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One more kiss before we part
One more kiss and farewell
Never shall we meet again
Just a kiss and then we break the spell
One more kiss to melt the heart
One more glimpse of the past
One more souvenir of bliss
Knowing well that this
One must be the last
Dreamt are a sweet mistake
All dreamers must awake
On, then, with the dance
No backward glance
Or my heart will break
Never look back
Never look back, young Heidi
One more kiss before we part, ah, ah
Not with tears or a sigh
All things beautiful must die
All things beautiful must die
Now that our love is done
Lover, give me
One more kiss and goodbye
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Field: English
SR-EIP: Johns Hopkins University (1996)
Undergrad: Princeton University (1997)
Graduate School: Brown University (2006)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of English, St. Cloud State University
Can you talk about any memorable experiences from your summer research at Johns Hopkins?
What was most memorable about that experience was meeting other minority students who also had a strong interest in literature. I would say that making friendships and finding connections was the most valuable aspect of that summer. I also appreciated the resources and support offered by a major research institution such as Johns Hopkins.
What skills were you able to apply to your collegiate work upon returning to your undergraduate institution?
Having connected with students from different cultures and parts of the country further contributed to my cultural education, and this in turn complemented my understanding of different perspectives, and also strengthened a sense of confidence in my own scholarly development.
Can you talk about how your summer experience prepared you for graduate school?
The summer experience was very much focused on research, and learning to hone those skills was definitely beneficial when it came to the extensive amount of research that was required in graduate school.
Can you talk about the role of mentorship in your career?
Mentorship has been somewhat lacking in my own career. I have often found it difficult to connect with advisors on various levels. However, when a mentor has been motivated in their role, I have benefited tremendously from their guidance and support.
What advice would you give to this year's Leadership Alliance participants?
My best advice would be to make sure that you are absolutely committed to your chosen field, especially if you want to enter the academic job market. A sense of awareness concerning the difficult job market is very important. If you want to be a professor, you should be absolutely certain that you could not possibly pursue any other career, and that this is your passion in every sense of the word.
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Anyone old enough to remember The Carol Burnett Show knows Tim Conway is one of the silliest comedians around.
He's bringing his goofy bag of tricks to Morristown's Community Theatre on June 11. Tickets are $62 to $100, and go on sale next week.
Tim will be joined by Chuck McCann--a fixture in kids TV programs in New York back in the '60s--and impressionist Louise DuArt.
Tickets also go on sale next week for Dan Zanes and Friends, a family-friendly May 23 concert featuring the former lead singer of the Del Fuegos. Prices are $20-$35.


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Articulate, passionate, and armed with masters and bachelors degrees in mechanical engineering, Lt. Cmdr. Pamela (Rawe) Bou is a sterling example of the modern U.S. Navy.
Bou, who has family in the area, was in Marshalltown Tuesday speaking about the contemporary Navy and its mission before the Noon Kiwanis Club at the Frank L. Glick American Legion Hall.
And Bou's message was clear: The Navy is a high-tech, effective fighting force on guard 24/7 to protect the U.S. and allies worldwide.
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Lt. Cmdr. Pamela Bou, Navy Office of Community Outreach, Millington, Tenn., is shown gesturing during a presentation before the Noon Kiwanis Club Tuesday. Bou, a Haverhill native, addressed the group about the current Navy mission.
Be it fighting terrorists to helping victims of hurricane-ravaged Hati to apprehending drug smugglers, the Navy has the personnel and skill set to meet the task.
Bou is a public affairs officer with the Office of Community Outreach, based in Millington, Tenn.
She is in her eighth year in that position, having originally been commissioned a surface-warfare officer with a nuclear speciality. Bou served approximately eight years learning her craft in Nuclear Power School while serving on two ships among related assignments.
"I actually met my husband in Nuclear Power School ... the most romantic place in the world of course," she said.
Joking aside, Bou said one of her main responsibilities is planning Navy Weeks around the U.S. and helping fellow sailors deliver messages before service clubs and others on the home front.
"About eight years in I did a complete career shift," she said. "And many people would think that would be a waste of training, but thankfully, many other people think it is excellent to have someone who can translate engineering and Navy experience to many others."
Bou urged youth to "do their best in school and other endeavors," because one will never know how knowledge or experience can be applied usefully later in life.
The Noon Kiwanians were one of several stops Bou was planning to make while on leave.
Bou visited the Marshalltown High School Key Club Monday.
A visit to the Iowa Veterans Home on Tuesday and Matins (Morning) Kiwanis Thursday were also on the agenda.
Bou's family is from Haverhill, but they moved to Jerseyville, Ill., where she grew up. However, they returned for family events regularly.
Bou was married at Haverhill's Immaculate Conception Church in 2003.
In addition to her mother, most of the family remained in the area, and a brother and cousins attended Marshalltown schools.
Accompanying Bou during presentations was her mother, Sheila Rawe of Haverhill.


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Archive for September 2011
9 September, 2011
Government ministers might be concerned to know quite how often I am now accosted by strangers in public places.
Published in: Jewish Chronicle
5 September, 2011
Many who gaze across the Atlantic have long been amazed at the way in which the toxic issue of abortion fundamentally distorts the U.S. political agenda.
Published in: Daily Mail
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ASUS has spilt the official details of their Eee Note EA800 note-taking ereader. Based around an 8-inch anti-glare 768 x 1024 grayscale display, the Eee Note EA800 supports handwritten notes with a Wacom digital stylus - that snaps into a handy dock on the top edge - with 256 levels of pressure sensitivity. There's also WiFi b/g and a 2-megapixel camera.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- The Rev. Gregory F. Lucey gave his "Last Lecture" Monday night at Spring Hill College.
In a joking nod to students, faculty and staff, Lucey walked to the podium at Byrne Hall on campus wearing a boat captain's hat, which drew loud laughter from the crowd.
His annual welcoming address to students, as Spring Hill's president, Lucey would tell students they would have a "shipwreck" during their next four years in college.
Once behind the podium, the 77-year-old Lucey threw his hat into the crowd at Byrne Hall.
Lucey retired in 2009 after 12 years as Spring Hill's 37th president.
He has been named president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is moving to Washington, D.C, in January. He will assume his new post June 30.
The idea behind the "Last Lecture" concept, which has become popular at college campuses, is to allow someone to speak one final time before the student body.
A native of Wisconsin and one of seven children, Lucey reflected on his parents during his speech, titled "Honor Your Mother and Father."
Lucey recalled that in 1973 at age 40, he went into cardiac and pulmonary arrest and thought he was going to die. During his recuperation, he jotted down memories of his parents.
His father was a farmer who eventually operated a general store and a John Deere tractor business.
Lucey said it wasn't unusual for his father to bring the homeless into their home for a meal or a place to sleep.
"I share my father's story as a way of thanking him for this wonderful gift he gave me," Lucey said.
He recalled the day he told his father he was going to become a priest. It was during the Korean War.
"He said, 'Are you sure you aren't avoiding the draft because of the Korean War?'" Lucey recalled. His father later said, "There is nothing I would rather have you do."
Under Lucey's 12-year-term, the school spent an estimated $100 million on renovation and construction projects.


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- The EU's farm subsidy program (Common Agricultural Policy or CAP) expanded to become the biggest share of the EU budget, worth some $75 billlion in 2009, and also the most controversial.
Think there's a farm subsidy debate coming on Capitol Hill as political wrangling heats up over the 2012 farm bill? Then take a look across the Atlantic — at the largest subsidy system on the planet.
The EU subsidy program, titled Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), takes up a major share of the overall EU budget. The total EU subsidy output in 2009 was $75 billion. CAP reform appears imminent as European countries continue to push and shove for their place in the CAP queue.
To read more about the EU subsidy debate, please see this Financial Times article.


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In front of a post-Katrina record crowd of 18,426, the Los Angeles Lakers escaped New Orleans Arena with a 101-95 victory over the New Orleans Hornets Saturday night.
Pau Gasol had a game-high 34 points for the Lakers and Kobe Bryant added 32, but the Hornets' bench outscored the Lakers 30-15, including 10 points and 10 rebounds from third-team center Aaron Gray and 14 points from forward David Andersen.
Chris Paul led the Hornets with 21 points and 15 rebounds. New Orleans shot 49.4 percent from the field, while the Hornets held the Lakers to 47.4 shooting.
The Hornets played without starting center Emeka Okafor (oblique strain), starting forward Trevor Ariza (right ankle sprain) and backup center Jason Smith (flu-like symptoms).
Third quarter
Chris Paul hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 on the clock and the New Orleans Hornets lead the Los Angeles Lakers 82-81 after three quarters.
David Andersen has come off the bench to score 11 points on 5 of 5 shooting, including a 3-pointer, while Paul has 19 points and 14 assists.
The Hornets played much of the third quarter with out David West, who went to the bench with his fourth personal foul with 8:38 remaining.
Second quarter
New Orleans Hornets guard Marcus Thornton hit a 3-point shot from the left baseline at the buzzer but the Los Angeles Lakers lead 56-50 over the short-handed Hornets at the break.
Pau Gasol leads all scorers with 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting, while Kobe Bryant has added 18 points for Los Angeles.
David West leads the Hornets with 14 points and nine rebounds, but West picked up his third personal foul with 51 seconds remaining in the first half.
D.J. Mbenga has eight points for the Hornets, as does Thornton.
First quarter
Led by 10 points from forward Pau Gasol, the Los Angeles Lakers lead the New Orleans Hornets 27-19 through one period.
The Hornets are being paced by power forward David West, who has eight points on four of four shooting, to go along with a game-high six rebounds.
New Orleans is playing short-handed, without starters Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza with injuries, and primary backup center Jason Smith, who is ill.
The Lakers are shooting 52 percent from the field and have 12 points in the paint. New Orleans has ht 45 percent of its shots and has eight paint points.
The New Orleans Hornets, already missing starting center Emeka Okafor and starting small forward Trevor Ariza because of injuries, will also be without back up center, and Saturday night's expected starter, Jason Smith because of flu-like symptoms.
Smith came to Saturday's shootaround ill, Coach Monty Williams said, and the decision was made to send him home and sit him out against the Lakers. Aaron Gray is scheduled to start tonight.
"The last thing we need is for him to get somebody else sick," Williams said.
Smith's absence leaves the Hornets with Gray and former Lakers' center D.J. Mbenga in the middle to attempt to shut down Los Angeles' big three inside players of Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom.
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There's been another development in the saga of the Michigan woman who won $1 million in the lottery but continued to collect food stamps. The state's attorney general announced today that the woman had been charged with welfare fraud.
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SOUTH HADLEY – Barbara Coloroso, a nationally known expert who four months before the suicide of Phoebe Prince counseled the School Department on how to address bullying and later criticized the schools for failing to address penalties for bullies, will return on Tuesday at the behest of a group of citizens.
Coloroso, the author of "The Bully, the Bullies and the Bystander" and other books on fostering the development of children, was hired by the South Hadley Public Schools to educate staff on bullying in September 2009; Prince hanged herself on Jan. 14.
Police investigators say Prince was relentlessly bullied for several months before her death. Six of her former classmates at South Hadley High School have been charged with felonies in connection with her treatment.
After Prince's suicide, Coloroso warned town officials that other students could follow suit if they did not deal with the situation properly. She returned to South Hadley in February to talk to students and take part in a School Committee meeting.
Coloroso's appearance this week, which will take place at Town Hall at 7:30 p.m., is co-sponsored by the Worcester law firm of Abigail Williams & Associates and Stand Up for a Change, a citizens' group. The School Department, meanwhile, has scheduled its own event with Rosalind Wiseman, author of the book "Queen Bees and Wannabes," which became the basis for the 2004 movie "Mean Girls."
Wiseman will visit on Nov. 2. Stand Up for a Change was started by residents Luke Gelinas and Darby O'Brien with Eileen Moore, Prince's aunt, according to O'Brien, who owns an advertising agency.
O'Brien and Gelinas have been critical of the way the School Department handled the Prince matter. Gelinas has a civil lawsuit pending in Hampshire Superior Court in which he contends former School Committee chairman Edward Boisselle violated his First Amendment rights when Boisselle had him removed from a School Committee meeting while Gelinas was criticizing school officials.
Williams' law firm has represented plaintiffs in several bullying cases, including one involving a South Hadley Middle School student.
Coloroso will visit South Hadley after coming to Worcester earlier that day to train the law firm's staff and members of the American Hockey League team the Worcester Sharks to work in area schools. Members of the Sharks visit the Worcester schools to talk to students about bullying, Williams said.
O'Brien, who appeared on national TV talk and news shows following Prince's death, said the name for the group came from a Vietnam veteran who thanked him for speaking out on the matter.
"He said, 'Good for you! You stood up, at least,'" O'Brien said.
The group also hopes to hold a forum to encourage citizens to run for local office.
O'Brien maintains the schools failed to implement Coloroso's advice prior to Prince's suicide and did not adequately publicize a community event at which Coloroso appeared; he said the event was poorly attended.
Schools Superintendent Gus A. Sayer said, however, the meeting to which O'Brien referred was well publicized and the task force charged with coming up with an anti-bullying plan incorporated many of Coloroso's suggestions. Sayer also said he had not been informed about the Tuesday event until contacted by The Republican late last week.
O'Brien characterized Coloroso's appearance as an effort by citizens to air matters on which the School Department has remained silent.
"We've been through nine months of where you can't ask questions and nobody has to give you an answers," he said.
Although Williams said Coloroso's focus will be on moving forward, O'Brien expects her to address questions that may second-guess the town's response to Prince's death.
"I'm sure they're going to be asked," he said.
Coloroso will be introduced at the forum by Ron Chimelis, a sports writer and columnist for The Republican who has addressed bullying and the Prince case in his columns.
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Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand has been an absolute pain in Pittsburgh's backside.
Not only is the "Little Ball of Hate" getting under the Penguins' skin, he's also finding the back of the net. And when Marchand can be both pest and scoring threat, it's bad news for opponents.
Marchand was responsible for two key goals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, each ripped past a different goalie.
One gave Boston a 1-0 lead 28 seconds in, while the other erased any momentum that may have shifted Pittsburgh's way.
When Brandon Sutter scored the Penguins' first goal of the series with 34 seconds remaining in the opening period, Marchand responded just 25 seconds later to give the Bruins a 4-1 lead at intermission.
Making that dagger even more sweet was the fact it came after a shoving match with Matt Cooke along the boards in the Boston zone.
It was the first shot Marc-Andre Fleury saw after he replaced starter Tomas Vokoun when David Krejci put the Bruins up 3-0 at 16:31.
Marchand's goal proved bigger than Sutter's. Way bigger.
It killed off any hope the Penguins had of coming back as the Bruins went on to win 6-1.
That's the other annoying side of Marchand and why he's so valuable to his team. It might not be too crazy to say he's gotten inside some Penguins' heads, all starting in Game 1.
With 30 seconds left in the second period Saturday, Marchand hit James Neal in front of the Pittsburgh bench, causing the Penguins winger to crash into the boards.
He received a minor penalty to give the Penguins their fourth power play, but nothing more.
Earlier in the period, Cooke received a major penalty and game misconduct for checking Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid in the numbers. McQuaid braced for the hit, then fell face first onto the ice, clearly in pain. Luckily for Cooke, McQuaid wasn't injured.
The Penguins were irked Marchand didn't receive the same fate as Cooke, and once the period ended, captain Sidney Crosby started a ruckus by elbowing Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask near the chest while skating off the ice.
Bruins counterpart Zdeno Chara got in Crosby's face while the mild-tempered Patrice Bergeron and Evgeni Malkin tossed their gloves and threw fists.
It appears the Penguins have yet to calm down from this and play their game. They looked terrible in Game 2, and not just offensively. Their defense was a complete no-show, the Bruins jumping all over their every mistake.
The Penguins turned the puck over 12 times – four more than in Game 1. The Bruins did it twice.
In a way, it's hard not to feel for Vokoun. His team didn't help him out whatsoever. The goals allowed to Marchand, Nathan Horton and Krejci weren't completely his fault, but coach Dan Bylsma didn't really have any choice.
Bylsma couldn't switch out defenseman Kris Letang, who was on the ice for all three goals and finished minus-3. He could have benched him, but who in their right mind would bench a Norris Trophy finalist?


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People saw a snapshot of the AJM competition at the community night on Wednesday, but 2007 America's Junior Miss Nora Ali seemed to be the star of the show.
Ali emceed the program and danced in a number with the 2008 contestants. She played her violin during the opening number, and she performed a duet with her sister, who accompanied her on the piano.
Kathryn Foster, who accompanied Girl Scouts from Troop 8383 to the show, said the girls in the troop enjoyed watching the dance numbers.
"We had fun," Foster said. "I really liked watching Nora perform with her sister."
Tonight, the first round of preliminaries will begin. The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Mobile Civic Center Theater.


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Muncie, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) - It was a celebrity-filled day on the campus of Ball State as David Letterman returned to his alma-mater with pop-culture icon Oprah Winfrey.
The media mogul recounted her own childhood's physical and sexual abuse with David Letterman on Monday during her appearance which was part of a lecture series Letterman sponsors.
The conversation was focused on Winfrey's transition from a childhood defined by poverty and abuse, to an adulthood celebrated for its wealth and generosity.
Oprah said, "I would say to anyone who's had a difficult background, and I know that many of you have, all of our stories matter, I wouldn't take nothing for my journey now."
About 3,000 Ball State students and others attended the conversation on the Muncie campus.
Hundreds of those students camped out all night, earlier this month, to get free tickets for the event.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Country Crossing owner Ronnie Gilley concluded his intense stay on the on the witness stand in the State House vote-buying trial.
Gilley's former lobbyist, Jarrod Massey, began his testimony this afternoon. Prosecutors expect his testimony will last all of Friday. Massey, who already has started serving time, after pleading guilty to conspiracy and bribery, was wearing a red prison uniform when he took the witness stand.
Prosecutors in their redirect examination of Gilley this afternoon tried to link VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor and other defendants to the bribes Gilley said he was offering in exchange for legislators' voting in favor of a gambling bill before them last year. But defense lawyers kept up an intense assault on Gilley's credibility, suggesting he would say anything to avoid jail.
"You're sweating me out up here," Gilley said at one point on the witness stand when he was being quizzed about inconsistencies in his testimony.
McGregor and eight others are on trial on charges of participating in a conspiracy to buy and sell votes for a gambling bill before lawmakers in 2010.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin focused part of his afternoon questioning on the financial relationship between Gilley and McGregor.
Gilley testified that McGregor loaned him about $13 million to develop Country Crossing, and they entered into a consulting agreement in which McGregor would get 20 percent of the "hold" from electronic bingo machines at Country Crossing.
In return, Gilley said, his job was to take the "focus off Mr. Mac" and use the appeal of country music stars associated with Country Crossing to get the legislation passed.
"Buy votes. Pass the legislation. That was my job," Gilley testified. Defense lawyers objected, and the judge directed jurors to ignore the remarks.
Gilley testified this morning that he called McGregor before and after he went to a Feb. 23 meeting at a Prattville Books-A-Million to confirm a $1 million offer to secure the vote of Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale.
Franklin asked Gilley if McGregor ever told him he didn't want to be a part of offering Beason money.
"He did not," Gilley responded.
While Gilley previously described his support of Sen. Harri Anne Smith, I-Slocomb, as unconditional, Gilley said on redirect questioning by prosecutors that there were some conditions to it. Gilley said he expected Smith to vote for the gambling legislation and try to persuade other legislators to vote for it as well.
Gilley testified that, in his efforts to drum up public support for the bill, he also once paid someone who ran a "blog office" to post comments on newspaper websites to make it look like the majority of people supported the gambling legislation.
Defense lawyers have maintained any wrongdoing was committed by Gilley, who testified for prosecutors after pleading guilty to bribery, conspiracy and money laundering.
But defense lawyers on cross-examination tried to question Gilley's testimony, noting that he had told friends he expected to serve little prison time and had even entertained the idea that he might get just house arrest.
Gilley said his attorney had told him he was facing a life sentence before he changed his plea to guilty. But after Gilley changed his plea, he told friends he was only expecting to serve a few years in prison.
Susan James, a defense lawyer representing Country Crossing spokesman Jay Walker, asked Gilley if he told his wife during a call from the Montgomery City jail that he was looking for a "home run deal."
"I probably said that," Gilley said.
Gilley, on cross-examination from Smith's defense lawyer this morning, admitted he was wrong in his testimony about dates and details of meetings he testified that he had with Smith.
Gilley said Smith thanked him during a May 2008 meeting for ads he was running against her congressional race opponent. The ads didn't start running until July.
"I have a major problem with dates," Gilley said.
Defense attorney William White asked Gilley if he ever had an explicit conversation with Smith to take some action in exchange for money.
"Not in those exact words," Gilley replied.
Gilley also acknowledged that Smith didn't "specifically" ask him for $400,000 for her Senate campaign during a March 2010 conversation.
Smith begins the conversations by telling Gilley that she hated to ask but that Gilley had mentioned "other people." Gilley cuts her off and asks her what she needs.
"Tell me what you need and when you need it and it will be there," Gilley said.
"We need another $400,000 to finish out the campaign. Anything you can help with, that will be appreciated," Smith tells Gilley on the call.
The trial resumes at 9 a.m.


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HOOVER, Ala. - Michael Jaggers is standing at ease in the lobby of the Wynfrey Hyatt on Tuesday morning, but his eyes are scanning the escalator.
The moment an SEC football coach and/or players hop on the escalator and head down to the lobby here at the SEC football media days, Jaggers will politely, but forcefully, fight for position along a rope which he and the rest of the autograph hounds stand behind.
Right now, his competition is a kid in a Mississippi State jersey and a man wearing a Tennessee jersey. And that guy in the South Carolina cap looks kind of feisty.
"I just like collecting," said Jaggers, 30, who lives in Gadsden and who drives to this hotel 60 miles southwest on Interstate 59 almost daily during media days to stand from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. getting signatures on various items. "But there's a lot of waiting. Signing lasts two minutes and then you wait for long stretches. I don't come every day. I wait and see which teams are here on a certain day and I also use my past experience knowing which teams like to sign and which don't."
There are memorabilia dealers who also hang out. If you don't believe it, check e-Bay or other websites. Signed media days items go up for sale fairly quickly.
The first few days of signing are rather sedate, although a crowd of Auburn fans who gathered Monday waiting for Tigers' coach Gus Malzahn and three Auburn players were yelling "War Eagle" so loud it could be heard in the second floor print media interview room.
But the biggest mob each year gathers the day Alabama shows up, which will happen on Thursday. The lobby will be packed with Crimson Tide fans, and they will get rewarded for their loyalty.
"Alabama is the best team when it comes to signing. Alabama is a class act all the way," Jaggers said. "Even with Alabama having the biggest crowd, Coach (Nick) Saban and his players always take the time to sign."
And the most uncooperative team who sign few or no items?
"LSU's not very good," Jaggers said.


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By Staff Sgt. Tyneka René (USAG Schweinfurt Public Affairs) December 9, 2011
SCHWEINFURT, Germany (December 8, 2011) -- Family members and loved ones received an early Christmas present Dec. 8 when approximately 150 Soldiers with the 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion returned here from Afghanistan earlier than anticipated.
Soldiers with 44th's A Company and some Soldiers with C Company and Headquarters & Headquarters Company returned from Afghanistan after having deployed from Schweinfurt in April and May of this year. The remainder of HHC is expected to return before Christmas while the rest of C Company will remain downrange until further notice.
At approximately 2:45 p.m. the returning Soldiers, who fall under 5th Signal Command's 7th Tactical Theater Signal Brigade, marched through streamers in the Ledward Activity Center entrance. Loud cheers and applause erupted throughout the gymnasium at first sight of the Soldiers .
By the looks on the faces of the spouses and children of the redeploying Soldiers, the return of their loved ones was highly anticipated and well appreciated. Some of the Soldiers returned with red roses to present to their loved ones to signify how much they were missed during the 7 to 9 month deployment.
After a quick prayer by the chaplain and a few words from Lt. Col. Michael Runey, the USAG Schweinfurt commander, the Soldiers were released to their respective companies and then dismissed.
Although the Soldiers have returned from deployment, there is still work to be done. The reintegration process will begin the day after return and will continue for the next seven days.


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This Week Outdoors: Mourning cloak butterflies are coming out of hibernation and can be spotted on warm days.
Q: After returning from a walk on State Game Lands 145 near Mt. Gretna in late February, I felt something on my neck, brushed at it and off came a tiny brown tick. Tell us about ticks in winter. I never had a tick on me in winter before and I am 75 years old and grew up in the mountains at Wiconisco. Lew Jury, Manheim.
A: According to the American Lyme Disease Foundation, that tick you found on yourself was an adult tick that failed to find a host, like a deer or mouse, last fall. It crawled down into the leaf litter and remained there, inactive, until air temperatures climbed above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Then it resumed its search for a host and a blood-feast, which it must find to allow it to mate and reproduce.
After feeding and mating, the adult females drop back into the leaf litter and lay about 3,000 eggs each and then die.
A new two-year cycle will begin in mid- to late summer as larvae the size of a period in a newspaper hatch from the eggs and wait on the ground for some small mammal or bird to brush against them. They will attach themselves to that host, feed for a few days, become engorged with blood and drop back to the ground.
In the fall, the larvae molt into nymphs, which remain inactive in the leaf litter until the following spring.
The nymphs crawl up onto low-lying vegetation and wait there for a passing host. The peak of nymph activity runs from late May through July.
After engorging itself with a bit of its host's blood, the nymph drops back into the leaf litter, where it molts into an adult.
The adult will climb to vegetation as much as three feet off the ground and wait there for yet another host. Peak adult activity is late October into early November.
Q: I think I saw a river otter on Marsh Run near New Cumberland. I could see his webbed feet with binoculars. How rare are river otters? Harv Baney.
A: While exact numbers are difficult to come by, it is safe to say that river otters are present in all the river systems of Pennsylvania. That includes the Susquehanna River and any streams that empty into the Susquehanna.
They are commonly spotted along the Susquehanna, which doesn't detract at all from the excitement of being someone who gets to see one in the wild.
Not a bad result from the early 1980s, when the only remaining otters in Pennsylvania were a small population in the Poconos and a reintroduction effort got under way to eventually release 150 otters into other parts of the state.
Send your nature and wildlife questions to Marcus Schneck at firstname.lastname@example.com. You also can share your photos of wildlife and the outdoors with other readers by sending then to schneck at the same email address.


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New Quilt Fabric from Red Rooster Fabrics
Red Rooster Fabrics was founded in 2002 to provide quality cottons to quilt makers, crafters, etc. They have wonderful cottons that have a great hand and finish. I love the feel of their fabric! They have a large range of traditional and contemporary designs, including novelty fabrics, reproductions and seasonal designs.
Here are a few pieces from some of their lines:
First is Calypso by Red Rooster Studio. It is a fun, bright line with great colors. It is currently available.
The next line is Mia by Kathy Brown of The Teacher's Pet. This is a Jacobean-style floral collection in lovely shades. It is currently available.
Next up is Cottage Basics by Whimsicals. This collection features small-scale prints, and some wonderful blenders that go well with other fabrics. This will be available in February, 2014.
This line is an adorable juvenile line. It is A is for Animal by Kathy Brown. It features a darling alphabet panel, and fun, bright colors for the companion pieces. It will be available in March 2014.
The next line is from Elm Creek Quilts, and is Sarah's Collection. It is designed by Jennifer Chiaverini, who also writes the bestselling series, Elm Creek Quilts. This is a very traditional line, in beautiful, soft pastels. There is a wonderful floral stripe with this line, too. It will be available in January 2014.
Last for today is It's Elementary by Jacqueline Paton. It is a charming, whimsical line that features a panel celebrating the four seasons. It has a fun, warm color way. It will be available in March 2014.
Look for these, and other great Red Rooster Fabrics at your local quilt shop!


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He was well known for his creative television ads, and he was the "go-to expert" when it came to bringing the best electronic entertainment into the homes of Siouxlanders.
Now, Vance Pflanz has passed away following a battle with cancer.
It all started as a hobby in 1958, when the Belden, Nebraska native began building audio components from kits. That eventually led to repairing those components, and TVs.
The business has grown into an innovative, cutting edge showroom in Sioux City, that includes internet sales. Pflanz had a long association with Sony, and held office with the Consumer Electronics Association.
Vance Pflanz was 75 years old.


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Tropical Storm Lisa, moving northward, is forecast to continue in that direction through today, with a turn toward the north-northwest expected on Saturday. Lisa is expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Sunday morning as the cyclone moves over cooler water.
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph, with higher gusts. Some fluctuations in strength will be possible during the next 24 hours.
Location: 18.9n 27.8w about 320 mi, northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph
Present Movement: north or 360 degrees at 7 mph
Minimum Central Pressure: 1000 mb, 29.53 inches
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles from the center.
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The second half was indicative of both teams' seasons. For Michigan State, they played hard but made too many mistakes. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes stepped up their game, played with intensity and were able to beat a hungry Spartans squad 71-61.
Michigan State did not make it easy. They played hard and executed well on offense. While there's no such thing as a moral victory, at least they didn't give up. They looked good and with the exception of some mental mistakes late, they were in the game with one of the best teams in the nation. They need to build on this as they have a huge showdown with Illinois on Saturday.
For the Buckeyes, this was a great rebound following their loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. While they didn't have a great start, they fought through it and played well in the second half. They played more like a unit on defense late in the game as they forced steals and went after loose balls. It was an encouraging sign to see this team fight through a slow start and prevail over a good Michigan State team.
There are areas of concern. Overall, Ohio State's defense didn't play well. They made too many mental mistakes that lead to easy baskets for Michigan State. On offense, it seems some players are too hesitant to take shots when there's a window. Players like Jon Diebler need to look at William Buford and watch how he attacks the game. He isn't afraid to take shots and as a result, he had a huge game.
The Buckeyes don't have much time to enjoy their win. On Sunday, they'll travel to Purdue for a huge showdown. The Boilermakers will be looking for revenge as the Buckeyes put a whopping on them in their last match up. It should be a good challenge for Ohio State as they move closer to another Big Ten title.


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Animal research in the news
Find out the latest research stories from the University of Cambridge that involved the use of animals.
Current animal research
The following are some of the research projects involving animals currently under way at the University of Cambridge. We will continue to add to this list as our Animal Research pages develop.
- The role of the immune system in heart attack and stroke: Professor Ziad Mallat
- How does the brain develop? Professor Bill Harris
- How does Parkinson's disease affect brain function? Dr Susan Jones
- Misfolded proteins in dementia and ageing: Dr David Ron
- Breeding disease-resistant chickens: Professor Jim Kaufman
- The role of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: Dr Roger Barker
- How do we make decisions – and why does this process go wrong? Professor Wolfram Schultz
- Preventing heart disease: Professor Thomas Krieg
- Understanding the causes of mental health disorders: Amy Milton
- Optimising immunotherapy for autoimmune disease: Dr Sarah Howlett


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Saturday's Senior Bowl (3 p.m. CT, NFL Network) at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. will be the culmination of a week-long opportunity for college football's top four-year players to make their cases on why they should be selected in the 2014 NFL draft.
Most of the impressions that NFL scouts, coaches and executives will take away from the week have already been developed through practice sessions and interviews.
Still, the game will serve a corroboratory function on Saturday. Teams will evaluate whether the qualities that players showed in practice sessions translate to game action.
Earlier this week, before the fully-padded practice sessions took place, we took a look at the top five players invited to the game and five other players with the biggest chances to rise up draft boards.
Some of those evaluations were not supported by the practices. North Dakota State offensive lineman Billy Turner, for example, looked anything but a left tackle, and he was consistently beaten by outside speed-rushers this week. Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Northern Illinois safety Jimmie Ward, meanwhile, made serious cases this week in practice for a top-five spot.
Still, many other prospects proved their worth against top competition or made names for themselves. In the following slideshow, we'll take a look at 10 such players who have made it clear this week that they are worth watching closely in Saturday's game.


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12 June 2012
Ceitec Lectures
WHEN: 12th June 2012, registration from 11:00
WHERE: Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology, Božetěchova 1, 612 66 Brno
Lectures are a part of CEITEC Common Evaluation of Scientific Excellence.
Prof. Michael Sattler - Molecular recognition and dynamics in splicing regulation.
Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Germany
Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science and Chair Biomolecular NMR, Department
of Chemistry, Munich University of Technology, Germany
Prof. Herbert Störi – A Plasma-Emission-Detector implemented in a Micro Fluidic Device.
Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
12:45 – 13:45
Prof. Ingo Schubert – Plant Centromeres – Lecture abstract HERE.
Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analysis,
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
Prof. Andrew J. Wyrobek – Genetic differences in transcript responses to low-dose ionizing radiation indentify molecular functions associated with breast cancer susceptibility – Lecture abstract HERE.
Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, USA
14:00 – 15:00
Prof. Wilhelm Gruissem – Integrating leaf growth and circadian regulation – a systems approach to support genome scale metabolic modelling of plant biomass production.
Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Jürgen Fleig – Fundamental science behind solid oxide fuel cells.
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Urgent alert to the Big Blue Nation: Breathe easier, Brandon Knight is aboard.The Kentucky announcement had been expected; the other schools on Knight's list were Syracuse, Connecticut, Florida and Kansas
On the first day of college basketball's spring signing period, Kentucky won an intense recruiting sweepstakes for Knight, the nation's No. 4-rated senior. Knight made his announcement on ESPNU.
Paul Biancardi, ESPN: Wildcats land a complete player
Yahoo Sports scouting report on Brandon Knight
ESPN: From books to boards, Knight excells
Real Clear Sports: Knight praises Coach Jim Boeheim in this video, but is a bit confused about where he coaches.
Syracuse.com: Brandon Knight's three-pointer wins the McDonald's All-America High School Basketball game
More college basketball news:
Butler's Gordon Hayward to test NBA waters
Purdue's JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore will enter the NBA draft


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Day 271. 94 days and $95 left togo.
Let's just say that there's a whole lotta mess happening at the collar of this puppy.
I'm a total gingham gal but it was a little too much gingham in all the wrong places.
I decided to veer away from the Marianne from Gilligan's Island look today and take it off!
I cut the gingham fabric off from around the neckline and in just minutes, the gingham was gone!!
Now that the neckline was clean and pretty, I went to shortening the dress next. I cut off about a foot of fabric to hike it up.
Instead of stitching my hem I did something that any of you will be able to recreate at home. I pinned and folded the edge of my dress under and ironed it down in place. I grabbed some mailing tape, took off a few swatches, and used that to hem the bottom of my dress.
Voila! A simple and easy trick for anyone who may not have a sewing machine or are less inclined to use one.
The last change was my siggy "Pinch & Cinch" trick that I used at the neckline…
I pinched each side of the halter neck, took a safety pin to the gathered fabric, and cinched it in place.
Such a simple trick to really give a little more drama to the neckline.
Hello new dress!! I used the belt from Day 139 to wrap around the waist of my brand new halter!! What a difference a little gingham removal and shortening can do!
This called for a celebration, so I headed to MILK for a little sweet treat to end my day…
Nutella ice cream and a coffee toffee ice cream sammie? I nearly fainted.
You'd think my night was made right there, but no…there was a cherry on top of this ice cream sundae! They were playing Bananarama's "I Heard A Rumor" which took me back to 1987 when I used to dress up in my dad's big button down shirts and have dance parties. Oh happy day…it's nice to be back home in LA!


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Jackson County Animal Control Director Kim Luce has left her position at the agency.
Luce informed officials Friday afternoon of her immediate retirement from animal control, where she spent about 27 years, said County Administrator Randy Treacher.
He acknowledged that her decision to leave was a recent one.
"It was clear to her that the commissioners were looking at animal control moving in a different direction than it had been under her management," Treacher said. "Kim did a very honorable thing."
For more on this story, visit mlive.com/citpat Thursday, or pick up Thursday's Jackson Citizen Patriot.


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Consumer Reports says the Samsung Galaxy S 4's large display is just one example of what Android phones bring to the table. "Another advantage Android phones offer is how easily they can wirelessly share pictures, videos, and other files, with other devices nearby." The Galaxy S 4 can also be used as a remote, not just for your television but for your cable box as well. The HTC One is another Android phone that stands out. Mike Gikas "There's a great deal of customization options when it comes to the software, the interface for example, there are widgets that you can customize and have the phone really appear just the way you want it." And its camera does a great job taking pictures in low-light situations with its unique image sensor. And that's not all. Mike Gikas "You can edit and share those pictures in ways that you can't even dream about on a regular camera." For example, the HTC One can automatically create a video from your photo and video library … complete with soundtrack. Android phones also have better displays than ever. Mike Gikas "They're often five inches or larger, they're high-definition, and that's good news if you're looking at photos, videos, or reading text on a Web page." That includes the brand-new LG Optimus G Pro. Its five-and-a-half-inch HD 10-80-P display almost makes you forget you're watching video on a phone, making it another Android recommended by Consumer Reports. .."
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They're a threat for the sky.
So I'll wait with our souls in the sun stood and our minds they sought that doorway.
How long…how long must you take?
I was set for that mistake, but you moved.
And there was nothin' that I couldn't take, it's all on you darlin'."
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Gustave Doré was a world famous 19th century illustrator. Although he illustrated over 200 books, some with more than 400 plates, he is primarily known for his illustrations to The Divine Comedy, particularly The Inferno, his illustrations to Don Quixote, and Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.
These art images include Doré's illustrations to The Divine Comedy, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Perrault's Fairy Tales, Don Quixote, Paradise Lost, Contes Drolatiques, Fables de La Fontaine, Tennyson's Elaine, and others.Latest additions: Added Leviathan to the Bible images. The Crusades. Also, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner is now complete, from the 1876 elephant folio edition. Coming: Idylls of the King and special selections of Gustave Doré Angels and The Darker Side of Gustave Doré (at least a few by Halloween, but many of these can be found now in Rime and Inferno).
Is it or is it not Doré? Some people think Witches Dancing at a Sabbath (La Danse du Sabbat) is Doré and some insist it isn't. This is made more difficult because many works signed by Doré are primarily works done by his apprentices under his direction so being true to type isn't the sole criteria. For example, for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, he had worked with some of his engravers so many times that he sketched the drawing directly on large woodblocks and the engravers completed the work. This is the other signature you see on many of the illustrations. In any case, I'm including it here until it's proven one way or the other. Doré did not sign the finished work unless it met with his approval, which could have been denied for any number of reasons. His signature does not appear on Witches Dancing at a Sabbath but his influence is still apparent.
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Part 1: Images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to The Divine Comedy.
Inferno 1
Inferno 32
Purgatorio 12
Paradiso 1
Part 2: Images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and The Bible. (The *complete* illustrations to the Bible are here ).
Bible 5
Plate 1: Wherefore stopp'st thou me?
Plate 2: The Wedding Guest
Plate 3: Red as a Rose is the Bride
Plate 4: The Ship Fled the Storm
Plate 5: It was Wondrous Cold
Plate 6: The Ice was All Around
Plate 7: The Albatross
Plate 8: I shot the Albatross
Plate 9: I had done a hellish thing
Plate 10: Water, water, every where
Plate 11: The Death-Fires Danced at Night
Plate 12: Nine fathom deep he had followed us
Plate 13: The Death Ship Nears
Plate 14: The Game is Done!
Plate 15: Each cursed me with his eye
Plate 16: No saint took pity
Plate 17: I looked upon the rotting sea
Plate 18: And yet I could not die
Plate 19: The moving Moon went up to the Sky
Plate 20: I watched the water-snakes
Plate 21: The rain poured down from one black cloud
Plate 22: They all uprose
Plate 23: The sails made on a pleasant noise
Plate 24: I fell down in a swound
Plate 25: Two voices in the air
Plate 26: Without wave or wind
Plate 27: The shadow of the moon
Plate 28: In crimson colors came
Plate 29: A heavenly sight
Plate 30: The skiff-boat nears
Plate 31: The Whirl
Plate 32: The Pilot
Plate 33: Oh shrieve me, holy man
Plate 34: Strange power of speech
Plate 35: I know the man that must hear me
Plate 36: The Wedding Guests
Plate 37: So Lonely
Plate 38: The mariner is gone
Part 3: Selected images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to Perrault's Fairy Tales and Fables de la Fontaine and others.
Sleeping Beauty 1
Tom Thumb 1
Red Riding Hood 1
The Hare and the Frogs
The Peacock Complains about her Voice
Part 4: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, Jesus, Enigma, and others.
Part 5: Images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to The Raven.
Cover Plate 1 - Title Page List of illustrations with engravers - page 1 List of illustrations with engravers - page 2 Plate 2 - Nevermore Plate 3 - ANATKH (Inevitability) Plate 4 - A Midnight Dreary Plate 5 - Bleak December Plate 6 - Vainly I had Sought to Borrow Plate 7 - Sorrow for Lenore Plate 8 - Nameless Here for Evermore Plate 9 - Some Late Visitor Plate 10 - Darkness there and Nothing More Plate 11 - Dreams No Mortal Ever Dared to Dream Before Plate 12 - Something at My Window Lattice Plate 13 - Open here I Flung the Shutter Plate 14 - Not the Least Obeisance Made He Plate 15 - Perched Upon a Bust of Pallas Plate 16 - Wandering from the Nightly Shore Plate 17 - Other Friends Have Flown Before Plate 18 - Fancy Unto Fancy Plate 19 - Velvet Lining Plate 20 - Respite and Nepenthe Plate 21 - By Horror Haunted Plate 22 - Balm in Gilead Plate 23 - Whom the Angels Name Lenore Plate 24 - Bird or Fiend! Plate 25 - Back into the Tempest Plate 26 - My Soul from out that Shadow Plate 27 - The Secret of the Sphinx
Part 6: Images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to Milton's Paradise Lost.
Paradise Lost 1
Paradise Lost 6
Paradise Lost 11
Paradise Lost 16
Part 7: Images from Gustave Doré's illustrations to The Crusades.
The Ottomans Penetrate Hungary
Blondel Hears the Voice of Richard
The Discovery of the True Cross
Gerard of Avesnes Exposed on the Walls of Asur
Apparition of Saint George on the Mount of Olives
Edward III Kills his Attempted Assassin
Ilghazy Gives Gauthier his Life
Death of Frederick of Germany
Assassination of Henry of Germany
Crusade Against the Moors of Granada
Christian Chevaliers Captive at Cairo
Crusaders Surrounded by Saladin�s Army
Godfrey Imposes Tributes upon Emirs
Hospitality of Barbarians to Pilgrims
Mourzoufle Parlaying with Dandolo
Muhammad II before Constantinople
Peter the Hermit Preaching the Crusade
Priests Exhorting the Crusaders
Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople
Richard and Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf
Bohemond Alone Mounts the Rampart of Antioch
Saint Francis of Assisi and the Sultan
The Crusaders Cross Mount Taurus
The Departure from Aigues Mortes
Barthelemi Undergoing the Ordeal of Fire
The Emirs Head Shown in the Seraglio
The Remains of the First Crusaders
Siege of Ptolemais I
Troubadours Sing the Glories of the Crusades
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Hi! I'm Angela and am a new member. I am very excited that my little guys will be heading to Edaville's Festival of Lights with my husband and I this evening. My oldest, who is 4, loved it so much last year that he's been asking to go back ever since. I guess it's our new family tradition. I love this time of year!
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Update, 11.05am: A 32-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was glassed at Crown Casino early this morning.
Police were called to the casino in Burswood about 3am regarding a fight between two men which had begun as a verbal stoush later escalating to a physical fight.
It appears one man was struck in the face with a glass, causing lacerations.
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After weeks of negotiations between the parties directly, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service began observing negotiations between Boeing (NYSE: BA ) and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace this week. On Wednesday, FMCS called for a temporary halt to the talks.
FMCS asked both sides to suspend negotiations over the SPEEA collective bargaining agreement until "after the first of the year." Both Boeing and SPEEA have agreed to the request. The FMCS statement posted by both Boeing and the SPEEA contained no reasoning for the move.
In a statement Tuesday, SPEEA, which represents some 23,000 Boeing employees, said it had made multiple overtures to Boeing regarding such issues as limiting mandatory overtime, revising the seniority system governing layoffs, and providing for maternity and paternity leave in its contract, along with, of course, changes to the pay structure for union employees.


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OnCue - Better Than Before
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Fast riser OnCue gets darkly cinematic on his latest video Better Than Before. Off his upcoming album Can't Wait, coming out on November 16.
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Professional commitment to changing chronic illness care: results from disease management programmes
Objectives The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate to what extent primary care professionals are able to change their systems for delivering care to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and what professional and organizational factors are associated with the degree of process implementation.
Design Quasi-experimental design with 1 year follow-up after intervention.
Setting Three regional COPD management programmes in the Netherlands, in which general practices cooperated with regional hospitals.
Participants All participating primary care professionals (n = 52).
Intervention COPD management programme.
Main Outcome Measures Professional commitment, organizational context and degree of process implementation.
Results Professionals significantly changed their systems for delivering care to COPD patients, namely self-management support, decision support, delivery system design and clinical information systems. Associations were found between organizational factors, professional commitment and changes in processes of care. Group culture and professional commitment appeared to be, to a moderate degree, predictors of process implementation.
Conclusions COPD management was effective; all processes improved significantly. Moreover, theoretically expected associations between organizational context and professional factors with the implementation of COPD management were indeed confirmed to some extent. Group culture and professional commitment are important facilitators.
- disease management
- quality improvement
- primary care
- organizational innovation
- professional practice
Chronic diseases are the main cause of death and disability worldwide, and as the population ages, prevalence of chronic conditions will increase [1]. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common multicomponent disease that imposes an enormous burden on the patient, medical professionals and society in terms of morbidity, mortality, health care resource utilization and cost [2]. Already highly prevalent, COPD is projected to become the third most common cause of death by 2020 [1]. Efforts to improve quality and efficiency of health care have been given high priority. Disease management, defined as 'an approach to patient care that emphasizes coordinated, comprehensive care along the continuum of disease and across health care delivery systems' [3], has emerged as a new strategy to achieve improvement. It has three key features: it uses empowerment strategies (patient oriented) and decision support tools (professional directed), preferably supported by changes in the organizational system [4].
A growing body of literature argues that improving the delivery of primary care is an effective approach to implement disease management [5, 6], as chronic illness care is largely performed within a primary care setting. Primary care professionals are therefore at the forefront of COPD diagnosis and management [2]. Their motivation to redesign care is one of the keys to successful disease management [7]. However, most professionals lack the time, information technology and financial resources to systematically improve the quality of care provided to these patients [6]. There is a gap between what professionals do for patients with chronic diseases (e.g. COPD) and what should be done [8]. This raises questions about professional commitment in changing chronic illness care. There are currently no research reports, however, examining professionals' roles in implementing disease management within primary care.
In general, variations in degree of implementation of changes can be attributed to characteristics of the professionals, but also to the organizational context [9, 10]. The aim of this exploratory study is to investigate to what extent primary care professionals are able to change their processes for delivering care to COPD patients, and what professional and organizational factors are associated with the degree of process implementation.
Theoretical framework
The framework is based on theoretical approaches by Cretin et al. [9] and Lin et al. [7]. Both papers argue that a multilevel approach is needed to improve quality; they focus on professional level as well as organizational context. This study combines the approaches by relating professional and organizational factors to changes in processes of care (Fig. 1). At professional level, professional commitment is approached in terms of motivation, using the expectancy theory [11, 12]. This theory acknowledges the multifaceted nature of professional commitment by distinguishing valence, instrumentality and expectancy. Valence is the attractiveness that professionals assign to the outcomes associated with successful implementation of disease management. These outcomes induce both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, such as improvement in patient health and satisfaction or higher professional self-esteem. Instrumentality refers to the belief that disease management implementation will lead to these targeted outcomes. Expectancy concerns the association between effort and success in disease management implementation. Thus, the product of an individual's assessment of valence, instrumentality and expectancy is the professional commitment towards implementing disease management [7, 12].
Culture, organizational commitment to quality improvement and climate are considered to be important conditions in the organizational context. They provide information on the setting and contingencies that professionals are confronted with in their work environment [13]. Culture concerns the norms, values, beliefs and behaviours of an organization, reflecting 'how we do things around here'. The competing values framework distinguishes four types of culture: group culture (teamwork and participation), developmental culture (risk-taking, innovation and change), hierarchical culture (rules, regulations and bureaucracy) and rational culture (efficiency, goal attainment and achievement) [14, 15]. Previous research on chronic care improvement showed that having a group culture is related to higher commitment from professionals [16]. The core principles of disease management emphasize change and teamwork efforts; hence, group culture may be a facilitator for chronic care improvement. A higher degree of the practice group's commitment to quality improvement is expected to positively influence professional commitment as well, since quality activities are hypothesized to support implementation of disease management. Climate refers to an individual's perception of the environmental and organizational contingencies between individual behaviours related to COPD management and anticipated collegial responses [15]. Professionals are hypothesized to be more committed to implementing COPD management when they perceive a supportive climate [7]. A group culture, a supportive climate and commitment to quality tend to create a positive workplace with dedicated professionals working together effectively [17]. This supports the development and implementation of system changes that improve processes and, ultimately, patient outcomes.
Previous research [9, 18] suggests that it is the interplay between professional level factors and the organizational context that explains the success or failure of the implementation of disease management programmes. This study explores associations between professional commitment, organizational context and perceived degree of implementation of changes within current practice groups of COPD (Fig. 1).
Setting and design
This study evaluates professionals' commitment within three regional pilots of COPD management programmes in the Netherlands. The pilot studies were supported by Partners in Care Solutions for COPD, a national programme that aims to optimize COPD care by supporting the implementation of disease management. The programmes were carried out in 21 general practices in central Netherlands: the 'Gelderse Vallei' region, Doetinchem and Nijmegen. The practices coordinated with the regional hospital(s) and were supported by their own practice nurses or practice nurses of a regional home care organization.
The COPD management programme consisted of patient education, protocolized assessment and treatment of COPD, and coordination of care. Practice nurses systematically educated patients on smoking behaviour, medication usage, nutrition and physical activity so as to increase their understanding of COPD and self-management skills. Next to that, professionals were educated on the guidelines and programme. These interventions were supported by organizational interventions. A multidisciplinary team (general practitioner, practice nurse and a lung specialist) coordinated diagnostic procedures, treatment and ongoing patient management. Team members' tasks and responsibilities were described in a guideline-based protocol. Practice nurses performed lung function tests, assessed patients' conditions, provided disease-related education and advice, coordinated care and organized follow-up meetings. They acted in conjunction with the general practitioner who consulted the specialist when needed. Figure 2 shows the specific characteristics of these programmes and specific differences between the regions. It shows that the programmes are rather similar.
An exploratory study was performed as part of a larger evaluation study on COPD management programmes in the Netherlands. Data were collected by means of postal questionnaires at baseline and 1 year after intervention. Both the researcher and the programme manager invited the professionals involved in these programmes to complete the questionnaire. The characteristics and psychometric properties of the measures are described in Table 1.
|No. of items
|Cronbach's α
|T0, mean (SD)
|T1, mean (SD)
|Change (95% CI)
|Organizational factors
|40.8 (17.0)
|40.6 (18.6)
|−0.3 (−3.7 to 3.1)
|27.7 (14.3)
|26.2 (12.2)
|−1.4 (−5.6 to 2.8)
|16.3 (9.8)
|19.0 (11.1)
|2.7 (−0.3 to 5.6)
|15.1 (10.9)
|14.0 ( 9.7)
|−1.1 (−4.1 to 1.8)
|QI commitment
|3.8 (0.5)
|3.8 (0.6)
|0.0 (−0.2 to 0.2)
|Policy and strategy
|3.9 (0.6)
|4.0 (0.7)
|0.1 (−0.2 to 0.3)
|Quality development
|3.8 (0.6)
|4.0 (0.6)
|0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)
|Employee involvement
|3.9 (0.6)
|3.8 (0.7)
|−0.1 (−0.4 to 0.1)
|Customer satisfaction
|3.4 (0.6)
|3.4 (0.6)
|0.0 (−0.2 to 0.2)
|3.0 (0.3)
|3.5 (0.5)
|0.5 (0.4 to 0.7)
|Professional commitment
|Professional commitment
|124.8 (28.0)
|135.7 (33.8)
|10.9 (1.6 to 20.3)
|3.6 (0.5)
|3.8 (0.5)
|0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)
|5.7 (0.5)
|5.8 (0.5)
|0.1 (0.0 to 0.2)
|6.1 (0.8)
|6.2 (0.8)
|0.1 (−0.2 to 0.4)
|Changes in care processes
|Self-management support
|4.8 (2.5)
|7.2 (1.7)
|2.4 (1.7 to 3.1)
|Decision support
|5.8 (1.9)
|7.5 (1.3)
|1.7 (1.1 to 2.3)
|Delivery system design
|4.8 (2.3)
|7.7 (1.3)
|3.0 (2.3 to 3.6)
|Clinical information systems
|4.5 (2.3)
|6.7 (1.6)
|2.3 (1.7 to 2.9)
QI, quality improvement; CVF, competing values framework; EFQM, European foundation for quality management; ICIC, improving chronic illness care and ACIC, assessing chronic illness care.
Professionals completed a questionnaire based on the improving chronic illness care questionnaire [7]. Areas covered were (i) general professional characteristics, (ii) COPD disease management implementation and (iii) factors associated with changing chronic COPD care. The first part related to background characteristics, such as duration of professional activity. Second, the assessing chronic illness care survey [19] aimed to determine the perceived degree of actual implementation of the programme. Only the elements reflecting the interventions within the disease management programme were included: self-management support (patient-related intervention), decision support (professional-directed intervention), delivery system design and clinical information systems (both evaluating implementation of the organizational intervention) (Fig. 2). The four to six items per element were rated on a 0–11 response scale, with higher scores indicating more complete implementation. Mean scores for each element were obtained. To validate self-reports by professionals, we compared changes in assessing chronic illness care elements to available data on structural changes in care practices and to available process measures, namely application of patient education for changes in self-management support, provision of inhalation instruction and application of spirometry for changes in decision support and regularity of follow-up for changes in delivery system design. The process measures were expressed as percentages of patients within practices who received a specific intervention.
The third part of the questionnaire measured professional commitment in implementing COPD management (professional level: valence, instrumentality and expectancy) and identified relevant contextual factors (organizational level: culture, commitment and climate). Valence is measured on a 9-item scale; professionals are asked to report the importance of each of the described outcomes, for example, improving continuity of care. Response categories range from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important). Instrumentality is made up of nine items; response categories range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Expectancy is a single item to be rated from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) in response to a statement on the association between effort and success in disease management implementation. Consistent with Vroom's conceptualization of the expectancy framework [12], these scales add up to one professional commitment score.
Culture was assessed using the competing values framework [13], which asks respondents to distribute 100 points across series of four statements on the culture of their practice group. These statements reflect the four culture types. Commitment to quality improvement is measured by an overall average score on quality improvement questions by the European foundation for quality management scale adapted for primary care [13, 20]. Response categories range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The scale covers four subjects: policy and strategy, quality development, employee involvement and customer satisfaction. Examples of items are: 'the practice group uses data from patients to improve services' and 'professionals are recognized for improving quality'. Climate is measured as the average of four questions assessing expected collegial responses to initiating behaviours and performing tasks related to COPD management [7]. Response categories range from 1 (admonition or disapproval) to 4 (reward or approval).
Statistical analyses
For all study variables, comparisons were made between baseline (T0) and post-intervention (T1) data using paired-sampled t-tests and Wilcoxon signed rank tests (one sided; α = 0.05) where appropriate. Process changes in assessing chronic illness care were validated by comparing them to the process measures using Pearson's correlation coefficients. Differences between groups determined by professional characteristics were explored with Mann–Whitney U tests. To determine whether the theoretical model propositions are consistent with the data, regression analyses were applied in two steps. The associations between organizational context, professional commitment and degree of process changes were explored using professional commitment as a mediator variable (Fig. 1) [21]. Baseline as well as change scores were entered into the model to account for the individual baseline levels and to control for regression to the mean effects [22]. Data were analysed using SPSS 13 for Windows. A prior significance level of 0.05 was used for all statistical tests.
Response and characteristics
The eligible study population consisted of 60 professionals. Initial responses were received from 54 professionals; as 2 were lost to follow-up, the final response rate was 87%. Professional characteristics at baseline are presented in Table 2. We explored the differences between general practitioners and practice nurses. Overall, the latter tended to score more positively; differing significantly on instrumentality and the implementation of information systems. Furthermore, professionals with specific COPD education had significantly higher scores on COPD management implementation, except for decision support. After the implementation of the disease management intervention, these differences dissipated.
|% (n)
|50 (27)
|50 (27)
|General practitioner
|61 (33)
|Practice nurse
|31 (17)
|Practice assistant
|4 (2)
|4 (2)
|Years in practice
|0–1 year
|6 (3)
|1–5 years
|26 (14)
|5–10 years
|19 (10)
|Longer than 10 years
|50 (27)
|Specific COPD education
|63 (34)
|37 (20)
|Number of hours a week working with COPD patients
|<8 h
|68 (35)
|8–15 h
|12 (6)
|16–22 h
|12 (6)
|>22 h
|8 (4)
|Participating in regional multidisciplinary COPD meetings
|64 (35)
|36 (19)
Professional commitment
At baseline, attractiveness assigned to the outcomes associated with successful implementation of COPD management (valence) was rated a mean 3.57 (±0.44) on a 1–5 scale. This indicates that professionals attach importance to these outcomes. The statement that implementation of disease management leads to the targeted outcomes was rated a mean of 5.69 (±0.51) (1–7 scale), denoting that professionals believe that they can successfully implement COPD management. Expectancy was rated a mean of 6.10 (±0.75) (1–7 scale), which implies that disease management is seen as an effective tool in improving outcomes. These measures add up to an overall professional commitment score of 124.8 (±28.0). Comparing baseline and post-intervention scores showed that professional commitment (P = 0.02) and valence (P = 0.009) had improved significantly after intervention (Table 1).
Organizational context
At baseline, most professionals (62%) indicated that their practice is best characterized by a group culture; 23% indicated their practice culture as developmental. A rational culture and a hierarchical culture each were perceived by only 8%. Questions related to commitment to quality improvement were rated with a mean of 3.79 (±0.47) on a 1–5 scale; scores for the four items ranged from 3.40 (±0.57) to 3.91 (±0.57). These scores indicate a relatively high commitment to quality, involving staff members and supported by strategy. With regard to climate, professionals gave a rating of 2.96 (±0.29) on a 1–4 scale for the expectation of a somewhat positive collegial response when they would initiate behaviours and perform tasks related to COPD management. After the intervention, the climate had improved significantly (P < 0.001). No significant changes were found on culture and commitment to quality improvement (Table 1).
Programme implementation
Table 1 also summarizes the extent to which the professionals felt that the disease management programme was actually implemented (process changes). Overall, subscale scores at baseline ranged from 4.45 (information systems) to 5.80 (decision support). This indicates that basic support for COPD management was present, for example, facilitating access to evidence-based guidelines or providing educational materials to patients [19]. Scores for all elements—self-management support, decision support, delivery system design and clinical information systems—improved significantly after intervention, with delivery system design to the highest degree. Changes in self-reported, self-management support and actual application of patient education in practice correlated significantly (r = 0.38, P < 0.01). Changes in decision support correlated significantly with provision of inhalation instruction (r = 0.52, P < 0.01) and changes in delivery system design correlated significantly with the proportions of patients regularly followed up (r = 0.42, P < 0.01). In addition, the process measures showed that all patients underwent spirometry as indicated by guidelines, validating reported improvements in decision support.
Professional commitment to changing chronic illness care
Table 3 presents zero-order correlations between all variables of the model (Fig. 1). It shows that climate baseline (r = 0.24, P < 0.05) and climate change scores (r = 0.31, P < 0.05) correlate significantly with professional commitment at baseline. Changes in commitment to quality improvement and changes in professional commitment correlate marginally and significantly with each other (r = 0.23, P < 0.10). No significant correlations were found between group culture and professional commitment. Furthermore, (marginal) significant correlations are found between organizational or professional factors and process changes, except for decision support.
|1. Group culture T0
|2. QI commitment T0
|3. Climate T0
|4. Δ Group culture
|5. Δ QI commitment
|6. Δ Climate
|7. Professional commitment T0
|8. Δ Professional commitment
|9. Δ Self-management support
|10. Δ Decision support
|11. Δ Delivery system design
|12. Δ Clinical information systems
|2. QI commitment T0
|3. Climate T0
|4. Δ Group culture
|5. Δ QI commitment
|6. Δ Climate
|7. Professional commitment T0
|8. Δ Professional commitment
|9. Δ Self-management support
|10. Δ Decision support
|11. Δ Delivery system design
|12. Δ Clinical information systems
|13. Δ Disease management
Correlations are significant at the *0.01, **0.05 and ***0.10 levels (one tailed).
Table 4 shows the results of the regression analyses that explored whether organizational context and professional commitment could be predictors of changes in processes of care. In order to compare the magnitude of the effects of various independent variables, we presented the standardized regression coefficients from the models. In the final model, group culture at baseline appeared to be a significant predictor of process changes in self-management support, delivery system design and disease management (total score), with standardized regression coefficients of 0.38, 0.52 and 0.40, respectively. In the multiple regression models for process changes in delivery system design, clinical information systems and disease management, (marginally) significant effects of professional commitment at baseline were found in the final model as well, with standardized regression coefficients of 0.34, 0.38 and 0.34, respectively. Total explained variance after adjustment was small; except for the delivery system design (22%). Professional commitment was not identified as a mediator of organizational factors in influencing process changes.
|Self-management support
|Decision support
|Delivery system design
|Clinical information systems
|Disease management
|Group culture T0
|QI commitment T0
|Climate T0
|Δ Group culture
|Δ QI commitment
|Δ Climate
|Professional commitment T0
|Δ Professional commitment
|Adjusted R2
*P < 0.01; **P < 0.05 and ***P < 0.10 (one tailed) pairwise.
The aim of this study was to explore factors that contribute to success or failure of the implementation of disease management programmes. COPD management was effective; all processes changed significantly. Furthermore, these exploratory results provided some support for the theoretically proposed associations between organizational, professional factors and the degree of process changes. The presence of a group culture and professional commitment were indeed associated with positive changes in processes of care. Moreover, these factors were found to be significant predictors of process changes to a moderate degree. The significant effect of group culture on process changes can be explained by a more autonomous way of working within a group culture; fewer rules and agreements enhance implementation of improvements. Health care cultures that emphasize group affiliation, teamwork and coordination have been associated with more complete implementation of quality improvement [17, 23]. Accordingly, professional commitment was associated with more complete disease management implementation. As this association was not confirmed for all process changes, it would seem that the professionals' commitment to change is determined by particular characteristics of the interventions (self-management, guidelines, information technology), which may promote or hamper their actual adoption. This is widely discussed in various theories on involving professionals in implementation of innovations [24].
Previous research identified a number of barriers to professionals' commitment in changing chronic illness care [25]. The present study finds some evidence that a supportive climate is associated with professional commitment, implying that peer support is an important motivator of professional commitment. In contrast to culture, climate is an individual perception of the day-to-day practice group environment. It is therefore interesting that a supportive climate stimulates professionals to engage in improving chronic illness care. The finding that change in commitment to quality improvement is associated with change in professional commitment confirms our initial hypothesis; quality activities within a practice group do support implementation of disease management. Various associations were found between organizational factors and professional commitment on the one hand and changes in processes of care on the other, providing support for our theoretical model. No associations were found between professional and organizational factors and changes in decision support, probably due to only small changes in this parameter. A high baseline score left little room for improvement. General practices apparently are rather used to working with guidelines, as a major tool for making clinical decisions and improving patient care [26].
One of the critical factors for better chronic disease management is the effective use of specialized practice nurses [27]. This study shows that practice nurses strongly believe that one can really achieve the desired change in general practice, an attitude that may act as a catalyst to adapting disease management in primary care. Previous research showed that lack of outcome expectancy was a possible barrier in implementing the changes in health care. There was great variation, however, among patient groups, with positive results in the case of alcohol abuse prevention but not for clinical breast screening [28]. The present study shows that disease management is seen as an effective tool in improving outcomes in COPD care, as can be derived from high scores on expectancy and valence. Furthermore, significantly improved professional commitment and valence suggest that professionals' and their exposure to disease management programmes may positively influence the behavioural intention of professionals to implement disease management, which is confirmed by previous findings [29].
To date, most health care improvements have been targeted at factors related to individual professionals [30]. Still, achieving changes in health care typically will require interplay between a range of factors at different levels, i.e. professional level, organizational context and the economic and political context [24]. To determine whether and to what extent change is achieved, we will need information on all levels [9]. This study provides a first empirical test of a theoretical model on professional and organizational aspects important in changing chronic illness care. By combining two models, this multilevel approach was effectuated. Yet, more research is needed, including research on internal and external incentives, such as financial support or quality targets.
Findings of this study must be interpreted in the light of several limitations. First, this study was an exploratory analysis as part of a research project on COPD disease management programmes. Consequently, the sample of the study was small, leaving limited predictive power of organizational and professional factors in process changes. Furthermore, mass significance in the regression analyses may have led to too positive results. However, we explicitly tested associations derived from a theoretical model. To avoid type one errors, we set the significance level at 0.05 (one tailed). Second, self-reported instruments were used. The assessing chronic illness care measures professionals' perceptions; these perceptions may have been influenced by the professionals' expectations in addition to the actual implementation. However, professionals' perceptions were validated by available process measures. Even though these process measures only reflect part of the change in practice, we found associations between these measures and reported changes in related assessing chronic illness care domains: self-management support, decision support and delivery system design. Whereas assessing chronic illness care is a multidimensional survey, process measures only measure fragments of changes. In addition, structural changes within the programmes were also apparent, such as COPD consulting hours, specialized nurses and a COPD registry within practices, which supports the changes reported by professionals by pointing to actual implementation of the programme. Third, this study concerned pilot programmes. This may have biased the results, since professionals participating in pilot programmes may be assumed to have a fair degree of commitment right from the start. Yet, despite high baseline scores significant improvements in these pilots were found, which suggests improvement possibilities for practices which are less far ahead in disease management implementation. Hence, large-scale follow-up research is needed.
In conclusion, the present exploratory study showed that professionals significantly changed their systems for delivering care to COPD patients. Organizational context and professional factors proved to be instrumental to these changes. Group culture and professional commitment are important facilitators for implementation of COPD management in primary care.
The research project was supported by an unrestricted grant from PICASSO for COPD, an initiative of Pfizer BV and Boehringer Ingelheim BV in cooperation with research institute Caphri (Care and Public Health Research Institute) of Maastricht University.
- © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press in association with the International Society for Quality in Health Care; all rights reserved


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