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Afrobarometer Round 4: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in 20 African Countries, 2008-2009 (ICPSR 33701)
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Michael Bratton, Michigan State University; E. Gyimah-Boadi, Ghana Center for Democratic Development; Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town
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The Afrobarometer project was designed to assess attitudes toward democracy, governance, economic reform, quality of life, and civil society in several Sub-Saharan African nations, and to track the evolution of such attitudes in those nations over time. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of 20 countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Respondents in a face-to-face interview were asked to rate their presidents and the presidents' administration's overall performance, to state the most important issues facing their nation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of certain continental and international institutions. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in local and national government, whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population, and whether local government officials, the police, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the media, the National Electoral Commission, and the government broadcasting service could be trusted. Respondents were polled on their knowledge of the government, including the identification of government officials, their level of personal involvement in political, governmental, and community affairs, their participation in national elections, the inclusiveness of the government, and the identification of causes of conflict and resources which may aid in the resolution of conflict. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondent's economic condition, and whether great income disparities were fair. Societal questions were asked of respondents concerning the meaning of being "poor" and "rich", monetary support systems, personal responsibility for success or failure, characteristics used in self-identification, methods for securing food, water, schooling, medical services, news and information, the ease of obtaining assistance for certain services, and whether problems existed with school and the local public clinic or hospital. Background variables include age, gender, ethnicity, education, religious affiliation and participation, political party affiliation, language spoken most at home, whether the respondent was the head of household, current and past employment status, whether a close friend or relative had died from AIDS, language used in interview, and type of physical disability, if any. In addition, demographic information pertaining to the interviewer is provided, as well as their response to the interview and their observations of the respondent's attitude during the interview and of the interview environment.
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The codebook and the setup files for this collection contain characters with diacritical marks used in many African languages.
Some open-end responses (for variables Q41A1, Q41B1, and Q88e) in the data file are only available in a non-English language specific to that country (e.g., French, Portuguese, etc.).Additional information about the Afrobarometer Survey can be found at the Afrobarometer Web site.
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The sample is designed as a representative cross-section of all citizens of voting age in a given country. The goal is to give every adult citizen an equal and known chance of selection for interview. This objective was reached by (a) strictly applying random selection methods at every stage of sampling, and by (b) applying sampling with probability proportionate to population size wherever possible. A randomly selected sample of 1,200 cases allows inferences to national adult populations with a margin of sampling error of no more than plus or minus 2.8 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent. If the sample size is increased to 2,400, the margin of sampling error shrinks to plus or minus 2 percent.
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All adult citizens of voting age residing in 20 African nations.
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- Bratton, Michael, E. Gyimah-Boadi, and Robert Mattes. Afrobarometer Round 4: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in 20 African Countries, 2008-2009. ICPSR33701-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-04-13. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33701.v1
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Sir Richard Branson has threatened to pull his Virgin Group out of bidding for any future UK rail contracts after losing the lucrative West Coast franchise to FirstGroup, the UK's biggest bus and train operator by revenues.
The government awarded FirstGroup the franchise for just under 15 years after it bid 13 billion pounds ($20.3 billion) for the contract, putting it well ahead of Virgin Rail's bid of 11 billion pounds ($17.2 billion).
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Sir Richard criticized the government's decision to award the franchise to its rival, labeling the decision "insanity" and said the way the government assessed the bids had to change. "I think under the current system you will be seeing the end of Virgin Trains in the UK."
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Heavy lifting: Moving day in this business all about physics, geometry
January 26, 2011
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Heavy lifting
The fundamental process may be thousands of years old, but picking up and moving entire, multiton structures remains a feat tackled only by a small number of specialized professionals. John Earnshaw is no stranger to carting unwieldy cargo through precarious situations around Shawnee and the surrounding area. Most recently, he moved Shawnee Town's farm house, barn and smokehouse across the museum grounds to their new homes in the under-construction 1929 Truck Farm.
So how do you move a house?
Earnshaw's method, crib-building, isn't unlike what house movers were doing back in the 1930s or 1940s.
First, he and his crew cut notches in the home's foundation and slide in steel lifting beams. If the structure is rickety, like the Shawnee Town barn, they nail reinforcement boards inside.
Then, they stack cribbing blocks — or shortened railroad ties — from the ground to just beneath the ends of the lifting beams. Each stack, with two ties per layer, looks like a square tower.
Next, the crew sets 20-ton hydraulic jacks atop the blocks, beneath the beams. Working in sync, they hand-pump the jacks — lifting the house — until there's enough space to slide in a new layer of cribbing blocks. They repeat that until there's space for two more steel beams, or slidesticks, which they slide in perpendicular to the first ones and build new cribs to support the new beams.
Next comes Earnshaw's secret weapon: Ivory bar soap.
He coats the tops of the slidesticks then slides the house across them so it's away from the foundation where a trailer or dolly can be positioned underneath.
Once the house arrives at its new location, Earnshaw reverses the process to set it down on the foundation.
The rickety barn, faded red and splintered with age, survived the hours-long process of being lifted from its foundation and plopped atop a flatbed tractor trailer.
Now, the truck's engine grumbles as it creeps across the lot, barn in tow. John Earnshaw walks backwards in front of the truck like an airport worker taxiing a plane.
Suddenly, the barn tips sharply to the right. Then left. Then farther to the right.
Earnshaw's arms fly up, both fists clenched — HOH!
The business of house moving takes patience, precision and practice.
The fundamental process may be thousands of years old, but picking up and moving entire, multiton structures remains a feat tackled only by a small number of specialized professionals. Earnshaw, who owns Lenexa-based HouseLifter.net, is no stranger to carting unwieldy cargo through precarious situations around Shawnee and the surrounding area.
While he does take the oscillating barn seriously, Earnshaw can't help but chuckle a little at onlookers' gasps. In more than three decades of moving houses, he's seen it before.
"It was rocking like a rocking chair, wasn't it?" he smiles once the barn is safely in place over its new foundation. "Nice and soft."
Earnshaw considers himself, like his forefathers who helped establish Shawnee, an entrepreneur and a capitalist.
Shawnee Town's 1929 Truck Farm project — for which Earnshaw recently moved the barn, a 100-plus-year-old farmhouse and a smokehouse across the museum property — is special to him because his ancestors have walked the surrounding grounds since 1878.
Earnshaw's father, Jim Earnshaw, got into the house-moving business in 1971. Market conditions had shifted and Earnshaw Feed and Grain Company, which his father, Bob Earnshaw Sr., started was no longer viable.
"My dad had to figure out a new business to get into," John Earnshaw said. House moving was a niche trade that people needed but few provided.
Living up to the Earnshaw legacy is a "curse as well as a blessing," Earnshaw said. He inherited a hard-working and entrepreneurial spirit — and a lot of pressure to succeed.
That can be hard to shoulder in any business, but especially in a high-stakes trade like house moving.
Between raising a 10-, 20- or 30-ton structure off its foundation, loading it on dollies or a truck bed, driving through a web of rough terrain and public roads crisscrossed by power lines and low-clearance bridges — usually between midnight and 5 a.m. — and setting it down again, a lot can go wrong.
Earnshaw said he's been fortunate on projects he's led. With the exception of a garage falling off a house, "we've never had anything happen to a house that we couldn't fix."
Earnshaw has moved or lifted houses all over Johnson, Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Douglas counties, as well as the Missouri side of the state line.
Jobs range from relocating a Shawnee Mission ranch house from encroaching development to a quiet cul-de-sac, to leveling a 100-year-old Lawrence barn engineers said was beyond repair. Moves have spanned a few blocks to more than 60 miles.
In perhaps his highest-profile project, Earnshaw in 1992 contracted two sand barges, designed special drawbridge ramps for them and floated 79 houses down the Missouri River in 60 days.
The project by several area cities and organizations — which aimed to transform military barracks into affordable inner-city housing — was, for various reasons, never realized. However, working 10- to 12-hour days, seven days a week for two months, Earnshaw and his crew got the houses from Fort Leavenworth to Kansas City, Kan.
While there are some technological advancements in equipment, house movers still rely on geometry and physics just like the ancient Egyptians did.
"They moved things that were bigger or as big as we can move today," said Don DeVooght of the International Association of Structural Movers. "They did it with whatever — manpower, horsepower, oxen, all kinds of different methods."
DeVooght, who has a moving business in Wisconsin, said his own grandfather moved a building back in the 1940s using horses and logs, "and it turned out fine."
Reasons to move a house vary.
Housing and construction markets drive some moves. Sometimes the cost to build or buy a new house outweighs the cost of moving an existing one to a new property.
Redevelopment also drives moves. For example, a nice home becomes less valuable when it's suddenly cornered by a Walmart parking lot. Moving it to a desirable location can help preserve its value.
Other times, customers move structures because they have sentimental or historic value.
Finally, moving a house is a great way to recycle.
"Every time you move a house, it's not going to a landfill," DeVooght said. "Somebody else is going to put it back to use."
Driven in part by the difficulty of obtaining permits from cities, counties and utility companies to move houses through their right-of-ways, Earnshaw rarely moves houses anymore.
He does primarily house lifting and foundation repair or reconstruction, improving existing basements or building basements beneath houses that don't have them.
In 2001, doctors told Earnshaw he had cancer that had metastasized throughout his torso.
He underwent surgery and chemotherapy, and didn't work for a year.
Now, Earnshaw has been cancer-free eight years and become increasingly focused on social causes. He developed a website, progressiveearth.org, to promote sustainable farming, green construction and alternative energy. He's worked his way up to full-sleeve tattoos with art inspired by Divine Love, his life and the world around him, including one design featuring the Latin-American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
At 49, Earnshaw said, the competitive nature of being in business for himself isn't as appealing as it used to be.
Frankly, he's tired of moving houses.
But until Ed McMahon shows up with his prize check, Earnshaw laughs, he hasn't forgotten that he is a master in a specialized trade. Or that people will pay for it.
"To stay in business and do the best you can, it's not always easy," he said. "But at the same time, I'm a realist and recognize that I do have a skill that's often needed and underserved."
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Published: September 4th, 2015 at 12:01 am ET
To get things started, here are some links regarding the work of Stanford professor Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson
- A path to sustainable energy by 2030 (Scientific American, November 2009) (pdf).
- Providing all global energy with wind, water and solar power, Part I: Technologies, energy resources, quantities and areas of infrastructure, and materials (Energy Policy, 2011) (pdf-Part I)
- Providing all global energy with wind, water and solar power, Part II: Reliability, system and transmission costs, and policies (Energy Policy, 2011) (pdf-Part II)
- Spreadsheet accompanying Parts I and II (xls-Spreadsheet)
- Energy and Environmental Science article ranking energy solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security (link)
- Studies on matching hourly and peak demand by combining renewables (link)
- Studies on wind energy resources and transmission (link)
- April 20, 2012 Tri-Agency (NSF-NOAA-NASA) PI Meeting Presentation (pptx)
- November 14, 2011 HEAL Utah Presentation (pptx) (video)
- May 16, 2011 Seminar, Woods Institute for the Environment (video)
- February 4, 2011 Seminar, Cornell University (video)
- January 13, 2011 Stanford Grid Integration Workshop Presentation (pptx)
- TED/CNN debates on renewables versus nuclear (link)
- April 1, 2008 U.S. House of Representatives hearing. Rep. Jay Inslee tells Exxon-Mobil executive that the vision in the "Renewable Energy Solution to Global Warming" by the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University is "one that the United States really needs" (starting at 1:35:00 in hearing video) (video) (transcript)
- February 7, 2012 op-ed (invited), "Securing public health forever with clean energy" (link)
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Great review, I was hoping for some more Modest Mouse reviews. I only have Good News, but I plan on getting The Moon And Antartica soon.
Good review, good album.
Great review man, and it's nice to see you back around. I've only got The Moon & Antarctica as well, but this is on my list to get, and if it's as good as you say it is, then I'm in for a treat.
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A friend from uni gave me a copy of this cd recently. I'd never heard them or anything like this before, and at first I didnt like the rawness about it, but after a while it's not so bad.
It probably could grow on me more.
[QUOTE=blueyxd]A friend from uni gave me a copy of this cd recently. I'd never heard them or anything like this before, and at first I didnt like the rawness about it, but after a while it's not so bad.
It probably could grow on me more.[/QUOTE]
I didn't like them the first time I heard them either. But now they're one of my favourite bands. :thumb:
Album Rating: 5.0they are in my top 5 fav bands ever...
Hey, decent review. I've got to say that this album is my favorite Modest Mouse offering. It was the first LP of theirs that I heard and at first I wasn't sure about the strange harmonics and the gut-wrenching wailings of Mr. Isaac Brock, but over time it grew on me and Mouse has become one of my personal musical inspirations. I have procured the majority of the Modest Mouse collection and I greatly enjoy studying their musical theory and applying it to my own guitar playing. It's just great Pacific Northwest sound, and it reminds me of my own experiences growing up in the area. Excellent stuff.
Album Rating: 5.0Lounge (Closing Time) and Polar Opposites are the best tracks
i've come to the conclusion that this is my favorite modest mouse cd.
i don't think you were the right guy to do this review, you obviously are not a big modest mouse fan or appreciator, isaacs lyrics are so clever and i have never heard another singer -aside from Maynard- come up with melodies as great as isaac does
Album Rating: 3.0hmm...for some reason I can't really get into this album. Lounge (Closing Time) and Trailer Trash strike me as the best songs on it, but the rest (with the possible exception of It's All Nice on Ice Alright and Teeth Like God's Shoeshine) don't really click with me. I love Modest Mouse (as my avatar plainly conveys), but this is probably my least favorite album. I think Good News has to be my favorite, followed by the Moon, then this. I haven't heard the others *shame*
Modest Mouse's Best.
I really enjoy this album this is my favoret Modest Mouse album there new one disapoints me its not bad but it gets old fast this album does a very good job at keeping you hooked
Album Rating: 5.0this album turned me on to modest mouse, i don't think you are giving it enough credit though. it is a really good album, maybe their greatest.
Awesome review, but I cant get into these guys. My friends rave about them, but I dont see it. They just sound annoying. Anyways...cheers on the review!
Album Rating: 5.0Favourite Band Ever. great cd, i agree tho i dont think you were the right guy to do this review either. ive never heard any lyrics like Modest Mouse ever. i think their first cd tho "this is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about " is a great cd and i think it deserves more than what you said. I think this review is an understatement to how good this cd really isThis Message Edited On 03.26.06
I don't think this was a good review in retrospect... it was one of my first ones, and I kind of did it too hastily. I can't defend it too well, and I don't feel like doing so.
That said, I would like to defend myself a little. Some people think that I wasn't the right person to write the review because I am not a rabid Modest Mouse fan. I may not be a RABID Modest Mouse fan, but they are one of my favorite bands, and this is my personal favorite album by them. I really enjoy this album, and I tried to set aside my personal enamorment with it for long enough to write a somewhat objective review instead of a doting fanboy rant. The album might merit a 5 because Modest Mouse played a fair role in shaping/defining the indie scene for the 21st century (I cite bands like Wolf Parade and Pinback as evidence of this). However, once extracted from the microchosm that it usually occupies, praising this album so loftily holds a little less water. There are some albums like "Velvet Underground and Nico" that have changed the face of music forever, and entirely altered segments of the musical universe, but I am not entirely sure that this is one of them.
I still love it though. It could be a little more listenable at some points, but it's amazing and more cohesive than "The Moon and Antarctica" in my opinion. I guess I'm giving it a 4, or a 4.5 if that's possible.
Album Rating: 3.0bankrupt on selling makes this album a classic in itself. cowboy dan is also very good. my only bitch is that it meanders more than a little. i prefer the moon and antarctica.
Trucker's Atlas is cool if you're a drummer. Man, I had no idea this and Long Drive were their first CDs. That blows.
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Introduction: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak fantasizes about being able to invite some of her famous ancestors—including flight pioneers the Wright brothers—to a family reunion. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.
I've got a number of friends who get excited about fantasy football.
Whereas this is quite a snoozer for me, I see their point. They love to discuss and theorize about favorite football players—which is not unlike family historians when they get together, who assert their knowledge about favorite genealogical finds. And genealogists love to discuss their favorite ancestors!
Nobody can really speak for their ancestors, of course, but you can—in a round-about way—introduce them at your next family reunion. Someone could present a written report on their favorite ancestor, or the more theatrical members at your reunion could re-enact times and events surrounding your more noteworthy (or notorious) ancestors.
So if you could invite any relation (direct or otherwise) to your next family reunion, who would it be?
The Wright Brothers
One of my choices would be my latest cousin discovery: aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, who share Edmund Freeman (1737-1813) and Martha Otis (1737-1790) as mutual ancestors.
I'd love to ask the Wright brothers if they were apprehensive about their flying machine when it first took flight. I've read the patents and various reports about their incredible aviation invention, but it would be wonderful to get their first-hand accounts.
Patent No. 821, 393 of 2 May 1906 (available for viewing at Google Patents):
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, ORVILLE WRIGHT and WILBUR WRIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Dayton, county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Flying-Machines, of which the following is a specification.
Our invention relates to that class of flying-machines in which the weight is sustained by the reactions resulting when one or more aeroplanes are moved through the air edgewise at a small angle of incidence, either by the application of mechanical power or by the utilization of the force of gravity.
This old newspaper article from 1903 reports that the Wright brothers' flying machine flew three miles against the wind.
If Orville Wright were alive, I'd love to see him fly his hydro-aero-boat invention. This 1913 newspaper article describes him, not as an aviator, but as a "noted birdman," and reports that Wilbur Wright had been stricken with scarlet fever. What fun that Orville's flying boat was tested on "Mad River"!
Accused Witch Lydia Gilbert
Another on my list of ancestors I'd invite to my family reunion would be accused witch Lydia, wife of Thomas Gilbert. This travesty occurred in October of 1651, reportedly in Hartford, Connecticut (not Salem, Massachusetts). At the time, Lydia and her husband were living in the household of Henry Stiles. A neighbor, Thomas Allyn, was present when a gun discharged, slaying Stiles. Allyn was found guilty of "homicide by misadventure" but three years later, Lydia and others were accused at a Court of Oyer and Terminer of having caused the deed by witchcraft.
Poor Lydia. Wouldn't you love to hear from her and to reassure her that witchcraft trials were finally put to rest when Governor Phils dissolved this particular Court on 29 October 1692. (Note: that didn't put an end to all Courts of Oyer and Terminer, a term easily searchable in GenealogyBank. Such courts were authorized to oversee certain criminal cases.)
GenealogyBank's newspaper archives don't date to 1651 (although they do contain the first newspaper published in America, Publick Occurrences, in 1690), but there are various references to witch trials contained in the old newspapers, including this photo of the Old Witch House taken in 1914.
Oyster Cracker Inventor Adam Exton and Wife Elizabeth Aspden
Although not household names today, British immigrants Adam Exton (1823-1887) and wife Elizabeth Aspden (1821-1894) were well known in Trenton, New Jersey, during their lifetime. Adam Exton was the inventor of the oyster cracker, a recipe which became immensely popular. I'd love to invite both of them to my family reunion as well.
I'd like to inquire why Adam Exton didn't patent this particular invention, as it was soon stolen—and to this day some still disclaim him as the inventor of the delicious invention. However, this piece of family provenance is substantiated in a 1917 newspaper article written by his nephew, also named Adam Exton, who worked in the cracker factory and knew his uncle personally.
If you'd like to know more about this topic, search the Web for "Adam Exton's cracker factory." The factory still exists and has been renovated into condominiums, known as the Trenton Lofts.
So as family reunion season approaches, consider inviting a few "virtual" ancestors to the party, and don't forget to search GenealogyBank's historical archives for the family trivia. You might even uncover a news report of a previous family reunion. When I input "family reunion" into GenealogyBank's search box, almost 100,000 matches return! Many of these old news articles include old family reunion photos that show the whole family the way they were in the past. What great find to share with the rising generation at your next family get-together so that the young ones can see their ancestors' faces.
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DUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNADUNNA CHESS SET! Yeah, not as catchy.
Perfect for the ultimate Batman fan, or cliche super villain who still uses chess pieces to explain master crimes and refers to people as pawns, this Batman chess set from The Noble Collection boasts "50 LED lights encircling the clear playing surface with a Gotham cityscape underneath." A Bat-Signal position in the middle of the board shoots into the sky or the eyes of your opponent when you're about to lose.
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I usually ignore JP Holding and I think others should too, as much as possible. He reminds me of a little boy who throws tantrums because he isn't the center of attention. My review of his book The Impossible Faith is on Amazon. If you read it you'll see that my review has gotten the most positive votes, thanks! This bothers him. Just look through the comments and see what kind of person he really is! If you think it's a good review I would appreciate your positive vote. Then it will be there on the front page of his book forever. ;-)


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Want to learn how to communicate effectively with your partner? Have questions about sex but you were always too afraid to ask? This series of workshops are designed to help students navigate relationship and sexuality issues. They focus on issues of sexual identity, disease prevention, communication and pleasure. The workshop provides students with the opportunity to talk about these issues in a safe and supportive environment. The workshops will be guided discussions and will focus on different sexual and relationships issues. Guest speakers and organizations will be invited to facilitate discussions. These workshops will be held once a month on thursdays, starting October 3rd.
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Are you pregnant? Are You a New Mom? Trying to figure out how to balance your academic course load and your new baby? This support group will allow students to connect with other expectant students and new moms to share the joys and challenges of motherhood. In this group, students will be able to share experiences, study tips, how to handle pregnancy and motherhood while in college, and much more. The support group is designed to provide students with a vast array of resources to smooth the transition from motherhood to academic life. The group will meet Mondays once a month starting on September 30th.
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Tired of Dieting? Want to learn how to develop a positive relationship with food and exercise? This wellness group focuses on the concept that we can be healthy at every size. The group works with students to teach them the principles of mindful eating, how to develop positive relationships with food and exercise and how to make small, yet meaningful changes to improve their health in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. Students who participate in the group will mindful eating strategies, learn how yo-yo dieting affects your long term health and learn different ways to incorporate physical activity into their daily life. This group meets Thursdays twice a month starting September 26th.
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The Wellness Education & Promotion Program is here to provide individual health counseling on issues such as condom use, birth control options, safer sex, and breast and testicular health. You can make an appointment for an individual session or you can stop by the Old Gym Building, Room 116 and be seen as a walk-in. All health counseling is completely private and confidential.
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We also use breast and testicular models to show students how to perform a Breast-Self Exam or a Testicular-Self Exam. These self-exams should be performed at home each month. People tend to skip these personal self-exams because they are not sure how to perform them correctly. We're happy to show you using demonstration models.
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A hundred days ago Wu'er Kaixi was a fugitive…. Yesterday, before an audience of 800 Americans and Chinese at Brandeis University, he showed what brought a 21-year-old Beijing Normal School student to the head of an earth-shaking movement.
He sang a song about a wolf.
And he told people who had listened to two days of often-ponderous analysis of the student movement that Chinese rock music composers Qin Qi of Taiwan and Cui Jian of mainland China were more important to the students than the dissident physicist Fang Lizhi…
The auditorium buzzed with the gasps and whispers of delighted students and their bewildered elders.
(Boston Globe, September 18, 1989)
John Sebastian's famous lyric about the impossibility of "trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll" notwithstanding, it was a special moment indeed when Wu'er Kaixi–the flamboyant Tiananmen student leader–attempted to do just that. I know. I was one of the strangers who heard him sing Qin Qi's "Wolf From the North" and explain what its celebration of individualism meant to his generation. The students agreed with senior dissidents that institutions must change, he said, but what they yearned for most was to live in a freer society. (The anniversary of the Beijing massacre recently passed, on June 4.)
When I witnessed Wu'er's performance, even though I was no longer a student and even though I had misgivings about any single activist claiming to speak for the Tiananmen generation, I was definitely in the "delighted" camp. One reason was that I was in Shanghai in 1986 when demonstrations occurred that helped lay the groundwork for those of 1989. I was struck then by the Western media's tendency to overstate the dissident Fang Lizhi's impact. Students found his speeches inspiring, but other things also triggered protests: complaints about compulsory calisthenics, for example, and a scuffle at–of all things–a Jan and Dean concert.
Another reason Wu'er's performance pleased me was that I was to give a presentation at Harvard the next evening and planned to talk about a song, albeit one without a backbeat: "Frère Jacques." Why that one? Because Chinese youth often put new lyrics to it during pre-1949 protests, Red Guards did likewise in the 1960s and the Tiananmen protesters had just followed suit. Wu'er used a new song to argue for his generation's uniqueness. But I used an old one to show how often he and others had reworked (albeit often unconsciously) a rich inherited tradition.
I also pointed out that the lyrics to the latest version of "Frère Jacques" (which began "Down With Li Peng, Down With Li Peng, Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping," and which went on to refer to these and other Communist Party leaders as "bullies") expressed contempt for corrupt, autocratic officials.
A desire for reform and personal freedom helped get students onto the streets–not just in Beijing but in scores of Chinese cities. A major reason that workers joined them there in such large numbers, though, was moral outrage, widespread disgust with power-holders whose attachment to the ideals of the Communist revolution of 1949 had seemingly disappeared completely. The country's leaders now seemed only to care about protecting their privileged positions. And this meant, I argued, that there were topical as well as melodic links between 1989 and some protests of the first half of the century. During the civil war era (1945-49), for example, demonstrators criticized the ruling Nationalist Party's leaders for being corrupt and abandoning the ideals of the revolution that had brought them to power.


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Wash. inmate being tried for prison guard killing
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A convicted rapist accused of strangling a corrections officer to death with an amplifier cord in the prison chapel is standing trial on charges that could carry the death penalty if he's convicted.
The aggravated murder trial began Wednesday in Everett for Byron Scherf. The convicted rapist already was serving a life sentence when he killed Jayme Biendl in January 2011 at the Washington state Reformatory in Monroe, Snohomish County prosecutors said.
Lawyers spent a month selecting a jury for the trial that is likely to take weeks, The Daily Herald reported (http://bit.ly/15ZQyBs ).
At the time of the killing, Scherf was serving a life sentence under Washington's persistent offender law. His third strike in 1997 was a rape and assault conviction in Spokane for an attack on a real estate agent. His other strikes also were violent crimes against women, including a 16-year-old.
There was no evidence that Biendl, 34, was sexually assaulted.
In a confession, Scherf detailed how he waited for other inmates to leave the chapel and ambushed Biendl as she locked up her post for the night. He told detectives that Biendl fought him and tried to call for help, but he ripped the radio from her.
Corrections officers found Scherf sitting in the foyer of the chapel after realizing he wasn't in his cell during a routine inmate count. Biendl was found two hours later, after a shift officer in the main control area discovered that her radio and keys were missing.
An investigation led to the firing of three corrections officers at the prison, which is located about 25 miles northeast of Seattle. Others were demoted and disciplined.
Scherf wrote detectives and prosecutors, saying he wanted to plead guilty. He urged authorities to seek the death penalty. He wrote that Biendl's family deserved swift justice. After being advised of his rights, he agreed to video interviews with investigators. He spoke against the advice of his lawyer.
Scherf later wrote The Daily Herald that he changed his mind and decided to fight prosecution because he was denied jail privileges he believed sheriff's detectives promised him.
The defense made several pretrial attempts to strike down the death penalty as a possible punishment. The arguments attacked prosecuting attorney Mark Roe's decision to seek Scherf's execution without reviewing mitigating information prepared by the defense.
Roe said he studied volumes of information available about Scherf because the 54-year-old has been in prison most of his adult life.
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Nashville's warm and friendly atmosphere and countless family-friendly attractions make it the perfect destination for a family getaway. From indoor, rainy-day activities to outdoor water parks, from art and music to theatre, Nashville has plenty to stimulate the mind, exercise the body, and entertain the whole family!
Adventure Science Center
It's an amazing, original, scientific adventure! Make your way down the hatch to the "Heart of it All," engage in "Body Battles," or explore "Adventure Tower" that features 2,800 square feet of hands-on learning plus other exciting, interactive exhibits and displays. The newest addition to the Adventure Science Center is the $21.4 million, 160-seat Sudekum Planetarium. The state-of-the-art planetarium has a 63-foot dome and can display 6.5 million stars. The addition also includes the Space Chase exhibit hall which houses 30 original displays and 63 interactive stations, including a simulated star walk.
Belle Meade Plantation
Belle Meade Plantation started in 1807 with a log cabin and 250 acres. It grew into a beautiful Greek Revival Mansion and one of the largest private estates in Nashville, covering over 5,400 acres. Today, visitors can explore the remaining 30 acres and find the original cabin, a log cabin, and a massive carriage house and stables built in 1892, housing an impressive carriage collection. After your guided tour is complete, you can enjoy a complimentary wine tasting in the winery. Indulge in our muscadine and blackberry wines or any of the hand-made chocolates, then visit the gift shop for unique treasures.
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
Tour Tennessee via a 200-foot granite map, a walkway featuring the 95 counties, 31 fountains representing the major rivers of Tennessee, and an extraordinary history wall. The park also includes a large carillon, World War II Memorial, and a 2,000-seat amphitheater.
Bluebird Cafe
Nashville's legendary hotspot allows patrons to enjoy songwriters performing original material in an intimate "in-the-round" setting. Bluebird Cafe is a great spot for older children to hear from the songwriters behind their favorite radio tunes and learn a little about the not-so-public names that are so important to Music City. May not be suitable for younger ages, as the Bluebird Cafe has gained a reputation as a listening room and has a 'shhh' policy. This is designed to keep conversation minimal to not distract other listeners and the songwriters performing.
Built in 1825 by Randal McGavock and later used as a field hospital, Carnton played a central role in the Civil War. Four Confederate generals were killed during the bloody Battle of Franklin and their bodies were laid on Carnton's back porch. The floors of the restored home are still stained with the blood of the men who were treated there. Today, visitors tour the distinctive large brick house to learn of 19th century Tennessee life.
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
Cheekwood is the perfect place for the whole family. Mom and Dad can enjoy the 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate while the kids enjoy family-friendly activities offered throughout the week including "Tuesdays for Tots" and "Backpack Adventure." Backpack Adventure backpacks, loaned free of charge, are filled with clipboards, art supplies, and fun activity books for up to three people, making the experience even more enriching for families and visitors of all ages.
Take a garden scavenger hunt. Count frogs by the pond. Discover the sculpture trail. Or, just let your children roam free throughout the grounds, following the stream and chasing butterflies. Family-focused, self-guided tour experiences (both indoors and out) will fire your children's imagination and awaken them to the marvels of the natural world. With morning, lunch, and afternoon sessions offered to create an all-day experience for kids, Cheekwood is the place to be this summer!
Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
Engage your children in a hands-on history of country music at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Many of the exhibits in the museum are interactive and tell the story through songwriters, musicians, and artists.
New to the museum is the Taylor Swift Education Center, a fun space that offers programs for toddlers, after-school workshops for teens, and book talks for curious adults. Three classrooms, an interactive gallery, youth art installations, and more create an exciting learning environment where visitors of all ages can experience the culture of country music.
Ernest Tubb Record Shop and Grimey's New & Preloved Music
Shop for the hard-to-find vintage classic or the latest release at these legendary record shops. Ernest Tubb specializes in all things country, and Grimey's is known for its vintage and indie collection. Both were listed in Paste Magazine's "Coolest Record Stores in America".
The Fontanel Mansion
The Fontanel Mansion, a 27,000-square-foot log home formerly owned by Country Music Hall of Fame® member Barbara Mandrell, opened its doors to the public in 2010. Located less than 15 minutes from downtown Nashville, The Mansion at Fontanel boasts three stories, more than 20 rooms, 13 bathrooms, five fireplaces, two kitchens, an indoor pool, and even an indoor shooting range, all on 136 acres of pristine land. An exclusive spot for the stars, the home and grounds have been the setting for numerous photo and video shoots.
Guests can experience an outdoor concert at The Woods at Fontanel, soar through a shaded forest canopy during a zipline tour, hike The Trails at Fontanel, visit the new Goo Goo Outpost and Prichard's Distillery, dine at Café Fontanella, stay at the luxury boutique hotel The Inn at Fontanel, and much more. Nashville's only country music mansion tour, the Mansion at Fontanel gives visitors a sneak peek into the lives of country music greats by providing a truly interactive experience. Tours are available seven days a week from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Fort Negley
Visit the largest and most important of the fortifications built by Union forces after Nashville fell in 1862 during the Civil War. Fort Negley is the largest inland stone fortification constructed during the Civil War. Admission is free, so be sure to stop by the Visitors Center and tour the fort for spectacular views of Nashville.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
A 24,000-square-foot visual art exhibition center and educational facility located downtown in Nashville's art-deco, former U.S. Post Office building has an ever-changing schedule of exhibitions from local, regional, national, and international sources. The center also features the interactive ArtQuest gallery that houses 30 incredible hands-on stations. Visitors of all ages are invited and encouraged to create prints and collages, paint and sketch, or learn about photography, architecture and the essentials of art, including depth, color, light, and perspective. The activities at the stations change as the Frist Center's exhibitions change, so there's always something new to try. Kids 18 and under are always welcome free of charge.
General Jackson
Take a ride on the famous General Jackson Showboat where you can enjoy delicious meals and world-class entertainment while cruising the majestic Cumberland River. Midday cruises and evening cruises include a three-course dinner and live music show.
Grand Ole Opry
Expose the entire family to some of country's greatest stars at the famous Grand Ole Opry. The world's longest-running radio show has become a live-entertainment phenomenon dedicated to honoring country music's rich history and dynamic present.
The Hermitage
Explore Nashville's past as your family tours The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson by guides in period costume. Take a hands-on-history class or enjoy a ride on a horse-drawn wagon as you hear about the exciting and controversial life of our seventh president.
Lane Motor Museum
Located in a former 132,000-square-foot bakery, this eclectic museum is home to the largest European collection in the U.S. featuring 150 extraordinary cars and motorcycles from around the world including micro-cars, amphibious vehicles, competition cars, and motorcycles. The museum also has a kids' indoor play area.
Nashville Children's Theatre
Ranked by TIME Magazine as one of the top five children's theatres in the country, the Nashville Children's Theatre is the oldest professional, non-profit theatre dedicated exclusively to kids and families in the country. NCT is enjoying its 83rd season producing quality theatre. NCT also offers camps and classes throughout the year for children of different ages.
Nashville Shores
This 385-acre family recreation destination is located on the shores of Percy Priest Lake, just 15 minutes from downtown Nashville. Nashville Shores Waterpark features more than one million gallons of summer fun. Brave the waves in the gigantic water pool, plunge down the thrilling water slides, enjoy a leisurely float in the lazy river, soak up the rays on the beautiful beach, or play, slide and splash in Kowabunga Beach, a massive treehouse and sprayground. Be sure to experience Treetop Adventure Park, an aerial adventure course that features 100 obstacles including suspended bridges, 10 zip lines, cargo nets, Tarzan jumps, and more. The park is divided into courses based on age and ability so everyone can participate.
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
The Nashville Symphony Orchestra offers several programs for children that are both entertaining and educational. Programs include "Is It a Fiddle or a Violin?", a program in collaboration with the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, the Pied Piper Concert Series, and Young People's Concerts.
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Nashville Zoo offers more than 400 different species thriving in beautiful habitats along shaded pathways. Experience up-close encounters with clouded leopards and red pandas along Bamboo Trail, see giraffes grazing on African savannahs, wander through Flamingo Lagoon, and discover amazing creatures like the Galapagos tortoises in the Unseen New World. You can also monkey around on a 66,000-square-foot Jungle Gym, take a spin on the Wild Animal Carousel, ride the Wilderness Express train, or be surrounded by more than 50 Australian parrots at Lorikeet Landing. Unique to all other zoos, Nashville Zoo also offers the Historic Grassmere Home and Farm.
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
The Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, and Nashville Repertory Theatre all call TPAC home. In addition, several Broadway shows, concerts, and special engagements come to TPAC annually presenting up to 500 performances a year and attended by more than 500,000 audience members.
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Museum features sports from team to extreme! Visitors can play virtual reality one-on-one basketball, strength train like an Olympic swimmer, hop in a kayak to simulate shooting the rapids on the Ocoee River, and learn about Tennessee's sports heroes.
Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum
Built in 1779 by Judge John Overton, friend and law partner of President Andrew Jackson, Travellers Rest allows guests to experience life in early Nashville from its frontier days through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Wave Country
Dive into the wave action fresh water pool and water slide complex at the area's original wave-action swimming pool. Ride the waves or drop from a 40-foot tower.
Great restaurants for kids:
Calypso Café
Their mission says it all: high quality, hearty dishes at a reasonable price in a fun, relaxed, and efficient setting. The kids' menu offers smaller portions of the restaurant's signature items.
Downtown Nashville Farmers' Market
The Farmers' Market is an indoor and outdoor public market, featuring locally-grown produce, ethnic food, restaurants, specialty items, and live music ranging from bluegrass and jazz to country. It's open every day.
Elliston Place Soda Shop
This old-fashioned soda shop (opened in 1939) is known for its great burgers, frothy ice cream sodas, and delicious chocolate shakes. This time capsule of Americana, with its red-and-white tiled walls, old beat-up Formica tables, and individual booth jukeboxes, will make you think you have stepped back in time.
Hard Rock Cafe
Walls covered with decades of Top-40 memorabilia, rock songs blaring in the background, and an all-American menu typify this music-themed restaurant.
Loveless Cafe
Loveless Cafe, which started serving its famous fried chicken and biscuits in 1951, remains unchanged in the quaint country charm and good cooking that has made it a landmark in the South since the doors opened.
Mafiaoza's Pizzeria
Mafiaoza's Pizzeria is located in Nashville's 12South neighborhood. With two-for-one slices of pizza on Tuesday nights and a kids menu that includes delicious pastas, it is no wonder that Mafiaoza's is a favorite neighborhood hangout.
Martin's BBQ Joint
Owner Patrick Martin incorporates the art of West Tennessee whole hog BBQ at his award-winning restaurant. Martin's has been named by Bon Appétit as one of America's Top 10 New Barbecue Restaurants. They offer a great kids menu for 12 and under.
Noshville Delicatessen
An authentic New York style delicatessen, Noshville New York Delicatessen's goal is simple: to prepare and serve the highest-quality delicatessen food in a friendly, comfortable atmosphere.
The Old Spaghetti Factory
For more than a generation, families and friends have been going to The Old Spaghetti Factory to enjoy the delicious food, charming atmosphere, and friendly service. You will dine amid fine antiques, collected from around the world, while savoring perfectly cooked pasta and spaghetti sauces, freshly made, using only the finest ingredients.
Pancake Pantry
For a special breakfast treat, head to the Pancake Pantry in trendy Hillsboro Village, where you can choose from 24 different varieties of pancakes. The line forms early and people will wait to get a taste of the world-famous flapjacks.
Park Café
This upscale and vibrant restaurant boasts a perfect blend of simple Southern comfort and big city flair. It has a great kids' menu with smaller portions of their most popular dishes.
Peg Leg Porker
With deep-seated roots in the West Tennessee barbecue culture, Peg Leg Porker is a lifestyle brand founded by award-winning Pitmaster Carey Bringle. Located in The Gulch, they offer excellent barbecue sauces and rubs and delicious foods. The kids menu is for 12 and under.
Pfunky Griddle
This cute cottage restaurant is outfitted with tables that double as griddles. Amateur pancake makers are given unlimited amounts of their choice of pancake mix and toppings to create their own pancake creations.
The Pharmacy Burger Parlor & Beer Garden
Voted "Best Burger 2013", The Pharmacy is a popular restaurant located in East Nashville that serves house-made soda and shakes and gourmet and unique hamburgers and brats. The kids menu comes with a side and soda and is priced at $4.50.
Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant
With mismatched tables and chairs and an eclectic clientele of farmers, songwriters, and country music stars, Puckett's is a restaurant serving up a dining experience unlike any other. Located at Fifth Avenue and Church in downtown Nashville, Puckett's offers a great kids' menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Robert's Western World
Robert's Western World is located on Lower Broadway and is Nashville's undisputed home of traditional country music. Grab a table (kids not allowed by bar) and enjoy live music and a tasty burger or chicken fingers.
Started in 1945, Rotier's is a family-owned meat-and-three restaurant with an old mid-South style charm. Located in Elliston Place near Vanderbilt campus, Rotier's is a local favorite that has won "Best Cheeseburger" in town for 11 years in a row.
Taco Mamacita
This hip and casual restaurant in Edgehill Village offers a made-fresh-daily menu of Mexican-inspired food and a family-friendly atmosphere. Kids eat free every Monday when they wear their Taco Mamacita shirt.


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Vice President Names First DOE 'Top Energy Innovator'
Vice President Biden announced on May 20 that a Colorado-based start-up company has signed the first option agreement under DOE's new "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" challenge. Based in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. e-Chromic LLC will use electrochromic technology developed by the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to create a new thin film window material that reflects sunlight on demand, making windows more energy efficient while reducing cooling costs for consumers. The electrochromic technology employed by U.S. e-Chromic LLC uses an electric field to change the tint of a window, allowing control of the transparency based on the time of day, temperature, or exposure to sunlight. The current supply of electrochromic windows turn darker in color when activated, consequently absorbing heat. In contrast, the technology being developed by US e-Chromic LLC reflects sunlight, keeping buildings cooler. The technology can be retrofitted to existing windows, potentially reducing cooling costs by 25 to 30% for commercial buildings during air conditioning months.
In late March, DOE opened the Energy Innovator challenge as part of the Administration's Startup America initiative to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. Beginning May 2, entrepreneurs interested in some of the 15,000 patents and patent applications held by the 17 national laboratories can now obtain a streamlined option agreement through the DOE challenge. See the DOE press release and DOE's Energy Innovation Portal website.
Source: apps1.eere.Energy.gov


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Grow Connecticut, Inc., an independent expenditure group that just paid nearly $200,000 to run ads opposing the re-election of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, was created last year by the campaign-finance law firm of Tom Foley, the Republican nominee for governor, after Foley's ties to another super PAC were exposed by an elections enforcement case.
The group is run by Liz Kurantowicz, the former state Republican Party official who managed Voters for Good Government, the independent-expenditure group that ran afoul of the State Elections Enforcement Commission last year by paying Foley's pollster, an expense that the commission says Foley's campaign should have incurred.


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Nursing Alumni
The Anderson University School of Nursing Alumni Association is dedicated to serving the needs of alumni through leadership, networking, mentorship and service to individuals and diverse groups.
AU Nursing Alumni Award Recipients
- View past recipients of the AU Nursing Alumni Awards.
AU Nursing Alumni Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded to any alumna/us or faculty member who has been in the profession for 15 or more years. This person will have made a significant contribution to nursing and achieved visible public recognition, achievement, and leadership, which reflect positively on the University's and School of Nursing's mission. Presented to an individual who has demonstrated a contribution of service made for the betterment of society and who promotes the profession of nursing.
- One who has performed outstanding service in the profession of nursing on the local, state or international level.
- One who has invested time, energy, and service for the betterment of the School of Nursing.
- One who has contributed significantly to the cause of the profession in the areas of policy, research, and public service.
- One who has or had an outstanding career and/or advanced the profession through practice, research, education, writing or practice administration.
Service to the Community Award
Awarded to an alumna/us who has demonstrated a clear commitment to serving the community through notable volunteerism, an outstanding act of selflessness, or a pattern of service to humanitarian efforts or causes.
- One who has performed outstanding service to the community and brought recognition to the field of nursing and/or the School of Nursing.
- One who is well thought of in the community, church, or the School of Nursing, and demonstrates the mission of the School of Nursing.
- The award may be given for recent distinguished service or services rendered over a period of time.
- One who demonstrates the application of a high level of nursing knowledge, compassion and caring to vulnerable populations on an ongoing basis.
Distinguished Alumni
Awarded to the alumna/us who exemplifies the spirit, philosophy, and vision of the School of Nursing; who has demonstrates outstanding, dedicated, faithful service to the School of Nursing beyond the call of duty; and who has made a contribution to the profession of nursing.
- An alumna/us of the School of Nursing with local, national or international recognition in the profession of nursing.
- One who has performed outstanding service to society in the profession of nursing and/or personal achievement, community or church.
- One who has manifested interest in the School of Nursing and has shown support in any of the following ways: Contributions of time, money, talents; recruitment of students; and placement of graduates.
- One who has demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism, self-motivation, and an overall commitment to the field of nursing.
Friend of Nursing Award
Given to a person in the community who has demonstrated leadership ability, professional achievement, and is an active supporter of the profession of nursing and the SON.
- Must demonstrate commitment to the profession of nursing through public policy, advocacy, and leadership.
- Demonstrates fulfillment of the mission of the School of Nursing.
- Demonstrates continued interest and evidence of support of the profession of nursing and/or the School of Nursing by time, talent, or monetary or in-kind donation.
- May be a professional in a discipline other than nursing.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators who played a big role in an immigration overhaul in Congress say they're encouraged legislation will move forward despite resistance from the Republican-controlled House.
Sen. Chuck Schumer says it seems that a "large percentage" of the House realizes that doing nothing on immigration is not an option. The New York Democrat said Republican House Speaker John Boehner and others in the GOP leadership also realize that doing nothing is not an option.
Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said senators are ready to sit down with House members to bring the issue to a conclusion.
Schumer and McCain spoke to reporters Thursday after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House.
House Republicans met Wednesday to discuss the issue and are embracing a step-by-step approach to immigration.


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Mickey Bowman couldnt have been more effusive about Saturday mornings Durango Cowboy Gatherings Motorless Parade, or about Durango itself.
Im extremely humbled to be asked to be the parades grand marshal, he said. Its beyond any expectations for personal recognition.
Bowman, 70, is the former manager of Basin Coops Durango store. He retired last year after serving the community for 35 years.
He said it had been a privilege to work with the co-op employees, as well as the customers and community.
Its been a privilege working with the people (there), Bowman said. I miss the people.
Bowman decided that because of his age and health issues, it was time to retire.
I decided to turn it over to the younger ones; it was time, he said.
However, Bowman said he had not exactly planned what he would do in retirement, so his role as grand marshal helped focus a little of his time since being asked.
Bowman was asked to be the Motorless Parades grand marshal last spring. But is was entirely unexpected.
Ive never tried to be recognized for anything, he said.
His modest demeanor apparently is typical, said others at the parade, and he goes back to the people he worked with.
I loved what I (did), he said. I was blessed by having fantastic people around me. I wish everybody had that opportunity.
Saturday also was the first time in two years that his whole family had a chance to be together, so the time after the parade was devoted to them, Bowman said.
Bowman, in his cowboy hat, bolo tie and gray felt vest was representative of what the Durango Cowboy Gathering is all about, said Jon Schuetz. Schuetz was the La Plata County Sheriffs Mounted Patrol coordinator for the parade. He also owns Rio Grande Trading Co. and the Diamond Circle Gift Shop.
The Gathering is the only ability weve got to keep the (Western) lifestyle alive, Schuetz said.
He said that the four days of events help others understand the importance of Western values, agriculture and ranching in particular through poetry and music and the motorless parade.
All that stuff is going away quickly, Schuetz said. The Gatherings events allow visitors to get up close and personal, so people understand it.
He said the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the second-oldest such event in the country, only superseded by the national Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., which is in its 29th year.
Schuetz said the parade is significant for other reasons, including the inclusion of the only remaining U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard.
The presence of the Color Guard also was a tribute to Bowman, a former Marine, Schuetz said. The Color Guard is headquartered at the Marine Logistics Base in Barstow, Calif., where it was formed during the Vietnam War in 1967.
The Motorless Parade also brings the community together in what Al Harper called the paradingest town.
Harper, chairman, CEO and co-owner of the parent company of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, said, Durango is like all of America ought to be. It brings out the best in everybody.


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So I had this idea that joining a 1v1 game second means you are more likely to get the first turn. When I played lots of tournaments I always tried to join the game second, especially if the game was manual deploy. I know it's suppose to be random but I don't believe it
I'm going for the gold trench medal in the easiest way possible playing 1v1 speed games on Luxembourg. I have made all the games I've played so far and I am counting how many times I play first or second and these are the results so far:
Games played: 100
Play first: 34
Play second: 66
Has anyone else found this???


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While millions of people nationwide are expressing outrage over alleged cases of sexual assault that reportedly occurred during a teenage house party in Maryville 21 months ago, many folks in this town appear to be experiencing a different emotion. Fear.
While millions of people nationwide are expressing outrage over alleged cases of sexual assault that reportedly occurred during a teenage house party in Maryville 21 months ago, many folks in this town appear to be experiencing a different emotion. Fear.
For the first time in years, Monday night's City Council meeting took place under the watchful eye of an armed and uniformed policeman.
Looking tired and grim, Mayor Jim Fall opened the session by reading a prepared statement intended to clarify the city's role in the case, which ironically enough considering the onslaught of negative social media aimed City Hall, amounts to almost nothing.
"We will not be responding to any comments or questions related to the significant increase in communications directed toward Maryville, as a community, and its elected officials, both collectively and as individuals, resulting from an article published in the Sunday print edition of The Kansas City Star," Fall said.
"I will be very brief, but very concise, in saying that, neither individually nor collectively, has the Maryville Public Safety Department, or any of its members, been in the past, nor currently, involved in the investigation of the incident or incidents which were the subject of the article."
Fall went on to explain, correctly, that the case was handled by the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office before being handed over to Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice, who ultimately decided not to prosecute two 17-year-old high school athletes accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old Daisy Coleman and a second unidentified 13-year-old girl.
Fall's effort to distance the city from the media storm — the story has gone viral both in the United States and overseas — was understandable following what could certainly be construed as threatening comments issued by Anonymous — a shadowy web of activists and Internet hackers who are reportedly mounting protests against the way the case was handled.
On Monday, Anonymous released an online statement in which a digitally produced voice warned Fall and other city officials to "expect us."
Widely disseminated online, the statement continues: "If Maryville won't defend these young girls, if the police are too cowardly or corrupt to do their jobs, if (the) justice system has abandoned them, then we will have to stand for them."
A Facebook post on a site called "Justice For Daisy," which may be Anonymous-related, called for a "peaceful protest" at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Nodaway County Courthouse.
Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood said city police are taking the statements seriously and have beefed up the department's patrol presence in an effort to better protect anyone with a connection to the case. Presumably this includes both young people who were at the party, their families and local elected officials.
Wood declined to offer specifics about the effort, but did say his officers were on a heightened security alert with regard to the safety of "a fairly large group of people."
Ensuring adequate security was also a growing concern for Maryville public schools Tuesday morning, where Superintendent Larry Linthacum said an "unconfirmed" threat had been received via Twitter.
Linthacum said he met with staff from all three Maryville schools on Monday, adding that School Resource Officer Josh McMillan, an armed, commissioned policeman, has been "very active" in seeking to identify possible threats.
"We have heightened awareness," Linthacum said, "but we are still going to educate kids today. We're on our toes but also realize that we want to stay positive."
Meanwhile Northwest Missouri State University, where two of the young men implicated in the incident are now student-athletes, attempted to distance itself from the growing controversy as well.
In a statement released Monday evening, university officials stated that, "As the (Kansas City Star) article explains, this incident occurred in January 2012, and none of the individuals allegedly involved were Northwest students at that time.
"Northwest adheres to the requirement to allow all qualified and eligible students to pursue an education and does not discriminate. ... Northwest is committed to creating a safe and supportive campus environment free from harassment and hostility."