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After Slashdot, a site that commonly links to other, smaller sites.
slashdot (third-person singular simple present slashdots, present participle slashdotting, simple past and past participle slashdotted)
- (computing, Internet) To render a web site slow or unusable via the unusually large number of page requests that result from a link on a very popular web site.
- 2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools [1]
- If these numbers are significantly higher than normal usage, something is amiss (perhaps your web server has been slashdotted).
- [2003], 2006 Matthew Strebe, The Best of SlashNOT, 2002–2005 [2]
- And that guy is supposed to be thrilled to lose both his inbound and outbound connections and e-mail for the joy of having been slashdotted.
- 2005, Ivan Ristic, Apache Security [3]
- Sites that have been slashdotted report traffic between several hundred and several thousand hits per minute.
- 2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando [4]
- Oh shit, thinks Manfred, better buy some more server time. He can recognize the signs: He's about to be slashdotted.
- 2002, Shelley Powers et al., Unix Power Tools [1]


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Te Ata [A.K.A. Mary (Thompson) Fisher)
Te Ata [A.K.A. Mary (Thompson) Fisher)
Just days before her 100th birthday, Oklahoma's most famous Native American storyteller, known simply as "Te Ata", died Oct. 26, 1995, in Oklahoma City.
A memorial service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday at Guardian West Funeral Home in Oklahoma City.
Few Oklahomans have garnered as much attention around the world as Te Ata, recognized for a lifetime of achievement by governors, presidents, kings and her alma mater, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
She was born Mary Thompson and raised in Tishomingo, the daughter of a treasurer of the Chickasaw tribe, niece of a tribal governor. She attended Indian schools until she enrolled at the Oklahoma College for Women, now USAO. After graduation, she took her drama degree to New York and appeared on the New York stage.
But her unique persona was born when she left traditional theater and crafted a one-woman show to illustrate and teach Indian culture. Dressed in buckskin costumes with authentic props and acting out various roles, the striking and elegant actress presented well researched and sensitively interpreted legends, songs and history of Indian tribes. She joined the vaudeville and Chautauqua circuits, appearing on educational and entertainment programs which included, at that time, the oratory of William Jennings Bryant.
Te Ata was named as the first "Oklahoma Treasure" in September 1987 by Gov. Henry Bellmon. The award was created "in recognition of people resources, bestowed on individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the state," reported the State Arts Council, which developed the award.
She was named to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Statehood Day 1958.
She was named in 1972 to the Alumni Hall of Fame at her alma mater (now USAO).
She was honored in 1976 by the State Arts Council with special recognition for her lifelong contributions to the arts in Oklahoma
"Te Ata" is a Chickasaw Indian name which means "bearer of the morning." This name captures the bright and hopeful character of her storytelling, described as "breathtaking," "majestic" and "full of grace" by reviewers in The New York Times, the Daily Oklahoman and dozens of other media.
Te Ata has performed across the United States, Canada and Europe sharing stories of many American Indian tribes. She performed several times before European royalty and was a frequent guest of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It was in her honor that the Roosevelts named "Lake Te Ata" in upstate New York. She was selected to entertain an audience including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England when they visited Hyde Park, New York.
A 1919 graduate of the Oklahoma College for Women (now USAO) in Chickasha, Te Ata followed a dream to New York where she won roles in Shakespearean and Greek dramas. She appeared on Broadway in "Trojan Women" and in many other theatrical productions elsewhere.
"Art binds all people together," she wrote.
After college, she continued her education in theater at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa; and studied ethnology at Columbia University in New York.
Te Ata was born Mary Thompson near the old Chickasaw capitol town of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, on Dec. 3, 1895. She celebrated her 99th birthday on Dec. 3, 1994, with a crowd of friends and family, including her niece, Sen. Helen Cole, whose middle name is Te Ata.
Her life is the subject of one film and three books. The film, which earned state awards for art design and direction, was first developed in 1973 by Oklahoma's best known director, Shawnee Brittan. It was dramatically updated in 1995 with new footage and enhanced imagery, made possible by new technology.
In recent years, a series of colorful children's books has been produced retelling Te Ata's favorite stories in a format suitable for small children.


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I've tried to explain things in terms of what he says directly after this sentence. He's interested in Rome. The narration for the Greek republics is easy because their constitutional histories are clear and the effects of those constitutions, the now infamous rises and falls, are clear. For Rome, the constitution is more complex and historical record is far murkier. Collective fate? Far from it. Perhaps in some of my earlier rejected interpretations, I was saddled with that. But not with my latest proposal. What they share is they provide clear data, more a historiographical matter than a historical one. How many does Aristotle survey? About 150 city-states. And remember Polybius is writing for the folks back home who know quite about the rises and falls of those 150 having had 200 years more than Aristotle to observe and ponder.
And he's going to drop the term politeuma and take up the division into democracy, oligarchy and kingship and even expand it. So he certainly doesn't think they have collective fates. I'm still somewhat confused as to how he can talk about them having any independent futures at all given that I think it is post 146. But that is a topic for another thread.
-sorry), your adverbial interpretation does now seem to be correct even to me.
The one thing that bothered me about your translation was that ηὔξηται is singular which
didn't seem to fit your interpretation but actually it fits rather well.
Making the rising and falling singular in your translation gives
Of the Greek republics, so far as on the one hand (a city) has often risen to greatness and on the other hand often fallen into insignificance, it happens that the narration concerning what has come to pass and the prediction concerning what will come to pass is easy.
With often being there it implies that most of the cities have at one time or another gone through
rising and falling but there is no implication they did it on the same trajectory.
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Along with Justin Bieber and caffeinated alcohol, add brain studies to the list of current hot cultural trends. Not a day passes, it seems, without some new account of the importance of fMRIs or neuroplasticity or the biological basis of happiness.
In his new book The Social Animal, New York Times columnist David Brooks declares that neuroscience "helps fill the hole left by the atrophy of theology and philosophy" and that by telling us more about how we think and what we crave, it stands to revolutionize the way we live our lives. For a man who believes in good conservative fashion that "Wisdom begins with an awareness of our own ignorance," this is a heady claim. There is nothing intellectually modest, however, about "The Social Animal."
To make his argument, Brooks tells the story of two characters, Harold and Erica. We follow them through the stages of their lives: infancy, high school, marriage (to each other), career building, infidelity, retirement, old age. Along the way, the author breaks his narrative to highlight research that helps explain why Harold and Erica act the way they do. Brooks has borrowed this approach from "Emile," Jean-Jacques Rousseau's great study on education. When I mentioned this to a learned friend, he remarked, "It's the type of thing you'd try only if you felt pretty confident your audience hadn't read the original." One wonders if the creator of Harold and Erica appreciates the tyrannical nature of Rousseau's tutor. Does neuroscience take the place of Emile's tutor, dictating every outward deed and inward motion of the soul?
CSMonitor picks: the best nonfiction books of 2010
In the Harold and Erica sections Brooks proves himself an able storyteller. The vignettes alternate with summaries of behavioral research on everything from attachment parenting to how customers decide which bottle of wine to purchase. One can imagine cocktail parties around the country bubbling with social science factoids from his book: that a healthy marriage is worth a "happiness bump" equivalent to an extra $100,000 in income; or that commuting is the daily activity most antithetical to contentment. Brooks ties it all together with an ambitious argument about the overweening influence of rationalism and the pitfalls of individualism.
According to Brooks, cognitive science's main contribution is the notion that humans do not have an "essential self;" that the "I" in Descartes' "I think therefore I am" is a fallacy. Instead, Brooks says, the more we learn about the way human beings operate, the more we realize that major aspects of personhood are culturally contingent. "When asked to describe their day, American six-year-olds make three times more references to themselves than Chinese six-year-olds," Brooks writes. On a bedrock level, he argues, our experiences determine the way we see the world.
However the author is not a relativist; he doesn't think that all experiences or all cultures are created equal. Cognitive science informs us "that your unconscious wants to entangle you in the thick web of relations that are the essence of human flourishing. It longs and pushes for love," he writes. The most meaningful and productive experiences involve relationships with other people, and the most vibrant cultures are the ones that facilitate the formation of those relationships. Some readers will find that Brooks takes this argument to extreme lengths. "[W]hen you look deeper into the unconscious, the separations between individuals begin to get a little fuzzy," he writes, leaving one to wonder whether the author believes that there is such a thing as a human essence, a soul.
Even if I'm not ready to credit science with having discovered the one best way to live, I enjoyed reading "The Social Animal" as a self-help book. But Brooks intends more than that: His book is meant as a serious political argument about the limits of individual agency and the duty of the state to help those who cannot help themselves.
If individuals are a product of their experiences and experiences are limited in large part by culture, as Brooks' reading of cognitive science would have it, then the culture you're born into goes a long way to determining your prospects in life. This is the essential rationale of liberal politics: Society is not a level playing field, so there is a collective responsibility to expand opportunity for the disadvantaged. The view opposes the up-by-your-bootstraps ethos of individualism and the American dream.
In "The Social Animal" Brooks approvingly cites the words of the late Democratic senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself." The creator of Harold and Erica aligns himself with the Federalism of Alexander Hamilton and the progressivism of Teddy Roosevelt, when he argues for "limited but energetic government to enhance social mobility," and he supports policy initiatives like early childhood education and charter schools that paternalistically "reshape the internal models" and install "achievement values" in the minds of the poor.
Perhaps because Brooks wants "The Social Animal" to be a popular book as well as a serious one, when he gets down to making political arguments, he doesn't do so in a particularly rigorous way. Once you decide that poverty is not the exclusive fault of the impoverished, as Brooks does, it's hard not to find a concurrent obligation to make sure that no one goes hungry. But Brooks says he opposes social welfare programs that work only on the "material conditions" of poverty and not on its underlying causes.
He also takes a surprisingly nearsighted view of how value is distributed along the socioeconomic ladder. The 2002 General Social Survey found, for example, that as people internalize "achievement values" and move into the middle class their relationships with extended family attenuate. This is partly because people in the middle class are more mobile and tend to live farther from their kin. But it also happens for more fundamental reasons: University of Pennsylvania and Brooks-approved sociologist Annette Lareau has shown that the individualism of middle class life tends to devalue ties with extended family. These are the relationships that Brooks says are so essential for happiness, but "The Social Animal" is too assured of itself to linger on such contradictions.
Brooks tells his readers that an awareness of "how much our own desire for power and to do good blinds us to our limitations" has tempered his impulse toward social engineering. Reading "The Social Animal," however, I took this as a caveat more of the mind than of the heart. His reliance on brain science suggests a wide-eyed acceptance about its potential to help us live better lives and build a better society. It remains to be seen whether the cognitive revolution will live up to its billing. My rational mind – the very part of me that Brooks says I should be wary of – is enthralled with the possibility. My heart tells me we've been here before.
Kevin Hartnett is a freelance writer in Philadelphia.
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We are a wholesale supplier of VoIP (voice over internet protocol) services. Many companies send us telephone calls over the internet. We have strong brand recognition as providing excellent sounding calls to over 100 countries.
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Wednesday, Oct. 31
Housing market feeling economic ripples
Making sense of the financial stats
States await death penalty decision
Democrats targeting Hillary Clinton
New evidence links cancer and weight
Oprah's private school rocked by scandal
Cafeterias waging cupcake wars
Links and Extras
'Kids Now'
Video: Cupcakes vs. cantelope
Video: Are we pushing our kids too far?
More on finance, the economy
Fed cuts interest rates a quarter-point
GDP grew 3.9 percent in third quarter
Oil prices soar, closing near $95 a barrel
Cruel and unusual?
Supreme Court blocks Mississippi execution
More on Oprah school
Oprah apologizes for alleged abuse at school
Democrats debate
Rivals attack Clinton's vote on Iran
More on cancer
Report: Excess body fat linked to cancer
Tuesday, Oct. 30
Iraq, U.S. debate private contractors' responsibility
Merrill Lynch's CEO leaves after $8 billion hit
A stronger consumer safety commission?
Wildebeests' migration in danger
Getting a tutor – for sports?
Links and extras
Kids and sports
Video: Are we pushing our kids too far?
Democrats debate
Rivals attack Clinton's vote on Iran
More on finance, economy
Merrill Lynch CEO's ruined reputation to stick
Choosing between foreclosure and bankruptcy
Gut Check America: Middle Class squeeze
More on wildebeests
Martin Fletcher blogs on Kenya
Monday, Oct. 29
Doctors urge for early autism screenings
Pediatrician on autism screening push
It's a crucial time for Obama
Middle class in a financial squeeze
Buffet thinks he's not paying enough in taxes
More teens undergoing weight-loss surgery
Everyone's a 'vice president'
Links and Extras
More on autism
Red flag warnings from Autism Speaks | Story
Signs and symptoms | NBC special report
Discuss: Will early screening help children?
More on finance, the economy
Choosing between foreclosure and bankruptcy
Gut Check America: Middle Class squeeze
Weight-loss surgery
Web-extra: Surgeon demos how lap-band procedure works
Web-extra: Teen on how surgery changed her life
Remembering a member of the NBC family
NBC News veteran Jim Cummins dies at 62
Read a tribute to Jim Cummins from his longtime producer
Sunday, Oct. 28
U.N. nuclear chief urges cool on Iran
Ripple effect on oil prices
Do battlefield victories improve Iraq politics?
Beach house fire kills students
Californians express gratitude to firefighters
Romney tries to prove he's authentic
Astronauts remodel the Space Station
African penguins in danger
Links and Extras
Charitable vet makes strides, inspires others
NBC News veteran Jim Cummins dies at 62
Latest on wildfires
How you can help
View FirstPerson images, video from the fires
Share images of your return home
Saturday, Oct. 27
Soldier gives back to Iraqi kids
South wages water war
Tips for fighting deadly infections
Californians start over
Where there's smoke, there's bad air
Are licenses secure enough?
Friday, Oct. 26
Rising oil anxiety
California wildfires hit winds of change
Another embarrassment for FEMA
Putin angered by missile defense plan
Teen sex case ends with 10-year sentence overturned
Firefighters photographed escaping danger
Paris becomes the City of Bikes
Thursday, Oct. 25
Southern Californians start to return home
Pres. Bush: 'We know how tough it is'
Will Iran sanctions have desired effect?
Will Giuliani's foreign policy hurt him in '08?
American stress levels increase
Closely watching a nuclear nation
A mother's mission
Wednesday, Oct. 24
State of emergency for Calif.
How will tomorrow's weather affect fire fight?
One family finds what's left of their home
After the fires, scorched earth
Rice under fire on Iraq contractors
Cubans on guard for illegal immigration
Flying and making a difference
How animals have fared
Links and Extras
Latest on wildfires
How you can help
Are you prepared for a fire?
Firefighting tools
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Your stories
'Making a Difference': Mike Taibbi reports
Flying and making a difference
Taibbi blogs| Freedom's Wings
Web-extra: Richard Fucci on how he flies
As Mark Potter reports
Cubans on patrol for smugglers
Tuesday, Oct. 23
Fire battle rages
Fire's effect on one neighborhood
Is global warming bringing more fires?
Candidates' wives talk about their lives
Brooklyn novelist writes 'I do' for couples
Homeowners trickle back to at-risk San Diego community
Monday, Oct. 22
California fires out of control
Where did the fires come from?
Santa Ana winds 'a bad situation'
Bhutto stands firm
New La. governor doesn't fit the mold
Police chief on the job despite Alzheimer's
MSNBC and NBC News' new shared studio
Links and Extras
Latest on wildfires
Are you prepared for a fire?
Firefighting tools
View FirstPerson images, video from the fires
Pakistan attack
Bhutto: Return to Pakistan worth the risk
Curry: View from Karachi
Tom Costello's Web-exclusive report
NASA withholds air safety survey results
Latest on lead paint in toys
Government says lead testing kits don't work
List of recently recalled toys
Photo gallery
New MSNBC studio
Sunday, Oct. 21
Moving day
Fires in Malibu
Pepperdine students flee fire
Drought's court complications
A violent day in Turkey
Attack's political implications
Traffic tickets a privacy risk?
China's rising film production scene
Saturday, Oct. 20
Southeast drought reaching historic levels
Romney wins 'values voters' straw poll
Women in charge in space
How much is the Google chef worth?
'Lights Out' S.F. benefits all
What to expect on your heating bill
An 'obesity report card'?
Friday, Oct. 19
FDA: Cold meds don't help kids under six
Stocks fall 367 points
Clean up after deadly weather
Ron Paul gains momentum online
In S.F., going green means going dark
Water fight goes to Atlanta court
Teacher makes a difference in China
Moving day for 'Nightly' set
Links and extras
Pakistan attack
Bhutto: No surrender to militants
Latest on weather
The latest on weather
First Person images, video
As George Lewis reports
Web-extra: A black out to conserve energy
Lights Out San Francisco
'Making a Difference' reported by Mark Mullen
Education and Science Society in rural China
Photo gallery: NBC in the field in China
Thursday, Oct. 18
'Well-planned attack' on Bhutto
More cold or cough med dangers?
Friction in Switzerland
Kids aren't getting enough sleep
Hoda Kotb's cancer diary
Extraordinary train to Tibet
Death of two entertainment icons
Links and extras
Pakistan attack
On the scene: NBC Producer Carol Grisanti
Was it al-Qaida? Plots and attacks through the years
Latest news on staph infections
What to do to prevent an infection
Latest on weather
Strong winds rip through 3 states
First Person images, video
Hoda Kotb's person cancer battle
Story and video from TODAY's fourth hour
Viewers share their experiences
Story reported by Mark Mullen
Catching the Train to Tibet | Umbrellas everywhere
Wednesday, Oct. 17
Bush issues clear warning on Iran
The muddled political calendar
Clinton acting like a nominee
Storms menace the Midwest
Climate change at the top of the world
On water, thinking outside the bottle
New infection could create havoc
Chinese language takes off
Links and Extras
Bush says Congress dragging feet on key issues
Video: Watch Bush's opening remarks
Related to the report by NBC's Kerry Sanders
In Arctic report card, U.S. cites 'rapid changes'
Related to the report by NBC's Robert Bazell
The latest on the super bug
Related to the report by NBC's Mark Mullen
ChinesePod: Learn Chinese
Tuesday, Oct. 16
Teen with drug-resistant super bug dies
Housing crisis continues
Southeast cities almost out of water
A Russia-Iran alliance?
Ellen DeGeneres' TV breakdown
China's women rising
Newest Medal of Honor recipient
Links and extras
Related to the report by NBC's Robert Bazell
The latest on the super bug
Editor's note: There was an error in the 6:30 p.m. ET broadcast.
From Robert Bazell:
"I made an error tonight and it is totally my fault. The drug resistant bacteria is MRSA. I transposed the letters to get them wrong. Sometimes the most simple mistakes are the ones you miss. My apologies."
Related to the report by NBC's Chris Jansing
911 for homeowners in trouble
Related to the report by NBC's Mark Mullen
On-the-go Chinese women in no hurry to wed
Shanghai girl power
Monday, Oct. 15
Driving under the influence of a keyboard
Planes collide at Heathrow
Drought chokes the Southeast
Cancer falling sharply
Oil hits record $86 a barrel
Good crop is bad news for corn farmers
China wrestles with its new prosperity
Comeback Kid takes the field
Links and Extras
Related to the report by NBC's Martin Savidge
Parts of the South curb water use due to drought
Related to the report by NBC's Tom Costello
Cancer death rates dropping faster than ever | Video
Related to the report by NBC's Janet Shamlian
Blog: Driving under the influence of a keypad
Related to the report by CNBC's Scott Cohn
Related to the report by NBC's Don Teague
College senior, 59, plays football after 37-year layoff | Blog
Sunday, Oct. 14
Six years into the war, is U.S. safer?
New questions on Mideast mystery
I-5 crippled after fiery pile up
Republican-on-Republican attacks
20 years later, where's Baby Jessica?
i-Pods: the new teaching aide?
Saturday, Oct. 13
Big-rig pileup sparks inferno
Deadly chain of events in pileup
Candidates seize on general's comments
Gore's Nobel brings new clout
Women voters value wedded bliss
Hate crimes on the rise in U.S.
Few answers in airport death
Visiting the home of king fu
Friday, Oct. 12
Another general sounds the alarm
Nobel committee hails Gore
America rapidly going green
Echoes of the Cold War
A garden party in the Rose Garden
Making a Difference: Bringing light to danger zones
Properly honoring America's fallen
Links and extras
Al Gore shares the Nobel Peace Prize
Tim Russert analyzes the impact | Video
Related to the report by NBC's Roger O'Neil
Navigating the history and heritage of Arlington cemetery
Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, the "Old Guard"
Related to the "Making a Difference" report by NBC's John Larson
Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea"
Thursday, Oct. 11
Infant cold medicine pulled off shelves
Arsenal found in ex-student's home
Will a Nobel prize encourage Gore to run?
A symbolic vote threatens Iraq progress
Does the Marine Corps wants to leave Iraq?
Not all SUVs offer same protections
Displaced Iraqi kids struggle
NBC says goodbye to Burbank studios
Full tests: How safe is your mid-size SUV?
NBC is leaving Burbank, CA and leaving a lot of history behind
Wednesday, Oct. 10
Easing breast cancer treatments
Parents of special needs students get break
5 hurt, gunman dead at high school
Boot camps: Too tough on teens?
Exclusive: U.S. goes to bat for top Saddam aide
'Nightly 101': Who owns America?
Fleece: Suite deal for sports fans
Going green in Scotland
Links and Extras
Related to story reported by NBC's Robert Bazell
• Breast cancer patients face more chemotherapy heart risks
• Interactive: Questions and answers about breast cancer
As reported by NBC's Richard Engel
Ex-Saddam defense minister set to be executed
Engel: Petraeus' offer to Saddam's minister
Related to the story reported by Michelle Kosinski
• Trump's planned Scotland golf course hits opposition
• Not all trees help battle warming, study finds
Tuesday, Oct. 9
Focus on Thompson
Survey: Overcrowded ERs cost lives
Did GOP candidates offer solutions?
Another deadly incident with contractors
TV to Cuba: A campaign or a waste?
College students at risk for stalking
Signals partly to blame for traffic
Links and extras
Interactive: the candidates and issues
Interactive: Rate the candidates
Related to the story reported by Don Teague
Campus safety links
What to do if you're being stalked
As reported by Mark Potter
Video: More of Mark Potter's report
Video: Taking sides
Potter: "Radio and TV Marti, Voices of Freedom or a Taxpayer Fleece"
More on Fleecing of America
Monday, Oct. 8
What is going on with the weather?
For Iowans, negative ads on Christmas
GOP hopefuls gear up for Tuesday debate
Jurors retrace Diana's last steps
Study: Don't ignore mini-strokes
Iraq war's littlest victims
27 million tax dollars for 'ghost bird'
Links and Extras
Related to story reported by NBC's Lee Cowan
Man dies at Chicago Marathon | More weather news
As reported by Ned Colt
Diana inquest juror visit Paris
Related to Jim Maceda's report on children of war
Slideshow: Through the eyes of children
Related to Robert Bazell's report
Anatomy of a heart attack | Interactive: Stroke causes | Heart attacks: Are you at risk?
Toxic marriage may hurt your heart
As reported by Roger O'Neill
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Draft Recovery Plan
More on Fleecing of America
Sunday, Oct. 7
At least 7 shot dead in Wisc.
Blackwater shooting called 'deliberate'
Countdown to Iowa caucuses
Diana inquest heads to Paris
Retailers hope for early holiday sales
A U.S. security threat in South America?
Sending avatars to job fairs
Saturday, Oct. 6
What happened to fair play?
GOP looking for Mr. Right
Party in search of a message
N. Korea takes U.S. to the mat
Fake check scam growing
Economy leaving factory workers behind
Around the world, in just 13 years
France's new battle of the bulge
Friday, Oct. 5
Marion Jones admits steroid use
Sports' fallen heroes
Congress demands torture memos
Inside America's private army
America's newest monument
Faith in America: Buddhists in the heartland
Helping school bullies think pink
Links and extras
• Video: Jones' tearful confession
Bush says U.S. doesn't torture
• Video: Pete Williams reports
U.S. overhauls contractor rules
African burial ground opens in Manhattan
• The Big Picture: Civil rights today
As reported by NBC's Dawn Fratangelo
Telling bullies to think pink
• Web-extra video: Watch the extended interview
Thursday, Oct. 4
Craig says he won't resign
Secret memos authorize torture
Report: Jones admits to steroid use
Signs of progress in Myanmar
'Kite Runner' controversy
How common are medical errors?
The green way to throw out tech toys
Faithless in America
As reported by NBC's Kevin Tibbles
Recycling old electronics
•Daily Nightly blog post
• Find a place near you to donate electronics
• Where to donate old computers and cellphones
• What is e-cycling?
• GAO report encouraging electronic reuse
Wednesday, Oct. 3
NBC/WSJ poll: Giuliani top choice for GOP voters
Thompson's slip-ups on the stump
Polish envoy targeted by insurgents
Injured? Where you live matters
Will Princess Diana ever rest in peace?
Faith in U.S.: Where did the music go?
How Sputnik changed a little boy's life
Links and Extras
Thompson unaware of death penalty cases
Polish envoy hurt in Baghdad blast
5 deaths at hydroelectric plant probed
Sputnik, 50 years later
-- Sputnik launched 50 years of scientific progress
-- Space-age secrets revealed 50 years later
-- Sputnik myths debunked | Your Sputnik memories
Reported by NBC's Kevin Tibbles
--Red tape for Minn. National Guard
Reported by NBC's George Lewis
--Did leaky water mains cause a San Diego landslide?
Reported by NBC's Peter Alexander
--Rescue turns to recovery in Colorado
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Private security contractor Blackwater under fire
Surprising money numbers from 2008 contenders
Isiah Thomas and the Knicks lose lawsuit
Canadian dollar comes south of the border
Girls more at risk of sports concussions
Faith education transforms inmates at Angola Prison
For headstone makers, it's more than a job
Monday, Oct. 1
It's getting safer to fly
Religious right looks for alternatives
FBI to probe Blackwater case
Putin seeks to keep power
Wanted: A few good men in the classroom
For Cubans, an alternative route to U.S.
Faith in America: Diversity and division
Links and Extras
More Cubans entering U.S. through Mexico
Blackwater's ugly Americans
Would you pass the new naturalization test?
Faith in America
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• Pew Research Center study
• NBC News/MSNBC.com special report
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Curatorial Statement
Olof Hanson: Conspicuous Leader, 1862-1933
This exhibit gives viewers a greater understanding of deaf history, and on a larger scale, of American History. Many leaders during Olof Hanson's time worked together to preserve deaf history and culture. Hanson was a quiet yet effective leader. His life and work is shown in the exhibit and includes photographs and letters serving as mementos of a time that was part of the United States' deaf history.
The exhibit examines life as a Deaf American in late 1800's and early 1900's. Hanson reveals insight on the trials and tribulations of employment for deaf people, advocacy work in education, human rights and the role of "Deaf Church" in preserving American Sign Language from extinction.
During Hanson's time, cultural minorities in the United States were pressured into assimilation into the "White Protestant-ian" majority. English was considered the "sole" language and sign language or any other language were not encouraged. At the same time, the experiment of achieving a more perfect race through selective breeding was becoming widespread. These two historical events impacted and shaped deaf history.
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Olof Hanson: Conspicuous Leader, 1862-1933


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Puig hits 3-run homer as Dodgers beat Diamondbacks
Yasiel Puig made it a very enjoyable 53rd birthday for Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly.
Puig hit a three-run homer and threw out a runner at second base, leading Los Angeles over the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Sunday.
Puig connected with two outs following an intentional walk. He flipped his bat after capping a four-run sixth inning against Josh Collmenter (0-2).
"Obviously, it was a big hit by Yasiel," Mattingly said. "I was hoping it would get up. I knew it was going to get us another run, so it was a good feeling right away."
The Diamondbacks walked Adrian Gonzalez with two outs to pitch to Puig.
"It's definitely not an easy choice," Arizona catcher Miguel Montero said. "They've got a good lineup from top to bottom, so you have to think about who you have to pitch around because they're all pretty good hitters.
"I thought it was a good pitch that we made on Puig, but he just put a good swing on it. We wanted to come inside on him."
Puig hit a liner over the fence in left-center. He hit 19 homers last season as a rookie after coming up to the Dodgers in June.
Dodgers starter Josh Beckett pitched five innings of one-hit ball, striking out seven and walking two.
Beckett and some of his teammates have been getting intravenous fluids because of a flu bug that's been going around the clubhouse. He wound up with his third no-decision in three starts, with none of them going past the fifth inning.
The three-time All-Star righty remained winless since Sept. 30, 2012, when he beat Colorado at Dodger Stadium.
Beckett was 0-5 with a 5.19 ERA in eight starts last season before sitting out the final five months because of a groin strain and a subsequent bout with thoracic outlet syndrome, a nerve condition that required him to undergo surgery in July.
"It would have been nice to go a little deeper, especially with how much the bullpen's been used. But I felt like it was probably in the best interest of the team to not keep going," Beckett said.
"I felt like I've done a decent job in my last couple of outings, but I think there's still room for improvement."
Jamey Wright (1-0) got three outs for his 93rd career victory, spread over 19 big league seasons and 10 different clubs.
Kenley Jansen struck out the side in the ninth for his seventh save and fifth against the Diamondbacks.
Chris Perez relieved Wright in the seventh with two on and none out. He retired his first batter, then gave up an RBI double by Eric Chavez.
Beckett threw 83 pitches and allowed only a leadoff single to right field in the second by Miguel Montero. But Montero tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown out by Puig.
"Obviously, I'm not the fastest guy in the world, but he had to make a perfect throw," Montero said. "I could have done a better job going around first base, but I took too wide a turn and lost a couple of steps."
The Dodgers broke through in the sixth after Dee Gordon singled and Carl Crawford had a hit-and-run triple into the right field corner. It was Crawford's first triple of the season and 118th of his career, the most among active players.
NOTES: For the second time in this series, Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt was awarded first base on catcher's interference against Tim Federowicz. . . . Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a second-inning double. . . . The Diamondbacks' upcoming four-game series at Chicago will give pitching coach and former Cub Mike Harkey the opportunity to be at Wrigley Field on Wednesday when the ballpark's 100th anniversary is celebrated. Harkey was the fourth overall pick by the Cubs in the 1987 draft and made his first 71 big league starts for them. . . . Arizona's catchers are a combined 1 for 20 throwing out opposing basestealers. . . . Chavez struck out both times he faced Beckett, and is 4 for 23 lifetime against him with eight Ks.


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Bioinorganic Vanadium Chemistry
Bioinorganic Vanadium Chemistry
ISBN: 978-0-470-99441-2 April 2008 224 Pages
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- the history, natural occurrence, distribution and impact of vanadium
- inorganic aspects of the function of vanadium in biological systems
- interaction of aqueous vanadate and vanadyl with biogenic ligands
- vanadium coordination compounds
- the vanadium-carbon bond
- methods of characterisation of biogenic and model vanadium systems (EPR and ENDOR for oxovanadium(IV); 51V NMR for vanadium(V); XAS)
- vanadium in ascidians and polychaeta worms
- the concentration of vanadium in the form of amavadin by Amanita mushrooms
- vanadate-dependent haloperoxidases
- vanadium and the nitrogen cycle
- vanadate as energiser for bacteria, and vanadophores
- medicinal aspectsm including the anti-diabetic potential of vanadium compounds
- interaction of vanadium with proteins and protein substrates
- vanadium and phosphate-metabolising enzymes
Bioinorganic Vanadium Chemistry conveys the essential aspects of vanadium bioinorganic chemistry, making this book a valuable complement to more general bioinorganic chemistry texts and more specialized topical reviews for researchers and students alike.
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2. Inorganic and Coordination Compounds of Vanadium.
2.1. Inorganic Aspects of the Function of Vanadium in Biological Systems.
2.2. Interaction of Aqueous Vanadate and Vanadyl with Biogenic Ligands.
2.3. Vanadium Coordination Compounds.
2.4. The Vanadium-Carbon Bond.
3. Physico-chemical Methods for the Characterisation of Native and Model Vanadium Compounds.
3.1. 51V NMR Spectroscopy.
3.2. NMR of Other Nuclei.
3.3. EPR Spectroscopy.
3.4. ESEEM and ENDOR Spectroscopies.
3.5. Optical Spectroscopies.
3.6. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.
4. Naturally Occurring Vanadium Compounds.
4.1 Vanadium in Ascidians and Polychaeta Worms.
4.2. Amavadin.
4.3. Vanadate-dependent Haloperoxidases.
4.4. Vanadium and the Nitrogen Cycle.
4.5. Vanadate as Energiser for Bacteria, and Vanadophores.
5. Inferences of Vanadium Compounds on Cellular Functions.
5.1. Medicinal Aspects of Vanadium.
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A further 314 foreign criminals were detained as a result of Operation Nexus, a joint initiative launched by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) and the Metropolitan Police Service at the start of September, the Home Office said.
The operation saw UKBA officers posted in 21 custody suites across London, allowing them to run real-time immigration checks on individuals brought into custody.
The figures came as the Home Office battles to deport hate preacher Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he was convicted of terror charges in his absence in 1999.
The Government is fighting against the decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) to uphold Qatada's appeal against eviction.
Among the criminals removed from the UK under Nexus were Indian national Manindhar Annamdevula, 24, who was arrested for attempted fraud at Harrods in October, some five months after his visa had expired.
Shahnoza Sayfieva, 35, from Uzbekistan, was arrested in October on suspicion of blackmail and soon deported, while Ugandan Julius Amet, 36, was arrested in October for a public order offence and later deported.
Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley said: ''Nexus is not about targeting communities but making sure that, by maximising intelligence and smarter ways of working with UKBA and other international partners, we are as effective in dealing with offenders who are foreign nationals as we are with those from the UK.''
Some 28% of all those arrested for a criminal offence in London are foreign nationals, recent Met intelligence showed.
Nexus combines police and immigration intelligence to tackle foreign criminals in London and has led to the removal of some of the capital's highest-harm criminals.
The operation also saw unknown fingerprints and DNA at police crime scenes being run against UKBA databases in a bid to solve previously unsolved crimes.
It also saw working relationships set up with police officers from countries where high volumes of offenders are identified, such as 20 officers seconded from Romania.


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Organized labor is taking full advantage of changes in campaign finance laws, according to this story, reported from Cleveland, by The Wall Street Journal. "On a recent morning here (in Cleveland), union member Robert Robinson knocked on the door of nonunion insurance agent Ben Rodriguez, hoping to secure another vote for President Barack Obama's re-election," The Journal's story begins. "Two years ago, such a visit by a union representative could have been illegal." What's different? Mostly, the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which allowed unions, for the first time, to knock on doors and make phone calls to prospective voters who aren't their members. "The shift has significantly widened the pool of voter targets for labor, a major ally of Democrats that spends heavily on elections," The Journal says. "Much attention on the Citizens United decision has focused on how it allows corporations unlimited spending on election activity as long as it isn't directly tied to a campaign, which is generally thought to help Republicans. But the ruling also handed unions that and other powerful new tools, including more freedom in how they spend members' dues." It can have a huge impact in Ohio, where the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 unions, "plans to target 800,000 more people than in 2008, when it reached out to about 1.2 million union members and affiliates," according to the newspaper. Instead of spending heavily on television ads, "the federation is focusing on getting thousands of volunteers to tap friends through social media, by phone and in person," The Journal says. A new tool lets volunteers who email their Facebook friends about the election earn points that they can then steer toward campaign-spending activities by the federation's PAC, called Workers' Voice. Republican Mitt Romney's campaign can't count on organized labor's support, but it has opened 35 field offices in Ohio "and, on one recent Saturday, had more than 4,000 people making calls and knocking on doors, said Scott Jennings, the campaign's Ohio state director," The Journal reports.
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Bloomberg reports that as third-quarter earnings season begins, "the companies analysts are most bullish about are the ones whose stock prices are farthest below their highs — banks," including KeyCorp. "While financial institutions in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 24 percent in 2012 for the biggest rally in nine years, they remain 58 percent below the record of February 2007," Bloomberg notes. Signs of a housing recovery "prompted Wall Street firms to raise estimates for profit growth to 21 percent for the third quarter and 32 percent in the fourth, the most of 10 S&P 500 industries." Bulls say banks "will continue to rally as Federal Reserve stimulus boosts earnings and helps companies from BB&T Corp. to KeyCorp and Wells Fargo & Co. rebound from the 84 percent drop during the financial crisis," according to the news service. Bears say gains "will be limited to traditional lenders and increased regulation will drag down firms that depend on trading and underwriting for revenue."
Greeting card giants Hallmark and American Greetings are feeling the pressure of social media. "Once a staple of birthdays and holidays, paper greeting cards are fewer and farther between — now seen as something special, instead of something that's required," the Associated Press reports. The cultural shift "is a worrisome challenge for the nation's top card maker, Hallmark Cards Inc., which last week announced it will close a Kansas plant that made one-third of its greeting cards." Kansas City-based Hallmark plans to shed 300 jobs. In the past decade, the AP notes, "the number of greeting cards sold in the U.S. has dropped from 6 billion to 5 billion annually, by Hallmark's estimates," as people use Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to send greetings to friends, family and loves ones. While Hallmark "says it's committed to the paper greeting card, it has made changes over the years," according to the AP. "It has an iPhone app, for example, that lets people buy and mail cards from their phones. It also partnered with online card service Shutterfly to share designs that consumers can use to build specialized cards online." American Greetings has been aggressive on the digital front. It "actually went from trimming costs and jobs amid the recession to announcing in August that it's adding 125 workers to an Osceola, Ark., plant. It's part of an expansion that will allow customers to design their own cards — online, of course," the story notes.
Last week's presidential debate had a clear winner — the Cleveland Clinic. Forbes.com notes that the Clinic, mentioned favorably by President Barack Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney, took out ads in today's Wall Street Journal and Sunday's New York Times to tout the bipartisan endorsement of its methods and services. The tagline was simple: "No Debate. Both Candidates Agree." About Cleveland Clinic, the ad quoted President Obama from the debate: "One of the best health care systems in the world." And it quoted Gov. Romney as saying, "Able to be more effective in bringing down the cost."
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Eastern Alamance, Eastern Guilford sweep volleyball matches
Haley Kendall paced Williams High School with 13 kills, 10 digs and seven aces as the Bulldogs defeated visiting Western Alamance 25-16, 25-15, 25-23 in Mid-State 3-A Conference volleyball Thursday.
Cason Hussey added 16 kills and nine digs, while Bella Huerta had 12 assists and five digs. Sarah Davis recorded 11 assists for the Bulldogs (2-0 overall, 2-0 Mid-State 3-A).
Jamie Sommer led Western Alamance (0-1, 0-1) with 16 digs and six kills. Peyton Hyler added six kills and six aces.
▪ EASTERN ALAMANCE 3, EDEN MOREHEAD 0:At Eden, Eastern Alamance swept the Panthers in a Mid-State 3-A Conference match. The Eagles (1-1, 1-1) won 25-13, 25-21, 25-15. Bailey Beck smashed seven kills and recorded an ace, and Kelly Everett had two kills, one ace, and 14 digs.
▪ EASTERN GUILFORD 3, NORTHEAST GUILFORD 0:At Gibsonville, the Wildcats won their season opener in the debut of first-year coach Danielle Merriman. The scores were 25-23, 26-24, 25-11.
Jordyn Williams, Allison Tucker and Carryl Alston were key performers for Eastern Guilford, Merriman said.
▪ GRACE CHRISTIAN 3, BURLINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 1:At Raleigh, Grave Christian defeated visting BCA in a non-conference match, winning 16-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-14. BCA lost 16-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-14. Victoria Workman had nine kills and three aces for BCA (1-4).
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At Raleigh, Will Edwards scored three goals, and David McCullen added two more, as host Grace Christian blanked Burlington Christian Academy 9-0. Grace Christian outshot the Royals 20-1. Keegan Reeves recorded six saves in goal for BCA, and John Califf had five saves. The Royals are 0-1.
▪ NORTHWEST GUILFORD 2, WESTERN ALAMANCE 0:At Elon, Northwest Guilford scored two second-half goals to defeat Western Alamance 2-0 in a non-league game. Northwest Guilford (1-0) outshot the Warriors 15-7. Tyler Billings recorded nine saves in goal for Western Alamance (1-1-0).


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Dallas Moore - Hank to Thank
August 30, 2010 marked the 61st anniversary of Hank Williams legendary recording sessions at Herzog Studios, 811 Race Street Cincinnati, Ohio now home of the Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation. This was the second of Hank's historic recordings at Herzog Studios which produced such timeless classics as; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Lovesick Blues," and several other cuts that went on to become the fabric of Country Music and bona fide standards of the American songbook.
To commemorate Ol' Hank's visit to the Queen city, Cincinnati's own Dallas Moore Band along with country guitar legend, Jody Payne (longtime guitarist with Willie Nelson and Cincinnati native), set up shop before a sold out live audience in the very spot where Hank Williams joined the Pleasant Valley Boys at Herzog Studios to make music history. Spirits were flowing in more ways than one whenDallas Moore and Jody Payne were joined on stage by Dallas' mother, Madgelee Moore, for a haunting rendition of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".
This live recording captures the very essence of a foot-stompin', hell raisin', honky tonk band paying tribute to the King of Country's soul. Raw, real, gritty and in your face, cranked up "Loud and Proud." Country music the way it was, the way it is, and the way it oughta be, and for that friend we truly have "Hank To Thank"


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Property Location Located in Cuenca, Hotel Leonor de Aquitania is minutes from Cuenca Cathedral and Cuenca Museum. This spa hotel is within close proximity of San Pablo Footbridge and Museum of Spanish Abstract Art.Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 43 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include safes and desks, and you can also request rollaway/extra beds.Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages and body treatments. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and babysitting/childcare.Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk.


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I just hope they keep giving us free database to download, if so they completely rock, thanks maxmind!
By far the best interface to an event loop. Alot of people will say
don't use this because of memory leaks etc, honestly I've built huge apps with it and not 1 memory leak, just install latest versions of eventlib c library. Only issue I did run into was writing to same filedescriptor many times without reading a response back first, just don't do that! This is definately the best event module. Benefits of using this over EV, all your loops support signals, timers and you can use EV_TIMEOUT on sockets, all the things the EV author neglected to do, just wonderful module. Works great with fork to, just wrap the single loop in a while loop, fork and use the main_loop in the child, reinstall different signal callbacks, watchers etc you want in child, just wonderful. Don't forget to remove any parent watchers while in the child.
If that is not enough, it will even default to kqueue on freebsd, epoll on linux etc, allowing you to support tons of connections over traditional select call. With EV module I had to fight to get kqueue to work with a new loop, and even then I couldn't install signals or anything except in default loop, use this you will not be sorry!


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In recent years, biology students have conducted internships at the Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita; Children's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.; Colon Cancer Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence; the Nature Conservancy, California; the University of Minnesota; and the Harvard University Forest in Massachusetts. Students have also done medical research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Long known for its focus on environmental sciences, Bethel's biology department manages two native prairie tracts of land: a rare 80-acre Sand Prairie Natural History Preserve just minutes from campus as well as the 80-acre Broadie Prairie Preserve in the Kansas Flint Hills (the largest expanse of original tallgrass prairie left on the continent). In spring 2007, tallgrass prairie and oak woodland restoration studies were established immediately east of the Bethel campus. For years, biology faculty and student collaborators have studied plant communities, soils, small mammals, birds, snakes and amphibians within these prairie tracts. Biology students have numerous opportunities to conduct hands-on research in these long-term prairie projects.
Undergraduate research is requirement for the sciences at Bethel College, including biology. As a biology major, you'll design and complete a year-long research project in your senior year to complete the degree. Some examples of student senior seminars from recent years are:
- Colon Cancer Risk in High-BMI Patients
- Population Genetics of Eastern Moles (Scalopus aquaticus) in North Newton
- Physiological and Cognitive Effects of Active Cooling on Heat Stress in Firefighters: Forearm and Hand Immersion and Cold Towels
- Macroinvertebrate Biotic Index (MBI) Assessment: A Comparison of Sites Upstream, Within and Downstream of Towns along Three Central Kansas Waterways
- A Cure for Paralysis: The Zebrafish Study
Study Abroad
Bethel College offers a month-long Tropical Biology travel course to Costa Rica. The objectives of the course are:
- to broaden an understanding of and experience with biological diversity through field study within several tropical ecosystems;
- to introduce the student to the ecological structure and dynamics of rainforests, dry forests and marine coastal ecosystems;
- to learn about some current research in tropical ecology;
- to learn about environmental problems in the tropics and efforts to solve them;
- to gain an understanding and appreciation of the culture and societal aspirations of the people of Costa Rica.
This course is offered alternate years during January interterm and meets the Common Ground requirement in Cross-Cultural Learning. Prerequisite: one semester of organismal biology (BIO 110, 125, 130 or equivalent).
For more information about the next scheduled trip, contact Jon Piper.
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Office of Financial Planning and Budget
The Office of Financial Planning and Budget operates under the leadership of the Vice President for Finance and Planning, Geoffrey Scarpelli. The Vice President for Finance and Planning reports directly to the Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, who is specifically charged with advising the President, President's Executive Staff, and the UNT System Board of Regents on matters related to finance and business operations.
The Vice President for Finance and Planning oversees the Budget Office, Accounting and Financial Reporting, Fiscal Management and Financial Systems. These functional areas provide financial and administrative services by providing budgeting support, performing financial duties in response to campus and external needs, adhering to external financial reporting requirements and providing internal management reports, maintaining the general ledger and related accounting records, processing transactions, providing cashiering and student accounts administration, and performing other appropriate services.
The mission of the department is to support the instruction, research, patient care and public service missions of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth by providing fiscal leadership, safeguarding the University's financial assets, and providing timely delivery of services to internal and external customers. Essential to achieving this mission is to provide efficient, effective, and professional services to the students, faculty, and staff of the University for appropriate financial functions; efficient and effective business processes; developing and maintaining robust costing systems and reporting tools to provide high-quality financial information that supports the University's strategic management initiatives; a pleasant and productive work environment; maintaining sound financial records; and ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles as well as relevant federal and state regulations
Budget Office
The Budget Office is responsible for the development and production of the Annual Operating Budget, Legislative Appropriations requests, assessing ongoing budget and planning issues, and establishing and monitoring controls over fund allocations.
Accounting and Financial Reporting
The Office of Accounting and Financial Reporting is responsible for the development and production of the Annual Financial Report, manages the accounting and reconciliations related to the University's funds and oversees the bank and investment accounts, as well as student billing and collections, and departmental deposit processing in Student Finance and Cashiering Services.
- Visit the Office Accounting and Financial Reporting website
- Visit the Student Finance and Cashiering Services website
Fiscal Management
The Office of Fiscal Management responsibilities include ensuring that EIS Finance functions properly, answering questions regarding EIS, acting in a consultant capacity for areas in developing new finance modules for implementation, and that monthly and year-end processes are accurate and done in a timely manner.
Financial Systems
The Office of Financial Systems also provides high-level analytical support to campus leadership, identifies process improvements, maximizes the value of the current technology investment, recommends new technology that supports the University in achieving its business goals, and manages all aspects of security within EIS.
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America posted solid job growth in April, handily outpacing forecasts but not fully dispelling doubts about the economy's soundness.
The United States added 244,000 jobs for the month, higher than the previous month and stronger than average expectation of 185,000 new jobs. The gains stretched throughout the private-sector economy, including at factories, retail shops, nursing homes, and architecture firms.
But the solid number, while helping the US stock market to make modest gains in morning trading, doesn't answer lingering questions about where the economy will head as the year progresses and consumers wrestle with high gasoline prices and a still-weak housing market.
Even within the jobs report, issued Friday by the Labor Department, signals were mixed. The official unemployment rate edged up to 9 percent, from 8.8 percent in March.
The discrepancy occurred because the numbers in the monthly labor report stem from two surveys: one of employers and one of ordinary people in households. In a given report, the findings of those two surveys may not match. April was a month when fewer people said they were employed in the household survey, even as the so-called payroll report showed 244,000 in gains.
Over time, the two surveys paint a similar picture of a job market that hit its post-recession bottom near the end of 2009. Since then the number of US jobs has been rising, although nearly 14 million people are still officially unemployed.
Some labor-market experts see signs that the economy has self-sustaining momentum.
"This morning's employment report marks the third consecutive month in which payrolls saw a net gain exceeding 200,000, with jobs being added across several industries," said John Challenger of the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas in a written analysis. "We are finally seeing steady job creation."
The job report for April, he said, was also positive in that the number of long-term unemployed fell by nearly 300,000 from the prior month. As of now, about 5.8 million Americans report being jobless for 27 weeks or more.
Other positive signs: The number who are working part time but would rather have full-time work fell by 167,000 (to a total of 8.6 million), and average hourly earnings rose 5 cents, to $19.37 per hour.
Many forecasts call for slow improvement – with a few more years of above-normal unemployment. But that muddle-along scenario could worsen, they say, if the economy faced a setback such as an additional jump in oil prices or cooling growth in Europe or Asia.
Some economists are even mentioning the possibility of a dip back into recession. For one thing, many households are strapped by high debts or the now-high cost at the gas pump. In its latest "U.S. Spending Monitor" poll of US consumers, Discover Financial Services reports that just 34 percent of respondents rate their finances as good or excellent, while 64 percent say their finances are fair or poor.
When asked if their finances were getting better or worse, 49 percent said their finances are worsening – up 1 point from Discover's March poll.
This comes as the Federal Reserve is preparing to downshift a policy called quantitative easing, designed to provide extra support for the economy. And Congress appears to be shifting from an official policy of fiscal stimulus (through tax cuts and extra spending) to one focused on less government spending.
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I would also like to rename the header of the column.
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Telehealth, Including Telesurgery, Expected to Rapidly Expand
We've seen some great examples of how telehealth services help reach patients living in rural areas that lack easy access to medical care. With telepresence technology, these patients can have face-to-face visits with their doctors as frequently as needed, without having to leave home or face long commutes to the hospital.
Knowing how much the people using these telehealth services rely on their high-quality, convenient patient care, it is great to read that market researchers expect the global telemedicine market to expand by 19 percent by 2014. According to a forecast by market analysts at Technavio, United States federal grants supporting telehealth contribute significantly to the forecasted industry growth. An increase in strategic partnerships in telemedicine also helps boost telehealth's prominence.
As telemedicine continues to expand throughout the United States, Europe and developing nations also continue to offer more opportunities for remote care, according to the market report. It's exciting to think of the international collaboration possibilities for telehealth as it spreads worldwide. Imagine a telepresence connection between an expert in France, a patient in rural New York, and the patient's doctor in New York City. The top minds in different specialties could communicate effortlessly, sharing cutting-edge findings and offering the best care available.
We're already seeing truly innovative international telepresence collaboration in telesurgery, a field the Technavio report predicted would continue to expand. In September, a Kenyan patient underwent the African nation's first telesurgery procedure. Specialists in India guided the operation via telepresence.
Would you let robots perform your surgery if you knew the best hands in the field led the procedure in real-time through telepresence? It sounds impossible, but with telepresence widely available, it could be the wave of the future!
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Red Storm Wins Final Three Singles Matches to Finish
NEW HAVEN, Conn. –The last time the Yale men's tennis team played St. John's, in the ECAC Indoor Team Championship in February, St. John's won 5-2. That included a win in doubles, and three of the Red Storm's four wins in singles came in straight sets. Yale made things much closer the second time around Sunday afternoon at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, but St. John's won three three-set singles matches to rally for a 4-3 victory.
Yale (7-7, 0-0 Ivy League) has now had eight of its matches this season decided by 4-3 scores, and the Bulldogs are 4-4 in those matches. The Bulldogs started Sunday by winning the doubles point, including 8-2 victories at No. 2 and No. 3. Sophomore Marc Powers then quickly closed out a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 1. But St. John's got a straight-set win at No. 6, and as that match ended the Red Storm also had won the first set in three other matches still out on the courts.
Senior Jordan Abergel had dropped the first set to Mischa Koran at No. 5, but began turning things around with a drop shot to seal a 6-4 win in the second set. He then went up a break 2-1 in the third set and never looked back, finishing with a 6-2 victory that put Yale up 3-1.
At that point the three matches left were all in the third set and were being played side-by-side on the Y, A and L courts at Cullman-Heyman, with vocal supporters of each team adding to the drama. At No. 3, Michael Lampa rallied past sophomore John Huang after dropping the first set. He broke Huang's serve to go up 5-4 in the third, then overcame a 30-0 deficit and held serve for the 6-4 win.
The Red Storm tied things up with a win at No. 4. After winning the second set 6-4 to stave off the loss, Erik Blumenkranz held serve to get within 5-4 in the third set. He was able to deny one match point in the next game, but not the next -- Gustav Kallen came away with the 6-4 win.
That left the match between sophomore Daniel Hoffman and Milo Hauk at No. 2 to settle things. Hoffman had posted a 7-5 win in the second set after dropping the first 7-6. Hauk then broke Hoffman to go up 6-5 in the third. Hoffman was a point away from breaking Hauk right back, but Hauk settled down to win four straight points for the 7-5 win that sealed the Red Storm's victory.
St. John's (9-6, 0-1 Big East) had lost four in a row heading into Sunday.
Yale hosts Sacred Heart Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Bulldogs' last tune-up before Ivy League play.
No. 1 Hauk/Kallen (SJ) def. Hoffman/Powers (Y) 8-4
No. 2 Blumenkranz/Samaha (Y) def. Bojic/Najfeld (SJ) 8-2
No. 3 Bennett/Huang (Y) def. Honig/Koran (SJ) 8-2
No. 1 Powers (Y) def. Honig (SJ) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 Hauk (SJ) def. Hoffman (Y) 7-6, 5-7, 7-5
No. 3 Lampa (SJ) def. Huang (Y) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Kallen (SJ) def. Blumenkranz (Y) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
No. 5 Abergel (Y) def. Koran (SJ) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Najfeld (SJ) def. Bennett (Y) 6-3, 6-2
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Donates $500,000 to Texas State Parks
AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation board of trustees voted to donate $500,000 to Texas State Parks, hoping to encourage more donations to aid the state park system, which is facing a $4.6 million revenue shortfall caused by heat, drought, wildfires and a drop in park visitation.
"Our intent is to encourage many other donors large and small to step up and help keep our Texas State Parks open," said Kelly Thompson, TPW Foundation board chairman. "Our mission is to support the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and there has never been a greater need for private support of our parks. We will be aggressively seeking donations for state parks from private individuals, corporate partners, and other foundations to help reach the $4.6 million goal."
Not counting today's foundation donation, more than $460,000 has been raised since Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials appealed for help Dec. 6. That includes online and mailed donations and contributions through the new Texas motor vehicle opt-in donation program.
"We are deeply grateful to the foundation for today's generous contribution, and to all those who have donated in recent weeks," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "We have a long way to go yet, but with this gift we have raised close to $1 million toward our $4.6 million goal, a remarkable achievement in a short time. This is yet another indication of how much Texans care about their state parks."
Park officials continue to stress three ways Texans can help keep state parks open:
- Go to http://tpwd.texas.gov/helpparks to make a tax-deductible donation.
- Make a donation when you renew your motor vehicle registration.
- Finally, because visitor fees pay for about half of park system operating costs, visit state parks often with family and friends.
Park leaders are continuing their call for people to visit state parks, touting cooler weather, parks greening after recent rains, and campfires now allowed again in almost every state park. Check each park's web page online for the latest information.
To learn about the various Texas State Parks and their offerings, or to make online camping reservations, visit http://www.texasstateparks.org. Or call state park information at 1-800-792-1112, option 3, between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Resources for news media, including photos of drought and wildfires, downloadable video, and radio news soundbites, are in a Park Awareness News Roundup online.
Since 1991, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation has been the official non-profit funding partner for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. By bringing together companies, corporations, communities and individuals, the Foundation has successfully raised more than $70 million benefiting a wide variety of projects.
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- TPWD News Roundup: http://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/news_roundup/state_parks_appeal_for_help/
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Raspberry Currant Jam/
A trip upstate a few weekends ago to help some friends build a clay oven (more about this exciting development later!) quickly turned into a raspberry picking spree after we saw a sign on the side of the road advertising U-Pick berries. I don't think I've even seen raspberries sold in anything larger then a half pint since I moved to the East Coast so as soon as we pulled over I grabbed a basket and booked it out to the fields with my pals.
We walked up and down the raspberry rows and picked and picked until our arms were scratched from the brambles and our fingers stained from the fruit. It was a glorious summer day and I couldn't help but smile to myself and dream up all of the ways I was going to use the pounds and pounds of raspberries I was picking. Growing up, a corner of my parent's garden was always dedicated to the raspberry bushes that my dad grew from sad little twigs and the smell of raspberry jam boiling away on the stove (a few times per summer) is a smell I haven't experienced in years. When I got home, I knew that a batch of jam was my first order of business.
My mom always made a simple jam with raspberries, sugar and pectin. She never bothered to strain the seeds out so I don't either, but I have adapted the recipe so it no longer requires pectin. I also threw about a pint of tart red currants to add a bit of zing to the jam but by all means, if you can't find currants where you live, you can certainly just use raspberries. If you'd like to make your batch of jam a bit more refined feel free to strain the seeds and be warned that you'll end up with a smaller yield, maybe six half pints instead of seven.
Raspberry Currant Jam
yield, roughly 7 half pints jam
8 ounces red currants (or raspberries if you can't find currants)
40 ounces raspberries
32 ounces sugar
juice of 2 lemons
1. Add the raspberries, currants, sugar, and lemon juice to a large, wide, non-reactive pot.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium high heat, stirring occasionally. As the jam comes to a boil, skim the foam that rises to the top of the pot and discard.
3. Raise the heat to high and boil for 10-20 minutes or until set, being careful not to let the bottom scorch. Begin checking for doneness at 10 minutes. I generally use the wrinkle test to check for doneness with this type of jam, but if you like numbers you can cook it to 220ºF. If you prefer seedless jam, quickly transfer the cooked mixture to a mesh strainer and force as much as the jam through as possible, discard the seeds and proceed with canning.
4. Pour the jam into sterilized jars, then process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.