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...Harckham, a legislator from New York's Westchester County, said that money from the stimulus bill, while helpful, would leave his county about $1 billion short of its target budget for upgrading local water and sewage systems. The Vice President responded that the stimulus package was not meant to shift the burdens of local governments to the federal budget. Once the stimulus money is gone, Biden said, Westchester will...
...Classical Civilizations.” Astrophysics has eliminated the difference between the “basic” and “honors” track, instead allowing any concentrator to choose to write a thesis as late as senior fall. The English department’s shift to only four non-elective requirements (one in each of the “common ground” areas) also bespeaks a more simplified structure, and the Music concentration has pared down a snarl of 14-15 requirements that befuddled even Shreffler, the department’s chair, in a phone interview.Department...
...College looks to turn the Gen Ed legislation passed by the Faculty in 2007 into a concrete set of courses for incoming freshmen in the class of 2013—all of whom will fall under the new program. The work thus far has been more struggle than seamless shift. There’s always an “enormous gap” between rules and practice, says the History department’s director of undergraduate studies, Daniel L. Smail, suggesting that it will be the work of the last two years, culminating next fall, that will...
...shift in disease burden has a number of root causes. Victories against infectious disease mostly affecting children lead to more people living to adulthood, and thus an increase in chronic diseases. Economic development leads to lifestyle changes that increase the risk for chronic diseases. For example, shifts from agrarian to urban living results in less physical activity, more processed food, and exposure to more air pollution. Most African governments lack information and resources to respond to this growing crisis...
...Roeder reportedly subscribed to Prayer and Action News, a magazine that advocated "justifiable homicide" as a way of protesting abortion. Read "Understanding America's Shift on Abortion...