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Daniel Soadava and Samoela Razafindramboho are known as "the mean women" in Antalaha, a small town on the east coast of Madagascar. "Men complain that we are always saying bad things about them," they laugh.
After forming an association with other women, called Femmes Interessee au Development de Antalaha (FIDA), Soadava, a dentist, and Razafindramboho, a teacher, soon learned that women in their region were desperately in need of more information about reproductive health and better access to contraceptives.
"Women in the villages are often forbidden to use contraceptives," said Soadava. "Men want the women to have their children, [but] once the children are born the husbands don't want to take care of them."
Madagascar is one of 12 developing countries receiving support to improve access to contraceptives through the UN Population Fund's (UNFPA) Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security, and has been described as a success story. According to UNFPA, the percentage of women using contraceptives rose by 11 percent between 2004 and 2009 to reach 29 percent.
Despite this increase, birth control is still not always available, even in urban areas, and one in four births occurs less than 24 months after the preceding one. This means Madagascar is facing rapid population growth. By 2050 the population is expected to more than double, from 19.5 million to 42.3 million, according to the World Bank.
In Antalaha, FIDA's volunteers met with husbands and discovered that their negative attitudes towards family planning were preventing even those women who could get contraceptives from their local clinic from using them. "The men said that children are a gift of God; others don't want their wives to take contraceptives because it would give them too much sexual freedom. Some believe that the pill will make women sick," Soadava said. "So we held separate meetings with the men to inform them of the benefits of smaller families."
The women in greatest need of FIDA's help were teenage girls. In Madagascar the minimum legal age for women to marry is 14 years, and girls under the age of 18 can be married without giving their consent, providing their parents agree. A 2004 UN report estimated that 34 percent of Malagasy girls between 15 and 19 were married, divorced or widowed, and more than a quarter had at least one child.
"We met a girl in a village who was 18 years old and already had three children. They were from different fathers and none of these men had stayed," Soadava said. "In all, we counted 300 girls in the district who gave birth before they were 18."
With World Bank funding, FIDA has set up a centre where the volunteers give girls information and advice, and even accompany those afraid to go to a doctor by themselves, or to report sexual abuse and violence.
After learning that early pregnancy was often the result of a lack of information, the organization also started broadcasting a radio programme aimed at educating women about their reproductive health and legal rights.
"We broadcast one radio programme about rape, and afterwards three families came to see us," said Soadava. "They knew who had raped their daughters but were scared to sue them. People here are easily intimidated by authorities. We went with them and talked to the prosecutor; now these rapists are behind bars."
Razafindramboho said a faltering school system resulted in some girls giving up on school and falling pregnant, while even those girls who made it to secondary school were vulnerable to the attentions of older men.
"Every day when the Lycee (high school) goes out, you see rich guys in cars waiting for 14-year-old girls. These girls soon have expensive mobile phones, famous brand clothes, and in the end they stop studying. It totally destroys them," she said.
"We try to talk to these men in the radio programme, to tell them that they're corrupting girls who are the same age as their own children, but it doesn't stop," Soadava added.
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FIDA also disseminates information on how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). According to the World Bank, Madagascar has a national HIV prevalence of less than one percent and is considered an anomaly in a region that has been devastated by the HIV epidemic, but other STIs, such as syphilis, are very common. Some cities, like the coastal town of Tamatave, have a syphilis infection rate of nearly 17 percent, among the highest in Africa. The volunteers educate local people about the risk factors - starting sexual relations at a young age, having many sexual partners, and not using condoms consistently - and try to counter the common misconception that STIs are not a serious health problem.
The biggest problem FIDA now faces is lack of funding. The World Bank only covers 60 percent of the organization's costs. "We were supposed to find 40 percent ourselves, but we couldn't. We have some NGOs and associations that help us... but it's not enough," said Razafindramboho.
Madagascar's deepening economic crisis has made funding even harder to come by, but the authorities have not responded to the women's pleas for help. Soadava said, "Until now, they haven't even answered us, when in fact we're doing their job."
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(HN, March 8, 2011) -- Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which was held by only a handful of European countries in 1911 – where more than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women's rights to work, vote, hold public office and end discrimination.
Themes on politics, human rights, and gender equality continue to create social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide.
In the past century much progress has been made in gender equality – in 1911 only a few countries in the world allowed women to vote – New Zealand, South Australia (both self-governing British colonies) and the Grand Duchy of Finland - today that right is practically universal.
However, there are still many challenges for women and girls around the world. According to UN Women, the Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment for Women, almost two out of three illiterate adults are women, girls are still less likely to be in school than boys, and every 90 seconds of every day, a woman dies in pregnancy or do to childbirth-related complications.
Women, around the globe, continue to earn less than men for the same work. In addition and despite many high-profile advances, women still make up only 19 percent of legislatures, 8 percent of peace negotiators, and 28 women are heads of state or government.
The International Labour Organization (IOL) Director General Juan Somavia has said that "achieving gender equality remains a major challenge for the labor movement in the world because securing sustainable and equitable recovery and a fair globalization demand gender-aware responses." Somavia made the statement while reacting to ILO's latest report which disclosed that both women and men continue to feel the impact of the economic crisis, with the global unemployment rate for men standing at 6 percent in 2010 and at 6.5 percent for women.
In some countries IWD is designated as a national holiday - Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia
In Armenia, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, IWD celebrations were abandoned. Instead, April 7 was introduced as a state holiday for "Beauty and Motherhood". The new holiday immediately became popular among Armenians, as it commemorates one of the main holidays of the Armenian Church, the Annunciation.
To celebrate IWD, Italian men give yellow mimosas to women. Yellow mimosas and chocolates are also among the most common March 8 presents in Russia and Albania. The mimosa's bright yellow is seen as a symbol of vitality, joy, wisdom and warmth.
In Pakistan, working women celebrate IWD to commemorate their ongoing struggle for due rights, despite facing many cultural and religious restrictions.
In poor developing countries, especially is where we most often see gender inequality and abuses facing women daily.
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn expose major abuses of women in developing countries in their book Half the Sky. They tell stories of women being victimized by their government, by their communities, by relatives, strangers until there is no where left to turn. However, what is inspiring about this book is that women who survived became business owners, activists, community organizers teachers, teachers, surgeons, and mothers who could show their children an example of a strong, valuable woman who is making a living, participating in household decisions, and respected by her husband and community.
60 percent of the worlds one billion poorest people are female; women work two-thirds of working hours but earn only 10 percent of the income.
Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE, a humanitarian organization working to end global poverty points out that "women and girls bear the brunt of poverty and it is clear that women are our greatest hope for ending it."
Gayle goes on to say that "for every year of education that a woman can have, she is more likely to have good health, to give birth to a child who survives and to send that child to school."
Many organizations, such as the Nike Foundation's Girl Effect, Goldman Sachs' 10,000 women and Exxon Mobil's Women's Economic Opportunity and more believe that investing early in a girl's life, before she becomes a woman, only amplifies the potential of what she can do in life and yields a greater return for everyone around her.
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Secret Phones and Messaging Apps Are Taking Off
A new generation of phones and messaging apps with a focus on privacy and security is starting to come to come to market, a sign of reordered priorities in the post-Snowden world.
Until last spring, when Edward Snowden leaked documents about the extent of NSA surveillance, security was something that most consumers and even businesses addressed as an application. With a few exceptions—like Blackberry's messaging service—it was rarely the defining quality of a communications device or app, which typically are purchased on the basis of their overall functionality or appeal. That is starting to change, albeit slowly. Several new communications products are conceived around the idea of privacy and security.
A startup called Wickr, which has developed an application for sending encrypted, self-destructing messages, announced on Monday that it raised $9 million in Series A funding from Alsop Louie Partners and other investors, TechCrunch reported on Monday. "The business model will be based on licensing its encryption and self-destructing technologies to other messaging apps," TechCrunch said, surmising that "telcos and other companies providing messaging services (think: enterprise users here) are also in the customer pipeline."
Just last week, aerospace and defense giant Boeing Co. said it had developed a smartphone called Boeing Black, which encrypts communications and wipes all data if someone tampers with the case. The phone, targeted toward government agencies and contractors, would be sold by Boeing or its agents, and work on a wide variety of networks, according to Reuters.
And Telegram Messenger, an encrypted messaging app, "is the hottest messaging app in the world," the Verge reported last week. "The app skyrocketed to the top of the App Store charts, and is now the top free app in 46 countries from Germany to Ecuador. In the US and several other countries, the app is no. 1 in the social networking category, ahead of Facebook, WhatsApp, Kik, and others," it said. Telegram is backed by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov, the founder of Russian social network VKontakte. "The No. 1 reason for me to support and help launch Telegram was to build a means of communication that can't be accessed by the Russian security agencies," Mr. Durov told TechCrunch. Downloads have soared since Facebook Inc.'s acquisition of Whatsapp.
He claims that the encryption is the best available and offers a $200,000 bounty to anyone who can hack it. "No one won so far, but a guy from Russia found a serious issue in December and received $100,000 from me," Mr. Durov said.
Of course, all of these products and companies are in the early stages of development. But if they are any indication of where the market is headed, privacy and security are likely to become bigger priorities for established carriers and device makers, and for their customers in the consumer and business markets alike. It seems likely priorities changed permanently since the Snowden documents were released.


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Excellent.......I shall have some fun with this just like I did when this site was launched...lol.
So did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? How did Eve have a conversation with a snake if snakes have no ears.....and other deep theological questions.....haha
Did Cain and Able marry their sisters?
No Cain and Able were Gay and married each other. They then got in a domestic fight where one of them was accidentally killed.
A sad ending to the first Gay marriage. (or at least that's how I remember it)
What I would like to know is does Jesus watch people having sex? How do religious people tune out that thought when they're bumping uglies?
According to Leviticus (an absolute goldmine of biblical weirdness), " Bringing unauthorized fire before God" is punishable by death." (Lev 10:1)
I don't want to die, so where do I go to get my fire authorized?


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Daniel Jaffe, professor at UW Bothell, has previously documented especially large plumes of aerosols in the troposphere making the trans-Pacific trip in seven to 10 days. The recent findings are based on two such plumes, one in April and the other in May of 2011, detected at Mount Bachelor in the Cascade Mountains of central Oregon.
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The Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington Bothell produces lots of excellent research, usually on the nation's K-12 schools. In a report released this morning, the CRPE turned its attention to the UW itself and a subject that interests lots of families in the state: The chances for in-state students to gain admission.
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"It is still true that people don't want to reinflate what they had," said Paul Hill, the founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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The cold, wet December weather was no match for hundreds of University of Washington Bothell students, faculty and staff who turned out to celebrate the grand opening Thursday (Dec. 6) of the $3.3 million, 2.5 acre sports and recreation complex.
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The director of the Goodland Institute for Educational Renewal spoke at the Mike Moses K-16 Leadership Speaker Series hosted by the College of Education and Health Professions on Thursday evening in the Central Library's sixth floor parlor. He works with schools and universities to create a partnership with the community.
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The University of Washington Bothell has started a tribal leadership business program. "There are 37 tribes in Washington state," says Kennedy.
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The biggest mistake other states have made is opening too many charters too quickly, said Robin Lake, a longtime charter researcher who directs the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.
UW Today, November 20, 2012
A fresh examination of special education enrollment patterns in New York State suggests that charter schools may be doing better at enrolling students with special needs than many believe. The Center on Reinventing Public Education is mentioned.
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To win back students who have fled its schools and escape its deep financial crisis, the troubled Chester Upland district will have to embrace a "radical and bold plan" that includes closing three schools, selling several buildings, and overhauling its approach to academics, according to a state report issued Tuesday. The Center on Reinventing Public Education is mentioned.
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An enrollment surge in recent years has helped the University of Washington's Bothell campus surpass all of the other branch campuses in the state.
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The University of Washington Bothell School of Business has joined the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative.
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The 58-acre UW Bothell wetlands include North Creek, which is a salmon-bearing stream. The UW began restoring these wetlands in 1998 and has continuously maintained them through the removal of invasive plants and by planting native trees to improve habitat for salmon...
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The University of Washington Bothell School of Business has joined the Principles for Responsible Management Education Initiative. Signatories commit to six principles for responsible management education, which include emphasis on global social responsibility, research, partnerships and sustainability. UW Bothell will update activities every year, in accordance with requirements.
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Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, says it's common in other states to have alternatives to local school boards serve as charter authorizers. In some states, the alternative power rests...
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A 24-year-old bank employee was crowned Miss Washington USA 2013 Sunday at Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.
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Kenyon Chan, chancellor of the University of Washington's Bothell campus, announced Tuesday that he will leave his role as chancellor when his term ends in July 2013.
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Alumni, students, faculty and staff at the University of Washington Bothell will help renovate American Legion Post 127, as part of the second annual Lend-a-Paw community service day.
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For University of Washington Bothell junior Anthony Hopkins, the opportunity to participate in this Saturday's Seattle Brain Cancer Walk represents the next chapter in his incredible success story.
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I've never had a boss who didn't have a pretty good idea how well I was doing my job. The Center for Education Data and Research is mentioned.
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Don Whitney of Edmonds, Wash., passed away on Sept. 11, 2012, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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One of the primary issues at the heart of the Chicago teachers' strike is whether student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers and determine their pay. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing that approach, as are other officials around the nation. The Center for Education Data and Research is mentioned.
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On April 29, when a brokenhearted Memphis couldn't stop replaying the Grizzlies' lost 21-point playoff lead to the L.A. Clippers, Chris Barbic was in the Toyota Center in Houston, enjoying a different kind of victory. The Center on Reinventing Public Education is mentioned.
The Herald, September 3, 2012
David Allen is the new director of the nursing and health studies program at the University of Washington's Bothell campus.
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David Allen, Ph.D., is the new director of the Nursing and Health Studies Program at the University of Washington, Bothell.
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The University of Washington-Bothell chapter of Beta Alpha Psi placed first in the national competition at the Beta Alpha Psi annual meeting in Baltimore on Aug. 3. The national conference hosts approximately 1,000 students from universities across the U.S. to engage in community service, attend professional sessions and compete in a variety of projects.
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The University of Washington Bothell chapter of Beta Alpha Psi placed first in the national competition at the Beta Alpha Psi annual meeting in Baltimore Aug. 3.
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A monument to honor student veterans called Veterans Archway is being planned at the University of Washington Bothell campus.
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A monument to honor student veterans is in development on the University of Washington, Bothell campus. The Veterans Archway recognizes the service that veterans have made and celebrates their transition to academic and civilian life.
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As Cascadia Community College prepares to welcome a new class to campus this fall quarter, it announces new partnerships, an expanded program and its reaccreditation with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
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Phys.org, July 11, 2012
Bauman and colleagues found that the decline in milk production due to climate change will vary across the U.S., since there are significant differences in humidity and how much the temperature swings between night and day across the country.
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It took about two days for manager Diana Eden to complete an inventory for the Earl Winehart Post No. 96 of the American Legion.That's because she did the work using an outdated computer system and a ledger. After receiving training from a group of students at the University of Washington's Bothell campus, it takes her just minutes to manage the accounts.
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It was announced this week that Joy Toth of Washington is the sole recipient of the 2012 Mary Blake Single Parent Nursing Scholarship, an annual scholarship sponsored by OnlineNursingdegrees.org.
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Supporters of charter schools submitted more than enough signatures Friday in their efforts to put the initiative on the November ballot, shifting the work to persuading Washington voters it will be good for students.
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A new type of educational partnership between the state of Washington and India will be launched on Friday, June 8, when the University of Washington Bothell and Kushagra Institute of Management Studies (KIIMS), Odisha, India, sign a memorandum of understanding to establish international cultural, educational and scientific cooperation.
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There comes a time when enough is enough. No more excuses, no more delays. In 1986, hospitals, local governments, schools, small businesses and doctors were fed up with the high cost of personal injury lawsuits and liability insurance. They successfully lobbied for tort reform legislation, which was signed into law by Gov. Booth Gardner.
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GENEVA, Ohio – (complete results) Shorter University (Ga.) captured its first men's national title while Oklahoma Baptist was crowned the women's champion for the second consecutive year on the final day of competition at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships in the GaREAT Sports Complex on Saturday.
After only one individual champion, the Hawks scored 14 big points in the final three events of the competition to finish a thrilling day of competition with 44 points, three points ahead of runner-up Wayland Baptist's (Texas), 41 points. On the women's side Oklahoma Baptist successfully defended its national championship with a dominating effort from 10 athletes. The Lady Bison recorded 75 points, 17 points ahead of runner-up, Simon Fraser's (British Columbia), 58 points.
Shorter sophomore Oscar Ogwaro took home the 5,000-meter run title with a time of 14:45.87 edging out Geoffrey Njonjo of Oklahoma Christian (14:46.16).
With one event to go, the Hawks had 40 points and clung to a two-point advantage over Hastings (Neb.), for the team lead. The favorite to challenge for the 4x400 meter relay, Wayland Baptist (Texas), lurked five points back.
The Hawks' 4x400 meter relay team had not qualified for the national meet until the final regular season competition, two weeks before the NAIA National Championships -- and entered the final not really knowing what to expect.
As Wayland Baptist crossed the line in third to pocket six points that would have given them the outright lead over Shorter, until the Hawks' squad of Randall Dameron, Nick Dodson, Terence Scruggs and Nigel Talton finished directly behind Wayland in a time of 3:15.76 to score four points and send Shorter's contingent into a frenzy.
Hastings placed third with 38 points and Oklahoma Christian (34) and Asuza Pacific (34) rounded out the top five team finishers.
"It's a tribute to our athletes and the coaching staff," Shorter head coach Scott Byrd said. "Everyone worked around the clock with a goal to put yourself in contention to win it all. "There are so many good teams in the field. We looked at the perennial powers like Azusa Pacific, Wayland Baptist, and Oklahoma Baptist to name just a few, and looked to emulate what they do."
A projected favorite in the 200 meter dash and OBU's 4x400 meter relay anchor, Gayon Evans came up lame after the 60 meter dash. The setback didn't prevent a Lady Bison squad of 17 athletes from repeating as the squad stepped up. In the 600 meter run, Nikita Tracey, Yesenia Avila, and Sarah Patterson went two-three-four to give OBU 18 points in the event. Whereas Verone Chambers won the 400 meter dash with fellow teammate Stacy Warrior finishing in second.
"We have a strong team, everyone stepped up today." The women's Outstanding Performer Verone Chambers stated. "It's always a goal of every athlete to be Outstanding Performer, but when you have such a great teammate go down, I knew it was going to be very difficult for everyone, so I just worked very hard to help the team. I am just so happy."
"I am so proud of the team, they worked so hard today." OBU's head coach Ford Mastin said. "If you would have told me we would win without Gayon (Evans) scoring a single point, I never would have believed you. Whenever you have so many girls contribute to the team's success it's a great accomplishment."
The 3000 meter race walk men's championship was captured by Concordia's (Neb.) Chris Tegtmeir with a championship record time of 12:15.95 with the women's championship being defended by Jessica Ching of Lindenwood (Mo.) with a time of 14:12.05.
In the 60 meter hurdles Crystal Bardge of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) blazed down the track to capture the women's title with a national championship record time of 8.34. On the men's side, Edward Stewart of Central Methodist (Mo.) posted a facility record time of 7.96 to capture the title.
In the sprints, freshman Anika Jno Baptiste of Florida Memorial earned the women's 60-meter dash title as she posted a winning time of 7.49 seconds. Jeffrey Henderson a fellow freshman from Florida Memorial took the men's championship in 6.73 seconds.
Verone Chambers of Oklahoma Baptist took the women's 200 meter championship in a time of 24.03 while Brijesh Lawrence of Doane (Neb.) won the men's 200 meter dash in 21.20 seconds. Colin Koth of Sioux Falls (S.D.) captured the men's 400 meter dash with a time of 47.33. Verone Chambers kept her pace winning the women's 400 meter championship with a time of 54.83.
Brianna Kane of Simon Fraser (British Columbia) earned the women's 600 meter title with a time of 1:32.8 while Langston's Mario McCottrell won the men's championship with a time of 1:18.79. In the 800 meter finals Oklahoma Christian's Silas Kisorio repeated as champion on the men's side with a time of 1:52.10 while Helen Crofts of Simon Fraser (British Columbia) repeated in the women's 800 crown with a facility record time of 2:04.94.
In 1000 meter action, Jessica Smith of Simon Fraser (British Columbia) won the title in a time of 2:51.33 while Sam Vazquez of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) captured the men's championship with a time of 1:52.10. The 3000 meter men's championship was captured by Shorter (Ga.), freshman Paul Chelimo in a time of 8:28.31 with the women's title going to Eastern Oregon's Karlee Coffey with a time of 9:55.36.
Grand View (Iowa) junior Obsie Birru emerged as the victor in the women's 5000 meter final in a time of 16:51.67 while Shorter's (Ga.) Oscar Ogwaro won the men's 500 in a facility record time of 14:23.98.
In the men's one mile final, Silas Kisorio of Oklahoma Baptist repeated as champion with a time of 4:11.75. Azusa Pacific's (Calif.), Victoria Martinez recorded a time of 4:53.01 for the women's crown.
In the field events finals on Saturday, Celia M'Boua of Lindenwood (Mo.) captured the women's triple jump crown with a leap of 42' 5 ¼" while Fresno Pacific's (Calif.) won the men's title with a facility record 51' 3" jump. Eastern Oregon's Robbie Haynie won the men's pole vault with 16' 8 ¾" while Brigitte Gross of Sioux Falls (S.D.) won the women's title with a 13' 2 ½" vault. Nick Robinson of Concordia (Calif.) made a 61' 7 ¾" toss to win the men's shot put while Concordia's (Ore.) Kayla Xavier took the women's title with a throw of 49' ¾". With just two jumps out of his allowed six, Fresno Pacific's (Calif.) Eugene Vollmer won the men's triple jump crown in 51' 3" while Lindenwood (Mo.) Celia M'Boua converted her third jump of 42' 5 ¼" to capture the women's title. In the women's high jump Natasha Miller of Biola (Calif.) defended her title with a jump of 5' 7 ¾" while Ben Zuch of Midland (Neb.) won the men's with a jump of 7' ½".
In the relays, Shorter (Ga.) took the distance relay national title just edging out Oklahoma Christian by .29 seconds with a time of 9:58.15. The women's DMR title went to Simon Fraser (British Columbia) with a time of 11:44.83 just surpassing Azusa Pacific's (Calif.) team with 11:45.40. In the final women's event of the day, Oklahoma Baptist won the 4x400 meter relay in a time of 3:44.16 while two Oklahoma teams battled out in the men's 4x400 breaking the facility record. At the line Oklahoma City crossed the line with a time of 3:10.07 to win the championship just fractions ahead of Oklahoma Baptist who crossed with a time of 3:10.66.
The Most Valuable Performer Award, given to one male and one female athlete based on total points scored in national meet competition. For her contributions, Verone Chambers of Oklahoma Baptist was named the women's Most Valuable Performer. Chambers accounted for 30 1/2 of OBU's 75 points to lead her team to back-to-back championships. For the meet, the junior from Claredon, Jamaica won the 200 and 400 meter dashes and was a member of the Lady Bison 4x400 meter relay championship. She also finished second in the 60 meter hurdles. Silas Kisario of Oklahoma Christian was named the men's Most Valuable Performer. The Eldoret, Kenya native recorded 24 of Eagles 34 points to lead the team to a fourth place finsh. For the meet, Kisario won the 800 meter and one mile runs and anchored OCU's second place medley relay team.
"It was disappointing not to score the triple today." Silas Kisario commented. "We had a great team in the DMR, but Shorter edged us out at the line. I am now looking forward to outdoor and hope we can perform better there."
The Outstanding Performer awards went to a pair of multi event champions. Biola's (Calif.), Natasha Miller was named the women's Outstanding Performer after two years as the Most Valuable Performer. Miller scored 30 ½ of Biola's 40 points to lead the team to their second consecutive fourth place finish. For the meet, Miller won the pentathlon with a record setting score of 4,032 points, and had a first place finish in the high jump, a second in the 60 meter hurdles, third in the long jump, and ran the second leg in Biola's fifth place women's distance medley relay. The senior from Abbotsford, British Columbia, competed in nine events through the three day competition.
"I believe God gives us all a gift, and my gift has been track. Biola's Natasha Miller said. "We each must use our gift to the best of our abilities, so I keep working hard to improve each and every day."
Eastern Oregon's Robbie Haynie was named the Men's Outstanding Performer. Haynie scored 20 of Eastern Oregon's 22 points to lead the team to an 11th place finish. For the meet the Mesa, Ariz. native won the men's pole vault with a 16' 8 ¾" vault and the men's heptathlon with a score of 5,473. During the heptathlon, Haynie recorded a heptathlon record vault of 16' 10 ¾".
In addition, Scott Byrd won his first Men's Coach of the Year honor for Shorter University (Ga.) while the Women's Coach of the Year was awarded to Oklahoma Baptist's Ford Mastin for the second consecutive year.


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TABERNASH — Bob Fanch, owner of Devil's Thumb Ranch and longtime leader in local river conservation efforts, was awarded the coveted River Conservation Award by the Colorado River Headwaters Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
At its annual banquet at Devil's Thumb Ranch on July 17, Trout Unlimited honored Fanch for the years he has dedicated to keeping Grand County's rivers and streams healthy. Fanch traveled around the state during the Colorado Wildlife Commission hearings on the two water diversion firming projects that are being proposed in Grand County. He attended the hearings to ask for fair mitigation, which addressed the impacts from both projects on the Fraser and Colorado River watersheds.
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XXXIV CEV General Assembly gets underway in Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark, September 27, 2013 - CEV President André Meyer opened on Friday morning the annual CEV General Assembly by addressing a very emotional speech to the representatives of 53 national federations as well as to the many illustrious guests – including FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F°, the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, and the CEO of Sport Event Denmark, Lars Lundov – that were also in attendance.
The CEV President recalled that 2013 has been a very special year for volleyball in Europe: "The XXXIV CEV General Assembly taking place here in Copenhagen rounds out a very busy but memorable year for Europe's volleyball family; as some of you may well remember, only some months ago we all got together in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to celebrate the 40th anniversary since the establishment of our Confederation as well as to officially unveil the state-of-the-art premises owned by CEV in Luxembourg City. At that time we were very honoured to host FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° who is in attendance also today to testify his closeness to our volleyball family and his appreciation for the work that is being done here in Europe for the good of volleyball and beach volleyball."
Mr. Meyer was particularly happy to stress the sense of unity showed by the members: "Our volleyball family has been showing in recent times a sense of cohesion and unity that we can only be proud of. That is what I also feel today as I open our annual Congress with 53 out of 55 members in attendance with their delegates or being represented by proxy. The volleyball community that comes together today here in Denmark's capital city is bound to work hard for the good of the sport and ready to take up the challenges that we may be confronted with along the way."
The CEV President did also recall the goals of an innovative action that CEV did start some time ago. "Fair Play – Volleyball Way. This is the refrain of a special campaign we have established a few months ago and I hope you have already got familiar with. This is much more than a pure motto or a slogan; this is the quintessence of our sport and also of our interaction with all of you. As our players do show fair play and honesty out there as they play for glory, we have to emulate their spirit and do the same as we join our forces to work for the promotion and development of volleyball across Europe."
Though the last months have been extremely fruitful for volleyball in Europe, Mr. Meyer said the volleyball family is already looking forward to the next challenges: "We do not want to slow down our pace or rest on our laurels. Similarly to any other organization or institution, our confederation is ready to embark on innovative projects, take up the next challenges and explore new ways to make sure we continue setting the pace for volleyball and beach volleyball also on the international arena.
"To finish my opening address", the CEV President said, "I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Danish Volleyball Federation and its President, Mr. Erik Jacobsen, as well as to the local authorities who have been working hard on their way to welcome Europe's volleyball family to Denmark and more specifically to Copenhagen. We all know that this city and this country are well-known for their hospitality but also for their professionalism when it comes to the organization of international events and this Congress and EuroVolley do stand apart from anything we have experienced so far. I wish you all very fruitful working sessions hoping that in the end we will come together and agree upon key points to work on in order to continue pursuing our mission and let people feel and understand what volleyball is all about: team spirit, passion, and fair play."
The welcome speech by Mr. Meyer was followed by a few words addressed to the delegates by FIVB President Dr. Ary Graça F°: "I am very glad to be here and honoured to be in the city of Copenhagen where my home town Rio de Janeiro got the right to stage the 2016 Olympics. I am here to listen to you, more than to speak, as you have a great know-how and expertise that we want to share with everyone who works for the good of volleyball all over the world."
The President of the Danish Volleyball Federation Erik Jacobsen said: "It is a great pleasure to host you here. A small country like Denmark is able to host international events mainly thanks to the many volunteers that are always ready to help us. We have got some 400 who these days are involved in the EuroVolley as well as in helping stage this Congress. I wish you all a pleasant stay in Copenhagen; I also hope you will enjoy world class volleyball in Parken where the semis and finals of the European Championship will be played this weekend."
Thomas Bach, Board member at the Danish Olympic Committee, also addressed the audience: "It is a special day because not every day a worldwide sport like volleyball is so heavily represented on Danish soil. We are proud that you have given Denmark the opportunity to host the General Assembly as well as the EuroVolley. We hope they both will be a success. I know the Danish Volleyball Federation has worked very hard to make this a success. In Denmark Volleyball is a small sport but we hope this will change in the future, as I feel the EuroVolley will inspire many kids to start playing volleyball, not only in the four host cities, but all over the country. Our national team did so by making the Playoffs. It was a fairy tale, a dream that came true and the big teams will now decide who will be the next European champions. I hope you all agree that Denmark now deserves a place on the map of your sport".
"It is a great pleasure to welcome you and the city of Copenhagen is proud to host the EuroVolley as well as your General Assembly" said the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen. "We have staged many international sports events, and we love every single athlete and moment we have been able to share. We may not be the greatest volleyball nation in the world but we hope we will be the greatest host. Please take a little time to have a look around, so as to understand why Copenhagen was recently chosen as the most liveable city in the world. Enjoy the green and open atmosphere of this city. I wish you will enjoy fabulous volleyball and a successful Congress".
To finish it off with the opening speeches, Lars Lundov, CEO of Sport Event Denmark, said: "Our aim is to attract and host major international sports events in Denmark. We have staged the World Congress in many sports in the past few years as well as the IOC Session in 2009. This year we are staging no less than nine European Championships. When we are hosting such events in Denmark, we always try to add something new like we are doing with the semis and finals of the EuroVolley with the unique set-up at Parken national stadium. It will be a great volleyball party for the athletes as well as for the fans. This will cement the position of Denmark as a serious sports host nation all over Europe and in the world as well for more than 160 countries will televise the final act the Championship".


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Although electrical fatalities are by their very nature predictably unpredictable, they are almost always preventable — as can be evidenced by the events leading up to the following forensic casebook. For two laborers, their workday began just like any other day — each heading off to a job disassembling scaffolding. But this time, they faced extreme conditions, working in the tight confines of an industrial boiler. Neither could have anticipated that one man would be dead before day's end and the other would succumb to a debilitating heart disease four years later that was possibly linked to the events of that day. Looking back, what was about to happen truly hinged on a single momentary lapse of good judgment.
The environment
When the incident occurred, the pair was working in an area where the scaffolding rose several floors high inside a claustrophobically tight space between rows of metal tubes where temperatures approached 100∞F. The men entered through a small hatch and climbed up a ladder inside the tight confines of the boiler. Considering the workspace was less than 14 inches across, there was no room to turn around. The only light came from a 120V multi-light stringer, which was plugged into an outlet via an extension cord outside the boiler and tied to the scaffolding.
Disassembling the scaffolding piece by piece, the men passed the pieces (called legs) from man to man down to and then through the entrance hatch. The boiler tubes, which defined the boundaries of their confined workspace, were electrically grounded. It was impossible to avoid multiple point contact with electrical ground while working. While experts in this case would debate as to whether or not OSHA and company guidelines would allow 120V lighting due to the risk of electrocution, there was no debate that any 120V lighting had to be ground fault (GFCI) protected.
There was a temporary outlet panel set up on a wooden board that provided multiple GFCI-protected electrical outlets for any electrical power brought into the boiler. There was also a permanent outlet with no indications or markings that would suggest it was GFCI protected. The outlet was convenient to the entry hatch and was not part of the GFCI-protected outlet board. After the incident, there was debate whether this outlet was fed from a GFCI-protected circuit breaker but from all indications it was not GFCI protected at the time of the incident — and it clearly did not function as a GFCI outlet would. Someone, probably out of convenience, energized the stringer from the non-GFCI outlet. At some point, the plastic protective cover on one of the lights was damaged, allowing the light bulb to be exposed. At some point, the exposed light was broken, creating a dark area with an open 120V filament. When and how these events occurred is unknown. What is not in question was the tragedy that followed.
The accident
One of the two men came in contact with the energized filament and for the next 45 seconds screamed in pain, basically trapped as part of the circuit between the filament and the grounded tubes. The second man, working on a lower piece of scaffolding, claimed to have been shocked briefly. Finally, the lights were unplugged, a replacement bulb was passed into the dark workspace, and the lights were re-energized, revealing that the first worker lay dying from electrically induced fibrillation.
Co-workers tried to perform CPR on the victim without success. Although an automated external defibrillator was on-site, it was deemed too large to pass inside the work area. Although rescue crews arrived, they were not trained nor prepared to perform a confined space rescue. Therefore, it took 45 minutes to remove the body of the electrocuted man.
The investigation
In the litigation that ensued, both sides retained experts, and an extensive investigation began. I was retained by the plaintiff's counsel, who represented the family of the decedent as well as the second shock victim. My purpose was to reconstruct the electrical environment and to explain how the second victim could have been shocked when he was below the decedent and away from the exposed filament.
In addition to a site visit, my investigation consisted of reviewing all technical and some medical records, including OSHA documents, assorted reports, and multiple depositions. Although there was no question as to how the first man died, experts from both sides weighed in heavily with differing opinions as to how or if the second man had been shocked. After much investigation, my most probable explanation was that the decedent was passing a scaffolding leg down to the second man when the decedent was shocked, thus conducting electricity to the second man on the lower scaffolding level. The survivor offered testimony that both supported and contradicted this theory. He remembered reaching for a leg, but was fairly certain he never made contact with the leg at the instant of the shock. A second theory set forth by one of the plaintiff's other experts was that electricity was conducted down the scaffolding to the second man. Because the metal scaffolding was in imperfect contact with the grounded pipes by way of multiple metal ties, the plaintiff's experts ultimately agreed that this theory was less likely.
The defense argued that the second man was not shocked because the extensively grounded environment would have made it impossible to create a conductive pathway to the lower scaffolding level. Ironically, the defense theory in some ways supported my shock theory. The defense theory, which had certain obvious validity, limited the ways in which current could have been delivered to the second man on the lower scaffolding. The only explanation that did not contradict their theory was that the current must have been delivered via a pathway that could not have been in contact with ground. The only reasonable pathway was through a scaffolding leg that was in contact with both men at the time of the shock.
The most puzzling issue was with regard to the medical condition of the shock survivor. My partner, Dr. Jennifer Morse, MD, was retained to analyze the medical problems that plagued the surviving victim after the incident. Immediately following the accident, the survivor developed symptoms consistent with an electrical contact. Four years later, he also developed cardiomyopathy and hypertension that created the need for an implanted defibrillator. At the time of the electrical contact, he was 43 years old and — from all outward appearances — a healthy individual without any medical indications that he was destined for such a critical condition. There was some debate whether or not the man had pre-existing hypertension. To address this issue, both sides offered up experts who supported and refuted the issue of electrically induced, long-term cardiomyopathy; however, literature on the subject was ambiguous at best. The issue was never resolved to either side's satisfaction. Sadly, the man died from his ailments before the case reached resolution.
The verdict
The case settled for an undisclosed amount; however, many questions remained unanswered. Had the case gone to trial, a jury would have been left to decide numerous unknowns. It was discovered that a third party owned the light stringer and provided lighting within the boiler. However, there was an issue as to whether or not this company had allowed other contractors access to its supply trailer. It was also never determined who actually plugged the extension cord into the non-GFCI outlet. Furthermore, there were questions as to whether or not the non-GFCI outlet should have been locked out to prevent such an occurrence.
The lesson
Whatever rules may have been broken and where liability would have been placed by a jury become mere academic questions when life is lost. No matter how the accident occurred, one small error created a volatile electrical environment. If whoever plugged the lighting in had GFCI protected the stringer, the bulb could have broken, but the GFCI would have tripped, turning this tragedy into a non-incident.
Morse is a researcher and consultant, and serves as a full professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego.


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WASHINGTON -- At least seven people are dead after one commuter train plowed into the back of another yesterday afternoon in the deadliest accident in the 33-year history of D.C.'s Metro system -- an "unbelievable nightmare" for the people on board according to D.C.'s mayor.
Seven fatalities have been confirmed as a result of an above-ground collision of two Metro trains between the Takoma Park and Fort Totten stations on the Red Line in northeast Washington. While there have been reports of up to nine deaths, Mayor Adrian Fenty said at a Tuesday morning news conference that seven have been confirmed dead.
"With the ... confirmed fatalities, it is my preliminary understanding that this would be the deadliest accident in the history of our Metro train transit system," Fenty said.
One of the fatalities was the operator of the second train -- Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va. Metro spokesman Steve Taubenkibel said McMillan had been a Metro employee since January 2007.
A six-car train headed toward downtown and destined for Shady Grove collided with another train heading the same direction on the same track at about 5 p.m. -- the height of rush hour. The first train was stopped, waiting for another train to clear Fort Totten Station ahead, Metro General Manager John Catoe said. The second train, one of the oldest in the Metro fleet, crashed into the first and jackknifed on top of the first train.
It is unknown how fast the trailing train was traveling, authorities said. Investigators will try to determine if there was a recorder on board and if it survived the crash. It would be simpler than a black box recorder. Investigators also will try to determine if the train was in automatic mode, as it should have been during rush hour.
D.C. fire spokesman Alan Etter called it a "mass casualty event." One of the trains was compressed about 75 or 80 percent, according to D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin.
"Firefighters now have the task of cutting open and finding out if there are any more of our neighbors in there," Fenty said.
He called it a dark day for the District.
"Our hearts go out to all the families involved," Fenty said.
Sabrina Webber, a 45-year-old real estate agent who lives in the neighborhood, said the first rescuers to arrive had to use the "jaws of life" to pry open a wire fence along rail line to get to the train.
Webber raced to the scene after hearing a loud boom like a "thunder crash" and then sirens. She said there was no panic among the survivors.
Passenger Jodie Wickett told CNN that she was sending text messages when she felt the train hit a bump. She was able to send that observation to her friend.
"From that point on, it happened so fast, I flew out of the seat and hit my head," she said. "The people that were hurt, the ones that could speak, were calling back as we called out to them. Lots of people were upset and crying, but there were no screams."
One man said he was riding a bicycle across a bridge over the Metro tracks when the sound of the crash got his attention.
"I didn't see any panic," Barry Student said. "The whole situation was so surreal."
Rubin said 76 patients were taken to area hospitals. Fifty were described as "walking wounded." Fourteen suffered moderate, non-life-threatening injuries. Six suffered critical life-threatening injuries. Two D.C. firefighters were injured. Two people were transported by air to local hospitals.
At Howard University Hospital, Dr. Johnnie Ford, an emergency room doctor, said a 14-year-old girl suffered two broken legs in the accident. A 20-year-old male patient "looked like he had been tumbled around quite a bit, bumps and bruises from head to toe," Ford said.
Numerous passengers were trapped in the trains and emergency workers used rescue tools to cut them from the wreckage and transport them to hospitals or treat them at the scene.
Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors scramble to safety. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track.
No survivors are left on the trains, but due to the severity of the damage, it is unknown if other fatalities remain.
Though the collision took place during rush hour, Metro's John Catoe said the trains were not full.
Each train had six cars and was capable of holding as many as 1,200 people. Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said the trains were bound for downtown. That would mean they were less likely to be filled during the afternoon rush hour.
Police and fire officials asked people concerned about loved ones to stay away from the scene and call 311 for information. The D.C. Health Department set up a toll-free patient information and tracking number (866) 797-4930. The city has set up a family reunion center with the Red Cross' help at the recreation center at 501 Riggs Road NE. Counselors are on hand to help family members coping with mental stress and seeking information.
At least 200 members of D.C. Fire and EMS responded. Firefighters from Fairfax and Arlington counties in Virginia and Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland were called to D.C. to assist with other calls to the D.C. fire department.
Two FBI agents are at the scene, News4's Jackie Bensen reported. The FBI agents are at the scene to provide mutual aid and support, like evidence recovery or technical equipment, according to a spokesperson from the Washington field office. Nothing indicates criminal activity.
Federal authorities had no indication of any terrorism connection, Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said less than two hours after the crash.
"I don't know the reason for this accident," Catoe said. "I would still say the system is safe, but we've had an incident."
The National Transportation Safety Board took charge of the investigation and sent a team to the site of the accident. D.C. police and the FBI also had investigators at the scene to help search the wreckage for any overlooked injured or dead passengers and evidence.
Trains did not travel between the Brookland and Fort Totten stations. Shuttle service was established, but Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato advised riders to completely avoid the Red Line Monday evening. More restrictions were put in place for Tuesday's commute. Click here for the details.
The president issued a statement Monday night:
"Michelle and I were saddened by the terrible accident in northeast Washington, D.C., today," said President Barack Obama. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends affected by this tragedy. I want to thank the brave first responders who arrived immediately to save lives. My staff has been in touch with Mayor Fenty's office and will continue to monitor the situation."
The last time two Metro trains collided, about 20 people were injured when an empty train backed into a train carrying passengers on Nov. 3, 2004.
The only other time in Metrorail's 33-year history that there were passenger fatalities was on Jan. 13, 1982, when three people died and 25 people were injured as a result of a derailment underneath downtown. One car of a train derailed while the train was backing up through a crossover switch south of the Federal Triangle Station. The car was pulled sideways and crashed into the concrete pillar separating inbound and outbound tracks.
That was a day of disaster in the capital -- shortly before the subway crash, an Air Florida plane slammed into the 14th Street Bridge immediately after takeoff in a severe snowstorm from Washington National Airport across the Potomac River. The plane crash killed 78 people.
For more on previous crashes, click here.
For Metro's latest status updates, visit their Web site.


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Ann Miller: Top of the Taps
By: Legacy Staff
6 years ago
Born 90 years ago today, Ann Miller was a multitalented star – she could sing, she could act, she was funny – but all these skills were eclipsed by her magnificent dancing. Specifically, tap dancing. Miller was such an incomparable tap dancer that, according to legend, she could tap 500 times per minute.
The legend may not be entirely true – in fact, it seems to have been invented by Miller's publicists. But when you see Ann Miller in action, you realize it's not too far off.
If that's not 500 taps per minute, it's certainly close – and definitely more than we can begin to count. We have no qualms about crowning Ann Miller the Top of the Taps. And today we're tipping our top hats to her tap shoes … and watching her do what she did best.
Tapping with Ginger Rogers in "Stage Door" – Miller was only 14 years old:
Singing and dancing in "Kiss Me Kate":
Setting up the joke in a legendary Stan Freberg-created commercial:
Guest-starring on "The Love Boat," along with Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Cab Calloway, Della Reese, and Van Johnson:
At 66 years old, she was still out-tapping the competition:
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Sarah Weddington, Roe V. Wade Attorney
Sarah Weddington on being different, arguing before the Supreme Court at 26, and the surprise longevity of the battle over reproductive rights.
Sarah Weddington
Attorney, Roe v. Wade
Sarah Weddington on being different, arguing before the Supreme Court at 26, and the surprising longevity of the battle over reproductive rights.
Sarah Weddington stepped into the national spotlight when she successfully argued the landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade, at the tender age of 26. The daughter of a Methodist minister, Weddington grew up in the small town of Abilene, Texas. She completed high school in only two years and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in English from McMurry University in 1964. She then attended the University of Texas Law School, despite the admonition by the Dean of McMurry that, as a woman, it would be too challenging. Weddington was one of only five women entering her class of 120 students. After her Supreme Court victory, Weddington was elected to three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, where she passed critical legislation which focused on health, women's rights, anti-discrimination, and early education. She left for Washington in 1977 to become the first female General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture and then served as an assistant to President Carter, directing the Carter Administration's work on women's issues and appointments. Throughout the 1980s, Weddington was a distinguished lecturer at Texas Women's University, and later became an adjunct professor at the University of Texas-Austin. She founded the Weddington Center where she continues her work as a speaker and writer, focusing primarily on women in leadership. Weddington has received numerous honors and awards over the course of her extraordinary career. Early in her career, Time magazine selected her as one of the "Outstanding Young American Leaders," and Planned Parenthood bestowed her its highest honor, the Margaret Sanger Woman of Valor Award. In 2000, Texas Lawyer Magazine named her as "One of the Most Influential Lawyers of the 20th Century," and in 1999, she was honored as a "Texas Woman of the Century" by the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas.