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Daisy Practices Her "I Am Very Sad In a Way That Only Food Will Solve" Face
It's a pretty impressive look. Sometimes it even works! (A reminder to people about to comment on her chunkiness that she is half mastiff. She looks chunky no matter what.)
It's a pretty impressive look. Sometimes it even works! (A reminder to people about to comment on her chunkiness that she is half mastiff. She looks chunky no matter what.)
And if you have a problem with it, it's your problem, not theirs. Clearly.
She certainly can be photogenic, when she makes an effort. This particular picture captured by the cell phone, incidentally. The camera on it isn't bad in a pinch.
And as you can see, it was a lovely day for it. So lovely, in fact, that I spent most of it away from the computer. And I would do it again. Don't worry; tomorrow's supposed to be rainy and 20 degrees cooler. I'll be back inside then.
Because one of the neighbor dogs wandered over to play with her. They ran around the yard for a good half hour, being goofballs. And yes, as you can see, the yard is now visible; it's 54 degrees outside and the snow is in retreat. Good riddance. While I was taking photos the dogs were … Continue reading Daisy's Day Gets Better
We're closing in on the one-month mark of our ownership of Daisy, so I thought I'd catch you all up on her status. Basically, it's gone very well, and she's become pretty fully integrated into the Scalzi clan. In particular, the cat/dog issue seems to have been resolved to everyone's satisfaction: The cats seem to … Continue reading A Daisy Dog Update
For the folks who are saying to themselves "it's been two days and no new pictures of Daisy," you can reset your clocks: Here she is via one of the faux-retro cameras that are all the rage on cell phones these days. Note the photo scratches! That's your assurance of fake authenticity! The picture is … Continue reading Daisy, Drowsy
Sit, Daisy! Sit! Good dog.
What we did with our Saturday: We went and got ourselves a new dog. Her name is Daisy, she's a two-year-old laborador-mastiff mix, and we got her through a local rescue service. Her previous owners were no longer able to care for her, which had nothing to do with Daisy and everything to do with … Continue reading Meet Daisy
Every year the Oscar nominations come out, and every year I offer up my first-blush thoughts and predictions on the nominees. It's a nod to my days as a film critic, when I would be making the predictions as part of my job. These days I do it for fun! And am about as accurate … Continue reading Oscar Predictions, 2014
Two neighbor dogs wandered over to play with Daisy, and oh! What fun they had in the snow. I thought it might cheer up your afternoon to see them at full frolic.
It was pretty good, I have to say. I'm going to admit that for various reasons I didn't walk into Worldcon this year in the best of moods, so LoneStarCon had a high hill to climb in order to get me in a happy space. Obviously being handed a Best Novel Hugo will do wonders … Continue reading Aside From That, Mr. Scalzi, How Was the Rest of Worldcon?
Daisy is determined to enjoy them. And who can blame her.
The contest is simple: Caption the picture above, in which Zeus the cat and Daisy the dog are clearly up to something. One submission (one post, one caption) per person, so make it good — there's no prize for being first, just best. Entries have to be in the thread attached to this post; if … Continue reading First of May! Time for a Contest! To Win an ARC of The Human Division!
Which is to say, here are all three Scalzi cats in my office at one time: Zeus on the chair, Ghlaghghee on the chaise, and Lopsided Cat on the low window table. Collect them all! Also, Daisy the dog was in the room just before the picture was taken, but you only have my word … Continue reading We Have Achieved Total Caturation
When the Academy Awards were announced, I presented my immediate picks for the awards and noted that I would come back to the choices just before the ceremony if I changed my mind on anything. Well, here we are, just before the awards, and I have a couple emendations. Best Actor: I boldly made my … Continue reading Oscar Prediction Update Post
Daisy has developed a nasty cough and the vet gave us some cough suppressant, which she warned might have the side effect of making Daisy drowsy. Well, it has the side effect of making her stoned, is what it does; after I gave it to her, she sat one of her beds, head wobbling, and … Continue reading My Poor Stoned Puppy
Every year when the Academy Award nominations are announced, I reach back into my store of knowledge as a former full time film critic (and current, continuing film enthusiast) and give my immediate thoughts on the nominations for the six major Oscar categories, and which, off the top of my head, I think are likely … Continue reading Oscar Predictions Post, 2013
Hold up there, Daisy! Before we get to 2013, here's my hand-picked selection of the best of Whatever through 2012, a year filled to the brim with politics, geekery, and of course, straight white men. They're presented to you today in alphabetical order: Amanda Palmer, Kickstarter, and Everything Athena Encounters the Technology of the Ancients … Continue reading Whatever Best of 2012
Daisy, figuring that Krissy could use some puppy time today. Krissy agrees.


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|ESPN.com: WNBA Preview 2006
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I was excited about it, for sure. It was tempered a little bit, though, because that was during the brief ABL era. The American Basketball League had played a winter season in 1996-97. So women's basketball followers knew the WNBA wasn't going to have all the best players in the United States, let alone the world. It was missing the "best" who were in the ABL or had not yet committed to playing here in the USA.
After we'd heard the dueling proposals of the WNBA and ABL at seminars during the 1996 Women's Final Four in Charlotte, N.C., most everyone in the women's hoops media world believed the WNBA was the only one with a chance of lasting long-term. I didn't want anyone to get hurt, but I was definitely wishing the ABL would end as painlessly -- but also as soon -- as possible
During the two-plus years the ABL lasted, some well-meaning -- or just reality-challenged -- folks insisted that having two leagues was great because that gave women "more opportunity." In fact, it gave the entire venture of women's pro basketball in the United States a much greater opportunity to fail because both leagues would have a diluted product.
For whatever flaws the WNBA had, and whatever fears some fans had of the NBA's "true intentions" in founding it, the WNBA possessed the brand name, the financial backing and the more sensible overall plan (including the summertime season).
So, that Saturday afternoon in June 1997, I had an errand to run. I had the VCR set, of course, since it was the league's very first game, a must-tape event in women's sports history. Still, I didn't want to miss anything live, and I recall approaching my house and checking the car clock: 3 minutes to tip.
And then I did something I'd never done before and haven't done since: I started to put the car in "park" before I'd even stopped driving. My first thought was, "You idiot! What are you doing?" and the second was, "OK, I guess I really am more excited about the WNBA than I even realized."
Here at The Kansas City Star, I'd done a first-season preview that had run in the paper that day with the headline: We (Got) Next Basketball Association -- with the letters W, N, B, and A in larger type to stand out.
A few days later, I got a letter -- we don't get those much anymore, just e-mails -- from an English teacher here in town who was irate about our bad grammar. She wasn't familiar with the playground phrase, obviously, and chastised us for not saying we "have" next. Also, she wondered, what did we have next?
It cracked me up, and I sent a letter back to explain.
There were a pretty decent amount of games televised that season on NBC, ESPN and Lifetime. The championship was one game, between Houston and New York, on Aug. 30.
My sports editor at The Star had agreed with me -- especially with the Women's Final Four coming up in 1998 in Kansas City -- that it would be good to cover the WNBA title game. But I was supposed to do it as inexpensively as possible -- that's just an accepted part of the gig in covering women's basketball -- so I didn't fly into Houston until the day of the game.
The night before was its own "historic" moment for me. Interleague play in baseball's regular season also began in 1997, and my St. Louis Cardinals were in Kansas City for a three-game series that started Friday night. I had tickets for all three games, but was perfectly OK with missing one of them to go to the WNBA game.
I told myself probably 50 times during that game how thankful I was that I got to be there. The Comets' crowd was incredible, as were the Comets themselves. Cynthia Cooper had 25 points in Houston's 65-51 victory.
And when all the confetti and balloons and streamers came down from the ceiling of what was then the Compaq Center, I kept my eyes on Cooper dancing and celebrating. I was thinking about all those years she'd played in Italy, far from her family and American basketball fans. All that "invisibility" -- at least in the U.S. -- during much of her peak as a player.
Now, she finally had this big moment to enjoy in her home country and on national television. I thought it was one of the nicest things I'd ever seen in sports.
I wrote my stories, and later when I called into the paper to make sure everything was OK, one of the editors said, "Yeah but have you heard about Princess Diana?"
"No, what?" I said.
"She's dead -- killed in a car accident," he said.
So I turned on the TV in my hotel room, and it stayed on the rest of the night and morning. I felt sick to my stomach and cried a lot and maybe slept for an hour. I landed in Kansas City the next afternoon and drove straight to the ballpark without even really feeling like I knew what I was doing.
I sat in a fog and watched the game but thought only about Diana's death: the impact on her children, her charity work, the loss of the attention her celebrity had brought to so many needy causes. And, of course, just the sadness of someone dying so senselessly and so young.
The WNBA was scheduled to get some publicity on the national talk shows and news shows that week. But instead, virtually all media attention went to Diana's death, the problem of paparazzi and the funeral.
It occurred to me -- although not in terms that were crass, by any means -- that this was a bad break for the WNBA, which needed all the mileage it could get out of media in its first season.
And so I always think about all that when I look back on that inaugural year.
As it turned out, of course, the ABL did end -- in its third season -- and the WNBA is still here. The WNBA absorbed the best of those ABL players in the 1999 draft. The WNBA expanded to a many as 16 teams -- but three folded (Cleveland, Miami and Portland), two relocated (Utah to San Antonio, Orlando to Connecticut) and now one more (Chicago) is beginning play.
The league has survived a change in the overall business structure -- which helped weed out the more-committed franchises from the half-hearted ones -- and a collective- bargaining agreement process. And it "survived" some less-than-appealing advertising campaigns -- including the bizarre stalker-guys and the "let's give everyone a makeover" ideas.
And the league has "survived" the columnists who want to make sure they have stated emphatically enough that no one on earth cares about the WNBA, and that they especially don't care, and that they had to use their entire column to tell you just how much they don't care.
The idea that you don't care that they don't care -- WNBA haters might be a little annoying but are fundamentally irrelevant to those who follow the league -- really bothers them.
If there's any truth to the famous Woody Allen quote that 90 percent of life is just showing up, then there is victory for the WNBA simply in being able to say, "It's our 10th season."
Action gets under way on Saturday. The nationally televised game is Phoenix, with new coach Paul Westhead, against defending WNBA champion Sacramento, at 4 p.m. ET on ABC.
As it so happens, the Cardinals are in Kansas City this weekend -- interleague play in baseball is celebrating its 10th season, too. I'll probably be racing from watching the end of the Mercury-Monarchs on TV to the start of Cards-Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Major league baseball has been a part of my life since I was old enough to remember, and now women's pro basketball has been a part of it for about a decade.
Happy 10th opening day, WNBA. May there always be more to come.Mechelle Voepel of The Kansas City Star is a regular contributor to ESPN.com. She can be reached at email@example.com.

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Don DeVito Passes Away; Jennifer Nettles Weds; Lonesome River Band Plans 30-Year Retrospective
- Jennifer Nettles got married last Saturday to boyfriend Justin Miller.
- Producer and Columbia Records A&R rep Don DeVito passed away on Friday at the age of 72. He was instrumental in the careers of Bob Dylan, The Byrds, and more.
- Songwriter Virginia Mae Stauffer passed away earlier this month.
- Did a group called The Speek find the first music video, starring The Big Bopper?
- Mel Tillis and Leona Williams are two of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop's Midnite Jamboree hosts this December.
- It's time for Bloodshot Records' annual year-end sale, where the price per CD starts at five bucks. Pick up albums from Whitey Morgan & The 78s, Wayne Hancock, Justin Townes Earle, Robbie Fulks, and many other country/roots artists.
- Here's a new Quotable Country, featuring John Prine, Alison Krauss, and more.
- Edd Hurt of the Nashville Scene penned a lovely feature on Glen Campbell.
- The Triggerman of Saving Country Music reviewed the Charlie Louvin film Still Rattlin' the Devil's Cage. (Psst: here's an interview with Louvin from The 9513 archives.)
- Thanks to Andy across the pond for pointing us towards a free download of Get Loud, an album from Canadian Country Music Association "Rising Star Award" nominee Codie Prevost.
- If you missed the Seldom Scene's 40th anniversary show at the Birchmere last weekend, Katy Daley of WAMU Bluegrass Country has a recap for you.
- Vince Gill donated $12,000 to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame's children's music exhibit.
- American Songwriter has video of Ryan Adams and Laura Marling performing "Oh My Sweet Carolina" together.
- The Lonesome River Band has plans to release a 30-year retrospective in the form of three eight-song EPs.
- Peter Cooper's newest Tennessean feature is a mighty fine read all about Lower Broadway revivalist Greg Garing.
- On December 6, Hank Williams Jr. will play an acoustic show at the Hall of Fame to mark the Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy exhibit, which closes at the end of the year. Tickets are $500.
- Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, and The Civil Wars are playing a free show in Nashville (suggested donation: $10) on December 17 as part of the Miracle on Music Row pet adoption event benefiting Bonaparte's Retreat, an organization dedicated to finding foster care and permanent homes for animals.
- Kasey Chambers' Little Bird won Country Album of the Year at the ARIA Awards on November 27.
- Congratulations to Sam and Christy Gazdziak, who welcomed baby boy Sean Thomas into the world at 7:59 a.m. We bet Sam had Sean listening to Radney Foster by 8:01.
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The "first music video" claim for "Chantilly Lace" is patently goofy. By that firm's own definition, lots of the many "Soundies" films back into the 1940s, played on film jukeboxes or included as shorts in theaters, would qualify–with sets, sometimes semi-plots, and a clear promotional intention to sell the record of the song filmed, as well as entertainment value in the film itself..Similar shorts go way back to the beginnings of sound film.
He was great playing Louie in "Taxi."
Thanks, Juli. Baby Sean is doing well. His iTunes playlist is waiting for him at home, though my choice of The Pogues' "Turkish Song of the Damned" as a lullaby was nixed.
Its too bad that supposed first music video wasn't the Big Bopper doing his original version of his composition "White Lightning". George Jones did a bit better with that particular song on radio back in those days…
Kasey Chambers winning an Aria Award is about as unusual as Alison Krauss winning a Grammy award back during the 1990's, and for the same reasons. Most ARIA voters look down their noses at Aussie country artists but Kasey's breakthrough pop-rock cross-over album "Barricades and Brick Walls" broke down the barrier and they adopted her into the fold.
So, does anyone know the details of Jennifer Nettlesome's pre-nup agreement? (lol)
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We are seated across from each other in card table-style chairs in the middle of a showroom that is nothing more than a museum brimming with famous racing cars and historic photos.
We are at the headquarters of All American Racing on an obscure side street in an industrial area of Santa Ana, and the chairman of the board of the organization, Dan Gurney, is reflecting on a career of matchless accomplishments at so many different levels that he's become a mythical figure of his sport.
Indeed, mention his name to car racing aficionados, and they can recite his triumphs in Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, Can-Am and Trans Am, his 1967 victory at 24 Hours of Le Mans with A.J. Foyt, his innovative Alligator Motorcycle, his AAR team's 76 victories including checkered flags at the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and his famous Eagle race car – he manufactured 106 of them – that other teams drove to victory twice at Indy.
"I''ve had a great life ... a blessed life," he says in a firm voice that belies his 82 years, as his alert blue eyes momentarily gaze around a room brimming with racing memorabilia that includes pictures of his seven F1 wins. "But sometimes you feel a sense of loneliness. There are a lot of drivers I knew who aren't around anymore, and were casualties of our sport. I knew 75 of them."
At 10:30 this morning on his 83rd birthday, Dan Gurney, along with Mario Andretti and Al Unser Jr., will be signing autographs at the Promenade Atrium at the Long Beach Convention Center in a prelude bonus to the big IndyCar main event scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m.
While Chris Pook deservedly is given credit for creating the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Gurney often is listed as a co-founder for a most understandable reason.
Without Gurney's widespread contacts and without the respect he engendered throughout the racing community since coming upon the major scene in 1959, it's doubtful Pook's dream ever would have reached fruition, especially at a F1 level.
Pook smartly enlisted Gurney's aid in his proposed project, and the man who had tense duels on various F1 tracks around the world with the likes of Jimmy Clark, Stirling Moss, John Surtees, Jack Brabham, Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, etc., no doubt played a vital role in helping bring Grand Prix racing to Long Beach.
"I might have been able to open a few doors," says Gurney, who knew all the influential people in F1, including the gentleman who later would become its czar, Bernie Ecclestone.
"Dan with his extraordinary success in the auto racing industry as a driver, designer and team owner provided a tremendous sense of legitimacy to our efforts in the formative stages of the Grand Prix," lauds Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach.
Michaelian also points out that the first car to race through the downtown Long Beach streets was Gurney's Jorgensen Eagle 5000 driven by Vern Schuppan in a practice run before the inaugural show on Sept. 28, 1975.
"Ironically, some of the best racing on the streets of Long Beach were the epic battles between Dan and Parnelli Jones when they were competing in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race," adds Michaelian. "The in-car camera coverage was absolutely fantastic."
After we depart the AAR showroom and walk down a hallway covered with racing photos – Gurney's German-born wife of 45 years, the former Evi Butz, is responsible for the impressive interior decorating in the building – we head into Gurney's office that overflows with model planes and cars and, of course, photos, including autographed ones from legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager and the late Air Force general of World War II fame, Curtis LeMay, both friends.
"There aren't very many people Dan doesnt know," says Gurney's loyal assistant, Kathy Weida, who's been with him since 1974. "He's a pretty amazing man who has done so many amazing things in his life."
Gurney certainly has. To list them all, you'd have to cut down a lot of trees in the Sequoia National Park to gather up enough paper.
He is the only person to win the Fl race for Porsche, which he did in the 1962 French Grand Prix.
He is the only American to win a F1 race in his own constructed car, a Gurney Eagle, in the 1967 Belgium Grand Prix.
It also was that year that he started a post-race tradition now commonplace after he and Foyt won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as he celebrated by uncorking a bottle of champagne and spraying it everywhere.
In November of 1971, he and a gentleman named Brock Yates, then a senior editor of Car and Driver magazine, set an unofficial cross-country record in a race dubbed Cannonball Run, as they went from New York City to Redondo Beach in 35 hours and 54 minutes. Hollywood took notice, and based a couple of films on the adventure ("The Cannonball Run" and "The Gumball Rally").
The Gurney Flap is another Gurney innovation that he implemented for Bobby Unser at a practice session prior to an open wheel race in Phoenix in 1971. It's a rear device attached to a wing that provides extra down force with minimal aerodynamic disturbance – and increases the speed of a car.
It still is in use, as is the full-face helmet, which Gurney unveiled for the first time in the German Grand Prix in 1968.


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CSAM Insights Newsletter - Spring 2013, Vol. 2
Montclair State University's College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM) newsletter Insights - Spring 2013 Volumne 2.
T H E R E S E A R C H C H R O N I C L E O F T H E C O L L E G E O F S C I E N C E A N D M AT H E M AT I C S insights W H E R E D I S C OV E RY A N D I N N OVAT I O N M E E T SPRING 2013 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 AT M O N T C L A I R S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y The Last Refuge for Threatened Species and Natural Ecosystem Processes While tropical forests contribute significantly to global ecological health, ecology researchers still know amazingly little about what causes the disappearance of a population or an entire species. Tropical Forests IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS Experiential Learning: The Foundation of Research and Education Just after Dr. Margaret Simpson introduced herself as our instructor for the elective course Invertebrate Zoology, she announced that no one, absolutely no one, gets a grade of A in her class unless they teach her something she could not learn on her own. This ambitious sophomore knew he could indeed teach her something and set out on a semester long journey to get that A. When the semester ended and I had to face that final grade of B+ it was the start of my career as an Invertebrate Zoologist. Dr. Simpson, realized how hard I worked trying to discover something new, something she could not find in a book or journal (no internet in those dark days of the 1970s) or learn from a colleague, something that would lock in that grade of A. When this fine and insightful college professor recognized that I was "turned on" by the excitement that could come with discovery, she invited me to pursue research in her laboratory! And so began my personal journey in the biological sciences. And it began not just with the quest to discover, but with appropriate readings, in this case the works of Charles Darwin. Other than his classic tomes on evolution, Darwin was renowned for his work on barnacles. So with new insight of Darwin's infatuation with these strange crustaceans, I set out on a path to discover the role of the fronto-lateral horn glands uniquely found along the sides of the head of barnacle larvae. Back then if you asked me why, what possible value could this research have, I'd have come up empty. It was just the utter joy of knowing I might discover something no one else knew! That was enough. In those helter-skelter days of the early seventies, a time when science was thought to either have all the answers or instead was believed to be evil incarnate having created weapons of mass destruction, Agent Orange, and seemingly having no solutions to the ongoing build-up of environmental toxins, a debate started about the role of research among higher education educators. Did an educator who "did science" offer more to the students than an educator who maintained current knowledge solely through the literature? Was this a true debate or a red herring, a schism that impacted higher education that needed immediate resolution or a debate that would drag on without end? Flash forward to today and ask a random handful of college science or math educators how they were routed into their careers and you're likely to hear about someone who was exposed to some opportunity as a student to pursue research. You'll likely find someone who asks questions, someone who pursues answers to those questions, and someone who hopes to bring the excitement of discovery to their students. And yet decades later we still ask, is a faculty scholar, a faculty member who pursues a research agenda better equipped to educate? How often do we hear the mantra that "research informs teaching and teaching informs research"? So often that, without thinking it rolls off the tongue? Or does it emerge only after serious deliberation? And is this a uniquely American issue? Gabrielle Baldwin from the Centre for the Study of Higher education at the University of Melbourne notes that of the "Nine Principles Guiding Teaching and Learning" at the University of Melbourne, the second principle is that an extensive research culture should permeate "all teaching and learning activities". So convinced are the faculty of this fine Australian institution that the concept is firmly embedded in who they are. On the other hand Pascarella and Tereenzini (2005) found an inverse relationship between research productivity and quality of teaching. While the latter authors suggest that this reflects more of a student perception than reality, it does add tinder to the fire. In this edition of Insights you'll find articles that suggest discovery, defined as research in the truest sense, yields scientists and teachers who are what Boyer would have called "teacher-scholars". Our Science Honors Innovation Program (SHIP) students are challenged to pursue their own research agenda with a mandate that they have an article in review at a peer review journal before they graduate (note: peer reviewed articles are the demonstrable unit of currency in research). SHIP graduates are now in medical schools, graduate schools, industry and one, who was a middle school English teacher, has now moved into STEM education. Our students in the EdD program in Mathematics Education pursue research that helps us better understand the learning process creating, in large part, educators who are more deeply attuned to the way we learn and with a deeper appreciation for the deeper essence of mathematics. And the Insights article on Dr. Jackie Willis demonstrates a transition from a totally focused mammalian biologist who, over the past several decades retained her large mammal research program while in parallel becoming a national leader in K-12 science education. In all cases the process of pursuing research is, by its very nature, producing inquiry and we know that inquiry (in the Socratic sense) is the basis of education. Relatively recent buzz words in education include "experiential learning"...this is the old adage "teach a man (sic) to fish". While these proverbs are found across culture and time, the theoretical basis can be found in the early work of Dewey (1933) and later in Kolb (1984) who defines a holistic pattern of learning that includes a blending of experience, perception, cognition and behavior. This is how we learn, this is how we do science, this is what our SHIP students pursue, this is what our EdD students pursue, this is what guided a mammalogist into STEM education, and a naïve undergraduate determined to discover into a career in the sciences. In all, experientialism is the foundation of research and education. The first principle from the University of Melbourne meant to guide teaching and learning is to create an "atmosphere of intellectual excitement". The Teaching Research Nexus, or better, the Learning - Research Nexus is a natural that extends back in time to some of the early, true experimental scientists (think Francis Bacon, Antoine Lavoisier, Louis Pasteur) and is the driver for today's innovation, discovery and "intellectual excitement" . Experiential opportunities for students can create the passion and the joy of discovery with an end point being someone who wants to keep discovering through life; that is, a scientist. Margaret Simpson knew this. By Dr. Robert S. Prezant Dean, College of Science and Mathematics 2 | contents VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 | SPRING 2013 4 Tropical Forests insights The Research Chronicle of the College of Science and Mathematics insights is collaboratively produced by the College of Science and Mathematics research faculty and members of the Dean's staff in an effort to broaden awareness and understanding of the scope and relevance of the college's research initiatives as well as the critical role research plays in preparing the next generation of scientists. Dean of the College: Dr. Robert S. Prezant Science Advisor: Dr. Lynn Schneemeyer Editorial Advisor: Ann P. Frechette Creative Director: Randi Rosh University Communications The Last Refuge for Threatened Species and Natural Ecosystem Processes 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 A Fine Romance How zebrafish research may lead to novel reproductive technologies The Color of Math Using graph theory and combinatorics to solve real world problems SHIP Students Set Sail Toward their future as the next generation of scientists and professionals Higher Math in Higher Ed A look at the doctoral program in mathematics education Molecular Fingerprints Identifying contaminated sediments in New York/ New Jersey waterways It's a Small World After All Microscopic analysis reveals the small world of material research Where Discovery Meets Innovation A glance at Montclair State's growing research capabilities The New CELS Building | 3 IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS What began in 1923 as small field station on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) in the Panama Canal Zone has developed into one of the leading research institutions of the world. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's facilities provide a unique opportunity for long-term ecological studies in the tropics, and are used extensively by some 900 visiting scientists from academic and research institutions in the United States and around the world every year. The work of resident scientists has created a better understanding of tropical habitats and has trained hundreds of tropical biologists. The Howler monkey is known for its loud, guttural howls that can be heard up to three miles away. Photo by Greg Willis The rich diversity of 32 species of frogs and toads on BCI includes the Cane toad which has a ravenous appetite, lays thousands of eggs at a time, and is toxic to predators. Research by Jackie and Greg Willis found that among BCI's red-tailed squirrels (Sciurus granatensis), females may live as long as 10 years and are the dominant gender. Photo by Katrina Macht Photo by Greg Willis Seeking to learn more about the nearly invisible ocelots on BCI, Jackie and Greg Willis set up their first "camera trap" in 1994. Greg set up a camera equipped with a motion sensor that recorded 35 photographs of a palm frond waving in a breeze and a final 36th photo of a female ocelot dashing past. This result triggered a long-lasting passion for cameratrapping, including 20 heat-sensing camera-traps on BCI, and hundreds of thousands of wildlife photos that provide a unique window into a tropical forest. I Tropical Forests The Last Refuge for Threatened Species and Natural Ecosystem Processes By Dr. Jackie Willis journal, Nature. Research, including the Willis', shows that more than half the tropical ecological preserves around the world are in danger of declining biodiversity unless something is done to set up buffer zones around them. Major threats include encroaching farmland, invasive species, hunting by humans, changing climate and low genetic diversity. The research group, under the leadership of William Laurance, stated that "The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon." To underscore the urgency of need and the volatility of animal numbers, Jackie and Greg documented that a 2010 fruit crop failure on BCI was associated with an excess of mammal carcasses in the forest and an estimated death of 30 - 70 percent of some species that are dependent on fruits. They have found that the end of the rainy season and the early dry season (November - January) are difficult times for mammals every year because fruits tend to be scarce. They are now trying to discover why conditions change in the forest on BCI by, for example, measuring the fruit production of certain tree species that are important mammal food sources at critical times of the year. Fruit production (and therefore food supply), varies widely from year to year and by tree species. Correlations between rainfall and sunshine, both important for trees to produce fruit, are anticipated, but do not always serve as predictors of famine. The El Niño weather pattern sometimes correlates with fruiting In another aspect of their research, the Willis' have trapped and marked squirrels with tiny ear tags and necklaces with colored beads to get a mark-resighting estimate of the size of the squirrel population in one 10-hectare area. This data on individual squirrels revealed territorial behavior of females and the remarkable new | 5 Jackie and Greg Willis take their annual 62-mile walk through Barro Colorado Island to count the island's mammal populations. For 28 years, the Willis' have made this trek, observing dozens of mammals, including pumas, ocelots, and margays. n the 1980s and 1990s, while patterns but does not explain all data on mammal population fluctuations. more than 60 species of frogs in Central America passed quietly into the oblivion of extinction, Dr. Jackie Willis, of the College of Science and Mathematics' (CSAM) Professional Resources in Sciences & Mathematics program (PRISM), and her wildlife photographer husband, Greg, worried about what these changes meant for the future of tropical mammals and the forests in which they live. Any time an entire species disappears, there will be a ripple effect in the remainder of the ecosystem. While tropical forests contribute significantly to the global ecological health, ecology researchers still know amazingly little about what causes the disappearance of a population or an entire species. Because there are no sharp changes in temperature in the tropics, researchers did not imagine that weather affected mammals seriously. The belief was that the tropics are extremely stable places to live and that life is fairly easy for mammals. Now, because of the research conducted by the Willis', among others, we know this is not so. Jackie and Greg started a project in 1983 to collect long-term data on the numbers of individuals of different species of mammals on the 100-year-old Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. Their data have already contributed to a global database of work on tropical forest ecology, published in 2012 in the prestigious scientific IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS Photo by Greg Willis knowledge that tropical squirrels may live to be 10 years old, discoveries biologists didn't even suspect before this work. They are now using surveillance cameras to document life history data for an important predator species, ocelots, and finding that the so-called "solitary" carnivore has an active social life and provides excellent care for its young. An ocelet eats an iguana. The data on mammal numbers being measured by Jackie and Greg Willis on Barro Colorado Island in Panama is demonstrating that longterm studies in the world's tropical forests are important. The ramifications of their work are profound for our understanding of the web of life, including the earth's human population. The Rainforest Connection LIVE! Jackie and Greg Willis were early pioneers in the use of live, interactive videoconferencing technology to broadcast directly into science classrooms. Launched in 2003, The Rainforest Connection Live was developed by Jackie and Greg and is sponsored by PRISM, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning, the College of Science and Mathematics at Montclair State University and The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. "We give students a singularly unique learning experience by enabling them to interact with 'real world' science research, including showing how researchers study habitats and animals, and explaining basic ecological principles and animal ecology." Dr. Jackie Willis The award-winning interactive science education program reaches more than 100 classrooms each year in 9 states, and 4 countries, and originates from rainforests in Panama, Belize, Thailand and Australia. 6 | I NSI G H TS | COL L E G E OF S C IE NC E AND M AT H E M AT ICS A Fine Romance G How zebrafish research may lead to novel reproductive technologies By Dr. Carlos Molina et the ambiance right, the temperature and lighting just so Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health and is the basis of a patent application. and romance happens! Zebrafish are breeding almost every day in the Science Hall lab of Professor Carlos A. Molina, in the Department of Biology and Molecular Biology. Dr. Molina and his students are studying how ovulation is regulated in zebrafish with an aim toward development of an ovarian-specific transgenic zebrafish to provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of ovulation— research that may lead to the development of novel reproductive technologies, helping many human couples struggling with infertility. to the previously developed mouse model. The zebrafish animal model is playing a key role in today's biomedical, environmental and toxicological research. The goal for his future research is to generate other potential transgenic animal models. To Currently, his scholarship program has focused on understanding the causes of these altered ovarian functions. To that end, Molina and his students are engineering ovarianspecific transgenic fish. The transgenic fish will express genes whose expression are to be restricted to the ovaries. The resulting progenies are being characterized and analyzed for the expression specifically in the ovaries, and for the ability to ovulate in the transgenic female fish. The research group is also conducting morphological studies of the ovaries. This animal model will be used to continue the characterization of the role of specific genes with ovarian function as a suitable substitute A member of the minnow family, zebrafish is an important vertebrate model organism in scientific research. | |7 that end, Molina has established two important international collaborative efforts with Drs. Nicholas S. Foulkes and Wei Ge. Dr. Foulkes is an internationally recognized expert in transgenesis techniques in fish. He is a professor at the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe/KIT, in Karlsruhe, Germany. Dr. Ge is the director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, an international expert in ovulation techniques in fish. His laboratory previously developed a transgenic mouse model with an interesting ovarian phenotype, namely, mature transgenic mice displaying a significantly enhanced ovulation rate compared to the wild type mice. This work was funded by two grants from the IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS A graphs H. 8 | By Dr. Jonathan Cutler H M A T The Color of For this and other examples, including the Widom-Rowlinson model of statistical physics, results describe the graphs on which there are the most states of these models. Much of this work is done in collaboration with Dr. Jamie Radcliffe at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Students at Montclair State are deeply involved in Cutler's research program. James Alexander and Tim Mink, graduate students at Montclair State, were able to partially solve a conjecture of Galvin by giving an upper bound on the number of independent sets in a certain class of bipartite graphs, work that was published in the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. Alexander is now pursuing a doctorate at the University of Delaware, while Mink is working as a course coordinator in the new Red Hawk Mathematics Learning Center. Nicholas Kass, a former undergraduate student now in the doctoral program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, gave an upper bound for the number of H-colorings with a previously unstudied color graph, presenting Pentagons provide important information to mathematicians who are studying the characteristics of particular kinds of graphs. In the examples above, known as the Herschel graph (top), and the Petersen graph (bottom), interesting characteristics are depicted. For example, the red vertices form an independent set since there are no edges present between any pair of red vertices. number of real-world problems can be solved using mathematics that, at first glance, may seem highly abstract. Consider, for example, the challenges faced by a university that would like to schedule classes so that students can take required courses in their majors without conflicts, or creating models that, for example, describe interactions between gases with certain restrictions on which particles can exist near each other. It turns out that these problems are related to the famous Four-Color Problem in mathematics. This problem in fundamental mathematics asks if it is possible to color any map with four colors so that regions sharing a boundary receive different colors. More general versions of these problems are related to H-colorings of graphs for various "colorâ€? Dr. Jonathan Cutler in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, whose mathematics research is in the area of graph theory and combinatorics, has been working on many problems related to counting the number of H-colorings of graphs. One example of this involves counting the number of independent sets in a graph, a problem with applications to scheduling problems. this work in the undergraduate poster session at the Joint Mathematical Meetings, the largest mathematics conference in the U.S. Perhaps one day their work will lead to practical results like better class scheduling for students. STUDENTS SET SAIL Toward their future as the next generation of scientists and professionals SHIP By Dr. Philip Yecko W hen IT major Marvin Lapeine was recently preparing for his second telephone interview with Google, College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM) staff members posed several practice questions to him. Asked what he considered to be his single greatest accomplishment during his academic career, Lapeine replied, "Being accepted into the SHIP program." SHIP is the College of Science and Mathematics' Science Honors Innovation Program, which was launched in the fall of 2010 with its first cohort of 12 undergraduates and is now in its third year of operation. Lapeine's entry into SHIP opened the door for him to work side by side with Computer Science Professor Katherine Herbert in the creation of a tool for mobile devices that gives users the ability to analyze protein-ligand relationships in the phologenentic or evolutionary context. It was Lapeine's key role in this novel work that caught the eye of Google. This research-intensive program for undergraduates majoring in one of the CSAM disciplines provides a wealth of opportunities for students to conduct research and to become deeply involved in the research community, both locally and globally. SHIP supports each student's research with an award of up to $5500 for research expenses, plus a summer stipend of $3000 and up to $2000 additional funding for travel to conferences and workshops. "The primary focus of the program, which is funded by Merck and Roche, is the generation of innovative research that yields a written thesis and offers the students insight into the process of innovation." says SHIP director, Dr. Philip Yecko. "This research is guided by a faculty mentor, with additional guidance by professional colleagues from surrounding STEM industries." For students like Lapeine, the SHIP program is an unparalleled opportunity for undergraduates to receive the preparation needed to become a full-fledged member of the next generation of scientists and professionals. Turn the page to learn what some of the original 2010 SHIP students are doing today, along with a glance at some of the current SHIP students. | 9 Since Merck and Roche began funding support for the program in 2010, 36 students have entered SHIP. Here is a glance at what some of the original 2010-12 SHIP students are doing today, as well as a few of the 2011-13 and 2012-14 participants. ice sheet dynamics from sediment core samples. Her professional aspirations include intensive work in the sciences and efforts to advance contemporary science. Mentor: Dr. Sandra Passchier. MARVIN LAPEINE '12 is an information technology major. He is currently involved in the LSAMP program as a scholar. His undergraduate research is in the bioinformatics field, working with database technology to explore DANIEL TRAUM '12 is in medical school at Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience. He was a double major in molecular biology and business administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in chemistry. His undergraduate research studied virus inhibition with the use of natural substances. Traum also has worked in Emergency Services for a number of municipalities. Mentor: Dr. Sandra Adams. BINTA JALLOH '12 is enrolled in the Cleveland Clinic pre-med program with a fellowship. She majored in biology at Montclair State. Jalloh started doing research in her sophomore year in high school and while an undergraduate, conducted research at UMDNJ in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Additionally, she was accepted into Montclair State's MARC U-STAR program as well as the SHIP program. She plans to earn MD and PhD degrees and to pursue a career in clinical research as well as treating and caring for NADINE OREJOLA '12 is in graduate school at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire in the Master of Science program in environmental science and policy. She earned a bachelor's degree in geoscience with a concentration in environmental science. Her undergraduate research was on 10 | AMNA ADAM '14 is a SudaneseAmerican student majoring in biochemistry. She plans to pursue a master's degree in medicinal chemistry and either a PhD in neuroscience or an MD in neurosurgery. Currently, she works in Dr. David Rotella's Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Sreedhar Tummalapalli. The project she works on is the Optimization of Protein Kinase Inhibitors for Tropical Disease. The work so far has produced compounds with good activity against the kinase and improved activity in a cell culture against adult and microfilarial worms. Mentor: Dr. David Rotella. KENNETH ANDREW SVOLTO '12 is currently studying at Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Civil Engineering Department. He studied geoscience and art at Montclair State. Svolto has a military intelligence background with investigative experience in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan. various chemical compounds. His aspiration is to work as a software engineer and his SHIP research work has recently been published: Marvin Lapeine, Katherine G. Herbert, Emily Hill, Nina Goodey, "Mobile Interaction and Query Optimization in a Protein-Ligand Data Analysis System," 2013 ACM SIGMOD/PODS, New York, New York, June 22-27. Mentors: Dr. Katherine Herbert and Dr. Emily Hill. patients. Mentor: Dr. Quinn Vega. Prior to joining the Army, he earned an Associate of Arts degree in history from Daytona State College. In addition, in conjunction with his military training, he earned an Associate of Applied Science degree from Cochise Community College in Intelligence Operations. Currently, Svolto is interested in understanding the fundamentals of the geosciences and exploring their applications for building a more sustainable future. Mentor: Dr. Michael Kruge. ARIEL CASNER '12 finished her SHIP research in fall 2012. She is now applying to medical schools, with UMDNJ her first choice. She was a molecular biology major at Montclair State. A member of the Honors Program, Casner also served as the vice president of the Honors Student Organization. She plans to study reconstructive surgery, specializing in pediatric craniofacial reconstruction. Mentor: Dr. Scott Kight. MICHAEL COHRS '12 earned a B.S. in physics from Montclair State with minors in chemistry mathematics. He intends to go to graduate school to pursue research or teach at the university level. His undergraduate research has been in the field of fluid dynamics in Montclair's Complex Fluids Laboratory and he is interested in the field of thermodynamics. LINDSEY MIRRER '14 is pursuing a double major in aquatic and coastal science and a concentration in environment science/geoscience environmental science. She plans to earn a master's degree in environmental engineering to focus on environmental control processes, groundwater and soil pollution control, and inland and coastal environmental hydrodynamics. She is investigating how different types of land uses (urban, agricultural and forested) have affected the nutrient loads in streams in northern New Jersey. Mentor: Dr. Meiyin Wu. DAN FLORES '14 is majoring in molecular biology and minoring in chemistry. He is treasurer of the Biology Club and serves as a scholar with The National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. He is interested in the field of immunology, virology and microbiology and is excited to have the opportunity to work with viruses and observe the effect that natural substances such as Curcumin have on them. Mentor: Dr. Sandra Adams. NANCI FIORAVANTI '13 is majoring in geography with a concentration in environmental studies. She plans a career in sustainability and environmental protection. WAYNE ERNST '13 is majoring in physics with a minor in Mentors: Dr. Rolf Sternberg and Prof. Joseph Di Gianni. Mentor: Dr. Ashuwin Vaidya. and mathematics. He also holds a B.A. in Secondary Education from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Michael is currently teaching physics and chemistry at the Holmstead School in Ridgewood, NJ and plans to attend graduate school. He is interested in ecological studies with a focus on clean energy resources and environmental sustainability practices. As an undergraduate Michael did research in the field of fluid dynamics as well as working at a summer internship at the New Jersey Meadowlands Business Accelerator with an environmental sustainability consulting firm. Mentor: Dr. Ashuwin Vaidya. HASSAN TAHIR '14 is majoring in molecular biology with a minor in chemistry. He is the vice president of the Biology Club, vice president of Global Medical Brigades and an affiliate of LSAMP. He hopes to earn an MD/PhD dual degree to connect both the medical and scientific aspects of healthcare which is crucially needed in translational medicine. He worked last summer as a molecular biology technician in a wet lab for Cancer Genetics Inc. His research involves finding the synergistic effects EGCg (a cathelin found within green tea) has on antibiotic resistant bacteria. Mentor: Dr. Lee Lee. | 11 PAMELA GUERRON '14 is a double major in mathematics education and physics with a concentration in astronomy. She is secretary of the Physics Club at Montclair State and a mentor in the LSAMP community. Her research examines fibers on the fluid tank at different velocities to find limits of oscillation and bending. She plans to pursue a master's degree in applied mathematics and a PhD in physics. Mentor: Dr. Ashwin Vaidya. IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS Higher Math in Higher Ed M teachers in the classrooms. ground experience. By Dr. Mika Munakata A look at the doctoral program in mathematics education the role of mathematics education at the undergraduate level, especially the extent to which mathematics serves as a "gatekeeper" and as a means to prepare students for careers. In his relatively short time in the program, he has worked on data collection athematics is a key factor to career success in the competitive work world in many areas including the social sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, engineering, business and medicine. Montclair State University's EdD program in mathematics education prepares students to work as mathematics educators in four- and two-year colleges, as mathematics curriculum developers, as leaders in school districts and educational agencies and as research-based "The EdD in Mathematics Education blends content, practice, and research from both the mathematics and educational perspectives," says program director Dr. Mika Munakata. doctoral study is aimed at enhancing her education knowledge base and allowed her to join a community of educators. Dauplaise will soon begin her dissertation work, which she anticipates to be on the media's portrayal of teacher expectations. She is developing important expertise about the value of self-study by teachers. Having begun his doctoral studies in fall 2012, Jason McManus is interested in investigating for a professional development program with Newark Public Schools involving recording professional development sessions and checking alignment of modules with the new Common Core State Standards. He is also conducting clinical interviews with students taking courses at the Red Hawk Learning Center to assess their conceptual understanding. Last year, he worked on data analysis and preparation of manuscripts for the NSF-funded GK12 program. McManus is making important contributions to mathematics education research that may impact future generations of Montclair State undergraduates. The EdD program continues the long and distinguished history of mathematics education at Montclair State. By blending content, practice and research from both the mathematics and education perspectives, graduates of the program are shaping the future in mathematics education in New Jersey and beyond. The students joining the EdD program arrive with a variety of life and professional experiences and interests related to mathematics education. All EdD students, both full- and part-time, engage in research projects grounded in practice with emphasis on affecting meaningful change in mathematics education. Working actively with doctoral faculty, doctoral students refine their research interests throughout their course of study. As many of our students are concurrently teaching at the secondary and collegiate levels, their research has the benefit of practical on-the- Jacky Dauplaise teaches full time at Wayne Hills High School but hopes to teach in higher education upon earning her doctorate. Her 12 | Molecular Fingerprints A expensive. Distinguishing "legacy" versus newly contaminated sediments in New York/ New Jersey waterways Montclair State University students, along with faculty and staff members, have been conducting chemical analyses of sediments collected in both waterways, characterizing the principal organic pollutants in the sediments on the molecular level. These include petroleum, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Dr. Michael Kruge (pictured above) and a group a faculty and students have been studying two of the most severely impacted local waterways: the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, N.Y. and the lower Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. The extremely high levels of pollution in the Gowanus Canal provoked the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare it a Superfund site in 2010, a designation reserved for the worst cases of pollution in the country. Similarly, a portion of the Passaic River near Newark's Ironbound district was also placed on the Superfund list. compounds indicative of sewage input. This environmental forensic approach is, in effect, molecular "fingerprinting" of the mixtures of contaminants found at various sites in the waterways. This permits distinguishing between the "legacy" contaminants emplaced decades ago and chemically-distinctive continuing inputs such as sewage discharges. Kruge's team has concluded that even if all presently contaminated sediments were removed by dredging, recontamination would continue to plague these waterways. By Dr. Michael Kruge s a result of decades of heavy industrial activity, major waterways in the New York/ New Jersey area bear a legacy of contaminated sediments. Although many industries in the region ceased operation years ago, contaminants that they discharged remain. In addition, urban runoff, atmospheric deposition of soot and sewage system overflows during storms provide ongoing sources of pollutants. These pollutants constitute a cause for concern if, for example, people consume contaminated fish or shellfish caught in these waters. The chronically hazardous conditions distress local residents and impede economic development in the vicinity. Proposed remedial measures remain controversial, elusive and extraordinarily PA R T I C I PA N T S n P rof. Michael Kruge, Earth and Environmental Studies. n K evin Olsen, Chemistry and Biochemistry and PhD Program in Environmental Management. n N icole Bujalski-Goicochea, MS Geoscience (2011). Present employer: U.S. Department of Defense. n E ric Stern, Battelle Memorial Institute and CSAM research associate professor. Top: the lower Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey and, bottom, the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, N.Y. In March 2010, the EPA added the Gowanus Canal to the Superfund National Priorities List, and a portion of the Passaic River near Newark's Ironbound District was also placed on the Superfund list. | 13 IN S IGH TS | COLLEG E O F SC IE N C E A N D M ATHEM ATI CS It's a Small World After All Microscopic analysis reveals the small world of material research textures and composition of individual sand grains from sediment collected from the seafloor surrounding Antarctica helps us reconstruct past environments, past ice sheet extent and the response of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to ancient warm periods, which in turn helps us to understand how the ice sheet might respond to the modern warming trend. Professors John Siekierka and Shifeng Hou from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and students Lessy Pereda, Akruti Patel and Agnieszka Chojnowki use scanning and transmission electron microscopy to characterize parasitic nematode body structure after treatment with drugs designed to disrupt collagen synthesis, and to characterize the structure of graphene and graphene-based sensors. Biology and Molecular Biology professors Sandra Adams and Quinn Vega and students in the BIOL 112 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Program use transmission electron microscopy to study Mycobacterium bacteriophage. Dr. Robert Prezant, MMRL director Dr. Laying Wu, and doctoral candidate Rebecca Shell are I 14 | By Dr. Laying Wu examining shell microstructure in species of lantern shells (bivalve mollusc) from Thailand. These studies help in understanding the environmental influence on the development of calcium carbonate structures often composing skeletons in marine organisms. MMRL has also hosted visitors from NJIT, Bloomfield College, the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, fostering collaborative and interdisciplinary research among area and regional researchers and students. n the world of science, the answers to many critical questions reside in the smallest parts. Montclair State University's Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Laboratory (MMRL) houses electron microscopes which allow scientists to probe the shape, composition and structure of very small objects, from a single sand grain down to a single atom. Earth and Environmental Studies professors Stefanie Brachfeld, Matthew Gorring, and Sandra Passchier and their students Audrey Burns, David Cuomo, Melissa Hansen, Daniel Hauptvogel, Carl Natter, Nadine Orejola, Natalie Romanoff, Brendan Reilly, Deepa Shah and Eric Sonnenwald use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging and X-ray microanalysis to study processes deep within the earth, at the seafloor and beneath ice sheets. Electron microscopy examination of one-billion-year-old minerals in the New Jersey Highlands has enabled reconstruction of temperature and pressure conditions during ancient mountain building events. The surface Top photo: Electron microscope image of Brugia malayi parasite Middle photo: MMRL Director Dr. Laying Wu Bottom photo: an Hitachi H-7500 TEM equipped with a PGT X-ray detector and an AMT CCD camera is one the MMRL's transmission electron microscopes The College of Science and Mathematics CSAM AT A GLANCE: n Global research programs span six continents and 25 countries n 60% of all CSAM faculty have been recruited in past ten years and all from institutions known for research excellence n 200 faculty research publications every two years n Strong Federal research support from NSF, NIH, DOE, DOI, NOAA, EPA, NASA, DOD, HUD, USDA n 75% increase in private/public sector partnerships and R&D collaborations in last five years n 44% increase in undergraduate and 42% increase in graduate students in last decade n 20 masters and doctoral programs - NJ's only PhD program in Environmental Management n Leading source for health, life sciences and environmental fields n Strong science and business leadership, transdisciplinary mindset and fast, flexible, creative entrepreneurial spirit N WHERE DISCOVERY MEETS INNOVATION Two principal drivers guide Montclair State's science research. The first stems from the campus' proximity to a large segment of the nation's pharmaceutical, bio-pharma and health-related industries. Montclair State University established the Margaret and Herman Sokol Institute for Pharmaceutical Life Sciences in 2007 to advance transdisciplinary research in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, biochemistry, natural products chemistry, molecular biology, computational sciences, environmental toxicology and emerging technologies such as biomaterials and nanotechnology. The second natural driver is due to CSAM's location in the nation's largest urban ecosystem which continues to face significant challenges in reversing a legacy of poor land-use decisions, compromised land and water quality, habitat degradation and loss, and non-sustainable use of natural resources. Montclair State research scientists are currently engaged in a variety of initiatives that focus on environmental management, contaminant fate and transport, environmental modeling, remote sensing, hydrology, contaminant remediation, seismology, sustainability science, urban and coastal ecology, restoration ecology, biodiversity, watershed management, invasive species, fisheries ecology, climate studies, and epidemiological pharmaceutical global health issues. "The work of our scientists in the life sciences and environmental management is not only aimed at discovering new knowledge and preparing welleducated professionals for New Jersey's workforce, but also on developing innovative solutions and technologies that hold both commercial potential and highly beneficial health and environmental outcomes," said Prezant. estled along the southeastern ridge of the Watchung Mountains is New Jersey's second largest higher education institution, Montclair State University. With an unparalleled view of New York and New Jersey's ever-changing economic and societal landscape, Montclair State plays a uniquely important role in addressing the region's educational and workforce needs. These changes are especially evident in Montclair State's College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM). Built on a legacy of excellence in science and mathematics teacher preparation, CSAM today plays a significant role in preparing the next generation of professionals and scientists. "Over the last decade, our focus has been on advancing Montclair States's scientific research capacity to generate new discoveries, processes and technologies that will support the long-term growth of New Jersey's economy," said CSAM Dean Robert Prezant. All measures of activity in CSAM have increased significantly over the last decade with a 44 percent rise in undergraduate enrollment, a 42 percent increase in graduate enrollment, and robust growth in research-active faculty who have, in turn, fueled a rapid expansion in research grant support from all major federal and state agencies. The participation of New Jersey's business community has also grown remarkably in CSAM – from the establishment of an external Advisory Council comprised of senior executives from New Jersey's private and public sectors to numerous formal partnerships with some of the state's leading science-based companies. "These relationships significantly contribute to developing curriculum Graduate student, Agnieszka Nawrocka Chojnowski, is part of a Sokol Institute/ Celgene research team developing selective inhibitors with the potential of becoming a drug to treat filariasis. relevant to New Jersey's economic needs, supporting education and research opportunities for our students, and enabling discoveries and innovations that address critical economic and sustainability issues," said Prezant. | 15 College of Science and Mathematics 1 NORMAL AVENUE | MONTCLAIR NJ | 07043 Non-profit org. U.S. Postage PAID Newark, NJ Permit No. 6846 Now is the time... After more than a decade of growth and success in scientific research and student enrollment, the College of Science and Mathematics is looking to the future with a planned 100,000-square-foot, $55-million, state-of-the-art research center. 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One problem in assessing blame for terror attacks in the Middle East is that governments have political interests in linking these outrages to enemies and then pushing that case in public forums. That dynamic may now be influencing the probe of a terror bombing in Bulgaria, reports Gareth Porter for Inter Press Service.
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The Permanent Counterterror War
After the 9/11 attacks, the United States lurched off in pursuit of an unattainable goal, perfect security for the American people. Along this bloody route, the nation lost sight of a crucial question: what American actions are generating the fury that fuels the terrorism, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
The Fuzzy Line of Terrorism
The Obama administration's plan to remove a group of violent Iranian émigrés from the U.S. terror list suggests a readiness to pursue the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend strategy that put the United States on the side of Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremists in Afghanistan in the 1980s, says ex-FBI agent Coleen Rowley.
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The label "terrorist" has been bent to political use so often the word has lost any semblance of objective meaning. American politicians and pundits like to hurl it against perceived enemies, but now it appears a group can escape the opprobrium with enough high-priced lobbying, Danny Schechter writes.
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Over the years, the U.S. "terrorism list" has become less an objective assessment of groups that use violence against civilians than an ideological battlefield littered with blatant hypocrisies and outdated hatreds. The list has even complicated strategies for reducing political violence, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
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Western powers test out harsh economic sanctions on Iran. Israel pins the blame for a bus bombing in Bulgaria on Iranian agents, presumably retaliating for Israeli assassinations of Iran's scientists. As tensions ratchet up – Syria's unraveling, too – the chances for a disastrous war escalate, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
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By definition, "terrorism" applies to attacks on civilians for political ends. But the U.S. government has revised the term to cover any attack on Americans, including soldiers fighting anywhere in the world, a misuse of the concept that is hampering a deal to free a U.S. POW, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
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The co-leader of Germany's Greens, Juergen Trittin, sharpened his party's attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, saying policy differences put them on "collision course" in federal elections this fall.
Chancellor Angela Merkel must ditch coal in favor of cleaner gas power plants to protect the climate, said the co-leader of Germany's Greens party, urging a redoubling of efforts to raise carbon prices in the world's biggest cap-and-trade program.
Financial markets must be subject to simple regulations that remove risk and tame them, said Juergen Trittin, the co-leader of Germany's opposition Greens party.
European Union leaders are seeking about 100 billion euros ($136 billion) in bank recapitalizations as they urge financial institutions to accept losses of between 50 percent and 60 percent on their Greek debt, said Juergen Trittin, co-leader of Germany's opposition Greens party.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will struggle to win parliamentary majorities within her coalition for measures to fight the debt crisis as support in her ranks dwindles, opposition Green Party leader Juergen Trittin said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is "failing" in a plan to exit nuclear energy and run Europe's biggest economy on renewable energy sources, Green Party co-leader Juergen Trittin said.
The solar panels on Tommy Clever's house in Berlin generate enough electricity on sunny days to run his washing machine, vacuum cleaner and other appliances, with a bit left over to help power the region's factories and offices.
German Green Party co-leader Juergen Trittin is traveling to New York and Washington next week to meet with Obama administration officials as he burnishes his profile ahead of a possible run for the Chancellery in 2013.
Germany's opposition Greens want Chancellor Angela Merkel to delay parliament's decision on the European Union's fiscal pact, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said, citing party leader Juergen Trittin.
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DACULA -- A 3-year-old Grayson girl died Monday evening in a fiery, single-vehicle crash in Dacula, police said.
Toxicology tests are pending, but police say evidence indicates the child's mother, Alicia Tubman, 26, may have been drinking.
The child, Jayla Cook, died at the scene. An autopsy was being performed Tuesday to determine if the child had died from the crash's impact or a subsequent vehicle fire, said Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. David Schiralli.
Tubman was airlifted to a burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where her condition was unknown Tuesday afternoon, Schiralli said.
Criminal charges are pending, he said.
Tubman was traveling north on Ga. Highway 124 in a Toyota Highlander with her daughter in a rear car seat. She lost control of the vehicle on a curve near Old Fountain Road, struck a fire hydrant and a tree before the vehicle came to a rest and caught fire, Schiralli said.
"The vehicle caught fire just before witnesses were able to extract the driver," he said.
A bystander noticed the child in the rear seat, "but was unable to rescue (her) due to the vehicle being fully engulfed in flames," Schiralli said.
No other vehicles were involved in the 7 p.m. crash, he said.
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National champion Vishnu Sarvanan of CESC won the title in the Optimist category with eight wins from ten races as the Monsoon Regatta sailing championship which concluded at the Hussainsagar Lake in Hyderabad on Sunday.
With a good mix of caution and aggression, Vishnu showed commendable maturity for a boy of 13 years and got the better of the more experienced sailors. He has been sailing since the age of 10 and has made rapid strides to reach the top within three years.
Vishnu was followed by Diya Correa of RBYC and Ramya Sarvanan of CESC Pune in second and third places respectively.
Local lad Raghavendra of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad, came fourth just three penalty points behind Ramya. He achieved the highest rank a Hyderabad sailor has achieved at an Optimist Class Regatta in as many years.
Raghavendra was happy with his best performance ever and said that he is targeting the next nationals and maybe an international too, if he is able to get sponsors.
The results:Optimist Open: 1. Vishnu Sarvanan (CESC – 9 penalty points), 2. Diya Cora (RBYC – 26 ppts), 3. Ramya Sarvanan (CESC- 27 ppts).
Indopti class: 1. B. Ravi Kumar (YCH- 24 ppts), 2. Aditi Raorane (SSC- 24 ppts), 3. Hrushikesh Sakhare (Mah – 25 ppts).
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Hampshire College welcomes Deborah Goffe to the faculty
Deborah Goffe, performer, dance maker, dance educator, video artist and performance curator, will join the Five College Dance Department this coming fall as Assistant Professor of Modern/Contemporary Dance at Hampshire College. Since founding Scapegoat Garden in 2002, the Hartford-based collaborative dance theater company has served as a primary vehicle and creative community through which Deborah has explored the intersection of dance with other media.
Nora Chipaumire Residency at Amherst College
The Amherst College Department of Theater and Dance is excited to announce award-winning Brooklyn/Harare choreographer and performer, Nora Chipaumire in residence. She will share the results of her week–long workshop for one night only on Feb 4 in the Holden Theater from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. Open seating, no reservation required.
Announcing the 2013 Perry-Mansfield Scholarship Awardees
This year's scholarship recipients for the Perry-Mansfield Pre-Professional Intensive Summer Program are Tommy Seibold (UM, '14) and Ellen Oliver (HC, '16). Tommy and Ellen will receive full scholarships to the prestigious 6-week workshop, directed by Linda Kent, former Principal Dancer with both the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.


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