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Gov. Martin O'Malley has outlined some reforms he plans to seek in Maryland. They include banning assault weapons, tougher licensing requirements and increasing school safety. O'Malley outlined his proposals Monday at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health at a summit on reducing gun violence.
Elected officials are in Baltimore for a two-day summit on gun control. It comes a month after the mass school shooting in Connecticut.
LINKS:http://www.governor.maryland.gov/blog/?p=7985http://www.jhsph.edu/events/gun-policy-summit/Governor O'Malley's proposals
There's no easy answer to the complex problem of gun violence. I've spent my entire career -- as a prosecutor, city councilman, mayor, and now as governor -- focused on trying to keep families safe and reduce violent crime.
We need a comprehensive approach. That's why in the next few days, I'll unveil a three-pronged strategy focused on gun safety, school safety and mental health.
1.) Gun safety: We should ban military-style assault weapons, limit large ammunition capacity, and require licenses for handgun purchases. We respect the rights of hunters and sportsmen and that's why our licensing requirements will NOT apply to shotguns or rifles.
2.) School safety: We will invest in security upgrades for schools, including cameras at entrances, automatically locking doors, shatterproof glass and buzzer entrance systems. We will also establish a "Maryland Center for School Safety," which will amplify our efforts by gathering meaningful data and serving as a central hub for collaboration between our federal, state and local law enforcement partners.
3.) Mental heath: We will improve data sharing practices between federal and state officials. In addition, we will invest more to improve mental health services so we can intervene early and reduce the potential for violent behavior. We'll expand crisis intervention teams, expand response services and establish a center for excellence on early intervention for serious mental illness.
This is a complex problem and we need a comprehensive approach. I look forward to hearing from you in the days ahead as we work to build a stronger, safer Maryland.
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Connie's Q & A
Who's your favorite sports team, and why?
The Los Angeles Lakers of course! Because that's my home town and because I always watch their games with my family.
What's your favorite video game, and could you kick our butts at it?
I love Final Fantasy 7,8, and 13. I also love Marvel Vs Capcom, and I'm pretty good at guitar hero. And yes, I can kick butt.
Piercings/Tattoos (How many? Where?)
I have 5 tattoos. 4 on my back and 1 on my wrist. As far as piercings go, I only have my ears pierced :)
What's the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
Nsync "Bye, Bye, Bye". I don't think it's that embarrassing, I still rock out to it lol.
It's 4AM after a crazy night out – what are we eating?
Probably fast food. lol. Mcdonalds, Jack in the box, or tacos!.
What do you feel sexiest wearing?
Lingerie, or a nice form fitting little black dress. ;)

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Cupcake Jean Purse: This denim bag is one of the most versatile old jeans purse patterns. You can customize it by choosing what contrasting fabric to use for the bow and trim, and it's large enough to store essentials throughout your busy day. Bonus: you can use the jeans' existing pockets to store small items like your cell phone, pens, or your keys. You can also purchase used jeans on the cheap at a thrift store to make one for each of your friends. These old jeans purse patterns work for any size jeans as well. Want a larger jeans bag? Buy larger jeans! You could even adapt the pattern to make a small handbag from a pair of child's jeans.
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OMG! I was thinking about you guys in the car on the way home today, wondering what the date was. I knew the 24th had to be coming up. Then I promptly forgot to check when I got home. How are you all doing? Is she excited? Scared?
Congrats to her - and I'm sure it must be very emotional for you.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Chrissy I came in here to say and OMG you look so young in all those pics on Facebook. I hope Bobbie's first year of college is great
I was a teen mom. :-) sometimes even I forget how young I was. When I was Bobbie's she I had 2 kids already. Or nearly, I turned 19 a month and a half after having Jesi.
Chrissy, what an exciting but bittersweet time. I can't tell you how empowering it was for me to leave home and go away to college. I'm really hoping Bobbie benefits much in the same way from her newfound autonomy and novel social environment. Going to college definitely helped put a lot of my earlier teenage angst behind me and into perspective.
Big hugs, Chrissy!
Scary night tonight. I went to the gym at about 6:30 and tried to come home an hour later but both entrances to my one block long street were blocked off, cops everywhere, search helicopter flying right over my house. I asked one of them what was up and he told me I was going to have to wait. I called dh and thank goodness he answered the phone. There was some sort of manhunt going on in the creek behind our house. There were search dogs in our backyard and all the other houses on the street. They finally found this guy UNDER the house of our friend Rachel who lives three doors down from us. She said the police dogs found him and he even got bit because he was fighting back. Rachel said that they made them wait outside while they were trying to get him out. Finally was able to come home at 9:30 after doing aimless driving and finally settling on going to a thriftshop to buy JoJo some books for an hour.
Anyway, Rachel and her roommate Laurel heard someone in their backyard and called the cops, so that's why they were there. But the scary part is that there is a big to-do here because there is a guy who is assaulting women in town, killed one 27 year old special needs teacher on New Year's Eve maybe two miles from here after beating up two other women earlier in the evening and is suspected in a bunch of other assaults and everyone is really scared about it. So I think the police are being really active and trying to find this guy. Still don't know anything about if it is that guy or not, but I hope that it is.
Poor Chris was home with JoJo trying to explain that the guys in the backyard with dogs and flashlights are on a scavenger hunt and she should just go to bed.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Oh wow Katy how terrifying. I hope this is the guy they're after and no one else gets hurt.
That is terrifying!
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Eeks! I hope the suspect is that guy too. How scary. I'm sorry you had to wait it out and be separated from your family at the same time.
Wow, Katy, that's crazy scary! I sure hope the guy they caught is the guy that's hurt those other women.
Chrissy, you must be so proud of Bobbie; she'll have a great time in college!
I talked to my mom this weekend and she told me that she'd crashed her truck in to someone's fence in town. I have no idea how she did it; she says she stopped at a stop sign and when she put her foot on the accelerator to go, the truck fish-tailed because the road was wet and she crashed in to the fence. She was really upset about it all. I wish she'd buy herself a little car to drive, but she's a little petite lady who likes driving a big Chevy Silverado!
Oh my, Katy! I'd have been painting some horrible scenarios in my head. I'm so glad everyone is ok.
We had a much lesser scare last night but dbf and I were both in heart pounding mode for a second. We were sitting in the living room watching a movie at around 10 pm when we heard the screen door to our front door open. It's very squeaky. We both jumped up immediately and dbf grabbed the guitar in the living room and told me to go stand in the hall. He opened the door ready to fight but it turns out the ups truck had come earlier and left a package between the door and the screen so that the screen did not shut tight and that let the wind grab it and open it. After we laughed about his choice of guitar as weapon I told him I think we should have a baseball bat in an easy to grab spot.
That does sound scary Katy! Wow! I hope that the person they got was the guy too.
I remember there was a serial killer in my neighborhood when I was a kid. I remember thinking that he must eat cereal and kill people. He was put to death a few years ago, but he was arrested in my neighborhood and I remember it was REALLY exciting (see the mind of children!). My mom says she was a wreck! The man killed some kids and their mother in my hometown and in Indiana and MI too. She says she was relieved when he was caught.
And Chrissy I so hope that Bobbie has a wonderful time at college. I am so excited for her! I also remember maturing and coming out of my shell a lot in college. I was so happy that I got to live on campus at least a year. If my kids decide to go to college, I am hoping that they will stay on campus for their entire matriculation just because my experience that year was so fun and maturing for me.
And Bridget, yeah a guitar is funny for a weapon! DH gave me a metal pipe to put beside my bed and he keeps a big wooden stick (it was the handle of one of those huge railroad hammers) by the front door. He calls it his "wackem" stick.
We dropped Bobbie off this morning. I'm a wreck. It was so hard for me to leave her. She kind of looked sad and anxious when we were hugging her goodbye too, but I've been texting her a lot since and she's totally have a good time. I'm happy for her, I really am. But mama heart? Ouch. That's all I can say. And you all know how rough it's been between us lately. It still was not an easy thing for me to do this morning.
One complaint I have about her dorm is that there's no cleaning service. I knew that before, and had talked to Bobbie about cleaning up after herself so her 3 roommates don't get irritated with her. But they didn't even clean the place from last semester and there's old food-including milk!-left in the fridge. We're going up tonight to help her and the girls clean it all up nice. I'll get to see her again today
Something caught me totally by surprise. When I hugged her and turned out of her apartment and started going down the cinder block hall, it brought back all the memories and emotions of leaving my mom at the state hospital so many times when I was growing up. It felt awful, even though I fully realize it's a whole different thing. I just wasn't expecting it. The sights (cinder block walled hallway) and smells...plus hugging someone I love and having to leave them behind. Not fun.
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That must have felt really disorienting, Chrissy. An added sadness. Big hugs.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
I didn't even remember feeling that way ever...till today and then it hit me like a brick.
Bobbie is doing really good. We've been texting back and forth, but she sounds very upbeat and excited. I can't wait to get up there tonight. I hope we can meet her roommates!
Can I bounce for a second? I have been doing a few phone interviews for a new job with a local hospital's IT department and they're forwarding my resume and cover letter over to the hiring manager RIGHT NOW. It's $20k more a year than what I'm making now. Cross everything you can for me
Karen, fingers, toes and paws crossed for you. When will you know?
Hugs, Chrissy. That has to be tough, but it's nice to know that Bobbie is doing well. Besides, it sounds like you guys are close enough, in case she needs her mommy on short notice.
Good luck, Karen!!!!!!!!!!!
Chrissy, I'm glad that Bobbie is settling in; I hope you get to meet her roommates and that they're good people!
Oh, how I remember going off to college! I'm so excited for Bobbie! Hugs to you, Chrissy. Sounds like an emotional ride.
, Chrissy. I'm sorry the memories of your mom crept up on you at that moment.
Good luck, Karen!! Keep us posted.
Chrissy. Colleges do have an institutional feel, so I'm not surprised you reacted that way. Bobbie will do great, though.
Good luck, Karen.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Not sure when I will find out - the position would start in April which is good - it would give me plenty of time to get a new person hired for my current position. Basically the hospital hired a staffing agency to search for possible candidates and then they weed out everyone to a select few that actually get sent on to the hospital's hiring manager. I was one of the ones that got sent on! So now I'm waiting to hear from the actual hospital itself. It would be such a great opportunity for me.
Good luck Karen! I hope you hear from them soon!
While we were visiting Bobbie, one of her friends from the Candor school who has already been in college a full semester stopped in to visit. I'm glad my kids are open with me, but I was really getting uncomfortable with some of Bobbie's questions and her friend's advice. Bobbie asked if boys could stay over and then shot me a smug look when her friend said yes. Then her friend informed her that everyone smokes pot in the woods. I decided it was time for Mom to go at that point.
I know she's going to 'do stuff' in college. Not sure I want all the details though.
I think I pissed off a mom yesterday. She asked me how old DD was, then proceeded to tell me that her 3 year old is nowhere near that verbal, and can't even tell her what he wants. I suggested that maybe she should get him evaluated, and she got all huffy and said 'Oh he's fine, he just doesn't talk much', then walked off.
I wasn't a fan of having that suggested to me either. I knew Conner was ok and he didn't talk much till he was 3. Bobbie was the same way. I know Mandy will cringe, but my own experience has taught me not to worry about such things. Bobbie is extremely book smart, articulate, and has an amazing ability to learn new languages. She can read/write Japanese (self taught using the internet) and she's jumping into 2nd year French without having any formal French training because she was able to teach herself the fundamentals. She also didn't say more than 1/2 a dozen words till she was about 3 years old.
For me, I don't suggest anything to any mom ever unless they specifically ask, "What do you think I should do?" It's safer that way.


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Counts TCP states from Netstat and displays in an ordered list.
awk is evil!
Thanks for the submit! My alternative produces summaries only for directories. The original post additionally lists all files in the current directory. Sometimes the files, they just clutter up the output. Once the big directory is located, *then* worry about which file(s) are consuming so much space.
sorts the files by integer megabytes, which should be enough to (interactively) find the space wasters. Now you can
for the above output,
dush -n 3
for only the 3 biggest files and so on. It's always a good idea to have this line in your .profile or .bashrc
This is easy to type if you are looking for a few (hundred) "missing" megabytes (and don't mind the occasional K slipping in)...
A variation without false positives and also finding gigabytes (but - depending on your keyboard setup - more painful to type):
du -hs *|grep -P '^(\d|,)+(M|G)'|sort -n
(NOTE: you might want to replace the ',' according to your locale!)
Don't forget that you can
modify the globbing as needed! (e.g. '.[^\.]* *' to include hidden files and directories (w/ bash))
in its core similar to:
This makes an alias for a command named 'busy'. The 'busy' command opens a random file in /usr/include to a random line with vim. Drop this in your .bash_aliases and make sure that file is initialized in your .bashrc.
Just refining last proposal for this check, showing awk power to make more complex math (instead /1024/1024, 2^20). We don't need declare variable before run lsof, because $(command) returns his output. Also, awk can perform filtering by regexp instead to call grep. I changed the 0.0000xxxx messy output, with a more readable form purging all fractional numbers and files less than 1 MB.
print the lines of a file in randomized order
dpigs is in the package debian-goodies (debian/ubuntu)
Use the hold space to preserve lines until data is needed.
List packages and their disk usage in decreasing order. This uses the "Installed-Size" from the package metadata. It may differ from the actual used space, because e.g. data files (think of databases) or log files may take additional space.
random(6) - random lines from a file or random numbers
The sort utility is well used, but sometimes you want a little chaos. This will randomize the lines of a text file.
BTW, on OS X there is no
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option! There is also no
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These are only in the newer GNU core...
This is also faster than the alternate of:
| awk 'BEGIN { srand() } { print rand() "\t" $0 }' | sort -n | cut -f2-
A little bit smaller, faster and should handle files with special characters in the name.
This can be much faster than downloading one or both trees to a common servers and comparing the files there. After, only those files could be copied down for deeper comparison if needed.
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals to differentiate files and directories
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals and sort directory and files
"cut" the user names from /etc/passwd and then running a loop over them.
Check which files are opened by Firefox then sort by largest size (in MB). You can see all files opened by just replacing grep to "/". Useful if you'd like to debug and check which extensions or files are taking too much memory resources in Firefox.
This command will find the biggest files recursively under a certain directory, no matter if they are too many. If you try the regular commands ("find -type f -exec ls -laSr {} +" or "find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -laSr") the sorting won't be correct because of command line arguments limit.
This command won't use command line arguments to sort the files and will display the sorted list correctly.
This one will work a little better, the regular expressions it is not 100% accurate for XML parsing but it will suffice any XML valid document for sure.


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What Is Nanotechnology?
A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. It's difficult to imagine anything so small, but think of something only 1/80,000 the width of a human hair. Ten hydrogen atoms could be laid side-by-side in a single nanometer.Nanotechnology is the creation of useful materials, devices, and systems through the manipulation of matter on this miniscule scale. The emerging field of nanotechnology involves scientists from many different disciplines, including physicists, chemists, engineers, and biologists. There are many interesting nanodevices being developed that have a potential to improve cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
Slide 2
Nanotechnology Plays by Different Rules
Much of today's nanoscale research is designed to reach a better understanding of how matter behaves on this small scale. The factors that govern larger systems do not necessarily apply at the nanoscale. Because nanomaterials have large surface areas relative to their volumes, phenomena like friction and sticking are more important than they are in larger systems.
Slide 3
Designing Nanodevices for Use in the Body
Other challenges apply specifically to the use of nanostructures within biological systems. Nanostructures can be so small that the body may clear them too rapidly for them to be effective in detection or imaging. Larger nanoparticles may accumulate in vital organs, creating a toxicity problem. Scientists will need to consider these factors as they attempt to create nanodevices the body will accept.
Slide 4
Manufacturing Nanodevices
There are two basic approaches for creating nanodevices. Scientists refer to these methods as the top-down approach and the bottom-up approach. The top-down approach involves molding or etching materials into smaller components. This approach has traditionally been used in making parts for computers and electronics. The bottom-up approach involves assembling structures atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule, and may prove useful in manufacturing devices used in medicine.
Slide 5
Nanodevices Are Small Enough to Enter Cells
Most animal cells are 10,000 to 20,000 nanometers in diameter. This means that nanoscale devices (less than 100 nanometers) can enter cells and the organelles inside them to interact with DNA and proteins. Tools developed through nanotechnology may be able to detect disease in a very small amount of cells or tissue. They may also be able to enter and monitor cells within a living body.
Slide 6
Nanodevices Can Improve Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Detection of cancer at early stages is a critical step in improving cancer treatment. Currently, detection and diagnosis of cancer usually depend on changes in cells and tissues that are detected by a doctor's physical touch or imaging expertise. Instead, scientists would like to make it possible to detect the earliest molecular changes, long before a physical exam or imaging technology is effective. To do this, they need a new set of tools.
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Nanodevices Can Improve Sensitivity
In order to successfully detect cancer at its earliest stages, scientists must be able to detect molecular changes even when they occur only in a small percentage of cells. This means the necessary tools must be extremely sensitive. The potential for nanostructures to enter and analyze single cells suggests they could meet this need.
Slide 8
Nanodevices Can Preserve Patients' Samples
Many nanotechnology tools will make it possible for clinicians to run tests without physically altering the cells or tissue they take from a patient. This is important because the samples clinicians use to screen for cancer are often in limited supply. It is also important because it can capture and preserve cells in their active state. Scientists would like to perform tests without altering cells, so the cells can be used again if further tests are needed.
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Nanodevices Can Make Cancer Tests Faster and More Efficient
Miniaturization will allow the tools for many different tests to be situated together on the same small device. Researchers hope that nanotechnology will allow them to run many diagnostic tests simultaneously.
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Cantilevers Can Make Cancer Tests Faster and More Efficient
One nanodevice that can improve cancer detection and diagnosis is the cantilever. These tiny levers, which are anchored at one end, can be engineered to bind to molecules that represent some of the changes associated with cancer. They may bind to altered DNA sequences or proteins that are present in certain types of cancer. When these molecules bind to the cantilevers, surface tension changes, causing the cantilevers to bend. By monitoring the bending of the cantilevers, scientists can tell whether molecules are present. Scientists hope this property will prove effective when cancer-associated molecules are present--even in very low concentrations--making cantilevers a potential tool for detecting cancer in its early stages.
Slide 11
Another interesting nanodevice is the nanopore. Improved methods of reading the genetic code will help researchers detect errors in genes that may contribute to cancer. Scientists believe nanopores, tiny holes that allow DNA to pass through one strand at a time, will make DNA sequencing more efficient. As DNA passes through a nanopore, scientists can monitor the shape and electrical properties of each base, or letter, on the strand. Because these properties are unique for each of the four bases that make up the genetic code, scientists can use the passage of DNA through a nanopore to decipher the encoded information, including errors in the code known to be associated with cancer.
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Nanotubes - Marking Mutations
Another nanodevice that will help identify DNA changes associated with cancer is the nanotube. Nanotubes are carbon rods about half the diameter of a molecule of DNA that not only can detect the presence of altered genes, but they may help researchers pinpoint the exact location of those changes.
To prepare DNA for nanotube analysis, scientists must attach a bulky molecule to regions of the DNA that are associated with cancer. They can design tags that seek out specific mutations in the DNA and bind to them.
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Nanotubes - Mapping Mutations
Once the mutation has been tagged, researchers use a nanotube tip resembling the needle on a record player to trace the physical shape of DNA and pinpoint the mutated regions. The nanotube creates a map showing the shape of the DNA molecule, including the tags identifying important mutations. Since the location of mutations can influence the effects they have on a cell, these techniques will be important in predicting disease.
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Quantum Dots
Another minuscule molecule that will be used to detect cancer is a quantum dot. Quantum dots are tiny crystals that glow when they are stimulated by ultraviolet light. The wavelength, or color, of the light depends on the size of the crystal. Latex beads filled with these crystals can be designed to bind to specific DNA sequences. By combining different sized quantum dots within a single bead, scientists can create probes that release distinct colors and intensities of light. When the crystals are stimulated by UV light, each bead emits light that serves as a sort of spectral bar code, identifying a particular region of DNA.
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Quantum Dots Can Find Cancer Signatures
To detect cancer, scientists can design quantum dots that bind to sequences of DNA that are associated with the disease. When the quantum dots are stimulated with light, they emit their unique bar codes, or labels, making the critical, cancer-associated DNA sequences visible.The diversity of quantum dots will allow scientists to create many unique labels, which can identify numerous regions of DNA simultaneously. This will be important in the detection of cancer, which results from the accumulation of many different changes within a cell. Another advantage of quantum dots is that they can be used in the body, eliminating the need for biopsy.
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Improving Cancer Treatment
Nanotechnology may also be useful for developing ways to eradicate cancer cells without harming healthy, neighboring cells. Scientists hope to use nanotechnology to create therapeutic agents that target specific cells and deliver their toxin in a controlled, time-released manner.
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Nanoshells are miniscule beads coated with gold. By manipulating the thickness of the layers making up the nanoshells, scientists can design these beads to absorb specific wavelengths of light. The most useful nanoshells are those that absorb near-infrared light, which can easily penetrate several centimeters of human tissue. The absorption of light by the nanoshells creates an intense heat that is lethal to cells.
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Nanoshells as Cancer Therapy
Researchers can already link nanoshells to antibodies that recognize cancer cells. Scientists envision letting these nanoshells seek out their cancerous targets, then applying near-infrared light. In laboratory cultures, the heat generated by the light-absorbing nanoshells has successfully killed tumor cells while leaving neighboring cells intact.
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Nanodevices as a Link Between Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Researchers aim eventually to create nanodevices that do much more than deliver treatment. The goal is to create a single nanodevice that will do many things: assist in imaging inside the body, recognize precancerous or cancerous cells, release a drug that targets only those cells, and report back on the effectiveness of the treatment.
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Research is being done on a number of nanoparticles created to facilitate drug delivery. One such molecule with potential to link treatment with detection and diagnosis is known as a dendrimer. Dendrimers are man-made molecules about the size of an average protein, and have a branching shape. This shape gives them vast amounts of surface area to which scientists can attach therapeutic agents or other biologically active molecules. Researchers aim eventually to create nanodevices that do much more than deliver treatment.
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Dendrimers as Cancer Therapy
A single dendrimer can carry a molecule that recognizes cancer cells, a therapeutic agent to kill those cells, and a molecule that recognizes the signals of cell death. Researchers hope to manipulate dendrimers to release their contents only in the presence of certain trigger molecules associated with cancer. Following drug release, the dendrimers may also report back whether they are successfully killing their targets.
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Nanotechnologies in Patient Care
Nanotechnologies that will aid in cancer care are in various stages of discovery and development. Experts believe that quantum dots, nanopores, and other devices for detection and diagnosis may be available for clinical use in 5 to 15 years. Therapeutic agents are expected to be available within a similar time frame. Devices that integrate detection and therapy could be used clinically in about 15 or 20 years.


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- Ji, Y., Resch, W., Corbett, E., Yamane, A., Casellas, R., and Schatz, D.G. (2010). The in vivo pattern of binding of RAG1 and RAG2 to antigen receptor loci. Cell 141, 419-431.
- Liu, M., Duke, J. L., Richter, D. J., Vinuesa, C. G., Goodnow, C. C., Kleinstein, S. H. and Schatz, D. G. Two levels of protection for the B cell genome during somatic hypermutation. Nature 451, 841-845 (2008)
- Yin, F.F., Bailey, S., Innis, C.A., Ciubotaru, M., Kamtekar, S., Steitz, T.A., and Schatz, D.G. (2009). Structure of the RAG1 nonamer binding domain with DNA reveals a dimer that mediates DNA synapsis. Nat Struct Mol Biol 16, 499-508.


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Heinz Bobek wrote:Thank you all for your well-intentioned comments on my lunch yesterday. Lunch is here in Germany the main meal of the day, on the other hand breakfast and dinner are relatively poor.
Jenise wrote:Heinz Bobek wrote:Thank you all for your well-intentioned comments on my lunch yesterday. Lunch is here in Germany the main meal of the day, on the other hand breakfast and dinner are relatively poor.
Hmm, I apologize; how did I ever spend time in your country without realizing that? Thanks for correcting my ignorance. And it's a good practice, you're healthier than we who tend to eat more later in the day are.
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DEARBORN, Mich. (WJBK) - She's creative, fun-loving and looking for a place to call home.Art is the favorite activity for 16-year-old Sonia, whose recent trip to Greenfield Village let the teen express her creative side. "I like doing scrapbooking," say Sonia. "Scrapbooking I did when I was in fifth grade. It was really amazing."From scrapbooking to chalk-drawing, and everything in between, Sonia has a passion for staying active. "She's interested in participating in soccer, cheerleading," says adoption specialist Kate Pogany. "She has a lot of different interests.""I'm kind of a girly girl and a tomboy," says Sonia.As a teenager who started a new school, Sonia is really coming into her own. "I don't need to be fake, and I need to just be myself, and myself is me being awesome."
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The Polar Plunge is over for 2014. Thank you to all the wonderful people who came out to support this event and took the plunge for Special Olympics Illinois. More then 7,300 warm-hearted participants took part in the plunge. Together, these amazing souls raised more than $2 million for the athletes of Special Olympics Ilinois. We hope you will all join us again next year! For now check out the results from the individual plunges:
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The Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge, presented by the Law Enforcement Torch Run and GEICO, is a unique opportunity to support Special Olympics athletes by taking a flying leap – a leap into the frigid waters of an Illinois lake. In 2014, there were Plunges in 20 locations.
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Anyone can plunge – young and old. Only registered plungers will be allowed in the water. No one of any age is allowed to be carried into the water. A parent or guardian must sign the waiver form if a plunger is under age 18. Attire: Anything but a wetsuit. Shoes are recommended; costumes are encouraged. Remember to bring a towel to dry off!
Participants must raise at least $75 in donations from friends, family and co-workers in exchange for jumping into the icy waters in the middle of winter. Each plunger receives a Polar Plunge sweatshirt and entrance into a Post-Plunge Party, plus the chance to win additional prizes for raising more money (see individual and team prizes).
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Plungers who brave the icy waters will receive incentive prizes at various fundraising levels. All Plungers who raised the minimum of $75 received a hooded sweatshirt. Individual Plungers and Teams are eligible for various other prizes as well. See list of prizes and the winners.
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Tyson Beckford & Transgender Model Ines Rau Get Naked In Stunning 'OOB' Shoot (NSFW-ish)
Wowza! Check out Tyson Beckford's stunning editorial photo shoot with gorgeous transgender model Ines Rau for France's OOB Magazine.
Photographer Rodolfo Martinez is doing stellar work here!
Get it, Ines!
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The fact that people without the intelligence to see the lack of difference between people of different skin tones and look past that and just see another person DISGUST me. You sir are an abomination, a true example of the failing of human kind. I am sorry you were raised so poorly, I hope eventually logic comes into your mind so you realize that there is no reward, no prize, for judging someone based off their skin tone, and you realize your faults. It will make you a better person and you will feel better because of it. Good luck.
Anyways.... I'd eat it and hit it! (Tyson Beckford of course)
Does a penis make a man or Chromosomes,,,, an unless any know the difference just let it be,,,
speaking from the point of someone that is transgendered, most of you are full of crap. Now speaking from a persons point of view these photos are of two exceptionally beautiful people. Why oh why do people that have not got enough brain power to light a small light bulb have opinions on something they know nothing about. FYI I might be a postoperative transgender person but I blend into society really well and am disgusted in some of if not most of the responses here. It is art FFS get the hell over it.
To be clear, I am not disputing the whole "trans" thing. I do not dispute that sometimes people are born into bodies that do not match their brains (male body, female brain,etc) I am not calling trans people an abomination, or saying that it is in anyway wrong. I am simply stating that a bunch of hormone therapy, a set of bolt on breasts, and an inside out penis does not a female make.
"I am simply stating that a bunch of hormone therapy, a set of bolt on breasts, and an inside out penis does not a female make."
You're right. Those things make us comfortable in our bodies, but they do not make us female. That is an issue of identity.
Also, bolt on breasts? Am I really arguing about this with someone who doesn't know the basics of how transition works?
OMFG! You guys are kidding, right? I dont see what the argument is, or why everyone is so butt hurt. Look, I try this one more time..... If I build a set of airplane wings, and mount them on my truck, does my truck then BECOME an airplane? No. My truck DOES NOT become an airplane. My truck is still a truck, only now it looks like an airplane. If I do a very good job, my truck might look JUST like an airplane, but it is still just a truck. I might REALLY want my truck to become an airplane, in fact, I might even BELIEVE that my truck is an airplane, but it is still just a truck. As for my not being allowed an opinion because of my not being transgendered....... I am not an airplane pilot, or an auto mechanic, but it is with relative certainty that I can say we all agree that a truck is not an airplane, and an airplane is not a truck. I understand how my comments might upset those who believe that gender is simply a state of mind, but at the end of the day you cant argue with simple biology, and at the end of the day the model in question is still a man, surgically altered to look like a woman, but still a man, nonetheless.
The argument is that refusing to respect a trans person's gender is not respect. Your analogy is also ridiculous, and ignores the very complex reality of sexual differentiation in humans, the similarity of male and female, and the populated ranges which bridge them.
Now, for the record, I'm a trans woman. And, yes, I demand that people respect me, and that means respecting my identity. Allowing me to live but refusing to recognise me as a woman is not kind, it's not respectful, and it is ignorant on so many levels.
WHOOOOOA, let me stop you there, this is as far as i got in your comment: "The argument is that refusing to respect a trans person's gender is not respect"
let me give you a lesson in life 101, we as people do not have to respect one another, but we do have to NOT disrespect one another. there are positive comment, neutral comments and the there are negative comments, two of them are ok to use, the other is just out of line. the comment that you were commenting on spoke of men being like trucks and if you put wings on it, it would still be a truck, but now with wings......IT IS STILL A TRUCK. if you take a tire of the the truck, it is still a truck, just without a tire.
now what would you label that comment as being, a positive comment..........NO, i did not agree with what was going on. a negative comment.........NO, at no point did i write anything disrespectful about the person or about what they were doing. was it a neutral comment.......YES, i went in, stated facts, that was all without trying to lean in either ones favor
Except a truck is an object without a hormone-influenced, highly highly intricate brain. Is biology really as simple as we think? I don't think it's an argument that biology is actually intrinsically complex with innumerable processes, and regardless of whether or not we can read and comprehend textbooks, there is still so much we do not fully understand. Even if we define man and woman strictly by their physical reproductive parts, we still can not completely define the essence of who a person is and how they identify. I honestly don't understand why we insist on doing this.
Crap. Gotta remember not to read the comments.
For those who've been living under a rock, some reality for you. Two truths of nature for you: she abhors a vacuum, and she loves diversity.
Sex differentiation in humans is a very complex process, and there are not two ways this can go. The XX/XY paradigm is a myth. In reality, plenty of people have multiple X chromosomes, or Y chromosomes lacking the SRY1 gene, or other conditions which alter the course of sexual differentiation. We are not built from our chromosomes alone. We are the result of one initial cell with a set of DNA in a very complex and highly variable environment.
Modelling sex as a binary (M/F) is hopelessly flawed. A better was to model sex is as a spectrum, but this still fails to capture the complexity of the issue we're talking about. It's more like a whole bunch of spectra, ranging from typically male to typically female. These don't always all align in any one individual. They don't always point to either side.
A trans person is simply someone whose gender, or what you might think of as "brain sex", does not align with other, more readily apparent markers, such as genital structure, or hormones. There is no test for being transgender, though studies have shown that the brains of trans people are, in the ways male and female brains differ, more like those of the sex with which they identify, rather than that which they were assigned. This is true for people who've undergone hormone replacement therapy and those who haven't.
So, how do we decide, when presented with conflicting sex markers, what a person's sex is? We consider what makes a person who they are. The self arises from the brain. If a person's gender, or brain sex, is female, that is the marker which overrides all others, for that is the person. This is confirmed by the lived experience of every trans person ever, who feels they are a member of the sex with which they identify.
TL;DR: you may insist on immutable binary categories, but as physicists of the twentieth centuries learned, nature doesn't give a toss what you insist on being true.
Isobel, I'd like for you to surf the interwebz with me and make all my arguments to ign'ant hopeless trolls. Thanks!
She looks very beautiful and desirable till the moment somebody mentions that she was born as a man ... the beauty stays but desire is gone ...
A vah-jay-jay is a vah-jay-jay. I'm sure you'd take a ride in her vulva and not even know the difference. lol
for all the haters. think about the torture of having people like you judge and be shit heads to your face everyday. turn your penis into a fully functioning vagina and clit for months of healing because its basically like getting your stomach cut open - i think you can give a girl a bit of credit. shut the fuck up and move forward. the world is a beautiful place full of beautiful people!
Im not self hating, and Im not gay. Im not even that passionate about this subject. I am simply stating that anyone who says that you can change your gender simply by saying that you "identify" as something else is wrong. We are what we are, period. Im fat, the doctor tells me Im fat everytime I have an appointment. I dont FEEL like a fat guy, but the doctor tells me Im fat, so it must be true. Now, by pointing out that I dont "identify" as a fat guy, does that make me any less fat? All Im saying is that somewhere in this whole "Im ok, you're ok" quest, SOMEBODY decided that when it comes to gender, the simple will to change one's sex makes it so. I am simply pointing out that it isnt that simple.
Disagree on gender - that is a social construct, lots of variation and nuance, effeminate men, butch women and zillions of shades and combinations. Agree on genetics - do what you will, chromosomes are what they are. Troubled by on the one hand wanting to support transwomen and really anybody in claiming/defining whatever identity they wish - on the other hand wanting to respect those women who do not want to open painfully claimed women's space to people who they see as male. Want transwomen to have room to be, want radfem women to not have "men" forced upon them. Not sure where the win is in this one.
Thank you Bmorejoe for your thoughtful comments. I appreciate your honesty, I have also thought about these questions a lot lately with regard to the Michigan Women's Music Festival. Ultimately, I choose to recognize trans women as women and welcome them into women-centered spaces. I think there is a degree to which radical feminists are unwilling to confront their own transphobia and refuse to recognize trans women as women, and alas, I think that is a patriarchal move. Do I believe in separate space? Yes, for several years in college I was the president of a queer people of color student union, but I am proud to say that white and straight people were always welcome in our group, we simply asked that they respect the fact that the main purpose of our group was to address the issues and concerns that affect queer students of color. The response was really positive, our group was never overrun by straight or white people, but we had real anti-racist and queer allies in the group. If a trans woman wants to go to the Michigan Women's Festival than for crying out loud let her be there. It reminds me of the 1980s when Black feminist called out radical feminists for refusing to address questions of race, radical feminists should engage intersectional theory and understand how their liberation is intimately tied with the liberation of trans people and stop being so territorial and insulting towards trans women. my two cents
So you are fat, but if you got liposuction or surgery to make you thin then you would not be that fat guy anymore would you?? So once you were thin, would you still identify yourself and others identify you as the fat guy?
You should try reading more because you have a LOT of learning to do.
Clearly, you are missing the point. What about children who are born intersexed, or boys born with 2 X chromosomes? You are missing the fact that sex organs are not in fact the be-all end-all defining characteristics of one's gender. If someone gave you tits and a vagina one day would that make you female? Would you FEEL like a woman even though you passed for one? Gender does not fit comfortably into a rigid binary structure. The animal world is a perfect example of this. Not to mention examples of people who fit between genders (or were classified as a 3rd gender) exist in virtually every human society (and have for millennia).
people dont DECIDE one day to be a different gender so much as people DECIDE to be gay.
Gender is a quite complex deal, sex not so much - yes there are intersexed people but they are rare, almost all of us are either boys or girls genetically - as far as xx and xy go. But they don't go all that far - the social constructs around gender and sex role do stifle a huge amount of individual variation - and they are archaic and hopefully on their way out. And yes, same sex sexuality is observed in almost all species that have sexes.
Fun fact: there are structural differences between male and female brains (though not as many as you might think). Guess what these look like in the brains of trans people? They look like the brains of the sex with which they identify. That goes for folk who've been on hormones and those who haven't.
Also, a Y chromosome does not make you male. A gene which is typically, though not always, found on that chromosome is the culprit. So, you don't even understand genetics, it would see,.
What I love about this issue is how the simplest comment must include insults. Why Isobel? I agree that the genetics are more complex than xx xy but that diff is basic. Do you have a link to research for brain claim? That would be interesting. What do you think about some women not wanting to embrace trans women ? Should they be forced to? Are trans women active in the general women's movement? On reproductive issues? Thanks!
She is fully, and completely a woman...despite what self hating gay men may say.
"she is a woman because she identifies as such"...... No. "She" is beautiful, hot ,and sexy, but "she"is not a woman. I could put on a fake set of wings, and a fake beak, and tell people that I "identify" as a bird, but THAT does not mean I am a bird. Fully trangendered or not, man cannot become a woman, and a woman cannot become a man. When the doctor performs sexual reassignment surgery, he does not create a vagina, the doctor cuts off the penis and balls, and uses the leftover skin to create a hole for some confused bastard to masturbate into...... Just sayin, lets at least keep it real.
You must have nothing to do, you just keep re-stating the same transphobic argument over and over and over again, to the point that it seems... well, kinda weird, hence there are several references to you being a self-hating gay in other people's comments. You are clearly not going to convince anyone here, nor apparently are you going to learn anything either, the difference between sex and gender has been explained to you so many times in the comments section, but it appears you just can't get it through your head, which indicates that you are either hopelessly dumb or really homophobic (i.e. self-hating gay). Ultimately John, you are a sad joke, some fat white boy sitting in front of his computer all distressed about how much these pictures make him feel, and taking it out on the rest of the people who can just enjoy the pictures for the beauty they convey. Ines Rau is a beautiful trans woman, and in all probability she is more of a man you will ever be and more of a woman you will ever get. I would also just like to say thank you to Jason Wallace for holding it down in the comments section and not letting any transphobia slide.
You have decided to define being a woman as "being born with a vagina and other sexual organs that have historically been associated with womanhood." We live in a world where scores of people are born into bodies with sexual organs that mean that they are labeled as a member of a gender that they simply don't feel they belong to. They are handed a set of gender roles and assumptions that they cannot ever feel comfortable with. They are forced into an identity that is at odds with everything they feel. This rigid adherence to "vagina = woman" and "penis = man" is totally arbitrary. If you defend and uphold that definition then *at best* you are a mindless pedant who doesn't understand the evolving nature of language and identity. But more likely, I think you are a hateful person who is disgusted by trans people. You do not want to broaden your understanding of 'woman' and 'man' because you do not want trans people to be happy.
I say it is YOU who is disgusting. It is YOU who does not deserve to be happy. She is a woman. She always was and she certainly is now.
I think you have no right to comment any further, your blatant ignorance has taken this right away from you. Unless you are from a transgender background you have no opinion, unless you're a bird, you have no opinion. To state that "man cannot become a woman, and a woman cannot become a man" has me so gob-smacked that I can't even deal right now! ....and to quote a severely backward individual " Just sayin' "
He is probably one of those Christian conservatives who goes around to LGBT sites to bad mouth people and try to make them feel bad...destructive, hateful, vengeful, and bitterly, bitterly unhappy.
I'm guessing you're one of those self-loathing homos.
@Blake...Thanks for your comment! You get A + for that one.....
All I can say is amazing and beautiful nonetheless...WOW!
She is a she whether "fully transgendered" or not. She is who SHE'S always been
Damn. I would be all up on Tyson. He gets finer with age
dat booty on Beckford!!!! I so wish I was her right now lol
She's a man isn't she? Or is she fully Transgender. Either way, it's a hot photo shoot.


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Germanistik.net, internet resources for Germanists
Directory of Internet Resources for Students of German, Goethe-Institut New York
The New English-German Dictionary, Technische Universität Dresden
German Literature Research Guide, Yale University Library
Project Gutenberg, Free Electronic Books and Full Texts of World Literature
Bibliotheca Augustana
Deutsche Welle
Literary Theory
Illuminations: The Critical Theory Website
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism Online
Introductory Guide to Literary and Critical Theory, Purdue University
Research Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, University of Toronto
Internet Resources of Literary Criticism, American Library Association
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory, Dr. Kristi Siegel, Mount Mary College
A Literary Lexicon by D. Simpson, DePaul University
Voice of the Shuttle
Shakespeare Studies ( Go to Global Shakespeare Resources)
Teaching in a Digital World by Alex Huang
MIT Global Shakespeares
Open Source Shakespeare, an Experiment in Literary Technology
Penn State Committee for Early Modern Studies
Shakespeare in Washington (January - June 2007)
Shakespeare Explorer by the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.)
The Supreme Court Hears the Trial of Hamlet (Mar 15, 2007), part of Shakespeare in Washington
The Folger Institute
Shakespeare Searched, Folger Shakespeare Library
Furness Shakespeare Library Online, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, University of Pennsylvania
Shakespeare in Quarto, British Library (view and compare 93 copies of the 21 plays)
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Royal Shakespeare Company's Online Play Guides
Royal Shakespeare Company
List of Shakespeare Associations across the globe
MIT Shakespeare Project (Complete Works of Shakespeare online)
Hamlet on the Ramparts
List of Sites on Shakespeare and the Renaissance (Internet Shakespeare Editions)
Shakespeare Eccentricity in Film and Media, Richard Burt
Shakespeare's Staging (UC Berkeley)
The World Shakespeare Bibliography (WSB)
SHAKSPER: Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference
Illustrated Shakespeare Collection (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections)
Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare
Links to Global Shakespearean Adaptations (Alex Huang)
Hamlet Sommer, Kronborg Castle, Denmark
Shakespeare Around the Globe (Internet Shakespeare Editions, Michael Best)
Shakespeare Gateways (Internet Shakespeare Editions, Michael Best)
Société Française Shakespeare
Asian Shakespeares Visuals Database (Alex Huang)
Renaissance Studies
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania Library
The English Renaissance in Context (ERIC) Multimedia Tutorials, University of Pennsylvania
English Handwriting 1500-1700: An Online Course, part of the COPIA, University of Cambridge
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), British Library (1473 - 1800)
The Early Modern Drama Database
Early Modern Literary Studies Electronic Texts. Links to select electronic texts of fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth century materials.
Early Modern Literary Studies
Lexicons of Early Modern English
Writing Guides
Advice on Conducting Research on the Web
Prof. Huang's Writing Guide for Students
How to Do a Close Reading, Prof. Sophia McClennen, Penn State University
Center for Excellence in Writing for Penn State Undergraduates
Penn State Graduate Writing Center
Guide to Writing About Film, George Mason University
Guide to Writing a Film Studies Paper, Carleton University
A Guide for Writing a Research Paper Based on MLA-Documentation Style, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Common Errors in English by Prof. Paul Brians, Washington State University
Film Studies
Prof. Huang's Fim Studies Links
Yale Film Analysis Website
Contemporary Film Theory in China by Hu Ke, Director of the Film Theory Department of the China Film Art Research Centre, also known as the China Film Archive
Kungfu Cinema, a Seattle-based film website featuring interviews with artists and reviews of new and classic martial arts-related movies from around the world.
Pan-Asia Film Review Archive, Ross Chen
Chinese Cinema by Shaoyi Sun
Chinese Cinema by Shelly Kraicer
Performance Studies
Bibliography of Performing Arts In The East (in western languages)
Asian Performance Clips - Streaming Video Library - Association of Asian Performance
Shakespeare in Asia, videos, stills, and more
GloPAD, Global Performing Arts Database based at Cornell University
International Federation for Theatre Research
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Chinese Studies
China and Europe, 1500-2000 (Asia for Educators)
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, edited by Kirk Denton
A Guide to China Studies edited by Hanno Lecher
Chinese Studies WWW Virtual Library, the University of Melbourne East Asian Collection
Transnational China Project, Baker Institute, Rice University
Issues in Contemporary Chinese Literature, Informal Roundtable Discussion by Three Authors: Wang Meng, Liu Sola, Zha Jianying at Baker Institute, Rice University, March 10, 1998
Full Texts of Chinese Literary Works in English Translation (Beijing Foreign Language Press)
Image Archives: Advertising Culture in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, & Singapore, Rice University
Taiwan Multimedia Gallery by the Taiwan Government Information Office
A Chinese Text Sampler, Prof. David Porter, University of Michigan
Digital Archive of Chinese Studies, Leiden University
Bibliography of Modern Chinese Literature and Film, by Kirk Denton
Selected Stories by Lu Xun
Modern Chinese Literature Links, International Institute for Asian Studies
Postcolonial Studies - Taiwan Studies
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Forum for the Study of World Literatures in Chinese, UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
Taiwan Literature Studies Database, UCSB
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Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica
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Annotated Directories of Internet Resources for East Asian Languages & Cultures by Robert Eng, University of Redland
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List of Asian Studies journals
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Freeman-Asia Awards
Penn State East Asian Studies
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9 Interviews, mock job interviews demonstrating some common mistakes in comedic manners
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Careers
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Norton Scholar's Prize, for an outstanding undergraduate essay on a literary topic.
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Libraries Around the World
La Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Shakespeare-Forschungsbibliothek München
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National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations System, Taiwan
Electronic Resources and Databases, National Library of China
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Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft
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Cultural Studies Association (Taiwan)
English and American Literature Association (Taiwan)
Comparative Literature Association of the R.O.C. (CLAROC)
(Technology) Classroom Service, Registrar, Penn State University
Course Reserve Services (e-Reserve, Media Reserve, and more), Penn Sate University
PSU Faculty Multimedia Center
Media Tech (Video conversion, Michael James Schomer; 105 Thomas Building; 863-8144 or 863 4390; 1-814-865-5400 for general A/V equipment reservation; 1-814-865-2788 Chris Opall in 252 Willard for equipment reservation for classes in Willard) See also Media Tech Directory.
Help for ANGEL Course Management System, Penn State University
Multilingual Computing
Multilingual Computing(including directions on configuring your computer to handle Chinese)
Resource Pages for Chinese Software and Computing, Yale University
Help for Using the Chinese Language on Macintosh Computers, Yale University
Chinese Computing (PC & Mac) by Wai-Yin Kwan
Simplified & Traditional Chinese on PC & Mac, PSU Center for Teaching & Learning with Technology
Web Developers
Web Style Guide, Penn State University
Web FAQ, Information Technology Services, Penn State University
Resources for Penn State Web Developers


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MADISON, WI (WNS) - The taxpayers of Wisconsin lost nearly 15 million dollars last year because the University of Wisconsin System made a mistake.
The U-W System kept paying most of the health insurance premiums for 924 employees after they were fired between May of 2011 and September of last year. The Legislative Audit Bureau said those over-payments totaled eight-million dollars – but the university could only recover 228-thousand.
The U-W System overpaid employee health premiums by almost 15-and-a-half million dollars... and that's just over the 17-months that were checked.
The U-W also overpaid 17-and-a-half million in employee retirement contributions, but the state Department of Employee Trust Funds ended up giving the university a credit for those overpayments.
The audit revealed that U-W officials did not reconcile the amount of premiums collected with the coverage that was provided – and they made manual errors in calculating retirement contributions.