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The water quality at Southern California's beaches continues to show improvement, with most monitoring locations earning A or B grades on Heal the Bay's 2012 End of Summer Beach Report Card.
But, Marina del Rey's Mother's Beach exceeded safe health levels 13 times at the playground area and five times at the lifeguard tower, respectively, from April 1 to Sept. 3
Statewide beaches that received A and B grades jumped from 92 percent in the summer of 2011 to 96 percent this summer..
"This is the third year in row that the chronically polluted Santa Monica Pier earned a much improved A grade," the nonprofit said Tuesday in a statement.
The newest report card showed California experienced once of its cleanest summers. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, 96 percent of sampled sites were awarded A or B grades, a 4 percent improvement from the prior year, according to Heal the Bay.
Heal the Bay assigned an A-to-F letter grade to 446 beaches along the California coast, based on bacteria data collected by local health agencies from Humboldt through San Diego counties. The better the grade a location received, the lower the risk of illness to beach-goers, it said.
An annual report card released in May showed most of the beaches in Los Angeles, including Santa Monica, received failing grades during rainy months because stormwater diversion systems can't typically capture all of the polluted runoff that gushes into the ocean.
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RALEIGH — Deborah Plant thinks one of the dogs she loves is being held in the woods for a $5,000 ransom.
Elvis, a 12.5 pound Boston Terrier with limited vision and a seizure disorder, was kidnapped from his foster family's backyard in Historic South Park on May 16, Plant believes.
Plant, who works to rescue dogs from abusive environments, and the foster family went to the authorities for help. They even filed a report: miscellaneous lost or stolen property, larceny of a dog.
A Raleigh police detective was assigned to the case and followed leads as they came in. But after about a week with no signs of Elvis, Plant has turned to the man who bills himself as the country's first pet detective, Sherlock Bones -- yes, Sherlock Bones.
Bones, a.k.a. John Keane, has spent the past 30 years helping pet owners reunite with lost and stolen dogs. In the early days, Bones traveled around the country looking for lost pets for as much as $1,200 per day. He wrote a book, "Sherlock Bones: Tracer of Missing Pets," and may have been the inspiration for Jim Carrey's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective."
Now, Bones offers his clients unlimited advice on increasing the odds of reuniting with their lost or stolen pets from his Washington state home. His fee is $150.
Plant went for the unlimited advice. So, Bones designed a poster with Elvis' vitals, picture and information about a $200 reward. He advised Plant to saturate the 2.5 mile area around the yard where Elvis was last seen. The posters include the number to a cell phone purchased specifically for Elvis tips.
There weren't many calls.
But Elvis is a dog with a story. Plant says he began his life in a puppy mill and lost his ability to see in low light after spending too much time in a urine-soaked cage. He even needs medication to control his stress-induced grand mal seizures. Despite it all, the foster family wanted to become Elvis' "forever family," Plant said.
Elvis' disappearance during a 10-minute constitutional in the family's fenced yard seemed an absolute shame.
This week, Plant and a friend, Cindy Clark, raised the reward from $200 to $1,000 and distributed new posters, 1,000 to be exact.
"We felt like we had to up the stakes to get this dog back," said Plant.
That's when the tips started coming in. One source said a crack addict stole the dog. Another said the addict sold it to a pair of homeless men for $10. Then, a minister who sometimes works at a Raleigh homeless shelter dropped the big news: the men and the dog are holed up in an woodsy encampment not far from downtown.
The men, the pastor heard, were planning to hold out for a $5,000 reward.
But neither woman thought it safe or wise to go looking for the pair alone. Bones is a little surprised that greed and the big reward haven't produced Elvis.
The good news is, homeless men and women who frequent the downtown area are walking around with Elvis fliers in their pockets, Plant said.
"It's like the lottery now, they've all got their tickets," said Plant. "But you know, we've got no beef with anybody who gives us the dog back. In fact, we'll be really grateful."
The hunt for Elvis continues.
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Hi Mary Louise,
We just wanted to let everyone know that we aren't having an opening this Friday. Our schedule has changed around a little bit and "Eastern States" fell by the wayside.
Instead, we will be having a one night event on Friday, March 13 from 6:00 - 10:00, celebrating the completion of the "We're Anonym.us" project by local filmmaker Brian Perkins. More info at www.wereanonym.us.
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In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman's value and power lie in her youth, beauty and sexuality – and not in her capacity as a leader. While women have made strides in leadership over the past few decades, the U.S. is 90th in the world in terms of women in national legislatures, women hold only 3% of clout positions in mainstream media, and 65% of women and girls have disordered eating.
These are troubling facts, and most people would agree the progress made so far needs to continue, even accelerate. There is the need for a movement to shift the cultural mindset of communities, interrupt and stop patterns of sexism, change the way women and girls are represented in the media and ensure a tipping point that will lead to gender parity in leadership throughout the United States.
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By my second year in business, I had nearly doubled the salary I'd earned at that day job, and somehow it just keeps growing. And the money matters, for sure. But more importantly, I've spent the past four years pouring myself into my designs, taking in and sharing knowledge and experience, and connecting with radiant, ambitious, passionate people. (I show up every day for those connections.)
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I moved to the east coast when I was 17, after deciding that college wasn't for me after one measly semester. (I went back later, but damn, is traditional education ever a drag.) R.T. and I moved back to Michigan in 2012 as my family was preparing for my dad's deployment to the United Arab Emirates. We returned to New England a year later, but I'm determined to eventually live in Portland, Oregon.
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SNELLVILLE -- A family of five has been displaced after a fire in their Windsor Court residence damaged the home's attic.
Officials said that firefighters arrived just before 1 a.m. after thunder and a lightning bolt were heard nearby. According to Lt. Colin S. Rhoden with Gwinnett County Fire, the homeowner checked the attic and found the fire blazing. He and his family evacuated the house, then called 911.
"Crews quickly entered the house and battled the blaze," Rhoden said, adding that conditions were "made more hazardous by the severe weather conditions and electrical power lines down in the middle of the street in front of the hosue."
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The problem with living crew is that-- as you mentioned-- they would evolve enough over time that they would lose interest in their original purpose. "Screw those embryonic proto-xenohumans, we xenohumans need to look out for 'Number One'."
Remember, the 'xeno-humans' would be as much our descendants as the embryos, just more removed. It's entirely possible to have far more massive populations in space than on the ground.
Hell, at some point intellectual curiosity would probably ensure the 'rebirth' of ground based humans. It'd just be after there's 10B or so space-humans in the system. As a bonus, that gives a goodly amount of time to conduct some terraforming on the target planet to improve it's suitability.
I know both groups would be evolutionary cousins. My point was:
1. A generational ship is much more expensive than a 'spore' ship containing frozen embryos.
2. If you're going to bother with a living crew, then you lose all the economy of the frozen embryos, and so why even bother with the embryos?
3. The living crew will diverge into a different, possibly-incompatible species over time, and thus their motivations may no longer be aligned with the original goal of the mission.
So: embryos w/ ship-mother, or living crew. But not both.
Finally: I assumed that we would choose our target planet well before launching, so no terraforming necessary. (But: wildlife & environmental hazards unknown.) The spore-ship would be analogous to tree pollen, floating on the wind; either it lands in a viable place, or it doesn't.)
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The best trackball ever, ever, is the Microsoft Trackball Explorer. (discontinued) For detail, see: Microsoft Trackball Explorer.
Trackball have some advantages over mouse. Here's a summary of the reasons:
If you read many user comments on amazon, you'll see that many 3D Modeler users, or persons with mouse-induced RSI, even some gamers, swear by trackball over mouse. 〔☛ Celebrity Programers with RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury)〕
Here's other claims about trackball, but am not sure.
I think trackball and mouse are just different. They have different characteristics. One advantage of mouse is that you can use it for casual drawing, because the way mouse operatos is somewhat like a pen — you move it and it leaves a trace. Drawing with a trackball is difficult. But if you really need to draw, a pen-input is much better. 〔☛ Pen Tablet)〕
Most comments about trackball are simply about how it is better than mouse, but is not actual review about a particular trackball product in comparison to other trackballs.
Unlike mouses, different design of trackballs have different ways of operation. One of the major difference is the ball size. Some design have you use thumb for the ball, others you use your middle finger or index finger to move the ball. The placement of ball also changes the location of all the buttons.
The following are the most popular ones on the market with different designs.
One of the most attractive quality of a good trackball is that the ball spins, with mininum amount of friction. You can try to spin the ball. If the ball kept spinning for a second or two, it's GOOD.
Of the trackballs that i know for sure spins, are: Microsoft Trackball Explorer, Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse, L-Trac Laser Trackball.
Logitech's trackballs are the most popular on the market. They have several models. For review, see: Logitech Trackball Mouse Reviews.
Kensington was famous, throughout the 1990s in the Macintosh community, for its large ball trackball. In almost all 1990s, the Kensington trackball is the coveted device for high-end Mac owners for all their graphics design needs.
Since the 2000s or perhaps late 1990s, their market got eaten by Logitech, and i think their product's quality and innovation also gradually declined.
I think one major problem is that the ball has a lot friction. I remember i tried it in stores and think the friction is the worst of all trackballs i've put my hands on. Also, Kensington's classic design always seems unwieldy for me. That you have to bend your wrist up to use it. If i actually use this, i'll have to put a thick book in front to rest wrist on.
This trackball is notorious for not supporting Windows 7. ( update: Shadow Skill says Windows 7 driver has been released.)
This one, the Slimblade, seems to be the best from the looks. Largish ball. 4 buttons. About $20 more expensive than the Expert Mouse. This is their next generation.
This one is $25. Got a scroll ring. But 2 buttons only. Good reviews at Amazon.
This is $25. From the looks, it seems to be a fantastic one. But bad reviews. No scroll wheel. 2 buttons only.
This one just remindes me of Star Trek. Some people on YouTube mod it so the ball lights up.
I think the best ones would be either the "Logitech Trackman Wheel" or "Logitech Trackman Marble". The advantage of the Trackman Wheel is that it got a scroll wheel, some prefer it for gaming, but the thumb operated smallish ball is bad. The advantage of the Marble is its large ball for easy index finger operation, got 1 more button than the Wheel, but no scroll wheel will pain some. For First Person Shooter gaming, apparently there's no agreement on which is better.
Discovered what might be the best trackball today. Large ball, scroll wheel, 3 buttons.
A new product. First available at Amazon on ≈. Though, it is a whopping $150, more expensive than them all. Here's the interesting features:
If you have RSI and don't like trackball, you might try some ergonomic mouses 〔☛ Evoluent VerticalMouse, Microsoft Natural 6000〕 , or trackpad, or some fancy input devices. 〔☛ Best Input Devices (Jog/Shuttle, Touchpad, Cyborg Mouse, Pen Tablet)〕


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I knew what I would find at Trader Joe's this morning and I found it: Pumpkin is back — with an orange vengeance.
Cooler temperatures and autumnal briskness in the air, along with the reddening leaves, have seasoned a feeling in me. But pumpkin overload at the grocery stores and coffee shops seals the deal. It's beginning to taste a lot like autumn, with a nostalgic hint of winter.
At Peet's, Starbucks and Panama Red, the pumpkin drinks infused with cinnamon or nutmeg have the remarkable ability to make one feel like putting on fuzzy Christmas socks and curling up by a fire. Then there's the age-old question about pumpkin pie. Should it be saved for Thanksgiving? Or is it a fall free-for-all?
The grocery stores are packed with pumpkin-flavored everything, including tea, oatmeal, soup, pies, cakes, pancake mix, beer and, yes, even dog treats.
"We can't leave the dogs out," said a staff member at the Concord Avenue Trader Joe's, where pumpkin-flavored dog treats are selling for $3.99.
Canned pumpkin, by the way, can aid a dog's digestion. The Concord Police Department adds a scoop to meals for its K9 officers.
Personally, I like to indulge in a cup of pumpkin-infused rooibos tea, with a little steamed milk and honey, while I ponder the long, cozy nights ahead.
What's your favorite pumpkin-flavored treat of the season? Do you make your own? Share tasty tips and pumpkin recipes in the comments below.
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The superintendent offered an apology and called for a spirit of trust and cooperation as Altamont villagers continue to advocate for their school in the face of a proposed closing.
Hundreds of teen volunteers converged in Guilderland last week to help as many as 70 local residents with free home repairs. The Group Mission Trips work camp sponsored by St. Madeleine Sophie Parish. The teens stayed at Guilderland High School, sleeping on classroom floors.
Upon impact with the tractor trailer, Tyler Pascuzzi's Volkswagon split into two pieces, and the two passengers, Cody J. Veverka, 23, of South Cairo, and Alicia M. Tamboia, 24, of Wingdale, were ejected from the vehicle. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
GUILDERLAND — Julie White, a McKownville resident, was killed on July 9 when her car hit a guide rail on Interstate 87 on the Crossgates Mall ramp.
White, 41, was a registered nurse who loved cats and volunteered at animal shelters (see obituary pages.)
Robert Porter, the president of American Bikers Aimed Toward Education's New York State office, believes the deadly accident is just another reminder that vehicles need to be more aware of motorcycles on the road.
After casting a dire future for the village if the elementary school is closed, Mayor Gaughan said the board may soon investigate costs to create a village seal to place on the broad wall of the community room.
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Evidence of human beings propelling arrows with bows dates back as far as the late Paleolithic Age — over a million years ago. For many centuries, the principal early functions of archery centered around hunting and warfare. It remains fairly popular for hunting still, but the use of a bow and arrow as a weapon of war has all but disappeared. Today, archery is mainly a recreational activity and a sport with Olympic status.
Archery's popularity has increased dramatically in recent years due to the widespread appeal of both the book and the movie The Hunger Games. The author of the The Hunger Games trilogy is Hartford-born Suzanne Collins, who resides with her husband and two children in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown.
The main character in The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, is a 16-year-old who is known for her proficiency with the bow and arrow. The widespread appeal of the story — the book has been on the best seller list for over 130 weeks — helps explain the public's renewed interest in archery.
In fact, in a recent Washington Post article, NBC has acknowledged that in its first week of Olympic coverage, archery was by far the most popular sport watched by viewers — even more popular than basketball!
Archery debuted as an Olympic event in 1900 and was an event in four of the first six Olympiads; however, from 1920- 1972 archery was not part of the Olympic Games. In the 14 Olympiads that have included archery, the United States ranks second overall, just behind the modern archery powerhouse teams from South Korea. The South Koreans dominated the London games this year by capturing three golds and one bronze; the American team managed only a silver in the team competition this year.
Missing from the American archery team this year for the first time in five Olympiads is Connecticut's own Richard "Butch" Johnson from Woodstock. The 56-year-old Johnson just missed qualifying for the team this year but remains one of the best archers in the world. Johnson was a key member of the 1996 American gold medal team in Atlanta. He was also part of the 2000 bronze medal team and still may compete in Rio in 2016.
Butch Johnson can sometimes be found at Hall's Arrow facility at 240 West Middle Turnpike in Manchester, giving personal lessons to aspiring Olympians. Hall's facility is the largest indoor archery range in New England and gives lessons to archers of all ability levels.
In one of the most famous scenes in Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, Odysseus returns home to Ithaca disguised as a beggar. He then enters a contest sponsored by his wife Penelope to string Odysseus's mighty bow and to fire an arrow through the eyelets of 12 ax handles — a feat that only Odysseus had been able to achieve. He succeeds, then slays the suitors who had been pursuing his wife and resumes his rightful place at her side. His unparalleled expertise with a bow undoubtedly inspired many generations of Greek warriors.
In a similar way, another work of literature — The Hunger Games — has inspired interest in archery in a new generation thanks to the writing skill of Connecticut native Suzanne Collins. Those young people have available to them the largest indoor archery range in New England located in Manchester, where they can be coached by the most famous American archer of the modern era, five-time Olympian and Connecticut native, Richard "Butch" Johnson!
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NORMAN — Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), who has a Ph.D in British history, issued the following statement on the death of former British Prime Minister Lady Margaret Thatcher:
"Margaret Thatcher first came to my attention when I was a student living in London in the 1970s. One of my best British friends served as her private parliamentary secretary and several others served as conservative members of Parliament during her extraordinary career.
"My own political career began as she became prime minister and I looked upon her as a role model and trailblazer. Indeed to this day, I keep a picture of her and Ronald Reagan on my desk in my congressional office.
"Lady Thatcher was the most consequential British prime minister after Winston Churchill in the 20th century. She led the Conservative Party out of the wilderness back into the majority and then transformed a failing socialist state into an economic dynamo that enriched and empowered its citizens while projecting power and advancing freedom on the world stage.
"The partnership between Thatcher and Reagan was comparable to that between Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. The latter helped to win the Second World War while Thatcher and Reagan did the same in the Cold War. Thatcher's career holds many lessons for us all. She showed the power of conviction and courage in the political arena, and she reminds us that when leaders lead, great goals can be accomplished in public life.
University of Oklahoma President David Boren expressed similarly profound admiration for Thatcher upon learning of her death, stating that both the university and he personally have a special appreciation for her.
"The passing of Margaret Thatcher is not only a loss to Great Britain but also to the world. She will always have a place in our hearts at the University of Oklahoma, where she made one of her last public speeches before being stricken by a stroke.
"During my years in the Senate, I was privileged to meet with her several times and to count her as a friend. I will always remember the advice she gave me based upon her own life experience. It was 'always expect the unexpected and be prepared for it.'"
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Doctor of Philosophy in Applied and Industrial MathematicsMajor: MATH
Degree Awarded: Ph.D.
Unit: GA
Program Webpage: http://www.math.louisville.edu/graduate
Program Information
Undergraduate coursework equivalent to a major in mathematics from an accredited university. This should include at least a one-year course in either analysis or abstract algebra, equivalent to Mathematics 501-502 and 521-522 at the University of Louisville. Candidates who have not taken both must complete the second in their program.
All students admitted to the program must complete the following or their equivalent:
A. Core Courses - 24 semester hours
- Two sequences, each of six (6) semester hours, chosen from:
- Algebra MATH 621-622
- Combinatorics MATH 681-682
- Real Analysis MATH 601-602
- Two sequences, each of six (6) semester hours, chosen from:
- Applied Statistics MATH 665-667
- Mathematical Modeling MATH 635-636
- Probability & Mathematical Statistics MATH 660-662
B. Additional Topics and Area of Specialization - 18 semester hours
In addition to the core, an application area of 18 hours will be required. The courses may be in a department outside Mathematics. They will be chosen in consultation with the student's advisory committee.
C. Qualifying Examinations
Students must pass three written examinations. Two of these will be chosen from the areas of Algebra, Combinatorics and Real Analysis. The third will be chosen from the areas of Applied Statistics, Mathematical Modeling and Probability & Mathematical Statistics. Normally, these will be taken within a year of completion of the core coursework. These examinations need not be taken together and each may be attempted at most twice.
D. Industrial Internship
Each student, with prior approval of the Graduate Studies Director, has to complete an internship in an appropriate industrial or governmental setting, or have equivalent experience.
Computing Project: Each student must complete an approved computer project related to the student's area of concentration.
Candidacy Examination: Each student must pass an oral examination in the chosen area of concentration. Usually, at most two attempts at passing this examination will be permitted. Students who wish to make a third attempt must petition the Graduate Studies Committee of the department for permissions to do so.
Dissertation – 12 to 18 semester hours: A doctoral dissertation is required of each student.
Dual Degree Program in Applied and Industrial Mathematics and Biostatistics - Decision Science
Dual degrees in Biostatistics-Decision Science and Applied and Industrial Mathematics are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Upon completion of the program, students will receive a Ph.D. in Applied and Industrial Mathematics and an M.S.P.H. in Biostatistics-Decision Science.
Application Procedure
To be admitted to the program, the student is required to apply to and be accepted by both the Department of Mathematics and the Biostatistics-Decision Science Program. A student seeking admission into this program must submit letters to both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics stating the intent to take advantage of the dual degree program, and stating whether the student is interested in the Biostatistics or the Decision Science concentration. Students must submit two (2) recent letters of recommendation with their letter of intent. Applicants will receive written notification stating whether their admission request has been approved or disapproved.
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
The required courses for the dual degree program consist of all non-overlapping core courses for both the Ph.D. in Applied and Industrial Mathematics and the M.S. in Biostatistics - Decision Science, as well as the requirements for either the Decision Science or Biostatistics concentration within the Biostatistics-Decision Science program.
- Core course requirements for the Ph.D. in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (24 semester hours).
- Two sequences, each of six (6) semester hours, chosen from:
- Algebra - Mathematics 621 and 622
- Combinatorics - Mathematics 681 and 682
- Real Analysis - Mathematics 601 and 602
- Two sequences, each of six (6) semester hours, chosen from:
- Mathematical Modeling - Mathematics 635 and 636
- Applied Statistics - Mathematics 665 and 667
- Probability and Mathematical Statistics - Mathematics 660 and 662
- Courses taken in requirement of the mathematics component of the dual degree program can be used to satisfy the 6 to 9 semester hours of electives required for the M.S. in Biostatistics-Decision Science.
- Two sequences, each of six (6) semester hours, chosen from:
- Core course requirements derived from the M.S. in Biostatistics-Decision Science (12 to 18 semester hours).
- The following courses are required for both tracks:
- Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology - PHEP 511 (3 semester hours)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences in Health Care - PHCI 631 (2 semester hours)
- Introduction to Environmental Health
- Health Economics
- Biostatistics-Decision Science Seminar - PHDA 602 (4 semester hours)
- Probability and Mathematical Statistics - PHST 661 and 662 (6 semester hours)*
* This requirement is waived if the student takes the Mathematics 660, 662 sequence listed above.
- Requirements from one of the two possible concentrations for the M.S. in Biostatistics - Decision Science. (5 to 6 semester hours)
- Biostatistics Concentration Requirements:
- Biostatistical Methods I and II - PHDA 680 and 681 (6 semester hours)
- Decision Science Concentration Requirements:
- Ethical Issues in Decision Making - PHDA 605 (2 semester hours)
- Decision Analysis - PHDA 663 (3 semester hours)
- Biostatistics Concentration Requirements:
Courses taken to satisfy the Biostatistics-Decision Science component of the dual degree program can be applied to the 18 semester hours of electives which are required for the Ph.D. in Applied and Industrial Mathematics.
Combined Industrial Internship, Practicum and Masters Thesis. (6-8 semester hours)
The Industrial Internship required by the Department of Mathematics and the Public Health Practicum and Masters thesis required for the M.S. can be satisfied by a single internship and technical report which simultaneously satisfies the requirements for both degrees. Specifically, the internship must both focus on public health so that it satisfies the Public Health Practicum (PHDA 603 and PHDA 604), and contain advanced mathematical content, so that it satisfies the Ph.D.-level Industrial Internship (Math 694). Likewise, the technical report must meet two requirements: it must satisfy the requirements for a Master's thesis for the M.S. degree (PHDA 666) and it must be written at an advanced mathematical level expected for the Ph.D.-level Industrial Internship. The six (6) to eight (8) semester hours of the internship will be divided evenly between the Department of Mathematics and the Biostatistics-Decision Science Program.
Dissertation and Qualifying Examinations
In order for the student to fulfill the Ph.D. requirements, the student must satisfy both the qualifying examination and dissertation requirements for the Ph.D. in Applied and Industrial Mathematics. Failure to complete these requirements will not jeopardize the M.S. degree, if all its requirements have been satisfactorily completed.
Special Considerations: Students who have already completed a Master's degree in the Department of Mathematics
To preserve the spirit of a dual degree, such students need to complete 36 semester hours of courses as required for the M.S. in Biostatistics-Decision Science. Six (6) semester hours from the previous Master's degree coursework can be applied to this requirement. The remaining semester hours must be chosen from the list of not covered by core courses approved electives for the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, with preference given to courses in the Departments of Mathematics and Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. Combined Industrial Internship, Practicum and Masters Thesis cannot be replaced by a previous Master's thesis. This requirement must be satisfied as previously described, meeting the specifications of both departments.
Departmental Faculty
Thomas Riedel
Department Chair
Csaba Bíro
Assistant Professor
Mary E. Bradley
Associate Professor
Udayan B. Darji
Richard M. Davitt
Arnab Ganguly
Assistant Professor
Roger H. Geeslin
Ryan S. Gill
Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor
Changbing Hu
Associate Professor
Chakram S. Jayanthi
Adjunct Professor
Thomas M. Jenkins
André Kézdy
Director of Graduate Studies
Lael F. Kinch
Ewa Kubicka
Grzegorz Kubicki
Hamid Kulosman
Associate Professor
Kiseop Lee
Associate Professor
Bingtuan Li
Jiaxu Li
Associate Professor
Jinjia Li
Assistant Professor
Robert B. McFadden
Alica Miller
Associate Professor
Robert Powers
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Assistant Chair
Prasanna Sahoo
Steven Seif
Associate Professor
David Swanson
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Director
Cristina Tone
Assistant Professor
David J. Wildstrom
Associate Professor
W. Wiley Williams
Shi-Yu Wu
Adjunct Professor
Yongzhi Steve Xu
Stephen Young
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Wei-Bin Zeng
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August 1, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas - - When new patients call for appointments doctors always ask how they intend to pay. If the answer is Medicaid, the doctor can expect to lose money.
The Texas Legislature has been balancing the state's budget by paying doctors 40 to 75% less for Medicaid patients than what private insurers pay. Doctors generally plan to do some charity work, but more and more physicians are reaching their limit.
The Medicaid reimbursement rate is at the center of the debate over whether to expand Medicaid to include more poor adults. When Republican and Democratic politicians talk about how Medicaid is a "broken program," reimbursement rates are the problem.
Republican Rep. John Zerwas of Richmond says the only way to balance the budget is to cut doctor's fees or raise taxes.
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By Brenda L. Holmes
When Hidemi Walsh moved to the United States, she started to learn to cook all over again. Born and raised in Japan, she decided to take on the challenge with an adventuresome spirit.
"When I first moved from Japan, we had lots of Japanese food — not typical American food," Walsh said. "I've learned a lot and like to try new things."
Her husband, Jim, serves as her "tester" for new recipes. She said her mother-in-law has been a great help too.
The couple has been married for four years. They lived in Virginia for two of those.
"We moved to Plainfield two-and-a-half years ago," she said. "People are very nice here. They are a lot more friendly than the big city."
Cooking with different foods has been a fun experience for Walsh.
"Sometimes I will get food that I don't know how to cook," she said. "It's good for me."
She found a website — www.justapinch.com — where she could submit her recipes for a contest.
Walsh is one of 71 Plainfield residents sharing recipes with the social network, which in just two years has become one of the largest databases of user-posted recipes. On the site users can post their own "family tested and approved" recipes and try recipes submitted by others, use a menu planner and grocery list, create custom cookbooks, print hundreds of grocery coupons, enter recipe contests, and join discussion groups.
She was recently awarded a blue ribbon for her ethnic-flavored sandwich recipe.
"I like to make healthy food for my husband every day," Walsh said.
She started out creating an avocado lentil salad.
"I wanted to make something different with avocados," Walsh said. "So I added some mayonnaise and then some curry. My husband is not a fan of Indian food but curry is good for him."
She said through a process of trial and tasting she found a tasty salad that she thought would go great on bread as a sandwich.
"I used a dark rye bread and he loved it," she said.
Walsh entered her recipe in the contest and it was recently announced as a winner.
For more home cook recipes, visit the website at www.justapinch.com.
Ethnic Flavored Sandwiches
Hidemi Walsh (Plainfield)
12 slices dark rye bread
12 cups dry lentils
1 avocado
12-15 leaves of green lettuce, torn
1/2 cup minced sweet onion
1/2 cup minced cucumber (peeled and seeds removed)
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 tablespoons Greek yogurt, plain
2 teaspoons cumin powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar
Rinse lentils and drain. In a saucepan, put lentils and add 2 cups hot water. Simmer gently with lid tilted until tender. When the lentils are cooked, drain well.
Halve avocado, remove seed, peel, scoop avocado pulp and mush in a bowl.
Add mayonnaise, plain yogurt, cumin powder, pinch of salt, and granulated sugar to the bowl.
Mix well. Then add minced onion, minced cucumber, and cooked lentils. Mix well.
Put 1/6 of green lettuce leaves on one slice of bread, spread 1/6 of lentils mixture, and put the other slice of bread to cover.
Makes 6 sandwiches.


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ENG-3270 Myth and Myth Making
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Prerequisite: ENG-1052 and ENG-1310, and one 2000-level survey course (ENG-2171 or ENG-2172 or ENG-2281 or ENG-2282 or ENG-2283 or ENG-2321 or ENG-2322 or ENG-2510).
An interdisciplinary, team-taught inquiry which provides an overview of myth and the myth-making process, this course focuses especially on quest myths and on myths concerning sacrifice, death and rebirth. Though most myths read will be Greek, students will also be encouraged to explore Native American and other mythologies. The course will emphasize the ways myth has been used by dramatists, poets and visual artists. (Spring semesters, even years) Meets Part III of the GECC.


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"When we get back, after the district work period next week, we are going to be taking up Representative Martha Roby's bill, the Working Families Flexibility Act. It helps working moms and dads by taking away the government impediment to employers and employees, so they can enter a voluntary employment arrangement where they can get comp-time instead of time-and-a-half overtime in order to go to pediatrician appointments, PTA meetings and the rest.
"Then we'll see this week, with the introduction of the Kids First Research Act, putting conservative principles to work by saying that we don't believe the federal government should be funding political conventions. Instead, isn't it more of a priority for us to fund medical research to help cure disease for kids?"


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Commonwealth Journal
June 25, 2013
Magistrates vote to pass 2013-14 county budget
By CHRIS HARRIS, CJ Staff Writer
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
Like swimming pools, cookouts and suntan lotion, budget-passing is a time-honored tradition of summer. A crucial piece of government business that the Pulaski County Fiscal Court wrapped up on Tuesday.
The total 2013-14 fiscal year budget was passed unanimously upon a second reading by Pulaski County magistrates, along with the second reading of an amendment to the 2012-13 budget.
The 2013-14 budget clocked in at a robust $29,037,669. Judge-Executive Barty Bullock noted that the amount is about $800,000 more than last year's budget.
"A lot of it is just inflation," said Bullock of the rise in the coming year's budget from the one gone by. "It's just the difference in the cost of everything."
Signs of tightening belts are evidenced throughout. "Money is so tight," said Bullock. "I'm hoping things pick up more. The occupational tax picks up, and things loosen up more.
"We've got a balanced budget; it looks okay," he added, "but it's stringent now. We wish we'd been able to do more for our employees, but when it's not there, we can't."
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• $2,418,500 in the fire fund;
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A few months ago, Anna Edlund opened her email account to not one but two pleasant surprises. First, her audience with the Dalai Lama was scheduled for June. Second, she had been awarded a Fulbright grant.
Edlund is among four biology professors spending two weeks in India teaching Western science and biology to the Dalai Lama's monks. The professors are divided into two teams, each pair teaching a class of 50 monks and several nuns for six hours a day through an interpreter. Edlund and her teaching partner are focusing on disease, the immune system, and epidemiology.
Edlund's visit is organized by the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, a partnership between Emory University and the Dalai Lama. After the biology professors depart, small teams of neuroscientists and physicists will each arrive to teach the same students.
Edlund's whirlwind summer doesn't stop in India. From there, she'll travel to Sweden, funded by a Fulbright grant, to study the art of a founding father of her field of pollen biology. The laboratory notebooks of scientist Gunnar Erdtman contain hundreds of drawings of pollen grains. Spending about three months in Stockholm, Edlund will work at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, where she'll examine Erdtman's papers and scientific illustrations and conduct interviews about the late scientist.
Edlund is passionate about the art of scientific illustration. In her lab classes at Lafayette, she requires her students to keep special journals in which they make meticulous illustrations of what they observe. She also has invited a professional scientific illustrator to instruct her biology students in observation and basic drawing.
Erdtman, Edlund explains, stylized his drawings and devised a diagrammatic form called the palynogram to represent the most essential identifying features of a pollen grain. Little is known about the scientist beyond the few personal details shared by friends through several obituaries following his death in 1973.
In addition to studying his art and papers, Edlund plans to interview scientists and family members who knew Erdtman to create a fuller picture of how art training and sensibility influenced his science.
"If I were drawing a comic of Gunnar Erdtman, I might place him on the sidewalk, working as a caricaturist," she says. "The pollen grains would be waiting in line, as he caught the nature of each one in only a few deft strokes."
Edlund will prepare an illustrated article on Erdtman's palynograms, his contributions to pollen science, and the historical and personal context in which he worked. She hopes to share her findings in a public lecture at the museum and to organize a historical session at the International Palynological Congress.
In her Fulbright application, Edlund described Erdtman as a polymath, skilled in both art and science, and wrote that through her study of him and her travels, she hoped to become more of a polymath herself.
With her interest in art and science, Edlund feels at home at Lafayette, where the value of interdisciplinary coursework is emphasized.
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Holy smokes, this one's a winner! I made a few changes -- used water instead of chicken broth, added a tablespoon of chopped fresh rosemary, and added a clove of pressed garlic just before serving. I used half and half instead of cream, but it was still deliciously rich. I can't wait to serve this one to company!
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One of the questions most asked of me is "Are we entering a bear market? I heard you were bearish!" As a diehard bull, I have said time and time again that we have entered a phase in the market in which factors were all converging to give overbought signals (this year's target was S&P 1750). Let's be clear! In an environment in which we lack pro growth policies, it becomes difficult to justify valuations when we start to see contraction of top line revenue growth from corporate America.
Market technicals are overbought!
Market fundamentals are overbought!
We are changing the guard at the FED in mid surgery. But the FED changed it all yesterday by reversing course on tapering asset purchases…But why? Unfortunately, as I have been on record saying, "There is NO way the FED can taper with economic conditions as they presently exist". What Ben Bernanke was saying, in essence, is that the economy is too slow to start tapering! But something feels wrong about this upward movement in stocks. We went from managing an investment portfolio from an undervalued view to one in which we view the market as fully priced. The easy money is behind us and any move higher from here takes the market into overvalued territory short term. So what do we do?
Remember that we are at our target area so take some profit off the table between 1700 and 1750 S&P. It's been a fun ride, right? We could see a blow off high at quarter end next week as portfolio managers chase returns. The last break in equities which I thought would give us a 10% pullback only managed to give roughly 6% back before bullish factors forced short covering. Look for the correction again!
But a correction is not a 'bear' market. On the contrary…The correction allows savvy investors a chance to add wisely to positions as the market hits it's frenzied bottom (yet to come), and is able to pick the gold off the ground! The correction within a bull market does many things but most important, it brings fear back into the market. That is why buying protection at 12% volatility and now buying protection again at 13 % volatility was and still is the sound move. Now is the time to maintain that protection and keep the powder dry. The smart traders and investors will buy the market when others are selling and sell when others are buying.
Friends, we are still in a long term bull market. Short term bottoms are made when the market looks the worst and unfortunately our work tells us the worst is yet to come. That being said that: Corporate America is healthier than ever before. Cap Ex will have to pick up because of creative destruction. The US is still viewed as the best of the worst. And as my old mentor and Noble Laureate the late, great Merton Miller said to me, "An occasional liberal in the White House won't destroy the American entrepreneurial spirit! Think of it as the 'Gates of Opportunity' opening up!" The fact is that the move in the market multiple back to the historic norm of 16 from the 11 to 12 region must be digested properly…A 10% to 15% correction would still be perfect! Stay alert!!!
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Better than any medical documentary or probably most fictional shows. An in depth ( as deep as 2 hours would allow) look at how the life of medical students change as they progress through the medical caste system. I am not sure whether or not it was the intent of the editors, but the film seems to focus on how the lives of these students were negatively impacted, making an effort to point out the many broken personal lives, unhappy spouses and the impressive number of divorces.
As a medical student about to begin my quest into first year, nothing has scared me more than the thought of this documentary becoming my life.
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Alabama State Trooper Kevin Cook, center right, is surrounded by the media at a news conference Saturday in Midland City, Ala. Authorities said they still have a line of communication with an Alabama man accused of abducting a 5-year-old child and holding him hostage in a bunker since Tuesday.MIDLAND CITY, Ala. The vigils continued in and around this southeastern Alabama town on Saturday. They were held in private homes, at the gazebo next to City Hall and, perhaps most somberly, on the grassy hill where swarms of federal agents are watching the underground bunker where they say a man named Jimmy Lee Dykes has held a 5-year-old boy hostage for more than four days now.
Law enforcement officials are still saying little about attempts to rescue the boy, who was kidnapped Tuesday when Dykes raided a school bus and killed the driver. Officials have been in constant communication with Dykes through a plastic pipe that he originally installed, a neighbor said, to eavesdrop on trespassers from within the bunker.
The bunker has food and electricity, and Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson said in a news conference Saturday that it also had blankets and an electric heater to get through the near-freezing temperatures at night. He added that toys, coloring books and medication had been passed into the bunker for the boy, who has Aspergers syndrome and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
He did not say if it is known whether the boy has been taking the medicine.
Its one thing when youve got your mother and grandmother giving it to you every day, said state Rep. Steve Clouse, whose district includes Midland City.
Perhaps suggesting that Dykes is following events from his bunker, Olson concluded the short news conference by offering gratitude to Dykes for allowing officials to pass on such necessities.
I want to thank him for taking care of our child, the sheriff said. Its very important.
The Daily Mail of London reported on Saturday that Dykes had initially requested to local authorities that he deliver his grievances to a reporter in exchange for handing over the boy. Two people familiar with the early days of the operation corroborated The Daily Mails account, one adding that Dykes had a particular reporter in mind.
Dykes, who has lived in a travel trailer here for about two years, has a troubled past, including arrests on charges connected to drugs, drunken driving and, in Florida in 1995, unlawful display of a firearm. On Wednesday he was due in court in this county, accused of shooting at a neighbor in a dispute over driving on his property.
But the most telling indications of his troubles may lie outside the official record.
At midnight, when people would come home from late shifts, Dykes would be digging with a shovel in the red clay behind his trailer. Or he would be on patrol, walking the perimeter of his compound with a flashlight and a long gun.
Before building the bunker, Dykes made long, snaking mounds out of dirt and odd structures out of cinderblocks. He built the bunker in about three months, said a neighbor, Michael Creel, 28, who described it as 4 to 5 feet wide by 6 feet long, made of plywood and lined with plastic insulation and sandbags.
Creel said he was admiring Dykes okra bed one day when Dykes invited him to see the bunker.
It kind of threw me off the first time I climbed down in there, he said. He said, Climb down in there and holler, see if we can hear you. That was a little bit of a red flag.
Creel said he believed that Dykes had several handguns, including an antique Colt .45, as well as a rifle and a shotgun. Other neighbors said they had heard Dykes firing what sounded like a semiautomatic weapon in the field behind his property.
Creels father, Greg, said he had been subpoenaed to appear in the case involving the dispute with the neighbor. He said Dykes had given him a handwritten letter several pages long, presumably in connection with the trial.
Creel, 65, said he did not want to read the letter and had handed it over to law enforcement. I am sure it gives insight to this mans crazed mentality, he said.
Meanwhile, people in town continue to gather each night at a gazebo on the grounds of City Hall, where they hold candles in salt-filled plastic cups. Friday nights vigil began with announcements: a reminder to eat at the local Ruby Tuesday, which was making donations to the family.
A mother of one of the boys classmates spoke. There were prayers, for the family of the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., 66; for the boy and his family; even for Dykes.
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Triangle startups raised $40 million in the third quarter – in line with the first two quarters of this year but a middling performance for the region based on historical standards.
Still, Triangle startups are on track to raise significantly more venture capital dollars than they did in 2012. Last year was the worst year for venture capital investments in the Triangle since 1997.
Over the first three quarters of this year, Triangle companies raised $120.8 million, up from $82.8 million a year ago. Moreover, significantly more companies raised money – 28 over the first three quarters of this year versus 20 a year ago.
Eleven Triangle companies attracted venture capital funding in the third quarter. The third-quarter venture capital numbers are scheduled to be released Friday by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data supplied by Thomson Reuters.
Young technology companies rely on venture capital to fund research and development and upgrade sales and marketing efforts.
Laura Robinette, who heads the Raleigh office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, said she was encouraged that 6 of the 11 Triangle companies that raised venture capital in the third quarter were first-time fund-raisers. Although the amounts they raised were small by venture capital standards – ranging from $500,000 to $2.6 million – she views their initial success as auguring well for the future.
That's because venture capitalists tend to invest in companies that have successfully raised money in the past, and subsequent rounds of funding tend to be larger.
Venture capitalists plow money into startups, especially information technology and life science companies such as medical device and drug-discovery businesses, in exchange for an ownership stake. They ultimately make money if the company is sold or goes public; they can lose most or all of their investment if the company fails.
Because the Triangle lacks a critical mass of companies that rely on venture capital, a single big deal – or the absence of one – can create huge swings in the amount of venture capital raised from one quarter to another.
In the latest quarter, Argos Therapeutics, a Durham company developing a promising treatment for kidney cancer, led Triangle companies by raising $20 million, according to the PWC/Venture Capital Association report.
However, Argos actually announced in late August that it raised $42.5 million – the most by a Triangle company this year.
Such discrepancies in the venture capital data occur occasionally given the way the numbers are tallied. For example, companies may report the total amount of dollars committed but some of that money may be contingent on achieving milestones.
Moreover, Venture capitalist John Cambier of IDEA Fund Partners in Durham contends that the venture capital numbers don't reflect "the vibrancy of the tech sector in the Triangle."
Without naming names, he said there are "a good number" of emerging information technology companies in the Triangle that are enjoying robust revenue growth and are in line to raise significant amounts of venture capital in the next few quarters.
"What these numbers don't measure is the progress of the companies that haven't raised money," Cambier said.
Money invested in startups by so-called angel investors also aren't included in the venture capital numbers. Several angel capital groups have formed in the Triangle in the past few years to invest in startups that, for the most part, haven't reached the point that they can attract venture capital.
Robinette said she is encouraged that G1 Therapeutics, a Chapel Hill drug-development company, announced this week that it raised $12.5 million in venture capital.
"The fourth quarter is off to a good start," she said.
Nationwide, venture capitalists invested $7.8 billion in the third quarter, up 12 percent from the second quarter. The number of companies that attracted venture capital funding nationwide climbed 5 percent in the quarter.
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