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August 20, 2014: UMaine News has an article Recognizing Sexual Harrassment about the work of Professor Amy Blackstone and Jason Houle '05 (see July 9 below).
July 15, 2014: Professors Steven Cohn and Kyriacos Markides, and retired professor Susan Greenwood, have articles in The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 2013, Volume 32, Issue 2. Cohn and Markides' article is entitled "Religion and Spiritual Experience: Revisiting Key Assumptions in Sociology." Greenwood's article is "Emile Durkheim and C. G. Jung: Structuring a Transpersonal Sociology of Religion." Scroll down to find them in the list of current articles in this journal.
July 9, 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone and Jason Houle '05 have an article in Sociological Spectrum: Mid-South Sociological Association Volume 34, Issue 4, 2014 – "I Didn't Recognize It as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older": Age, Experience, and Workers' Perceptions of Sexual Harassment. Jason is an assistant professor of sociology at Dartmouth.
July 2014: While spending time in his native country of Cyprus this summer, Professor Kyriacos Markides participated in conference on the Cyprus problem and gave a lecture on "The System of Values and Moral Orientation of Cypriots in Relationship to their Political Behavior". The conference was organized by a Cypriot "Think Tank" called "Thoukidides". His talk can be found at www.Thoukidides.com. Fast forward to approximately 1:151. There is a catch. It is all in Greek!
June 24, 2014: Professor Steve Barkan Op Ed in the Bangor Daily News: Why it Makes No Sense to Put More People in Jail
June 10, 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone Op Ed in the Bangor Daily News. Women's 'Confidence Problem'? It's so much more!
May 13, 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone Op Ed in the Bangor Daily News on helicopter parenting. Cut parents some slack already!
March 18, 2014 – Professor Steve Barkan publications: Criminology: A Sociological Understanding, sixth edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2015; and an article "Why Sociology Textbooks Do a Disservice." Pp. 207-2013 in A. Javier Treviňo and Karen M. McCormack (eds.), Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems. Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2014
March 11, 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone is interviewed on the latest Mable Wadsworth Women's Center podcast.
February 21, 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone is featured in a WGME Portland TV news article about people who live child free!
February 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone's work is featured in a UMaine News article.
January 23, 2014: Professor Kim Huisman has been selected as a CUGR Research Fellow.
January 2014: Professor Amy Blackstone's article "Doing Family Without Having Kids" has been published in the January 20, 2014, issue of Sociology Compass.
January 2014: Chair Amy Blackstone attended a recent UMaine Black Bear Hockey game at the invitation of President Ferguson. Here she is (far left) with UMaine's mascot Bananas and other attendees:
November 2013: An updated version of Professor Steve Barkan's comprehensive introduction to sociology textbook has been published online by Flat World Knowledge.
Oct 21, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone is quoted in a Dame Magazine article entitled "The Ticking Clock: What's True (and False) About Female Fertility?"
September 19, 2013: Professor Steve Barkan was interviewed for a piece on the PBS radio program Marketplace. The story was on "dubious returns" — people returning things to stores that they didn't pay for or just wanted to use for a while — and the economic recession. The show aired on MBPN – here's more on the Marketplace website.
September 17, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone has an op ed in the Bangor Daily News: "Setting the record straight on 6 myths about childless adults."
September 12, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone was interviewed for the BDN and on Fox/ABC TV. And here's the UMaine News Release about her appearance on the Katie Couric Show which aired September 16!
July 2, 2013: Professor Kyriacos Markides appeared on a 90-minute program on the national television station of Cyprus. It was on the program "Elita" (a call-in talk show). Before leaving Cyprus, he was interviewed by a local Cypriot journalist, Antigone Drousiotis, for Phileleftheros, the leading newspaper of Cyprus.
June 13, 2013: Professor Steve Barkan, and alumni Michael Rocque '05 and Jason Houle '05 are quoted in an article from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Solving the Riddle of the U.S. 'Suicide Belt'.
April 24, 2013: Professor Steven Barkan has been elected Vice President/President Elect for the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. UM Notice here.
March 27, 2013: Adjunct Faculty Mike Rocque has an article in Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice. Entitled "Unraveling Change: Social Bonds and Recidivism among Released Offenders", Abstract here.
March 24, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone is interviewed on WABI-TV and the Bangor Daily News about her participation in local Roller Derby!
March 22, 2013: Congrats to Adjunct Faculty Mike Rocque on his recent publication in Deviant Behavior entitled "Measuring Up: Assessing the Measurement Properties of Two Self-Control Scales." http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01639625.2012.748619
March 11, 2013: Professor Kim Huisman's Maine Mother-Daughter Project is featured in the Spring 2013 issue of UMaine Today.
February 11, 2013: Once again Adjunct Faculty Michael Rocque is in the news! Press release about his article in The Journal of Criminal Justice on Biosocial Crime Prevention.
February 6, 2013: Professor Barkan has an Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News on Mass Incarceration.
January 2013: Professors Steve Barkan and Steve Cohn have written an article on recruitment for the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements.
January 2013: Adjunct Faculty Michael Rocque '05 had the following publications over the past year:
January 22, 2013: Professor Amy Blackstone has an Op-Ed in the Bangor Daily News entitled "Do You Ignore or Disrespect Older Co-Workers?"
January 9, 2013: This Op-Ed on parents who have chosen to be child free by Professor Amy Blackstone ran in the Bangor Daily News summer 2012, but somehow we missed getting it in In the News!
December 19, 2012: More great news from the Class of 2005: Michael Rocque has recently received his PhD from Northeastern University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and has accepted the Director of Correctional Habilitation position at the Maine Dept of Corrections. He will start this new position in May 2013.
December 18, 2012: Great news from the Class of 2005: Jason Houle has accepted an assistant professorship at Dartmouth and Dawn Norris has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Both will be starting their exciting new careers in Fall 2013.
December 6, 2012: Professor Kim Huisman is featured in an article about the Maine Mother-Daughter Project in the Penobscot Bay Pilot. More about this wonderfully successful project, including the upcoming film series, can be found at their website http://umaine.edu/sociology/maine-mother-daughter-project/.
November 2012: Professor Steve Barkan has an article "The Open Textbook Revolution" in Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
October 12, 2012: Professor Kyriacos Markides is interviewed on Maine Public Radio's popular "Maine Things Considered" as part of a story on a Pew Survey: Maine One of Least Religious States in the Nation.
October 1, 2012: Professor Amy Blackstone is quoted in an article on the recent discovery of a "mom gene" in mice.
September 16, 2012: Professor Kyriacos Markides was interviewed live on Ancient Faith Radio. It is an international radio program originating in California with listeners from around the world calling in their questions. The program is bimonthly and is listened to by a wide range of people. Click here to hear a podcast of the interview.
August 24, 2012: Professor Amy Blackstone was interviewed on local TV station WLBZ Channel 2 for her work on workplace harrassment: http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/212058/3/Women-in-power-are-more-likely-to-be-sexually-harassed and she is quoted regarding this research on the website AOL.Jobs: http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/08/28/female-bosses-sexually-harassed-more-than-subordinates-study-fi/ on 8-28-12.
Kyriacos Markides, PhD, In conversation with Open Center Creative Director, Ralph White. Kyriacos Markides has brought his unique knowledge of Cypriot culture and spirituality to the Open Center for over 25 years and is a well-loved and respected teacher. He will also be leading the Journey to Cyprus, June 15th to 20th, that takes place immediately after the Esoteric Quest for Ancient Alexandria. In this webinar he will speak about the profound mystical traditions of his native island; his conversations with contemplative monks in the tradition of Mount Athos, the Mountain of Silence; and reflect on the workings of the esoteric group described in his early writings. He will also cover the theme of his new book, Inner River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality. Register free for this unique web interview here.
Professor Steve Barkan has been interviewed for the TAA (Text and Academic Authors Association) Newsletter. Click on the title to see the full article: Traditional vs. open textbook authoring: An interview with Steven Barkan. Also on this website is a list of the 2012 Texty Award Winners: Professor Barkan has won a Texty award for his textbook Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World 1st ed. Published by Flat World Knowledge in the category of College, Humanities/Social Sciences. And there is another article about his Texty Award on the Flat World Knowledge website: http://pressitt.com/smnr/Flat-World-Knowledge-Authors-Win-2012-College-Textbook-Excellence-Award/10477/
March 6, 2012: Professor Kyriacos Markides's new book Inner River: A pilgrimage to the heart of Christian spirituality is available at book stores. A lecture, reception and book signing will take place on March 29, 4-6 PM, Bangor Room Memorial Union.
February 2012: Professor Amy Blackstone's new textbook, Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, is now available online at www.flatworldknowledge.com. Congratulations Amy!
December 28, 2011: The January 2012 Down East Magazine reviews Kim Huisman's book on the Somalis in Maine: http://www.downeast.com/magazine/2012/january/making-maine-home
Sept 11, 2011: On this 10-year anniversary of the Sept 11 events, we offer this perspective from Professor Markides which was originally recorded in 2008: click here
May 3, 2011: Article about Professors Barkan and Blackstone and their online text books in UMaine News!
April 22, 2011: Barkan named to national sociology society post: Steve Barkan, professor of sociology, has been elected to a three-year term as the Region I Representative on the Council of Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society for undergradute students. The Council meets annually the day before the beginning of the American Sociological Association conference in August.
April 21, 2011: Amy Blackstone receives CLAS Outstanding Teaching and Advising Award.
April 17, 2011: Kyriacos Markides receives European Union Literary Award as a representative of his native country of Cyprus. See article in the Spring 2011 Social Facts newsletter.
Sept 17, 2010: Chair Steve Barkan has a letter to the editor published in the New York Times!
Professor Amy Blackstone featured in Summer 2010 issue of UMaine Today. Click here to read the article: Blackstone Article
Sept 22, 2009: BDN Article by Sociology Profs: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/121751.html
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Mountaineer Morning Links: Football, draft, and recruiting news. Plus a little fund raising.
NFL Draft scouts are idiots. I mean, I'm sure there are some that are really quite good at their jobs and all, but that professional ones exist that criticize the bubbly, interpersonal RG3 for "attitude issues" or a specific player for being "raised by two women"... Well, there are no words, really. Get ready for Mike Adams, Michael Brester, Dan Herron, and DeVier Posey to be drafted by checking out this exclusive look into some of the astute observations as made by these expert talent evaluators.
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The Department of Art and Architecture at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for a full time, tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level. The Department offers a non-professional, interdisciplinary, liberal arts major in architectural studies with curricular emphasis on conceptual thinking through making and regard for the design process as a method of inquiry grounded in tectonic and material-driven creative practices. Advanced studios, Honors Projects, and Independent Studies in the architectural studies program offer students opportunities to explore specific fields of design including small structure design, design-build, site-based design, community-based design, or industrial design. The ideal candidate will have a broad sensibility toward design as a field of interdisciplinary inquiry and experience teaching introductory design to students new to design studio and the design process, within the fine and applied arts context of our department. This faculty member will teach 5 courses per year in the areas of introductory two- and three-dimensional design, portfolio design, advanced design, and/or history/theory, reflective of the candidate's specific training; develop and teach additional courses in his or her area of expertise; advise students in the Architectural Studies Program; serve on appropriate program and campus-wide committees; and have an opportunity to participate in the Colleges' general education, interdisciplinary, and study abroad programs. For more information about the program, see: http://www.hws.edu/academics/architecture/
Applicants must have a M.Arch. or equivalent degree. Applicants must have teaching experience and demonstrated potential for achievement in their field. Completed applications must include a current CV plus a focused folio of no more than fifteen pages representing: a) statement of interest, b) teaching philosophy; c) examples of current scholarly research and/or critical practice, as well as future scholarly directions; and d) examples of student work completed under the direction of the applicant. The application must also include names, with mailing addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses, of at least three references to be contacted by the search committee. None of the above materials will be returned. The applicant should be ready to provide, on short notice, a complete portfolio of work upon request, including course syllabi and additional examples of scholarship/creative and student work. Send completed applications to:
Stanley Mathews, Chair of Architectural Studies
Department of Art and Architecture
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY 14456
Committee will begin reviewing applications after November 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted via Skype during December.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to attracting and supporting faculty and staff that fully represent the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the nation and actively seek applications from under-represented groups. The Colleges do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or any other protected status.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are a highly selective residential liberal arts institution located in a small, diverse city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. With an enrollment of approximately 2,200, the Colleges offer 62 majors and minors from which students choose two areas of concentration, one of which must be an interdisciplinary program. Creative and extensive programs of international study and public service are also at the core of the Colleges' mission.


text: Bizarre Baby Products 10 Wacky Baby Products to Leave Off Your Registry by POPSUGAR Moms 11/10/11 0 Reactions 32 Shares Print 0 26 6 0 0 Tinkle tubes? Potty mitts? Nope, these aren't props from an SNL sketch mocking the absurdity of the baby product industry; they're actual items. After talking about how exhausting new parenthood is, one of the ideas that's constantly hashed out is the sheer amount of stuff that babies require. Some of that stuff is, of course, nonnegotiable: the baby needs somewhere safe to sleep, diapers, bottles, and clothes. Then there's all of the other stuff. Gear our mothers somehow lived without that we've come to rely on — video monitors, white noise machines, and smartphone apps that can do pretty much anything except nurse the baby. Here's where things get a little weird: amidst the many useful and innovative items introduced every year, there are a handful that range from being totally unnecessary to downright bizarre. Click through for a selection of baby gear that might leave you scratching your head. Chicken and Rib Appteether Teething Toys ($15) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chew on this. With childhood obesity now considered a national crisis, do tots really need a teether modeled after chicken wings and ribs? What's wrong with an apple? 1 / 10 The Babykeeper Basic ($40) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 There definitely are those moments when a mama is carrying her baby somewhere in public, and has to tinkle. It can be quite a maneuver, but it's not impossible, and for most moms, it's far from an everyday occurrence. The The Babykeeper Basic is a harness that enables mom to hang her lil one on the side of the stall while she takes care of business. In an already overstuffed diaper bag, where's the space? This seems like the type of product that seems like a good, practical idea, but winds up in the garage gathering dust. 2 / 10 Pee-Pee Teepee ($10) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 No one appreciates a hot stream of baby pee in the eye, but anyone whose ever changed an infant knows that a Pee-Pee Teepee won't do much to mitigate the spray because they won't stay on a squirming baby boy. 3 / 10 Plush Pee and Poo Duo ($37) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parents generally try to curb potty talk; a difficult task if lil ones are cuddling with a Plush Pee and Poo Duo instead of a teddy bear. 4 / 10 Tinkle Tube ($5) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yes, teaching lil boys to aim can be a challenge, but is a Tinkle Tube the answer? Peeing into a tiny tube and them dumping it in the toilet seems like it would result in just as much, if not more pee on the floor than your more traditional aim for the bowl approach. 6 / 10 Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow ($54) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beyond being utterly creepy, the Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow looks like a total suffocation risk. 6 / 10 Heelarious High Heels ($25) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unless they're intent on knocking Suri Cruise off her kiddie fashion icon mantle, lil girls do not need high heels before they've even learned how to walk. 7 / 10 Tiny Tillia Kids' Cologne ($10) What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Babies need a lot of stuff. You know what they don't need: cologne. 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text: Josh and Jason have been leap- frogging over each other's achievements for years. It's been fascinating to watch. They are both amazing skaters, amazing guys. Currently Josh has an advantage due to his much better jumping . I would not be surprised if Jason gets his 3A soon and catches up, or even acquires an advantage again due to his heavenly skating skills. I cannot, absolutely cannot decide whom I like better; I love both. I noticed Josh first; in 2009, I was watching JGP and started e-mailing Josh's SP to all of my skating friends, saying "Look at this! It's darn "Sing sing sing", but that boy knows how to listen to music, he has a chance to have it all!". Then in early season 2010 Sylvia posted a link to Jason's "Nutcracker", and I was instantly in love. These guys, they are rivals, but they are not an "easy contrast", not at all the way Johnny and Evan were. Both are artistic, both seem incredibly nice. At this point Jason has more SS, originality ( partially, no doubt, due to Rohene's guidance) and, overall, performance stability; Josh has more balance of skills ( those jumps are Heaven) and creativity ( choosing Bach for SP and choreographig himself? Wow), but is more volatile in competiton situations ( already he had high highs and the lows were... low). They both have strong "ice presence". Josh is more inward and intense. Jason is more overtly charismatic and open. I hope with all my heart they keep improving and pushing each other forward for years to come. It's Jason's time to play a catch- up now (at this very second, it might change at any time). I love that it is a joint "uber' thread, because I hope they both prosper.


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A new toy is hitting the market. And it's helping kids learn everything from math to Spanish.
Kids can now learn how to speak Spanish from a furry friend. Ubooly is a free educational app that talks and listens to kids. The app works on iPhone and Android devices. And it creates a new and unique play experience for kids ages 1-9.
"They can learn stories. They can learn about the stars and astronomy. The sky is the limit with what you can learn from Ubooly," says Ryan Burnett, Ubooly.
Stuffed animals come in several sizes, and when you drop your smart device inside, the animal comes to life. Children can talk to the critter and direct the play session."When you're watching your kid play with Ubooly, they're engaged in what we call active play. And what that means is they're using their brain, they're thinking. They're using their imagination, their creativity. And in a lot of cases, they're physically active on their pretend adventures. They're running around pretending they're exploring a cave. They're trying to find the Loch Ness monster," says Burnett. The company will be releasing two new modes this year. Family mode offers trivia and games that encourage families to play together. And toddler mode, which will be released next month, offers unique experiences for children two years and younger.
You can download the free app from the Apple and Google Play stores. And the stuffed animals can be ordered online for $36. For more information on Ubooly, go to Ubooly.com.
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Shared facilities for the preclinical testing of embryonic stem cell therapies.
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Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI), located in San Francisco, has a 45-year history of research in transfusion medicine and related fields. BSRI has undergone a recent expansion in investigators, laboratory space and equipment to address the growing number of opportunities that exist in the broad field of cellular therapeutics, particularly in the area of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) technology. The notable strength of BSRI lies in the expertise of its investigators in clinical and translational research owing to its long history with cellular therapy in the form of blood cell transfusion. Laboratory space at BSRI will be remodeled to support our program in hESC research. We request funds to improve two tissue culture rooms to support basic research and pre-clinical studies on hESC lines. A 3rd laboratory will be converted into a cell isolation and analysis laboratory housing equipment used in the isolation and analysis of hESC-derived cells and tissues. A 4th room will be converted into a vivarium to study stem cell transplantation. The research facility will be used by scientists at BSRI and neighboring institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area to perform basic research and to develop methodologies appropriate for the clinical of application of hESC-based therapies. Therapies under investigations include developing blood and liver stem cells as a new source of tissues to treat birth defects and disease. A training program for research technicians is also included which will help train new workers in the stem cell field.
Statement of Benefit to California:
The shared stem cell facility will help develop a new cell therapies such as those based on blood and liver cells. Blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia as well as liver diseases caused by viral infection, drugs or inherited disease affect many thousands of Californians. Often, transplanting healthy cells offers treatment or a cure for many of these diseases, but a lack of available or suitable donor tissue prevents such therapy in many cases. Embryonic stem cells offer the hope of generating a sufficient supply of tissues for cellular therapy. The successful outcome of this work will offer new hope to many Californians suffering from blood or liver diseases. This will improve lives and save money on long-term health care costs associated with these diseases. Additionally, a training program has been included to help train research technicians for work in the stem cell field, therby helping to creat high paying jobs and provide the workforce needed for California to be the leader in stem cell research.
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SHARED LABORATORY SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSAL: This is an application by the Blood System Research Institute (BSRI), located in San Francisco, to develop space for use in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research with a focus on translational and clinical applications. The proposal is for renovation of laboratory space for basic and preclinical studies on hESC lines; for isolation and analysis of hESC lines; and for a vivarium to house NOD/SCID mice for in vivo analysis of these lines. The total renovated space would include ~1300 square feet and would be equipped with standard analysis and manipulation equipment. The facility will be housed at the BSRI which is near UCSF. A total of 14 faculty are listed as potential users from BSRI, UCSF, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, City College of San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. QUALITY AND IMPACT OF THE SCIENCE: The Blood Systems Research Institute is a research entity of the blood bank company Blood Systems, Inc. Much of the research support for the investigators at BSRI is from the Blood Systems Foundation, but all PIs have adjunct appointments at UCSF. The proposed faculty have modest track records and much of the publication list includes a focus on hematopoietic cells and transfusion medicine. There are also multiple faculty listed without NIH grants or listed as co-investigators on other grants. The reseach focus of the proposed shared research laboratory is on hESC differentiation into hematopoietic cells and into hepatocytes which would then be tested for engraftment and reconstitution in immunodeficient mice. Much of this work is NIH funded; thus, while the proposed research is not unique, it is clearly important to the field. There are 8 BSRI PIs listed but there is very limited hESC research currently ongoing and there is not much justification for the need of non-federally funded hESCs. Drs. Muench and Barcena are doing an NIH-funded comparison of the differentiation of erythroid cells from hESCs and adult and fetal erythropoiesis; Dr. Muench is working on fetal hepatic progenitors and stem cells and will extend this to differentiation of hESCs to hepatocytes. He is also collaborating on a pilot project using human fetal ovarian tissue as a source of germ cells from which hESCs could be derived by the growth of this human tissue in immunocompromised mice. Dr. Simmon's interest is in optimizing the methods of viral transduction of hESCs (without need of federally funded free hESCs). Based on the publication records of the key personnel listed on this grant, it is not clear that the work they will do with hESCs will be of high impact, and the brief nature of the description of their projects does not suggest that this research will be at the cutting-edge. The two strengths of the proposal would be 1) an animal facility free of NIH funding which might draw several investigators from neighboring facilities (although there are some issues, see below) and the interest and expertise of Drs. Reed and Read on facilitating the translation of small scale research methods to clinically feasible methods that could be scaled up in a GMP facility. Another interesting aspect of this proposal is an internship program with City College of San Francisco in which students in the Stem Cell Certification Course would have 14-week half-time internships at BSRI. If this provided hands on experience with stem cells, it would be mutually beneficial but that is unclear and it is even suggested that these interns might "run samples on FACs, daily checks and maintenance of mouse colony, perform cell counts, prepare media,etc". The predicted quality and impact of the science is thus related mainly to the unique expertise of this group in the potential translation of basic hESC work into the clinical setting. However, it is not clear from the included biosketches to what extent any of the intended users has experience with hESCs. This point is underscored by the statement that investigators of the BSRI have "been promised access to hESC lines" derived from other institutions. In addition, the experience and expertise of this group in xeno-transplantation is not evident from their published work. APPROPRIATENESS OF SPACE AND EQUIPMENT TO SCOPE OF PLAN: Currently there is no facility at BSRI for using non-federally approved hESCs; indeed the level of current hESC research activity appears minimal. The space to be renovated had been for a contracted Bone Marrow Donor Banking Facility that was closed with a consolidation of storage sites. The proposed space includes a tissue culture laboratory to maintain hESC stocks, a second tissue culture room for routine work on these cells and derivative cells, an equipment room for analysis equipment (flow cytometry and microscopy) and a vivarium to house immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice for transplantation studies. Currently, BSRI personnel utilize animal space at UCSF. While the vivarium would enhance the possible studies and is currently not available, it is unclear how the one 306 sq ft room would be used for 504 cages and the necessarily separated area for surgery and dissection. Additionally there is no indication of how the appropriate animal care will be handled (licensing, daily care and cleaning, cage cleaning, vet supervision, etc). Thus, the proposed facility will be small and the monies requested will be utilized primarily for renovation of space and equipment purchases. Given the size of their group, the space that will be dedicated to hESC research is appropriate. The proposed equipment includes the usual cadre of microscopes, hoods and centrifuges. The proposed purchase of a WAVE bioreactor is for large scale closed system expansion of hESC. The requested equipment includes mouse caging and cryostat for analysis of tissues. The equipment requests are justified and reasonable. How this lab will fit into the overall programs of hESC research in the Bay Area seems less certain. There would seem to be competition from UCSF and the Gladstone Institute as recognized by some of the collaborators. It would appear that the Blood System Research Institute has a weaker track record. QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT PLAN: The management plan is simple as expected for such a small operation. The stem cell facility will be managed by the program director and two principal investigators with the program director taking the lead role. Dr. Muench will serve as the program director (10% effort) with overall responsibility for development and management of the laboratory. He will also be responsible for maintaining the mouse vivarium, which will apparently fall under the regulation of the UCSF animal regulatory domain. Dr. Barcena will be associate director (25% effort) with responsibility for maintenance, quality control, banking and distribution of hESCs. She has been trained in Dr. Fisher's laboratory. Dr. Read will be associate director (5% effort) with responsibility for maintenance and function of the Stem Cell Laboratory. She will be the primary contact point for investigators and for will work with those investigators wanting to take hESCs systems to clinical applications. Mr. Hirschkorn (10% effort) will be responsible for day-to-day operations and for running and maintaining the equipment for cell analysis (FACs, microscope). A research associate (100% effort) was budgeted to help maintain stocks. Thus, while there is a clear delineation of responsibilities in the written document, the formal management plan is somewhat weak. There is a list of guidelines that includes time-share for the facility, with priority given to "users that sign-up over casual drop-ins". There is a plan for one of the four managers to be on site during usage by any investigators and a plan to ensure users have undergone basic safety training, but it is not clear what this training is to include. The oversight committee will consist of Dr. Muench, Dr. Read, and Dr. Barcena plus a representative from the Stem Cell Certificate Program at the City College of San Francisco, Mr. Jardim. Thus the oversight committee appears to be made up primarily by the management team, rather than by informed, outside investigators. The oversight committee will be responsible for planning, making equipment purchases and oversight of the renovation process. A supply budget of $30,000 is requested along with $10,000 in equipment maintenance. Letters of support are included from the director of the Fetal Treatment Center at UCSF, the co-director of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program at UCSF, the Stem Cell Research Program at CPMCRI, and the chair of the Department of Biology at SFSU. The application includes funding for an internship program to be carried out with City College of SF. This progam includes 24 interns over 36 months with each intern rotating on 3 month blocks. There will be 2 interns at a time with a commitment of 20 hours/week. The interns will receive hands-on training and participate in the research activities of the hES program. They will be assigned a BSRI mentor. This program will be carried out in collaboration with Philip Jardim, director of the CCSF Stem Cell Technology Certificate Program (letter of support included). DISCUSSION: This is a blood banking operation that also participates in clinical studies. They propose to renovate lab space for the purpose of hESC culture and differentiation into hematopoietic stem cells and hepatocytes; the space would also include a vivarium for NOD-SCID mice. Based on the information provided, most of the PI users have limited/no experience in hESCs and in xenotransplantation. Many of these users lack NIH grants and no CIRM grants have been approved for award to this institution. One reviewer noted that one of the strengths of this application could have been the vivrium, however what they are proposing is not reasonable. A concern was that 300 square feet for an animal facility and procedure room may not be allowable because of inadequate space; this was not well thought through. Also, the institution currently uses the vivarium at UCSF and even if this award were to be approved, IACUC and SCRO approvals would still have to go through UCSF – so it is unclear, to at least one reviewer, why they would change the current animal care and use arrangements. The management plan includes an oversight committee that is comprised primarily of the shared lab management team – at least one reviewer felt that the oversight team should have had more outside input. The associate director trained in Dr. Susan Fisher's laboratory. There are letters of support from Dr. Fisher and from the director of the Fetal Transplant Center at UCSF among others but they are vague. The application includes funding for an internship program with City College of SF with a commitment of 20 hr /wk of lab training. This seems reasonable except there does not seem to be a lot of on site expertise in hESC. Given the group's expertise in clinical trials, there is some interesting potential in the proposed clinical trial and cellular products work, but this is outweighed by the negatives of the proposal. The science itself is weak, and the connections with other institutions are tenuous.


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MSNBC Contributor on Obama's Low Approval Rating: 'Polls Are for Strippers'
Would liberal journalist Karen Hunter have whitewashed President Bush's low approval ratings during his time in office? On MSNBC Wednesday, the ever-classy Hunter curtly dismissed President Obama's lowest approval rating to date, growling that "polls are for strippers."
MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing highlighted a new Quinnipiac poll recording Obama's approval rating at 42 percent, an all-time low for the president. She brought on Hunter, who was listed as an MSNBC contributor, along with another more conservative guest to discuss the ratings.
Hunter argued that the populace can be quite fickle in its rating of Obama's accomplishments. "If people do their homework," Hunter noted, they would recognize the magnitude of the president's accomplishments in office, which she believed to have been the most since FDR.
Jansing backed Hunter up.
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"Come on, you know how we are. We're all ADD, and we're 'what have you done for me lately?'" Jansing quipped, criticizing the impatience of the American people.
Hunter praised the President for making principled decisions that are unpopular, such as his policy for intervening in Libya. "I think our policy has been to help...spread democracy throughout the Middle East. And that's happening," Hunter explained.
"It's easy to say something today until you're actually faced with the reality, and I think this President has been very thoughtful in doing things to help us dealing with the reality, not with what we want him to do," Hunter concluded.
Such a staunch defense of Obama can be considered par-for-the-course for Hunter, though. Last summer she bizarrely complained that liberals suffered from "Post Traumatic First African-American President Syndrome."
"We're not giving this man an opportunity to really – we keep hitting him with all of these things, but the reality is he's done more in two years than any other president since 1930," she insisted.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on March 30 at 10:17 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
CHRIS JANSING: President Obama's approval rating is now at an all-time low in a new Quinnipiac poll. Libya, the economy, and the budget deficit apparently have a lot to do with it. His approval rating has dropped to 42 percent. 48 percent disapprove. By a large majority, 58 to 29 percent say the President has not clearly stated the U.S. goals in Libya.
Let me throw a couple of other numbers out there. 50 percent say the President does not deserve to be re-elected, but maybe this is the most crucial number of all – his approval among independent voters, Karen, just 39 percent. What's your take on that?
KAREN HUNTER, MSNBC contributor: Polls are for strippers, Chris.
CHRIS JANSING: Oh, my. How long did you work on that line?
HUNTER: We should not – I've been thinking about this all morning. Well we should not be governed by what people think in a slice of time, in a moment in time. I mean, we have to take collectively what this President has done over the last two years, and if people do their homework, they'll find out that Barack Obama has done more than any president since FDR to help –
JANSING: Come on, you know how we are. We're all ADD --
HUNTER: We're fair-weather.
JANSING: And we're "what have you done for me lately?"
HUNTER: Exactly! And that's why I think that this has got to be a long-term approach to looking at the President. We can't stick our finger in our mouths and check the wind to see which way he should go. And thank goodness he's not governing based on the polls. He's governing based on what's best for America, and making decisions that are right for us.
JANSING: Is she right about that, Mark?
JANSING: An overwhelming 74 percent of this poll say they're concerned the U.S. will get embroiled in a long-term military conflict in Libya. And there is concern that if the President decides to arm the rebels, what it will do, Karen, is to draw U.S. involvement. So, does this say "Step back"?
HUNTER: Again, I think our policy has been to help spread democracy throughout – and I think we forget that – spread democracy throughout the Middle East. And that's happening. And, you know, the President took the right steps. He involved the U.N. He has a nice coalition. We're not going "cowboy" in there, you know, willy-nilly, trying to, you know –
JANSING: But he also said that this was going to be limited. And I guess it depends on what your – he said days, not weeks.
HUNTER: Right, and – and hopefully he will hold to that. But again, you don't know a situation until you get into it. And it's easy to say something today until you're actually faced with the reality, and I think this President has been very thoughtful in doing things to help us dealing with the reality, not with what we want him to do.
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If I have to hear (or read
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 4:28pm.
If I have to hear (or read about) one more Obamabot complaining that the people of this country just don't undertand and appreciate the wonders of the wannabe-messiah and all he has done for us, I am going to hurl.
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Hurl what?
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 4:35pm.
A stick at them? Dog biscuit? A rock? A small hand-held explosive device?
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My lunch.
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 4:36pm.
My lunch.
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I can sympathize with that!
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 4:39pm.
My water bill has gone-up twofold just from having to flush my hurls every time one of the adherents to the religion of obamanism tries to explain to us what we just don't understand about the new baal.
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Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 6:25pm.
Not if I beat you to it. :-)
Vote for the American in November
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Dave Happy Belated Birthday
Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 9:22pm.
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Thanks, shawn
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 9:25pm.
LOL - And if you are wondering, I am nursing a hell of a hangover today.
Tequila is rough the day after. :-O
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Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 4:54pm.
A black journalist covering for a black President and calling it "whitewashing".
Wait a minute......I think I'm getting offended......no.....yeah.....wait......maybe I'm offended and I don't know it. No. I'm white and only black people are allowed to be offended. Right, Rev. Al? Jesse? Steadman, I mean, Eric?
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THAT was liberal media bias?
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 5:07pm.
I can't even imagine a more fair and balanced news and opinion segment.
Apparently a slow day at NB. Maybe something from last week can be recycled.
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Well, I did see some bias there, and---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 5:13pm.
it was being pushed by "the liberal media", so ---
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Get out yer dollar bills Jer
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 6:38pm.
The last thre of you're postings Jer have been pathetic, mailed in with no actual thought or argument.
Damn, I thought you were one of the "OK ones".................
Booooosh poll numbers LOW, this pole dancer would be shouting in the hood "THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, the PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN".
No we just some dumb crackers who don't appreciate the man and "can't understand" his greatness.
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Which three, Tomorama? Here,
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 7:05pm.
Which three, Tomorama?
Here, the host stated fully and emphatically the embarrassing latest approval numbers for Obama. There is a short excerpt from an Obama interview. The lib Obama supporter presents her take. The conservative from the Heritage think tank gives his views. There is a clip of Michelle Bachmann stating her customary anti-Obama opinion.
Where is the glaring bias?
And, please, I really do want to know which posts you consider pathetic, mailed in, no actual thought or argument, etc.
This one of yours is certainly no gem.
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Hi Jer
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 9:38pm.
The last three that I said Hi to you in, don't have time to dig, but come on Jer, the gushing and slobbering here was plain silly.
Polls only meant something when Boooooosh was down (and they were low because WE ALL were pissed), the left as usual swats the polls away and instead demeans us for not being smart enough INSTEAD of saying OH BLEEP, Chicago we got a problem.
The host was as bad as the "genius pole dancer here" IMHO.
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thats a pretty funny joke to
Submitted by 4rcane on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 5:44pm.
thats a pretty funny joke to be honest. 10/10 points for trying to defend obama
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Polls are for strippers. . .
Submitted by Model850 on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 5:48pm.
. . . unless they're favorable to BHO, then they're to be regarded as tablets sent down from Mt. Sinai.
Come on, politicians live and die polls, rightly or wrongly. Who wouldn't expect any pol's supporter(s) to dismiss negative results?
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"Poles are for strippers"
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 9:35am.
That's what I heard, and I believe that classifies as hate speech.
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I believe Mr. Akroyd can say it better than I can....
Submitted by syvyn11 on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 5:57pm.
Just replace "Jane" with "Karen".
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Bush? Barrack? What's the difference?
Submitted by Stevenbiot on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 6:16pm.
Bush invaded Iraq to spread democracy and he was labeled a tyrant and occupier. Barrack does the same thing, but gets permission from the UN, who sat by and watched Rwandans get slaughtered, and he gets labeled a Saint. How on Earth are these broadcasters and their guests taken seriously and kept on the air? I wonder if it is the same reason that people watch Jon Stewart? It's not because anyone would dare claim to be getting an education; it is because we all need a good laugh every once in a while.
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Steven, Bush invaded Iraq
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 5:05pm.
Steven, Bush invaded Iraq after Saddam Hussein Obama violated every one of the ceasefire conditions that ended Desert Storm, after Saddam Hussein Obama violated many (12?) UN resolutions, and after he got nearly unanimous permission from Congress. Bush also sufficiently demonstrated a National Interest in getting rid of Saddam Hussein Obama according to the information available to him at the time. And, after jumping through all the hoops, the lies that "Bush Lied" and "there were no WMDs" and "Bush did it only to enrich his Big Oil buddies" came fast and furious and are repeated to this day.
Libya, on the other hand did not violate any ceasefire conditions, Kadaffy apparently rid himself of his WMDs and ceased his research into nuclear weapons, he pulled in his horns after Ronaldus Magnus gave him a F-111 enema in 1986 that killed his little girl (which was fair enough, after all the children Kadaffy killed with his state sponsorship of terrorism ((although, he did order the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988), Libya had not invaded any of its neighbors as Iraq did.
And, finally, Barak did not go to Congress and lay out his reasons for military action against Kadaffy, which is in complete violation of the War Powers Resolution, since, instead of just giving Libya a Tomahawk enema, he sent American Armed Forces personnel into Libyan airspace.
There is a world of difference between Bush and Ear Leader in this matter that is obvious to any but an Obamabot.
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What scares the _____ out of me is that Obama's approval...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 6:27pm.
...ratings are still way too high.
That does not bode well for the future of our republic.
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Then again, Dave,
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 7:14pm.
if he's only polling 42% in Chicago, LA or NYC, where most polls taken by dems, for dems, are done, his numbers aren't that great.
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Well, Dave, this might cheer
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 5:14pm.
Well, Dave, this might cheer you up: according to today's Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, 24% of the voters strongly approve of Ear Leader, but 42% strongly disapprove. And, "Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-five percent (55%) disapprove." So, of those who disapprove, the majority strongly disapprove. This does not bode well for the Kinetic Kenyan.
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Another Democrat Operative...
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 6:58pm.
posing as a journalist
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Sure they are! Unless the support YOUR side's views.
Submitted by M.Maurer73 on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 7:10pm.
Of course when Bush had low poll numbers it was an indication that the American people have spoken that he was a terrible president. But when THEIR guy has low numbers We're all a bunch of ADD stricken idiots.
So to some up: Republican president going to congress for approval after a year &a half = "illegal rush to war" cowboy diplomacy.
Democrat president attacking a foreign nation in "kinetic military action" without prior notification of congress = "justified humanitarian aide"
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Submitted by Curly on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 7:21pm.
Hunter posing as a journalist. BHO posing as a President. Biggest loser for these frauds - USA.
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Are African Americans Better Off Today With BO as Their Pres?
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 8:29pm.
I am not a racist -- but, it is a given on these Lib networks when they have a panel of African Americans giving their take on Obama. They will stick with him no matter what. However, It begs the question? Are African Americans in a better place in this country since he took office? These are the issues they should be discussing instead of defending him when challenged.
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Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 9:16pm.
Awesome this is..........aww rats this thread has nothing to do with strippers? The thread title fooled me :-p
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Slightly off thread
Submitted by tvhall on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 9:54pm.
A comment above asked if African Americas are better off since O took office.
As a consertive public school teacher ( yes such do exist!), I dirisively said that at noon 20 Jan 2009 that all of our black students would suddenly take their education seriously, have respect for school authority (reguardless of race), wear their pants around their waist (boys), stop showing clevage to the navel (girls), speak proper English and not be the majority of the discipline problems each day (allowing the hispanics to take that role).
While my statment was derisive, in my heart of hearts I hoped it might be true (I have skin in the game as I have a black foster son living with me to attend college - after graduating from high school, doing a tour in the military and living on his on for a while).
In the election I voted for a black man (Alan Keys - I'm CA the repub ticket had no chance and Keys is a man of values and God). But when O was elected I had hopes my black students would see there was a chance of great achivement for them in America.
But the real results were - I was still the hated slave holder, the white mo-fo, that what I had to teach was meaningless, that I owed them respect ant they owed me none, that if I did not tolerated and accept their getto ways I was the racist and I was the problem.
It grieves me that the damage that they will blame on me and the system (occupied mostly by liberals that buy in to their victimhood) is primarily self inflicted.
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If the Shoe Fits
Submitted by djaymick on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 10:54pm.
Hey, since the Emperor has no clothes, I guess that qualifies.
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When the polls make Obama
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 10:01am.
When the polls make Obama look good, the uber-libs tout the numbers proudly but when they go sour for Obama those very same uber-libs contend polls don't matter, polls are unreliable or ignore the polls altogether.
The uber-hypocrisy is disgusting!
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I like stripper poles
Submitted by brutony1 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:32pm.
As long as ugly libs like Hunter and Madcow arent on them!
When will liberals WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! -Me
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No doubt
Submitted by Student1776 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:47pm.
The apologists live in an echo chamber with each other. Meanwhile when I go to the store the inflation looks like the 9% rate that one finds on Shadow Government Statistics (calculated using the methodology used since 1990, www.shadowstats.com) rather than the 2% the administration claims using a new revised methodology that ignores food, fuel and real costs. When I talk with my friends the unemployment looks more like the 18% the Gallup poll detects or the 20% using constant calculation methods than the 9% the administration used calculated with "revised methods" that ignore people with prolonged unemployment.
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Campbell won the US Amateur and USGA Senior (twice) Amateur Championships, the Mexican Amateur Championship and the North and South Amateur Championship four times. He played in eight Walker Cup matches, undefeated in singles matches (7-0-1) and was the playing captain in 1956.
In West Virginia, Campbell holds the record for most West Virginia Amateur Championship titles, 15, and is a three-time champion of the West Virginia Open, according to the state Golf Association.
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He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame and the PGA Hall of Fame.
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Special assorted packets that are available:
Homeowner Packet, which consists of two of the following: Black Chokeberry, Common Lilac, Pin Oak, Arrowwood or Forsythia.
Three seed packets are available. They include: Wildflower Seed, Hummingbird Seed and Bird and Butterfly Seed. The one ounce Wildflower Seed contains 10-12 different annual and 10-12 different perennial species adapted for this area and will cover 250 square feet. Half an ounce Hummingbird Seed contains four-six different annual and four-six different perennial varieties and will cover 150 square feet. The one ounce Bird and Butterfly Seed contains seven-nine different annual and seven-nine different perennial varieties and will cover 250 square feet.
This program is open to the public. Order forms are available in the SWCD office, 1185 Professional Drive, Van Wert, or by calling 419-238-9591.
Orders will be accepted until March 14. The delivery date is mid April. Payment (cash/check) is required when placing the order.


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|There are no prerequisites for this course.
|There are no corequisites for this course.
|Catalog Description:
|Study of and practice in reasoning and critical thinking in deductive and inductive logic. Techniques the student learns are directly related to other courses and will help the student in solving everyday problems. Additional treatment may be given to symbolic logic. Meets A.A. general educatio Category V. A writing emphasis course.
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|There is a fee for distance learning classes.
|Program Learning Outcomes:
The student should master the critical thinking skills inherent in informal logic. These skills should promote more careful, and clearer, thinking among students taking the course. The general course goal is to develop better thinkers who, more often than not, make sound decisions in their everyday lives. Global Learning Outcomes: I. CRITICAL THINKING: Students will evaluate the validity of their own and others' ideas through questioning, analyzing, and synthesizing results into the creative process. Some of these critical thinking skills will be developed through the following activities: A. Collect, organize, classify, correlate, analyze, and present materials and data from variety of academic disciplines and sources, distinguishing between facts and opinions, judgments and inferences, and the objective and subjective. The student may learn to identify logical fallacies through text examples and class discussion of argument forms. Examples of weak and strong argument forms are analyzed. B. Apply understanding and knowledge to define, analyze, and devise solutions for new and different problems and issues. The student may read lengthy arguments and write an analysis of each in essay form. Using the skills learned in distinguishing weak from strong arguments the student will test the arguments for cogency. C. Consciously raise questions, suspending judgment and remaining open to new information, methods, cultural systems, values, and beliefs. The student will explain their analysis of an argument cogency and will listen while others present their analysis looking for points of argument and differences in rational discourse. II. COMMUNICATION: Students will develop effective reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to communicate verbally and nonverbally on literal and figurative levels. Some of these communication skills will be developed through the following activities: A. Listen actively, partaking in dialogue with civility and respect for opposing viewpoints. The student will practice listening to opposing viewpoints and discuss differences and agreement in the form of rational discourse. C. Paraphrase ideas, distinguishing between fact and opinion. The student will analyze material for cogency and distinguish between objective evidence and subjective statements of belief. D. Use reading as a source of lifelong learning and enjoyment. The student may compose cogent arguments in essay form. VI. SOCIAL SKILLS: Students will develop and use skills and attitudes that integrate the individual into society. Some of these social skills will be developed through the following activities. A. Demonstrate appropriate social skills, language, and emotions in different situations, showing respect for others' opinions. Students will discuss truth claims, their own and others recognizing a cogent argument is possible even though disagreement exists. B. Develop insight into his/her own and others' behaviors and mental processes, accepting responsibility for his/her own actions. The student will learn to give consideration to an opposing argument reasonably presented. D. Work both alone and with others, understanding the roles of leadership and teamwork, to achieve goals. The student may learn that there is a difference between knowledge and belief and that a disagreement over evidence in a claim is not a personal assault.
|Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon finishing the course, students should be able to recognize and criticize weak arguments and develop strong, sound or cogent arguments. Specifically, the student should be able to spot the most commonly committed fallacies (about 40 in number) and demonstrate their ability to compose a cogent argument (paper or other assignment). Additionally, students should emerge from the course with a basic understanding of epistemology.
|Methods of Evaluation:
|Evaluation of student progress towards achieving the stated learning
outcomes and performance objectives is the responsibility of the
instructor, within the polices of the college and the department.
Detailed explanation is included in the expanded syllabus developed
by the instructor for each section being taught.
|It is the intention of the instructor to accomplish the objectives specified in the course syllabus. However, circumstances may arise which prohibit the fulfilling of this endeavor. Therefore, this syllabus is subject to change. When possible, students will be notified of any change in advance of its occurrence.
|Student Email Accounts
|Pensacola State College provides an institutional email account to all credit students. Pirate Mail is the official method of communication, and students must use Pirate Mail when communicating with the College. In cases where companion software is used for a particular class, emails may be exchanged between instructor and student using the companion software.
|For students with a disability that falls under the Americans with Disability Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, it is the responsibility of the student to notify Student Resource Center for ADA Services to discuss any special needs or equipment necessary to accomplish the requirements for this course. Upon completion of registration with the Student Resource Center for ADA Services office, specific arrangements can be discussed with the instructor.


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Wayne, PA – April 30, 2012 — SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading-provider of online reference-assessment solutions, now includes University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation among its subscribers to Pre-Hire 360®. The system automates the process of collecting feedback from job candidates' reference providers.
"By making the transition away from reference-checking by phone, we have been able to get behavioral feedback on our candidates before we hire them," said Anthony Dix, HR services manager for the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. "With Pre-Hire 360, we improve our employee selection process and standardize our reference-checking approach for candidates."
Pre-Hire 360® gathers input from an applicant's references by using behaviorally-based surveys delivered through an electronic platform. The surveys delve into a candidate's strengths and developmental needs, as borne out on the job. Confidential input from managers, peers, subordinates and business partners provides a multi-dimensional view of the candidate's past performance. The system overcomes the usual reticence of former employers because they are released from legal liability and their feedback is not personally-identifiable.
"We are excited to support The University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation in their continued effort to provide excellent service to the medical community," remarked Ray Bixler, president and chief executive officer of SkillSurvey. "The University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation is using insights from people who know candidates the best to carefully select only those who have demonstrated that they will uphold standards of excellence and demonstrate core values."
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation is the clinical practice organization for the faculty physicians of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the largest academic, multi-specialty physician group in Wisconsin.
About SkillSurvey®, Inc.
SkillSurvey® is the inventor of online reference-checking solutions that improve quality-of-hire and increase recruiting efficiency. Its solutions allow recruiters and hiring managers to collect feedback from references on a candidate's behaviors and past work performance. The information, all gathered through enterprise software and confidentially, is used to make better hiring decisions and predicts future work performance. This patent-pending approach to reference assessments is based on over 30 years of research in job competency modeling. SkillSurvey® was named one of the fastest-growing companies in America by Inc. magazine, and was named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 firm. Visit SkillSurvey® at www.skillsurvey.com, and on Facebook and Twitter.
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'Transporter' series begins filming with 'Stargate' alums in charge
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Guillermo del Toro quits 'The Hobbit' with 'great regret' -- but what's next?
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Like everyone else, my jaw dropped when I read the news Sunday that Guillermo del Toro had walked away from Middle Earth. I had heard chatter in recent weeks that implied that the filmmaker was growing increasingly frustrated with delays...
Sarah Polley: 'Splice' makes you 'squirm in a deeply uncomfortable, ethical, emotional way'
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High Country News May 02, 1994
A struggle for the last grass
Gila Watch's Susan Schock leads fight against Diamond Bar grazing allotment.
Dear Friends
Dear friends
Odds and ends, HCN survey, avalanches in northwest, intern Peter McBride.
Colorado told to stop stealing water
Judge rules Colorado has been stealing Arkansas River water from Kansas for 45 years.
Regional wilderness bill gets a hearing
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), which would establish wilderness in five Western states, has little chance of passing.
Rainbows over Wyoming
Rainbow Family chooses Bridger-Teton Forest for gathering.
Montana ghost towns are haunted by vandals
Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society seeks to restore historic buildings and towns.
Environmentalists strike out in Idaho
Pro-environment bills struck down in 1994 Idaho legislative session.
At Glacier: Keep off the grass, or else
Glacier National Park rangers now armed with semiautomatic handguns.
BuRec downsizes
Bureau of Reclamation moves from Denver, Colo., office to Washington, D.C., as part of overhaul.
Rancher fined for vandalism
McKay Bailey guilty of defacing Glen Canyon petroglyphs.
Legal fight is costly
Oregon Natural Resources Council seeking $100,000 to fund its Klamath Basin lawsuit.
Utah utility takes aim at Colorado air
Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative wants to quadruple sulfur dioxide emissions despite objections of neighbors.
Judge chastises forest plan defendant
Option 9 Northwest forest planners violated open-meeting laws.
Oregon dam is in limbo
Future of Elk Creek Dam undecided after new ruling.
New job for an owl lawyer
Victor Sher is new president of Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.
The Forest Service sells out
In Colorado, Tom Chapman trades West Elk Wilderness inholding for land near Telluride, bilking the Forest Service of millions of dollars.
Related Stories
Don't bother them with facts
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Free speech can be costly in New Mexico
Environmentalists find themselves and their message unwelcome in Silver City, New Mexico.


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Reading Rocks by Mrs. Leigh Ann Chow - about 1 year ago
"The Penn State Harrisburg Summer Reading Program used CustomInk to design T-shirts to celebrate the completion of the 2013 session. Students from ages 6-13 participate in the program, which is also the culminating coursework for the Penn State Harrisburg Master's in Literacy Education program (we got t-shirts, too!) So at the end of the six weeks (which was today, 7/24) both the kids and the teachers had a lot to celebrate! Thanks, CustomInk, for another fantastic t-shirt design and order experience. We'll be back!"


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In case you missed it, actor Mark Wahlberg was on "Good Day" Wednesday morning and he caused quite a stir.
He was here to talk about the new movie "Broken City." But what he was really interested in doing was the weather and traffic in front of the green screen.
This was a hit all over the country on all kinds of websites, including the L.A. Times, The New York Post, USA Today and People.
Even Wahlberg tweeted about it, saying "Weather report, Wahlberg style." His tweet included the link to our website, where you can watch the entire segment.


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Maulana Fazlullah
David Montero/Wgbh
News about Maulana Fazlullah, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights From the Archives
Airstrikes Kill 43 Militants and Wound Taliban Chief
A major leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Maulana Fazlullah, who commands militants in the contested northern Swat Valley, was wounded.July 9, 2009 worldNews
Taliban Losses Are No Sure Gain for Pakistanis
The Pakistani military has claimed success in the Swat Valley, but the stability may be threatened by the militants' decision to flee, possibly to return later.June 28, 2009 worldNews
Next-Gen Taliban
Pakistan's younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto.January 6, 2008 magazineNews
Killings Rise in Karachi as Taliban Target Police
In the Pashtun slums of Karachi, Pakistan, militants have gunned down police officers, assaulted poorly defended police stations and dispatched suicide bombers to assassinate top police commanders.
August 12, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Pakistan , Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations , Murders and Attempted Murders , Taliban , Karachi (Pakistan) , Attacks on Police , Tehrik-e-Taliban , Terrorism , Human Rights Commission of Pakistan , Awami National Party , Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings , Defense and Military Forces
With Taliban's Revival, Dread Returns to Swat Valley
Militant violence — and the violence of the army's response — is rising again in the verdant valley in Pakistan where five years ago soldiers supposedly banished the extremist element.
July 27, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Waziristan (Pakistan) , Pakistan , Defense and Military Forces , Swat (Pakistan) , Taliban , Fazlullah, Maulana
Pakistan Claims Win Against Militants Along Afghan Border, but Enemy Slips Away
Ten days after Pakistani troops moved into Miram Shah in an offensive against a main jihadi hub, many of the militants that had been hiding there had escaped.
July 11, 2014, Friday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Pakistan , Haqqani Network , Afghanistan , Terrorism
Pakistani Officials: Any Militants in North Waziristan a Target, Even Haqqanis
Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they would target any militants, including the Haqqanis, as they proceed with a military operation in the remote region of North Waziristan, but mounting evidence showed many militants had already fled.
July 1, 2014, Tuesday
Drones Kill 5 as Pakistan and U.S. Target Tribal Belt
Those killed were in North Waziristan on Wednesday as the Pakistani military continued to fight terrorists there. It is unclear how much, if any, cooperation exists between American and Pakistani officials there.
June 19, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Pakistan , Drones (Pilotless Planes)
Taliban Hit Airport Again After Pakistani Airstrikes
Gunmen attacked Karachi's airport on Tuesday for the second time this week, and the death toll from the first attack rose to at least 36 as seven additional bodies were found.
June 11, 2014, Wednesday
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Militants Attack Pakistani Army, Killing 6 Soldiers and Setting Back Peace Talks
Suspected Islamist militants killed six soldiers and three civilians in separate attacks that offered the clearest indication yet that faltering peace talks with the Taliban had effectively collapsed.
June 5, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Defense and Military Forces , Islamabad (Pakistan) , Pakistan , Rawalpindi (Pakistan) , Taliban
After Months of Infighting, a Major Faction Splits From the Pakistani Taliban
The Sajna faction said the broader militant group led by Maulana Fazlullah had fallen under the control of "invisible hands."
May 29, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON MAULANA FAZLULLAH AND: Pakistan , Terrorism , Sharif, Nawaz , Mehsud, Shehryar , Tehrik-e-Taliban , Sayed, Khan (Sajna) , Fazlullah, Maulana , Taliban
Pakistan Taliban Chief Makes Last-Ditch Bid to Assert Authority
The head of the Pakistani Taliban is making a last-ditch bid to stamp his authority on the increasingly divided insurgency by ordering a top commander sacked, Taliban sources said Saturday.
May 10, 2014, Saturday
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
Infighting between commanders appears to be impeding talks with government negotiators, and recent bombings raise the possibility that the very idea of making peace has divided the Taliban.
April 21, 2014, Monday
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A marine biologist is someone who studies all types of sea creatures, and can choose to specialize in studying large ocean animals, all the way down to microscopic organisms. Everything from whales to the plankton they eat, and everything else in between, can be studied.
Marine biology is a learning and research field, and many marine biologists therefore work in coordination with universities and other educational institutions. In fact, many marine biologists are also teachers and professors during the winter months, when less work is being done in the field. Research projects are at the heart of what most marine biologists do, whether it be actually collecting specimens in the field, compiling research data, finding real life applications for the research data, or classroom teaching.
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Some of the possible careers for a marine biology graduate would include teaching at a high school or college level, being a research scientist, an oceanographic laboratory technician, working for an aquarium or zoo, or any number of possibilities for consulting with different government agencies and universities.
Another potential career for a marine biology graduate would be hydrology, which is a scientist or researcher that studies bodies of water and helps to find ways to eliminate water pollution. There are actually many environmental careers that can be attained with a degree in marine biology. Even a fish and game warden, which is something akin to an environmental police officer, is a possible career move for a marine biology graduate.
Marine biotechnology, one of the possible specializations, involves developing and testing new drug treatments and protocols that are derived from ocean life. Another specialization is molecular biology, which is helpful in identifying microorganisms as well as diagnosing diseases that are caused by microorganisms.
This is a field where educational requirements tend to be fairly cut and dry. A scant few entry level positions may be available for graduates with a bachelor's degree in one of the biological sciences, but the grand majority of research positions will require at least a master's degree in marine biology. Those who wish to work their way into a position of authority where they are directing research projects, will most likely need to earn a doctorate in marine biology. In other words, if you want to do your own work, rather than someone else's, you'll need a Ph.D.
Interestingly, many working marine biologists recommend that someone interested in a career in marine biology get a degree in a different biological science first, and specialize in marine biology for their post-graduate work. Specialization in a particular discipline is considered a key turning point in the career of a marine biology graduate.
Oceanography centres, laboratories, aquariums, research boats and vessels are some of the possibilities for field workplaces. It would not be unusual to find a marine biology graduate working in a tide pool, a swamp, a mangrove forest, a coral reef, or any place on earth that supports marine life. Travel to interesting places is one of the possible perks for a career in marine biology.
Laboratory work could involve working directly with the federal government, or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or on behalf of a university's research program. Virtually every body of salt water on the planet is being studied by marine biologists, from the caribbean seas to the arctic ocean. Nonprofit organizations are also a major employer for marine biology graduates, since they fund studies and research projects for commercial products. Drug companies conduct marine research as well, as marine life is often at the cutting edge of research.


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NORTH COLONIE, N.Y. – The U.S. embassy in Peru has reported a potential kidnapping threat targeting American tourists by a criminal organization in the Cusco and Machu Picchu regions – and with 22 Shaker High School students on a trip in the country it's cause for concern.
North Colonie district officials were made aware of the situation on Friday afternoon. Currently, there's a group of 22 Shaker High School students and four chaperones in Peru on a foreign language department trip.
According to the school district, they immediately began gathering information on the situation, placing calls to the U.S. Embassy in Peru, Congressman Paul Tonko's offices and Interact Travel Inc., the company that helped organize the trip itinerary.
They concluded this was a security message issued for U.S. citizens by the U.S. embassy in Peru and not an alert or warning issued by the State Department, which would indicate a much more serious level of concern, including prohibition of travel by American tourists.
North Colonie Superintendent D. Joseph Corr, Shaker High School Principal Richard Murphy and district officials met with the students' parents on Friday evening at Shaker High School to inform of the latest information and address their questions and concerns. Based on consultation with Congressman Tonko's office, the tour guide company and the students' parents, the decision was made to continue with the trip itinerary as planned.
Parents were also given the option of withdrawing their child from the trip, however at this point; no one has chosen to do so.
The district has been in constant contact with the trip's chaperones and they are maintaining a high level of vigilance. They have expressed that the students are in good spirits and are enjoying the trip.
The students are scheduled to return home on February 22.
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