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Blended Learning Changes the Education Game
There are all sorts of advances that have promised to change the face of education as we know it. Some of them, like computers and tablets, have created opportunities and learning avenues that wouldn't have been an option just a few decades ago. But for the most part, the traditional classroom has withstood any sort of real change—until now.
That's because blended learning is re-casting the way students and educators experience and deliver education. In a nutshell, blended learning is a hybrid, part classroom and part digital experience. Students learn part of the time in a space with a teacher in front of them. The rest of the time, their learning is done digitally—watching instruction, for example, or working through examples.
For students who learn at a different pace than others in the classroom, blended learning offers distinct advantages. They can work ahead if they're at that level, or they can watch things multiple times until the concepts become clearer. Educators can also rely on several different models of blended learning in order to best meet the needs of their students and families.
Blended learning isn't quicker by any means—in fact, it often takes more time than a traditional setup. And there are serious questions about participation, requirements, and more that must be answered before a school should participate in blended learning. This graphic can help sort out what those are and more.
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The Big Magnificent Bastard: Scotch Whisky Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
Originally produced for the brewery's 20th Anniversary celebration in Fall of 2016, The Big Magnificent Bastard makes its triumphant return by popular demand.
Aged in barrels once used by a certain whisky distillery in Scotland (very highly regarded, starts with the letter "M"), The Big Magnificent Bastard packs a blast of toffee, vanilla, and honeysuckle notes that electrify the roasty, peated scotch ale.
Bottle quantities will be extremely limited-- do not miss your opportunity to try this exquisite barrel-aged ale.

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News station 47 abc reported a story on January 19, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland about Representative for District 37B Johnny Mautz who introduced a new bill titled "Education - Commemoration - Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001."
The bill serves to bring recognition of the 9/11 attacks to Maryland's public schools.
"Never forget" applies to those of us who were alive at the time of the attacks.
We can't help but recall where we were. We were glued to television for hours and days on end. We can talk about, philosophize and commiserate with each other about the many complex issues surrounding the horrendous event. We remember. But there's a new wave of people who weren't alive then. It's challenging to explain how life was before 9/11 to them, as they've known nothing else.
Only about 20 states include detailed 9/11 content in their high school social studies curriculum.
Teachers have a difficult time with how and if to teach about September 11, 2001. Per an NPR article, Cheryl Duckworth, a professor of conflict resolution at Florida's Nova Southeastern University, "found that if Sept. 11 is addressed in classrooms, too often teachers don't want to tackle the complex, often ugly aftermath at home and globally: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the Patriot Act and civil liberties; radical Islam and Islamophobia."
A 2011 research paper on Civic Learning and Engagement by the Center for Information & Research highlighted the deficiencies in 9/11 curricula using material with "a startling lack of detail about what actually happened on 9/11." The report also found that not much of the information was presented as controversial.
Data is not currently tracked by the National Council for the Social Studies on how the 9/11 attacks are taught.
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum doesn't track it either. The museum does say requests for its professional development program have increased on the subject of 9/11 and they've offered several sessions in the past couple of years-with more planned for the future according to museum Communications Director Kate Monaghan. The museum also holds summer seminars for teachers titled "9/11 and American Memory."
Perhaps Mautz's bill is the beginning of a much-needed push for bringing information to light on the U.S.'s most pivotal moment of our time to schools across the country. While the bill has not yet been assigned a number, it was to be read across the desk on January 22, 2018 and should be referred to the Ways and Means Committee.


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Mitsubishi Plans to Sell Normal, Illinois Factory
After producing millions of Mitsubishi and Chrysler-branded cars over several decades, the workers at the Mitsubishi Motors North America factory in Normal, Illinois will not get a new contract with Mitsubishi when their current deal expires, and the company will be selling off the plant. That means they could be out of work, and the future of Mitsubishi in the US may be in jeopardy.
"Following a review of Mitsubishi Motor Corporation's global supply chain," says the company, in a written statement, "we have been informed it is necessary to end production and seek a strategic buyer for the Normal plant … MMC's Board will make a formal decision in the near future and our focus right now is to identify a buyer who would continue to operate and maintain employment—the best potential outcome for our employees and the community."
Selling a US factory with a strong union history might be a tall order for Mitsubishi. So far, they're the only foreign-owned automaker to have a UAW contract at all- a fact I learned when I toured the factory back in 2014, as part of my review of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport SUV.
Despite the impending sale/closing of the Normal, IL factory, however, Mitsubishi's future seems brighter than it has been in recent years. The larger Outlander PHEV is a hot seller, as is the Outlander Sport. At the same time, the made-in-Thailand Mitsubishi Mirage subcompact is finding buyers and growing the brand's presence in North America considerably.
So, bad news for Mitsubishi employees in Illinois- but maybe not horrible news for Mitsubishi fans as a whole. Worst case: we'll have yet another ex-UAW factory for Elio Motors to not build cars in.
Source: Mitsubishi, via CarNewsCafe.


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Bryan Singer's tweets from the set of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" continue. Earlier in the week we got a shot of an actor playing Richard Nixon in the Oval Office along with another picture of Vietnam War protestors. Now, we have a new one of Michael Fassbender.
Fassbender, of course, plays Erik Lehnsherr (aka Magneto) in the new "X-Men" film and the picture shows him standing on an elevated platform and looking quite serious while doing it. Singer has captioned the picture 'The dark knight rises.'
"Days of Future Past" takes place in more than one time period which has allowed Singer to use stars not only from "First Class," but from the first three "X-Men" films as well. With such an incredibly large cast of new and returning "X-Men" stars, we can only hope that Singer's tweets continue as production moves forward.
"X-Men: Days of Future Past" is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2014.
UPDATE: Check out the full gallery of Bryan Singer's photos for "X-Men: Days of Future past" below:


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4-In-1 Charging Stand for Apple Watch AirPods iPhone
This item is an excellent 4 in 1 charging stand which is designed especially for Apple Watch, AirPods, iPhone and iPad charging holding.
It is well made of premium material for durable and practical use.
The unique design also ensures its popularity and practicality.
It will help to keep your devices organized on the desk. A perfect accessory for Apple users.


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Lori McKenna – Massachusetts 8/10
Quality songwriters easily spot each other, so Lori McKenna is long-admired in Nashville and on the folk circuit. But this new 12-song set about being a modern wife, mother and woman wasn't written for the pros.
They are songs for Everywoman (and a lot of men), crafted with such skill you forget as you join in that she doesn't actually live next door. (Close enough though; a small suburban Massachusetts city with a hubby and five kids.)
There's what-if-we-split-up songs, fear of him dying songs, and 'on reflection we're doing not to badly considering' songs…and ends with a farewell to a kid who has come of age.
Every home needs a copy.
FOOTNOTE: How much do you know about Lori? How much should you?
If you listen to Lori McKenna's previous albums in order, her life story will be summed up as: married too young (16) to a frowned-upon boy, too many kids too soon, hubby turns into a womanizer and boozer.
Why did I not include that in my review of Massachusetts? Because a good album won't need, and indeed can be spoiled by, footnotes. (Same as a review 🙂 )
I said the above is what you would conclude from her songs, not that it's real life. I don't know, and don't care to.
Writing in first person is a literary device employed for any number of reasons; it may be a Dear Diary, but it may also be a fictional character speaking or some blend of fact and fiction. It's art; if the story rings true and reaches me in some way, the artist has done their job. Why would I want to google and risk spoiling that?
Don't get me wrong. I love how the internet can remove the corporate middle man between artists and fans, but the flipside is songs become more literal the more you know about them. Pre-internet, it meant what you wanted it to mean. The former is journalism; the latter is art. (Besides, wasn't it fun debating whether Paul [Beatle reference. No footnote] was dead? Now we'd use the TMZ app and magical mystery solved.)
Back to Massachusetts. The less you know about McKenna's personal life, the more those songs seem to be about every mid-life couple in the western world. Each has its ups and downs, differing only in the detail. Massachusetts is a gift too valuable to waste reflecting on someone else's marriage.


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Win tickets to The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses at NJPAC via twitter!
Hey! Remember how we mentioned on Tuesday that we are giving away 2 pairs of tickets to next month's performance at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center of The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses?!
Listen! The contest will be held on our twitter page @thatvgblog in conjunction with @NJPAC starting TODAY at 4:30pm EST. We will be asking you to tweet us back an answer to our contest question! 2 lucky winners will be chosen by the end of the day for this awesome event!
So get those tweets ready, and good luck! For more information on the event, head on over to the Official Event Page!


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Tehran International Tourism Exhibition 2018
The 11th Tehran International Tourism Exhibition is being held from Tuesday morning, 23 Jan. to Jan. 26, at Tehran Int'l Permanent Fairground.
The event is the only tourism-related international exhibition held in Iran with experts from more than 470 companies and 21 countries like Turkey, Malaysia, Korea, Russia, Greece, Spain, Armenia, Germany, India, France, Switzerland, Georgia, Brazil, and Uzbekistan participating.
The exhibition held by Tehran International Trading & Exhibition Corporation (TITEX), is an opportunity for travel agencies, airlines, hotels and other related industries to connect and showcase their products and services.
The event is being held in 10 halls, each assigned to different sections in tourism industry like health tourism. The 4 day event is also an opportunity for locals to present their handicrafts and tradition through live folk music and dance and other events in a separate hall dedicated to local and provincial destination organizations.
Last year the exhibition ended with 238 exhibitors (32 foreign exhibitors) and 232435 visitors attending the event.


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The evolution of cars throughout the years is a progression like no other. And to think, you can see said evolution this weekend right here in Clear Lake!
It's the largest event of the season for the Clear Lake Auto Social Society. The C.L.A.S.S. car cruise and show elicits a wave of nostalgia for even those in attendance not alive yet during the era of the golden oldies. Starting in the Kingland parking lot, the slow parade of cars, old and new, rolls all the way around the lake. It ends at the Surf Ballroom where Dick Dale and the Whitesidewalls will put on one heck of a rock and roll show.
It's an event I've enjoyed for years. But this year, since deciding to write a blog post, I figured maybe I better do a little research.
Holy car information overload.
The terms alone were enough to make my head spin. I mean… I thought any type of "old" car was considered a classic. You know… the kind of cars they had back in the day of doo-wop and early rock and roll. In reality, I learned the term "Classic Car" refers an exclusive list that indicates only specific marques built between 1925 and 1948.
Well then, I feel smarter already from that little tidbit of car knowledge.
But to appreciate the Car Cruise and Show in Clear Lake, you really don't need to be a 'gearhead' who knows everything about cars and how they run. It's still fascinating to the average person; the kind who's car familiarity ends with "the gas pedal is on the right."
That's me. Turn the key, make it go forward, try not to hit anything.
Seriously… and sometimes even that is a bit of a struggle.
But I still enjoy the Car Cruise, and on Saturday will walk through the streets downtown to check out the refurbished rainbow of vintage style . Whether you used to drive one of the restored beauties, or just appreciate seeing a piece of American history, it really is an event for all ages.
Even those who are completely clueless about cars.
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There may be times in your life when you need to gain access to court records. These can be records from the criminal court, records from the civil court, court records from municipal, county, state and federal sources or even records from the traffic court. There are other court records that you might need access to as well.
You could do this manually of course by making representation to the courts and authorities concerned, but there is likely to be a charge and you will definitely have to wait for your records to arrive. In some cases you will need to visit the courts to access the records and these can be far away from you.
Another potential drawback with requesting court records manually is that you may not get all of the information that you require. It's not unusual for mistakes to occur and it's possible that you could end up with only overview details, and not the comprehensive information you really wanted. Some people even received records for the wrong individuals.
The Basics of Court Records
When a case goes to court there are detailed records kept of all of the proceedings. All information related to the court case as well as the case files become the official court records. If you want to find specific court records then the best way to do this is through an online search.
Each county has a clerk of the courts who keeps the court records. You can find court records in state and federal repositories, at the court where the trial took place and on an official court website if this exists.
Different Criminal Cases – Felony and Misdemeanor
You need to know that there are two different types of criminal cases which are felonies and misdemeanors. A felony charge is for a serious offence and the jail time for such offences is normally longer than a year. There can also be heavy fines imposed with felony cases.
If a crime is a lot less serious then this usually results in a misdemeanor charge. A person convicted of a misdemeanor charge is likely to spend less than a year in prison, if any jail time at all, and the penalties much lighter than with felonies.
Cases in the Civil Court
If two parties cannot resolve a dispute without the need for court proceedings then a civil case takes place in the court. It is the right of individuals and businesses to file a civil lawsuit if they believe there has been an infringement of their rights.
With civil court cases the records will contain the details of small claims judgments, the distribution of assets, bankruptcy proceedings, the proceedings of a divorce, property and tax liens, contract breaches, evictions and other information.
Cases in the Traffic Court
A law enforcement officer can issue a traffic ticket or a citation for a number of reasons such as reckless driving, DUI (driving under the influence), driving license invalid, speeding, driving with no insurance, aggressive driving and hit and runs.
If an individual wants to fight a traffic ticket or citation then they will take their case to the traffic court. There are records kept of the proceedings in the traffic court and these are accessible to the public. Conducting an online search for traffic records is the most effective way to find specific traffic court records.
Information in a Court Case
With each court case you will usually find a summary of the case, any assessment for financial costs and payments made, the parties involved in the case, any orders from the judge, court calendars, hearings and pleadings. You can easily find this court case information with an online search.
Criminal Records
If an individual has a criminal history there will be criminal court records for that individual and these are public records. Various law enforcement agencies keep and update criminal records, and as a member of the public you can access them to check on the criminal history of an individual. It is best to search for criminal records online.
Who keeps Court Records?
There are four levels of court record keeping in the United States:
- Local
- County
- State
- Federal
Each of these will have their own court records systems. You can access criminal and civil municipal and county court records by conducting a court case search online. This applies to any of the four levels. You need to know the location of the trial, the location of the perpetrator or the location of the case filing.
What Records are Public Information?
As a member of the public you can access most court documents including:
- Filings for bankruptcy
- Court cases
- Legal judgments
- Family cases
- Tax liens
- Criminal cases
- Cases in the small claims court
- Traffic cases
- Personal injury cases
There are some exceptions however such as:
- Matters of the juvenile court
- Sealed cases
- Probate court records
- Adoption cases
- Protective orders
Important things for you to know about Court Records
Now that you know the basics of court records there are some other important things that you need to be aware of:
You get the Facts
Any court record comprises facts and the people involved in a court case take an oath to tell the truth. So you can rely on any information in a court record such as sworn statements, allegations, affidavits and proceedings.
If you just interview people that associate with an individual you cannot rely on getting the facts all of the time. It is best to access court records if you want to know if someone has a criminal history or has had litigation involvement.
There are millions of Court Records created every year
Every year there are around 150 million cases filed in United States courts. You need to bear in mind that a lot of these will be small claims cases and traffic violations.
Know your Courts
To keep things simple you should be aware of the two separate court areas. These are the federal courts and the state courts. A federal court deals with cases where federal laws have been broken. This includes patent law, immigration law, social security law and bankruptcy law.
This is the order of the federal courts in the United States:
- Supreme Court
- Court of Appeals
- Special Courts
- District Court
The state courts in the United States deal with civil issues such as divorces, contract disputes and family disputes. The four state courts in superiority order are:
- Supreme Court
- Superior Court
- Special Courts
- Local Court
The special courts include social security, tax and social security courts.
In the United States, there are 94 district courts. You will normally find that a state has just one court but there are exceptions. An example of this is California where there are 4 federal courts.
There are more than 3,000 county courts in the United States. Some states have more counties than others and there are 250 counties in Texas for example. Usually you will find that there is one court per county but this isn't always the case.
The state of New York is an example of more than one court per county. New York has 62 counties but there are 79 city courts, 62 family courts, 62 county courts, 62 surrogate courts and 1487 village and town courts.
Why is this important for you to know? Well if you want to access court records manually you need to be aware that there are thousands of courts across the country and at county level there could certainly be more than one court. Searching for the court records that you need to access online is far more effective.
Does the Individual have an Alias or use another Name?
Although databases of court records are a major step forward it's always possible for mistakes to occur because humans enter the information into these databases. It is very possible to create a database record with a maiden name or a nickname rather than a birth name. So find out all of the different names associated with an individual.
If you are searching for criminal records then you are less likely to encounter the same problem as law enforcement officers will normally add aliases, maiden names or nicknames associated with individuals.
Not all Court Websites are the same
A lot of courts have their own websites with associated records databases but they will not all work the same. You need to know what search parameters work the best with all of the different websites.
Some of the databases will require you to enter names and related information in a specific way to retrieve the records you are looking for. Remember that there will be some mistakes in databases, so if you are going to use court websites then gather all of the relevant information about an individual first so you have the best chance.
To manually find Court Records it's best to visit the Court
If you insist on conducting a manual search for court records then it is best if you visit the relevant court and obtain the documents you need. You will normally find a lot of information in court documents and it is helpful if you know where to look:
- Dockets – contain basic details in chronological order
- Indictment or complaint – has the initial details and the allegations
- Affidavits – case details
- Transcripts and depositions – legal arguments and sworn testimonies
- Final deposition – pleas, charges and how the case turned out
Finding the right court to visit for the records you want is not always easy. It may cost you a lot to travel there and some courts will charge for court record access. Searching online for your court records avoids these problems.
You can access court records in different ways such as finding the court where they keep the records you want or using a court website to search if this exists. Both of these methods take time and can be frustrating. In the United States you can find court records associated with individuals easily by using background check services online.
If you are looking for court records then you will find a lot of information in court dockets. A court docket contains records of court case proceedings. Court dockets tend to vary from one state to another in terms of the details recorded and the level of detail that they contain.
You may find that the court jurisdiction you are interested in has a free court docket system online. In other cases, the dockets may be in a database where you need to pay a subscription to gain access. The other way to locate court dockets is to physically visit the court.
Information contained in Dockets
Most people conduct docket research to find details about a specific case. Within a docket, it is usual to find details of the judge presiding over the case, lawyers involved in the case, the parties involved, the case proceedings and so on.
You should undertake docket research when you want to find out more about a trial. A lot of trials can last for a long time and there are usually a lot of events involved, so when you find the associated docket you will find a great deal of information.
The information contained in dockets does vary from one location to another but in general you should be able to find the following:
- Judge rulings
- Names of expert witnesses
- Motions
- Jury instructions
- Transcripts of testimonies
- Worksheets
How to Read Court Dockets
Most people are not interested in finding dockets from the appellate court. The opinions of the appellate court often form the basis of case law and you can usually find appellate court dockets in case law databases. There are some specialized databases that have appellate documents as well as oral arguments and briefs. In some situations you may find that appellate dockets are important for your research. After all they often contain the parties and lawyers involved, details of briefs filed, case numbers and important dates.
You will find basic details on all dockets no matter which jurisdiction they relate to. You should find that a docket includes a party name or case name and a docket number or case number.
You should be able to find the date of a specific event, some details about the event, the docketed date and the argument. Often event details are "one liner" summaries. It is also likely for you to find detailed information about the parties involved and their legal representatives. You should be able to find out which lawyers are involved in a case.
Federal Court Dockets
The federal government tries cases in Federal District Courts. A federal trial is likely to have many motions filed and the judge can issue a number of rulings. There may be many published opinions from one trial and you should be able to find all of the rulings, motions and other details in a docket.
Some court websites will make dockets available if they believe there is interest for the public. Otherwise, you can find federal court dockets in specialized databases. Federal cases use a standard numbering system which is helpful for locating specific cases. Here is an example:
The first two numerals are the year (2006) and the letters are the code of the case type. "CR" is a criminal case and "CV" is a civil case. The last five numbers are the case number. You need to know that the case number can relate to different cases even in different courts.
State Court Dockets
The first problem here is that courts have different names in different states. So in a particular state you can find a superior court, district court and a supreme court. There may be numerous levels of trial courts in a state.
Some states have free databases online where you can search for dockets. This is true of Washington and New York states. In other states there may be specialized databases where you can try and find court dockets.
If you want to find out if your state has an online database then just perform a Google search using something like "[state] case search" as the search term. You may be able to find websites that have information about specialized databases in particular states.
If you know the court of your specific case then you can contact the Records Clerk or Court Clerk and ask them where you can find court dockets. Most states have law libraries which can usually advise you on how you can locate court dockets in the state.
Finding Documents referenced on a Court Docket
After the federal courts started to use electronic filing methods you will find a lot of documents listed in dockets are PDF documents. There are a number of specialized databases with court dockets and the PACER database is probably the most reliable for locating court documents in electronic format.
It's not so easy with state courts and it can be a real challenge to find the documents referenced to by court dockets. One of the best ways to find these documents is to call the court involved and tell them the case number and the information you are looking for.
Popular Specialized Databases
There are a few specialized databases that you can use to find court dockets. These include:
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) – this is the official federal government specialized database. You can perform limited searches on PACER but if you have a docket number, name or date then you should be able to find the information you want.
Westlaw – here you will find dockets for federal court and some state court cases. It is easier to find information on Westlaw than it is on PACER.
Bloomberg – you can find federal dockets and some state dockets on the Bloomberg specialized database. There is a "Dockets" category in the menu system making it easier to search.
Lexis – again you can find federal and state dockets with Lexis. There is an advanced section where you can search for dockets.
Other Public Records
Court records are not the only records that you can access as a member of the public. There are other important records that you may want to find that will tell you more about a family member or even somebody that you intend to date.
Birth Records
The first thing to say about birth records is that finding them in the United States can often be difficult. If you know where the person was born then you can try local government offices to see if they have the information you require. Some local libraries have archives of birth records and it's possible they can help.
Some counties and states have digitalized their birth records and you can search their databases to see if the details of the individual you are interested in are available. In cases where the person is not a family member you can find that a state will not allow you to access their birth records.
Death Records
You may need access to death records for a variety of reasons and there are quite a few websites available for you to perform a search. Free websites exist and there are others that will require you to pay a small fee.
It can be a real challenge to find the right death records on these websites as usually the information is disorganized and you can waste a great deal of time. Some states have repositories that keep death records and you can usually obtain a copy of a death certificate.
But different states have different rules. Unless the deceased person was a family member you may find that local agencies will not allow access to death records. If there is a legal reason for you needing the death record then you will need to supply an official letter from an authorized agency.
Marriage Records
Finding out if someone is married or not can be very important to you and the best way to know this for sure is to look for a record of marriage. If you know where the person is from, or have an idea where they got married, you can go to local churches to see if they have a marriage record for the person.
Another place you can look is town or county government agencies. When a marriage takes place there is usually and associated civil registration. Sometimes a local newspaper will have details of marriages as well. Some states have websites where you can search for marriage records but normally these are not well organized.
Divorce Records
If it is important for you to find a specific divorce record then you can do it but it's usually not easy. It will help if you know the full names of the spouses and even the maiden name of the woman. Knowing where the divorce took place is also important as well as the divorce date.
Some courts have websites where you can search for divorce records. You can also visit the court and ask for the information. Another option is to ask the Office of Vital Statistics. You will need to make an application and pay a fee. It can take up to 6 months for them to get back to you.
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Enjoy the many benefits of exercise in this fun morning class. For the first 30 minutes we start to move gently to some great music and gradually increase the pace to a moderate level interspersed with 30-second intervals of higher intensity with special attention to body positioning and posture. The second half of the class focuses on building body awareness, balance and core strength from a standing position as well as on the mat.
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The benefits of this class:
- increased heart health
- increased cognitive function and brain activity (as a result of the 30 second intervals)
- better posture and body awareness
- increased pelvic stability for day to day activities resulting in decreased injury
Have Fun and get Fit both physically and mentally!
September 4th - December 18th
Instructor: Sharon Collins
Wednesday 8:00AM – 9:00AM
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From the dark corners of the migrant trail to the bright lights of Major League Baseball. From Narco-controlled territory in Colombia to booming nightclubs in Costa Rica. This is a story about risking it all to chase your dreams in the ruthless world of modern sports capitalism.
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The magazine rack includes the newest issues of America, Catholic Digest, Liguorian, St. Anthony Messenger, and U.S. Catholic. Please put your money in the envelope clipped to each magazine, and place in the collection. The parish must pay for all magazines removed from the rack.
We have a small selection of spiritual books for sale at our cost. Please put your money (cash/ check made out to IC) in the book's envelope and place it in the lock box located on the wall to the right of the book shelves.
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Voter Registration at Epic Systems
Most citizens of Dane County are aware that Epic Systems in Verona hires thousands of new workers each year. Many are recent college graduates and first-time voters, and many are from outside Wisconsin. Epic workers travel frequently and work long hours, so finding time to register to vote, obtain a Wisconsin Driver license, and learn about voting rules in Wisconsin is a real burden.
To help its workers be good local citizens, Epic Systems has partnered with League of Women Voters of Dane County Special Registration Deputies to arrange for on-site voter registration for its employees. Four voter registration drives have been held at Epic so far this year and another is scheduled. Each time, League volunteers have register approximately 400 voters. Marian Matthews coordinates these events, which run smoothly for the 8 or 9 League volunteers who staff the events, and for the Epic employees, who can register efficiently on their campus. Employees are instructed to complete their voter registration form online using MyVote, print the form, then bring it with their proof of residence to the registration site. They sign up for individual appointments so there are no lines, and volunteers are kept busy during their entire shift.
LWVDC volunteers make sure that registrants without a Wisconsin Driver License understand that their out-of-state license is not acceptable photo ID. Many have a passport they can use to vote. Others are informed that they will need to either obtain a Wisconsin Driver License or passport if they want to cast a ballot.
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Michael Hor Yew Meng, the new dean of the University of Hong Kong's faculty of law, said Occupy Central will not undermine Hong Kong's rule of law as it does not advocate any violation of the law, Ming Pao Daily reported on Monday.
Hor said the movement is fighting for democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong. It is being pursued not for the personal benefit of its leaders, but for the sake of the entire Hong Kong and even China, he said.
Hor said he agreed that judges must be patriotic, as the State Council noted in its white paper on the "one country, two systems" policy for Hong Kong. But he stressed that "patriotic" means judges should interpret the law and make their judgments based on the welfare and interest of the whole society.
Meanwhile, more cases of employees and residents allegedly being forced by their superiors to support the anti-Occupy Central signature campaign have been reported.
A Hong Kong employer working in a mainland firm said his boss, who is a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), demanded that all his employees sign the anti-Occupy Central forms, as his boss revealed that all CPPCC delegates were asked to submit 2,000 signatures to oppose Occupy Central, according to a separate report by Apple Daily.
The campaign aims to gather 800,000 signatures to denounce protest activities by the Occupy Central movement, and its organizers said nearly 400,000 signatures have been gathered in the first two days of the campaign.
In a radio program of Radio Television Hong Kong on Saturday, a resident said she was asked by someone from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong to endorse the anti-Occupy Central without giving her any explanation when she was joining a class on Cantonese opera.
Another resident said in the same talk show that he was forced by his superior in a mainland-owned firm to sign an anti-Occupy Central form and was told that this may affect his promotion and pay rise.
But Cheng Yiu-tong, a member of the Executive Council and chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, played down the residents' claims, saying they will not violate any law if they do not sign the forms.
Cheng also said he believes Beijing will reject the proposal for civil nomination of candidates to the 2017 chief executive election.
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Sunday, January 14, 2018
Historical Precedent
Each year, one of our first tests centers around the birth of Jesus and how a couple from Nazareth in Israel happened to have a baby ninety miles away in Bethlehem! The following, from March 19, 2010 discusses how that happened!
I'm official! Several minutes ago, I completed my 2010 United States Census and will place it in the care of the United States Postal Service tomorrow. It only took several minutes and was extremely simple, not always the case with government forms! I explain to my students that ours is a decennial census as defined in the Constitution, for the purpose of apportioning seats by state in the House of Representatives in a count of the population every ten years. I know this; we don't need a census to tell us that Houston is one big city.
There is another census we discuss each year in class, always in August. This was the one called by the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, requiring the people of Israel to return to their ancestral home to register. A young couple from Nazareth, Joseph and Mary, were both from the line of David and the tribe of Judah. As instructed, they traveled from their hometown to Bethlehem, the city of David, as required by Rome. You know the rest. Fulfilling the prophecy of Micah 5:2-
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.'-
Jesus slipped into humanity virtually unnoticed only six miles from Jerusalem, the center of the Jewish faith. There was little fanfare to greet His birth, apart from the angelic announcement of the joyous event to shepherds. But, this most recent addition to the population of the people of Israel changed the direction of mankind. In his infinite wisdom, the Heavenly Father used a political tool to make the words of the prophecy come true. I find the words of Paul in Acts 17, verse 26, fascinating. Preaching in Athens, he made this point to his listeners:
'From one man He (God) made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.'
Did Paul mean only groups or also individuals in terms of times and places? My take is that he meant individuals, meaning you and me....and Jesus. Sometimes I wonder how I ended up in Houston but maybe I should be more concerned with what the Lord wants me to do here. I'm pretty sure He wanted to fill out my census form. After all, there is precedent.
Applicable quote of the day:
"The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
God bless,
Luke 18:1
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6 comments:
- Warren Baldwin said...
Hello Steve, how have you been?
Good post, and I loved the Emerson quote.
- WELCOME TO MY WORLD OF POETRY: said...
An excellent post and quote Steve,
It's good that in today's age one does not have to travel to the place of their birth for Cenus,
Think of all the traffic congestion and crowds.lol
Have a good week-end.
- Prayer Girl said...
I rendered unto Caesar what was Caesar's. I too completed and mailed in my 2010 census.
Everything else today is God's.
- Trudy said...
A great post Steve. I come to you by way of Yvonne's recommendation. I have been following her blog for quite some time now!
I also love the Emerson quote...great stuff!
Have a blessed weekend!
- LillyB said...
Great post Steve! Have a blessed weekend!!
- martins111 said...
Primeiramente ao adentrar nesta página reconheço seu valor e a importância de seu autor(a) para a nobre causa do Senhor Jesus Cristo.
Dito isso, quero convidar você que está lendo estas minhas palavras, a prestar um pouco mais de atenção as revelações do Espírito Santo Verdadeiro em nossos dias.
Por se tratar de um assunto de interesse universal, pediria sua amável atenção, em uma breve, mais com certeza, produtiva visita ao nosso blog, onde estão depositadas Revelações do Senhor Jesus Cristo, para as quais peço encarecidamente que nos ajude a divulgar. Pois estamos vivenciando um memento muito sensível da palavra profética. Desde já suplico as bênçãos do Pai, do Filho e do Espírito Santo Verdadeiro sobre todo aquele que atender esse nosso chamado em nome do Senhor Jesus Cristo. Clique em martins111 - João Joaquim Martins. OU http://joaorevela.blogspot.com/


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|Picture dictionary
From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippe, lippa ("lip"), from Proto-Germanic *lipjô ("lip"), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- ("to hang loosely, droop, sag"). Cognate with West Frisian lippe ("lip"), Dutch lip ("lip"), German Lippe and Lefze ("lip"), Swedish läpp ("lip"), Norwegian leppe ("lip"), Latin labium ("lip").
lip (countable and uncountable, plural lips)
- (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
- Synonym: labium
- Bible, Jeb. xv. 6
- Thine own lips testify against thee.
- (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
- Synonym: labium
- 1749, [John Cleland], Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:
- I twisted my thighs, squeezed, and compressed the lips of that virgin slit
- (by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
- (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
- The edge of a high spot of land.
- 1894, David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, Chapter VII
- We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip of the Falls. On reaching that lip, and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 12
- They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river's lip. Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.
- 1999, Harish Kapadia, "Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group", in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136:
- Looking to the east we could see Api and the mountains of west Nepal, shapely snow peaks in the distance, while in the immediate foreground, much lower but still dramatic, were the peaks of Panch Chuli IV and V (III was hidden by the lip of a huge cornice), Telkot and Nagling, all of them unclimbed, all steep and challenging.
- 1894, David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, Chapter VII
- The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
- (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
- (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
- (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
- (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
Derived termsEdit
fleshy protrusion framing the mouth
part of body resembling a lip
rim of an open container
slang: backtalk, verbal impertinence
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
lip (third-person singular simple present lips, present participle lipping, simple past and past participle lipped)
- (transitive) To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 5,[1]
- […] a hand that kings
- Have lipp'd and trembled kissing.
- 1826, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, "Josephine" in The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 16, No. 63, March 1826, p. 308,[2]
- Our love was like the bright snow-flakes,
- Which melt before you pass,
- Or the bubble on the wine which breaks
- Before you lip the glass;
- 1901, Robert W. Chambers, Cardigan, New York: Harper, 1902, Chapter 9, p. 130,[3]
- Once […] at dawn, I heard a bull-moose lipping tree-buds, and lay still in my blanket while the huge beast wandered past, crack! crash! and slop! slop!through the creek […]
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, New York: Vintage, 1956, "June Second 1910," p. 144,[4]
- […] in a quick swirl the trout lipped a fly beneath the surface with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 5,[1]
- (transitive, figuratively) (of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
- 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 405,[5]
- He moved the boat onward very slowly, lipping the glossy surface delicately with the light oars.
- 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 405,[5]
- (intransitive, transitive) To wash against a surface, lap.
- 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Tragedy of the Korosko, London: Smith, Elder & Co., Chapter 10, p. 324,[6]
- It was very soothing and restful up there on the saloon deck, with no sound but the gentle lipping of the water as it rippled against the sides of the steamer.
- 1922, John Masefield, The Dream, London: Heinemann, p. 9,[7]
- So on I went, and by my side, it seemed,
- Paced a great bull, kept from me by a brook
- Which lipped the grass about it as it streamed
- Over the flagroots that the grayling shook;
- 2008, Julie Czerneda, Riders of the Storm, New York: Daw Books, Interlude, p. 406,[8]
- The mist that lipped against the wall behind him hung overhead like a ceiling, hiding any stars.
- 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Tragedy of the Korosko, London: Smith, Elder & Co., Chapter 10, p. 324,[6]
- (intransitive) To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
- 1903, Robert Barr, Over the Border, London: Isbister, Book 4, Chapter 7, p. 375,[9]
- Below, the swollen Eden, lipping full from bank to bank, rolled yellow and surly to the sea.
- 1911, Charles G. D. Roberts, Neighbors Unknown, U.S. edition, New York: Macmillan, "Mothers of the North," p. 256,[10]
- The rest of the herd were grouped so close to the water's edge that from time to time a lazy, leaden-green swell would come lipping up and splash them.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, Chapter Twenty-Two, p. 410,[11]
- The sun lipped over the mountain by now, shone on the corrugated-iron roofs of the five sanitary units, shone on the gray tents and on the swept ground of the streets between the tents.
- 1973, Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills, New York: William Morrow, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 26,[12]
- Above the spring the little statue of the god Myrddin, he of the winged spaces of the air, stared from between the ferns. Beneath his cracked wooden feet the water bubbled and dripped into the stone basin, lipping over into the grass below.
- 1903, Robert Barr, Over the Border, London: Isbister, Book 4, Chapter 7, p. 375,[9]
- (transitive) To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
- 1894, Fiona Macleod, Pharais, Derby, Chapter 4, p. 88,[13]
- […] old Macrae, of Adrfeulan Farm near by, had caused rude steps to be cut in the funnel-like hollow rising sheer up from the sloping ledge that lipped the chasm and reached the summit of the scaur.
- 1920, W. E. B. Du Bois, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Howe, Chapter 9, p. 242,[14]
- It was a tiny stone house whose front window lipped the passing sidewalk where ever tramped the feet of black soldiers marching home.
- 1924, James Oliver Curwood, A Gentleman of Courage, New York: Cosmopolitan, Chapter 3, p. 36,[15]
- The woman had slipped to the very edge of the rock—the edge that lipped the fury of the Pit. She was half over. And she was slipping—slipping....
- 1894, Fiona Macleod, Pharais, Derby, Chapter 4, p. 88,[13]
- (transitive) To utter verbally.
- 1818, John Keats, Endymion, London: Taylor & Hessey, Book I, lines 964-965, p. 48,[16]
- Salt tears were coming, when I heard my name
- Most fondly lipp'd […]
- 1818, John Keats, Endymion, London: Taylor & Hessey, Book I, lines 964-965, p. 48,[16]
- (transitive) To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 46,[17]
- "Ah, I thought my memory didn't deceive me!" he lipped silently.
- 1980, Cyril Dabydeen, "Mammita's Garden Cove" in Caribbean New Wave: Contemporary Short Stories, London: Heinemann, 1990, p. 65,[18]
- And as he read, lipping the words, he thought of his own boyhood […]
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 46,[17]
- (sports) To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
- 1910, Fred M. White, "A Record Round," The Windsor Magazine, March 1910,[19]
- "I shall find the ball to the left of a patch of sword grass near the hole," he said. "My second will lip the hole, I know it as well as if I could see the whole thing."
- 1999, J. M. Gregson, Malice Aforethough, Sutton: Severn House, Chapter Nine, p. 112,[20]
- Lambert just missed his three; his putt lipped the hole before finishing two feet past it.
- 1910, Fred M. White, "A Record Round," The Windsor Magazine, March 1910,[19]
- (transitive, music) To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
From Middle Low German lippe, from Old Dutch leppa, from Proto-Germanic *lipjô.
lip f (plural lippen, diminutive lipje n)
Related termsEdit
- lipklank
- liplezen
- lippen
- lippendienst
- lippenrood
- lippenstift
- lipvis
- loslippig
- schaamlip
- bovenlip
- onderlip
Lower SorbianEdit
lip m (diminutive lipk)
Declension of lip
Derived termsEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Min NanEdit
|For pronunciation and definitions of lip – see 逐 ("to chase; to pursue; gradually; one by one; etc.").
(This character, lip, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 逐.)
Alternative formsEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lěpъ.
lip (Cyrillic spelling лип)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) nice, pretty
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transribed from Glagolitic original):
- Pasite se, ovce mile,
- sve ste lipe, sve ste bile
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
- Tad se usčudiše svi, vidiv Juditu,
- toko lipa biše i u takovu svitu.
- 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
- Ovog zaručnika, lipa, mila, srićna,
- imati jest dika, srića, radost vična.
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transribed from Glagolitic original):
Tok PisinEdit
- leaf
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:30:
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Mark holds a B.A. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania and an Ed.M. and Ed.D. from Harvard University. He also currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University and Bay Path University, teaching Higher Education, Philanthropy, Marketing and Communications and Grant Writing.
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Use of single versus multiple biotic communities as indicators of biological integrity in northern prairie wetlands
Matthew J. Wilson and Suzanne E. Bailey
Ecological Indicators 20:187-195; 2012
As much as 70% of prairie wetlands in Canada have been lost. Although further degradation of natural wetlands is considered to be somewhat offset by wetland construction and restoration, Canada lacks bioassessment tools that can track ecosystem health in prairie wetlands. Indices of biological integrity (IBIs) use one or more biotic communities to compare the biological condition of a particular site to conditions found in least-impacted reference sites. Using the IBI approach, we evaluated the potential of 5 biotic communities to assess wetland health in northern prairie wetlands in Canada. Vegetation in the wet meadow, emergent and open-water zones as well as wetland-dependent songbirds and waterbirds were sampled at 81 semi-permanent/permanent natural and compensation wetlands spanning an environmental stress gradient. Metrics with strong linear relationships to the stress gradient (R2 > 0.2) were combined into an IBI for each biotic community and were subsequently validated at a suite of test sites. After validation, the entire data set was combined and each IBI was evaluated based on its linear relationship to environmental stress. Wet meadow zone vegetation was a strong indicator of environmental stress (R2 = 0.68, p < 0.001), as was the wetland-dependent songbird community (R2 = 0.59, p < 0.001). The emergent zone vegetation community was a relatively weak and inconsistent indicator of environmental stress, while the open-water zone vegetation and waterbird communities were poor indicators. To evaluate whether monitoring more than one biotic community provided additional information about a site's biological and environmental condition, we produced a two-taxon IBI that combined wet meadow zone vegetation and wetland-dependent songbird metrics. The two-taxon IBI had a marginally stronger linear relationship to the stress gradient (R2 = 0.72, p < 0.001) than any single biotic community alone, although we argue that this added information would not warrant the extra cost, effort, and logistical barriers of sampling both plants and birds. The wet meadow zone vegetation and wetland-dependent songbird IBIs were strong surrogates of one another (R2 = 0.57), suggesting that wet meadow zone vegetation can be used to predict the health of wetland-dependent songbirds, and visa versa. Our results suggest that habitat for healthy wet meadow zone vegetation and wetland-dependent songbird communities is being degraded as compensation sites are replacing their natural analogs.


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CEO Talks: Innovators Combating Drug Resistance
September 6, 2018 @ 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
BioBuzz has partnered with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for the second installment of the #CEOTalks event series. This event will bring you insights from local company executives on the game-changing technologies they are bringing to market to address one of the greatest public health threats of our age; multi-drug resistant bacteria and other infectious agents. However, bringing new treatments to market in this field is made harder by a unique set of market condition and investment hurdles that executives need to navigate to be successful.
Join us to hear from an all-star panel of executives who will discuss the opportunities and challenges they face as their companies bring new therapies to the bedside. These CEOs are making their mark in the field, each with a different approach, and at different stages of commercialization and funding. We will dive deep with these three cutting-edge and diverse technologies to show how they are combating drug resistance to save lives.
- Charles Andres, PhD, RAC – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Carol Nacy, CEO, Sequella
- Greg Merril, CEO, Adaptive Phage Therapeutics
- Mina Izadjoo, President & CSO, Integrated Pharma Services
Registration Code: BIOBU22
Who should attend? PI's and investigators, entrepreneurs, investors, company executives and managers in the biotech who are active or interested in this field.
Meet our Panelists:
Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D. – Co-Founder and CEO, Sequella Inc.
Dr. Nacy co-founded our company in 1997 and has served as our CEO and Chairman of the Board since 1999. Prior to Sequella, Dr. Nacy served during 1997 and 1998 as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for Anergen, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANRG), a California company acquired by Corixa Corporation in December 1998. From 1993 through 1997, Dr. Nacy was Executive Vice President and CSO at EntreMed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENMD) and participated in its successful initial public offering in June 1996. Previously, Dr. Nacy was Career Scientist (GS-15) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC. Dr. Nacy currently serves on board of directors of companies and non-profit agencies.
Greg Merril – CEO, Adaptive Phage Therapeutics
Greg Merril an experienced life science entrepreneurial executive. He has served as founding CEO for four VC-backed fast growth health-related product companies. As founding CEO of HT Medical Systems he led the Company through a $42 million merger with Immersion Corp (NASDAQ: IMMR). Greg has delivered over fifty invited lectures and keynote addresses covering business development, virtual reality, and medical technology. He has authored numerous peer reviewed technical papers and has been awarded nineteen patents. Greg championed a Congressional appropriation funding a simulation -based medical training and certification initiative. He served as invited Guest Editor for the Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medicine. He has served as Principal Investigator on numerous federally funded research grants and as a referee/reviewer for government-sponsored and non-profit grants related to medical informatics and virtual reality technologies. While leading Brain Sentry, Inc. Greg was recognized as a TEDMED Innovation Scholar for his work developing and commercializing head impact sensor technology. During his career Greg's product developed efforts have been recognized twice as Innovation of the Year by the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA)/ Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Other awards have included the 2015 International Sports Technology Award for Best Wearable Technology, A Wall Street Journal Startup Company of the Year (2013), BusinessWeek Product Design of the Year; Popular Science "Best of What's New" winner. Greg's efforts have been recognized as a regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner.
Mina Izadoo, Ph.D. – President & CSO, Integrated Pharma Services
Dr. Mina Izadjoo is the President and Chief Science Officer of Integrated Pharma Services (IPS) and Integrated MicroSciences (IMS). Prior to her current position she was the Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Trideum Biosciences. Formerly, she was "Senior Distinguished Scientist" and Director of the Diagnostics and Translational Research Center (DTRC) of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF) for Advancement of Military Medicine. She served as the Chief of Microbiology and Wound Biology and Translational Research (WBTR) Division at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington DC prior to her position at HJF. While at AFIP, she was awarded the title of "Distinguished Scientist" in accordance with the Public Law 94-36 for demonstrated ability and experience to enhance the activities of the AFIP in consultation, education, and research. Dr. Izadjoo holds an Associate Professorship at Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences (USUHS) and is the President of Washington Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Izadjoo received her PhD in Microbiology from Louisiana State University in 1992. This was followed by six years of post-doctoral fellowships at Texas A&M University and NIH in molecular biology and immunogenomics. Her research efforts have been focused on developing and evaluating diagnostics and therapeutics for bio-warfare agents and drug-resistant pathogens. Her work with Dr. Sidney Altman, a Noble Prize Laurette from Yale University, led to development of novel therapeutics for number of select agents.
Moderator – Charles Andres, Phd, RAC – Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Charles Andres, Ph.D., RAC, is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He focuses on patent prosecution, strategic patent counseling, IP due diligence, drug and medical device FDA regulatory counseling, invalidity and non-infringement opinions, life-cycle management, Supreme Court and Federal Circuit amicus briefs, and related business matters. Prior to becoming a patent professional, Charlie spent a decade as a medicinal chemist and early-phase project co-chair at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, where he won a Presidential Award, among other accolades. He holds Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.
Topic: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Alternative Market Innovations
Date: September 6th
Location: Columbus Center, IMET auditorium
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