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Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarships at University of Kent
The Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarships were set up in memory of Christine Bolt, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Kent, and were generously funded by her late husband, Ian Bolt.
Scholarships of up to £10,000 each (to include tuition fees) will be offered for one year in support of a sustained period of research while in the USA. During this year the students must be registered on a full-time postgraduate degree by research at the University of Kent. In exceptional circumstances, the scholarship holders may be invited to re-apply for a further one year`s funding.
Scholarships are aimed at full-time postgraduate students whose area of research has an American element and/or where the centre of expertise or an important source of research material is located in the United States of America.
The purpose of the fund is to award scholarships to deserving students studying in the Faculty of Humanities or Social Sciences at the University of Kent to support a sustained period of research in America for up to one year. Preference will be given to students and to candidates who have not had the opportunity to live or study for an extended period of time in the USA.
The candidates must:
- Hold an excellent bachelor`s (1 or 2.1), or master`s degree (merit or distinction).
- Hold an offer of a place, or be a currently registered student, for a full-time postgraduate research degree at University of Kent for the following academic year in a humanities or social science based field
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be able to:
- explain their project clearly and without jargon to non-experts
- convey their passion for their project to a wider audience
- convince the panel of the project`s wider value
- act as "ambassador" for both the University and their subject
- The successful candidates will be selected on the basis of academic excellence, achievements to date in their chosen field and their communication skills.
- Be prepared to attend an interview in person at Canterbury on Monday 13 June 2011
Applications should include:
- Research proposal of approximately 2,000 words
- Covering letter stating the reasons why you wish to receive this scholarship
- Proposed buget showing use of scholarship funds
- Two academic references.
You are responsible for ensuring both references are sent to the Scholarships Unit by the deadline of 20 May 2011.
Please note that the University may contact your referee to verify the authenticity of any reference that they provide.
References should be supplied in English and should cover suitability of the student, on both academic and general grounds, to receive the Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship
References must include
- Full name and status/title of referee
- Name, address and telephone number of their institution or place of work
- Details of referee`s relationship to the applicant
- Full name of the applicant,
- Reference to the Christine and Ian Bolt scholarship
Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998, references received by the University may be disclosed to the applicant Interviews for students who have been short-listed will be held on Monday 13th June 2011 at the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Please send applications and supporting documents either by post or email, by the deadline of Friday 20 May 2011, to:
Scholarships Unit, Admissions and Partnership Services, The Registry
University of Kent , Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NZ
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The eleventh mile is a transition mile, moving you from the northern-most neighborhoods of the trail, back toward downtown.
The mile starts with a water stop, then you'll descend a sharp hill again below the same railroad viaduct you encountered before the park. Wave to people entering the park! They have no idea how much fun they're about to have….but you do!
The water stops along the course, organized by Partnership for the Pathway member Nick Williamson and a huge team of volunteers, will have water first and Poweraid second in line.
If you want Poweraid, look past the first few people holding out water toward the last table at the water stop. That's where you'll find what you're looking for.
A nice crowd will greet you as you turn onto Texas Boulevard and head toward downtown. Once you cross Texas Boulevard you'll notice the houses become more historic. You've entered the Highland Park area, and you're in for a treat. I was in one of the homes along these streets today, and it was built in 1928. By now, the crowd has thinned and there's a good chance that you'll have few runners around you, so this may be a good time to enjoy some of the architecture as you run by.
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Carole Feuerman is a sculptor of astonishing drive and talent. I always see her work www.carolefeuerman.com at the big, international art fairs and they're always showstoppers. I wanted to know what's involved in creating her contemporary masterpieces and it's abundantly clear; she is one busy lady…
"After 56 years of creating swimmers, I continue to be fascinated with the figure in the water with water patterns on them."
MICHAEL: Hi Carole, Your work is incredible. I'm always stunned by it at the big art fairs and so is everyone else. Your beautiful, super-contemporary sculptures seem to be a celebration of beauty, athleticism, form and humanity. How do you view your work?
CAROLE: I love to create beautiful, super-contemporary sculptures - mostly swimmers - that celebrate the joy of life. My hyper-realistic style of art creates the physicality for which my sculptures are known. The realism in my art stems from my desire to portray real emotions and physical states of being - from peaceful serenity to energy to equilibrium and to vigor. I make my sculptures about people who are comfortable in their own skin. I promote the idea of total health. The World Health Organization stated in 1970, the decade in which I began making my sculptures, that health embraced a total package of 'physical, mental, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.' A sound mind in a sound body, in other words. This is one of the defining aspects of my realistic style.
MICHAEL: And many if not most of your sculptures are women.
CAROLE: Forty years ago, showing healthy, intelligent women was a radical departure in contemporary art. Now it is a widely accepted ideal, yet most contemporary artists don't explore this topic - at least not in figurative art.
MICHAEL: I love the aquatic theme. It's so fresh and forward-thinking.
CAROLE: Swimming and water have fascinated me for as long as I can remember, and as a result, have become the essence of my inspiration for my pieces. I loved the beach as a child and many of my fondest memories are of playing in the sand and jumping the waves at Jones Beach on Long Island (New York). I remember with great detail how the delicate water droplets covered my arms and face after returning from a swim and the patterns that formed on my skin captivated me. I noticed how the human figure radiates a healthy glow while in the water and coming out and how the water seemed to rejuvenate the body while instilling a sense of harmony, both internally and externally. It was for these reasons that I started drawing swimmers in the second grade and in the fifth grade, had asked my parents to sign me up for private art lessons on Saturdays. It was both the swimmers and the water that kept my attention from the beginning, and still to this day.
MICHAEL: I find it interesting how well you've really explored this theme. I mean, the sculptures are similar and yet so different.
CAROLE: My swimmers have their own personalities and tell their own stories. Their stories are my stories, sometimes autobiographical and sometimes stories I just need to tell. While their outward appearance is often one of beauty and tranquility, these elegant faces mask a deeper meaning of heroism, triumph and liberation. Their titles are derived from islands around the world that I have visited and gained inspiration from over the years. For example, in 1976, I went to the Isle of Capri, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea and created a sculpture called "Capri" named after that special island. In 1979, inspired by the blue horizon of the Pacific Ocean, I envisioned a swimmer emerging like a phoenix from the sea with water droplets streaming across her face, which took form in my creation of "Catalina." She appears as a proud survivor, beautiful and strong. In 2005, I made a monumental version, "Grande Catalina," which John Spike installed in the center of Florence and that was the beginning of my major public sculptures. In 1981, I created "Innertube," a contemplative sculpture of a swimmer resting peacefully on an inflatable tube. This serene and meditative sculpture led me to create "Survival of Serena" for the 2006 Venice Biennale. She was named after the Island of Venice "the Serene Island" and was created on a monumental scale. One of my more recent pieces, "Next Summer," is named after a very special Island in Michigan called Summer Island. I am currently working on "Double Diver," a monumental forty-foot bronze male diver in a handstand with another diver holding his feet. While it isn't named for an island, it speaks of persistence and the will to succeed, exemplifying integrity, trust and teamwork.
After 56 years of creating swimmers, I continue to be fascinated with the figure in the water with water patterns on them.
MICHAEL: Wow. The work that you're doing is heroic in itself. There must be so much involved in creating a single sculpture especially like the one you're working on now. What is involved? You must have a sizable staff, no?
CAROLE: Every sculpture involves a team of people to see it through to completion. Years ago, I made very small pieces. Now, my sculptures are painted bronze. Many are monumental in size weighing sometimes 1 to 2.5 tons. They are labor intensive, detailed and time-consuming to make. I make the maquette in one of my two studios depending on the size of the sculpture and then a mold of the maquette must be made so that I can send the mold to a foundry to be cast in bronze. This part of the process can take anywhere from a year or two. When the bronze is finished, it must be chased in a hyperrealistic manner. The foundries must be taught to work this precisely. I work on the pieces both in wax and in bronze in the foundry. When the bronze is finished, it gets shipped to my studio for further detailing, chasing, two coats of primers, painting and finishing. Then a crate is built and it gets shipped to a show or client. This entire process usually takes one to three years. Many times, engineers are involved to design armatures, landscape architects are involved to design the cited landscape for the finished piece, permits are needed, contracts must be agreed upon and signed and teams of helpers from many professions become involved. I have my own "A Team" of about eight assistants: two fabricators, two office assistants, two painting assistants, one intern and one independent contractor sculptor when needed.
MICHAEL: What is the feeling that you feel when you have completed a work? Also, do you feel better when a work is completed or unveiled to the public?
CAROLE: I feel fantastic when I complete a work. Also, it makes me ready for the next work. As far as unveiling a completed work in public, that's what it's all about. I love this, the feeling and the chance to show my work to the public.
MICHAEL: In terms of creativity and insight, sculpture - of human figures - comes closer to being Godlike than any other genre. I mean, just the study of human anatomy alone must take years to truly master. Thoughts?
CAROLE: I study anatomy every day in many ways. I watch people move, watch how their bodies move, observe them when they touch. I love to see the subtle differences in a body lying down and a body standing or sitting. I observe their skin colors when they touch or when they are cold or hot. I observe how the body changes when people are happy, angry, lying, or sincere. I love to observe and sculpt people and their emotions, their feelings.
MICHAEL: I would imagine technology has significantly changed sculpture. I mean, are there major differences between what you do and what Michelangelo did with David? And finally, what do you want people to take away after having seen your work?
CAROLE: Technology has changed sculpture today, but when all is said and done, the sculpture the artist creates must speak to the viewer. Technology can help to create a perfectly proportioned sculpture, but that won't make the sculpture a great work of art.
It will only be a digitized blow up or reduction. When I create a work, I want the viewer to feel touched. I want it to speak to the viewer and I want the viewer to have a response. Many artists throughout time have used technology to cut down on the time it takes to enlarge or make a miniature.
These techniques can be helpful, but won't guarantee that the artist will make anything meaningful or everlasting.
Check out Carole Feuerman at www.carolefeuerman.com.


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Dear Evan Hansen is a musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Some Broadway fans have a lot of feelings about it.
The story follows high-schooler Evan Hansen, who has a broken arm and social anxiety disorder, through the convoluted lies he tells following the death of a classmate.
DEH premiered on Broadway in November 2016 and picked up a few fans: the first fic posted on the Archive of Our Own was on January 8, 2017. Its popularity increased following the release of the cast album in February 2017, and remains one of the most popular shows on Broadway in 2017.
The most popular ship in the fandom is Evan Hansen/Connor Murphy, followed by Alana Beck/Zoe Murphy, and Evan Hansen/Jared Kleinman - none of which are canonical.
The fandom is also very concerned with the original Broadway actors in the show, especially Ben Platt and Mike Faist (Evan and Connor, respectively), but there doesn't seem to be much RPF shipping happening.
Like with most theater fandoms, a significant part of a fan's interaction with fandom can involve searching for or trading bootleg recordings of the show, especially when an understudy steps in.[1]
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- ↑ See Tumblr post by carmthemusicalnerd, If anyone gets a boot of today's matinee with Colton as Connor I will literally trade my souls for it/ share a lot of my bootlegs for it., and Tumblr post by munchiezxx, DEAR GOD PLEASE SEND ME A COLTON CONNOR BOOTLEG AMEN


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Sunday is a day of rest. The Christian sabbath. Thanks to a nasty sinus infection I have been resting quite a bit this past week. Not to worry, seeding is still getting done-lots of flowers yesterday.
Each day I thank God for eyes to see, hands to work, and all the many blessings I enjoy, like clean water and a place to lay my head. If I had to make a list of the good it would surely outweigh the bad.
"I refuse to gratify the devil by becoming discouraged" reads a little note above my kitchen sink.


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"You Are My Happy" 8×24 Original Stretched Canvas Painting
Bidding starts at 1 penny. Auction ends Sunday, July 13 2014.
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Life Of The Party
This original painting, "Life of the Party" will be available in May 2013 at Taipei's A.R.T. International Art Show. I've made 10 signed limited editions which are now up in my shop on etsy. Enjoy!
Three New Paintings
Three new original 16″ x 20″ paintings are now up in the shop today.
Special this week – Free Shipping on original paintings that ship to a US address. International orders get flat rate $25 Priority Mail International Shipping (where available).
"Welcome Home" (updated: SOLD)
"Into The Wind" (Update: Sold)
Print Release – The Gated Community III
New signed limited edition print:
"The Gated Community III" (only 20)
The original painting sold over a year ago, but I decided these guys needed to come out of hiding…there is life on the other side of the fence. See it on etsy.
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SOLD – to a collector in Australia
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5 Technology Trends That Are Changing The Manufacturing Industry
For the manufacturing industry, the road to stability has not been an easy one. However, despite setbacks like the 1970s oil price increase, several recessions, and hardly any surge from the economy boom, the industry has preserved. And while manufacturing businesses worldwide are still under great pressure, the development of new products, new management styles, and new mindsets has set the stage for great success across the entire manufacturing industry.
Modern technologies have helped in large part to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. As a result of this revolution, the industry has evolved to survive in a new environment that requires efficiency in nearly everything. With innovative, emerging technologies that help streamline business practices and gather beneficial data, manufacturers are able to find success in everything from product development to marketing strategies.
Though this industrial shift has brought many new and emerging resources, these top five trends in manufacturing technology are truly changing the face of the industry.
1. Augmented Reality
One of the most interesting pieces of technology to emerge recently is augmented reality. In short, augmented reality creates a superimposed, computer-generated image that's exactly like your view of the real world and provides you with a composite view of places like your warehouse, products, and inventory.
In the past, manufacturers and businesses had a difficult time implementing augmented reality technology largely because they couldn't justify the high cost of the system. Today, however, recent developments and state-of-the-art technology have helped make augmented reality a valid and useful resource. AR systems can both scan and check inventory in a simple, effective way and ultimately help to increase the accuracy and speed of inventory organization and analyzation.
2. Smart Products
With smartphones, smart cars, and smart homes, experts have risen to the challenge of creating smart manufacturing facilities and products. While manufacturers have experimented with smart technology for several years, it wasn't until recently that the industry really began capitalizing on the advantages, thanks to the implementation of a supportive, digital infrastructure and growing experience with applicable smart technologies. Trending smart facility and product technology include:
- Small sensors that allow manufacturers to gather data throughout the entire lifecycle and process of their products
- Cloud and SaaS (software as a service) models help decrease costs, improve quality, reduce waste and enable continuous improvement
- Central data management systems provide customers with precise production data by connecting devices to the overall digital system
3. Reliable Robots
The use of robots has been growing steadily in popularity over the past few years and is predicted to continue its rise in applicability over the next year. Today's advanced robotic systems have become increasingly more sophisticated and reliable, which allows manufacturers to program robots to complete virtually any task. Because modern robots are now more user-friendly, they are becoming more accessible for large and small manufacturing shops alike.
One of the biggest challenges presented to manufacturing companies has been, and likely will continue to be, the lack of skills and expertise possessed by their human counterparts. However, with advanced robots, manufacturers can take advantage of automated systems that help them keep up with demand and work side-by-side with human employees.
4. 3D Printing
Continually rated as a leading technology for several years, 3D printing has brought additive manufacturing to the frontline of the industry. This top technology creates advantages including:
- Metal 3D printing capabilities
- Fast, accurate prints
- Precise scans
These and other benefits have manufacturers excited about the industry's pending revolution. Continued exploration into how 3D printing can improve the overall manufacturing process is currently trending and pulsing throughout the industry. Experts across the board are expecting the coming years to hold even more surprises for 3D printing technology.
5. Predictive Analytics
Since the beginning of the manufacturing era, manufacturers have dreamt about ways to streamline sales to a mass market. And though several businesses have studied historical trends to try and predict customer demand, reduce over production, and avoid other costly mistakes, they were never able to develop reliable data that lead to accurate analysis. With the invention of predictive analytics, however, this has all changed.
Not only does predictive analytics technology help gather accurate data and analyze this data far more efficiently than ever before, but new software and sensors also allow for precise predictions to be made based on real data that's captured throughout every stage of production. This technology can make accurate predictions about when machines are about to fail as well as tracking and forecasting demand more closely. This allows manufacturers to schedule maintenance and produce the right amount of product needed to supply demand without creating waste and losing money.
ERP software parallels many of these emerging technologies so learn more about ERP systems today!


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Creamy cherry chocolate chip ice cream for that old fashion delicious treat.
"You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream" – this cherry chip ice cream will have you screaming for more. Cherry chip ice cream will always have me reminiscing about the role ice cream played in my life. So with each spoon of this cherry chip ice cream you can think of my inspiration or your own.
Growing up if you asked me what my favorite flavor of ice cream was I would tell you vanilla. I know that sounds boring but listen to my reasoning; vanilla ice cream allows you to add any topping or mix-in and it changes the flavor. Now your ice cream becomes fudge or caramel or even raspberry or strawberry. With the simplest addition you can have pretty much any flavor you can imagine or desire. A favorite of mine was to take a bowl of ice cream pour strawberry or raspberry jam all over it and swirl it together. All of sudden I had soft serve strawberry ice cream and it was the best, so perfectly smooth and delicious. Often that would be my Sunday evening treat, that or a bowl of cereal.
Now when my family would go out for ice cream, that was a different story. There was only really one place for ice cream and that was the Baskin Robbins on 17th Street in Idaho Falls, you know the 31 flavor place. I not sure they really had 31 flavors at one time but maybe if you went each week there would be something new each time. The Baskin Robbins on 17th was a little place (and it is still there) but it was such a treat. My dad would get in the mood for ice cream and we would all pile in the car and drive there. Or sometimes we had been visiting my grandparents and drive over afterwards. It occurred just enough to keep us happy and to feel like a real special occasion. Our ice cream of choice there; my mother I believe was strawberry, my siblings I really don't recall, my dad was always pistachio, always. Mine something with fruit – now I almost always order some chocolate and peanut butter combo – but then it might be black raspberry, or strawberry, or cherry. How I loved cherry.
Now Baskin Robbins did not always have cherry but the little store in Swan Valley, Idaho did. Swan Valley was not close enough for a quick trip for ice cream, it was even more special because we only went there a couple of times a year. Either we had taken a drive to Palisades Lake or a visit to my uncle's farm outside of Ririe, Idaho or a drive to Yellowstone via Jackson Hole via Swan Valley. Swan Valley is just that, a valley in the middle of nowhere on the road to somewhere else. There is a little store – or at least there was in the 60s – at the intersection. They sold gas, fishing gear and bait, snacks, and they had ice cream. Not just any ice cream but a little counter with fresh churned ice cream that was scooped onto your cone using a square scoop. That is right, a square scoop – it was the coolest thing in the world. I am quite sure the reason their ice cream tasted so good was because of the square scoop. And I always ordered cherry, it was such a delight for me to bite into my ice cream and taste the cherries. Yummy, yummy – cherries.
Cherry Chip Ice Cream
- 2 cups cherries (pitted and chopped)
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (chopped)
- Wash, pit, and chop your cherries - I happen to have a cherry pitter but I understand a frosting tip can do the job
- Put your cherries, cream, milk, sugar, and extracts all into a bowl
- Stir together
- Add to your ice cream maker and follow directions according to your machine
- Once it is mostly thickened, add your chocolate chips for the last 10 minutes or so
- If you serve it right away it is the consistency of scooped ice cream - extremely creamy and good
Enjoy this delicious cherry and chocolate chip ice cream for a special treat!
That is what inspired this cherry chip ice cream recipe. I saw a post for cherry ice cream on this blog, I bought cherries, and I remembered what a treat cherry ice cream was for me growing up.
What memories do you have of ice cream treats?
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Good attorneys experience a necessary and painful evolution. Ignorance surrounds him when he is in the cradle. He is impressed by the first consequences and flashy results, the only ones in his infancy he can see. It is only after a long time he learns to account for the less obvious ramifications of his actions. Two very painful masters teach him this lesson: experience and foresight. Experience teaches efficiently but brutally. It instructs us to all the effects of an act by making us feel them. We cannot fail to learn eventually from having been burned ourselves, that fire burns. Yet for most, despite its brutality, experience is a patient and overly precise teacher. Eventually can be a very long time, and the lessons are brutal because of they only apply to exact facts of the situation and encourage attorneys to distance themselves from their clients.
Some us learn to bob and weave before we are hit, and to put on oven mitts before stick our hands into the fire. Our teacher, foresight, requires a higher initial price than experience and allows us to put ourselves in the shoes of our clients. Foresight works whenever there is bone-wrenching commitment to seeing the truth no matter how painful, and accounting for it before the hidden consequences burn or bloody us. It requires knowing when to start a fight, to take a hit, and to capitalize on the lessons of experience. It demands faith that we are creative enough redefine our situation so that we have a shot at winning with the last punch, or a trusty oven mitt.
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TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday he hopes Tehran's landmark atomic deal with world powers will survive President Donald Trump withdrawing the U.S. from it, warning the Islamic Republic's program stands ready to build advanced centrifuges and further enrich uranium.
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Ali Akbar Salehi stressed Iran would be guided by "prudence and wisdom" when weighing whether to abandon the deal if European nations fail to protect it from Trump.
Salehi dismissed out of hand the idea of caving to American demands to renegotiate the accord.
"Yes, we have our problems. Yes, the sanctions have caused some problems for us. But if a nation decides to enjoy political independence, it will have to pay the price," Salehi said. "If Iran decides today to go back to what it was before, the lackey of the United States, the situation would" be different.
Salehi heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, whose Tehran campus encompasses a nuclear research reactor given to the country by the U.S. in 1967 under the rule of the shah. But in the time since that American "Atoms for Peace" donation, Iran was convulsed by its 1979 Islamic Revolution and the subsequent takeover and hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Iran long has said its program is for peaceful purposes, but it faced years of sanctions.
The 2015 nuclear deal Iran struck with world powers, including the U.S. under President Barack Obama, was aimed at lifting those sanctions. Under it, Iran agreed to store its excess centrifuges at its underground Natanz enrichment facility under constant surveillance by the UN nuclear agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran can use 5,060 older-model IR-1 centrifuges at Natanz, but only to enrich uranium up to 3.67 percent.
That low-level enrichment means the uranium can be used to fuel a civilian reactor. Iran also can possess no more than 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of that uranium. That's compared to the 100,000 kilograms (220,460 pounds) of higher-enriched uranium it once had.
Salehi spoke to the AP on Tuesday about Iran's efforts to build a new facility at Natanz that will produce more-advanced centrifuges, which enrich uranium by rapidly spinning uranium hexafluoride gas.
The new facility will allow Iran to build versions called the IR-2M, IR-4 and IR-6. The IR-2M and the IR-4 can enrich uranium five times faster than an IR-1, while the IR-6 can do it 10 times faster, Salehi said. Western experts have suggested these centrifuges produce three to five times more enriched uranium in a year than the IR-1s.
Building the facility doesn't violate the nuclear deal, and Salehi said Iran does not have a plan for mass production of advanced centrifuges.
"This does not mean that we are going to produce these centrifuges now. This is just a preparation," he said. "In case Iran decides to start producing in mass production such centrifuges, (we) would be ready for that."
Salehi suggested that if the nuclear deal fell apart, Iran would react in stages. He suggested one step may be uranium enrichment going to "20 percent because this is our need." He also suggested Iran could increase its stockpile of enriched uranium. Any withdrawal ultimately would be approved by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
While the UN repeatedly has verified Iran's compliance with the deal, Trump campaigned on a promise to tear it up. In May, he withdrew the U.S. in part because he said the deal wasn't permanent and didn't address Iran's ballistic missile program and its influence across the wider Middle East. But Trump meanwhile has tweeted he'd accept talks without preconditions with Tehran.
Asked what he personally would tell Trump if he had the chance, Salehi chuckled and said: "I certainly would tell him he has made the wrong move on Iran."
"I think (Trump) is on the loser's side because he is pursuing the logic of power," Salehi added. "He thinks that he can, you know, continue for some time but certainly I do not think he will benefit from this withdrawal, certainly not."
In the wake of Trump's decision, however, Western companies from airplane manufacturers to oil firms have pulled out of Iran. The rial, which traded before the decision at 62,000 to $1, now stands at 142,000 to $1.
Despite that, Salehi said Iran could withstand that economic pressure, as well as restart uranium enrichment with far more sophisticated equipment.
"If we have to go back and withdraw from the nuclear deal, we certainly do not go back to where we were before," Salehi said. "We will be standing on a much, much higher position."
The Stuxnet computer virus, widely believed to be a joint U.S.-Israeli creation, once disrupted thousands of Iranian centrifuges.
A string of bombings, blamed on the Zionist regime, targeted a number of scientists beginning in 2010 at the height of Western concerns over Iran's program. The occupying regime of Israel never claimed responsibility for the attacks, though Israeli officials have boasted in the past about the reach of the regime's intelligence services.
"I hope that they will not commit a similar mistake again because the consequences would be, I think, harsh," Salehi warned.
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Every year, Australians use approximately 1.3 million tonnes of plastic. However, almost 50 percent of that plastic is recycled, which prevents it from ending up in landfills where it can pollute the earth for years to come. Unfortunately, the bad news is that even though Australians recycle a lot of plastic, half of it does… Read more »
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I decided I'd bake some Christmas Cupcake to share with those I'm with on Christmas, They're very pretty, tasty and easy enough for even the beginners. The recipe I used was a simple vanilla sponge cupcake recipe from Tanya Bakes.
You'll need;
a 12 hole muffin tray,
50g unsalted butter,
180g caster sugar,
1 egg,
1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
160g plain flour,
2 teaspoons baking powder,
160ml milk.
You'll need your oven preheated to 180c/ 350f/ GM4 and you'll want too pop your cases into your muffin tray. I used some really pretty spotty cases from Tesco in red and green because I thought they'd be super festive and cute.
Then you'll want too cream together your unsalted butter and caster sugar until it's light and fluffy, I used stork with butter for this because I think it gives you the nicest cakes and It's already softened. Then you can add in your egg and vanilla extract.
Next you need to fold in your flour and baking powder and add your milk very slowly. You'll want too mix whilst you're going until you have a smooth batter.
Simply spoon the mixture evenly into the cases and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden, then pop on a wire rack to cool.
Now for the pretty icing, Tanya recommends using 500g of icing sugar but that seems like a lot to me and whenever I do use that much I end up wasting a lot which I don't really like doing so I'm using 300g of icing sugar and 150g of butter instead. I'm just combining this until smooth and then adding in 1 and 1/2 tsp of blue food colouring too make my cakes look really frosty. I'm spooning this on too each cake.
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Indigenous research on green technology lags
New Delhi: In a world that is urgently seeking technological answers to climate change, the quality of Indian research on renewable and clean energy has been deteriorating, a government study has found.
This has serious implications for a rapidly developing nation such as India because it means indigenous green technology would be hard to come by. It also potentially ties the country down to imports, which are often expensive and have severe technology restrictions, especially with respect to intellectual property.
Although the number of research papers relating to coal, solar, hydrogen and fuel cells published by the country's scientists has almost trebled between 1995 and 2007, citations of these, a key measure to gauge quality, have fallen precipitously.
The study—conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest publicly funded research body—found that from 250 publications in 1995, Indian universities and organizations including the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the Indian Institutes of Technology and laboratories of CSIR, published nearly 730 papers in 2007 on subjects related to renewable and clean energy.
However, citations from these papers dipped from 200 in 1995 to less than 50 in 2007 for solar energy research; from 50 to 10 in wind energy research; from 120 to 60 in bio-energy and from 175 to 50 in hydrogen research. The decline in coal-based technologies has been the sharpest—from 750 citations in 1995 to only 50 in 2007.
The study, tentatively named India S&T Research Output: S&T and Industry, is likely to be released later this month by science minister Prithviraj Chavan.
The authors of the study said they have scanned for papers by combing the Web of Science database, a compendium of technical research that hosts research publications from at least 10,000 international journals.
None of these authors gave comments for the story, saying that they weren't allowed to do so before the report was officially released.
Experts aren't surprised by the study results. "The late 1990s and early 2000 was the crest of solar energy research in India. Around that time most of the researchers who worked on solar energy in the 1970s and 1980s began to retire. Plus, government froze scientific recruitment, meaning there was no new talent coming on. And third, oil prices were low then. So the Indian government actually disincentivized research in solar and clean coal," said a scientist who's an expert on India's R&D policy and is familiar with the report. He declined to be named. "That's why the quality of research dipped."
Prodipto Ghosh, former environment secretary and an adviser at The Energy Research Institute, said that India's plans to establish a green technology fund as part of its national action plan on climate change would help research. "This (the current state of affairs) was part of a misguided government policy some years back to freeze recruitment," he said. "Now funds are more forthcoming."
Ghosh also pointed out that high citations and good papers doesn't necessarily mean much. "You need a good industry base to use that research."


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Hot Water Bag Procedure and its Different Uses
A hot water bag is for varied indications such as the following.
- To relieve pain.
- To help resorption of a hematoma.
- To help a patient with urinary retention to pass urine.
- To keep a patient of hypothermia warm.
- To keep a newborn baby warm in conditions like premature birth, asphyxia, hypothermia etc.
The procedure for the use of a hot water bag is as follows:
- Fill the bag about 2/3 with water at 55-60 degree C.
- Place the bag on a flat surface and remove all air from the bag.
- Close the mouth of the bag.
- Invert the bag to confirm that it does not leak. Dry the outer side of the bag.
- Cover the bag with cloth or a cover.
- Place it over the area to be warmed covered by a towel.
- Change the water inside when it cools.
- Empty the bag after use, dry it well from inside and outside, let some air in, and keep it in a cool, dry place.
- Do not use water at a temperature more than 48 degree C when to be used for small children and patients with heart disease.
- Do not place the bag under the body at any time.
- Do not use a hot water bag if the patient is unconscious or paralytic with loss of sensation, as accidental burns can occur.
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Two new tricks that I have filmed today, both of which are variations of the penny spin but this time I have deliberately made the wheel spin on an elliptical orbit. Under certain conditions, this sets off a self-sustaining spin.
The Piggy-in-the-middle penny spin boomerang requires the wheel to complete at least one orbit around the rider before the rider remounts.
The self-sustaining penny spin is just a less controlled version of the above – the wheel will continue to spin until it either hits something or the rider remounts!


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St. Michael's graduate named to lead Marine Corps
COLCHESTER – A graduate of Vermont's St. Michael's College could become the next commandant of the Marine Corps.
The Defense Department announced Thursday that President Barack Obama is nominating Gen. Joseph Dunford to lead the corps. Dunford is currently the commander of American and allied forces in Afghanistan.
Dunford, who is a native of Boston, graduated from the Colchester college in 1977. He was commissioned by the Marines later that year.
In 2011 Dunford told a St. Michael's College publication he planned to serve in the military, but did not intend to make it a career.
From 2010 to 2012 Dunford served as the assistant commandant.
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James McCaughan
CEO, Principal Global Investors
James McCaughan is CEO of Principal Global Investors and President of Global Asset Management for the Principal Financial Group. He oversees all global asset management activities, including developing global strategies and identifying and analyzing market opportunities. McCaughan has 31 years of experience in the investment business and was most recently the CEO of the Americas division of Credit Suisse Asset Management in New York. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he was president and chief operating officer of Oppenheimer Capital in New York. A fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, he holds degrees in mathematics from the University of Cambridge.


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The district of Lessay:
Country: France
Lower Normandy Calvados
County: la
Tourism: Lessay is part of the area covered by the Regional Natural Park of the Cotentin and Bessin Wetlands, and not far from Coutances.
The Ay Valley and its surroundings: The harbour at St-Germain-sur-Ay has been created by the timeless activity of sea and wind. At the foot of the dunes and mielles (sand pastures) at Créances, the swirling mass of tidal water deposits sand right at the heart of the Ay estuary. During the winter months, this unassuming coastal river floods the adjacent wetland area which, together with the surrounding moorland and hedgerow countryside, make up one of the wildest natural landscapes of the western coast of the Cotentin.


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Serve as a key member of the senior management team, which determines the strategic direction, operating philosophy, and internal policy of the organization. Provide leadership in the area of responsibility by creating challenging expectations, improving staff effectiveness, and giving timely and effective feedback.The General Manager, Energy Services & Development is responsible for generation development including small modular reactor development, energy services, operation of all non-nuclear generation, and the proper disposition/beneficial re-use of Sites 1 and 4.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIESProvide leadership and management direction with the creation of the vision, strategic objectives, and key business initiatives for Energy Northwest.Apply and support the application of sound leadership principles and techniques.Personally demonstrate and place an expectation that Energy Northwest core values be continually applied in day-to-day activities.Create an awareness of identifying workplace efficiencies and cost reduction methods to achieve our strategic goals for cost of power and revenues from new business.Identify opportunities and support new business initiatives.Participate in community activities.Further safety and environmental protection awareness and achieve the goals identified in our strategic plan.Develop current and future leaders through succession planning, use of developmental plans, and through active monitoring and coaching.Work to eliminate organizational barriers, which limit our successes.Support employee development through various development processes, including creating individual developmental plans based on feedback from the Leadership Assessments and other tools.When designated, act for and successfully discharge the duties and responsibilities of others at the Vice President level or higher.Must participate on the Emergency Response team (ERO) when designated.Must support the biennial refueling outage.Must provide support to the OCC and EOC as needed.REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEA Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or Engineering or related science, from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 15 years progressive management/leadership experience, including preparing and delivering oral presentations to Executive Board/Board of Director levels and to internal/external organizations.
Salary: $180,000 minimum to $230,000 midpoint
Typically, selected candidates are hired at a salary rate between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.


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Now I remember why I never post stuff like Friday. I get called out. But I don't mind. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect that. I must say out of all the facebook posts, emails and such there was way more lovers than haters. So I'll leave that issue with this article.
Now Im moving on. To the weekend.
Saturday was a great ride. I expected more road bikes but only one. A majority still on a MTB which is good to see. Me on my cross with 70 pounds of pressure. I can hang in much easier with that bike right now. I'll ride it until it snows and the roads get crappy. Then I'll winterize my Long Haul Trucker back to winter mode. I'll write more about that bike later.
Sunday a bunch of us headed to some trials for a bit of woods riding. About 5 bikes showed and I was again reminded of what happens when everyone else has a carbon XC rocket and Im on a fatbike. I did not even try to keep up but that was fine that day. I took it slow and stopped at the top of the every hill so soak in the vista's. I enjoyed the time in the woods. Later we hung out in the lot and talked stupid for awhile. I good ride\day.
Monday I had plans to head up to Door County with my wife, back to Peninsula Park for some riding and hanging. I waited till the morn to make the call based on weather. At 9am it looked good to go. Sun was out with small chance of rain.
We stopped in Egg Harbor for some breakfast and hit Fish Creek around noon. After tooling around in the car we decided to stop farther in the park and ride out instead of the other way around. After we started riding I once again was surprised on the cool temps. They were calling for 60, and at noon it was 51. The sun was peeking out now and then so it was not as bad but I was a bit underdressed as usual.
We rode out of the park and stopped at a gift shop my wife wanted to walk in to. After maybe 15 minutes we walked out to a huge downpour. Not knowing where that even came from. So we waited it out about 15 minutes more and headed back to the car after it slowed down. The Lime stone trail was soaked and I was getting clobbered by debris off my 4in rear tire. It was about a 20 min ride back to the car.
About 5 min into that ride it poured a second time. Thunder, lighting, the works. Was one of those times where you put your head down, dont talk and just pedal. Strangely, the sun was out where we were riding. I saw my shadow on the trail, but still pouring hard at the same time. The temps also slipped back into the 40's. Miserable.
We got to the car, jumped in with our helmets still on and fired up the engine\heater. As you would expect it stopped a few minutes later, the sun came out and it didn't rain the rest of the day. All together it poured twice for about 10 minutes each and it was right in our riding window. Such luck I have.
We finally changed to dry clothes and warmed up but the day's riding was shot. The pile of wet clothes in the backseat was huge. We pretty much stopped at one more shop in Fish Creek then drove the two hours home. The weather back home was near perfect all day and we should have stayed in out own backyard to ride but how is one to know I guess.
So that was my three day weekend. Well, two day since I worked Saturday I guess.
Tonite is the second of the weekly nite rides in town, had a good time at the last one so I hope this one is as good. The weather looks pretty damn nice….


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DA Learning Centre
The Società Dante Alighieri is active in the language academic field since 1889. The first Committee in Malta was set up in the 1920. A more structured and organised Committee was founded in 1959 and since then thousands of Maltese, and more recently many foreigners, have followed all kinds of courses in Italian language and culture. The Committee has also developed into a Learning Centre, where more academic subjects are offered. With all these years of experience, the DA Learning Centre, through VSE – Valletta School of English, is now also catering for the teaching of English, an official language in the Republic of Malta, and also Maltese for Italians.
The mission and vision of the DA Learning Centre is to translate its more than one hundred years of academic experience into a wider spectrum of services under one roof at its premises in the Capital City Valletta, a natural set-up for a sound blend of culture and education.
Benvenuti al
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Seven Minutes
When the bell chimed, the guys approached the first girl on their list and after 7 minutes, if the two hit it off the guy would ask for the girl's contact details, and she could give him whichever sealed envelope she chose- delaying all the awkwardness surrounding rejection till after the event.
Engrossed in their conversation they hadn't heard the final bell. Tara busied herself with her jacket in order to hide her embarrassment. He chuckled and asked for her number in an easy manner. She picked an envelope from the untouched pile, and gave it to him, their fingers grazed and she could've sworn there was a spark-or maybe it was static.


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Welcome to the second Annual Neural Engineering Symposium at the University of Miami organized by the Institute for Neural Engineering (INEM), Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and A Seed for Success (SEEDS). Neural Engineering facilitates the development of new clinical technologies for the assessment of neurological function and the treatment of neurological diseases. To energize fundamental aspects of neural science, engineering and reparative medicine, and facilitate collaborations across various disciplines, the University of Miami is hosting this second research Symposium in Neural Engineering and invites you to be a part of the event.
Research Symposium aims to bring together the research, education, innovation and industry communities that can help energize fundamental aspects of neural science, engineering and reparative medicine, and facilitate collaborations across various disciplines.
CLICK HERE to view Agenda
Program committee members:
Suhrud Rajguru, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Abhishek Prasad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Julia Dallman, PhD
Associate Professor
Monica Perez, PhD
Associate Professor
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD
Professor and Scientific Director
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Key Dates
|Last day to Submit Abstract *DEADLINE EXTENDED*
|Last day to Register
|Symposium – Lois Pope Life Science Center
Abstract Submission
Participants will receive notification of acceptance for poster presentations by TBA.
CLICK HERE to browse abstracts scheduled for poster presentation at the Symposium.
The poster session at this meeting is aimed to allow for the exchange of scientific discoveries and novel innovations within the neuroscience and neural engineering field. Please follow guidelines below to prepare your posters:
- Each poster presenter will receive an identifier (poster number) and is assigned a six foot (1.8 m) by four foot (1.2 m) poster board to use for presentation.
- Poster session will take place between: TBA
On April 3, between 9:30AM - noon, at Lois Pope 7th Floor Auditorium, supposed by SEEDS at the University of Miami and the Institute for Neural Engineering, Drs. Julia Dallman and Suhrud Rajguru will also lead a training workshop for students, postdoctoral scientists and early-career investigators. As the biomedical workforce expands and diversifies, more trainees are seeking jobs outside of academia. In this workshop, four speakers from diverse backgrounds and career paths,, Audra Van Wart, Daofen Chen, April Mann, and Gennaro D'Urso, will discuss strategies for making the most of your scientific training by building communication skills and considering diverse career pursuits.
CLICK HERE to register for the Career Workshop
World-renowned keynote speakers will lead the discussion during the day-long session:
Jose L. Contreras-Vidal, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Washington
Context-aware Mobile Neurotechnologies to Understand the Dynamic Brain in Action and in Context
In this talk, I will review the state-of-the-art of mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) technologies to measure and understand the brain response and other data in free behaving individuals acting in complex natural settings. I will review the challenges and advantages of using the museum as a laboratory, which offers an ideal setting to record multimodal data from tens of thousands of participants with rich demographics. I will also review advances in MoBI-based brain-machine interfaces to control wearable robots for restoring motor function to people with disabilities, and summarize some of the challenges that next-generation BMI technology have to overcome. I will end my talk by discussing some of the technical and societal impacts of research at the interface of art, science and engineering.
Jack Judy, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
Revolutionizing Nerve Interfaces for the Control of Advanced Prosthetic Limbs with Microfabricated Electrode Arrays in Tissue-Engineered Scaffolds
Microfabricated electrodes are often implanted into the brain, spinal cord, or nerves in order to record or stimulate neural activity. The goal of such work is typically to advance neuroscientific understanding or to develop new therapies or solutions for nervous-systems diseases or injuries. For example, nerves are a promising target for neural interfaces used to control sophisticated robotic limbs. However, to provide robust, rapid, and precise prosthesis control and to elicit high-resolution prosthesis-related sensory percepts, a nerve interface needs many reliable and independent motor and sensory channels.
Ranu Jung, PhD
Professor and Chair
Biomedical Engineering
Florida International University
Bionic Interfaces: Targeting the Restoration of Lost Neural Function.
The nervous system functions by generating patterns of neural activity which underlie sensation and perception as well as control of movement, cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and other systems. By accessing the appropriate peripheral nerve tissue or end organs, activating it in a focal targeted manner, and utilizing neuromorphic control, bionic interfaces offer targeted restoration of function lost to neurotrauma. This talk will discuss our work in advancing bionic interfaces to enhance ventilatory control after spinal cord injury or restore sensation to upper-limb amputees with a neural-enabled prosthetic hand system.
Lee Miller, PhD
Physiology/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University
Development of a continuously active, wireless brain computer interface to restore mobility in spinal cord injury
Although the technology of existing Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs), is remarkable, the vast majority require the user to be wired to stationary equipment and allow only intermittent control of a computer cursor or a disembodied robotic limb. The associated control algorithms must be regularly recalibrated to compensate for the changing neurons recorded by the chronically implanted microelectrode arrays. We have built upon new methods capable of extracting low-dimensional "latent signals" from wireless neural recordings to develop a novel BCI, stable over month-long periods, that we anticipate will ultimately restore voluntary hand use to patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Crystal Noller, PhD
Post Doctoral Associate
Neurological Surgery
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Vagal Nerve Stimulation after Spinal Cord Injury
Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is an FDA-approved neuromodulation technique currently used to treat neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., epilepsy and depression). In addition to neuropsychiatric conditions, extensive research has shown that VNS can be used for other indications, such as activating the body's "cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway." This talk will review the use of VNS in conditions characterized by elevated inflammation. The presentation will also discuss our current work examining the use of VNS to modulate inflammation after acute and chronic spinal cord injury.
Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurological Surgery
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Emerging Noninvasive Approaches to Promote Recovery in Humans with Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) impairs sensorimotor function in muscles below the level of the lesion. Non-invasive approaches suggest that the corticospinal tract represents a target to maximize residual motor output following chronic incomplete SCI. We have used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the primary motor cortex to reinforce spinal function using principles of spike-timing dependent plasticity and to mimic the periodicity of descending volleys in the corticospinal tract in humans with and without SCI. Acute intermittent hypoxia changes corticospinal excitability and spike-timing dependent plasticity in humans, opening another avenue to target the corticospinal tract after SCI.
Abhishek Prasad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Miami
A New Model for Behavioral Motor Neuroscience Research
Jay Rubinstein MD, PhD
Surgeon and Professor
Head and Neck Surgery Center
University of Washington Medicine
Challenges, promise and discovery in the development of a vestibular prosthesis
The UW team is currently implanting a second generation vestibular neurostimulator in human subjects. The device is a modified cochlear implant, originally implanted in non-human primates, then studied chronically in both monkeys and humans Based on the data obtained, a new device design was fabricated and implanted in non-human primates. These results led to human studies of the new design. Results of both device iterations in both humans and monkeys will be reviewed. Remaining challenges to routine clinical use as well as physiological discoveries obtained with the devices will be discussed.
Sheyum Syed, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Miami
Towards Understanding Sleep with Help from the Fruit Fly
How does our body know when we are sleep-deprived? Sleep deficit or excess is monitored by a sophisticated biochemical system called the sleep homeostat. Based on the duration of the last adequate sleep episode, the homeostat generates the appropriate propensity for future sleep. But despite its indispensable role in sleep regulation, the architecture and operational principles of the homeostat remain mysterious. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts in dissecting the inner workings of the homeostat through studies of sleep patterns in the fruit fly, a model organism with over a 100 years of history in basic neuroscience.
Gregorio Valdez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Virgina Tech
Failure to communicate: The contribution of synapses and associated molecules to motor dysfunction
The ability to initiate and control all voluntary movements requires neurons to communicate with each other and with skeletal muscles. In this talk, I will show that synapses in the spinal cord and in skeletal muscles degenerate early and progressively with advancing age and progression of diseases. I will then present evidence supporting important roles for a growth factor modulating protein in preserving the integrity of synapses during aging and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an age-related motor disease.
Audra Van Wart, PhD
Administrative Assistant Professor and Director
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Virginia Tech
VT-BEST: Integrating career and professional development approaches into graduate and postdoctoral training
As the biomedical research workforce expands and diversifies, U.S. universities are finding a greater percentage of their graduates entering research and research-related careers outside of the academe. In order to better prepare biomedical PhDs for success across the broad range of professions they may pursue, Virginia Tech has developed the VT-BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training) program focused on transferable skill development, career exploration, and time-efficient experiential learning opportunities that create smiles, without adding miles. In this talk I will discuss early faculty feedback that shaped the program development, and highlight some key VT-BEST approaches that have received positive student feedback and integrate well into existing training structures.
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