage loans. Justice Friedman held that the relief available to the plaintiff was limited, by operation of the sole remedy provision of the parties' contract, to specific performance of the repurchase protocol or damages consistent with the protocol's terms. She thus dismissed plaintiff's cause of action seeking rescissory damages. Justice Friedman also rejected the plaintiff's argument that alleged willful misconduct rendered the sole remedy provision unenforceable, holding both that plaintiff failed to adequately allege intentional wrongdoing by Nomura and that the sole remedy provision was not the type of exculpatory clause that could be rendered unenforceable by willful misconduct. Finally, Justice Friedman rejected plaintiff's request for attorneys' fees, holding that the indemnification provision in the parties' contract did not clearly provide for fee shifting in lawsuits between the parties. Order.
On July 23, Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin granted in part and denied in part RBS Securities Inc.'s motion for summary judgment in a suit brought by CUNA Mutual Group seeking to rescind the purchase of fifteen RMBS certificates. Judge Conley granted RBS's motion for summary judgment as to nine of the fifteen RMBS certificates on the ground that CUNA Mutual's claims were time-barred by Wisconsin's six-year statute of limitations. He also granted summary judgment to RBS in connection with CUNA Mutual's allegations of misrepresentations concerning compliance with underwriting guidelines, finding that CUNA Mutual presented insufficient evidence to allow a trier of fact to conclude that it actually relied on any of those representations. Judge Conley similarly granted summary judgment to RBS in connection with CUNA Mutual's allegations of misrepresentations concerning owner occupancy status, finding that CUNA Mutual had not submitted adequate evidence of any misstatement by RBS of the owner occupancy ratios, which were based on occupancy information provided by the borrowers. As to the six certificates remaining in the lawsuit, CUNA Mutual is allowed to proceed on its claim for rescission based on allegations that RBS misrepresented the LTV and CLTV ratios of the collateral pools. Finally, Judge Conley denied a series of discovery and sanctions motions raised by both parties. The case is scheduled to proceed to trial on August 4. Order.
On July 23, the Council of the EU published a press release announcing that it had adopted the CSDR on improving securities settlement and regulating central securities depositories.
The European Commission published a letter on July 23 (dated June 23, 2014) to ESMA setting out a provisional request for technical advice concerning possible delegated acts relating to certain settlement discipline measures and aspects relating to supervisory co-operation under the CSDR.
The letter attaches two formal mandates for technical advice to assist the Commission in preparing delegated acts as required by Articles 7 (penalties for settlement fails) and 14 (supervisory co-operation) of the CSDR.
The commission has requested ESMA to provide its technical advice nine months after the CSDR enters into force. Press Release. Letter. Formal Mandates.
On July 23, ESMA published a discussion paper on how the limits on counterparty risk in centrally cleared OTC derivative transactions under the UCITS IV Directive should be calculated, and whether the same rules for both OTC transactions that are centrally cleared and for exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) should be applied.
The UCITS IV Directive allows UCITS to invest in both ETDs and OTC derivatives, but only investments in OTC derivatives are currently subject to counterparty risk exposure limits.
The consultation closes on October 22, 2014. ESMA will use the feedback to determine its final views on the appropriate way forward, including a possible recommendation to the European Commission on a modification of UCITS IV. Discussion Paper.
On July 22, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a Web page on its review of the implementation of IOSCO's principles for financial benchmarks by administrators of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) and the Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate (TIBOR). IOSCO found that the three administrators have made significant progress in implementing most of the principles. However, further work is needed on implementing the principles on benchmark design, data sufficiency and transparency of benchmark determinations.
Also on July 22, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report prepared by the Official Sector Steering Group (OSSG) of regulators and central banks on reforming major interest rate benchmarks. The report was based on the March 2014 report of the Market Participants Group, a group of private sector experts asked by the OSSG to identify additional benchmark rates and to analyze transition issues arising from a move to an alternative rate. It was also based on the IOSCO review.
In the report, the OSSG recommends a multiple-rate approach that involves: (i) strengthening the existing IBORs (the collective term used by the FSB for each of LIBOR, EURIBO and TIBOR) and other potential reference rates based on unsecured bank funding costs by underpinning them to the greatest extent possible with transactions data; and (ii) developing alternative, nearly interest-risk free reference rates. Web Page. FSB Report. Market Participants Group Report.
Regulations amending the Offshore Funds Regulations 2009 (the 2009 Regulations) to reflect the Finance Act 2014 changes to the taxation of alternative investment fund managers operating as partnerships (AIFM firms) were made on July 21 and have effect for disposals made on or after August 12, 2014. The changes to the taxation of AIFM firms permit AIFM firms to elect for all or part of a partner's "relevant restricted profit" to be allocated to the AIFM firm rather than from part of the partner's profit share. Accordingly, the partner is not subject to tax on the profit. Instead, the AIFM is treated as a partner in the AIFM firm and is subject to income tax at the additional rate (currently 45 percent) on the allocated amount. The partner is subsequently subject to tax on the amount that vests, but will receive a tax credit for the tax paid by the AIFM firm. Regulations.
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What if Ginny had wanted to leabe Hogwarts after the chamber and the Weasleys had sent her to Beauxbatons? Five years later the war is at its worst and Molly wants her daughter back. But she's changed and only one certain emerald-eyed boy can bring her back.
Genres: Romance, AU, Young Adult Era: Hogwarts Characters: Arthur, Bill, Draco, Fred, George, Ginny , Harry, Hermione, Molly, Ron Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Arthur/Molly, Bill/Fleur, Ron/Hermione
Advisory: Strong Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Contains Spoilers
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Harry and Ginny have just spent the summer of their lives but a
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Genres: Drama, Fluff, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Ginny , Harry Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione
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The Reeths-Puffer Elementary PTO meets in the Library Media Center at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted below. Meeting dates for the 2014-2015 school year are:
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Believe it or not, training camp opens for the Thunder in less than two weeks. That means no more waiting and wondering. All of our questions about this revamped squad will soon be answered.
The biggest unknown during these dog days undoubtedly has been whether the Thunder has enough to win it all. Scores of smaller yet still significant issues must first play out before we discover the answer to that million dollar question, however.
As we count down these final days, here are five of the most pressing questions going into the 2013-14 Thunder season.
How will Russell Westbrook return?
An unfortunate knee injury to Westbrook devastated a state and derailed the Thunder's season. How Westbrook bounces back from that setback will now determine how far the Thunder can go. For five seasons we've watched Westbrook display one of the most fearless styles of play on the planet. His relentless attack has always put pressure on defenses and given the Thunder a go-to option whenever all else fails. But will Westbrook still have that same gear with a reconstructed knee? Will he still have that same mentality? Westbrook is expected to make a full recovery from the torn meniscus he suffered on April 24. But he may not be 100 percent to start the season. As a result, we may see a different player initially than the Tasmanian devil we've grown accustomed to. After an offseason of rehab, Westbrook's confidence and rhythm will be worth monitoring just as much as his motor and athleticism.
Can Reggie Jackson replicate his postseason performance for an entire season?
If Westbrook isn't himself early on, the Thunder has a terrific Plan B in Jackson. In his first postseason Jackson averaged 13.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists while shooting 47.9 percent from the field. Can the third-year guard now do it for a full season? We see no reason why he can't thanks to his size, athleticism and finishing ability. But the fact remains that Jackson has never been a focal point of the offense. He didn't receive the primary backup point guard minutes last year until late December, and even then he often wasn't the primary ball-handler. Now Jackson is expected to be the team's sixth man. If he can succeed in that role Jackson can carry a second unit that is short on offensive weapons and go a long way in alleviating some pressure from the Thunder's stars.
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Fight Against Alzheimer's: Cowetan leans on family, friends after diagnosis
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The Walk To End Alzheimer's has extra meaning for Darlene Cooper and her family.
Mrs. Cooper has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She and her support group of family and friends were at Ashley Park for the local walk event on Saturday.
"They'll have a cure for this someday. They're awfully close," Mrs. Cooper said.
She has known she had Alzheimer's "for about a year and a half," she said.
"My mother had Alzheimer's. She lived about nine years from the time she was diagnosed," Mrs. Cooper said.
Medication has already given Mrs. Cooper some advantages her mother did not have in dealing with the disease. She said she and her husband, Charles, are aiming "to live just as much of life as we can," she declared.
She also spoke of the importance of a support system. "Our kids are behind us in everything that we do," Mrs. Cooper said with a confident smile.
Mrs. Cooper said when she says something a little goofy, she prefers to deal with it by "laughing instead of crying."
She said she has two wonderful doctors, although she did not initially like one of them – the one who told her she had to give up her car keys.
There also is a therapist Mrs. Cooper described as "awesome." "She challenges her brain," Charles Cooper said.
Tammy Prine, Mrs. Cooper's daughter, talked about the importance of raising awareness through events like the walk, published articles on Alzheimer's and other avenues.
Prine spent a lot of time with her grandmother after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and recalled the emotional pain involved. "I don't wish that on anybody," Prine said.
Participant Rena Walker reflected on the value of getting people together to focus on Alzheimer's. "Everybody needs to familiarize themselves with this disease," she said.
Charles Cooper noted that – while people think of Alzheimer's as something that affects the elderly – some people with symptoms are in their thirties. "You don't have to be 65," he said.
Prine said people need to know the symptoms of Alzheimer's – forgetting recently learned information, difficulty performing familiar tasks, changes of personality, rapid changes in mood for no apparent reason, problems with language, disorientations as to time or place, poor or decreased judgement, problems with abstract thinking or misplacing things – particularly if they are found in unusual places.
People who did not get to participate in the walk in Newnan can take part in the one in Peachtree City this Saturday. The 13th annual Southern Crescent Walk to End Alzheimer's will begin in the parking lot of the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater on McIntosh Trail.
Registration will start at 8 a.m. with the walk scheduled for 9:30 a.m. "Runners are also welcome," said Dan Nelson, public awareness chair for the event.
The Peachtree City walk will be "a very upbeat family event, complete with kids and the family dog," Nelson said. The Peachtree Jazz Edition will provide music before and after the 5K walk.
Free breakfast snacks will be available for walkers. Clowns from the Clowns With New Hope will offer balloon animals for children.
After the Walk, a free lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs and chips will be prepared by the Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City.
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Is anyone else shamelessly excited about watching Modern Dads on A&E? It starts on August 21st at 10:30pm and centers around 4 real-life stay at home fathers. Even though it's real-life scenarios, I expect some of the stories to be scripted (ahem Storage Wars *cough cough). Still likely to be able to relate.
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Maodern dads, but still antique stereotypes… Gotta love the implied justification of "manliness" in the leather toolbelt.
I take issue with shows like this because I think that they just propagate the stereotype of bumbling, inept fathers who think that they deserve a medal each time they change a diaper. Perhaps this one is different, but my gut is that since they've created a show about stay-at-home dads whom they're calling "modern", the gist will be to make it look like being a stay-at-home dad is absurdly unusual and, therefore, entertaining.
In my opinion, my husband is a "Modern Dad". Yes, he works (out of the home), but he also changes diapers, cleans up dinner, does grocery shopping, drives carpools and everything else that I (a mom who works part-time) do. Each family is different, but these shows that portray the career-minded mom with the bumbling stay-at-home dad as their hook seem as far from modern as can be.
Perhaps A&E will do it differently this time, but I wouldn't bank on it!


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We recently learned that these items are available from the GSA schedule. I received the GSA contract. We did a cost/price analysis and determined that it would be to our benefit to purchase these brand name items from the GSA contract versus going out for bid (brand name or approved equal). Does FTA allow procurements from GSA contract?
A. FTA does not restrict procurements by grantees from GSA schedule contracts. However, Congress has not opened all of the GSA supply schedules to grantees. At the present time, State and local governments are authorized to purchase from GSA�s Schedule 70 - Information Technology contracts. Therefore, State and local government grantees are authorized to purchase IT equipment directly from the vendors on GSA Schedule 70, without having to conduct a separate competitive procurement.
In addition, Congress has authorized State and local government entities to use any GSA Federal Supply Schedule to acquire property and services in advance of a major disaster declared by the President of the United States, as well as in the aftermath of an emergency event. The State or local government is then responsible for ensuring that the property or services acquired will be used for recovery. More information about major disaster and emergency recovery acquisition is available at GSA�s Web site. (Revised: July 9, 2009)
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David Letterman announced earlier this week that he will be retiring from "The Late Show" in 2015. I thought it fitting to put my two cents in as to who should replace him.
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For this week's installment of Tucker's Off-Topic Tuesday, I think it's appropriate to point out a pretty neat auction to benefit those affected by the recent earthquake in Japan. The net being auctioned is a rare tenkara net.
I realize that the net will undoubtedly sell for more than most can afford. For that reason, I want to encourage TTL readers to donate to the victims of the earthquake through other channels, even if it is just a few dollars. While it is important to contribute to angling causes, I think we shouldn't forget that there are other causes that could use our support.
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Joseph Onasakenrat, also known as Sosé Onasakenrat (September 4, 1845 – February 8, 1881) was a Mohawk chief of Kanesatake.
Onasakenrat (meaning Swan or White Feather) was born near Oka, Quebec. In 1860, he entered the Petit Séminaire de Montréal where he studied for the priesthood for about four years. He returned to Oka and joined the local Sulpician seminary as secretary.
Onasakenrat was elected chief of the Mohawk community on July 25, 1868. Almost immediately, the new chief travelled to Ottawa to meet with the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Onasakenrat petitioned the government to return land to the Mohawks which was, at the time, held by the Sulpicians. He accused the seminary of exploiting the natives and of intentionally keeping them impoverished. The seminary threatened to excommunicate anyone involved in the petition, prompting Onasakenrat, along with most of the Mohawk community, to leave the Catholic Church and convert to Methodism that winter.
On February 18, 1869 he confronted the Sulpicians again when he challenged their authority over the land by cutting down a large elm tree without permission. One week later, backed by an armed band of forty men, Onasakenrat demanded that the Sulpicians leave Oka within eight days. The priests refused to leave, and instead obtained a warrant for his arrest. Montréal police arrived and arrested the group, although they were released a few days later.
In 1877, Onasakenrat was charged after the Catholic Church in Oka was destroyed by fire in the early morning of June 14. At the time, the Mohawk were engaged in a dispute with the white settlers over logging rights, and a group of Protestant Mohawks were accused of starting the fire. The group was tried quickly, and found not guilty by a jury.
A devoutly religious man, Onasakenrat became an ordained minister in 1880, and worked to translate religious works into the Mohawk language.[1] He translated the Gospels (1880) and several hymns. At the time of his sudden death in 1881, he was working on a translation of the remainder of the Bible, having completed up to the Epistle to the Hebrews. An oral account of the night before he died he had attended a ball in Montreal hosted by the Sulpician order, and when he had returned that night Sosé had complained to his wife about feeling ill and died later that morning. Suspiciously a priest had arrived that morning with a horse and sleigh and took Sosé's remains back to Montreal with him. Among the Kanehsatà:kehro'non it is believed that the Sulpicians had purposefully poisoned and murdered Sosé Onasakenrat because of the political and religious influence he had over his people.
- ^ "Joseph Onasakenrat - Indians of Canada and Quebec". marianopolis.edu. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- Bélange, Claude (2004), "Joseph Onasakenrat - Indians of Canada and Quebec", The Quebec History Encyclopedia, Faculty.marianopolis.edu, retrieved May 2013
- Smith, Donald B. (1982). "Onasakenrat Joseph". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. External link in
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- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Ouasakeurat". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.


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What does unity look like in a church board or ministry staff? How can we know what we're aiming for?
Unfortunately, unity can be hard to define. It's a vague term. While we easily recognize its presence or absence, few of us have taken the time to carefully spell out its essential elements. Yet defining exactly what we're looking for is an all-important first step if we're serious about developing and maintaining a unified leadership team on any level.
When I first decided to make unity a priority, I realized that I had no way to measure it. When I started asking practical questions about what it looked like, the answers weren't as clear as I'd expected.
Did unity allow room for doctrinal disagreement? If so, how much was too much? Could we have a split vote and still be unified, or did unity mean unanimity? How close were our relationships supposed to be? Did unity mean being best buds? Did we have to share Thanksgiving dinner?
Eventually, I settled on three irreducible minimums that defined what I was looking for. They became the grid through which I judged how we were doing and what we were aiming for on both a board and a staff level. They form my working definition of a unified leadership team. Your list may differ. But this is a good place to start:
Doctrinal Unity
By doctrinal unity, I mean agreement with our church's statement of faith, not necessarily total theological or political uniformity.
Every church has an irreducible theological minimum. For some, it's a lengthy and detailed document. For others, it's a few brief statements. Either way, for the sake of integrity, it's important that those in leadership honestly adhere to it.
But after that, we're wide open. If Jesus put Simon the Zealot (an insurrectionist who hated the Roman occupiers) on the same team as Matthew the tax collector (a collaborator with the Romans) and then made them room together, I'm not sure why we can't have some strong differences on hot-button issues of our day and still march together under the banner of unity.
In fact, unity that insists on uniformity isn't unity at all. It's a cheap counterfeit. Genuine and biblical unity is found in the midst of real and passionate differences that we set aside in the recognition that the differences we have are nowhere as important as the King we serve.
Our Christian hot buttons constantly change. One decade's battleground is another decade's yawn. Today the battles tend to be found in other realms: politics, the environment, or the finer points of theology. No doubt your church has your own hot buttons that flow out of the unique cultural setting, background, and theological pedigree of your ministry.
So how can we allow for this kind of diversity without blowing everything up? The key is to clearly determine ahead of time the things we won't fight about and then make it crystal clear to everyone that these issues are off-limits.
That doesn't mean that our board members and staff aren't free to have strong opinions. It simply means they can't try to force everyone into their mold. It's okay if they see something as an important issue, even a very important issue. It's not okay if they treat it as the most important issue, one to divide and fight over.
Making clear what you will and won't fight over will save you lots of grief. In nearly every theological tussle I've been asked to moderate, the battle hasn't been over something spelled out in the church's doctrinal statement. It's been over a peripheral issue that someone felt should have been an essential issue.
If we don't spell out ahead of time what we won't fight over, sooner or later someone will add their favorite doctrine or political issue to the list of essentials and then wage war on all those who disagree.
Respect and Friendship
The second component of a unified and healthy ministry team is respect and friendship. That doesn't mean everyone has to be best friends. But it does mean that we must get along well enough to avoid the miscommunication, stereotyping, and personality conflicts that so easily get in the way when it's time to tackle a tough or difficult issue.
Yet I've found that many boards (and even some staffs) are filled with strangers. They may know one another's name and have a casual acquaintance, but that's about it.
When I arrived at North Coast Church, one board member was going through serious psychological difficulties, and another's marriage was on the rocks. Yet none of the rest of us had a clue. With those kinds of superficial relationships, it's no wonder we found unity hard to come by.
Concentrating on developing camaraderie paid rich dividends. It made serving on the board an enjoyable experience. Instead of having a hard time getting people to serve, we suddenly had a hard time getting anyone to leave.
It also radically changed the dynamic of our meetings. Friends and strangers have very different patterns of relating to one another. Friends are vulnerable, while strangers hold their cards close to the vest; friends tend to give each other the benefit of the doubt, while strangers are cautious and suspicious; and when it comes to dicey issues, friends debate, while strangers argue.
Philosophical Unity
The third component of a healthy and unified team is philosophical unity. Simply put, this means having a basic agreement about our priorities and methods of ministry.
Philosophical unity is harder to develop than doctrinal unity or sincere friendships because it can take a long time to hammer out a consensus. In our case, it was nearly four years before I could honestly say we were all headed in the same direction and in agreement as to the best path to get there.
But once we were in agreement, everything became easier. We no longer had to go back to square one on every issue or with every new board member or staff hire. We'd already established our basic direction and how we would get there.
Just as with doctrinal unity, philosophical unity doesn't mean everyone has to think alike. It's not a casting call for clones or even unanimity; there's plenty of room for disagreement. But if we're going to work together effectively, we have to be reading off the same sheet of music.
If you think about it, most church fights aren't over theology or even ministry goals; they're over priorities and methodology. When Dave and Pat argue over how to spend money (whether to set it aside for a new building or use it to hire a youth pastor), they're arguing over priorities. When Kelly and Walt debate the merits of a choir versus guitars and big subwoofers, they're arguing over methods. Both want to worship the Lord; they just disagree on the best way to go about it.
That's why developing and nourishing a shared philosophy of ministry is one of the most important things a pastor, board, and staff can do to maintain unity.
—Larry Osborne, adapted from Sticky Teams, © 2010 Zondervan.
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1. She goes to school. Yes this love beauty is not dumb she does have a good head on her shoulders. Cyn Santana is going to school for Psychology at SUNY in New York. She hasn't confirmed what college exactly but has been going their since she was 18 years old. Despite her lifestyle hanging out with rappers and ballers Santana knows it's not going to last forever. When it's all said and done and when the partying is played out she wants to be a social worker and help underprivileged women. That's kinda hot! Go head mama!
2. Cyn Santana is Dominican and Salvadorian. Her mother is from El Salvador and her father is Dominican but she is second generation. Santana describes herself as mad Spanish. She and co-star Tahiry are both Dominican and yes Santana still gets a $9 doobie wrap. She has never been to DR.
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|The perceptual load of a given task affects attentional selection, with the selection occurring earlier when the load is high and later when the load is low. Recent evidence suggests that local competitive interaction may underlie the perceptual load effect and determine to what extent a task-irrelevant distractor is processed. Here, we asked participants to search for a target bar among homogeneously oriented bars (the low load conditions) or heterogeneously oriented bars (the high load conditions) in the central display, while ignoring a congruent or incongruent flanker bar presented to the left or right side of the central display, or a bar presented at one of the six positions outer to the central display. Importantly, we differentiated conditions in which the target in the central display and the peripheral flanker was presented within the same hemifield or across different hemifields. Results showed a significant flanker effect for the low load condition, but not for the high load condition, when the target and the flanker were across hemifields. However, when the target and the flanker were presented within the same hemifield, there was no flanker effect for either low or high load conditions. These findings demonstrate that the ability to ignore the task-irrelevant distractor is affected by local competition within hemisphere and that the perceptual load theory needs to be supplemented with detailed analysis of cognitive processes and mechanisms underlying the consumption of attentional resources.
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Yup,best idea yet,for me the keys definitely need to be level connected so that the key only opens doors on that map and taking away the keys at the end of each sounds the easiest way to do this.Anybody any ideas?
Replace keys with computer switches that "unlock" all the doors of that color on that particular level. Just a thought.
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Comparative effectiveness studies to improve clinical outcomes in end stage renal disease: the DEcIDE patient outcomes in end stage renal disease study
1 Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E. Monument Street, Suite 2-600, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
2 Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
3 Division of Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
4 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
5 Division of Nephrology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Evidence is lacking to inform providers' and patients' decisions about many common treatment strategies for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD).
The DEcIDE Patient Outcomes in ESRD Study is funded by the United States (US) Agency for Health Care Research and Quality to study the comparative effectiveness of: 1) antihypertensive therapies, 2) early versus later initiation of dialysis, and 3) intravenous iron therapies on clinical outcomes in patients with ESRD. Ongoing studies utilize four existing, nationally representative cohorts of patients with ESRD, including (1) the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD study (1041 incident dialysis patients recruited from October 1995 to June 1999 with complete outcome ascertainment through 2009), (2) the Dialysis Clinic Inc (45,124 incident dialysis patients initiating and receiving their care from 2003–2010 with complete outcome ascertainment through 2010), (3) the United States Renal Data System (333,308 incident dialysis patients from 2006–2009 with complete outcome ascertainment through 2010), and (4) the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Chronic Kidney Disease Registry (53,399 patients with chronic kidney disease with outcome ascertainment from 2005 through 2009). We ascertain patient reported outcomes (i.e., health-related quality of life), morbidity, and mortality using clinical and administrative data, and data obtained from national death indices. We use advanced statistical methods (e.g., propensity scoring and marginal structural modeling) to account for potential biases of our study designs. All data are de-identified for analyses. The conduct of studies and dissemination of findings are guided by input from Stakeholders in the ESRD community.
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Researchers have demonstrated the successful use of group counseling with school-aged children (Amerikaner & Summerlin, 1982; Hargrave & Hargrave, 1979; Thompson & Hudson, 1982). Despite the apparent need and proven usefulness, few school psychologists conduct counseling groups. A recent survey found that 81% of school psychologists spend little or no time in group interventions of any kind with students (Carroll, Harris, & Bretzing, 1979). Reasons may include time constraints, lack of training or experience, and administrative disapproval. What follows is the description of a group counseling technique implemented primarily with 6th graders for the past 4 years. Although therapeutic training is needed, the amount of time required is minimal. Consequently, psychologists in school districts that are oriented primarily toward evaluations, viewing counseling as a less important supplementary activity, can justify the program.
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