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Allison Scott tags a runner out at home against Washington in the NCAA Regional round (Photo Courtesy: Richard Mcenery Photography).
Harvard's Introductions Against Washington
SEATTLE, Wash. - The Harvard softball team gave the No. 16 Washington Huskies all they could handle in its opening game of the NCAA Seattle Regional, but one key hit by the hosts proved to be the difference as the Crimson fell, 2-0, Friday at Husky Softball Stadium. Harvard (33-14) will take on Maryland (34-21) Saturday at 3:30 p.m. PST (6:30 EST) in the first elimination game of the regional.
The hosts broke through in the bottom of the fourth as Jerrin Fa'asua reached with a one-out bunt single and Shawna Wright followed with a base hit to left. A sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third with two outs and Kimberlee Souza delivered the clutch swing, roping a double to the left-centerfield gap, giving the hosts a 2-0 advantage after four full frames.
Katherine Lantz picked up the first hit of the game, threading a single through the right side with one out in the top of the second inning. Allison Scott chopped one in front of the plate in the next at-bat that acted like a sacrifice bunt, moving Lantz into scoring position with two away. Whitney Shaw drew a walk to give the Crimson runners at first and second, but Adrienne Hume's drive to left field hung up and was caught to end the Harvard threat.
Ashley Heritage chopped a ball to the left side that the third baseman couldn't handle, reaching on an error to start the Harvard third. Husky hurler Kaitlin Inglesby bore down and picked up a strikeout and induced a pair of grounders to keep the guests off the board through three.
Rachel Brown was steady through the first three innings, keeping the Huskies off the board with an effective changes of speeds and locations. Washington's best chance early in the game came in the third when Nikia Williams popped a two-out triple off the right-centerfield wall, but was stranded 60 feet from home as Inglesby flied to left for the third out.
Lantz made a nice play in the bottom of the fifth inning, snaring a one-out line drive off the bat of the cleanup hitter Inglesby and firing to first to double off Williams to end the inning. Harvard dodged a potential big inning in the bottom of the sixth as a nice catch by Camilla Gibson in centerfield highlighted a frame where the Crimson escaped a first-and-third, no outs jam.
Allison Scott dropped a one-out single into shallow right field in Harvard's last at-bat and Shaw followed with a line drive base hit to left, giving the Crimson two runners on with just one out. Washington recorded the second out on a fielder's choice and a final strikeout by Inglesby capped the 2-0 win.


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LITTLE ROCK Sales of new and previously owned homes in Arkansas rose almost 6 percent in October compared with the same month last year, the Arkansas Realtors Association said Tuesday.
Home prices in the state also rose at a healthy pace in October. The average home price last month was more than $157,200, up 7.8 percent from October 2011.
For the first 10 months of the year, the average home price was about $155,500, up more than 10 percent compared with the first 10 months of 2011.
Rising home prices in Arkansas parallel data in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home-price report, also released Tuesday. The monthly 20-city index of home prices rose 3 percent in September compared with the same month last year. Prices also gained 3.6 percent in the July-September quarter compared with the same quarter in 2011.
There were 1,936 houses sold in Arkansas last month, up from 1,829 in October last year. The report covers home sales in 43 of Arkansas' 75 counties and includes the state's largest population areas.
The increase was the first time that sales improved since June, when they were up almost 9 percent compared with June 2011.
But a closer look at the October numbers indicates that the rally in sales was not as positive as it seemed, said Michael Pakko, chief economist at the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Coupling home sales in September and October revealed that the two-month change was less than a 1 percent gain over the same two months last year, Pakko said. Last year, there was a sharp drop in home sales in September but a strong gain in October, Pakko said.
"I think it really has to do with the timing of when the closings take place," Pakko said.
Sales in 16 of the 43 counties covered by the Realtors Association's survey were up by double digits in October. Of the 10 counties with the most sales, six saw doubledigit sales increases.
Sales were up almost 14 percent in Pulaski County, almost 19 percent in Benton County and almost 11 percent in Washington County.
Scott McElmurry, chief operating officer of Bank of Little Rock Mortgage, said mortgages on home purchases were up about 18 percent last month for his firm.
"We're not out of the woods; we're not back in a great market," McElmurry said. "But at least seeing the increased activity, we're certainly optimistic."
October is traditionally a busy month for Bank of Little Rock Mortgage, McElmurry said. November traditionally is not as active as October, but November mortgages on home sales are almost equal to October, he said.
There has been no discernible trend in home sales for the year, Pakko said.
For the first 10 months of the year, home sales are still down about 500, or about 2.4 percent, compared with the same months in 2011.
"Last year was the slowest sales pace we've seen in the last five or six years," Pakko said.
In 2009 and 2010, after the recession, sales were propped up by the federal homebuyer tax-credit program. Last year was the first year that was unaffected by the federal program, Pakko said.
Across the nation, prices increased in 18 of 20 cities over the 12-month period surveyed in the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index. In Phoenix, prices jumped 20.4 percent over that stretch to lead all cities. Prices in Atlanta showed a modest 0.1 percent increase, ending 26 straight consecutive yearover-year declines.
Prices also rose in September from August in 13 cities. Five metropolitan regions posted declines, while two were unchanged.
In Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit during the housing crisis, prices increased 1.4 percent — the biggest monthover-month gain. Prices rose 1.1 percent in Phoenix and Minneapolis. The sharpest decline was in Cleveland, where prices fell 0.9 percent.
Monthly prices are not seasonally adjusted, so some of the declines may signal the end of the summer buying period.
David M. Blitzer, chairman of the Case-Shiller index, said that when adjusting for seasonal factors, only one city showed a decline in September versus two in August. "Despite the seasons, housing continues to improve," Blitzer said.
The index covers roughly half of U.S. homes. It measures prices compared with those in January 2000 and creates a three-month moving average. The September figures are the latest available.
Steady increases in home prices have helped drive a modest recovery in the housing market. Rising prices encourage more potential buyers to step off the sidelines and purchase homes. And more people may put their homes on the market as they gain confidence that they can sell at a good price.
Higher home prices can also make homeowners feel wealthier and more likely to spend more. Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy.
A big reason for the rebound is that the excess supply of homes that built up before the housing crisis has finally thinned out. The number of previously occupied homes available for sale has fallen to a 10-year low. The inventory of new homes is also near the lowest level since 1963.
At the same time, more people are looking to buy or rent homes after living with relatives or friends during and immediately after the recession.
Those trends are also pushing up home sales and construction. Sales of previously owned homes are near five-year highs, excluding temporary spikes in 2009 and 2010 when the homebuyer taxcredit boosted purchases.
Builders, meanwhile, are more optimistic that the recovery will endure. A measure of their confidence rose to the highest level in 6 1/2 years this month. And builders broke ground on new houses and apartments at the fastest pace in more than four years last month.
Information for this article was contributed by David Smith of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Christopher S. Rugaber of The Associated Press.
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Differences in How Men and Women Think Are Hard-Wired
Recent Studies Raise the Possibility That Male Brains Are Wired for Focus, Female Brains for Multitasking
So many things come down to connections—especially the ones in your brain.
Women and men display distinctive differences in how nerve fibers connect various regions of their brains, according to a half-dozen recent studies that highlight gender variation in the brain's wiring diagram. There are trillions of these critical connections, and they are shaped by the interplay of heredity, experience and biochemistry.


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The museum pledges that, in fulfillment of its educational mission, it will strive to operate according to national standards and best practices to the best of its abilities and in accordance with its resources.
We encourage every museum (including zoos, aquariums, nature and science centers and non-collections-based institutions) to take the Pledge of Excellence—whether your museum just opened or has been accredited for decades.
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Marketing decisions are based on metrics more than ever before, said Mercury Marine Vice President of Marketing Ben Duke, during a guest lecture at a Lakeland College senior-level marketing management class on Wednesday afternoon.
"Marketing has traditionally come from a gut feeling approach," said Duke, who earned both his bachelor's and MBA from Lakeland's evening, weekend and online program. "But now, it's almost entirely data driven."
Mercury Marine, a world leader in the production and sale of marine engines, boats and parts for recreational, commercial and government marine applications, is based in Fond du Lac.
Duke was joined by Mercury Director of Public Relations Lee Gordon, who spoke to the Lakeland College students about the pros and cons of social media.
Social media plays a significant role in Mercury's marketing strategy, Duke said, pointing out that Facebook, for example, fits the company's demographic exceptionally well.
Through in-house and contracted platform analytics, Mercury Marine can make intelligent decisions on how to best market and publicize the $2.2 billion company and its products.
Additionally, Mercury can evaluate how its 30 million annual visitors are browsing the company's website. "What are they looking for?" Duke asked rhetorically.
"Marketing, from where it was five years ago, is very different now," Duke said. "We're being measured constantly, and that can be uncomfortable. Now, you have to have good data to support your decisions."
While social media and other web-based marketing is big at Mercury, the company also participates in the traditional marketing arena, with a strong presence at boat shows and "Experience Events" – in which people are taken out on boats with Mercury engines.
Gordon's primary message to the students was to make careful decisions when it comes to their use of social media. He stressed that poor judgment in regards to Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Instagram and other forms of "new media" can be devastating to a job applicant.
"Your resume is the best of you," Gordon said. "But now, with social media, we get to see who you really are."


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Timeline: The Evolution of Islamic Finance
The modern Islamic finance industry is young; its timeline begins only a few decades ago. But Islamic finance is evolving rapidly and continues to expand to serve a growing population of Muslims as well as conventional, non-Muslim investors.
The core concepts of Islamic finance date back to the birth of Islam in the 6th century; Muslims practiced a version of Islamic finance for many centuries before the Islamic empire declined and European nations colonized Muslim nations. The modern Islamic finance industry emerged only in the 1970s, in large part because of efforts by early 20th-century Muslim economists who envisioned alternatives to conventional Western economics (whose interest-based transactions violate Islamic law).
Here are some of the key events in the short history of the modern Islamic financial industry:
In 1963, the Mit Ghamr Savings Bank in Egypt was opened, becoming the first modern Islamic bank on record.
Also in 1963, the Pilgrims Saving Corporation of Malaysia — although not a bank — began to incorporate basic Islamic banking concepts.
In 1975, the Islamic Development Bank opened in Saudi Arabia and gave the Islamic finance industry an international presence. It recruited member countries and then offered them financial products to promote economic and community development.
In 1979, the first Islamic insurance (or takaful) company — the Islamic Insurance Company of Sudan — was established. (Muslims cannot purchase conventional insurance products because those products involve interest-based transactions, uncertainty, and gambling, which are all prohibited by Islamic law.)
In 1986, the Amana Income Fund, the world's first Islamic mutual fund (which invests only in sharia-compliant equities), was created in Indiana.
In 1990, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) was created to establish industry accounting and auditing standards.
Also in 1990, the Islamic bond market emerged when the first tradable sukuk — the Islamic alternative to conventional bonds — were issued by Shell MDS in Malaysia.
In 1996, Citibank began to offer Islamic banking services when it established the Citi Islamic Investment Bank in Bahrain.
In 1999, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index (DJIMI) was established, becoming the first successful benchmark for the performance of Islamic investment funds.
In 2002, the Malaysia-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) was established as an international standard-setting body for Islamic financial institutions.
In 2004, the Islamic Bank of Britain became the first Islamic commercial bank established outside the Muslim world.
In total, more than 500 Islamic financial institutions have been established worldwide since the 1970s, including about 300 Islamic banks. In the past two decades, the Islamic finance industry has averaged growth of 14 percent per year, and its assets are estimated to be worth $1 trillion. Islamic financial institutions are currently operating in 75 Muslim and non-Muslim countries.


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Talk about your Brand X rebuttals.
Russell Brand has fired back at a negligence lawsuit filed against him by a man who claims Brand hit him with his car, leaving him with serious injuries.
In court documents obtained exclusively by E! News, the British funnyman contends that any run-in was the result of the plaintiff's own negligence--and if he got hurt, it was the "direct, proximate and sole result" of his own "physical bodily condition and constitutional composition."
Victor Sneed sued Brand in October, alleging the "Arthur" star knocked into him with his car on Los Angeles' Olympic Boulevard the previous January. He's asking for dough to cover medical expenses, lost wages and other damages.
In asking for a dismissal, Brand also charges in his filing that Sneed "failed to take adequate measures to minimize...delays, damages, expenditures and extra costs, if any were incurred."
Rebel Wilson will succeed Russell Brand at the MTV Movie Awards this year
Brand's camp states that Sneed was employed at the time of the accident and entitled to worker's compensation pursuant to California law--and that Brand shouldn't be held liable for any distress Sneed may have suffered in relation to his employment.


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This dialogue-based support group is similar to our other youth support groups, but has a specific focus on topics and issues pertinent to youth of color. Groups are open to youth ages 14-20, and are held on the third Wednesday of every month from 6:30 - 8:30. If you are new to Side by Side, please try to arrive a bit early to be introduced to the space and fill out a confidential member form. This group is facilitated by people of color and is exclusively for youth who identify as people of color and is a collaborative effort with The Virginia Anti-Violence Project.
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This is a repost of Grant News by NEH:
NEH and AHRC Announce Collaborative Grant Opportunity to Use Humanities Scholarship to Study Health and Wellbeing in the UK and US
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom (AHRC) are cooperating to advance research in the humanities that focuses on the humanities and health and well-being. Applications are invited for support of collaborative research projects that use humanities disciplines to better understand health, well-being, disability, medical science and technology, or other aspects of the health sciences. Projects might investigate, for example, literary narratives of healing, the role of culture or cultural difference in health and medicine, or comparative cultural perspectives on disability. Projects must involve scholars from both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Applications are to be submitted to the NEH's Collaborative Research program, with funding to be provided by NEH in the United States and the AHRC in the United Kingdom.
Application Deadline: December 6, 2012
Awards will be made for a minimum of one year and up to a maximum of three years with funding of between $25,000 (£15,000) and $100,000 (£62,000) available per project per year.
More details about this grant:
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NIH Invites Humanities Researchers to Contribute to the Study of Culture and Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Opportunity Network for Basic Behavioral and Social Science Research (OppNet), has announced a special funding opportunity for basic social and behavioral research on culture, health and wellbeing. Researchers in humanities disciplines are encouraged to apply as part of projects that maintain a required majority emphasis in basic behavioral and social sciences.
A Focus on Understanding Culture
According to the NIH announcement, "Culture usually is defined in terms of beliefs and practices that are shared within a population, which itself may share attributes such as ethnicity, race, language, gender, sexuality, specific physical impairments or geographic space. These beliefs and practices reflect common values, socialization processes that are intrinsic to the population of interest, and their other shared attributes. In practice, investigators may use gross distinctions such as demographic categories or political boundaries as proxies for culture, with little attention to how well these categories capture actual shared culture. The specific processes by which culture encompasses beliefs and practices related to health may be obscured by surrogate variables to designate culture (e.g., language, national origin, race/ethnicity). There is a need for research that improves the conceptualization and measurement of culture and does this in the context of health and social and behavioral processes that influence health."
Under this program, OppNet expects to provide grants for infrastructure support to develop, strengthen, and evaluate transdisciplinary approaches and methods for basic behavioral and/or social research on the relationships among cultural practices/beliefs, health, and wellbeing. This includes an appreciation for more comprehensive understandings of the relationships regarding cultural attitudes, beliefs, practices, and processes, on outcomes relevant to human health and wellbeing. OppNet specifically welcomes research teams that include expertise complementary to basic social and behavioral sciences, e.g., arts, ethics, humanities, law.
Application Deadline: December 17, 2012
NIH intends to commit $1,425,000 in FY2013 for approximately 5-7 awards. Future year amounts will depend on annual appropriations. Applications must have a majority emphasis in basic behavioral and social sciences.
Information on how to apply for this grant: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-LM-12-002.html
In addition, a webinar hosted by the Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development explains this grant in greater detail: http://www.nea.gov/research/TaskForce/Oct4-2012.html


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In the landscape business, as in life, nothing is as simple as it seems.
You work your tail off getting your business started in the hopes that it will earn you a comfortable living. Yet you find that with growth comes more staff, more equipment, and more headaches. You hope that your headaches will be offset by greater profitability. Then, as you settle in for the long haul, it's still a constant challenge to run your business efficiently.
Very few landscape contractors who started their business 20 and 30 years ago had any formal training in the business end of the business. They had to learn the hard way—by doing. In recent years, consultants who know our industry have become available to help.
There are times when you're buffeted by conditions beyond your control. (Ask anyone who was expecting to do snow removal last winter but saw their plow-equipped trucks sit idle). For better or for worse, customer economics become your economics.
In the best of all possible worlds, you'll reach the point where you've got a successful business and you're ready to slow down a bit. You might even be ready to pass the operational baton to the next generation. That next generation often turns out to be our sons and daughters who've worked with us and want to run the company when we're ready to hand over the reins.
Alas, this is not as simple as it seems. It's certainly not a matter of tossing the keys to the kids and walking out the door. There are major issues to consider: financial, operational, and emotional.
There are a number of firms that can help contractors with structuring the business side. One company, LandOpt in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, can help in the transition. They are a service organization that helps landscape contractors implement proven business systems.
Following are the experiences of two landscape firms now making a generational transition...


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Free Android App Exposes All the Ad Networks On Your Device
Have you noticed more and more popup ads and spam texts on your mobile device lately?
As consumers adopt smartphones and tablets in droves, mobile advertisers are adopting increasingly aggressive methods of ad delivery. Unfortunately for the consumer, rules of acceptable mobile ad practices have yet to be defined.
In January we saw one particularly aggressive ad network used to monetized several free Android apps. Symantec initially identified this as malware called "Android.Counterclank," but hours later, Lookout Mobile Security said the SDK in question was really an aggressive ad network called "Apperhand" that placed a search icon on your mobile desktop without your permission, and pushed ads through the notice bar.
Fortunately Lookout has created a very neat, free app called Ad Network Detector that scans all the apps in your phone and tells you what ad networks have been installed. It tells you how they display ads, what information they collect from your phone in the process, and how you can opt out, if that's an option. So far the app checks for SDKs from 35 of the biggest ad networks, including Google AdMob, InMobi, and Milennial.
A scan on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 134 apps exposed an icky collection of ad networks:
I am definitely uninstalling Brightest Flashlight Free:
Interestingly, Lookout senior product manager for security Derek Halliday said that for larger mainstream networks like AdMob and JumpTap, there is no real opt-out path. You can only opt not to receive targeted ads. The only way to get rid of the network is to get rid of the app.
Android users, check out Ad Network Detector today. Ad network auditing isn't part of Lookout's mobile security offering, Lookout for Android ($2.99/mo, direct) or Lookout for iPhone (free, direct), but hopefully it will be soon. TrustGo Labs also offers Ad Detector for Android, which performs a similar function.
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HP Z210 CMT Workstation25 Nov, 2011 By: Art Liddle
First Look Review: Desktop system offers upper-midrange performance for an entry-level price.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Fall 2011 issue of Cadalyst magazine.
In spring 2010, Cadalyst Labs reviewed HP's then-new Z200 entry-level workstation. At the time, we wrote, "The HP Z200 has a lot going for it" and "is certainly worth your consideration." When HP offered us a chance to review the next-generation Z210 CMT, we jumped at it. And we were not disappointed; the Z210 CMT proves to be an excellent value.
The HP Z210 CMT entry-level workstation offers a wide range of configuration opportunities. CMT stands for convertible minitower, meaning you can configure the workstation to sit flat or stand up by rotating the hard drives 90°. For our review, we asked for an upscale configuration — in particular, a fast processor, extra system memory, lots of hard drive storage (RAID 0 enabled), as well as an upper-midrange 3D graphics card. As inexpensive as our review system is, we know that some of you may be on an even tighter budget. Be assured that HP offers a full range of options for your personally configured Z210 CMT, starting at $759. HP also offers a small–form-factor version, the Z210 SFF, which might appeal to those who don't need expansion capacity or don't work with 3D models.
System Features
At the heart of our HP Z210 CMT was an Intel 3.3-GHz Quad- Core Xeon E3-1240 CPU that offers a 3.7-GHz turbo mode when running a single-core operation. The Xeon series of CPUs supports error-correcting code (ECC) memory, which the Core i5 and i7 series processors do not. ECC memory is typically used for calculation-intensive applications, such as 3D modeling, and offers an extra layer of protection against random memory errors. Our review system was equipped with 8 GB of DDR3 1,333-MHz ECC memory using two 4-GB DIMM chips. This left two DIMM slots open for upgrading. The system supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in a 4-GB x 8-GB configuration.
Our graphics card was the NVIDIA Quadro 2000, a midrange 3D GPU that offers very good value. It includes 1 GB of GDDR5 memory with 128-bit interface and supports a maximum resolution of 2,560 x 1,600. It supports multiple monitors with its one DVI-I and two DisplayPort connections, with any two active simultaneously. (As this article went to press, HP told Cadalyst that it no longer supports the NVIDIA driver due to customer complaints.)
Our operating system was Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
We rounded out our review system with a pair of 500-GB SATA (7,200-rpm) hard drives in a RAID 0 configuration. (RAID 0 splits file operations between two striped drives, which dramatically increases performance.) Designed to reduce total energy consumption, the Z210 includes a relatively large 400-W (90% energy-efficient) power supply and meets the Energy Star 5.0 TEC specifications, drawing a mere 0.5 W in off mode and about 25% less power, compared to previous models, in idle mode. A 16x DVD+/-RW dual-layer SATA optical drive, standard HP USB keyboard, and USB optical three-button mouse complete the hardware configuration.
The HP Z210 CMT (convertible minitower) can be configured to sit flat or stand on end by rotating the hard drives 90°.
On the software side, the Z210 includes a Swiss Army knife–like application, the HP Performance Advisor. With an elegantly designed interface, this utility lets you virtually peer inside your workstation to get real-time performance information as well as to optimize, customize, and troubleshoot hardware and software.
The black minitower case, measuring 17.6" x 7.0" x 17.9", weighs 26 lbs and is designed to allow easy, one-handed access to the interior. It includes nine external USB 2.0 ports — three in the front and six in the rear — as well as one IEEE 1394a port, two PS/2 ports, and a standard network connector. We were pleasantly surprised by the Z210's room for expansion. It comes standard with five accessible expansion slots on the motherboard and one 3½" and two 5¼" drive bays for additional storage. Remember, our system had two hard drives and a DVD drive already installed.
Test Results
We ran the Cadalyst Systems Benchmark c2011 v5.3b with AutoCAD 2011 configured for NVIDIA's NVG10.HDI-enhanced AutoCAD driver. As usual, we enabled hardware acceleration for AutoCAD and turned off vertical sync for the graphics card. We set the screen resolution to 1,280 x 1,024 and color depth to 32-bit. The Z210 CMT's scores for the c2011 benchmark were as follows: total index of 837, 3D graphics index of 2,613, 2D graphics index of 222, disk index of 229, and CPU index of 284. All these numbers are very good, and the disk index score is a new all-time high among systems tested by Cadalyst Labs. For the record, the HP Z210's total index score is more than 90% higher than the HP Z200 we reviewed last year.
In addition to the c2011 benchmark, we ran the SPECviewperf 11 suite of tests, single sample mode only, to gauge graphics performance. The weighted scores were as follows: 30.76 for catia-03; 21.01 for ensight-04; 56.74 for lightwave-01, 23.72 for maya-03, 11.37 for proe-05, 41.16 for sw-02, 26.58 for tcvis-02, and 22.58 for snx-01. These numbers are virtually identical to the closest competitor on price that we've reviewed, which shouldn't be surprising given that both included an NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics card.
Wrapping Up
The price for the HP Z210 CMT, as configured for this review, was $2,312. The HP Z210 offers excellent price/performance value; the only workstation we've seen beat its Cadalyst benchmark index score cost hundreds of dollars more. HP classifies the Z210 CMT as an entry-level workstation — and prices it as such — but the system's performance scores are more in line with what we would consider upper-midrange. Highly Recommended.


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The web version of Visio helps you work together on diagrams from a web browser, from almost anywhere. Draw a flowchart, map an IT network, build an organizational chart, or document a business process.
Microsoft Visio system requirements:
- Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft SharePoint Online, or Microsoft OneDrive for Business is required for coauthoring.
Visio Online Plan 1, which includes Visio Online and 2GB of OneDrive storage, enables users to create and share simple diagrams in their favorite browser. It's best for basic diagramming needs.
Visio Online Plan 2, available as a subscription, includes the all same capabilities as Visio Professional 2016, as well as cloud-only features like Visio Visual in Power BI, Data Visualizer through Excel, and Database Reverse Engineering (DBRE). Enhanced support for AutoCAD drawings and more templates, stencils, and shapes are also only available in Plan 2. Plus, Plan 2 allows each user to install Visio on up to five PCs running Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7. It automatically installs the latest security updates and receives all feature releases for the duration of the subscription. Visio Online Plan 1 with 2GB OneDrive storage is also included.
For information on how to license Visio, please visit our licensing page.
Yes! Most Office 365 customers can view their Visio diagrams in Teams. Those with a Visio Online plan subscription can also edit diagrams directly in Teams. You can learn more about Visio in Teams here. Please note, Teams is sold separately from Visio.
Visio currently supports multiple data sources, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Services, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Azure, and Microsoft SharePoint Lists and Business Connectivity Services.
Visio shares many of the same security features as Microsoft Office apps. These include Information Rights Management (IRM) to set file access permissions and built-in data loss prevention (DLP) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) to help prevent data leaks. Likewise, Visio Online inherits all enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance features available through the Microsoft Cloud.
Yes. Any Visio Online diagram can be accessed, created, edited, and shared using your preferred mobile browser. There is also a native Visio Viewer app for iOS devices. You can only view diagrams using the app; editing capabilities are not available.
There is no Visio client version for Mac. Instead, you can use Visio Online to diagram in your browser.
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Many of us have had the pleasure of witnessing the magic of a one-person show: John Leguizamo, Caridad (La Bruja) de la Luz, Helena D. Lewis, to name a few, have all been outstanding in this genre. But how many of us can say we have actually taken part in the development of such a masterpiece? For quite some time, Rock Wilk has been working on bringing us the play of a lifetime – his lifetime. Broke Wide Open has been described as a verbal opera guiding us through the journey of one man's search for his biological mother, his identity, his home. The pure, raw honesty of his performance is undeniable as Wilk invites us to embark on his soul-searching expedition while leaving his heart on the stage. The play is a perfect blend of his talents (actor, playwright, poet, socially and politically charged vocalist) guaranteeing a myriad of emotions as we not only join him, but feel as though we are him. Through unfiltered emotions we become one, evolving and overcoming trials and tribulations mapped out before us. Through his Unplugged tour, Wilk encourages audience members to stay after the show and provide feedback/constructive criticism so he may file any rough edges and polish his gem with the viewer's best interest in mind. His ultimate goal? To share his story, his life, with as many people as he can from small venues to Broadway and beyond.
This past September, Broke Wide Open was brought to the stage of The Medicine Show Theatre in NYC where it was run as a 3 week, 12 performance workshop. The play has received rave reviews from peers, colleagues and audiences via virtual pages and print (up to and including The New York Times). So far, the Unplugged Tour has graced the stages of The Showroom Theatre of Asbury Park, NJ and the Nyack Village Theatre in Nyack, NY. Next stop is the SoulSweet Sanctuary in Bronx, NY. How often do you get the chance to experience an amazing piece of art? The kind that gently takes you by the hand, leads you to a tunnel heading towards the unknown, swoops you up into a tsunami of emotion before gently lulling you to serenity? How often does one get to witness a stage in the metamorphosis of an unpolished masterpiece? Not many can say they have. If you are amongst them, you certainly owe it to yourself to find out. Come join the crowd this Saturday, December 18th, 8pm (9PM show time) at the SoulSweet Sanctuary in the Bronx. Share Rock's experience – it is guaranteed to change you!
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Coming into possession of a right or office; increase; augmentation; addition.
The right to all that one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immovable; and the right to that which is united to it by accession, either naturally or artificially. The right to own things that become a part of something already owned.
A principle derived from the Civil Law, by which the owner of property becomes entitled to all that it produces, and to all that is added or united to it, either naturally or artificially (that is, by the labor or skill of another) even where such addition extends to a change of form or materials; and by which, on the other hand, the possessor of property becomes entitled to it, as against the original owner, where the addition made to it by skill and labor is of greater value than the property itself, or where the change effected in its form is so great as to render it impossible to restore it to its original shape.
Generally, accession signifies acquisition of title to Personal Property by bestowing labor on it that converts it into an entirely different thing or by incorporation of property into a union with other property.
The commencement or inauguration of a sovereign's reign.
For example, a person who owns property along a river also takes ownership of any additional land that builds up along the riverbank. This right may extend to additions that result from the work or skill of another person. The buyer of a car who fails to make scheduled payments cannot get back his new spark plugs after the car is repossessed because they have become a part of the whole car. The principle of accession does not necessarily apply, however, where the addition has substantially improved the value and changed the character of the property, as when by mistake someone else's grapes were made into wine or someone else's clay made into bricks. In such cases, the original owner might recover only the value of the raw material rather than take ownership of the finished product.
In the context of a treaty, accession may be gained in either of two ways: (1) the new member nation may be formally accepted by all the nations already parties to the treaty; or (2) the new nation may simply bind itself to the obligations already existing in the treaty. Frequently, a treaty will expressly provide that certain nations or categories of nations may accede. In some cases, the parties to a treaty will invite one or more nations to accede to the treaty.
accession(Annexation), noun accessio, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjoining, affixation, annexing, appendage, attachment, binding, cementation, cohesion, combination, combining, conjoining, consolidation, fastening, fusion, inclusion, incorporation, joining, merger, putting together, securing, subjoining, subjunction, supplementation, unification, union, uniting
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That's your opinion.
Lester K's more and gives up fewer line drives. Doesn't sound like Beckett is that much better.
That's your opinion.
Lester K's more and gives up fewer line drives. Doesn't sound like Beckett is that much better.
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my evidence is their ERAs, and ERA+
Beckett give up fewer hits and homeruns per nine innings, their walk rates are the same. The only thing lester has is more Ks per nine innings.
Okay so tRA is saying that lester should be better than beckett right now... well he isn't.
Jackie Bradley Junior.... that is all
Beckett giving up fewer hits has absolutely nothing to do with anything. tRA doesn't care about how many hits a pitcher gives up, and that's the whole point of DIPS theory. The pitcher doesn't control how many balls in play against them are converted into outs. Lester has a .340 BABIP against him, when he's typically in the .290 range. What does that tell us?
More hits are falling in than usual. That doesn't mean that Lester's not as good as Beckett, just that more hits are falling in. That's something Lester doesn't have control over.
Beckett has a LD% of 22.4 as compared to Lester's 20.5. That means hitters are making harder contact against Beckett than they are with Lester. Lester's also striking out 4.3% more hitters faced than Beckett is, while maintaining a slightly lower walk rate.
You're complaining about a metric that has Jonathan Lester as being 0.1 Runs Above Average better than Josh Beckett. Talk about nitpicking.
im not nitpicking its that fact that it has Lester above beckett at all in the first place. I never said Lester isn't as good as beckett, but he hasn't done as well as him.
yeah more hits are falling in for lester because he isn't pitching as well. Everyone keeps making good contact lester wheter its a linedrive or a really hard grounder up the middle or through the hole. Or the fact that he is on pace to give up about 26 or 27 homeruns.
again its why I don't like tRA nothing should be expected to happen based off certain numbers thats why the game is played
Jackie Bradley Junior.... that is all
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again im not going to agree with everything in here if i did what would be the point of posting?
Jackie Bradley Junior.... that is all
And of course things can be predicted based off of certain numbers in and outside of baseball. These types of things are why the Red Sox have become such a power house since the new ownership has been put into place.
tRA doesnt really show how a pitcher has produced. It just shows really what was supposed to happen or expected to happen.
the name of the game is for a pitcher is to not give up runs and in that aspect beckett has done much better than lester thus far.
While I will agree tRA does help determine which pitcher will get better moving forward, although I trust it from season to season rather than month to month.
For instance I didn't need tRA to let me know Lester was going to get and continue to get better this season, because like you said his K rates are great and he proved last season that he can really pitch.
Jackie Bradley Junior.... that is all
Yet people are hitting Beckett harder than they are hitting Lester.
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Pep Guardiola has praised the speed of Manchester City's summer transfer activity.
City tied up moves for Bernardo Silva and Ederson before July, with Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy and Danilo following swiftly after.
Guardiola says he is pleased to have avoided a fraught transfer scramble close to deadline day by being decisive in the market - but refused to rule out the possibility of more arrivals before the window slams shut at the end of August.
"We make good things last season with the player we had," he said. "But we were not able to achieve what we were looking for.
"Like a lot of top teams here in England and around the world, always they are looking for the best possible. But we had one of the oldest teams in the Premier League and we decide to put energy and new players for the next four, five, six years.
"Our average is 24, so it means a lot for the future of the Club.
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"In the market, we will see until the end of August. We needed to do that because there were four or five players at the end of their contract and we try to make a younger, deeper squad.
"We did it earlier, so we were lucky because now would be more expensive after what happened in the last weeks.
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With the price of players on a sharp upward curve this summer, Guardiola feels the fees being paid are unsustainable over the long-term and will soon come down.
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"I think sooner or later it will finish, it's unsustainable," he said of teams paying big fees.
"Hopefully next season I will be here and we are not going to spend how we have this season. I assure you that because last season we finished contract of five, six players, and for six years Manchester City hadn't bought full-backs. We didn't have full-backs so we had to buy full-backs.
"So we buy three and the market is so demanding right now for all the teams around the world, not just Manchester City.
"It started a little bit with Madrid signing Cristiano and Bale. That make a gap and made everything more expensive. Now Neymar. But it's going to finish. It's unsustainable.
"In the next three, four years Manchester City will buy one, two maybe three players but not going to buy what happened this season. This summer we had to do that because we had one of the oldest teams in Europe, not just the Premier League.
"The group of players we will see this season is going to stay a long time here at Manchester City.
"Most of the players - Sergio [Aguero], Raz [Raheem Sterling], Leroy [Sane], Gabriel [Jesus], Bernardo Silva - all of them are young and will stay for the future. The full backs are young, Mendy, Kyle, Danilo."


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"Californication" returns to Showtime for a sixth season of the often mind-altered, ego-bent and unclothed misadventures of novelist Hank Moody and his inner circle. For a not-so-sobering account of what to expect, we turned to a trio of the men intimately involved in how the show exposes itself.
David Duchovny, star and executive producer: This year we've got this amazing guest star named Tim Minchin who's a... how would you describe him? He's kind of a musical comedian, so he writes funny songs that are also GOOD songs. He's an excellent piano player. I'd never heard him or heard of him: he's an Australian guy who's big in England, I'm told, and he has enlisted Hank, my character, to write a musical from one of my novels – which is of course not what I want to do, but I need the money. So now I'm palling around with a rock star who has his own airplane, and as last year was set in the rap world, this is kind of the U2 rock star world. We call it Tom Kapinos Fantasy Rock and Roll Time.
Tom Kapinos, creator and executive producer: (Hank) partners up with this crazy rock star, who's kind of a weird combination of Bono and David Bowie and Axle Rose, and together they're working on this musical. So it's just another sort of crazy playground for Hank to be in, and that's part of what's made it fun and relatively easy for the show to evolve, that we always just find a new playground for him, every year. It's difficult because it's almost like doing a pilot every year, starting over from scratch in some ways. But that's what makes it a lot of fun.
Evan Handler, co-star: Oddly enough, because in the last few seasons there was so much of Charlie Runkle having sex, David made the joke to me the other day, I don't even think he meant it as a joke, he said, 'I don't have sex anymore. It's been like four seasons since I've had sex on the show.' But with Charlie, I'm so grateful for this because now if I take off my clothes, not only does there have to be the Marcy tramp stamp tattoo, but there has to be a scar applied to my arm for the bullet that I took last season. So Charlie has disrobed many fewer times this season, and Charlie's sexual activities have been less. The scenes have been about other things.
Kapinos: A lot of people said, 'Did you develop this for David Duchovny?' That wasn't the case. The script existed way before he did, but it's just one of those really nice, serendipitous examples of actor meeting material and it all just fitting together. So, I feel like I just kept writing Hank the way that I knew him and he kept fitting right in there. That said, I started to hear little things in my head that were something David might do. I'm sure it worked it's way in there early on in the first season, but Hank was so much an example of the voice in my head that that's the only way that I know how to write him.
Handler: Charlie Runkle appeared in exactly one scene of the pilot episode and it was a scene that we shot in houses and it was the four of us, I think. It was Natascha [McElhone] and David and me and Pamela [Adlon], the two couples. That's all I saw, the pilot script, and so there was no knowledge that there was going to be anything other than the husband of one of these two couples. I don't think it was until Season Three that Charlie started carrying the B storylines, so, no, I had no notion how far it would go. I wasn't completely inexperienced, because I had done a couple of seasons of 'Sex and the City' where I had some humiliation thrown my way, but I think the durability of the Charlie Runkle whipping post was certainly not clear from the beginning. It didn't become clear until a couple of seasons in.
Kapinos: I can go to places with Charlie that I just can't with Hank. Otherwise the tone would get so bizarro, but with Charlie it definitely allows me to push the envelope comedically without tarnishing Hank's character, for lack of a better way of putting it. Evan is such a trooper about it. He's up for anything, and really, with Charlie: some days you wake up and feel like Hank, but most of the time you wake up and you feel like Charlie. It's really the two sides of me battling.
Duchovny: I think if you have a show named 'Californication' and you kind of led in the beginning with a certain amount of sex, they get an idea in their heads about what the show is, the quality of the show. It's unfortunate, but those of us who make it, all know what we're doing and I think we understand what the show is to us and to people who talk to us, the fans or whatever. I'm just not sure that it's the kind of show that will get awards, which is really too bad because as you know, Evan does some crazy, brave stuff on the show. I always tell him I don't understand what's going on. Pam Adlon is a treasure. Pam Adlon is f***ing funny and why isn't she getting nominated? It doesn't make sense to me.
Kapinos: She's incredible. She's someone who had a very small role in the pilot and that's a real classic example of watching what someone does and just falling in love with them and then they really inform the character and you start writing towards that. Then they become a bigger part of things than you ever imagined.
Handler: Working on 'Californication,' the joy has been that there doesn't seem to be the hierarchical insanity that you can run into on other television shows, especially on a network where different departments are dictating things based on demographics. They've given Tom his show to do. Tom does what he thinks is funny. I don't think Showtime is dictating very much to him, and Tom doesn't dictate in the manner of a traditional dictator. Tom hires people who he really likes what they do and he seems to get great joy from what they bring to it. And he's very clear about what he wants and doesn't want, but more often than not he seems to want what the people hired bring.
Duchovny: Every year we never know if we're coming back or not. The way that Showtime – and I assume most cable networks do it – is that by the time you air, you're already out of production. So if your ratings suck, or whatever, and you get canceled then that's too bad. Your last show was your finale. So for the past couple of years – and I think even from the beginning, if you go back to the first year: that was really a finale; that could've stood as the end of the show – it's kind of on Tom Kapinos every year to give himself and us a satisfying ending to the entire show. Then you paint yourself into that corner and every year you have to crawl out of it.
Kapinos: I have (this year's ending) roughly. I have it vague. As soon as I know for sure that this is it, I know how to get to it – but we're having so much fun, we all still like each other, which is a minor miracle, and so I'll do it forever and run it into the ground. It's not that often that a good thing comes along. David and I were just talking about that, like, 'Why stop? This is still fun.'
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Microsoft will lift Webjet into the cloud with Office 365 and Azure, Microsoft announced today. Webjet said it made the move as it prepares to expand its business in Australia and New Zealand.
The move supports recent growth in Webjet's online visitor traffic and bookings. The website had $768 million in total commissions for financial-year 2012, a 30 per cent increase from the previous year, according to Microsoft.
Early next year, Webjet plans to move to a hybrid cloud with Exchange and Exchange Online, and deploy Lync Online for file sharing and online communications, Microsoft said. All are part of Office 365. Webjet is using Azure for its mobile service and a revamped website, Microsoft said.
"Office 365 will allow us to scale our business activity as we continue to diversify our product offerings domestically and expand the Webjet brand globally," Webjet's head of solutions delivery, Graham Anderson, said in a statement.
"We will have the ability to add new employees and ensure that we continue to attract talent that is interested in working for a company that provides the best technological tools to help them do their jobs."
Webjet chose Office 365 "because it differentiates itself from the competition with its hybrid offering, giving us the flexibility and reliability of implementing it in the cloud or on-premise," said Anderson.
By moving to the cloud, Webjet hopes to reduce administrative time and costs maintaining servers and storage, Anderson said. That will free up IT staff to focus on "more strategic projects that support business growth and help drive the bottom line," he said.
In addition, the travel website has developed an app for Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8.
"The release incorporates the fluid philosophy initially established with our mobile platform applications," said Webjet's managing director, John Guscic. "As such it means far less key strokes for consumers and a smoother flow of the booking process and integration process from initial enquiry through to confirmation."
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Learn how to make this card using these free instructions. Handmade Valentine's Day cards are the perfect way to show you care and with these card making steps creating this design is easy.
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University of
O'Quinn Law Library
history research is as important at the state level as it is at the federal
It is relatively easy for a researcher to create a legislative history of a federal law. Most academic law libraries (including the O'Quinn Law Library) have access to print and electronic resources that contain federal legislative history documents. For laws passed since the mid 1990s, there is a large amount of federal legislative history information available for free on the Internet.
is more difficult to research legislative history for state laws, including
1. A bill is introduced into the Texas State House of Representatives or the Texas State Senate.
Documents Created: Introductory version of the Bill, Bill Analysis
2. The legislator introducing the bill (the sponsor) may make remarks concerning the bill when it is introduced. These remarks are recorded in the House or Senate Journal.
Document Created: Remarks recorded in the House or Senate Journal
3. The bill is assigned to a congressional committee. The committee holds hearings on the bill in order to collect information about the bill's subject matter.
Document Created: Hearings taped from 1973-present, no transcripts available
4. The committee considers reports and analysis pertaining to the bill and then votes on it. The committee may amend or substitute the bill with another bill during this process.
Documents Created: Committee reports, Amendments, Bill Analysis
5. If the committee recommends the bill, it is sent back to the full House/Senate to be debated and voted on. The bill may be amended on the floor in order to make the bill more appealing to legislators.
Documents Created: Floor Debate, Bill Analysis, Amendments
6. The House/Senate votes on the bill. The votes are recorded in the House/Senate Journal. If the House/Senate passes the bill, the bill is then sent to the other legislative chamber to be considered. The process is similar in the other chamber.
Documents Created: Votes recorded in the House/Senate Journal, Engrossed Bill
7. If the other legislative chamber passes an identical version of the bill, the bill is sent to the Texas Governor to be signed into law.
Document Created: Enrolled Bill
8. If the other legislative chamber passes the bill, but makes changes to the text of the bill in the process, members from both chambers convene a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the two versions. The conference committee produces a unified version of the bill and a report explaining the committee's actions. The unified version of the bill is then sent to the Governor to be signed.
Documents Created: Conference Report, Bill
If the Governor signs the bill, the bill becomes law. If the governor vetoes
the bill it will be returned to the legislature where it will have to receive
2/3 majority of both houses to override the veto. If the governor refuses to
sign the bill it will become law after 10 days unless the legislature is within
10 days of adjournment. In this case the governor would have 20 days to take
action on the bill. After the bill becomes law, the entire text of the law is
published in the General and Special Laws
of the State of Texas (the session laws of the State of
Created: Session Laws
published in the General and Special Laws of
After the bill becomes law, the language of the law is incorporated into the Texas
Codes and Revised Civil Statues. The print version of the Texas Codes and
Revised Civil Statutes is commonly referred to as "
Law incorporated in the
Keep in mind that a Fiscal Note and Impact Statement are usually issued when legislation is proposed and at virtually every major step of the journey that a bill takes to become law. For more comprehensive information about the Texas Legislative process, please consult the Texas Legislature's Web site and the Legislative Reference Library of Texas Web site.
The previous section lists the information created during the Texas Legislative Process. This section reviews if and where that information can be accessed.
1. Bills and Bill Files
The bill file will include the various versions of the bills, bill analyses, fiscal notes, bill history, committee reports, and committee analyses.
(a.) 1993-present:
The Texas Legislature Online Web site contains bill files for all bills from 1993 forward. The history of the bills is available from 1989 forward.
(b.) 1943-2001:
copies of bills considered by the Texas Legislature from 1973 to 1987 are
accessible at the Texas State Legislative Reference Library in
Legislative Archive System
The Texas Legislative Reference Library makes scanned bills available online from 1943-2001 on its Web site at http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/lrlhome.cfm. The coverage keeps expanding and will likely include bills for years prior to 1943 in the near future. A bill search tool allows the user to enter the bill or chapter number and immediately connect to the bill file in the Legislative Archive System. An advance search option contains a variety of features ranging from searching bill captions for all legislative sessions to searching by author for certain sessions. The Web site provides more information about these options at http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/research/billsearch/LASstatus.cfm
(c.) Prior to 1943:
The Texas State Library and Archives in Austin has print copies of all bills considered by the Texas Legislature prior to 1943. It is the only source for bills from this time period. These print copies are also available until 1971.
2. The House and Senate Journals
The House and Senate Journals may include remarks made about the bills by members of the legislature on the floor of the House and Senate. The journals for each legislative session include indexes that help researchers to locate references to their bill in the journals.
law library and Anderson Library, the
The full text of the House and Senate journals since 1995 are available on the State Legislature's Web site. Researchers can search the online versions of the journals for reference to their bills.
3. Committee Hearing Testimony and Floor Debates
House Tapes, 63rd Legislature (1973-present)
(512) 463-0920 (512) 463-5729 Fax
Senate Tapes, 62nd, 4th Called Session (1972) - 76th Legislature (1999)
Lorenzo De
Zavala Library and
(512) 463-5455
Senate Tapes, 77th (2001) - 79th Legislature (2005) (past three sessions only)
(512) 463-0430
Since 2001, both
houses of the
4. Committee Reports
The committee reports are included in the bill files. They are advisory reports and will make a variety of recommendations including passage of the bill, recommend amendments, or even replace an old version of the bill with a new bill. These reports include the recommendations of the committee regarding the bill, full text of the bill, proposed amendments, bill analysis, and fiscal note. See Section 1, "Bills and Bill Files", for information about access to the bill files.
5. Bill Analysis
The Bill analysis is a detailed summary of the bill and is arranged in a similar format as the bill itself. These are included in the bill files. See Section 1 for information on bills and bill files.
6. Fiscal Note
This is a statement included in the bill file on the anticipated impact of the proposed legislation on the state's budget.
7. Impact Statement
An impact statement will be issued and included in the bill file when proposed legislation has an impact on actuarial policy, criminal justice policy, equalized education funding, higher education, imposing court costs on criminal defendants, open government, economic impact, tax/fee equity note, and water development policy.
8. Conference Committee Reports
The conference committee reports are included in the bill files. See Section 1 "Bills and Bill Files" for information about access to the bill files.
The General and Special Laws of the State of
General and Special Laws of the State of
General and Special Laws of the State of
After a bill is passed into law, it is incorporated in the Texas Codes and Revised Civil Statues. The Texas Codes and Revised Civil Statutes are available in print in the library in the Vernon's Texas Codes and Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, Texas Collection KFT 1230 et seq.
The current Texas Codes and Revised Civil Statues are also posted on the Texas State Legislature's Web site (http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/).
Locate the code section in
2. Locate the chapter number in The General and Special Laws of the Acts of Texas for your code section. The chapter number is posted at the end of the code section. If the code section had been amended, it will have more than one chapter number.
In the example below, the chapter number for the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 46C.151 is Acts of 2005, 79th Legislature, Chapter 831.
Art. 46C.151. DETERMINATION OF SANITY ISSUE BY JURY. (a) In a case tried to a jury, the issue of the defendant's sanity shall be submitted to the jury only if the issue is supported by competent evidence. The jury shall determine the issue.
(b) If the issue of the defendant's sanity is submitted to the jury, the jury shall determine and specify in the verdict whether the defendant is guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th
3. Find the bill number for your chapter using the "Direct Search" feature on the Legislative Reference Library of Texas Web site http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/ by clicking "Legislative Archive System" from the drop-down menu under the "Legislation" tab at the top of the page and then clicking "Direct Search." This feature provides the bill number for all laws passed by the Texas State Legislature since 1883. If your law was passed prior to 1883, locate your law in the General and Special Laws of the State of Texas. The original bill number for your bill will be included at the top of the text in the General and Special Laws. Write down the bill number, as you will need it to continue with your legislative history research. In the example above you would simply choose the 79th Legislature (regular session) and enter "831" as the chapter number under "Search by session law chapter" on the "Direct Search" page.
4. Using the bill number, locate the various legislative history documents discussed in this guide. The cross reference table will allow you to link directly to the electronic bill file for bills enacted from 1993 until today.
a legislative history of a
If you would like help assembling legislative history, please stop by the Reference Desk in the library and the reference librarians will be happy to assist you.
(a) Books with Information about
Simons, Spencer
L. Texas Legal Research, Chapter 7:
Bill Tracking and Legislative History.
Brandon, D. & Cordon, Matthew C. Researching
(b) Web Sites:
• Texas State Legislature (http://www.capitol.state.tx.us)
• Texas Legislative Reference Library (http://www.lrl.state.tx.us)
This guide was drafted by Peter J. Egler and updated by Chris Dykes, Reference/Research Librarian on February 17, 2012.


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New Directions in Sickle Cell Therapy in the Genome Era - Conference Talk Summaries
New Directions in Sickle Cell Therapy in the Genome Era
Conference Talk Summaries
The Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell Disease: State of the Art
Martin Steinberg, M.D.
Dr. Steinberg presented an overview of current knowledge about the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD), highlighting polymerization, membrane damage, inflammation, perfusion-reperfusion injury, oxidative damage, and altered nitric oxide biology as important aspects of the disease process. He discussed the clinical features of SCD as falling under the general rubrics of vasoocclusion and hemolysis. He suggested a "new" view of SCD pathophysiology would include that: the hemoglobin S mutation is necessary but insufficient to account for disease pathophysiology; many other modifier genes determine disease phenotype; some of these act "uniformly," influencing more than one sub-phenotype, while others are phenotype-specific; and these genes and their variants determine disease severity by modulating the effects of the hemoglobin S mutation and interacting with each other and the environment.
Therapeutics for Sickle Cell Disease: State of the Art
Elliott Vichinsky, M.D
Dr. Vichinsky gave an overview of current and promising therapeutic agents in SCD. He noted a trend towards loss of adult-focused clinical research in SCD, leaving an almost sole focus on pediatric aspects of the disease and suggested that this trend needs to be reversed. He also noted that while some recommended interventions, such as penicillin prophylaxis, have proven clinically important and have found wide adoption, some, such as use of hydroxyurea, are not implemented in the care of many patients. Other current impediments that he discussed included lack of autopsy/histology data, pharmaceutical companies viewing SCD as lacking sufficient marketing potential to warrant investment, continuing loss of SCD researchers, and lack of structures to address long-term care needs. Dr. Vichinsky thought that unrelated bone marrow transplant is very promising, especially when extended haplotype matching is utilized, and felt that cord blood transplantation is also promising. He cited a need for prospective studies of various interventions, e.g., steroids, surfactant, pheresis for iron overload, and alloimmunization prevention. He also recommended further consideration of such interventions as chemotherapeutic agents, anti-oxidative therapies, nitric oxide, decitabine, red blood cell rehydration, arginine, and PCA-2 inhibition.
Therapeutic Implications of Phenotypic Diversity
Orah Platt, M.D.
Dr. Platt spoke about the phenotypic diversity seen in SCD and the implications of this diversity for therapeutics and for research. She noted that the degree of phenotypic diversity seen in such work as the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease would not have been predicted from knowledge of the underlying molecular lesion alone, but that it was in accord with the diversity seen in the red blood cells themselves (due to varying age and exposure to oxidants, macrophages, viruses, dehydration, etc.). She described SCD as operating in some aspects as a Mendelian disorder, in others as a "sort of Mendelian" disorder, and in still others as a complex disease. Dr. Platt suggested that some therapies (such as bone marrow transplantation or gene transfer) might focus on the Mendelian character of SCD, while others (such as hemoglobin switching or chemical genomics) might aim at the "sort of Mendelian" aspects, and still other therapies (such as those that affect inflammation or adhesion) must approach SCD as a complex disorder. She also discussed the use in research of intermediate phenotypes, unrelated and related subjects with SCD, and related subjects without SCD to understand phenotypic diversity more completely. She stressed both the difficulty inherent in phenotyping those with SCD fully and the importance of doing so. Dr. Platt closed by calling for a "Sickle Cell Phenome Project" that would support the development of experts in clinical medicine, clinical investigation, and cultural aspects of disease, as well as technology-savvy translational researchers with expertise in genomics, expression studies, imaging, etc. Such a project would also support clinical-technology based phenotyping centers that included imaging, physiologic metrics, etc. and centralized phenotyping laboratories that offered biochemistry, hematology, and repository services, as well as informatics and genomics capabilities in a setting that catalyzes cooperative approaches. Through public education and research on overcoming barriers to research participation, this project might also support a national focus on recruitment to participation in research. Finally, the project could help integrate phenomics and genomics into such major clinical trials as the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease and the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia.
Hemoglobin Switching
George Stamatoyannopoulos, M.D., Dr.Sci.
Dr. Stamatoyannopoulos traced the development of the field of hemoglobin switching in SCD over the past half century, reviewed its current state and outlined promising areas for future research. He noted that, in 2003: efforts to develop pharmacologic induction of fetal hemoglobin demonstrate very slow progress in the discovery of new inducers; follow-up to discovery is absent because it is almost impossible to bring discoveries to the clinic; and a critical mass of SCD investigators no longer exists. Dr. Stamatoyannopoulos felt the paucity of investigators was partly due to the field having become "unfriendly" to young researchers. He characterized SCD clinical trials as having become very conservative, lacking innovation and coordination. He then reviewed in depth what is known about the activation, control and expression of ?-globin genes and current strategies for increasing such knowledge.
Gene Transfer
Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Sadelain provided an overview of current and projected gene transfer efforts. He characterized the aim of gene transfer for SCD as to create a long-lasting effect on erythropoiesis. He noted that criteria for effective globin vectors include: being erythroid specific; stage specific differentiation; position independent but copy-number dependent; etc. In terms of "next questions" to tackle in this area, he highlighted stable lentiviral packaging cell lines, large scale vector production, evaluation of lentiviral globin vectors in human stem and erythroid cells, optimization of conditioning regimens for autologous transplantation with gene transfer, and optimization of conditions for in vivo selection (enrichment of gene-modified cells). He also discussed which types of vectors appear particularly promising for further development and use. Dr. Sadelain noted that, because in SCD one needs to affect more than 80% of cells, in vivo selection is likely to be necessary.
Small Molecule/Chemical Genomics Approaches
John Haley, Ph.D.
Dr. Haley reviewed pharmacological approaches to SCD and the use of chemical genomics to further understanding of the biology of SCD and to develop new therapeutics for the disorder. He noted that pharmacological agents are usually designed to prevent polymerization through inducing fetal hemoglobin formation, or to combat vasoocclusion through increasing peripheral vasodilatation. Dr. Haley discussed modulators of nitric oxide synthesis in management of SCD. He suggested that combining compounds that induce fetal hemoglobin at sub-optimal, nontoxic plasma concentrations with agents that increase peripheral blood flow (e.g., nitrites) should be investigated. He considered how genomics-based approaches, such as high throughput screening to develop compounds that increase ?-globin transcription and microarrays to explore histone deactylase inhibitor associated gene expression changes, might play a role in SCD. He described lead candidate selection as the major current bottleneck in developing new therapeutics for SCD.
Historical, Cultural, and Social Context of Clinical Research in Sickle Cell Disease
Vanessa Northington Gamble, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Gamble depicted SCD as a "racial disease" and explored the relationship between SCD and the construction of race in the U.S. She discussed how historical analysis demonstrates that definitions of race have been fluid, inconsistent, and often influenced by social and political factors. She described 1969-1973 as the period during which SCD emerged from obscurity to visibility and the years afterward as the period during which it went from visibility to controversy. Dr. Gamble discussed SCD's relationship to ethnic and racial disparities in health, suggesting that social, cultural, and political factors have influenced the history of sickle cell disease and that an understanding of these factors must inform contemporary policy and programs. She closed by detailing a number of opportunities and/or challenges for SCD research, including: analyzing the social and cultural context of SCD within a global context; developing screening and clinical policies and guidelines that take the changing demography of the U.S. into account; overcoming the dilemma of difference and advancing trustworthiness; establishing visibility and support for SCD in the new context of racial and ethnic disparities in health; comprehending the attitudes of members of minority groups toward sickle cell disease and genetics; developing minority investigators in the areas of ethical, legal, and social issues; creating culturally competent educational programs; promoting community partnership and involvement; clarifying the role of social factors in the health outcomes of people with sickle cell anemia; understanding the experience of people with sickle cell disease; and developing strategies to diversify participants in clinical trials.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Elizabeth Bishop
Hart Crane
Hart Crane's reputation rests primarily on his extraordinary craftsmanship and sweeping vision. In The Bridge, Crane set out to write an American epic that unified past and present, East and West, myth and reality. Crane's poetic vision, based on views that alcoholic and sexual excesses were a way to achieve a perception of unity of all things, led to self-destructive behavior, and his short, turbulent life ended in suicide.
Read some of Crane's poetry, including "To Brookyln Bridge" and "Chaplinesque," a concise Crane biography, and a short explanation of modernism.
New York University School of Medicine's Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database
Can the simple act of bandaging another person's injured hand create a powerful bond? Crane's "Episode of Hands," which deals with just such a situation, is summarized and annotated at this NYU site.
"I got so I simply gagged everytime I sat before my desk to write an ad," Crane says in a letter to a friend, announcing his resignation from his advertising job. You'll find many similarly interesting quotes in Kent State University Libraries & Media Services's inventory of Crane's papers, a rich and fascinating source of information about the poet.
Crane said that The Bridge concerned "a mystical symbolism of 'America.'" Michael Eiichi Hishikawa, associate professor of English at Kobe University, presents helpful notes and interlinear readings of the poem, along with biographical and bibliographical information on Crane.
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Along with a cataloging of the Library's Hart Crane Collection, this site contains concise biographical information about Crane. The collection consists of the bequests of four Crane scholars, including ads written by Crane, and miscellaneous Crane correspondence.
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