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Soon after Eric Garner died in an encounter with police officers on Staten Island in July 2014, New York City began fighting to shield the disciplinary records of the officer whose chokehold led to the death. In the past, the city had allowed the release of some details on officer discipline.
Concerned that a lack of basic information about the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, was keeping Mr. Garner's family in the dark about whether more could have been done to prevent his death, the Legal Aid Society filed a lawsuit in early 2015 seeking the records under the state's Freedom of Information Law.
That summer, a state judge in Manhattan ordered the release of a summary of misconduct findings against Officer Pantaleo. The city appealed the case, and the dispute has since lingered unresolved.
On Tuesday, perhaps circumventing any legal outcome, the liberal news site ThinkProgress published what it said were Officer Pantaleo's disciplinary records. The documents, whose authenticity the city has not denied, came from the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the agency charged with investigating accusations of police wrongdoing.
Information revealed in the records provided fodder to both supporters and critics of Officer Pantaleo. He accumulated more misconduct allegations than the average among the 36,000-member Police Department, the documents show, but not so many that the young officer could be fairly branded a cowboy or rogue, police experts said. They also noted that Officer Pantaleo usually worked in a plainclothes unit that focused on violent street crime — the kind of policing that can be a magnet for complaints.
In the cases where the review board found that he had abused his authority, though, the Police Department sent him back out on the street with minimal punishment.
With some questions about Officer Pantaleo's past seemingly addressed by the leaked documents, the conversation has shifted to broader questions about policing and transparency, as city officials continue to argue that state law bars them from disclosing information about officer misconduct. Last summer, the Police Department cited the law when it reversed its decades-old practice of regularly posting information in precinct houses and at its headquarters about the disciplining of officers.
Despite the revelations in Officer Pantaleo's published records, Cynthia Conti-Cook, a staff lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, said it was still unclear how vigorously the department had responded to what she said were warning signs about Officer Pantaleo that dated from before his confrontation with Mr. Garner.
"If this information was universally accessible, we wouldn't need to speculate," Ms. Conti-Cook said. "We could compare officers' substantiated C.C.R.B. complaints according to their precinct, rank and activity. But because the city insists on keeping this secret, we are left in the dark."
The published records showed that Officer Pantaleo had amassed several complaints of improper conduct in the years before he confronted Mr. Garner, whose death unleashed widespread anger across the country about police conduct in black communities.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board found enough evidence to substantiate four claims that Officer Pantaleo had abused his authority, according to the records published by ThinkProgress. The only disciplinary action Officer Pantaleo ever faced from the Police Department was additional training and the loss of two vacation days, the records show.
A board official on Tuesday confirmed that the eight case numbers in the file published online, encompassing 18 allegations from 2009 to 2014, were real and that all but one of the cases had been closed. But the official, Jerika Richardson, would not say if the documents were authentic or if the cases had involved Officer Pantaleo.
At a news conference on Wednesday on a separate topic, Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill said the disclosure of the records was improper and illegal.
Officer Pantaleo is among 738 current New York police officers who have amassed at least two complaints in which an allegation was substantiated, according to city data also cited by ThinkProgress. Ninety percent of officers currently on the force have never received a complaint with a substantiated allegation, the data show. Police reform advocates say this reflects the high bar for allegations to be found credible.
Officer Pantaleo, who had been on the force for eight years when Mr. Garner, 43, died on July 17, 2014, remains on desk duty. The Justice Department has been conducting a civil rights inquiry into the death.
Mr. Garner's final words — "I can't breathe," spoken 11 times — became a rallying cry for demonstrators protesting the police killings of unarmed men in cities across the country. The demonstrations gained steam after a grand jury convened by the Staten Island district attorney's office found in December 2014 that Officer Pantaleo had not committed a crime.
Two of the substantiated allegations in the leaked documents stem from a 2012 street stop that resulted in disciplinary action against Officer Pantaleo. Information about those allegations was confirmed last year by the Police Department and reported by DNAinfo.
Another set of allegations against Officer Pantaleo that were found to be credible involved a vehicle stop and search in 2011.
Eric Sanders, a lawyer and former city police officer, cautioned that a list of civilian complaints offered only a limited window into an officer's behavior and shortcomings, without an understanding of the circumstances of each allegation, including the kinds of crimes committed in the neighborhoods where the complaints were made.
Mr. Sanders added that the number of complaints against Officer Pantaleo was relatively modest. "This is lightweight compared to some of the stuff I've seen," he said.
As commissioner, Mr. O'Neill makes the final decision on how officers will be disciplined after receiving recommendations from either the review board or an administrative judge within the Police Department. But critics have pointed out that police commissioners have sometimes imposed softer penalties than recommended.
"As I've been going through the cases, I haven't strayed too far," Mr. O'Neill told reporters on Wednesday. "There have been a couple of times, a couple of instances, where I take a look at what the police officer does, and based on my 35 years as a police officer, sometimes the penalty goes up, and sometimes the penalty goes down."
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is running for re-election this year, has been questioned about his commitment to police reform and has called for changing the state law that officials say bars the release of police disciplinary records. At the same time, the city's Law Department is still seeking to reverse the court ruling that sided with the Legal Aid Society in its efforts to obtain Officer Pantaleo's records.
The New York Civil Liberties Union is fighting a separate case in state court seeking decisions from internal police trials against officers, which the city argues should also be kept secret.
"It's time for the city to come clean on police misconduct," said Christopher T. Dunn, the associate legal director for the civil liberties group.
Tina Luongo, who leads the criminal practice at the Legal Aid Society, said that for victims of police abuse, the revelations about Officer's Pantaleo's disciplinary history only reinforced that the department's disciplinary system was toothless.
Even as Mr. de Blasio has emphasized the need to improve police-community relations, Ms. Luongo said, his administration has fought to shield basic information about the city's treatment of officers: who is charged, who is disciplined, who is terminated — and who is not.
"We're not getting this information, because they don't want people to know and understand the level of aggression and infractions that many of the officers have," she said. Officer Pantaleo's disciplinary record, she added, exposed "the whole culture of, 'We don't really discipline, we suggest training, maybe you lose a vacation day or two but even if we suspend you, you get overtime.'"


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Varying narratives of masculinity and femininity have both shaped and been used by the far-right in its mobilization of support and polarization of debate. This report follows the academic literature in identifying ethnonationalism as the unifying ideology of a heterogeneous political tendency that can be collectively referred to as the "far-right".
Alan Greig
Working with Men and Boys to End Violence Against Women and Girls: Approaches, Challenges, and Lessons (USAID, 2015)
It is now widely accepted that strategies to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) must include work with men and boys. Much of the evidence relating to such strategies comes from the health sector. Ending VAWG, however, requires coordinated work across many sectors. The need for a multi-sectoral response to the challenge of ending VAWG has focused attention on the opportunities for and challenges of male engagement strategies outside of the health sector.
This Promising Practices Guide identifies and discusses key lessons that have been learned from the implementation of the Men as Partners (MAP) programme in South Africa. These lessons on promising practices have been drawn from the work of the MAP programme partners, including Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa (PPASA), Hope Worldwide, the AIDS Consortium and their affiliates, as well as the Solidarity Centre and their trade union partners.
The following provides a handy, one-page introduction to gender. It notes that gender is socially constructed, gender is both personal and collective, gender involves power and inequality, and there is diversity and hierarchy
Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Institutional Settings: Tools, Stories, Lessons
Calls for greater male participation are now a commonplace in work on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The need to engage men in efforts to prevent sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and promote sexual health and gender equality is well accepted. But we know less about the optimal forms of such engagement, particularly when it comes to moving beyond a focus on changing individual men's attitudes and behaviours.
Together with many others, we have come to see male supremacy as a system causing a great deal of violence and harm not only in the world at large, but also within our own radical and Left movements. Whether it's physical or sexual abuse, talking over others, unsolicited neediness, or shrugging off emotional and logistical work, practices of male supremacy often work to undermine solidarity and community. They harm, traumatize and push people away, placing even more obstacles in our collective path to social transformation.
WHO Policy Brief: Policy Approaches to Involving Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality and Health Equity
Work with men has demonstrated significant potential in contributing to building gender equality and improving the health of women and men. However, most work with men has tended to be local in scale and limited in scope. To be more widely effective, that is to transform the pervasive gender inequalities which characterize many societies globally – efforts to transform men's behaviour require to be significantly scaled up. Policy processes and mechanisms are key elements in any effort to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality.
This Policy Brief:
This discussion paper was produced for "Partners for Prevention: Working with Boys and Men to Prevent Gender-based Violence" a UN interagency initiative UNDP, UNFPA, UNIFEM and UNV. This regional programme is a coordinated approach to support primary prevention of gender-based violence in Asia and the Pacific with the deeper involvement of boys and men.
This literature review on men, gender and HIV and AIDS has been carried out in conjunction with a number of policy initiatives that Sonke Gender Justice Network has been involved in over the last 18 months. A growing body of evidence also suggests that men are far less likely than women to access HIV services including testing, treatment and other care and support services. Men's under-utilisation of HIV services significantly undermines prevention and
This article explores the subject of sexual rights and the claims about such rights as they are made by and for men. It considers the different bases of these claims, which range from some men's experience of sexual oppression to other men's experience of their gender socialisation. The article highlights the issues of power and privilege, which often lie hidden within such claims and calls for a discourse of 'men and sexual rights' that can take account of both gender norms and sexual hierarchies. Central to this call is a conception of accountability that is at once personal and political; the political accountability of duty-bearers to promote and protect the sexual rights of all rights-holders, men and women; and the personal accountability of men in relation to the ways in which their gender privilege serves to deny the sexual rights of others.
First published in the IDS Bulletin, Vol 37 No 5, 2006.

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The Question Hall was a circular theatre where the Prydonian Chapter of the Chronarchs convened during the early time of the Time Lord civilisation. A meeting was arranged to audit the psychic interrogation of the terrorist Fenris, in order to find the instigators of the attack which had caused the loss of Omega twenty years earlier. At the same time, a squad of the Order of the Black Sun — Fenris' instigators — teleported in the Hall and attacked the Gallifreyans, with eleven deaths. (COMIC: 4-D War)
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Randy Ure
I have told this story a few times. Since we are on St. John I am going to tell it again. My wonderful bride, Laurie and I were on our honeymoon, and this is where Laurie and I had our first possible divorce moment. We stayed over on St. Thomas and we caught the ferry at Red Hook where it let us off at Cruz Bay, St. John. From Cruz Bay we caught a taxi up to the top of Center Line Road and we hiked the Reef Bay Trail down to the beach. Now this trail drops 2.1 miles and it drops over 900 feet down to the bottom of the beach. We had never been on it and it is one of the most exquisite trails in the world.
When we started at the top of the trail, Laurie, my gorgeous bride, was dressed in a sun dress with this little hat with a wide brim that was very thin like gossamer. We started down the trail and left with two bottles of water and two cans of pop. This is all we had to drink. All we had to do was start at the top of the trail and go down to the bottom and catch the boat back to town. Really simple.
We started down the trail and we learned two things that day from our hike. One, Laurie learned that any signs about any vegetation, bugs, animals along the trail I will stop to read the whole thing. I want to learn about all the details of where I have gone. So, that took time.
We continued on our way down drinking the water and the pop. We stopped at the hieroglyphics at the waterfalls and did what people do on their honey moon. That took a bit of time, but this was our honeymoon, after all. We worked our way down the trail and Laurie was keeping her eye on the watch. She was the time keeper and she still is.
When we reached the bottom of the trail at five minutes after one, we walked out onto the beach only to see the boat we were supposed to take back to Cruz Bay go putt, putt, putt around the corner of the bay. We missed the boat. This is where I learned the second thing. My new bride could swear like a trucker. "What the F*** are we going to do now?" What the F*** is going on?" "What the hell are we supposed to do now?" she said.
We stood there a little bit, looking at one another, dehydration starting to set in. We had already drunk everything we had to drink. What were we going to do? Smart ass me says, "Well, I think we have three choices. We could hike the trail we just came down and catch a taxi at the top. Two, we could stay on the beach till tomorrow and catch the boat then. That would be romantic, just live on the beach for a day, just by ourselves." My bride replies, "NO! There is NO F********* way I am staying on this beach!"
The third option was to hike over to Lameshur Bay. We had a tourist map to guide us and it looked just around the corner. We decided to go to Lameshur Bay, we could see new things, new territory. We started to hike up to Lameshur Bay, UP being the key word. Halfway up, the gossamer hat is off, Laurie wasn't trying to be elegant any longer, she was Hiking Up The Trail. It was hot, very hot with no water. We are hiking and hiking up the trail and she was still swearing at me as we go up.
At one point, she said, "Where are we going?" and I said, "See that highpoint up there?" "Yeah." "See that other high point over there?" "Yeah." "See that low point right between the two of them? I think that is the saddle we are going to go over to get to the next beach." And we did.
There was a point on the trail where to our left was a cliff that dropped right to the ocean and to our right was thick vegetation, no place to move off the trail. This is when the donkeys rushed us. There was a herd of donkeys coming down the trail right at us. We had a choice, either jump off the cliff to our deaths or dive into the bushes. So, we dove into the bushes and watched all the donkeys run by.
By now, Laurie was really sweating and really angry so I started pulling palm frond forward and releasing them back at her which only aggravated her more. Anyway, I was the most relieved groom in the world and Laurie was the most relieved bride when we walked out onto the beach at Lameshur Bay and there were four cars parked there.
I remember sitting on the post at the parking lot as we waited for the first couple to go to their car so we could beg a ride. A couple walked up who were more than happy to give us a ride but said we might have to push the car up over the rock blocking the parking lot from the road. So, before you know it Laurie, me and the guy, his wife was driving, were pushing the car up over that rock.
We got onto the road and made it back to Cruz Bay where we drank beer for the afternoon. We eventually made it back to our hotel room, made it home, had three wonderful babies and our marriage has gone on fairly successfully for the last thirty-two years this March.
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Me: "What has kept you together thirty-two years through all the divorce moments?"
I believe the key is communication. We decided after six or seven years of being married that we needed to have a date night. So, we instituted a night where once a week we went out, to dinner or the movies, we did something fun, just the two of us. The very first date night, we made a rule that we couldn't talk about the store we own and run, we couldn't talk about the kids. So, we went to dinner and we sat there and looked at each other and looked at the ceiling and looked at the walls and at the floor…. it took a little bit of time before we got to talking about topics. Now we talk about movies and news events. Learning how to do that was key to our staying together along with keeping our sense of humors.
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(Title Image: Antony Maybury via National Assembly of Wales)
Economy & Infrastructure Committee
The State of Roads in Wales (pdf)
Published: 24th October 2018
"One of the sobering aspects of this inquiry has been how many of the issues raised in previous studies remain difficult. There is an overwhelming consensus that long-term funding for local government and trunk road agencies would lead to improvements – but we remain stuck in an annual cycle."
– Committee Chair, Russell George AM (Con, Montgomery)
1. Welsh roads are generally in no worse condition than the rest of the UK, but….
Trunk roads (which are managed by the Welsh Government) are generally in better condition than all other roads (which are managed by councils); 4.9% of the trunk road network was in poor condition in 2016-17 compared to 10.9% of local roads.
While some witnesses expressed concern about the deterioration in road standards (particularly areas that have been re-patched), the University of Leeds found that Welsh roads were in no worse condition than the rest of the UK. However, the harsh winters of 2016-17 and 2017-18 have resulted in a noticeable deterioration, with more money spent on short-term fixes than long-term road maintenance.
The four Welsh police forces argued that this "patching/reactive" approach to road maintenance adds to delays.
2. Councils need additional money to maintain key road assets as they are
Cllr. Andrew Morgan – RCT Leader and WLGA spokesperson for transport – said councils were doing as well as they possibly can but "there was significant room for improvement". There was praise for the Local Government Borrowing Initiative, while the Welsh Government provided an additional £30million towards local road maintenance in February 2018.
However, Swansea Council alone said their repairs backlog was £54million and it was said Welsh councils spend 40% less on highways than English councils.
There were a number of calls for more long-term thinking on road budgets. Transport for Wales funding is decided on a five-year basis, but road maintenance is often decided yearly. Some witnesses described a "Mad March" phenomenon at the end of every financial year where there is a glut of projects which "decrease value for money from contractors and increases disruption for road users".
The Committee recommended that highways authority budgets be decided on a five-year basis in the same manner as Transport for Wales.
3. The Mutual Investment Model should only be used for £200m+ projects
The Mutual Investment Model (MIM) is an alternative to PFI where a private sector partner builds and maintains a new piece of public infrastructure which transfers to public ownership when the contract expires; the government pays the private partner a fee with a number of terms and conditions attached (i.e. profit caps, job creation, procurement). The final section of A465 dualling between Dowlais Top and Hirwaun is due to be built under MIM.
Capital Law argued that to get the best value of money, MIM should only be used on projects costing £200-300million with a greater cost certainty.
The Committee broadly agreed and recommended that the £200million+ figure be used as the threshold to use MIM – and only when other funding forms are unavailable – alongside gradually improving procurement expertise, which requires the recruitment and retention of people with the right skills.
4. Better modelling is needed to justify new road projects
There was more to do to embed the principles of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act 2015 into highways policy – the obvious example at present being the proposed M4 Newport bypass.
The interpretation of the Act has "wildly differed" during the public inquiry process – the anti-Bypass interpretation by the Future Generations Commissioner being supported by the likes of Sustrans and the Welsh Government's interpretation supported by the CBI.
The CBI produced a paper linking new roadbuilding to economic growth, but the paper referred to developing countries and might not apply to Wales and the UK.
There was an argument from the Campaign for Better Transport that new road building should be the option of last resort except when connecting new settlements, with fixing existing roads, shifting people to alternative forms of transport and a commitment to "greener roads" being prioritised.
While there was no suggestion traffic modelling was "wrong", there was an acceptance that they needed to better reflect greener forms of transport and the long-term decline in the number of car journeys, learner drivers and distances travelled by road.
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Little Miss Sparkle is the thirty-seventh book in the Little Miss series originated by Roger Hargreaves and the seventh one created by Adam Hargreaves. It was released on 4 October 2016.
Little Miss Sparkle loves to dance and play games, but one week, everyone is mean to her and she loses her sparkle, so she asks Mr. Silly to find it. Being the silly fellow he is, he can't find it! Little Miss Sparkle thinks it's very funny and laughs so hard her sparkle comes back! Mr. Silly decides to buy some glitter to sparkle too, but he doesn't know it comes in a tube.
International publications & translations
This is a list of alternate titles for this book being published internationally.
- Madame Lumineuse (French)
List of characters
- Mr. Greedy
- Mr. Skinny
- Little Miss Naughty
- Mr. Strong
- Mr. Small
- Little Miss Tiny
- Mr. Tickle
- Mr. Clumsy
- Little Miss Bossy (mentioned)
- Mr. Uppity (mentioned)
- Mr. Sneeze
- Mr. Rude
- Mr. Silly
- The Star Spirits (Paper Mario, all 8 are star shaped)
- Starman (Super Mario Bros. both are star shaped and sparkly)
- Star (Challenge to Win, both are yellow and stars)
- Las Estrellas (Dora the Explorer, all of them are stars)
- Mrs. Sparkle (Dig and Dug with Daisy, both have 'Sparkle' in their names)
- Lightbulb (Inanimate Insanity, both can glow and are yellow)
- Twilight Sparkle (Both have Sparkle in their names and Twilight has a star symbol)
- Little Miss Sparkle appeared in a commercial for Subway, along with Mr. Happy, Mr. Cool, Mr. Noisy, and Little Miss Fun
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Two long minutes passed since we had changed radio frequencies and I hadn't heard from my wingmen. We were approaching the Iraqi border and my flight lead still had not checked me in. I was getting nervous.
Having no radio contact at 20,000 feet and separated from my fellow pilots by 10 miles on a night combat mission in hostile territory was a dire situation. What if I lost my engine or was engaged by ground fire? How could I call for help? Without my radio, I felt extremely alone and vulnerable.
Suddenly my back-up VHF radio blared with the terse (yet comforting) sound of my flight lead, "2, come up 239.9." I responded with a "2" and changed frequencies immediately. He continued, "Vipers, check in!" We responded in a crisp, monotone cadence, "2, 3, 4." We were now marching to the same beat.
"Vipers, FENCE-IN, Check Master-Arm Hot!" I flipped the master arm switch to the "hot" position, readying my weapons to be fired. We were now one synchronized formation, with a clear flight plan and a mission objective that had been delivered in our pre-mission briefing. Our radios and radar were the links that tied us together. We were ready for battle.
Communication in military combat is essential to successfully execute a plan. It ensures safety, keeps everyone focused on their responsibilities, and builds awareness in rapidly changing environments.
In the heat of battle, where effective communication is critical, fighter pilots:
As a business leader, do you have a "comm plan" with your employees and colleagues? Are you taking the time to brief your missions to ensure all your wingmen are on the same wave length and understand their roles, responsibilities, and objectives? Finally, are you aware of those who might be on the wrong frequency or off course? What's your plan to get them back on target?
Checking in with your wingmen, listening to their questions, and understanding their challenges are fundamental components of teamwork and leadership. They are the cornerstones in building an environment of mutual support and trust.
Here are several communication "wingtips" gleaned from my experience as a fighter pilot that can apply to you as a business leader:
Your aim should be to listen as much as possible in order to build what we call situational awareness — a comprehensive understanding of the mission. The greater your situational awareness, the better your ability to handle contingencies and adapt to change. As the flight lead of your team, it's very important that you create an environment where others can come to you for help. This inspires a culture of trust which is mission critical in business.


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Communication lines between the programmer and the client is crucial in providing a software product which meets the predefined and required functionalities. Therefore, software engineering provides methods, graphs and diagrams that help students visualize client requirements and enables them to get a better interpretation from a middle point that both the client and the programmer understand. Even though, the direct contact with client and the well-defined software requirements present a starting point in software development, they are very important in the whole programming process. The software engineering processes are not applicable and well known in the Kosovo market. Therefore, students should be prepared to face different clients with various requirements, and be able to correctly understand them towards implementing an application, which is what we have identified as a gap.
Linking theory and practice provides a teaching method that enables sustainable learning of the programming paradigm. The idea is to enable direct contact of students with clients coming from different local businesses. These clients will explain to students about their system requirements. Therefore, students will start with a system analysis (scenario analysis). After that, a continuous theoretical base that will be provided during the lectures, and students will work in parallel in the implementation of the software product. Concepts learned during the lectures will be applied directly in the provided problem (problem based learning).
The purpose of this teaching method is twofold. The first aim is student understanding and the application of programming concepts. Secondly, this learning material will provide the industry a possibility to meet with students, test their programming skills, enable students working for them and finally having a possible software product for free. This idea will provide motivation for students that are future-coming developers, to work harder during their studies, and possibly get employed based on skills shown during this testing work. Sustainable learning and a contribution to the community is seen as important considering the percentage of unemployed in Kosovo.
At the end of the semester, when the case study work is finished, the group of students will present their work in front of the class and clients. If satisfied the client may have the product and possibly employ any of the students. Final assessment will be based on group mark and the peer assessment mark.


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Since 1917, Lions have served the world's population through hard work and commitment to make a difference in the lives of people everywhere. With over 1.3 million members serving in over 45,000 clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas, Lions Clubs International is the world's largest service club organization.
We believe all people can embrace who they are,can define their future, and can change the world.
District 4-C1 is comprised of Lions, Lioness and Leo clubs from north of Sacramento in Magalia through Chico and up to the Oregon border. Lions members of Northern California Lions Clubs meet the needs of communities throughout the North State
Lions Clubs Objects
To Create and foster a spirit of understanding among the peoples of the world.
To Promote the principles of good government and good citizenship.
To Take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community.
To Unite the clubs in the bonds of friendship, good fellowship and mutual understanding.
To Provide a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest; provided, however, that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by club members.
To Encourage service-minded people to serve their community without personal financial reward, and to encourage efficiency and promote high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavors.


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Welcome to Mook Quarter Horses!
Home of Future Go Lucky AQHA Superior Halter Champion Stallion #4081099.
Gail Mann shows Future Go Lucky at the OQHA Summer Classic 2006.
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Markus Dodsworth, Harland, Darrel, and Mike Mann showing Millie, 2009 OQHA Summer Circuit Champion, June 2009.
Harland, Katie, Millie and Mann Group. Great Show!! Winners of nine silver buckles, three WCH medallions and checks for $650.00.
Darrel, Harland, and Gail Mann showing Foxy Copy, 2009 Reserve Circuit Champion, at OQHA Summer Circuit, June 2009.
Mike Mann, Harland, and Darrel showing Skippin Securtee at OQHA Summer Circuit, June 2009.
Mook Ranch breeds three mares for March and April 2006 to Ima Tru Skip AQHA #2666411 World Champion Stallion in Sibley,Iowa.
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Harland Continues Linda's Love for Horses
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We're glad you stopped by. You're invited to browse our website, meet the Mooks and see our horses. Don't forget to bookmark our site and visit often to see what's new. Call or email if you would like more information.The Ranch is located three miles east of Scio, Oregon, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The Mooks purchased the property in October 1982. Harland's mother, Alberta Mook, was manager from 1982-1995 until Altzheimer's disease forced her to retire. Harland sold the ranch in June 2008 but still has 14 horses at Mann's Quarterhorses, Scio, Oregon.
The Mook Ranch is the perfect setting for breeding and raising top quality quarterhorses. Take a look at our scrapbook if you would like to see more pictures of the ranch. The ranch is 21 acres of pine forest and pasture. The ranch has a 10 stall barn with hayloft, a 24' round pen, and outdoor riding arena. In the backyard sits a unique and giant pine tree 16 ft. in diameter and approximatly 130 ft. tall.
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Rome alumni revisit the ancient and the modern
From the Pantheon and the Baths of Diocletian to modern structures by Richard Meier (B.Arch. '56), historic and contemporary sites were revisited by Cornell in Rome alumni as part of the program's 20th anniversary activities.
"The city has always been our classroom and our laboratory -- and on-site teaching our method," said Jeffrey Blanchard, the program's academic coordinator. "Our view of the history of Rome spans from its origins to the present moment."
While history is everywhere in Rome, many ancient sites have been absorbed by the modern city. A short distance from the program's home at Palazzo Lazzaroni, architecture professor George Hascup pointed out a massive curved apartment building along one alley -- once part of a Roman amphitheater.
Streets in use today that date to the fourth century are "like a red line through history," said Jan Gadeyne, an archaeologist and adjunct professor of architectural history who led tours of the Crypta Balbi Museum. Gadeyne's coursework focuses on such sites as the basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on the Celian Hill. "It basically shows you an urban history from the first to the 12th century, in half a square acre," he said.
Walking tours led by Cornell in Rome faculty included stops at Meier's Ara Pacis Museum, housing the Augustan Altar of Peace rediscovered in the 15th century, and his Millennium Church, commissioned by the Vatican for the Jubilee of 2000.
A group of more than 100 Cornellians toured Renzo Piano's Parco della Musica auditorium complex. Built for multiple performing arts uses, the three scarab beetle-shaped concert halls are designed to maximize acoustics and the audience experience. The group also attended an all-Verdi concert by the prestigious Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecelia.
On the way to the concert facility in Rome's Flaminio district, AAP architecture department chair Mark Cruvellier lingered at the Palazetto dello Sport, or Little Sports Palace, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi for the 1960 Olympic Games.
"This is for all my former students in my structures class -- one can't walk by these things without appreciating them," Cruvellier said, pointing out the concrete dome's interior structural latticework and outer supports. "In a city where the dome is so prevalent, this one is unique," he said. "From the inside, the dome seemingly hovers and floats."
At the construction site of a modern art and architecture museum by Zaha Hadid, Dean Mohsen Mostafavi talked about the architect, who was to give a Cornell-sponsored lecture the following evening.
"Her work has been called calligraphic, and she works with watercolors -- her sketchbooks are very beautiful," he said.
The prominent use of concrete and the flow of movement in the design of her Rome museum project and a science center in Wolfsburg, Germany, indicate that "the nature of Zaha Hadid's work is changing," Mostafavi said. "There is this shift from the calligraphic to the fluid."


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What adults do in their private lives is their own business. If they want to take nude photographs of themselves for private or personal use, that is their decision and their right.
Likewise, if they want those photos to be posted online or published elsewhere, that is also their right.
In the past couple of weeks, this issue has come to the forefront of public discussion. A number of nude photos of various celebrities have been leaked, including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton.
Moreover, shortly after Emma Watson gave an incredible speech on feminism and gender equality at the United Nations, reports started surfacing that hackers wanted to punish her for her convictions by releasing nude photos of her.
This turned out to be an elaborate hoax, however, but it is a sign of a more troubling trend in our society.
Perhaps the worst part is that the threats weren't surprising, as there is an evident backlash against feminism and the conversation surrounding gender equality.
Furthermore, there are a lot of seedy and misguided individuals out there. These people see women as objects, and are a testament to the fact that we desperately need feminism.
In other words, trying to degrade the movement for gender equality by attacking someone's gender is exceptionally oxymoronic. Any time that someone is criticized or attacked on the basis of his or her sexuality, it provides more evidence that society desperately needs a reeducation on gender.
Correspondingly, as Watson so eloquently put it during her speech:
For the record, feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.
For the purposes of this conversation, her mention of "social equality" is particularly important. In essence, a man's body image is rarely, if ever, used as a point of attack against his beliefs or place in society. Unfortunately, the complete opposite is true for females.
Thus, regardless of whether or not the threats against Watson were real, it's disconcerting that there are people out there who feel they need to attack a woman's sexuality in order to diminish her convictions and public standing.
Unfortunately, there are not enough laws to protect individuals who fall victim to online harassment or "revenge porn." Indeed, there have been many disgusting instances in which disgruntled ex-boyfriends have posted nude photos and videos of their past girlfriends online without permission. What's worse, they usually get away with it.
Cyber harassment is real, and it's a very poor reflection of our society.
Therefore, there is never a justifiable reason to post nude videos or photos of women without consent, particularly if these photos have been obtained by illegal means (hacking).
Clay Aiken recently stated, "Anybody who takes inappropriate pictures of themselves deserves exactly what they get."
No, Mr. Aiken, you are wrong on so many levels -- it's never the victims fault.
Here's why:
1. It's Immoral
Violating someone's privacy is not only a violation of human rights, it's simply wrong. We all deserve a space in our lives that no one else can access, at least not without permission.
This is particularly true for women, who are frequently sexualized in popular culture and celebrated for their physical attributes rather than their personalities and capabilities. Likewise, women already endure enough harassment, threats and physical violence in the real world, they certainly don't need it online as well.
There is really no difference between hacking people's personal devices and breaking into their homes. Either way, you are violating their personal space, and both are illegal.
Moreover, how would you feel if a stranger took your most personal moments and shared them with the world?
Perhaps it's even worse when people do this to friends or former significant others. What kind of a petty and pathetic individual would you have to be to take nude photos of your ex and post them online for millions of other people to see?
No one deserves that, regardless of how badly that person may have hurt you, you don't want to stoop to that level.
Revenge porn is wrong, plain and simple. In some places, posting nude photos of other people without permission could lead to a fine or criminal conviction. Thus, it's not only immoral, it could land your ass in some serious trouble. Simply put, don't do it.
2. It's A Sex Crime
If a person takes nude photos of someone else and posts them online without permission, it's a form of sexual assault.
Let's put it this way, by posting, or even threatening to post, nude photos of people without permission, you are using their sexuality to attack their public image. Hence, you are sexually assaulting them by attempting to make them feel ashamed for something that is as natural as breathing.
Moreover, it takes the lowest and most cowardly person to attack someone else anonymously on the Internet. It's even worse when it relates to this individual's private life and sexuality.
If you have a problem with a person's beliefs, fine, find a way to logically argue against them, and don't hide behind the anonymity of the Internet. Be courageous enough to stand up for your convictions, you might even learn something in the process.
Don't take a person's gender, which isn't a choice by the way, and use it as a form of insult. This only proves your own ignorance.
3. It's A Violation Of Civil Rights
When it comes to the Internet, it's true that we have to permit a relative amount of freedom of expression. The web, after all, is meant to be a place for people to exchange information and ideas. Yet, freedom can be taken advantage of when left completely unregulated.
Correspondingly, University of Maryland legal scholar Danielle Citron worries that people are too dismissive of these issues.
In essence, people seem to argue that online harassment of women should be expected, so people should not be making such a big deal of it. In her view, this is akin to the dismissive attitude surrounding the harassment of women in the workplace in the 1960s and 70s.
As Citron puts it:
What we're talking about isn't mean words, like 'you're ugly,' the sort of things that are meant to hurt peoples' feelings. We're talking about online harassment that takes away victims' life opportunities. Harassment is accomplished with true threats, privacy invasions, involuntarily disclosed nude photos, and reputation-harming lies. We're talking about systematic harassment that destroys peoples' lives and careers.
A prime example of this is that of Anita Sarkeesian. Two years ago, she started a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter in order to create a video series surrounding the objectification of women in video games.
Consequently, a number of people on the web started attacking her with graphic rape threats and other violent scenarios. People have even threatened to kill her family and come to her house.
At what point do we say enough is enough? This is unconscionable.
Unfortunately, it's often very difficult to narrow down exactly who is doing the harassment when it occurs online. Perhaps this is another reason people don't take it very seriously, as it would take law enforcement officials a great deal of time and effort to locate these individuals.
However, Citron is working vigilantly to change this. She wants to ensure that violating someone's privacy via the Internet is punishable by law:
I've been working with lawmakers, in particular in Maryland. I worked very closely with the ACLU in Maryland. What we together came to was a narrow understanding of a crime, which involves the intentional disclosure of sexually explicit images, the knowing invasion of privacy. ...It's the initial privacy invader who really is culpable in terms of the specific intent of the crime.
Luckily, Citron feels that the public attitude towards "revenge porn" and cyber harassment is shifting; most people now seem to agree that this is disgusting and wrong.
Yet, there is still a great deal of work to be done, as many of the more recent online attacks on celebrities and other women have proven.
The Internet should remain a free entity, but within reason. When you allow too much freedom, it becomes subject to abuse. Freedom in any arena should allow individuals to flourish, with practical measures in place to ensure that people are also free from harassment and harm.
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Mount Mercy University
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Many institutions are offering virtual tours and online information sessions while their campuses are closed to the public.
Housed on a hill nestled in Cedar Rapids' historical Mound View neighborhood, Mount Mercy University's main campus is safe, charming, and full of life.
Established on five critical concerns—earth, immigration, nonviolence, racism, and women—MMU's curriculum guides students in exploring and working towards a more just, equal, and peaceful world. Hands-on work often accompanies classroom learning, giving students the experience needed to start their careers with confidence.
Mount Mercy was founded on academic excellence, offering students a values-based curriculum. The university's accomplished faculty are easily accessible with a student/faculty ratio of 15:1. Students are often involved in faculty-led research and career-oriented internships with local, national, and global organizations. Focused on outcomes, 96% of MMU alumni are employed or in graduate school within nine months of graduation.
With over 25+ registered student organizations, students can connect with others who share similar values and interests. The university's strong campus ministry culture engages students and encourages an exploration of faith through Mass, spiritual direction, reflection groups, service-learning, and volunteer opportunities.
A forward-thinking undergraduate curriculum, in-demand graduate programs, and the region's most successful accelerated program have led Mount Mercy to be recognized as a distinguished institution and national leader within the Conference for Mercy Higher Education.
Get to know Mount Mercy University
Student Activities
- Campus Ministries
- Choral groups
- Concert band
- Dance
- Jazz band
- Literary magazine
- Music ensembles
- Pep band
- Student government
- Student newspaper
High-Impact Practices
- First-Year Seminars and Experiences
- Common Intellectual Experiences
- Learning Communities
- Writing-Intensive Courses
- Collaborative Assignments and Projects
- Undergraduate Research
- Diversity/Global Learning
- Service-Learning, Community-Based Learning
- Internships/Coops/Practicums
- Capstone Courses and Projects/Senior Experience
Campus Resources
- Degree in Three
- MMU Plus
- Safe Zone
- Mustang Market Food Pantry
- Director of Diversity & Student Success
- Health Services
- Career Services
- Writing Center
- Academic Advisors
- Library Services
- Faculty Mentors
- Disability Services
- Academic Tutors
- Financial Aid Advisors
- Student Success Initiative
- Veteran Services
- Peer Mentors
- Counseling
College Highlights
"My foundations class helped me realize the things I'm already doing in my day-to-day work. I now have definitions behind behaviors—almost like a dictionary for my professional life. I'm beginning to understand how I lead, but also how I respond to leaders as a follower. It's helped me become a better communicator because I understand my behaviors and the behaviors of others." – Sauvik Goswami | '20 MSL
A group of 23—two nursing faculty, 17 nursing faculty, and friends of Mount Mercy—headed to Tanzania for 16 days to help the local schools as well as a new health center in the area called Lake Eyasi Clinic.
By helping people with disabilities, Megan Andresen '98 helped build her résumé for graduate school. It worked. Andresen went on to get her master's in physical therapy from the University of Iowa and is currently a senior therapist who has been practicing at UnityPoint-St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids since 2001.
"During my time at Mount Mercy, I was fortunate enough to be an intern at the Catherine McAuley Center, and I absolutely loved it. I can't pinpoint what class it was that made me realize I wanted to work for a non-profit after graduation, but that's one of the biggest things I gained from Mount Mercy. Getting to work with people from various background offered me new perspectives, and I got to teach others something I've never really done before." – Jemi Baskerville '18 | Bachelor of Business Administration
Since 2009, Mount Mercy education students have had the opportunity to study abroad in Canterbury, England, as part of an exchange partnership with Christ Church University. Students participate in CCU education courses and visit rural and urban schools in Canterbury. Partner schools also include Carlow College in Ireland and University of Stirling in Scotland. MMU students have the opportunity to study abroad at hundreds of other institutions as well through the University's collaboration with AIFS.
"After my two best friends and I convinced each other, we decided to go on the European study abroad trip to Germany, Austria, and Italy. Being able to see in person the different things I had studied in art classes was pretty surreal. Not to mention the amazing food, sights, and castles! These trips took me outside of my comfort zone and allowed me to meet and become friends with so many great people. I was able to step into different cultures and experience things I wouldn't have gotten the chance to otherwise." – Leslie Hoffmann '17 | Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
Since 2012, MMU has partnered with community schools through its Professional Development School (PDS) program. The PDS model provides MMU juniors in the teacher education program the opportunity to apply theory and content hands-on in a classroom setting.
Project Connect, a free program for underrepresented students, offers a jump start on the college experience.
Mount Mercy's graduate students are immersed in experiential learning. Recently, students took part in MakerNurse, a national program initiated by MakerHealth that helps nurses develop their ideas for better patient care.
"The entire staff at MMU worked to ensure I could pursue both my career and education goals without missing a beat. The flexibility of the program even allowed me to continue coaching my son's traveling baseball team." – Larry Covington | '19 MBA
The number of sections of each class size.
2-9: 68 | 10-19: 124 | 20-29: 118
30-39: 5 | 40-49: 10 | 50-99: 3 | 100+: 0
Nonresident aliens: 4%
Hispanic/Latino: 1%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 8%
White, non-Hispanic: 78%
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 1%
Asian, non-Hispanic: 2%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: 0%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic: 2%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 4%
"Working one-on-one with a faculty member is an amazing experience. I've learned a lot about qualitative research and seen the work that goes into getting a research project approved and finding individuals to participate. These are all things that will be an advantage for graduate school." – Kaitlin Gregerson '19 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- Marriage & Family Therapy faculty member Heather Morgan-Sowada '09, '12 MA founded the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic of Iowa—the only clinic in the Midwest that specifically specializes in treating BDD.
- English faculty member Eden Wales Freedman developed a diversity studies minor that encourages students to think globally, socially, and practically without detracting from their majors.
- Nursing faculty members Anne Hartman and Darcey Rosenblum couldn't stand idle as the war in Syria passed its sixth year, so the duo traveled to Greece and volunteered at Ritsona Refugee Camp, located 50 miles north of Athens.
- Assistant Professor of Business and Vice President for Student Success Nate Klein '07 leads Mount Mercy's award-winning Enactus team.
Faculty and students participate in research across Mount Mercy's programs. A vast majority of students leave Mount Mercy with professional experience under their belts.
- Assistant professor Taylor Houston partners with students to identify and gather information about the individuals, professionals, and organizations providing human trafficking victim services in Iowa.
- Jordyn Lehman '18 and Joe Nguyen, associate professor of chemistry, studied how wine decomposes so methods can be developed to prevent it—such as one that a Cedar Rapids entrepreneur and chemist developed, prolonging its use and reducing waste in general.
Every fall, Mount Mercy faculty facilitate an interdisciplinary, semester-long conversation aimed at challenging the community to reflect in deep ways about the important topics of our time, called the Fall Faculty Series.
In Fall 2018, Mount Mercy launched two doctoral-level programs—Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program—not only a first for MMU, but also for the City of Cedar Rapids.
"I had been looking for a DNP program for five years before learning about Mount Mercy's program. I was looking for something I could do in-person, because I felt like an online setting wouldn't support the personal attention needed for a final DNP project. Time to completion and flexibility were also big factors. The five-week classes, one day a week fit my work schedule." – Kimberly Glasgow | '22 DNP
Programs available at this institution.
Accelerated program
Distance learning
Double major
Dual enrollment
Honors Program
Liberal arts/career combination
Student-designed major
Study abroad
Teacher certification program
"Volleyball first introduced Mount Mercy to me, and for that I will be forever grateful. Being a part of this team instantly gave me that sense of belonging in a new place and gave me a support group that turned into lifetime friends. Over the years, volleyball taught me to see the bigger picture beyond just the court: to be a leader, a role model, a supportive and kind teammate, the power of positive thinking, and that hard work pays off." – Leslie Hoffmann '17 | Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
- Faculty, staff, and students spent 17,500+ hours volunteering around the globe in the 2017–18 academic year.
- At the start of his freshman year, Matthew Trueblood '20 started volunteering with Willis Dady Homeless Services in Cedar Rapids. This year, he made sure to create room in his schedule so he could continue his work there.
- For Jessica Hiney '18, volunteering is a way to honor the doctors, nurses, and researchers at Shriners Hospitals for Children who helped her as a child. Today, she volunteers once a week with the Power Eagles wheelchair soccer team.
- Sponsored by MMU's Enactus team, a community of students and academic business leaders committed to using entrepreneurial action to transform lives, Market at the Mount began in 2014 as a useful teaching tool for students.
"My visit reinforced how the university's culture is one of service. A large donation for the Mustang Market arrived while I was there. I heard a small group of students in a hallway talking about a service project in Cedar Rapids. This wasn't window dressing or isolated instances. There were clearly visible indications of a selfless service culture." – Terry Jones '18 MA | Master of Arts in Criminal Justice
A note from Mount Mercy's Student Government Association:
"As a student, you have genuine needs and expectations. As Student Government Association, our goal is to ensure all of those needs and expectations are met. SGA seeks to solve students' biggest problems and help fulfill their greatest ambitions. One of the best ways to accomplish this is by providing students with outlets true to their passions. We offer many ways to get involved and embrace meaningful work in the form of clubs and organizations. Our student-led groups help enhance studies and ensure long-lasting growth of students."
Mount Mercy University hosts a variety of speakers throughout the year. Several lecture series—like the Global Issues Series, Visiting Writer Series, and Business Speaker Series—and events bring renowned guests to campus.
- Mount Mercy Professor of English Mary Vermillion said it best: "Creativity always deserves to be celebrated." Whether it be winning an award for a published chapter, gathering with student-writers, or creating a magazine from scratch, the MMU community makes a point to celebrate creative success.
- The on-campus Janalyn Hanson White Gallery showcases local and national artists as well as Mount Mercy students themselves.
- All Mount Mercy University students, regardless of major, have the opportunity to continue their musical growth and involvement through participation in choral or instrumental ensembles, applied private lessons, musical education offerings, and liturgical music—including show choir.
Students participate in time-honored events and activities, like the Thanksgiving Dress Dinner, Vegas Night, and Spring Fling.
Mount Mercy University, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Heart of America Athletic Conference (the Heart), offers varsity competition in the following:
Coed: competitive cheer & dance
Men's: basketball, baseball, golf, soccer, cross country, track & field, bowling, and volleyball
Women's: basketball, softball, volleyball, golf, cross country, track & field, soccer and bowling.
Altogether, these programs have 44 conference team championships and frequently send teams and individuals to national championship events. In addition, Mount Mercy student-athletes are annually recognized as NAIA Scholar-Athletes and Champions of Character. For those looking for something more recreational, MMU has a number of intramural programs, including basketball, volleyball, golf, flag football, and softball.
"What first brought me to MMU was running! I ran on the cross country and track teams and absolutely loved every second of it. Being part of these teams brought me such great friends and an amazing support system. Running for MMU taught me so much more than just hard work and dedication, though. It showed me what it means to be part of a team, family, and a community! I was so proud to wear Mount Mercy across my chest every single race." – Liz Mosbach '16 | Bachelor of Arts in Marketing
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Mount Mercy is proud to be part of the friendly, tight-knit Iowa community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Many students come from the greater Cedar Rapids region, and many graduates continue to live there. There are sure to be Mustangs at any hospital, school, or local business one may visit.
Cedar Rapids is known as an arts and cultural hub with great theatre, live music, and museums. The area is home to family-friendly sports teams including baseball, hockey, and indoor arena football. In addition to a growing culinary scene, local events are plentiful.
Cedar Rapids Highlights
NewBo City Market
Indian Creek Nature Center
CSPS Arts Venue
McGrath Amphitheatre
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Paramount Theater
African American Museum of Iowa
Grant Wood Studio
Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Brucemore Historic Site
Percent of students living on campus.
First-time, first-year (freshman) students: 91%
Undergraduates: 43%
Campus housing options.
Coed dorms
Men's dorms
Women's dorms
Special housing for disabled students
"This institution helped me discover who I was and what I could offer the world. I don't just think of this university as a place where I earned my degree, but as my home during one of the most critical times of my life. I will always love this university and will forever be grateful for the values it instilled in me." – Brittney Thomas Burmahl '13 | Bachelor of Business Administration
96% of MMU alumni are employed or in graduate school within nine months of graduation.
There's no limit to what can be achieved with a Mount Mercy education. Alumni find success in every professional sector imaginable—as doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, educators, business leaders, storytellers, artists, and more.
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The Vancouver Blazers lasted just two seasons, but they left an impression on the local hockey market
Canucks at 50: Vancouver Blazers tried, but failed to capture the hockey market
Like most of the stories involving the Vancouver Blazers it's hard to separate fact from fiction so keep that in mind as we relate the following.
As the Blazers were circling the drain at the end of the 1974-75 season, a couple of their staffers were taking a pre-game walk through Pacific Coliseum when they saw some new faces behind the concession stands.
"What happened," one of the Blazers' employees said.
"Jimmy (that would be owner Jimmy Pattison) brought in some volunteers from his church."
The pair continued their stroll when they heard the organist strike up a chorus of Just A Closer Walk With Thee.
"He hired the organist from the church, too," explained the second guy.
This one, however, is certifiably true.
Pat Price, the rookie defenceman who was going to transform the Blazers, got off to a slow start his rookie year, largely because he sprained his ankle falling off his platform shoes.
"I couldn't believe it," Price related to your agent for his book on the WHA, The Rebel League.
Which sums up the history of the Blazers neatly and succinctly.
This series is about the 50-year history of the Vancouver Canucks and the Blazers play only a tangential role in the Canucks' story. They lasted all of two seasons and if not for some of the more colourful characters they spawned, the Blazers would be consigned to the dustbin of history.
But, while they lasted only two years, the Blazers came along at a significant moment in the Canucks early years; a time when Pattison and his operatives believed the Vancouver market was theirs for the taking. And, who knows, had they signed Phil Esposito, had Pat Price and Ron Chipperfield become stars, had Gary Smith not carried the Canucks to their first playoff appearance in 1975, maybe this story has a different ending.
"We had some fun," says Pattison from his Vancouver office. Dude's 91 and still returns calls. "The owners in that league, they were an interesting group. You could write a book about them."
Good idea. I'll keep it in mind.
The Blazers began their short, tortured life as the Philadelphia Blazers in the WHA's first year, a team which famously signed Derek Sanderson to one of the biggest contracts in hockey history, then got eight games out of him. Actually, the Blazers were the descendants of the Miami Screaming Eagles but we have neither the time nor space to explain that one.
With Philly Blazers owners Jim Cooper and Bobby Brown looking for an exit ramp, Pattison — then as now, one of the wealthiest men in Canada — was recruited to the rebel league by Ben Hatskin, the Winnipeg Jets' owner and Bill Hunter, who operated the Oilers franchise in Edmonton. In those early years, the WHA made a big splash by signing Bobby Hull in Winnipeg and Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty in Houston. Hatskin and Hunter convinced Pattison that, with a modest investment, he could take on the Canucks, who'd struggled mightily in their first three years of existence.
That, at least, was the pitch. Things didn't quite work out that way.
The Blazers tried mightily to draw an audience in Vancouver but their first year was largely a disaster and the second wasn't much better. The star power in year one, such as it was, was provided by former Bruins winger Johnny McKenzie and their head coach, Hall-of-Famer Andy Bathgate. Bryan Campbell, a centreman who had some decent years in Chicago, and Danny Lawson. who scored 50 goals in the Blazers first season in Vancouver, were the team's best players. The most interesting might have been 20-year-old rookie defenceman Colin Campbell who would become the NHL's executive vice-president. But whatever the Blazers had, it wasn't enough. They finished 27-50-1 and 18 points out of a playoff spot.
Still, they tried.
The Blazers singular marketing plan was built around the concept of fire. Employees wore plastic fire helmets. Their cheerleaders, the Blazer Belles, wore — what else — hot pants. Bonfires were lit inside and outside the rink and a fire-engine siren was sounded when the Blazers scored.
The player of the game was also presented with a fireman's helmet. One night Mike Walton of the Minnesota Fighting Saints won the coveted award then went out and celebrated his big night. In the early hours, an over-served Walton pulled the fire alarm at the team hotel and greeted firefighters wearing his fire helmet.
Did we mention it was a different time?
Things got considerably more interesting in year two for the Blazers. Unfortunately they didn't get much better on the ice. Pattison made a huge splash when he signed Price, the presumptive first overall pick in the 1975 NHL draft, and Chipperfield, a 20-year centre who rang up 162 points with the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Price was the big catch. At 19, he recorded 95 points with the Saskatoon Blazers while drawing comparisons to Bobby Orr. Longtime hockey man Dave Lewis, Price's teammate in Saskatoon, calls him the best junior he's ever seen. Pattison would make Price a very wealthy young man, signing him to a groundbreaking five-year, $1.3 million contract with a $250,000 signing bonus at the 1974 Memorial Cup in Calgary.
"I didn't want to move but Vancouver was the only place I'd play," Price says. "I walked out of there with a certified cheque for $250,000. How does anyone relate to that? I was 19 and I had a quarter of a million dollars. I wanted to take everyone out to dinner but there was no place to cash the cheque."
Price would put up 34 points in his rookie year with the Blazers, decent numbers for a 19-year-old defenceman but hardly the stuff of the next Bobby Orr. His contract, meanwhile, didn't endear him to his teammates and he clashed with head coach Joe Crozier. During that season, Price kept in touch with Lewis and Bob Bourne, his junior teammates now with the Islanders, who did some unofficial recruiting for the NHL team.
That summer the Isles took Price 11th overall in the NHL draft. Arrangements were made with the Blazers, who were happy to get out from under his contract and Vancouver was soon in his rear-view mirror.
"It was hell," Price said of his year with the Blazers. "I was party to blame but it was just a bad fit."
Following the 1974-75 season, Pattison made one last-ditch effort to capture the Vancouver market when he offered Esposito a six-year, $3.4 million deal with a million up front. Esposito, who'd averaged 60 goals a season over the previous seven campaigns with the Bruins, travelled to Vancouver with his then wife Donna, and was close to signing with the Blazers before he re-upped with Boston.
"Stupidest thing I ever did," Espo says from Tampa, where he's the Lightning radio colour man.
Esposito returned to Boston, huddled with Bruins GM Harry Sinden and eventually signed a new multi-year deal with the Bruins. A no-trade clause was discussed but Esposito was assured by Sinden he'd be a Bruin as long as he was the GM.
A month into the season, Esposito was traded to the Rangers with Carol Vadnais for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and, lest we forget, Joe Zanussi in the one of the biggest deals in NHL history.
"It wasn't Harry who made that trade," Esposito says "It was (Bruins owner) Jeremy Jacobs."
"Jimmy was offering a lot of money," Esposito continued. "He was a great guy, the reason I would have signed in Vancouver. But I didn't want to leave Boston. My wife was from there. The kids were born there. I could have signed the deal and been back in Boston in a year with a million bucks in my pocket but I wanted the NHL,"
The Blazers, for their part, would relocate to Calgary later that summer where they spent two seasons as the Cowboys before they expired prior to the 1977-78 season. That also represented Pattison's last foray into the world of professional hockey. In subsequent years he'd be asked about buying the Canucks and he'd reference his experience with the Blazers as the reason he wasn't interested.
"I had to decide if I was going to be a businessman or own a sports team," he now says. "It's an all-consuming business, People will stop you in the street and ask what you're doing. I found that out."
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I just read, "A healthy breakfast isn't just a tasty way to start the day, it can actually help you maintain your diet and weight-loss commitments. Study after study has confirmed that eating a breakfast that contains both protein and carbohydrates helps overweight people lose weight and normal-weight people maintain weight over time." *
We often hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day or that it should be the biggest meal of the day.
I have found no definitive scientific evidence that confirms this.
The truth is that your body doesn't know the difference between a large breakfast, lunch or dinner.
It's all about the total consumption during the day.
That said, it is important not to skip breakfast because it can lead to overeating or unhealthy snacking later in the day.
Still, this is true about skipping any meal!


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Other than those two Senators the Senate officially undermined President Trump's negotiating position.
Only the two Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee wanted to leave Donald Trump room to deal with the European nations to live up to their treaty obligations.
The Hill reports, "Senate votes to support NATO ahead of Trump summit."
Lawmakers […] overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion supporting NATO, as President Trump continues to criticize the alliance […].
The nonbinding motion, which came as the Senate voted to reconcile its version of the annual defense policy bill with that of the House, expresses the Senate's support for NATO and calls on negotiators to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to it.
The 97-2 vote in the Senate comes as Trump heads to Brussels. […]
GOP Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Mike Lee (Utah) voted against the measure.
The Senate was doing all it could, by that vote, to undermine President Donald Trump's leverage to negotiate with the European NATO contries to live up to their treaty obligations. The only way that he can get them to change their way is to be able to convince them that he might be willing to walk away from the deal himself.
The Senate is telling deadbeat Europe, "Don't worry. We've got your back. Donald Trump won't be president forever."
What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that have met their commitment? The U.S. is paying for Europe's protection, then loses billions on Trade. Must pay 2% of GDP IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2018
Why is the U.S. Senate pushing to expand NATO when most of them aren't even paying their fair share? I stand with @realDonaldTrump. Today, I blocked a resolution that applauds and calls for the expansion of NATO.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 10, 2018
The Senate is the central refuge of Never Trump establishment GOP power. I fully expect many of them to endorse a Republican challenger in 2020.
Of course, while Mike Lee and Rand Paul were heroic, not all the Republican Senators interpreted the vote as a way to constrain President Trump.
Axios quotes a couple of them, showing a contrast:
–Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch: "I think sometimes he can be a little too critical of the other counterparts, and I don't think he should be critical," per ABC.
–Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado defended Trump on Fox News, saying, "I think he's simply trying to say to our great NATO allies and friends, 'Let's make sure that we're all rowing in the same direction, so to speak. Let's make sure that we're living up to our expectations and obligations,'" per Think Progress.
So Gardner claims to support what Trump is doing. I believe him but I don't think he should have allowed his name to be part of the pro-NATO motion.
Hatch on the other hand wants President Trump to stop being "critical." Then how is he supposed to get our "allies and friends" to contribue what they promished and not leave us holding the bag?
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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Annual IAS London Event: 'Timed out: evolving to extinction;
We are delighted to invite you to the Institute of Advanced Study's next London event, 'Timed Out: evolving to extinction', on 26 June 2013 at the Chartered Accountants' Hall, One Moorgate Place.
The event will bring a panel of leading thinkers together to discuss the intellectual, practical and ethical issues raised by humankind's effects on evolutionary time.
- Jonathon Porritt, internationally respected environmentalist, writer and broadcaster, former Director of Friends of the Earth and co-founder of Forum for the Future.
- Dame Gillian Beer, King Edward VII Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge.
- Professor Simon Conway Morris, professor of evolution at the University of Cambridge.
- Caspar Henderson, award-winning science writer and journalist.
- Professor Paul Wignall, professor of palaeoenvironments at the University of Leeds.
The evening will build on the success of our previous London events, including last year's highly successful The Public Intellectual in Classical Athens and Today with Bethany Hughes, Charlotte Higgins and Professor Edith Hall.
Organised by the Institute of Advanced Study, these events offer the Friends of the IAS and the wider Durham alumni network an opportunity to come together for what should prove to be a stimulating and engaging occasion.
Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Time: 7.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: Chartered Accountants Hall, One Moorgate Place, London, EC2R 6EA
Format: Drinks and nibbles will be available from 7.00pm before the event starts at 7.30pm. This will be followed by a drinks reception for guests to mingle and chat with speakers.
Cost: Free
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Nearly 900 species have been pushed into extinction by human activities in the last 500 years, and this is probably just a small proportion of the species and extinctions known to science. Such a rapid loss is thought to be as much as 10,000 times the 'natural' rates of extinction that would otherwise occur¹ .Thousands more species – one in four mammals, one in three amphibians, one in eight birds, numerous insects – are now on the brink of extinction, and as their habitats vanish this process is accelerating. At the same time, with breeding, genetic engineering and transportation, humans have introduced many non-native species into ecosystems, adding to the pressures on their original inhabitants.
The earth has seen many environmental changes, and some events (eg. volcanic eruptions) have been regionally significant. Over the last dozen millennia – 'the Anthropocene' – human activities have had increasing effect. But recent centuries have seen a massive intensification of these activities, and global environmental change is now occurring at an unprecedented pace. Human impacts on the planet are hard to quantify or conceptualise, and though we may feel vaguely guilty, this rarely leads to sufficient behavioural change to slow the process of extinction. This raises some key questions.
- How should we think about humankind's impacts on evolutionary time?
- Is such radical transformation just part of a basic competition between humans and others, or has its accelerating pace introduced an entirely new dynamic?
- What are the consequences of rapidly erasing key participants in ecosystems?
- Can science and technology get us off this track?
- Is it immoral to end the time of other species?
- Do we need to think differently about time and 'progress' in order to think and act differently in relation to other species?
The Panel
The panel will be composed of the following participants:
Jonathan Porritt is an internationally respected environmentalist, writer and broadcaster, former Director of Friends of the Earth and co-founder of Forum for the Future. He also works as the Co-Director of the Prince of Wales' Business and Sustainability Programme, and was Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission (2000-2009). His books include Capitalism As If The World Matters (Earthscan, revised 2007), Globalism and Regionalism (Black Dog 2008) and Living Within Our Means (Forum for the Future 2009).
Dame Gillian Beer is King Edward VII Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. She has written extensively on Darwin and on the cultural implications of his work both for his contemporaries and for our own time. Her books include Darwin's Plots (1983, 2000, 3rd edition 2009) and Open Fields: Science in Cultural Encounter (1996). She is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature and has also chaired the Booker Prize. Most recently, in 2012, Penguin published her Jabberwocky, a collected and annotated edition of Lewis Carroll's poems.
Caspar Henderson is a well-known science writer and journalist, and winner of the IUCN-Reuters award for best environmental writing in western and central Europe. He coordinated the Green College Centre in Oxford, focusing on climate change and other environmental issues, and worked on BBC Radio 4's Costing the Earth. He has written about energy, science, the environment and human rights for The Financial Times, The Independent, New Scientist, The Ecologist, Environmental Finance, and Green Futures. His most recent Book of Barely Imagined Beings was published by Granta in October 2012.
Professor Simon Conway Morris is the professor of evolution at the University of Cambridge. His work on the constraints on evolution and the historical processes that lead to the emergence of complexity is of interest not only to palaeobiologists, but also biologists and bioastronomers. He has written about 'mass extinctions', 'aliens at home' and 'evolutionary convergence', and his book Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Cambridge University Press, 2003), emphasized the parallel evolution of sensory systems and challenged conventional thinking about evolution.
Professor Paul Wignall is the professor of palaeoenvironments at the University of Leeds. He specialises in palaeontology and sedimentology, and his principal research goal is to understand the origins of mass extinction events. He adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the origins of these crises in Earth's history, considering issues such as volcanic events, climate change and rising sea levels. His writing includes topics such as 'Lethally hot temperatures during the Early Triassic greenhouse' and 'Mantle Plume – the invisible serial killer'.
The panel will be chaired by the Executive Director of Durham University's Institute of Advanced Study, Professor Veronica Strang, an environmental anthropologist whose research examines long-term trajectories in human-environmental relationships and the social and cultural aspects of people's engagements with water. Named as one of UNESCO's,Les Lumières de L'Eau in 2007, she is the author of The Meaning of Water (Berg 2004), and Gardening the World (Berghahn 2009).
[1] International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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