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British Invasion - 50th Anniversary Tour (2/28)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentationSpecial Guest: TBA
The iconic singers of the legendary 1960's music revolution featuring Peter Asher (of Peter & Gordon), Denny Laine (of The Moody Blues & Wings), Chad & Jeremy, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender's Searchers & Terry Sylvester (of The Hollies). This tour commemorates the Beatles' momentous arrival on these shores. They called it THE BRITISH INVASION and in the wake of massive mop top pop hysteria, all of the participants in this incredible concert experience dominated the music world and scored more than forty worldwide Top 40 hits. Their sound and look changed popular culture forever and now they are back to celebrate and honor some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century. The artists are ably supported by a four-piece backing band faithfully recreating the classic sound of the vintage recordings and a full multi- media video package highlighted by rarely seen footage and incredible archival ephemera. The experience is completed by unique clips pre-show and during intermission of other fab combos of the era, making this a fully themed evening of entertainment. Buy Tickets
Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester (3/1)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
Special Guest: Red Molly
Led by thirteen-time Grammy Award-winner and three-time Country Music 'Musician of the Year' Jerry Douglas,The Earls of Leicester features some of Nashville's most talented musicians, including hit songwriter Shawn Camps on guitar and lead vocals, bassist Barry Bales (Douglas's cohort in Alison Krauss & Union Station), fiddler Johnny Warren (son of Paul Warren, legendary fiddle player in Flatt & Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys), acclaimed banjo player Charlie Cushman & Frank Solivan on mandolin. The Earls of Leicester is a tribute to the music of legendary bluegrass pioneers Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and their band, Foggy Mountain Boys, whose seminal work in the '50s and '60s created the template for what we know as contemporary bluegrass, and popularized the music with an unprecedented mass audience. The "original" Earls were Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, dobro player Josh Graves, fiddler Paul Warren, tenor singer and mandolinist Curly Seckler, and bassist Jake Tullock.
Mike + The Mechanics (3/3)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
Special Guest: Daryl Stuermer
Mike + The Mechanics are hitting the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "The Living Years." The revelry will spill into 2015—which also happens to be the band's 30-year anniversary. This will mark the first North American trek the band has made since their tour supporting the initial release of Living Years in 1989. LIVING YEARS DELUXE EDITION will also make its U.S. debut on February 10 when Rhino releases an expanded version of the group's biggest album. Formed in 1985 by Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford, Mike + The Mechanics has recorded seven studio albums and enjoyed a series of hit songs with "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)," "All I Need Is A Miracle," "Word Of Mouth," and "Over My Shoulder." However, the #1 smash "The Living Years" from 1989 would become the largest hit of the band's career. For the upcoming tour, Rutherford will lead the current incarnation of Mike + The Mechanics, which includes vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar, keyboardist Luke Juby, guitarist/bassist Anthony Drennan, and drummer Gary Wallis. For the shows, the band will perform all of its best-known songs, as well as a selection of Genesis favorites like "I Can't Dance" and "Turn It On Again."
Tom Paxton & Janis Ian - "Together At Last"(3/5)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation, supported by WFUV
Two of Americas greatest songwriters share the stage for an evening of stories and songs. Each with ties to the classic Greenwich Village folk scene, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian are nearly a generation apart yet share a slew of folk influences as well as an affinity for fearlessly tackling controversial issues. Paxton emerged in the days of hootenannies and wrote his share of what were then called protest songs. But he also wrote songs about love, humour and for kids. Many became oft-covered standards, including 'Bottle of Wine', 'Ramblin' Boy' and 'The Last Thing on My Mind'. At 15, Ian had a major pop hit with the then-provocative 'Society's Child', a taboo-busting meditation about an interracial romance. She re-emerged a decade later in the mid-'70s with her biggest hit the reflective 'At Seventeen', which won a GRAMMY. She remains an unflinching topical commentator.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers (3/6)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation, Supported by The Peak
Special guest: The Danielle Nicole Band
For George Thorogood and his longtime band The Destroyers – Jeff Simon (drums, percussion), Bill Blough (bass guitar), Jim Suhler (rhythm guitar) and Buddy Leach (saxophone) – their 40th anniversary is indestructible proof that staying true to yourself and the music can still mean something. And with a catalog of iconic hits that includes "Who Do You Love", "I Drink Alone", "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", "Move It On Over", "Bad To The Bone" and more, being able to share it with audiences is what will always matter. With over 8,000 live shows and 15 million albums sold worldwide later, George Thorogood is still making explosive music, still thrilling audiences, and still the baddest-to-the-bone performer in rock.
Rob Bartlett with Special Guest Tony Powell (3/7)
Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody (3/8)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentationThe hilarious musical spoof of the Fifty Shades book (and forthcoming movie) returns to the Music Hall. See all the naughty fun of the best selling book come to life; Sharp-witted comedy, musical numbers, sexy striptease performances, and lots of surprises! In 2013, audiences and critics alike loved getting SPANK!'d. The show played in over 170 cities, making it the world's #1 theatrical parody. "A sexy, hysterical, rip-roaring good time…Wildly entertaining" – Toronto Stage - "The audience went wild. SPANK! is a raucously hilarious, perfect girl's night out!" -BroadwayWorld.com
Ticket sales for Members and fan club starts 11/11 at noon. Tickets go on sale for the public on 11/14 at noon. Buy Tickets
Drive-By Truckers (3/11)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation, supported by WFUV
Special Guest: TBA
The critically acclaimed alt-country/southern rock band returns to the Music Hall. Rolling Stone called the Drive-By Truckers "the boldest, baddest Southern band in the land" and the band has been living up to that moniker for the last decade. The band fuses solid musicianship with lyrics that tell real stories "They let the songwriting speak for itself, and it sings loud and clear". Their twelfth release, " English Oceans" is an elegantly balanced and deeply engaged new effort that finds the group refreshed and firing on all cylinders. The album ended the year on many "Best of" lists. All but one of the collection's 13 new songs, written by singer-guitarists and co-founding members Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, were recorded during 13 days of sessions in August 2013 with longtime producer David Barbe. The current Drive-By Truckers line up is Mike Cooley (Lead vocals, Guitar), Patterson Hood (Lead vocals, Guitar), Brad Morgan (Drums), Jay Gonzalez (Keys/Pedal steel) and Matt Patton (Bass guitar).
Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-a-Whirl Band featuring Lou Ann Barton (3/13)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
Special Guest: TBA
Jimmie Vaughan is one of the most respected guitarists in popular music today. As Guitar Player magazine notes, "He is a virtual deity--a living legend." Vaughan provides a vital link between contemporary music and its proud heritage, as well as being a longtime avatar of retro cool. Since releasing his first solo album in 1994, he has set the standard for quality modern roots music. Throughout his career, Vaughan has earned the esteem of his legendary guitar-playing heroes and superstar peers along with successive generations of young players. His musical ethos and personal style have had an impact on contemporary culture, from spearheading the current blues revival with The Fabulous Thunderbirds to his longtime, innate fashion sense of slicked-back hair and sharp vintage threads (now seen throughout the pages of contemporary fashion journals) to becoming a premier designer of classic custom cars. Jimmie is joined by vocalist Lou Ann Barton who was a founding member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble, and a former member of Roomful of Blues.
Roaring 20's Dinner Dance (3/14)
The Music Hall presents a Roaring 20's Dinner Dance in celebration of the 130th anniversary of our historic theatre! Please join us in your finest 1920s festive attire, for drinks, dinner, dancing and music by The Brooklyn Sugar Stompers.Buy Tickets
Robert Klein (3/20)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
Robert Klein has entertained audiences for over 40 years, and continues to have an acclaimed career in comedy, on Broadway, on television, and in film. Among dozens of starring and guest-starring roles on television, he co-starred in the hit NBC series, "Sisters," has a recurring guest-starring role on "Law and Order" and has recently guest starred on "The Good Wife" and "Royal Pains." He regularly appears on talk shows, making more than 100 appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Late Show with David Letterman" alone. A lifelong New Yorker, Mr. Klein makes his home in Westchester and New York City.
Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky Featuring Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams (3/21)
Special Guest: TBA
Lewis Black (3/26)
Presented by Live Nation
Lewis Black, Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian, is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs over 200 nights a year to sell out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and United States. He is one of a few performers to sell out multiple renowned theatres including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, the Main Stage at the Mirage in Las Vegas and most recently a sold out Broadway run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in NYC. His live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He is a passionate performer who is a more pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon.
Lisa Lampanelli (3/28)
Presented by Outback Concerts
Lisa Lampanelli is known as Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean. This equal opportunity offender is a regular on Howard Stern's Sirius satellite radio shows, and she has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Late Show with David Letterman," "Chelsea Lately," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Dr. Oz Show" and "Good Morning America." She was also a member of the cast of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," Season 5. In 2009, Lisa entered the ranks of comic greats and premiered her first ever one-hour HBO comedy special, "Long Live the Queen," to tremendous ratings. That same year, her autobiography, "Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat and Freaks," hit bookstores to critical acclaim. Lisa is well-known for her many Comedy Central and Friars Club roasts. She has lambasted Jeff Foxworthy, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, Betty White, Donald Trump, Flavor Flav and Larry The Cabel Guy to name a few. Lisa's second one-hour special, "Dirty Girl," was nominated for a Grammy Award for 2007′s Best Comedy Album of the Year. This performance will be taped for an upcoming Comedy Special.
Robby Krieger of The Doors - Celebrating the Doors 50th Anniversary (4/4)
A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
Robby Krieger, guitarist for the legendary rock band The Doors, hits the road in 2015 in celebration of the band's 50th Anniversary. Quickly building a name for themselves in L.A. with their unpredictable live shows, the Doors were signed to Elektra Records, and issued their debut album, the Doors, in 1967. The album would become one of rock's all-time classics, as it spawned the monster hit "Light My Fire," a tune penned entirely by Krieger, plus "The End" & "Break on Through to the Other Side." Subsequent studio releases — 1967′s Strange Days, 1968′s Waiting for the Sun, and 1969′s the Soft Parade — all included several classic songs, and by the dawn of the '70s, the band issued a pair of strong releases, 1970′s Morrison Hotel and 1971′s L.A. Woman. Krieger's latest release "Singularity" is a Grammy nominated mix of all of his eclectic influences, resulting in a stunning display of his guitar prowess. W/Special Guest Waylon Krieger


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I mentioned it last week in my little UPS rant, but my new pickups from Lollar arrived this week. I considered a lot of brands (Fralin, WCR, Wolfetone, etc) but the Lollar pickups sounded like what I wanted.
I decided on the Imperial humbucker for the neck. I got the low-wind option, which gives it an overall brighter tone than the standard Imperial. I got a Special T for the bridge. It's basically a hot-rodded, high output pickup that sounds almost like a P-90. Both of these pickups use Alnico 5 magnets, which contribute to an overall brighter tone than the Alnico 2 magnets used in the stock G&L pickups.
I installed the new pickups on Monday, but I haven't really had a chance to play the guitar through a real amp yet. Things have been a little busy at home lately. However, I have played the guitar through the school's solid state Peavey keyboard amp. That amp is actually surprisingly okay if you set the EQ right. Anyway, my initial impressions are pretty good. The neck humbucker is a lot louder than the bridge pickup, so I still need to tweak the height of the neck pickup a little bit. I also need to mess with the tone cap values a little bit. I currently have a .022 uF cap, but I want to try a couple of other values (Jason Lollar recommends .015 for teles).
Anyway, I don't have a lot to say about the tone since I haven't played them through a tube amp, but I think that I'm going to be pretty happy with them. I had two complaints about the the stock pickups. My main problem was that they were too dark. The Lollars are clearly brighter without being icepicky. The other problem is that they were unpotted, so they tended to get microphonic and would squeal whenever you added much gain. I haven't played with distortion yet, but the Lollars are wax potted so they shouldn't have the squealing issues.
I'll post again (with clips) when I have a chance to really play through the new pickups. In the meantime, does anyone need some gently used pickups? I've got a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover (PAF-style) and a G&L MFD tele bridge pickup. Both pickups are actually really nice, but they didn't really agree with the guitar. I think that the semi-hollow body makes the guitar darker or something. Anyway, feel free to send me trade offers or whatever if you're interested.

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*Update* Hi Folks. Thanks for the awesome support and feedback. This game has been so worth the effort. Just a little update to the game file. I fixed his bad case of arm-detached-ness. Updated some animations. Made it so you can actually play it twice without it breaking. And more importantly fixed the walking animation. So he looks less like he's shat himself. Thanks again! Thanks for all of your reviews. Oh, I'd just like to point out that I have never played the suffering :P Any complains I am sure I will find out :)
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Really good. I have to ask something, it crashed on my half way through and it went through all the different scenes and there was something with a scientist? Was this a deleted scene or something? :O
I really don't know why it goes through all the different scenes... oh. It'll be the actionscript disabled.
I don't recall a scientist. We haven't made one. Probably just looked like there was. Sorry it crashed - it does it very rarely - I think it's the motion.
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Awesome Game! The length and style are just on the spot!
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Kim Steutermann RogersFriday, February 12, 2010
Editor's note: Guest blogger Carol Yotsuda recaps the third performance of E Kanikapila Kakou on Kauai. In its 27th year, the Hawaiian music program is held Monday evenings through March. The gatherings are conducted in the style of backyard musical jam sessions for which Hawaii is known, with many bringing their own ukulele to strum along and hula dancers stepping up to share their gifts. This year's theme is "The Stories behind the Songs." The February 1st event featured award-winning composer and Hawaiian language specialist Puakea Nogelmeier. He was accompanied by Lolena Niau Nicholas and Hau'oli Akaka.
OMG….that song is sung by Raiatea! Wow! That is on the Kupaoa album! That's a hit song by Keali'i! Amy Hanaiali'i sings that song! All evening long these comments came up as Puakea went down his check list of songs he wanted to share at EKK. If he had gotten to the bottom of that list, we would have been there until sunrise…or at least out on the lagoon with the nene birds.
It took persistence to finally get Puakea to EKK. He kept declining … he says he writes in perfect pitch but may sing off key; he finally accepted when I told him he could bring someone else. He showed up with his "dream team." Harmonizing with Puakea were Lolena Niau Nicholas, his longtime colleague, and Hau'oli Akaka, whose lively side commentary added much flavor to the stories.
Puakea started with two compositions for Kaua'i – a welcome 'oli and "Lei Mokihana," a hello-to-Kaua'i song that speaks of the intense beauty of the Mokihana berry that can leave burns on your skin for six months.
Serious songwriters may have felt a bit daunted by Puakea's description of how he writes a song…a kumu hula shows up asking for a song, he walks to the other side of the room and pantomimes writing on his open palm and makes sounds like, "Du…du…dudu…" which means he is jotting down some words on a piece of paper and in minute-and-a-half he hands over a song…which ends up being a hit. No Fair! He's either paid his dues early on or was standing in the line labeled "brilliant" when the talents were being doled out.
Puakea admits that with no television, his bar for entertainment is very low. His observation of the natural world around him feeds his entertainment needs and these experiences translate into songs such as the "Toad Song," which was made famous by Keali'i Reichel and also won first place for Chinky Mahoe's men in the Merrie Monarch hula competition. The catchy low octave intro that Keali'i added to the song --Oom mama, Oom bebe, Oom Mama, Oom bebe…oom ma oom--became Puakea's recording debut; he could hit those low notes.
Upon request from one of the participants, Puakea shared the story behind one of his monumental projects in which he translated the most remarkable and sensual grown up tales of the Pele/Hiiaka saga which were part of a newspaper series written in Hawaiian at the turn of the century. This resulted in two beautiful hard-bound books titled Hi'iakaikapoliopele – one in Hawaiian and one in English. "Pili O Ke Ao" recorded in exquisite harmony by Kupaoa is a song inspired by one of the passages in the book with the message, "don't let the night end" even when the "Moa Kua Kai" or three chickens of the night are announcing the start of a new day. Those relentless chicken crowing concerts at 2:00 am, 4:00 am and sunrise that we all know so well on Kaua'i appears to be a chicken tradition since time immemorial and serves at the Hawaiian clock. Hereafter when I hear the first chicken crowing at 2:00 am, I won't complain but will blast my boom box out to the jungle with the song "Pili O Ke Ao". Kaua'i is undoubtedly the chicken capital of the world; Niumalu pasture where I live is the chicken capital of Kaua'i, so I know the 2:00/4:00/sunrise regimen all too well. Actually, the 2:00 shift tells me to get to bed.The "Bum-bye" song written for his foster mother Ululani Kumukahi, mother of Ku'uipo Kumukahi of Hilo, was to prompt her out of her failing health at age 89. She refused to eat or drink for days, fearful of choking, no matter how much Puakea coaxed her with delicious food. She kept saying bum-bye or "latahz" so Puakea told her that bum-bye yesterday is today now and called her the "Queen of Bum-bye". As he was leaving her hospital room, she called out, "Don't forget your bum-bye song," so he showed up the next day and sang her a song of metaphors of all the things she is to him. She laughed so hard, drank some water, ate some food, vacated the hospital the next day and lived to be 90 years old. "It was the music that did it," concluded Puakea.The "Coqui Frog" song or "Mele Koki," which was taught to the ukulele group earlier, was written during his visit to Mrs. Kumukahi in Hilo where the delicate single sound of one coqui soon became the uncontrollable screech of car alarms when the minitature critters, 20,000 per square mile, joined together in cacophony. Puakea hopes that one day Roy Sakuma and his 500-kid ukulele band will play the Coqui Song in unison. Maybe they could all fly to Hilo and play the song there.We ended as always with Lorenzo Lyon's "Hawai'i Aloha" whose words "may the lyrical language of this land live forever" has served as a model for Puakea.
In 2006, the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii named Carol Yotsuda a "Living Treasure" for her efforts in preserving the culture of Hawaii. Carol is the executive director of the Garden Island Arts Council, a volunteer position she's held since 1998. She is also a retired teacher and artist. You can read Carol's complete account of this event and see the 2010 E Kanikapila Kakou schedule at www.gardenislandarts.org.


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Sara C. Benesh
Associate Professor
Office: Bolton, Room 678
Phone: (414) 229-6720
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Web Page: people.uwm.edu/sbenesh/
Curriculum Vitae: pdf
Ph.D., Political Science, Michigan State University, 1999
M.A., Political Science, Michigan State University, 1997
B.A., Political Science and English, Saint Norbert College, 1995
Courses Taught:
PolSci 104: Introduction to American Government and Politics - Syllabus (pdf)
PolSci 412: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Online (pdf)
PolSci 417: The Supreme Court - Syllabus (pdf)
PolSci 471: Civil Liberties in a Time of Crisis - Online (pdf)
PolSci 963: Seminar in Judicial Politics and Behavior - Syllabus (pdf)
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Judicial decision making (U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court, state courts of last resort, lower federal and state courts), public opinion, nonlawyer judges, and the courts of other countries.
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Benesh, Sara C., Jennifer K. Luse, Amanda Schaeffer and Nicole Simmons. "Supreme Court Monitoring Via GVRs."
Wallander, Zachary and Sara C. Benesh. "The Influence of Law Clerks: Evidence from the Blackmun Papers."
Selected Publications:
Jennifer K. Luse, Geoffrey McGovern, Wendy L. Martinek, and Sara C. Benesh. 2009. "'Such Inferior Courts ...': Compliance by Circuits with Jurisprudential Regimes." American Politics Research 37: 75-106
Kaheny, Erin, Susan Haire, and Sara C. Benesh. 2008. "Change Over Tenure: Voting, Variance, and Decision Making on The U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Journal of Political Science, 52(3): 490-503.
Benesh, Sara C. 2006. "Understanding Public Confidence in American Courts." Journal of Politics, 68(3):697-707.
Segal, Jeffrey A., Harold J. Spaeth, and Sara C. Benesh. 2005. The Supreme Court and the American Legal System. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Benesh, Sara C. 2003. "Harold J. Spaeth: The Supreme Court Computer." In The Pioneers of Judicial Behavior. Nancy Maveety, Editor. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Benesh, Sara C. 2002. The U.S. Court of Appeals and the Law of Confessions: Perspectives on the Hierarchy of Justice. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
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In 1998 the MU Council on International Initiatives launched the Global Scholars Program to support MU faculty members who seek to internationalize their teaching and research. Since its inception, over 200 faculty members across MU's colleges and schools have participated. As a result, dozens of courses have been modified – enhancing the learning experience of thousands of MU students each year. In 2002, the program received the Andrew Heiskell Award for Best Practices and Innovation in International Education from the Institute of International Education.
Program objectives are to: 1) expand faculty involvement in MU's strategic international relationships; and 2) foster tangible new international collaborations for participants, including research grants or papers and/or teaching innovations. To that end, the program offers summer seminars that provide opportunities for faculty to interact with potential research or teaching collaborators abroad.
A fall 2015 program evaluation testifies to the program's impact in the areas of teaching, research and collaborations.
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Monika Fischer is an associate teaching professor of German and associate director of the MU Honors College and the director of MU Global Connect, a certificate in digital global studies with the Center for the Digital Globe. Prior to joining MU, she taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Queen's College-CUNY and served as deputy director for Deutches Haus at NYU and as director of the Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik in Oregon. Areas of scholarship include global politics, global studies, indigenous oral cultures and digital storytelling, and revolve around globalization, political ideologies and cultural studies. She previously spent time in Turkey exploring the role of the storyteller at the Celâl Bayar Üniversitesi. Fischer is the recipient of an eResearch grant, Educational Technologies at Missouri Academic Transformation Grant, 2007 Helen Williams Award for Excellence in Collegiate Independent Study, two DAAD research grants, NEH grant and several MU Advantage grants. She serves on the advisory committee for the MU Media of the Future Initiative, the Council on International Initiatives and is a faculty affiliate of the Center for the Digital Globe.
Mahmoud Almasri is an associate professor with the MU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests are in the area of micro electromechanical systems and bioMEMS, including Coulter counter for optimization of time sensitive cell cryopreservation protocols, energy harvesters with a wide bandwidth for low frequency vibrations, silicon germanium oxide infrared material and uncooled microbolometers for room temperature IR detection, high aspect ratio PDMS elastic micropost arrays for measuring the cellular traction force and contractile events in isolated vascular smooth muscle cells and impedance-based biosensors for rapid detection and accurate identification of salmonella and E. coli in food products. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Leonard Wood Institute and U.S. Department of Agriculture. On this trip, he hopes to connect with colleagues who share an interest in the biosensing of pathogens and the cryopreservation and mechanics study of cells such as red blood cells and cardiovascular smooth muscle cells.
Alla Barabtarlo is the head of special collections and rare books for the MU Libraries. She is interested in ancient Byzantine cultural and religious sites, specifically as they pertain to the ancient libraries of Ephesus and Pergamum. On this trip, she hopes to share experiences and ideas with librarians at universities in Turkey, as well as explore the rare and antiquarian book market in Turkey that is relatively undiscovered.
Sean Franzel is an assistant professor of German at MU. He received his Ph.D. in German studies from Cornell University in 2008, and his research has been funded by the Fulbright Commission, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), MU Alumni Organization and Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Areas of scholarship include the history of the university and scholarly culture, European intellectual history from the 18th century to the present and media theory. His teaching interests include contemporary Turkish-German literature and film, blogging, and book and media history.
Jana Hawley is professor and department chair of textile and apparel management at MU. She earned her Ph.D. in human environmental sciences at MU. She also has been on faculty at Indiana University, University of North Texas and Kansas State University. She has been a Fulbright Scholar to India, HERS Fellow, SEC Fellow, ITAA Fellow, UM President's Leadership Fellow, Kemper Excellence in Teaching recipient and a global scholar to Thailand and India. She has served as president of the International Textile and Apparel Association and is a board member of the Council for Textile Recycling. Areas of scholarship include sustainability, textile recycling, leadership and global initiatives. She leads study abroad programs to India, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Amy McCombs is the Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at the MU School of Journalism. She spent the majority of her career in media with executive management responsibilities at both the Chronicle Publishing Company in San Francisco and the Broadcast Division of the Washington Post Company. She has the president and CEO of Chronicle Broadcasting with properties in San Francisco, Omaha and Kansas. McCombs has been recognized as a chief executive and business leader with broad-based experience in the information media, financial service, higher education and nonprofit sectors. She also holds an appointment at the Truman School of Public Affairs and is the executive editor of the Global Journalist, which reports on the state of press freedom around the world, on global issues and serves international journalists. McCombs has been included in the San Francisco Business Times 50 most influential business women in the Bay Area and is the recipient of numerous media awards and honors including the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism and the First Amendment Freedom Award from B'Nai Brith Anti-Defamation League.
Debra Mason is among the leading U.S. scholars of how religion is portrays in the news media. She brings more than 30 years of professional and scholarly experience to her position as director of the Center on Religion and the Professions, an interdisciplinary center at the MU School of Journalism that works to improve the religious literacy of professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. Areas of scholarship include religion in the news media, cross-cultural communication, media history and the use of social media and religion. She serves as publisher of Religion News Service, the world's only non-sectarian wire service exclusively covering religion. In addition, she has produced the largest repository of religion resources for journalists, including ReligionStylebook.com and ReligionLink.com. Since 1999, she has also directed Religion Newswriters Association, a professional association of journalists writing about religion in the mass media. Mason has received numerous grants, awards and other honors for her work.
Peter Motavalli is a professor of soil nutrient management at MU. He has a bachelor's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a master's degree in soil science from the University of Wisconsin. He earned his Ph.D. in soil fertility and plant nutrition from Cornell University in 1989 and conducted his Ph.D. research at EMBRAPA's Savanna Center in Brazil. Before joining MU in 1999, he worked at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in India, the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University and the University of Guam. Areas of scholarship include the impact of soil amendments and agricultural management practices on plant productivity and the environmental fate of soil carbon and plant nutrients. His current research in Missouri examines the use of enhanced efficiency fertilizers to maximize nutrient use efficiency and reduce environmental contamination, such as the production of greenhouse gases. His research in South America examines the effects of climate change on soil degradation and developing alternative agricultural management practices that will assist in increasing soil productivity and reducing the impacts of climate change.
Peter Mueser is a professor of economics with a joint appoint to the College of Arts and Science and Truman School of Public Affairs. His primary area of scholarship is labor economics with an emphasis on economic programs for the disadvantaged, including income support programs, workforce development and job training, welfare reform and temporary help employment. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in labor economics and economic policy analysis. He has published in a wide variety of journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Labor Economics, American Journal of Political Science, Monthly Labor Review and Industrial Relations. While in Turkey, he hopes to explore how government programs operate in developing countries, as well as the social welfare policy of a country in transition.
Eliza Ching-Yick Tse is professor and chair of the Hospitality Management Program at MU. A native of China, she was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and served as an associate professor there before being appointed in 1999 as the founding member of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She served as professor and director of the school until August 2013. Her area of research expertise is strategic management. She has published numerous articles in top refereed journals and proceedings, co-authored the first strategy book in the hospitality industry and has contributed chapters to numerous other books. Dr. Tse is the editor of the Journal of the International Academy of Hospitality Research, associate editor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research and serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Hospitality Management, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly and Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. She has served as the director of marketing for the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Educators; vice president, president and chairwoman for ApacCHRIE chapter from 2002-2005.
Martin Walker is director of administrative services for the MU College of Engineering. While in Turkey, he hopes to arrange subsequent study abroad trips for MU engineering students, and to find a venue where MU students can present a class on engineering to an underprivileged high school.
Mansoo Yu is an assistant professor in the Graduate School's Master of Public Health Program and the School of Social Work, as well as a policy research scholar in the Institute of Public Policy at the Truman School of Public Affairs. He serves as the faculty adviser of the MSW/MPH dual degree program. Areas of scholarship include epidemiology and prevention of health-risk behaviors (e.g., tobacco use and risky sexual behaviors), healthy and positive living, and health disparity across various population segments. Areas of teaching include epidemiology, research methods and health disparity. Through this trip, he is especially interested in developing a course to meet the international experience requirement for the MU graduate certificate in global public health, as well as meeting researchers to develop collaborative cross-national research on health-related issues.
John Zemke is a professor of Spanish at MU and serves as the director for the Center for eResearch and the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition, as well as editor of the journal Oral Tradition. Areas of scholarship include Medieval Spanish literature and Hispanic oral traditions.
Jana Hawley, PhD, is professor and department chair of textile and apparel management at the University of Missouri. She earned her doctorate in human environmental sciences at the University of Missouri. She also has been on faculty at Indiana University, University of North Texas and Kansas State University. She has been a Fulbright Scholar to India, HERS Fellow, SEC Fellow, ITAA Fellow, UM President's Leadership Fellow, Kemper Excellence in Teaching recipient and a Global Scholar to Thailand. She has served as president of the International Textile and Apparel Association and is a board member of the Council for Textile Recycling. Areas of scholarship include sustainability, textile recycling, leadership and global initiatives. She leads study abroad programs to India, El Salvador and Guatemala. Dr. Hawley also served as project director on an interdisciplinary grant proposal to the Obama‐Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative.
Kattesh V. Katti, MScEd, PhD, DSC, FRSC, is a Curators' Professor of Radiology and Physics, director of the University of Missouri Cancer Nanotechnology Platform and founding co-director of the Nanoparticle Production Core Facility at the University of Missouri. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recipient of the University of Missouri President's Award for Economic Development and recipient of the Outstanding Missourian award. Katti has been recognized as the "Father of Green Nanotechnology" and also as one of the 25 most influential people in radiology. Awards for his research excellence from around the globe include: the Gauss Professorship from the Academy of Sciences in Gottingen, Germany; an international visiting fellowship from RMIT University, Australia; and a "Genius In Science" citation from Corporate India. He has led University of Missouri delegations to India four times and has contributed immensely toward MU's internationalization efforts.
James K. Scott, PhD, is associate vice provost for international initiatives and director of the International Center at the University of Missouri. The International Center serves all international students and scholars, assures compliance with related federal regulations, manages university study abroad programs and fosters emerging campus international initiatives. The center has managed the award‐winning Global Scholars Program since its inception in 1998. Scott has served as a Fulbright Scholar in Korea, and a UM President's Leadership Fellow. He is actively engaged in developing major new MU initiatives in Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Indonesia, Georgia and Belgium. He has published numerous articles and research reports on rural and regional development policy, and the role of local government in community and economic development.
Linda Bennett is an assistant to the provost and associate professor in the College of Education. Dr. Bennett served as an American Council on Education Fellow, editor for Social Studies and the Young Learner, inductee into the University of Memphis Education Hall of Fame and alumni of the Leadership Development Program at the University of Missouri system. Her fellowships include the Goethe Institute in Germany, Keizai Koho Fellowship in Japan, and the MU Global Scholars Program in Bulgaria. Areas of scholarship include elementary education, civic education and the integration of technology.
Cathy Cutler is a research professor with the biomedical group at the MU Research Reactor Center, and is jointly appointed in MU's Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute and nuclear and biological engineering departments. The biomedical group develops/evaluates radiopharmaceuticals for cancer diagnosis and treatment, collaborating with MU units including medicine, veterinary medicine and the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Such multidisciplinary university collaborations commercialized three FDA approved radiopharmaceuticals: Ceretec™, TheraSphere® and Quadramet®. The group develops radioisotope production and novel separation methods to yield carrier-free isotopes, and scale-up for commercial production, clinical trials and medical applications for worldwide distribution. Currently, Dr. Cutler is developing production and separation methods for high specific activity radioisotopes, creating a suite of diagnostic and therapeutic agents tailored for individual needs. Moreover, she has worked with the Society of Nuclear Medicine to develop curriculum for training scientists and business professionals in imaging sciences and a second curriculum focused on how to translate agents into the clinic.
Rajeev Darolia is an assistant professor at MU with appointments in the Truman School of Public Affairs and the College of Education. He is also a visiting scholar with the U.S. Federal Reserve System and a policy research scholar at the Institute of Public Policy. Areas of scholarship include education policy and consumer credit, and in recent papers he has examined student loans and debt, access to mortgage markets and higher education finance. Prior to joining MU, Dr. Darolia was an economist consulting with banks and government agencies on discrimination in financial markets.
Ganesh Gopalakrishna is an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Psychiatry at MU. After completing medical school at Bangalore Medical College, he completed residency in general psychiatry at MU and graduated from the program in 2011. He has worked as faculty since then. He has served as a chief resident for academics and administration during his residency. He has been a board member for the Central Missouri Psychiatric Society since 2009 and currently holds the office of secretary. He specializes in inpatient psychiatry and psychiatric research.
Sara Shipley Hiles, assistant professor, teaches writing and multimedia classes at the MU School of Journalism. Her areas of interest include environmental, science and health reporting; using multimedia and social media; and investigative reporting. She has worked at four newspapers, authored many freelance articles for magazines and other publications, and co-authored a book. This will be her second trip to India. On this trip, she is especially interested in learning about science, health, agriculture and environmental issues, and in visiting with journalists and journalism schools.
Sharad Khare is an associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at MU. He holds a doctorate in biochemistry and has served as faculty in various universities and as a scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs. His research on gastrointestinal cancers has been funded by National Institute of Health and Veterans Affairs. His primary research interest includes the role of diet and microRNA in the progression, diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer. He has published numerous articles on molecular aspects of colon cancer. This will be his first trip to India as a Global Scholar. On this trip, he is especially interested in meeting with scientists in India to develop collaborative research in oncology.
Mary K. Shenk is an assistant professor of anthropology and a member of the South Asian Studies Program at MU. Her research combines approaches from cultural anthropology, economics and demography to understand marriage, family, kinship and fertility. Dr. Shenk has conducted field research on marriage and parental investment in Bangalore, India, and her current project focuses on the causes of rapid declines in birth rates in rural Bangladesh. Her research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Institutes of Health, School for Advanced Research and National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. She serves as a member of the executive board of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society, a section of the American Anthropological Association, and was winner of the Gold Chalk Award at MU in 2012.
Randall D. Smith is the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism at the MU School of Journalism. He is co-director of the university's Center for the Digital Globe, which oversees scholarships and a global certificate program. He is president of the Alfred Friendly Press Partners, which has brought more than 300 journalists to America from more than 70 countries. He has more than 35 years of experience in the news industry, and was on The Kansas City Star team that won a Pulitzer in 1982 for breaking news. Smith is past president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and recipient of the group's Distinguished Achievement Award in 2003. He received the MU faculty-alumni award in 2005.
Antonie Stam is the Leggett and Platt Distinguished Professor of Management Information Systems in the Department of Management at MU. Prior to joining the university, he was a professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Georgia. He holds a doctorate in management science from the University of Kansas. Dr. Stam has served in visiting professor and research scientist roles in Belgium, Austria, Finland, France and South Africa, and has consulted with companies and organizations in the U.S., China and Finland. His primary teaching responsibilities are in the Crosby MBA program, where he teaches management information systems, decision support systems, entrepreneurship and data analysis. He has also taught in the MU executive MBA program, as well as in Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic as part of MU study abroad programs. His primary research interests include information systems, decision support systems, analytics, multi-criteria decision making and any challenging interdisciplinary problems. Particularly, he has worked on numerous projects with colleagues in the School of Journalism.
Rodney J. Uphoff is the first Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at MU, where he has served as the School of Law's associate dean of academic affairs. He also serves as director of the MU South Africa Educational Program and the law school's study abroad program in Cape Town. Before joining the MU faculty in 2001, Uphoff taught at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has authored articles on criminal defense practice, the delivery of defense services and ethical issues facing those involved in the criminal justice system. He also has taught comparative criminal justice courses in South Africa, Germany, Austria, England and Romania. He recently was appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to the Committee on Procedure in Criminal Cases. Uphoff was one of four attorneys appointed to defend Terry Nichols in Oklahoma state court. Nichols was convicted of 160 murders in the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995, but did not receive the death penalty.
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Effects of light regime on the growth, leaf morphology, and water relations of seedlings of two species of tropical trees
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An experiment was conducted with Heliocarpus appendiculatus, a pioneer or large gap species of tropical moist forest in Costa Rica, and Dipteryx panamensis, a small gap species. Seedlings were grown in full sun, partial (80%) shade, and full (98%) shade. After one month of growth they were switched between environments and grown for two more months.
Growth in height of Heliocarpus was greatly affected by irradiance, being increased in response to full shade and decreased in full sun. Height of Dipteryx was unaffected by irradiance level. Survival of Heliocarpus seedlings was only 49% in full shade, whereas Dipteryx had 100% survival. Biomass of Heliocarpus was not significantly greater in full sun than in partial shade whereas it was for Dipteryx. The response of root: shoot ratio was similar for both species. They were lowest in full shade and highest in full sun. Heliocarpus exhibited greater changes in leaf thickness, specific leaf weight, and stomatal density than did Dipteryx. Stomatal conductance of both species was lower in full shade and full sun than in partial shade.
The results of the experiment indicate that growth of Heliocarpus is more plastic than that of Dipteryx in response to changes in irradiance. Previous environment did not affect the response to the present environment in either species. Both species responded positively to increases in irradiance.
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- Effects of light regime on the growth, leaf morphology, and water relations of seedlings of two species of tropical trees
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Shaping Up Blog Hop
July 23rd, 2012 · 102 Comments · cardmaking, Creative Charms, scrapbook, Silhouette
Hello friends! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today I'm joining my fellow Gallery Idol Girlfriends in a blog hop to say Thank You to Paper Crafts Magazine, the generous sponsors, and all the super sweet crafty people who were so supportive during the contest. The ladies and I have created shaped cards to share […]
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Two Peas Tuesday v7.3
July 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · cardmaking, DT, scrapbook, Two Peas in a Bucket
Hello Friends! I have a few cards and layouts to share with you today! Gallery Idol Final Graphic Journal Cards #1 by Bananafishstudio Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis Bannerific Brushes by Erica Hernandez Look Mom Chronicles (I'm cyclops) A New Day Full Kit by Dianne Rigdon 4×6 Layers by Erica Hernandez Foxy Thinking of You HA Thinking of You by Hero Arts Oyster Divine Twine Stampin Up! […]
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U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay speaks during a press conference at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London.
Leading into the 2008 Olympic Games, one of the most anticipated races was the 100 final between Gay, who had recently run a wind-aided 9.68, and Bolt, who still held the world record from the New York meet.
However, Gay suffered a leg injury competing in the 200 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and was not the same as a result. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100 in Beijing, setting the stage for Bolt.
After many observers wondered what kind of time Bolt might have posted had he run full speed through the finish line in the 100, he did not let up in the 200, winning in a record time of 19.30 seconds.
Bolt became the first runner to win a gold medal in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first runner to set world records in all three events at the same Olympics.
While the two runners have not competed at the same meets in 2009, the stage has been set for another battle at the meet which begins Saturday in Berlin. Both Gay and Bolt have posted strong times in each distance this season.
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Tyson Gay, left, runs to the finish line to win the men's 100 meter finals in Eugene, Ore. Gay ran in a record-setting time of 9.68 seconds but was not awarded a world record due to high wind conditions.
Tyson Gay, right, looks over at Chrisdon Hargrett at the finish line of a 100 meters qualifying heat at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. Gay built a big lead and then eased up a little too much, nearly resulting in a huge blunder as he finished fourth to barely qualify to the next round.
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Husni al-Za'im's reign was short lived-lived, but subsequent coups learned the lesson and let the Trans Arabian Pipeline be - Syria has never regained stability and as I understand it is still somewhat of a problem.
The overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran in 53 - which at least 'un-nationalized' the petrol resources for 25 years. With democracy gone, they eventually turned to theocracy and, well, they are somewhat of a problem today as well.
Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala - again, may not have ruled long, but commercial goals were achieved.
I have about 20 of them - do you really want me to type them all out?
Well the US failed in 1958 in Indonesia - but actually got caught covertly dropping bombs on behalf of rebels. Kennedy later got what he wanted anyway by simply offering billions in 'foreign aid'.
They failed at the Bay of Pigs too I guess.
Mobutu in Zaire/Congo
João Goulart, overthrown in 64
Nkruma was financially undermined - and Ghana brought to ruin.
Let's not forget Afghanistan - first putting warlords in power, leading the the Taliban to become their supreme court, then putting Karzai in there now - so that's one country that's been flipped twice, both times for the sake of keeping markets open.
There was the contras fiasco, Iraq has been flipped again, this time to a puppet government rather than a dictatorship - but still not a government formed by the people.
I wouldn't mind if y'all would go in and flip North Korea - but I imagine you'll choose Iran and fabricate bullshit evidence to flip that one instead.
Did I hit 20 yet? (counting Iraq and Afghanistan twice each)
Looks more like 10 - seemed like I was typing for longer.
Those look more like administrations overthrown and not dictators installed who have survived long term.
Ok, how was the longevity of the new government (often dictators) relevant here? The point was that the US military is overthrowing governments and behalf of corporate America. Even if the dictator/new regime doesn't last long - the economic changes stay in place because the succeeding governments know touching those changes will just bring the US back.
That's one of the perquisites of being a very powerful nation, though, isn't it? The way it's always been and always will be. I'm sure that if Canada had equivalent power, it would be throwing its weight around on behalf of its wood products, oil and mining, and fishing industries as well, though in that case you'd probably be defending your government and I'd be the one harping about how nasty it is of the Canadian government to be assisting Canadian business interests.
Well, the Canadian government is currently spending money to promote oil sands development and I'm vocally opposed - not because I'm opposed to oil sands development but because I feel it is a violation of free market economics when a government uses my tax dollars to advertise on behalf of corporate interests.
I'm opposed to them advertising - now imagine how I would feel if they were assassinating people, ruining foreign countries, and starting wars on behalf of those companies?
So, unlike you, no - I wouldn't defend my government going abroad and killing people and destroying lives to make my corporate masters richer. Why do you?
"That's one of the perquisites of being a very powerful nation, though, isn't it? The way it's always been and always will be."
I do not accept that might makes right.
And never will.
"Might makes right"? No.
Right isn't in the picture.
It does get results, though.
I'm not someone who believes in metaphysical ethics.
According to this scholarly study in The William and Mary Law Review of gun ownership up to the American Revolution, "...individual gun ownership n every published study of early probate records that we have located ranges from 50% to 79%, only 32.5% of households today own a gun." (pg 1835)
There's a lot of people that feel it's somehow an evil and dangerous thing to have around. They're right about the dangerous part, however the evil part depends on who owns it and takes care it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Lot of people that didn't grow up with households that owned and shot guns are freaked by them.
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