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Rosains J, Mango SE
Genetic characterization of smg-8 mutants reveals no role in C. elegans nonsense mediated decay
. PLoS One. 2012;7(11).
The nonsense mediated decay (NMD) pathway degrades mRNAs bearing premature translation termination codons. In mammals, SMG-8 has been implicated in the NMD pathway, in part by its association with SMG-1 kinase. Here we use four independent assays to show that C. elegans smg-8 is not required to degrade nonsense-containing mRNAs. We examine the genetic requirement for smg-8 to destabilize the endogenous, natural NMD targets produced by alternative splicing of rpl-7a and rpl-12. We test smg-8 for degradation of the endogenous, NMD target generated by unc-54(r293), which lacks a normal polyadenylation site. We probe the effect of smg-8 on the exogenous NMD target produced by myo-3::GFP, which carries a long 3′ untranslated region that destabilizes mRNAs. None of these known NMD targets is influenced by smg-8 mutations. In addition, smg-8 animals lack classical Smg mutant phenotypes such as a reduced brood size or abnormal vulva. We conclude that smg-8 is unlikely to encode a component critical for NMD.
Mango SE
Ageing: generations of longevity
. Nature. 2011;479(7373):302-3.
Meister P, Mango SE, Gasser SM
Locking the genome: nuclear organization and cell fate.
Current opinion in genetics & development. 2011;21:167–74.
The differentiation of pluripotent or totipotent cells into various differentiated cell types is accompanied by a restriction of gene expression patterns, alteration in histone and DNA methylation, and changes in the gross nuclear organization of eu- and heterochromatic domains. Several recent studies have coupled genome-wide mapping of histone modifications with changes in gene expression. Other studies have examined changes in the subnuclear positioning of tissue-specific genes upon transcriptional induction or repression. Here we summarize intriguing correlations of the three phenomena, which suggest that in some cases causal relationships may exist.
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Fakhouri THI, Stevenson J, Chisholm AD, Mango SE
Dynamic chromatin organization during foregut development mediated by the organ selector gene PHA-4/FoxA.
PLoS genetics. 2010;6(8).
Central regulators of cell fate, or selector genes, establish the identity of cells by direct regulation of large cohorts of genes. In Caenorhabditis elegans, foregut (or pharynx) identity relies on the FoxA transcription factor PHA-4, which activates different sets of target genes at various times and in diverse cellular environments. An outstanding question is how PHA-4 distinguishes between target genes for appropriate transcriptional control. We have used the Nuclear Spot Assay and GFP reporters to examine PHA-4 interactions with target promoters in living embryos and with single cell resolution. While PHA-4 was found throughout the digestive tract, binding and activation of pharyngeally expressed promoters was restricted to a subset of pharyngeal cells and excluded from the intestine. An RNAi screen of candidate nuclear factors identified emerin (emr-1) as a negative regulator of PHA-4 binding within the pharynx, but emr-1 did not modulate PHA-4 binding in the intestine. Upon promoter association, PHA-4 induced large-scale chromatin de-compaction, which, we hypothesize, may facilitate promoter access and productive transcription. Our results reveal two tiers of PHA-4 regulation. PHA-4 binding is prohibited in intestinal cells, preventing target gene expression in that organ. PHA-4 binding within the pharynx is limited by the nuclear lamina component EMR-1/emerin. The data suggest that association of PHA-4 with its targets is a regulated step that contributes to promoter selectivity during organ formation. We speculate that global re-organization of chromatin architecture upon PHA-4 binding promotes competence of pharyngeal gene transcription and, by extension, foregut development.
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Zhong M, Niu W, Lu ZJ, Sarov M, Murray JI, Janette J, Raha D, Sheaffer KL, Lam HYK, Preston E, et al.
Genome-wide identification of binding sites defines distinct functions for Caenorhabditis elegans PHA-4/FOXA in development and environmental response.
PLoS genetics. 2010;6(2):e1000848.
Transcription factors are key components of regulatory networks that control development, as well as the response to environmental stimuli. We have established an experimental pipeline in Caenorhabditis elegans that permits global identification of the binding sites for transcription factors using chromatin immunoprecipitation and deep sequencing. We describe and validate this strategy, and apply it to the transcription factor PHA-4, which plays critical roles in organ development and other cellular processes. We identified thousands of binding sites for PHA-4 during formation of the embryonic pharynx, and also found a role for this factor during the starvation response. Many binding sites were found to shift dramatically between embryos and starved larvae, from developmentally regulated genes to genes involved in metabolism. These results indicate distinct roles for this regulator in two different biological processes and demonstrate the versatility of transcription factors in mediating diverse biological roles.
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Q & A: Susan Mango
. Current Biology. 2009;19(7):R276-R277.
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Mango SE
The molecular basis of organ formation: insights from the C. elegans foregut.
Annual review of cell and developmental biology [Internet]. 2009;25:597-628.
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The digestive tracts of many animals are epithelial tubes with specialized compartments to break down food, remove wastes, combat infection, and signal nutrient availability. C. elegans possesses a linear, epithelial gut tube with foregut, midgut, and hindgut sections. The simple anatomy belies the developmental complexity that is involved in forming the gut from a pool of heterogeneous precursor cells. Here, I focus on the processes that specify cell fates and control morphogenesis within the embryonic foregut (pharynx) and the developmental roles of the pharynx after birth. Maternally donated factors in the pregastrula embryo converge on pha-4, a FoxA transcription factor that specifies organ identity for pharyngeal precursors. Positive feedback loops between PHA-4 and other transcription factors ensure commitment to pharyngeal fate. Binding-site affinity of PHA-4 for its target promoters contributes to the progression of the pharyngeal precursors towards differentiation. During morphogenesis, the pharyngeal precursors form an epithelial tube in a process that is independent of cadherins, catenins, and integrins but requires the kinesin zen-4/MKLP1. After birth, the pharynx and/or pha-4 are involved in repelling pathogens and controlling aging.
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Yuzyuk T, Fakhouri THI, Kiefer J, Mango SE
The polycomb complex protein mes-2/E(z) promotes the transition from developmental plasticity to differentiation in C. elegans embryos.
Developmental cell. 2009;16(5):699-710.
We have used expression profiling and in vivo imaging to characterize Caenorhabditis elegans embryos as they transit from a developmentally plastic state to the onset of differentiation. Normally, this transition is accompanied by activation of developmental regulators and differentiation genes, downregulation of early-expressed genes, and large-scale reorganization of chromatin. We find that loss of plasticity and differentiation onset depends on the Polycomb complex protein mes-2/E(Z). mes-2 mutants display prolonged developmental plasticity in response to heterologous developmental regulators. Early-expressed genes remain active, differentiation genes fail to reach wild-type levels, and chromatin retains a decompacted morphology in mes-2 mutants. By contrast, loss of the developmental regulators pha-4/FoxA or end-1/GATA does not prolong plasticity. This study establishes a model by which to analyze developmental plasticity within an intact embryo. mes-2 orchestrates large-scale changes in chromatin organization and gene expression to promote the timely loss of developmental plasticity. Our findings indicate that loss of plasticity can be uncoupled from cell fate specification.
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Sheaffer KL, Updike DL, Mango SE
The Target of Rapamycin pathway antagonizes pha-4/FoxA to control development and aging.
Current biology : CB. 2008;18(18):1355-64.
FoxA factors are critical regulators of embryonic development and postembryonic life, but little is know about the upstream pathways that modulate their activity. C. elegans pha-4 encodes a FoxA transcription factor that is required to establish the foregut in embryos and to control growth and longevity after birth. We previously identified the AAA+ ATPase homolog ruvb-1 as a potent suppressor of pha-4 mutations.
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Von Stetina SE, Mango SE
Wormnet: a crystal ball for Caenorhabditis elegans
. Genome biology. 2008;9(6):226.
An integrated gene network for Caenorhabditis elegans using data from multiple genome-wide screens encompasses most protein-coding genes and can accurately predict their phenotypes.
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Kiefer JC, a Smith P, Mango SE
PHA-4/FoxA cooperates with TAM-1/TRIM to regulate cell fate restriction in the C. elegans foregut.
Developmental biology. 2007;303(2):611-24.
A key question in development is how pluripotent progenitors are progressively restricted to acquire specific cell fates. Here we investigate how embryonic blastomeres in C. elegans develop into foregut (pharynx) cells in response to the selector gene PHA-4/FoxA. When pha-4 is removed from pharyngeal precursors, they exhibit two alternative responses. Before late-gastrulation (8E stage), these cells lose their pharyngeal identity and acquire an alternative fate such as ectoderm (Specification stage). After the Specification stage, mutant cells develop into aberrant pharyngeal cells (Morphogenesis/Differentiation stage). Two lines of evidence suggest that the Specification stage depends on transcriptional repression of ectodermal genes by pha-4. First, pha-4 exhibits strong synthetic phenotypes with the B class synMuv gene tam-1 (Tandam Array expression Modifier 1) and with a mediator of transcriptional repression, the NuRD complex (NUcleosome Remodeling and histone Deacetylase). Second, pha-4 associates with the promoter of the ectodermal regulator lin-26 and is required to repress lin-26 expression. We propose that restriction of early blastomeres to the pharyngeal fate depends on both repression of ectodermal genes and activation of pharyngeal genes by PHA-4.
Mango SE
The C. elegans pharynx: a model for organogenesis.
WormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology [Internet]. 2007:1-26.
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The C. elegans foregut (pharynx) has emerged as a powerful system to study organ formation during embryogenesis. Here I review recent advances regarding cell-fate specification and epithelial morphogenesis during pharynx development. Maternally-supplied gene products function prior to gastrulation to establish pluripotent blastomeres. As gastrulation gets under way, pharyngeal precursors become committed to pharyngeal fate in a process that requires PHA-4/FoxA and the Tbox transcription factors TBX-2, TBX-35, TBX-37 and TBX-38. Subsequent waves of gene expression depend on the affinity of PHA-4 for its target promoters, coupled with combinatorial strategies such as feed-forward and positive-feedback loops. During later embryogenesis, pharyngeal precursors undergo reorganization and a mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition to form the linear gut tube. Surprisingly, epithelium formation does not depend on cadherins, catenins or integrins. Rather, the kinesin ZEN-4/MKLP1 and CYK-4/RhoGAP are critical to establish the apical domain during epithelial polarization. Finally, I discuss similarities and differences between the nematode pharynx and the vertebrate heart.
Smith P, Mango SE
Role of T-box gene tbx-2 for anterior foregut muscle development in C. elegans.
Developmental biology. 2007;302(1):25-39.
During organogenesis, pluripotent precursor cells acquire a defined identity such as muscle or nerve. The transition from naïve precursor towards the differentiated state is characterized by sequential waves of gene expression that are determined by regulatory transcription factors. A key question is how transcriptional circuitry dictates the succession of events that accompanies developmental competence, cell fate specification and differentiation. To address this question, we have examined how anterior muscles are established within the Caenorhabditis elegans foregut (pharynx). We find that the T-box transcription factor tbx-2 is essential to form anterior pharyngeal muscles from the ABa blastomere. In the absence of tbx-2 function, ABa-derived cells initiate development normally: they receive glp-1/Notch signaling cues, activate the T-box gene TBX-38 and express the organ selector gene PHA-4/FoxA. However, these cells subsequently arrest development, extinguish PHA-4 and fail to activate PHA-4 target genes. tbx-2 mutant cells do not undergo apoptosis and there is no evidence for adoption of an alternative fate. TBX-2 is expressed in ABa descendants and depends on activation by pha-4 and repression by components of glp-1/Notch signaling. Our analysis suggests that a positive feedback loop between tbx-2 and pha-4 is required for ABa-derived precursors to commit to pharyngeal muscle fate.
Deplancke B, Mukhopadhyay A, Ao W, Elewa AM, a Grove C, Martinez NJ, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Reece-Hoyes JS, a Hope I, et al.
A gene-centered C. elegans protein-DNA interaction network.
Cell. 2006;125(6):1193-205.
Transcription regulatory networks consist of physical and functional interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and their target genes. The systematic mapping of TF-target gene interactions has been pioneered in unicellular systems, using "TF-centered" methods (e.g., chromatin immunoprecipitation). However, metazoan systems are less amenable to such methods. Here, we used "gene-centered" high-throughput yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) assays to identify 283 interactions between 72 C. elegans digestive tract gene promoters and 117 proteins. The resulting protein-DNA interaction (PDI) network is highly connected and enriched for TFs that are expressed in the digestive tract. We provide functional annotations for approximately 10% of all worm TFs, many of which were previously uncharacterized, and find ten novel putative TFs, illustrating the power of a gene-centered approach. We provide additional in vivo evidence for multiple PDIs and illustrate how the PDI network provides insights into metazoan differential gene expression at a systems level.
Updike DL, Mango SE
Temporal regulation of foregut development by HTZ-1/H2A.Z and PHA-4/FoxA.
PLoS genetics. 2006;2(9):e161.
The histone variant H2A.Z is evolutionarily conserved and plays an essential role in mice, Drosophila, and Tetrahymena. The essential function of H2A.Z is unknown, with some studies suggesting a role in transcriptional repression and others in activation. Here we show that Caenorhabditis elegans HTZ-1/H2A.Z and the remodeling complex MYS-1/ESA1-SSL-1/SWR1 synergize with the FoxA transcription factor PHA-4 to coordinate temporal gene expression during foregut development. We observe dramatic genetic interactions between pha-4 and htz-1, mys-1, and ssl-1. A survey of transcription factors reveals that this interaction is specific, and thus pha-4 is acutely sensitive to reductions in these three proteins. Using a nuclear spot assay to visualize HTZ-1 in living embryos as organogenesis proceeds, we show that HTZ-1 is recruited to foregut promoters at the time of transcriptional onset, and this recruitment requires PHA-4. Loss of htz-1 by RNAi is lethal and leads to delayed expression of a subset of foregut genes. Thus, the effects of PHA-4 on temporal regulation can be explained in part by recruitment of HTZ-1 to target promoters. We suggest PHA-4 and HTZ-1 coordinate temporal gene expression by modulating the chromatin environment.
Jenkins N, Saam JR, Mango SE
CYK-4/GAP provides a localized cue to initiate anteroposterior polarity upon fertilization.
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2006;313(5791):1298-301.
The Caenorhabditis elegans anteroposterior axis is established in response to fertilization by sperm. Here we present evidence that RhoA, the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor ECT-2, and the Rho guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein CYK-4 modulate myosin light-chain activity to create a gradient of actomyosin, which establishes the anterior domain. CYK-4 is enriched within sperm, and paternally donated CYK-4 is required for polarity. These data suggest that CYK-4 provides a molecular link between fertilization and polarity establishment in the one-cell embryo. Orthologs of CYK-4 are expressed in sperm of other species, which suggests that this cue may be evolutionarily conserved.
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Ao W, Gaudet J, Kent JW, Muttumu S, Mango SE
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Fay DS, Qiu X, Large E, Smith CP, Mango S, Johanson BL
The coordinate regulation of pharyngeal development in C. elegans by lin-35/Rb, pha-1, and ubc-18.
Developmental biology. 2004;271(1):11-25.
Organ development is a complex process involving the coordination of cell proliferation, differentiation, and morphogenetic events. Using a screen to identify genes that function coordinately with lin-35/Rb during animal development, we have isolated a weak loss-of-function (LOF) mutation in pha-1. lin-35; pha-1 double mutants are defective at an early step in pharyngeal morphogenesis leading to an abnormal pharyngeal architecture. pha-1 is also synthetically lethal with other class B synthetic multivulval (SynMuv) genes including the C. elegans E2F homolog, efl-1. Reporter analyses indicate that pha-1 is broadly expressed during embryonic development and that its functions reside in the cytoplasm. We also provide genetic and phenotypic evidence to support the model that PHA-1, a novel protein, and UBC-18, a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that we have previously shown to function with lin-35 during pharyngeal development, act in parallel pathways to regulate the activity of a common cellular target.
Gaudet J, Muttumu S, Horner M, Mango SE
Whole-genome analysis of temporal gene expression during foregut development.
PLoS biology. 2004;2(11):e352.
We have investigated the cis-regulatory network that mediates temporal gene expression during organogenesis. Previous studies demonstrated that the organ selector gene pha-4/FoxA is critical to establish the onset of transcription of Caenorhabditis elegans foregut (pharynx) genes. Here, we discover additional cis-regulatory elements that function in combination with PHA-4. We use a computational approach to identify candidate cis-regulatory sites for genes activated either early or late during pharyngeal development. Analysis of natural or synthetic promoters reveals that six of these sites function in vivo. The newly discovered temporal elements, together with predicted PHA-4 sites, account for the onset of expression of roughly half of the pharyngeal genes examined. Moreover, combinations of temporal elements and PHA-4 sites can be used in genome-wide searches to predict pharyngeal genes, with more than 85% accuracy for their onset of expression. These findings suggest a regulatory code for temporal gene expression during foregut development and provide a means to predict gene expression patterns based solely on genomic sequence.
Li S, Armstrong CM, Bertin N, Ge H, Milstein S, Boxem M, Vidalain P-O, Han J-DJ, Chesneau A, Hao T, et al.
A map of the interactome network of the metazoan C. elegans.
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2004;303(5657):540-3.
To initiate studies on how protein-protein interaction (or "interactome") networks relate to multicellular functions, we have mapped a large fraction of the Caenorhabditis elegans interactome network. Starting with a subset of metazoan-specific proteins, more than 4000 interactions were identified from high-throughput, yeast two-hybrid (HT=Y2H) screens. Independent coaffinity purification assays experimentally validated the overall quality of this Y2H data set. Together with already described Y2H interactions and interologs predicted in silico, the current version of the Worm Interactome (WI5) map contains approximately 5500 interactions. Topological and biological features of this interactome network, as well as its integration with phenome and transcriptome data sets, lead to numerous biological hypotheses.
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At the 2011 Wolverine Club Athletic Awards, held April 20th, Dr. Melissa McLane received The Bronze Wolverine Award for her service to Utah Valley University Athletics.
The Bronze Wolverine Award is the highest honor the Wolverine Club bestows on its members, and was given to Dr. McLane for the time, loyal friendship, and exceptional care she has given to the university.
Dr. McLane has served as the Head Team Physician of UVU Athletics since 2005. During that time, she has become a favorite of coaches & student-athletes for her tireless dedication to their health and well-being.


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The 6-foot-2 German collected his third ATP title of the year (all in the U.S.) last week in Los Angeles and is enjoying his best campaign since 2001, when he went 57-21, piled up four titles and finished at No. 8 on the planet, which still marks his best-ever year-end placement. He soared to a career-high No. 2 in the world in May of 2002.
Haas missed the entire 2003 season after undergoing a pair of surgeries on his delicate right shoulder. It appeared as though he might be left for tennis dead following the procedures, but the long-time Florida resident fought his way back and actually finished at No. 17 on the globe in 2004, a year in which he was also named as the ATP's Comeback Player of the Year.
Last year, Haas was an okay 37-22, but failed to title anywhere and was starting to look like an afterthought on the ultra-competitive circuit. But he's been solid in '06, as evidenced by the trio of titles and a current No. 17 ranking. He's already reached the semis or better in six of his tournaments this year.
The 28-year-old star opened his season by reaching a semifinal in Qatar and the fourth round at the Aussie Open, where he lost to the incomparable Roger Federer in January. But before losing to the "Fed," the German bested the mighty Swiss at a pre-Aussie Open exhibition event the week before at Kooyong. That was the last time that Federer lost to anyone not named Rafael Nadal.
Unfortunately for Haas, he's 0-4 versus Federer in official action this season.
Too bad.
On the heels of his fourth-round finish in Melbourne, Haas promptly titled at Delray Beach, split a pair of Davis Cup matches for Germany, and claimed another championship in Memphis, and he wasn't even through February yet.
FYI, Haas is a career 19-5 Davis Cup performer, including a 16-5 mark in singles.
Haas didn't title again until last week, but he's now got his 2006 record at 36-13, and only Federer (6) and Nadal (5) have titled more than the Hamburg native this year. He's a perfect 3-0 so far when he reaches a final in '06.
The 2000 Olympic silver medalist Haas nailed down his 10th career title at last week's Countrywide Classic, and pushed his career prize money to just over $7.3 million. He topped big-hitting Dmitry Tursunov in the final after dropping the first set against the capable Russian, earning him his second L.A. championship in three years. Haas is a stellar 13-3 at that event.
Now Haas does have wins over the likes of Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi this year, but Roddick has struggled all season long and Andre is clearly past his prime at this point, so the German is still seeking one of those truly upper- echelon victories this season (i.e. a Federer, a Nadal, a Nalbandian, etc.). Again, that January victory over the Fed did not count.
Starting in less than four weeks, Haas will look to improve upon his 19-9 career record at the U.S. Open, where he reached the quarterfinals in 2004. The German has been relatively disappointing at Grand Slam events over the last 10 years, reaching only a pair of major semis, with both coming at the Australian Open. He suffered third-round setbacks at this year's French Open and Wimbledon events.
Haas is once again the top-ranked German, but, let's face it...Boris Becker he's not. He's enjoying a fine season, but he's still seeking that elusive breakthrough at a Slam. Who knows? Maybe he'll do just that in Flushing.


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LornaLAB in collaboration with Reykjavik Art Museum offers a series of workshops in its program of events. The fifth workshop this year will focus on the theme of new media, sound and animation led by artist Eric Parr. Guest speakers are curator and critic Leandro Pisano and Phillip Thurtle, professor at the University of Washington.
The title of Leandro Pisano´s lecture is Sound and new media art practices in the rural context. Pisano is a curator, writer and new media producer for projects and events focused on new media, sound and technological arts. He is also specialized in ICT development strategies for rural areas. He is founder and director of Interferenze New
Arts Festival, an event taking place in South of Italy since 2003 and frequently he is involved in projects and events on electronic art. He conducted lectures and presentations for new media art and interaction design events worldwide He is also a columnist for Blow-Up magazine, and has contributed to Neural, Textura.org, Exibart and Nero magazine. Pisano focusing studies are on digital philology, electronic teaching methodology and relationship between new media and classic disciplines.
Phillip Thurtle is a professor at the University of Washington His lecture Vital imagery: animation and life focuses on how the world is presented through digital technology, especially the animated world, the cultural, epistemic, and phenomenological dimensions of animated experience. He is the acting director of the Comparative History of Ideas program and an associate professor in the History Department at the University of Washington. His research focuses on the material culture of information processing, the affective-phenomenlogical domains of media, the role of information processing technologies in biomedical research, and theories of novelty in the life sciences. His most recent work is on the cellular spaces of transformation in evolutionary and developmental biology research and the cultural spaces of transformation in superhero comics.
LornaLAB is a newly founded (late summer 2010) forum for the creative use of technology. Its current function is information, resource and inspiration sharing which has taken the form of lectures, fieldtrips and workshops in its short life to date. Among its members are industrial designers, art theorists, computer scientists, AI researchers, music theorists and new media artists to name a few. For further information visit: www.reykjavikmedialab.is
The event takes place in English, is free of charge and open to everyone.
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Alameda Public Affairs Forum will present a talk on the U.S. political economy by Jack Rasmus, Ph.D., at 7 p.m., Saturday, October 8, at the Alameda Free Library.
Rasmus, who teaches at St. Mary's College and Santa Clara University and has written several books on the U.S. economy, will speak on "Obama's latest jobs program, the emerging double-dip recession and the global economy on the brink," event organizers say.
"When President Obama took office in 2009, there were 27 million jobless Americans. After more than a trillion dollars in tax cuts, another trillion dollars in spending and more than eight trillion dollars given to the banks, there are still more than 25 million people jobless," he explains. "Obama's latest proposal for creating jobs is a repeat of the programs of the prior years that failed to create jobs. The weakening US economy is part of a broader global economic slowdown that is approaching new worldwide depression."
His talk is being hosted by the Alameda Public Affairs Forum, and the group invites members of the community to hear Rasmus "provide the deep intellectual and political analysis necessary to understanding what is happening and we can do about it."


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Visitors have a range of lodging options in Gamboa, starting with the beautiful boutique hotels for creatures of comfort. More adventurous types can stay the night in a jungle lodge that will allow them an up-close experience of hearing, observing, interacting, discovering, and learning about the various types of birds, trees, and exotic plants in the area.
Gamboa is located at the Dredging Division of the Panama Canal, where the Chagres River flows into Lake Gatún and at the end of Omar Torrijos H. Avenue in Panama City.
The main attractions in the Gamboa area that can be visited on an eco-tour are:
- Tour of the Panama Canal to see up-close the expansion work being done.
- Fishing on Gatún Lake, the largest artificial lake in the world at the time of its creation.
- Canoe ride on Gatún Lake past waterfalls and with the chance to take a dip.
- Visit to an Emberá indigenous village to learn about their customs and traditions.
- Ride on a cable car to an elevation of 85 meters (280 feet) for an optimum view of the rainforest.
Other nearby attractions:
Barro Colorado Island, the largest in Lake Gatún, together with five adjacent peninsulas: Gigante, Peña Blanca, Bohío, Buena Vista, and Frijoles, form the Barro Colorado Natural Monument, which serves as a Smithsonian Institute research center dedicated to studying rainforest ecosystems.
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: the boat leaves for Barro Colorado from the Gamboa dock at 7:15 a.m.
- Saturdays and Sundays: the boat leaves for Barro Colorado from the Gamboa dock at 8:00 a.m.
Summit: The park is located on the banks of the Panama Canal between the towns of Paraíso and Gamboa. It is a botanical and zoological garden that covers 250 hectares. The botanical garden includes a display of representative plant species from tropical and subtropical countries around the world, as well as species native to Panama. The zoo currently houses more than 300 animals. One of the zoo's attractions is the Harpy Eagle, Panama's national bird, and in its interactive center visitors can learn about its biology, habitat, and breeding habits. Visitors can also walk along the park's trails and observe the collection of animals and plants. The park has a children's playground, shelter houses for group meetings, a theater, a small museum of stuffed animals, and a refreshment stand.
How to arrive
- Car: Take Gaillard Highway, passing the Miraflores locks on the left and Albrook and Clayton on the right. Continuing along the highway, you will then go past the Pedro Miguel locks, the village of Paraíso, and the Summit Golf Club.
Immediately after going under a small railway bridge marked with the inscription "1929", turn left on the road to Gamboa. Go past the right-hand entrance to the Summit Gardens, and over a bridge that spans the Chagres River. If you want to stop at Gamboa, continue straight and drive along the Canal Dredging Division. Or, to go to the Gamboa Rainforest Resort, turn right immediately after crossing the bridge over the Chagres River.
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Eggs lay in a nest at an organic farm on January 11, 2011 in Ziethen, some 80 kilometers north of Berlin. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE
BERLIN: German authorities are investigating possible large-scale fraud by organic egg producers amid increased concern over food industry practices following Europe's horse meat scandal.
The northern state of Lower Saxony, a major agricultural hub, has launched probes of some 150 farms suspected of wrongly selling eggs produced by hens kept in overcrowded conditions under the organic label.
Two other states are investigating a further 50 farms.
"If the accusations (against the farms) are found to be true, then we are talking of fraud on a grand scale: fraud against consumers but also fraud against the many organic farmers in Germany who work honestly," German Farm Minister Ilse Aigner said in a statement on Monday.
She urged regional governments to ensure the full implementation of tough German and EU laws on organic food production, adding that consumers must be able to have full confidence in the labelling of products.
Organically produced eggs cost some 10 cents more than those produced under standard industrial conditions.
Christian Meyer, farm minister in the newly appointed Lower Saxony government, vowed to take a tough line on any farms found to have broken the law.
Organic food is a huge industry in environmentally-conscious Germany, where many consumers are willing to pay extra for eggs, meat, vegetables and other products they believe have been produced organically.
The suspicions of organic egg fraud coincide with the discovery that horse meat was labelled as beef in processed food sold around Europe. The scandal has triggered recalls of ready meals and damaged confidence in the continent's food industry.
Two years ago a European Union-wide health alert was sparked when German officials said animal feed tainted with dioxin had been fed to hens and pigs, contaminating eggs, poultry meat and pork at affected farms.
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Nothing says nature and grounding quite like The Tree pose. Practicing it can be quite tricky. Balance, however, is the key to your success. Balancing postures are notoriously challenging, however, with practice and patience you will soon find yourself fully supported and perfectly poised.
Yoga is about being in harmony with life and self; it allows us to feel connected to the earth and find our natural balance within. The Tree posture is very grounding and helps us to gain focus and upper body support so it is well worth persisting with it.
Balancing postures are closely connected to our state of mind, so a calm and persistent approach is necessary to succeed. Focusing on the breath while gazing at a specific point in front of you is a great way to achieve balance when practicing yoga, and beneficial to maintaining focus in daily activities.
Practicing The Tree in nature is wonderful as you can feel the earth beneath your feet as if they are planted into the ground. I imagine roots coming from my feet and going into the earth to stabilize me in the posture.
Practicing The Tree
Stand tall with feet together and bring your attention to your feet.
Connect with your breath and hold a steady gaze in front of you.
Shift your weight onto the right foot and spread your toes out for extra support.
Slowly lift your left foot and rest it on your inner thigh.
Alternatively, start by taking the foot to the ankle or calf until you are ready to perform the full posture. Go at your own pace and build up gradually.
Ensure the leg is pushed out to the side so the hip is open.
Keep the spine straight and extended upwards while pushing the tail bone and shoulders down.
Slowly bring the palms together in front of your chest and if your balance is steady lift your arms up and place your hands on top of your head.
Keep the elbows bent and palms together pointing upwards.
Hold the pose for a few breaths.
To release the posture, take arms slowly out to the side and bring the foot down to the ground.
Lower arms and relax for a minute before repeating on the other side.
As with all asana, take your time and do them consciously. This one may take some time to master although its a lot of fun to practice. Dont be disheartened if it takes you a while to find your balance. Stop and focus on the breath for a few rounds, and when you feel centered again give it another go.
Happy practicing!
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At the Moto garage on the M2 in Gillingham, known for having some of the most expensive fuel in the country, unleaded petrol was priced at £1.42.9p while diesel was going for £1.47.9p.
Down the road at the Mace garage in Hoath Lane, drivers were paying £1.33.9p for unleaded and £1.36.9p for diesel.
While the Esso garage in Gibraltar Hill, Chatham, is selling its unleaded petrol for £1.29 per litre - almost 14p less than the Moto garage.
Under a new government law to stamp out petrol profiteering, the huge discrepancy in charges could become a thing of the past.
Motorway signs displaying pump prices of several nearby stations will warn unsuspecting drivers, and give them the option of driving on to fill their tanks up with cheaper fuel.
The tough new measures come after an official investigation into petrol prices by the Office for Fair Trading, which found motorway service stations were selling petrol for 7.5p litre above average price with diesel going for an extra 8.3p a litre.
Although no date has been set for the legislation, it is being treated as a top priority by Downing Street's policy unit.
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BlackBerry's slider Bold 9800 pops up again, HQ images and video
Images or partial specs of the rumored BlackBerry Bold 9800 have been showing up several times for the last few months but now we get to enjoy the company's first slider on a bunch of really nice pics. Oh, and there is a BlackBerry OS 6 video demo at the end of the article.
The BlackBerry Bold 9800 is like the ultimate business device: it's a BlackBerry, packs a large capacitive touchscreen (no SurePress tech this time) and a hardware QWERTY-keyboard. Thanks to its form factor the thing is still compact enough to fit in a jeans pocket.
While the few low quality images that popped up some months back could only give us an idea what to expect from the first BlackBerry slider, these 12 pictures of great quality should answer all questions concerning Bold 9800's design.
BlackBerry Bold 9800 caught in the wild, again
Unfortunately, there is still no word on the device's announcement date and price tag.
As you already know, the upcoming Bold 9800 will run the latest version of the BlackBerry OS. Here is it demoed extensively (unfortunately, in Chinese):
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The movie "The Golden Compass" has prompted a blizzard of words assailing the movie and the books on which it is based, as well as defenses of the film.
"Today, I saw the movie. And I'm not going to change a word of what I've written as a result," said a Nov. 20 online posting by Jeffrey Overstreet, author of the book "Through a Screen Darkly," a memoir and travelogue of "dangerous moviegoing," on his blog, the Looking Closer Journal.
"If the filmmakers tried to 'tone down' the anti-religious content, they pretty much failed. 'The Magisterium' is not a term invented by (book author) Philip Pullman. It's a reference to the Catholic Church, or at least to the truth that shines through Scripture and the history of the church. And it isn't hard to see that in the film."
The movie starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, debuting in theaters Dec. 7, is based on the first book of British author Pullman's trilogy titled "His Dark Materials." The other two volumes are "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass."
"His Dark Materials" recounts the adventures of Lyra Belacqua, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate universe that resembles our own. With the assistance of several other characters, she sets out to overthrow the Authority, which is God in Pullman's work. The novels depict him as a weak, false god and, in the final book in the trilogy, he actually dies.
Australian Sacred Heart Father Peter Malone, a film critic and author and former head of Signis, the worldwide association of Catholic communicators, said in a Nov. 25 statement on the movie: "'The Golden Compass' is well-made, with a lot of intelligent dialogue, including the word 'metaphysics' a couple of times. Much of the film requires attention as well as some developed vocabulary."
Father Malone acknowledged, "There are some aspects of the film that may raise a religious eyebrow." One is how "The Golden Compass" treats its parallel world.
"In our world, our souls are within us. In the parallel world, the soul is outside us, in the form of a symbolic animal called a daemon -- not a devil but a 'spirit' according to the origins of the word," he said. Another aspect is its use of "Magisterium" to describe "the all-powerful ruling body which is authoritarian and intent on eradicating free will," he said. The Catholic Church uses the term magisterium to describe its teaching authority.
He added, "As with all controversies and campaigns, attack without the benefit of viewing a film undermines the credibility of a crusade whether it is justified or not."
"Nothing says 'dark irony' like a movie focused on blasting a 'Magisterium' using a group of, er, bishops, to sell itself," said Amy Welborn, a former
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columnist, in a Dec. 4 posting on her blog, Charlotte Was Both. Last year she wrote the booklet "The Da Vinci Code Mysteries: What the Movie Doesn't Tell You," which was published a month before the film premiered in theaters.
Welborn mocked the reaction of some critics that "The Golden Compass" "is so, so valuable because it will give parents and young people a great opportunity to discuss the important issues raised by Pullman about religious authority, human freedom and so on. ... After we finish with 'The Golden Compass,' shall we break out 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' to open up discussion on Judaism? Probably not. Why? Because we recognize that the 'Protocols' are lies. ... So it is with 'The Golden Compass.'"
In a joint review by Harry Forbes, director of the U.S. bishops' Office for Film & Broadcasting, and John Mulderig, a staff critic for the office, "The Golden Compass" was classified A-II -- adults and adolescents -- for "intense but bloodless fantasy violence, anti-clerical subtext, standard genre occult elements, a character born out of wedlock and a whiskey-guzzling bear."
The review, its more positive than negative tone rankling some in the blogosphere, said: "This film -- altered, as it is, from its source material -- rates as intelligent and well-crafted entertainment. ... Taken purely on its own cinematic terms, ('The Golden Compass') can be viewed as an exciting adventure story with, at its core, a traditional struggle between good and evil, and a generalized rejection of authoritarianism."
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, headed by Bill Donohue, had earlier called for a boycott of the movie, and it maintained its position in a Dec. 3 statement.
"The Catholic League wants Christians to stay away from this movie precisely because it knows that the film is bait for the books: Unsuspecting parents who take their children to see the movie may be impelled to buy the three books as a Christmas present," it said. "And no parent who wants to bring their children up in the faith will want any part of these books."
Jesuit Father James Martin, associate editor of Jesuit-run America magazine, quoted an article by religion journalist and author Hanna Rosin saying that Christians were offended by the portrayal of religion in the books.
"In this case, I agree with Donohue," Father Martin said in a Nov. 27 posting on the magazine's blog. "Rosin's article seems to warn that when parents buy their kids something they expect to mirror 'The Chronicles of Narnia,' they might be surprised -- or appalled -- when they learn that it's less like ('Narnia' author) C.S. Lewis than Christopher Hitchens," a high-profile anti-religionist who made the best-seller list this year with the book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything."
In his column in the Nov. 24 issue of the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, New Orleans Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes alluded to "The Golden Compass" in his column, "The Lure of Atheism." "I do understand that the film is less blatant than the books but may serve as an inducement to the purchase of the books. Atheism is alive and well!" he said.
Archbishop Hughes added, "There is a spiritual war going on. The kingdom of Satan is at war with the kingdom of God. Rebellion, from the beginning, has been Satan's goal. His weapons are violence and deceit. In some ways, violence is easier to fight against."
The Pullman trilogy is an "ode to the joy of living in a physical world, a hymn to flesh, to exuberance, to the here and now, to free thought, imagination and feeling, to nobility of spirit," according to a review by Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda.
"I happen to think that these positive traits are entirely compatible with organized religion and so I choose to focus on the positive rather than on any anti-religious themes in these books," said Paul Lauritzen, director of the Program in Applied Ethics at Jesuit-run John Carroll University in Cleveland, commenting on Dirda's review. Lauritzen is a contributor to dotCommonweal, a blog run by the Catholic magazine Commonweal.
"Movies are cultural moments, and those who resist this movie are doing so to build up a culture of respect for the Catholic Church and in so doing militantly oppose those artists who insult and denigrate it. Correctly, I would argue," said a posting on the American Papist blog, run by Thomas Peters, who describes himself as "a young lay Catholic with a master's degree in theology who is studying and working in Washington."
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Verizon has quietly begun shipping its latest BlackBerry handset, the Pearl Flip 8230 that works on the CDMA and EVDO networks, according to a Crackberry member. The 8220 variant is currently available on the market, but configured to work exclusively on GSM networks. Other rumors suggested the 8230 would launch first from Canadian provider Telus sometime this month, at a "very reasonable" price and with the same color options as the 8220.
Amazon may have sold 500,000 Kindle devices before selling out during the holidays, blowing past an earlier estimate of 378,000 units, according to Citi analyst Mark Mahaney. Although the company has not yet disclosed the exact number of units shipped, the integrated EVDO antenna in each Kindle has provided an alternative gauge. Sprint's financial filings indicate third-quarter distribution of 210,000 "certain wholesale devices" that were activated by wholesale partners prior to being sold to end consumers.
A new touchscreen smartphone from Korea's LG is due to be released soon, according to the latest web leak. The LG KM900 Arena has shown up in the Netherlands on a brochure from local retailer Phone House. The handset, which has a strong resemblance to the iPhone not only in form factor but also icons on the interface, is due to bring with it a five-megapixel camera and is expected to be capable of playing back DivX video files.
Canon on Tuesday announced two new all-in-one office printers, the PIXMA MX860 and PIXMA MX330. Designed to meet the needs of home-based small businesses, each printer can scan, fax, photocopy and of course print documents. The higher-level MX860 has an automatic duplexing feature that can copy, scan and print on both sides of a page on a single run-through. While copying, the printer can also scan and print to reduce the time to complete a project.
Hard drive manufacture Seagate has introduced its first 2TB hard drive on Tuesday, which is part of the 3.5-inch, 7,200RPM Constellation ES family that also includes versions with 1TB and 500GB capacities. At the same time, Seagate has announced the release of two 2.5-inch, 7,200RPM Constellation drives with the lowest power consumption in their class and 500GB and 160GB capacities. All five drives in both new lines are meant for enterprise applications, working under heavy workloads in business servers.
Skype announced on Tuesday that the latest Skype 4.0 version for Windows is now available to download. Callled the most distinctive Skype release yet, build 4.0 includes the company's first-ever full-screen video calling capability. As well, the software is easier to use and retains all the previous features Skype users have come to expect. With a minimum of a 400Kbps Internet connection, a PC with a dual-core CPU and a Skype-certified webcam, users can experience 30fps video calls.
The Indian government's $10 PC has been given early details that include its real name and initial specifications. Now called the Sakshat, or "before your eyes," the computer will have 2GB of RAM and some level of wireless access. Its operating system isn't mentioned but is more likely to use Linux than Windows, which requires a license.
The prices of entry-level, off-brand Blu-ray disc players are expected to fall to the equivalent of about $150 during 2009, according to a Tuesday DigiTimes report. Lite-On IT, Taiwan's largest maker of half-height optical disc drives, will enter the market of standalone Blu-ray players with its own entry and price it at about $150, says local Chinese daily, the Economic Daily News.
A law to uphold users' freedoms on the Internet similar to the Global Online Freedom Act drafted by the US Congress is not necessary in the European Union, said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding on Tuesday, according to a report. The law would protect surfers' rights, especially in countries where the government is blocking sites and intimidating users by policing their actions, which violates their human rights, say EU lawmakers in favor of the "freedom law."
Berlin-based nova media today unveiled the iCON 431, a 3G USB modem with a rounded form-factor that is designed to match the visual aspects of Mac computers. The device supports download speeds of up to 7.2Mb per second and upload speeds up to 2Mb per second using HSUPA, while EDGE and GPRS connections will provide downloads speeds up to 220Kb per second. An integrated Micro-SD card slot allows memory expansion up to 8GB.
No less than eight new handsets from South Korea's Samsung are expected to make their official debut at Mobile World Congress in Spain in less than two weeks after being spotted on a European site on Tuesday. The highest-featured phone is expected to be the S5050, which is a slider with quad-band GSM/EDGE support. Its 2.2-inch OLED display offers 240x320 resolution and lets users interface with the 3.2-megapixel camera that has an LED flash.
Hoping to preempt its rivals, Toshiba on Tuesday launched itself into full touchscreens with its first model. The TG01 is envisioned as a performance device with a large, 4.1-inch touchscreen display and an 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon that's unusually fast for the category; Toshiba claims the TG01 will be the fastest phone available and that it will also be thinner than the iPhone at just 9.9mm (0.39in) deep. It will also include a G-sensor to recognize motion that is reportedly more advanced than an accelerometer.
Apple may give iPhones true but controlled support for background apps with a major revision of the operating system, a claim from MacRumors suggests. Pointing to one or more unnamed source, the site says the delay in implementing the long-delayed background push notification feature promised at last year's WWDC may transform into a true background app process that lets users choose which software stays open as they switch to other tasks; Apple's proposed solution would only allow a channel of network data to be sent to individual programs.
Microsoft this afternoon revealed that its editions of Windows 7 will be slightly scaled back from the company's existing lineup and will also be more logical. The software developer now says it has dropped Home Basic entirely and will change its strategy such that each improved version will be a superset of the other rather than pull some features out for others, as it has for Vista. Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions will have Media Center and all the other features of Home Premium.
Sony has unveiled the LocationPorter, an unusual portable media streamer. Users connect a video camera to the device, which then converts footage to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC for streaming over the Internet; the footage is then caught by another LocationPorter, which displays the output video live. The device further supports a choice of LAN-based or 3G cellular Internet connections, the latter of which permits streaming from anywhere within a supporting carrier's network.
A report from Business 24/7 today that the iPhone will launch in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates may also provide a clue as to the next iPhone launch. Dow Jones tells the newspaper that Emirates Telecommunications - etisalat now expects to offer the iPhone 3G in the two countries on February 15th but also claims that the next-generation iPhone will arrive in June, shipping "at the same time" in the UAE as in other countries.
Among other debuts announced on Monday, Nikon has introduced a pair of entry-level cameras into its COOLPIX L series with the 10-megapixel L20 and 8-megapixel L19. The cameras are designed to be simpler to use and sport an Easy Auto Mode that takes virtually all the guesswork out of finding a specific shooting mode for a particular scene.
Microsoft's true next-generation Windows Mobile operating system isn't due until next year, Motorola chief Sanjay Jha said today in a conference call discussing the company's fall 2008 results. In explaining his company's emphasis on Google Android phones in 2009, the executive maintains that Motorola is "still committed" to Windows Mobile and expects renewed interest in the software in 2010, when he understands Windows Mobile 7 will launch. Android is simply "more competitive" this year, Jha says.
Alleged market sources tell DigiTimes today that Nokia is planning a resurgence that may hinge on multi-touch devices. The Finnish company is said to be planning several cellphones with advanced 3G as well as "multi-touch and multimedia functions" for the year that will help not only itself but the companies that make the cellular chipsets and touchscreen technology, including Qualcomm, Synaptics and Texas Instruments. Other details aren't mentioned, though the multi-touch technology doesn't apply to the N97.
Nikon is continuing its camera introductions with multiple updates to its mid-range COOLPIX S series. The S630 stands as the flagship with an uncommonly long 7X zoom and a 12-megapixel sensor; it centers on a new, more easily gripped design and has some features drawn from the P90, including off-angle face detection, a boost to ISO 6,400 by lowering the resolution and a fast shooting mode that also shrinks the image size to capture at up to 11 frames per second. It and the other S series updates should ship in February, with the S630 selling for $280.
Motorola on Tuesday reported further trouble for its recent fall quarter with both an immediate financial hit as well as ongoing drops in its phone shipments. The company says it posted a net loss of $3.6 billion during the three-month period ended in December and pins much of the responsibility on its Mobile Device group, whose losses ave only deepened year-over-year from $388 million in late 2007 to $595 million. Motorola blames drop on the economy and points to its 7,000 job cuts and a just-announced suspension of its usual cash dividend to shareholders as steps taken to rescue its business.
As part of its launches ahead of the PMA photo expo, Nikon today released a pair of high-zoom COOLPIX cameras. The P90 is Nikon's most powerful non-SLR camera and centers on a 24X zoom lens with a rare 26-624mm coverage that lets it both accommodate wide-angle shots as well as very distant telephoto shots. The camera maker has also detached the LCD from the body and gives the P90 a swiveling 3-inch display, though it depends on an electronic viewfinder for head-on previews.
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The Singers' Sub-committee advises the Screen and Stage Committees and takes action on any matters relevant to the professional employment of Equity members who work in the field of singing. In addition this committee can, subject to endorsement from the Stage or Screen Committee, submit industrial claims to relevant employers and agree settlements of claims.
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Owls are one of the first birds to begin breeding each year in Michigan. Outdoor Discovery Center will bring in live owls to teach about these amazing animals. After the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to build owl nest boxes for the Land Conservancy of West Michigan preserves. Nest boxes will be available to take home for a $10 donation to cover costs. GRCC's Biodiversity Club will be helping with the workshop. Construction involves some use of power tools,…Find out more »