Celebrating Success: What Helps Looked After Children Succeed

The aim of this study was to understand from people who have experienced being looked after, what helped them become and feel successful. We wanted to listen to those who had gone on to experience success in their lives, and to find out what they felt made a difference. The key messages of this study are that being looked after can provide an opportunity for positive change in a child's life, but that the attitudes and actions of adults who provide direct care for looked after children, or who support their care in other ways, are critical. Meaningful relationships with skilled, caring and committed adults, and the opportunity to experience stability and consistency emerged from the study as particularly important

Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit

Projected costs for Medicare Part D have been revised downward, causing some analysts to claim that the program has proven itself a success. This report explores the factors behind the lower cost projections and reaches far different conclusions. It finds two main reasons: 1) a slowdown in the rate of growth in drug prices that preceded the introduction of the benefit; and 2) fewer people are expected to enroll in the program. The report recommends changes to the program that could save $30 billion a year

The Early Days of Lattice Gauge Theory

I discuss some of the historical circumstances that drove us to use the lattice as a non-perturbative regulator. This approach has had immense success, convincingly demonstrating quark confinement and obtaining crucial properties of the strong interactions from first principles. I wrap up with some challenges for the future.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, contribution to conference "The Monte Carlo method in the physical sciences: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Metropolis algorithm," Los Alamos, June 9-11, 200

Messages from the Provost

Upcoming Events A Message from the Provost Academic Success Stories Congratulations Corner: Celebrating Your Succes

11-02-2020 First-Generation College Student Celebration Taking Place at SWOSU

In conjunction with the Center for First-Generation Student Success, Southwestern Oklahoma State University is celebrating first-generation students November 2-6 on the Weatherford campus

Against all odds : the life and music of Michel Petrucciani : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy at Massey University

Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist and composer, was a major figure in the history of French jazz who achieved much critical and popular success in his short life span. In 1999 when he died at the age of 36, he was enough of a hero in his own country to warrant inclusion alongside Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in a series of postage stamps celebrating great jazz artists. He was one of only a handful of European jazz musicians to achieve success in the U.S. This thesis examines Petrucciani's life and music with particular emphasis placed on the evolution of his playing and composing styles through close analysis of selected piano solos and a range of compositions representing different periods of his career. An overview of his musical and personal life, as he battled with osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare bone disease that prevents growth to adult size, is also included, along with a study of the influence of pianist Bill Evans on Petrucciani's playing

Lawyer - Winter 1992

• Two Alums From the School’s First Class, 1992 Distinguished Law Graduates • Celebrating Our 20-Year Success Story Was a Grand Occasions • When Proposed Law Affects Federal Judiciary, White Goes to Work to Illumine Impacthttps://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/thelawyer/1009/thumbnail.jp

Celebrating Pork: The Dubious Success of the Medicare Drug Benefit Health Insurance for the Elderly

Projected costs for Medicare Part D have been revised downward, causing some analysts to claim that the program has proven itself a success. This report explores the factors behind the lower cost projections and reaches far different conclusions. It finds two main reasons: 1) a slowdown in the rate of growth in drug prices that preceded the introduction of the benefit; and 2) fewer people are expected to enroll in the program. The report recommends changes to the program that could save $30 billion a year.

The Montreal Protocol Celebrating 20 Years of Environmental Progress Edited By Donald Kaniaru

The Montreal Protocol stands as one of the most effective environmental treaties ever, and there are many lessons to be learned from its success. The collection of essays in The Montreal Protocol: Celebrating 20 Years of Environmental Progress, edited by Donald Kaniaru, traces the history of the Montreal Protocol, examines the mechanisms and organization which enabled its success, and finally teases out the lessons which can be learned and employed in today’s confrontation with climate change