Also received.

Also received. HEIDI KNECHT (ed.). Projectile technology, xviii+408 pages,numerous illustrations. 1997. New York (NY): Plenum; 0-306-45716-4hardback. D.N. EDWARDS. Gabati: a Meroitic, post-Meroitic and medievalcemetery in central Sudan1 (Sudan Archaeological Research Publication 3;BAR International series 740). xix+257 pages, 114 figures, 14 tables.1998. Oxford: Archaeopress; 0-86054-936-4 paperback 37 [poundssterling]. MICHEL MOUTON moutonlamb pelt made to resemble seal or beaver. (ed.). Mleiha (I): environnement, strategies desubsistance et artisanats (Travaux de la Maison de l'OrientMediterranean 29). 292 pages, 42 figures, 74 plates, tables. 1999.Lyons: Maison de l'Orient Mediterranean; 2-903264-71-6 (ISSN ISSNabbr.International Standard Serial Number 0766-0510) paperback.

Reply to Blockley, Donahue & Pollard.

Reply to Blockley, Donahue & Pollard. We welcome Blockley et al.'s paper that raises the issue ofcalibration in the Late Glacial, although for reasons given below webelieve their conclusions are premature. We are also gratified grat��i��fy?tr.v. grat��i��fied, grat��i��fy��ing, grat��i��fies1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father.See Synonyms at please.2. that theyselected our paper from among several major books and papers on theperiod which have appeared since 1996 (Larsson 1996a; Otte 1997; Strauset al. 1996; Street & Terberger 1999; Tolan-Smith 1998). What thiswider sample of the relevant Palaeolithic literature demonstrates --about which Blockley et al. seem unaware -- is the degree ofinconsistency in current approaches to calibration. Some of the papersin the edited volumes by Larsson (1996b) and Straus et al. (1996)calibrate To adjust or bring into balance. Scanners, CRTs and similar peripherals may require periodic adjustment. Unlike digital devices, the electronic components within these analog devices may change from their original specification. See color calibration and tweak. , whilst others do not. Otte (1997) presents calibrated dateswhile Tolan-Smith (1998) prefers uncalibrated radiocarbon years for hisstudy of the British data. This hesitancy is not confined toarchaeologists, for the same is seen in geography. For example, at theEnglish Heritage conference on Science in Archaeology, Edwards (1998)does not calibrate his pollen curves, although in a standard textbooksuch as Lowe & Walker (1997) calibration can be found. This is in aperiod where good calibration curves are available and the author is aformer chair of the NERC NERC Natural Environment Research Council (UK)NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey, USA)NERC Northeast Recycling CouncilNERC National Environment Research Council Radiocarbon Accelerator Dating Service AdvisoryPanel. Consequently we agree with Street & Terberger (1999: 260),writing in ANTIQUITY, that in the Late Glacial: Until there is consensus for a common calibration system, thepresentation of the `raw dates' avoids confusion and even theuncalibrated radiocarbon dates provide convincing evidence forcontinuity or hiatus of settlement in different regions of Europe Europe is often divided into regions due to geographical, cultural or historical criteria. Some common divisions are as follows. Directional divisionsGroupings by compass directions are the hardest to define in Europe, since (among other issues) the pure geographical criteria . Let us be clear what Blockley et al. are advocating, namely the useof the 1993 and 1998 marine curves for calibrating radiocarbondeterminations on terrestrial archaeological samples. It is important torealize just how problematic these curves currently are for uncriticalarchaeological use. The marine curves are based on paired U/Th and AMS AMS - Andrew Message System [.sup.14]C determinations of corals. Although it is assumed that U/Thages conform to a calendrical timescale, it is not proven. One only needlook at the early history of the [.sup.14]C method to see how we oncethought [.sup.14]C was an absolute method and it was only later realizedthat uncalibrated [.sup.14]C ages were not calendar years. There is alsothe question whether corals are closed-systems, for if loss or exchangeof Th has occurred the data will be invalid. However, the over-ridingproblem for this period is the varying marine reservoir effect.Fluctuations in the amount of old carbon incorporated into the oceansduring deglaciation de��gla��ci��a��tion?n.The uncovering of glaciated land because of melting or sublimation of the glacier.deglaciation?The uncovering of land that was previously covered by a glacier. means that the 400-year present-day offset cannot beassumed. Although we acknowledge that the marine curves are useful forindicating the long-term age offset between the [.sup.14]C timescale andcalendrical time, the smoothed nature of the ocean-derived data and thevariable marine reservoir effect means they should only be used withcaution. It is because the calibration data are so heavily smoothed thatBlockley et al. dispute our notion of a northward movement of peoples.We acknowledge that calibration should be a goal but to have simplyadopted the marine data as it was available in 1997 seemed to uspremature. The subsequent publication, in late 1998, of a new integrateddecadel calibration curve (Stuiver et al. 1998) partly answers theseconcerns, but the precision is still poor in the Late Glacial oncebeyond the limit of the German Pine dataset (i.e. for ages [is greaterthan]11,871 calendar years BP). In essence, Late Glacial Palaeolithic archaeology is undergoing theinterest that surrounded the first calibration curve 25 years ago thatgave us Wessex without Mycenae (Renfrew 1968). We need to ensure that,as calibration is extended, it is extended for a good archaeologicalreason. Clearly the issue of re-colonization and settlement pattern isfertile ground for wanting the precision which calibration offers. Ourapproach to colonization as a process rather than an event provides justsuch a framework for the assessment of accuracy and the impetus forfurther precision. The rather weak correlation that Blockley et al.(FIGURE 6b) propose between climatic amelioration in the GISP GISP Global Invasive Species ProgrammeGISP Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance ProjectGISP Greenland Ice Sheet ProjectGISP Geographic Information Systems ProfessionalGISP Group Independent Study ProjectGISP Global Information Society Project 2 curve andMagdalenian settlement is precisely the sort of correlation which nowneeds to be investigated rather than asserted. Since their model appearsto be based on a simplistic sim��plism?n.The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications.[French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple environmental determinism, it is up to themto explain why change in temperature was the critical factor. Simplyascribing the whole process just to environmental changes is not thefinal goal, for one has to think in terms of human response. Moreover,since they prefer a settlement system rather than a population movement,why do they curtail their study with our dates? Why do they not continuethe analysis (the dates are widely published in the books cited above)to see how the later fluctuations in the GISP2 curve (FIGURE 6b)affected, or did not affect, the radiocarbon evidence? If they prefer amodel whereby change is solely people re-organizing their settlementsystems, then they need to select an appropriate set of data adequatelyto test their environmental assumptions. This they have not done. Usingour data we tested a model of re-colonization where we suggested thatsettlement pattern had to be understood in the context of a process ofpopulation dispersal. [FIGURE 6b ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The two-stage model we advanced is supported, albeit at longertime-scales, by Tolan-Smith's (1998) study of the re-settlement ofthe British Isles, Bracco's (1996) investigation of the MassifCentral and Larsson's (1996a) and Bang-Andersen's (1996)studies of southern Scandinavia. All of these studies use archaeologicaldata in conjunction with radiocarbon data to discern significantpatterning. The logical conclusion of Blockley et al.'s statisticalapproach is to lop LOP - A language based on first-order logic.["SETHEO - A High-Perormance Theorem Prover for First-Order Logic", Reinhold Letz et al, J Automated Reasoning 8(2):183-212 (1992)]. the tails off the distributions that would clearlymake archaeological nonsense, and we are pleased to see that they didnot. However, we are concerned that they seem unaware of the nature ofarchaeology when they criticize an approach that treats the earliestdates as significant. In all periods, but especially the Palaeolithic,new data can bring about major revisions of how we understand ourpatterns. They are criticizing us for what we cannot provide -- arepresentative assessment of the populations to be sampled before wehave sampled them. Taphonomic concerns dictate the availability of theright sort of sample, hence the bias towards caves. Carried to itsextreme they would be counselling an end to archaeological fieldwork andthe re-analysis of data because we will never he in a position toprovide what they require. We prefer the approach which has produced,since our paper, new data from Paviland (Aldhouse-Green & Pettitt1998) and the Rhineland (Street & Terberger 1999: figure 4) wheredates displayed as data clearly indicate a tiny presence during theglacial maximum followed by a major demographic expansion in theMagdalenian. Such studies also easily refute Barton's (1997: 117)claims of `over-interpretation'. The expansion now needs to becompared with the genetic evidence, which independently suggests that itwas this demographic process which established the genetic pattern ofEuropeans rather than a later dispersal of farmers from the Near East(Richards et al. 1996). We concede that there is obviously a great needfor more dates and an honest assessment from the statisticians of thelevels of accuracy that may be achieved. Ideally we would like toinvestigate the process at the interval of a human generation.Calibration should be seen as one step towards an integrated approach tosuch a major research frontier. References ALDHOUSE-GREEN, S.H.R. & P. PETTITT. 1998. Paviland Cave:contextualizing the `Red Lady', Antiquity 72: 756-72. BANG-ANDERSEN, S. 1996. The colonisation of Southwest Norway, anecological approach, in Larsson (ed.): 219-34. BARTON, R.N.E, 1997. Stone Age Britain. London: Batsford. BRACCO, J.-P. 1996. Du site au territoire: l'occupation du soldans les hautes vallees de la Loire et de l'Allier au paleolithiquesuperieur (Massif Central), Gallia Prehistoire 38: 13-67. EDWARDS, K.J. 1998, Detection of human impact on the naturalenvironment: palynological views, in J. Bayley (ed.), Science inarchaeology, an agenda for the future: 69-88. London: English Heritage. LARSSON, L. 1996a. The colonisation of south Sweden during thedeglaciation, in Larsson (ed.): 141-55. (Ed.). 1996b. The earliestsettlement of Scandinavia and its relationship with neighbouring areas.Stockholm: Almquist & Wiksell International. Acta ArchaeologicaLundensia 24. LOWE, J.J. & M.J.C. WALKER. 1997. Reconstructing Quaternaryenvironments. Harlow: Longman. OTTE, M. 1997. Paleolithique final du Nord-Ouest, migrations etsaisons, in J.-P. Fagnart & A. Thavenin (ed.), Le Tardiglaciare enEurope du Nord-Ouest: 353-66. Paris: CTHS CTHS Cherrybrook Technology High School (Sydney, Australia). RENFREW, C. 1968. Wessex without Mycenae, Annual of the BritishSchool of Archaeology at Athens 63: 277-85. RICHARDS, M., H. CORTE-REAL, P. FORSTER, V. MACAULAY, H.WILKINSON-HERBOTS, A. DEMAINE, S. PAPIHA, R. HEDGES, H.-J. BANDELT &B. SYKES. 1996. Palaeolithic and Neolithic lineages in the Europeanmitochondrial mitochondrialpertaining to mitochondria.mitochondrial RNAsa unique set of tRNAs, mRNAs, rRNAs, transcribed from mitochondrial DNA by a mitochondrial-specific RNA polymerase, that account for about 4% of the total cell RNA that gene pool, American Journal of Human Genetics 59: 185-203. STRAUS, L.G., B.V. ERIKSEN, J.M. ERLANDSON & D.R. YESNER (ed.).1996. Humans at the end of the ice age: the archaeology of thePleistocene-Holocene transition. New York (NY): Plenum. STREET, M. & T. TERBERGER. 1999, The last Pleniglacial and thehuman settlement of Central Europe: new information from the Rhinelandsite Wiesbaden-Igstadt, Antiquity 73: 259-72. STUIVER, M., P.J. REIMER, E. BARD, J.W. BECK, G.S. BURR, K.A.HUGHEN, B. KROMER, G. MCCGRMAC, J. VAN DER DER - Distinguished Encoding Rules PLICHT & M. SPURK. 1998.INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 24,000-0 cal BP, Radiocarbon40(3): 1041-84. TOLAN-SMITH, C. 1998. Radiocarbon chronology and the Late Glacialand early Postglacial post��gla��cial?adj.Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.postglacial?Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.Adj. 1. resettlement Re`set´tle`mentn. 1. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlementof lees s>.The resettlementof my discomposed soul.- Norris. of the British Isles, QuaternaryInternational 49/50: 21-7. Housley, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu, Latin: Universitas Glasguensis) was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland. , GregoryBuilding, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland.r.housley@archaeology.arts.gla.ac.uk Gamble, Department of Archaeology,University of Southampton In the most recent RAE assessment (2001), it has the only engineering faculty in the country to receive the highest rating (5*) across all disciplines.[3] According to The Times Higher Education Supplement , Southampton SO17 1BJ, England.C.S.Gamble@soton.ac.uk Pettitt, Research Laboratory for Archaeology& the History of Art, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QJ, England.paul.pettitt@archaeology-research.oxford.ac.uk

Report details 'school-hopping' trend in colleges.

Report details 'school-hopping' trend in colleges. Forty-five percent of all college seniors took at least one coursefrom another college before enrolling at their current school in the2004-2005 academic year, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the National Survey of StudentEngagement. The NSSE NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University)NSSE National Study of School EvaluationNSSE National Special Security Event (US)NSSE National Security Special Event also reported that 33 percent of college seniorstook at least one course at another college after enrolling at theircurrent school--and most of this outside study was completed atvocational-technical schools or two-year colleges. Forty-seven percent of students in the study cited completingdegree requirement sooner as their primary reason for"school-hopping." Another 21 percent cited a better courseschedule and 17 percent said easier courses were their reasons forattending the community colleges. The trend, dubbed dub?1?tr.v. dubbed, dub��bing, dubs1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.2. To honor with a new title or description.3. a "swirl pattern"--taking classes atdifferent schools before obtaining a baccalaureate--concerns Dr. GeorgeD. Kuh, NSSE director and Indiana University Indiana University,main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. professor of highereducation. He argues that moving around reduces students'educational enrichment. "Engagement is a critical factor in the educational process,because the more time and energy students devote to desired activities,the more likely they are to develop the habits of the mind that are keyto success after college," Kuh said in a statement. "Inaddition, engagement is positively related to grades and graduation,outcomes everyone agrees are important." In the foreword fore��word?n.A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.forewordNounan introductory statement to a bookNoun 1. to the report, Dr. Russell Edgerton, a CarnegieFoundation This article is about the Dutch Carnegie Foundation, owner and manager of the Peace Palace. For other uses, see The Carnegie Foundation.The Carnegie Foundation ("Carnegie Stichting" in Dutch) is an organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands. visiting scholar A visiting scholar, in the world of academia, is a scholar from an institution who visits a receiving university that hosts him where he or she is projected to teach (visiting professor), lecture (visiting lecturer), or perform research (visiting researcher , says the NSSE was originally conceived asan alternative to the U.S. News and World Report college rankings. TheNSSE gauges colleges' effectiveness in promoting learning amongstudents, rather than using more abstract criteria to develop abest-colleges list. "A college that in fact becomes more effective has few ways,other than its own marketing efforts, to acquire a reputation foreffectiveness. Colleges that become more selective are rewarded withrising rankings in U.S. News. But colleges that become more effective incontributing to student learning are largely ignored," Edgertonsaid. "Excellence in higher education is still largely defined ashaving resources others don't have--like students with high SATscores and faculty with national reputations as scholars.... I do notbelieve the traditional order will be overthrown. There will always be arace to be like Harvard, or what people perceive it to be. But thepursuit of prestige need not be the only game in town," he added. The NSSE reported that at institutions where proven teachingtechniques--such as encouraging feedback and class discussions--areprevalent, students are more satisfied and are more likely to interactwith faculty and peers. The report also found that the 54 percent of all first-yearstudents that took a freshman seminar were more likely to use campusservices, were more satisfied with college and gained more in terms ofpersonal and social development. Also, high-profile student-athletesgenerally took part in effective educational practices at the same levelas other students. Additionally, the report found that graduates ofschools where students interacted at a high level with faculty were morelikely to give money to their school. Interestingly, the study also found that though more than 90percent of new students say they expect to get involved in co-curricularactivities, 36 percent of first-year students and 43 percent of seniorsare not involved in any of these activities. The report also finds thatreligious students are more likely to get involved in a broad range ofcollegiate activities. "Institutions can do more to help students succeed in collegeby clearly marking paths that students should take to get involved inactivities that matter to them and their learning," Kuh said. The NSSE, titled "Exploring Different Dimensions of StudentEngagement," is based on information from approximately 237,000first-year students and seniors at 528 four-year colleges. The surveygauged five contributors to educational performance: level of academicchallenge; active and collaborative learning Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of approaches in education that involve joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers. Collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task in which each ; student-facultyinteraction; enriching educational experiences; and supportive campusenvironment. Schools that have a lower student-faculty ratio, morefull-time faculty and more classes with fewer than 20 students generallyscore higher on all of five benchmarks, according to the NSSE.

Report from the national council of teachers of English annual convention.

Report from the national council of teachers of English annual convention. Managing the Institute's booth for the annual NCTE NCTE National Council of Teachers of EnglishNCTE National Centre for Technology in EducationNCTE National Center for Transgender EqualityNCTE National Council for Teacher Education (India)NCTE Network Channel Terminating Equipment conventionin New York City New York City:see New York, city. New York CityCity (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. was a wonderful experience that not only promotedgeneral semantics gen��er��al semantics?n. (used with a sing. verb)A discipline developed by Alfred Korzybski that proposes to improve human behavioral responses through a more critical use of words and symbols. to English teachers English Teachers (airing internationally as Taipei Diaries) is a Canadian documentary television series. The series, which airs on Canada's Life Network and internationally, profiles several young Canadians teaching English as a Second Language in Taipei, Taiwan. , but also reminded me why I amexcited to be a part of this organization. Jackie Parenti, StacyStockdale and I traveled to New York City in mid-November to staff theInstitute's NCTE booth, but we came back to Texas with much morethan we expected. Stacy had been to national teacher conventions before, but Jackieand I had only manned booths for GS at college student activity fairs.We agreed that this conference had a great energy. The teachers whoattended seemed eager to learn new teaching methods and were very openand receptive to learning new ideas. Many teachers came to the convention to buy books and materials fortheir classrooms and to gather new lesson plan and activity ideas (alongwith having a good excuse to visit NYC NYCabbr.New York CityNYCNew York City ). With so many book vendors andcompanies trying to pitch their products, people commented that theInstitute's booth was unique in its presentation and content. It was interesting to watch people skip over other booths andgravitate grav��i��tate?intr.v. grav��i��tat��ed, grav��i��tat��ing, grav��i��tates1. To move in response to the force of gravity.2. To move downward.3. towards ours. The dark purple backdrop of the booth itself canbe very eye-catching, but when you add a spinning Benham Disc, a pile ofnewly-designed brochures, and three energetic young women, you have acombination that not many English teachers wanted to pass up. We had funexplaining general semantics, handing out copies of ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). , sellingt-shirts (one teacher even bought t-shirts for her entire department),and directing people to our new website full of information, teacherresources, publications for sale and (coming soon) online courses.Throughout the convention, we heard comments like "this is the mostinteresting booth here," "thank you for being here," and"this is the only booth worth visiting." A number of peoplealso remarked that they were drawn to our booth because our youth andenergy reminded them of their students; they wanted to see why thesethree young ladies would be so committed to something like generalsemantics. Personally, manning the booth reinvigorated my love of generalsemantics. I explained what I could about its principles and history,how it has helped me, and how it could help in the classroom. Seeing therealization and excitement on the faces of the visiting teachersreminded me of why I was initially drawn to general semantics. Although Stacy had been to New York City before, it was the firsttime for Jackie and me, so we did our fair share of sightseeing beforeand after the conference. NYC was amazing in every way, and thediversity and energy of the city was reflected everywhere we went. Stacyand I were fortunate enough to meet with anthropologist, author, curatorof the American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History,incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. , and 2005 Alfred KorzybskiMemorial Lecture The distinguished Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture (AKML) series was begun in 1952. It is an annual event sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics in honor of Alfred Korzybski. speaker, Dr. Robert L. Carneiro. Overall, I count the trip as a great success. Because of our boothat the trade show, we have new members, new contacts, new personaloutlooks on GS, and hundreds of teachers who are equipped to beginweaving GS principles into their classrooms to a new generation of eagerminds. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARISA SLEETER* *Marisa Sleeter has worked in young adult outreach for theInstitute since completing her Berman Scholar internship in August 2007.She graduated from Texas Christian University Texas Christian University,at Fort Worth; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); coeducational; opened 1873 at Thorp Spring, chartered 1874 as Add Ran Male and Female College. It assumed its present name in 1902 and moved to Fort Worth in 1910. in May 2007.

Report on attrition of new teachers. (Front and Center).

Report on attrition of new teachers. (Front and Center). The National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies (NCES NCES National Center for Education StatisticsNCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services (US DoD)NCES Network Centric Enterprise ServicesNCES Net Condition Event Systems ) has releasedAttrition of New Teachers Among Recent College Graduates, a study thatcompares the attrition rates of new teachers to new professionals inother white-collar occupations. According to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the study, among graduateswho were employed in April 1994 and April 1997, K-12 teachers were aslikely as graduates who worked in other white-collar, professions to beworking in the same occupational category in April 1997. Among those whowere employed as full-time K-12 teachers in April 1994, 82 percent werestill teaching in April 1997. The study was produced by the educational consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a feeconsulting companybusiness firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a MPR (MultiProtocol Router) Software from Novell that provides router capabilities for its NetWare servers. It supports IPX, IP, AppleTalk and OSI protocols as well as all the major LANs and WANs. Associates, Inc. for the Department of Education in response to concernsabout a national teacher shortage and compares the job stability of1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients who went into a variety ofcareers, including teaching. An overwhelming majority of the teachers in the study said theirjobs were related to their undergraduate majors, and that their jobs hadcareer potential. Both of these are positive findings relating to relating torelate prep → concernantrelating torelate prep → bez��glich +gen, mit Bezug auf +accthejob stability associated with teaching. According to Robin Henke, the MPR Associates senior researcher wholed the study for NCES, "If it's true that new teachers amongnew college graduates are no more likely to leave their occupation thantheir peers in other professions, then it may be as important to createprograms that help college students choose and plan for careers as tocreate programs to support new teachers." To read the complete study, visithttp://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001189.pdf.

Report on minorities in the health professions.

Report on minorities in the health professions. A report by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the HealthcareWorkforce finds that "African Americans African AmericanMulticulture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.See Race. , Hispanics, AmericanIndians American Indians:see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the; Natives, Middle American; Natives, North American; Natives, South American. , and certain segments of the nation's Asian/PacificIslander population are not present in significant numbers" in themakeup makeupIn the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces of the nation's physicians, dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following: Practitioners of dentistry The Dentists, a British band active in the 1980s and 1990s and nurses. While acknowledging that the nation's medical, nursing anddental schools Noun 1. dental school - a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistryschool of dentistrygrad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree have made efforts toward increasing minority enrollmentsince the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the report finds that,collectively, they have not succeeded in achieving greater diversityamong their students, especially in light of our increasingly diversepopulation. For example, together, African Americans, Hispanic HispanicMulticulture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere Americansand American Indians make up more than 25 percent of the U.S.population, but only nine percent of the nation's nurses--and lessthan 10 percent of baccalaureate nursing faculties. The vision put forth by the commission focuses on high-quality carefor the entire population and notes that, "Diversity is a key toexcellence in health care. To achieve that new vision, care must beprovided by a well-trained, qualified, and culturally competent healthprofessions workforce that mirrors the diversity of the population itserves." Among the commission's recommendations are that baccalaureatecolleges and health professions schools should provide and support"bridging programs" that enable graduates of two-year collegesto succeed in the transition to four-year colleges, and that graduatesof two-year community college nursing programs should be encouraged andsupported in enrolling in baccalaureate degree-granting nursingprograms. Recognizing the need for increased funding to achieve the goals ithas set forth, the commission makes a number of recommendations, such assubstantially increasing funding to support diversity programs with theNational Health Service Corps, and Titles VII and VIII of the PublicHealth Service Act. It also encourages increased support frombusinesses, foundations and other private and public organizations. For more information about the Sullivan Commission report, MissingPersons: Minorities in the Health Professions, visitwww.sullivancommission.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.RFC 1591. .

Report on the public sector market for PCs.

Report on the public sector market for PCs. A report issued in September September:see month. by technology market research companyIDC found that, "Despite a remarkable sequential increase inshipments, the market for PCs in the U.S. public sector is showing signsof weakness." Although there is still double-digit dou��ble-dig��itadj.Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation.growth, that rate is slightlybelow the rates of the past two years. The IDC report found that Dell,Apple and Gateway improved their shares of the U.S. public sectormarket, with Dell maintaining its overall leadership. Apple has donewell in the K-12 market with its iBook and has now regained its top spotin the overall education portable PC market. In the education market, IDC notes, "Although the K-12 andhigher education higher educationStudy beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. markets had similar performances on the sequentialbasis, the K-12 segment showed a weaker performance on a year-on-yearbasis." This is attributed to the fact that tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see .Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition. and fee increases areup, as are enrollments in postsecondary education, which helps "thehigher education sector withstand the sort of financial crisis facingits K-12 counterpart counterpartn. in the law of contracts, a written paper which is one of several documents which constitute a contract, such as a written offer and a written acceptance. ." For more information, visit www.idc.com.