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A President We Can Believe In
Newtown changed Obama. Can it change the world?
Can the slaughter of children in a small elementary school in suburban Connecticut have global implications? Can it change not only the gun politics of America, but also the broader political mood in the country? Can it help transform a cautious president into a bolder one, a calculating man into one of vision and action? Can that president go from a first term full of speeches about great principles to a second one in which he actually takes steps to fulfill at least some of the promise of those speeches?
Barack Obama is a cool customer. Those closest to him will acknowledge it. His supporters frame it as a strength, and in some circumstances it clearly is. But it has also been a weakness. Too often he has been too inclined to do the math, split the difference, be expedient. During his first term this was clear on big issues — on climate, on extending the Bush tax cuts, on Afghanistan and, as we have all too acutely felt again in recent days, on guns.
But Obama is also a father of young girls. The degree to which the horror and the heartbreak of Newtown touched him was palpable, whether it was in his first remarks on Friday or during his extraordinary Sunday night address to the people most affected by the school murders. It was not just the flicking away of tears that illustrated how deeply he was moved. It was the degree to which he set aside — finally — that characteristic Obama caution.
American leaders rarely do what Obama did Sunday night. I don't recall the last time I heard an American president so bluntly state that we were failing our children and our obligations to one another as a nation. "Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm?" he asked. "If we're honest with ourselves, the answer's no. We're not doing enough. And we will have to change."
He did not mention guns. He didn't have to. It was clear that he was saying 300 million guns in circulation is too many. It was clear he was saying that 30,000 gun deaths a year is an abomination. The United States has spent some $3 trillion combating terror since 9/11, and guns at home have killed twice as many Americans as terrorists have killed people worldwide since then. It is not just a national scandal. It is a disease, a fundamental and profound flaw in our national character.
What if Newtown changed Obama for the better in much the way that 9/11 changed Bush for the worse? What if it produced real soul-searching — if only for a moment — and an acknowledgement that the greatest American leaders have been measured and distinguished by how they made us better than we were before? Whether it was the founders initiating our long struggle with the challenges of democracy, Lincoln ending slavery, Roosevelt committing us to helping the weakest among us, or Johnson shepherding through landmark civil rights laws, these men had the courage to say, "We can do better." National challenges reveal the true character of both America's presidents and its people.
Obama knows better than anyone that changing our gun laws won't be easy. He knows the forces that are arrayed against them. But he also saw them in disarray and retreat this weekend, with the National Rifle Association taking down its Facebook page and the 31 senators who advertise themselves as "pro-gun" refusing a chance to defend their position on "Meet the Press." Heavily armed America went into hiding. He sensed perhaps that the shock of Friday might start, indeed might have already started to color the rest of the political debate in Washington. And maybe — better still — he stopped caring so much about whether it did or not.
For decades, serious efforts at gun control had been a third rail in American politics. Tragedy after tragedy would occur — Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson, Aurora — and nothing would be done. The Supreme Court, wrong as it had been on Dred Scott and Citizens United, would reassert that an anachronistic provision in the U.S. Constitution guaranteed a broad right to gun ownership, and pols would just shrug. The gun lobby was seen as potent and gun owners were seen as key to electoral margins. Every day 30 people died from gunshot wounds –in other words, every day, another Newtown — because what passes for the smart money in that D.C. said doing anything about it would be too hard.
But the thing that has sustained America and helped it flourish is not that we are always right (far from it: our transgressions have regularly rivaled our triumphs), but that we sometimes see we must change. We have a system that contains the seeds of its own reinvention. And this weekend, our cool, cautious president seemed to conclude that this was one of those moments.
Of course, it remains to be seen if that will be so. For all the reasons that common-sense change has yet to have come, it will be hard to produce. But one couldn't help but observe a change in the president this weekend. Some of it may have had to do with how he has grown on the job. Some of it may have had to do with his solid victory in November. Some may have had to do with the fact that his tough negotiating stance with the Republicans seemed to be moving the country toward a deal on the "fiscal cliff."
I repeat: Nothing is assured. Time and again, Obama has been a leadership tease, making a soaring speech and following it up with halfway measures or delays. To the doubters this time, I say: Go watch the speech. Watch Obama. Don't be distracted by relatively minor recent setbacks like the Susan Rice dust-up. After all, in the end, the president wasn't distracted. He stayed focused on the work at hand, on negotiations on the Hill, on making selections for his second-term cabinet.
As far as how that may impact the rest of this world, we shall start to see the consequences fairly soon. Later this week, Obama is likely to name an experienced, potent national security team led by Sen. John Kerry, currently chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, that, working with a more confident president, could be an assertive, effective force on the international stage. In fact, expect them to start out actively engaging in the most urgent of the issues of the Middle East, from Syria to Iran to Egypt to the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate.
And this weekend's events may have even more important implications, because at this moment in U.S. history, almost all the greatest national security challenges the country faces are domestic in nature. As historian Paul Kennedy long ago noted, great nations tend to fall from within. Not only do guns kill far more Americans than terrorists ever will, but we are suffering from grievous internal fiscal bleeding and, to date, from a political system that has been sadly dysfunctional. That dysfunction, despite what you may read, has happened before in our history. But then some crisis, some catalyst, some series of developments, produces real leadership — and that's when change and growth and progress and renewal happens.
This could be one of those moments. You will see telling hints as to whether the change is real in the weeks ahead. If the president is able to cut a deal on the fiscal cliff, if he takes meaningful steps toward gun control, and if he moves on the more ambitious elements of his second term-agenda — like immigration reform, promoting investment in education and infrastructure, or shaping a sustainable national energy policy — then you will know that this is a different Obama.
In his address before the Newtown vigil on Sunday evening, the president concluded with a ringing call to action. After a heartbreaking litany of the names of the murdered children, Obama said, "God has called them all home. For those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on, and make our country worthy of their memory."
That is a tall order. But if you believe as I do that our most basic mission in life is to love our children and that it should inform every action we take, it is also precisely the right star for a head of state or a great nation to steer by.


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Comics aren't the centrepiece of comic-cons anymore. For better or worse, the nerd gatherings that bear that nomenclature feature all sorts of pop culture, but I guess "culture-con" doesn't roll off the tongue quite so appealingly.
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Board of Regents Meeting
September 19-20, 2002
Montana Tech of The University of Montana
1300 W. Park Street
Butte, Montana
Montana State University-Billings
Chancellor Ronald P. Sexton, Ph.D.
$ Ms. Monica Powers appointed Director of Student Opportunity Services.
$ Mr. Curt Kochner, appointed Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
$ MSU-B, Global thermoelectric, Inc., and MDU has entered into a two-year fuel cell evaluation agreement.
$ The new MSU-Billings Child Care and Enrichment Center will open Fall semester, 2002.
$ The majority of the remodeling of the Liberal Arts Building is nearing completion and most areas are open for Fall semester, 2002.
$ MSU-Billings sponsored "MSU-Billings for a Day" at the Montana Fair on August 15th.
$ MSU-Billings was the site for the 2002 Summer Fair, an arts and crafts fair sponsored by the Yellowstone Art Museum (attracted approximately 10,000 visitors to campus).
$ New Student Summer Orientation programs were offered on a personalized basis throughout the summer. Evaluations noted, very positive responses from students and parents.
$ Campus Police and Safety received a new patrol car and have it in service.
$ Information Technology installed 100+ new computers in classrooms.
$ Susan Dickson worked with Staff Development Task Force to set up Bag Lunch Seminars for employees once a month during AY 2003.
$ Colonel (Dr.) Joe Michels, currently Dean of the School of Systems and Logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology has been appointed.
$ A daylong series of round-tables, an open house and reception, was held at the College of Technology on August 15, 2002, over 250 Billings community and business leaders participated.
$ Presenting at the 83rd annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in June, 2002, were:
1. Professor Tasneem Khaleel, Chair of the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences: "Karyomorphology of Tulipa";
2. Tasneem Khaleel, Johnna Hedman (MSU-B Student), Laura Madden (MSU-B Student) and Amber Osborne (MSU-B Student): "Seasonal Effects of Water Quality in Yellowstone River Basin on Root Growth and Mitotic Index in Allium cepa", and
3. Stan Wiatr, Professor, Biology: "Aquatic macrophytes of Bighorn River."
$ Dr. Daniel Zirker, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science, presented papers at two conferences in Europe. The first in Bucharest June 28-30, "Globalization of Civil-Military Relations: Democratization, Reform and Security," and the second, "Ethnic Identities and Human Security: Identity Expression in the Post-Cold War World," Xanthi, Greece, July 6-9. Dr. Zirker presented to the Institute of Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia on July 5.
$ Dr. Carl Hanson, Department of Health, Physical Education, and Human Services and Dr. Ken Miller, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, presented papers at the College and University Administrative Council in British Columbia. The two presentations were on Advising Online and Electronic Portfolio Data Collection Online
$ Dr. George White, Dean, College of Education and Human Services attended the Board of Public Education meeting in Helena seeking final approval of accreditation of our Teacher Education programs (Board passed unanimously).
$ From July 21 to July 26, the Montana Center on Disabilities conducted its third Montana Youth Leadership Forum (MYLF).
$ The Montana Center on Disabilities initiated the Hall of Fame of Leaders with Disabilities. Inductees were: Lifetime Achievement - Francis Bardanouve, Harlem; Leader of the Year - Mike Mayer, Missoula; and Emerging Leader - Elisabeth Mills, Billings.
$ Marsha Sampson and Debra Miller, Montana Center on Disabilities, participated in the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Strategic Planning Meeting on July 30-31. A main focus was how to meet the requirements for paraeducators as part of the No Child Left Behind Act.
$ Linda Henry, Montana Center on Disabilities, attended the Annual Steering Committee Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center, included training sessions - Distance Learning at Post-Secondary Institutions, Document Accessibility, Macromedia Tools & Accessibility, and ADA & Architectural Issues.
Dawson Community College
President Terry Hetrick
$ In July, the Board of Trustees accepted the findings and recommendations of the Facilities Expansion Committee to expand the existing library to include the student support services division, and to construct a gymnasium/athletic center and performing arts center. At present, a new committee comprised of college staff and community members is being formed to develop and implement a media campaign for the bond issue election to be voted upon in early November. In order to construct these new facilities, approximately one-third of the total cost will be borne by the college and two-thirds by the bond issue election.
$ On August 22, the DCC faculty returned to campus to join the staff for two days of committee work for the upcoming comprehensive Northwest accreditation self-study process. DCC is slated for an on-campus visitation in April of 2004.
$ During the course of the summer, DCC hired several new replacement personnel, including Dr. C.J. Law, Dean of Instructional Services; Matt Hauk, Agriculture and Science Tutor; and Tina Nistler, Recruiting and Publicity Officer. In addition, two positions will be filled shortly: Executive Assistant/Secretary to the President and Student Living Complex Director.
$ The DCC administration is finalizing adjustments to the institution's budget for 2002-2003 to include the additional reductions in state appropriations resulting from the special legislative session. These changes will be submitted to the DCC Board of Trustees on Monday, August 26th for its approval.
$ On Monday, August 19th, DCC officials were on hand to participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the DCC Recreational Complex. This new complex will consist of an intercollegiate men's baseball field, an intercollegiate women's fast pitch softball field, an ice skating rink and sledding hill for the greater Glendive community. Funds for this complex were provided by a grant from the Division of Wildlife, Parks, and Recreation, and by a private benefactor.
Great Falls College of Technology
Dean Mary Sheehy Moe
$ In Fall 1999, MSU—Great Falls Campus opened its doors as a multi-institution, partnership-rich campus in newly renovated facilities. Joining MSU—Great Falls College of Technology, MSU-Northern and MSU-Bozeman brought academic programs and services to the campus, creating a "one-stop shop" for public higher education opportunities in the Great Falls Area.
Three years later, demand for the Campus's programs and services has exceeded the space available to supply them. To address the problem, the partners on Campus are sharing data, discussing implications, and working on short-term and long-term solutions. Among the data presented this summer at a forum on this issue are the following:
$ Enrollments for all three institutions have increased significantly—most significantly for the College of Technology, where headcount in Spring 2002 was 23% higher than it was in Fall 1999.
$ Faculty levels have increased. At the College of Technology, the number of full-time faculty has increased 15%; the number of part-time faculty has increased 57%.
$ The Campus has 39 classrooms, only 16 of which are designed for multiple use by standard class sizes. In Fall 2002, the College of Technology will offer 311 courses on campus. MSU-Northern and the College of Nursing also add significantly to that number.
$ To stretch the use of the facility, the Campus offers classes from 8 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and is often in use on weekends as well. During Spring Semester, the most difficult time to find an empty classroom is 5:30 p.m.
Despite efforts to stretch the academic week and to offer on-line alternatives to on-campus requirements, the College of Technology has begun to turn students away due to facilities limitations. Two weeks before the Fall Term started, the College's enrollment levels were 30% higher than they had been the previous year. One week before, 23% of the College's scheduled classes were full and an additional 20% had fewer than five seats left. Staff in registration sessions reported that many students were unable to get the classes they needed to carry a full load and some students left without registering.
$ Other news: In August, the Montana Board of Nursing commended the College of Technology's Practical Nursing program "for its excellent NCLEX pass rates and strong faculty." Students graduate from the program and take their licensure examinations twice a year. Since 1994, with the exception of one semester, 100% of the College's nursing graduates have passed the licensure exam.Montana State
Chancellor Alex Capdeville
$ Enrollment – Summer school enrollment was 1FTE above last year. Which was good in light of the fact that we saw an increase of 70 FTE during summer session of 2001. We are excited to have kept that number.
$ MSU-Northern Students keep U.S. Navy Afloat- This spring, Fairbanks-Morse, a major manufacturer of diesel engines for the Navy, contacted MSU-Northern in Havre seeking a crew of students from a variety of technology fields, primarily diesel technology, to work on a project the company has repairing and rebuilding the diesel engines manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse aboard several Navy vessels. Six MSU-Northern students responded to the request. Those six students are; Dave Albright from Sidney, Cole Lowder from Ennis, Kirkley Butler from Big Sandy, Scott Bryson from Saco, and Chad Finneman and Ron Haley from Havre. Ed Cirucci, Fairbanks-Morse Manager Eastern Region, stated that MSU-Northern is the only school the company recruited from for this project.
$ Greg Jergeson, Director of Grants and Sponsored Research at MSU-Northern, paid a site visit to Norfolk to get an assessment of the educational experience of the project. The students' supervisors gave the group high marks for their performance. "We have not been disappointed," said Cirucci. "When the students arrived at the worksite, the project was three weeks behind schedule. Within a week of their arrival, the project was back on schedule and is now ahead of schedule."
$ Nursing (RAINBOW) Grant - The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $420,040 grant to fund the College of Nursing's Rural and American Indian Nursing: Building our Workforce (RAINBOW) project.
$ The RAINBOW Project addresses the critical nursing shortages on the Reservations and the need for nursing graduates to possess rural and cultural competencies to work in health care facilities across Montana's Northern tier. The project is a way to increase access to nursing education and the numbers of culturally competent and well qualified RNs to serve the project's target area. This project focuses on recruitment and retention, expanding the number of students in MSU-Northern's ASN & BSN programs and increasing the number of minority students graduating from the nursing program.
$ Orientation – The week of August 26 was MSU-Northern's annual fall orientation for faculty and staff. This is a time to introduce new employees to campus colleagues and give a general "State of the University" address. Service awards are given for 5-10-,15- etc years of service. This year there were four people who received 25-year awards.
$ Showcase Grant –Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) has awarded a $2,140 grant to the MSU-Northern Showcase. The grant gives MSU Northern Showcase the opportunity to present entertainment conducive to a wide variety of age levels.
$ Pheasant Jamboree – N.F.L. Legends are coming to Havre! MSU-Northern and the Havre community will be hosting 25-30 former N.F.L. football players in the second annual Legends for Lights Pheasant Jamboree, October 12-15. Former N.F.L. stars such as George Kunz, Don & Deron Talbert, Wally Hilgenberg, Bob Berry, Mike Donohoe, Bill Kilmer, Tom Nobis and of course our own Mike Tilleman are a few that have already confirmed. The event kicks off with the MSU-Northern Homecoming Football game on Saturday Oct 12. The activities include trap shooting and pheasant hunting. We have many local and area merchants sponsoring teams for the event as well as corporate sponsors.
$ Bus Tour – MSU-Northern is currently planning a faculty tour to high schools in northeastern Montana. The tour will include stops in Plentywood, Scobey, Wolf Point, Glasgow, Malta. Faculty will be speaking to students and Alex Capdeville and Jim Potter will meet with Superintendents, H.S. Principles and H.S. Guidance Counselors to discuss ways that Northern can better meet the educational needs of students and faculty in these communities.
$ Alumni Auction – The Northern Alumni Association will hold it's Annual Scholarship Social and Auction on Saturday, September 28th at 6:30 p.m. in the Donaldson Commons. Everyone is invited to attend.
$ Rewiring of Dorm - MSU-Northern has implemented a new flexible, and resource-effective combination of technologies called RESNET. This technology has allowed us to rewire MacKenzie Hall with high-speed Internet connection, Cable TV and private phone in each room. Students in this dorm will now have the fastest connection to the Internet available in the region.
$ Grant Writing Workshop - Montana State University-Northern hosted a "Fundamentals of Grant Writing" workshop, August 19th & 20th. Over 35 individuals from North Central Montana attended the workshop, funded by matching sponsorships from Northern's Chancellor Leadership Fund and Bear Paw Development Corporation. It was, most notably, a collaborative effort between institutions of higher education within the Montana University System. Workshop presenters included: Judy Fredenberg, Exec Asst to VP of Research and Dir. of Federal Relations of UM-Missoula; Bob Pfister, Asst Dir. of Grants & Contracts from MSU-Bozeman; C.A. Carey, Dir. of Grants Development at MSU-Billings; and Melody Bentz, Grants Development Specialist for MSU-Northern, presenter and organizer of the workshop.
$ Participants learned about the grant process and were educated about political protocol in working with Montana's legislative offices to secure federal appropriations money. Kim Falcon, Field Representative for Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) provided invaluable information about how the appropriations process works, what funding issues are currently in the forefront, and much more. Jackie Shinn, Grants Coordinator for Senator Burns (R-MT), provided participants with written funding guidelines and grant tips that would help them to successfully garner future external funding. Presenters will utilize participant feedback to make the workshop more user-friendly and effective and plan to take the "show on the road" to other locations in Montana.
Montana Tech of The University of Montana
Chancellor Frank Gilmore
$ Computer Science has been reaccredited by ABET
$ With federal seed money, Tech established the Economic Resource Center with Associate Professor Robert DeDominic heading the effort to help boost regional economic development. Kim Robinson was hired as Deputy Director.
$ Geological Engineering Senior Nate Majerus was one of ten students chosen nationwide to receive a scholarship from NSSGA (world's largest construction material association) for the 2002-03 AY.
$ The Montana Tech NewMedia Group is engaged with Montana Special Olympics to: 1) Develop Credit Card CD-ROMs for Organizational Efforts and Fundraising, and 2) Develop a Web-Based Extranet for the State Volunteers and Coaches. The NewMedia Group has completed its first full year of Web-Based Portal Management for On-Line Learning. Montana Tech manages the only On-Line Learning Portal in the state. This fall, Montana Tech is offering its first full Degree Program within this portal environment with the Masters in Industrial Hygiene.
$ The Montana Tech Mine Waste Technology Program is working with the USFS on the Closure of the Mineral Hill Mine in Jardine, MT. This mine, which is just north of Yellowstone National Park, has sensitive closure and habitat issues.
$ Five new research projects were awarded to Montana Tech Researchers via the Mine Waste Technology Program. These include: Organic Matter Degradation in a Sulfate Reducing Wetlands to Dr. Bill Drury; Heavy and Toxic Metal Remediation Using Reductive Precipitation to Dr. Larry Twidwell; Subaqueous Oxidation of Pyrite and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of an Acidic Pit Lake to Dr. Chris Gammons; The Effects of Plant Species and Rodents on the Sequestration and/or Movement of Mercury from Reclaimed Sites to Dr. Tom Waring; and Field Monitoring and Evaluation of Reclamation Strategies in the Helena National Forest to Dr. Richard McNearny.
$ The Mine Waste Technology Program at Montana Tech was awarded $600,000 in FY 2002 for research, graduate studies, outreach NewMedia Based Technology Transfer, and a Minority Initiative providing outreach for people affected by Mining Impacted Native American Lands.
$ Montana Tech Continuing Education began its summer class schedule on the Crow Nation. Hydrogeology, Experimental Design, Water Resources, and Innovative Technologies I - Mining were taught over a four-week period by Drs. Willis Weight, Cathy Raven, and Karl Burgher.
$ Dr. Karl Burgher was a Plenary Session Chair at the EPA's Hard Rock Mining 2002 held in Denver in May. Over 300 attended this very successful EPA sponsored event.
$ Dr. Mary MacLaughlin, Geological Engineering, received a $16,000 grant from the USGS EDMAP Program with co-PI, Dr. Larry Smith of the MBMG, entitled "Geologic Mapping and Gravity/Magnetic Studies of the Columbia Mountain Area, Northwest Montana, with Emphasis on Geologic Structure, Slope Stability, and Earthquake Hazards" that will support two graduate and three undergraduate students (Geological and Geophysical Engineering). Dr. MacLaughlin also attended the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium in Toronto in July as a panelist and presented a paper.
$ The Outreach Office hosted a GEAR UP summer academic and cultural enrichment program for students from reservation communities that consisted of field and classroom activities in the geosciences and associated areas of physical geology, hydrogeology, biology, and environmental studies.
$ The Upward Bound program for low income, first generation high school students held its 8th annual academy this summer which included an educational field trip to Washington, DC.
$ Dr. Rick Douglass received notification that the Center for Disease Control awarded $160,000 to Tech for Continued Longitudinal studies of the ecology of deer mice and hantavirus infection.
The University of Montana-Missoula
President George Dennison
$ "Sun River Homestead," a documentary by UM alumna Maggie Carey produced by KUFM-TV, won the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Cultural/Historical Documentary category. The documentary traces the lives of three sisters who came to Montana in the early 1900s to homestead in the Sun River Valley. Edited by BMC producer John Twiggs, the program featured videography by Ray Ekness of UM-M Department of Radio-Television.
$ Gus Chambers, Ray Ekness, William Marcus, and John Twiggs produced "Backroads of Montana," which won the Montana Broadcasters Association E.B. Craney Award for Non-Commercial Television Program of the Year for the second year in a row.
$ Producer Gus Chambers won the Montana Broadcasters Association E.B. Craney Award for Television Public Service Announcement of the Year for his PSA for The University of Montana and its response to the tragedy of September 11th.
$ Montana Public Radio news producers Sally Mauk and Edward O'Brien won a first-place award for their 9-11 coverage from the Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition presented by the Society of Professional Journalists. Mauk also won a second-place award for Feature News Reporting for an interview with Billy Mills, and a third-place award in Investigative Reporting for her story on Academic Freedom.
$ On 5 August 2002, the University awarded a seven-year exclusive beverage partnership to Coca Cola. The contract applies to three of the UM campuses--Missoula, Helena, and Butte--and encompasses Coke's full product line of vended soda, fountain syrups, juices, isotonic drinks, bottled water, and other specialty beverages.
The University of Montana Western
Chancellor Steve Hulbert
$ Experience One. A year ago UM-Western received a three-year grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). With planning and student recruitment complete, the first seventy-five student cohort started classes on August 26th. This unique alternative academic scheduling initiative calls for these freshmen to take general education courses one at a time for an eighteen-day period for each course. Participants will complete sixteen credits each semester and fulfill the general education requirements in one year.
Named Experience One, this scheduling initiative seeks to reflect Western's experiential based mission statement. As Western is the first public college or university nationwide to experiment with this alternative scheduling format, the program is gaining national attention. The most recent such coverage was found in the August issue of Geological Society of America Today. Experience One also will be the focus of a symposium at the group's 2003 Annual Meeting.
$ Approval of Education Program. In its July meeting the Montana Board of Education approved with commendation all seventeen of Western's Education Program endorsement areas including that of Computer Science which is the only such approved program in the State. Western awaits action by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) at the latter group's national meeting in October.
$ A Story all Too Often Told. Over the past year the Montana Standard has followed the life of first year teacher, Nick Hamm. In the "ABC's of Teaching" the Standard explored teaching and educational issues through the eyes of this sixth grade math and science teacher. Hamm graduated from Western in May 2001. The series was completed on August 19th as the Standard chronicled Hamm's resignation and move to Olympia, WA where he had accepted an elementary teaching and coaching position that increased his Butte salary of $20,801 by almost $15,000.
$ Upward Bound 2002. Thirty-three high school students have completed Western's June 2002 Math/Science Upward Bound Program. This program works to acquaint financially and educationally disadvantaged students with the opportunities of post secondary education and has as its primary goal enhancing access to higher education. Western's program is a residential six-week classroom program. The research projects undertaken by the students this year included studies of Ethnobotany, Pygmy Rabbits, Moose Browsing and Stream Conditions.
Miles Community College
President Darrel L. Hammon
$ MCC's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Miles Community College received special commendation during the Grater Northwest Regional Convention. Our chapter fulfilled all requirements to the distinction of being named a "1 Star Chapter." This commendation recognizes our chapter's successful attainment of goals as presented in the Society's Five Start Chapter Development Program. Bette Jewell and Delores Cameron, MCC instructors, are the faculty advisors.
$ Wayne Muri, business manager, was named the "Silver and Blue" Employee of the Semester at the opening session on August 29. Wayne looks forward to his retirement at the end of September. Ron Dorn has been hired to take his place.
$ Carol M. Hofeldt, Health Information instructor, successfully completed a one-year course of study in Health Information Technology through The Independent Study Program offered by the American Health Information Management Association.
$ We have a few famous people on campus. From faculty and staff, Vicky Croffutt and Melody Haynes won goal and silver medals at the recent Big Sky games in Billings. Vicky used her tenacious shooting skills to win a gold in women's trap shooting (Beginner's Division). Melody Haynes sliced through the water to garner two golds and a silver in the swimming events. Vicki Strobel, a new student this fall, won a gold for her tennis prowess in the singles category for 18 years old and under. She and her doubles partner Larisa Arnold, also a new student this fall, won a bronze for in the doubles section.
$ Nancy Swope and Don Warner both spent an intensive two weeks at the Cisco Training Academy. While others struggled through the testing, both Nancy and Don breezed through the exams and passed on the first try.
$ Darrel L. Hammon, President, was elected Chair of the Mountain States Association of Community Colleges, an eight-state organization for community college presidents. Dawson Community College, Flathead Valley Community College, and Miles Community College are members of the Mountain States. Montana will be hosting the Summer Conference. We may be asking members of the Board of Regents to do a workshop on "Communities Colleges and the Board of Regents."
$ Donna Faber, MCC faculty member, is currently displaying her artwork and photography at MCC.
$ Fall art exhibits for fall from the Montana Historical Society: "Pay Dirt; The Mining Camp Art of Muriel Sibell Wolle" will be displayed from September 9 through October 21; "Hope in Hard Times" and is photography of Montana during the Depression years, displayed from December 1 through January 21, 2003.
$ Senator Baucus was on campus recently to visit with the VA Task Force and the Center for Technology and Learning. Senator Baucus was instrumental in obtaining the $100,000 appropriations to the VA Project that played a key role in bringing Shelly Weight on board and the Center for Technology and Learning to fruition this year.


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The infamous influenza virus has been making the rounds in the Tampa community, which partly accounts for lack of news this week. It has even afflicted many who received the flu vaccine.
Tom and Dee Duggan attended the senior citizens meeting Jan. 23 at Durham. Tom informed the group about the Silver-Haired Legislature. Doris Crothers hosted the meeting, and Dallas Redger led Bingo games.
Prairie Pals met Jan. 22 in the church basement. The officers served as hostesses. The program consisted of quizzes about Kansas and Presidential inaugurations, and several games of Apples to Apples. Those present were Laveta Meyer, Lori Meyer, Mary Clemmer, and Jane Vajnar.
Mary Clemmer has received word of the death of her cousin, Frank Bills of Severy.
Raymond Bielefeld and Tom and Dee Duggan attended the Marion County Senior Citizens board meeting Jan. 18 in Hillsboro. The Duggans later joined a group of friends at the home of Don and Joyce Kemble in Herington to play cards. They went to Salina on Jan. 21 for a medical appointment and to visit Cleo and Larry Plaggerman.
Jeanne Rziha met several of her siblings and some of their family members Jan. 19 in Abilene. Others present were Louise Bevilacqua, Winfield; Beth Bevilacqua, Wichita; Janey Hummel, Haysville; Bill and Linda Haslouer, Chuck and Ellen Haslouer, and Paul Haslouer, all of Hope; Jason Haslouer and his girlfriend, Vanessa, Junction City; Susan and Ron Denney, Independence; and Carol Whitehair and Greg Haslouer, Abilene.
Lucille Kerbs visited Connie Thompson in Abilene on Jan. 17 and accompanied her to Salina for an appointment, dinner out, and shopping. They visited Allison Sluder and Brooklyn afterward in Abilene.
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"Lafayette, we are here." Those famous words, marking our returning the favor to France in World War I for their vital assistance in our Revolutionary War, were undoubtedly followed by the less well known, "Now, when do we eat?"
Because in addition to contributing to American independence, the French are rightly far more known for their contributions to food and cooking. And not just for their stellar, elaborate concoctions. It's more their understanding of how a few well-chosen ingredients perfectly combined can become something wonderful – and their daily celebration of food in even the simplest dishes. Bastille Day (July 14) is all the excuse I need to feed my inner Francophile in the kitchen.
Mussels are quintessentially French. While they're caught or farmed and served around much of the world, they're absolutely ubiquitous in French bistros. Moules Marinières, also known as sailor's mussels and cooked in a white wine sauce, is as much of a menu fixture as steak frites. Mussels are mild in flavor and because, like lobsters, they're sold live, absolutely fresh tasting. They make for beautiful presentation, too, appearing far more elegant than their low price might suggest.
And of ever-growing importance as many fish species are threatened by overfishing, they're sustainable. In fact, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, the go-to authority on seafood sustainability, they are a Best Choice. Most commercially available mussels are farmed these days. While aquaculture can be an environmental disaster with certain species, here's what Seafood Watch says about mussels farming: "The U.S. imports most of its mussels from developed nations with stringent environmental regulations. As with related species – scallops, oysters and clams – farming methods for mussels are environmentally sound. Mussels do not rely on fishmeal or fish oil as part of their diet. Diseases are rare, so antibiotics and chemicals aren't necessary, and the farming operation often benefits the surrounding marine habitat."
Search "Moules Marinières recipe" on Google and you'll come up with more than a quarter of a million results. Not kidding. They're all over the board on both ingredients and methods. Tomatoes, no tomatoes. Shallots, no shallots. One recipe even called for cooking it in a pot on a grill, but that was Bobby Flay, and he'd probably have you make ice cream on a grill. As usual, I read a number of recipes and created my own mash-up, borrowing basics from a few and adding my own touches.
Frites are also quintessentially French. Or perhaps Belgian. Both do bang-up jobs of them. The frites here are less than authentic, whatever that is. Deep frying anything has always been a deal breaker for me, for a variety of reasons. And most frites are deep fried twice! Still, these are delicious – and a healthier alternative. Tossed with garlic-infused olive oil and herbes de Provence, they're roasted or "oven-fried" until golden and slightly crisp on the outside. Will they make me give up real bistro pommes frites (or even bar menu french fries)? No. But they do offer an unexpected change of pace that will have friends asking for your recipe.
Moules Marinières (Sailor's Mussels)
Serves 4 to 6
3 pounds mussels, scrubbed
1 tablespoon olive oil
2-1/2 tablespoons butter, divided
2 medium shallots, chopped (or 1 medium onion)
2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
1-1/2 cups dry white wine
1 bay leaf
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1-1/2 cups chopped flat-leaf parsley
Clean mussels. Scrub mussels with a stiff brush under cold running water. Discard any mussels with broken or cracked shells, or any opened mussels that don't close when you tap their shells. Remove beards which may appear along the hinge side of the shell, using a sharp knife or pulling with your fingers. Set aside in a bowl. One benefit of farmed mussels is that they are generally cleaner than wild caught ones. This is the most time-consuming part of this dish – the rest of it happens quickly.
Heat a large, deep, lidded sautée pan or skillet over medium flame. Add olive oil and one tablespoon of butter and swirl pan to combine. Add shallots and garlic and cook until shallots soften, stirring often to avoid browning, about 3 minutes. Add wine, bay leaf and a generous grind of black pepper and bring to a boil. Do NOT add salt – the mussels will add plenty of briny, salty goodness to the sauce. Taste sauce at the very end to see if you need to add salt. We did not. Add mussels to the pan, crowding them in if necessary, cover and cook undisturbed for 4 to 5 minutes. Check to see if the mussels have opened; if most have not, replace the lid and cook just a minute or two longer.
Transfer mussels to a large bowl with a slotted spoon, discarding any that have not opened, and cover with a towel to keep warm. Increase heat under pan to high and bring sauce to a boil, letting it cook down just slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the remaining butter in chunks, swirling pan to melt. Stir in parsley and remove from heat. The sauce will be more like a broth than a thickened sauce, which is exactly what you want. Divide mussels among 4 shallow bowls (pasta bowls are perfect for this), spoon sauce over them. Serve with slices of baguette for sopping up the sauce.
Pommes Frites. Make the garlic-infused oil for these frites at least several hours in advance. I let mine steep for a couple of days. One recipe called for just using minced garlic, but I find that minced garlic loves to burn in the oven. Besides, using the infused oil makes for a more subtle garlic hit, letting the herbes de Provence take center stage.
Oven-Fried Pommes Frites with Herbes de Provence
Serves 3 or 4 (or over-serves 2)
2 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons good quality olive oil
2 large baking potatoes, Russet or Idaho
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 tablespoon dried herbes de Provence (see Kitchen Notes)
Make the garlic-infused oil. Bash the garlic cloves with the side of a chef's knife and discard the skins. Roughly chop garlic and place in a jar. Add olive oil, cover jar with lid and shake for a moment (the jar, not you). Set aside for at least several hours and up to a day or more.
Make the frites. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Scrub the potatoes under cold running water. Peel the potatoes if you absolutely must, but the frites are better if you don't – they look cooler and taste better, and you don't throw away major nutrients if you leave the skin on. Slice lengthwise into fry-shaped strips. There are handy kitchen gadgets for creating uniform fries, but I like hand-cut fries (my, this is an opinionated recipe, isn't it?).
Soak potato strips in a bowl of cold water for several minutes, changing the water twice, to remove some of the starch. Pat dry and toss with 2 tablespoons of garlic-infused oil (the extra tablespoon was just so you're not having to squeeze oil from the garlic cloves), salt, pepper and herbes de Provence.
Arrange potatoes in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and roast in oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve.
Kitchen Notes
Herbes de who? If you're even a semi-regular here, you know this dried herbs mix is a regular in our kitchen. Herbes de Provence seems to be one of those classic ingredients that instantly evokes France, or more specifically, Provence. So I was stunned to learn that it actually wasn't created until the 1970s. According to wiseGEEK, "Herbes de Provence are loosely defined as an herb mix which includes both French and Italian herbs, in a blend of sweet and savory. The end result is complex in flavor and can be used on a variety of foods." The mix varies, depending upon who makes it, but the most common ingredients are basil, bay leaf, lavender, marjoram, orange peel, rosemary and thyme. Thyme usually takes the lead role. Do yourself a favor and track some down; it quickly elevates everything from roasted chicken to last-minute sauces. We buy a really good version at The Spice House.
Related post: Mussels in Tarragon Cream Sauce.
– Terry Boyd blogs at Blue Kitchen.
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4-25-11 PNC Park
Today was the make up game of Friday's rained out contest between the Pirates and Nationals.
When the gates opened, I ran in and found my first ball of the day in the front row near the bullpen.
I only got one other ball during the Pirates portion and it was a home run ball that probably was catchable by myself or Nick, but we both missed it and it bounced back onto the field. Evan Meek picked it up and tossed it to me for ball #2.
I also glove tricked ball #4 in left field when the Nationals were hitting.
My fifth ball of the day was a home run hit by an unknown righty. I made the clean catch here:
I then struck up a conversation with ex-Pirate Tom Gorzelanny. I asked him if he still had all the Dave Matthews Band CDs that I sent him a few years back. He said yeah and then started talking to me about DMB for a bit.
During the conversation, a batter hit a line drive that bounced on the warning track. I snagged it as it skipped off the warning track just to my left without moving or breaking conversation with Gorzelanny.
I was planning on asking him for a ball, and that ground rule double had just ruined it.
Anyway, the Nationals weren't taking much initiative in collecting the balls from the warning track, so I glove tricked ball #7 here in left field,
and glove tricked #8 in section 141.
I was then tipped off by ex-ballhawk Andrew McDonald about another ball, and glove tricked that one for #9.
My tenth ball of the day was thrown in right field by Doug Slaten, who seemingly hooked up every fan on the wall.
After a few missed opportunities for home runs, I tracked down a Matt Stairs home run for Ball #11 that landed in the second to last row on the wall.
That was all for batting practice.
During the game, I decided to sit in the club seats because there was virtually no one there. Many fans stayed home to watch the Penguins game.
Here's a view of the field from the club seats:
I had a perfect chance at a foul ball. The place was virtually empty.
In the second inning, new Pirate Brandon Wood made his bucco debut.
He took the first two pitches he saw. On the third John Lannan offering, he took a rip. He fouled the pitch off into the second deck. I jumped out of my seat immediately and went running throw the row to try and make the catch.
I ran to the end of the next section and made the catch at the end of the row seen here:
It was ball #12 and my first game ball of the season.
Here's the catch:
And showing the ball off:
The catch was featured on Sportscenter as a lead in to their top 10 plays.
Anyhow, it rained on and off throughout the rest of the night, so I spent some time between innings in the club level to stay dry.
Here are today's baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
Game: 12 balls (4 hit, 2 thrown, 5 device, 1 found)
Season: 77 balls (29 hit, 17 thrown, 21 device, 10 found)
Games: 11 games
Average: 7.00 balls per game
Career: 1,199 balls
Attendance: 12,457
2010 through 11 games: 77 balls (0 balls behind last year's pace)


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|8 of Cups Judy Coates Perez 24" x 60"
I felt like it needed a strong graphic element, so I added a large 8. Then I used a gold paint pen to add decorative details to the scrollwork design.
The cups still blended into the background, so I added a rough and bumpy (like the road in life) outline to the cups, mimicking the style of the 8 and bringing them forward visually.
Finished painting
Eight of Cups: Moving on and letting go. Time to change direction in life. Dissatisfied and disappointed, wanting something entirely different, but not knowing what. Finding courage, taking time to rest and heal.
Preparing the finished work for quilting
I wanted the quilting to have less loft and dimension and instead have more stitched illustrative details, so I used wool felt instead of batting. Luckily I had a big piece of yellow felt that a friend gave me during a recent purging that was just the right size.
I placed a layer of Mistyfuse between the felt and the painted top and did the same with the back. I wouldn't do this with batting because the fusible web penetrates the batting, glueing both the top and back together reducing the loft of the batting, but for this project it's not a problem.
For the back I used left over fabrics that had mistyfuse already adhered to them from the Agave quilt I made several years ago. I don't do fusible applique very often so the fabrics have just been sitting on the shelf not getting used.
For the quilting on the cups, I am using back thread in an illustrative way adding strong black lines to echo the illustration style of the vintage anatomical heart with monofilament in the needle across the middle of the cups.
What I learned...
Because I like experimenting and trying out things differently, I always learn something new with every project. Sometimes I discover a great new way of working and sometimes it turns out that my initial idea created unexpected challenges or wasn't as successful as I'd hoped.
I used wool rayon felt instead of batting, because I wanted a flat smooth finish for this piece. I used felt a friend had given me that she most likely had sitting around for about 15 years. I had two issues that popped up from using this.
The first one was the stiffness of the felt, compared to batting, made it more difficult for manipulating under the harp of the machine. I think 30 inches would be the widest I would recommend working with felt. Wider than that and I could see some definite limitations to quilting the surface smoothly. I had to roll and fold the piece to work the central areas which sometimes got a little cumbersome.
The second issue came about after I fused my top to the felt. I had a fair amount of rippling of the top due to it not fusing completely in all areas or staying fused for the duration of the quilting (it's possible there may have been a finish on the felt that kept it from adhering), as well as some possible shrinkage of the felt by the high temperature and steam used while fusing.
After the cups and flourishes had been quilted there was a significant amount of buckling in the white areas, I don't think the fusible web was even sticking anymore at that point, luckily the open areas were not very large, maybe 9" at the widest so it didn't present too much of a problem and it all smoothed out nicely with the quilting.
Conclusion: would I use felt again? Yes, but I would take size into consideration, if I was working on a particularly large piece I would probably use a lightweight batting instead. I would also pretest the wool to make sure I didn't have a problem with adhesion when fusing. I think a newer piece of wool felt wouldn't have had the adhesion problems that this one had, I suspect it had a finish on it.


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Saturday, December 2, 2017 4:00 PM - 12:00 PM
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In Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara welcomed cross-town foe Westmont to Meredith Field at Harder Stadium on Saturday evening for the teams' 2012 edition of the Bryant and Sons Cup and the Gauchos came out on top for the 12th consecutive year as they posted a 3-0 victory over the Warriors in the season-opening exhibition.
The Gauchos controlled the tempo of the match, but despite out-shooting the Warriors 12-4 in the first stanza, the match remained scoreless until the 44th minute when senior Josue Madueno fed the ball to Boyoko, whose back was to the goal at the top of the box. The forward turned and shot the ball past diving Westmont goalkeeper, Matthew McNab.
Campion added his goal in the 70th minute when he sent the ball into the low near side of the goal from just outside the right post.
Just over six minutes later, the Gauchos brought their lead to three. Cesar Castillo misdirected his defender before tapping the ball to Boateng. The freshman passed the ball to Dom Sarle, who was just a few feet away at the top of the box. The junior forward quickly fired off an arching right-footed shot that deflected off the right post and into the goal.
For the match, UCSB out-shot the Warriors 20-4 and had a 9-1 advantage in shots on-goal.
Goalkeeper André Grandt needed just one save in the first half to secure the shutout. Austin Mansker made his debut in goal for the Gauchos during the second half. For the Warriors, McNab notched six saves, four of which came in the first stanza.
In all, 23 UCSB players appeared in the exhibition. Sarle and Javier Castro led the squad with four shots apiece. Peter McGlynn, Boateng and Castro each had two on-frame.
UCSB will officially open the 2012 season next Sunday, Aug. 26 at Loyola Marymount. The Gauchos will return home on Sept. 7 to host Valparaiso at 7:30 p.m. at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium.
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A dream job as a coffee and tea taster is up for grabs at a Scottish company on the hunt for a hot drinks lover.
Private label tea and coffee processing business, James Aimer, in Dundee is hoping to find an enthusiastic lover of the drinks to head up it's tasting team.
The long-established company, that process ethically sourced coffee beans, is looking for someone with an "unquenchable thirst to learn" and passion for tea and coffee.
The advert for the position says specialist training will be provided for the full-time job at the company's offices at Millbank Road in Dundee.
It says: "The right individual must have the appropriate communication skills to be able to discuss this technical knowledge in a non-technical and enthusiastic way.
"It would be advantageous if the individual is a trained barista with good sensory skills."
General Manager Robert Sinclair said: "The coffee and tea industry is such a vibrant profession to be involved in right now.
"Couple this with the hugely exciting developments going on in Dundee and we don't think it will be difficult to fill this role.
"There are so many baristas that are passionate and skilled yet, potentially, only at the start of their journey.
"We hope that anyone who wants to learn even more will get in touch."
The hot drinks business was founded in more than 130 years ago by Dundee trader and shipper, James Aimer.


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My new book Heaven Opens: The Trinitarian Mysticism of Adrienne von Speyr is available today.
It's available as a Paperback from Fortress Press and Amazon and also available as a Kindle or iBooks.
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May Adrienne pray for us.


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Peer review
Peer review is a general process whereby an article, before being accepted for publication in a scientific journal, is reviewed by several scientists (peers) knowledgeable in the field to which the article pertains. It is considered a cornerstone of modern scientific research.
When a scientist submits a paper to a scientific journal for publication, the editor of the journal selects several reviewers and sends them the paper to review. The reviewers send the editor their comments and questions about the paper. The editor then decides whether to reject the paper, publish it as-is, or send it back to the author with a list of problems to correct before the paper can be accepted.
In many cases, and especially with reputable journals, the editor removes the name of the author before sending the article out to the reviewers. The purpose is to help ensure that the reviewers judge the paper on its own merits, and not on the reputation of its author.
A number of issues are addressed when a paper is reviewed:
- The claim being made, and its merit
- The proposed experiments and methodology for data gathering
- Whether stages of the paper contain bias or assumptions that skew the results
- Whether the quality and quantity of evidence meets the burden of proof
- Whether the analysis and conclusions logically follow from the data
A violation of any one of these areas can invalidate the whole paper, and the author will have to fix the problems.
Strengths of Peer Review[edit]
- Peer review helps ensure that grossly inaccurate or poorly-reasoned papers are not published in research journals. Thus, the reader of a peer-reviewed journal is assured that the articles are at least good enough to be considered worthy of publication by several experts in the field.
- Contrariwise, if an article has not been peer-reviewed, this can arouse suspicion: if the paper is any good, why hasn't it been peer-reviewed?
Weaknesses of Peer Review[edit]
- Since an article must be read, understood, and reviewed by the reviewers (who are usually working scientists, and thus have full-time jobs already), peer review can delay publication of a paper by months or even years, especially if the editor sends it back for correction. This can delay advances by others in the field.
- Peer review is only as good as the reviewers. These may be unfamiliar with the subject treated in the paper (e.g., if a paper on the social impact of economic policies is submitted to a social science journal, the reviewers may not recognize errors in the parts of the paper that talk about economics).
- Scientists are only human, and a paper that strays too far from the conventional wisdom in a field may be dismissed by experts, especially if the evidence supporting the article's ideas is weak.
- Some creationists and intelligent design proponents have decided to start their own peer-review journals, such as the Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design (PCID), run by William A. Dembski. Such journals are meant to overcome the common complaint that creationist or intelligent design claims aren't peer reviewed. Such journals are not impartial and are biased, so despite that papers "pass" the peer review within these journals, the process has effectively failed. If the point is to ensure the paper has accurately applied the scientific method, and all the reviewers at the journal habitually bypass the scientific method when it's inconvenient, the journal cannot achieve the goal. The journal itself must have a history of accuracy and impartiality.


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A man driving through the Alps in France was smashed by a 20-ton boulder and survived, according to news reports.
The Daily Mail reports that rescuers expected to find the driver, Ludovic Masciave, 36, of nearby Albertville, inside the 4×4, "which was so badly damaged that they could not even tell what make it was."
His injuries included flattened lungs and broken ribs.
'I was stuck between the rock and the bottom of the door, but also against the dashboard. The space was very restricted. It could be measured in centimetres.
'My back was pressed against the door and my torso against the rock. I was completely compressed.
'All I was thinking about was stopping the pain. When firefighters were able to open the door I was finally relieved of the huge pressure of the rock. They managed to pull me out and took me to hospital.'


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2013 Press Release Archives
Contact: Aaron Lohr
Director, Media Relations
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SAN FRANCISCO–A type of drug normally used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure helped prevent weight gain and other complications related to a high-fat diet in an animal study. The results were presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Weight gain, especially around the waist, and high blood pressure, combine with other abnormalities to form a cluster of diseases known as metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other serious illnesses. With obesity rates climbing in developed countries throughout the world, medical researchers are trying to find new drugs to prevent metabolic syndrome from occurring.
One new and promising approach involves blocking the action of aldosterone and glucocorticoids, hormones synthesized in the adrenal cortex of mammals. These hormones are capable of activating the mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs). MRs are ligand-activated transcription factors that play a key role in many physiological and pathological processes occurring in several tissues and organs, including kidney, heart and adipose tissue.
Drugs that prevent MRs from reacting to their ligands are known as MR antagonists. In this study, investigators examined, in mice fed a high-fat diet, the effects of drospirenone and spironolactone, two MR antagonists currently used in clinical practice that have been previously shown to modulate adipocyte differentiation in vitro.
They found that the drugs had several benefits, including helping to prevent weight gain and to increase the number of energy-burning fat cells. Animals that received MR antagonists combined with a high-fat diet exhibited more brown fat cells interspersed within white fat tissue, compared to untreated controls. The so-called good kind of fat, brown fat cells actually burn energy to help prevent weight gain, while white fat does the opposite, storing energy as more fat cells.
In order to evaluate the expansion of brown adipose tissue, the investigators also used special imaging tests to measure the percentage of water in fat cells which, at high levels, indicates the presence of brown fat.
In addition, these MR antagonists were effective in reducing the high levels of blood glucose related to impaired glucose tolerance, which can be a precursor to diabetes.
"These data open new unexpected applications of MR antagonists in the treatment of obesity and its metabolic complications, since their use in animal models reverses the metabolic dysfunction induced by a high-fat diet, promoting the activation of brown-like fat in classical white fat depots," said study lead author Andrea Armani, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in obesity research. "Indeed, MR antagonism has promise as a novel approach to treat metabolic syndrome."
The study was coordinated by Massimiliano Caprio, MD, PhD, at the IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana Research Center in Rome, Italy. Previous research by Dr. Caprio's laboratory showed that blocking MR expression in human and animal precursor fat cells prevented them from developing further. These findings led the investigators to design the current study to examine the effects of MR antagonists on adipose tissue and glucose metabolism under obesogenic conditions.
The IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana (Ricerca Corrente); the University of Rome; and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the study.
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Founded in 1916, The Endocrine Society is the world's oldest, largest, and most active organization devoted to research on hormones and the clinical practice of endocrinology. Today, The Endocrine Society's membership consists of over 16,000 scientists, physicians, educators, nurses, and students in more than 100 countries. Society members represent all basic, applied, and clinical interests in endocrinology. The Endocrine Society is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. To learn more about the Society and the field of endocrinology, visit our site at www.endocrine.org. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/EndoMedia.


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As it turns out, many in the neighborhood are unaware of talks to either turn an abandoned LIRR rail line into a High Line-style park or revive rail service.
"What does that mean?" asked one restaurant employee, as she was just an employee at a nearby restaurant.
She added that she would support developments, stating that people often drink on the abandoned tracks.
One after another, residents in the Woodhaven neighborhood were oblivious to any proposed developments.
Alex Rabr, a resident of 86th Avenue and whose property is in close proximity to the tracks, said that while he was unaware of the developments, he would support them if they had the interests of the people in mind, and not just out for profit.
"I don't know what is going on, so for me it's difficult," Rabr said. "If it's reasonable, why not? If, for example, the budget is $100, they spend just one dollar put $99 back in their pocket, then of course no."
In name alone, NoWay QueensWay speaks for itself. Their banner-posting protest comes one week after representatives from the group spoke at a Community Board 9 meeting at Villa Russo's at 118-16 101st Ave. in Richmond Hill.
In a transcript of those public comments, posted on their website at www.nowayqueensway.org, the organization states its protest against "the latest campaign by the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Lands and their local lapdogs," adding that, "this campaign is designed to slander the good people of Woodhaven and Ozone Park by describing the neighborhood as an 'eyesore, littered and graffiti-filled.'"
One of the organization's main concerns in cleaning up the "littered" tracks is opening up the pathway to allow additional criminal mischief along their adjacent yards.
"Admittedly, it is overgrown," notes the group. "We like it that way. It prevents the rapists and thieves from bicycling down from Forest Park and gaining access to our backyards and families."
Woodhaven resident John Hammersley lives on 98th Street, right across from the abandoned tracks, and agrees that a park is a bad idea.
"My feelings are, let's put the train up there, and not a walkway up there, because now if you do, that's people walking down here onto my property," Hammersley said. "Train, you won't see anybody walking down here."
A bus operator with NYC Transit for the last 25 years,
Hammersely has also been a Woodhaven resident for the last 26 years and is more than welcoming to the idea of revitalizing the Rockaway Beach Line.
"I grew up above the trains," he said. "There won't be any noise coming around here, and that train will come right through and be out."