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Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (BDSL) Online is now available. 
 
It is most comprehensive bibliography and index of publications on German language and literary studies. Currently there are over 330,000 citations to monographs and to articles and reviews in journals, collected studies, and newspapers. Searching is by author, treated author, treated work, title, publisher, and keyword, with limiting by date, publication type, and up to 18 thematic and chronological categories.  Coverage from 1985- present.  Most of the menus are in german.

 
Funded by cancellations of german periodicals and the print index, this title will provide access to resources which were previously difficult to discover.

Health care in America is presently much debated. Finding understandable and verifiable data and information that describe issues associated with health care is often hard to derive from the media and other sources of information.
 
The U.S. Census Bureau has published a report on recent measures of income, poverty and health insurance in the United States. Generally, the U.S. Census Bureau is regarded as authoritative in measuring such socio-economic data. Compare these figures with those you hear in the media.
  
A summary of the findings can be found at:
 
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/014227.html
 
The full report is available at:
 
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf

You're baaaack, and we're glad. Mother Nature seems to be glad too - this is about the longest stretch of sunny weather we've had since you left!
 
Each semester, with your return from far flung locations, colds break out in abundance. This year, however, it may be more than just colds. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported today that Wake Forest already has 2 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, and 80 more with flu symptoms.
 
Colgate has been preparing (see http://www.colgate.edu/healthalert), but ultimately, preventing a campus-wide flu outbreak is in your hands - literally. The key is to clean your hands and don't touch your eyes, nose, or mouth. You’ll notice hand sanitizers have been installed on every floor in Case-Geyer (and elsewhere too, I’m sure). Use them. Or, even better, wash your hands and don’t be skimpy when doing so - 15 to 20 seconds is needed according to the Centers for Disease Control. It looks like a short period of time, but feels much longer. Don’t like counting to 20? Sing Happy Birthday and keep washing the entire time (don’t worry, it’s not a “public performance”, so no royalties are involved). Still getting through the process too quickly? Sing Happy Birthday like Marilyn Monroe did when she serenaded JFK in 1962. She knew how to spin out a song!
 
Did you know that the flu virus can live for 2 to 9 hours (that’s hours) after being deposited? These and more facts are available at the CDC website. Happy reading.