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Donors fund two new endowed Teaching Chairs at SFSC
Highlands Today Laurie and Dr. Norm Stephens designated their donation to fund an endowment to support a teaching chair for any academic discipline taught at the college by a full-time faculty member. Dr. Stephens recently retired as SFSC’s third president after … |
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Report: LCS ‘circumvented’ state law but no criminal intent found
Tallahassee.com Pons, during the meeting, said it was “real important” to note that there were no findings related to fraud or malfeasance. And he asked Coxe whether any of the people involved in the notebook had direct knowledge of criminal activity. … The notebook … |
New York TimesYour Tuesday Evening BriefingNew York TimesCredit Rainier Ehrhardt/Associated Press. 2. The campaign against the Confederate flag intensified. Protesters rallied at the South Carolina capitol, calls to remove it elsewhere mounted and Amaz…
AlterNet |
Jeb Bush Is Polling at 73% — Among the World’s Richest Bankers and CEOs
AlterNet The Bush administration aided the bankers by advocating the repeal of key elements of the Glass-Steagall Act. Related bills to dismantle that Depression-era act won the support of the House and Senate banking committees in the fall of 1991, though they … |
UN News Centre |
UN deputy chief urges ramped-up support for global peacebuilding efforts
UN News Centre But there are clear indications that allocations to peacebuilding and to institution-building – which is closely related – in conflict-affected countries are grossly inadequate,” Mr. Eliasson confirmed. The UN deputy head … In addition to the funding … ‘Lack of funding holds back peacebuilding efforts’IANS |
Daily Caller |
Exclusive: Congressman’s Aide Calls Ex-Im Vote Favor To ‘Big Campaign …
Daily Caller They are big campaign contributors of ours, so, you know, we’ll help them out.” (RELATED: Boeing CEO Refuses To Make Case For Ex-Im Before Congress). The Ex-Im Bank’s stated mission is to make it easier for U.S. businesses to export goods by providing … |
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Nepal president okays ordinance on post-quake reconstruction
Big News Network.com The authority, designed to supervise post-quake reconstruction following a 7.9-magnitude earthquake on April 25 and ensuing aftershocks, comes ahead of an international donors‘ conference in Kathmandu on Nepal’s reconstruction post-earthquake, The … |
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Why does local matter? Let’s ask our audience.
Poynter.org Sometimes they can be very highbrow as well, focused on their donors more so than the less fortunate locals in the region. Now, there’s a more ground-level variant on public broadcasting – community radio. I was a DJ and producer for many years on the … |
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Podocyte biology Age-associated changes in podocytes linked to FGGS
Nature.com To study age-related changes in podocytes, Wiggins and colleagues developed a new technology they call ‘podometrics’. “We developed this quantitative methodology because we realized from animal model studies … The researchers measured glomerular … |
The Guardian |
Kenyan president’s call to arms on self-sufficiency carries health risks
The Guardian Of the overall health budget, 45% is currently provided by donors and 55% by the Kenyan state. In some programmes, the dependency on ODA is even greater. In a series of interviews in March 2015, we learned that the HIV and Aids programmes are funded … |