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Why Mobility Matters
Technology has always ushered in new opportunities for productivity enhancement. Companies that can embrace and exploit technological innovation, particularly its disruptive aspects, typically win in the market or capture market share over those that cannot. Today, a new wave of technological disruption is upon us: the hyper-extension of corporate mobility—enable employees to work from anywhere at any time.
Corporate mobility is not new for enterprises. In fact, remote access and telecommuting solutions have existed for quite some time. But what is new is the astounding rate of change in corporate mobility platforms and the ability for the enterprise to support it, coupled with the fact that the change is being ushered in by employees, not the traditional IT group.
Corporations must embrace mobility to remain competitive and evolve to a new model of efficient workloads. In today's lean economic times, downsizing and global outsourcing are the norm; companies must do more with less. Embracing mobility is in the best interest of corporate organizations as it leads to even greater productivity than what we have achieved with the Internet.
Not only is it imperative from a competitive standpoint, but the shifting demographics of today's workforces also demand it. As baby boomers retire and become a smaller part of the working population over the next 20 years, the gen Y and millennial generations will rapidly grow to equal and surpass the generation X subset of workers in our global society. These generations believe in the social web, Internet communities, constant communication, and information exchange. Many of today's younger workers have been brought up with such a pervasive Internet connection that making use of their ability to be "always on" for corporate purposes has the potential to create a huge boon in productivity.
Challenges of Embracing Mobility
Enterprises have spent millions of dollars enabling remote connectivity by creating network and security infrastructures, then poking deliberate holes through their borders. In fact, VPNs have played a major role in enabling laptops to become the mobility device of choice. However, this is rapidly changing. As smartphones and tablets surpass the compute power of the traditional PC-based devices from only a few years ago, their richer, better-designed user interfaces, their place as the voice communication device in the case of smartphones, and their built-in support for pervasive wireless connectivity are quickly making them the employees' devices of choice.
Perhaps the biggest challenge enterprises face is the loss of control. In this new world, consumers, who are also corporate employees, are pushing the agenda. They are voting with their dollars for devices with slicker interfaces, a better user experience, and more convenience. Employees are finding ways of enabling these devices—sanctioned or unsanctioned—on their corporate networks, and corporate standards that encumber this are quickly sidestepped.
The speed with which change is happening is also challenging for the enterprise. Corporate IT groups must adapt quickly to a proliferating set of new mobile platforms; they must reassess their security posture and framework in relation to new devices. Consumers are adopting new technology faster than standards are being developed, and the tools designed to help manage the onslaught of requests for support of these new mobile form factors are behind in keeping up.
Perhaps the most basic challenge is in securing the new modes of access. Fundamentally, the old security paradigm—"crunchy on the outside, mushy on the inside"—is no longer valid in today's mobility environment. The perimeter boundary is truly gone and the network edge is everywhere, even in the palms of mobile employees' hands. What are the corporate liabilities of losing these mobile devices? What role do they play in introducing traditional security threats into the network? Corporations likely have the infrastructure to deal with these issues for some form factors, like PCs, but for newer form factors, corporations lack the capabilities to protect corporate data, secure their networks, and provide adequate service levels for application access.
The Answer: Secure Mobility
Enterprises and their IT groups need a framework and solutions to securely enable mobility. At Cisco, we believe the answer is secure mobility—providing access, security, and choice:
● Easy access to applications and information that users need to do their jobs
● Accurate security to protect endpoints from threats and to enforce corporate policy on devices
● The ability to support a wide variety of devices in order to provide users with a choice of which tools to use
These fundamental characteristics establish the foundation that enterprises need to embrace mobility.
Cisco's Value Proposition
Cisco is ushering in secure mobility, delivering a network posture that enables "anywhere, anytime" optimized connectivity for anyone related to a company's activities. Cisco® AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution sits within this framework as a set of solutions designed to seamlessly and securely enable the mobile workforce. The AnyConnect solution consists of a Cisco ASA series appliance, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client and web security enforcement with either Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance or Cisco ScanSafe.
AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution
Cisco AnyConnect client is a unified endpoint software client that is compatible with all of today's major enterprise mobility platforms (PCs and smaller form factors). Built on foundational VPN technology, AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution extends its value proposition beyond remote access to leading-edge user friendliness and state-of-the-art network-based security. Sitting on endpoint computer devices, AnyConnect Secure Mobility enables security in the network fabric behind the firewall and provides unprecedented security and corporate policy enablement when users are mobile, outside of the corporate firewall.
The next section takes a closer look at the security challenges enterprises are facing in enabling mobility and the opportunity for AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution to help bridge the gap between today's reality and the promise of secure mobility.
Pitfalls of Enterprise Mobility Enablement
The VPN Opening—While providing flexibility for mobile workers, the VPN is perceived as one of the biggest security holes in enterprises today. After companies spend countless sums on fortifying their Internet edge perimeters, they fail to realize that laptops now form part of that edge. When Internet activity is channeled through the corporate network, additional web proxy technology can block out harmful sites. Most VPN clients on the market today can be cumbersome for end users, often requiring repetitive tasks for initiating sessions. This fact, as well as bandwidth considerations, causes end users to roam freely on the Internet without the VPN initiated. The effective split tunnel caused by non-protected Internet surfing introduces the opportunity for malware to infect an endpoint and later propagate itself on the corporate network once that device is allowed back on.
The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution helps plug legacy VPN openings. In 2010, Cisco became the first vendor to introduce a cross-platform solution for PCs (Windows, Mac, and Linux) that included a configurable, persistent VPN plus integrated web security. When running in "always on" mode, the AnyConnect solution facilitates consistent usage and a security policy enforced through the Cisco IronPort® Web Security Appliance. Cisco AnyConnect client authentication credentials apply specific web usage policies and security that can vary based on the location the user is connecting from (inside or outside the physical corporate perimeter).
The "Dark Web"—Given the explosive growth of web domains, most of the Internet remains unclassified. And most PC endpoint infection today is propagated through malicious websites. Correlation or active scanning are vehicles for more accurate classification of IP addresses that are part of the Dark Web. Cisco uses its industry-leading web reputation filtering and dynamic on-the-fly classification technology to make sense of these websites. Over time, Cisco's Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) center enacts global correlation of the IP information gained from most of Cisco's security appliances and products.
The Port 80 Portal—Despite years of acknowledging TCP-based applications such as instant messaging as ripe grounds for endpoint security infection, the problem has only gotten worse. With today's Web 2.0 applications fostering new levels of fast communication and social interaction, the potential for malicious links and security threats has never been greater.
AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution ensures that all endpoint traffic traversing port 80 is deeply inspected for malicious content. In addition, a consistent security policy based on user or group identity can be applied, which allows or denies access to specific web applications.
The SaaS Leak—An adjunct trend that has helped accelerate mobility has been the movement of corporate applications outside of the internal data center. Applications that live on the web can be accessed from any device that supports an Internet connection and provides access to a browser. Due to this trend, corporate data is increasingly sitting behind public Internet sites that host software-as-a-service (SaaS) business applications. IT groups may even be unaware of the full extent of use of SaaS applications within their corporate installed base. Even for sanctioned and supported SaaS applications, the ability to monitor and manage access to these distributed applications can be daunting. AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution uses Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to create a single point of authentication revocation and management for SaaS applications. For supported applications, end users benefit from not needing to remember yet another password and seamlessly entering key SaaS applications if their IT group has not disabled their access.
Device Loss—A lost or stolen smartphone or tablet can be devastating to its owner, causing loss of money, loss of personal and corporate information, and loss of productivity. However, the operational challenges and potential legal ramifications for the business are much worse. The loss and potential misuse of sensitive information stored on the device and the potential for the device to be used to gain access to critical business systems can force a company to spend thousands, if not millions, in incident response, information and system recovery, and responsible disclosure costs.
To provide a first level of protection if a mobile device is lost, comprehensive device security should be enforced for all mobile users who access corporate information. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution supports the use of digital certificates, which can be revoked immediately when devices are lost, denying access to the network. Policies like PIN lock, device encryption, and not "jailbreaking" phones will help secure a device even if it is lost and will reduce the threats that can be introduced as mobile OS platforms are opened up. Every organization must determine which smartphone and tablet policies they require, and must work with each platform's capabilities to enforce that level of security. Many companies will find Exchange ActiveSync sufficient; others will need the advanced features of a mobile device management solution to complement and enhance AnyConnect's built-in device security features.
Consumerization of IT—Companies used to dictate the type of IT equipment an employee would use. By doing so, IT could maintain control over the device and the endpoint, thus ensuring that a consistent security was enforced. IT is now moving toward a model where the employee either purchases their own mobile device or IT reimburses the purchase of a device. Either way, the employee chooses the device that they would like to use on the corporate network. The cost of this flexibility and choice for the employee is that IT can no longer dictate what image will be on each device, because each device is individually owned.
AnyConnect Secure Mobility solves this problem by making the AnyConnect client available on each endpoint. Broad device support for laptops, smartphones, and tablets means that the basic secure connectivity can be easily enforced and always on. In addition, the underlying web security from the Cisco Web Security Appliance or ScanSafe ensures consistent policy enforcement, whether the user is accessing information in the office or remotely.
Instead of fighting IT consumerization and the associated flood of new mobile devices, connections, and applications, the enterprise must embrace the mobile environment as a model through which employee and partner productivity and creativity can flourish. Mobility is here to stay, and it is up to IT departments to find a way to consistently enforce security on those mobile devices.
With Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility, companies can embrace mobility and leverage their existing infrastructure and processes to provide secure access to anyone, anywhere, anytime, from any device.
To learn about Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, please visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1049/index.html


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Read the original story here in The Oregonian.
Racism exists because we allow it to, and many people have lost faith in ending discrimination, says Portland State University professor Robert Muñoz Jr.
"If Americans approached (race relations) like we do gas prices, things would change," Muñoz says. "People get really upset when (companies) change gas prices."
Kindling that passion for change in race relations may not be easy, but PSU administrators Jilma Meneses and Erin Flynn were willing to try. They saw an opportunity to spur discussion when an exhibit, "RACE: Are We So Different?" arrived at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in late September.
Meneses and Flynn invited the community early last week for a discussion and a peek at RACE, on display through Jan. 1. About 130 people attended the talk, including Muñoz, who says people need to leave their comfort zone for change to happen.
"We need to get out of our circles," he says. "We need to get out of our routines. We need to find a place where that's possible."
Discussion about race among groups with a history as oppressors or the oppressed is courageous, says Meneses, PSU chief diversity officer.
"Any time you are talking about race," she says, "it can be very daunting for people."
The American Anthropological Association created RACE, calling it "the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical" perspectives. Debuting in the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2007, the exhibit travels the nation teaching that race is a social construct.
The exhibit aims to convey that the concept of race is artificial, said Dante James, who was a community conversation facilitator. Race stems from superficial distinctions such as hair, skin and eye colors, but "bones are bones and muscles are muscles," said James in an interview Tuesday.
"Racial categories and boundaries are not natural but created in response to political boundaries and pressures, and race as the concept we use today was created in the wake of European colonial conquests as justification for domination -- in the U.S. specifically, as justification for African slavery and displacement of American Indians," said James, bureau director of the Portland Office of Equity and Human Rights. "The terms were legally defined, often by the Supreme Court, but not scientifically based."
RACE aims to inspire dialogue, featuring talking circles, based on a Native-American tradition in which each participant can speak until done while others listen without interrupting. Displays offer up questions such as "Does where we come from tell us who we are?"
Slaves' shackles are among the artifacts. Interactive displays show how skin and hair work and why they vary widely. Crafts include creating a bracelet with beads representing genetic traits.
"We're proud to present thought-provoking exhibits that encourage further exploration of ideas," says Amita Joshi, OMSI spokesperson. "We want our visitors to think and talk about important social issues in which science plays a role, and we want to give them the space and the tools to do that."
By fostering a community conversation, the university, city, United Way and Oregon Health & Science University helped localize RACE, says Chris Broderick, PSU associate vice president for communications.
"What it lacked was any kind of discussion of what is happening in Portland with race," Broderick says.
Leaders at the community conversation included PSU President Wim Wiewel and Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz. Facilitators guided the conversation, breaking the crowd into groups that discussed questions and later shared their conclusions and insights with everyone else.
"What are you doing? What now is being done? What should be done to advance the ideas we're talking about?" James asked the gathering.
People need to unite and create opportunities for everyone to realize their dreams, says Dwayne Johnson, president of IDEAL Portland, a group supporting diversity in innovation and enterprise.
Yet, Johnson, who is African-American, says change doesn't always come in big doses. When he was a child, he recalls, he had a friend who shared his love of computers but whose father was a racist. His friend had to speak up for Johnson, so Johnson could spend time at his house.
"My friend's not Black," his friend said. "Dwayne knows a lot about computers."
The boy's father pondered that and said he didn't "get that" computer thing. But he allowed the boys to spend time together, Johnson says, proving some people probably won't do a complete turn-around, but their views may evolve slightly with the right influence.
"It's possible," he says.
Mindset Consulting LLC consultant K.A. Lalsingh says the discussion had good intentions but "is not enough."
Meneses says she wants people to see more needs to be done and to inspire them to do it.
Ed Washington, community liaison for the PSU Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, says he believes that will happen.
"Any time you get people together to talk about these things," he says, "its fine because from the conversation will come action."
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Interdisciplinary treatment of brain metastases - Radiotherapy or radiosurgery?
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Background: Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a non-invasive treatment alternative for small brain metastases as effective as microsurgery. In principle, SRS represents the application of a high radiation dose with a steep dose fall-off for protection of normal brain tissue.
Methods and Results: Volumes of up to 3cc may be treated very efficiently by SRS using a single dose of 18-20Gy. With a median survival time of 9-10 months SRS resulted in local tumor control rates of 90-97%% (Huang et al., 1999 und Levine et al., 1999). Larger metastases (>3cc) may benefit from fractionated SRS (fSRS) using treatment schedules of 5x7Gy (Ernst-Stecken et al., 2006) or microsurgery. Figure 1 [Fig. 1] gives results of the treatment of a patient with intracerebral metastases from breast cancer following fSRS. It is noteworthy that brain metastases from primaries obviously regarded as "radioresistant" like renal cell carcinoma and melanoma may specifically benefit from this fSRS-approach. Tumor control and survival rates do not differ from results following SRS for singular metastases. Adjuvant whole brain irradiation (WBI) following microsurgery or SRS of a solitary brain metastasis significantly reduced local as well as diffuse intracerebral recurrence (70% for microsurgery alone vs. 18% after microsurgery and WBI, Patchell et al., 1998). In addition, RTOG study 9805 demonstrated a survival benefit for patients with RPA class I (single metastasis, no extracerebral tumor) with WBI plus SRS as compared to WBI alone. Median survival time increased from 4.9 months to 6.5 months (p=0.04). In addition, patients with 1-3 metastases experienced benefits in terms of prolonged steroid use and neurologic performance status following WBI and SRS a scompared to WBI alone.
Conclusions: Microsurgery and WBI remain the standard treatment for patients with operable single brain metastases. However, for non-operable cases (1-3 metastases) SRS plus WBI resulted in better local tumor control, improved neurological performance and less steroid use compared to WBI alone. A significant survival benefit was demonstrated for patients with single brain metastasis following the combined approach. For patients with larger metastases (>3cc) fSRS is a proven treatment alternative as effective as SRS.
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InfoSec MBA Team Presents at Codenomicon
Codenomicon, the market leader in security stress-testing, hosted a day-long workshop on July 30, 2013, in Las Vegas. In addition to a keynote speaker and several panelists, several teams were invited to present their research.
Congratulations to Michelle Cantone, Wesley Marsh Jr., and Dan Byrnside (winning team from James Madison University's Infosec MBA Program Case Study Competition), who presented the case study Amazon Kindle: The Cost of Vulnerability Persistence.
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Published: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2016


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|Eger, Hungary
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|Neumann Janos Secondary
2013 (Senior):
Erdelyi set Pacific's single-season record for goals with 96, a mark which was third best in MPSF history. His 3.43 goals per game led the MPSF in scoring. He scored in each of the final 78 games of his collegiate career, dating back to season opener of his sophomore campaign. He finished with 287 career goals, second all-time in Pacific history. With the AWPCA Player of the Year Award, Erdelyi completed his collection of awards, winning every major honor at least once in his career: All-Conference, MPSF Player of the Year, NCAA Championship Most Valuable Player, Freshman All-American, MPSF Freshman of the Year, All-American, Peter J. Cutino Award, and now ACWPA NCAA Player of the Year. With a modern-era record of seven goals in the NCAA title game, Erdelyi was named Most Valuable Player of the 2013 NCAA Collegiate Men's Water Polo Championship. Erdelyi's seven goals in the final are the most since the two-point line was removed. He also became the fourth player to win solo MVP honors while bringing home the second place trophy. Erdelyi scored multiple goals in 26 of 28 games for the Tigers, and scored four or more goals 12 times. He tied his career best with eight in the Tigers' win at UC Davis. He also earned MPSF All-Academic team honors.
2012 (Junior):
Erdelyi became the first student-athlete in program history to earn player of the year honors, as he earned the prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award as collegiate water polo's best player. He was also named the MPSF Player of the Year after leading the conference with 83 goals and an average of 3.46 goals per game. The Hungarian native also earned First Team All-America honors from the ACWPC for the second consecutive season. All told, Erdelyi racked up 21 multi-goal games on the year, including five four-goal outings, four five-goal showings and a pair of six-goal performances. He set a new career high with nine scores in Pacific's rout of Santa Clara on Oct. 21, the most in a single game since at least 1997. Erdelyi earned MPSF Player of the Week honors after scoring four goals in each of Pacific's wins over UC Irvine and Long Beach State, and was named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team after guiding the Tigers to their second consecutive sixth-place finish at the tournament. Outside of the pool, Erdelyi was named to both the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the MPSF All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season.
2011 (Sophomore):
One of the most well-rounded players in the country, Erdelyi cemented his place among the nation's elite with a stellar sophomore season. Appearing in 25 games for the Tigers, he finished with 56 goals and a 2.24 goals per game average, both of which were good for fourth in the MPSF. He scored in all but one of the games in which he appeared, registering 18 multi-goal games, good for tops on the team. He tied his career high with five goals versus Pepperdine on Oct. 2 and went for four goals against UC Santa Barbara that same day. Not just a scoring threat, Erdelyi recorded 41 steals, 42 assists, 37 drawn ejections and 18 field blocks on the year. He was awarded Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches First Team All-America honors, and was also selected to the All-MPSF First Team. Academically, he earned ACWPC Academic All-America and MPSF All-Academic honors.
2010 (Freshman):
Erdelyi made an immediate impact in the pool for the Tigers, recording 52 goals in 28 games while tallying 60 assists, 48 steals, 19 field blocks and 26 drawn ejections. Eight times during his first year at Pacific, he tallied three or more goals, including a five-goal performance against UCLA on October 3. At the end of his freshman campaign, he became the third Tiger in program history to be named MPSF Newcomer of the Year in addition to earning All-MPSF Second-Team honors. Erdelyi was also named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-America team as well as the ACWPC All-Academic team. In January of 2011, Erdelyi was recognized as a Pacific Scholar Athlete.
High School:
Erdelyi graduated from Neumann Janos Secondary and Boarding School, in Eger, Hungary.
Erdelyi was born in Eger, Hungary, and is the son of Gyorgy Erdelyi and Ildiko Kiraly. He has an older sister, Nikolett. Erdelyi was a three-time Hungarian Junior Championship winner from 2007-09. In 2007, Erdelyi was a member of the European Junior Championship team in Malta and was voted the Water Polo Player of the Future. He has also been a member of the Hungarian Senior National team since 2008. In his second year at Pacific, Erdelyi is majoring in business.


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Best Emmy Comeback: Debra Messing
She has been underwhelming for a long time. But last night, Debra Messing came roaring back. Love this dress so much. And it's perfect on her. And she didn't try too hard the way she normally does.
No more Will & Grace can be humbling. She certainly needed humbling too. Word is, by the end of Will & Grace she thought she was Sarah Jessica Parker.
Not to worry…Debra Messing sat DOWN.
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|Servings: Makes one 8-inch round cake
Simnel Cake
Now an Easter cake, this was originally given by servant girls to their mothers when they went home on Mothering Sunday. A fairly rich fruit cake, it is covered with almond paste or marzipan, stamped with the figure of Christ and decorated with 11 marzipan balls to represent the 11 apostles (excluding Judas).
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp. salt
1 cup currants
1/3 cup thinly sliced candied lemon rind
1/3 cup thinly sliced candied orange rind
2 1/2 cups almond paste (see homemade recipe below) or use ready made store bought almond paste in cans or tubes
1 Recipe Almond Buttercream Icing (see recipe below)
11 Marzipan Balls (see recipe below) Optional
For Decorating:
Wide ribbon, to tie around the outside of the cake for decoration, any color (optional)
In large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Re-sift flour with salt and add gradually to mixture. Fold in currants and rind, dreding in a little
Butter an 8-inch spring form pan and line with buttered wax paper. Pour in half the batter. Roll out enough almond paste to make an 8 inch round circle, and put over batter and pour remaining batter over almond paste circle. (May be made in 3 layers with two layers of almond paste).
Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 1 hour or until cake is golden and springs back when touched.
Ice with almond butter cream icing or roll out another 8 inch round almond paste circle for the top.
If desired make 11 marzipan balls for decorating the top of the cake. Tie a ribbon around the outside of the cake to enhance its look, if you wish (optional).
Homemade Almond Paste:
1 1/2 cups finely ground blanched almonds
1 cup granulated sugar
2 egg whites
1/4 tsp. almond extract
Pound the almonds, sugar and egg whites until they are smooth; flavor with almond extract. Keep in an airtight container. Use in baking as directed in recipes.
Makes about 2 1/2 cups.
Almond Paste may also be purchased in cans or tubes.
For Marzipan:
Add 1 cup confectioner's sugar, a few drops of any desired flavoring, and a drop or two of food coloring to 1 cup of almond paste. Place on a cold surface and knead 15 to 20 minutes. Mold into desired candy shapes or spread over cakes before icing.
Makes 1 3/4 cups almond paste.
Almond Buttercream Icing:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (16 oz) pkg. or box confectioners' sugar, divided
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
Beat butter and 1 cup powdered sugar at low speed with an electric mixer until blended.
Add remaining sugar alternately with milk, beating until blended.
Add extracts and beat at medium speed until spreading consistency.
Makes about 3 cups icing.
Marzipan Balls
2 (7 ounce) tubes marzipan paste or almond paste (Odense Brand is good)
Roll marzipan or almond paste into 11 walnut sized balls and place around top edges of cake for decoration.
|Source: The Horizon Cookbook
|Submitted By: Ariel Smith
|Date: 10/30/02


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Georgia plans no changes to coaching staff, defensive coordinator Grantham expected to return
ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia coach Mark Richt plans no changes to his coaching staff, deciding to keep defensive coordinator Todd Grantham despite a disappointing season.
Richt said Sunday that "everybody should be back" after the No. 25 Bulldogs (8-4) finished the regular season with a 41-34 victory over Georgia Tech in double overtime. They will learn their postseason destination next week, with the Gator Bowl looking most likely.
Georgia struggled on defense with eight new starters, finishing 11th in the Southeastern Conference in points allowed (29.4 per game) and eighth in total yards (381.2). The low point came against Auburn, when two Georgia defenders collided and deflected a pass into the winning 73-yard touchdown with 25 seconds remaining.
Grantham's $850,000-a-year contract runs through the 2015 season.


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Thursday, February 14, 2013 7:22 AM
Victory Noll Center will offer a Lenten Retreat, a guided retreat experience to help participants deepend their relationships with Christ, on Saturday, March 2.
The program features a day of prayer, preaching, and pondering the Word with retreat leaders Sister Maureen Mangen and Rev. Keith Hosey, who have more than 70 years of retreat experience between them.
Mangen is a Sister of the Precious Blood, based in Dayton, OH, and currently serves as spiritual director and retreat facilitator with the Sisters of St. Joseph in Tipton.
Hosey is a priest of the Diocese of Lafayette and currently is the resident chaplain for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Tipton.
The retreat runs from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Registration is required by Feb. 22.
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Sometimes just asking why is better than saying nothing at all.
Sometimes just asking why is better than saying nothing at all.
As a single-leg, below-the-knee amputee, Matthew Morrison said he is bothered more by those who stare at his prosthetic than being asked by people of all ages how he lost his leg.
�It�s as simple as just asking,� said Morrison, a 22-year-old Marine corporal from Linwood, N.J., with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines. �You don�t need to worry about being disrespectful. Just be honest and start a conversation. I�d rather people ask than assume what happened to me.�
And if you do ask, he�ll tell you about the patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2011, that changed his life. He�ll tell you about taking a knee to hold security on a compound. And he�ll tell you about the ensuing blast that severed his leg below the knee, fractured his femur, caused a traumatic brain injury and sent shrapnel throughout his body.
�Being an amputee has changed a lot � I wouldn�t say drastically, but it threw me for a loop,� he said. �Most (amputees) I know are pretty open about it. When it comes to people, the biggest reaction is kids, and they will say whatever they are thinking. It gives me a chuckle.�
Sometimes when he wakes up, Morrison forgets his lower leg is missing and falls to the ground when he tries to stand.
When he is wearing his leg, he sometimes loses his balance. In such a situation, he doesn�t mind people offering to help. Most amputees, he said, would rather get help from a stranger than fall over and hurt themselves.
�I want to be treated normal,� he said. �Life is pretty much the same except that I need to take my leg off at night and put it on in the morning. Once I got used to it, you just go on with life.�
Generally, amputees vary in their psychological and emotional responses to their injuries, according to Navy Lt. John Balsamo, an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist. The loss of limb, he said, can have devastating impacts on a patient�s sense of self, body image and their ability to perform activities of daily living.
While learning how to drive with his left foot was a challenge, nothing compares to the heartache of learning to walk again, Morrison said.
�You grow up walking and you do it for years so you think it will be easy,� he said. �When I got my leg after 18 months, you would think that with that time your mind would just reset. It was extremely aggravating because you know how to walk but need to learn how to do it all again.�
But now that his physical therapy is over, he said he must deal with random phantom pains, an unexplainable symptom in which amputees feel pain or sensations where their limbs used to be.
�They suck a lot and there�s really nothing to fight it off,� Morrison said. �It feels like my toe or ankle is there and they hurt like I still have them. It�s not like the injury reoccurring but more or less just getting random pains.�
Balsamo said phantom pain is only one type of pain amputees sometimes feel. They also could experience residual pain, in which the remaining limb is in pain.
Whether he is visiting home or traveling around Jacksonville, Morrison said he has never felt awkward walking on his prosthetic, but when he was in a wheelchair or on crutches he did feel out of place and was treated differently.
�I know there�s a stigma towards amputations that we can�t be independent,� he said. �But we can. I just have to be careful how much physical activity I do. I can�t put myself in jeopardy of not being able to walk the next day.�
Balsamo said he�s never had a patient indicate that they want to be treated as though they have no injury.
�A patient with an amputation eventually sees themselves as they were prior to injury,� he said. �In short, they do not want the injury to define who they are, and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.�
For retired Marine Sgt. Major Ray Mackey, being defined by his injury is not something he is willing to accept, he said, adding that it makes him part of who he is.
Much like Morrison, Mackey wants people to stop staring and ask how he was injured. Aside from staring, he said there is such a thing as helping too much and that part of healing is gaining your own independence.
Everybody wants to help you which is a nice gesture but it can do more harm than good,� Mackey said. �If I go to open a door and someone gets it for me while I�m in my wheelchair, they can actually pull me onto the ground. And if I�m on my prostheses they can actually knock me over.�
The most aggravating part for Mackey is being referred to as a pronoun by people, he said.
�It�s mostly parents who want their kids to get out of my way,� Mackey said. �They�ll refer to me as an it, a that or a thing rather than a person. It really gets under my skin.�
The things kids say sometimes really put a smile on Mackey�s face, he said. Many children have asked if they are robot legs or Transformer legs. One little boy, he said, actually promised to join the Army and go to Afghanistan to find Mackey�s legs.
�Making jokes about our situations are a coping mechanism,� he said. �To the people that stare � ask us what happened. To the people who ignore us and pretend we aren�t there � it�s better to acknowledge our injuries than to ignore a person. And for those who say, �don�t stare, it�s rude � that�s kind of rude too. It�s almost natural to stare and be curious.�
Contact Daily News Military Reporter Thomas Brennan at 910-219-8453 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ thomasjbrennan.


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Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter - July 2012
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- ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grants Awarded
- 2012 ABRCMS – Register Today!
- Mentoring Breakfast Held at asm2012
- Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE, NSF 12-552)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER, NSF 11-690)
- SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG, NSF 11-547)
- Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL, NSF 12-560)
- NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM, NSF 12-529)
- National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites (U24, RFA-MH-13-070)
- Advancing Community-level Approaches to Reduce HIV Infection in Highly Impacted Communities (R01, RFA-MH-13-090)
- Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Care, and Program Implementation (R34, PA-12-231)
- IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) [P20, PAR-12-205]
- The CMIIM List of Minority Microbiologists (CLMM) is expanding
- Opening for Assistant/Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
- Postdoctoral position available
- Research technician position available
- Supervisory Research Ecologist, NOAA Fisheries, Santa Cruz CA, full time/permanent
- Full-time permanent position in marine benthic ecology at IFREMER (ref. W12 12 092)
- Postdoctoral position available at Mote Marine Laboratory
- STEM Program Director Postdoctoral Fellowship, UNC - Chapel Hill
- Melinda M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grants Awarded
During the asm2012 General Meeting in San Francisco, CA the awardees of the ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant were honored at the Education Board's annual reception. The ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant program offers travel grants to increase the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) groups in the ASM General Meeting. The following outstanding 2012 awardees were introduced at the ASM General Meeting:
Faculty Awardees
Jesse Dillon, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach
Michele K. Nishiguchi, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Teshome Yehualaeshet, Ph.D., Tuskegee University
Postdoctoral Awardees
Zomary Flores-Cruz, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Elise A. Lamont, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) chair, Dr. Marian Johnson-Thompson presented the awards. The CMIIM developed the grant program for ASM.
The ASM General Meeting Minority Travel Grant program selects post-doctoral scholars from underrepresented minority groups in the microbiological sciences or faculty from Minority Serving Institutions. Each grantee is offered up to $2000 to defray expenses associated with travel to the ASM General Meeting. The grants are supported by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. For more information about the grant program contact firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for submission to apply for a grant to attend the asm2013 Meeting in Denver, CO is January 25, 2013.
If you have colleagues or post doctoral members of your department who you think are eligible for the award, please let them know about the program. The CMIIM would like to encourage as many applications as possible. For more information go to the ASM web page: http://www.asm.org/asmgmminoritytravelgrant
2012 ABRCMS – Register Today!
Register today for the 2012 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), planned for November 7-10 in San Jose, Calif. For more than a decade, ABRCMS has provided opportunities for undergraduates to pursue advanced training in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While an ABRCMS focus is supporting undergraduate research, all attendees – including graduate students, postdoctoral scientists, and faculty and administrators – value the conference's strong lineup of information-rich workshops, scientific presentations, professional development opportunities, and networking events.
This year the ABRCMS roster of distinguished speakers includes internationally renowned chemist Luis Echegoyen, leading AIDS researcher James Hildreth, former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General Susan Blumenthal, and author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson. In addition, the conference will commemorate milestone anniversaries of three trailblazing institutions committed to fostering scientific careers and improving workforce diversity: the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and its Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) and Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) programs.
Sites for ABRCMS exhibitor and attendee registration, abstract submissions, and travel award submissions are all open. Already planning to attend? Then why not register today? Registration by October 22 secures your place at the conference and offers $100 off the conference registration fee.
Needed – Abstracts and Judges. Students (undergraduate sophomore through postbaccalaureate and graduate levels) are invited to submit abstracts for the conference. In addition, postdoctoral scientists, faculty members, and program directors are encouraged to serve as ABRCMS abstract reviewers and/or onsite presentation judges. Travel awards are available. Deadlines are September 7 for abstract submissions and the ABRCMS Travel Award and September 28 for the ABRCMS Judges' Travel Subsidy and the FASEB MARC Program Travel Award.
For the latest program and speaker updates, visit http://www.abrcms.org.
ABRCMS is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (award number T36GM073777) and managed by the American Society for Microbiology.
Mentoring Breakfast Held at asm2012
The 3rd Annual Mentoring Breakfast was held Tuesday, June 19, 2012 from 8:00-10:00 am at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, CA. More than 30 mentors advised over 100 mentees at the Breakfast.
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE, NSF 12-552)
The Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program seeks to advance research at the frontiers of STEM learning and education, and to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to improve STEM learning and education in current and emerging learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, for all groups, and from before school through to graduate school and beyond into the workforce. The goals of the REESE program are: (1) to catalyze discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning and education; (2) to stimulate the field to produce high quality and robust research results through the progress of theory, method, and human resources; and (3) to coordinate and transform advances in education and learning research. In coordination with the Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) and Research on Disabilities Education (RDE) programs, REESE supports research on broadening participation in STEM education. REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning; it welcomes Fostering Interdisciplinary Research on Education (FIRE) projects, previously called for in a separate solicitation. REESE places particular importance upon the involvement of young investigators in the projects, at doctoral, postdoctoral, and early career stages, as well as the involvement of STEM disciplinary experts. Research questions related to educational research methodology and measurement are also central to REESE activities. Deadline is July 17, 2012. More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12552/nsf12552.htm.
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER, NSF 11-690)
CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.
PECASE: Each year NSF selects nominees for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from among the most meritorious recent CAREER awardees. Selection for this award is based on two important criteria: 1) innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology that is relevant to the mission of the sponsoring organization or agency, and 2) community service demonstrated through scientific leadership, education or community outreach. These awards foster innovative developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, give recognition to the scientific missions of the participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research and national goals, and highlight the importance of science and technology for the Nation's future. Individuals cannot apply for PECASE. These awards are initiated by the participating federal agencies. At NSF, up to twenty nominees for this award are selected each year from among the PECASE-eligible CAREER awardees who are most likely to become the leaders of academic research and education in the twenty-first century. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy makes the final selection and announcement of the awardees. Deadlines begin July 23, 2012. More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11690/nsf11690.htm.
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SBE DDRIG, NSF 11-547)
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question. Deadline is August 16, 2012. More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11547/nsf11547.htm.
Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL, NSF 12-560)
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning program invests in research and development of innovative and field-advancing out-of-school STEM learning and emerging STEM learning environments. The name of the program has changed from Informal Science Education (ISE) to Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL). AISL better emphasizes the priorities of the solicitation and the changes at NSF:
a. Advancing - This emphasizes that AISL seeks innovative projects that advance the field and that requests need to go beyond just proposing a new exhibit, program or film.
b. Informal - This continues to emphasize that the program is interested in out-of-school learning that makes learning Lifelong, Life Wide (occurring across multiple venues) and Life Deep (occurring at different levels of complexity).
c. STEM - This recognizes that the program is not just focused on science, but all of STEM.
d. Learning - This term is more appropriate than "education" based on what we know on how people learn. Also, "learning" is more connected with what people do for themselves, compared to "education" which is perceived as something that is done to them.
The Connecting Researchers and Public Audiences (CRPA) is no longer a program type, but individuals that wish to explore how to better engage the public or professional audiences with the results and societal implications of current STEM research are encouraged to consider applying under other project types. Preliminary proposal (optional) is due August 14, 2012. More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12560/nsf12560.htm.
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM, NSF 12-529)
This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented students demonstrating financial need, enabling them to enter the STEM workforce or STEM graduate school following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate-level degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution. Deadline is August 14, 2012. More information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12529/nsf12529.htm.
National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites (U24, RFA-MH-13-070)
This limited competition Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS) solicits applications to continue the activities of the National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites as previously funded under RFA-MH-08-021. The NNTC Clinical Sites collect neuromedical and neuropsychiatric data from late stage, HIV-infected subjects who have indicated a willingness to participate in organ donation. The NNTC Clinical Sites perform clinical assessments, collect brain and neurological tissues and fluids, perform neuropathological diagnosis and laboratory assessments and transfer select data generated from these activities to the NNTC central database which is maintained by the Data Coordinating Center (DCC). The mission of the NNTC is to maintain a research resource that supports studies on the pathophysiology of nervous system complications of HIV infection in the current era of anti-retroviral therapy. The Clinical Sites work cooperatively with the DCC to provide the clinical data and specimen resources to research investigators. Competitive applications for the NNTC DCC are being sought under a separate but related companion FOA (RFA-MH-13-071). Letter of intent is due August 4, 2012. More information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-13-070.html.
Advancing Community-level Approaches to Reduce HIV Infection in Highly Impacted Communities (R01, RFA-MH-13-090)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks research to advance our understanding of community-level HIV-prevention and care interventions within geographic locations and specific populations highly impacted by HIV. In targeting communities, this FOA invites applications to address the need for efficacious interventions that simultaneously impact a large number of individuals. These interventions can target communities highly impacted by HIV based on geographic, social, or demographic criteria. Structural interventions and systemic interventions are encouraged. The goal is to lower HIV infections and HIV viral load at a community-level by changing individual behaviors via cost-effective and sustainable means. Interventions proposed in response to this initiative should target communities as defined by geographic proximity, shared goals, and/or common characteristics, which may include but are not limited to race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social economic status, education level, behavior, and identity. This includes both populations that are vulnerable to HIV infection and individuals living with HIV. Intervention approaches should take into consideration the existing agencies or organizations in the community that are capable of adopting the efficacious community-level interventions that are developed and tested. Letters of intent are due December 11, 2012. More information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-13-090.html.
Development and Testing of Novel Interventions to Improve HIV Prevention, Care, and Program Implementation (R34, PA-12-231)
This FOA is issued by the National institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health for R34 applications, and provides resources to support (a) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to prevent HIV infection among populations where substance use may be a contributing factor; (b) pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to improve the care of HIV infection among populations where substance use is prevalent, including interventions that integrate treatment for substance use disorders and HIV infection; or (c) pilot or feasibility studies to increase the scale, uptake, delivery, and/or quality of HIV prevention or care interventions with established evidence of efficacy. Both primary and secondary prevention will be supported. The full range of substance use will be considered including problematic episodic use and substance use disorders, as well as a full range of substances and modes of administration. The most important consideration is that substance use may affect transmission directly as in the case of injection drug use or may affect transmission risk behavior. Domestic and overseas populations will be considered, with particular attention to populations with disproportionate burden of HIV infection and those where HIV infection and/or drug use are emergent. Deadline is July 16, 2012. More information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-231.html.
IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) [P20, PAR-12-205]
The purpose of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program is to augment and strengthen the IDeA-eligible state's biomedical research capacity. The grant awards are made to independent biomedical research institutes and/or biomedical research institutions that award doctoral degrees in the health sciences or sciences related to health within IDeA-eligible states. The INBRE program must represent a collaborative effort to sponsor research with other research intensive institutions and institutes, primarily undergraduate institutions, community colleges, and minority serving institutions (Hispanic-serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, tribally controlled colleges and universities, Alaska native and native Hawaiian serving institutions).
The primary goals of the INBRE program are to: 1) build on the established multi-disciplinary research network with a scientific focus to strengthen the lead and partner institutions' biomedical research expertise and infrastructure; 2) build and increase the research base and capacity by providing support to faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at the participating institutions; 3) provide research opportunities for students from primarily undergraduate institutions, community colleges and minority serving institutions and serve as a "pipeline" for these students to continue in health research careers within IDeA states; 4) enhance science and technology knowledge of the state's workforce. Deadline is August 15, 2012. More information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-205.html.
The CMIIM List of Minority Microbiologists (CLMM) is Expanding
The recently published CMIIM List of Minority Microbiologists (CLMM) is now expanding to include new additions. All new additions will be considered by the CMIIM for inclusion to the CLMM. To submit requests to be added to the CLMM, please submit a biosketch of at least one paragraph, along with a .jpg image of yourself, to firstname.lastname@example.com. The committee reserves the right to make slight modifications to each biosketch, but the final version will be submitted to you for final approval before publishing.
Opening for Assistant/Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
The Division of Immunology, recently inaugurated in the Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School, invites applications for a tenure track position with a rank of assistant or associate professor. We seek an outstanding scientist addressing fundamental or translational questions in immunobiology. The successful applicant's preferred area of research emphasis should address the interface of the innate or adaptive immune system with pathogens, commensals or non-pathogenic microorganisms. This position offers outstanding scholarly and scientific resources in a collegial and collaborative department with strong ties to related departments throughout Harvard University; the Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals and the Boston immunology/microbiology community. The position provides the opportunity to join a growing coalition of researchers at Harvard Medical School interested in molecular and quantitative approaches to basic immunological and microbiological diseases. The position also offers the opportunity to teach exceptional graduate and medical students with strong interests in immunology/microbiology. The research space will be located in a recently constructed research building at Harvard Medical School. Candidates must have a Ph.D., M.D. or an equivalent graduate degree. For consideration please upload to the website below a cover letter, a C.V. and a concise summary of research accomplishments and interests which should include a list of publications. Submit all materials via http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/4115. Harvard Medical School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified female and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral Position Available
Professor Thomas P. Albright is hiring a postdoctoral collaborator on NASA-funded research investigating temperature regimes, climate change, and ecological consequences in complex terrain using remote sensing, sensor networks, geospatial modeling, and climate modeling. The postdoc will be based in Thomas Albright's Laboratory for Conservation Biogeography, in the Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno (USA). The research is part of an interacting nexus of NASA and NSF-funded projects across several campuses (including UW-Madison, U. New Mexico, and Desert Research Institute) and federal agencies (USFS, USGS, USFWS) investigating the effects of extreme weather and climate change on avian physiology, ecology, and conservation. Strong potential also exists to link to other taxa and ecological, hydrologic, and atmospheric questions and applications, including the Nevada Climate-Ecohydrological Assessment Network. For more information on Professor Albright, visit http://www.unr.edu/~talbright/LCB/ and http://www.unr.edu/geography/faculty/talbright.html. The preferred start date is 15 September 2012; however there is flexibility in the start date up to January 2013. The position, featuring competitive salary and benefits, is funded and slated for 2 years, pending strong progress.
Qualifications (required):
- Ph.D. in geography, ecology, natural resources, engineering, or related
- Strong experience in remote sensing fundamentals, processing, & application
- Computational skills: image processing, GIS, R or similar analysis environments, elementary (at least) programming and scripting for automation
- Knowledge of applied statistics
- A record of publication and presentation
- Strong communication skills, enjoyment of collaboration & helping students
To express interest: send the following to firstname.lastname@example.com (subject: "postdoc application"): a) cover letter highlighting your academic professional background/goals and outlining your research interests, b) CV, c) contacts for 3 references. Include your last name in the title of any documents you send. Consideration of interested applicants will begin after 23 July and will continue until the position is filled. Please e-mail any questions.
Research Technician Position Available
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has an opening for a research technician on a team using geographic information system (GIS) technology and ecological modeling in regional studies of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and estuary. The research considers the factors controlling material discharges from watersheds; the relationships between landscape characteristics and aquatic ecosystem health; and the linkages among watersheds, wetlands, and estuaries. Applicants should have experience with GIS and statistical analysis and a Bachelors or Masters degree in science, geography, mathematics, or information systems (or equivalent experience). The successful applicant will build skills in watershed modeling, landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient transport, hydrology, stream ecology, computer programming, data base management, remote sensing, and ecological assessment of water quality and stream biota. This is a Career Federal Civil Service position offered at the GS-7 or GS-9 level with a full performance level at GS-9. Starting salary is $42,209 at the GS-7/1 level or $51,630 at the GS-9/1 level (plus benefits). The official announcement and application instructions are available at http://www.usajobs.gov. Refer to announcement number: 12R-RB-297836-DEU-SERC. Please direct all inquiries to the contacts listed in that announcement. For more information on SERC visit http://www.serc.si.edu. Closing date is Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Supervisory Research Ecologist, NOAA Fisheries, Santa Cruz CA, Full Time/Permanent
The National Marine Fisheries Service is recruiting a Supervisory Research Ecologist to lead a research team at it's laboratory in Santa Cruz, California. The Landscape Ecology Team has expertise in fisheries biology, aquatic ecology, geomorphology, and hydrology, and uses field, laboratory and modeling studies to improve the scientific basis of anadromous fish and habitat management. The team focuses on connections between habitat and the dynamics of fish populations, with emphasis on spatial aspects and the development and application of quantitative methods. The incumbent will provide intellectual leadership to the team's research program, perform the full range of supervisory duties, and carry out their own research leading to publications in the peer- reviewed literature. Other duties may include providing technical advice to conservation managers and advising graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Applicants should have a substantial record of research accomplishments in a relevant discpline and experience leading an interdisciplinary research program. Experience supervising employees and knowledge of anadromous species conservation issues is desirable but not essential. Information about the laboratory and Landscape Ecology Team is online at http://swfsc.noaa.gov/fed. This is a full-time, permanent position with a salary between $67,963 and $148,806 per year. Applications will be accepted from any U.S. citizen. Applications will be accepted from Monday, July 09, 2012 to Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The official announcement and application instructions are online at http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/320887200.
Full-time Permanent Position in Marine Benthic Ecology at IFREMER (ref. W12 12 092)
The Department of Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystems at IFREMER invites applications for a full-time research permanent position in the Benthic Ecology laboratory. We are seeking broadly for individuals who develop research in marine benthic ecology, to overall understand structural and functional diversity in coastal shallow waters habitats. The individual must possess a Ph.D., a strong commitment to developing internationally recognized research programs, and a desire to contribute significantly to the dynamic of the laboratory by initiating new collaborations.
The successful candidate will join a growing team to enhance research and complement strengths in the study of macrobenthic communities, in field research such as:
(1) the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning;
(2) the relationships between environmental parameters and variability in benthic species assemblages (diversity and composition);
(3) the development of statistical and/or predictive modelling tools to better understand the distribution of species and/or communities.
Besides a Ph.D. in Marine (Benthic) Ecology and preferably postdoc experience(s), the required qualities for this position are a good knowledge in oceanography in general; a solid knowledge in macrobenthic species (biological trait and identification); good skills in numerical statistics and treatment of databases; being perfectly fluent in English as well as handling French basics.
To apply, please collate the following into a single pdf file: a cover letter (including the reference W12 12 092), an extended curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and arrange to have up to 3 letters of reference sent in support of the application. All information should be sent electronically to both email@example.com (human resources) and email@example.com (head of the team). Review of applications will continue until September 15.
Postdoctoral Position Available at Mote Marine Laboratory
The new Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to begin between Oct. 15, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2012, but exceptional candidates with a firm expectation of graduation by Dec. 31, 2012 will be considered. The full-time position includes an annual salary of $40,000. Health insurance is also provided, with family options. Benefits include an opt-in retirement plan with employer matching, leaves for holidays, illness, and vacation, and other benefits. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also have an established researcher assigned to serve as a dedicated mentor and will receive office/laboratory space and funds for startup, operations, and travel.
The Fellowship position will be for a period of two years (assuming appropriate first-year progress). The Mote Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program is planning on having eight concurrent Fellowship positions overlapping each year by 2020.
Applications are due by Sept. 7, 2012. More information is available at http://www.mote.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=PostDocFellowshipProgram&category=Main.
STEM Program Director Postdoctoral Fellowship, UNC - Chapel Hill
The Office of Science, Training and Diversity (STaD, http://www.med.unc.edu/oge/stad/about-us) at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill has a postdoctoral level position available for a recent PhD graduate who is interested in pursuing a program director or administrative career track within academia. The fellow will work with current STaD program directors to run innovative pre-graduate and graduate-level programs and initiatives focused on diversity recruitment and retention, science outreach, and cross-disciplinary graduate education. The position will provide training in grant writing, higher education administration, and program planning. In addition, the fellow will have the chance to make substantive contributions to programs administered by the STaD group.
Requirements/Desired Background
- A recent Ph.D. in a STEM field is required
- We encourage applications from scientists from underrepresented groups
- Applicants must be available for multi-day travel to national conferences in the fall
The position is for 1 year starting in early-September 2012. Individual health insurance is provided. The salary is $39,000. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, CV, and contact information for 3 references to Dr. Ashalla Freeman, Director of Diversity Affairs at email@example.com. Applications received prior to Friday, August 3rd will receive full consideration. Hiring decisions will be made irrespective of gender, race, religion, or sexual preference.
Melinda M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
Pettigrew and colleagues from the Yale School of Public Health and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine recently published a novel study describing the important role played by the normal upper respiratory tract flora in moderating risk of acute otitis media in children (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2012, online ahead of print, doi: 10.1128/AEM.01051-12). Acute otitis media (i.e. ear infection) is a common pediatric illness and the leading reason antibiotics are prescribed to children in the United States. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis are the three most frequent acute otitis media pathogens. These bacteria asymptomatically colonize the upper respiratory tracts of a majority of children and must successfully compete with hundreds of commensal bacterial species in order to cause disease. Pettigrew et al. used culture-independent, high-throughput 16s rRNA gene pyrosequencing based approaches to compare nasal samples from healthy and sick children. They identified specific commensal members of flora that were protective for acute otitis media. Interestingly, these relationships differed by history of antibiotic use. Children with recent antibiotic use and a greater abundance of Lactococcus and Propionibacterium were 54% less likely to have a diagnosis of acute otitis media. In contrast, children without recent antibiotic use and a greater abundance of Corynebacterium and Dolosigranulum were 49% less likely to have an acute otitis media diagnosis. Increased understanding of how commensal members of the upper respiratory tract flora protect against acute otitis media will facilitate the development of novel treatment and prevention strategies for this important disease.
Dr. Melinda M. Pettigrew (http://publichealth.yale.edu/people/melinda_pettigrew.profile) earned her PhD in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases from Yale University then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan. Soon after, Dr. Pettigrew started her career at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Pettigrew has published extensively concerning otitis media and diseases of the upper respiratory tract. She has received many honors and awards including a fellowship from the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women and a Yale Global Health Initiative Travel Award. Dr. Pettigrew has also been designated as a Microarray investigator for the NIAID sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center at TIGR, and has been elected to the governing council of the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Pettigrew is a standing member of the NIH study section, Clinical Research and Field Studies of Infectious Diseases and is on the editorial board of a number of journals including the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. She is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Yale School of Public Health where she continues to research pneumococcal otitis media.
In July 2006, the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) of the American Society for Microbiology Public and Scientific Affairs Board developed a monthly e-newsletter which contains information pertinent to minority microbiologists. Currently, there are very few minority-based newsletters for scientists, and there are none for microbiologists.
This e-newsletter provides a central means of distributing pertinent information to underrepresented minorities in the field of microbiology. Some examples include career advice, networking tips, relevant news articles, unique funding and career opportunities, microbiological issues affecting minorities (e.g., HIV), minority issues affecting microbiologists (e.g., minority retention), and scientific articles published by minorities or by minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
The target populations are African-Americans, Latino-Americans, Native Americans, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders; however, all ASM members are invited to sign up and to share this information with others who may find this e-newsletter beneficial.
Signing up to receive The Minority Microbiology Mentor is very easy and is open to ASM members and non-members: simply go to: Subscribe to Listserv enter your email address, and select "MinorityMicroMentor" then submit, and you will receive confirmation of your subscription by email. If you are an ASM member, you will be prompted to Log In before signing up.
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Choosing Your Wedding Party
Being in a wedding party can involve a fair amount of responsibility and expense. Make sure all participants know up front what you are expecting of them and name your attendants soon after you choose a date so they have ample time to plan. Invite people to participate in a way that allows them to decline gracefully, and don't insist on an immediate answer. If anyone is unable to afford the associated costs, you might tactfully offer to help out if you can.
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The Wedding Party
Couples usually have eight to twelve attendants, but you can have more or less depending on the size and style of your wedding. Some couples include children in the party, like nieces and nephews while others have honor attendants only. Don't feel you must choose an equal number of men and women. Loved ones don't come in boxed sets, and neither should your wedding party.
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The Maid of Honor
How to Choose
Traditionally, the bride invites the sister closest in age to her to be maid or matron of honor, but these days she can ask any relative or friend, even a grandparent, parent, or adult child. A bride may name a brother or close male friend, and cast him in a slightly different, more masculine role. If she can't choose between two people, there's no rule that says she can't have both. The maid of honor has many varied responsibilities, so choose a good friend who will enjoy helping you with these important tasks.
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The Maid of Honor
What Does She Do?
As head bridesmaid, the maid of honor is in charge of delegating jobs and keeping the bridal party informed and organized. She will usually help the bride shop for the wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses, tell guests where the couple is registered for gifts, and host the wedding shower and bachelorette party. On the wedding day, she'll tend to the bride's veil, train, and bustle, hold the bride's bouquet during the ceremony, and sign the marriage certificate as a witness. At the reception, she and best man sometimes join the newlyweds for the first formal dance sequence and may offer a toast if she wants to.
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The Best Man
How to Choose
At one time, the best man was usually a brother, but these days anyone is appropriate, provided he (or she) is important to the groom and is willing to assume this demanding role.
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The Best Man
What Does He Do?
The best man helps the groom select the men's tuxedos and makes sure the groomsmen get fitted. He may also act as bachelor-party planner. In addition, the best man makes sure the groom gets to the ceremony on time and calms nerves. He stands at the groom's side during the ceremony, holds the bride's ring, and signs the marriage certificate. Afterwards, he hands out payments for the officiant, and for any other sundry expenses that come up, offers the first toast, safeguards gift envelopes, and orchestrates a smooth departure for the newlyweds when the party is over.
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How to Choose
In addition to family members and friends, the bride's entourage may include at least one of the groom's sisters. Older girls and young teenagers can join the party as junior bridesmaids.
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What Do They Do?
The bridesmaids often help the maid of honor plan the shower and the bachelorette party or cohost these events. They attend prenuptial festivities and assist the bride or maid of honor with assorted tasks, such as securing hotel rooms for guests and keeping a gift log at the shower. Bridesmaids purchase the dress you have chosen and have it fitted in time for the wedding. If they're wearing dresses of their choosing, they need to be aware of any style or color specifications you may have. At the ceremony, they, with the groomsmen, precede the maid of honor in the procession.
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How to Choose
Here, too, you want people you're comfortable with. A brother (or brothers) of the bride makes a wonderful addition.
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What Do They Do?
Groomsmen might help host prenuptial celebrations -- the bachelor party, in particular. They pay for their own formal attire. At the wedding, groomsmen often serve as ushers; if so, they need to arrive early to roll out the runner, distribute programs, and escort guests to their seats. They walk in the procession alongside the bridesmaids and stand next to the best man during the ceremony.
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Flower Girl and Ring Bearer
How to Choose
If you are close to any small children, you might want to include them in your wedding party. Keep in mind, however, that children can't be expected to behave like adults. Flower girls and ring bearers should generally be at least 4 years old and mature enough to handle their role in the ceremony. A very shy or fidgety child will probably not do well in the spotlight, so be sure to ask their parents whether they think their youngsters will be able to manage.
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Flower Girl
What Do They Do?
The flower girl precedes the bride down the aisle, carrying a basket of petals, which she scatters as she walks, a nosegay, or an alternate accessory of the brides' choosing. After the procession, her work is done and she can be seated with her parents.
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Ring Bearer
What Do They Do?
The ring bearer walks down the aisle ahead of the bride, sometimes accompanying the flower girl. He will carry the wedding rings (or decoys, if he's too little to be trusted with the real things), tied to a small pillow. Once he hands the rings over to the best man, he can rejoin his parents.


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Document Upload Instructions
Save time. Upload Scholarships and Financial Aid forms via your myUH self-service account!
Quick Steps to Upload
Step-by-Step Instructions
Tips for Converting Documents to PDFs
FAQs: Financial Aid Document Upload Process
Quick Steps to Upload a Document
- Log in to your myUH self-service account. Navigate to the To Do List in the Financial Aid section.
Self Service>Financial Aid>To Do List
- Within your To Do List, find the document that you would like to upload. Click on the title of the document or click "Upload/View Document" link. This will take you to the item's description. You should see an active "Upload File" button, click on the button to upload a document.
- This will open up a window with instructions and information about the upload process. Please Note: Make sure you have disabled any pop-up blockers within your browser.
- Within this window, please scroll to the bottom and use the "Browse" button to search for the appropriate file in your computer. To upload a document, it must be in PDF format and all pages for that particular checklist item must be saved in one PDF file. Once you have located and selected your document, click the "Upload Image" button.
- A pop-up window will display to show that it has been uploaded successfully. Click "Ok."
- Once you have completed the upload, click "Done."
- On the next screen, click "Return." This takes you back to the option to view the document that you have uploaded. If you would like to review it, click "View File." Otherwise, click "Return." Refresh the page by clicking the green "GO" button. This will show the status of the documents as "Received" on your To Do List.
- If you have other documents to upload, repeat the process under the appropriate checklist items.
Tips for Converting Documents to PDFs
For converting .doc file to .pdf:
- Open the document in Microsoft Word
- Click the File tab
- Click Save As
- In the File Name box, enter a name for the file (file names should be kept short and cannot include brackets, quotations or any special characters)
- In the Save As type list, choose PDF (*.pdf)
- Click Save
For saving images to pdf:
- Open a new blank document in Microsoft Word
- Click the Insert tab
- Click Picture
- Choose the image file you want to insert, click "Insert"
- Adjust the image orientation if required (click on the image, click the Picture Tools tab at the top, choose Rotate and adjust rotation)
- Click the File tab
- Click Save As
- In the File Name box, enter a name for the file (file names should be kept short and cannot include brackets, quotations or any special characters)
- In the Save As type list, choose PDF (*.pdf)
- Click Save
*Please note that PCs with 2007 Microsoft Office – an Add-in and can be installed to convert the files to PDF
Files must be uploaded in PDF format only. Scanned images such as .jpg, .bmp or .tiff files, must be converted to PDF before uploading. Maximum file size for each document is 25MB. See instructions below for solutions to size file greater than 25MB. (For converting images and .doc files to PDF, follow the instructions below [an adobe Acrobat writer is required to convert files to .pdf])
If your PDF file size is too big – try one of the following solutions:
- Scan document at a lower resolution
- Scan document in Black & White
- Three Ways to reduce PDF files
FAQs: Financial Aid Document Upload Process
What are the electronic criteria to upload documents?
The documents must be in .PDF format only, and the file size limit is 25MB per PDF. Documents comprised of multiple pages should be combined into a single PDF file first, and then uploaded. For example, if your tax transcript consists of 6 pages, please scan all 6 of those pages and save it as one PDF file that you can upload into your tax transcript To Do List. The orientation of the text should match the orientation of the document file (i.e., portrait/landscape).
If you are uploading a verification worksheet form, please ensure that the form is completed in dark ink and is clearly scanned.
Once uploaded, the documents cannot be edited by the applicant. Ensure that you are submitting the correct documents for the specified To Do List item.
If you do not have access to a scanner, you may use services on campus.
Can all financial aid documents and forms be uploaded using this service?
Currently, only certain verification documents can be uploaded at the moment. In the future, we may expand this option to include additional financial aid forms.
Can I include multiple scanned pages within each PDF?
If the documents are in the same group and are comprised of multiple pages, they should be combined into a single PDF file first, and then be uploaded to the appropriate To Do List item. However, if the multiple scanned pages are applicable to multiple To Do List items, you must separate them so that only the correct documents are being uploaded into the appropriate To Do List item. For example, if you are combining your parents' tax transcript and your tax transcript into one document and uploading it into the Parent Tax Transcript To Do List item only, this will leave the student tax To Do List item incomplete. The proper way to address this is to have one PDF file for the parent tax document and another separate PDF file for the student tax documents.
What if I accidentally submitted the wrong document? Can I submit another version?
All versions of the forms submitted must be stored in our imaging service. However, if you want to be able to upload another PDF for the same To Do List item, you must contact our office so that a representative can update your To Do List item to "Incomplete" status. If your To Do List is currently in "Received" status, you are not able to upload any PDF documents for that item.
How long will my documents take to be processed after I upload them?
The processing time for uploaded verification documents are the same as those being submitted via fax, mail and at the Welcome Center counter. This process can take 3 – 4 weeks and may be even longer during peak times throughout the year. These peak times consist of July, August and September.
May I use my cell phone application to scan documents and save them as a .PDF?
We recommend that students use the most secure and accessible method to scan documents that may contain sensitive information. If the PDF file meets the electronic criteria as listed above, you may use any method to scan the document. UH does not have a list of recommended smartphone apps for document scanning.


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TORONTO (AP) - Jose Reyes and the Blue Jays washed away the bad taste of Friday's shutout loss with a walk-off victory in extra innings.
Reyes singled home the winning run in the 10th inning, and Toronto beat Tampa Bay 5-4 on Saturday in a game the Rays played under protest.
Blue Jays players streamed out of the dugout in celebration after Colby Rasmus scored from second base on Reyes' single.
''We worked hard today and celebration was in order,'' Rasmus said.
Toronto took a 4-3 lead in the seventh when Dioner Navarro hit a two-run homer off Brad Boxberger, but closer Casey Janssen couldn't hold on. Pinch-hitter James Loney singled home the tying run with one out in the ninth, handing Janssen his fourth blown save.
Rasmus reached on a bunt single to begin the 10th against Joel Peralta (2-4) and stole second as Munenori Kawasaki struck out for the second out.
Left-hander Jeff Beliveau came on to turn around the switch-hitting Reyes, who grounded a single between second and third.
Dustin McGowan (5-3) worked one inning for the win, and the Blue Jays improved to 6-13 in August.
Rays manager Joe Maddon protested the game in the fourth after umpires granted Toronto a replay challenge.
Tampa Bay designated hitter Wil Myers reached on a one-out single and was called safe by first base umpire Bill Welke on Mark Buehrle's pickoff throw.
After Yunel Escobar stepped back into the batter's box and Buehrle returned to the rubber, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons came out and asked to challenge Welke's call.
Maddon came out to speak with crew chief and third base umpire Bob Davidson about the timing. After Myers was called out following a video review, Maddon spoke to Davidson again and indicated he was playing the game under protest.
Baseball's replay rules state that any challenge must be made before the next play or pitch, which is said to begin ''when the pitcher is on the rubber preparing to start his delivery and the batter has entered the batter's box.'' The rules also say, however, that the crew chief has ''the final authority to determine whether a Manager's Challenge is timely.''
''It was inappropriate for Bob to do what he did and permit that to happen,'' Maddon said. ''I'm trusting that they're going to interpret the rule properly and get us back to that point in the game.''
Davidson told a pool reporter that he saw Gibbons emerging from the dugout just as Escobar was stepping back into the box.
''(Escobar) was just about getting in, but I'm looking at Gibbons and he's coming out and he's not a speed merchant, and I thought, it's on time,'' Davidson said. ''We want to get the play correct. That's what we're out here for.''
The San Francisco Giants on Wednesday became the first team since 1986 to win a protest after Major League Baseball ruled that the tarp at Wrigley Field had not been properly put away after its previous use. The Giants were able to resume Tuesday's rain-shortened game that the Cubs thought they had won 2-0, eventually losing to Chicago 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.
The Rays allowed more than three runs on the road for the first time in 20 games, ending their AL-record streak. Tampa Bay came within two games of matching the major league record, held by the 1908 Chicago Cubs. The Rays hadn't allowed more than three runs away from home since an 8-1 loss at Detroit on July 3.
Rays: C Ryan Hanigan (left oblique) went 2 for 3 in a seven-inning stint with Class A Charlotte on Friday, the first game of his rehab assignment. OF David DeJesus (broken left hand) went 1 for 2 in five innings. DeJesus and Hanigan were both set to play for Charlotte again Saturday night, with Hanigan starting at DH.
Blue Jays: Gibbons said RHP Brandon Morrow (right index finger) was scheduled to throw batting practice at Toronto's spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida. Morrow is expected to rejoin the Blue Jays in September.
Rays RHP Chris Archer (8-6) faces RHP Drew Hutchison (8-11) in Sunday's series finale. Archer is 2-0 with a 3.24 ERA in six career starts against the Blue Jays, and 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA in three starts at Rogers Centre. Hutchison has a 7.78 ERA in four career starts against the Rays.
The Blue Jays recalled reliever Sergio Santos from Triple-A Buffalo following the game. A corresponding move will be made before Sunday's series finale.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Minus their top two threats, the Phoenix Coyotes have had to look elsewhere for offense.
Kyle Chipchura filled that role on Tuesday night.
The gritty fourth liner scored a pretty goal in the first period and added an empty-netter to clinch the victory late in regulation of Phoenix's 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
``We got a couple big goals out of Chipchura,'' Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. ``He's playing with a lot of confidence. We use him in a lot of situations.
``He's a gritty guy but he's got pretty decent hands.''
Taken 18th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2004 draft, Chipchura was more humble in his assessment of his line's offensive output.
``We're a line that's going to do it off of hard work, cycling game, getting pucks to the net,'' said Chipchura, who had three goals on Phoenix's three-game Western Canadian road trip. ``It's not going to be the prettiest all the time, but we'll take it when we can get them.''
The Coyotes finished the trip 1-1-1 without leading scorer Radim Vrbata and top goal scorer Martin Hanzal.
``With the people we have out we had to come in here and manufacture a win and be opportunistic on our chances,'' Tippett said.
Along with Chipchura, Paul Bissonnette picked up an assist on the opening goal to give him a three-game point streak for the first time in his career.
``Chipper's been unbelievable of late,'' Phoenix forward Mikkel Boedker said. ``When you're hot, you're hot I guess. He's been playing real well for us. ... We need that fourth line. We're not a team that can rely on one or two guys.''
Boedker and Antoine Vermette and each added a goal and an assist for Phoenix, which was coming off back-to-back losses to Edmonton and Calgary over the weekend, including a third-period collapse against the Flames.
``In previous games when we took the lead we would kind of sat back a bit,'' Boedker said. ``Where we have more success is when we press the opponent down in their end.''
Instead of sitting on a 2-1 lead in the third, the visitors kept forechecking, leading to Vermette's eventual winner.
``We wanted to play on our toes,'' Tippett said. ``Everybody knows what happened last game. We played a real good third period in Calgary until the last couple minutes, so we wanted to carry it through tonight and we were able to do that.''
Jason Garrison and Henrik Sedin replied for Vancouver, which got 18 saves from Cory Schneider.
The Canucks were coming off a 2-1-1 road trip, but have dropped three straight at home. They also have now lost two in a row after earning at least a point in 10 of the previous 11 games.
Chipchura opened the scoring at 14:22 of the first. While battling behind the net, Bissonnette squirted the puck free to Chipchura, who knifed through a passive Canucks defense before cutting in front and roofing a backhand past Schneider.
The Coyotes doubled their lead at 9:54 of the second when David Runblad's point shot ricocheted off Maxim Lapierre right to Boedker, who avoided the Vancouver forward's check before beating Schneider under the glove for his fourth of the year.
That goal seemed to wake up the Canucks, who got on the board just 91 seconds later. Ryan Kesler dug the puck out of the boards and threw it to Garrison at the point, who faked a slap shot before ripping a wrist shot past Smith for his third of the year.
Schneider then did his part to keep Vancouver close, robbing Raffi Torres on the doorstep twice just a minute into the third.
But the Coyotes made it 3-1 at 12:32 when Boedker stripped Alex Edler of the puck to create the odd-man rush and then centered for Vermette, who squeaked his fifth of the season through Schneider's pads.
``I felt like I got a heavy piece of it, and it hits my back leg and trickles in,'' Schneider said. ``That's when you're not on top of your game or you're not getting the results you want, that's the kind of stuff that happens and you've just got to find a way to be two per cent better and that can make a big difference.''
Vancouver again responded quickly after that goal, again drawing within one a minute later when Henrik Sedin deflected a shot from twin Daniel Sedin past Smith.
That would be as close as the Canucks would get as Chipchura iced the game with his second of the night and fourth of the season with 23 seconds left.
``They're a tough team to get chances on,'' Henrik Sedin said. ``I mean you're not going to see 3-on-2 rushes, 2-on-1s, it's going to be a grinding game where you're getting pucks deep and creating turnovers that way and they know exactly how to play when they have the lead, I thought we battled and tried to come back but we weren't able to get the last one.''
NOTES: Chipchura now has 51 points in 235 games NHL games. ... Bissonnette has assists in three consecutive games after going pointless through eight contests. It is the first point streak of his five-year career. ... Phoenix was missing Martin Hanzal and Radim Vrbata, out with injuries for their third and fourth straight games, respectively. Vrbata is the team's leading scorer and Hanzal has a team-high seven goals. The Coyotes were also without the services of D Derek Morris and David Schlemko. ... Vancouver was without defenseman Kevin Bieksa, missing his second straight game with a sore groin. ... Henrik Sedin played in his 600th consecutive game. Only Calgary D Jay Bouwmeester has a longer ironman streak currently going (606 games).