Who\u27s Minding the Nonprofit Store: Does Sarbanes-Oxley Have Anything to Offer Nonprofits?

IN JUNE OF 2003, nonprofit public benefit corporation PipeVine, processor of charitable donations for dozens of charities, closed its doors, admitting it did not have enough funds to distribute what it owed to its clients. The California attorney general filed suit and the San Francisco Superior Court appointed a receiver to take over the affairs of the corporation. The receiver\u27s preliminary report indicates PipeVine (formerly known as United Nonprofit Operations or UNO ) likely owed over $18 million, with cash and assets worth just over$3 million, placing PipeVine among the most costly nonprofit failures ever. In the post-Enron world, where increased scrutiny of forprofit corporations has attracted judicial and legislative attention, the unique attributes of charitable nonprofit corporations have left those entities largely free to handle extraordinary sums of money intended for a wide variety of charitable and philanthropic ventures with little or no public accountability and virtually no ability to discover problems before they become catastrophic

'You Say that I Am a King' (John 18.37)

Nestle-Aland punctuate Jn 18.37 σὺ λέγεις ὅτι βασιλεύς εἰμι. The present article argues for voicing the text rather with the pause one word later: σὺ λέγεις ὅτι βασιλεύς εἰμι ἐγώ. This voicing resonates with the Johannine ἐγώ εἰμι sayings, which, together with the theme of Jesus’ kingship, form a significant part of how John conveys who Jesus is throughout the Gospel narrative. If Jn 18.37 is voiced as proposed here, then the effect is to yoke together two Christologically significant expressions on Jesus’ lips, but in a way that teases the reader semantically and contributes to the challenge of Pilate’s question, ‘What is truth?

Collaborating Across NU for Accessible Video

Recent budget trends have led to more collaboration across university systems. These collaborations help members solve common problems, share resources, and develop and support innovative initiatives beyond what individual institutions could do alone. Historically, higher education institutions have fallen behind in ensuring accessibility for teaching and learning systems in general, and specifically for video. In the past several years, the University of Nebraska campuses have seen an increased need to meet accessibility requirements for video, particularly in online courses. In this session, members of ITS from each campus will present processes and outcomes that led to selecting ilos as the system-wide tool for video storage and captioning. Ilos allows NU to focus on pedagogical design and instructional support for our faculty, while the system takes care of the infrastructure and workflow needed to ensure we meet accessibility standards. This session will also outline the strategies employed to make a system-wide decision, describe the benefits for faculty and students, and explain the leadership lessons learned

Collaborating Across NU for Accessible Video

Recent budget trends have led to more collaboration across university systems. These collaborations help members solve common problems, share resources, and develop and support innovative initiatives beyond what individual institutions could do alone. Historically, higher education institutions have fallen behind in ensuring accessibility for teaching and learning systems in general, and specifically for video. In the past several years, the University of Nebraska campuses have seen an increased need to meet accessibility requirements for video, particularly in online courses. In this session, members of ITS from each campus will present processes and outcomes that led to selecting ilos as the system-wide tool for video storage and captioning. Ilos allows NU to focus on pedagogical design and instructional support for our faculty, while the system takes care of the infrastructure and workflow needed to ensure we meet accessibility standards. This session will also outline the strategies employed to make a system-wide decision, describe the benefits for faculty and students, and explain the leadership lessons learned

Exile Vol. X No. 1

FICTION The Contest by Jon Reynolds 7-19 Engagement by John Hunting 23-34 Sea Scape by Ellen Heath 35-37 The Gift of the Pelican Keeper by Bart Estes 38-43 Trillium of Guilt by David Kay 46-50 The Enormous Snowfall by Ed Brunner 52-65 Story by Jane Cogie 66-67 POETRY Karen\u27s Elegy by Al Werder 20-21 Chicken Little by Curt Matthews 34 Autumn by Judy Pister 37 Poem by Curt Matthews 44 Madame Bovary by Al Werder 65 GRAPHICS Monoprint by Kathy Knapp 5 Pen and Ink by Bob Tauber 6 Linocut by Parker Waite III 22 Linocut by Jeff Barnes 38 Linocut by Jack Reilly 43 Water color by Kathy Knapp 45 Linocut by Bob Tauber 51 Awarded the semi-annual EXILE-Denison Bookstore Writing Prize: The Gift of the Pelican Keeper by Bart Estes 38-4

1944 Ruby Yearbook

A digitized copy of the 1944 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/ruby/1046/thumbnail.jp

Isotopic and Compositional Variations in Single Nuclear Fuel Pellet Particles Analyzed by Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Article published under an ACS AuthorChoice LicenseThe Collaborative Materials Exercise (CMX) is organized by the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group, with the aim of advancing the analytical capabilities of the participating organizations and providing feedback on the best approaches to a nuclear forensic investigation. Here, model nuclear fuel materials from the 5th CMX iteration were analyzed using a NanoSIMS 50L (CAMECA) in order to examine inhomogeneities in the U-235/U-238 ratio and trace element abundance within individual, micrometer scale particles. Two fuel pellets were manufactured for the exercise and labelled CMX-5A and CMX-5B. These pellets were created using different processing techniques, but both had a target enrichment value of U-235/U-238 = 0.01. Particles from these pellets were isolated for isotopic and trace element analysis. Fifteen CMX-5A particles and 20 CMX-5B particles were analyzed, with both sample types displaying inhomogeneities in the U isotopic composition at a sub-micrometer scale within individual particles. Typical particle diameters were similar to 1.5 to 41 mu m for CMX-5A and similar to 1 to 61 mu m for CMX-5B. The CMX-5A particles were shown to be more isotopically homogeneous, with a mean U-235/U-238 atom ratio of 0.0130 +/- 0.0066. The CMX-5B particles showed a predominantly depleted mean U-235/U-238 atom ratio of 0.0063 +/- 0.0094, which is significantly different to the target enrichment value of the pellet and highlights the potential variation of U-235/U-238 in U fuel pellets at the micrometer scale. This study details the successful application of the NanoSIMS 50L in a mock nuclear forensic investigation by optimizing high-resolution imaging for uranium isotopics.Peer reviewe

Laparoscopic Lavage Is Feasible and Safe for the Treatment of Perforated Diverticulitis With Purulent Peritonitis:The First Results From the Randomized Controlled Trial DILALA

To evaluate short-term outcomes of a new treatment for perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis in a randomized controlled trial. BACKGROUND: Perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis (Hinchey III) has traditionally been treated with surgery including colon resection and stoma (Hartmann procedure) with considerable postoperative morbidity and mortality. Laparoscopic lavage has been suggested as a less invasive surgical treatment. METHODS: Laparoscopic lavage was compared with colon resection and stoma in a randomized controlled multicenter trial, DILALA (ISRCTN82208287). Initial diagnostic laparoscopy showing Hinchey III was followed by randomization. Clinical data was collected up to 12 weeks postoperatively. Results: Eighty-three patients were randomized, out of whom 39 patients in laparoscopic lavage and 36 patients in the Hartmann procedure groups were available for analysis. Morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic lavage did not differ when compared with the Hartmann procedure. Laparoscopic lavage resulted in shorter operating time, shorter time in the recovery unit, and shorter hospital stay. CONCLUSIONS: In this trial, laparoscopic lavage as treatment for patients with perforated diverticulitis Hinchey III was feasible and safe in the short-term