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- Jesse Goplen: America's Next Folk-Rock 'Cowboy' Rides High in the Acoustic Saddle, Bringing a Blues and Punk Aesthetic to His Homegrown, Overdub Free and Socially Incisive Debut
- LOS ANGELES -- At the beginning of the 2000s, Jesse Goplen was gearing up to conquer the world, throwing himself full throttle into his hopes and aspirations to change America's drug laws. He was an honors sociology student at the University of Wisconsin, preparing to go to law school and...
- Research articles 2008-10-28
- The power of an HBCU: author outlines benefits of attending a historically Black college or university
- In the winter of 1988, I was a sophomore with strong grades, attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in pharmacy. I had recently shelved my freshman aspirations to walk-on the school's nationally ranked football team, and my grades were beginning to slip as a result of fighting racism on...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Lorenzo Odone, of 'Lorenzo's Oil' film, dies at 30
- WASHINGTON AFP — Lorenzo Odone, whose illness prompted a determined effort by his parents to save him and inspired the Oscar-nominated film "Lorenzo's Oil," has died, US media reported Saturday. He was 30. His father, Augusto Odone, told The Washington Post that Odone died Friday at his home in...
- Research articles 2008-05-31
- Spiritual aspirations connected with mathematics; the experience of American University students
- Spiritual aspirations connected with mathematics; the experience of American University students. Witz, Klaus G. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 431 pages $129.95 Hardcover QA8 What draws people to study mathematics? The money? The power? According to Witz (education, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Remarks of President Bush in Roundtable With Saudi Entrepreneurs
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: White House Press Office, +1-202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 8:51 P.M. Local THE PRESIDENT: I'm George W. Bush, President of the United States. (Laughter.) Thank you all for joining us. Ambassador, thanks for setting this up. It's important for...
- Research articles 2008-01-15
- Bremen beat Lazio to claim Euro lifeline
- BREMEN, Germany AFP — Werder Bremen gave themselves a faint Champions League lifeline as they sealed an impressive 2-1 win at home to injury-hit Lazio on Tuesday night. There had been nervous faces round Bremen's Weserstadion with the home side needing something from the game to revive their fading...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- Four could go from playoff byes to bye, playoffs
- It is as if someone took hold of the NFL and turned it upside down. The Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers all earned byes as champions of their respective divisions entering last season's playoffs. Now all could be waving goodbye...
- Research articles 2007-10-02
- More black role models needed to curb rise in gang violence - report
- LONDON AFP — A new generation of postive black role models is needed to help keep youths away from gang membership, according to a government-commissioned report to be released Thursday. The report, the result of a year-long study, calls for initiatives to encourage black teenagers to follow the examples...
- Research articles 2007-08-09
- The "desert" model for sentencing: its influence, prospects, and alternatives
- INTRODUCTION THE DECLINE OF THE REHABILITATIVE ETHOS IN SENTENCING THEORY in the post-1960s is a story that has been told often (see, for example, Allen, 1981) and need not be rehearsed here. * Penal treatment programs, once tested for their effectiveness, showed scant success--or at most, succeeded only in...
- Research articles 2007-06-22
- A commitment to trust: consultant recounts a storied history of the evolution of workplace trust research
- Not long ago, a colleague sent me a two-sentence e-mail with this quote--"'Organizational trust is important because it is linked to the level of employee performance'--Gilbert & Tang, 1998; Heffes, 1999"--and a note saying, "Dick, they are on to you ... " The message brought to mind a moment...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Richard Doll Building, Oxford, The
- COMMENDATION Building Category The Richard Doll Building at Oxford University brings together the University's Clinical Trial Service Unit CTSU, the Epidemiological Studies Unit, the Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit and the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, all in one location. It is envisioned that, through extended cooperation and joint projects between...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Sri Lanka offers cash, devolution to end ethnic bloodshed
- COLOMBO AFP — Sri Lanka's president has offered 1.25 billion dollars to rebuild embattled regions and asked his advisors to come up with a power-sharing plan to end decades of ethnic bloodshed. President Mahinda Rajapakse told a 15-member multi-ethnic panel appointed by him last week to come up with...
- Research articles 2006-07-11
- US urges hostages' release, promises development in Niger Delta
- LAGOS AFP — The US Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, urged separatist militants to free two Americans and a Briton held hostage in the Niger Delta and promised to help develop the oil-rich region. "We have sympathy to the cause and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta,"...
- Research articles 2006-03-16
- CONDOLEEZZA RICE COMMENTS ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
- Despite the Hamas gains in the Palestinian elections, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered her congratulations to President Abbas and the Palestinian people on peaceful elections that were "by all accounts fair". But she emphasized that the US government's position towards Hamas has not changed. "You cannot have one...
- Research articles 2006-01-29
- SWITZERLAND: CONDOLEEZZA RICE COMMENTS ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS.
- Despite the Hamas gains in the Palestinian elections, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered her congratulations to President Abbas and the Palestinian people on peaceful elections that were "by all accounts fair". But she emphasized that the US government's position towards Hamas has not changed....
- Research articles 2006-01-29
- Setting Clear Objectives
- When you set a clear objective, you or your direct reports are able to focus attention and energy on a concrete aspiration—anything from a small task to a career ambition. In fact, it's not really important how small or large the objective is, so long as the decisions you make...
- Articles 2007-12-13
- Britain Olympic Association warns government over lack of athlete funding
- LONDON AFP — The British Olympic Association expressed its extreme disappointment over the lack of clarity in the British government's pre-budget report on the support of elite athletes in the run up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The BOA said...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- No toilets in park.(transsystemic educational program)(Canada)
- The undergraduate law curriculum adopted at McGill University in 1998--the transsystemic programme--was born of the unique political, social, and intellectual histories of its Faculty of Law. This essay reviews these contexts and characterizes the programme as an ongoing conversation about law, language, and knowledge that has...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Medtronic Announces FDA 510 Clearance of Next-Generation Export® XT Aspiration Catheter
- MINNEAPOLIS -- Adding to its legacy of vascular aspiration catheter technology, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance of the ExportR XT Aspiration Catheter. The Export XT is a next-generation aspiration catheter designed for removal of dangerous embolic materials that can result during vascular...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- Togo recoils inward with endorsement of Gnassingbe as AU imposes sanctions
- LOME AFP — Togo's ruling party unanimously endorsed army-installed president Faure Gnassingbe as their candidate for polls called for mid-April as African leaders deepened the isolation of the west African state and slapped continent-wide sanctions against the government. In a convivial atmosphere festooned with red, yellow and green bunting,...
- Research articles 2005-02-25
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