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...Honoring Nations, which was created in 1998, is the only awards program that recognizes best practices across Indian tribal governments, according to Besaw. The awards’ emphasis on self-sufficiency has led to “a change within Indian nations themselves” as focus shifts from membership to citizenship, she said. Besaw cites two High Honor award recipients—the Professional Empowerment Program (PEP) and the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council—as examples of innovative programs that strengthen Indian nations. PEP is “a therapeutic approach to people who either...
...political party." Indeed, al-Zubeidi, a youthful 65-year-old with black hair graying at the temples and wire-rimmed glasses that bent forward off his nose, had a history as a Shiite radical-he had spent over 14 months in prison during the '60s and '70s for membership of a religious opposition group. But al-Zubeidi's appearance in the October 19 trial could have lead to his being singled out for assassination. According to his own account, when he introduced himself to Saddam, al-Zubeidi said that despite the fact that he was a Shiite from Babylon...
Statistics from the American Booksellers Association bolster his--and Ross's --argument that there is still room for small independents among Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon and even Wal-Mart and Costco. The group's membership is down from 4,700 a decade ago but has remained stable at 2,000 for the past three years. And while book sales overall have remained static for the past two years, Ipsos BookTrends reports slight growth for independent bookstores--just over 2% since...
...Over the last few years looking at and reevaluating our programs, I felt with more and more travel going on around the university, this was something that would supplement the insurance already in place,” Ross said. Harvard travelers will be given an SOS membership card with telephone numbers of the three major worldwide International SOS Alarm Centers. All University students, faculty, and staff are eligible to receive the benefits of SOS, regardless of the school with which they are affiliated. RMAS has been meeting with each school to publicize the program to students and employees...
...they have the ability to understand the breadth of social offerings needed to fill this College’s social scene. HoCos have the ability to inspire dozens of people to help with and care about an effort because they live with those who have an affiliation with, membership in, and loyalty to a community. These Housemates see the HoCo’s daily hard work and volunteer to help in return. And, HoCos are helped by institutional memory in the form of influential House administrators, superintendents, masters, and tutors—a fortunate circumstance that all but a handful...