DOCSLIB.ORG

Floor Debate April 05, 2016

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Floor Debate April 05, 2016 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 [LB10 LB235 LB268 LB580 LB605 LB643 LB716 LB721 LB745 LB804 LB884 LB884A LB889A LB1067 LB1094 LB1106 LR515 LR516 LR524 LR528 LR531 LR585 LR617 LR618] PRESIDENT FOLEY PRESIDING PRESIDENT FOLEY: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO GEORGE W. NORRIS LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER FOR THE FIFTY-FIFTH DAY OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH LEGISLATURE, SECOND SESSION. OUR CHAPLAIN FOR TODAY IS PASTOR REBECCA HJELLE OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BLAIR, NEBRASKA, SENATOR BRASCH'S DISTRICT. PLEASE RISE. PASTOR HJELLE: (PRAYER OFFERED.) PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR HJELLE. I CALL TO ORDER THE FIFTY-FIFTH DAY OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH LEGISLATURE, SECOND SESSION. SENATORS, PLEASE RECORD YOUR PRESENCE. ROLL CALL. MR. CLERK, PLEASE RECORD. CLERK: I HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, MR. PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS FOR THE JOURNAL? CLERK: I HAVE NO CORRECTIONS. PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU, SIR. ARE THERE ANY MESSAGES, REPORTS, OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? CLERK: MR. PRESIDENT, ENROLLMENT AND REVIEW REPORTS LB580 TO SELECT FILE WITH E&R AMENDMENTS ATTACHED. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. (LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL PAGE 1459.) [LB580] PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. MEMBERS, WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION AND CAPABLE OF TRANSACTING BUSINESS, I PROPOSE TO SIGN AND DO HEREBY SIGN THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS: LR515, LR516, LR524, LR528, LR531, AND LR585. WE'LL NOW 1 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 PROCEED TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, LEGISLATIVE CONFIRMATION REPORTS. MR. CLERK. [LR515 LR516 LR524 LR528 LR531 LR585] CLERK: MR. PRESIDENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY SENATOR CAMPBELL, REPORTS ON SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. (LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL PAGE 1369.) PRESIDENT FOLEY: SENATOR CAMPBELL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO OPEN ON THE CONFIRMATION REPORT. SENATOR CAMPBELL: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE ALL APPOINTMENTS TODAY FOR THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, AND THEY WERE ALL APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. OUR FIRST IS A NEW APPOINTMENT, MR. MICHAEL HANSEN, WHO IS FROM COLUMBUS. HE HAS SPENT 34 YEARS IN HEALTHCARE, HAS A BACHELOR FROM LSU AND TWO MASTER'S DEGREES FROM WEBSTER COLLEGE. HE HAS FOUND IT A VERY CHALLENGING ASPECT TO JOIN THE BOARD OF... PRESIDENT FOLEY: EXCUSE ME, SENATOR. EXCUSE ME. MEMBERS, PLEASE COME TO ORDER. WE CAN'T HEAR THE SPEAKER. SENATOR CAMPBELL: HE HAS FOUND IT VERY CHALLENGING AS A NEW APPOINTEE TO SERVE ON THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. HE RUNS A FACILITY WITH 47 ACUTE BEDS AND FOUR LONG-TERM BEDS, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A HOSPITAL, AND WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION. OUR SECOND GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT IS DIANE JACKSON. DIANE JACKSON COMES FROM RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. SHE IS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR UNMC COLLEGE OF NURSING AT KEARNEY, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE THERE AND HOW THAT PROGRAM IS GROWING. SHE HAS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE FROM THE COLLEGE OF ST. MARY, A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING FROM UNMC, AND A MASTER'S IN SCIENCE FROM CREIGHTON. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS DEBRA PARSOW, WHO IS FROM OMAHA. SHE IS ALSO A REAPPOINTMENT, AND SHE REPRESENTS PUBLIC MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. SHE SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE ALL-IMPORTANT COMMITTEE, THE CREDENTIALING COMMITTEE, WHICH DOES ALL THE 407 REVIEWS. SHE'S CURRENTLY WITH OPTUM...STRATEGIC CONSULTANT...SENIOR AND A CONSULTANT IN POPULATION HEALTH. SHE WORKED 25 YEARS FOR CONAGRA IN THEIR WELLNESS PROGRAM. OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT IS WAYNE STUBERG. DR. 2 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 STUBERG IS FROM OMAHA AND CURRENTLY IS THE CHAIR OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. HE IS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND SERVES AT MUNROE-MEYER AT UNMC AS A PROFESSOR AND THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. OUR NEXT APPOINTEE IS JIM TREBBEIN. MR. TREBBEIN REPRESENTS THE PUBLIC. HE IS A RETIRED DEAN AND PROFESSOR FROM METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND OWNS TWO BUSINESSES IN THE OMAHA AREA. OUR LAST APPOINTEE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH IS, AGAIN, A REAPPOINTMENT, DR. DOUGLAS VANDER BROEK, WHO IS FROM LINCOLN. HE IS A DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC MEDICINE AND HAS SERVED...AND HAS PRACTICED FOR 33 YEARS. HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE IN IOWA AND HIS CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE IN PALMER COLLEGE. HE FULFILLED PART OF A TERM AND IS NOW STARTING HIS OWN PARTICULAR TERM. WE WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE CONFIRMATION OF ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS TO THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR CAMPBELL. (DOCTOR OF THE DAY INTRODUCED.) MR. CLERK. SENATOR CHAMBERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. SENATOR CHAMBERS: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, I'M MERELY CALLING FOR A DIVISION OF THE QUESTION, EACH PERSON TAKEN SEPARATELY AND VOTED ON SEPARATELY. PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU, SENATOR CHAMBERS. THE QUESTION IS DIVISIBLE. WE WILL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. SENATOR CAMPBELL, COULD YOU REMIND US OF THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. SENATOR CAMPBELL: ABSOLUTELY: MR. MICHAEL HANSEN. AND ALL OF THESE ARE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. PRESIDENT FOLEY: THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR CHAMBERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. SENATOR CHAMBERS: THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SENATOR CAMPBELL A QUESTION. PRESIDENT FOLEY: SENATOR CAMPBELL, WOULD YOU YIELD, PLEASE? 3 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 SENATOR CAMPBELL: CERTAINLY. SENATOR CHAMBERS: SENATOR CAMPBELL, IS THIS GENTLEMEN RELATED TO JOHN HANSEN? SENATOR CAMPBELL: SENATOR CHAMBERS, I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA. HE IS FROM COLUMBUS. HE SERVES AS THE CEO OF THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL THERE. SENATOR CHAMBERS: SENATOR CAMPBELL, DOES YOUR COMMITTEE EVER DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THESE INDIVIDUALS? SENATOR CAMPBELL: NO, BECAUSE THAT PROCESS IS DONE THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. SENATOR CHAMBERS: AND DID THE GOVERNOR SEND MATERIAL ON THIS PERSON? SENATOR CAMPBELL: YES. IT PROVIDES A COVER LETTER, SENATOR CHAMBERS, A CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT, AND THEN WE RECEIVE A COPY OF THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND MANY TIMES, ALSO, A RESUME OR A CURRICULUM VITAE AND--I'M SORRY, SENATOR CHAMBERS--AND A STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS. SENATOR CHAMBERS: SENATOR CAMPBELL, ON THESE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE BY THE GOVERNOR, YOU MENTIONED AN APPLICATION. IS THERE A BOX ON THAT APPLICATION TO BE CHECKED AS TO WHETHER A PERSON HAS EVER BEEN ARRESTED? SENATOR CAMPBELL: THAT IS CORRECT. SENATOR CHAMBERS: THERE IS SUCH A BOX? SENATOR CAMPBELL: YES, THERE IS. SENATOR CHAMBERS: AND HOW WAS THAT BOX CHECKED? SENATOR CAMPBELL: IN THE CASE OF MR. HANSEN, NO. THERE HAVE... 4 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 SENATOR CHAMBERS: DO YOU...OH, EXCUSE ME. SENATOR CAMPBELL: NO. SENATOR CHAMBERS: DO YOU REMEMBER THIS OF YOUR OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN RECOLLECTION OR YOU PRESUME THAT? SENATOR CAMPBELL: NO, I HAVE THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF ME, SENATOR CHAMBERS. SENATOR CHAMBERS: IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL BOX THAT IS TO BE CHECKED REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON HAS EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME? SENATOR CAMPBELL: NO, THERE IS NOT. SENATOR CHAMBERS: ARE YOU AWARE THAT SUCH A BOX DOES APPEAR ON MANY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS? SENATOR CAMPBELL: YES, SENATOR CHAMBERS, I'M SURE THERE IS. I THOUGHT THAT SENATOR AVERY HAD A BILL TWO YEARS AGO THAT WOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE, BUT MY MEMORY IS NOT AS GOOD AS YOURS, SIR. SENATOR CHAMBERS: WELL, I'M ASKING BECAUSE MY MEMORY IS FAILING ME ON A LOT OF THINGS THIS MORNING, SO TODAY I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HELP FROM EVERYBODY. THAT'S ALL THAT I WILL ASK OF YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR CAMPBELL. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, THERE WAS A BILL THAT CAME, I THINK, TO THE BUSINESS AND LABOR COMMITTEE, BUT IT MAY HAVE DEALT ONLY WITH STATE MATTERS. AND I DOUBT THAT THIS GENTLEMEN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME; BUT IF HE HAS, HIS HAVING CONCEALED IT THIS LONG SO THAT HE COULD BECOME THE CEO OF A HOSPITAL AND DO ALL OF THE OTHER VERY WORTHWHILE THINGS HE HAS DONE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO OVERLOOK ANY MISTAKE, ANY DELIBERATE ACT IN HIS PAST WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. AND WE SHOULD BE A STATE THAT BELIEVES IN SECOND CHANCES. WE CAN LOOK, IF A PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A CONVICTION. THEN WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSE. WE SHOULD LOOK AT 5 Transcript Prepared By the Clerk of the Legislature Transcriber's Office Floor Debate April 05, 2016 HOW LONG AGO IT OCCURRED, WHAT THE...HOW THE CASE WAS HANDLED, WHETHER, PURSUANT TO A PLEA OF NO CONTEST, A FINDING OF GUILT OR JUST HOW, AND THEN LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT OFFENSE. NEXT, SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL, WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT THAT PERSON HAS DONE WITH HIS OR HER LIFE IN THE MEANTIME, AND THIS PERSON, I'M SURE, HAS CLEARED ALL THOSE HURDLES SATISFACTORILY. I LOOKED AT THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF HIM... PRESIDENT FOLEY: ONE MINUTE. SENATOR CHAMBERS: ...AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ARE INDIVIDUALS OF GOOD CHARACTER THAT ARE UPSTANDING MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE THE FOLLOWING: SENATOR CAMPBELL; SENATOR FOX; SENATOR HOWARD; SENATOR KOLTERMAN, WHO OCCASIONALLY BRINGS BAD BILLS BUT THAT DOES NOT GO TO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT HE'S A REPUTABLE PERSON OF GOOD CHARACTER; SENATOR RIEPE, WHO GOADED ME INTO DOING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE GAVE US BOTH CREDIT FOR, SO IF I HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO HIM THEY WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Philanthropic Landscape
    SNAPSHOT OF TODAY’S PHILANTHROPIC LANDSCAPE A Guide to Philanthropy in the U.S. 8th Edition, 2019 Letter// INTRODUCTION: from the Reflections Chairman on the Latest Data In 2018, charitable giving in the United States reached a record-breaking $427 billion reported in contributions from individuals, companies, foundations, and charitable bequests. Despite this extraordinary number, there are some underlying trends which raise concerns about the participation of American households in charitable giving. Annual surveys, such as the Philanthropy Panel Study by the IUPUI Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, indicate that the percentage of American households that report making charitable gifts has declined. The most significant dip was during the financial crisis in 2009 with an estimated 14 million fewer U.S. households reporting charitable gifts. Evidence of this trend can be seen in decreasing support in the religious sector, declining alumni participation rates at many educational institutions, and lower engagement in several leading corporate matching gift programs. In contrast, the philanthropic activity of American households with an income of $200,000 or more is growing in significance as evidenced by large publicly reported charitable gifts, institutional fundraising success stories, and an influx of personal assets into donor-advised funds. Those who do give are giving considerably more. There are more than one million registered nonprofit organizations in the United States. How these institutions respond to these trends will affect their revenue streams well into the future. With this in mind, we have endeavored to consolidate many insightful reports on giving and volunteering into this Snapshot of Today’s Philanthropic Landscape.
    [Show full text]
  • Will True Love Please Stand Up
    Will True Love Please Stand Up Will True Love Please Stand Up – Part I Introducing I Corinthians 13 Introduction In this city, even the religious worship to Aphrodite and other gods and goddesses had There once was a city – it was fast, loud, busy, organized brothels with temple prostitution as part of sensual, and devoted to sports, culture, and their so-called religious service. commerce. I have never been there, but I have read a This culture was literally bloated with lust for lot about it. blood, lust for money, and lust after the flesh. This city could easily have been called the Vanity In the middle of this culture was the Fair of the ancient world. It was: unbelievable; the almost unimaginable. There was • a sailor’s favorite port of call; the revolutionary work of the liberating, redeeming • a merchant’s gold mine; gospel of Jesus Christ. • an actor’s dream spot; There was a church in this city! An assembly of redeemed, washed, forgiven, imperfect, growing, • a prodigal’s paradise. needy sinners now called saints. In fact, the longest By the time Paul wrote to believers who lived in letters from Paul are letters he wrote to the church in this city, it had gained the reputation of being the vice Corinth. capital of ancient Greece. Its charter members, according to Corinth was also the first city to begin the I Corinthians 6:9-10, were men and women who had gladiatorial games where competitors died for the past lives of immorality, infidelity, and blood lust of spectators.
    [Show full text]
  • The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Super PAC
    The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on Super PAC Financing and Independent Expenditures Paul S. Herrnson University of Connecticut [email protected] Presented at the Meeting of the Campaign Finance Task Force, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC, April 21, 2017 (revised June 2017). 1 Exe cutive Summa ry Super PACs have grown in number, wealth, and influence since the Supreme Court laid the foundation for their formation in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and the decisions reached by other courts and the FEC clarified the boundaries of their political participation. Their objectives and activities also have evolved. Super PACs are not nearly as monolithic as they have been portrayed by the media. While it is inaccurate to characterize them as representative of American society, it is important to recognize that they vary in wealth, mission, structure, affiliation, political perspective, financial transparency, and how and where they participate in political campaigns. Organizational characteristics influence super PAC financing, including the sums they raise. Organizational characteristics also affect super PAC independent expenditures, including the amounts spent, the elections in which they are made, the candidates targeted, and the tone of the messages delivered. The super PAC community is not static. It is likely to continue to evolve in response to legal challenges; regulatory decisions; the objectives of those who create, administer, and finance them; and changes in the broader political environment. 2 Contents I. Introduction 3 II. Data and Methods 4 III. Emergence and Development 7 IV. Organizational Characteristics 11 A. Finances 11 B. Mission 14 C. Affiliation 17 D. Financial Transparency 19 E.
    [Show full text]
  • Papéis Normativos E Práticas Sociais
    Agnes Ayres (1898-194): Rodolfo Valentino e Agnes Ayres em “The Sheik” (1921) The Donovan Affair (1929) The Affairs of Anatol (1921) The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball Broken Hearted (1929) Cappy Ricks (1921) (1918) Bye, Bye, Buddy (1929) Too Much Speed (1921) Their Godson (1918) Into the Night (1928) The Love Special (1921) Sweets of the Sour (1918) The Lady of Victories (1928) Forbidden Fruit (1921) Coals for the Fire (1918) Eve's Love Letters (1927) The Furnace (1920) Their Anniversary Feast (1918) The Son of the Sheik (1926) Held by the Enemy (1920) A Four Cornered Triangle (1918) Morals for Men (1925) Go and Get It (1920) Seeking an Oversoul (1918) The Awful Truth (1925) The Inner Voice (1920) A Little Ouija Work (1918) Her Market Value (1925) A Modern Salome (1920) The Purple Dress (1918) Tomorrow's Love (1925) The Ghost of a Chance (1919) His Wife's Hero (1917) Worldly Goods (1924) Sacred Silence (1919) His Wife Got All the Credit (1917) The Story Without a Name (1924) The Gamblers (1919) He Had to Camouflage (1917) Detained (1924) In Honor's Web (1919) Paging Page Two (1917) The Guilty One (1924) The Buried Treasure (1919) A Family Flivver (1917) Bluff (1924) The Guardian of the Accolade (1919) The Renaissance at Charleroi (1917) When a Girl Loves (1924) A Stitch in Time (1919) The Bottom of the Well (1917) Don't Call It Love (1923) Shocks of Doom (1919) The Furnished Room (1917) The Ten Commandments (1923) The Girl Problem (1919) The Defeat of the City (1917) The Marriage Maker (1923) Transients in Arcadia (1918) Richard the Brazen (1917) Racing Hearts (1923) A Bird of Bagdad (1918) The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917) The Heart Raider (1923) Springtime à la Carte (1918) The Mirror (1917) A Daughter of Luxury (1922) Mammon and the Archer (1918) Hedda Gabler (1917) Clarence (1922) One Thousand Dollars (1918) The Debt (1917) Borderland (1922) The Girl and the Graft (1918) Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Songs by Title Karaoke Night with the Patman
    Songs By Title Karaoke Night with the Patman Title Versions Title Versions 10 Years 3 Libras Wasteland SC Perfect Circle SI 10,000 Maniacs 3 Of Hearts Because The Night SC Love Is Enough SC Candy Everybody Wants DK 30 Seconds To Mars More Than This SC Kill SC These Are The Days SC 311 Trouble Me SC All Mixed Up SC 100 Proof Aged In Soul Don't Tread On Me SC Somebody's Been Sleeping SC Down SC 10CC Love Song SC I'm Not In Love DK You Wouldn't Believe SC Things We Do For Love SC 38 Special 112 Back Where You Belong SI Come See Me SC Caught Up In You SC Dance With Me SC Hold On Loosely AH It's Over Now SC If I'd Been The One SC Only You SC Rockin' Onto The Night SC Peaches And Cream SC Second Chance SC U Already Know SC Teacher, Teacher SC 12 Gauge Wild Eyed Southern Boys SC Dunkie Butt SC 3LW 1910 Fruitgum Co. No More (Baby I'm A Do Right) SC 1, 2, 3 Redlight SC 3T Simon Says DK Anything SC 1975 Tease Me SC The Sound SI 4 Non Blondes 2 Live Crew What's Up DK Doo Wah Diddy SC 4 P.M. Me So Horny SC Lay Down Your Love SC We Want Some Pussy SC Sukiyaki DK 2 Pac 4 Runner California Love (Original Version) SC Ripples SC Changes SC That Was Him SC Thugz Mansion SC 42nd Street 20 Fingers 42nd Street Song SC Short Dick Man SC We're In The Money SC 3 Doors Down 5 Seconds Of Summer Away From The Sun SC Amnesia SI Be Like That SC She Looks So Perfect SI Behind Those Eyes SC 5 Stairsteps Duck & Run SC Ooh Child SC Here By Me CB 50 Cent Here Without You CB Disco Inferno SC Kryptonite SC If I Can't SC Let Me Go SC In Da Club HT Live For Today SC P.I.M.P.
    [Show full text]
  • Election Spending 2016: Just Three Interests Dominate, Shadow Parties Continue to Rise
    Election Spending 2016: Just Three Interests Dominate, Shadow Parties Continue to Rise Ian Vandewalker *Research provided by Alexis Farmer Outside spending — expenditures by groups other than candidates themselves — is pouring into the races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. As part of our series on money in key Senate races, the Brennan Center has examined the outside spending in 10 close contests.1 New data will become available in the next week that will allow us to paint a full picture of spending trends in 2016’s most competitive Senate races. In the meantime, our preliminary analysis reveals two important trends: The courts’ deregulation of outside money is not allowing a wider array of voices to fund elections. On the contrary, just a handful of partisan and ideological interests with vast resources, especially the major parties, are using the looser rules to increasingly monopolize election funding. The parties are shifting their resources outside the official committees, which raise money subject to contribution limits and required disclosure of donors, to super PACs and nonprofits controlled by party operatives but able to take unlimited and often secret donations. Spending Is Dominated by Just Three Interests More than half of the outside spending in key Senate races comes from just three interests: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the political network founded by the industrialist Koch brothers. Counting expenditures from FEC data, media reports, and press releases, we found $321 million spent by entities other than the candidates in the 10 closest Senate races (Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin).
    [Show full text]
  • What Is Addiction?
    Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance: Effective Treatments for Opiate Addiction Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D. Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor Head of Laboratory The Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases The Rockefeller University Senior Physician The Rockefeller University Hospital June 11, 2019 International Conference on Opioids Boston, MA funded primarily by NIH-NIDA, NIH-NCRR and the Adelson Medical Research Foundation What is Addiction? Compulsive drug seeking behavior and drug self-administration, without regard to negative consequences to self or others. (adapted from WHO) “drug” = nicotine, alcohol – legal drugs prescription opiates, marijuana (cannabis) – medicines (?) heroin, cocaine – illegal drugs 2019 Natural History of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Addictions relapse to addiction without pharmacotherapy 90% - opiate; Primary Possible Utility of Vaccines Medications Useful 60% - cocaine, alcohol Prevention and Selected Medications and Needed Initial Sporadic Regular Addiction Early Protracted Self-Administration Intermittent Use Withdrawal Abstinence of Drug of Abuse Use (abstinence) Progression sustain abstinence with no specific medications ADDICTION: Compulsive drug seeking behavior 10% - opiate; and drug self-administration, without regard to 40% - cocaine, alcohol negative consequences to self or others (adapted from WHO). Adapted from Kreek et al., Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 1:710, 2002; 2019 1 Prevalence of Specific Drug Abuse and Vulnerability to Develop Addictions – 2019 National Household Survey
    [Show full text]
  • Love & Wedding
    651 LOVE & WEDDING THE O’NEILL PLANNING RODGERS BROTHERS – THE MUSIC & ROMANCE A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR YOUR WEDDING 35 songs, including: All at PIANO MUSIC FOR Book/CD Pack Once You Love Her • Do YOUR WEDDING DAY Cherry Lane Music I Love You Because You’re Book/CD Pack The difference between a Beautiful? • Hello, Young Minnesota brothers Tim & good wedding and a great Lovers • If I Loved You • Ryan O’Neill have made a wedding is the music. With Isn’t It Romantic? • My Funny name for themselves playing this informative book and Valentine • My Romance • together on two pianos. accompanying CD, you can People Will Say We’re in Love They’ve sold nearly a million copies of their 16 CDs, confidently select classical music for your wedding • We Kiss in a Shadow • With a Song in My Heart • performed for President Bush and provided music ceremony regardless of your musical background. Younger Than Springtime • and more. for the NBC, ESPN and HBO networks. This superb The book includes piano solo arrangements of each ______00313089 P/V/G...............................$16.99 songbook/CD pack features their original recordings piece, as well as great tips and tricks for planning the of 16 preludes, processionals, recessionals and music for your entire wedding day. The CD includes ROMANCE: ceremony and reception songs, plus intermediate to complete performances of each piece, so even if BOLEROS advanced piano solo arrangements for each. Includes: you’re not familiar with the titles, you can recognize FAVORITOS Air on the G String • Ave Maria • Canon in D • Jesu, your favorites with just one listen! The book is 48 songs in Spanish, Joy of Man’s Desiring • Ode to Joy • The Way You divided into selections for preludes, processionals, including: Adoro • Always Look Tonight • The Wedding Song • and more, with interludes, recessionals and postludes, and contains in My Heart • Bésame bios and photos of the O’Neill Brothers.
    [Show full text]
  • Why We Play: an Anthropological Study (Enlarged Edition)
    ROBERTE HAMAYON WHY WE PLAY An Anthropological Study translated by damien simon foreword by michael puett ON KINGS DAVID GRAEBER & MARSHALL SAHLINS WHY WE PLAY Hau BOOKS Executive Editor Giovanni da Col Managing Editor Sean M. Dowdy Editorial Board Anne-Christine Taylor Carlos Fausto Danilyn Rutherford Ilana Gershon Jason Troop Joel Robbins Jonathan Parry Michael Lempert Stephan Palmié www.haubooks.com WHY WE PLAY AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY Roberte Hamayon Enlarged Edition Translated by Damien Simon Foreword by Michael Puett Hau Books Chicago English Translation © 2016 Hau Books and Roberte Hamayon Original French Edition, Jouer: Une Étude Anthropologique, © 2012 Éditions La Découverte Cover Image: Detail of M. C. Escher’s (1898–1972), “Te Encounter,” © May 1944, 13 7/16 x 18 5/16 in. (34.1 x 46.5 cm) sheet: 16 x 21 7/8 in. (40.6 x 55.6 cm), Lithograph. Cover and layout design: Sheehan Moore Typesetting: Prepress Plus (www.prepressplus.in) ISBN: 978-0-9861325-6-8 LCCN: 2016902726 Hau Books Chicago Distribution Center 11030 S. Langley Chicago, IL 60628 www.haubooks.com Hau Books is marketed and distributed by Te University of Chicago Press. www.press.uchicago.edu Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Table of Contents Acknowledgments xiii Foreword: “In praise of play” by Michael Puett xv Introduction: “Playing”: A bundle of paradoxes 1 Chronicle of evidence 2 Outline of my approach 6 PART I: FROM GAMES TO PLAY 1. Can play be an object of research? 13 Contemporary anthropology’s curious lack of interest 15 Upstream and downstream 18 Transversal notions 18 First axis: Sport as a regulated activity 18 Second axis: Ritual as an interactional structure 20 Toward cognitive studies 23 From child psychology as a cognitive structure 24 .
    [Show full text]
  • Take 2 Dance Band Current Song List
    TAKE 2 DANCE BAND CURRENT PLAYLIST 24K MAGIC BRUNO MARS 25 OR 6 TO 4 CHICAGO AFRICA TOTO AIN’T IT FUN PARAMORE AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH GAYE & TERRELL AIN’T NO OTHER MAN CHRISTINA AGUILERA AIN’T NOBODY CHAKA KHAN AIN’T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD DEAN MARTIN AMERICAN GIRL TOM PETTY ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST QUEEN ANY WAY YOU WANT IT JOURNEY ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL JET AT LAST ETTA JAMES ATTENTION CHARLIE PLUTH BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS BACK IN LOVE AGAIN L.T.D. BEAT IT MICHAEL JACKSON BEST OF MY LOVE THE EMOTIONS BILLIE JEAN MICHAEL JACKSON BLACK CAT JANET JACKSON BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE TASTE OF HONEY BORDERLINE MADONNA BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF BROKENHEARTED KARMIN CAKE BY THE OCEAN DNCE CALIFORNIA GIRLS KATY PERRY CALIFORNIA LOVE 2PAC CALL ME MAYBE CARLY RAE JEPSEN CALLING BATON ROUGE GARTH BROOKS CAN’T STOP THIS FEELING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CAR WASH ROLLS ROYCE CELEBRITY SKIN HOLE CLOSER CHAINSMOKERS COME OUT & PLAY OFFSPRING CRAZY IN LOVE BEYONCE DA YA THINK I’M SEXY STEWART & DNCE DANCE TO THE MUSIC SLY/FAMILY STONE DER KOMMISSAR AFTER THE FIRE DIE YOUNG KE$HA DON’T PHUNK WITH MY HEART BLACKEYED PEAS DON’T STOP BELIEVING JOURNEY DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC ESCAPADE JANET JACKSON EVERYBODY BACKSTREET BOYS EVERYBODY WANTS YOU BILLY SQUIRE FAITHFULLY FAME DAVID BOWIE FEEL FOR YOU CHAKA KHAN FEELS CALVIN HARRIS FINALLY CECE PENISTON FINESSE BRUNO MARS FORGET YOU CEE LO GREEN GAME OF LOVE SANTANA GENIE IN A BOTTLE CHRISTINA AUGILERA GET DOWN ON IT KOOL & THE GANG GET INTO THE GROOVE MADONNA GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN CINDI LAUPER GOOD VIBRATIONS MARKY MARK GOT TO BE REAL CHERYL LYNN GROOVE LINE HEATWAVE H.O.L.Y.
    [Show full text]
  • Widening Cultural Horizons Through the Performing *Children
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 051 247 TE 002 476 TITLE Widening Cultural Horizons Through the Performing Arts. Annual Report. INSTITUTION Merced County Schoolr, Calif. PUB DATE Aug 69 NOTE 177p. EERS PRICE EDRS Price MF -1O.65 HC-$6-58 DESCRIPTORS *Children, *Elementary School Students, *Rural Schools, *Secondary School Students, 4heater Arts IDENTIFIERS *Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III ABSTRACT A proposel to present to all the students of a rural county, live performance in music, ballet, drama and opera will support an existing project. Although planned for all elementary and secondary students, very young children are given special consideration in a small audience situation, where they can near, see, and talk qith the artists. Three performances a year for all grades will be given by professional groups, students from the creativ.: arts departments of colleges and universities, and local artists. Included are presentations by ethnic groups.(Author/CK) DIPAP11.1011 Of H:CIH ED1.1011',14 S 0.1,11P1 Oif!CE Of iDLICV 01 THIS DO(LHP,T frS BEEN PEPPODUCtO flaCILY dS PffilYID FPO THE PIPSOP ORICilq, PO PIS Of Y or CP OPIAIOPS SITED DO 41Oi OECISAPIPY REPRESENT Off CiAE :MCI Or mud' OF P031101 OP POI.,CY WIDENING CULTURAL HORIZONS THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE Ill Project No. 67-04421-0 MERCED COUNTY SCHOOLS OFFICE Merced, California Floyd A. Schelby Superintendent Lois M. Bigelow Project Director Annual Repvrt August, 1969 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT ABSTRACT 5 PARTICIPATING SCHCOLS 7 PROJECT COSTS 8 STATISTICAL DATA PROJECT SUMMARY 10 PROGRAM NOTE EXCERPT'S FOR PERFORMING GRCUPS Ballet 15 Ethnic Grcups 29 Instrumental Music 59 Joy, 81 Opera 93 Theatre 119 Vocal Music 153 EVALUATION REPORT 163 3 Cover design: Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Eli Zborowski Dr
    Vol. 33-No.1 ISSN 0892-1571 September/October 2006-Elul/Tishrei 5767 ELI ZBOROWSKI DR. MIRIAM & SHELDON G. ADELSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD YAD VASHEM REMEMBRANCE AWARD ne of Eli Zborowski’s most cherished childhood memories is sitting with his r. Miriam Adelson was born and raised in Israel with the shadow of the father, Moshe, in the comfort of their Zarki home on Shabbat afternoon Holocaust ever-present in her life. Her parents, the Ochshorns, fled Poland Oreading and exploring the pearls of wisdom found in Pirkei Avot, The Ethics Djust prior to the war. But significant portions of their families, who chose to of the Fathers. That warm and nurturing weekly interlude came to an abrupt halt in stay, perished during the Shoah. As Miriam so poignantly reveals, “I am the daugh- 1942 when the deportations to the death camps began. Soon after, Moshe ter of a mother who, when she was a teen, lost almost her entire family. One day Zborowski was murdered by the Poles. This thrust Eli, the oldest son, into his first everyone disappeared. I grew up feeling my mother’s pain.” Miriam recalls that fol- of many lifelong leadership roles. During the lowing the war, there was suddenly an influx of cousins in her life whom she had pre- war he was a member of the Jewish Fighters viously not known. Responding to the needs of young family members who lost their Organization, serving as a liaison between parents, the Ochshorns ghettos and non-Jewish partisan units. The brought them from family, his mother, sister, younger brother and Europe and helped himself survived the war in hiding with the help them to become estab- of righteous Poles.
    [Show full text]