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New Online Federal Document: Learning from Iraq
Learning From Iraq: A Final Report From the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction is available online and it “culminates SIGIR’s nine-year mission overseeing Iraq’s reconstruction.” “This study provides much more than a recapitulation of what the reconstruction program accomplished … Continue reading
American Diabetes Association Alert Day
Tuesday, March 26, 2013, is the American Diabetes Association® Alert Day®, which is meant to draw everyone’s attention to diabetes and their risk for the disease. On the web site you can take the free Diabetes Risk Test, which asks … Continue reading
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Tagged books, diabetes, federal government, governmentinfo, health, quizes, videos, web sites
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Research in Gender and Women’s Studies
March is Women’s History Month and Andersen Library has plenty of resources to help you learn more about gender history and the history of women. North American Women’s Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 This collection includes one of the … Continue reading
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Wellfest 2013 (Sun Mar 10)
Wellness 2013 will take place in Whitewater’s High School from noon-3pm on Sunday, March 10. It’s free and sponsored by Working for Whitewater’s Wellness (W3), UW-Whitewater, and other entities. Check it out for free food, fitness classes, healthy cooking demos, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, community events, cooking, DVDs, events, federal government, fun stuff, government info, health, nutrition, stress relief, tai chi, tutorials, videos, web sites, wellness, whitewater, yoga
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MLK commemorative event Jan. 23
Rodney Slater will deliver the keynote address at UWW’s 27th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Event. Please join the campus community at this event on Wed., Jan. 23, at 3:30pm in the UC’s Hamilton Center. Mr. Slater, partner at … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversaries, books, civil rights, digital archives, federal government, government info, history, holidays, Martin Luther King Jr, speakers, web sites
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National Technical Reports Library available through 3/31/13
The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) is available though March 31, 2013 to UWW students and staff. NTRL contains the meta-data of over 2 million scientific and technical reports, with access to over 700,000 of these reports in full-text. Some … Continue reading
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Gasland talk Oct. 1
Josh Fox will talk about “Gasland” at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 1, in the Irvin L. Young Auditorium. It’s the first Fall 2012 Contemporary Issues Lecture. “Josh Fox is the founder and artistic director of International WOW Company. Fox … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, contemporary issues lectures series, documentaries, environment, federal government, fracking, gas production, government info, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking, lectures, oil production, safety, water, web sites
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Anniversary of Social Security Act
The Social Security Act (H.R. 7260, Public Law No. 271, 74th Congress) was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935, guaranteeing income for the unemployed and retirees. You’ll recall your history lessons about the Great … Continue reading
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SuperTrack your food and activity
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture provides a free handy tool called SuperTracker. You can look up foods to learn their nutritional value (based on analysis by the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service), enter your food intake for the day and see … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, exercise, federal government, food, government info, healthy lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity
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Expanded gTLDs coming…
Did you ever wonder about the online domain names and how they are managed? Well, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, Congressonal hearings, domain names, federal government, generic top-level domain names, government info, gTLDs, ICANN, Internet, searching, web sites
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