text: NEW YORK -- Marianne Stanley knew college success as a player and a coach and then earned coaching honors in the WNBA. Cheap Asics Shoes .Stanley joined Herb Magee, who has won more than 1,000 games at Philadelphia University, and the late Fordham coach John Bach as winners of the Joe Lapchick Character Award on Friday.Stanley won three AIAW titles as a player at Immaculata from 1972-74, playing for Lapchick winner Cathy Rush. She went on to win two AIAW titles in 1979-80 as the coach at Old Dominion and an NCAA title in 1985. Stanley also coached at Penn, USC, Stanford and California.She was the 2002 WNBA coach of the year with the Washington Mystics and currently is an assistant for them.The awards were presented at a luncheon in New York that celebrated the life of Joe Lapchick, a Hall of Fame coach with St. Johns and the New York Knicks, who was known for his compassion and integrity off the court.Magee has been involved with the Philadelphia program for 57 years as a player and coach. He enters his 50th season as the Rams head coach with 1,032 wins. The Rams have made 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, winning the NCAA College Division title in 1970.Bach, who died in January at 91, played and coached at Fordham before coaching at Penn State. He was considered one of the top NBA assistants and an integral part of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s.The award was first presented in 2008. Asics Wholesale Uk .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. Asics Shoes Uk Free Shipping . Gather a group of friends, or find a league to join online, draft your team, set your lineup and compete in a number of different formats. http://www.cheapasicsuk.com/ . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. One state, one member, one vote The impact: 1) This recommendation reduces at least four existing associations from being full members of the BCCI to associates. At present, state associations of Maharashtra, Mumbai and Vidarbha - each functioning independently in the state of Maharashtra - and Gujarat, Baroda and Saurashtra - each functioning independently in the state of Gujarat - have one vote each in the BCCI elections. The Lodha Committee proposed that the six votes be reduced to two, one each from each state, with one association representing the state at the BCCI on rotational basis for a period of one year.The states objections: The legal counsels of the different states and the BCCI lawyer contested that not only did the six members of Maharashtra and Gujarat represent a definite geographical territory and field teams, but they also contributed to the development of the game in their respective regions. It was argued that having one member represent the entire state was fraught with difficulty and ignored the historical perspective.Courts response: The rotational arrangement would give each association a right to a full members vote when its turn came around, without violating the broader principle of one state one vote recommended by the committee. Such a system would also respect the history of these associations, their role in the promotion the game and the formation of the BCCI. These state bodies can continue to field teams in domestic tournaments, and the BCCI will decide the order in which the full membership rotates among the associations.2) The Lodha committee also recommended that five full members of the BCCI - Railways Sports Promotion Board, Association of Indian Universities, Services Sports Control Board, National Cricket Club (Kolkata) and Cricket Club of India (Mumbai) - be relegated to associate status.The five clubs defence: Even if the five clubs did not represent any state and two of them - NCC and CCI - were recreational bodies that did not even field first- class teams - they should continue as full members keeping in view the historical background leading to the formation of BCCI.Courts response: The relegation of these five clubs to associate membership is meant to support the structural streamlining of the BCCI to make it more responsive and accountable, at the same time providing for an equal opportunity for different regions to participate in the growth and promotion of the game in the countryAge limit of 70 for office bearers BCCI and states objections: Citing the example of veteran administrator Niranjan Shah, who has served as secretary at the Saurashtra Cricket Association for the past four decades, the court was told that setting an upper aage limit was not reasonable and conducive for the growth of the game. Cheap Asics Shoes Online. Lawyers for both BCCI and states argued that age had nothing to do with the administrative capacity of the person.Court response: It stated that cricketers usually played the game between the age of 18 and 35 and that after retirement anyone who had the potential to contribute to the game could do so for over three decades until the age of 70. The upper age limit recommended by the Lodha Committee was not, therefore, unreasonable or irrational. The Court also stated that the Indian Governments National Sports Development Code of India, 2011, had stipulated that primary office bearers - President, Secretary and the Treasurer - of recognised National Sports Federation including the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had an age cap of 70 years. The Court said that the upper age limit of 70 was not an unusual or unacceptable norm.Ministers and civil servants cannot be administrators BCCI and states objections: Because of their experience, ministers and government officials, the BCCI said, were able administrators at both the central and state level and such a recommendation would hurt the efficiency of the board and the growth of the game.The courts response: The game would be better managed, promoted and developed if politicians and civil servants, who occupy positions of responsibility in the government that call for their complete attention and commitment, were made ineligible from holding any post in state associations or the BCCI. The court also said it did not believe that the game flourished due to a minister or civil servant holding a cricket office. Nor did they believe the game would be denied its due without ministers or civil servants at the helm. Office bearers cannot hold posts at BCCI and state level BCCIs objections: It argued that the experience gained by administrators at state level could be useful when the official doubles up in a role at the board level.Courts response: It said that one person could not be allowed to hold both a state and BCCI post because of conflict of interest issues. The court said that presidents and secretaries of state associations existed to discharge functions with the primary interest of the state in mind; as BCCI office bearers, they are expected to subordinate regional interests to a larger national interest. The court said the existence of dual roles meant that officials often appointed their fellow state officials to key posts in the BCCI and created an imbalance, and that the Lodha report on the matter was far from irrational. ' ' '


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Ice for Everybody!
New exhibit at Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museum looks at Ohio's once-booming ice business
"Ice for Everybody: Lake Erie and America's Ice Harvesting Industry," open through Feb. 25 at the Rutherford B.Hayes' museum in Fremont, offers an interesting glimpse into the Lake Erie ice industry's prominence in establishing the nation's perishable foods markets and the difficult, dangerous work required to harvest ice.
The cool exhibit (sorry, I couldn't resist) draws heavily on the work of Sandusky photographer Ernst Niebergall, who spent half a century documenting the lives of everyday folks and places along the lake's southern shoreline. "Sandusky Bay ice tended to freeze very thick every year and you could count on it," explains Kevin Moore, associate curator of artifacts. "It was a natural spot for the industry to pop up. Sandusky Bay was known for having very clean ice commonly referred to as 'plate glass ice.'"
The exhibit features a vintage refrigerator or ice-box as it was once known, dozens of photographs of ice harvesting on the bay and a collection of tools used in the trade. That included cleated horse shoes so horses could walk on ice without falling as well as saws, picks, tongs and other specialized tools.
The rise of ice, in conjunction with ice-boxes, gave everyday Americans the ability to store perishable foods and enjoy foods they may not have normally had access to. It also paved the way for the national meat-packing industry. Most importantly, readily available ice gave us ice cream. Yep. And beverages, including beer, could be enjoyed cold.
One of the largest ice companies was The Wagner Lake Ice and Coal Co. "They made more money on ice than they did on coal," Moore says.
A video features some local old-timers recalling the days of the ice delivery men and ice-boxes. Unfortunately for those harvesting ice on Lake Erie and elsewhere, new-fangled refrigeration technology put an end to ice harvesting just after the turn of the century — except for a few brief years during World War I, when the government encouraged the return to lake ice in an effort to conserve electricity for the war effort.
The exhibit draws resources from the Ottawa County Historical Museum, The Maritime Museum of Sandusky and Don Rhodes, the long-time Ottawa County historian.
After checking out the exhibit, why not grab a scoop of hand-dipped ice cream nearby? Coco Beans is just around the corner in downtown Fremont and DJ's Coffee and Ice Cream is just north of town.
For more Ohio history, Find It Here at Ohio.org.

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On Friday Nov
25th my children, and my
grandchildren visited your place for the first time to shoot skeet.
Yesterday, for what must have been the tenth (or more) time, we had a wonderful hunt at Rock Haven Farms. Seven members of our family were there (three generations). We hunted over excellent dogs and top notch guides! As always, I was very impressed with the emphasis that was placed on Safety. That emphasis started with the pre-hunt safety talk and continued until all the guns were returned to their cases. Rocky and everyone connected with Rock Haven Farms certainly know how to make you feel right at home. It should also be noted that Rocky also has a special person who just puts frosting on the cake. That would be Miss Vicki his wife. When we returned from the hunt, she had a feast waiting for us. If you get the impression that we enjoy going to Rock Haven Farms, you are correct!
> Robert DeWitt
Monroe, NC
As always a day at Rock Haven is an awesome experience in the outdoors. The tower shoot last Saturday was a great experience for me and my son and a way for us both to connect again. The Homesley Family is so welcoming and I felt like we were at a Thanksgiving dinner with the meal they provided after the hunt. Thank you for a great day and a safe hunt for me and my son. I know we'll be back for years to come.
My first trip to Rock Haven - Exceeded my expectations
would like to thank Kim Cabe for giving me the
opportunity to meet some of the nicest people I have
ever met. As we pulled into the driveway at Rock Haven I saw this
magical view of prime bird country and beautiful fishing ponds that bring
chills to your spine.
As we rolled past the kennel I could see the smoke rolling from the fire out behind the head quarters of Rock Haven. The pointers and short
hairs smiled as we road back to a beautiful, rustic, modern palace, just waiting to make your dreams come true.
Rocky, Jim, and Morris hung by the fire and shook my hand, welcoming me to Rock Haven Farms. We shared a hot coffee and laughed together. We talked about how Dakota was working the birds and how quickly Rocky had turned her into one heck of a Short Hair Masterpiece. We laughed and said, Dakota never lies, when she points, "But we're still working her to perfection"
As a resident of Michigan, and having many hunting experiences around the country, my heart was taken to a whole new level when I finally had
a chance to meet the O'L boys of Rock Haven.
The birds were fast flying and challenging to the highest level, the land was breath taking, and the dogs (Thanks Kim for Dakota!) were the
After my expectations on birds were exceeded by 110%, I reflect back on the memories of sharing coffee with Rocky, Jim, and Morris, and it made
me realize how the relationships we build with people along the way mean so much in life.
Rock Haven provides a southern style atmosphere, with kind people, real people. And their goal is to make your stay with them a memory to last
a life time. I got mine!
Rocky, Jim, Morris, Kim & Dakota.
Thanks Boys!
Blessings from Michigan,
Brian Welch
Hello Rocky,
The birds flew well and were much tougher than I thought they would be. The terrain of your property and the layout of the 20 stations gave us many different looks as these birds came into view. We had birds in the open sky like doves, a few cruising through the woods and some that came at us as they went across the pond. We had to adjust for the presentation that each station gave us. That's good stuff!
I liked that we couldn't clearly see the tower since it added to the anticipation while waiting for each bird. It kept us alert for the whole shoot. Your dog handlers were great guys and all willing to help find a bird in the thick cover. You have some good people out there.
I cooked the pheasant in the crock pot on Sunday in a recipe that included golden mushroom soup, bacon, onions, etc etc. They were great! I look forward to the next Tower Shoot that you host, and I hope it will be sooner than later.
Oh, and last but not least, the spread of food you put out really hit the spot after 3 hours of shooting. Nice job Rocky!
John F
Matthews, NC
After years of hunting with Rocky and his dogs I broke down and bought a pup of my own. I worked with her and took her as far as I could and then brought her to Rocky for the finishing touches. Ida Mae is a 6 month old GSP and is well on her way thanks to Rocky. Between the two of us she has had over 50 birds shot over her already and is a champion in the making. She holds strong and never busts the covey. She has impressed everyone that has had the pleasure of seeing her work. Thank you Rocky for all your hard work. Ida and I look forward to years of teamwork and hunting with the skills you have taught us both.
I brought my 9 month old GSP, Dakota to rocky 3 weeks ago, I hunted her for the first time today. She was awesome! She was on the birds quick and locked up solid on point. I shot the second bird in the pond and she didnt hesitate to water retrieve. If you have a GSP take it to Rocky, he will bring their instincts out and show them their job they were bread for. This is my first pointer and I have a feeling I will be going to Rocky's place alot in the next few months. Now all I have to do is to get him to train me and I will be good to go.
You can't find a better place anywhere in these parts to go hunt birds, his place is well kept,service and hospitality are second to none. Even though I've only known those guys about 3 weeks,they treat you like old friends. Great bunch of down home guys.
Kim Cabe
Lincolnton, NC
Another good hunt at Rock
Haven Farms. Everyone seemed to have plenty of shooting and as
usual Vicki did a wonderful job with the food. The barbecue was
good but the cherry pie and pound cake were absolute killers.
Been hunting at Rock Haven with my sons and friends for about 12 years
and we always have a great time. We annually make the dove hunt
and a couple of quail hunts later in the season. This is a great
way to introduce young hunters to the sport. Rocky and Vicki put
on a first class hunt.
B Beasley
Monday the 23 of Dec. My grandson and friends had a great day hunting, Grandson's first hunt. The folks at Rock Haven made it an experience he will always remember. From the starter with skeet shooting to the full afternoon hunt it could not get any better. Thank you Rocky and company, I'm pretty sure the Grandson will be back many times.
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Steve Marler
Charlotte, NC
have enjoyed many hunts with Rocky. If you haven't enjoyed a hunt
one of Rocky's dogs, your hunting experience isn't complete.
Rocky and Miss Vicki give new meaning to the term, "Southern
I've been coming to Rock Haven farms and enjoying Rocky's place for many years now. My parents, brothers and children have all enjoyed hunts and events with Rocky and Vicki. When ever my sons come to the Carolinas in the hunting season for a visit they always ask if we can go out to Rocky's The land is beautiful, the birds fly fast and the hospitality is perfect. I've hunted for over 40 years and sure have had some great hunts but hunting over Rocky's dogs is something every hunter should experience. There's always a hot cup of coffee waiting for you and awesome home made sausage and biscuits to follow shortly. Thank you Rock Haven for such a great place to hunt and enjoy the outdoors.
Lincolnton, NC
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Linda O'Connor, a librarian at Great Meadows Middle School put up signs saying: "Just Say 'No' to Wikipedia." I can only imagine how Ms. O'Connor feels about the Dewey Decimal System. Educators are correct that Wikipedia is not an authoritative source. To my knowledge, Wikipedia has never claimed to be perfect, or the world's most authoritative encyclopedia. In fact, there are all sorts of warnings, advertising problems with particular articles.
If Ms. O'Connor's point is to highlight problems with any one source that is perfectly fine. If her point is to say no with Wikipedia because it is currently the most popular, that is fine also. However, the underlying point needs to be that no one should just trust one source, and authority is one of the worst foundations for any argument. If the children's takeaway from O'Connor's message is simply: don't use Wikipedia, then I feel a great educational opportunity has been lost.
In my mind, the strength of experts or authorities is that they should be able to make really convincing arguments, not just what they say is automatically gospel. It is unfortunate but a practical necessity to summarize main points or conclusions from certain works. For example, arguments for the theory of evolution rest on a huge body of evidence. In fact, some of the most conclusive evidence supporting evolution wasn't discovered until well after Darwin's death, DNA being one example. The salient point is that the theory of evolution is as true as any other theory in science can be. This notion of scientific truth is essential to get children to understand.
As a counterpoint, Newton was unquestionably a smart individual. However, he believed in a "Luminiferous Aether Wind" which was the universal propagation medium of light. One of the great tragedies of modern education is its emphasis on the "right" answer with little to no attention paid to the wrong tracks people have gone down. The most important aspect of education is the journey, not the destination. More can be learned by going down few wrongs paths than many right ones.
This brings me to arguing and the Internet. The Internet is an egalitarian battleground of ideas. Among, the greatest ills of the Internet is the inability for people to properly argue. "A Rulebook for Arguments" by Anthony Weston is a good example of what every child should be ingrained with since the beginning of their education. It not only presents how to make arguments, but also numerous logical fallacies (although finding online sources of logical fallacies is not too difficult either). As Weston states in the introduction, "some people thing that arguing is simply stating their prejudices in a new form." As long as arguing is seen in this light, then any vetting of knowledge on the Internet is hopeless. However, arguing doesn't have to be this way. Arguing should be about, "offer[ing] the reasons and evidence that convinced you. It is not a mistake to have strong views. The mistake is to have nothing else."
A central point of education should be get children to agree on correct answers among themselves, not to reproduce the answer that agrees with the teacher's. If the class produces the wrong answer, that is also a wonderful teaching opportunity for students to examine what went wrong. If we do not teach children to question authority, we are not safeguarding democracy. The Internet can be a grand teaching device to that end. A true test of a good education is not how faithfully a student can reproduce information, but rather how well they can identify the bad.


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The Meaker Family History
From Under the Gooseberry Bush
November 2005 - Number 2
Well another year has passed and it seems very little progress was made with family research, however on reflection progress was made!
The journey into the depths of the Meaker Family History has become more spread out – although I cannot get beyond Edward Meaker born between 1731 and 1751 born in Long Load, Somerset. I have found Meakers born earlier in Martock, Somerset but have yet to make a connection. Anyone out there who can help with this? !
My father William HENRY Meaker visited Calgary for almost 2 months in April, Janet (Dad's sister) and her husband David came for a short while. We had many interesting conversations all taped to be entered soon. Dad and I visited Frank and Irish Meaker in Montrose, Colorado and met a wonderful family, until just over a year ago we didn't even know existed. As well as seeing faces, Irish was a font of information giving me so many names and stories. We also saw places Frank's father helped develop in the valley. Thank you everyone for a very memorable trip.
The Meakers were a very adventurous family, travelling and eventually settling all over the US, and various parts of the world, including searching for gold in Alaska. Much of this information is from "Nevada Desert Sheepman" written by Reginald Meaker as told to Sessions S. Wheeler and Gerald Meaker (son of Henry and Pauline) Gerald won the Guggenheim Book award in 1976 after writing " The Revolutionary left in Spain" in 1974.
I have made contacts with many new people, the most interesting person being a descendant of Mary Eliza Meaker, sister of Henry Albert. Mary Eliza kept family records which were passed to her descendants. I am waiting further information.


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Kali S. Thomas is an Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, and a Research Health Science Specialist at the Providence VA Medical Center's Center of Innovation for Long-term Services and Supports. She received her PhD in Aging Studies from the University of South Florida and completed an AHRQ-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research. Dr. Thomas' research focuses on identifying ways to improve the quality of life of older adults needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) through applied health services research. With over $7.9 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Aging, and multiple foundations, she has led research projects examining the organization and delivery of LTSS to meet older adults' medical and non-medical needs. Her research spans the LTSS continuum, ranging from in-home services to long-term care provided in institutional settings.
|Lueckel SN, Teno JM, Stephen AH, Benoit E, Kheirbek T, Adams CA Jr, Cioffi WG, Thomas KS Population of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury in Skilled Nursing Facilities. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation/Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2019; 34 (1) : E39-E45.
|Thomas KS, Gadbois EA, Shield RR, Akobundu U, Morris AM, Dosa DM "It's Not Just a Simple Meal. It's So Much More": Interactions Between Meals on Wheels Clients and Drivers.. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2018; : 733464818820226.
|Shan M, Gutman R, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Ogarek JA, Kler S, Thomas KS A New Data Resource to Examine Meals on Wheels Clients' Health Care Utilization and Costs.. Medical Care. 2018; 57 (3) : e15-e21.
|Thomas KS, Cote D, Makineni R, Intrator O, Kinosian B, Phibbs CS, Allen SM Change in VA Community Living Centers 2004-2011: Shifting Long-Term Care to the Community.. Journal of aging & social policy. 2018; 30 (2) : 93-108.
|Thomas KS, Ogarek JA, Teno JM, Gozalo PL, Mor V Development and Validation of the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set 3.0 Mortality Risk Score (MRS3).. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A. 2018;
|Rivera-Hernandez, Maricruz, Kumar, Amit, Epstein-Lubow, Gary, Thomas, Kali S. Disparities in Nursing Home Use and Quality Among African American, Hispanic, and White Medicare Residents With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Journal of Aging and Health/Journal of aging and health. 2018; : 898264318767778.
|Kosar CM, Thomas KS, Gozalo PL, Ogarek JA, Mor V Effect of Obesity on Postacute Outcomes of Skilled Nursing Facility Residents with Hip Fracture.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society/Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018; 66 (6) : 1108-1114.
|Keohane LM, Rahman M, Thomas KS, Trivedi AN Effects of Caps on Cost Sharing for Skilled Nursing Facility Services in Medicare Advantage Plans.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018; 66 (5) : 992-997.
|Fabius CD, Thomas KS Examining Black-White Disparities Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Assisted Living Settings in 2014.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018;
|Kosar CM, Thomas KS, Gozalo PL, Mor V Higher Level of Obesity Is Associated with Intensive Personal Care Assistance in the Nursing Home. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association/Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2018; 19 (11) : 1015-1019.
|Thomas KS, Parikh RB, Zullo AR, Dosa D Home-Delivered Meals and Risk of Self-Reported Falls: Results From a Randomized Trial.. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2018; 37 (1) : 41-57.
|Silver, Benjamin C., Grabowski, David C., Gozalo, Pedro L., Dosa, David, Thomas, Kali S. Increasing Prevalence of Assisted Living as a Substitute for Private-Pay Long-Term Nursing Care. Health Services Research/Health Serv Res. 2018; 53 (6) : 4906-4920.
|Singh T, Bélanger E, Thomas K Is Fear of Falling the Missing Link to Explain Racial Disparities in Fall Risk? Data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Clinical Gerontologist/Clinical Gerontologist. 2018; : 1-6.
|Ogarek JA, McCreedy EM, Thomas KS, Teno JM, Gozalo PL Minimum Data Set Changes in Health, End-Stage Disease and Symptoms and Signs Scale: A Revised Measure to Predict Mortality in Nursing Home Residents.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018; 66 (5) : 976-981.
|Thomas KS, Boyd E, Mariotto AB, Penn DC, Barrett MJ, Warren JL New Opportunities for Cancer Health Services Research: Linking the SEER-Medicare Data to the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set.. Medical Care. 2018;
|Lueckel SN, Kosar CM, Teno JM, Monaghan SF, Heffernan DS, Cioffi WG, Thomas KS Outcomes in nursing home patients with traumatic brain injury.. Surgery. 2018;
|Fabius CD, Thomas KS, Zhang T, Ogarek J, Shireman TI Racial disparities in Medicaid home and community-based service utilization and expenditures among persons with multiple sclerosis.. BMC Health Services Research. 2018; 18 (1) : 773.
|Lord J, Davlyatov G, Thomas KS, Hyer K, Weech-Maldonado R The Role of Assisted Living Capacity on Nursing Home Financial Performance.. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2018; 55 : 46958018793285.
|Harris D, McNicoll L, Epstein-Lubow G, Thomas KS Association between anxious symptoms and sleeping medication use among US older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry/Int. J. Geriat. Psychiatry. 2017; 33 (2) : e307-e313.
|Li, Qijuan, Keohane, Laura M., Thomas, Kali, Lee, Yoojin, Trivedi, Amal N. Association of Cost Sharing With Use of Home Health Services Among Medicare Advantage Enrollees. JAMA Internal Medicine/JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017; 177 (7) : 1012-1018.
|Downer B, Thomas KS, Mor V, Goodwin JS, Ottenbacher KJ Cognitive Status of Older Adults on Admission to a Skilled Nursing Facility According to a Hospital Discharge Diagnosis of Dementia.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017; 18 (8) : 726-728.
|Thomas KS, Silver B, Gozalo PL, Dosa D, Grabowski DC, Makineni R, Mor V Constructing a Measure of Private-pay Nursing Home Days.. Medical Care/Medical Care. 2017; 56 (5) : e26-e31.
|Kosar, Cyrus M., Thomas, Kali S., Inouye, Sharon K., Mor, Vincent Delirium During Postacute Nursing Home Admission and Risk for Adverse Outcomes.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society/Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017; 65 (7) : 1470-1475.
|Smith, Kelly M., Thomas, Kali S., Johnson, Shanthi, Meng, Hongdao, Hyer, Kathryn Dietary Service Staffing Impact Nutritional Quality in Nursing Homes. Journal of Applied Gerontology/Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2017; : 073346481668830.
|Brostow, Diana P., Gunzburger, E., Thomas, K. S. Food insecurity among veterans: Findings from the health and retirement study. The journal of nutrition, health & aging/The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2017;
|Thomas, Kali S., Baier, Rosa, Kosar, Cyrus, Ogarek, Jessica, Trepman, Alissa, Mor, Vincent Individualized Music Program is Associated with Improved Outcomes for U.S. Nursing Home Residents with Dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry/The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2017; 25 (9) : 931-938.
|Garrido MM, Allman RM, Pizer SD, Rudolph JL, Thomas KS, Sperber NR, Van Houtven CH, Frakt AB Innovation in a Learning Health Care System: Veteran-Directed Home- and Community-Based Services.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017; 65 (11) : 2446-2451.
|Thomas KS, Dosa D, Gozalo PL, Grabowski DC, Nazareno J, Makineni R, Mor V A Methodology to Identify a Cohort of Medicare Beneficiaries Residing in Large Assisted Living Facilities Using Administrative Data.. Medical Care. 2016;
|Thomas, Kali S., Allen, Susan M. Interagency partnership to deliver Veteran-Directed Home and Community-Based Services: Interviews with Aging and Disability Network agency personnel regarding their experience with partner Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development/J Rehabil Res Dev. 2016; 53 (5) : 611-618.
|Thomas KS, Allen SM Interagency partnership to deliver Veteran-Directed Home and Community-Based Services: Interviews with Aging and Disability Network agency personnel regarding their experience with partner Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2016; 53 (5) : 611-618.
|Thomas KS, Smego R, Akobundu U, Dosa D Characteristics of Older Adults on Waiting Lists for Meals on Wheels: Identifying Areas for Intervention.. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2015; 36 (10) : 1228-1242.
|Brown, Lisa M., Christensen, Janelle J., Ialynytchev, Anna, Thomas, Kali S., Frahm, Kathryn A., Hyer, Kathryn Experiences of Assisted Living Facility Staff in Evacuating and Sheltering Residents During Hurricanes. Current Psychology. 2015; 34 (3) : 506-514.
|Wysocki A, Thomas KS, Mor V Functional Improvement Among Short-Stay Nursing Home Residents in the MDS 3.0. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015; 16 (6) : 470-4.
|Rahman M, Tyler D, Thomas KS, Grabowski DC, Mor V Higher Medicare SNF care utilization by dual-eligible beneficiaries: can Medicaid long-term care policies be the answer?. Health Serv Res. 2015; 50 (1) : n/a-n/a.
|Thomas, K. S., Applebaum, R. Long-term Services and Supports (LTSS): A Growing Challenge for an Aging America. Public Policy & Aging Report. 2015;
|Thomas KS, Akobundu U, Dosa D More Than A Meal? A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effects of Home-Delivered Meals Programs on Participants' Feelings of Loneliness.. GERONB. 2015; 71 (6) : 1049-1058.
|Thomas, Kali S. Outcomes Matter: The Need for Improved Data Collection and Measurement in Our Nation's Home-Delivered Meals Programs. Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2015; 34 (2) : 85-89.
|Thomas KS, Dosa D, Wysocki A, Mor V The Minimum Data Set 3.0 Cognitive Function Scale. Medical Care/Medical Care. 2015; 55 (9) : 1.
|Rahman M, Grabowski DC, Gozalo PL, Thomas KS, Mor V Are dual eligibles admitted to poorer quality skilled nursing facilities?. Health Serv Res. 2014; 49 (3) : 798-817.
|Thomas KS, Wysocki A, Intrator O, Mor V Finding Gertrude: The resident's voice in Minimum Data Set 3.0.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2014; 15 (11) : 802-6.
|Shield RR, Thomas K, Ratchford R Health care transitions: perceptions from older patients in rhode island.. Rhode Island medical journal (2013). 2014; 98 (4) : 19-22.
|Thomas KS, Rahman M, Mor V, Intrator O Influence of hospital and nursing home quality on hospital readmissions.. The American journal of managed care. 2014; 20 (11) : e523-31.
|Thomas, Kali S., Keohane, Laura, Mor, Vincent Local Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services Spending and Nursing Home Admissions of Younger Adults. Am J Public Health. 2014; 104 (11) : e15-e17.
|Thomas, K. S. The Relationship Between Older Americans Act In-Home Services and Low-Care Residents in Nursing Homes. Journal of aging and health. 2014; 26 (2) : 250-260.
|Hyer, Kathryn, Thomas, Kali S., Johnson, Christopher E., Harman, Jeffrey S., Weech-Maldonado, Robert Do Medicaid Incentive Payments Boost Quality? Florida's Direct Care Staffing Adjustment Program. journal of aging & Social policy. 2013; 25 (1) : 65-82.
|Dosa, David, Cai, Shubing, Gidmark, Stefanie, Thomas, Kali, Intrator, Orna Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Veterans Residing in Community Living Centers: Have We Gotten Better?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2013; 61 (11) : 1994-9.
|Thomas, K. S., Mor, V. Providing More Home-Delivered Meals Is One Way To Keep Older Adults With Low Care Needs Out Of Nursing Homes. Health Affairs. 2013; 32 (10) : 1796-802.
|Thomas KS, Mor V The relationship between older Americans Act Title III state expenditures and prevalence of low-care nursing home residents.. Health Serv Res. 2013; 48 (3) : 1215-1226.
|Thomas, K. S., Mor, V., Tyler, D. A., Hyer, K. The Relationships Among Licensed Nurse Turnover, Retention, and Rehospitalization of Nursing Home Residents. The Gerontologist. 2013; 53 (2) : 211-21.
|Thomas KS, Dosa D, Hyer K, Brown LM, Swaminathan S, Feng Z, Mor V Effect of Forced Transitions on the Most Functionally Impaired Nursing Home Residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2012; 60 (10) : 1895-1900.
|Thomas, Kali S., McIlvane, Jessica M., Haley, William E. Effects of Diagnostic Label and Disease Information on Emotions, Beliefs, and Willingness to Help Older Parents with Osteoarthritis. Educational Gerontology. 2012; 38 (5) : 314-327.
|Thomas KS, Dosa DM Interviews with Australian nursing home managers reveal that various factors are associated with the decision to transfer a resident to hospital, including two factors not identified in previous research: advance care planning and support from local health services.. Evidence-Based Nursing. 2012; 15 (4) : 123-124.
|Thomas, K. S., Hyer, K., Castle, N. G., Branch, L. G., Andel, R., Weech-Maldonado, R. Patient Safety Culture and the Association with Safe Resident Care in Nursing Homes. The Gerontologist. 2012; 52 (6) : 802-811.
|Brown, L. M., Dosa, D. M., Thomas, K., Hyer, K., Feng, Z., Mor, V. The effects of evacuation on nursing home residents with dementia.. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 2012; 27 (6) : 406-12.
|Dosa D, Hyer K, Thomas K, Swaminathan S, Feng Z, Brown L, Mor V To Evacuate or Shelter in Place: Implications of Universal Hurricane Evacuation Policies on Nursing Home Residents. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2012; 13 (2) : 190.e1-190.e7.
|Rotjanapan, Porpon, Dosa, David, Thomas, Kali S. Potentially inappropriate treatment of urinary tract infections in two Rhode Island nursing homes.. Arch Intern Med. 2011; 171 (5) : 438-43.
|Hahn, E. A., Thomas, K. S., Hyer, K., Andel, R., Meng, H. Predictors of Low-Care Prevalence in Florida Nursing Homes: The Role of Medicaid Waiver Programs. The Gerontologist. 2011; 51 (4) : 495-503.
|Hyer, K., Thomas, K. S., Branch, L. G., Harman, J. S., Johnson, C. E., Weech-Maldonado, R. The Influence of Nurse Staffing Levels on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. The Gerontologist. 2011; 51 (5) : 610-616.
|Vongxaiburana, Elizabeth, Thomas, Kali S., Frahm, Kathryn A., Hyer, Kathryn The Social Worker in Interdisciplinary Care Planning. Clinical Gerontologist. 2011; 34 (5) : 367-378.
Hyer, K., Brown, L., Thomas, K. S., Dosa, D., Bond, J., & Schinka, J. A.
Caring for vulnerable elders in Florida nursing homes during the 2004-2005 hurricanes .
Journal of Emergency Management. 2010; 8 (1) : 57-66.
|Dosa, David, Feng, Zhanlian, Hyer, Kathy, Brown, Lisa M., Thomas, Kali, Mor, Vincent Effects of Hurricane Katrina on nursing facility resident mortality, hospitalization, and functional decline.. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2010; 4 Suppl 1 (S1) : S28-32.
|Thomas, K. S., Hyer, K., Brown, L. M., Polivka-West, L., Branch, L. G. Florida's Model of Nursing Home Medicaid Reimbursement for Disaster-Related Expenses. The Gerontologist. 2010; 50 (2) : 263-270.
|Thomas, K. S., Hyer, K., Andel, R., Weech-Maldonado, R. The Unintended Consequences of Staffing Mandates in Florida Nursing Homes: Impacts on Indirect-Care Staff. Medical Care Research and Review. 2010; 67 (5) : 555-573.
|Hyer, Kathryn, Brown, Lisa M., Christensen, Janelle J., Thomas, Kali S. Weathering the storm: challenges to nurses providing care to nursing home residents during hurricanes. Applied Nursing Research. 2009; 22 (4) : e9-e14.
I conduct applied health services research to inform policies and practices that secure better health and quality of life outcomes for individuals who are aging and disabled, particularly those who require long-term services and supports (LTSS). Broadly, my research focuses on the organization and delivery of LTSS, with an emphasis on measurement and quality. Funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Aging, and various foundations, I have led research projects related to the quality of long-term care and the role of home- and community-based services in preventing or postponing nursing home placement. I have 12 years of long-term care research experience and am an expert in using large administrative datasets (e.g., the nursing home Minimum Data Set, the home health Outcome and Assessment Information Set, Medicare claims, Medicaid Analytic eXtract) to ask and answer policy-relevant questions.
Ongoing Research Support
National Institute on Aging: 1R21AG059120-01 - Thomas (PI)
Innovative Approaches to Examine Post-Acute Care Outcomes of Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
This grant merges multiple sources of data using probaliistc matching to examine functional and cognitive improvement during post-acute (PAC) rehabilitative care among older patients age 65+ years with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Working with an experienced interdisciplinary team with statistical and clinical expertise, this project has two specific aims: 1) To create a national longitudinal database that follows older patients with TBI across multiple healthcare settings and 2) To identify patient characteristics that predict community discharge and functional improvement during the PAC rehabilitative episode.
Role: Principal Invesgitagor
National Institute on Aging: 1R01AG057746-01 - Thomas (PI)
Do State Regulations Affect the Outcomes of Assisted Living Residents with Dementia?
This grant examines states' assisted living (AL) policy environments, applies our novel methodology to identify AL residents, and together with Medicare claims will enable greater understanding of how AL residents' outcomes are impacted by states' regulatory decisions. We hypothesize that in order to survive, AL providers adhere to state licensing requirements and respond to changes in the regulatory environment which ultimately impact residents' outcomes. Our specific aims are to 1) characterize how states regulate AL as it relates to the care of residents with ADRD; 2) test the effect of regulations likely to influence ADRD care in AL on providers' response and outcomes of AL residents with ADRD over a 10-year period; and 3) compare outcomes between residents with ADRD who reside in AL communities licensed to provide specialized dementia care to residents in non-specialized AL communities.
Role: Principal Investigator
National Institute on Aging: R21AG057451-01- Mor (PI)
09/15/17 – 08/31/18
METRIcAL – Music & Memory: a Pragmatic Trial for Nursing Home Residents with Alzheimer's Disease
This study will standardize the introduction and implementation of Music & Memory (M&M) during a one-year R21 pilot then test the impact of implementing M&M on nursing home residents' behavioral and psychological outcomes during a four-year R33 pragmatic trial.
Role: Co-Investigator
National Institute on Aging: R03AG054687-01 - Rahman (PI)
09/01/17 – 08/31/19
Disparity in Incidence and Health Outcomes Between Rural and Urban Patients with Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders
The goal of this proposed research is to examine the rural-urban disparity in the prevalence and incidence of an ADRD diagnosis and Medicare beneficiaries' subsequent health outcomes. Our results will help policy development and improve care practice to reduce the rural-urban disparity.
Role: Co-Investigator
Veterans Health Administration Health Services Research and Development: CDA14-422 - Thomas (PI)
Evaluating Cash Benefits for Veterans' Long-Term Care
This is a VA HSR&D Career Development Award to focus on understanding the role of participant-directed (PD) cash benefit programs provided by VA to meet the growing need for LTSS. This research seeks to (1) use administrative data to determine which eligible Veterans being served by which Medical Centers enroll in VA's PD cash benefit programs, (2) explore reasons for variation in enrollment PD programs across VAMCs with interviews of VAMC personnel (3) conduct interviews with Veterans to describe their experiences with the VA's PD cash benefit programs and (4) establish the effectiveness of the VA's PD cash benefit programs in controlling healthcare costs by using sophisticated methodologies to compare Veterans' healthcare utilization to that of Veterans receiving traditional LTSS.
Role: Principal Investigator
Veterans Health Administration Health Services Research and Development: 1I01 HX002376-01/SDR 16-194 Thomas, Rudolph, Sperber (Co-PIs)
Evaluation of Veteran-Directed Home and Community Based Services
Working closely with the VHA's Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care and the Administration for Community Living, this award will evaluate the impact of the VD-HCBS program on Veterans and their caregivers, as well as the program's implementation, through a randomized stepped wedge national roll-out of the program.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
National Institute on Aging: 2P01AG027296 - Mor (PI)
Changing Long Term Care in America: Policies, Markets, Strategies, and Outcomes
This Program Project grant studies the effects of Medicare policy changes on the use and outcomes of Medicare's post-acute care benefit and how those policies interact with long term care provider markets and states' Medicaid policies. Specific aims of Core C include 1) Assemble project data and develop methods for tracking and cleaning projects' longitudinal data. 2) Create uniform, core measures for use in project analyses 3) Develop novel methods of evaluating functional status across post-acute settings.
Role: Investigator on Core C
|University of South Florida
|Postdoctoral Fellow
|Brown University, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research
|Providence, RI
2006 Phi Beta Kappa
2007 The Harold L. Sheppard Endowed Memorial Scholarship, USF
2008 The Everett and Anne Lee 2008 Gerontology Award
2010 University of South Florida's Distinguished Graduate Student Achievement Award
2010 Provost's Commendation for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, USF
2011 Richard L. Thorpe Fellowship, American College of Health Care Administrators
2011 Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award Funded by the Retirement Research Foundation, Honorable Mention, American Public Health Association
2011 Carroll L. Estes Student Research Award, Social Research, Policy, and Practice (SRPP) Section, Gerontological Society of America
2011 Douglas Holmes Award for Quality of Life/Quality of Care, Research in Quality of Care (RESQCARE) Interest Group, Gerontological Society of America
2013 Zimmer New Investigator Research Award, Honorable Mention, American Public Health Association
2015 Providence VA Medical Center's Research Week Poster Award Winner
2016 Salomon Award, Brown University Office of the Vice President for Research
2016 2015 Top Cited Article in Public Policy and Aging Report
2016 Carroll L. Estes Rising Star Award, Social Research, Policy, and Practice (SRPP) Section, Gerontological Society of America
2018 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Brown University, 2018
2019 Early Career Research Achievement Award, Brown University, 2019
|Baier, Rosa
|Associate Director, Center for Long-Term Quality and Innovation, Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Cornell, Portia
|Investigator in Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Dosa, David
|Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Epstein-Lubow, Gary
|Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Gozalo, Pedro
|Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice (Research)
|Gutman, Roee
|Associate Professor of Biostatistics
|Lueckel, Stephanie
|Assistant Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
|Mor, Vincent
|Florence Pirce Grant University Professor, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Rahman, Md
|Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice
|Zonfrillo, Mark
|Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Gerontological Society of America
American Public Health Association
|Research Health Science Specialist. Providence VA Medical Center, 2013-
|EMHL 2040 - Navigating the Regulatory Maze


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Finding the right date online (Part 1)
Dating Advice from the experts
I asked friends and dating experts "The Amazing Clarks" for advice for people who have an attractive online dating profile and can get dates but who are still in the process of finding the partner that they want. This is what they said:
"Be open!"
Usually when people go on online dates they become closed and guarded. They do this for a number of possible reasons:
- They are afraid to make themselves vulnerable because they don't want to get hurt.
- They are afraid that they may say or reveal something that will turn their date off and scare them away.
- They are just nervous and don't know what to say or do.
Don't be disappointed!
Being closed and guarded is guaranteed to ensure that you'll have a disappointing dating experience. You have to open up on dates. You have to be prepared to make yourself vulnerable.
Think of yourself as a wonderful and entertaining book with pages and pages of interesting experiences, ideas, and dreams. If you only show your date the cover of your book (with cool profile pics) but prevent your date from experiencing the wonderful content inside… they'll just put you back on the shelf.
And if you don't let them read your book, then why would they reveal the inside of their wonderful book to you? Everybody loses.
When you are on an online date don't be afraid to open up and make yourself vulnerable. Let your date see what's inside you and show him or her who you really are right from the beginning. Don't pretend to be someone you are not.
Be genuine. Be yourself. Be an open book.
It's when you are your authentic self that you are the most fun to yourself… and to others. Your date will feel at ease and will reveal themselves too. And even if there is no romantic chemistry between you and your date, at least you will both have an enjoyable time.
What if they don't like your book?
If you make yourself open and vulnerable and your date dislikes what they see, don't take it personally. They're not the one for you — and that's okay. Continue to make yourself open and vulnerable because it's only a matter of time before you attract online dates that will love and appreciate the authentic you (including your Mr or Mrs. Right.) Here are a few tips that can help:
Tips to help you remain open when online dating…
- Remember that you are being open in order to be yourself and have a good time.
- Don't worry if your date is not into you; you wouldn't have been a good match anyway.
- Opening up will inspire your date to do the same.
- Remaining open will enable your perfect partner to be able to immediately identify and find you.
Dating advice? The most important thing you need to know…
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I absolutely love the Boy Scout Popcorn. Not only is it really tasty, best popcorn around, but it supports the local Scouts. We've been buying it for years.
Well, now we have Scouts, so instead of buying it, we're selling it...and you can buy it online. They have boxes with 15 bags, which is what I usually by, but,now, they also have this!
So, if anyone would like to buy excellent popcorn and support our Scouts, here's the info:
Trail's End Popcorn
In the upper right corner, it will say "you are supporting no one. change." If you hit change, you can enter:
Justinian W 20120
Orville W 20120 -- for some weird reason, you have to enter 2 spaces after Orville under First Name to bring him up.
You can also make a donation to have popcorn sent to a military person or family!


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October brings us outdoor festival weather, Halloween, and the
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William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Vincent van Gogh, Jesus Christ – just a few of the notable gents throughout history who've sported beards. And if you look around the streets these days, you'll see that plenty of Sydneysiders are following suit.
But you don't get brilliant facial hair by simply chucking out your razor and sitting back and enjoying your bristles. Just like the hair atop your head, you need to look after your beard.
Patrick Casey knows this all too well. He has been maintaining hair (of both the face and scalp variety) for the past 10 years, including a four-year stint at Pimps & Pinups in London. Last year, he set up shop at Cleveland's, a combined cafe and barbershop that, these days, is servicing a growing number of bearded customers.
So you've passed that annoying itchy period and your five o'clock shadow has turned into a fully-fledged beard. What's next? Casey advises some initial simple steps: "For me, I think that common sense applies to maintenance. Yes, you should wash your beard (though not with a harsh soap as it will dry both your skin and your beard), so an organic beard-specific wash and conditioner is what I would recommend. For those that have extra dry, frizzy or coarse hair, you can use an oil or gloss which settles and shapes ends," he says.
Aside from washing, brushing your beard is also very important. "Shaping of the beard is paramount to accentuate a full and tailored piece of face furniture, so at a length longer than an inch, you should give it a good comb to curb 'bed beard', as you should do with any moustache that extends past the length of the lip line of the upper lip," he advises.
But watch out for some common pitfalls. Casey sees a lot of folks getting it wrong and he advises against cutting too close to the jaw line, leaving stray hairs around the mouth and upper lip, and not regularly combing your beard, which will result in the aforementioned 'bed beard'.
This all begs the question, can you do it all yourself, or should you only trust a professional? Casey says that it's all about the result. "The beard should be shaped to accentuate your desirable attributes, tight under the chin to accentuate jaw line, shaped at the point of the chin to enhance chin prominence, and be tighter through the sides to make you appear slimmer. Ideally, this should be done by your barber or hairdresser, though maintenance is often required to keep your beard looking neat and tidy between visits."
And if you are going to do it yourself, Casey recommends having implements such as a barber comb, small scissors, wax or gloss (for full handlebar moustaches) on hand, not to mention a set of clippers and guards. He also advises: "Conditioners to soften the hair are of the upmost importance to maintain a streamline form and also for an optimum texture (soft and shiny), which is easier on the eye."
But what to do if your beard is slow-growing? It's actually a quite common problem, as not everyone goes to bed and wakes up looking like a lumberjack. "I have had clients who take care to supplement hair growth with silica (which promotes healthy keratin growth), multi-vitamins and a variety of oils, like fish oil, to promote thickness, density and quality of hair growth," Casey says.
And as for why you should take care of your beard, or even have one in the first place, Casey suggests, "Beards are a great adornment that can speak volumes to who you are and how you wish to be perceived in the world. They are a celebration of masculinity and I'm glad to see them come back into prominence."
So there you have it, gentlemen. No excuses for wandering around with unwashed, uncombed and unshaped facial hair. Simply follow Casey's advice and you too can have a great looking beard that's easy on the eye.


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In one stream, I explore the psychological consequences of structural dynamics. For example, I examine psychological costs of occupying structurally advantageous network positions. In another stream, I focus on how individuals' cognitive, affective, and motivational processes form and mobilize networks in organizations—e.g., building or maintaining social relationships, seeking help from others.
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Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has said that he is 'realistic' over the club's prospects of holding onto James Maddison long-term, hinting that there will be discussions over the player's availability should a major club meet his valuation.
Maddison has been one of the Premier League's star performers since joining from Norwich last summer, creating more chances than anyone else in the league last term and assisting two already this season.
He has been one of a raft of young English players linked with a move to Manchester United, and although Leicester have made no secret of their desire to hold onto the 23-year-old, Harry Maguire's £80m move to United is proof that every player does have a price.
The centre-back saw several offers rejected for his services before Leicester finally succumbed to his departure, allowing him to head to Old Trafford for a world record fee for a defender.
And Rodgers has said that interest in Maddison could follow a similar template, with Leicester open to 'discussions' if their valuation is met - although they won't be bending over backwards to accommodate.
"In a player's career, there will always be that temptation," Rodgers said at his pre-Tottenham press conference, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News.
"This is a club that doesn't want to sell its best players, but of course, if there's a valuation that is met, which meets what the club perceive the player to be worth, then there will be a discussion.
"But it's not something we want to invite. James is very much a talented player for us. He still has lots of improvements to make as a young player.
"He, along with a number of young players, we want to keep here. But of course, I'm a realist as well. I understand how the market works. But it's not something we would be looking to entertain."
Leicester face Spurs at 12.30 on Saturday, looking to bounce back from last weekend's defeat to United and build on an impressive start to Rodgers' first full season.


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Dario Boente - piano, keyboards, vocoder, Rhodes, programming
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"Limelight" is the latest project by jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer Dario Boente. On this wonderfully varied album, Mr. Boente continues to explore and show his versatility as a composer and interpreter by pushing the envelope of conventional jazz. he continues to elegantly explore and translate his Argentine, groove oriented, world and electronic music influences. With jazz as his mother tongue, Boente is able to channel his various music styles while never losing the coherence and integrity of the sound. "Limelight" reveals the Mr. Beonte's versatility as well as his lyricism and impeccable technique.
The album features mostly original compositions that unveil the wonderful and elaborate writing skills of Mr. Boente as well as great interpretations of works by Astor Piazzolla, Herbie Hancock and fellow Argentine composer and Latin Grammy winner Fernando Otero.
For his latest project, Mr. Boente is accompanied by jazz greats, including 4 time Grammy winner Antonio Sanchez on drums, pianist Fernando Otero, bassists Gary Foote and Pablo Aslan, J.P. Jofre on bandoneon, Andres Rotmistrovsky on bass, Christos Rafalides on vibraphone and S. Karthick on ghatam.
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New Deal for Fritts
As reported by Broadcasting & Cable Monday, National Association of Broadcasters president Eddie Fritts will get a two-year extension on his contract -- a move that will likely keep him in his post until April 2006, trade-group members confirmed.
One caveat, however, a provision negotiated by NAB's executive committee would require Fritts to step down as soon as Sept. 1, 2005, if his successor is in place before his new contract expires.
Fritts also will get a consulting contract that will start after he leaves his current post and last through April 2008.
Leading the talks was NAB Joint Board Chairman Phil Lombardo. The deal is expected to be formally announced at NAB's board meetings in Washington next week.
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