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Conservation Actions
This species is listed in CITES Appendix II and zero annual export quotas were established for wild-caught specimens traded for primarily commercial purposes in 2000 (CoP11). It is listed as a protected species in national or sub-national legislation in all range states, except Bhutan. While it has been recorded in, and may still occur in, some protected areas, protected area designation alone is insufficient to protect this species. Greater enforcement and management within protected areas to prevent poaching is needed as is strict enforcement along national and international trade routes, the identification and verification of strongholds where conservation efforts should be focused, and efforts to reduce consumer demand in key markets.
In Bangladesh, this species is protected by the Wildlife (Conservation & Security) Act 2012.
In China Manis pentadactyla is a State Category II protected species under the Protection of Wildlife Act (1989). It is also afforded protection under the Regulations on the Implementation of Protection of Terrestrial Wild Animals (1992) and the Regulations on Management of Import and Export of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 2006, which implements CITES. It also received further protection in the year 2000, following the promulgation of two judicial interpretations, which defined criteria for punishing crimes involving pangolins specifically. Similarly, a notification issued by national Chinese agencies in 2007 strengthened regulation for species used in traditional medicines, including pangolins, meaning hunting licenses for pangolins here are not to be issued and existing stockpiles of pangolin scales are to be subject to verification, certification and subject to retail trade only through designated outlets such as hospitals.
In Hong Kong SAR this species is protected under the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance 1976 (amended 1980, 1996) and the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants 2006.
In Taiwan (P.R. China), all Manis spp. have been protected since August 1990 under the 1989 Wildlife Conservation Law (amended 1994).
In India, this species is completely protected being listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (amended 2003, 2006).
In Thailand, all Manis spp. are classified as Protected Wild Animals under the 1992 Wild Animals Reservation and Protection Act B.E. 2535.
In Nepal, this species is listed as a Protected Animal in Schedule I of the National Parks and Wildlife Protection Act (1973, as amended 1993).
In Lao PDR Manis pentadactyla is listed in the Prohibition category of Lao PDR's Wildlife and Aquatic Law (2007) as a rare, near extinct, high value or species of special importance in the development of socio-economic, environmental, educational and scientific research.
In Myanmar this species is listed as a completely protected animal under the Protection of Wildlife and Wild Plants and Conservation of Natural Areas Law (1994).
In Viet Nam this species is listed as legally protected in Group IIB of Decree 32 on the Management of Endangered, Precious and Rare species of wild plants and animals (2006). However, section 9 of this law permits pangolins seized from illicit trade to legally be sold back into trade. Lack of an appropriate solution for confiscated pangolins continues to be a major problem for enforcement agencies in Viet Nam.
Location Information
This species occurs in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal, southern Bhutan and north and northeastern India, possibly northeastern Bangladesh, northern and western Myanmar, to northern and Annamite regions of Lao PDR and northern Viet Nam, northwest Thailand, and through southern China (south of the Chiangjiang - the Yangtze River) to Hainan, Taiwan (P.R. China) and Hong Kong SAR. However, it has likely been extirpated from parts of its current range, the limits of which are poorly known and may never be elucidated, due to high levels of exploitation historically. It exists at high altitudes, especially in the southern and western parts of its range, though also occurs at much lower altitudes, for example in Hong Kong and likely in the northeast of its range. Its latitudinal range is thought to overlap considerably with that of Manis javanica, with Manis pentadactyla tending to occur in hills and mountains and the former more generally found at lower altitudes. However, recent interviews with hunters in Viet Nam suggest that the two species can be found in the same areas of forest, and that the differences between them are ecological, relating to diet and habitat use, rather than altitude (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008).
The species is marginally present in northern India (Bihar) and has been recorded in northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Sikkim and the northern part of West Bengal) (Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012, Tikader 1983, Zoological Society of India 2002).
The species occurs in southern Bhutan (though potentially central and western areas only) and Nepal, where it is confined to elevations below approximately 2,000 m asl (Baral and Shah 2008, Mitchell 1975, Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012). It has been recorded as present in the Suklaphanta wildlife reserve in southwest Nepal within the last four years and in Jajarkot district in mid-west Nepal (H.S. Baral pers. comm. 2013).
This species has been recorded in north and central Lao PDR, however, there are too few locality records to determine the geographic and altitudinal range of the species in the country with any accuracy (Duckworth et al. 1999; Timmins and Evans 1996).
In China this species' distribution extends from the southern border as far north as Changjiang, including on the island of Chusan at the mouth of the Changjiang (Allen and Coolidge 1940). Available evidence indicates it extends to the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, and Fujian, and in the Autonomous Regions of Guangxi Zhuang, Tibet as well as Hainan Island, though it is replaced here by the subspecies Manis pentadactyla pusilla (Heath 1992, Zhang et al. 1997). It has been recorded in several sites in the central and northeast New Territories, as well as in Hong Kong SAR (including Lantau Island, but not on the smaller outlying islands), where it occurs at low altitudes (Reels 1996). In Taiwan (P.R. China), the species is replaced by the subspecies Manis pentadactyla pentadactlya (Formosan Pangolin, Chao et al. 2005) which occurs on the periphery of the Central Mountain Range, the Western Foothill Range, the Taoyuan Tableland, the Ouluanpi Tableland, the East Coast Mountain Range, the Tatun Volcano Group, Taipei Basin, Puli Basin, and the Pingtun Plain (Chao Jung-Tai 1989, Chao Jung-Tai et al. 2005). The upper limit of occurrence in Taiwan is around 2,000 m asl (Chao Jung-Tai 1989).
The species is plausibly widespread in northern Myanmar, although there are few records and its exact distribution is not well known (Salter 1983, Corbet and Hill 1992, J.W. Duckworth pers. comm. 2006).
The only records of the species in Thailand are from: Doi Inthanon (formerly Doi Angka) in Changwat, Chiang Mai (northern Thailand), sometime in 1937 and 1939 (Allen and Coolidge 1940) and Doi Sutep, Chiangmai (northern Thailand) in 1901.
All records of the species in Viet Nam are from the northern half of the country, as far south as Quang Tri Province and up to 1,000 m asl though actual upper altitudinal limits here are unknown (Bourret 1942, van Peenen et al. 1969, Do Tuoc pers. comm. 2006, P. Newton pers. comm. 2008).
Little is known about the species' distribution in Bangladesh (CITES 2000).
Population Information
There is virtually no information available on population levels of any species of Asian pangolin either at the global or national level anywhere across the species' range, with two exceptions (see below), and there is a paucity of research on population densities, population levels and abundance. This species is rarely observed, principally due to its increasing rarity, but also because it is secretive, solitary and primarily nocturnal. Evidence indicates it has been extirpated from parts of its current range, as a result of over-exploitation, and is otherwise in steep decline across most of its range (SATCM 1996, CITES 2000).
Reports in China suggest pangolins here (Manis pentadactyla in addition to Manis javanica and Manis crassicaudata which are still or were once present; Heath 1992; Wu et al. 2005) were commercially extinct by c.1995, with Chinese demand for pangolin products subsequently being met through imports, largely from Southeast Asia (SATCM 1996, CITES 2000, Newton et al. 2008, Challender et al. in prep.). Although, Wu et al. (2002) estimated populations of the Chinese Pangolin in China to be 50,000-100,000, in 2004 Wu et al. estimated pangolin populations generally within and close to China have declined by 88.88 - 94.12% from levels in the 1960s. Interviews as part of ongoing research in China indicates this species is present but very rare in the border areas of Guangxi and Yunnan provinces (P.L.B. Chan pers. comm. 2013). On Hainan Island, extensive field research between 1997 and 2013 and interviews with hunters suggest the subspecies here, M. p. pusllia, is commercially extinct, as a result of past and ongoing hunting pressure. Some remnant individuals do exist but face a high risk of extinction if the high demand for this species continues (P.L.B. Chan pers. comm. 2013).
In Hong Kong SAR, on-going research indicates the Chinese Pangolin is present, having been recorded within and outside the Country Park network, but is considered rare (G. Ades pers. comm. 2013).
In Taiwan (P.R. China) reports from the late 1980s and early 1990s suggest that populations of the subspecies M. p. pentadactyla (Formosan Pangolin) were decreasing, largely due to hunting, and although little is known about the status of the species, populations are suspected to be greatly reduced today and this subspecies is considered rare (Chao Jung-Tai 1989, Chao et al. 2005).
Surveys conducted in the Royal Nagarjung Forest in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the early 1990s determined that there was a healthy population here, however, the general trend elsewhere in Nepal was dramatic declines, due to increased access to hunting areas (Gurung 1996). Hunting of pangolins here for contemporary international trade also suggests populations continue to be subject to exploitative pressure (Challender et al in prep.).
This species was reported in the 1980s as common in the undisturbed hill forests of Arunachal Pradesh, however, little is known about the total population in India (Tikader 1983, Zoological Survey of India 1994). Yet, trade figures suggest this species is under severe hunting pressure in Northeast India (Misra and Hanfee 2000, Challender et al. in prep.).
The species is very rare in Viet Nam (Do Tuoc pers. comm. 2006). There is a provisional record for Ba Na National Park, which straddles the provinces of Quang Nam and Da Nang (Frontier Viet Nam, 1994). Hunters in Viet Nam reported that they still find Manis pentadactyla in Cuc Phuong National Park (in Quang Binh province), in Khe Net Nature Reserve, and in Ke Go Nature Reserve (Ha Tinh province) (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). However, all hunters reported that the species is extremely rare, and that populations have declined dramatically in the last two decades (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). In 2007, P. Newton (pers. comm.) found recent (i.e., less than one month old) signs of pangolin activity (recently-dug burrows) in Cuc Phuong National Park, which was possibly Manis pentadactyla as opposed to Manis javanica, though this is difficult to substantiate. In Khe Net and Ke Go, hunters reported that numbers of Manis pentadactyla were lower than those of Manis javanica, probably because the former is easier to hunt. If this is the case, then in places where both species occur, populations of Manis pentadactyla are likely to be more heavily depleted.
The species has been so heavily hunted in Lao PDR that field sightings are exceptionally rare, and the only recent field sightings (during 1994-1995) was of an individual in Nam Theun Extension PNBCA (Proposed National Biodiversity Conservation Area) and one seen in a village in Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA during the same period (Duckworth et al. 1999).
The status of this species in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand is unknown.
The primary threat to this species is hunting and poaching, both targeted and untargeted, for local, i.e. national level use as well as international trade, which is now driven largely by market demand in China, and this species is evidently subject to very heavy collection pressure across much of its range (Anon. 1999, Challender 2011, CITES 2000, Pantel and Chin 2009, Wu and Ma 2007). As has occurred historically, exploitation for consumptive, medicinal and spiritualistic reasons locally continues to take place (Anon. 1992, Anon. 1999, CITES 2000), but evidence suggests local use is often forgone in favour of entering animals into national and international trade given their high monetary value (Newton et al. 2008). This is despite the introduction of CITES zero export quotas for wild-caught animals traded commercially in the year 2000 (Newton et al. 2008). Within the last decade trade in this species is estimated to have involved a minimum of tens of thousands of individuals (Challender et al. in prep.) and market demand in China, where pangolin meat is consumed as a luxury product and its scales used in traditional medicines, appears to driving this trade (Wu and Ma 2007, Zhang et al. 2008, Challender et al. in prep.). Here pangolin meat is consumed conspicuously as a luxury wild meat dish for which affluent consumers are willing to pay high prices. This species also appears in both Chinese and Vietnamese traditional medicinal literature which prescribes the use of scales in traditional medicines to: treat skin conditions, improve blood circulation and to stimulate milk secretion in lactating women (Ellis 2005). In China, pangolin scales continue to be prescribed for these and other ailments, including cancer (Yue 2008), through designated outlets such as hospitals, but also through traditional medicine retailers, as in Viet Nam. However, given the decline in this species historically, especially in China (see below), it is difficult to determine if scales sold today are those from stockpiles of scales maintained by the State Forestry Administration in China, or from the Sunda pangolin Manis javanica or other species of Asian pangolin.
As a result of past and ongoing exploitation, and within the time frame of three generations of this species (estimated at 21 years; generation length estimated at seven years), it has been inferred that Manis pentadactyla is commercially extinct in China (SATCM 1996, Wu et al. 2004), though remnant populations are understood to remain and further research is needed to confirm presence/absence (P.L.B. Chan pers. comm. 2013). Similarly, extensive fieldwork on Hainan Island between 1997 and 2013 suggests the subspecies M. p. pusilla is commercially extinct and has been reduced to remnant populations only (P.L.B. Chan pers. comm. 2013).
It is significant that this species is reported to be an easier species to locate and hunt in the wild, compared to the Sunda pangolin Manis javanica (P. Newton pers. comm.). This is because it is more terrestrial, and is thus: a) easier to track their scent using specialised hunting dogs (the scent of Manis javanica is often lost at points at which the animal climbed a tree); and b) has conspicuous soil burrows that are more easily accessed than the tree hollows favoured by Manis javanica (P. Newton pers. comm.). For these reasons, the hunting threat to Manis pentadactyla is perhaps even greater than that to Manis javanica (P. Newton pers. comm.).
Unfortunately, very little research has been conducted on pangolins or their hunting, poaching and trade in Asia, though one exception is research conducted by Newton et al. (2008) in Viet Nam. Here, every hunter interviewed (N = 84) reported that they now sell all pangolins that they catch (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). Prices are so high that local, subsistence use of pangolins for either meat or their scales has completely halted in favour or selling to the national/international trade (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). The only occasions on which a hunter might eat a pangolin is if it is already dead when they retrieve it from a trap and then they would use the meat and sell the scales (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). MacMillan and Nguyen (2013) report similar findings and it is likely this circumstance is prevalent across Asia. The price per kg of pangolin (in Viet Nam, at least) has escalated rapidly (at a rate greater than that of annual inflation) since the commercial trade in wild pangolins began to expand in about 1990 (P. Newton pers. comm. 2008). Prices paid to hunters now exceed US$95 per kg (Viet Nam, P. Newton pers. comm. 2008) which is reflected up the trade chain with retail prices in China and Viet Nam having increased in recent years (D.W.S. Challender pers. comm. 2013).
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Tribe signs two veterans to Minor League deals
Catcher Kottaras, right-hander Lowe assigned to Triple-A Columbus
The Indians signed Major League veterans Mark Lowe and George Kottaras to Minor League contracts on Thursday, and both players were assigned to Triple-A Columbus. Lowe, a right-handed reliever, and Kottaras, a catcher, will give the Indians some needed depth in case of injury.
Kottaras, 30, batted .180 in 46 games for the Royals last season, but he's a career .273 hitter in the Minor Leagues. Kottaras has played in 295 games in the Major Leagues and has batted .214 over 692 at-bats. He's played for the Red Sox, Brewers and A's in addition to Kansas City.
Lowe went 1-0 with a 9.26 ERA in 11 appearances for the Angels last year, but he has a career 4.17 ERA in 264 appearances in the Majors. The 30-year-old began his career with the Mariners and has also pitched for Texas. Lowe was in camp with Tampa Bay this spring before being cut.
Center fielder Michael Bourn, currently sidelined with a strained left hamstring, will begin his rehab assignment Thursday night as Triple-A Columbus begins its season against Triple-A Indianapolis. Kottaras is one of three catchers at Indianapolis, along with Luke Carlin and Roberto Perez.

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Now that LinkedIn is targeting colleges and universities with its professional social networking service, it's time for schools to sort out what kind of commitment to make and dive in.
This summer, LinkedIn announced University Pages, giving schools the opportunity to create a more structured and consistent presence on the social network. Hundreds of institutions have already jumped on board--with 200 more pages going live each week, according to the site--lured by the chance to reach LinkedIn's fastest-growing demographic: students and recent graduates. As of August 2013, that segment stood at about 30 million strong among LinkedIn's 238 million members worldwide.
Why LinkedIn? As education market researcher ICEF Monitor pointed out recently, schools need to make a bigger push "to link their programming to industry and to prove that their degrees result in post-graduate success." LinkedIn University Pages do just that, displaying information on where alumni work and live, what they studied, and what skills they have.
But like any new campus endeavor, getting the most out of your institution's University Page takes some fine-tuning. Campus Technology has reviewed some four dozen blogs, articles, advisories, videos, and webinars and checked in on dozens of LinkedIn University Pages to bring you this compilation of guidance.
Put a Plan in Place
Don't forget the basics of any tech implementation: finding an executive sponsor, creating a plan, getting stakeholder buy-in, following through on execution, and reporting progress and results.
"Involve the right internal stakeholders to build out a strategy," advised Kevin Grubb, assistant director of student services at Villanova University and a consultant on social networking.
There's no doubt that LinkedIn is a valuable tool for a university's marketing and career services teams, noted Mike Richwalsky, senior director of creative services and e-marketing at John Carroll University. But that doesn't mean there aren't other parts of the university that need to be brought into the planning. Among the areas that may want to weigh in: alumni relations, university communications, admissions, and career services.
"It's all about having a plan," according to ed tech company Hobsons. Schools should consider a number of questions, including: How does a LinkedIn page fit within your overarching communications strategy? Is LinkedIn where your audience is, and if it isn't, how can you attract them? Will it be worth the extra effort? And how will you measure success and communicate wins and losses to stakeholders?
Setting Up Your University Page
A placeholder page for your university probably already exists--waiting for someone to sign up as its official administrator. According to Josh Clemm, a technical lead for LinkedIn, data scientists on the site's "higher education team" have pored over the service's millions of member profiles "to create a standardized list of more than 23,000 institutions worldwide." For example, if an individual user's profile mentions "Sierra College" in the education section, LinkedIn has used that data to calculate how many alumni are members of the site, where the bulk of those alumni work, etc. Those stats are displayed on the University Page with the caveat that the page "isn't quite ready."
In order to request administrator access to an official University Page, be ready with a few items:
Once LinkedIn has reviewed the request, it replies by e-mail.
Of course, the site won't accept application requests from just anybody. Make sure you can provide:
Administrating the Page
The LinkedIn administrator is the person who can update school information, upload images, and reach out to members of the university. Admins must also have a personal LinkedIn account.
Admins will see an "Edit this page" link at the top of the University Page, which serves as the workspace where he or she can upload a logo, a cover photo, and a gallery of photos and videos to show off the school and designate "notable alumni." (A LinkedIn algorithm can automatically select notable alumni if desired.)
If you have multiple departments within the institution that will be involved in the LinkedIn pages, you may decide to have multiple administrators. Those individuals can request Admin status by selecting "I'm faculty or staff here" in the menu in the upper-right section of the University Page. An e-mail will be sent to existing admins to let them know about the request. They can choose to approve or ignore it just like a standard LinkedIn contact request.
Company Pages vs. University Pages
If your institution already possesses a "company" variety of LinkedIn page, sorry to say it can't be merged with the University Page. LinkedIn has a ready explanation for how to distinguish the two: It says that the University Page "is the destination...for your school to market itself and build a community," whereas, the Company Page "is the place for your school to brand itself as an employer."
You'll be excused for getting these confused. After all, most University Pages we checked listed the universities or colleges themselves among the top one or two places where their alumni work. (You can tell whether you're on a University Page or a Company Page by looking at the URL; the former uses "school" in the URL; the latter uses "company.")
Villanova's Grubb suggested that schools "shift" in the direction of taking that "employer" angle more seriously, by making sure to post institutional jobs and other information related to internal workforce issues on the company site while preserving the University Page for "ongoing announcements and updates." Don't think of this as an instant solution; it's more of a philosophy to help make ongoing decisions and it'll take a while for users to remember what goes where.
Groups vs. University Pages
A group page is where the LinkedIn networking action--discussions, job postings, and news--traditionally has happened. Interested people join the group and participate in its activities.
In contrast, the University Page is a public page-- nobody has to join, which means you have no insight into your institution's "list." As official LinkedIn "Ambassador" Lindsey Pollack, shared in a webinar for career advisers, "Having a LinkedIn group is like having a database of the career paths and current contact information of thousands of your alumni. Many schools are already using their LinkedIn groups as a supplement to their existing databases because people are more likely to update their LinkedIn profiles than to send new contact or employer information to their universities."
To best take advantage of both formats, use the University Page to publicize groups available; use the group pages themselves to allow participants with specific interests to converse with each other.
Also, Linked allows University Page administrators to specify that only certain members of their audience see a specific update on the page. For example, if the university wants to notify alumni from a specific year about an upcoming networking event or notify a graduating class in a specific college about a career fair schedule, that targeted messaging can be handled at the time the update is posted. Administrators can create custom updates filtered by location, industry, company, and seniority.
The Basic Content of the University Page
A LinkedIn University Page includes default information:
In sections where there's no additional information available, the section simply won't show up.
Targeting Alumni
A primary use for the University Page is to woo and stay in touch with alumni. Becky Vardaman, a digital strategist for Converge Consulting, proclaimed it a "wonderful, data-driven way to approach...Alumni Relations activities." The data summaries compiled by LinkedIn provide broad information about where alumni live and work, which can help with "planning for alumni events, messaging, and giving campaigns."
However, caution is also advised, said Kristin Simonetti, a senior editor for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). While the University Page "creates a one-stop alumni shop on LinkedIn," its existence can also be misused or even abused. For example, in the "struggle" to figure out how much communication is too much, will the school's new LinkedIn presence "help or hinder that challenge?" Likewise, if the LinkedIn page has traditionally been focused on career development and networking, what happens when the page has been blown open to be used for all kinds of activities related to the institution? And could you experience "territorial disputes," as multiple offices within the university become feverishly involved in social media activities?
Also, how much control should you impose on alumni activities? While legitimate job postings are surfacing on University Pages, so is spam--posts that look like they could come from alumni but that also appear on practically any other University Page you might look up.
Both MIT and the California Institute of Technology host private LinkedIn groups specifically for alumni. To facilitate that transition from student to graduate to professional, those groups also allow students access before graduation. At MIT, an alum.mit.edu e-mail address allows a person to be automatically added to the group; other potential members are vetted by the Alumni Association. Caltech verifies every candidate's status.
Career Services Kickstart
A second major business case for the use of LinkedIn by institutions is to enhance the career services provided to students and alumni. This can take multiple forms.
Career services staff can request introductions from alumni to their employers, suggested Pollack. For example, if you're trying to identify possible contacts to help in setting up an internship program with a particular organization, hunt down alumni in that organization and ask for introductions to the correct people. When you do that, however, she added, make sure to state the intent and "give an out" so that respondents can decline gracefully.
Career services staff can also help students employ LinkedIn as a professional tool for jumpstarting their careers, said Pollack. Support can include:
Some institutions have compiled rich collections of resources for teaching students how to network. For example, Brandeis University provides a page titled, "Overview: Networking 101." Before any student can join the university's LinkedIn group, he or she must read, sign, and return the school's social responsibility and integrity contract," watch an 11-minute online workshop about networking, and answer a brief quiz.
Going Beyond the Basics
Images and videos can make a University Page more appealing, reported Jen Doak, an online communications specialist at CASE, "particularly to younger (and probably not as career-minded) members."
Marketer Janelle Vreeland recommended using those photos and videos to provide examples of student life: "Make sure that you give your potential students a look at life on campus with a glimpse of dorm life, campus events, and any other extra-curricular activities that will help paint a broader picture of what campus life will be like."
Marketing software company HubSpot recommended several ways to "leverage" the University Page: encouraging students to provide testimonials about their experiences with the institution; jumping on questions from potential student applicants to provide more specific and detailed information when they indicate a particular interest; and creating a parents-only group.
Although University Pages are only a few months old, some users and institutions are proving to be old hands at using this new branding platform in intriguing ways.
Of course, this is a fledgling effort and all is not perfect. Carnegie Mellon's student newspaper, The Tartan, editorialized that University Pages brought "little new information" for students doing research on potential schools. What it provides is already available in other places, the paper insisted.
Hobsons questioned whether schools have any control over the ads that appear on their University Pages: "Will LinkedIn allow for competitor schools to advertise on other University Pages?" it pondered. Well, yes, it will: During the writing of this article, St. Joseph's University was advertising its online master's program in secondary education on almost every university site on LinkedIn.
Likewise, the company asked how colleges and universities will be able to track their ROI. John Carroll's Richwalsky posed a similar concern: "I hope LinkedIn builds in some analytics functionality, showing profile views, post views, interactions (beyond 'likes'). This type of information will help me decide if this medium is something worth devoting...time to."
For most schools, LinkedIn will become one of several useful channels to reach out to potential, current, and former students and others with an interest in the institution. So the introduction of University Pages probably won't require an all-out effort so much as a measured response. Perhaps the best advice comes from Anthony Juliano, a trainer and consultant who specializes in LinkedIn: Provide value and "over time you'll build some relationships."
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Holiday Favourites!
Flower Ring: Accessorize - 2) Blue Gem Ring: Pandora - 3) Chandelier Earrings - River Island - 4) Coco Chanel Mademoiselle Bobbi Brown High Shimmer Lip Gloss (in Hot 6) - 6) Kiko Precision Lipliner (in 308 Bordeaux) - 7) Chapstick (limited edition) Vanilla Birthday Cake Shower Gel by Philosophy - 9) "Exotic Liras" Nail Polish by Essie - 10) Bioderma Sensibio H2O Aussie Miracle Hair Insurance - 12) Hand Food by Soap and Glory - 13) Necklace: Missguided
Lucky 13, odd number I know but these were the products and pieces of jewellery that have really stood out to me and I've found myself going back to time and time again this December. I'm going to do a super short review of each, but if anybody would like to hear more about any of them please just let me know and I'd be more than happy to oblige :)
Let's get started then lovelies!
Lucky 13, odd number I know but these were the products and pieces of jewellery that have really stood out to me and I've found myself going back to time and time again this December. I'm going to do a super short review of each, but if anybody would like to hear more about any of them please just let me know and I'd be more than happy to oblige :)
Let's get started then lovelies!
1&2 (the rings) - I got the first ring (the gold one) a few months ago and I tend to wear it on my little finger with another ring on my other hand. I only got this beautiful blue Pandora ring a few days ago for Christmas (thanks Phil!), and even though it doesn't match the gold of the other ring I haven't taken this combo off yet, plus they're simple enough to layer up with other rings too. I think they look gorgeous together!
3 (the earrings) - I originally bought these with the intention of wearing them on New Years Eve to go for a chic, elegant look. They really aren't like any other earrings I own and I ended up wearing them on Christmas Day which really showed how they can dress up a simple outfit. Although I don't often have the occasion to wear such lovely earrings, I'm sure I'll be making an extra special effort for these!
4 (the perfume) - This is a perfume I've been coming back to for over four years now and I still love it. I've only ever owned the travel size bottle but hey ho, it smells the same! In fact, when I sprayed this on just before I started my shift on Thursday I had four compliments within the first hour :)
5&6 (the lip products) - I'll start with Bobbi Brown: woooowww! I got this a couple of weeks ago and even wore it in my pajamas later the same day I love it that much. The shimmer makes me so so happy, I think it's the perfect festive lipgloss. You can layer it up too, as much as I've been loving the Kiko lip pencil (super staying power and super affordable) by itself for a matte pinkish-red lip for parties, when partnered with the Bobbi Brown gloss it really does make an amazing lip that would be the perfect main feature of any winter party look. 7 (the lip balm) - We all have our favourite lip balms and this is mine. Moisturising, yet not too heavy to wear under lipstick. I also love the cute packaging! Unfortunately I'm not sure if this exact Chapstick is available any more, but there is always a wide range of flavours of Chapstick available from most drug stores year round which all work just as well.
8 (the shower gel) - This is a product that needs a review all of its own (note to self). I now own three, but this is the one that I've reached out for when I need a little pick me up. Not only are these products a shower gel, but they also work as a bubble bath and shampoo! I've had this for nearly two months and it's lasting a treat. Really. I cannot praise this enough. Makes my skin (and hair) silky smooth and smell almost good enough to eat. Almost. But not quite.
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BRIDGEPORT -- The driver of a gray Nissan and his female passenger were transported to a city hospital after their car collided with a city bus this morning at Park Avenue and State Street in Bridgeport.
Greater Bridgeport Transit CEO Douglas C. Holcomb said the driver of bus and four passengers were sent to local hospitals, although none of the injuries appeared to be serious. He said the bus driver was treated and released by Monday afternoon.
Holcomb said the bus sustained minor damage near its bike rack but he said that bus service won't be affected by the crash because GBT has reserve buses in its fleet.
One of the bus passengers said the Nissan had run a red light traveling south on Park Avenue when it collided with the bus shortly after 9:30 a.m.
"He was speeding. Our light was still green," said Robin Caple. "I was holding on to the seat in front of me."
Medics triaged bus passengers one by one, helping a wheelchair bound woman to the sidewalk. The crash happened in front of the Greater Bridgeport YMCA; the destination for several passengers.
The Nissan had temporary plates. It's back bumper and left rear quarter-panel were dented and nearly crushed.
The bus was operating in the Greater Bridgeport Transit District as part of a shared service, called Coastal Link, that travels along Route 1 for most of its route between Norwalk and Milford.
An ad for a prominent injury lawyer was on the side of the bus that was struck.
A replacement bus arrived about an hour after the crash and most of the passengers continued their trip.
The accident itself remains under investigation, police said.
This story will be updated as details become available.
Staff writer Wes Duplantier contributed to this report.


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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Eileen KINNICK - 75 yrs ago - Week 17 - April 24-30, 1937
Eileen KINNICK
75 yrs ago
Week 17 - April 24-30, 1937
My mother, Eileen KINNICK (maiden name), kept a diary from 1932 until her death in 1999. In Feb 2005, I created a website of her 1936 diary, the year she graduated from high school. During the latter half of 2011, commented weekly on these entries.
For 1937, I am transcribing the daily entries, currently, at The KINNICK Project surname blog.
In this weekly blog post, I will make summary comments and observations, and perhaps add a photo, from time to time. Starting here with Week 10, I am switching to the week ending on Friday.
Setting: The family lived in a farmhouse a couple of miles out of town (Coon Rapids, Iowa). Older brother, Leo, lived at home; his girl friend, later wife, Ida, visited regularly. Younger brother, Buzzy (she often wrote Bussy) was 9 years old. Pete Smith is her 'boy friend' - fourth month starting Jan 1 (they do marry, in Mar 1938).
Week 17 (Apr 24-30): A while back, I shared some information on my grandparents, Eileen's Mom and Dad, Paul and Dorothy (SORENSEN) KINNICK, and their residences in their early married life, as well as later. Part of that was a quote I had recorded a number of years ago from one of her letters. Here is the quote:
"In regard to the little white house that sits east of Shirbroun's big barn; My grandpa Sorensen & 4 children came here from Denmark in 1912. My mother, Dorothy, married my Dad, Paul H. Kinnick in 1914. Rasmus Nielsen (a relative of Jens Jensen) came a little later. My Aunt Louise Sorensen lived with her Dad (my grandfather) & he built that little house for them to live in & run a dairy. Rasmus married Louise & they had 3 children born in that little house: Karl Nielsen, lives south of Coon & drove a CRB bus until 2 years ago, Howard Nielsen, lives in Omaha, Paul Nielsen, who commited suicide 10 years ? ago. Darrell Nielsen, Glidden, is another brother & they had 4 girls, too. My Dad had uncle Lem Williams, the iceman, build the stucco house & Leo Kinnick & I were born there - Leo in 1917 & I came along in 1918. Buzz was born in 1928 on Main Street where Irene Fick lives."
I just came across, in the Coon Rapids Enterprise (as I often do, when looking for something else!)[Feb 23, 2012 edition], the following article regarding that Shirbroun's Dairy "big barn."
75 Years Ago
February 12, 1937
"Shirbroun's Dairy is going out of business. After serving the people of this community for some 14
years they have decided to quit and are advertising a dispersal sale of their fine herd of 71 Guernsey
cattle to be held at the farm just south of town on Monday, February 22. In addition to their dairy here they are also selling all the dairy equipment including milking machines, separators, cooling tanks, delivery truck and other articles. This dairy farm has the finest equipment in this section of the state. The big barn has stanchion for 36 head of cows and besides that will hold 125 tons of hay, 2,000 bushels of oats, 25 tons of bailed straw and have room to spare. Everything on the farm is run by electricity and it is modern in every respect but because of illness in the family and the stress of other work it is going out of business. Because of the large offering it will no doubt be a big sale."
I will include here the poor image from the earlier web site. The barn in question is at the left center. The little white house is just to the east of it, hardly visible. The G&T corn processing plant, south of town, is at the bottom; most of the photo is the town of Coon Rapids, from the south, looking north(west).
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The redistricting could help elect the alleged lecher to the City Council. In return, Quinn would curry favor with what's left of Lopez's Brooklyn political machine for her mayoral campaign.
The district boundary change, expected to slide through the council in three weeks, will flip the disgraced pol's Brooklyn house one district west, from the 37th to the 34th, by a half-block.
A district boundary change could help get disgraced pol Vito Lopez (above) elected to the City Council. the change would move his Brooklyn home from the 37th to the 34th district, where he has a better chance of winning a seat.
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Quinn will do anything to get elected
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Will she bear her breasts in front of St. Patricks Cathedral advocating in solidarity for lesbian rights?
- Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Say anything, do anything, Christine. Amazing.
- Tuesday, November 20, 2012
she is disgusting!!1
- Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I don't know...
compared to Bloomberg, I'd rather have a shrill raging lesbian for mayor.
Maybe Chrissy might wind up having a change of heart and become the peoples' champion.
Then she could arm wrestle any developer to the ground. Just look at the arms on her!
- Wednesday, November 21, 2012
At least she'd know how to supervise the building of a proper dyke around lower Manhattan.
- Wednesday, November 21, 2012
She's got the same kind of hungry look in her eyes that a crack head out of rock has! Make sure that this vicious c--t isn't our next mayor!
- Thursday, November 22, 2012
She probably already has done "anything"
- Thursday, November 22, 2012


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You can see that 'job titles' often carry a sense of identity and can infer status (there's more Senior and Principal UX professionals than Standard ones 😉 whereas 'job types' are averaging. Chances are that declaring a job title leads to a little flush of pride whilst declaring a job type leads to a little bit of reflection. With the form in question, and indeed with any form design, we want to keep the user feeling just chipper whilst they fill it in (there's always some checkboxes that the client wants them to tick, right?). We felt that swapping 'job title' for 'job type' would take too much shine off the emotional wellbeing of our customer during this particular engagement. We decided to leave in 'job title' so people could tell us something special about their work, and then collect 'job type' straight after**.
Asking for data that you don't need – the fake field – is of course artifice, and maybe could be considered a patronising lie that breaches the spirit of trust that should exist between user and provider… but seen in a different way it is quite usual to gather extra, incidental information. In a conversation, with a real person, without a computer screen and an un-emotional form in the way, people get a sense of dialog and emotional engagement from the interaction. A lot of extra information is transferred in the process of managing the interpersonal interaction. When designing a form, we acknowledge the compromises compared to that proper human engagement, and we look for ways in which we can take tiny steps back towards where we prefer to be. In this case, the 'job title' field is not data that gets kept, but it's still important to ask someone; could you imagine asking someone what sort of job they had but not asking what they actually do? Even though it compromised our key goal of a short, fast form, sometimes satisfaction is more important than plain old efficiency.
Can you think of other examples where a fake field might help the experience?
* not really
** (we'd love to test this out and see if a form with 'job title' has higher satisfaction ratings than one with just 'job type' – maybe one day we will – for now we're just measuring the form against performance goals)
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Lights, camera, football Christmas
It is that time of year again. A time filled with new hope, joy, excitement and cheer, a time of new beginnings and high expectations. I'm not talking about spring or Administrative Professionals Day (that was yesterday). I'm talking about the NFL Draft. Every year the draft continues to be a larger and larger spectacle, a prime-time NFL reality show, with high hopes, disappointments and an abundance of speculation. Who will they pick? Is he another Ryan Leaf? For any serious football fan, it is a chance to get a taste of what September may bring. Conversely, as Dan Patrick recently pointed out, on his nationally broadcast TV and radio show, if the NFL wanted to be efficient, they could easily have all seven rounds of the draft completed within a few hours online, instead of over the course of three days. But where is the pageantry in that?While this year's draft class is being billed by many experts as a class that lacks some of the flash and star power of years past, there is considered to be good depth in the later rounds and a wealth of storylines. The pageantry kicks off tonight at 6 with round one on both ESPN and NFL Network.
It is often said that the NFL is a quarterback-driven league. This year's quarterback class can most aptly be described as a riddle wrapped in an enigma smothered in secret sauce. There is no Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III, but teams are still likely to reach for QBs in round 1. West Virginia's Geno Smith leads the pack. The agile skipper will likely be in the top 10, but some experts have questioned his consistency. He could be a good fit for former Oregon coach Chip Kelly's new system in Philadelphia, which would make Smith the potential successor to Michael Vick. The Eagles pick at No. 4. Others have speculated that Smith's stock could drop to late in the first round. USC's Matt Barkley and Ryan Nassib of Syracuse round out the top three QBs in the class. Considered a second-round talent, Nassib could potentially be selected by his former college head coach, Doug Marrone, who is now with the Buffalo Bills. The Bills pick at No. 8 would be a reach, but they may decide they do not want to take the chance that he will be gone by the time they pick again in the second round. They may also look to trade their early second-round pick with a team like Denver at 28 to get a second first-round pick. Once a clear first-round pick, Barkley's shoulder injury last year could see him drop out of the first round all together. One quarterback that could be rising up draft boards is 6 foot, 5 inch, 237 lbs. Florida State quarterback E.J. Manuel, who has been compared to Ben Roethlisberger and Daunte Culpepper. Another intriguing storyline is what effect the story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fake cyber girlfriend may have on his draft stock.
As for the Broncos, Mark Kisla, from The Denver Post, wrote that he is predicting the Broncos will go for a cornerback when they pick at No. 28. To be fair, he also qualified the statement as a guess. Other experts are predicting the Broncos will be looking to replace Elvis Dumervil at defensive end. With aging running back Willis McGahee and Knowshon Moreno both coming off of injuries, running back could be a position of some concern, but maybe not until the later rounds. Either Alabama's Eddie Lacy or Wisconsin's Montee Ball could make a good McGahee replacement. But with Lance Ball and Ronnie Hillman still on the roster, running back may not be a high priority. Quarterback also seems to be a low priority, as apparently John Elway has plenty of faith in Brock Osweiler to backup Peyton Manning.
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Up to seven teams could be in the running for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men's tournament, the chairman of the selection committee said Wednesday, providing a lot more uncertainty than a year ago.
Mike Bobinski, who is also the athletic director at Xavier, said the coveted seeds were more obvious in 2012, when the only suspense was who would get the last of the No. 1 spots.
"A year ago, I think the one line of the tournament and bracket was in pretty clear focus," said Bobinski, who is leaving Xavier to take over as Georgia Tech's AD after the tournament. "This year looks a little bit different. I anticipate there will be a number of teams we'll be considering and discussing for that one line of the bracket."
Not surprising, given a wide-open season where no team has established itself as clearly the class of the field.
"It's probably as big as it's ever been," Bobinski said, talking about potential No. 1 seeds. "I'm not sure it's any larger than a couple years back, but there's probably never been any more for the top line."
A year ago, everyone knew Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina would get the top spots, even though all lost in their conference tournaments. Michigan State received the final No. 1 after a victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten title game, just hours before the 68-team field was announced.
This year, Gonzaga is ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press rankings for the first time ever, but doesn't come from one of the glamour conferences. Second-ranked Duke is projected as the top team in the RPI, a crucial component in the selection committee process. Traditional powerhouses Indiana, Louisville, Georgetown and Kansas are also in contention for top seeds, with their final seeding likely dependent on how they do in their conference tournaments.
"I can't speak for the entire committee, but as I walk into our process this year I would tell you I've probably got seven teams in my mind for the first four spots," Bobinski said. "That will come into focus in the next few days, but it's more than four for the top four."
The top seeds are crucial, because the selection committee makes a special effort to ensure those teams play close to home in the opening rounds and, if possible, won't have to face a team at any point up to the Final Four where they would be at a definite geographical disadvantage.
While there have been some questions about the No. 1 teams getting too much of a favorable ride, Bobinski doesn't buy that argument at all.
"I don't feel at all that we're over-favoring the top seeds. They've earned that," he said. "We're not setting out to advantage them any further than what they've earned by being the best four teams in the country."
Bracketology has become its own little industry, with numerous Web sites and media outlets projecting for weeks, even months, what the NCAA might look like. That's all well and good, Bobinski said, but it was little impact on the selection committee.
"We know all those folks and enjoy what they do," he said. "They react on a day to day, even half to half, basis, I understand that. It helps to drive interest and build interest. But we have a different circumstance here. We allow all the dust to settle, and then evaluate it in totality."
After the 31 automatic qualifiers are set, the committee will pick the remainder of the field and do all the seeding. Bobinski and the other members planned to get started on the process Wednesday, taking an early vote to identify which teams are most likely to be under consideration for those at-large bids.
"There's no minimums for how many teams, and there's no finality" until Sunday, he said. "We'll take every bit of time to make sure we get this as right as we can."
There could be a number of crucial decisions to make in the final hours, at both the top and the bottom of the bracket.
"We would love to have the top line coming into Sunday," Bobinski said. "But we're going to do what the field tells us to do. We'll allow for some adjustments at the last minute. In an ideal world, that wouldn't be the case."
Up to seven teams may be in running for NCAA top seeds
Up to seven teams could be in the running for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men's tournament, the chairman of the selection committee said Wednesday, providing a lot more uncertainty than a year ago.


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White Sox saying, again, that they are out on Dunn. If that's true, Dunn could stay with Nationals. Rays only in at right price
UPDATE: Jim Bowden (MLB/FOX):
Confirmed….3 Teams are still "in" on Adam Dunn: Detroit, Chicago WS and Tampa Bay….50/50 he's moved….Confirmed
UPDATE #2: Heyman (SI):
jackson for dunn is still a possibility. but nationals want chisox to add another player or 2


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You can click on the image to see a larger size. You can see the original here. This is one of the first announcements concerning the objectives of the already announced collaboration between FamilySearch and the other large genealogy companies; Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com and findmypast.com.
In essence, FamilySearch make a goal to put all of the world's records online in one generation. Included in the goal are two Ancestry.com subsidiaries, Archives.com and Fold3.com. The blog post announcement entitled, "FamilySearch Works to Put the World's Historical Records Online in One Generation," reads as follows:
FamilySearch International (online at FamilySearch.org) is leading the way in digitizing and providing access to billions of historical genealogical records by collaborating with commercial family history companies and the online community. This collaboration will carve centuries off the time needed to increase access to the world's historical records, enabling millions more people to quickly discover, share, and preserve family memories for generations. Read more about what new and exciting things are taking place as FamilySearch International works with it's partners to put the world's historical records online in one generation.I don't want to steal any of FamilySearch's thunder, but they did put this out on the Internet before any formal announcements at RootsTech 2014. In my world, the Internet is fair game for news.
Being my old picky self, I noticed a couple of things missing from the announcement, such as how they are going to do all this work even with the collaboration of Ancestry.com et al. I suppose perhaps we will hear a few more details.
If you look closely at the Infographic, you will see some interesting inclusions and exclusions. The figures quoted indicate that 5.3 billion records have already been preserved by FamilySearch. How many more are already preserved by the FamilySearch partners and how many have been preserved by all of the online record repositories in existence? For example, Trove.nla.gov.au, the Australian National Library website has 386.7 million online digitized records and the European website, Europeana.eu, has millions and millions more. There are millions of digitized and indexes records in the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain. I could go on and on for pages and pages, of course. Do we include all of these other websites and archives in the world's records? Are we talking about all the world's records or only those considered genealogically significant.
The first part of the Infographic refers to 10 billion more records that need to be digitized from the Americas and Western Europe. That leaves an estimated 60 billion from other regions. That looks like 70 billion estimated records worldwide to me (I am not good at math, but this is an easy one). But the rest of the Infographic talks about Indexing the 5.3 billion records already accumulated by FamilySearch.org. I assume most of these records are referring to the 2.4 million rolls of microfilm that are in the process of being digitized. What happens to the rest of the 60 billion or so records worldwide?
The Infographic fails to address the digitization of the 60 billion remaining records but jumps to an analysis of creating a worldwide family tree. They state that about 27 billion people need to be added to the FamilySearch.org Family Tree to put everyone on the tree. Of course, we have the claim by Ancestry.com that they have 2.1 billion records in their Public Member Family Trees and MyHeritage.com claims 1.5 billion profiles and 27 million family trees on their website. Are we counting any of those or any of the other online family trees or only FamilySearch.org Family Tree?
This is a laudable goal and one that needs to be articulated. My real guess is that given the increasing rate of digitization, most of the world's records will be digitized much sooner than the date estimated for the indexing alone. I also see that many of the world's countries are not likely to cooperate in any worldwide effort to make their records available. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, it is just that many countries are struggling with internal conflicts and wars that don't make digitization of their records a high priority not to mention religious, social and cultural barriers that make putting records online highly unlikely.
Good show FamilySearch. I am looking forward to what you have to say about all this the next few days.


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4-5 shots heard; man found dead in Murray Hill
Jacksonville police looking for at least 2 men who left in a Toyota
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man in his 20s was found dead Friday morning in an apartment in the 3200 block of Rayford Street in Murray Hill, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Police said no one witnessed the shooting, but several people in the area heard four to five shots fired about 10:35 a.m. and called 911. Jacksonville Fire-Rescue pronounced the victim dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
Police had no one in custody in connection with the slaying, but they want to question at least two men seen leaving the scene in a silver or grey Toyota just after the shots were fired.
"On the back of that Toyota, there appears to be what some body work going on, and it is primer grey," Sgt. T.K. Waters said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
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Western blot analysis of total extracts from various cell lines using ABHD6 (D3C8N) Rabbit mAb (upper) or β-Actin (D6A8) Rabbit mAb #8457 (lower).
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Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
NOTE: Please refer to primary antibody datasheet or product webpage for recommended antibody dilution.
From sample preparation to detection, the reagents you need for your Western Blot are now in one convenient kit: #12957 Western Blotting Application Solutions Kit
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
Load 20 µl onto SDS-PAGE gel (10 cm x 10 cm).
NOTE: Loading of prestained molecular weight markers (#13953, 5 µl/lane) to verify electrotransfer and biotinylated protein ladder (#7727, 10 µl/lane) to determine molecular weights are recommended.
NOTE: Volumes are for 10 cm x 10 cm (100 cm2) of membrane; for different sized membranes, adjust volumes accordingly.
* Avoid repeated exposure to skin.
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revised November 2013
Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalently purified water.
posted June 2005
revised October 2016
Protocol Id: 10
This protocol is intended for immunoprecipitation of native proteins utilizing Protein A agarose beads for analysis by western immunoblot or kinase activity.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
10X Cell Lysis Buffer: (#9803) To prepare 10 ml of 1X cell lysis buffer, add 1 ml cell lysis buffer to 9 ml dH2O, mix.
NOTE: Add 1 mM PMSF (#8553) immediately prior to use.
Proceed to one of the following specific set of steps.
NOTE: To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG heavy chains (~50 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Light-Chain Specific) (L57A3) mAb (#3677) or Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127). To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG light chains (~25 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127).
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revised April 2018
Protocol Id: 409
ABHD6 (D3C8N) Rabbit mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total ABHD6 protein.Species Reactivity:
Human, Mouse, Rat
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ile121 of human ABHD6 protein.
ABHD6 (α/β-Hydrolase domain-containing 6) is a monoacylglycerol lipase, ubiquitously expressed with the highest expression in brown adipose tissue, small intestine, and brain (1). A high-fat diet upregulates ABHD6 mRNA expression in small intestine and liver, and ABHD6 knockdown protects against high-fat diet-induced obesity, hepatic steatosis, and systemic insulin resistance (2). In addition, it has been shown that ABHD6 is a negative modulator of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (3). In the central nervous system, ABHD6 is expressed postsynptically and degrades the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), an endogenous activator of cannabinoid receptors (4,5). Inhibitors of α/β-hydrolase domain 6 (ABHD6) have been actively pursued as a promising approach to treat inflammation, metabolic disorders, and epilepsy (2,6,7).
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Entrez-Gene Id: 57406
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The Council of the American Sociological Association (ASA) is concerned about the U.S. government's declining support for the study of foreign languages as well as prominent policy leaders' public statements downplaying the importance of American students learning languages other than English. While not all students pursuing sociology degrees in institutions of higher education are required to study foreign languages, many choose to do so. There are numerous reasons to ensure foreign language training is available as part of a sociology education as well as liberal arts and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education more generally.
Sociological research and scholarship focus on social structures and processes that range from the micro to the macro level. In studying social interaction, for example, "entering the other's world" is an important cognitive tool for developing an understanding that is valid and reliable. Without access to languages other than one's native tongue, this can be a difficult task at best and can result in erroneous findings at worst. Moreover, in studying societies and social processes—such as national and international social movements; political unrest and armed conflict; immigration and migration; and the spread of illegal drugs, armaments, or contagious diseases—access to foreign languages can be crucial to sociologists' ability to conduct impactful research that benefits society.
As a discipline, sociology needs among its scholars and researchers those who can study social phenomena that are deeply embedded in non-U.S. societies and cultures; who can validate the sociological knowledge that comes from these societies and cultures in languages other than English; who can bring historical and cultural perspectives to advancing our understanding of inter alia inequalities, economies, religions, educational systems, and political organizations; and who can prepare the next generation to do likewise. Research suggests that second generation students who are literate in two languages have better academic outcomes than their peers, and that students who graduate from U.S. institutions of higher education are increasingly turning to international work for both reasons of interest and opportunity.
Declining access to foreign languages is problematic in a field of teaching and learning such as sociology that seeks to expand our understanding of all societies in an increasingly global world. A lack of opportunities to pursue foreign languages limits not only our understanding from research and study but also the future career opportunities of our students.
Some have argued that learning foreign languages is now unnecessary because English is becoming the de facto world language. Although the lingua franca of top level diplomats, political leaders, and business executives may be English, confining research, diplomacy, and other important interactions only to international leaders who speak English makes it likely that these exchanges will not get beyond the official viewpoint. Researchers and others will learn nothing of the "backstage," the opinions of ordinary people, or the views of those who are not part of the elite. For researchers or others, relying solely on English is a formula for superficiality and misunderstanding, something our military leaders can confirm. In today's world we need more foreign language training, not less.
The ASA, founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to serving sociologists in their work, advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession, and promoting the contributions and use of sociology to society. As the national organization for over 14,000 sociologists and related scholars and researchers, the ASA is dedicated to the teaching and learning of sociology and to working to ensure that the necessary academic resources are available to students who represent the future. Scientific training, humanistic learning, and the availability of second language education are essential to that mission.
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