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While you are traveling who is watching your house? A burglar...!?
With the holidays approaching many of us will be traveling. While we are out shopping, visiting friends, telling Santa our wishes and enjoying the Christmas lights, an intruder may be knocking at our door and helping themselves to our stuff!
Karen Clark, of Security Choice, shared some year round tips to help protect your home.
Tip No. 1: Don�t Be Afraid to Call for Backup
Have a trusted neighbor or friend drop by your house while you�re out of town just to keep an eye on things. You can even ask that an officer from your local police department check on your place periodically.
Where I live there is a team of volunteer police officers that check houses. They do a great job and it is nice to know that someone is checking things out while I am gone.
Tip No. 2: Go for That Lived-In Look
To a certain extent, burglary season lasts all year. The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing reports that although burglary rates tend to hit their peak in August and bottom out in February, the seasonal variations usually aren�t very large. It is important to protect your home every time you leave on vacation, no matter what time of year it is.
Put a temporary hold on your mail and newspapers. Mail stops are easily done online or at your post office. This way your mail and papers do not mount up giving the hint that you are not there. Leave an indoor and outdoor light on. It is best to use a timer. By leaving a TV or radio on it can create the impression that someone is home.
I have timers that can be set for lights to go on and off at different times of the night. Also, I have motion lights outside. Step on my porch or patio and you will think you are in the spotlight of a Broadway show.
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Set your answering machine or voicemail to pick up after the first two or three rings to avoid having an unanswered call tip off an intruder. Just to be extra cautious, turn down the volume on the phone�s ringer.
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While we�re on the subject of answering machines, recording a greeting that includes a phrase like �We�ll be in Cancun for the next two weeks� is like ringing the dinner bell for a burglar. Also, don�t use social media to announce your vacation plans � you never know who might be browsing.
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You�re proud of that new flat-screen TV, but imagine how proud a burglar will be if he gets one for free. Pull the curtains and close the blinds so that electronics, collectibles and other high-value items aren�t clearly visible from outside your home.
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Obama Budget Takes Slap at Pharma
By Jill Wechsler | Published: March 7, 2014
Despite a slight boost in funding for the Food and Drug Administration and stronger tax incentives for investment in R&D, significant changes in Medicare drug reimbursement and coverage policies have biopharmaceutical companies up in arms.
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By Jill Wechsler | Published: January 20, 2014
After two years in budget limbo, Congress finally enacted federal spending legislation for fiscal year 2014 last week, just before the latest funding extension ran out. In this period of ever-tighter government outlays, the Food and Drug Administration did fairly well in gaining additional funds, along with user fee revenues that had been put on […]
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By Ben Comer | Published: October 1, 2013
Planning to submit to the FDA today? Think again. The agency put a forced pause on key services and functions – and furloughed 6,620 FDA employees – as a result of last night's government shutdown. Stephen King, a member of CDER's communications team at FDA, said in an email that "no new regulatory submissions that […]
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A film about the legends and folktales of historical Langkawi.
Filmed entirely in Langkawi, Malaysia
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When it comes to recovering from your drug or alcohol addiction and preventing relapse, 12-step programs aren't the only way to sustain your recovery. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is becoming an increasingly useful method for maintaining recovery from your addiction, and even has many similarities with traditional 12-step programs.
Below is a look at these two methods and how they compare when it comes to treating your addiction.
12-Step Programs for Addiction Treatment
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) first developed a 12-step program to help recovering alcoholics maintain sobriety. Now, many addiction treatment centers use 12-step programs as part of their addiction treatment programs and aftercare plans.
A 12-step program teaches several tenets to follow to maintain sobriety and prevent relapse, including the following:
- Learning to admit that you can't control your addiction
- Examining past mistakes
- Making amends
- Helping others who suffer from the same addictions
- Recognizing a higher power to give you strength
Twelve-step programs consist of regular meetings with peers. Interacting with people who have shared a similar experience and listening to their stories give people in recovery a lot of courage to stay sober. When you participate in a 12-step program, you will pair with a mentor who will help you maintain your recovery and provide needed support.
DBT for Addiction Treatment
Pioneered by Marsha Linehan, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, it is growing in popularity as a treatment for substance abuse.
DBT teaches four main skills: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These DBT skills are used in addiction treatment to help maintain recovery and prevent relapse in the following ways:
- Mindfulness techniques help you learn to live in the moment and acknowledge that "urges" to use will eventually pass.
- Distress tolerance skills can help you effectively deal with situations that trigger relapse.
- Emotional regulation will help you channel emotional energy proactively.
- Interpersonal effectiveness skills can help improve your important relationships.
DBT skills, which are taught through individual and group therapy, aim to promote abstinence by promoting change in your behaviors. You will work with a trained DBT therapist to learn and practice these skills to change how you handle your day-to-day life.
Similarities between 12-Step and DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and 12-step programs have marked similarities. The primary goal of each method is to change behaviors, emotions, and thinking patterns that cause problems or relapse. Here are some other similarities between DBT and 12-step programs:
- Both methods strongly emphasize improving interpersonal relationships, and learning to get your needs and wants met.
- Mindfulness is encouraged as a practice in both 12-step programs and DBT.
- Gaining acceptance of yourself and your actions.
- The skills learned through both methods require continual practice – they can't just be learned once and forgotten.
- Learning to let go of emotional suffering and take care of yourself.
- Surrendering your old beliefs and ways of doing things and trusting you will find a new way to live your life.
- Honesty with yourself and others.
- Learning to be nonjudgmental of yourself and others.
- Reducing your vulnerability to relapse.
Which Is Right for You?
Both 12-step programs and Dialectical Behavior Therapy have proven effective in maintaining recovery from addiction and preventing relapse. A good addiction treatment center will incorporate both DBT skills and 12-step principles to give you the best chance at finding the skills and support you need to make a lasting recovery from your addiction.


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Cold Stone Creamery Continues Expanding Footprint In Asia
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cold Stone Creamery ® brand continues to develop an expanding international footprint with upcoming locations in the Philippines and Bangladesh. The brand is teaming up with a Master Partner in each market to expand America's most innovative ice cream concept throughout Asia. Kahala TM, the parent company of Cold Stone Creamery, has signed 10-year Master Franchise Agreements with Olive Tree Foods Ltd. in Bangladesh, and with Arizona Ice Cream Corporation in the Philippines; both of which look to bring the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience TM into their respective markets.
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Olive Tree Foods Ltd. is known for offering a fresh and innovative approach to QSR and formal dining with rich and flavorful options and an approachable experience. They will open their first Cold Stone Creamery store in 2013 with the goal of opening a total of 4 stores within the next 4 years.
"Cold Stone Creamery offers an exciting experience and the fresh made premium Creations™ are simply 'tastylicious'," said Sheikh Aftab Ahmed, Managing Director of Olive Tree Foods Limited. "We wanted to make it possible for our Bangladeshi customers to experience the golden standard of Cold Stone Creamery ice cream."In the Philippines, Cold Stone Creamery will be teaming up with Arizona Ice Cream Corporation, a subsidiary of Trimark Holdings, Inc. known for their commitment to building and managing a company portfolio of the best fashion, restaurant and health clubs in the country. They will look to open fifteen stores over the next 5 years, with the first location to open in mid-2013. "As the premier American ice cream concept, Cold Stone Creamery promotes and encourages a fun and friendly experience through personalized Creations™. We are proud and privileged to have the brand coming soon to the Philippines," stated Mr. Yuki Rosenfeld, Representative of Arizona Ice Cream Corporation. Cold Stone Creamery has continued to make strategic key moves into the international marketplace in recent years. This current expansion will increase the number of countries Cold Stone Creamery resides into 22 countries. The mouth-watering super premium ice cream of Cold Stone Creamery, combined with the operational know-how and local knowledge of its Master Partners, will help drive traffic to these new Cold Stone Creamery stores; thus making for 2 more successful international markets.
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Occasionally I get asked
*What does your mental prayer consist of?*
*How do you meditate?*
One of the most important aspects of our Carmelite Rule is at least half hour of mental prayer everyday…it could be anytime of the day and can even be split up into two fifteen minute periods or three ten minute periods depending on your state in life.
Christian meditation differs markedly from the meditation that is touted in today's yoga or meditation classes in that the focus is not on one's self and one's *energies* or one's effort to release these so called *energies* but on the indwelling Trinity…the One Who sustains us at every moment and without Whose Presence, we would cease to exist. He is the One Who releases His energies within us…the One who refreshes, strengthens, and disperses His graces so we can persevere in the daily struggle, to fulfill His Holy Will, to love despite the trials and contradictions, to abandon ourselves to His great mercy.
It is most important to begin our meditation by placing ourselves in God's Presence, to remember Who we are speaking with…keeping company with. This is aided by recollecting ourselves as frequently as possible during the day…to call to mind His Presence, His love, His will…remembering we are never alone. If we spend the day immersing ourselves in *busyness*…rushing here and there, idle chatter, surfing the internet, leaving the TV on in the background, constantly *doing* instead of *being* without nary a thought to our Lord…we will come to prayer and meditation distracted and scattered and we will have to work all the harder to recollect ourselves.
~Basil the Great: Detailed Rules for Monks
As you progress in your spiritual journey, you will find that sometimes words are not needed…no good thought comes…and there is a desire to sit in silence, to go within oneself to be intimate with the Blessed Trinity Who resides there. Embrace this!
If, during this silence, you find that distractions are increasing and you cannot recollect yourself, you can gently return to the spiritual reading until you are led again into that quiet or even slowly repeat the Jesus Prayer. The important point is that you return again and again, no matter how much one is distracted…no matter how many times one must return. This is more precious to the Lord than hours spent in absorption or ecstasy in His Presence. It is the test of our love for Him…our faithfulness to our time of prayer…to be with the One who continually calls us into being.


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Don Clark at Digits, a Wall Street Journal blog, asserts in an April 27, 2009, post that Sun Microsystems' "leaders have not said anything to speak of since the transaction [that resulted in Oracle buying Sun] was announced last Monday [April 20, 2009]. See "Getting Used to the Silence from Sun Microsystems."
"The company's internal blogs–Sun lists some 4,385 employee bloggers–prattle on about techie topics with little mention of the proposed ownership change," Clark contends. "CEO Jonathan Schwartz, an often-prolific blogger, hasn't posted anything since March 18, the day the Wall Street Journal reported talks for IBM to buy Sun (Sun's board wound up favoring the $7.4 billion Oracle offer)."
If wonder what the Securities and Exchange Commission would have thought if Schwartz and other Sun employees had started blogging about a possible sale of the company. Would it have affected stock prices? Just asking.


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Smartphone viruses - threats, malwares and cures
Smartphones are a craze that's sweeping the world, and we are yet to see any indication this is going to change in the foreseeable future. This can only be a good thing - it gives you the chance to have the computer you dreamt of a few years ago in your pocket and do all the fancy stuff you want to do while on the go. Mind, this is only the beginning and these smart devices are getting better all the time, so more features are on the way - and more features translate into more opportunities, while more opportunities ensure that we are going to store additional and potentially sensitive information on our smartphones. And here comes the issue with smartphone security - a problem that is grossly underestimated by most users, which is really surprising given the fact that a few viruses have already managed to breach the security of various mobile OSs.
Overview of two major smartphone security problems
Our guess is that we all remember the great computer virus scare - it was the topic of an era, and all new PC users were afraid that "they would do something wrong" - so it's a bit unexplainable why the same doesn't apply to smartphones. After all, they are a mass-market product now and are devices that are inherently more insecure than our computers, at least for two reasons - first of all, they are linked to a payment plan, and almost everything we do on our smartphones - sending messages, making phone calls, browsing the net, etc - involves a transfer of money. The second reason is that we keep our handsets near us at all time, so they are more personal devices than the PC, hence we trust them more.
Payment plans as a threat
These two reasons alone should be enough for us to take smartphone viruses seriously, and yet, we don't. The first reason - the fact smartphones are designed to work with a payment plan - makes sure it's far easier to steal some money from a smartphone owner than from a PC owner. That's easy to explain - PCs are generally better protected and there are not many ways hackers can directly profit if they infect a computer. With smartphones it's different - a malware can take control of your handset and send premium rate text messages or dial premium rate numbers. The bottom end for us as end consumers is that we have to pay a $500 bill rather than a $50 one, and most people prefer to avoid such shocking surprises.
Smartphones as personal devices - yet bigger threat
The second reason - that smartphones are personal devices that we love to trust - is not to be underestimated either. After all, most people tend to store their bank login IDs or some pictures from a really good party where "some of these things happened" - things, which not many people are keen to share with the community (that's, if you are not Paris Hilton. Sorry, Paris) - on devices which are personal. And what's more personal than our dear smartphone(s)? Sure, we all have laptops and netbooks, but we don't carry them with us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, right? Not to mention that more and more people start to treat smartphones as work gadgets, and our bet is that this tendency is going to grow in the future, as these devices are bound to get more powerful. All of this spells one thing - we store a lot of sensitive information on our smart handsets, information which can be easily stolen by malware developers.
Good apps, bad apps
Smartphone defenders - built-in security systems, antivirus programs and common sense
There is the simple truth that the more popular a mobile OS becomes, the more hackers start to target it. We have seen that with Windows Mobile and Symbian in the past, but the phone business is an ever-changing one, and the new generation of leaders is already here - the likes of Google's Android, Apple's iOS and RIM's BlackBerry OS are the new targets for malware developers.
Built-in security systems
However, the challenges that hackers present to those platforms are very different. iOS is a closed ecosystem and Apple limits the ways you can interact with non-native apps. Although there have been instances when its security has been breached, it's generally robust and most of the security problems on iOS gadgets are reported on jailbroken devices.
RIM, which is the creator of BlackBerry OS, claims it provides all the security its devices need and says there is no point to purchase any additional antivirus program. And the facts speak in the Canadian company's favour - BlackBerry OS is generally considered to be very secure and is the business user's mobile OS of choice. BB OS also supports full device encryption, which is definitely a plus.
Finally, we have Android. The green robot is making waves in the smartphone world, but there is an increasing number of reports that security problems are plaguing this much loved open-source platform. This is not a massive surprise - Android is growing in popularity, so it's understandable that hackers target it more often. However, the Force is strong with this OS, and Google increases Android's security with every update, so some of these problems may be sorted out in the near future.
Antivirus programs
Now, let's take a quick look at some smartphone antivirus programs. A few of the most popular antivirus programs for PCs are also available on various mobile platforms. Among them are Symantec's Norton Smartphone Security, Kaspersky Mobile Security, McAfee Mobile Security for Enterprise and ESET Mobile Antivirus. Also, Lookout Mobile Security and Antivirus Free - AVG are frequently cited as good antivirus apps. These apps provide anti-malware protection - against Trojan horses and worms among other types of threats - as well as anti-spam and anti-spyware options.
At the end of the day it's up to you to decide whether you need a mobile antivirus program or not - some people say these mobile security apps are hard to remove and slow down the whole phone, while others claim it's of utmost importance to have an antivirus program on your smart handset. Either way, it wouldn't harm you to try out a free mobile antivirus program and see how it works.
Common sense
It's important to note, though, that as with computers, the best way to stay free from malware is to be vigilant all the time. It's in your best interest to download apps you are sure about and not to get apps like "Sex! Sex! Sex!" or "Paris Hilton Sex Tape" (sorry, Paris), because it's almost certain that these apps are infected with viruses. Common sense is man's best friend and it's of paramount importance to use it when it comes to your smartphone security - otherwise, no built-in OS security or mobile antivirus program can save your smartphone.
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1. YouLostTheGame (Posts: 441; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
This was the worst article EVER. You don't mention how to potentially spot the fact that one may have a virus, and what might be involved in getting it taken care of. You basically say in a nutshell, viruses are bad, and get a program to beat them. The rest of the article is just useless filler, that everyone has already known from owning a computer.
4. ATTCallCenter (unregistered)
I found all of this information very useful. I didn't even know you could get a virus on your phone. Without articles like this, people would be unaware about the possible threats to their phones.
5. XxVerbalxX (unregistered)
...and u work at a call center?
6. Hotzb22 (Posts: 103; Member since: 30 Mar 2009)
i hope not at mine lol
2. snowgator (Posts: 3289; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
I agree totally. As a BB user who probably won't be for very much longer, I soak up any hints or advice on securing my future phone. I knew everything in this article, and I know very little in comparison to a lot of those who troll this site. So, aside from the common sense side of life, any TRUE advice?
3. Slammer (Posts: 1122; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
If there is one thing this article proves, it is that us old guys still have some common sense on some things.
The article clearly points out what many of us ex-Apple users have experienced. Apple's closed approach has undoubtedly given the iOS a stable operation. However, once jailbroken, it opens up the fragmentation vulnerability. It ends up no more stable than other platforms. Jailbreaking or rooting any device is not recommended.
This is the argument that needs to be viewed in the entire landscape and it always validates the question:
Why purchase an iproduct if you are only going to have to jailbreak it to get want you want? This defeats the purpose and basic concept of Apple's closed ecosystem. So basically, if you need to jailbreak your iproduct to obtain features offered by other platforms, then maybe Apple is not for you.
I have owned my Android device since last June. Since I don't believe in modifying my devices, I have had the same phone without issues Vs colleages that are on their second or third jailbroken iPhones due to severe fragmentation. This speaks words.
John B.


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Sport & Dance Combine For CASA event | 5-4-12
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Two events combine for a weekend benefit for CASA of Northeast Louisiana. 'Tennis Meets The Boogie Woogie' combines a tennis tournament with a dinner and dance on Saturday, May 11. Erin Stokes, with the Center For Chidren And Families, gives a preview, and shares on the work of the advocates program.
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4-star adults-only hotel in Porec with a marina
Located in the heart of Porec, this eco-friendly hotel is near the beach and within walking distance of Porec Aquarium and Porec Marina. Also nearby are Romanesque House and Bishop's Palace.
Hotel Features
In addition to a marina, Valamar Riviera Hotel provides a coffee shop/café, complimentary wireless Internet access, and dry cleaning/laundry services.
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The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Valamar Riviera Hotel features a marina. Event facilities measuring 1356 square feet (126 square meters) include conference space and meeting rooms. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance.
- Conference space size (meters) - 126
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- Total number of rooms - 105
- Number of floors - 4
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Truly Global Book Club
With curiosity, I gave a look to our member list. I wondered, "How many countries do we represent?"
SIXTEEN- yes, Sixteen countries spreading about our world and I am sure more, more to come.
Armenia, Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Sudan, the UAE, the UK, the US, and Zambia!
A powerful voice, pulse, and discussion is ripe. What a thrill to listen and interact with women from 16 countries around our globe. I have just traveled in my minds eye starting in So. America- Peru, north to Mexico- hop to Jamaica, then back to North American mainland- US, Canada....over to Europe- Armenia and the Uk....to Asia- Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, India and finishing in Africa- Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, and Zambia. This is a new, vital, thriving book club with discussions rising throughout the world.
Let's talk! about Benazir Bhutto, Rita Marley, and hopefully Nigeria's Biafarian Civil War with the Orange Prize Winner, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I look forward to hearing the many, varied, strong, and forceful voices that we represent.
Lets, talk about Benazir Bhutto,Rita Marley
Dear Laura
I would love to discuss about Benzir Bhutto and Rita Marley.
Hello book clubbers!
I am so encouraged reading the plans orchestrated by Sharese, Ellen and Laura to meet up on Skype and chat about the last two World Pulse Book Club selections. I honor you for taking leadership and running with it!
I am guilty of falling behind in the reading, but I am eager to finish up No Woman No Cry and join the discussion and I encourage those of you who haven't yet spoken up here to chime in and share your thoughts and ideas for what books you'd like to read, if and when a Skype chat could work for you this month and in what direction you would like to see this book club go.
As Laura mentioned, I too am eager to get the conversations rolling. As I finish No Woman No Cry, it has been so interesting personally because I have listened to and loved Bob Marley's music my whole life. Yet, it's amazing how little we heard about the strong woman behind this man.
As November is quickly moving along and we haven't officially picked a title yet, I suggest moving Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun to December. We have so many Nigerian members on PulseWire, it would be great to have a chance to invite them to join the group and weigh in on the book. And what does everyone think about reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn for our January selection? I have heard amazing things about this book and think it would be an inspirational way to kick off the New Year.
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Boss Track Attack Days Now Open at Miller Motorsports Park
For new 2012 Mustang Boss 302 owners, the unique chance to take part in a "track attack" is now a reality.
As part of a complimentary program offered by Team Mustang and Ford Racing, instructors at the Ford Racing High Performance Driving School at Miller Motorsports Park are offering all new 2012 Mustang Boss 302 owners a chance to learn what their car is capable of over the surface on which it was born - the racetrack.
The Boss Track Attack provides owners with a full immersion into the Boss experience, with driving instruction and extensive track time with professional instructors. The intent is to enable Boss 302 owners to learn just how capable the new car is, and how much fun it can be on one of the country's greatest tracks.
"This is the first program of its kind from Ford. We're so proud of the new Boss 302 that we wanted to offer owners the opportunity to stretch their legs - and carve corners - on one of the coolest tracks in America," said Mickey Matus, marketing manager, Ford Racing. "The Boss 302 is such a legendary nameplate, and our latest version is such a tremendous, fun-to-drive car that we wanted to ensure this exclusive group of owners learn all they could about it, and experience its capabilities in the fun, controlled environment that Miller Motorsports Park can provide."
Boss owners need not bring their own cars. Miller Motorsports Park has a fleet of track-ready Boss 302s on hand for this driving experience.
The one-day experience begins with a private reception and dinner the evening before at the Larry H. Miller Total Performance Museum at the track, where participants and guests will be immersed into the history of the Boss nameplate. They will be given behind-the-scenes access to some of the stories behind the development of the Boss 302 and will get a private tour of Larry Miller's amazing personal collection of high-performance Ford and Shelby vehicles.
The next day, owners will start with a dynamic classroom session with school instructors, then spend the rest of the morning learning car control, cornering, braking and vehicle dynamic techniques, before breaking for lunch in the track's clubhouse.
The afternoon session features more on-track driving including lead and follow exercises, instructor ride-alongs and hot laps with professional drivers. The day finishes with participating owners receiving a special graduation pack from the team.
2012 Mustang Boss 302 owners can now register for their complimentary Boss Track Attack sessions slot at www.bosstrackattack.com or by calling 435-27-SPEED.
There are 15 individual sessions available between now and the end of the year. Every owner has a year from receiving his or her car to take advantage of this program. Dates for sessions in 2012 will be determined in due course and communicated via the website. Participants can, at their own cost, attend a second day of the driving school or bring a guest to attend with them. Complete information about the program is available at the website.
About the Boss 302
- The limited-production 2012 Mustang Boss 302 is the quickest, best-handling straight-production Mustang ever offered by Ford, based on the world-class foundation provided by the 2011 Mustang GT
- Boss upgraded in nearly every vehicle system; engine output, brakes, suspension, interior and exterior all examined to optimize weight, aerodynamics and track performance
- Full Mustang team effort results in a comprehensive re-engineering available only through the factory; new Boss is not a package that can be purchased out of a catalog or achieved through tuning or aftermarket parts
- Limited-production track-oriented Boss 302 Laguna Seca model expands on Boss racing aspirations, deleting rear seat and adding race-ready suspension and aerodynamic treatments


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ON THE ROAD WITH THE SFA: Alabama
What do barbecue ribs, fruitcake, and Greek-style snapper have in common? They're all made in Alabama, this month's feature state.
1. Pigskin and Pork: A Road Trip
The last three BCS National Championships were won by teams from the Yellowhammer State. Though Auburn is off to a rocky start, Alabama is generally a pretty good place to be come football season. Whether your battle cry is "War Eagle" or "Roll Tide," the SFA's Southern Barbecue Trail has you covered for tailgating fare just a pigskin's throw from the 'Bama and Auburn campuses.
Archibald's Bar-B-Q
1211 MLK Blvd, Northport, Alabama
Distance from Bryant-Denny Stadium: 3.2 miles
Go-to dish: Ribs
A native of Northport, George Archibald spent years working in a steel mill—his wife, Betty, worked at a paper mill. In 1962 the couple opened Archibald's Bar-B-Q. George Archibald, Jr. was twelve years old when he started working in the family business. Today, he and his sister, Paulette Washington, run the business their parents started. Not much has changed: The vinegar-based sauce recipe is still a secret, but if you bring your own jar, you can take some to go. Loyal customers drive up even before they open the doors at 10:30 a.m. Whether you take a plate to go or settle into one of the picnic tables outside, you'll savor some legendary Alabama 'cue.
Chuck's Bar-B-Que
905 Short Avenue, Opelika, Alabama
Distance to Jordan-Hare Stadium: 8.1 miles
Go-to dishes: BBQ Sandwich, "chipped" (shredded) or chopped; Brunswick stew
Chuck Ferrell, along with his wife, Bonnie, founded Chuck's Bar-B-Que in Opelika in 1976. Most weekdays you will find him shrouded in wood smoke, tending a pit filled with pork butts. Chuck's pate is balding and his neck is creased by wrinkles, but his brown eyes flash. Though his devotion to Christ is so profound that he keeps a stock of personalized religious tracts by the cash register, this is a man who wields a pitchfork for a living. Speaking of that irony, Chuck says, "The devil missed out on one with a lot of practice."
2. Alabama Character: Marie Rudisill
Winner of the SFA's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001
The late Marie Faulk Rudisill achieved a peculiar sort of fame in her last years as "The Fruitcake Lady" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. When she wasn't critiquing the likes of Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise on their cooking technique, Rudisill dished out hilariously frank guidance as the show's advice columnist.
To fans of Southern literature, Rudisill is remembered as the aunt of Truman Capote. Capote spent most of his early childhood living in Monroeville, Alabama, with the extended Faulk clan, which included Marie and her elderly aunt, Sook Faulk. Faulk—specifically, her prolific baking of holiday fruitcakes—was later memorialized in Capote's autobiographical short story, "A Christmas Memory." (Audio here, read by Capote.)
In 1989, Rudisill published Sook's Cookbook: Memories and Traditional Receipts from the Deep South. It's one of SFA director John T. Edge's favorite cookbooks (read his ode to her from our 2006 BOTS issue at the end of this piece), filled with Faulk family recipes and vivid portraits of characters such as Victorio, the Apache bootlegger. The recipe for Sook's Famous "Christmas Memory" Fruitcake has perhaps the best—and most unsettling—transition between recipe heading and ingredient list in all of culinary literature.
Everybody knew that Victorio had a wife, but none of us had ever seen her. Truman read somewhere that among Apaches it was customary to disfigure an erring wife by cutting off her nose. We wondered—did Victorio keep his wife hidden because he had amputated her nose in a fit of drunken jealousy? We never found out.
2 1/2 pounds Brazil nuts
2 1/2 pounds white and dark raisins, mixed
3. The Greek Gods of Birmingham
You can't talk about food in Alabama without nodding to the essential role of Greek Americans in establishing the Birmingham restaurant scene. From hotdogs to white-tablecloth dining, Greeks in Birmingham have blended their own food traditions with those of the American South for more than a century.
Photos by Stacy Craig of the Bright Star Restaurant.
One of the grandest examples of this phenomenon is the Bright Star. Opened by Greek immigrant Tom Bonduris in 1907, The Bright Star is Alabama's oldest restaurant. It has been in its current location in the steel town of Bessemer, just outside of Birmingham, since 1915. Bill and Pete Koikos, great nephews of Tom Bonduris, took over the restaurant in the 1920s. Bill's sons, Jimmy and Nick Koikos, still work the floors and the kitchen, serving an encyclopedic menu that owes debts to both Greece and the American South. The interior of the restaurant is true to its 1915 glory, with hand-painted wall murals, a marble-tiled floor, and private, curtained booths.
In a 2004 interview, Jimmy Koikos told SFA oral historian Amy Evans that the restaurant was a symbol of opportunity for the Greek-American community. "Mr. Bonduris wasn't educated, but he was very smart and a good businessman. He said, 'This restaurant is a Bright Star'—with a vision of nothing but a land of opportunity. We've had the same neon sign there since 1941."
Odes to My Favorite Things
Heralding some of the most colorful foodies in the South.
by John T Edge
Oldest Living Cookbook Author Tells All
YOU MAY KNOW MARIE RUDISILL as the Fruitcake Lady from the Tonight Show. She first appeared onstage with Jay Leno in December of 2000, teaching Mel Gibson to cook. Marie, who had just written a book, Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook, was sassy. She was bawdy. She did and said things that only a nonagenarian can get away with. In 2001, she returned to Burbank to stuff a turkey with Hugh Grant. While the cameras rolled, she cupped Grant's rear and, judging its curvature, called it—if my memory serves—"a nice little biscuit."
Since 2002, the native of Monroeville, Alabama, has served as the show's advice columnist. In a recurring segment, "Ask the Fruitcake Lady," Marie—dressed in a severe black suit, her gray hair pinned in a bun, her talon-like fingernails lacquered red—addresses matters of fidelity, grooming, and bathroom etiquette. She is combative. She does not suffer fools. She uses decidedly unladylike expressions like pecker and lazy son-of-a-bitch.
Her performance is camp. But her outré Southern pedigree comes honestly. Marie is the sister of Truman Capote's late mother, Lillie Mae Faulk Persons Capote, who committed suicide in 1954. Capote called Marie "Aunt Tiny." She helped raise him. And like her nephew, who was a Johnny Carson–era Tonight Show favorite, she now employs cathode rays to her advantage. But, as was the case with Capote, Marie will not, upon her passing, be remembered by the demi-monde for the flame and spittle and slur captured in television appearances. Nor will she be remembered for the fruitcake book.
Marie Rudisill will be remembered as the author of a slim 1989 volume, Sook's Cookbook: Memories and Traditional Recipes from the Deep South. Using plantation daybooks from the early 1800s as her primary sources, weaving in character studies of friends and neighbors and relatives from Monroeville, she wrote one of the best cookbooks to hit Southern shelves. It's a portrait of place. It's a portrait of people. It's full of recipes for green olive jambalaya and watermelon rind preserves and poinsettia cake. Sadly, it's now out of print.
I love that book, but my recollections of Marie will be more personal. After I helped her with a book-deal negotiation, Marie phoned. She was, at the time, eighty-nine. And she was effusive in her thanks. "I'll do anything for you," Marie said, her tone raspy, her timbre bright. After a three-beat pause, she added, "Except sex." A hail of cackles followed. And soon after, a dial tone.
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- How Texas campus police tackle stalking
- Legal trade in horn would improve rhino protection, help sustainable development
- Community justice court associated with lower rearrest rates
- Strengths and weaknesses for adaptation to climate change
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- Improved means of detecting mismatched DNA
- Is the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for policing effective?
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- Blowfly maggots provide physical evidence for forensic cases
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Federal Income Tax
All or most of your TRS monthly benefit is subject to federal income tax, with exact details furnished to you at the time of your retirement. As required by federal law, TRS will withhold income tax on the taxable portion of your pension payment, unless you elect no withholding on IRS form W-4P. Should you elect no withholding, you may be responsible for payment of estimated taxes to the IRS, and could incur penalties under tax rules if your estimated tax payments are insufficient. You should consult your tax professional before electing "no withholding".
Each January, you will be mailed IRS form 1099R, showing the total benefits paid for the previous year, the taxable amount, and any taxes withheld for the preceding calendar year.
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For Georgia residents, your monthly TRS benefit is subject to Georgia income tax. TRS will withhold Georgia income tax from your monthly payment upon receipt of form G-4. The 1099R you receive each January will also show the amount of withholding for Georgia income tax. Residents of other states should contact that state's Department of Revenue to determine the tax status of their TRS benefit payment


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1963 Corvette Split-Window Stingray Coupe
Few Corvettes have achieved such notoriety as the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, which launched the second generation of "America's Sports Car". With incredible style and monstrous power the Sting Ray was an instant success. 1963 was the first year of the Corvette Sting Ray and the only year with a split rear window. This stunning, fully restored Corvette Coupe comes finished in the desirable, rare original color combination of Tuxedo Black with stunning red interior and is an icon among Corvette enthusiasts.
A must-have show-quality car for the serious Corvette enthusiast, this collectible classic is powered by a 327 cubic inch 340 horsepower engine backed by the original four-speed transmission and was once considered to be one of the fastest cars on the road.
Other features include hidden headlamps, non-functional hood vents and an independent rear suspension. The 1963 Corvette Split-Window Sting Ray Coupe remains coveted by Corvette collectors as a landmark in the history of what may be Chevrolet's most important model. This is one of the rarest C2 Corvettes ever built. Donate today to help charities and you will be entered to win a 1963 Corvette Split-Window Sting Ray Coupe as part of the 2014 Corvette Dream Giveaway.
327 Cubic Inch Engine
The legendary Chevrolet 327ci V-8 engine was the first engine to give the Corvette true muscle. Introduced in 1962 and available until 68, power ranged from 210 hp to 375 hp depending on the choice of carburator or fuel injection, camshaft, cylinder heads, pistons and intake manifold. The Duntov solid lifter cam version this example has produced 340 hp with single Carter 4-barrel carbureator. The 327 engine could give many big blocks a run for their money.
Classic Interior
This 1963 Split-Window Sting Ray Coupe featured in the 2014 Corvette Dream Giveaway features a stunning red interior. The interior for the 1963 Split-Window Sting Ray Coupe was more practical than that of its predecessors with a roomy glove box, more luggage space, and the cowl-ventilation system. Other interior features included in this collectible classic include chrome accenting on the door panels, shift knob, and steering wheel, round gauges and a control center with a clock and a vertically situated radio. This 1963 Corvette Split-Window Sting Ray Coupe is a fantastic addition to even the finest Corvette collection.
2014 Corvette Stingray Coupe
With its sculpted athletic exterior and driver-oriented cockpit, Stingray is a beautiful weapon against the ordinary. It has been decades since Chevrolet produced a Stingray and the seventh generation (C7) was worth the wait! Built from the ground up for ultimate performance driving it is the most capable Corvette ever produced, propelling the standard version from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
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This page is dedicated to some of the greatest minds of all time.
For comparison I have included table I which shows
the IQs' relation to educational level.
Cox also found that different fields have quite widely varying average IQs
for their acknowledged leading geniuses. Displayed below are there calculated Deviation IQs
(the number in brackets is the number in the sample
Philosophers (22) average IQ 160; Scientists (39) 159; Fiction writers (53)
152; Statesmen (43) 150; Musicians (11) 149; Artists (13) 153; Soldiers
(27) 136.
As a curiosity it can be mentioned that the famous english philosopher
and mathematician Bertrand Russell
sometimes interpreted Nietzsche's
overman as a person with an IQ of at least 180 (Actually Russell considered
himself to have this IQ!). I read in some paper that
, regarded as the prototype for a genius, may "only" have had just above 160 .
It is important to distinguish between the intelligence
quotients measured for adults and for children. While the intelligence
quotient in theory has no upper limit for children, it is often
considered as unmeasurable for adults if it exceeds 200 (Normally, it is
never set above 210. However, highest possible scores to date should lie
in the interval 210-220 with decreasing probability). This is caused by the
different measuring methods used. According to the definition of intelligence
quotient for a child, the mental age is divided by the chronological age.
The quotient is then multiplied by 100 (Ratio IQ). This implies, of course, that you
cannot use the same method for adults as for children. Instead you use a
statistical mean value of 100 for the average number of correct answers for a
representative adult group of people (Deviation IQ).
NOTE: So far as I know there has only been one documented
female universal genius: Hypatia,
an ancient Greek beauty celebrated as philosopher as well as mathematician and scientist. She was also famous
for her lecturing skill.
What do you call a fly when you pull its wings off?
A. A fly with the wings pulled off.
B. A walk.
C. A down-to-earth fly.
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Congratulations, Dr. Stephens!
Congratulations, Dr. Stephens!
Knew you could do it! Congratulations!
Sweet! Rock on!
Excellent work! I raise my glass to you. Or coffee mug, I guess.
Congrats Michael!
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was the outcome ever in doubt? way to go.......
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Was there ever a doubt? Congratulations Doctor.
Totally impressed. We'll gave a glass of bubbles on this in october.
from portugal de Viva Biblioteca Viva, Congratulations !
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Roland DGA Corporation - 3/2/2006Roland Wins DIMA 2006 Digital Printer Shoot-Out
ORLANDO, FL, March 2, 2006 - Roland DGA Corporation won the DIMA 2006 Digital Printer Shoot-Out in the
inkjet, 50-inches-and-wider category this week at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) 2006 International
Convention and Trade Show. The victory extends Roland's long tradition of excellence in inkjet printing that
includes three previous DIMA Shoot-Out awards and multiple Andre Schellenberg awards.
"Winning the DIMA Shoot-Out is a major testament to Roland's advanced inkjet technologies," said Brian
McLeod, Roland Color Products Division managing director. "The Hi-Fi JET Pro II has become the standard
for producing brilliant output. It's ideal for everything from signage and photography to fine art and color proofs."
The Hi-Fi JET Pro II 54-inch inkjet printer uses dual sets of Roland's CMYK+LcLm or OG pigment ink. Its
advanced Piezo print heads produce micro-precise ink droplets of three different sizes to achieve smooth,
dot-free tones and true 1440x1440 dpi resolution. The one-inch-wide heads have all 360 nozzles of each
color precisely aligned in a single array to offer superior dot control and fast production times. Digital servo
motors and media clamps dramatically improve media movement and print quality.
The ErgoSoft StudioPrint RIP and the FJ-540 together make up the award-winning d'Vinci Fine Art Printing
System. d'Vinci combines the precision of Roland's Hi-Fi JET Pro II with the power of ErgoSoft RIP software
and a uniquely formulated 12-color ink set featuring CMYKOGLcLm and four additional dilutions of black.
These elements work in concert to deliver stunning photorealistic prints with an exceptionally wide color
gamut, unmatched levels of detail, and greatly expanded grayscale capabilities and tonal gradations.
For more information on the Hi-Fi JET Pro II FJ-540 and other Roland inkjet printers, contact Roland at
(800) 542-2307 or visit the company's Web site at www.rolanddga.com. For more information on ErgoSoft,
visit www.ergosoftus.com.
DIMA Shoot-Out
The DIMA 2006 Digital Printer Shoot-Out included 95 entries from 30 different companies. Participants entered
the contest by producing a target print from a file created by GretagMacbeth Global Services. In a 5,000k
lighting environment, a panel of expert judges selected the winning entries based on the overall quality of the
digital print and the accuracy of color as compared to the target print. They carefully examined neutral gray
balance reproduction, saturation, shadow depth and quality, overall tonality, highlights, flesh tones, hue shift
and text.
Photo Marketing Association
For 81 years, PMA® has served as an international trade association for the changing needs of the
expanding photo imaging industry with more than 20,000 members in 100-plus countries, headquartered in
Jackson, Mich. In addition to the United States, there are membership offices in the United Kingdom, Germany,
Canada, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, France, Czech Republic and Russia.
PMA membership is open to any firm doing a substantial portion of its business in photo imaging retailing,
scrapbook and custom framing retailing, processing (digital and silver halide) or service work. Cooperating
memberships are held by firms that manufacture or distribute products or services for the imaging industry. PMA
provides more than 100 services to its members, and holds the world's largest annual photo imaging trade show,
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Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law Deanell Reece Tacha sat down with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the Civic Learning California Summit in Sacramento in March for a fireside chat focusing on the importance of civics education. A task force organized by California Chief Justice, Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and led by Justice Judith McConnell, spearheaded the event.
"Civics education throughout the nation has been the central focus of Justice O'Connor's work since she retired from the bench," said Dean Tacha. "She founded iCivics which is an educational website which is being used in schools for civics education, particularly in middle schools."
Dean Tacha noted that she has worked with the retired United States Supreme Court Justice on issues facing civic education for many years, focusing on the need and approaches to reinstituting civics education.
"The result of the summit will be both proposed legislation and several policy and administrative initiatives," Dean Tacha said.
The summit was preceded by a private dinner with a guest list including Dean Tacha, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, Justice O'Connor, Governor Jerry Brown, Senate President, Darrell Steinberg, president of the California Bar, Patrick Kelly, executive director of the Bar, Joe Dunn, Justice McConnell, and superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson.
Bringing together leaders from all three branches of California government, the summit also included a panel discussion featuring the Honorable Stacy Boulware Eurie, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court, Superior Court of Sacramento; Thomas A. Saenz, president and CEO, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Yvonne Walker, president, Service Employees International Union Local 1000; and Allan Zaremberg, president and CEO, California Chamber of Commerce. The Honorable Judith D. McConnell moderated the panel.
"It is always a privilege to work with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who is spending this phase of her career seeking to enhance the civic understanding and knowledge of the American public," said Dean Tacha. "She is a tireless advocate for the importance of an informed and educated citizenry capable and worthy of governing ourselves. I am grateful to Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye who has made civic education one of the highest priorities of her office and the judicial branch. The combination of the Justice O'Connor and the Chief Justice is a powerful impetus for positive steps toward greater civic education in the state of California."
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2012 PSA Annual Meeting Program (Charleston, SC) Is Available For Download
PSA Program Director Dale Casamata has completed the 2012 PSA Annual Meeting Program (pdf, ~1 MB download).
Previous PSA Annual Meeting Programs and venues can be viewed on this webpage.
Alginate Activity and Bookmarks Information From The PSA Natl. Sci. Eng. Festival Booth
Please see the following webpages for information about how make multicolored alginate gel beads and the downloadable PSA Bookmarks.
Alginate Gel Beads Information
The festival DVD is undergoing final editing in June 2012 and will be available for order soon. Please check back in a few weeks for more information on how to order it.
Information for attendees of the PSA's Natl. Sci. Eng. Festival Booth
Dear Booth Attendees, we were very pleased by the interest of so many Festival attendees in detailed information on how to do the alginate gel activity (e.g., for science birthday parties!), the film, and the photos and information on the bookmarks. We are going to make a page on the PSA webpage for all of this, and it will start going up in late May and be completed early in June. We are so pleased you are interested in the information!
Susan Brawley
University of Maine
PSA Past-President
UPDATE:Please see the the news note above for information about the alginate gel activity and bookmark information.
The deadline for PSA Hoshaw Travel Awards is April 1, 2012
This is a reminder for students that would like to be considered for the Hoshaw Travel Awards for this year's meeting must ensure that they submit to Eric W. Linton, Chair of the Hoshaw Travel Awards Committee by electronic submission in PDF or Word .doc format:
- A complete application as described on the Hoshaw webpage (see link below). Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
- One letter of recommendation from his/her major advisor.
- Quality of your application is very important as we have many more applicants than we can support. Please have your advisor read over your application and your abstract before submitting.
Additional information on the qualifications and criteria for this award can be found here.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Eric Linton
Chair, PSA Grants and Fellowship Committee
Department of Biology
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: 989 774-3969
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
iChat: lintonericw
2012 PSA Annual Meeting - Registration, Abstract Submission, Presentation and Housing Information
Registration & Other Fees
- PSA member registration: $375 ($450 after May 1)
- Student member: $245 ($320 after May 1)
- Retiree registration: $325 ($400 after May 1)
- Non-member registration: $450 ($525 after May 1)
- One-Day Pass: $110
- Accompanying Guest (non-professional): $50
- Banquet ticket (Professional): $45
(All students receive 1 ticket included with their registration fee)
- Genomics workshop (25 attendees) (Advanced level): $75
- Morning Marine field trip (20 attendees) $40
- Morning Marine field trip (20 attendees) $40
Please register through this webpage.
Abstract Submission
The deadline for abstract submission is May 1, 2012.
Abstract submission requirements are posted on this webpage.
Please submit abstracts using this webpage.
Talks are limited to 15 minutes (including questions and answers), so please plan accordingly. Please save files as PowerPoint files (both Mac and PC are fine). While we will have Internet connections, we all know of the vagaries of such things, so please save talks to CD, jump-drives, old-tyme disks, etc.
Poster boards will be available for poster placement beginning in the afternoon of June 19. Please limit poster size to 46" tall by 46" across.
Housing Information
PSA is pleased to announce that we have secured two excellent forms of housing for the upcoming 2012 Charleston meeting. First,we have a number of discounted hotel rooms at the meeting site, the beautiful Frances Marion ($169 per night) available from June 18-27. Second, we are pleased to announce that we have obtained a number of dorm rooms at the College of Charleston available from June 19-June 27.
Please book housing accommodations using the information found on this webpage.
Additional Meeting information
Please check the 2012 PSA Meeting webpage for up-to-date information.
Phycological Newsletter Winter/Spring 2012 Issue
A high resolution copy (7MB) and lower resolution copy (5MB) of the Winter and Spring 2012 Phycological Newsletter are available for download using the links below.
- Phycological Newsletter Volume 48 No.1 (high resolution - 7MB)
- Phycological Newsletter Volume 48 No.1 (lower resolution - 5MB)
PSA is proud to be an Official Partner of the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington DC area in April 2012.
What is the universe made of? Why did dinosaurs go extinct? What do magic tricks and hip-hop have to with math? What will be the next medical breakthrough? What does baseball have to do with physics? Find out at the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on April 28-29, 2012! Explore science & engineering with 2,000 free, hands-on activities and over 100 stage shows and author presentations. The two-day Expo is perfect for teens, children and their families, and anyone with a curious mind who is looking for a weekend of fun and discovery. Meet Science Celebrities, award-winning Science Authors and Nobel Prize winners from the past and present. New this year: A Career Pavilion for high-school students and a Book Fair featuring over 30 science authors! For more information, visit www.usasciencefestival.org.
The organization with the most referrals to the Festival website as determined by Google Analytics on April 25, 2012 will be awarded a $500 prize to be given to the STEM education organization of their choice. The prize will be presented during the Expo in Spring 2012!
Croasdale Fellowship Deadline is March 1st, 2012
This is a reminder for students that would like to be considered for the Croasdale. An award to encourage graduate students to broaden their phycological training by defraying the costs of attending phycology courses at biological field stations. Students must ensure that they submit to Eric W. Linton, Chair of the Grants-In-Aid of Research Committee by electronic submission in PDF or Word .doc format:
- A complete application
- An unofficial copy of your transcripts, if possible.
- One letter of recommendation from his/her major advisor, sent directly to Dr. Eric Linton.
REMINDER: Students that receive this award will have reporting requirements to the PSA of four items, such as a 1 page final report. Please see the application web page for complete details.
Additional information on the qualifications and criteria for this awards can be found at the PSA Crosadale Fellowship webpage.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.
Eric W. Linton, Ph. D.
Department of Biology
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: 989 774-3969
Email: email@example.com
iChat: lintonericw
Croasdale Fellowship
The Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowships are designed to encourage graduate students to broaden their phycological training by defraying the costs of attending phycology courses at biological field stations. The maximum amount awarded is $1,500.
Last year's Croasdale Awardees
Information about the Croasdale Fellowship
2012 PSA Meeting Update
Have you longed to visit one of the nation's most historic, beautiful cities in a Phycological context? If so, it is with great pleasure that we announce the opening of registration for the 2012 Phycological Society of America to be held June 20th- June 23rd at the Frances Marion hotel in lovely Charleston, South Carolina. Registration will commence on March 1, with abstract submission open until May 1. Contributed papers and posters in all areas of prokaryotic and eukaryotic phycology are welcome, including such topics as: reproduction and life history strategies; light harvesting; interactions between species and trophic levels; aquaculture; development of biofuels and other algal products; parasitism; education including service learning projects; morphological taxonomy linked to genetic phylogenies; HABs; invasive species; cell physiology and biochemistry with respect to environmental gradients; taxonomy; health and nutrition; population structure and genetic diversity; and new insights into cellular and developmental biology.
More information can be found on the PSA meeting webpage.
Preliminary Meeting Schedule (pdf)
Symposium Lineup (pdf)
An Important Message from the Co-Editors of Journal of Phycology
Beginning in 2012, the incoming Co-Editors of the Journal of Phycology will enact additional guidelines for submission to the Journal. These guidelines are in keeping with their overall goals to broaden the Journal's readership, improve the review process, and increase the quality of articles published. They also plan a platform for rapid publication of high impact work, through a new Letters format. Please take a few minutes to read about these exciting changes.
Additional Guidelines for Authors (pdf)
Conditions for Rejection Without Review (pdf)
An Important Message from President Susan Brawley
December 1, 2011
Dear PSA Members,
The recent First Referendum on "phycology" in the Journal name produced a little more confusion than intended, but the EC's primary intent was to gather information from the membership, and we got it (i.e., more than 50 variations on a small set of suggested alternative titles for the Society's Journal, which are being evaluated). We'd probably all agree that the name of the Journal is not the most important factor in the success of our Journal. Instead, the essential ingredient is rapid publication of excellent science across the spectrum of our field.