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Journey from the Amalfi Coast, twisting along the sapphire Mediterranean, to the pastoral landscapes of Tuscany—and discover the varied delights of Italy on this NEW Grand Circle Tour. Seek out the art and architectural wonders of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and ancient world ... explore unforgettable history on display from Pompeii to Florence ... and enjoy a taste of authentic Italian life during a Home-Hosted meal in Sorrento. With stays on the Amalfi Coast and in two unique Tuscan towns, you'll have the most comprehensive Italian experience with a host of included tours and in-depth discoveries—including meeting a local cheesemaker in the beautiful Orcia Valley and visiting the medieval city of Siena. Bella Italia is eager to welcome you.
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Day 1Depart U.S.
Depart the U.S. this evening for Rome, Italy.
Day 2Rome, Italy.
You'll be greeted at the airport by a Grand Circle representative who will assist you to your hotel where you'll be joined by fellow travelers who took our optional pre-trip extension to Rome, Italy. Gather with your fellow travelers to meet your Program Director and enjoy a Welcome Party followed by a buffet dinner at the hotel.
Day 3Rome • Mozzarella cheese factory visit • Sorrento
After breakfast, begin the ride to the cliff-side town of Sorrento. On the way, you'll stop to visit a local buffalo mozzarella cheese factory for an exclusive Discovery Series event. Made from rarer and more flavorful buffalo milk as opposed to cow milk, true buffalo mozzarella cheese is crafted using a centuries-old technique perfected by local cheesemakers that gives the iconic soft cheese its distinctive shape and texture. You'll also savor a light lunch here—with the freshly-made mozzarella as the main attraction.
Arrive in Sorrento early this evening, with dinner at your hotel tonight. With its romantic location on the cliffs over the Bay of Naples, Sorrento has long been the subject of songs and legends. It was here that the mythical sirens, with the beauty of their sweet singing, lured sailors to shipwreck on the rocks.
Day 4Sorrento • Optional Sorrentine Farm Experience • Italy & the Camorra discussion
This morning after breakfast get to know Sorrento during a walking tour, which takes you to see the cathedral, Piazza Sant'Antonino, the Public Gardens, the town's quaint little alleys, and its main square, Piazza Tasso. Amble along Corso Italia, the town's main pedestrian thoroughway, and along Via San Cesario, lined with picturesque shops offering food and handcrafts.
Afterwards, enjoy some free time to explore this charming city further. Lunch and dinner will be on your own—your Program Director can suggest some of the many authentic restaurants in the area.
Or join us this afternoon for an optional Sorrentine Farm Experience. Head to Sorrento's unique countryside, where the terraced farmlands cling to the steep cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. Here, you will learn the ancient secrets of how agriculture was developed around this vertiginous landscape. You'll also see what goes into the production of local specialties, like olive oil and limoncello liqueur. Then, prepare and savor your own pizza, made in true Sorrentine fashion—topped with farm-fresh ingredients.
Later this afternoon, partake in an exclusive Discovery Series discussion with a local expert on Italy & the Camorra to learn about this crime syndicate and their impact on the Campania region.
Day 5Sorrento • Pompeii • Home-Hosted Dinner
This morning, we'll depart Sorrento for a half-day excursion to Pompeii. Totally buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and not rediscovered until the 17th century, Pompeii's antiquities offer you an unparalleled view of Roman life. Explore Pompeii's most significant sites with your expert guide and learn how its people lived, built homes, and conducted business. The World Monuments Fund, to which Grand Circle Foundation has contributed $150,000 for preservation efforts across Europe, cites Pompeii as one of the world's 100 most-endangered sites.
Return to Sorrento in time for lunch on your own. The rest of the afternoon is yours to use as you wish. Perhaps you will choose to walk down to the port of Marina Grande—a picturesque, hidden harbor community which has retained much of its charms due to its secluded location.
Then this evening, you'll enjoy a special Home-Hosted Dinner with a local family. Throughout this exclusive Discovery Series event, you'll become acquainted with Italian social life as you break bread with a family in their home and enjoy the meal from their authentic Italian kitchen. Traditional cuisine here often incorporates the freshest ingredients from the markets. Typical fare includes locally raised poultry accompanied by such homegrown vegetables as eggplant, tomato, and sweet peppers, and, of course, homemade pasta.
Day 6Sorrento • Amalfi Coast
After breakfast, depart for a full-day tour of the beautiful Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast), sure to be a highlight of your stay in Sorrento.
On this leisurely tour, discover what is perhaps Italy's most beautiful coastline—a UNESCO World Heritage Site richly imbued with centuries-old charm. Make a photo stop above remarkable Positano, whose buildings happily cling to the cliffs and seem to tumble toward the sea; and then continue to the town of Amalfi, romantically situated at the mouth of a deep gorge. You'll also enjoy a boat ride (weather permitting) along its ruggedly stunning shoreline, decorated by colorful fishing boats and wondrous rock formations.
Enjoy some free time and an included lunch in nearby Scala, the oldest town in the Amalfi Coast with a history that stretches back 1,000 years. Perched roughly 1,200 feet above sea level, Scala overlooks the ocean and benefits from a year-round temperate climate.
This evening, dinner will be on your own.
Day 7Sorrento • Optional Isle of Capri tour
Explore Sorrento on your own today. Or, join an optional full-day tour of the beautiful Isle of Capri. Located only seven miles from Sorrento, Capri rises abruptly from the azure waters of the Mediterranean.
Set like a gem in the Bay of Naples, just opposite Mount Vesuvius, this fabled four-by-two-mile island has been a popular international destination since the times of the ancient Roman Emperors Augustus and Tiberius. Capri's natural and man-made attractions are unforgettable. The island abounds in hills, cliffs, olive groves, vineyards, and garden terraces overlooking the Amalfi Coast.
On today's optional tour, you'll be introduced to the charms of this miniature paradise and experience its unique way of life. After a short crossing by jetfoil, you'll ascend by funicular to the narrowest part of the island, where you'll visit the small town of Capri. Stroll through the chic shops and the picturesque whitewashed houses and reach the Gardens of Augustus, which overlook the bathing port of Marina Piccola, adorned by the famous Faraglioni rocks. After pausing to enjoy the breathtaking views, you'll continue to the highest point of the island and tour the village of Anacapri, which has spectacular views of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. Next you'll enjoy lunch, and then be at leisure to explore further on your own or to indulge in some shopping or in a refreshing gelato.
Return to the port of Marina Grande via the local funicular train in time for our return boat to Sorrento.
This evening, dinner will be on your own.
Day 8Sorrento • Montecassino Abbey • Chianciano
Say goodbye to Sorrento this morning, then travel to Tuscany.
On the way, you'll stop at Montecassino Abbey. The original hilltop sanctuary was almost completely destroyed during the Battle of Montecassino in 1944; the abbey that stands there today was faithfully restored after the war. During your visit, a local guide will show you the oldest section of the abbey's monastery, virtually untouched by the tragic bombings that took place here during WWII. Afterwards, enjoy time for independent discovery as you explore the abbey's grounds. Lunch is on your own.
Afterwards, continue your journey to the Tuscan town of Chianciano—famous since the age of the ancient Etruscans for its thermal mineral waters—where you'll check into your hotel and enjoy an included dinner there tonight.
Day 9Chianciano • Pienza & the Orcia Valley • Cheesemaker visit
After breakfast, visit Chianciano's Etruscan Museum. Here you'll learn about the Etruscan origins of Chianciano, and discover more about this mysterious civilization that preceded the Romans in this area.
Then, you'll explore the village of Pienza. A Renaissance jewel, Pienza is the first example of town planning executed after the fall of the ancient Roman Empire twelve centuries earlier. It is also the only example of a city actually made from a prototype—designed by Bernardo Rossellino, the early 15th-century sculptor, for Pope Pius II. The plan for Pienza was commissioned by the Pope to celebrate the ideas of the Renaissance. Take part in a walking tour, and admire the vistas from the town overlooking the valley and a mountain peak that was once a volcano. You'll also have some free time to explore on your own—and to discover the many food shops selling the excellent local export, pecorino cheese.
Pienza is a virtual standing museum: The focus of the town's design is its piazza, which is closed on one side by the cathedral and Palazzo Piccolomini on the other. Designed by Rossellino, the palazzo was the home to Pius's descendants until 1968 and is one of the places in the beautiful Orcia Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where many scenes in the motion picture The English Patient were filmed. During the visit, you'll admire the vistas from the town overlooking the valley and a mountain peak that was once a volcano.
Next, visit a local cheesemaker for another exclusive Discovery Series event, sampling local fare during a light lunch as you taste the locally produced sheep-milk cheeses.
Return to Chianciano for dinner on your own.
Day 10Chianciano • Cortona
This morning, explore Cortona, one of Tuscany's loveliest hillside villages. Serenely situated at an elevation of 1,800 feet on the crest of Mont Sant'Egidio, Cortona offers unforgettable views of the Valdichiana Plain and expansive Lake Trasimeno—one of the widest and most harmonious vistas in all of Italy. One of the twelve Etruscan cities, Cortona's central neighborhoods look just as they did when it was a medieval city-state. The fortress overlooking the town was built by the Medicis in 1549, and it was home to noted artists Signorelli and Severini. Ancient tradition holds that the legendary Ulysses was buried here. Closer to our own forms of storytelling, it was here in Cortona that author Frances Mayes bought the home she restored in Under the Tuscan Sun, and the motion picture was filmed here, too, as was Academy Award-winner Life is Beautiful.
Your Program Director will take you on a walking tour of the village this morning, including visits to Piazza della Repubblica, a beautiful main square at the heart of Cortona, and the Piazza Signorelli, a bustling plaza full of restaurants, cafes, and the grand Teatro dell Signorelli (theater). Afterwards, enjoy lunch on your own and some free time to discover Cortona at your own pace.
This evening, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 11Chianciano • Siena • Montecatini
After breakfast, check out of your hotel head to the medieval walled city of Siena, built on three ridges and dominating the land between the valleys of Arbia and Elsa. Siena was a rich and powerful city during the Middle Ages, and from the twelfth century into the 16th century, its banking activities and trade in wool and textiles placed it in direct rivalry with Florence. Its influence decreased after that time, as it spent much of its energies in defense against foreign conquerors.
Today's Siena still retains the air of the Tuscan Middle Ages. The 334-foot slender Italianate tower of the Town Hall soars from the rim of the Piazza del Campo, an inclined, central square that is one of the most beautiful in all of Italy. Surrounding this square are numerous lovely palaces dating from the twelfth to 16th centuries. Here, and throughout the city, are some of the most splendid examples of Gothic architecture in Italy.
Automobiles are banned from the city center, and you'll enjoy a guided walk in town. You can view the beauty of the palaces, built in red brick with windows decorated by elegant Gothic frames in white marble. Your tour also takes you inside the cathedral, where you will also visit the Piccolomini Library, adorned with colorful frescoes by Perugino, the master of Raphael. You also have the opportunity to view the palace belonging to Monte di Paschi di Siena, a bank founded in 1472.
During our excursion, you'll have some free time to explore on your own before lunch at a local restaurant.
Afterwards, you'll depart for Montecatini and arrive in time for an orientation walk. Dinner will be on your own.
Day 12Montecatini • Plant nursery visit
This morning you'll explore the elegant and beautifully preserved Art Nouveau spa district, including a visit to Tettuccio Spa. Unlike spas that offer clients a soak in their curative waters, Tettuccio Spa is known for its drinkable mineral waters—claiming to cure a range of ailments. Please note: The interior of Tettuccio Spa is not available during the months of November and December.
Next, depart for Montecatini Alto, the original settlement of today's Montecatini. The wonderfully preserved medieval village is situated high above the "new" town, and offers spectacular views. After your guided walk, enjoy lunch on your own then descend back down into the main part of town via funicular. Please note: The funicular only operates between the months of April and October. For the remainder of the year, a motorcoach transfer is available instead.
Your next stop will be at one of the many plant nurseries Montecatini is famous for during an exclusive Discovery Series event. Montecatini's unique micro-climate and fertile soil create the ideal conditions for growing a variety of plants, from decorative evergreens to roses. During your visit, learn more about this important part of the local economy. Then enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 13Montecatini • Florence
Explore legendary Florence today, set on the banks of the Arno River. Florence came into its own as a commercial and cultural center during the 13th century, when merchants and tradesmen organized guilds that commissioned works of art to adorn their churches and palaces. It was this revival of interest in art and architecture that gave birth to the Italian Renaissance, an amazing outburst between the 14th and 16th centuries that completely changed the face of this Tuscan town. The names of the great artists of Florence define the Renaissance—Dante, Boccaccio, Fra Angelico, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo.
Begin your exploration of Florence with a walking tour of the city, stopping first to visit the Accademia Gallery, home to Michelangelo's famous statue, David. Afterwards, continue your tour and marvel at the Duomo and its remarkable octagonal Brunelleschi dome, one of the most magnificent structures in Florence. While there, you'll also view the Gates of Paradise, impressive bronze doors that intricately depict scenes from the Bible. Continue on to the Piazza Signoria, the political center of Renaissance Florence.
Enjoy lunch and the afternoon on your own to make your own discoveries. You may wish to visit one of the many fine Florentine leather showrooms. The art of Florentine leather tanning has been passed down through many generations to the tanners of today. Although machinery has changed with improvements in modern technology, many of the old dyeing techniques have remained virtually unchanged.
Tonight, return to Montecatini for dinner on your own.
Day 14Montecatini • Optional Pisa tour • Italy's Lucciole discussion
Enjoy a day of leisure today, making independent discoveries in Montecatini or simply unwinding at your hotel.
Or, join us on an optional tour to the city of Pisa, famous for so much more than its iconic Leaning Tower. You'll explore the Piazza dei Miracoli (the Square of Miracles)—decorated by the stunning marble architecture of its Cathedral, the Baptistery (with its marvelous echo), and, yes, the Leaning Tower. This famous tower brings to mind one of civilization's most illustrious names—Galileo Galilei, the genius who helped to found modern science. At the square's Cathedral, you can still view the lamp that inspired Galileo's theory of the pendulum. He used the vantage point of the top of Pisa's celebrated Leaning Tower to demonstrate principles of speed and velocity. This tour also features an included lunch.
Early this evening, take part in a fascinating and controversial exclusive Discovery Series event. Discuss how Italy's lucciole (fireflies, an Italian term for prostitutes) and legalized prostitution has affected today's society.
Dinner tonight will be on your own.
Day 15Montecatini • Vinci
You may be familiar with Renaissance icon Leonardo da Vinci, but did you know his name comes from the town where he was born? Today, you'll discover Vinci, a quintessentially Tuscan village, and follow in the footsteps of one of the world's greatest artists. As well as a walking tour, enjoy a visit to Museo Leonardiano, the museum of Leonardo da Vinci, and admire its collection of da Vinci's works, including drawings and models of his many inventions.
Return to Montecatini for lunch on your own and an afternoon of leisure. This evening, reconvene with your fellow travelers for a Farewell Dinner, where you can relive the experience you have had together.
Day 16Montecatini • Return to U.S.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home. Or, begin your post-trip extension in Venice, Italy.
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Continue your travel in Italy by exploring Venice, an architectural masterpiece famous for its canals and numerous bridges. Venice instills in visitors an indelible fascination, from the elegance of the Piazza San Marco to the grandeur of the Basilica. Walking its streets or floating along in one of its gondolas, the sights you encounter cast a spell that is unforgettable.View Extension Itinerary


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England Athletics coach Martin Rush, who has represented GB, presented the trophies.
One of the girls, Jade Littlechild, joined the club when she was seven. When under 13 she was 20th in the UK for the 1,500 metres and first in Wiltshire.
This season she has run successfully across country, and represented Corsham School in the SW region biathlon (running and swimming) and reached the national finals, which will take place at the Olympic Park in April. Another of the three girls, Zöe Stansfield-Cox, aged eight, is the youngest to have received her 100-mile trophy.
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Recently Christopher Sapiano, 12, became the first young runner to receive a 175-mile certificate.

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Periodontally Accelerated Orthodontics - A Novel Technique For a Shortened Orthodontic Treatment With a Stable Result. A Clinical and Computerized Tomography Analysis
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Periodontally accelerated orthodontics, also known as PAO, is a novel technique combining alveolar corticotomy and bone grafting prior to commencing orthodontic treatment. Using this technique orthodontic de-crowding and space closing, can be completed in 60-70% less active orthodontic treatment time. The addition of particulated bone graft following decortication allows for the widening of the bucco-lingual alveolar bony dimension, thus creating space for the movement of teeth, without the creation of dehiscences, usually a negative sequel of the standard orthodontic treatment.
Aim: To evaluate the use of the PAO technique for the treatment of 20 adult patients 1 year post orthodontic treatment.
Methods: 20 periodontally healthy adult patients requiring orthodontic treatment were admitted in the departments of Periodontics and Orthodontics in Hadassah Medical Center. All patients underwent full orthodontic and periodontal examination upon admission including a pretreatment CBCT scan. Decortication followed by grafting was made after the orthodontic appliances have been placed. The orthodontic appliances were activated immediately after surgery and every 2 weeks. During the 1 year follow up a periodontal and orthodontic clinical evaluation were made, as well as a CBCT scan.
|Periodontal Status of Patients Treated With PAO Tec
|Procedure: PAO
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
- buccal bone width [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- recessions [ Time Frame: 1 year ]location of free gingival margin acording to CEJ
- root resorption [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
patients undergoing orthodontic treatment with the addition of pretreatment periodontal surgery for bone decortication.
Procedure: PAO
all patients underwent periodontal surgery for bone decortication followed by orthodontic treatment
Detailed Description:
20 patients were periodontally and orthodontically examined. including: full chart:ppd, free gin line, bleeding on probing, plaque score, teeth mobility. cephalometric analysis, clinical photographes, full periapical x rays.
perio=ortho treatment plan was scheduled, a periodontal surgery for the decortication of buccal bone and bone grafting was preformed.
at the same day orthodontic appliances were activated. in the follow up exam a full periodontal exam will be made (as at the beginning).
the patient will be referred to CBCT scan. all dicom files will be uploaded to simplant software, and measurements will be made: buccal bone width from crest to apex. distance from CEJ to crest. presence of root dehiscence and fenestrations. root resorption.
clinical measurements:
- recessions
- vas
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years to 85 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- orthodontic treatment with periodontal surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- smoking alcohol consumption pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01628575
|Contact: Tali Chackartchi, DMD
|Department of periodontology
|Jerusalem, Israel
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|Principal Investigator: Tali Chackartchi, DMD
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|Tali Chackartchi, DMD
|Hadassah Medical Organization
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|Tali Chackartchi, DMD, Hadassah Medical Organization
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|Study First Received:
|June 23, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 26, 2012
Keywords provided by Tali Chackartchi, Hadassah Medical Organization:
periodontally accelerated orthodontics PAO
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DETROIT - Wayne County's former economic development director has returned money she received as part of a controversial severance deal that has led to an FBI probe.
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano said Thursday morning that the county had received a $135,900 check from Turkia Mullin.
The severance deal was for $200,000. Mullin received $135,900 after taxes last month after she left her old job in August to run Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus.
Ficano had earlier defended Mullin's severance deal, but later said protocol was not followed. An FBI investigation has ensued and agents served subpoenas at the county headquarters this past week.
Once the information about Mullin?s severance package surfaced in late September, Mullin had said she would voluntarily pay the money back.
Ficano announced the pay back during a surprise visit to the Special Committee on Employee Compensation meeting.
That's where he told Local 4, "We generally have always acknowledged that in severance situations that there was mistakes made and to be responsible for that. At this point we're going to proceed on and make sure that things, that that doesn't happen again and that we're going to proceed on to make sure that we have the best county government possible."
A Wayne County Airport Authority spokesman, Scott Wintner, said Tuesday that Mullin said the county would have a check from her by the end of this week.
"It's a lot of money (not the kind of sum you leave sitting in a checking account) so it has taken her some time to get her personal finances arranged such that she has the cash back in hand to turn-over," Wintner said in an email to Local 4.
Ficano said he is sure the investigation will show his staff has done nothing wrong. He has since suspended a severance package that would have paid about 300 appointees nearly a half-year's salary if they quit around election time.
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The B.S. degree in Biology is designed to build a strong foundation in modern biology, to master scientific concepts, to augment students' learning skills, and to assist students in developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills applicable to scientific and public issues. It is the first professional degree in the discipline and prepares students for careers in biological sciences and/or further training, including master of science and doctoral programs, as well as professional schools. The B.S. degree offers a balanced biology curriculum and opportunities for research experiences with a diversity of faculty research in molecular, cellular, and organismal biology. Scientific facilities available to students include a new, well-equipped building with DNA sequencers, molecular biology equipment, electron microscopes, a greenhouse, and other standard scientific equipment. Both undergraduate and graduate students use these facilities under the supervision of faculty.
The goals of the foundational B.S. degree, and the more-specialized M.S. degree, are to prepare biology students for many career options, including laboratory and field technicians, scientific sales representatives, project managers in life science and allied health professions, and teachers at the secondary, community college, and university levels. Recent biology graduates have successfully continued their careers in research, medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.
Entrance Requirements
Students entering the major must have completed eight to ten semester hours in general chemistry with laboratory, five to eight semester hours of biology courses (including general biology with laboratory), and college algebra. Before graduation, a student must complete one semester of organic chemistry with laboratory, which may be taken before or after the student has entered the Biology major. Up to 12 semester hours of approved lower-division courses may be transferred from an accredited institution of higher education to make up deficiencies.
Students should consult a department faculty member before initial registration. If this is not possible, students must contact a department representative at registration. During the first semester at UIS as a Biology major, the department will assist the student in selecting an advisor from among the Biology faculty.
The student should prepare a plan to ensure that all requirements are being met. The department recommends that students take BIO 301 General Seminar and CHE 367 Organic Chemistry I in the fall of their junior year. Students are expected to complete organic chemistry before taking cell biology. BIO 351 Organismal Botany and BIO 361 Comparative Vertebrate Biology are usually taken in the spring of the junior year. In the fall semester of the senior year, students typically take BIO 371 Principles of Ecology and BIO 345 and 346 General Microbiology. BIO 381 Genetics is used as the capstone course. It is assumed that students will have completed most of the required Biology sequence before enrolling in this course.
Major Requirements
Core Requirements
BIO 301 General Seminar (sophomore or junior year) 3 Hrs.
CHE 322 Laboratory Techniques (suggested fall junior year) 1 Hr.
BIO 311 Cell Biology (suggested spring, senior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO 345 & 346 General Microbiology/Lab (suggested fall, senior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO 351 Organismal Botany (suggested fall, junior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO 361 Comparative Vertebrate Biology (suggested spring, junior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO 371 Principles of Ecology (suggested fall, senior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO 381 Genetics (suggested spring, senior year) 4 Hrs.
BIO elective (suggested senior year) 4 Hrs.
Other Possible Major Requirements
CHE 367 Organic Chemistry I
(suggested fall, sophomore or junior year) 3 Hrs.
CHE 368 Experimental Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
(suggested fall, sophomore or junior year) 1 Hr.
Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) 13 Hrs.
One semester of organic chemistry is a prerequisite for some biology core courses. Transfer students with credit equivalent to CHE 367 and 368 can substitute general electives.
Pre-professional students and students planning to go to graduate school should take a year of physics with laboratory.
Students should consult with advisors in the major for specific guidance regarding completion of general education requirements.
The Biology Department assesses all students for communication skills and for knowledge of biology. This assessment begins when students enter UIS and continues until graduation. Assessment tools include a written evaluation and the development of a portfolio of laboratory reports and papers. The written evaluation is given both at the beginning of a student's study at UIS and just before graduation. This assessment is intended to help students in their academic planning and to help the department in curriculum development.
Assessment in the major and in general education skills is included in BIO 301 General Seminar, a required course for all biology majors that uses the learning skills assessment scores to assist the student in developing specific learning skills in biology. Students enrolled in BIO 301 General Seminar must earn at least a C to receive credit. Those performing below this level are required to complete a learning skills development program.
Experiential and Service-Learning Internships
Students can gain practical professional experience by participating in an internship through the Experiential and Service-Learning Programs (EXL). Placements have included state agencies such as the Illinois State Museum, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Transportation, SIU School of Medicine, and Lincoln Memorial Gardens. Students may also conduct research with Biology faculty members for their EXL project.
Undergraduate Honors in Biology
Biology majors with a GPA greater than 3.25 and one semester residency at UIS may elect to participate in the biology honors option. In addition to Biology Department and UIS requirements, honors students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.25, successfully complete BIO 302 Honors Seminar, BIO 402 Biometrics, BIO 400 Undergraduate Research (4 hours), and present their findings in a formal paper and public seminar. Students must apply for participation in the honors program to the department chair and obtain the approval of their faculty research advisor before beginning the program.
A minor in Biology is designed for students who wish to increase their knowledge of biology, acquire a foundation in biological sciences, and develop critical thinking skills. Students may plan a broad-based minor, containing courses from each of the major organizational divisions of living things: cells, organisms, and communities. The minor may also focus on a particular aspect of biology such as botany, ecology, or molecular biology.
To earn a minor in Biology, students must complete a minimum of 24 hours in Biology, of which at least eight hours must be upper-division courses taken at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Electives should be selected in consultation with a Biology faculty member. Some upper-division courses have particular prerequisites other than general biology. The faculty advisor will ensure that each student is properly prepared.
Core Courses (24 Hrs.)
Two semesters of general biology with laboratory or its equivalent 8 Hrs.
Elective courses 16 Hrs.
(A minimum of eight hours in biology must be taken at UIS)
Entrance Requirements
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text: Shoe in: Charleston native gets a kick out of designing footwear By Rosalie Earle January 12, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rachel Mallory Richards has some bad news -- at least for some of us ladies. Pointy-toe shoes are coming back into style.She ought to know. She designs them.Now 34, the Charleston native and George Washington High School graduate has worked for about 10 years in the design business. She is vice president of design for B Brian Atwood and Boutique 9 shoes in New York City. The brands are part of the boutique section of the footwear division of the Jones Group, the mammoth parent company.Also new for fall, she said, will be shoes resembling smoking slippers -- "like something Hugh Hefner would wear" -- and the "Pistol Boot" or "Beatle Boot" -- a more casual boot with a chunkier two-inch heel. Whether they will sell is another matter. Like all shoe designs, the process takes about nine months to a year to go from an idea to a sale.Richards couldn't remember a design disaster, but she quickly recalled a major coup. "It was a shoe for RACHEL Rachel Roy. It had a special molded heel like a bunch of little pyramids," she said."The shoe took off. It took us from being in 50 stores to 400 stores with just one style. You know you've made it when someone knocks you off."Richards oversees the design of a 30- to 40-item collection per brand for four to six markets a year. That's heels, flats, sandals, boots, sneakers.To accomplish that, she and two others on the design team take "design inspiration trips" at least twice a year. "It takes me all over the world to shop and observe street culture and trends," she said.Usually she returns to Paris and to Italy, Milan or Florence. "And a wildcard, a place I have never been before." This past year, she chose Istanbul and Copenhagen as off-the-beaten-fashion-paths to see what footwear and trends were there.In Paris, she likes to visit consignment shops because she often discovers vintage shoes in excellent condition. "I like to find old things and reinterpret them," Richards explained. She'll also head to Paris' old Jewish section, Le Marais, where there are lots of little boutiques. And she'll stroll the Champs-Élysées, checking out the high-end stores because brands like Dior and Louis Vutton will have their best products there for their Parisian clientele.She'll shop, take photographs and observe."A good designer is aware of their surroundings, noticing the small things," she said.Once back in her New York office, "I'll start sketching. I do everything by hand." The rough sketches are reviewed with the sales team, then a prototype package is prepared for each shoe.This time, each sketch is like an architect's drawing, indicating the exact height of the heel, the thickness of a strap. The proto packages are sent to the manufacturer in China, where half a pair of each design is made and returned to New York. Using a foot model, Richards said, "We make little adjustments, cut straps here, take something off there. We fill out forms on needed changes so the factory is clear on what to do next." Then, after about two weeks, Richards travels to the factory near Hong Kong, and the process accelerates. "Questions get answered faster, you get ideas. Some of the best shoes at market were the ones designed in China," she said. "You go over all the specs -- color, material, the zipper finish."It takes the factory about six weeks to make the sales samples that will be displayed in the showroom during market. Buyers from the big department stores like Bloomingdale's and Macy's as well as many independent stores will visit the showrooms of many brands of shoes."I go to as many meetings as I can with buyers. Their feedback is vital because I need to know what customers need," she said. "There are a lot of other brands; it's very competitive."Richards was in China in early December preparing the prototypes for next month's market, where store buyers will place their orders. Then it's up to the factory to make anywhere from 500 to 2,000 pairs per style, and get them delivered to stores by August or September."The final achievement is what does the public think of it. Sometimes, you're too fast, too cool with your designs. But it's fun to hit on something cool." She believes she has done that with the sneakers for Boutique 9. Convinced the sports shoe is a big fashion trend, she said she had to sell that concept to the brand's sales team, backing up her ideas with market research."I have a soft spot for sport fashion. It's graphic design in 3-D. I really had to push for it."Richards said when she was in college she didn't know what she does now even existed. She studied interior design for two years at Ohio's Miami University, before she realized she was more interested in designing products for the house than in decorating it. She transferred to the University of Cincinnati, completing a degree in industrial design in 2003. While there, she had an internship with a footwear company in New York City."It was a perfect fit for me, a blend of industrial design and fashion," she said.Her favorite things are footwear, jewelry and handbags -- in that order.In the Brooklyn apartment she shares with Kevin Richards, her husband of four years, Richards admitted to having three 9-foot-tall bookcases full of shoes plus many other pairs tucked in various corners."Shoes, I think, are like little mini architecture," she said. "They're fun to draw ... but they're more of a sculpture. ... I have so much fun with materials and color and color combinations."She said she does try to take comfort into account. That's where the money is because women can't really walk around in high heels, and they have to buy wearable shoes. Then women require a great pair of boots, and then party shoes. "But you don't need five party shoes -- or do you?"Of her high heels, "My husband says, 'You don't even wear those shoes.' But they're so pretty, you want to just look at them; they make nice wall art," Richards said.To see more of Rachel Richards' designs, visit www.cooldesigncouple.com.Reach Rosalie Earle at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5115. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 2 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 3 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 4 WVU seeking improvements during off week 5 Man charged after motorcycle pursuit early Sunday Charleston police officers open restaurant Previous Story Chop, fry, eat: Learning to cook Chinese in China Next Story


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This writer intentionally took more than 10 years to address you about terrorism. We cannot competently discuss something like terror from immediately after huge personal loss or from unreasonable prejudices. Time has passed, I had no personal loss in the 9/11 events, and I have reformed my prejudices over the years.
Terrorism is actually as old as mankind itself. Our earliest leaders were selected by their own decisions plus viciously dealing with resistance to their demonstrated strengths. The strongest and/or smartest survived, while the weak or foolish were literally discarded.
The desire for power stems from both survival and our "original sin" of declaring to God that we are in charge and will do as we please on Earth. Acts of terror seemed vital to early man and were common, though rarely as startling as the 9/11 attacks.
A closer look at our story indicates terror tactics in every known civilization; in other words, nothing new. Reasonably looking at what we accurately know of our collective past, we can identify terror as a control tool of most of our societies as we evolved into our current cultures.
Enslavement of people and physical or mental torture serve as clear understandable examples of numerous acts of terror our ancestors employed. We struggle to process and accept that all of our families allowed some form of terror in the past, and most of our families played a role several times in events that we find deeply disturbing in modern culture and our morality.
When we come to truly accept our past we may be able to commit to the communications and adjustments necessary to meet with, to negotiate and to employ mature coexistence with everyone in this world (with the obvious exception of the mentally ill).
For Americans in 2001, after the 20th century's world wars and development of worldwide mass communications, the terror against the USA seemed impossible.
How could someone hate us enough to resort to hijacking jets and flying them into buildings? Americans have difficulty empathizing with someone who intentionally dies to inflict damage on others. Without going into specific religious aspects, we need to identify the terrorists' mentality objectively — a compassionate and difficult task. We cannot have grace, mercy and peace in our world if, for example, we categorize all Muslims as terrorists or all Communists as ignorant and evil.
The job is huge, the time and the numbers of eternal souls seem overwhelming, but the urgency is clear.
My fellow mature, intelligent, God-loving/fearing Americans are the ideal people to truly save the world from repeating our unfortunate and sad past. We have already chosen the ideals of working toward respect and honor for every functional human; we have agreed on saving planet Earth for limitless human habitation, growth and comfort; we have chosen love over fear to the point that we are ready for tremendous progress in the worldwide, inclusive compassion for the pleasure of the Divine regardless of how we define what I call God.
If you want someone to reach out to coordinate this necessary endeavor, I am one of many who have lived and struggled and suffered and repented mistakes, and we have come to a place in life to embrace all 7 billion-plus of us for our endless world home for this incredible human species. Let us reach out to each other to talk and work and care and heal and move graciously into our amazing future.


text: Ever notice how when Washington has a fiscal crisis, which seems to happen every few months, (anyone else getting "crisis fatigue"?) that President Obama starts to warn of food taken away from starving babies, schools shut down, Social Security checks not going out, the military not being paid, fewer border security agents and the newest one: more criminals on the street because we can't afford enough prosecutors. I'd be more impressed if he promised a voluntary pay sequester for himself and Congress, while they stopped acting like children and did the job for which we pay them. Or maybe fewer first-family vacations. How long since we've had a budget?Bruce CynarLeo


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Gandolfini's Body Back In United States [POLL]
James Gandolfini's body is back in the United States.
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey spokesman Steve Coleman tells the Star-Ledger that a Signature Airlines flight carrying Gandolfini's body arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport from Rome Sunday night. The body was taken from the airport around 11:20 p.m., but Coleman did not say where.
TMZ reports the 51-year-old's body was taken to a funeral home.
The actor had been headed to Sicily to appear at the Taormina Film Festival, which paid tribute to him Saturday.
Flags in New Jersey will be flown at half-staff Monday in Gandolfini's memory. His funeral is scheduled for Thursday at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City.
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VORKAPIć, Sanja Tatalović and MUSTAPIć, Jelena. Internal and external factors in professional burnout of substance abuse counsellors in Croatia. Ann. Ist. Super. Sanità [online]. 2012, vol.48, n.2, pp.189-197. ISSN 0021-2571. http://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_12_02_12.
AIM: In this study, burnout and its internal and external factors were investigated among substance abuse counsellors (no. = 68) who worked in centres for Prevention and Substance Abuse Treatment (no. = 18) in Croatia. METHODS: Maslach Burnout Inventory was used which measured three burnout dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment; and questionnaire of internal and external burnout factors. RESULTS: The higher levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and the higher level of personal accomplishment were determined. Factors such as work conditions, emotions about us and work, work organization and certain personality traits showed significant relationship with three burnout dimensions. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, findings implicated a certain specificity of professional burnout in substance abuse counsellors, and the need for specific design of mental health care for them.
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