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Title: Alfred and William Waud Collection
The London-born Wauds' specialty was producing drawings--from quick sketches to finished works--of
places, people, and events assigned to them by editors. These drawings were the basis for wood engraved illustrations
in the periodicals published by their employers. Alfred Waud was hired by the New York Illustrated News in 1860 and he
remained with the News for nearly two years covering the opening months of the Civil War before joining the staff of
Harper's Weekly in early 1862. William Waud worked as a special artist during the Civil War for Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper. The Waud Collection presents a visually fascinating history of America in the mid-19th century, covering
visually subjects as diverse as the reconstructed South, and the townships that dotted both banks of the nation's largest
river system.
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Title: Andrew Augustus Gunby Collection
The collection contains photographic images of the Andrew Augustus Gunby family and friends including Gunby's grandfather, Colonel Thomas Cunningham Standifer and Gunby's son, Colonel Thomas Standifer Gunby. Many of the images were made by well-known photographers of the time.
Contact: ULM Library Special Collections; firstname.lastname@example.com 318-342-1054
Title: Charles L. Franck and Franck-Bertacci
Charles L. Franck was a commercial photographer in New Orleans whose individual career and successors covered all but the first decade of the 20th century. In 1955, his studio was purchased by Alfred L. Bertacci Sr., who continued to operate within the same scope of assignments as Franck had done. Tens of thousands of photographs and negatives from the Franck and Franck-Bertacci studios, held at The Collection, chronicle the face and growth of Louisiana, and New Orleans in particular, during the 20th century. The change of the city through its photographed character focuses on major industries (the port, construction, transportation) during a period of racial integration, labor disputes, and urban growth. Social and cultural events–Mardi Gras, weddings, private parties–all feature in the collection as well. As the Franck Collection approaches the present day, the photographs of major building projects (the Louisiana Superdome, bridges across the Mississippi River, nuclear power plants, and petrochemical complexes) touch on issues of suburban and exurban expansion, and environmental issues.
Contact: The Historic New Orleans Collection; firstname.lastname@example.com
Title: Hermann Moyse Sr. World War I Collection
The Hermann Moyse Sr. World War I digital collection is comprised of over 150 letters from February 1917 to November 1919. The majority of the correspondence is between Hermann Moyse and Rosalie Gottlieb, and details his military training in Arkansas and Texas, eventual deployment to France, and subsequent wounding. Moyse and Gottlieb married in 1920. This digital collection has 20 folders, which each contain multiple letters from a specific time period.
Contact: LSU Libraries Digital Services; firstname.lastname@example.com
Title: Images from the Civil War and Reconstruction
Images from the Louisiana Research Collection pertaining to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Includes political leaders, soldier and regimental portraits, studio portraits of general officers, photographs of memorial committees and veterans' organizations, and forts and battlefields.
Contact: Lee Miller, email@example.com, 504-865-5685
Title: Judge John Minor Wisdom Collection
John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999) was hailed as "a giant among federal judges during the tumultuous years that saw official segregation end in the South and civil rights at last extended to black Americans." This collection includes Carnival ball invitations, admit cards, dance cards, and programs; souvenir booklets; memorabilia of the Young Men's Gymnastic Club and other non-carnival miscellany.
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Title: Loyola University New Orleans Scrapbook Collection
This collection showcases scrapbooks from various manuscript and archival collections in Loyola University's Special Collections & Archives.
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Title: LSU Libraries Civil War Collection
To mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, LSU's Special Collections staff has digitized selected items from the LSU Libraries Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC). This collection represents the cultural and political aspects of the conflict, and life in antebellum Louisiana. Sources include books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, state documents, and microfilm that support scholarly research in many areas, including religion, plantation management, slavery, French Creole identity and relations, and Southern nationalism.
Title: LSU Libraries Louisiana Waterways Management Collection
The "Controlling the Waters: The United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Lower Mississippi River Valley" collection is comprised of a variety of technical documents that demonstrate the vital role that the US Army Corps has played in the history and economy of Louisiana and its waterways. This project made possible by funding from the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Title: Maps from The Historic New Orleans Collection
The Historic New Orleans Collection has extensive holdings of significant manuscript and printed maps. Acquisition was begun by The Collection's founder, General L. Kemper Williams, in the 1920s and '30s. Since then considerable additions have been made including a wide range of maps dating from early colonial times to the present.
Title: Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Over the past three decades, New Orleans entrepreneur and art collector Roger Houston Ogden has assembled one of the finest collections of southern visual art.
Contact: Libra LaGrone; firstname.lastname@example.com; 504.539.9612
Title: Tom Bell Papers, 1895-1999
The collection contains photographs and other materials related to oilman Tom Bell and his work in the oil industry; to his daughter and local actress, Nettie Lou Bell; and to the town of Vivian, Louisiana.
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Title: Veterans of Southeast Louisiana
The Archives and Special Collections Department at Nicholls State University has created a collection of videotaped interviews of U.S. veterans living in southeast Louisiana. The collection consists of interviews primarily from Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, but also includes interviews from the following parishes: Assumption, Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary. Participants in the interviews range from service in World War II to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, including service during peacetime. The interviews feature their life growing up in Louisiana, military experience, and life after active duty.
The collection includes a short biography, photographs, and relevant military documents of each veteran. It also relates their accounts of growing up in southeast Louisiana, reflecting the history and culture of their respective areas.
Contact: Clifton Theriot; email@example.com 985-448-4621
Title: William J. Thornton Music Collection
This collection consists of nearly 60 digital recordings of music composed by LSU alumnus William James Thornton Jr. between 1940-1984. Approximately 30 recordings also have printable digitized scores available in PDF form.


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WEST SALEM -- After Friday night, Northwestern is going to be wondering who moved the baskets in its gym.
On the same floor where they scored 81 points Tuesday in a rout of Black River, the Huskies found it hard to even score a basket in a 57-40 loss against Norwayne and its stingy defense during Friday's Wayne County Athletic League boys' basketball contest.
"They played a lot harder than we did, and you're not gonna win a lot of games when you only score 10 points in two quarters," Northwestern head coach Mark Alberts said.
After trailing 13-8 at the end of the first quarter, the Huskies (8-6, 3-4 WCAL) scored just 10 points in the next two quarters, including a 9-minute stretch in which they went without a field goal.
"With the two post kids they have (6-foot-5 senior Drew Kline and 6-4 Brandon Covert) we really worked all week on trying to keep everything outside," Norwayne head coach Brian West said.
The Huskies could not get the ball inside without it getting tipped or stolen and struggled shooting from the outside for much of the game.
Early in the first quarter, Norwayne (7-3, 5-2) senior Brady Berger hit a shot inside the lane and drew a foul.
After making the free throw to give his team a 7-6 lead, Berger stole the ball as Northwestern brought it up the court and went all the way for a lay-up. The four-point burst was part of a 7-0 run that forced Alberts to call a timeout.
Berger came out on fire, dropping nine points in the first quarter on his way to a game-high 19. He also led the Bobcats with 10 rebounds to complete his double-double.
"He's a senior, and that's what seniors do," West said. "He's playing like he's a man on a mission right now."
Berger, along with the rest of the Bobcats, attacked the middle of Northwestern's 2-3 zone defense early and often. Four players scored in double figures for Norwayne, which was as many as the Huskies had score any points at all.
"We had a lot of open looks, but we made that extra pass to get the really open look," West said. "That's a credit to our kids being unselfish."
Never was the balanced scoring and tough defense on display more than during the second quarter. Five Bobcats got on the board during a period in which Norwayne outscored the Huskies 16-4 to gain a 29-12 halftime advantage.
Northwestern junior Malachi Nolletti, who came in averaging over 20 points in his last two games, struggled to get going, scoring just four points on two field goals in the first three quarters against Bobcats senior Jordan Straub.
He found his groove a little bit in the fourth quarter, finishing with team-high marks of 17 points and three assists, but Northwestern only came as close as 13 points in the final period.
"We played with a lot of energy in that fourth quarter," Alberts said. "Why didn't we do that for most of the game? They sure did it."
Junior Tyson Stoudmire had 12 points for Norwayne, and junior Joe Dreher played an all-around stellar game at guard for the Bobcats with 10 points, six assists and five steals.
The Bobcats were aided by a 17-9 turnover advantage, which helped them overcome the fact that the Huskies grabbed 10 more rebounds (37-27).
Kline had a game-high 15 rebounds to go along with eight points, while Covert nearly had a double-double with 11 points and nine boards.

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Directors representing some of Australia's largest companies say there are genuine problems with the industrial relations system, but business leaders are reluctant to complain because of the polarised nature of debate on the subject.
Melinda Cilento, a director of Woodside Petroleum and Wesfarmers General Insurance, said the simplistic debate was frustrating because there were complicated and important issues to be considered.
"As soon as you say anything you're immediately in the camp of 'for the Fair Work Act or for WorkChoices . . . we are unable to have a frank conversation about what we think is working and what is not working," she told an Australian Institute of Company Directors hosted event.
Ms Cilento said the recent review of the act noted that none of the stakeholders had in fact sought a return to WorkChoices. Instead, there were "legitimate" concerns about the system that needed to be looked at such as the construction costs on major projects. "You are starting to see issues in the [resources] sector where . . . incredible wage rises are being demanded, in some circumstances 30 per cent, and they are not being matched with productivity gains," she said. "That's just unsustainable; that's not politics, that's the reality of it."
If unchecked that would lead to projects being scrapped, she said.
Ms Cilento said, for example, that the open-ended nature of protected industrial action could cause huge challenges for big projects.
"There is a view that it is easier to engage in protected action now than it was [before the Fair Work Act], it is very difficult to end, there is a concern about the extent to which the Act actually deters unprotected action," she said. "When you have a $15 billion project in play and you are trying to meet deadlines those issues are fundamental. Yet it seems we can't have those discussions without saying 'no, you want to go back to WorkChoices'."
Ms Cilento said it was a similarly curtailed debated about individual contracts.
Rebecca McGrath, a director of OZ Minerals, Incitec Pivot, CSR and Goodman Group, agreed the debate was polarised but the risks from not solving the issues were great. "If we don't get a hold of the productivity issues and the cost of doing business issues and if the people talking about resources sector cooling are right then we have a very big cliff we can fall off around being internationally competitive," she said.
Ms McGrath said she did not support a return to WorkChoices but there was more to the debate than that.
"Do I think we should bring back the previous regime? No. Do I think some of the extremely militant and absent of productivity and prosperity for Australia discussions or actions should be happening? No. But there's a lot of space between those two but unfortunately, like a lot of political issues, it's totally polarised," she said.
Tonianne Dwyer, director of DEXUS Funds Management and Cardno, recently returned from working in Britain and said the impression for offshore investors was there were high levels of risk in Australia, particularly around industrial relations.
"The industrial relations arena is a minefield for people," she said. "They come in and the way we conduct our industrial relations is quite unique, there are aspects of it that are common, but it is quite unique."
Ms Dwyer said the reason executives did not raise issues such as industrial relations but also broader policy issues such as tax reform or carbon pricing in public forums was partly because it was the role of peak bodies to have those conversations with policy makers on both sides of politics.
"It's actually getting down to the detail and the meat of it, throwing out a line at an annual results presentation . . . it doesn't get reported and it doesn't make a difference," she said.
"I hear from a lot of people how difficult it is for business to engage in a constructive discussion with government whether that's the government in power or the next government. The Liberal and National parties just aren't engaging with business at the moment to discuss their policies . . . so how do you influence."
Geelong Football Club board member Diana Taylor said there was a sense that industrial negotiations were conducted with a compliance mentality rather than seeking productivity gains. "There is often a claim put forward for a percentage increase of salary but my question is always what are you getting for that money.
"In terms of the legislation itself, we are not seeing anything which encourages technological infrastructure development, things which encourage innovation," she said. "Those things obviously are coming from businesses themselves who want to move on and grow but they are not actually being driven by the legislation.
"So I would question whether there is an opportunity for the legislation itself and for the policy-makers to be thinking about the way in which they wish to move Australia in terms of its workforce, its infrastructure and its flexibility to ensure that the legislation is actually properly reflecting the aims and objectives and the future for our workforce because I don't believe it is actually doing that at the moment, I believe it is very much focused on those Fair Work Act requirements."
Ms Cilento said the debate about productivity needed to be broader than just industrial relations.
"I think this country needs to have a really honest debate about where productivity is going. Industrial relations is one part of it, there's a whole range of issues that need to be addressed, but industrial relations, as soon as you mention it becomes the only thing that people want to talk about," she said.
"It's a really complicated area, it's really complex, the legislation is complex. Because of that people want to simplify it, they want to simplify what you're saying and there is a reluctance to be painted in that way when you know there are complex issues that underpin it.
Ms Cilento said she believed most people saw WorkChoices "as an era now where the safety net was not sufficient enough".
That meant that anyone arguing for changes to the current system was faced with accusations about their motives.
"Straight away if you're put in that camp, you're someone who is for business rights over employee rights you don't care about a safety net you just want to have it your own way," he said.
"I don't think that's what people are saying. I think people recognise that WorkChoices went too far I don't think people want to revisit that but I think people are saying that there are aspects of what we have had in the past that did work that had benefits and there is some specific things that business raised in the ...review around greenfield agreements for example."
Ms Cilento said individual contracts should be part of the debate.
"Individual contracts, every time you mention it again it goes to that whole issue, you're for destroying wages and conditions well I think individual contracts have a place in the system if you look at the FWA review panel's own comments when they summarised what the intention of the FWA was, their paraphrasing of the government was they had concerns that individual agreements led to a reduction in the terms and conditions for "some workers", some workers, yet now we can't talk about them having a place in the overall system.
"Where if you actually believe the arrangements around enterprise agreements are working I don't personally understand why putting them on the table is seen as such a threat to the system.
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'The Voice': Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton Make Surprising Eliminations
Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton were faced with another difficult decision when "The Voice" started off its quarterfinals. The two coaches had to send home one contestant each after watching all of their proteges performing that Monday, April 16 night.
Commenting on the new rule, the "Burlesque" star said early in the episode, "I'm really upset right now about it, because at this point I strongly believe in my team, and they're all winners to me." She went on admitting, "It's going to be super, super tough to make this decision tonight."
Blake claimed he's surprised by the twist. "I didn't see this coming," he said. "I think it's caught us all off guard a little bit. ... It sucks." Adam Levine, however, totally supported the instant elimination as saying that he would rather be in charge of who goes home rather than leaving it up to other people.
RaeLynn and Jermaine Paul were among the standouts from team Blake. Christina said the former's rendition of Jason Aldean's "She's Country" was "bada**", but the latter performance of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" was her favorite.
Blake, in return, praised Christina's protege Ashley De La Rosa who sang a rock-infused "Foolish Games" by Jewel Kilcher. The "Honey Bee" crooner praised her ongoing improvement and called Christina's decision to save her a few weeks ago was "the smartest decision that's been made this year."
When it's time to cut down the singers, Christina made a shocking decision by eliminating Jesse Campbell, who was Adam's "huge, huge favorite" to win the entire competition. Blake, meanwhile, opted to send home Jordis Unga, whom he saved during the first live rounds.
Also on the latest edition of "The Voice", Adam and his band Maroon 5 performed their single, "Payphone", featuring Wiz Khalifa. Christina and her team delivered her hit "Fighter", while Blake and his proteges took the stage to tackle Eagles' "Heartache Tonight."
On Tuesday, April 17, Christina and Blake will send home another contestant each to get their top 2 singers.
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Pollen tube growth is based on transport of secretory vesicles into the apical region where they fuse with a small area of the plasma membrane. The amount of secretion greatly exceeds the quantity of membrane required for growth. Mechanisms of membrane retrieval have recently been demonstrated and partially characterized using FM (Fei Mao) dyes or charged nanogold. Both these probes reveal that clathrin-dependent and -independent endocytosis occur in pollen tubes and are involved in distinct degradation pathways and membrane recycling. Exocytosis, internalization and sorting of PM proteins/lipids depend on the integrity of the actin cytoskeleton and are involved in actin filament organization. However, some kinds of endocytic and exocytic processes occurring in the central area of the tip still need to be characterized. Analysis of secretion dynamics and data derived from endocytosis highlight the complexity of events occurring in the tip region and suggest a new model of pollen tube growth.
Pollen tubes are cell protrusions arising from pollen grains. They play a role in transporting and releasing sperm cells in the embryo sac for double fertilization. Pollen tubes follow a polarized growth model: their organelles are not uniformly distributed and vesicles accumulate in the apical region or clear zone (5–10 μM from the tip) forming an inverted cone-shaped domain. This area is succeeded by a subapical organelle-rich region, as well as nuclear and vacuolated zones [
For the last few years, the prevailing pollen tube growth model has assumed that the whole apex is the site of exocytosis. According to this model, Golgi-derived secretory vesicles fuse with the apical plasma membrane reversing outside cell wall material and providing new plasma membrane tracts for tube elongation [
Recent studies on endocytosis in pollen tubes with fluorescent probes, such as FM 4-64 or FM 1-43 and charged nanogold, suggest that V-shaped accumulation of vesicles in the clear zone include secretory vesicles and newly internalized endocytic vesicles [
The study of plant endocytosis is a relatively new field. Until the early 1900s, it was generally thought that endocytosis was energetically unfavorable in walled cells because of the presence of the turgor pressure [
Charged nanogold probes for electron microscopy identified a compartment characterized by interconnected tubules and cisternae, identified as an EE, in tobacco protoplasts [
In tobacco pollen tubes, negatively (−Ng) and positively (+Ng) charged nanogold and the lipophilic dye FM4-64 showed two different sites of endocytosis: in the apical dome and along the shank (
Model of exocytic/endocytic pathways contributing to pollen tube growth.
−Ng showed the morphology of the internalization pathway occurring in the tip region. −Ng is internalized in the apical dome of the pollen tube and is never observed in Golgi stacks. Most internalized particles are delivered to degradation pathways through the TGN. Moreover, pulse-chase experiments clearly showed a recycling pathway confined to the tip region (
Exocytic/endocytic pathways of molecules involved in pollen tube growth.
Rapid pollen tube growth is supported by the fusion of Golgi-derived secretory vesicles to a restricted area of the tip that supplies new segments of plasma membrane and new cell wall components (
FRAP experiments in different regions of the apex of tobacco pollen tubes stained with FM4-64 led to the hypothesis that exocytosis actually occurs in both the apex and apical flanks (
In Arabidopsis, a subunit of the putative exocyst complex (SEC8) seems to be involved in pollen tube germination and growth [
An actin-independent recycling process has also been hypothesized in the tip region (
In pollen tubes, FH3 and FH1 stimulate actin cable formation and actin assembly along the shank, where AFs are responsible for cytoplasmic streaming. Overexpression of these proteins induces cell membrane deformation, suggesting a role in polar growth [
To maintain different domains in the apical pollen tube plasma membrane, Rac/Rop-GTPases interact with factors other than formins, such as phosphatidylinositol monophosphate kinase (PIP-kinase). This kinase synthesizes phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PIP2), a possible effector of Rac/Rop in pollen tubes, and may play a central role in actin dynamics, vesicle trafficking and ion transport [
FRAP experiments performed in the shank of pollen tubes showed that exocytosis also occurs in this area (
In plant cells, clathrin-dependent endocytosis has been well characterized and probably accounts for most endocytic processes into the cell, whereas clathrin-independent endocytosis seems to play a minor role [
In pollen tubes, both clathrin-dependent and clathrin-independent endocytic processes are involved in recycling different PM proteins/lipids in the apex and in regulating pollen tube growth [
Time-lapse experiments using FM4-64, with or without Ika, show only partially reduced internalization in the tip and shank. Pulse-chase experiments using −Ng suggest that some vesicles recycle in the apical region without leaving the clear zone. Although Ika treatment severely impairs uptake of the probe destined for vacuoles, it is not clear whether the endocytic pathway involved in relocalizing apical plasma membrane proteins/lipids is also affected by the clathrin-dependent inhibitor [
In animals, PIP2 is required at synapses for exo- and endocytic cycling of presynaptic vesicles and secretory granules and plays an important role in regulating clathrin-mediated endocytosis. PIP2 appears essential for defining and stabilizing endocytic sites and is involved in recruitment of adaptor protein AP-2 to the plasma membrane for coated-vesicle formation [
An actin-dependent clathrin-independent internalization pathway could therefore be active in the tip of pollen tubes (
There is evidence that a kinesin-like protein is associated with vesicles in the tip region and that stained vesicles are associated with short MT strands in the clear zone [
Data reported for endocytosis and membrane recycling in pollen tubes suggest that endocytic pathways as clathrin-independent endocytosis, although not yet investigated, could contribute in understanding the fine equilibrium between exo- and endocytosis in polar growth. Moreover, studies carried out using LatB revealed actin-independent movements and suggested that MTs could cooperate with AFs in mediate vesicle movements in the apical region of the angiosperm pollen tubes.


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Spicy Gingersnaps - Piparkokur
Recipe by Az B8990
Icelandic Gingersnap Cookies from http://icecook.blogspot.com. I haven't made these yet and there is no yield in the recipe so I completely guessed. Cook time does not include chill time.
Top Review by Lovellama
Thoughts on this cookie after making them: the dough was all crumbs after I mixed it until I took a handful at a time and kneaded it together into a ball. It was rather dry and stiff, it might need another egg. After chilling it was very stiff and hard to work. I used a tablespoon sized cookie scoop to scoop out the dough, then rolled it between my hands to warm it to get it soft. After it was a smooth ball I flattened it between my hands. They cooked for 12 min at 400 degrees. They looked like molasses crinkles, cracked on the top. They did spread, I had about 15 to a sheet. The yield was 80 cookies or 6.5 dozen.
Next time I might use melted butter and not chill the dough. Apparently they are supposed to be rolled out thin and cut like gingerbread men, but with the way this recipe is, that wasn't going to happen. Hand rolling them was the only way I cold do it. Oh, and while the dough was a bit spicy, the end cookie was more mellow in taste.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 500 g flour
- 500 g brown sugar
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- 2 eggs
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ginger
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- 1⁄2 teaspoon powdered clove
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper
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- Mix together the dry ingredients.
- Add soft butter and eggs and knead until smooth.
- Cool in the refrigerator overnight.
- Roll out into sausage shapes of even thickness, pinch or cut off small portions and make little balls out of the dough.
- Put on a cookie sheet covered with baking paper and press your palm on top of each ball to flatten slightly.
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I appreciate the Committee's invitation to participate in this very timely hearing on nursing workforce strategies.
For today's hearing, I am going to discuss primary care clinics run by nurse practitioners in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Upper Midwest Health Care Network, in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Health care presently is an ever-changing environment for all Americans, including the veteran population. New and innovative approaches to health care must include goals that maximize quality care, improve access and cost effectiveness, facilitate patient satisfaction, and optimize the functional status of patients. Recognizing the opportunities in this challenging environment, nurse practitioners are being effectively utilized as competent primary care providers who can meet these goals.
In an effort to improve access, nurse-managed primary care delivery clinics were established in 1999 across the VA Upper Midwest Health Care Network. These community-based outpatient clinics ( CBOCs) use nurse practitioners as independent practitioners with prescriptive authority. To qualify as a nurse-managed clinic in our Network, the following criteria must be met: (1) a Masters degree-prepared advanced practice nurse with national certification as a primary care provider; (2) a qualified registered nurse as a case manager on site; (3) credentialing and privileging in place that includes prescribing authority; (4) provisions in place for ancillary help and access to medical records, laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology services; (5) establish outcomes research in the future; (6) establish academic partnerships.
The four clinic sites include Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin; Grafton, North Dakota; Fergus Falls and Maplewood, Minnesota. Staff at each site includes a nurse practitioner, a registered nurse, and a clerk with total FTE ranging from 4 - 6.5 FTE. Some sites also have a licensed practical nurse. Panel sizes for the nurse practitioners range from 600 to 1,100 patients.
Evaluation of the program outcomes includes market penetration, patient satisfaction, financial analysis, clinical indicators, and workload analysis. These clinics have enrolled and are providing primary care to an average of 1,000 veterans, most of whom are new to the VA system. Patient satisfaction survey results are excellent; patients appreciate the availability of these clinics in their communities and are complimentary of the care they receive. For example, when a nurse practitioner from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center transferred to the Maplewood clinic, a number of her patients requested to move with her; this certainly demonstrates a high level of satisfaction when a patient changes their site of care to remain with their provider. It is also important to note availability of appointments. Even though the nurse practitioner at the Grafton clinic has a panel size of 1,100, a patient can be seen within 48 hours of a requested appointment. Prevention and chronic disease index ratings and clinical practice guideline implementation in these nurse managed primary care delivery clinics are consistent with the other primary care clinics at the host VA medical centers in VISN 13. In fact, the nurse practitioners strive to meet the indicators and place greater emphasis on patient education. Cost per visit at the clinics range from $98.00 (Chippewa Valley) to $140.00 (Maplewood) as compared to $137.00 per visit at the host Minneapolis VA Medical Center and $102.00 (Fergus Falls) to $108.00 (Grafton) as compared to $162.00 per visit at the host Fargo VA Medical Center.
The following case is just one example of the care individuals receive when they come to a nurse managed clinic in our Network. Mr. K. is a 87-year-old veteran who has been receiving care at the Fergus Falls Clinic since April, 1999. He has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prostatic carcinoma, valvular heart disease, and congestive heart failure. He cares for his wife who has been blind for many years. Initially he came to the clinic for daily dressing changes to a leg ulcer. The nurse at the clinic arranged for a community health nurse to change his dressings on the weekends. However, during his visits to the clinic for the dressing changes, he was noted to be more short of breath with activity, ankle swelling, and have a hemoglobin of 7.7. He was given a blood transfusion and medications were adjusted. As stated by Donna Hendel, R.N., nurse at the clinic, "I am convinced Peggy (the Nurse Practitioner at the Clinic) has been responsible for preventing at least one hospitalization so far." As a result of the interventions of the staff at the Clinic, Mr. K. is able to remain in his home, caring for his wife, and is able to travel to Fergus Falls rather than having to come to Fargo, a distance of 65 miles, for his care.
In summary, the world of health care is in transformation. Demands for higher quality, greater accountability, and lower costs are currently driving the system. Nurse practitioners are effective as providers of safe, high-quality, cost-effective primary care, which results in high patient satisfaction. Additionally, patients generally select a provider whom they feel will listen and address their needs; nurse practitioners have a history of providing patient-focused care. Therefore, it made sense to move forward with the establishment of nurse managed primary care delivery clinics throughout our Network. However, our work is not done. We must now demonstrate in terms of outcomes-based research the services that nurse practitioners provide and their positive impact on client outcomes.
This concludes my remarks. I will be pleased to respond to any questions you may have.
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Rocket Empire are the Portland, Oregon based duo of Jon Cates and Dave Dish. Their sound is a fusion of acoustic indie rock and down-tempo, on level with Kruder & Dorfmeister and Nightmares on Wax. Their first two albums 'Rocket Empire' and 'See Me Speak in Color' saw heavy support from SIRIUS XM Chill, KCRW, KEXP and SOMA FM Groove Salad.
Rocket Empire has seen an amazing global reach of fans and listeners. Their sound is hard to define at times, lush soundscapes and sometime minimal use of drums makes Rocket Empire's music a listening experience. Having roots in all genres of music, from classical to metal, the two combine influences and styles to create a truly unique sound. Stay tuned for the new album 'Sky Float Sun' coming on Aug. 19th featuring 16 new songs!


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From CNNs Jack Cafferty;
Take a good look at your bank statements, because financial institutions are tacking on new fees as fast as they can.
Bank of America has come under a lot of fire for a planned $5 monthly charge for debit card use.
The only way to avoid the fee is to have a mortgage with the bank, keep a $20,000 minimum balance, or use the debit card only for ATM transactions.
And Bank of America isn't the only one going the way of debit fees:
Wells Fargo says it's testing a $3 monthly fee in several states. and JP Morgan Chase announced a similar test last year.
The banks are blaming new fees on Wall Street reform enacted after the bank bailouts, and more specifically the so-called Durbin amendment. Visit The Cafferty File;


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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2012
Makers of India's low-cost Aakash tablet on Saturday denied a local media report that said the computer was a cheap Chinese import and not an Indian innovation as was claimed.
DataWind, a British-based company with major operations in Canada and India, said the allegations in the Hindustan Times newspaper that the company had "conned" India with the computer were "inaccurate and misleading".
Early this month India launched the Aaakash 2, a new version of what is dubbed the world's cheapest computer -- for sale to students at a subsidised price of $20 -- with a quicker processor and an improved battery.
DataWind chief executive Suneet Singh Tuli said in a statement the company's business model was similar to that of technology giant Apple "where we use subcontract manufacturers to build our products".
"The software and mechanical parts (of Aakash 2 tablets) are developed by us," Tuli said in the statement.
The Hindustan Times said the company may have procured these devices off-the-shelf from manufacturers in China and alleged that it had "no role either in the design or manufacturing of Aakash 2 tablets".
Tuli said for the first 10,000 units, the motherboards and kits were manufactured in its Chinese subcontractor's facilities "for expediency" but the final assembly and programming was done in India.
"This was well discussed and we got approval prior to shipping," he said.
The Aakash tablet is seen as helping end India's "digital divide" and is aimed at making computing technology available to students in a country where only one in 10 people use the Internet. Aakash means sky in Hindi.
The paperback-book-sized Aakash 2 has a screen measuring seven inches (18 centimetres) and runs on Google's Android operating system.
The Aakash has been hailed a major success for India, which is also famous for producing the Tata Nano -- the world's cheapest car, priced at about $2,500.
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Video Poker may be one of the least intimidating casino games for new players, however, there is still the possibility of facing challenges facing.
Poker is a card game in a number of variants around the world. Poker is originally from North America, however, can be played in private households, poker clubs, casinos, and most recently over the Internet. Poker was originally known as "As Nas" or "Primero". As Nas was a card game played with 20 cards and bluffing played an important role. Primero was a card game that involved betting and value of card hands. Such hands included, pairs, three of a kind, and three of the same suit- which was referred to as a "flux". Flux was used to derive the term "flush" in the modern day poker game.
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Yes, I would much rather do anything other than ruin it's character. As it happens, I quite like slow, so I'd be happy to pick the 190d over a lot of faster machinery, and leave it as it is.
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We sat on the weathered deck, my friend and me. Her in the north corner, munching on a granola bar, drinking coffee. Me in the south corner, eating the other half of a muffin leftover from breakfast, and drinking hot tea. This was our evening meal. Over on the dunes, a lab chased after [Read More…]
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It's the match that lit the fuse that caused the explosion that led to the theory of the Big Bang. That's how one scientist explained the discovery of the Higg's Boson. Frankly, I don't know what all the fuss is about. Tim and I came across a herd of Boson once. We were vacationing on [Read More…]


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Pre-License - All Cape School pre-license courses are good for one year from the date of purchase. Additional extensions may be purchased for students needing more time to complete their course. The materials are constantly being reviewed and updated according to state licensing content outlines which requires us to put the one-year time limit for completion. Our priority is to ensure that our students have the most current and up-to-date information to pass the licensing examination.
Continuing Education - All Cape School continuing education courses are good for two years from the date of purchase. Additional extensions may be purchased for students needing more time to complete their course. The materials are constantly being reviewed and updated, which requires us to put the two-year time limit for completion. Our priority is to ensure that our students have the most current and up-to-date information.
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Refunds apply to tuition fees only not shipping and materials and are per person per event. A WRITTEN refund request must be received in our office 1 business day prior to the start of class. All refunds are subject to non-refundable administrative fees: $25 fee for CE classes and $50 fee for Pre-license classes. These fees will remain on your account for one year, and may be applied to future seminars offered by Cape. Pre-license and Exam Preparation materials are non-refundable. There are NO refunds for completed courses.
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It's a Wonderful Life
who doesn't watch It's a Wonderful Life every year?!?! it HAS to be playing in the background when i'm baking holiday cookies, and on Christmas Eve, we have to watch it together as a family. ZUZU'S PETALS!!!
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Kim Kardashian Continues Support For Brother Rob Through Fashion (PHOTOS)
Kim Kardashian was supporting both her brothers on Wednesday morning while running errands in NYC. The reality star was wearing a purple and gold T-shirt that read: "Vote 4 Rob."Looks like
Kim's brother Rob Kardashian is competing on Dancing with the Stars, while her brother-in-law, Lamar Odom, plays for the purple and gold Los Angeles Lakers. This is the second fashion statement Kim has made in support of her brother.
On Tuesday (DWTS elimination day), Kim K. wore a "Vote For Rob and Cheryl" shirt for her stint at the gym.
Who do you think is the better dancer of the family: Rob or Kim? Sound off in the comments!


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Hill and High Country decision deferred
Hill and High Country decision deferred
Environment Southland councillors met today and agreed to defer notifying the proposed Hill and High Country Development Plan Change. The move follows the decision last month to delay the plan change in order to clarify some of the provisions and to engage with landowners.
Last week two public meetings were held in Gore and Mossburn, attracting over 200 farmers. Environmental Management Committee chair Nicol Horrell chaired both meetings and said the meetings were incredibly valuable for Council to understand the concerns of those farmers affected by this change.
Questions raised during the meetings focused on the conditions of the proposed plan change, the consent process and how the changes would be implemented.
Staff will now review the plan change information and the approach to implementation and engagement as a result of the public meetings and other feedback that has been received.
The Hill and High Country Development Plan Change is part of the wider package of changes being worked on through the Water and Land 2020 & Beyond project. This project is Environment Southland's approach to meeting the obligations set for regional councils under the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.


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"There must be limits," said Famiglia Cristiana, an influential Catholic magazine that is distributed in parishes across Italy. "Those limits of decency have been exceeded. Those who have power, even with wide popular mandate, cannot claim they are in ethics-free territory," the magazine said in an editorial this week.
What the magazine was referring to is the seemingly extravagant life style of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Just days ago, a high-end prostitute said she has proof she spent the night at Berlusconi's Rome residence after a party that allegedly featured the prime minister's wisecracks, his cabaret crooning, and a bevy of sexy women.
And the new accusations could not have come at a worse time. The prime minister is set to host some of the world's top leaders at a G-8 summit in earthquake stricken L'Aquila, Italy.
Following the meeting, which ends July 10, President Obama will fly to Rome to meet with Pope Benedict.
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Today's affirmation from Wayne Dyer:
I choose to perceive the peaceful side of life.
There are two ways to look at virtually anything. One is the violent way, and one is the peaceful way. It's the yin and yang of the universe.
I need to keep a peaceful outlook today, this I know. But after a conversation with CBG and rotten night's sleep, I am feeling anything BUT peaceful. And that's how I know that I most need to focus on it.
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Our 2015 kicked off with a bang, and like every year before it, it might just have been our biggest yet! We continue to bring the heat to high streets and shopping centres all over the country, opening an incredible 14 new stores. In one of our biggest moves to date we launched further into Europe, opening two stores in Oberhausen and Ruhr Park, North West Germany.
We had a fun-filled summer taking our photobooth out on the road to Field Day, Lovebox and Bestival. We rocked out at the Vans Warped Tour and we catered for the heads at Crepe City with our one-of-a-kind Kickpicker machine.
2014 got off to a flying start for us - in January we were awarded the Micros Grand Prix Golden Chariot Award for Delivery Excellence.
2014 continued to be super busy here at schuh, with new stores opening in Covent Garden, Nuneaton, Doncaster, Bexleyheath and Birmingham Fort. Which means, drum roll please, we now have a whopping… 100 stores! Woa.
We even found time to give our website a high tech makeover so it's one of the first totally responsive websites out there. And it looks prettier than ever.
In 2013 we opened a record breaking 19 new stores. Yes, you heard correctly, NINETEEN! Kingston, Hull, Whitely, Hanley, Carlisle, Basingstoke, The Gyle, Glasgow Fort, Glasgow Fort Kids, Blackburn, Teesside, York, Marble Arch, Swindon, Canary Wharf, West Bromwich, Jersey, Stirling and Wolverhampton: welcome to the schuh family!
With all these new store openings we barely had time to stop for breath but we did manage to squeeze in a whistle-stop festival tour with the schuh Welly Exchange in association with Newlife.
Our amazing schuh Kids shopfit also received industry recognition receiving Gold in the coveted POPAI Awards adding to our already bulging trophy case!
2014, we're coming for you!
2012 was a pretty busy year for us with a WHOPPING 16 new store openings including Colchester, Bath, Cardiff St Davids, Warrington, Wood Green, Cribbs Causeway, Swords, Braehead, Liverpool 1, Brent Cross, Chester, Solihull and Truro. We also found time to give some of our existing stores a shiny new makeover. And, breathe…
As well as all that, 2012 also saw the launch of schuh kids, schuh's first ever full kids range and an exciting addition to the schuh family. Originally trialled in 20 stores, by the end of the year we had also launched 3 stand alone kids stores in Braehead, Liverpool and Lakeside.
Website-wise, we launched schuh.eu and fr.schuh.eu as well as introducing optimised tablet and mobile sites at t.schuh.co.uk and m.schuh.co.uk. We also got seriously social, hugely increasing our fan base on Facebook and Twitter!
Summer saw schuh take the awarding winning schuh Welly Exchange on the road with appearances at Rockness, Camp Bestival and a boiling hot Bestival!
In between all the hard work we also won a few industry awards including: Company High Street Fashion Awards: Best Footwear under £150 2012, Fabulous Magazine: Fabulous for stand-alone shoes 2012, Drapers Footwear & Accessories Award: High Street Retailer of the Year 2012 and Insider Deals: Dealmaker Deal of the year 2012.
What's next? World domination, obviously.
Happy Birthday to us! Perhaps one of Schuh's biggest years ever, 2011 saw us turn 30 and embark on our biggest ever ad campaign in celebration. It's also the year we were adopted! Yes, in 2011, Schuh was acquired by US corporation Genesco and we now have a bunch of lovely American brothers and sisters across the pond. Aside from that, it's business as Schuh-sual…
We had a fun summer of festivals, taking the award winning Schuh Welly Exchange to Rockness, Oxegen and Camp Bestival and sent a lucky Schuh fan and three friends to four festivals across Europe to party it up. Sticking with the party theme, we celebrated wins at the Draper's and Company High Street Fashion awards and our Customer Service team topped the Rising Star Retail awards. Keeping it Customer Service, 2011 was also the year we introduced live chat. They've had some, er, interesting experiences so far…
In between parties (when you're 30, you get to party all year) and festivals, we found time to move our Manchester Market Street store across the road to a bigger unit and to tart up our Oxford Street, Leeds Briggate and Glasgow Argyle Street stores, all with our new fit concept that was successfully trialled in Meadowhall in 2010. Also receiving makeovers in 2011 were Milton Keynes and Dundee who have emerged like butterflies from the chrysalis looking shiny and fabulous! As if all that wasn't enough we opened new stores in (deep breath): Guildford, Watford, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Stratford and Wigan. We're off for a rest…
In 2010, we've dolled up our Birmingham Bullring and Belfast stores and trialled a shiny new Schuh fit in our Meadowhall store. We relocated our Newcastle Eldon Square branch to the swanky new centre extension and it's been a bit of a homecoming as Schuh opens in The Centre in Livingston, long time homeland of schuh HQ. As well as that, we've spread the good word Schuh in the South, opening stores in Peterborough and Cheltenham. As if all that wasn't enough, we found time to pick up the Best Multichannel Retailer at the Draper's etail awards and Footwear Etailer of the Year and Multiple Footwear Retailer of the Year at the Drapers Footwear awards 2010. Phew!
The year of websites, wellies, Wales, Wags and why-aye as schuh launched the brand spanking new schuh.co.uk, the award winning schuh welly exchange, our second Welsh store in Swansea, a Republic concession in Chester and a schuh store in Sunderland. We also made our small screen debut with our very first TV ad. Phew!
New stores open in Foyleside, Cambridge, Bristol's Cabot Circus and the prestigious new Westfield London development. Market Street, Manchester and O'Connell Street, Dublin are re-opened with the new look.
Schuh win Drapers Footwear Awards for Etailer of the Year and Multiple Footwear Retailer of the Year.
Successful openings in Exeter, Derby, Silverburn and Limerick, and the new Schuh store design is introduced to Sauchiehall Street and Galway.
Schuh win the Scottish Fashion Awards Retailer of the Year, and eBay Auction Seller of the Year.
New Schuh stores open in Cork and Plymouth. Merryhill store has moved to a bigger better store and 2 new Republic concessions within Doncaster and Arndale have opened.
Highly commended in the More Fashion Awards in the category Ultimate Shoe Retailer.
New stores opened in Dundrum (Dublin) and Maidstone increasing the number of Schuh stores to 42.
Expansion of the offices at Livingston.
New Schuh stores open in Thistle Centre, Stirling, Metro Centre, Gateshead and we arrive in the Capital with our biggest unit ever, 200 Oxford Street, London.
Republic concessions continue to grow rapidly opening in Uxbridge, Hemel Hempstead, Coventry, Cambridge, Blackburn and relocating the Middlesbrough unit to much larger premises. Last d2 concession closes.
Second place in the Company High Street Awards 2004.
New stores are launched in Churchill Square in Brighton, Northgate Quarter, in Oxford, The Shires Shopping Centre in Leicester and Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness. A second Birmingham store opens in September at the new Bullring Centre.
New Republic concessions open in Luton, Telford, Hanley and Swansea. Strategic exit from all concessions in d2.
Successful openings in Blackett Street in Newcastle, Meadowhall and Lakeside Shopping Centres, and Galway. These stores all showcase the vibrant new Schuh store design. New Republic concessions open in Swindon, Cardiff and Basingstoke.
Expansion of the offices and distribution centre at Livingston. The warehouse, which was 27,000 sq ft, was extended by a further 21,000 sq ft.
The Union Street store in Glasgow closes as part of a consolidation of our business within the city into our two main stores at Argyle Street and Sauchiehall Street.
Winner: Menswear /FHM Awards - Footwear Brand of the Year, 2002
Early Spring, relocation of stores in Dundee and Sheffield to larger sites. Argyle Street store in Glasgow relocated to a new two floor format, also on Argyle Street. Lease sold on Croydon unit. New stores open in Bluewater, Reading, Southampton and Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Edinburgh.
Winner: UK Footwear Awards - Best Multiple Retailer of the Year, 2001
Winner: FHM/Menswear Awards - Fashion Footwear Retailer of the Year 2001
New Schuh stores open in Merry Hill and Milton Keynes. Large 2-floor unit opens in Dublin's O'Connell Street, bringing the number of Dublin store locations to 3.
Concession deal with Republic clothing company for 2 staffed pilot Schuh units in Middlesbrough and Derby. Number of d2 concession outlets increased to 42.
Both Leeds and Liverpool extended to 2-floor trading format.
Winner: Menswear /FHM Awards - Fashion Footwear Retailer of the Year, 1999.
Leeds store relocates to Briggate. Exciting new store design successfully trialled in Glasgow Sauchiehall Street - 3rd Glasgow outlet, and Trafford Centre Manchester. Second Dublin store opens in new development at Liffey Valley Centre.
Concession operation within d2 fashion outlets launched nationwide.
Schuh launched something called a website, schuh.co.uk, featuring articles, interviews and an online peek at the shoes.
First Dublin outlet opened in Jervis Centre. Further stores opening in Cardiff, Croydon and Norwich.
Nottingham store relocated to provide additional selling space. New Schuh stores open in Birmingham, Leicester and Belfast.
Store relocations in Glasgow and Edinburgh, with Flagship stores opening in Argyle Street and Frederick Street. New store opens in Sheffield.
Stores now open in Dundee, Nottingham, Leeds, Hull, Liverpool, and Manchester.
34,000 sq. ft office/distribution unit purchased on 7 acres at No. 1, Neilson Square, Livingston.
Distribution and administration moved to Dunlop Square, Livingston. Schuh now trading from stores in Aberdeen, Glasgow (2), Newcastle and Edinburgh (2).
Business restructure; assets acquired by reconfigured management team, operating from North Bridge Arcade store in Edinburgh. Retail footwear market beginning to see the rise of the brands.
Newcastle store opens in Grainger Street - Major success, and in 1986 relocates to larger store in Eldon Square Shopping Mall.
First Glasgow store opens; Gordon Street - relocated within 2 years to a major new store in Union Street. Caused a sensation bringing "colour" and "variety" to the footwear fashion scene in the city.
Schuh is born. North Bridge Arcade, Edinburgh.
Simple philosophy - "To provide individual high fashion footwear, sold in a unique and exciting retail environment."
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What do these places have in common: Camp Lejeune in North Carolina; Mountain View, California, where Google headquarters are located; Endicott, NY – the birthplace of IBM; and 389 Superfund sites in at least 48 states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands? All are contaminated by trichloroethylene (TCE), a carcinogenic solvent. TCE's health hazards are well-documented. So why are Republicans rushing to condemn EPA's just-completed TCE risk assessment?
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The Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee called for an urgent acceleration in environmental research on cancer prevention – identifying which chemicals and physical factors cause breast cancer. We agree, and we urge one more step in breast cancer prevention research: figuring out how to wean our economy from dependence on cancer-causing chemicals.


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Going into Thursday night's debate in South Carolina, Mitt Romney was maintaining a consistent, if slim, lead as the GOP's front-running presidential candidate, but now his chances of clinching the Republican nomination have shifted, according to this analysis by The New York Times.
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Suddenly, Mr. Romney is being challenged in a way he has not been previously in this race. His political operation remains the class of the field in terms of money and organization across the country, and he has a detailed plan for accumulating the delegates necessary to win the nomination.
But he is facing intensive attacks from all sides, renewed questions about whether he is conservative enough for the grass-roots of his party and the effects of his own stumbles, including his awkward answers to questions about his tax returns. At a minimum, he now faces the likelihood of a long fight for the nomination — something his advisers said they expected all along.
After announcing his presidential run on a pristine New Hampshire day last summer, Mr. Romney sat comfortably for months as the presumed front-runner while the Republican rivals seeking to challenge him focused on one another and left him to hold onto his cash and his lead in the polls.
Then he came here, where three tenacious competitors — Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Santorum, and Representative Ron Paul of Texas — came ready for a fight and with extra help from outside groups supporting them with commercials. His campaign has admittedly struggled to find its balance ever since.


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Today the campus is a chaotic combination of mud, debris, framed buildings and 150 banging and drilling construction workers. But in little more than two months, the sound of drills and hammers will be replaced by chamber music and orchestras as the joint Castle Creek campus of the Aspen Music Festival and School and Aspen Country Day School opens.
The ambitious $60 million Harry Teague-designed redevelopment, which broke ground in September, is on time and under budget, according to music festival president and CEO Alan Fletcher.
"For a project that's this complex and that can only be built in the winter, that's fantastic," he said.
Local developer Scott Russell, also a Country Day parent, has acted as an owner's representative on the project, working with the builders from Shaw Construction. He said the primary risk for glitches in the project has passed, since the foundation work and digging are done.
"Every single day has been a push," Russell said. "And the schedule can't change. But it's coming together."
In all, it will add nearly 44,000 square feet of new buildings to the rustic 23-acre campus by fall.
"It's going to be a real campus," said Bob Hurst, board chair of the music festival and school, and a Country Day parent, on a tour of the property last week.
The shared campus is used by the music school during the summer months and Country Day during the school year. Country Day has relocated its 200 students to Aspen Meadows this year, during campus construction. The music school will be the first to use the campus, when its students arrive in June.
The project has been in development for more than six years and was approved by the Pitkin County commissioners in 2008. The need for improvements there has been increasingly evident in recent years. One building there was condemned in 2011, due to mold and poor structure.
The centerpiece of the redeveloped campus is three new buildings situated on the rejuvenated Great Pond — currently drained — lapping beneath them.
Two of the buildings are large rehearsal halls that can house a full music school orchestra. One, named Scanlan Hall for Country Day parents Mary and Patrick Scanlan, will double as Country Day's visual arts center. The other, Edlis Neeson Hall, named for music school patrons Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, also will host orchestra rehearsals and will double as the drama room for Country Day. The third building, between those two, will hold classrooms and bathrooms. All include large windows overlooking the pond.
The campus previously had just one rehearsal hall that could hold a full orchestra. The additions, Fletcher said, are key for an institution that hosts four orchestras and an opera company.
Teague, who also designed Harris Hall and the Benedict Music Tent, enlisted an acoustics consultant to ensure that sound quality in the practice halls will be on par with those world-class performance halls.
"This is going to transform our ability to do our work," Fletcher said.
Four pods of private sound-proof practice areas for music students also are spread throughout the property, totaling 76 separate rooms.
An 18,756-square-foot lower school building is set to open in September — the exterior finishing in May, with interior work ongoing through the summer. It includes four classrooms on its second story, nine on its ground floor and a large common area.
"This part we're really excited about," said Carolyn Hines, director of advancement and communications for Country Day. "We've never had a place where the whole school could gather."
A riverside "wildlands play area" is going in beside that building.
Along with the new buildings, the campus redesign will allow easier traffic flow off of Castle Creek Road, though no cars from the public will be permitted across the creek to the center campus. Two new bridges crossing Castle Creek, however, will allow fire engines to access the center campus for the first time.
Later, less dramatic phases of the project will add a new dining hall and a new gymnasium/rehearsal hall, and renovate an administration building. Those are set to wrap up in 2015.
Being relocated to the Meadows for the school year also led to at least one policy change for Country Day. The school sought to reduce traffic from parents dropping off students in the residential West End neighborhood by subsidizing buses and adding new routes.
Teachers reported an average of 10 to 15 minutes of additional instruction time, Hines said, created from students arriving early on buses.
As a result, the Country Day board voted last week to devote $60,000 toward keeping the free extended bus service going.


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Aaron Finch is in typically laconic mood. "Ah, it's obviously a flattering statistic," he says. "I'm not totally sure how the rankings work. I think I got 39 in my last innings and jumped two spots. But it's a nice accolade."
At the age of 27, Finch sits atop the world, and in more ways than one. In a sense, the likeable Victorian is an unsung hero in this remarkable cricketing cyclone that Australia have wreaked on the world over the last six months.
He is the No.1 ranked batsman in the shortest format, and one of the principal reasons why Australia are favourites to claim their first World Twenty20 crown.
He has yet to play a Test, however, and his journey to the game's pinnacle has been as unheralded as it is unlikely. Even as he faced the media on the eve of Australia's first warm-up game against New Zealand, about half the questions he received were about his opening partner David Warner.
But in a team of stars, this may finally be the time for Finch to shine brightest of all. The English will require no reminder of his skill - he scored two hundreds in the recent one-day series in Australia. But the innings that everyone remembers came at the Rose Bowl last summer, when he battered England's bowlers for 156 off 63 balls, a Twenty20 world record.
The second most remarkable thing about that innings was that he could have gone on; he was out with almost three overs left. The most remarkable thing is that he scarcely played a single unorthodox stroke.
This is Finch's talent: he hits the same shots as everyone else, just much, much harder. Watch his majestic lofted on-drive, invariably deposited into the cheap seats, and suddenly the fact that Mark Waugh was his boyhood idol does not seem so far-fetched.
Finch and Warner will be the most feared opening pair at this tournament, and their stories are almost inseparable: past, present and possibly future. "We have known each other for the best part of 15 years now," he says. "We grew up playing against each other, from schoolboy stuff through to the Australian Under-19s. It is that relationship where you don't need to speak about things most of the time."
Do they compete? "The day you start trying to compete with Davie Warner is the day that your career goes downhill pretty quick," he says with a laugh.
At the national academy in 2007, the pair were larger-than-life larrikins who loved a drink, loved a ruck and had not quite mastered the whole "growing up" thing. They roomed together, and were thrown out together.
But while Warner by and large cleaned up his act and has been rewarded with a booming Test career, Finch remains on the cusp. He has shed weight over the years, but there is still something essentially and charmingly old-school about him. He loves darts, beer, food, sledging, and - by all accounts - the odd smoke.
Test cricket is an endurance sport, and Finch has not quite been able to shake the tag of the unreconstructed short-form slugger. His first-class record is? "shocking," he interrupts. "Say it. I know. It's been poor for two years. There's no hiding that."
In fact, he averages just 27. The reason for this is hard to fathom. "I probably don't play my natural game when I play four-day cricket," he says. "Probably get a little bit too defensive, a bit gun-shy. That's something that I'm working on."
Finch was inundated with offers from counties to play in this summer's T20 Blast, but chose Yorkshire because they offered him four-day cricket as well.
The longer-term goal is to emulate Warner by breaking into the Test side and, although he is far too polite to say it, he is eyeing up Chris Rogers' place at the top of the order. "That's my No.1 goal: to play Test cricket, and hopefully a lot of it," he says. "It's not unrealistic. People will retire, and hopefully I can be one of the guys who takes one of those spots."
Naturally, he remains a passionate advocate of the shortest format. "It probably doesn't get enough credit. I mean, Twenty20 cricket is a hard game. To be able to hit the ball from ball one is quite tough. With the amount of Twenty20 that gets played, guys are naturally going to adapt. There is going to come a time when there are T20-only players."
But what is clear is that he does not want to be one of them. For Finch, being the world's best Twenty20 batsman is admirable, but a job only one-third done.
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This vest is a great all-purpose garment. Layer it over your favorite t-shirt or wear it by itself--armholes and v-neck are high enough to accommodate both. I made mine in a super-soft organic cotton with a nice twist for excellent stitch definition.