Walk Kansas aims to boost health across the Sunflower State
The annual eight week program in Kansas city areas promotes team work to cover 423 miles per eight weeks. Finney County begins March 11 and invites all ages to join through registration at wwwoznet ksu edu finney. Participants can log walking running cycling or other moderate activity to improve nutrition and curb obesity.
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Kansas
Sunflower State
Walk
Trust For America’s Health
Walk Kansas
Finney County
Schumer Calls for Independent Review of Post Combat Facilities
Sen Charles Schumer urges Defense Secretary Gates to commission an independent study of post combat medical facilities, citing Walter Reed’s dilapidated, rat-infested conditions as emblematic of wider systemic mistreatment of service members and demanding reforms.
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Walter Reed
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Defense
Robert Gates
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First Amendment text as constitutional guarantee
The passage repeats the First Amendment limits on Congress prohibiting establishment of religion, free exercise, speech, press, assembly, and petition for redress of grievances. It asserts constitutional protections and prohibits laws restricting these fundamental rights.
Winds of change lift Kansas renewable energy push
AP report notes TXU sale, Sunflower Electric coal plans, and Westar bids for 500 MW wind project as Kansas eyes greener power. Gov Sebelius targets 10 percent renewable generation by 2010, while debates over costs, transmission, and nuclear options shape policy. John Milburn reports from Topeka.
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PEKA
Energy Development
Texas
TXU
al Gore
Kansas
Westar Energy Inc
Kathleen Sebelius
Westar
Sebelius
Emporia
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Gina Penzig
Jeffrey Energy Center
Topeka
Penzig
Gore
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Shifting Patterns In Ethnic Intermarriage Across Generations
A survey of scholarly work notes that intermarriage among Hispanics and Asians declined in the 1990s as native-born individuals increasingly married within their own groups. By contrast blacks show a rising rate of black white marriages, while historical taboos still color attitudes toward cross group unions. The piece contrasts historical trends with contemporary shifts and cites multiple studies to gauge assimilation implications.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Lucy
Ricky
Zhenchao Qian
Daniel Lichter
American Sociological Review
Qian
Journal
Population Bulletin
Russell Sage Foundation
Gillian Stevens
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Migration Policy Institute
Qian and Lichter
Keanu Reeves
Ann Curry
Yankees
Johnny Damon
Long Island
Uhura
Capt
Kirk
Platonius
Four Letter Brain Teaser Sparks Nostalgia in Lent Reflections
The piece recalls a four letter color riddle and a reader’s tale of asking for the answer, mentioning teal and talc, then shifts to reflections on Word Working, Lent, baptism, vocation, and biblical study led by Bishop Gilmore. It weaves in notes about wood and wordwork, literacy, and community church life in a three-church town.
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Gilmore
Dodge City
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