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Kevin DrumJan. 1, 2009 1:28 PM
NANNY STATE UPDATE....Attention California readers: just in case Will Smith's recent 2-hour PSA on the subject didn't convince you to stop, it is now illegal to text while driving here in the Golden State. Oddly enough, however, it's still legal to text while bicycling. Also, it's legal to send a text message to a company or other non-human entity while driving. It's only illegal to text a person. This sounds like a traffic court nightmare in the making to me, but there you have it. Details here.
In other legal news, cyber-bullying is now illegal; it's a crime to counterfeit carpool stickers; penalties have been increased for nitwits who call 911 for nonemergencies; the Office of Emergency Services and the Office of Homeland Security have been merged, probably because this worked so great on the federal level; it's now illegal to use radio waves to read another person's identifying information, so no scanning of other people's RFID-equipped passports; and safety rules have been stepped up for operators of wave pools at amusement parks. More details here.
Remember: ignorance of the law is no excuse. Unless you're Scooter Libby.
Kevin DrumDec. 31, 2008 10:00 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!....As you can see, Inkblot is gazing confidently in the direction of 2009. Or something. You sort of have to use your imagination here.
(I gotta tell you, it's hell getting these cats to do something visually interesting on holiday occasions. If it's not dinner, they're not interested. Maybe I need a parakeet or something.)
In any case, Happy New Year from both humans and felines here at Chez Drum. It's just about 6 pm here on the west coast, guests are starting to arrive, dinner will be on the table in a little bit, and it's time for me to write my final blog post of 2008. So here's hoping that 2009 turns out to be better than any of us expect. Huzzah!
Jonathan SteinDec. 31, 2008 2:40 PM
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, head clown for some of the Bush Administration's wackiest episodes, will write a tell-all book about his experiences at the Department of Justice. I find this curious. After all, Gonzales is the guy who went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions about the U.S. Attorneys scandal and managed to utter the words "I don't recall" 64 times in five hours. (Relevant Daily Show clip here.) Considering his all-encompassing amnesia about his work, what's he going to put in the memoir?
My guess? The book will be three pages.
Page one: Table of Contents.Page two: "Everything was awesome. I did nothing wrong, certainly nothing I should go to jail for, haha!"Page three: About the Author.
Jonathan SteinDec. 31, 2008 2:23 PM
Looks like my list of the things Bush got right left something out. From the New York Times:
Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas.
For those in poor urban neighborhoods and isolated rural areas, including Indian reservations, the clinics are often the only dependable providers of basic services like prenatal care, childhood immunizations, asthma treatments, cancer screenings and tests for sexually transmitted diseases....
With the health centers now serving more than 16 million patients at 7,354 sites, the expansion has been the largest since the program's origins in President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty, federal officials said.... The centers now serve one of every three people who live in poverty and one of every eight without insurance.
But there's more work to be done. An August study found that 43 percent of the country's medically underserved areas lack a health center site and the National Association of Community Health Centers and the American Academy of Family Physicians estimated last year that 56 million people are "medically disenfranchised" because they cannot reach adequate primary care. There's hope that Obama will expand the centers' reach when in office. His healthcare point man, Tom Daschle, referred to them as a "godsend" in a recent book, and Michelle Obama worked with community health centers when vice president at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Just another factor in the amazingly complex quest to get every American healthcare, one that President Bush deserves a degree of credit for.
Kevin DrumDec. 31, 2008 1:59 PM
MY BLOGOSPHERE WHINES FOR 2009....Today is New Year's Eve, so here are my top ten whiny, blog-related pet peeves. They are in no particular order:
I fully expect these problems to be completely resolved starting tomorrow — or, at the very least, on January 20th. If they aren't, a blue ribbon commission will be appointed to deal with them. You have been warned.
Jonathan SteinDec. 31, 2008 1:51 PM
I want to add a thought about Kevin's chart of the day, which shows that more people now get their news from the internet than from newspapers, an unsurprisingly but still foreboding development.
The chart also shows that people still get most of their news from TV. Internet and newspapers lag far behind. This is at the root of so many of the complaints Americans have about the news media. The worst and most common sins of the media are committed by TV news: substituting confrontational debates for substantive discussions; treating serious subjects too briefly or not at all; spending too much time on Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and missing blond women in Aruba or wherever. I recognized that newspapers and especially blogs and internet outlets have serious problems. But if you want long-form journalism that takes a single subject and works it over for 10,000 words (something that will take 45 minutes to read and really teach you something in the process), you've got to turn to magazines and their websites. (Try here, here, or here to begin.) And if you want breaking news that brings horrible things like warrantless wiretapping or black sites into the open, you've got to turn to newspapers and their websites. So next time someone tells you they're fed up with the media, take away his or her TV remote and hand him or her a copy of The New Yorker. I'd bet Wolf Blitzer, in his heart of hearts, would recommend the same thing.
Kevin DrumDec. 31, 2008 1:46 PM
FUN WITH REBATES....Felix Salmon thinks the Obama economic team is showing its behavioral economics roots. Why? Because their proposed tax rebate will come a little bit at a time by reducing tax withholding in paychecks:
The point of a stimulus package, of course, is to boost spending. And hiding a tax rebate in slightly higher take-home paychecks seems like a good way of doing that: even people who save a certain amount of money every month still tend to spend the rest.
I guess that's true. Send me a $1,000 check, and there's a good chance I'll use it to pay down my credit card. Reduce my withholding by $20 a week for 50 weeks, though, and I'll probably just blow it on beer and fritos. And that's consumption, my friends!
Kevin DrumDec. 31, 2008 1:29 PM
CRYSTAL BALL HELL....Tom Petruno surveys the year's "most infamous pronouncements" as the economy melted down around our ears. It probably could have been a longer piece, but his editors wouldn't let him take over the entire business section for the day.
Jonathan SteinDec. 31, 2008 1:27 PM
Obama's intervention in the Roland Burris situation has assured that any further demagoguing Bobby Rush does on Burris' behalf will only serve to make him look more ridiculous. And it appears Rush is up to the job. Here he is on TV this morning comparing Burris' exclusion from the Senate to the Little Rock Nine:
"You know, the recent history of our nation has shown us that sometimes there could be individuals and there could be situations where schoolchildren -- where you have officials standing in the doorway of schoolchildren," Rush said. "You know, I'm talking about all of us back in 1957 in Little Rock, Ark. I'm talking about George Wallace, Bull Connor and I'm sure that the U.S. Senate don't want to see themselves placed in the same position."
Okay, listen. No one will object if an African-American wins a special election for that seat. No one will object if the power to appoint falls to the lieutenant governor and he selects an African-American. Roland Burris' troubles have nothing to do with the fact that the is African-American. Surely Bobby Rush can understand this. And yet, he is likening Harry Reid (and by extension, everyone who is opposed to seating Burris, including Barack Obama!) to some of the most odious figures in civil rights history. Surely this isn't the smartest way to go about getting what he desires.
Update: Nice, Ta-Nehisi Coates chimes in:
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Kevin DrumDec. 31, 2008 1:23 PM
WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA....I see in my morning paper that California cities are engaging in ever more sleight of hand to fund local improvements. Here's a typical arrangement, concocted by John Kim, an advisor with a Los Angeles investment bank. Be sure to read closely:
Oxnard is one of Kim's clients. In 2007, the city wanted to issue bonds to finance part of its $150-million street repaving project, using its share of state gas tax revenue to repay the debt. But the state Constitution says local governments can't issue debt against that revenue.
That's where Kim came in. His plan: The Oxnard City Council would sell the streets to the Oxnard Finance Authority, which consists of the council and mayor. The Finance Authority would issue bonds to raise money for the improvements and repay the bondholders by selling the streets back to the city.
Where would the city get the money to buy the streets? From its gas tax revenue.
Oxnard is one of Kim's clients. In 2007, the city wanted to issue bonds to finance part of its $150-million street repaving project, using its share of state gas tax revenue to repay the debt. But the state Constitution says local governments can't issue debt against that revenue.
That's where Kim came in. His plan: The Oxnard City Council would sell the streets to the Oxnard Finance Authority, which consists of the council and mayor. The Finance Authority would issue bonds to raise money for the improvements and repay the bondholders by selling the streets back to the city.
Where would the city get the money to buy the streets? From its gas tax revenue.
So: the left hand isn't allowed to issue a bond, so it sells the streets to its right hand. The right hand issues a bond, then pays off the bond by selling the streets back to its left hand. Everyone's happy!
Needless to say, this costs more than just issuing a standard bond in the first place, but California cities do it because they know voters won't approve a normal bond issue. Welcome to fantasyland, aka the Golden State, in which voters over the years have convinced themselves that it's possible to have lots of services, great roads, and wonderful schools without paying taxes. And to make it even worse, the taxes we've cut back most heavily on (property taxes and vehicle license fees) are the ones that are the steadiest sources of revenue in varying economic climates unlike things like capital gains taxes and income taxes, which are highly sensitive to economic conditions. As a result, state revenues bounce around wildly when the economy goes up and down, and every few years we find ourselves in yet another crisis, each one worse than before.
This year's, of course, is the mother of all crises, and we're just about out of smoke and mirrors. 2009 promises to be a very, very un-fun year here.
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May 7, 2008 edition
A crash course might be a poor choice of words to describe a
classroom on wheels.
But that is exactly what the Tar Heel Bus Tour has been
during the past decade for hundreds of newly arrived faculty members and
administrators, and what it will be again when the tour his the road May
12–16 for the 11th class of passengers.
Details ...
To lead requires being out front. But
being a leading public university, Andy Johns has learned, means something
slightly different.
For Carolina, being out front creates an
opportunity to show others a better way. And it is out of that tradition that
the idea of sharing
the University-grown RAMSeS (Research
Administration Management System and
e-Submission) emerged.
In a classroom in Wilson Library, Robert Cox pauses to
update his class about the sudden disintegration of a massive Antarctic ice
Raising his eyebrows, he gestures animatedly in front of
satellite images depicting a slab of ice the size of Connecticut crumbling into
the ocean.
With passion in his voice, he adopts a preacher-
like rhythm that suggests that some of his words are italicized: "The physics
of it are so uncertain and unstudied that we cannot model how quickly this will
break down." He is referring to scientists' projections about how global
warming will affect the rest of the ice.
Cox has good reason to be passionate about the collapse of
Antarctic ice. In addition to teaching
a course about global warming in the communication studies department, he is
president of the board of directors of the Sierra Club.
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Mangum wins Mary Turner Lane Award
Earp honored with Thomas Jefferson Award
Pérez elected American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow
McDiarmid appointed School of Education dean
Lawrence Band to lead Institute for the Environment
Patterson appointed chair of ERP Student Stakeholder
Matson appointed dean of the Graduate School
Cefalo, longtime director of graduate medical education,
Ovitt, government data librarian, dies at 51
Decorations & Distinctions
Mangum wins Mary Turner Lane Award
Elmira Mangum, center, receives the 2008 Mary Turner Lane
Award April 30 as Lane, right, and Verita Murrill from Training &
Development look on.
Elmira Mangum, senior associate provost for finance and
academic personnel, has won the 2008 Mary Turner Lane Award. Established
in 1986, the award recognizes people who make outstanding contributions to the
lives of
women students, faculty, staff and administrators
at Carolina.
The University's Association for Women Faculty and
Professionals presented the award to Mangum April 30 at the group's annual
Mangum received multiple nominations that recounted how she
goes above and beyond her work responsibilities to mentor women in their
professional development.
During her career at UNC, Mangum has taught classes at the
School of Government and has mentored women students. She has served as a
mentor and coach to women faculty and staff in the BRIDGES Program. Her
community involvement includes serving as president of the Orange County Rape
Crisis Center and working with the Bethune Annual Recognition Luncheon honoring
women for their community service.
In her role at the University, Mangum provides
administrative leadership to the finance, human resources, institutional
research, facilities
and strategic planning efforts throughout the Office of the Provost. She is
responsible for drafting, developing and communicating
guidelines, policies, procedures and processes that facilitate resource
Mangum also serves on many management and policy groups,
including the University Budget Committee, Tuition and Fees Task Force and the
Information Technology Strategic Planning Committee. She also manages the
annual and biennial budget processes for the University.
She is renowned among her colleagues for her knowledge of
issues and trends in higher education, and for her mastery in cutting through
complicated and sometimes thorny
financial issues. One example is her detailed work to develop various charts
and formulas to prepare members of the Chancellor's Task Force on Tuition and
Fees with the background they need to develop recommendations for campus-based
tuition increases.
"Elmira has a knack for presenting information in such a way
that goes deeper than the numbers on the page," said Executive Vice Chancellor
and Provost Bernadette Gray-Little. "I think that's because her grasp of our
campus culture is equal to her understanding of our
finances and budget. By understanding both, she enables us to keep our budget
in sync with who we are and what we as an institution value."
The award, established in 1986, is named
after Mary Turner Lane, founding director of the Curriculum in Women's Studies
and the first recipient of the award.
"This kind of recognition is richly deserved and long
overdue," Gray-Little said.
A native of North Carolina, Mangum
previously held administrative and management posts at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and the State University of New York at Buffalo. Immediately
prior to her
arrival at Carolina, she was vice provost at the University at Buffalo and on
the faculty of the graduate school of education.
She received her Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo and
graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with two
master's degrees, one in public policy
and public administration and another in
urban and regional planning. She received her bachelor's degree in geography
from N.C. Central University
(NCCU). While enrolled
at NCCU she worked in Washington, D.C., as the first African-American to serve
as a Congressional intern from the state of
North Carolina.
Earp honored with Thomas Jefferson Award
Cancer researcher Shelton Earp is honored by his peers with
the Thomas Jefferson Award. Among his accomplishments, Earp helped generate
statewide support for the University Cancer Research Fund.
The peers of esteemed scientist and cancer researcher H.
Shelton Earp honored him with the prestigious 2008 Thomas Jefferson Award.
Chancellor James Moeser presented the award at the April 25 Faculty Council
Earp is professor of pharmacology and medicine, Lineberger
Professor of Cancer
Research and director of the UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The annual award was created in 1961 by the Robert Earl
McConnell Foundation to recognize a Carolina faculty member who, through
personal influence and performance of duty in teaching, writing and
scholarship, has best
exemplified the ideals and objectives of Thomas
Jefferson. UNC faculty members nominate candidates for the honor, which carries
a cash prize; a faculty committee chooses the recipient.
Barbara K. Rimer, dean of the School of
Public Health and Alumni Distinguished
Professor, wrote the citation honoring Earp. "A man of Jeffersonian breadth and
depth, Dr. Earp is an exemplary scientist and humanitarian,
educator and healer, mentor and leader, citizen and colleague… true blue Tar
Heel," she said.
"Dr. Earp has strengthened this university not only through
his own accomplishments, but by nurturing a culture of collaboration.
Because of Dr. Earp's efforts, there is better treatment today for patients in
North Carolina,
and there will be much better prevention and treatment tomorrow."
A faculty member since 1977, Earp earned his medical degree
from Carolina in 1970 and has devoted more than three decades to
researching the behavior of cancer cells and the signals that regulate cell
growth and
differentiation. He earned a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in
"I still have a real thirst for trying to
understand some of the molecular details of this
disease we're trying to fight," Earp said. "It's not just a medical disease.
It's not just cancer.
It's a paradigm for how health affects the way we behave, the way we spend our
federal money, the way we go out and try to change community behavior. All of
those things are threads that come together."
Nominators characterized Earp as an exemplary scientist,
caring clinician and benevolent administrator.
He was instrumental in generating statewide support for the
University Cancer
Research Fund, which will provide $50 million
a year toward the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
"He mobilized citizens, scientists, clinicians, patients and
legislators, and with them as partners, secured a dramatic commitment by the
legislature to create the University Cancer Research Fund," the citation said.
"The success of this effort is testimony to Dr. Earp's
ability to galvanize support around common goals for uncommon ends, the
prevention, early detection, treatment and eradication of cancer. Dr. Earp
embodies Jefferson's optimistic belief that knowledge can be turned to positive
benefit for all people."
Colleagues have called Earp a genuine, generous person who
always puts Carolina first.
"In a world that too often rewards selfishness, Shelley
bucks the trend, said Dean Holden
Thorp. He is, observed Dean Bill Roper, our priceless gem," the citation said.
"Dr. Michael O'Malley (Lineberger Center associate director) said about Dr.
Earp: Hidden by his many achievements but fundamental to them are his emotional
intelligence, sense of commitment and a physician's purpose to make the world a
better place."
When he accepted the award, Earp said his blood ran Carolina
"I love this place and my love is shared by people across
this state and it is shared by a
legislature that does not run against the flagship university, it runs for it
and towards it. The
University Cancer Research Fund is the latest in a long line, and hopefully not
the last of things, that the legislature is counting on us to do."
The author of 125 peer-reviewed publications, Earp is
board-certified in internal
medicine and endocrinology. He is the past president of the Association of
Cancer Institutes and has served on its board of directors since 2001. He is
also a member
of the American Association for Cancer
Research, the Association of American Physicians and the American societies of
clinical oncology, hematology, cell biology,
microbiology and clinical investigation.
Pérez elected American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow
Louis Pérez Jr., J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History,
is the latest Carolina faculty member to be elected a fellow in the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His research interests center on the 19th- and 20th-century
Caribbean, with emphasis on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. His current
research explores the sources of Cuban nationality
and identity. Pérez is the author of "To Die in Cuba: Suicide and Society," a
and cultural history of suicide in Cuba. He teaches courses on the history of
Latin America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Cuba. He also directs the Institute
for the Study of
the Americas.
Pérez is among 191 fellows and 22 foreign
honorary members to be inducted into the academy at a ceremony on Oct. 11 at
the academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. The new members are leaders in
their fields and include Nobel laureates and recipients of Pulitzer Prizes,
Academy Awards and
Grammy Awards and Kennedy Center honors.
Pérez joins a distinguished list of new fellows that
includes U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, computer company founder
Michael Dell, two-time cabinet secretary and former White House Chief of Staff
James A. Baker III, Academy Award-winning filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen and
blues guitarist B.B. King.
The University now has 35 faculty members in the academy
(see News Briefs). An independent policy research center, the academy was founded in
1780 to undertake studies of complex and emerging problems.
McDiarmid appointed School of Education dean
G. Williamson (Bill) McDiarmid has been appointed dean of
the School of Education and Alumni Distinguished Professor of Education
effective Jan. 1, 2009. He comes to Carolina from the University of
Washington-Seattle, where he has been Boeing Professor of Teacher Education
since 2001.
McDiarmid is a senior fellow with the Washington Center for
Teaching and Learning and Teachers for a New Era, a
national initiative designed to enhance K-12 teaching. With funding from the
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Teachers for a New Era works to renew
teacher preparation, create residencies for education
graduates and track their classroom performance.
He also helped create the Teaching/Learning Partnership
program, working in conjunction with the University of Washington's College of
Arts and Sciences, the Seattle Public Schools and the Seattle Education
Association. The program prepares people in mid-career transition to teach math
and science in Seattle's high-need middle schools.
"Dr. McDiarmid's credentials in teacher education and
learning are impressive," said Bernadette Gray-Little,
executive vice chancellor and provost.
Carolina's School of Education includes 56 full-time and 30
part-time faculty members, 193 undergraduate students,
543 graduate students and 150 licensure students.
A Carolina alumnus and native of Raeford, McDiarmid
previously served on the faculties of the University of Alaska-Anchorage, the
University of Alaska-Fairbanks and Michigan State University. In Anchorage, he
was director
of the Institute of Social and Economic Research and
professor of educational policy, where his research focused on Alaska Native
educational issues.
In 2007, he was a visiting professor at Hebei Normal
University in Shijiazhuang, China. His honors include
being named a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellow and receiving the
Outstanding Contribution to Interpretative Research Award from the American
Educational Research Association. McDiarmid is the author of three books, many
book chapters and numerous journal articles and research monographs.
He received a bachelor of arts degree with highest
honors in American studies from Carolina in 1969 and earned his doctor of
education degree in administration, planning and social policy from Harvard
University's Graduate School of Education in 1984.
"I would like to thank the search committee, led by Dean
Jean Folkerts of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, for their
work," Gray-Little said in
announcing McDiarmid's appointment. "I also want to
express my deep appreciation to Dr. Jill Fitzgerald,
professor of literacy, who will continue to lead the School of Education until
Dr. McDiarmid arrives."
Lawrence Band to lead Institute for the Environment
Lawrence Band, Voit Gilmore Distinguished Professor of
Geography, has been named
director of the Institute for the Environment.
He succeeds Doug Crawford-Brown, who led the institute until
earlier this year and has left to become a senior sustainability adviser to the
firm of Pell Frischmann in the United Kingdom.
Band, who came to Carolina in 1998, served as chair of the
geography department from 2002 to 2007.
His research focuses on the hydrological and ecological
structure, function and dynamics of watersheds, a key area for North Carolina
and the nation in view of recent droughts and storms.
"Professor Band's deep knowledge of the mission and goals of
the institute and his impressive record of scholarship and administrative
leadership have prepared him well to direct this critically important
campuswide center," said Bernadette Gray-Little, executive vice
chancellor and provost.
"I look forward to the contributions that Professor Band and
Institute will make to increasing our understanding of the pressing
environmental problems that we face, and developing solutions to them."
Band received his bachelor's degree at the State University
of New York at Buffalo, and master's and doctoral degrees at the University of
California, Los Angeles. Before coming to Carolina, he served on the faculties
of San Francisco State University, Hunter College and the University of
The institute was founded in 2006 as an expansion of the
Carolina Environmental Program.
Patterson appointed chair of ERP Student Stakeholder
Roger Patterson,
associate vice chancellor for finance, has been appointed chair of the
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Student Stakeholder Committee. He replaces
Executive Associate Provost Steve Allred, who will leave the University at the
end of June to become provost at the University of Richmond.
The ERP is the University-wide effort to streamline and
integrate the computing
systems that manage student information,
human resources, payroll and finance. As committee chair, Patterson will work
closely with the ERP team and engage with campus units to facilitate the ERP
"I'm pleased to have the opportunity to guide the
collaborative efforts for such a critical system," Patterson said. "It is my
hope that I can continue to build on the project's progress and Steve's
leadership. I'm looking forward to working with the project team and affected
schools and units to solve any
challenges that lie ahead."
Committee members are:
DeAhn Baucom,
director of student
accounts and University receivables;
Farmer, assistant provost and director of undergraduate admissions;
Asbury, deputy director of
scholarships and student aid;
Bobbi Owen,
professor of dramatic art and senior associate dean for undergraduate
education; and
Alice Poehls,
assistant provost and
University registrar.
For more information about ERP, contact Debra Beller at
843-0477 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Matson appointed dean of the Graduate School
Steven W. Matson, professor and chair of the Department of
Biology, will become dean of the Graduate School effective July 1.
A member of the faculty since 1983, Matson is widely respected
for his teaching, mentoring and research in the field of genetics and molecular
biology, said Bernadette Gray-Little, executive vice chancellor and provost,
when she
announced the appointment.
Matson will oversee the approximately 8,000 graduate students
in Carolina's 66 doctoral and 100 masters programs.
"Dr. Matson is an innovative and collaborative administrator
whose background and extensive experience working with graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows make him especially well suited to further the
University's efforts to attract the best students to the Graduate School and
ensure that they receive a quality education," Gray-Little said.
On the national level, Matson is a
recipient of the American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award and has served
as a reviewer for the Journal of Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the
Journal of Biological Chemistry, where he served as an editorial board member
from 2000 to 2005.
At UNC, he has taught courses on
Current Topics in Biology, Advanced
Molecular Biology, Advanced Cell Biology
and honors sections of Genetics and
Molecular Biology.
A 2004 recipient of the University's Tanner Award for
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a 2005 Institute
of Arts and Humanities Leadership
Fellow, Matson is also a member of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee, Bank of
America Distinguished Professorship
review panel and Honors Program Faculty Advisory Board.
He is a past member and chair of the Pre-health Professions
Advising Task Force and has served on various University
administrative review committees through the years.
Matson's research focuses on DNA repair, conjugative DNA
transfer and enzymatic mechanisms and biological roles of DNA helicases. His
long-term goal is to understand the
molecular role of several helicases in the bacterium E. coli and the budding
S. cerevisiae.
He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Colgate
University. His master's and doctoral degrees are from the University of
Rochester, both
in biochemistry.
He succeeds Linda Dykstra, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor
of Pharmacology and Psychology, who will return
to full-time research and graduate
student training.
"The University community is extremely grateful to Dr.
Dykstra for her commitment and long-term leadership of the Graduate School,"
Gray-Little said.
Cefalo, longtime director of graduate medical education,
Robert C. Cefalo, professor emeritus of obstetrics and
gynecology in the School of Medicine and director of the medical residency and
fellowship programs at UNC Hospitals for 25 years, died April 22 at age 74.
"Bob Cefalo was part of the fabric of UNC School of
Medicine," said Daniel Clarke-Pearson, chair of the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
"He had a passion for medical student, resident and
fellowship training. During his nearly three decades of leadership at UNC, he
improved the care of mothers and their infants throughout our region; not only
by his compassionate
obstetrical care, but by his positive influence on all of us who had the
privilege to learn from him."
During Cefalo's tenure as director of graduate medical
education, UNC earned national recognition for the development of "best
practices" in residency and fellowship programs.
He joined the faculty in 1979, headed the physician training
programs from 1981 to 2006 and served as assistant dean for graduate medical
He also served as director of maternal fetal-medicine from
1979 to 1997, as interim chair of obstetrics and gynecology in 1981–83
and 2004–06 and as interim director of maternal-
fetal medicine in 2005–06. In 2007, he received the Courage
to Lead Award from the American Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Cefalo served terms as president and chair of the American
Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and as president of the North Carolina
Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
He was also honored by the North Carolina Governor's
Commission on Reduction of Infant Mortality.
Contributions may be sent to the Cefalo/Bowes
Distinguished Professorship Endowed Chair, The Medical
Foundation of North Carolina, 880 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill
27514; Holy Cross Catholic Church 2438 S. Alston Avenue, Durham 27713; or the
Comprehensive Cancer Center, CB# 7295.
Ovitt, government data librarian, dies at 51
James Harvard Ovitt, government data librarian, died
suddenly of a heart attack on April 20. He was 51.
Ovitt became government data librarian in 2005 after serving
as a reference librarian and a student assistant at Davis Library. He received
a master's degree in library science from Carolina's
School of Information and Library Science in 2003 and a
bachelor's degree in history from Cornell University in 1980.
Before entering the field of library science, Ovitt spent
nearly 20 years in the media industry in New York as a producer and director of
documentary and industrial films.
He was a member of the American Library Association (ALA)
and of ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries and Government
Documents Roundtable. He was also a member of the North Carolina Library
Association and of the association's Government Resources Section.
A college fund for Ovitt's daughter has been established.
Checks may be made payable to Ovitt College Fund, State Employees Credit Union,
P.O. Box 878, Carrboro, 27510 or brought to the SECU office, 100 Highway 54
West, in Carrboro.
Decorations & Distinctions
Steve Rogers
Zefeng Wang
Rogers, assistant professor of biology, and Wang, assistant
professor of pharmacology, have been honored with Beckman Young
Investigator Awards for their work in chemical and life sciences research. They
are among 16 recipients of this year's Beckman Young Investigator Awards, which
support the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of
academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
Both will receive $300,000 over three years in support of
their projects.
Philip Stadter
Professor emeritus of classics, Stadter was awarded an
honorary doctorate from the Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan,
Italy, on April 8.
Formerly the Eugene
H. Falk Professor
in the Humanities, Stadter was awarded the honorary doctorate in philology,
literature and civilization of the ancient world. He was recognized by faculty
at the university for his work studying the Italian renaissance, the
ancient Greek historians and the Greek
biographer Plutarch.
After the degree was awarded, Stadter gave a lecture on
"Libraries and Persons in the Christian Reception of Antiquity."
Joel Schwartz
Professor emeritus of political science and adjunct
professor of public policy, Schwartz was the recipient of the Faculty
Excellence Award April 17 during the APPLES Service-Learning Showcase
Celebration: Fruits of our Labor.
Carol Tresolini, associate provost for
academic initiatives, presented the awards.
Ueltschi Service-Learning Course Development Grants
The APPLES Service-Learning Program has announced recipients
of the 2008 Ueltschi
Service-Learning Course Development Grants. Six recipients were selected to
develop five innovative service-learning courses for undergraduate students by
integrating community service into the traditional academic setting.
Each course addresses unique local and state community needs
while providing
substantial learning opportunities for students.
Course topics range from grassroots community development to reporting for new
media, demonstrating a broad application of
service-learning across the disciplines.
Grant recipients will receive $8,000 to support expenses
such as course development, books, materials and stipends. Recipients must teach the course at
least three times within five years, starting in the 2008–09 academic
Grant recipients are: Elizabeth Bruno,
lecturer in Romance languages; Billie
Murray and Natalie Fixmer, graduate students in communication studies; Karla
associate professor of anthropology; Sandy Smith-Nonini, adjunct assistant
of anthropology; and Ryan Thornburg,
assistant professor of journalism and
mass communication.
2008 IT Awards
The 16th Annual UNC Information Technology Awards ceremony
was held April 22 at the Carolina Club. Each year the awards
recognize the work and dedication of the campus staff involved in information
technology (IT).
Individual winners were: Erin Adair, Christina
Artis, Alex Azad, Roger Carden, Eric Chapman, Manuel Garcia, Caitlyn Hill,
Carrie Holbert,
Shumin Li Kevin Masters, David Perrin,
Bonnie Smyre, Jeff Vandrimmelen, Scott Wilber,
Gary Wilhelm and Diana Woodhouse.
Team winners were: Chris Williams, Jeremy Buenviaje and Paul
Kamen (ResNET); Richard Hill and Tony DeLuca (ITS Internal Support); Leslie
Kreizman, Penny Ward, Baskin Cooper and Curtis Webster (IT South Building).
URC Spring Awards
The University Research Council (URC) administers a small
grant program for faculty and professional librarians at UNC. There are two
types of grants, research and publication,
reviewed twice a year. The maximum total
award is $5,000. The council encourages the use of URC grants as a stepping
stone to
extramural support.
For the spring term, there were 88 applications and 33 award
recipients. Recipients are listed at the following Web site: research.unc.edu/red/urc_winners.php.
For more information about research and economic development
small grant and internal funding programs, see research.unc.edu/red/internal.php#urc.
MD-MPH program
The MD-MPH joint degree program between the schools of
medicine and
public health was featured in an article in the April issue of Academic
Medicine, "The MD-MPH Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill." It was written by Russell Harris, Linda Kinsinger, Sue
Tolleson-Rinehart, Anthony Viera and
Georgette Dent.
The article describes the collaboration
between the schools that led to the 1997
development of the Health Care and Prevention
MPH concentration.
The concentration is designed to meet the unique needs of medical students,
residents, fellows and others with clinical
science backgrounds who seek to integrate training in population sciences with
medical training.
North Carolina Botanical Garden
The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) has chosen
the Web site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden (ncbg.unc.edu), to receive
first place honor in the mid-size public
garden category for the 2008 Dorothy E.
Hansell Publication Award.
The award recognizes excellence in publications related to
public gardens. The award will be presented at the APGA's annual conference in
June in Pasadena, Calif.


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First-quarter net income was $2.74 billion, or 53 cents a share, down from $3.16 billion, or 56 cents a share, a year earlier. the company announced today.
Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting earnings of 50 cents a share.
Revenue was flat at $12.9 billion. Analysts were expecting $12.8 billion.
Shares edged up 6 cents, or 0.23 percent, to close at $28.47 in today's trading.
Intel is based in California but has its largest and most advanced operations in Washington County. It employs more than 16,000 in Oregon.
The company says it expects $13.1 billion to $14.1 billion in second-quarter revenue, with a midpoint of $13.6 billion, above the analyst forecast of $13.4 billion.
-- The Associated Press


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Britain's Prince William became Flying Officer Wales of the Royal Air Force Friday, receiving his pilot's wings from his father.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied her husband, Prince Charles, to Cranwell RAF base in Lincolnshire for a banquet Thursday night to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the RAF and Friday's ceremony, The Times of London reported. Charles received his pilot's wings at the same base in 1971.
Kate Middleton, William's girlfriend, was also in the audience, suggesting that their off-again, on-again relationship is on.
William plans to spend three more weeks with the RAF and some time on royal engagements before beginning naval training, the Times said.
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Jeff walked through the crowd and up on stage to read the final votes during the "Survivor: Cagayan" live reunion tonight, May 21. He told Tony and Woo he couldn't think of another season when more people came to play and win. Then, Jeff read the votes. Tony reached five votes, while Woo only had one, making Tony the winner of this season.
Jeff congratulated Tony and explained his wife was on bed rest and couldn't be there because she was about to have their second child. Tony said he had gotten a lot of hate, but he got caught up in the moment and hadn't slept. He also corrected that he lost over 40 pounds and had parasites when he got home, putting him out of work for three months. Tony explained he voted Trish out on strategy because he thought Woo would help him beat Spencer. Trish said she forgave Tony, and they are friends now.
Kass referred to Tony as her jerky brother and said they were both playing so hard. Tony said Kass made some bad strategic moves.
Jeff congratulated Sarah on her pregnancy. She said her cop instinct told her Tony was also a cop. Jeff asked Tony why he said he was a construction worker – because people love or hate cops. He added that what he did in the game had nothing to do with his life. It was just a game. Sarah said they got along until she did exit interviews, and then Tony had some choice words via Twitter. Now, they weren't talking. One of Tony's fellow officers spoke up for him and said they understood he was there to win the game.
Jeff asked who would have voted for Woo if he was up against Kass, and almost everyone raised their hands. Woo said he felt fantastic and shook Tony's hand. He reiterated that he took Tony because he played a great game and could keep his head up knowing that was who he lost to.
Tasha told Jeff she applied to be on the show three times. He asked about her time on the Brains Tribe. She said it was a nightmare and would take every opportunity and play like she never could play again.
Jeff went to Spencer, who didn't blame anyone but himself for what happened to him on the show. He would have shared his Idol with his alliance and solidified their numbers. Spencer respected Tony's game, but it was totally opposite from his. Jeff apologized for being wrong about how far Spencer would make it and gave him a letter he wrote to himself and mailed back home while they were filming.
Tyler Perry was the one who came up with the idea of the "special Idol," so Jeff checked in with him. Jeff explained Tyler texted him with his ideas, so they tried it out. Tyler did say he was disappointed Tony found it, because he wanted Spencer or Tasha to find it instead.
Cliff felt this experience ranked up there for him in competition, and it was a lot tougher than basketball. David thought his only play was to win when he tried to push Garrett out first. Garrett was surprised at how hard the game hit him and how he fell apart physically and mentally. Morgan admitted her looks help her get her foot in the door, but her mind and wits help her succeed. J'Tia said the moral was not to tell someone they would get voted out. LJ. Got a lot of social media reaction upon being voted out.
Jeff presented Tony with his one million dollar check. He then previewed next season: San Juan Del Sur will be "Blood vs. Water 2."


text: Dr Kirsty Wilson In 'Staff' Academic StaffAssociated StaffProfessional Services Staff Back to 'The School of Education' School of EducationLecturer (Primary and Early Years Mathematics Education) Contact details Telephone+44 (0) 121 415 email@example.com AddressSchool of EducationUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom Kirsty works part time, and leads the PGDipEd Primary Mathematics Specialist course. Since joining the university, Kirsty established and taught the General Primary and Early Years mathematics courses. Prior to this, she was Research Officer on the ESRC funded project 'Purposeful Algebraic Activity' at the University of Warwick, where she also contributed to initial teacher education. Within the broad area of mathematics education Kirsty is particularly interested in pedagogy and algebraic thinking. Her PhD thesis explored the ways in which technology and teachers' practices shape pupils' thinking. She is also interested in primary mathematics teacher education, and the ways in which mathematics subject knowledge and experience contribute to what teachers attend to when teaching mathematics. Feedback and office hours Kirsty works part time, 2.5 days per week, and does not normally work on a Monday or a Friday. Qualifications PhD (Warwick) MA (Warwick) BEd (Hons) (Cambridge) Teaching PGDipEd (Advanced PGCE) Leading and teaching the Primary Mathematics Specialist course Teaching mathematics on the Early Years course Supervising trainee teachers during school experience Postgraduate supervision Supervision of MEd Teaching Studies students, EdD and PhD students. Research Kirsty's research interests are in mathematics education, particularly Early algebraic thinking Pedagogy, including the use of technology The relationship between teachers' practices and pupils' evolving meanings What teachers attend to, and the role of subject knowledge and experience Primary teacher education, including mathematics specialist teacher education Other activities Kirsty is the local contact for the Midlands Mathematics Education Seminars. She has been an External Examiner at Brunel University and Secretary of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Publications Wilson, K. (2007) Naming a column on a spreadsheet. Research in Mathematics Education , 8: 117-132. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a792323118~db=all~order=page Bills, L., Ainley, J. and Wilson, K. (2006) Modes of algebraic communication - moving from spreadsheets to standard notation. For the Learning of Mathematics, 26 (1): 36-41. http://www.education2.bham.ac.uk/documents/staff/Wilson_bills.pdf Ainley, J., Bills, L. and Wilson, K. (2005) Algebra for a purpose: using spreadsheets at KS2/3. Derby: Association of Teachers of Mathematics. http://atm.org.uk/buyonline/products/dis018.html Ainley, J., Bills, L. and Wilson, K. (2005) Designing spreadsheet-based tasks for purposeful algebra. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 10 (3): 191-215. http://www.springerlink.com/content/pun02tv7272754vw/ Bills, L., Wilson, K. and Ainley, J. (2005) Making links between arithmetic and algebraic thinking. Research in Mathematics Education, 7: 67-81. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a792322766~db=all~order=page


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Turns out, there are as many shades of Mormon beliefs as there are variations on green Jell-O.
Miguel Santana's "The Righteous and Very Real Housewives of Utah County" falls into that awkward category of a play best appreciated by devout Mormons, but is exactly the kind of play the faithful are taught to avoid.
This is not a cheeky "Book of Mormon" musical satire or even a "Saturday's Voyeur" parody. Santana is writing with heart about the Utah heartland as righteous LDS women grapple with the challenge of diversity in their faith—everything from interracial marriage to, of course, gay marriage. One of the most poignant characters is Nicki, a liberal Mormon who is trying to square her faith with her progressive political beliefs.
In short, it asks a lot of awkward questions.
In the play, that follows the sexual and spiritual reawakening of Emma, the matriarch of the Pratt family, as she faces an uphill battle against cancer. It's amazing how well Santana, who is a non-Mormon Latino writer from Texas, captures the cultural and verbal idiosycracies of insular Payson Mormons confronted with change. Santana, in fact, is part of the culture shift his play deals with. He is married (in Washington, D.C.) to a Mormon man who grew up in Payson--a community that Santana has visited and loved for the last 15 years.
The play's issues of interracial and gay marriage and sexual awareness might seem quaint to those unfamiliar with the spiritual terrain of Mormonism. And parts of "Housewives of Utah County" veer into a sort of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sacred Garments" sentimentality.
But for Mormons, whether of the active or "cultural" variety, the play offers insight into the questions their worldwide church increasingly faces—if not answers.
Note: The play celebrated its opening at a Mormon Cocktail Hour that featured a not-so-traditional Happy Valley Punch–it was the proper pink color and served in a crystal bowl just like you've seen at every Mormon wedding. But this was a white wine-based spring sangria served with a scoop of carrot sorbet created by Sean Neves, bar manager at Wild Grape Bistro. The punch will be available on Wild Grape's bar menu for the run of the play.
This deluxe variation on green Jell-O salad–topped with shredded carrots and a carrot buttercream macaroon–was created by the pastry chef at Finca. It was delicious. You've probably forgotten how tasty green Jell-O is, but you can remind yourself with this version.
Chef Phelix Garnder of Pago even whipped up some Funeral Potato Croquettes.
"The Righteous and Very Real Housewives of Utah County" runs through May 26, at the Post Theater at Fort Douglas, 245 S Fort Douglas Blvd. Ticket information: 801-948-0631.


text: Aug 22, 2014 21:26 Pat Shingleton's Weather News for July 27, 2014 Pat Shingleton's Weather News for July 27, 2014 The washtub: More than washing BY PAT SHINGLETON| WBRZ chief forecaster July 26, 2014; 5:57 p.m. Comments The Heat Index could register above the 100 degree mark this weekend. Keep the A.C. humming, the ceiling fans rotating and stay hydrated. As noted in a previous column, my mother instructed me to fill the washtub so that my brother Kevin would get a "cool-down" during episodes of blistering weather in Pennsylvania. That same washtub was also used to ice down beer and pop for summertime events. The washtub became obsolete when inflatable pools came along and another invention -- the lawn sprinkler -- offered another quick cool-down as we dashed through it. As we got older, the Ewing Park Swimming Pool provided heat relief. One of the best neighborhood gifts was the decision by the Shultz and the Lutz families to install backyard pools. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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College Hockey:Pioneers Sweep Badgers, Close On WCHA Lead
James' Two Goals Key No. 2 Denver
DENVER — Sophomore Connor James scored two goals and sophomore Max Bull added a shorthanded tally as second-ranked Denver completed a two-game Western Collegiate Hockey Association sweep over Wisconsin with a 5-1 win Saturday.
Sophomore goaltender Adam Berkhoel needed just 18 saves to earn his ninth victory of the year as the Pioneers improved to a NCAA-best 18-2-0, 13-1-0 in the WCHA. The victory marked the first sweep of Wisconsin in Denver for the Pioneers since October 16 and 17, 1987.
Wisconsin, after being held scoreless by the Pioneers Friday night, opened the game with a flurry of shots on Berkhoel and celebrated a goal four minutes into the contest. Badger defenseman Rob Vega fired a point-blank shot from the blue line towards the net. As Berkhoel ducked down to stop the puck, Rene Bourque poked his stick out and chipped the puck over his shoulder.
The goal gave the Badgers their first lead of the weekend series.
The Pioneers, unaccustomed to trailing this season, evened the score late in the first with a goal by James, set up when senior defenseman Erik Adams fed James, standing all alone near the right side of the crease, who tapped the biscuit into the web to tally his team-leading 11th marker of the season, his second in as many nights.
The resurgent Denver squad fed off of the momentum and took its first lead of the game three minutes, five seconds later. Junior Kevin Doell chipped the puck by Badger keeper Bernd Bruckler to register his eighth goal of the season and give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead at the first intermission.
Denver appeared to extend its lead twice during a five-minute power play late in the second stanza, but Wisconsin, with the help of two disallowed goals, held the Pioneers' special-teams unit scoreless.
Less than a minute later the Badgers were granted five minutes with an extra attacker, but a shorthanded goal by Bull extinguished Wisconsin's advantage and gave the Pioneers a comfortable 3-1 lead after two periods. Bull took the puck at center ice and sailed by a Badger defenseman before roofing a shot over Bruckler for his fourth goal of the year.
With just over five minutes to play in the game, James notched his second goal of the night. Pioneer freshman Jeff Drummond wristed a shot on net from the left side that Bruckler stopped. The rebound shot high in the air out front, and Bruckler lost sight of the puck as James slapped it into the empty half of the net.
With just 33 seconds remaining on the clock, sophomore Lukas Dora made it a four-goal advantage as he put the puck past Bruckler.
Wisconsin managed just 19 shots on goal, while the Pioneers put 34 shots on Bruckler for the evening.
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For the week of
July 31, 2009
- carolinajournal.com
Reaction of the Week
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Court of Appeals
has rejected the Graham County Board of Education's plans to conduct
random, suspicionless drug testing of all its employees. The appeals
court found that such testing violated the North Carolina
Constitution's guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures, writes Michael Lowrey for Carolina Journal.
On Dec. 5, 2006, the Graham County school board voted to adopt a new
drug policy, authorizing random drug testing of all school system
employees, including those with little if any contact with students.
The policy was adopted based upon general concern the board expressed
about drug use throughout society. The school board did not adopt
random drug testing because its previous drug policy had proven to be
somehow inadequate; county schools were not facing a drug problem.
Susan Jones, a teacher at Robbinsville High School, and the North
Carolina Association of Educators filed a lawsuit challenging the drug
testing policy, contending it violated the N.C. Constitution's
protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. After Superior
Court Judge James U. Downs sided with the school board, Jones and the
NCAE brought the matter before he state's second highest court, again
contending the drug testing provision was unconstitutional.
The constitution's standard Article I, Section 20 of the North Carolina
Constitution states: "General warrants, whereby any officer or other
person may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of
the act committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, whose
offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are
dangerous to liberty and shall not be granted."
CJ: N.C. congressmen explain votes on cap-and-trade RALEIGH — One of the centerpieces of the Obama administration's agenda
is H.R. 2998, the so-called cap-and-trade legislation, which passed the
House of Representatives June 26 by a narrow 219-212 margin.
CJ: Kentucky interested in reviews of large familiesRALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Revenue's policy of
reviewing tax returns from large families, and withholding refunds from
couples who refuse to comply, has gained the interest of tax officials
in Kentucky.
CJ: Inclusionary zoning again in play in Charlotte?CHARLOTTE — Families displaced by the recession and the rising number
of homeless have elevated concerns about affordable housing in
Charlotte. Some civic organizations and nonprofits have resumed calls
for mandatory inclusionary zoning, a controversial policy that forces
developers to reserve a certain number of units in any new project for
low-income residents.
Democrats agree on $1B tax planRALEIGH — North Carolina legislative leaders completed a retooled $1
billion tax plan yesterday that includes an income-tax surcharge for
higher wage earners to secure a state budget deal and to allay concerns
of Gov. Bev Perdue. House and Senate Democrats reached a tentative
agreement on a package that's largely similar to one that fizzled last
CJ: The health-care debate comes to North CarolinaRALEIGH — As President Obama was in North Carolina yesterday defending
his health-care plan, Democrats on Capitol Hill worked to solidify a
deal that could help the plan advance through Congress, and Obama
welcomed the agreement. "I'm especially grateful that so many members,
including some Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee, are
working so hard to find common ground," he said.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.Health Care Policy Luncheon Briefingwith our special guest Consumer-Driven Health Care ExpertsWhat Small Business Owners Need to Know About Health Care Reform: Why Consumer-Driven Health Care is the Only Way to Reform U.S.Health Care
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Why Consumer-Driven Health Care Is the Only Way to Reform U.S. Health Care
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Capital Quotes
"It does show that every year we're making progress but the bill is not by any means a compromise bill like some people are saying."— Doug Aitken, president of the Fair Annexation Coalition, commenting to the Asheville Citizen-Times on the annexation bill the Senate is getting ready to consider.
"It's ridiculous in my mind that we weren't already doing it."— Gov. Bev Perdue, as quoted by the Raleigh News & Observer, on a recently completed upgrade to state computer systems that allows police officers to instantly determine if someone is on probation.
"I'm getting ready to vote on something I know absolutely nothing about."— Rep. Johnathan Rhyne, R-Lincoln, as quoted by the Winston-Salem Journal, on a proposal before a House judiciary committee to exception hookah bars — establishments were tobacco is inhaled through long pipes — from the state's ban on smoking ban in restaurants and bars.
"I didn't either until two weeks ago."— Rep. Cullie Tarleton, D-Watauga, responding to Rhyne. Tarleton is leading the push for the hookah bar exemption.
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Home, Sweet (Crude) Home in Fort McMurray, Alberta
By Chester Dawson
This week's 28th annual Oil Sands Trade Show was held in Fort McMurray, at the heart of Alberta's oil-sands patch. The expected 5,000 registered participants and 500 exhibitor booths were squeezed into the only facility in the city large enough to host such an event: the Suncor Community Leisure Centre.
The 181 million Canadian dollar ($175 million) recreational center was completed in 2009, according to the non-profit which operates it. The facility serves as a hub for the fast-growing and infrastructure-challenged municipality of Wood Buffalo, which encompasses Fort McMurray. The conference took over the central foyer, an indoor running track and two ice skating rinks, but other areas such as the public library and indoor swimming pool (replete with a grove of fake palm trees) remained open as usual.
It's hard not to notice the distinctly corporate character of a facility named after Canada's largest energy company. In addition to chief sponsor Suncor Energy's eponymous contribution, there's also the Syncrude Aquatic Centre, CNRL skating arena, Nexen Field House and Total Fitness Centre. Next door, construction is underway on the C$127-million Shell Place, which will include an indoor football field and 20,000-seat outdoor concert arena.
Suncor, Syncrude Canada Ltd., Canadian Natural Resources, CNOOC- affiliated Nexen Inc., France's Total S.A. and Royal Dutch Shell are among the biggest oil-sands producers—and employers—in northern Alberta. With few other recreational options, officials say the center plays an important role in the community.
"Before 1978, there was nothing for people to do here," said Patricia Nelson, vice chair of industry trade group In Situ Oil Sands Alliance and former provincial government minister. "Happy family, happy workers," she said.
The sports facility, which has gone through several expansions since first opening in the late 1970s, is also critical to meeting the lifestyle needs of those who aren't directly involved in oil sands, such as teachers and service-sector employees. "It's not just for the oil workers, it's for all of the people in support functions as well," said Kara Flynn, Syncrude's vice president of government and public affairs.
Fort McMurray, which has seen its population of 72,944 grow 71% since 2000, expects the number of residents to double by 2020 and nearly triple by 2030, in line with an anticipated ramp-up in oil-sands production. The rapid growth has filled city coffers, but also created headaches from chronic shortages of housing, roads and services catering to the new arrivals. Those problems have led to a large transient population of "fly-in/fly-out" workers.
"We maxed out our infrastructure a long time ago," said Jeff Penney, manager of economic development for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. "We have no Costco, we have no Home Depot, we have no Best Buy or home centers, and that's a challenge because people equate that type of development with quality of life," he said.
In a bid to dramatically improve the local lifestyle and encourage oil-sands workers to put down roots, municipal planners have committed C$2 billion to redevelop their long-neglected city center with multi-family housing, hotels, office space and recreational facilities, including a 7,000-seat domed stadium.
City officials say that will act as a catalyst for up to C$20 billion in additional private-sector investment to spruce up Fort McMurray's downtown core, which is subject to new "high level" design guidelines.
"We've embarked on an initiative to rebuild the city," said Amanda Haitas, business development officer for the project, known as City Centre McMurray. "It's about building a mixed-use community where you have retail, entertainment and housing all within footsteps of your front door as opposed to a drive, [although] we appreciate that we'll still be building parking lots for big pick-up trucks."
Corrections & Amplifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the construction cost of the Suncor Community Leisure Centre.


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PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State (9-6, 3-0 Pac-12) ended its long losing streak against the Dawgs (8-6, 1-2 Pac-12), 82-80, on Tuesday night in the Palouse. The Cougars had lost 36-straight to Washington dating back to 1995, but pulled out a thriller.
After trailing by as many as 13 in the second half, Washington fought all the way back to take a lead. The Cougars did not go quietly, though, regaining the lead with 5:51 to play and hung on from there.
Jazmine Davis scored 27 points for the Dawgs, putting the team on her back in the second half where she scored 20 points, including 5-7 from 3-point range.
In the final minutes, the Dawgs cut the lead to two four separate times, but were never able to tie it or take the lead. Washington State missed the front end of a 1 and 1 with 4.2 seconds to play, but Chantel Osahor's desperation heave rimmed out. Osahor gave Washington quality minutes off the bench, scoring six points and grabbing six rebounds.
In the first half, both teams struggled from the floor in the early minutes, before Washington State caught fire from 3-point range. After missing their first six from deep, the Cougars made five in a row to extend to a double-digit lead. Washington made a run of its own, cutting the lead to five at the 2:44 mark in the first half with an 8-0 run. Katie Collier kept Washington in the game, scoring 12 points on 5-7 first half shooting.
WSU responded, however, pushing the lead back to double-digits at half. Lia Galdeira made a runner as time expired before the break, giving the Cougars a 42-32 lead.
Washington turned the ball over nine times in the half and lost Aminah Williams with two fouls after just five minutes. The junior forward was off to a hot start with four points and three rebound before picking up her second.
In the second half, Washington came out a new team catching fire from 3-point range. The Dawgs made their first four 3-pointers, including a pair from JDavis to take their first lead at the 15:05 mark. Davis continued to force the issue, driving and drawing contact. The junior All-Pac-12 guard shot 14 free throws for the game, but made just eight. Davis also pulled down a career-high nine rebounds.
In addition to Davis, Mercedes Wetmore got hot from distance making 3-4, including two big ones in the second half. Wetmore finished with 12 points, but an uncharacteristic six turnovers.
For the game, Washington turned it over 15 times, which led to 19 Cougar points. Washington won the battle on the glass, 41-39, while both teams made 10 3-pointers for the game.
The difference may have been the foul shooting as the Dawgs shot 16-27 from the line, including 13-22 from Davis and Kelsey Plum, two of their best free throw shooters.
The two rivals will be right back at it on Saturday when they renew the rivalry in Seattle. The Dawgs will host the Cougars on Saturday at 3 p.m., live on the Pac-12 Networks.


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For years, Leo has been writing bestselling romantic novels (under the pseudonym Amanda Gris), but with her personal life in shambles, she finds it impossible to produce such sunny material. Unable to accept that her troubled marriage to Paco is over, Leo finds herself creatively and emotionally blocked. She finds little consolation from her mother and sister Rosa, who are so busy bickering with each other that they don't notice Leo's distress, and her best friend Betty, a psychologist who is secretly having an affair with Paco. One bright point is a new friendship with Angel, cultural editor of the daily paper El Pais, who unknowingly hires her to write an attack on her nom de plume, Amanda Gris.
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In the first round, Larocque outlasted Texas-El Paso's Elizabeth Stone, 6-4, 5-7, 6-0, and won in straight sets over Northwestern's Shannon Duffy, 6-4, 6-3, in her second round match.
Larocque will face Boise State's Renate Stoop in the third round that is set to begin Sunday at 9 a.m. PDT.
With a victory, Larocque will advance to the qualifying draw that will begin Tuesday.
In doubles action, Larocque and teammate, freshman Sophie Regnier, earned a first round bye and will face Texas-El Paso's duo of Jana Perkova and Ana Brnas in the second round. The match is slated to begin Sunday at noon PDT.
Prequalifying Draw Singles First Round 1. Debbie Larocque (UA) def. Elizabeth Stone (UTEP) 6-4, 5-7, 6-0
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DA to decide whether to charge killer of intruder who yelled 'I'm pregnant'
When 80-year-old Tom Greer was attacked by intruders at his home, he fought back. When he got his gun and fired at them, they ran.
One of his attackers, a woman, shouted, "I'm pregnant!" He shot her twice, killing her.
The district attorney will decide Friday whether Greer will face criminal charges for his actions.
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Greer walked into his house Tuesday to find suspects Andrea Miller, 26, and Gus Adams, 28, ransacking it. According to McDonnell, Greer said this was the fourth time his house has been burglarized.
Police say the couple beat and threw the elderly man to the ground, causing him to suffer a broken collarbone, cuts and bruises.
RELATED: Firefighter in Peoria scares away intruder with shotgun
Although injured, Greer managed to grab his gun and fire at the suspects, causing them to flee through the garage and into the alley, police said.
In an interview with non-CNN affiliate KNBC, Greer said that as the suspects ran into the alley, Miller yelled, "'Don't shoot me, I'm pregnant! I'm going to have a baby!' and I shot her anyway."
According to McDonnell, Miller died in the alley.
In a press conference, McDonnell said the coroner will make the final determination of whether Miller was pregnant, but said it "wasn't obvious" if she was.
When asked by KNBC how he felt about the incident, Greer responded that he had no regrets.
"I had to do what I had to do."
The male suspect fled the scene, according to Greer. Adams was later arrested and charged with residential robbery and felony murder in Miller's death. He is currently being held on $1.25 million bond.


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All outpatient exams are done in this department including breast ultrasound and breast interventional procedures.
What is it?
Ultrasound uses high frequency sound to create an image. The frequencies we use are between two mega Hertz and 17 mega Hertz. This is well above the range of human hearing, which extends only to 20 kilo Hertz.
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During an exam a small amount of ultrasound gel is placed on the body, then an ultrasound probe or transducer would be used to look at the areas of interest. Ultrasound cannot be felt although you will feel the pressure of the probe.
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Ultrasound is used for imaging all the soft tissue organs of the body. Ultrasound does not go through bone or air so is not suitable for imaging the lung, bones, stomach or bowel. Since ultrasound does not use X-ray it is very useful for imaging babies before they are born.
Our machines also have Color Flow Doppler, which allows us to see blood moving. In this mode we can image vessels of the extremities and neck and abdomen looking for clots or stenosies.
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- Breast Ultrasound: A breast ultrasound is a procedure that uses reflected sound waves to view and produce a picture of the internal structures of the breast. It shows all areas of the breast, including the area closest to the chest wall. Breast ultrasound does not use x-rays. An ultrasound does not replace the need for a mammogram; however, it is often used to further evaluate a problem seen on a mammogram.
- Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy: It is a minimally invasive approach to analyzing breast nodules, masses and lesions. The ultrasound guides the radiologist in obtaining tissue samples. A local anesthetic is used. This procedure is a more conservative and cost effective alternative to surgical biopsy.
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Your physician will get the results of your ultrasound within two days, and will pass that information on to you.
All our machines are state-of-the-art high resolution ultrasound machines incorporating gray scale, color flow and doppler imaging. All systems are connected to our FUJI PACS system, which allows physicians to view the images on their office computers. This reduces delays getting "films" to the referring physicians.


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The priorities in most businesses, driven by Sarbanes-Oxley, are user access, segregation of duties, and tracking critical configuration changes in the ERP. All of these factors affect how efficiently a business operates, so a thorough review process ensures that any changes are adding value to the business unit. There's less complication from changes that seemed like a good idea at the time, because those changes can't be made without upfront documentation. By making the tracking automatic, though, necessary changes can often be made with less overall effort.
Of course, not all compliance activities are related to information systems, but they should still be synchronized with the rhythm of the business, Mitchell says. Instead of making compliance an additional set of activities imposed by the legal staff, he's found that firms gain greater employee acceptance when they integrate compliance topics into regular business activities. For example, rather than having the legal department host a special "dos and don'ts" session for the sales department, training on pricing could include information on antitrust concerns, and training on closing orders could discuss bribery and kickbacks. "Do compliance at a time when people are thinking about their business as a whole," he says.
Some companies think that compliance will be easiest if it's done on an as-needed basis, but Mitchell says the opposite is true. The Open Compliance and Ethics Group's research shows a high success rate on holistic compliance projects. Organizations that have been most successful, he says, generally start with a big goal, such as developing a GRC backbone that would include every department and track a full range of activities. But they start small, choosing two or three issues and looking for ways to leverage them synergistically. For example, he says, a company might start by examining how Sarbanes-Oxley compliance measures overlap with privacy regulations. Then, it designs processes to incorporate the two. When that works, the company integrates a third compliance matter, such as warranty tracking. That helps keep everyone focused.
In many organizations, controls are set and reviewed manually. Every month, every quarter, and every year, managers receive a stack of printouts and have to review them line by line to see who did what to the system. Do former employees still have access? Is someone getting into the financial system who shouldn't be? The process required to answer questions such as these is a huge time sink. GRC automation reduces human error and releases resources for the nuts and bolts of running the business—because those hours of review were spent by people whose skills are better suited to managing operations than reading lines of data printouts.
The goal at Cymer was to identify weaknesses before they turned into problems that sucked time and resources. And, with nine locations all over the world and IT centralized in San Diego, the compliance staff had an interest in reducing panicky middle-of-the-night phone calls. LogicalApps helped the company convert manual controls into automatic processes. The result? Less staff time to manage controls, and less audit support to make sense of the reports that were generated. "We're embedding tools like LogicalApps into our base infrastructure," says Craig Haught, Cymer's vice president and CIO. "There are no surprises. It's like a flight check. When you bring in a new capability, you want it to work at launch."
LogicalApps helped Intuit set up a more-preventive controls environment. For example, if someone changes a product SKU number, the revenue recognition team at Intuit receives a memo to review and approve the change. In most cases, the change goes through, but the reason for the change is noted in real time instead of at the end of the reporting period, which may require reconstructing sales figures, writing justification memos, and letting the change go through whether or not it was the right thing to do simply because it's too late. "It's not a resource strain at month-end," says Robert Singleton, manager of Intuit's controls advisory office. "Until the team reviews and approves the process, it's not in Oracle."


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Toki Tori 2 may have been subject to delays, but we're still just as excited about playing it as we were way back when it was first announced.
The hype has now risen to a new level as developer Two Tribes has taken to Twitter to share this piece of information:
Did you know Toki Tori 2 is structurally a Metroidvania style game?— Two Tribes (@TwoTribesGames) February 25, 2013
And if so, does that sound good to you?
For those who don't know, "Metroidvania" is a term coined to describe Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, a PlayStation title set in the Castlevania universe which takes elements from Nintendo's Super Metroid. The term has since been applied to subsequent Castlevania titles which have adopted a similar approach (Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow on the Nintendo DS being one such example).
That's not the only piece of good news Two Tribes have shared on Twitter. Co-founder Collin van Ginkel has also revealed that the game is finally nearing completion:
Heading into work for some last minute improvements. Last week of Toki Tori 2 is up ahead.
Slightly frightening actually...— Collin van Ginkel (@collinvanginkel) February 24, 2013
Are you keen to see what Toki Tori 2 plays like? Post a comment to tell us.
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