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· Improving the Intelligence of Your Gateway Security If you want to build a comprehensive SSL-secured access platform that will help you extend and manage the reach of your information systems, check out these resources and get in-depth guidance on edge solutions, including Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 and the Whale Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG).
· Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (July – December 2006) This Security Intelligence Report focuses on the second half of the 2006 calendar year (from July to December) and builds upon the data published in the first volume of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report that covers the first half of 2006. (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6543860). Using data derived from several hundred million Windows users, this report provides an in-depth perspective of trends in the malicious and potentially unwanted software landscape. The scope of this second volume of the report has been expanded to include trends on software vulnerabilities disclosed in the second half of 2006.
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· Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) helps companies extend their authentication infrastructure across enterprise and organizational boundaries. Find out how the engineer who was responsible for the internal deployment of ADFS at Microsoft discuss ways to configure the ADFS components, including the federation server, federation server proxies, ADFS Web agents, and deployment challenges. We look at this real-world deployment of ADFS, explore both the business and technical scenarios that ADFS can help you solve, and describe the challenges you may face.
· How Microsoft IT Deploys Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging Join us to discover how Microsoft IT uses Unified Messaging to integrate voice messaging with an internal e-mail messaging environment. In this webcast, we detail the technical implementation and deployment strategy for deploying Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging features in the Microsoft enterprise messaging environment.
· How Microsoft IT Deploys and Manages Windows Mobile Options Since Windows CE emerged in the 1990s, Microsoft employees have continuously adopted and improved the Windows Mobile platforms. Currently, 75 percent of Microsoft employees use Windows Mobile powered devices to speed the pace of their business and information workflow. Details on Microsoft IT operational disciplines of device standardization; Windows Mobile and Microsoft Exchange Server application service extensions and Market procurement strategies and future service expansion objectives.
Windows Desktop and Server – Vista / 2003 / XP / 2000
· Simplify Group Policy Administration with Windows PowerShell In this article, I show how the Microsoft® Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) APIs written for Windows Scripting Host languages like VBScript (and COM-based scripting languages in general) can be consumed directly from Windows PowerShell to simplify the way you manage Group Policy in your environment.
· Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your organization's most vulnerable data. The strategies outlined in this Toolkit are easy to understand, and the guidance shows you how to optimize two key encryption technologies already available to you in Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista: the Encrypting File System (EFS) and Microsoft BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker).
· Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Partner Solutions Microsoft is dedicated to partnering with world-class organizations to deliver optimal solutions to our customers. Individuals and organizations seeking to get the most out of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 can choose from a wide range of offerings from independent software vendors (ISVs), independent hardware vendors (IHVs), and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Learn how our partners are using Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 today.
· Wireless Group Policy Settings for Windows Vista As an administrator, your job would probably be a bit easier if you could centrally configure and distribute wireless network settings to all the computers in your Active Directory network. Fortunately, Windows supports a special Group Policy extension for Computer Configuration that lets you do just that.
· Evaluate the Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" Public Beta The next generation of the Windows Server operating system gives you more control, greater flexibility, and increased protection for your server infrastructure while reducing time and costs. And when you download or order the beta software, you're automatically registered to access valuable beta resources assembled in one convenient Beta Central location. See also: What's New in Windows Server "Longhorn" Webcast
· A Guide to Deploying Terminal Services In this article, I show you how to enable Terminal Services on an existing Windows Server 2003 installation, how to apply Terminal Services Group Policies, and how to use the Custom Installation Wizard to automate Microsoft Outlook profile settings. When we're finished, you will have a fully deployed Terminal Server to serve up applications to your users.
· Network Access Protection Platform Architecture The NAP platform provides enforcement for Internet Protocol security (IPsec)-based communications, IEEE 802.1X authenticated network connections, virtual private network (VPN)-based network connections, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) address configuration and an architecture through which policy validation, network restriction, remediation, and ongoing compliance can occur via additional components supplied by third-party software vendors or Microsoft.
· Internet Protocol Security Enforcement in the Network Access Protection Platform Network Access Protection is a platform for Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn" (now in beta testing) and Windows Vista that provides policy enforcement components to help ensure that computers connecting to a network meet administrator-defined requirements for system health. Internet Protocol security (IPsec) is a set of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards that provides cryptographic protection for IP-based traffic. This document provides an overview of the Network Access Protection platform and IPsec, and how IPsec Enforcement in the Network Access Protection platform works to provide system health policy enforcement for IPsec-protected communication.
· Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) Version 3.0.1 Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 3.0.1 migrates user files and settings during deployments of Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. You can use USMT to perform unattended migrations and to migrate files and settings for computers with multiple users. Also, with USMT you have the ability to encrypt and compress the store. USMT 3.0.1 is intended for administrators who are performing automated deployments.
Exchange Server
· Overview of Exchange Server 2007 White Paper This whitepaper provides an overview of the new capabilities of Exchange that help executives, business users and IT professionals do more with less.
· Explore New Mobile Messaging Capabilities with Exchange 2007 Exchange Server 2007, together with Windows Mobile 6.0, ease the creation and targeting of policies for Windows Mobile devices that can help mitigate problems as well as provide a foundation for new capabilities for remote workers.
· White Paper: Domain Security in Exchange 2007 This white paper explains how to plan for and deploy the Domain Security feature set in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
· For more of the latest Exchange articles, see The Exchange Team Blog – you might make it a favorite link!
Microsoft Management
· Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 Terminal Services Management Pack The Terminal Services Management Pack for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 monitors the health and performance of Terminal Services components. It includes a rich set of views, tasks, and reports, and provides monitoring for Terminal Services, the Licensing Server, and the Session Directory.
· Information Worker Management Pack The Microsoft Information Worker Management Pack monitors the health, reliability, and performance of Microsoft Office applications and certain Microsoft Windows applications.
· System Center Operations Manager 2007 Overview (white paper) System Center Operations Manager 2007 is the next step in the evolution of Microsoft operational event and performance monitoring solutions. This paper will provide an overview of the features and functionality included in System Center Operations Manager 2007. See Also: What's New? Why Upgrade to System Center Operations Manager 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
· Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies Integration – Fair, Good, Better, Best This white paper describes how different versions of Microsoft Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.
· Microsoft Best Practices Analyzer for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and the 2007 Microsoft Office System programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as MS SQL, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive 'best practice' rules are applied to the topology.
· A Fresh Look at Compliance in SharePoint Server 2007 Whether you're building a secure intranet library with sensitive documents, a DMZ-based extranet deployment, or a high-scale Internet environment, you'll be pleased to find SharePoint Server is a rock solid platform with open authentication and membership providers and rich and flexible auditing and compliance capabilities.
· Reliable Repositories: Using Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint to Defend Collaboration When utilizing a Web application, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), to facilitate such a core data repository while fostering a collaboration platform to unite virtual teams, the first thing that comes to mind when analyzing information warehouse security is the Web layer. However, there are numerous planes of security that must be inspected when assessing the inclusive threat background.
· Change passwords used for administration accounts (Office SharePoint Server) You can use this article to change the password information for several features, services, and Web applications in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Domain policies often require that domain account passwords be updated periodically. This change provides additional security if one of the passwords might have been compromised. Because you can configure the various features, services, and Web applications of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to run as a domain account, the passwords for these accounts must be updated for these features, services, and Web applications to continue to function properly.
· Design extranet farm topology (Office SharePoint Server) This article discusses specific extranet topologies that have been tested with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The topologies that are discussed in this article can help you to understand the options that are available with Office SharePoint Server 2007, including requirements and tradeoffs.
· Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog The official blog of the SharePoint Product Group – This is an active blog with the latest information and links to more SharePoint technical info.
· More recently published MOSS content
Microsoft Office System
· Microsoft XML Paper Specification Essentials Pack With the XPS Essentials Pack you can quickly begin reading and generating XPS Documents. It contains XPS Viewer EP to read XPS Documents and the Microsoft XPS Document Writer to output files to the XPS Document format. Additionally, the XPS Essentials Pack download includes providers to enable the iPreview and iFilter capabilities found in many Windows applications. Windows shell handlers are also included to enable thumbnail views and file properties for XPS Documents.
Other Information
· Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Network Monitor 3.0 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. This version is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.
· Live Search Maps Add-In for Microsoft Office Outlook Live Search Maps Add-In for Microsoft Office Outlook adds maps, driving directions, traffic information, and travel time to the scheduling capabilities of Outlook
· User Profile Hive Cleanup Service The User Profile Hive Cleanup service helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off. System processes and applications occasionally maintain connections to registry keys in the user profile after a user logs off. In those cases the user session is prevented from completely ending. This can result in problems when using Roaming User Profiles in a server environment or when using locked profiles as implemented through the Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP.
Microsoft Developer Information
· Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Beta 1.NET Framework 3.5 is planned to release at the end of 2007 and will ship with Visual Studio code name "Orcas" and will also continue to be available for separate download from MSDN.
· Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard 1.1 The SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard provides a way to publish databases to T-SQL scripts or directly to supporting hosting service providers.
· Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Beta Software Development Kit (SDK) contains documentation, samples, quickstarts and tools for developing Silverlight applications.
· Expression Studio Overview Introducing Microsoft Expression Studio, a suite of tools for creative designers that gives you the freedom to bring your vision to reality and boosts developer collaboration in the delivery of rich user experiences for the Web, Windows Vista applications and beyond. Expression Studio is now an essential part of the overall workflow for adding compelling user interfaces to the underlying power of the Microsoft technology platform. See also the FAQ
· The Windows Vista Developer Story: Developing for Windows Shell The Windows Shell is the container in which the entire Windows Vista user interface is presented, including the taskbar, the Desktop, Windows Explorer, and many dialog boxes and interface controls. New features and interfaces enable developers to build applications that fully use and extend the capabilities of the Windows Vista Shell as a programming environment.
· Windows Communication Foundation Messaging Fundamentals When you start pulling the layers away from Windows Communication Foundation, you find a sophisticated XML-based messaging framework that offers a world of possibilities when connecting systems using a variety of protocols and formats. In this month's column, I am highlighting some of the key messaging features we can thank for such flexibility.
· Improve Debugging And Performance Tuning With ETW Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) is a general-purpose, high-speed tracing facility provided by the operating system. Using a buffering and logging mechanism implemented in the kernel, ETW provides a tracing mechanism for events raised by both user-mode applications and kernel-mode device drivers.
· 3D Mesh Geometries Among the classes that contribute to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, those in the System.Windows.Media.Media3D namespace stand out. These are the classes that are intended to bring three-dimensional graphics to mainstream Windows applications.
· Data Storage Architecture with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (SSCE) provides a powerful yet lightweight data storage engine for building a variety of application types. This paper introduces data storage concerns for client applications and small-scale server applications.
· Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007 Get a high-level overview of how Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implements the workflow capabilities of the Windows Workflow Foundation, and how Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 extends those capabilities with symmetrical Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms.
· What's New for Developers in Windows Mobile 6 This paper explains the new Windows Mobile 6 features and their purpose from a developer's perspective. This paper also explains the many new tools provided by the Windows Mobile 6 Software Development Kit (SDK), and provides some guidance on getting started developing Windows Mobile 6 applications.
Monthly Reminders of Good Information Sources:
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|I think you mean Takeshi Koike, not Takashi Koike... the link at the end of the third paragraph is obviously the wrong person.
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|I'm not trying to be rude, but I think the DVD cover art for Sirius no Densetsu is actually very good. In fact, I think it's better than most I've seen. I REALLY want to get the DVD for this. I sincerely hope Discotek will save other classic anime titles, like Ringing Bell or maybe even the Dog of Flanders anime movie!! Of course, those are dreams that will likely never come true.
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|Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Sea Prince & the Fire Child. I keep hearing great things about it...
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|I've heard about the Sea Prince and Fire Child once or twice before and really want to try it but Netflix does not seem to have a copy of it. Still, off to goes to my to-watch list and hopefully I'll get a chance sooner rather than later.
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Great article, Mike. Your insight and knowledge continues to astound me.
As someone who obsessively watched and re-watched battered VHS copies of Sea Prince and the Fire Child and Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland as a kid, it was quite a nostalgic trip to read through Masami Hata's career retrospective. I'm eager to pick up Discotek's DVD release and return to the surreal, melancholic fever dream of his quasi-forgotten classic.
(And speaking of Hata and Discotek... I'm going to continue crossing my fingers and holding my breath for a DVD box-set of the Mushi-Pro trilogy; knowing their penchant for releasing classic, ground-breaking, or experimental anime titles from the sixties and seventies, it seems like a perfect fit. That, for me, would be the release of the century.)
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|Little Nemo? That's the one with the NES video game, right?
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I see that Makoto Shinkai has yet to find a place in this list. Rintaro has been mentioned however, so I shall make no further quarrel of this.
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I'm sure that should have been, "before going on to make the quintessential Girls with Guns trilogy of the turn of the century, Noir in 2001, Madlax in 2004, and El Cazador de la Bruja in 2007 (streaming).
I'm not great at remembering names, but if I am ever by accident at a convention and am ever confronted with the question of favorite director's, I'm going to remember "that guy that made the Bee Train Girls With Guns trilogy".
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What, no mention of Ryutaro Nakamura in the stream of directors?
but.. maybe he'll just have to get his own write up next week
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Hey, Little Nemo! I saw that movie as a kid. All I remember was that it was creepy as hell. Red eyes peering out of clouds, possibly living black ooze flying out of doors, it's enough to give someone nightmares!
Seeing this massive list of productions I'm largely unfamiliar with reminds how much anime I've yet to see, and how much stuff from the 60's and 70's has yet to be (re)discovered.
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Thought provoking as always. Though it seems many anime fans would be hard pressed to name even ONE anime director, at least according to AWO.
I also notice that ANN's Web 2.0 link-generation dingus has thoughtfully linked the reference to Mary Poppins to the entry for the musical duo PoppinS, best known for the ending theme to the ecchi fanservice series DearS.
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|I pre-ordered my Sea Prince and the Fire Child DVD back during the TRSI back to school sale, I can't wait to finally get my mitts on it! Here's hoping they'll release any and/or all of his previous works on DVD too if this one goes well, but I'm just saying that my copy's reserved!
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|I'd like to see Junichi Sato profiled. He's directed a whole bunch of awesome and important anime. Plus, you haven't even done a single column on shoujo anime yet.
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|It was perhaps inevitable that Little Nemo would turn out like that. It's such a huge landmark in U.S. comic art and narrative, yet it never reached animation for many decades after McCay's death. Probably each luminary participant came in with their own preconceived vision of what Little Nemo the Animation would be if they finally got the opportunity and budget. If so, and given the egos involved, it's not surprising they disagreed and eventually dropped out. Hata, judging from his past record, is quite willing to work within a wide range of commercially-driven studio constraints, while making the best anime he can within those constraints. I think we are as lucky to have such craftsmen directors as we are having the auteur-directors mentioned beforehand - there would be a lot more garbage lying around otherwise, and they help to protect the industry's reputation as a whole, otherwise there would be few opportunities for the auteurs to get funded.
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|I second Sato Junichi. And in general directors who work primarily on TV anime. They don't get the same level of respect because they supposedly work in an artistically "inferior" medium due to budget and time constraints. It is true that budget plays a role, but very interesting things can be done (potentially, at least), particularly within the late night slots. You mentioned Mashimo and I think Kawajiri but what about Maeda Mahiro, Yuasa Masaaki, Mochizuki Tomomi, Watanabe Shinichi(ro) to name a few? Not to mention Tomino, Kawamori, and, yes, Shinbo?
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Genshiken: Second Season GN 8
As Genshiken plows further and further into harem romcom territory, Nick Creamer weighs the pros and cons of putting these characters in an increasingly meta situation. ― Genshiken's claim to fame has always been its ability to capture the unvarnished humanity of its otaku heroes. Whether they were heading to a comics festival or arguing about pairings or introducing one of their members to a new hob...
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WINSTON CHURCHILL, Britain's last lion, paid scant attention to how the war against Hitler would be financed, and even less to postwar economic arrangements. That was the bailiwick of John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist since Adam Smith and Churchill's de facto chancellor of the exchequer in World War II. When Keynes wrote his impassioned outburst against the Versailles Treaty in 1919, he warned that ''vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp'' if the victors insisted on impoverishing the vanquished. After he was tragically proved right, Keynes's ''one overriding aim'' was for the Allies ''to do better than last time.''
They did, and did so in no small measure because of Keynes's genius for persuasion. Like Churchill, Keynes was one of the century's great communicators. ''Does he belong to our species?'' asked one enchanted listener. ''There is something mythic and fabulous about him. I sense in him something massive and sphinxlike, and yet also a hint of wings. One of the later and more elegant Greek sphinxes, then, it must be.''
As it happens, the sphinx earned only a couple of brief references in the lion's six-volume memoir. ''Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946,'' the third and final installment of Robert Skidelsky's magisterial biography of Keynes, brilliantly rounds out the historical record by digging far deeper than earlier biographies into treasury and diplomatic archives. In depicting Keynes's last decade, from the publication of his revolutionary ''General Theory'' in 1936 to his death four months after the Bretton Woods conference in 1946, Skidelsky shows how the onetime Bloomsbury aesthete, Cambridge don, intellectual enfant terrible, art patron and stock speculator gave his all in Britain's struggle for survival, and in the process left the world a better place. ''This is a story, above all else,'' Skidelsky writes, ''about Keynes's patriotism.''
In the opening scene of this compelling drama about the power of fearless cerebration, the famous author of a book warning that invalidism is the normal state of modern economies is himself an invalid. Suffering from incurable heart disease, the 55-year-old Keynes has seemingly settled into early retirement at his country estate, Tilton (where, incidentally his biographer now lives). Cared for by his charmingly eccentric wife, the Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova -- a ''fairy princess who acquired the solid qualities of a nurse'' -- Keynes plays the landed squire. He watches his sheep being sheared, frets about his dogs, spends hours in bed browsing rare book catalogs and firing off letters to newspaper editors and instructions to his broker (''Don't hang on to the maize'').
Amazingly, a German miracle drug and Churchill's call to arms gave Keynes a new lease on life just two years later. While he shared his generation's horror of war and was once called ''the 'spiritual father' of appeasement,'' Keynes never, in fact, entertained the delusion that the ''brigand powers'' could be pacified. As Skidelsky shows, ''he loathed the Nazi regime, never visited Germany after 1933 and never drew attention to the success of Hitler's economic policies.'' Before long, the rejuvenated Keynes was working 12-+ and 14-hour days without pay or portfolio in a room at the treasury and, with Lydia on his arm, practicing shuttle diplomacy via steamship as Britain's chief negotiator in Washington.
Keynes's first challenge was figuring out how to finance the war without eviscerating Britain's market economy. Those who associate Keynesianism with the stagflation of the 1970's will be surprised to learn that Keynes was an inflation hawk in World War II. His ''General Theory of Money, Interest and Employment,'' a brief for tax cuts and public works during slumps, was inspired by the Great Depression. But with the government deficit soaring and unemployment shrinking fast as Britain geared up for war, Keynes identified the problem as too much, rather than too little, demand. His prescription? Fiscal restraint. When an American disciple expressed shock, Keynes shot back, ''You are more Keynesian than I am.''
Skidelsky has another surprise in store for those who think of Keynes as the patron saint of big government. Keynes's ''How to Pay for the War'' was a blueprint specifically designed to preserve personal freedom and prevent Britain from being turned into a centrally planned ''slave'' state. Shown a rationing plan, he said sarcastically, ''The policy of fixed prices plus having nothing in the shops to buy -- an expedient pursued for many years by the Russian authorities -- is undoubtedly one of the very best ways of preventing inflation!'' Though some of his ideas were adopted, his proposal to rely on compulsory savings (to be paid back after the war), in lieu of confiscatory taxes, price controls and rationing, was ultimately defeated by the Labor Party, which saw wartime controls as the first, desirable step toward socialism after the war.


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This interdisciplinary field course focuses on the ecology and culture of agriculture and food systems on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, and Bali. Through this course, students will develop a holistic understanding of the environmental, economic and social dimensions of agriculture in Indonesia, historic forces driving agricultural development and policy, and challenges to future sustainability.
Course activities will introduce students to ecological field methods, interview and observation skills, asset-based mapping, and critical reflection activities focused on holistic analysis of sustainability. Particular emphasis will be placed on agroforestry, organic vegetables, rice, as well as alternative and traditional production systems.
- Participate in mangrove restoration projects and learn from a fishing community about their challenges to protect the mangroves and farm sustainability
- Ecology field visit to the world-renowned volcano, Krakatoa, whose eruption in 1883 is still considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern human history
- Trek through the rice fields of Bali and learn about the complex rice farming systems there that have existed for centuries, and are now a UNESCO World Heritage site
This program is open to undergraduate students from all academic disciplines. Students from universities other than UK are welcome to participate in this program as visiting students. For more information on how to apply to the University of Kentucky as a visiting student, go to UK Admissions. Non-UK students should consult with the program directors prior to applying to ensure that they have the proper academic background for the course.
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- Undergraduate students will enroll in SAG 390: Tropical Agroecology (3 credit hours) and CLD 480: Topics in Community: Sustainable Development in Indonesia (3 credit hours)
- Note: there will be two weeks of class prior to program departure that takes place online via Skype or other group video format.
- All students will be enrolled in ISP 599: Study Abroad (1 credit hour)
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Students will reside in homestays with faculty at the University of Lampung while in Sumatra, and at locally-owned hotels in Java and Bali. In-country flights and visa costs between these locations are included in the program fee. All meals are covered by the program fee except for the meals which occur on free days or are otherwise not included in the program itinerary.
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How does one upload audio clips to YouTube?
For a while now I've been wanting to upload to YouTube audio clips of myself speaking . . . but I've no clue how to do this. [more inside]
Random letters and numbers in comments on YouTube videos.
I have a Youtube video that gets comments like these that consist of random numbers and punctuation marks that I don't understand. Why do viewers post these? I sometimes get foreign languages that I can search on Google to get the translation but this is confusing.
Shark? Monkey?
I absolutely hate to waste a question this way, but my google-fu has failed me. What is the name of the song wherein the music video, a shark bites the arm off a monkey? [more inside]
I'm looking for videos that induce frisson and make you want to explore.
I'm making a list of videos that create a very particular kind of frisson: the feeling that the world is a big place filled with experiences to have and explorations to take part in. Have some good examples inside - would love more. [more inside]
What application best for my photo-editing needs? and need tips...
I need to do a few things to about 50 photos, and would like to know what application I should use, and how to do those few things... [more inside]
Splitting an mpeg video into smaller files
I am in the process of transferring several home videos from vhs tapes to mpeg files on my computer. I have transferred each vhs tape to a single file on my computer. Each file is roughly 3 - 6gb. Each vhs tape consisted of several clips that were recorded on different dates. So, I'd like to split each of the larger files into several smaller files. Is there a simple to use program that will allow me to achieve this.
Help me find the "perfect man" video clip
There was a video clip a while back (ok, maybe years now) that was a black and white film, about something like "the perfect man." [more inside]
How do I put me singing within a still photo collage?
I understand that I cannot receive full technical assistance on how to do that here, so I would appreciate it if you could even steer me to the right website/forum/expert to learn how to do this: [more inside]
Getting audio from my Android stick computer to my TV
Bought stick-computer that has HDMI, USB, and Bluetooth. TV only has DVI (and older) inputs. Can't figure out a way to get the audio hooked up. [more inside]
Apple TV-friendly, beautiful video art
One of my friends is playing cello for a bunch of others at my place, and I'm looking for beautiful videos that I can project on the wall next to him as he plays. I have Apple TV, so anything on Vimeo, YouTube, or Netflix will work. The longer, the better. [more inside]
How can I fix these display / video problems with my desktop computer?
Initially, I was having issues with Flash in Firefox, fixing that caused problems with my video drivers breaking. Partially fixing that caused problems with Chrome. Is there a way to fix all of these things? [more inside]
There's a koala. On a leash. Because Australia.
I would like to watch some music videos where it appears that everyone is just having a stupid good time. [more inside]
Youtube workout videos for a fitness beginner/couch lover?
I'm pretty darn overweight and do not exercise...at all. Recently, I found a series of workout videos on youtube that I actually enjoy doing and I'd like some help finding some more so I can keep going and not get bored and quit. [more inside]
Is there a mac application that will cut a movie into clips of X length?
I want to give it a video and say "cut this into clips of 30 seconds/10 minutes/whatever" and have it spit out the clips as movie files. Is there an OS X app that can do this? Or some way to do it with automator? [more inside]
Adding video to playlist by email?
Can one post a specific video from YouTube or Vimeo to my account at either playlist, by email or some other automated process?
Help me acquire footage of the unhappy elderly
I am making a music video to accompany a song I wrote called "Assisted Living" and I need advice about how to get the video footage I need... [more inside]
Loverboy's "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" video -- who was the cover band?
Who was the cool, female-fronted, lounge-act cowpunk band covering "Workin' For the Weekend" in the Holiday Inn at the beginning of Loverboy's "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" video from 1985? Were they a real band, or just ringers hired for the part? I get the feeling they're meant to be mocked, being kind of low-key and feminine and camp compared to the ALPHA DOG CHEST HAIR ARRRR of Mike Reno and his Canadian AOR powerhouse, who will show us the light and the way and the beer, hoser. 1985, so much to answer for.
Funny, short, PG-rated videos on daily life in US?
I'm hosting a French teenager this summer and would like to find some English-language videos for her to watch. She really likes Cyprien, a 20-something French YouTube performer. Help me find something similar in English, Hive Mind! [more inside]
Browse unique photos and videos on Windows laptop.
I am looking for software which would allow me search my Windows 7 laptop for every photo and video I have. Browsing the search results I would like to be able to see both pictures and videos in thumbnail form. I would then like to be able to copy all unique files to a hard-drive. Once copied I would like to organise them into folders chronologically. [more inside]
Travel videos for download
Inspired by these posts, can you direct me to other videos of train rides (or boat rides) that are available for download in high quality? I have a digital picture frame that plays videos and I'd like to find a few nice videos to play in it.
How do we collaborate on a video online?
A number of us want to collaborate on a web video. Basically, we'd love to find a site where each of us could record a short clip via web cam and someone could edit them all together. Nothing fancy, just a video like those super cuts of a character doing a signature phrase over and over again. Are there any sites that make this easy?
School me about ODesk
Someone just turned me on to ODesk.com. I am going to need several demo videos edited over the next month and I'm interested in using ODesk to find a video editor to do this. Having registered, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the thousands of freelancers who seemingly fit my requirements. Give me your ODesk tips and tricks please. How can I get the most from it? Have you had a bad/good experience with it?
Kite Photography/Video
I have one of the last Flip videos made. I want to send it up as high as I can on a kite, and while I'd prefer it not plummet to Earth and smash this isn't really that great of a concern (especially if I could still get the footage off this). [more inside]
Seeking Info regarding popular Venice Beach 80s Video Clip
Hi. Does anyone know who made the following video clip? Was it a music video -- I don't recognize the artist. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Salami Night Fever
I am trying to find an old (80s-90s) animated short called "Salami Night Fever". [more inside]
Smart TV : Log on/off questions for a weekly rental unit.
I just installed some Smart TVs in a weekly rental unit. Will the renters be able to log on and off to their personal accounts, or have I opened Pandora's box ? [more inside]
Who has a cheap A/V receiver that has not broke in the last 5 years?
If you have a low-end A/V receiver (less than $400) that has lasted without problems for 5 years or more, tell me the brand name. I won't buy the same model that you bought five years ago, but I may choose the same brand, and go buy the latest equivalent offering manufactured from them. [more inside]
Dodging and burning effects in 1950s television?
Why do black-and-white shows from the 1960s, especially live ones, have what looks to be a burn (dark shadows) around bright objects (around Walt's signature and around people's heads) and dodging effects (white glowing) around dark objects (around the jet-black suit jackets of the announcer and dancers)? I originally thought it was some beleagured production assistant manually burning the What's My Line signatures so that they'd be more high-contrast and thus more readable, but now I'm seeing it everywhere!
Looking for portable video player recommendations
Can you recommend a portable video that... [more inside]
Uplifting, Happy, or Cheerful documentaries on Vimeo?
I love watching short documentaries on Vimeo. Especially this one and this one. But Last Minutes With ODEN really, really hurts to watch. Can you recommend some short films/documentaries that would cheer or be uplifting as a follow-up viewing?
How can I benefit most from watching course webcasts beforehand?
I like to watch video webcasts of courses I'm going to be taking in the future. What are your best suggestions to get the most out of this experience so that I can boost my performance when I'm actually in the course? [more inside]
What's the best simple lavalier microphone setup to use with DSLRs?
I've been tasked with filming a series of seated "talking head" interviews using my DSLRs. What's the best way to create a minimal audio setup that will have acceptable quality, be reasonably easy to set up on location and to edit the final results, and also be reasonably cost-effective? [more inside]
Would someone give me a Mac Pro, please? Thanks.
Would the addition of a decent graphics card turn my workaday PC into a competent NLE workstation? [more inside]
Thin screen or tablet for poster presentations
My graduate research has recently headed in a video-heavy direction, which makes the ol' poster presentation format somewhat challenging. I'd like to have a thin screen or tablet to hold — or better yet, mount — where I can easily play a number of videos. What's my best option? [more inside]
How can I stream live television to 50-100 computers?
What is an inexpensive hardware and software configuration that would allow someone to stream a handful of channels of live TV to 50-100 computers, accessing these on demand? [more inside]
Video Editing and Film Making Seminar Recommendations
Does anyone have an recommendations for good video editing or film making seminars? I've got a pretty good background in filming and editing, but, looking to expand my knowledge and have a budget. Can be anywhere in the lower 48 states.
What software can be used to crowdsource a transcription?
I am looking for an online service in which a group of volunteers could use to transcribe an audio or video file into text. Is there anything that will allow 10-15 volunteers to simultaneously log in and do this? [more inside]
Low-cost automated / automatic camera movement / slider?
I've decided to start posting my music on youtube... performed live. I'm looking to improve the cinematography with an automated slider / jib that could produce a movement like this on its own: Does anyone know how I can do this on a budget? [more inside]
Looking for specific website to create quick animated videos.
A month or two ago I saw a video someone had made of an exchange they had with a customer at work. The video had two cutesy CGI dog-like animals talking with very basic gestures and motions. It googled the watermark in the corner of the video and it took me to the site the guy had used to create the video. The name was four letters long but it wasn't a real word. There were multiple themes or scenes you could select, enter dialog, etc. Most of the themes were very cutesy- animals, flowers, etc. The speech seemed to be rendered by some typical voice-to-text software as it was very flat with no inflection. Overall it was a pretty easy to use website. [more inside]
Happy little (binary) trees. Is there a Bob Ross of coding?
Is there a Bob Ross of coding? I'm looking for a particular style of educational video which shows developers working through problems. It should include a voice over describing what they are trying to accomplish. It should also show the types of decisions they are making as they work through the problem. [more inside]
How should one choose from different video interfaces?
Starting from scratch (as it were), if I'm going to go out and buy a new cable to connect my laptop to my monitor, what cable should I ideally go looking for? [more inside]
hardware/software to convert legacy video to h.264?
If you had, say, $2K to spend on a system optimized to convert a variety of legacy video formats to h.264-encoded mp4's, what would you get? [more inside]
Help me transcode video for my PS3
I've got home video in a number of formats that I'm trying to convert to play on my PS3. I have a Very Large NAS with integrated UPnP server (a version of Twonky), so I'm not looking for a new way to stream the data. I've got Handbrake 0.9.8 for OS X, which doesn't (appear to) have a preset for the PS3. I've dug around a little bit, but every set of settings I've found either results in data the PS3 won't read, or video that's more artifacted than I expected (common symptom - horizontal striping when things move). Anyone have a good set of parameters to transcode to something the PS3 can use?
Fastest VNC setup? Concurrent RDP sessions in Windows 8 Pro?
I just purchased an underpowered computer to experiment further with remote desktops. Ideally I'd like to be able to use a remote desktop technology to stream HD video from the remote server, play a game on the client that's rendered on the more powerful server, and to have a local user work on the remote serving computer while another account on the server is being accessed remotely by the thin client. [more inside]
Motion tracking video, data analysis edition
Is there a program that will do what I'm imagining? Import a video. Automatically pick tracking points in the video and track their 2D movement. Output tracking data in a text format that I'll be able to import into other programs. [more inside]
Cheap conference room audio for non-profits
I need a better audio setup for a projector in a conference room for a non-profit with no budget. Seriously: we're poor. [more inside]
Every 5 years, it happens. Help me buy a laptop.
Help me find the perfect laptop. Video/Windows 7/Video+photo editing/Reasonably speedy/SSD+Hard Drive/Bulletproof [more inside]
Is there a service that can stream a video file at a certain time?
A con I help run has video art programming which we'd like to stream to people who cannot attend the convention. However, the infrastructure for livestreaming at this venue is prohibitively restrictive. Hence I'm looking for a service that would allow me to upload, say, an mp4 and schedule when it would begin streaming. [more inside]
Alternatives to Google Hangout for large groups
Is there something like Google Hangout that allows for larger numbers of participants? Particularly in a one-to-many classroom-type setup rather than an all-way conversation. [more inside]
A good or decent video game with beautiful and immersive sci-fi worlds
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'I'm fitter in every way than at 30': Tina Malone defends her decision to start fertility treatment at 50 with toyboy hubby Paul
She recently revealed that she would be undergoing IVF treatment at the age of 50 in order to have a baby with her husband, who is 19-years her junior.
And speaking on This Morning as part of their fertility week Tina Malone and Paul Chase have opened up about their experience so far.
The Shameless actress defended her decision on Tuesday claiming she is 'physically, emotionally, and mentally fitter' than she was twenty years ago.
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Opening up: Tina Malone and her husband Paul Chase have spoken about their decision to start IVF on This Morning on Tuesday
Speaking to Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on the show, she said: 'It's just unfortunate in some ways that I was 46 when I met my life partner, my soul mate, my best friend and everything.
'I feel I am physically, emotionally, mentally, fitter in every way than I was when I was thirty.'
'I don't drink, I don't do any drugs, the only thing I take every day is folic acid and garlic tablets and my bloody pressure, my ECG , my protein, my water, everything is better than it was when I was 30 and I was 50 three weeks ago,' she continued.
Better than ever: Tina believes her body is better prepared to deal with pregnancy at the age of 50 than it was at 30
Looking like a shadow of her former self with her husband sitting by her side, she spoke about losing vast amounts of weight.
'Obviously the repercussions of losing nearly 11 stone are phenomenal from walking the dog, to cooking in the kitchen, to the bedroom, life becomes enhanced.
'And also your personality, I'm still as funny as I was but you're less angry, less defensive and just fitter in every way,' she reasoned.
Philip then raised the issue that many people will say she is too old at 50 to become pregnant again.
Tina replied: 'You know what I am OCD, bipolar, it's well documented, I've never shut up about it but what I would say is that I was a very young mum.
Making her point: Tina revealed that although she won't be able to use her own eggs she will be able to carry her child herself
'I was 17 and pregnant and training as an actress for many years I was the only woman with a child. It was difficult to get my head round while I was at college. '
Big changes: Tina has lost an incredible 11 stone over the years after having a gastric band fitted
She continued: 'But I'll be a very old woman having a baby but I'm physically fit, able, financially now more stable and if you can give a child encouragement, confidence, love, time energy which I have in abundance and obviously a younger husband, who will have the opportunity to be a parent as well.'
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'It's just something we've both agreed that we want and obviously it's going to be egg donation because my eggs at my age are not as healthy.'
The actress, who is getting ready for the final series of Shameless, also took the opportunity to counter the argument that egg donation isn't the same as having your own child.
'A lot of people say egg donation is not your child, but my blood will run through the child.
'You know life is 70% nurture, 30 % nature, so if he looks like him and gets my brains we'll be laughing.'
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And answering the question on everybody's mind about what will happen to her gastric band when pregnant, Tina explained: 'I will probably be one of the most unique women keeping the gastric band, it has to be loosened to enable the baby to get enough nutrients .
'But it doesn't affect it. The womb and the intestine are completely different organs and compartments in your body.'
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Put it like this I would never take advice from some as weak as mrSmall. By the way he did put his goals on the log. He is weaker then I was when I first started out. Johnboy you seem to have trouble reading, I said he had a log (short one) this year.
I'm with you on not listening to weak people telling you how to get strong.. but please post the link up as I don't know what you are talking about, I had a look through my posts and couldn't find anything.
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I follow his ideas / workouts too.I dont think he is god however. Hes one of many training resources to use. But i dont know or care if hes a good person or not. I dont think Mr Small does either really just made a passing comment which you seemed to take as a massive offence. And what youve posted since about Mr Small is exactly what you accused him of in the first place! Your talking trash about someone you know nothing about except you claim to have read his training blog which you havnt said when it was written and you dont know what Mr Smalls goals were at the time. Except you think its perfectly fine to you would not take any advice from him.
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Donetsk, home city of deposed president Viktor Yanukovich, has seen the most persistent pro-Moscow demonstrations since protests erupted in eastern and southern cities on Saturday as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his right to invade.
Russian forces have already seized control of the southern Crimea region but have not entered other parts of Ukraine. The main concern of Western officials meeting Russians in Brussels and Paris on Wednesday is Putin's threat of a wider invasion to protect Russian-speakers across Ukraine's industrial heartland.
By mid-day on Wednesday, Ukraine's blue and yellow flag had replaced the Russian tricolour atop the 11-story building, but another Russian flag was still flying from a flagpole in front.
A large force of police was guarding the building with helmets and shields. Sniffer dogs had been brought to search it.
Around 200 pro-Moscow demonstrators were still clustered by tents in front of the building, where biscuits and tea were served from a cart. Their leader, burly local businessman Pavel Gubarev who has declared himself "people's governor", called the evacuation a "provocation" and vowed to re-enter the building.
"We are determined to erect our people's power in the Donetsk region. And we will not retreat. We have huge support," Gubarev said. "When we go back in, I don't want to see a single police officer in the building. Then we will go to the police, remove the boss that was imposed from Kiev, put our own boss in place and declare the police a municipal force."
Kiev accuses Moscow of organizing the marches to create an excuse for military intervention, busing Russians across the border to protest. Some of Gubarev's followers are clearly outsiders who speak Russian without the distinctive local accent, although others appear to be from the area.
Pro-Moscow protesters raised Russian flags at government buildings in several eastern and southern cities on Saturday hours before Russia's parliament voted to give Putin the authority to invade. Others were quickly taken down, but the flag in Donetsk stayed up, and Gubarev and his followers burst into the building two days later.
Ukraine says it did not move in to reclaim the building in Donetsk by force or crack down on pro-Russian demonstrators elsewhere, to avoid violence that might provoke a Russian military response. Authorities have also acknowledged questions about the loyalty of some security forces.
Most Ukrainians in the east and south of the country speak Russian as a native language. Many people are deeply suspicious of the new government in Kiev and some have supported the pro-Russian demonstrators.
However, the protests have also produced a backlash, especially after scores of people were injured in the city of Kharkiv by demonstrators wielding axe handles and chains who stormed and trashed the government building on Saturday.
On Tuesday evening around 1,500 demonstrators marched in Donetsk waving Ukrainian flags and opposing Russian military intervention, the first time that pro-Kiev protesters outnumbered pro-Russian demonstrators in the city. Some carried placards reading: "I am Russian. Don't protect me."
Both sides have scheduled large demonstrations for later on Wednesday in Donetsk and several other eastern cities, meaning the day could provide an important signal of public opinion.
Kiev's new government has named one of Ukraine's richest men, metal baron Sergei Taruta, as Donetsk regional governor, a sign that powerful oligarchs, many of whom once supported Yanukovich, are now behind the new authorities.
Taruta has yet to appear at the Donetsk government headquarters to take up the job. On Wednesday morning he was shown on television speaking by video link to the Kiev cabinet.
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GAO-14-84: Published: Nov 22, 2013. Publicly Released: Nov 22, 2013.
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Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) grantees reported providing services similar to the medical services, support services, and HIV testing and prevention services provided with core HIV/AIDS funding, which is provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to grantees. In addition, MAI grantees faced administrative challenges managing HIV/AIDS funding that was fragmented across several grants. Various agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded MAI grants to grantees. The agencies included CDC, HRSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and seven other offices within HHS. The MAI grantees in GAO's sample reported providing mostly support services with their MAI grants, similar to the types of support services grantees provided with core HIV/AIDS funding from CDC and HRSA. These support services included community outreach and education, and staff or provider training. Twenty percent of the grantees also reported providing medical services to their clients. According to the limited data HHS agencies and offices maintain on the demographics of the population served with MAI grants, the majority of recipients of MAI services were from racial and ethnic minority groups, as is also the case with recipients of services provided with core HIV/AIDS funds. MAI grantees faced administrative challenges because the fragmented nature of MAI and core HIV/AIDS funding required them to manage funding from several sources, each of which required them to complete multiple application and reporting requirements. For example, one city received nine HHS grants to provide HIV/AIDS services - six MAI grants and three core HIV/AIDS grants - and for each of these grants, that city had to complete separate administrative requirements. In this case, while HHS is funding all of the services, it is doing so across multiple funding streams, which raises the possibility of inefficiencies and requires unnecessarily duplicative application and reporting requirements of grantees that could otherwise be using their resources to provide needed services. Additionally, according to HRSA officials, these administrative challenges discouraged some grantees from applying for MAI grants. HRSA officials stated that some of the states receiving core HIV/AIDS grants chose not to request MAI grants because the grants' small size did not justify the additional reporting or other administrative requirements that would accompany them.
MAI grantee reports that GAO reviewed, as well as stakeholder organizations GAO interviewed, described a variety of best practices for community outreach and capacity building that at times led to improved client recruitment and improved capacity of community based organizations to serve communities disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. For instance, MAI grantees reported targeting specific communities, broadening outreach strategies, utilizing social media forums, and using various HIV testing strategies as best practices for community outreach that at times led to improved recruitment for HIV testing and other services. Grantees and some of the stakeholders reported that upgrading technology and providing training to grantee staff were the best methods to improve capacity to serve clients.
Why GAO Did This Study
According to CDC data, racial and ethnic minorities in the United States--particularly Blacks/African-Americans and Hispanics/Latinos--have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, representing 72 percent of new HIV infections and 74 percent of all AIDS diagnoses in 2011. In addition to core funding programs through CDC and HRSA that are intended to provide services to all qualifying individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, MAI seeks to improve HIV-related health outcomes and reduce health disparities for minority communities through the provision of grant funds. MAI grants are distributed to a variety of entities.
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 required GAO to (1) examine the services provided, population served, and administrative challenges faced by MAI grantees, and (2) describe the best practices identified by grantees and other stakeholders for community outreach and capacity building. GAO conducted a review of services reported in fiscal year 2011 MAI grantee annual reports from a generalizable sample of 100 grantees, and interviewed agency officials and other stakeholders. GAO also reviewed grant administrative requirements, and data on MAI grant amounts and populations served.
What GAO Recommends
To enhance HIV/AIDS services to minority populations, HHS should consolidate MAI funding into core HIV/AIDS funding and seek legislation as necessary to achieve a consolidated approach. HHS stated that GAO's recommendations align with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: HHS Stated that it does not support the consolidation of Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI)funds into core funding. As of September 2015, we are still awaiting an update from HHS on the status of this recommendation. We will update the status of this recommendation when we receive additional information.
Recommendation: In order to reduce the administrative costs associated with a fragmented MAI grant structure that diminishes the effective use of HHS's limited HIV/AIDS funding, and to enhance services to minority populations, HHS should consolidate disparate MAI funding streams into core HIV/AIDS funding during its budget request and allocation process.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
Status: Open
Comments: HHS Stated that it does not support the consolidation of Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) funds into core funding. As of September 2015, we are still awaiting an update from HHS on the status of this recommendation. We will update the status of this recommendation when we receive additional information.
Recommendation: In order to reduce the administrative costs associated with a fragmented MAI grant structure that diminishes the effective use of HHS's limited HIV/AIDS funding, and to enhance services to minority populations, HHS should seek legislation to amend the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 or other provisions of law, as necessary, to achieve a consolidated approach.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services
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