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2008 October, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for October of 2008.

Revolutionary Anniversaries

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Few Westerners will take note that this week it is time to celebrate Chinese revolutions. October 1 will be the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (celebrated as National Day). Ten days later, on October 10, Taiwan celebrates its National Day (also known as Double Ten Day, and on its 97th go-round). On the mainland, Double Tens is used as an opportunity to commemorate the uprising that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, though not the Republic that followed it. Of course, which one you celebrate depends on location and political leaning, but either way early October …

Free Winona: Party Is Over, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Protest Organizers Face Prison;
• Police-State Terrors;
• Understanding Revolt;
• Guest Column: Protests at the Ground Level;
• Backmatter: Greed Might Collapse Capitalism, Let It

A Correlational Study Of The Relationship Between Sense Of Humor And Positive Psychological Capacities, Larry W. Hughes

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

The constructs of sense of humor (Lefcourt, 2002) and positive psychological capacities (PsyCap; Luthans, 2002a) have been heralded as important phenomenon within the growing field of positive psychology, especially within the organizational sciences. Additionally, a sense of humor has been found to be related to positive affective experiences. Leaders can develop followers' confidence, hope, optimism and resiliency for what Avolio and Luthans (2006) called sustainable, veritable performance. The hypotheses presented and tested here will advance the theoretical and empirical discussion of leadership in organizations by linking several emerging constructs of interest, both in academe and practice. This study marks an …

Muis News: Maps And User Imagery Services @ Fiu Green Library Vol. 2, Issue 1 2008, Jill V. Krefft

MIUS News

Florida International University's Fall 2008 Map and User Imagery Services Newsletter.

Advocate, October 2008, Vol. [20], No. [2], Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

From the Editor's Desk: Shocking Wall Street: Disaster Capitalism and the Promise of Progressive Reform (p. 2)

Political Analysis: Three Days in the West Bank, Nirit Ben-Ari (p. 3)

Dispatches from the Front: Teaching Writing Intensively (and Often), James Hoff (p. 4)

Adjuncting: Graduate Student Health Insurance Is on Its Way — But Not For All, Renee McGarry and Jessie Goldstein (p. 5)

CUNY News in Brief (p. 5)

Grad Life: The Battle of St. Paul, Abe Walker (p. 6)

The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now, Roisin O'Connor-McGinn (p. 8)

Profiteers, Union-Busters, Witch Hunters... Look Who’s …

First Choice - October 2008, Wusf, University Of South Florida

First Choice Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2 Fall 2008, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

2008 October-Newsletter, Nancy Rockey

Life Renewal Archive

No abstract provided.

Restoring The Right To Organize: Impacts Of The Employee Free Choice Act, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine

Bureau of Labor Education

There has been growing controversy over a proposed new labor relations law called the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), also known as the “card check” bill. This briefing paper provides an overview of the Employee Free Choice Act, its context and rationale, and its implications for both workers’ abilities to organize and democratic rights in the workplace.

Sociology Of Islam & Muslim Societies, Newsletter No. 3, Tugrul Keskin

Sociology of Islam & Muslim Societies Newsletter

Table of Contents:

• Interview with Sherry Jones on Her Novel “The Jewel of Medina”, Islam and Free Speech
• The Strange Case of the UIJ, or the evolutions of Uzbek Jihadism by Didier Chaudet
• 'Hizb ut-Tahrir in Uzbekistan: A Postcolonial Perspective' by Reed Taylor Islamic Banking by Husnul Amin

Library Research Skills And The Nursing Curriculum: Engaging Students In The Post-Brandon-Hill Era, Carol L. Watwood, Bryan Carson

DLPS Faculty Publications

ABSTRACT. Health science librarians experience challenges when partnering with people from other professional backgrounds such as nursing and with people of different ages. In partnering with people of other backgrounds,it is helpful to recognize the changing nature of research skills and the fact that many 21st century college students lack a print-based concept of research. Helping students to succeed in understanding and participating in the research process is more important than ever due to changes in the nursing profession, the sheer mass of scholarly information, and the challenges of searching for information on the world wide web.

The Effects Of Food Stamps On Exiting Welfare And Becoming Employed For Welfare Recipients, Charles Baum

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Welfare reform’s success encouraging employment may be affected by the federal Food Stamp program because many households receive welfare and Food Stamps. Food Stamp benefits could discourage employment because benefits are reduced proportionally with income; alternatively, it could encourage employment by increasing stability and allowing more resources to be allocated toward employment-related expenses. I examine the effects of Food Stamps on exiting welfare and becoming employed for welfare recipients. Results suggest, if anything, that Food Stamps discourage employment, and such benefits may discourage transitions off welfare, too. If so, then it may be necessary to study the determinants of welfare …

Welfare Reform And Juvenile Arrests, Tami Gurley-Calvez, Bethany Claus Widick

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Social policy, such as the legalization of abortion and the federal bans on lead in the 1970s, has been shown to significantly impact crime rates. With recent increases in juvenile arrests and violent crime rates, we explore whether further social policy—namely the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) welfare reform—has had an impact on crime.

There are various mechanisms by which the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, created by the 1996 PRWORA welfare reform, may influence criminal activity, especially among older children. Many welfare recipients were required to participate in work and education activities, which …

Southeastern Law Librarian Fall 2008, Seaall

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Growing Greener: Step By Step, Alexandra Gomes, Laura E. Abate, Laurie Lyons, Hasna Ross

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

In 2008, the Green Himmelfarb task force identified areas in which the staff could easily improve the environmental impact of the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library. This poster presentation is a summary of the library's initiative to evolve into a "green library".

Fall 2008, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

Content:

• The Pfau family gives a gift to the library by Bonnie Petry
• Our expanding database universe by Stacy Magedanz
• Change is in the air by Cesar Caballero
• Kindred Spirits by Lisa Bartle
• Marginalia by Bonnie Petry
• Dog and cat delights by Bonnie Petry
• People in the news
• Exceptional archive donated to the library by Jill Vassilakos-Long

Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Puerto Ricans In The Quest For The New York City Mayoralty, José Cruz

Policy Documents

This paper examines the history of Puerto Rican efforts to win the mayoralty of the city of New York, highlighting the 2005 election. By doing so, it seeks to fill a gap in the history of Puerto Rican political participation in New York. The struggle of Puerto Rican elites to win representa- tion at the highest level of office in the city is long-standing. The paper chronicles the circumstances and terms according to which they sought political incorporation at that level. . The paper looks critically at the issue of runoff elections. The role of money is examined through the …

Ciis Today, Fall 2008 Issue, Ciis

CIIS Today

This volume is the Fall 2008 issue of CIIS Today, the Magazine of the California Institute of Integral Studies.

The Beat: October 2008, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "You deserve to feel proud of your work, CentraCare"
• Golf tournament raises $130,000 for pediatric cancer
• Learn about heart attacks and treatment
• United Way Celebration
• CentraCare employees volunteer for Day of Caring
• Telling our story at Report to the Community
• CentraCare physicians make health care leaders list
• Ice fishing seminar
• ‘Food for The Cure’ raises $102,000 to fight cancer
• Use a CentraCare pharmacy

Patient Care News: October 2008, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Guidelines for Articles

Magnetic Redesignation Survey

Respiratory Care Medications

UTI Prevention

Call your Respiratory Therapist

Look-alike/Sound-alike Medications

Medication Safety Events

Pressure Ulcer Accountability

Clinical Ladder

Prescribed Reading: October 2008, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

• Welcome to these new providers
• Cooking class series offered
• Sleep Center adds psychologist to team
• Welcome to these new employees
• Serving diverse patients in the community
• Recognition for Years of Service
• Kudos to . . .
• Learn about heart attacks and treatment
• Getting back to ‘Food Allergy’ Basics
• United Way campaign runs Oct. 20-Nov. 7
• United Way Run, Walk, Bike
• Images almost faster than the speed of light!
• Election 2008 - get involved
• Register for Turkey Tune-Up 2008 by Oct. 13
• Flu Fact: Get your shot to help you keep healthy
• Condolences to . . .
  
  

Using Social Cognitive Theory To Predict Physical Activity In Inner-City African American School Children, Jeffrey J. Martin, Nate Mccaughtry

Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies

Researchers using social cognitive theory and employing built environment constructs to predict physical activity (PA) in inner-city African American children is quite limited. Thus, the purpose of our investigation was to evaluate the ability of important social cognitive variables (e.g., self-efficacy) and built environment constructs (e.g., neighborhood hazards) to predict African American children’s PA. Children (N = 331, ages 10–14) completed questionnaires assessing social cognitive theory constructs and PA. Using multiple regression analyses we were able to account for 19% of the variance in PA. Based on standardized beta weights, the best predictors of PA were time spent outside …

Empathic And Nonempathic Interaction In Chronic Pain Couples, Annmarie Cano, Justin A. Barterian, Jaclyn B. Heller

Psychology Faculty Research Publications

Empathy and empathic response are receiving greater attention in pain research as investigators acknowledge that other forms of interaction may impact the pain process. The purpose of this study was to examine validation and invalidation as forms of empathic and nonempathic responses in chronic pain couples. Participants were 92 couples in which at least one spouse reported chronic musculoskeletal pain. Each couple participated in two videotaped interactions about the ways in which the pain has impacted their lives together. Trained raters then coded interactions for each partner’s use of validation and invalidation. Couples also completed surveys on spouse responses to …

Interface, Fall 2008, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

As School of Information Sciences faculty and staff prepare for our sixth accreditation by the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (COA), the school has had the opportunity to reflect on a smorgasbord of changes. While this means more administrative work for faculty and staff, the accreditation process also provides a rich period for reflection while data is analyzed, reports run, and the school narrows its focus on our strengths, gaps, successes, and changes—large and small—over the past seven years since the last site visit by ALA’s COA in 2002.

Reducing Health Insurance Costs In Tennessee Cities, Don Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The best way for cities to affect health insurance cost favorably is to do a better job managing their existing programs and using all of the resources available.

Science Information Without Borders., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online resources are critical to the concept of "libraries without borders," the theme of the 2008 World Library and Information Congress at the 74th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) general conference, held in August in Québec City.

Safe Zones Task Force Final Report, University Of Tennessee Safe Zones Task Force

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

The task force was established as a result of a Faculty Senate resolution.

Chancellor Loren Crabtree charged the Task Force to advise him on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a “Safe Zone” project on the Knoxville campus. After several meetings, extensive research and reviewing various manuals the Safe Zone Task Force presents the attached recommendation for the establishment of a Safe Zone plan at the University of Tennessee.

October 2008, Volume 4, Number 3, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections

Retrospect: News from the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University

No abstract provided.

October 2008: The Architecture Of The Capitol, Dacus Library

Dacus Docs News

No abstract provided.