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It is nice to see you sharing the link to the IRIS website. I discovered it several years ago and frequently suggest it to others. As a pet owner who talks to other pet owners ... I have found that when a pet is first diagnosed with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), one of the first concerns is how serious/advanced is it. It doesn't help that many vets still call it "Chronic Renal FAILURE" which strikes terror into the hearts of most pet owners. I'm a cat person and know that many cats can live for years with CKD with supportive care. On the IRIS website under the "IRIS Guidelines: IRIS Staging of CKD", I like the links for the Posters and/or Cards at a Glance ... both of which give an easy to see summary of the staging system. I like to listen to vet CE talks and it appears that nearly all the specialists are using the IRIS Staging system now.
Have you seen the videos on the Cornell Univ website on "Cat Owner's Guide to Kidney Disease"? It is a series of 5 short videos:
1) How is Kidney Disease Diagnosed?
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1) 2006 American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) Feline Vaccination Guidelines
These have been endorsed by the AVMA, AAHA , etc:
2) Vaccines & Vaccinations: A Reference Website for Veterinarians
This is a personal website by Dr Richard Ford, one of the co-authors of the AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines (and also the AAHA Canine Guidelines). He summarizes the 2006 Guidelines in a series of tables as well as gives updated info in footnotes and a Q&A section. There are also links to the AAFP Guidelines (also given above).
3) World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) 2010 Guidelines for the Vaccination of Dogs and Cats
This was just published in June 2010. One of the three co-authors is Dr Ron Schultz of the Univ of Wisconsin. Dr Schultz is one of the leading veterinary Immunologists and is a co-author also of the AAFP Feline Guidelines and the AAHA Canine Guidelines.
4) American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) 2006 Canine Vaccination Guidelines
This is a little off topic ... but for those wanting to learn more about dog vaccinations, this is a link to the AAHA Canine Vaccination Guidelines. Dr Ford's website (given above) also contains summary tables for these Canine Guidelines.
The 2006 Canine Guidelines will soon be superseded by new 2010 AAHA Canine Guidelines that are currently being written and due to be published by the end of this year. Here is a link to the 2006 Guidelines:
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Cats cycle on average every 14 to 21 days but it can vary widely. In general, they are affected by the amount of daylight hours, so that they have fewer heats during the winter months with shorter daylight hours, then increase in frequency as the days get longer. But, again, it can vary widely in individual cats. A cat's first heat can occur anytime between 4 and 12 months of age.
All of the above info comes from a CD on Feline Reproduction produced by the Winn Feline Foundation and done by Dr Susan Little, ABVP, a Feline specialist (and former cat breeder with expertise in feline reproduction).
I got a new kitten last fall and thought I could wait until after the holidays and get her spayed when she was 7 months old in January ... figuring that since it was winter, she would be less likely to go into heat. I was wrong and she went into heat on Christmas day. My second mistake was thinking there would be at least two weeks before she went into heat again ... but, alas, she went back into heat ten days after finishing her first heat (even in mid-winter with short days). I got her spayed quickly after her second heat.
There are various opinions, even among vets, on the age of spay. Some (especially those working with shelters) advocate "early spay and neuter". By "early" they generally mean between 3 and 6 months. Some have a minimum weight that they want (e.g. 2-3 lbs) before they will do a spay. I know many people who say that cats that are spayed at 3-4 months recover from the surgery very quickly with apparently less discomfort than older cats.
There are other vets (probably the majority) that prefer to wait until a cat is at least 6 months old to do a spay. I think it makes surgery a bit easier for the vet when they are a bit larger and they can use anesthesia protocols that they are more familiar with. With the early spays, vets need to make some alterations to their choice and use of anesthesia, etc. It is always best to do what your vet is most comfortable with.
Most experts do feel that it is very beneficial to spay a cat BEFORE her first heat. According to the page on Mammary Cancer on the Veterinary Partners website (a great place to go for veterinary info for pet owners) ... spaying before 6 months of age will reduce the risk of mammary cancer in later life by 91%. Spaying before one year of age will reduce the risk of mammary cancer by 86% ... and spaying before 2 years of age will reduce the risk by 11%. After 2 years of age, there is no reduction in risk of mammary cancer later in life.
So, depending on what your vet is comfortable with, spaying as early as possible is best.
Hope that helps. Good Luck.
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The Prophet's Companion that I identify most with is Salman Al-Farisi. He grew up as the son of a wealthy man in Persia and was a devotee of fire until he overheard some Christians worship. When he wanted to join their religion, his father imprisoned him, but he managed to escape and travel to Syria to become Christian.
He worked as the servant of various bishops and holy men in order to learn the religion. Finally, one of them told him to seek the final prophet in the city of palm trees (Madinah).
Salman sold all he had to join a caravan headed to Madinah, but the caravan betrayed him and sold him as a slave. He did eventually reach Madinah. There he heard of a new prophet arriving. His last mentor had told him of the signs to seek in the prophet, and when Salman saw those signs in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he immediately joined Islam.
My own journey to Islam is nowhere as dramatic or difficult. I did not actually travel in search of the truth. But I felt at one time-when I no longer believed in Christianity but had not yet found Islam-as if I was in a boat adrift, not knowing which way to go, where to find God (Allah). I wanted to know Him but I was lost. I understand Salman's search. And, like him, once I knew the truth, I embraced it.
I grew up in a large Roman Catholic family and attended Catholic schools for twelve years. As a child I wanted to be close to God, though I could never talk about this or other personal matters with my family. For many years, even through my first year of college, I wanted to dedicate my life to God as a nun, either as a teacher or missionary to foreign countries.
As a teenager I was active in my parish. I played guitar at the folk Mass, was a lector at services, helped count the weekly collection, and taught weekly religious education classes for three years. But all the while I was having doubts about my religion.
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I know that my doubts first started when I was about 11, and when I was 12 I didn't want to be confirmed because of my doubts. I said that I didn't believe in God, but I didn't really doubt His existence, I never did, but I was beginning to doubt what the Church was telling me about Him. But at that time I couldn't express all that, and for many years I don't think I had a clear idea of just what I disliked or doubted. I think a lot of it was instinctual, "at the gut level," rather than rational.
In high school, I continued to have doubts on and off. At that time I was particularly concerned with Right and Wrong and found it confusing that I could get such different answers from two priests who represented the same Church. One would tell us that there was an objective law that had to be followed while another would take a humanistic approach and say that moral issues were relative.
It was during my first semester of college that I recall having my first clear idea of what I disliked about Christianity.
I briefly joined an evangelical organization. I didn't know what "evangelical" meant, but I wanted to join a Christian group. This organization takes the Bible very literally and they believe that you have to accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior or you will be damned to hell. I went with them as an observer on one "mission" to talk with students in their dormitory.
But when I asked these evangelicals what would happen if a person never heard the message, but was a morally good person, their answer was that they were damned. I couldn't accept that God could be so unjust, and so I left them at the end of only one semester. Years later when I was asking about Islam, that question was one of my first questions.
|I remained agnostic, believing in God's existence but not believing in revelation. I thought that God had created the world and then gone on permanent vacation.
During the seven years I took to complete my bachelor's degree, I tried attending Catholic Masses at different places where the services were geared towards young adults with different music or gimmicks. I also attended a Pentecostal service once-this is where people often "speak in tongues," with other Catholic young adults. It seemed that to be close to God you had to keep on an emotional high, but I couldn't maintain that intensity of feeling. I think more doubts came in with the emotional lows.
The last time I attended Mass was New Year's Day 1978, and I walked out in the middle. The confusion and doubts I felt were giving me abdominal pains.
I remained agnostic, believing in God's existence but not believing in revelation. I thought that God had created the world and then gone on permanent vacation. I knew from a course in college that the Old Testament had been written and pieced together over centuries and so doubted its truth. Everyone had a different idea of Christianity, of who would be saved. And of course there were Buddhists, Hindus, etc. If everyone had a different idea of what was the truth, I reasoned that there was no truth. (Now I know that there is one truth, but that some people have distorted it.)
I knew there was only one God, but I didn't know Him. Every now and then I would pray for guidance. Not often, but I wanted to know Him if possible.
|If anyone had told me then that I would end up becoming a Muslim and even wearing hijab, I would have laughed.
It never occurred to me to look into Islam at that time, probably because of what we had been taught about it in social studies. We learned the Five Pillars of Islam, that Muslims don't eat pork, drink alcohol, or gamble, that they can have four wives, and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote the Qur'an based on stories he had learned from Christians he met in his travels. Al-Hamduilillah (all praise be to God) that I didn't look into it at that time, because the only books I would have found would have been written by non-Muslims and full of lies and distortions.
So, I drifted for four years. I became interested in Islam during my third semester of a two-year master's degree program. I was teaching English composition to undergraduate international students. Most of them were Muslim, most from Malaysia. Two young Malaysian men in my class were very outgoing and started talking to me about their country and a bit about Islam. I have always enjoyed learning about other cultures and religions, so I found it very interesting.
A few weeks later I was in a bookstore and saw a translation of the Qur'an and bought it. It was a translation published by Oxford University, done by a Jew who had re-ordered the surahs and said in the introduction that it was written by Muhammad. But it was the only one I found and I was curious. I knew that I'd probably have Muslim students later in my career (I was getting my masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and I wanted to know what they believed.
If anyone had told me then that I would end up becoming a Muslim and even wearing hijab, I would have laughed. It was the farthest thing from my mind. I only wanted to understand my students better.
But God has His ways. On November 14, 1981, I started reading the translation of the Qur'an. The first time I read the translation of Al-Fatihah I heard a voice in me say, "Believe in Me." "Who is this?" I asked. "Is it Jesus, or the Christian concept of God, or the Muslim concept of God, or the devil?" The more I read, the more disturbed I became, wondering if this was true. Yet I couldn't stop reading for several days until finally I had to call one of those Malaysian guys and ask him about it. "But I don't believe in revelation!" I said. "But maybe this is a sign that it's real," he replied.
I kept reading and then I started asking them questions. One thing that impressed me was that when they didn't know an answer, they didn't make one up as the Christians had. They said, "We don't know and we can't answer because if we say something wrong we'll be in trouble with Allah (God). You have to ask someone who knows more." After a few days I had to say, "Show me someone who knows more."
So I called one of the two Saudi doctoral students who were serving as the imams in that town. He had me to his house (with his wife there, of course) and answered my questions, I even asked about how to pray, and lent me books. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep the books and I didn't think to record their titles and authors.
One of my first questions was about what happens to someone who never hears the message of Islam. His answer was that we are all born with an innate knowledge of God and if we are honest with ourselves and look at creation, we will acknowledge the Creator, so even if someone never hears of Islam, he has the chance to be saved. That seemed fair.
Another question was why women receive half the amount of inheritance as men. When he explained that they don't have to spend that money on their support, it seemed fair.
The books I read, and also what these two friends told me, showed me that Islam was not just a belief and a few prayers, but that it was a whole system, social, political, economic, et cetera. That, I think, was the main attraction of Islam for me. All the pieces fit together and made sense.
So I kept reading. Within a short time I knew that I would become a Muslim, but I wasn't ready to commit myself yet. I had to know a lot about it, to know what I was getting myself into. Within a month, there were only a few questions remaining in my mind.
I remember phoning my little brother on December 13 and telling him that I wanted to join a non-Christian religion and asking him how to tell Mom and Dad when I went home at Christmas. He asked why I was attracted to Islam. I remember telling him that it was logical, all the pieces fit, that there was no priesthood, no mediators to God, that the scriptures remained as they were originally revealed. He wisely suggested that I should not commit myself yet but drop hints about it when I was home.
But the next morning, when I started reading before going to the university, I found the book I had opened had two chapters on the very questions that were remaining: jihad and slavery. I read from 6:30 to 8:00 and when I closed the book at 8:00 I just said, "Yeah." I knew that I was a Muslim, but it was nearly an hour before I could actually bring myself to say the Shahadah (testimony of faith) aloud, as if saying it aloud made it something I couldn't go back on.
So on December 14, 1981 at 8:00 a.m. I became a Muslim. I went to the mosque at noontime and talked to a Malaysian student who was a sort of secretary there and was told to come back at Maghrib (sunset) to testify in public. "What! I have to say it in public?!" I was so excited and nervous.
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But I have never doubted Islam since then. And I will say that there are only two decisions in my whole life that I never regretted: changing my name to AElfwine in 1978 and accepting Islam in 1981-although I've always felt that I didn't really decide to be a Muslim. I didn't have to debate whether or not to accept Islam once I had all the information I needed. It just came, it was natural, it couldn't be held back.
During that month that I was learning about Islam, my Malaysian friends told me not to judge Islam by what Muslims do because they are not perfect, but to judge it by the Book. That advice has served me well over the years.
And I've always remembered the words that a Malaysian sister said to me on that night that I reverted to Islam. She told me, "The words you have just said are 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah (God)…' not just 'There is no god but Allah (God)…' And you bear witness by everything you say and do: how you dress, how you walk, how you talk, how you eat, what you eat, et cetera." I've tried to live by that advice.
And over the years I have come to appreciate Islam more and more. I really appreciate that the Qur'an has not been altered, that the hadiths (traditions of the Prophet) are available in books, that a person can go to the sources of the religion. He or she has to learn Arabic to read them all (not all have been translated and we take translations with a grain of salt), but they are available in bookstores throughout the Muslim world, not locked away in some Vatican-like library.
I was taught early on that whenever anyone told me something was halal (lawful) or haram (unlawful), I should ask for the source of that, so having the sources available is of great value to us Muslims.
Another thing I have come to appreciate is that we Muslims schedule our lives around the prayers. I can remember in high school and college that the main topic at dinner on Friday was which Mass we each were going to go to on the weekend, according to our other plans. A Muslim puts the prayers first and schedules things around them, not the other way around.
|I can't say that I'm anywhere near as good as Salman was, but like him (and many others), I found the Truth after a long search.
It wasn't until I was Muslim (and only gradually) that I came to understand God's majesty and that as the Creator He has the right to make laws for us. The Church seemed to focus so much on the human nature of Jesus (assuming he had a dual nature) that it brought God down to our level. I can't do that as a Muslim. I recognize my right place in the universe.
As a young adult I kept looking for some sort of "religious experience", an ecstasy. As a Muslim I don't seek those emotional highs. Islam is much more stable. Being close to God doesn't mean having an ecstasy but remembering Him in everything you say and do, remembering Him frequently throughout the day. And I have tried to dedicate my life to God, though in a different way than I imagined doing so as a child. When possible I've worked for Islam, in schools, publishing houses, web sites and non-government organizations (NGOs).
Salman Al-Farisi's last Christian teacher told him signs by which he would recognize the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And once he saw those signs, he accepted Islam immediately. I wasn't given any such signs, and I had to do a lot of reading to know what it was I was accepting. But once I had all the answers, I accepted Islam right away. I can't say that I'm anywhere near as good as Salman was, but like him (and many others), I found the Truth after a long search.
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During a September 12 House Financial Services Committee hearing and in a recent interview published in the Washington Post, CFPB Director Richard Cordray made a number of statements that shed light on a wide range of topics related to the agency's thinking and priorities. As discussed in more detail below, Director Cordray and House committee members touched on, among other things, the status of the CFPB's small business lending data and HMDA rules, efforts to implement the CFPB's mortgage rules (in particular the QM rule), small-dollar lending, and the CFPB's collection and use of consumer information.
In addition, in his interview with the Washington Post, Director Cordray confirmed that the CFPB will be writing rules that apply the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to prepaid cards and govern debt collection practices. He also promised additional enforcement actions against debt collectors and "activity" on payday lending.
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Rep. Huizenga (R-MI) focused on the ATR/QM rules' inclusion of affiliate charges in the 3% points and fees cap and asked if the CFPB would support changing it. Director Cordray stated that the CFPB is "happy to think further" about the issue and can provide "technical assistance," but that the rule reflects congressional intent and any substantive change would require legislation. He also acknowledged discussions with the Representative's staff about whether title insurance should be treated differently because it is regulated.
Rep. Luetkemeyer (R-MO) mentioned a bill he first introduced last year to address some of these issues by creating a national charter for qualified non-depository creditors. Mr. Cordray responded that he did not have a position on the proposal at this time. Last year, the proposal met opposition from the OCC, state attorneys general, and state bank regulators.
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Valganciclovir to Prevent Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipients
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This study will compare different ways of giving the drugs ganciclovir and valganciclovir to kidney or kidney and pancreas transplant recipients to determine the most effective dose of valganciclovir for protecting against cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in these patients. One of the most common viral infections following organ transplant, CMV can cause serious illness and even death.
Ganciclovir reduces the incidence of CMV disease after kidney transplantation. The drug is given either intravenously (through a vein) twice a day or by mouth 3 times a day. Valganciclovir is converted to ganciclovir in the body and is absorbed into the bloodstream better than oral ganciclovir. In most transplant patients, a single daily dose of valganciclovir prevents CMV. Because of these advantages, some transplant patients are being given valganciclovir instead of ganciclovir to prevent CMV infection. However, the drug has not been studied in kidney and kidney transplant patients. This study will provide dosing information for this patient population.
Patients 18 years of age and older who have had a kidney or kidney and pancreas transplant at the NIH Clinical Center may be eligible for this study. Participants will undergo the following treatments and procedures:
- Phase 1 - Treatment with intravenous ganciclovir for at least 7 days after transplantation.
Sometime before starting phase 2, patients will provide a 24-hour urine collection to test for kidney function. The day before starting phase 2, they will have a cannula (small needle) inserted into an arm vein for about 12 hours to draw blood samples-one before starting the ganciclovir infusion, then at 15, 30, 60, and 90 minutes, and 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 hours after the dose.
- Phase 2 - Treatment with oral valganciclovir once a day for 7 to 21 days at a dose approximately equivalent to intravenous ganciclovir. Sometime between 4 and 21 days on this dose, patients will have blood sampling in the morning before taking the drug and then at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 hours after the dose.
- Phase 3 - Treatment with valganciclovir at a dose reduced by half to approximate oral ganciclovir dosing.
After at least 4 days on this dose, patients will be admitted to the hospital for 1 day for blood sampling before the drug dose and then at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 hours after the dose. Kidney function will be assessed by blood tests within 2 days of the blood sampling. If kidney function is not within the normal range, further dosing and blood sampling will be delayed until kidney function returns to the normal range.
- Phase 4 - Treatment with oral ganciclovir every 8 hours. After at least 4 days on this regimen, patients will be admitted to the hospital for 1 day for blood sampling before the drug dose and then at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours after the dose. Kidney function will be estimated by blood tests within 2 days of the blood sampling. If kidney function is not within the normal range, further dosing and blood sampling will be delayed until kidney function returns to normal range.
After completing phase 4, patients will continue valganciclovir daily or oral ganciclovir treatment and blood sampling for a length of time prescribed by the transplant surgeon.
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Cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplant recipients can result in significant morbidity and mortality due to concurrent immunosuppression. Traditionally intravenous followed by oral ganciclovir has been used to prevent and treat cytomegalovirus infection and disease in transplant recipients. Recently a new oral form of ganciclovir, valganciclovir has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of CMV retinitis in patients with AIDS. Valganciclovir is more bioavailable and requires fewer daily doses and lower pill burden than oral ganciclovir. In addition valganciclovir can attain ganciclovir plasma levels similar to intravenous ganciclovir. This protocol will test the ability of valganciclovir to provide similar drug exposure (area under the curve, AUC) as oral and intravenous ganciclovir at equivalent doses in the setting of kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Patients will receive four different dosing/dosage form schemes. Intravenous ganciclovir at 2.5mg/kg every 12 hours, which is the usual treatment at this facility post surgery will be administered for approximately 7 days (phase I), then patients will receive valganciclovir 900 mg daily for 7 to 21 days (phase II), then patients will receive 450 mg daily for at least 4 days (phase III), and finally, ganciclovir 1000 mg every 8 hours for at least 4 days (phase IV). Serial blood samples will be collected for pharmacokinetic analyses after each change in dose/dosage form (after each phase). After completion of the study, patients will be maintained on valganciclovir 450 mg daily for CMV prophylaxis or oral ganciclovir for a length of time prescribed by the transplant surgeon. By characterizing the pharmacokinetics of valganciclovir in kidney/pancreas transplant patients, it is hoped that appropriate dosing to prevent CMV disease and limit toxicity may be achieved.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Candidates receiving kidney or kidney/pancreas transplants at the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center who require CMV prophylaxis.
Willingness and legal ability to give informed consent.
Estimated creatinine clearance (using MDRD 4 variable equation (16)) of greater than or equal to 60ml/min/1.73m(2) or a 24 hour urine creatinine clearance of greater than or equal to 60ml/min/1.73m(2).
Age less than 18 years old.
Pregnant (pregnancy test as part of transplant protocol).
Absolute neutrophil count less than 500/mm(3).
Platelet count less than 50,000/mm(3).
Severe anemia postoperatively, Hgb less than 8.0 mg/dl despite erythropoetin therapy (subjects can be started on erythropoetin and iron supplementation post transplant).
Hypersensitivity to ganciclovir or valganciclovir.
The presence of persistent diarrhea (greater than or equal to 7 stools or stool volume greater than 1 liter per day for greater than or equal to 3 days).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00034385
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00034385 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 19, 2006
|Last Updated:
|September 26, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Renal Transplant
Kidney Transplant
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cytomegalovirus Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
Virus Diseases
Anti-Infective Agents
Antiviral Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
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KCRW Presents dozens of shows across Southern California and here are some photo highlights!
School of Seven Bells at The Conga Room by Jeremiah Garcia
The Delta Mirror at The Conga Room by Jeremiah Garcia
I sometimes hear people pondering in casual conversation whether college matters now, so findings on the topic "Is College Worth It?" published by the Pew Research Center last month caught my attention. The information is based on a pair of spring surveys of adults 18 and over and college presidents.
The band and music feels fun and exciting. I am always thrilled to be part of a music team back when I was younger.
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Rev. Hartung attended Eastern Montana College from 1975-1979 and received his B.S. in Communication Arts.
In 1988 he did a one year post-graduation degree in rehabilitation counseling and also from 1988-1996 accomplished his Orientation
to Pastoring and equivelency through Metropolitan Community Churches. He served the Family of God MCC in Billings from
1988-1990 at which time he was called by God to come to Great Falls to serve the Shepherd of the Plains church which later
changed its name to MCC~Montana. He has served this church faithfully from 1990 to the present time.
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Vickery comes to us from an Assembly of God background. This is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. He received
his B.A. degree in Biblical Theology and Communications from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington and his Masters
of Divinity degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri. He pastored churches in Washington
, Nevada and California and in 1988 became a part of the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary working as the Acquisitions
and Reference Librarian as well as teaching part time Biblical Greek and Hebrew as well as some theological courses such as
Comparative Religions and Basic Doctrine. Rickey and his partner Paul, of 16 years, originally moved to Great Falls in 2009
and became part of the church. In 2013, they moved to California where they had a desert experience for about a year. Rickey
has a passion for the things of God and feels that the Lord has directed him and his partner Paul back to Great Falls. Currently
living in Helena, MT, Rickey is excited about being back, and being a part of the MCC congregation here in Great Falls, and
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The following information on graphic design is intended for designers (especially freelance graphic designers) just starting out or interested in doing so. May it be helpful to you. Oh, and use your noodle: pay attention to anything and everything that feels helpful. If it does not, ignore it. This is, of course, the proper way to use your mind in any and every situation anyway.
What is graphic design? What is a graphic designer?
Graphic design is the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience. (Source: Dictionary.com) A graphic designer is someone who does that; and enjoys what they do. Some designers specialize in, say, book layouts or Flash animated ads or tradeshow graphics; some limit themselves to Web design or print design; others do a bit of everything. (See great examples of logos redesigned by design students at Brand New Classroom.) Overall though, a designer must like people, or at least find them interesting, since everything a designer does is about communication, about human relationships and how the brain and senses sift information in the culture we're designing for. (English is read left to right: that's why the majority of company Web sites place their logo in the premium upper left spot.) I like how Leo Burnett, famous head of the agency of the same name, put it, "What helps people, helps business."
Can you make a living at it?
Yup. If you stick with it, a good one too. Unless you don't.
Do you need a college degree for a career in graphic designer?
To be a success in anything requires the drive to do it, to succeed even in the face of opposition, to keep improving even in the face of comfort and stability. You can do anything, so long as you have the interest in it.
That said, if you're trying to land a full-time Graphic Designer position, in general, a degree will make it easier to break in: classes and exercises provide experience, and experience leads to confidence; building relationships and hanging with those who share your interests will supercharge your batteries; and having student loans to pay back will provide a strong incentive for you to succeed (a very strong one when that monthly bill arrives). I have both worked with and hired designers without college degrees. If you're great, you're great, and a degree doesn't need to matter unless it's a job requirement, especially later in your career. (Personality does. Being personable will take you far in your profession and in life.) But in the beginning a person without a graphic design degree probably needs to be significantly more skilled to be chosen over a college grad for the same position. There exists the possibility that you are.
When going the freelance route it's a matter of getting design projects and building your experience and portfolio. You'll also need sales and presentation skills to promote and sell yourself. Degree not required but probably helpful, as above.
Non-collegiate ways to gain skills? A high school education that includes design, taking adult ed or community college courses, pestering a family member who is a graphic designer so much that it rubs off, and having loads of natural ability. (I know lots of you have this last one already! I see it on the Googles. I did not. Hence my degree from the University of Michigan, which brought it out of me.) Also, it helps if you have a background in Perfectionism.
NOTE: Of course I would think college is helpful: it's the system I used. It's my perspective. If you want to know the other side you need to hear from a self-educated designer. They are out there. Find one to interview or to research.
How do you become successful?
Here, this will help: Watch this TED talk. It's like three minutes.
Okay, one more. This is hilarious. It'll put a big smile on your face and in your brain, making you smarter, more creative, more productive, more fun, more YOU.
#1 Frequently Asked Question
Q: Making pretty stuff, that must be fun?
A: Yes, designing a logo can easily take 100 hours.
As a freelancer, how do you price projects? By the job or hourly?
This is a question your new client will probably ask you, too, because they do not know how you work it. The answer is: It depends. In my experience a contract or consulting gig is by the hour, while a project (say, creating a new brand or magazine ad) is something you'll be estimating by the entire job. However, after 10 years of paying me an hourly rate for consulting services, one of my contract clients chose to switch to by-the-project. Pricing by the job, to me, can seem more professional, more like you got it going on. (Just make sure you specify limits in your contract, like "limited to up to two major logo revisions. Further revisions priced at $____ each," or something. It is up to you to put a cap on your time and not spend 3,000 hours on a project when someone is paying you for 10. (Guilty.))
A freelancer designer needs a contract?
Y–E–S. Even if you're designing for a family member or friend. A simple clear document spells out the understood agreement between designer and client. This is always helpful. A short contract like even this helps:
Paula Frederick (Pawluh Design) will create a kick-butt logo for Acme Sugar Glider Company for $1,000,000. There will be up to three initial concepts. The chosen concept will be limited to (up to) two major revisions. (Additional revisions available at $111,000 per.) There will be two face-to-face meetings at Acme headquarters in Egypt, home of the elusive Cairo Sugar Glider squirrel I just made up. The logo and all necessary files will be completed by October 1, 20__, or within three business days after client gives the final Okay, whichever comes later. Fifty percent of the design fee is due prior to project start, the remaining fifty percent within 30 days of completion. All rights to the logo are owned by Acme Sugar Glider Company, but Paula Frederick and Pawluh Design have permission to display it on their Web site and marketing materials forever and ever. Amen.
_____ (Signing date) ___________________ (Paula Frederick)
_____ (Signing date) ___________________ (Contact at Acme Sugar Glider Co.)
Paula Frederick (Pawluh Design) will create a kick-butt logo for Acme Sugar Glider Company for $1,000,000. There will be up to three initial concepts. The chosen concept will be limited to (up to) two major revisions. (Additional revisions available at $111,000 per.) There will be two face-to-face meetings at Acme headquarters in Egypt, home of the elusive Cairo Sugar Glider squirrel I just made up. The logo and all necessary files will be completed by October 1, 20__, or within three business days after client gives the final Okay, whichever comes later. Fifty percent of the design fee is due prior to project start, the remaining fifty percent within 30 days of completion. All rights to the logo are owned by Acme Sugar Glider Company, but Paula Frederick and Pawluh Design have permission to display it on their Web site and marketing materials forever and ever. Amen.
_____ (Signing date) ___________________ (Paula Frederick)
_____ (Signing date) ___________________ (Contact at Acme Sugar Glider Co.)
I err on the side of providing something my client and I understand. A legal mind would recommend something with more legal power. Take your pick, but use something.
Now, you may have an on-going relationship with a company, in which case there's a yearly contract. Update it every January (or whatever). Your rates should increase every year and should be spelled out in the revised document.
What should you charge for an hourly rate?
To price your graphic design services you must figure out how much it costs you to do what you do. That is the rock upon which you stand. You can jump off the rock, you can dance on it, you can pound it into the ground, but first you gotta look that rock straight in the rock. Here's how to find your freelance cost-rock:
In the scenario above, your hourly rate is either $27.55 or $103.85.
Congratulations. Figuring up your hourly rate is a big accomplishment. Depending on how badly (or goodly) you want a project, you can move it up or down. It is your number, your rock; not vice versa.
NOTE #1: Some clients who wish to maintain a long-term relationship and plan to fill your schedule up with their projects will buy your computer and software, or reimburse you.
NOTE #2: As a freelancer it is unlikely you'll have regular hours. It can be feast or famine. You might work 80 hours in a week but only 2 are billable, the rest are networking and working on your Web site. So, know your hourly number but set your rate high enough to make up for uneven hours. It will be a guesstimate. Even if you do have a regular gig (it can happen!), that number you arrived at is a break-even point: It covers expenses but that's it. To do better you must bring in more money, reduce expenses, or both.
FUN THING TO DO: It is fun to play with numbers. Numbers are your friends. Imagine your dream lifestyle, the vacations, running that award-winning design agency. Go through this exercise again, only substitute your dream figures in steps 1 and 2 above. Play around with it. How could you achieve these numbers? What kind of skills would you need that you don't currently have? How could you get them? This is a way to plant the seed for something big happening. In order for a dream to come true, first it's got to be a dream, right?
How does a graphic designer price a project?
First off, congrats on being asked to give a quote. They're interested. (Pat self on back.) Now you need to supply the estimate before winning the gig. But how can you tell how much it's gonna cost when you haven't started yet let alone finished it so how can you know the answer AAAAAHHHHHhhhh??!!!
Shhh, there now. It's okay. We've all been there. There are ways to estimate things ahead of time. Here's one that has worked for me.
So here you are. Your project your project estimate is $2,492.40. Like your hourly rate, this fee is yours to edge up or down, for whatever reason, including how important getting the gig is to you.
NOTE #1: Sometimes estimating works in your favor, sometimes not. That's where specifying limitations in your contract is helpful, otherwise a client may expect infinite revisions. (In their mind, a revision takes 10 minutes, while in reality it's two hours because it effects not just the business card but twelve brochures and a peacock.)
NOTE #2: If, looking back, a project took lots more time than expected, next time you estimate a project fee for this client, budget in extra time. Don't fool yourself that next time will go faster. It's probably their personality; their way of doing things. You can't change them. Just go with it. (And charge for it.)
What types of projects/clients are there?
Okay, you didn't ask this question but I wanted to share something. There actually are different categories of gigs. Here's how I rate them:
Where does creativity come from?
From looking for it. Surrounding yourself with it. See it in others; see it in yourself. Be a collector of things that inspire you. (It will be different than what inspires others. What is beautiful to one may be ugly to others.) Tack them to your walls, put them on your desktop. Read paper magazines? Tear out every product and photograph that meets your definition of wonderful and thumbtack it to the bulletin board at your desk. (It's a big board, right?) Put one by your bed, too. Look at it last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Keep up with what's winning design awards. There's bound to be stuff you like.
Be inspired by other designers: these are your peers, even if they're world famous and you're just starting out. There's always going to be someone better than you. This is an opportunity to learn, to stretch your skills to their level. Then, when you reach their level, someone else "better than you" will inspire you to stretch again. And so it continues, on and on. The key is to focus on what you find wonderful, turn your attention to it and focus on where you want to be.
Now we're talking success again, oops.
What do you do?
Me personally? As a graphic designer, I listen — while asking lots of questions, like if I'm creating a brand-new brand I might ask: "How did your business start? Describe your typical customers. Describe your best customers. Where would you like to see your business in five, ten, twenty-five years? Will your customer base change, too? Today, who are your direct competitors? How is your company different than those competitors? Who are the top three in your industry? How you are simi liar and how you are different? Do you want to be in the top three? What does success mean to you: Is it profits, shareholders, time off, relationships, more and more fun?" That sort of thing. It is important that I picture your company as successful, vibrant, winning. This is my key. Then I check out what the important established brands are doing by using my eyes to listen, if that's a thing. After that I can translate what I've learned into drafts for a visual mark which, when finished, will symbolize your entire successful organization and the people in it, and portray that to customers, potential customers, competitors, and the world.
Where does good design come from?
75% of good design is listening. Success comes from listening. The other 25% comes from many sources. For me, one is toying around with the idea of, "If I could ask this entire organization directly — the people, buildings and products and everything — what would it want me to create for its greatest success?" then, surprise, listening to whatever answers come.
Have a question you'd like to see answered here?
Contact me using my online form.
{ February 2012 } About the author: Paula Frederick has been a graphic designer and illustrator since 1992. She currently resides on Boston's lovely South Shore area. For more info, see www.pawluh.com. Paula Frederick is neither a job counselor nor someone who personally knows you and your skills. Use your noodle.


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When the current Texas public school finance system was established in 1993, it was envisioned to be a temporary measure that would satisfy the courts until the Legislature could come up with a permanent strategy. Eleven years later, the system's inherent weaknesses are becoming increasingly visible, and there is a renewed sense of urgency to find a more permanent solution.
As the Legislature continues to debate alternatives to the current system, Texas Impact calls on Texas lawmakers to enact a public school finance system that is both FAIR and ENOUGH.
1. Texas' public school finance system must be FAIR, both in how revenues are collected and in how funds are distributed.
- Individuals and groups with more resources should contribute at least as large shares as those with fewer resources.
- Funds should be distributed so that every Texas child has access to the same quality of education.
2. Texas' public school system must provide ENOUGH to fund the existing school system. Examples of insufficient funding in the current system include overcrowded classrooms, diminished teacher benefits, and use of outdated textbooks.
How does Texas' public school finance system work now?
"The Basics of Texas School Finance" from the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), January 2003--a great overview for those who are unfamiliar with school finance
Basics of Texas School Finance PDF (downloads a file that will print nicely formatted, requires "Adobe Acrobat Reader") Basics of Texas School Finance HTML (read it directly on the computer screen)
How did we get this system?
Texas Supreme Court Decision: Edgewood v. Kirby, 1989
Edgewood PDF (downloads a file that will print nicely formatted, requires "Adobe Acrobat Reader") Edgewood HTML (read it directly on the computer screen)
Background Paper: "TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE: A LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN - AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED" (PDF)
What is at stake in changing the current system?
The Texas Latino Education Coalition website has information by school district on how changes to the current public school finance system would affect schools and taxpayers in your community. The website also has excellent concise discussion of the issue of equity versus adequacy in public education.
What is being proposed?
Texas Public School Finance Project (the legislative committee that has been meeting for the past several months) (website)
What are people saying about possible changes?
Following are links to websites that feature extensive media coverage of public school finance.
Texas Education Crisis Coalition
Coalition to Invest in Texas Schools
The Bigger Picture: Understanding the Texas Revenue System
Information from the Center for Public Policy Priorities on the Texas Tax System including "The Texas Budget and Tax Primer"


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ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" - Season 18 - Week Two
Episode 1802' - The competition heated up on 'Dancing with the Stars'... News PhotoArts Culture and Entertainment,California,Celebrities,City Of Los Angeles,Competition,Dancer,Dancing,Dancing with the Stars,Erin Andrews,Fashion,Heat - Temperature,Horizontal,Karina Smirnoff,Monday,New,Sean Avery,Television Show,Tom Bergeron,USAPhotographer Adam TaylorCollection: Disney ABC Television Group 2014 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.DANCING WITH THE STARS - 'Episode 1802' - The competition heated up on 'Dancing with the Stars' as the celebrities took on a new style of dance, MONDAY, MARCH 24 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET). Each couple performed a dance style of the celebrities choosing including Swing, Tango, Jive, Salsa, Samba, Rumba and the Cha Cha. The couples also faced the first nerve-racking round of elimination. (Photo by Adam Taylor/ABC via Getty Images) FOREGROUND: TOM BERGERON, ERIN ANDREWS, KARINA SMIRNOFF, SEAN AVERY


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I read a few articles this last week arguing that it isn't worth your time or energy to create a page for your business in Google Plus. I believe that now is the best time to start creating a page in Google+, and here are just a few reasons . . .
1. Join Conversations About Your Brand
If you want to engage in conversations with people talking about your brand, you should have a business profile so that you can respond back with your brand name. This will show people that you're listening and care enough about your brand to get involved in their conversations. This can also help you get more fans for your page.
2. Protect Your Brand Name
Don't wait for others to start creating pages with your brand name. Create the official page for your business so that people on Google+ know where to find your real profile.
3. Your Fans, Customers and/or Potential Customers are on Google+
Google+ is growing at an amazing rate – and on pace to surpass MySpace in traffic. People are looking to follow brands, and if you don't have a page, you're losing opportunities to gain fans just for not having a page up.
4. Own More Listings in Organic Search (And Push Down Others)
When someone searches for your brand name in Google, take more ownership of the search results page by having a Google+ page listed there, too. Why not take the opportunity to take up more space in organic search?
5. Build More Relevant Links to Your Domain & Products
Link to your products, landing pages, and main site in the "About" section to help fans and potential customers find relevant landing pages or sections of your site.
6. Get More +1s in the Google Ecosystem
Google wants to help businesses advertise smarter by using +1s in AdWords ads, websites, and now +1s on pages. +1s help Google determine how relevant a business listing or ad might be for someone. Just as Facebook ads uses social sharing to help increase clicks, Google wants to help businesses get more relevant traffic by tying together +1s to make content more relevant to fans and potential customers.
7. It Takes Less Than 5-Minutes to Set-up Your Business Page.
It literally takes minutes to create a page and upload a logo. Even if you don't have time to spend writing posts, get your page up so people who are looking for you can circle you. Create your page today.
8. Connect With Your Employees on Google+
Ask your employees on Google+ to participate by asking questions and getting them engaged. It's a quick way to build a following and get +1s on your page.
9. You'll Learn More About Your Customers with Google+ Analytics
Google will soon bring in analytics into Google+ pages so you can learn a lot more about your customers and fans, which can help you with your advertising efforts. Imagine the marketing possibilities and intelligence you'll have when you combine analytics from AdWords, your site, and Google+ Page circles.
10. Improve Your Advertising Efforts
Imagine the re-marketing and social ad possibilities you will have in AdWords if you have already have an audience in Google+ and potential access to advertise to people who circle your fans (similar to Facebook social ads). Google makes money by helping businesses profit with AdWords, so it makes sense that Google will use this social network to help businesses advertise smarter. So make sure you have an audience there when they flip the switch.
11. Don't Lose Your Opportunity to Be A Thought Leader in Google+
Develop a page around topics important to your business. Get ideas, share, and start a conversation to get people talking about topics important to your business.
12. Utilize YouTube Hangouts for Webinars, Training, etc.
If you have a small business, you can utilize YouTube hangout sessions for phone/chat support, communicating with work-at-home employees, and training sessions. You can also use this video time to get a focus group together of your fans and/or customers.
Recommended Reading
How Brands Engage Fans in Google Plus
21+ Creative Photo Strips on Google+ Business Pages
Google+ Predictions for Business Pages
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For reasons that remain somewhat unclear, but have to do with Mayor Sam Adams' office, the City of Portland doesn't require the sprawling, 15-block festival to follow the same procedures required of a small, casual block party.
On top of that, for the past several years Last Thursday has been funded exclusively by the City of Portland, rather than vendors—to the tune of $30,000 last year.Scenes from Last Thursday
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Tucker Teutsch, whom the city hired as a contract "event coordinator" for Last Thursday, simply hands invoices for sanitation, security, traffic control and publicity over to Adams' office, which pays them.
"I basically say, 'Here's the receipt,'" says Teutsch, who is paid $10,000 to stage six Last Thursdays.
It's not so easy for other neighborhood events, or the big festivals on Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Those parties must not only obtain city permits, they also cover all their own expenses.
The double standard frustrates organizations such as the Belmont Area Business Association, which spent $15,000 to hold its annual one-day event in 2010.
"There are 38 business districts in the city. For the city to take on sponsorship for one of them is unfair," says Nancy Chapin, owner of TSG Services, the event management company used by several business-district associations, including Belmont's.
Teutsch says the crowd that comes to Alberta is "a natural outgrowth of art culture. We have an arts and culture mayor right now, so I imagine that he is thinking along similar lines," he says.
Nevertheless, Teutsch says, "The understanding [with the mayor's office] is that Last Thursday needs to grow up."
City officials want a private group called Friends of Last Thursday to take financial and regulatory responsibility for the event.
"The city's goal by next year is to have an organization in place that is capable of getting a permit," says Mayor Adams' spokeswoman, Amy Ruiz.
That is almost exactly what organizers said last year, when The Oregonian reported on permitting issues at Last Thursday.
Now some Alberta Streeters want the city to take a firmer hand with the traffic, public drinking and urination that have come with Last Thursday crowds. In a complaint he mailed to Adams, King Neighborhood Association Chairman Alan Silver said "neighbors have found dented cars, garbage and tire tracks on their lawns, damaged private property, used condoms and vandalism."
After problems with public drinking in his parking lot, John Janulis, co-owner of Alberta Street's Bye and Bye restaurant, closes his doors for the festival and hires a security guard to patrol the lot. Janulis wants the city to ensure that crowds are dispersed at a fixed hour.
Meanwhile, the lack of city permits complicates Multnomah County's responsibility to regulate food vendors. "An event like Last Thursday—that doesn't have to follow the regular rules—makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for all the people who are responsible for keeping the community safe to do their jobs," says Multnomah County spokesman David Austin.
But thousands of attendees and vendors don't care about the fuss.
"This is what makes Portland Portland," says Sammy Eath, an 18-year-old artist who displayed his paintings at the most recent Last Thursday. "If you start regulating and charging people, it will be Seattle."


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Feta Shrimp Skillet Recipe
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1/4 cup white wine, optional
- 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until tender. Add garlic and seasonings; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes and, if desired, wine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5-7 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened.
- Add shrimp and parsley; cook 5-6 minutes or until shrimp turn pink, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; sprinkle with cheese. Let stand, covered, until cheese is softened. Yield: 4 servings.
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Kathy Griffin Talk Show Renewed for Season 2
Good news for TV's red-headed stepchild and tired hookers everywhere. Kathy Griffin's unpredictable and predictably outrageous weekly talk show will be back.
Good news for TV's red-headed stepchild and tired hookers everywhere. Kathy Griffin's unpredictable and predictably outrageous weekly talk show will be back.
Noted friend of the gays Kathy Griffin wraps up the first season of her weekly talk show "Kathy" Thursday night (10/9c on Bravo) with special guest Jimmy Kimmel.
Kathy Griffin is not a fan of "Bachelor" Brad Womack. Griffin and current "Bachelorette" Emily Maynard were guests on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Monday night, and the outspoken comedienne wasn't shy about sharing her feelings toward Maynard's ex-fiancee.
Ready to get offended and laugh your heiny off at the same time? Then set your eyeballs on Kathy Griffin's new Bravo talk show "Kathy," which premieres tonight at 10/9c…. More
Serial offender Kathy Griffin reveals she's been "re-banned" from "The Today Show," after an alleged tiff with the morning show's news anchor Natalie Morales.
As a way to celebrate Twitter's sixth anniversary, Jimmy Kimmel showed a bit where various celebrities read some of the nastiest tweets about themselves that they've seen.
Sure, Adele, Tony Bennett and the Foo Fighters all won at the Grammys, but that absurd (and interminable) list of awards also featured some stars known better for their non-musical exploits.
Nutty Kathy Griffin stunned David Letterman Thursday night when she partially disrobed on his CBS "Late Show."
Fresh off announcing that Kathy Griffin is set to launch a talk show on Bravo, Jenny McCarthy is now in discussions to chat up another talk series for the channel… More
Bravo put out a couple of announcements before its presentation in front of the nation's television critics. The biggest of the announcements was a new weekly talk show for their… More
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Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, twin daughters of President George W. Bush, have a short interview with The Desert Sun before speaking at the last installment of this year's Rancho Mirage Speakers Series.
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Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, twin daughters of former President George W. Bush, detailed their trajectory into global health Wednesday at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage during the city's 2014 Speaker Series.
Barbara Pierce Bush is CEO of Global Health Corps, an organization she co-founded to build the movement toward health equity. She is also a member of the United Nations Children's Fund Next Generation Steering Committee.
Hager is an NBC News correspondent, editor-at-large for Southern Living, founder of The Novo ...


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B.A. in English from Rutgers University; M.A. in Multicultural Education from Eastern University. Genevieve began her career with Philadelphia Teaching Fellows teaching High School English. Presently she is the Advisor and Editor of the Yearbook at Murrell Dobbins High School. She is also a member of the 9th grade orientation and school selection committee. This year she moved deeper into her leadership role at Dobbins by facilitating and organizing the school's Good Schoolkeeping Committee. Genevieve is a member of the Dobbins Middle States Accrediation team.s