#southwest minnesota state university

[brutalistinteriors]

Student Center, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall.

[britishchick09]

facts about josefina, kirsten, addy, kit and julie! :D

(from their new pages!)

✿ To learn more about what Josefina’s life would have been like, author Valerie Tripp spent two summers in New Mexico. She visited living history museums and interviewed elderly New Mexican women about the daily lives of Hispanic families and children in rural New Mexico.

The models for Josefina’s home were la El Rancho de las Golondrinas near Santa Fe and Hacienda de los Martinez near Taos, NM. Both are former ranchos from Josefina’s time and now living history museums that you can visit today.

Josefina’s first and last names are drawn from the New Mexican censuses of 1790 and 1823.

American Girl worked closely with the advisory board to decide what Josefina would look like. Board member Felipe Mirabal even cut off a lock of his own hair and sent it to AG to ensure that the Josefina doll’s hair color was just right!

Although Josefina is actually a Mexican citizen, the advisory board felt comfortable calling her an “American girl” because her story presents a history and heritage that’s an integral part of America today.

By the end of her series, Josefina has a new mother. This plot element symbolizes the change for the Spanish settlers of New Mexico and the Southwest, who lost their mother country of Mexico when they became citizens of the United States, their new mother country. ✿

✿ Kirsten was one of the first three characters in The American Girls Collection, along with Samantha and Molly, when Pleasant Company debuted.

The Kirsten doll and accessories were “archived” in 2010 and have only been rereleased once in 2021 and once in 2024 since then.

One of the outfits that was sold for Kirsten was a housecoat and sockor, or wool slippers. The sockor for the Kirsten doll were handmade by a woman in Sweden beginning in 1987 for twenty years.

The original family portrait in Kirsten’s books is made to look like a daguerreotype, which is a type of photograph from the time. Later, the portraits of Kirsten’s family and friends were done individually to match the other American Girl books.

In Pleasant Rowland’s original business plan, Kirsten was named Rebecca, and was a Norwegian immigrant in 1865.

The team who created Kirsten did a lot of research with the Minnesota and Wisconsin Historical Societies, who had a lot of information about the Swedish settlers who came to these states in the 1800s.

Kirsten’s Swedish dirndl and kerchief outfit were first released in 1989. ✿

✿ Addy was the first American Girl doll that came with pierced ears.

The cowrie shell necklace that Addy wears is special, as the cowrie has ritual significance for some West African cultures.

The Addy doll and books debuted in September 1993. She was the fifth historical character and the first Black character.

Pleasant Rowland, the founder of American Girl, reached out to author Connie Porter to write the Addy book series after reading her adult novel All-Bright Court.

To promote the Addy book series, American Girl took author Connie Porter on a 10-city author tour to bookstores, libraries, and schools, reaching an audience of more than 15,000 people.

Researchers on Addy confirmed when the full moon would have been during Addy and her mother’s escape from enslavement in 1864 to ensure historical accuracy in the timing.

The museum program, Addy at Ohio Village, debuted in 1998.

The dialect used in the Addy books was created by author Connie Porter to be a balance between what speech of the time would’ve sounded like and what is accessible for young readers and was reviewed by two dialect experts at Jacksonville State University in Alabama.

Addy was the first American Girl character to have an advisory board. Addy’s advisory board was made up of Black historians, educators, and museum curators who ensured the depiction of Addy’s life and times was historically accurate.

The advisory board for Addy included: Lonnie Bunch, Cheryl Chisholm, Spencer Crew, Violet Harris, Wilma King, June Powell, and Janet Sims-Wood.

Addy’s first three books sold more than a million copies in the year they were released.

Some of the original time periods discussed for American Girl’s first Black character included the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights era, which were used later for Claudie Wells and Melody Ellison, respectively. ✿

✿ Kit Kittredge is the seventh historical character that American Girl created.

When she wrote the Kit books, author Valerie Tripp was inspired by her mother, who was Kit’s age in 1932.

The movie Kit Kittredge: An American Girl was released in 2008 and starred Abigail Breslin as Kit—plus actors Chris O’Donnell, Julia Ormond, Joan Cusack, and Stanley Tucci.

Illustrator Walter Rane used himself as a model for the grumpy grocery store owner in Kit’s stories.

When Kit launched, American Girl held events called Kit’s Share and Care Party where girls were invited to donate canned goods for a food drive.

Like Kit’s dad, author Valerie Tripp’s grandfather paid his staff out of his own pocket as long as he could, but eventually had to close his hotel during the Great Depression.

Kit was the first American Girl character doll with freckles and the first with short hair.

Development on Kit was started before Mattel purchased Pleasant Company (American Girl’s original company name) but she was launched after the purchase.

After the launch of the Kit doll and books, Valerie Tripp received a letter from a woman named Kit Kittredge who had grown up in Cincinnati during the Depression and was very excited about the coincidence!

American Girl’s Claudie Wells, whose stories are set in the 1920s, could have faced the challenges of the Great Depression in her teens and twenties. ✿

✿ When Julie launched, in 2007, American Girl historical characters’ years had always ended in 4, so Julie’s year was set as 1974—even though her stories begin in 1975.

Julie’s stories are set in San Francisco to express the open-minded, progressive spirit of her time. At the forefront of the hippie counterculture, San Francisco’s colorful, creative, free-wheeling vibe strongly influenced the music, fashion, and art of the 1970s.

When Julie debuted, some customers felt American Girl should not depict a girl with divorced parents. But since about 50% of kids today live with divorced parents, the creators of Julie felt it was important to have a character and doll who represented their experience.

Author Megan McDonald has four sisters who inspire many of her stories. Quite a few of the scenes between Julie and her teenage sister Tracy were inspired by Megan’s experience growing up with her sisters.

When she’s running for election to student body president, Julie debates her opponent, a popular sixth-grade boy. The 1976 Ford-Carter election debates inspired author Megan McDonald to come up with this plotline.

When author Megan McDonald was ten, her first published story appeared in her school newspaper. Her story was about a pencil sharpener! ✿

[shu-of-the-wind]

i made a post a few weeks ago about oppenheimer and how it's appalling that indigenous people were neither consulted nor mentioned in the film when they and other BIPOC folk in new mexico specifically have been dealing with the most consequences of nuclear testing in the US in the 60 years since. and ever since i've been looking for a good resource to synthesize all the shit that was done to mexicano / latine / indigenous peoples of the southwest thanks to the nuclear bomb and nuclear testing.

i found it. and honestly i should have looked here earlier.

the red nation podcast is a podcast run by nick estes, an assistant professor at the university of minnesota, a journalist, and an environmental activist from lower brule nation in south dakota. nick is not on this episode; instead it is his co-host jen marley interviewing beata tsosie-pena, a santa clara pueblo and el rito birth worker and traditional midwife, and tina cordova, a founder of the tularosa basin downwinders consortium, an organization seeking to spread awareness and gain reparations for unknowing survivors of the trinity tests in 1945.

together in a 90 minute deep dive episode, jen, beata, and tina do a deep dive on the impact of the nuclear testing not just on the american southwest but the entirety of the united states, the ways that the oppenheimer film erased oppenheimer's culpability in choosing when and how to test and use the bombs, the way the federal government has never offered any compensation to those victimized by the bomb's testing in new mexico, and the ongoing fight to pressure the us government to acknowledge the damage and offer some form of assistance and reparations in cleaning up the sites and getting medical treatment for the people who are to this day dealing with side effects of the testing.

[casual-video-transcripts]

"Garrett Hedlund on Brad Pitt in Troy and Friday Night Lights | Screen Tests | W Magazine"

Original Transcript by W Magazine

Edited Video Transcript by @ casual-video-transcripts is under the cut

[0:00] [Text on screen reads "W SCREEN TESTS WITH LYNN HIRSCHBERG"]

[0:02] [Text on screen reads "GARRETT HEDLUND"]

[0:03] Garrett Hedlund: I was raised on a farm, so...

[0:05] We only had like three television channels.

[0:07] I don't really remember the first movie I saw.

[0:11] I loved what films did.

[0:13] I would constantly,

[0:14] you know, go to the back of the VHS's

[0:16] and the address for Universal Pictures

[0:19] or MGM would be on there,

[0:21] and I'd just start writing to the studios,

[0:23] asking if I could be in their, you know, in a movie.

[0:27] And then...That's more of a what I remember, yeah.

[0:31] I don't remember my first audition really well.

[0:33] I just remember that I didn't do very well.

[0:36] You know, I think the phrase was after, "you sucked pond water".

[0:39] And that's a ridiculous phrase, but.

[0:41] [Garrett sputters.]

[0:43] I moved to Arizona when I was 14 to live with my mother,

[0:46] and I always wanted to be an actor,

[0:48] but being in Arizona, I was only a state away.

[0:51] I'd been flying from Arizona to Los Angeles

[0:55] for two or three years for auditions.

[0:58] Yeah, by myself.

[0:59] I'd get out of school and I'd fly into Burbank Airport,

[1:02] I'd get in a taxicab, I'd go to the audition.

[1:04] I'd taxi back, I found out I didn't get it,

[1:07] and then the whole while I'm back on Southwest, you know,

[1:10] flying back to Arizona, go to school the next day.

[1:14] Hee...

[1:15] I was 18 or 17-18, and I'd skipped

[1:18] my junior year prom

[1:19] to be this...to be this extra,

[1:25] and then by my senior year when prom was to go on,

[1:27] I was out in Malta, filming Troy.

[1:29] You know, it was funny, because, you know,

[1:32] the character Patroclus was,

[1:34] you know, [I'd] see little things, you know,

[1:37] references to him being a poet,

[1:39] and so I'd go up to Wolfgang and Brad the next day

[1:41] and I'd be like, "well maybe instead of this shot,

[1:43] maybe you could just have me on that hilltop over there

[1:45] just kind of writing a little bit."

[1:47] And... they were just, "yeah...

[1:50] yeah, that's a good idea."

[1:51] [Garrett pats the air like a one-hand shoulder pat and then chuckles.]

[1:53] Then after, you know, Troy, I went on to...

[1:56] go do Friday Night Lights, the football film.

[1:58] I played football for just a year in Minnesota

[2:01] and then a year in Arizona.

[2:03] But...

[2:05] I don't think was ever a -

[2:08] I think I, I was never really, I don't think I was ever the starter.

[2:10] Heh.

[2:11] I played like defensive end.

[2:13] I was always on defense, so

[2:14] I wasn't the glorious position.

[2:18] I wasn't the ball carrier, I wasn't the quarterback.

[2:20] I wasn't, you know, the one making the touchdowns,

[2:23] so I think that's where, you know.

[2:26] What draws me to certain different roles

[2:28] are the extremities.

[2:29] I mean, doing something completely different.

[2:31] I don't feel during the day that I'm the same person,

[2:34] you know, on Wednesday as I am on Monday,

[2:37] and our minds change, our ideas change,

[2:39] our opinions change constantly.

[2:42] I've been signed on to On the Road since 2007 or so,

[2:46] and I just,

[2:47] I remember reading the book in high school.

[2:50] I mean, I went online and looked,

[2:52] and it said Francis Ford Coppola's directing this,

[2:54] and I was like, "man, I'll never get a chance at this".

[2:57] [And] I still, I mean, we're halfway through filming

[3:00] and I still can't believe I'm a part of it.

[3:02] I auditioned in like March of '07,

[3:05] [and then] I found out on my birthday

[3:07] in September that I'd gotten it.

[3:09] I'd had to land in Chicago for a layover,

[3:11] and when I got to Chicago, my dad called me,

[3:13] sang me all of Happy Birthday,

[3:16] and then I land in L.A.

[3:17] and I get another call from

[3:21] home in Minnesota,

[3:22] and [it was]

[3:24] you know, it was news telling me that my father

[3:27] had dropped of a heart attack

[3:29] [Gasps from behind the camera]

[3:29] Garrett: after he got off the phone with me.

[3:31] So I was just like, I called him up in the hospital

[3:33] and I said, "you know, you can't do this, you know, it's my birthday."

[3:37] And he goes, "I know, son."

[3:39] And I said, I just got On the Road"

[3:40] [Garrett laughs softly.]

[3:42] He's like, "that's great, son."

[3:43] [Garrett sharply inhales.]

[3:44] So it was, you know, a weird balance

[3:47] of... you know...you know, when there's a great amount of good

[3:53] it can also be evened out by

[3:55] a great amount of sort of bad in a way.

[3:58] I sat down with lunch with Jeff Bridges.

[4:01] [Phone chimes.]

[4:02] Garrett: Sorry about this.

[4:03] [Garrett pulls his phone out of his pant pocket and then throws it away. You can hear the phone thunk against the floor.]

[4:06] [Multiple staff members behind the camera laugh and giggle.]

[4:07] Garrett: Hehe, sorry.

[4:08] If it was a car, it'd be out the window.

[4:10] [Someone behind the camera laughs.]

[4:11] Garrett: Just phones and gadgets and stuff,

[4:12] I'm not good with them.

[4:13] I don't appreciate them the way others do.

[4:16] It's like for me, you know when somebody gets a new car

[4:19] and they're so worried that scratch, you know,

[4:22] that first scratch, but after that everything's fine.

[4:24] I'm just saying, you know, everything to me in life

[4:26] is like the second scratch.

[4:30] [Text on screen reads "W"]

[4:31] [Text on screen reads

"director GREG BRUNKALLA

editor LYNN HIRSCHBERG

cinematographer SCOTT SANS

sound ROB CORSO

gaffer CHRIS FISHER

production assistant KALVIN LAZARTE

film editor BRUNX

production company LEGS"]

End of transcript

Video Channel: W Magazine

Video Description:

In this Screen Tests interview, actor Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy, Troy, On the Road) explains how he blew his first audition (the reaction, "you sucked pond water") and how he blew off his senior prom to shoot a movie with Brad Pitt.

Transcript I was raised on a farm, so. We only had like three television channels. I don't really remember the first movie I saw. I loved what films did. I would constantly, you know, go to the back of the VHS's and the address for Universal Pictures or MGM would be on there, and I'd just start writing to the studios, asking if I could be in their, you know, in a movie. That's more of a what I remember, yeah. I don't remember my first audition really well. I just remember that I didn't do very well. I think the phrase was after, you sucked pond water. That's a ridiculous phrase, but. I moved to Arizona when I was to live with my mother, and I always wanted to be an actor, but being in Arizona, I was only a state away. I'd been flying from Arizona to Los Angeles for two or three years for auditions. Yeah, by myself. I'd get out of school and I'd fly into Burbank Airport, I'd get in a taxicab, I'd go to the audition. I'd taxi back, I found out I didn't get it, and then the whole while I'm back on Southwest, flying back to Arizona, go to school the next day. I was , or , , and I'd skipped my junior year prom to be this extra, and then by my senior year when prom was to go on, I was out in Malta, filming Troy. You know, it was funny, because, you know, the character Patrick was, you know, I'd see little things. References to him being a poet, so I'd go up to Wolfgang and Brad the next day and I'd be like, well maybe instead of this shot, maybe you could just have me on that hilltop over there just kind of writing a little bit. And, they were just, yeah, yeah, that's a good idea. Then after Troy, I went on to go do Friday Night Lights, the football film. I played football for just a year in Minnesota and then a year in Arizona. But, I think I, I was never really, I don't think I was ever the starter. I played like defensive end. I was always on defense, so I wasn't the glorious position. I wasn't the ball carrier, I wasn't the quarterback. I wasn't the one making the touchdowns, so I think that's where, you know. What draws me to certain different roles are the extremities. I mean, doing something completely different. I don't feel during the day that I'm the same person on Wednesday as I am on Monday, and our minds change, our ideas change, our opinions change constantly. I've been signed on to On the Road since or so, and I just, I remember reading the book in high school. I went online and looked, and it said Francis Ford Coppola's directing this, and I was like, man, I'll never get a chance at this. And I still, I mean, we're halfway through filming and I still can't believe I'm a part of it. I auditioned in like March of ', and then I found out on my birthday in September that I'd gotten it. I'd had to land in Chicago for a layover, and when I got to Chicago, my dad called me, sang me all of Happy Birthday, and then I land in L.A. and I get another call from home in Minnesota, and it was you know, it was news telling me that my father had dropped of a heart attack after he got off the phone with me. So I was just like, I called him up in the hospital and I said, you know, you can't do this, it's my birthday. And he goes, I know, son. And I said, I just got On the Road (laughs). He's like, that's great, son. So it was a weird balance of you know, when there's a great amount of good it can also be evened out by a great amount of sort of bad in a way. I sat down with lunch with Jeff Bridges. Sorry about this. If it was a car, it'd be out the window. Just phones and gadgets and stuff, I'm not good with them. I don't appreciate it them the way others do. It's like for me, you know when somebody gets a new car and they're so worried that scratch, that first scratch, but after that everything's fine. You know, everything to me in life is like the second scratch.

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[inapat17]

Text-screen relationships 1/4 - No country for old men: a book to a movie, a movie to a book

I'm interested in the relationship, in a broad sense, between text and image. In this case, I'm looking at the case of a book brought to the screen. One is a book written by Cormac McCarthy, and the other is a movie directed by the Coen brothers. For me, No country for old men is a special case of a book adapted to cinema, because the Cohen brothers’ film respects McCarthy’s original work while transcending it to create a new one.

A book with cinematic qualities

No country for old men tells the story of the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong near the Mexican border in southwest Texas. This tragic circumstance sends the three central characters in pursuit of each other: Llewelyn Moss has found and taken a suitcase full of money; he is being pursued by the killer Anton Chigurh; and their two intertwined leads are being followed by old Sheriff Ed Tom Bell. In No Country, McCarthy writes about the depravity of America by capitalism, and about a world irreparably destroyed, broken and torn apart by the violence of wars (all three characters are war veterans: Vietnam or WWII).

The Coen brothers like the book for its darkness and noisy violence, as well as for being set in American space.

For them, the setting plays a central role. Whether it is Arizona in Raising Arizona, Minnesota in Fargo, Los Angeles in Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski, New York in The Hudsucker Proxy or Texas in Blood Simple.  Each film defines a territory, and this is often what justifies the action. So, the story is always intimately linked to the setting and the protagonists are thus regularly captive of their environment.

In No Country, it’s Texas and its scorching plains, which is both a concentration of the country’s historical memory and the birthplace of the Western. The evocations of the frontier and the wilderness run through all the Coen brothers' films. Indeed, they join McCarthy in depicting Texas as a frontier, a primitive and violent space that bears the legacy of the conquest of the West and reminds us that the United States was built on violence. And here it’s both the historical border, that of the settlement of the West, and the contemporary border, that of the 1980s. So, here, man’s main adversary is indeed the country, as evoked in the title: a primitive territory haunted by the ghost of past violence and the spectre of future violence.

The opening of No Country for old men, reminiscent of John Ford’s westerns (The Searchers, 1956).

The Coen brothers’ film is therefore the result of the understanding of a literary universe, its specificities, its atmosphere, its tone, and its style that gives the illusion of fidelity.

The Coen's adaptation was incredibly successful, especially because the film is considered to be very faithful to the novel. Indeed, the brothers are guided by respect for the authors, but they don't stupidly adapt classic literary works, they are rather in the same line as François Truffaut who spoke of "establishing an intimate relationship" between literature and cinema.

Indeed, the particularity of No Country is that it was a script before a novel. The text is therefore placed under the sign of orality. The dialogues are relatively short and not very punctuated. This is a point that strongly contributes to the film's fidelity to the text since the Coens did not need to rewrite scenes or dialogue.

However, the rhythm of the film contrasts with that of the novel. Indeed, the film is slower: the scenes and shots are long, whereas the novel has a more breathless rhythm.

And what the Coen bring to the original text is above all their dark and offbeat humour. This can be felt in the astonishment of some of the characters and in the transformation of certain situations. Also, by the camera angles, the editing, the music (or lack thereof).

But since it is impossible to turn 309 pages into two hours of film, the Coens had to cut out some of the subplots, thus creating many ellipses. But these ellipses are often related to the character of Chigurh, which makes him even more enigmatic than he is in the novel. So I would like to try to study Chigurh as a figure. I think he is the most interesting aspect of the film from a cinematographic point of view, since he is the very best example of the intermediality between literature and cinema.

From the literary figure to the cinematographic figure

Indeed, in McCarthy’s novel, Chigurh is presented as an allegorical personification of evil incarnate. Sheriff Bell refers to him as a “prophet of destruction”.  Chigurh is thus presented as an elusive figure, as a “ghost” (to quote Sheriff Bell again). And throughout the film, Chigurh is consistently associated with extreme shots, unnatural angles and perspectives, which give the character a supernatural quality. Most significantly, Chigurh is introduced as a faceless figure filmed from the back, then he is repeatedly filmed as a silhouette or a shadow.

And it’s through the power of cinema that Chigurh can fully embody himself as a spectre, a figure of the in-between, both actual and virtual.

Anton Chigurh is thus already a purely cinematic figure in McCarthy's novel.

Chigurh regularly appears in reflections: on mirrors or car windows for example.

[atomicdela-au]

Yet another post again. I know that I said that the next post will have characters but there are a few more posts that I need to make regarding world lore. This post contains info about the United Territories’ Commonwealths (formerly America/United States).

So as I mentioned previously there are thirteen commonwealths (Kinda like how the thirteen colonies are). These commonwealths are made up of the former States of America to band together so people have more access to more resources, etc.

Unlike in the Fallout Game universe, where the commonwealths were created before the bombs and the event known as the “Great War” started in the canon games, this AU has the commonwealths or territories develop after the war is over due to the struggle of survival.

This commonwealth idea came from the fallout lore, and I thought it would fit with this AU since it sounded interesting. I feel weird addressing that this came from the fallout lore, and in the future I might change this idea because I am kinda implementing this certain thing that is not originally my idea :’D

But I did mention that I was inspired by the fallout game lore so I don’t know if that changes anything.

United States Map (Before the War)

United States after the War (Or in this case within this AU, the United Territories)

The Columbia Commonwealth (Red)

The first commonwealth to talk about is the Columbia Commonwealth. It is comprised of the former states of Maryland and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia.

East Central Commonwealth (Dark Blue)

This commonwealth is comprised of the former states of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Eastern Commonwealth/Appalachian Territory (Yellow)

This commonwealth has the former states of West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and of course New York.

Four States Commonwealth (Green)

This territory comprises of the former states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

Great Midwest Commonwealth (Dark Grey)

This is the main commonwealth that the AU takes place (Because we know Mandela Catalogue takes place in Wisconsin) This commonwealth comprises of the former states known as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

Gulf Commonwealth (Pink)

The Gulf commonwealth is combined with the former states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

New England Commonwealth (Bright Blue)

The former states within this territory are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Northern Commonwealth (Orange)

This territory comprises of the former states of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Northwest Commonwealth (Dark Purple)

This commonwealth is comprised of the former states such as Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and the Northern Part of California.

Plains Commonwealth (Light Yellow)

This territory is comprised of the former states such as Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Southeast Commonwealth (Light Grey)

This commonwealth is made up of the former states of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Southwest Commonwealth (Light Purple)

The former states that make up in this commonwealth is Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.

Texas Commonwealth (White)

The Texas commonwealth is probably the smallest alliance/territory. The former states that comprise of this region is Arkansas, and of course Texas.

That is about it for the general commonwealth information or lore. I know, it’s sorta of a boring post but I thought to put it out there. Stay turned for more posts. (I swear I’ll get to the characters soon, I just gotta ramble about this shit first lol)

[allcnaprograms]

Leading 10 CNA Training Centers: Your Guide to Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant

top 10 CNA Training⁤ Centers: Your Guide to Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant

If a ​fulfilling career in ​healthcare is what you’re after, becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) can be a rewarding ⁣path. As a CNA, you’ll play a crucial role in ⁣patient care,‍ offering support for daily activities while contributing to the larger healthcare team. This article outlines the top 10 CNA training centers ⁤across the country, providing insights into what makes each special, along​ with tips to excel ‍in your​ new career.

What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?

A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides essential support to nursing ⁢staff and helps patients with their daily activities. Duties often include:

Assisting with personal hygiene

Monitoring vital signs

Documenting patient health status

Providing emotional support ‍to patients ​and ⁤families

Training is key to becoming an effective CNA, and choosing the right training⁤ center can make all‌ the difference in your education and job readiness.

Top 10 CNA Training Centers

Rank

Training Center

Location

duration

Key Features

1

Gateway Community College

arizona

4-8 ⁢weeks

Hands-on training, job placement services

2

California CNA Training

California

6 weeks

Online classes, flexible schedules

3

Florida Vocational Institute

Florida

4 weeks

Intensive​ training sessions, certification‌ exams

4

Southwest Institute of Health**

New Mexico

6 weeks

Small class sizes, experienced instructors

5

City College of San Francisco

California

8 weeks

Affordable ‌tuition, diverse⁣ programs

6

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Minnesota

6-10 weeks

Extensive‍ clinical training

7

penn Foster College

Online

Self-paced

Flexible learning, affordable payment plans

8

Southern Maryland Career and ⁤Technology‍ Center

Maryland

5 months

Hands-on labs, ‌real-world experience

9

Crawford County Career and technical Center

Pennsylvania

5-6 weeks

Job readiness workshops

10

Harford Community College

Maryland

6 weeks

Focused on patient care, interactive courses

Benefits of Becoming a CNA

Choosing a path to become‍ a CNA offers numerous advantages:

Job Stability: ⁢ There is a⁣ consistent demand for CNAs across the healthcare industry.

Speedy entry: Short training programs mean you⁣ can start working in as little as a month.

Impactful Work: You play a vital role in the lives of patients, providing⁣ care and compassion.

Career ⁤Advancement: CNAs ⁣often have⁢ opportunities to ⁣advance to nursing roles with additional⁣ education.

Practical Tips for Success in CNA Training

As you prepare for your⁢ journey to become a CNA, consider these tips to maximize your‍ training experience:

engage Actively: ‍Participate in class discussions ⁣and clinical practice to deepen your understanding.

Network: Build relationships with instructors and fellow students; these connections can lead to job opportunities.

Stay Organized: Keep track of your coursework, schedules, and clinical hours to ensure you meet all requirements.

Seek Feedback: ‍ Ask​ for constructive feedback during practical sessions; itS crucial for⁣ improvement.

Real-Life Experiences from CNAs

To gain insight into the CNA career, we interviewed several professionals in the field. Here are their experiences:

Emily, a CNA in Massachusetts: “Working as a CNA truly changed my life. I find meaning in⁣ the relationships I’ve built with patients—every ​day⁢ is a new adventure!”

John, a CNA in⁤ Texas: “The‍ training I received gave me confidence. I’ve learned not⁤ just ⁣technical skills, but also the importance ⁢of‍ empathy in care.”

Conclusion

Choosing to become a Certified Nursing Assistant is an critically important decision ⁢that offers numerous rewards, from​ job ⁣stability to the opportunity to make a difference in patients’ lives. The⁤ above⁢ list ⁣of training centers provides you with options to start your journey. ‍Remember to remain motivated, engage fully with your training, ⁤and build a network to support your career. By embarking⁣ on​ this path, you join a dedicated team of healthcare⁤ professionals committed to providing compassionate care. Take the first step today ​towards a rewarding career‌ as a CNA!

https://allcnaprograms.com/leading-10-cna-training-centers-your-guide-to-becoming-a-certified-nursing-assistant/

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Leading 10 Cheapest Online Nursing Programs: Affordable Pathways to Your Nursing Degree

Top ⁤10 ⁢Cheapest Online Nursing Programs: Affordable⁤ Pathways to Your Nursing Degree

In today’s evolving healthcare landscape, becoming a nurse offers not only job security but also the ‌chance ‍to make a real ​difference⁤ in people’s lives.⁣ However, the cost of⁢ nursing programs can be daunting. Thankfully, many colleges and​ universities now offer affordable online nursing programs.⁣ This article explores the top 10 cheapest online‌ nursing programs to help you embark on ⁢your nursing career ​without incurring excessive debt.

Why Choose an ⁣Online Nursing Program?

Online nursing programs provide⁣ flexibility and accessibility, ⁢allowing students ​to balance work, family, ‌and studies. Here are⁤ some benefits of pursuing​ a nursing ⁢degree online:

Flexible Schedule: Study‍ at your own ⁣pace and on ⁢your own time.

Cost-Effective: Online programs generally have lower‍ tuition and additional savings on commuting and‍ housing.

Accessibility: ⁤Access ‍high-quality education from ‌anywhere in the country.

Diverse Learning Materials: ​ Many programs utilize multimedia ⁣resources that‌ cater to various⁤ learning styles.

Top 10 Cheapest Online Nursing ‌Programs

Rank

University

Program

Tuition Cost

Key Features

1

University of the ​Cumberlands

BSN

$6,900/year

Accelerated options⁢ available

2

Valdosta State University

RN to BSN

$8,220/year

Flexible hybrid format

3

Georgia Southwestern State University

BSN

$8,300/year

Fully online options available

4

Southwest Minnesota State University

RN to ⁢BSN

$8,592/year

Courses offered every semester

5

Bemidji State University

RN to BSN

$8,950/year

Strong community⁢ focus

6

University of Alabama ‍at Birmingham

BSN

$10,440/year

Highly ⁢ranked⁢ nursing program

7

Fayetteville State University

RN to BSN

$10,669/year

Dedicated academic support

8

University of North Dakota

RN to BSN

$10,980/year

Robust online resources

9

Western Kentucky ‌University

BSN

$11,000/year

Nationally recognized⁤ faculty

10

Purdue ⁣University Global

BSN

$11,337/year

Competency-based education models

Practical Tips ​for Choosing an Affordable Nursing Program

Selecting the‌ right online nursing program involves careful ⁣consideration. Here are some practical tips:

Accreditation: Ensure the program is accredited by relevant nursing boards.

Financial Aid: Explore financial⁢ aid options, scholarships,⁣ and grants available specifically for nursing students.

Curriculum Quality: ⁢Research the curriculum⁣ to ensure it meets your career goals.

Support Services: Look for programs that offer academic advising, career services, and networking opportunities.

Hands-on Experience: ⁣Make sure⁢ the program includes clinical practice to prepare ⁣you for real-world scenarios.

Real-Life Experiences of Nursing Students

Here ‍are a couple‍ of ​testimonials from nursing students who chose affordable online ⁤programs:

“I was initially worried about⁤ balancing work and school, but my online RN‌ to BSN ⁣program was⁣ incredibly flexible. I was able to maintain my job while‍ advancing my education with minimal financial strain.” – Jessica L.

“Pursuing my nursing degree online allowed me to focus ⁤on my studies while raising my‌ family. ⁣The courses were challenging ⁢yet manageable, ​and the support from faculty was exceptional!” – Michael ⁤R.

Conclusion

Choosing an affordable online nursing program⁣ is a smart way to invest in ⁤your future without overextending yourself financially. By ‌selecting one of the top 10 cheapest online nursing programs ⁣highlighted ⁣in ⁢this article, you’re paving the way for ‌a rewarding career in nursing. Remember to research your options thoroughly, access available ⁤resources, and take advantage ⁤of ​opportunities for⁢ support throughout your ⁣educational ​journey. Your dream of becoming a ⁣nurse is within reach, and it can be achieved on a ⁤budget!

https://nursingcertificationcourses.com/leading-10-cheapest-online-nursing-programs-affordable-pathways-to-your-nursing-degree/

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Name: Atlas Thorne

Faceclaim: Justin Hartley

Gender & Pronouns: cis male & he/him

Age: 45

Birthday: January 9th, 1979

Height: 6'2

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Occupation: Lead Behavioral Analyst for the Wilmington Police Department's Special Operations Division

Neighborhood: Masonboro

short facts

Born in Duluth, Minnesota during a blizzard on January 9th, 1979, with two much older brothers (15 and 12 years his senior).

His career path was influenced by losing his best friend to suicide, leading him to study psychology and eventually become one of the FBI's top crisis negotiators.

5 years back, after a tragic hostage situation where a young boy died, he left the FBI and relocated to Wilmington.

Lives with Jazz, a German Shepherd who failed police dog training for being too friendly, and decompresses through woodworking and playing jazz piano.

Found out he has a half younger brother a few months ago when his father came clean to him that he had fathered a son when his mother and father were taking a break. His half brother is Eddie Powers.

biography

Atlas Thorne never expected to end up in Wilmington, North Carolina, but life had its own plans. Born during a record-breaking blizzard in Duluth, Minnesota on January 9th, 1979, he spent his early years as the much younger sibling to two brothers, with an age gap that made him practically an only child. His oldest brother is 15 years older and the second one is 12 years older. Growing up with a prison guard father and a 911 dispatcher mother, Atlas learned early to read the room. His childhood was split between the family home and his grandmother's farm near Lake Superior, where he developed the patience that would later define his career. When his family moved to Minneapolis in '87, following his father's promotion, the young boy found his calling as the neighborhood's unofficial peacekeeper. His mediation skills took off at Southwest High School, where he crushed state debate competitions and worked at youth crisis hotlines. He was a star at hockey, but had to give it up after getting injured in junior year - but he still roots for the Minnesota Wild. Losing his best friend to suicide was a turning point in his career decisions. After graduating as salutatorian, Atlas pursued psychology at the University of Minnesota, working campus security to make ends meet. He followed this with a master's in Counseling Psychology from the University of St. Thomas, specializing in trauma and crisis intervention. His growing expertise in hostage negotiation and crisis management led him to the police academy in 2003. Over the next two decades, Thorne built an impressive career spanning both the FBI and local law enforcement. After five years as a police negotiator, his exceptional record caught the FBI's attention. He joined their Critical Incident Response Group in Quantico, where he spent eight years handling high-stakes negotiations across the country. During this time, he mastered multiple languages - Spanish, Hmong, and Russian - which proved invaluable in diverse communities. His reputation grew as one of the Bureau's top crisis negotiators. But those skills that made him great at work also made things tricky in his personal life. A bank robbery gone wrong eight years ago led to a hostage's death of a young boy. Atlas blamed himself for misreading the perpetrator's signals, and though this tragedy ultimately made him better at his job, it left emotional scars that influenced his decision to leave the FBI. Two years later, Atlas accepted a position as the lead behavioral analyst for the Wilmington Police Department's Special Operations Division. The move to North Carolina's coast provided a fresh start, though he couldn't leave behind his hyper-vigilant habits - like checking locks twice before bed and always sitting with his back to walls in restaurants. These days, Atlas lives alone in a minimalist apartment with his failed police dog candidate, Jazz - a German Shepherd too friendly for law enforcement work. He spends his free time crafting wooden furniture in his garage workshop and playing jazz piano to decompress. Despite his professional success in helping others navigate their worst moments, he still struggles with and maintaining close relationships. Atlas, who's always on call and has a weird schedule, surprisingly found peace in Wilmington. He continues to train other negotiators and anonymously volunteers at local crisis hotlines - quietly sends flowers each year to the family of the hostage he couldn't save.

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WARRIORS SOCCER ENFRENTA OS MUSTANGS EM SEU JOGO DE DOMINGO #ÚltimasNotícias

Hot News Links de histórias WINONA, Minnesota – Os Winona State University Warriors enfrentam os Mustangs da Southwest Minnesota State University em sua partida de domingo em casa. Os Warriors vão para uma única partida no fim de semana depois de fazer 1-1 no fim de semana passado. WSU derrotou os Cougars da Universidade de Sioux Falls por 1 a 0 e caiu em uma dura batalha contra o # 12…

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CFB Promotion and Relegation - The Big Ten

B1G Tier One - Big Ten (FBS): Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Northwestern Indiana Purdue Ohio State Michigan Michigan State

B1G Tier Two - Mid-American Conference (FBS): Northern Illinois Ball State Central Michigan Eastern Michigan Western Michigan Akron Bowling Green Kent State Miami (Oh.) Ohio Toledo

B1G Tier Three - Ohio Valley Conference (FCS): Dayton Youngstown State Ohio Dominican Lake Erie College Ashland University Walsh University U. of Indianapolis McKendree University Quincy University Roosevelt University

B1G Tier Four - Great Lakes Athletic Conference (D2): Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Davenport University Ferris State University Grand Valley State University Hillsdale College Northwood University – Michigan Saginaw Valley State University Wayne State University Finlandia University

B1G Tier Five - Great Midwest Athletic Conference (D2): Tiffin University University of Findlay Central State Adrian College Albion College Alma College Calvin Hope College Kalamazoo College Olivet College

B1G Tier Six - Northern Sun Conference (D2): St. Thomas Bemidji State University Concordia University, St. Paul – Minnesota Minnesota State University – Mankato Minnesota State University – Moorhead Southwest Minnesota State University University of Minnesota – Duluth Winona State University Iowa Wesleyan University

B1G Tier Seven - Wisconsin Football Association (D2): University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire University of Wisconsin – La Crosse University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh University of Wisconsin – Platteville University of Wisconsin – River Falls University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point University of Wisconsin – Stout University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Wisconsin Lutheran

B1G Tier Eight - Wisconsin Football Conference (D3): Beloit College Carroll University Carthage College Concordia University Wisconsin Lakeland University Lawrence University Ripon College St. Norbert College

B1G Tier Nine - Minnesota Football Conference (D3): Augsburg University Hamline University Macalester College Bethel University – Minnesota Carleton College St. Olaf College The College of St. Scholastica University of Northwestern – St. Paul Saint John's University – Minnesota Gustavus Adolphus College

B1G Tier Ten - Minnesota Football Coalition (D3): Concordia College – Minnesota University of Minnesota – Morris Crown College Martin Luther College Itasca CC Vermilion CC Mesabi Range College Minnesota State CTC Minnesota West CTC Rochester CTC

B1G Tier Eleven - Illinois Football Conference (D3): University of Chicago North Park University Saint Xavier University Augustana College – Illinois Aurora University Benedictine University Concordia University – Chicago Elmhurst University Eureka College Greenville University

B1G Tier Twelve - Upper Mississippi Conference (D3): Central Lakes Fond du Lac Illinois College Illinois Wesleyan University Knox College Lake Forest College Millikin University Monmouth (IL.) North Central College Rockford University

B1G Tier Thirteen - Heartland League (D3): Wheaton College – Illinois Judson University Olivet Nazarene University University of St. Francis – Illinois DuPage Community Christian College (MI) Concordia (MI.) Lawrence Technological University Madonna University Siena Heights University

B1G Tier Fourteen - Hoosier Conference (D3): Anderson University – Indiana DePauw University Franklin College Hanover College Manchester University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Trine University Wabash College Indiana Wesleyan University University of Saint Francis – Indiana

B1G Tier Fifteen - Ohio Conference (D3): Capital University Case Western Reserve University Baldwin Wallace University Bluffton University College of Wooster Heidelberg University Mount St. Joseph University Mount Union Kenyon College Oberlin College

B1G Tier Sixteen - Buckeye Football League (D3): Defiance College Denison University Hiram College John Carroll University Marietta College Muskingum University Notre Dame College Ohio Northern University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein University

B1G Tier Seventeen - Small Northern Colleges League (D3): Calumet College of St. Joseph Marian University – Indiana Oakland City University Taylor University Trinity International University Hocking College Wilmington College Wittenberg University

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Excerpt from this New York Times story:

The warning from the county government was grim. The Rapidan Dam, a feature of the southern Minnesota landscape for more than a century, was “in imminent failure condition.”

“We do not know if it will totally fail or if it will remain in place,” officials said on Monday as dead trees and other debris piled up at the dam and floods overwhelmed the Upper Midwest.

At one point, a support structure alongside the dam partly failed and gushing waters carved out a nearby cliff. Video footage showed a nearby building collapsing on itself and being sucked into the river. But by Tuesday, the main part of the dam was intact, and water flows were beginning to slow. A worst-case scenario, it seemed, might have been averted.

“The Rapidan Dam, we think, is going to continue to hold up,” Bob Jacobson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said late Tuesday afternoon after state officials flew over the dam to survey the damage. “But there are going to be more assessments in the future.”

Experts said the damage and continuing risk in Minnesota underscored the decaying state of the country’s dams and the dangers they could pose when things went wrong. Many catastrophic floods begin with dam failures, and breaches in recent years in states like Michigan and Nebraska have led to widespread destruction.

With climate change making dangerous weather more common, and the average age of an American dam approaching 60, the problems are only expected to get worse.

“It’s the perfect storm, because we are dealing with more severe extreme weather events, and because it’s just the nature of time these dams are getting older,” said Hiba Baroud, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University.

The problems at the Rapidan Dam, about 90 miles southwest of Minneapolis, came after a period of severe rain that led to widespread flooding in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. At least two deaths were linked to the floods, which destroyed homes, swamped farmland, overtopped levees and caused a major railroad

“This, again, was an unprecedented amount of rainfall that came in a very short period of time,” Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota said. “Many of these communities, I don’t know how they could have prepared for what they saw.”

Though river levels were dropping on Tuesday in many of the hardest-hit places, some evacuation orders remained in effect, major roads were closed and cities downstream were bracing for potential damage. Moderate flooding was expected in the coming days on portions of the Missouri River in Iowa and Nebraska, and major flooding was expected on parts of the Mississippi River in Iowa and Minnesota.

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'During the final seconds of the countdown, most of the observers in the New Mexico desert laid down with their feet toward a firing tower that rose 100 feet above the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range.

At 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the Manhattan Project’s Trinity atomic bomb detonated, unleashing a 19-kiloton explosion, melting asphalt and sand into green glass and sending radioactive material billowing 50,000 to 70,000 feet into the atmosphere.

The blast marked the beginning of the nuclear age — and the beginning of a decades-long era of atmospheric nuclear testing that deposited radioactive fallout throughout the United States and worldwide.

The thundering Trinity test — the climactic scene in the recently released movie “Oppenheimer” — showered fallout on 46 states, including North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota, within 10 days.

A study using state-of-the-art computer modeling drew upon newly available data sets to reach its findings and also computed cumulative deposits of radioactive fallout in the United States for the first five days after each of 93 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test.

The study, led by Princeton University researcher Sebastien Phillippe, is the latest to estimate cumulative fallout deposits from U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests.

“Our results demonstrate the significant impact of Trinity, the first nuclear weapon test, on the overall deposition density in New Mexico and across the contiguous U.S.,” the study authors wrote.

Despite their distance from the Nevada Test Site, fallout levels were notably high in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota, leaving lingering questions about cancer and other health effects.

The Forum, in a special report published on May 1, 1988, investigated fallout exposure in the tri-state region, including some of the nation’s highest readings for radioactivity in milk in the Mandan area and wheat near Crookston, Minnesota .

Fargo was cited as an example of a “hot spot,” an area of unusual fallout, in 1959 congressional hearings, The Forum reported. Radioactive debris in the soil increased more than tenfold from June to July 1957 after rains from fallout clouds.

The detonation of atomic and nuclear bombs at the Nevada Test Site were timed so that winds would carry the fallout away from population centers, including Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

That meant the fallout plumes, carried by winds in the upper atmosphere, often traveled to the north and east — toward the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Maps illustrating the study’s estimated fallout density show high concentration levels reached the western Dakotas, with more diffuse high levels to the east.

Not surprisingly, the highest fallout densities were clustered in the Southwest, including New Mexico, Utah and Nevada, and extended north to Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, the study found.

Little has been done nationally to determine possible health effects from radioactive fallout from nuclear tests, despite the known link between radiation and cancer. The higher the dose, the greater risk of developing cancer over time.

A study in 1994 by the North Dakota Department of Health, spurred in part by The Forum’s special report, concluded that a “conservative estimate” of between 50 and 100 cases of thyroid cancer could have occurred because of radioactive fallout.

The study also determined three or four cases of childhood leukemia could have resulted from fallout and found North Dakota’s rise in the childhood leukemia death rate from 1963 to 1967 was “consistent with a radiation effect.”

“It’s something that’s been largely forgotten or completely forgotten,” said Dr. Stephen McDonough, who, as chief of the preventive health section, was the study’s lead author.

Although the study found elevated levels for certain cancers associated with radiation, it was not able to prove a causal link, he said.

“You can’t prove it, that the nuclear fallout killed children, but it’s certainly in the realm of possibility,” he said. “I did make a serious effort to look at it. I tried to be thorough.”

North Dakota’s milk had higher levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in milk than other areas of the country from 1955 to 1965. “As a result, North Dakotans were exposed to among the highest amounts of measured dietary Strontium-90 in the United States,” the study found.

A 1966 federal study estimated infants fed milk produced in the Fargo area after the July 1957 fallout episode received a significant dose of radioactive iodine, The Forum reported in 1988. The Fargo levels for one summer were comparable to those accumulated over four years by infants in a Utah fallout town.

Multiple myeloma, a form of cancer that has been associated with radiation, was elevated in Burleigh County, which includes Bismarck, from 1968 to 1987. “This elevated death rate is consistent with the delayed onset of non-leukemia tumors after radiation exposure,” the study said.

The study found that of 22 types of cancer, along with infant mortality, only childhood leukemia, thyroid cancer and multiple myeloma showed possible associations with fallout in North Dakota.

“Despite the heavier than average fallout, North Dakota was, and remains, a healthy place to live,” the study said.

A study in 1987 by the South Dakota Department of Health concluded there were 111 more leukemia deaths than expected, or 10%, from 1950 to 1969. Extrapolating from those additional leukemia deaths, the study calculated there could have been another 1,000 deaths from other cancers due to radioactive fallout plumes.

McDonough said the federal government has failed to adequately study possible cancers and other health effects throughout the United States as a result of its atmospheric nuclear testing program.

“The question is, does the U.S. government owe something to those who got thyroid cancer or whose child died from leukemia during that period,” he said.

Detonating nuclear weapons above ground sent radioactive materials as high as 50 miles into the atmosphere. Large particles fell to the ground near the blast site, but lighter particles and gases migrated into the upper atmosphere, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Hundreds of above-ground tests were conducted around the world from 1945 to 1963. Most atmospheric testing ended following an international treaty in 1963, including in the United States and the former Soviet Union, with the last above-ground nuclear test conducted in 1980, according to the EPA.

Fallout typically contains hundreds of radionuclides. Some persist for long periods, such as Cesium-137, which has a half life of about 30 years. Most have short half lives and decay away within minutes or hours. Iodine-131, associated with thyroid cancer, has a half-life of eight days.'

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