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Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter - February 2012
- The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities salutes Dr. Welton I. Taylor for his many years of outstanding contributions to the field of microbiology
- Registration Open for ASMCUE 2012
- Professional Development Opportunities
- 10th ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting
- asm2012
- ASM Conferences
- Global Laboratory Capacity Strengthening Program (LabCap)
- ASM-UNESCO Visiting Resource Person (VRP) Program
- ASM International Fellowships for Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
- ASM International Professorships for Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
- ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Professorships for Microbiology
- Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) NSF 12-533
- Transforming STEM Learning (TSL, NSF 10-602)
- New Technologies for Viral Hepatitis SBIR (R43/R44, PA-12-090)
- HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01, PAR-12-087)
- In Memory of Dr. William C. Branche, Jr.
- Job Opportunity: Department Chair Colorado College
- AAAS Minority Writers Internship: Applications Deadline 1 March
- Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference: Deadline for Applications Feb. 22
- The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP)
- SACNAS 2012 Summer Leadership Institute
- SACNAS Executive Director
- Job Opportunity: Microbiologist, Northern Arizona University
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities salutes Dr. Welton I. Taylor for his many years of outstanding contributions to the field of microbiology
For over 70 years, Welton I. Taylor, renowned clinical research microbiologist, academician, and inventor, made seminal contributions to the advancement of microbiology. He might well be the oldest living African-American microbiologist. Without a doubt, he is the living African American with the longest membership in ASM, having joined in 1947. Dr. Taylor made significant contributions to ASM when it was unusual to see African-American participation in the Society.
Born in 1919 in Birmingham, AL, Taylor attended the segregated public schools of Chicago and in 1937 graduated from historic Dusable High School as valedictorian of his class. He entered the University of Illinois (UI) at Urbana-Champaign, participating in the Advanced Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and in 1941 earned a B.A. degree with a major in bacteriology and a minor in chemistry. Immediately following graduation, he entered into active military service as a second lieutenant and flew as a Liaison Pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen. At the end of World War II, Taylor enrolled in the UI graduate microbiology program and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in microbiology in 1947 and 1948, respectively.
Upon receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Taylor joined the faculty at the UI College of Medicine as an instructor; and left in 1954 as an assistant professor. He gained prominence through his research on the treatment of gas gangrene and tetanus—two infections that were prevalent during World War II. His discovery that both infections could be controlled by commonly used antibiotics changed the medical community's previous reliance on antitoxins to treat these infections.
In 1954 an outbreak of salmonella poisoning in baby foods prompted food industry giant, Swift and Company, to turn to Dr. Taylor for his expertise. In 1959, he joined the staff of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago as Microbiologist-in-Chief and began to concentrate on the growing problem of patients who presented with nosocomial infections.
It was his many contributions to understanding Enterobacteriaceae, that led to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's naming of Enterobacter taylorae in honor of him and Joan Taylor of the Colindale laboratory. Dr. Taylor developed media that facilitated the isolation and detection of both Shigella and Salmonella. He also developed a device (one of his four patents) for use in the identification of microorganisms which was adopted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and similar bodies in Canada and Western Europe as the approved method to certify foods as bacteria-free.
From 1966-1975, he served as chair of the committee to publish an ASM journal of clinical microbiology. The idea for the journal became a reality under Taylor's chairmanship, and he subsequently served on the Journal of Clinical Microbiology's first board of editors from 1975-1983. Dr. Taylor also served on the editorial board of Applied Microbiology. Dr. Taylor has convened many ASM sessions, organized many roundtables, and served on or chaired many others, including the President's Fellowship Awards and Archives Committees. .
In 1974, he was elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Taylor is an emeritus member of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, and he has held faculty appointments at Northwestern University Medical School and several schools of medical technology in Illinois for a total of 39 years.
In 1996, Taylor was awarded the Pasteur Award by the Illinois Society for Microbiology and the Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2002, Dr. Taylor was featured in the ASM News "Faces of ASM" series [ASM News 68 (1), January 2002] and was presented with the Tanner/Shaughnessy Merit Award from the Illinois Society for Microbiology in March of 2007). Recently, Dr. Taylor completed his autobiography with the help of his two daughters Karen and Shelley. The book is entitled "Two Steps from Glory," and it is due out as an e-book in March 2012 on Amazon, which he states he will likely read on his Kindle Fire. He remains active in the Chicago Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., continues to tour and share his story as a pilot, and he is an avid supporter of the recently released "Red Tails," a big screen account of the Tuskegee Airmen.
When asked what advice he has for today's microbiologists, he says that what is needed is a good microbiologist in the food and clinical microbiology fields, and "good microbiologists should let the molecular biologists do their thing, as none of it is immediately helping anyone in a medical bed." He states that more attention should be paid to autogenous vaccines, which can cure individuals in a shorter period and more effectively than today's antibiotics, without concern for resistance; he emphasizes that autogenous vaccines can be and should be used for bed sores, acne, and other ailments.
Indeed, Dr. Welton I. Taylor remains an outstanding microbiologist who serves ASM with distinction and who served his country as a Tuskegee Airman with honor; he is an inspiration for all.
Registration Open for ASMCUE 2012
Register today to ensure your attendance at the 19th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE)! Planned for June 14-17, 2012, in San Mateo, Calif., the conference is a rigorous event that blends cutting-edge science and the most effective ways of improving student learning in the biological sciences.
Exciting this year is a joint program between ASMCUE and asm2012 (the 2012 ASM General Meeting). Thanks to this collaboration, ASMCUE attendees can take advantage of two exciting benefits: a complimentary field trip to asm2012's opening keynote session and reception on June 16 and a one-day registration pass for asm2012 sessions held on June 17. Moreover, ASMCUE offers plenary lectures by 2011 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Awardee Spencer Benson (University of Maryland), virologist Melanie Ott (Gladstone Institute), genomicist Michael Snyder (Stanford University), and 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Grant Awardee and 2011 Society for College Science Teachers Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Awardee Kimberly Tanner (San Francisco State University).
Don't delay, register today. Registration before March 16 not only secures your attendance at the conference but also reduces your registration fees by $100. For conference deadlines, guidelines, or other information, please visit http://www.asmcue.org.
Professional Development Opportunities
ASM Education Board programs support student and faculty development through numerous fellowships, conferences, institutes, and workshops. Please share the following program opportunities with your students and colleagues in the microbiological sciences:
Biology Scholars Program Research Residency. The Research Residency of the 2012 Biology Scholars Program seeks biology educators who have been trained in effective teaching strategies and are asking questions about how and why students learn in their classrooms. Research Residency Scholars learn how to design research projects that investigate student learning; understand methods for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting surveys and data on student learning outcomes; and identify the best venues for publishing study results. The 2012 residency, supported by the National Science Foundation and managed by ASM, kicks off with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute on July 25-28 in Washington, D.C. Apply by March 1. Travel grants are available. Learn more at http://www.biologyscholars.org.
ASM/JGI Functional Genomics Institute. Undergraduate faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines are encouraged to attend the 2012 ASM/JGI Functional Genomics Institute, which will be held June 24-29 at Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio. Through the use of problem-based learning techniques, individual and group work, and peer mentoring, the institute offers STEM faculty members with little or no training in the genomic sciences valuable professional development training, along with the tools and knowledge to creatively address unique classroom challenges. This is a great opportunity to learn and network with like-minded colleagues, so don't wait, apply today! The institute is managed by ASM and sponsored by Hiram College and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. Apply by February 15. Learn more at http://www.facultyprograms.org.
ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship: Last Call! The ASM Committee on Undergraduate Education invites applications for its 2012 ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF). The URF program provides undergraduate students who wish to pursue Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. careers in microbiology with opportunities to conduct full-time research at their home institutions and present research results. Fellows spend a minimum of 10 weeks in the summer conducting research projects under the direction of ASM member faculty mentors. In addition, dependent on abstract submission and acceptance, the students are supported to present their research results at the following summer's ASM General Meeting. Interested students should apply by February 1. Please note that this program requires a joint application from both the student and an ASM member faculty mentor willing to serve as the student's mentor for the duration of the research experience. Learn more at http://www.asm.org/urf.
10th ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting
February 26 - 29, 2012 | Omni Shoreham Hotel | Washington, DC
New Session Added!!!
Discussion of NSABB's publication recommendations for the NIH-funded research on the transmissibility of H5N1
Moderated by the Chair of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), Paul Keim, Ph.D., this newly added session at the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting will include discussions of the NSABB's recommendations for the publication of the controversial H5N1 research. This session will also provide an open forum for attendees to give their feedback on such policy issues as the appropriate mechanisms to allay public concerns about the safety of dual use research.
For more information on the meeting go to: http://www.asmbiodefense.org
112th General Meeting | June 16-19, 2012 | San Francisco, CA
Late Breaker Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology Site Opens: February 3, 2012
Late Breaker Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology Site Closes: March 23, 2012
The Late Breaker Submission Site is only for the Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology Track which includes the following divisions.
- Clinical Microbiology (Division C)
- Medical Mycology (Division F)
- Healthcare Epidemiology (Division L)
- Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology (Division V)
- Public Health (Division Y)
- Free-Living, Symbiotic, and Parasitic Protists (Division AA)
For more information on the meeting go to: http://www.asm.org/asm2012
52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
September 9-12, 2012 | San Francisco, CA
Registration, Housing, and Website Open February 27, 2012
Abstract Submission Closes: May 7, 2012
Late-Breaker Abstract Submission Opens: June 1, 2012
Travel Grant Application Submission Closes: June 29, 2012
Late-Breaker Abstract Submission Closes: July 30, 2012
ICAAC, the premier conference on antimicrobial agents and infectious diseases, showcases the latest-breaking science and lectures from top researchers from around the world. With over 60% of its attendees living outside of the United States, ICAAC provides a rare opportunity to bring together the field's foremost leaders to discuss the state of infection control and prevention on a global scale.
Through oral and poster presentations, 10,000 physicians, clinical microbiologists, researchers, and pharmacists will come together to share their research, discover the latest breakthroughs, and work towards fostering global solutions to the problems of infectious diseases and antimicrobial agents.
Opening Keynote Session
Emerging New Issues in the Management of Hepatitis C Infection
Charles M. Rice, PhD - Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor; Head, Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease; The Rockefeller Univ., New York-Presbyterian Hosp., Weill Cornell Med. Coll., New York, NY.
The Impact of Emerging New Diagnostic Laboratory Techniques on Clinical Infectious Disease
Franklin R. Cockerill III, MD - Ann and Leo Markin Professor of Microbiology and Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Prospects for New Antibiotics
Christopher T. Walsh, PhD - Hamilton Kuhn Professor; Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA.
ICAAC Lecture
Fungal Disease in the 21st Century
Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine; Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., Bronx, NY.
For more information on the meeting go to: http://www.icaac.org
ASM Conferences
11th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis
March 29 – April 2, 2012 | San Francisco, CA
Discounted Preregistration Deadline: February 16, 2012
Last Day to Register Online: March 12, 2012
Hotel Reservation Deadline (subject to availability): March 14, 2012
Candida is the major cause of invasive fungal infections, affecting AIDS patients, hospitalized patients, premature infants, and many others. The 11th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis will provide a forum for the Candida research community to present the most recent advances and ideas, covering a broad spectrum of subjects from clinical issues to molecular mechanisms, from growth of the fungus to response of the host. The conference will help chart the course of future research and facilitate the urgent need to understand, treat, and prevent candidiasis.
4th ASM Conference on Prokaryotic Cell Biology and Development
May 6 - 10, 2012 | Montreal, Canada
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 22, 2012
Discounted Preregistration Deadline: March 23, 2012
Housing Deadline (subject to availability): April 16, 2012
Last Day to Register Online: April 19, 2012
The central goals of this conference are to bring together researchers using the most sophisticated approaches to address the most important questions in the field of prokaryotic cell and developmental biology, and provide a forum for them to share ideas.
For more information on ASM conferences go to: http://conferences.asm.org/
Global Laboratory Capacity Strengthening Program (LabCap)
ASM International Affairs maintains a comprehensive website for its Global Laboratory Capacity Strengthening Program (LabCap). The website provides detailed information on programmatic activities, partner organizations, and valuable laboratory resources and publications from ASM and other institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Potential LabCap volunteers may register within a secure database found on the site by entering their relevant personal and professional information. Registration allows for ASM staff to recruit and identify future LabCap technical consultants. To register for future consultant searches or for more information on the LabCap program, visit http://www.LabCap.org.
ASM-UNESCO Visiting Resource Person (VRP) Program
Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
Travelling to a resource-limited country? Spend an extra day with local colleagues!
Through this Program you have the opportunity to extend your trip to spend a day at a local institute where you will present a seminar and discuss ideas for scientific research, curriculum development and international cooperation with local faculty and students. For more information and to access the application, please visit: http://www.asm.org/international/vrp
ASM International Fellowships for Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Host an international scientist in your lab! These grants offer early career scientists from resource limited nations the opportunity to visit a host scientist abroad to conduct a research project in microbiology. For more information, please visit: http://www.asm.org/International/fellowship.
ASM International Professorships for Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Take advantage of this opportunity to share your knowledge with young scientists around the world! Through these programs ASM members teach a hands-on, highly interactive short course at institutions of higher learning in in resource-limited countries. For more information, please visit http://www.asm.org/International/professorship.
ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Professorships for Microbiology
Deadline: October 15, 2011
Collaborate with colleagues in India! These professorships encourage partnerships between the United States and India by enabling:
- Microbiologists to visit institutions in the partner country to teach interactive short courses (Teaching Professorship).
- Microbiologists in India to conduct research projects in partnership with colleague in the U.S. (Research Professorship).
For more information, please visit http://www.asm.org/international/professorship/indo-us
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) NSF 12-533
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program makes resources available to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. CREST promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. HBCU-RISE awards specifically target HBCUs to support the expansion of institutional research capacity as well as an increase in the production of doctoral students, especially those from groups underrepresented in STEM, at those institutions. Letters of intent are due February 24, 2012, and more information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12533/nsf12533.htm.
Transforming STEM Learning (TSL, NSF 10-602)
TSL combines interests and resources of separate programs in the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) to explore the opportunities and challenges implied by innovative visions of the future for STEM learning. The TSL program invites interdisciplinary teams of STEM content specialists, experts in relevant technologies, STEM formal and informal education specialists, researchers with expertise in the learning sciences, and specialists in education research and evaluation methods to submit proposals for research projects that (1) Study efficacy of existing prototypes for innovations like virtual schools, special STEM schools, and educational programs that combine opportunities of formal and informal learning resources in their communities; or (2) Design and conduct exploratory development of new potentially transformative models for STEM learning environments. The cross-cutting proposals will draw from work in the four primary DRL programs: Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12), Informal Science Education (ISE), Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE), and Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST). However, proposals submitted in response to this solicitation must have a scope that extends well beyond any of those programs individually. Deadline is March 09, 2012, and more information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10602/nsf10602.htm.
New Technologies for Viral Hepatitis SBIR (R43/R44, PA-12-090)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to respond to the Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Viral Hepatitis Action Plan) which was released on May 12, 2011 (http://www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/hepatitis/). SBCs are encouraged to propose SBIR grant applications to develop resources, research tools, instrumentations, biomarkers, devices, drugs or new and innovative approaches to diagnosis, monitoring, management, treatment and prevention of viral hepatitis and viral hepatitis associated liver disease. Deadline is April 5, 2012, and more information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-090.html.
HIV Vaccine Research and Design (HIVRAD) Program (P01, PAR-12-087)
Support of multi-component, multi-disciplinary projects that address important scientific questions relevant to AIDS prophylactic vaccine discovery research. Extensive modeling of vaccine concepts in non-human primates may be included. Letters of intent are due May 13, 2012, and more information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-087.html.
In Memory of Dr. William C. Branche, Jr.
Dr. William C. Branche Jr. passed on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Dr. Branche earned his Master's degree in bacteriology from George Washington University, and then began his career at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1958 as a virologist in the Department of Bacterial Diseases. While there, he earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from The Catholic University of America. Dr. Branche joined NIH in 1978 as a Scientific Review Administrator (SRA) at the inception of the Bacteriology and Mycology 2 (BM2) Study Section in the Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Integrated Review where he served until his retirement. He became involved in the Extramural Associates Program, encouraging the participation of underrepresented minorities and women in NIH funded research. Dr. Branche was an active member of the American Society for Microbiology, having served on many committees. A full obituary can be found in an upcoming edition of Microbe.
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Job Opportunity: Department Chair Colorado College
BIOLOGY, Department Chair. Term position, approximately four years, beginning August 2012 at Colorado College. Preference for late career or recently retired individual with previous chairing experience; other academic leadership experience highly desirable. Teaching and/or research opportunities negotiable. Colorado College is a highly selective liberal arts college with a unique one course-at-a-time curriculum. Applicant must understand the atmosphere of a small liberal arts college, especially the role of a teacher/scholar. Preference for a cell or molecular biologist with wide appreciation for pedagogy across subdisciplines, but other science disciplines considered. Applicant must have personal qualities that include skill in collaborative leadership and ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and students in the department and across the institution. Colorado College is committed to increasing the diversity of its community and curriculum. Candidates are encouraged to identify the ways in which they can contribute to that goal. Application deadline is March 15, 2012, or until position is filled. Send letter of application describing interest in position, academic background and leadership experience, along with curriculum vitae, and names of four references to:
Search Committee
Department of Biology
Colorado College
14 E. Cache la Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Colorado College welcomes members of all groups and reaffirms its commitment not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or disability in its educational programs, activities, and employment practices.
College Web Site: http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/dept/BY/
Department Web Site: http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Biology
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AAAS Minority Writers Internship: Applications Deadline 1 March
The journal Science invites minority undergraduate students with a serious interest in science writing and journalism as a career to apply for a 10-week paid summer internship, including travel to Washington, D.C. Under the guidance of the journal's award-winning staff of professional science writers and editors, interns experience the process of covering the scientific and technological issues that shape our global society, contributing bylined articles to the weekly news section in the print and electronic editions. Find out more and download the application at http://www.aaas.org/careercenter/internships/scienceminority/shtml.
Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference: Deadline for Applications Feb. 22
This conference is designed for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; college and community college students; post-baccalaureates; and high school seniors and juniors. There are two objectives of the Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference. The primary objective is to provide over 800 African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students with an opportunity to network with advisors/role models from the basic and clinical sciences, medicine, public health, academic administration and the private sector. These advisors/role models will encourage students to complete advanced studies, and provide concrete advice and information on available resources, professional opportunities and career paths in biomedical science fields. The second objective is to enable student participants to meet, inspire and network with one another. Student participants should be seriously interested in or currently studying in biomedical, biotechnology and science-related fields, such as medicine, chemistry, physics, biology, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, biotechnology, physical therapy, public health, allied health or environmental science. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR THE 2012 BSCP STUDENT CONFERENCE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 22, 2012 AND APPLICATIONS CAN BE REQUESTED AT email@example.com
The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP)
2012 Community College Summer Enrichment Program (CCSEP): In summer 2012, the NIH will again offer a special SIP program designed to recruit community college students to the NIH. Students in CCSEP can take advantage of all the opportunities available to other SIP interns. In addition, they will make a commitment to completing an enrichment curriculum. If you are a community college student and interested, please read about CCSEP. Eligibility: The Summer Internship Program is for students who are at least sixteen years of age or older at the time they begin the program and who are currently enrolled at least half-time in high school or an accredited U.S. college or university as undergraduate, graduate, or professional students. Students who have been accepted into a college or university program may also apply. To be eligible, candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Stipend Information: The stipends for trainees are adjusted yearly; the level depends on education completed prior to starting at the NIH. For details, see the Trainee Stipends page. For suggestions on how to increase your chances of being offered a position, please read the SIP Frequently Asked Questions. Candidates will be informed of their selection by the hiring Institute, generally by May 1. Successful candidates will be required to submit the following documentation to their Institute or Center prior to beginning their training: Official high school, college, or graduate school transcripts Proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status. U.S. citizens may submit a copy of their birth certificate or passport. Permanent residents will need to provide a copy of their alien registration card. Please go to https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip for further information.
SACNAS 2012 Summer Leadership Institute
The SACNAS Summer Leadership Institute offers unparalleled training for underrepresented minority (URM) scientists interested in advancing their leadership skills.
When: July 16-20, 2012
Where: Washington DC
Application Open Date: January 27, 2012
Application Deadline: March 22, 2012
Applicants must provide general contact information, answers to five supplemental questions, and your most current curriculum vitae (CV). Participant selection is a competitive process. All interested postdocs and faculty/professionals are encouraged to apply. For additional Information: email@example.com
SACNAS Executive Director
The Board of Directors of SACNAS seeks a dynamic, resourceful, and visionary executive leader who will guide the organization in our mission to foster the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists—from college students to professionals—to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership. In partnership with the Board of Directors and staff, the successful candidate will carry forward and build upon the nearly 40-year legacy of innovation, high-quality programs and services, and successful outcomes achieved by SACNAS. The candidate will be skilled in articulating a vision for SACNAS that continues to draw financial resources, lucrative partnerships, and national visibility within science policy to the organization, allowing SACNAS to increase its reach and impact for our community members.
To assure full consideration, please provide a resume or CV and a cover letter highlighting experience, the candidate's fit with SACNAS, and management experience. Application materials should be sent as a single document to: email@example.com
Reading of applications will begin on January 20, 2012; applications will be accepted until March 15, 2012. However, the position will remain open until filled. For further information about this search, please contact Dr. J.D. Garcia, Chair, SACNAS Transition Committee, at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Job Opportunity: Microbiologist, Northern Arizona University
The Microbiology program within the Department of Biological Sciences invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Microbiology. The applicant will be expected to teach courses in the Microbiology program including Introduction to Microbiology, an upper level course in the applicant's area of specialty, as well as others of interest to the program. Minimum qualifications are: an earned Doctoral degree in Microbiology or closely related field conferred prior to start date. Please see http://www.nau.edu/hr for full position announcement.
In July 2006, the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) of the American Society for Microbiology Public and Scientific Affairs Board developed a monthly e-newsletter which contains information pertinent to minority microbiologists. Currently, there are very few minority-based newsletters for scientists, and there are none for microbiologists.
This e-newsletter provides a central means of distributing pertinent information to underrepresented minorities in the field of microbiology. Some examples include career advice, networking tips, relevant news articles, unique funding and career opportunities, microbiological issues affecting minorities (e.g., HIV), minority issues affecting microbiologists (e.g., minority retention), and scientific articles published by minorities or by minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
The target populations are African-Americans, Latino-Americans, Native Americans, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders; however, all ASM members are invited to sign up and to share this information with others who may find this e-newsletter beneficial.
Signing up to receive The Minority Microbiology Mentor is very easy and is open to ASM members and non-members: simply go to: Subscribe to Listserv enter your email address, and select "MinorityMicroMentor" then submit, and you will receive confirmation of your subscription by email. If you are an ASM member, you will be prompted to Log In before signing up.
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities is chaired by Marian Johnson-Thompson, Ph.D., retired Director of Education and Biomedical Research Development at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, in Research Triangle Park, NC. The Minority Microbiology Mentor Editor-in-Chief is Dwayne W. Boucaud, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Quinnipiac University Department of Biomedical Sciences in Hamden, CT and the Associate Editor is Crystal N. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.


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The colt was a knucklehead, really.
He had speed and endurance in his pedigree, but if you had polled his owners and his trainer a year ago, none would have predicted that he'd gallop in the same steps as his great-grandsire, 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.
When the gates dropped on his first race, Orb did not even break. Second race? Same thing. He did not win until the fourth and final race of his two-year-old campaign.
But where other colts might level off or become erratic, Orb seemed to get better every day.
"I've never seen anything like it," said his trainer, Claude "Shug" McGaughey, who has been in the thoroughbred game more than 40 years. "His development since Jan. 1 has amazed me."
McGaughey stood just outside the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course, where minutes earlier, Orb had entered stall 40, the space traditionally reserved for the Kentucky Derby champion.
The bay colt's performance at a muddy Churchill Downs, where he charged from well off the pace to win decisively, has the wider sports world dreaming of a Triple Crown winner.
But for the more intimate circle of people around Orb, the victory paid off lifetimes worth of patience and devotion to the sport.
Owners Ogden "Dinny" Phipps and Stuart Janney III hail from one of the last family dynasties in American racing. They had never won a Kentucky Derby.
McGaughey, a Kentucky native, has stood among the game's most respected trainers for decades. In six tries, he had never won the Derby.
Joel Rosario has ranked among the winningest jockeys in the country for five years. But he had never won a Triple Crown race and was a stranger to the casual sports fan.
For each of these connections, Orb created a richer legacy with his performance in Louisville. And if he can win the Preakness on Saturday, the world around him will become that much more luminous.
Family rich in history of racing
The patriarch of the Phipps family, Henry Phipps, earned his fortune in a different America, one dominated by barons of industry. The son of an English cobbler, he had the good sense to invest in a steel company with his childhood friend and neighbor, Andrew Carnegie. The Carnegie Steel Co. made both Pittsburgh boys rich beyond all imagining.
Henry Phipps' daughter-in-law, Gladys Mills, kindled the family interest in thoroughbred racing, founding a stable in 1926 and saddling her first Kentucky Derby entrant in 1928. Her son, Ogden, carried on the legacy as did his sister, Barbara, and her husband, Stuart Janney Jr.
Cousins Dinny Phipps and Stuart Janney III, who lives in Butler, are the current keepers of the flame.
"They are really the only family left that dates back to the glory days of American racing," said NBC horse racing analyst Randy Moss.
The family's history with racing is full of tragedy and triumph, good luck and bad.
Among the great horses produced by the Phipps stable was Bold Ruler, a brilliantly fast sprinter who won the 1957 Preakness and sired a line of champions led by Secretariat.
But the family lost Secretariat, perhaps the greatest of all American thoroughbreds, in a coin flip with Penny Chenery. It was neither the first nor last piece of lousy luck for the Phippses. They also sold Seabiscuit when he was on the cusp of becoming a champion. And in 1975, Stuart and Barbara Phipps Janney watched in horror as their great filly, Ruffian, snapped her right foreleg in a race at Belmont Park. She was euthanized shortly afterward.
No matter what, however, the family held to its philosophy: Keep the bloodlines strong, hire one of the sport's most astute horsemen to be the in-house trainer, give that trainer autonomy and never, ever push the horses into races where they don't belong.
As a result of this patient, even conservative, approach, the family has allowed many Triple Crown seasons to pass without entering a horse in the sport's highest profile races.
McGaughey signed on to train the Phipps horses in 1985, and he says no Phipps or Janney has ever pushed him to be overly aggressive with a horse.
"They've been incredibly good to me over the years," he said.
The last time the family had a 3-year-old this good was 1989 when the massive chestnut colt Easy Goer entered the Derby as a clear favorite. He struggled with a muddy track at Churchill Downs, however, losing to Sunday Silence, who again bested him at the Preakness in a scintillating neck-and-neck race. The Phipps colt finally won a commanding victory over his rival in the Belmont Stakes.
Phipps and Janney were typically self-effacing after the Derby, shifting credit to McGaughey. But the racing world responded to Orb's victory with an outpouring of love for this most traditional of operations.
"Just the fact that they've chosen to stay involved in racing for generations and have always done things the right way," Moss said. "It's a pretty cool story."
McGaughey shows 'how it's supposed to be done'
It would be hard to imagine a more grandfatherly figure in the middle of a major American sports story than 62-year-old Claude "Shug" McGaughey. The 5-foot-5 trainer wears sweater vests over his small, round belly and lulls you with soft, Kentucky-accented words.
The outward picture belies the intensity of McGaughey's work and thought. He learned the game as an assistant to trainer David Whitely, a detail-obsessed workaholic. "If the screen on the stable door was the least bit out of place, he'd let you know about it," McGaughey recalled.
When he went on his own as a trainer, McGaughey worked with multiple owners at multiple tracks and was more of a temperamental figure.
But he says, and those who know him agree, that the stability and intimacy of working with a single family was a better fit for his personality.
The Phipps stable was in the middle of a resurgence when the family hired McGaughey. And he won the Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer in 1988 for his work with Easy Goer and the other Phipps stars. He was a rising star in the sport, 38 years old at the time Easy Goer staged his great duels with Sunday Silence.
But that was the last time McGaughey brought a horse to the Preakness. And he saddled only one in the Derby between Easy Goer and Orb. The gap speaks to the vagaries of big-time breeding but also to the patience of McGaughey and the Phipps family, who were happy to develop their horses slowly and steer them to Breeders' Cup races rather than the Triple Crown.
"He didn't have the right horse, and he's not in the business of promoting himself just to promote himself," said longtime racing writer William Nack, who profiled McGaughey in the Easy Goer days. "Shug offers a real illustration of how it's supposed to be done. A classic, classic illustration."
Perhaps that's why so many people were so happy for McGaughey when Orb won.
"Everybody I've talked to in the racing world is thrilled, especially for Shug," said longtime Kentucky breeder and farm executive Dan Rosenberg.
The response overwhelmed Alison McGaughey when she returned to the couple's home on Long Island after the Derby. Her dry cleaner had saved all the news clippings detailing Orb's victory. And the clerk at the liquor store handed her a free bottle of champagne.
"It's like winning the Super Bowl," she said.
Not that any of this is likely to change anything about the way McGaughey operates. He is out of step with many of today's star trainers. You won't see him working with hundreds of horses at once or saddling five in the same Kentucky Derby, as Todd Pletcher did this year.
"That's not Shuggy," said his wife.
"I like to keep things simple," McGaughey added.
He's happy with his 40 or so horses and a staff that knows exactly how he wants everything done, from the preparation of a stall to the training schedule leading to a stakes race.
"It says a lot that so many of his workers have been with him 15 or 20 years," said Jennifer Patterson, Orb's exercise rider. "Everything is so consistent. We always say that if you make it a year with Shug, you'll become a lifer."
As the week of a big race unfolds, McGaughey is apt to grow quieter, his concentration on the work ahead deepening.
But he doesn't mind saying that this trip to Pimlico Race Course feels a little sweeter than his 1989 visit with Easy Goer. For one thing, Orb has exceeded his expectations more relentlessly than any other horse. But age has also brought perspective on how hard it is to win even one Triple Crown race.
"I always used to say that I wished I had won the Derby when I was young so I wouldn't have to worry about it," he said. "But I don't know if that's true anymore. Having to wait 30-odd years has probably given me more appreciation of it than I would've had before."
Rosario a smart, calm rider
It bothers Ron Anderson, the agent for the jockey who has won the world's two biggest horse races this year, that his client won't take more of the credit.
Joel Rosario defers. His instincts on the track have been compared to those of the best jockeys of all time. But as soon as the race ends, his natural preference for deflecting praise is irrepressible.
"This guy, today, it was all him," he said while leading Orb to the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago.
A month prior, Rosario had taken Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Derby winner, to a win in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
"He's a tremendous horse," he said. "I let him do his thing, whatever he wanted to do."
There is little debate, though, that Rosario is the world's hottest rider — and has, this spring, become known not for just natural talent and earned strength but the calmness and smarts to get his horse where it needs to be. Putting it that was seems to mitigate the job of a jockey. It doesn't.
"That's simply what matters most," Orb trainer Shug McGaughey said. "Figuring out where they need to be and getting 'em there, that's it — and it's very hard. Joel does it."
Rosario hasn't been perfect. In Animal Kingdom's prep for Dubai, he moved early and ended up getting beaten by Point of Entry, a horse owned by Orb co-owner Dinny Phipps and trained by McGaughey.
Rosario grew up riding horses but not dreaming of doing so for a living. Like most boys in the Dominican Republic, his dream — and possible way out — was baseball. He played every day, all day, in highly regimented workouts with dozens of others. Family members — he is one of 13 kids — eventually pulled him aside and told him he was unlikely to develop the size to ever move on as a baseball player. They took him to jockey school, where he proved to be a natural. He needed only six months of training before starting his racing career at age 14.
The 28-year-old won his first race in July 2000, and was top rider in the Dominican Republic — which has one track — four times before moving to the United States in 2006.
He landed in California, eventually settling into a brash jockey colony full of big personalities who have a penchant for going fast early and hoping it works.
That, Rosario could do. His mounts earned $8 million in 2008, then $13 million the next year. He hasn't made less than $15 million since and dominated racing at Southern California's three tracks.
Last year, having never won a Triple Crown race, he headed East to ride in New York and Florida.
"I tell everyone this – and I know our sport's not exactly the bastion of truth all the time, but I mean it," said Anderson. "Joel is the nicest kid in the world. He wants to do nothing but give credit to everyone else."

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Raymond S. "Sparkey" Yale, 83, of Daniel Street Brockport, died November 23, 2011 at his residence. He was born January 11, 1928 in Brockport, son of the late Eli and Bernice Sidelinger Yale. He was married on February 3, 1951 to Erma Zuccolotto. She survives.He was a member of Holy Cross Church in Brandy Camp. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during WW II, an avid baseball fan, playing well into his late 60's. He also loved to follow the Pirates and Steelers and never missed an episode of the televison show "N.C.I.S.". He was a farmer and had also been employed at Stackpole Carbon.He is survived by his wife Erma of Brockport; three daughters, Kathleen Ford of Ridgway, Cynthia (Walter) Polaski of St. Marys and Bonita Clever of Brookville; three sons, Gino Yale of Brockport, Timothy (Barbara) Yale of St. Marys and Michael (Deborah) Yale of Brockport; one brother, Lyle (Janet) Yale of Brockport and one sister, Jean Zaner of Kersey. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Leroy, Gerald "Fats", James, Eli and Richard Yale and two sisters, Julia Zuccolotto and Helen Slodoski.A Mass of Christian Burial for Raymond S. (Sparkey) Yale will take place Monday Nov.28 at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Church at Brandy Camp with Msgr. Charles Kaza officiating.Burial will be at Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Ridgway.Visitation will be held Sunday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Carlson-Shugarts Funeral Home Inc. in Brockway.A Vigil Service will be held Sunday evening at 8:45 p.m. at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Church or Community Nurses Inc. of St. Marys Hospice. Online condolences may be made at www.csfhinc.com.


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FAA Relied on Beoing-Generated Battery Data
When the FAA approved Boeing 787 Dreamliner to carry passengers, it relied heavily on data generated by Boeing that indicated the plane's advanced lithium-ion battery systems were essentially foolproof. WSJ's Andy Pasztor reports. Photo: NTSB.
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If anyone is interested in some entertainment that is not related to robotics, please visit my Playstation 4 website. WWW.ps4word.com Although not robotics related, the playstation 4 will be a technological achievement no doubt.
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If anyone is interested in some entertainment that is not related to robotics, please visit my Playstation 4 website. WWW.ps4word.com Although not robotics related, the playstation 4 will be a technological achievement no doubt.
Does anyone know what the robotic community is like in Charlotte, North Carolina? Are there any events, clubs or other activity? I will be moving to Charlotte in the near future and that is why I'm asking.
I just recently purchased a handheld oscilloscope. Only $100 for a handheld oscilloscope. Check it out. http://www.omnitronelectronics.net/phpstore/html/HPS10-Hand-Held-Oscilloscope.html
I built artBOT, from scratch parts and pieces that were lying around, in about an hours time. Yet when the bot moves, its patterns mimic a child's drawing behavior. Circles and dots and incoherent scribbling. Does the artBOT really possess the power to make "random art" or does the robot just happen to bounce in circular and sometimes not so circular patterns. artBOT is not capable of making even the simplest geometric patterns (other than CIRCLES) but the drawings do look, to me atleast, very organic and fluid. The amporphous shapes that this bundle of simple electronics churns out is sometimes astounding, and at other times, laughable. When artBOT is in "line mode" the drawings have very dark lines (as opposed to light dots) which are random and circular but are sometimes right angles, and I would be very impressed if at some point and time artBOT draws a full rectangle even if it is a mangled one. I do not believe that artBOT has any form of intelligence, but it does have stimulus-response ability. The kind Mark Tilden is fond of. The eccentric motor spins and this makes the robot jump, the robot jumps at a height determined by the weight and speed of the eccentric counter weight. Once the "legs" (markers) contact the ground they provide some small amount of shock absorption which gives way to the next jump. The variables of all the small details become the emergent intelligence. The current status of all the variables at one moment in time is like the systems memory which makes it next move based upon the last "known" status. By last known status I mean the status of all the variables (of which they are too numerous to list). In this roundabout way the robot can perform a basic movement and based on the circumstances it is presented with, will make its next move. Scrutinizing things in this manner one may come to the conclusion that artBOT's intelligence level can be compared to that of a rubber ball. :)
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Did you know that you can use your camera phone to detect infrared when building circuits that use infrared LED's. Well if you didn't know then I am just sharing my knowledge and if you did then please disregard this small time waster.
instead of re-writing the blog entries from my robot society page. The page is www.sunbots.org look for the blog entry called "we are bots" and "history of undecided". Also, check out the pictures for some of the robots I, and the other club members, have built. enjoi.
2012 Top 10 Robot Christmas Gift Ideas
DARPA Robotics Challenge Kick Off
2012 ASABE Robot Contest Photos
Interview with David L. Heiserman
David Anderson on Subsumption Robots
Review: Apocalyptic AI by Robert M. Geraci
Raspberry Pi Interview with Eben Upton
2012 VEX Robotics World Championship
Giant Dallas Robot Cited as Best Public Art
There's More Than One Way to Skin a Robot
Day of the Androids at Hanson Robotics


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"In order to be an effective programmer, you need to possess a combination of traits that allow your skill, experience, and knowledge to produce working code. There are some technically skilled developers who will never be effective because they lack the other traits needed. Here are seven traits that are necessary to become a great programmer."
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The thing is that they are rarely funny.
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FSM has an article about improvements coming our way in X.org. "There's more coming our way than 'mere' graphical goodness: Xorg developers are about to unleash upon us more performance and ease of use than X ever knew before. Not only that, the work being done now will allow older hardware to perform better and new hardware to be supported faster."


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Local dies in single-vehicle crash
A 90-year-old Wapakoneta woman died Thursday morning crossing Glynwood Road to collect mail or her morning newspaper from her mailbox.
Carolyn Blackburn, 803 Glynwood Road, apparently walked directly into the path a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Zachary Myers, of Wapakoneta, as he was driving east on Glynwood Road at approximately 7 a.m., according to a news release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP). Blackburn received life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by Auglaize County Coroner Dr. Thomas Freytag.
"This is a real tragedy and is especially hard for the family and everyone involved with it being so close to Christmas," Piqua Post Sgt. Joseph A. Gebhart said in the news release. "At this time, the investigation is still pending but there is no indication of any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. Myers.
"It appears Carolyn was returning from her mailbox and failed to see the vehicle coming down the road despite the road being level and the vehicle having its headlights activated."
Blackburn, whose house is on the south side of the street, has a mailbox on the north side of the street and must cross to retrieve her mail or newspapers.
Gebhart indicated speed is not believed to be factor in the crash, however all factors in the crash will be reviewed for an accurate determination of the crash circumstances.
Myers is a 2012 graduate of Wapakoneta High School.
The OSHP Crash Reconstruction Unit was on the scene to offer technical assistance in the investigation.
Emergency medical personnel from the Wapakoneta EMS responded to the scene.
Police officers with the Wapakoneta Police Department, deputies with the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office and troopers with the Wapakoneta Post of the OSHP responded to the crash scene. A call went out at 6:56 a.m. on the scanner and the crash is estimated to have occurred at 6:54 a.m.
A visual of the scene showed the pedestrian was apparently hit on the south side of Glynwood Road. The vehicle was stopped in the eastbound lanes of the road. The victim's shoes were still in the roadway, and the windshield of the vehicle sustained severe damage.
Due to the location of the crash, the city has jurisdiction on the north side of the roadway and the county and OSHP have jurisdiction on the south side.
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POUGHKEEPSIE — CH Energy Group will continue to seek the New York State Public Service Commission's approval of its merger with Canadian company Fortis, even after two judges recommended against the deal.
POUGHKEEPSIE — CH Energy Group will continue to seek the New York State Public Service Commission's approval of its merger with Canadian company Fortis, even after two judges recommended against the deal.
CH Energy Group, the parent of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., and Fortis plan to file a document explaining their disagreements with the findings of the two administrative law judges, according to a statement from the company. That document must be filed by May 17.
Central Hudson still expects the deal to close by the end of next month. The commission's OK is the last the deal needs before it can be finalized.
Central Hudson did not answer specific questions Friday when the judges released the negative recommended decision — a document that shocked many observers of the case. CH Energy's common stock (NYSE: CHG) fell 39 cents Monday to close at $64.41. The acquisition agreement calls for Fortis to pay $65 per share.
The recommended decision states the deal's detriments outweigh its benefits. It goes on to say adding more financial incentives to the proposed $50 million may do little to make the deal better appeal to the public.
Fortis already agreed earlier this year to provide an additional $30 million in customer benefits after bargaining with the state.
Commission staff originally wanted to increase the public benefits to total about $95 million.
CH Energy spokesman John Maserjian said via email it's too early to say whether or not Fortis will add more financial incentives. There are no plans to withdraw the application from the state, he said.
"We very much see this as in our customers' best interest and plan to pursue the transaction," he said.
Spanish company Iberdrola had to significantly sweeten its original proposal when it acquired Energy East, the corporate parent of Rochester Gas and Electric and New York State Electric and Gas, which provides service in much of Sullivan County and pockets of Orange and Ulster counties.
The recommended decision in that case determined the deal was not in the public interest, according to a filing made by Citizens for Local Power and another group in the Fortis-Central Hudson case.
The state eventually approved the deal after Iberdrola agreed to double its investment in wind generation in the state to $200 million, the filing states.
The citizens group sees the judges' opinion as a win, according to a mass email from Manna Jo Greene, a member of the movement.
"Good time to buy stock in CH," she wrote in the email. "Ultimately, it's the shareholders that can best address the problems " and help CH to become a true service organization, which, as the distribution monopoly for this five-county region, it should be."


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Ipsos, the global market research firm, is selling its motion picture research division to an investment group, the group's president Vincent Bruzzese told TheWrap.
Update: the companies confirmed the news broken by TheWrap in a news release on Tuesday.
It read: "The Ipsos OTX Motion Picture Group (MPG), a top research company that services the movie business with comprehensive data on everything from film development to audience analysis, today announced a collaborative decision to spin off as an independent company from Ipsos, the Paris-‐based global leader in market research."
The motion picture group, known as the MPG division of Ipsos OTX, will move as a unit with Bruzzese, who has led movie research for the past two years and will continue to do so, he said. He will become the CEO.
The investment group is led David Lugliani, a private investor, and has a number of other private individuals, including current management.
"We're looking forward as an independent company to evolve research beyond what it has been," Bruzzese told TheWrap.
"We want to evolve our products. We want to evolve the way we talk to moviegoers with this goal in mind: is this a movie that will be well received, and at the script stage – should it be financed?"
According to the release, under terms of the deal, the "Motion Picture Group will operate as an independent research company, continuing to serve the needs of the movie business with script evaluation, audience test screenings, advertising testing, and audience tracking and exit polling. Key to the deal, The Motion Picture Group will retain coveted historical data."
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Vodka, Thy Name is Whiskey: Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey
That's the tag line for Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey. According to the website, "You won't find rednecks in overalls or middle-aged men in tweed flat caps anywhere near a bottle of Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey." The pictures on the site show that this is a whiskey for hip, young people who need something to drink on the way to the club, the rave or wherever it is hip young people go these days.
But what is this colorless "whiskey"? Well, according to the federal regulations, "spirit whiskey" is a mixture of neutral spirits and not less than 5% whiskey. That's right, it's called whiskey but it can be up to 95% vodka. Yum!
It would be easy to prejudge this brand based on its website full of stereotypes and transparent demographic targeting or just the fact that it's vodka with a whiskey label on it, but that wouldn't be fair. So in the spirit of taking one for the team, I sampled some.
Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey, 40% abv ($30)
There is no nose on this, none. It tastes mostly like water with a vaguely sweet note underneath, there is also some rice and artificial vanilla. There is no finish, none.
True to the vodka character, this has almost no discernible flavor. It tastes like slightly flavored water. I wouldn't say it's the worst thing I've tasted. After all, I like water, and I actually like this stuff better than most vodka, which I find tastes like rubbing alcohol smells. But it isn't whiskey by any stretch of the imagination, and I can't imagine why anyone would buy or drink such a thing unless their only goal was getting drunk in the most flavorless way possible, or perhaps if one had a palate disorder of some sort which made them averse to flavor of any sort.
The problem with Kansas Clean Distilled Spirit Whiskey...is that it isn't whiskey.
25 comments:
- Tim Read said...
So close! You said:
"I can't imagine why anyone would buy or drink such a thing unless their only goal was getting drunk in the most flavorless way possible"
The word you were looking for was tasteless. Drunk in the most tasteless way possible. ;)
- July 9, 2012 at 6:41 PM
- Macdeffe said...
This is probably just another bottling where the packaging is more important than content. The consumer is always sending a signal. In this way it fits very well into the whisky catagory :-)
- July 9, 2012 at 7:54 PM
If you haven't yet read this, you should.
- July 9, 2012 at 8:12 PM
I'm not usually one to get so worked up, but this one pissed me off so much I just e-mailed them and advised them to get the hell out of the "whiskey" making biz.
- July 9, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- Macdeffe said...
Don't blame the Kansas company, they follow the rules if they got 5% white dog in their vodka. Blame the rules....
- July 10, 2012 at 3:59 AM
- Thirsty South said...
There's another "spirit whiskey" here in Georgia that I recently reviewed. I like to think of it as a gateway whiskey for vodka drinkers: baby steps. Or, a vodka for folks who wan't something more than vodka. This one does use an interesting filtering technique that makes for a pretty dang smooth and flavorful product.
- July 10, 2012 at 5:29 AM
Dear Sku,
Thanks for sampling Kansas and sharing your thoughts with your readers.
To clear a few things up, you mentioned one of the headlines we use to describe our position. We don't have a problem with aged whiskey. We have a problem with whiskey brands who do not market to younger consumers. Whiskies of all designations are a terrific means to explore variety. The problem is that marketers are unwilling to speak to a younger audience. We're not unwilling to do that. Hence the irony of the of "The problem with whiskey is that it's aged", against the picture of a younger woman, the description of which you failed to describe in context of the line.
Kansas is a whiskey. Legally it cannot be designated as anything but a whiskey. You may or may not know that Kansas falls under the US TTB designation as a spirit whiskey. Like all blended whiskey we contain neutral grain spirit. We don't hide that fact, we say it proudly on the label.
You also may or may not be aware that many bourbons and straight whiskies distill a significant portion of their mash to a higher alcohol content to capture less flavor and more neutral, and then blend with lower alcohol content and grain, other than corn for flavor.
I don't have a problem with you not liking our whiskey. Indeed we don't expect to appeal to everyone. And frankly I don't have a problem with you taking a swipe at us, since we're equally happy to take swipes at convention. And at the entrenched culture of whiskey aficionados. But its helpful for both you and our brand to make sure your comments are in line with facts.
Paul Goldman
President, Kansas Clean Distilled Whiskey
- July 10, 2012 at 7:20 AM
- sku said...
Paul, thanks for your comments. I don't believe I've said anything that is factually inaccurate, nor have you pointed out anything in my post that is factually inaccurate so please don't scold me about making sure my comments are "in line with the facts."
I certainly understand that your whiskey is a legal spirit whiskey, which I stated in the post. I have a problem with the entire spirit whiskey category, but that's not your fault.
I would contest your contention that "many bourbons and straight whiskies distill a significant portion of their mash to a higher alcohol content to capture less flavor and more neutral, and the blend with lower alcohol content and grain, other than corn for flavor."
This is certainly true for blended whiskey of all stripes (Canadian, American, Irish, Scotch), but I'm not aware of any bourbon or straight whiskey that does this. Which bourbons or straight whiskeys would you contend do this?
The fact that I don't like your spirit whiskey should not be of concern to you. I'm old and unhip and don't frequent clubs, so I'm certainly not part of your target audience.
- July 10, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Josh Feldman said...
Paul Goldman wrote: "We have a problem with whiskey brands who do not market to younger consumers. ...The problem is that marketers are unwilling to speak to a younger audience..."
It's all about marketing - apparently. Mr. Goldman has nothing to say about your issues with the lack of flavor in his product except to point that some other distillers distill at high proof and then blend with flavoring whiskies (such as the Canadian distillers). It's not a defense. Obviously not all whisky is fully flavored.
Your point, Sku, was that you want whisky with whisky flavor. Kansas Whisky seems to be making whisky for people who don't like whisky flavor. There's nothing wrong with that. It's all just matters of taste.
But lets be clear here. The issues are about taste; not marketing and who is "speaking" to which age group. That's just PR BS.
- July 10, 2012 at 8:24 AM
- sku said...
Great point Josh. And I must say, I disagree with Thirsty South that this would somehow be a gateway whiskey for vodka drinkers. The product simply has nothing in common flavor-wise with regular whiskey. Like most vodka, it will distinguish itself based on marketing, and that's probably all.
- July 10, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Paul Goldman wrote "The problem is that marketers are unwilling to speak to a younger audience."
I think Paul is very wrong here. If you look at whiskey in a broad stroke, you see more and more attention being paid to a younger audience. Just to name a few, Tuthilltown, Dry Fly, Middle West's OYO and High West come to mind as really trying to bring a younger audience into the whiskey fold. Not to mention Suntory who turned around the Japanese whiskey market with youth oriented highball bars. I think Paul is doing a dis-service to whiskey as a whole with his explanation. At the end of the day, Kansas Clean needs to be called what it really is, whiskey flavored vodka right in line with grape, cherry, whipped cream and all the other myriad of vodka flavors out there.
- July 10, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Thirsty South said...
Sku, I totally see your point, the flavor profile is entirely different, and calling it whiskey is a stretch philosophically if not legally. It is the tiniest of baby steps possible to get someone on the road from vodka to whiskey.
- July 10, 2012 at 10:20 AM
What I never understood about this product is that among (what would appear to be) their target demographic whiskey is very popular. In Brooklyn, it seems like exactly the type of folks who Kansas' marketing photography seems to attempt to approximate go for cheap-to-mid-priced whiskey, only after craft beer, and way before vodka. Also, the hip folk are pretty into "old things," and "slow things," and things tied to history and farms and craft right now (which might help to explain in part why plain old american whiskey is doing rather well for itself commercially of late). So I can only view this campaign as reading, "Dear youths, we don't respect your intelligence, but we heard you have money and we'd really love some of that about now."
I guess what I'm saying is the marketing seems to be the dumbest part of an already pretty dumb thing.
- July 10, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Macdeffe said...
I think Kansas means that a lot of distilleries that makes straight products also produces other spirits like vodka. Straight products are never redistilled into neutral vodka like products apart from rare exotic examples like the destruction of the warehouse at Michters
- July 10, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Thirsty South said...
Also .. I should clarify - I have not tried the Kansas product, nor am I interested in doing so, but there's one called American Spirit Whiskey here in Georgia that does make a good product (whether you would consider it "whiskey" or not is the point of debate) that I'd be happy to see convert consumption away from 100% vodka into something a bit more interesting.
- July 10, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- sku said...
Macdeffe, that would be true, but that's not what he appears to be saying. He didn't say that some makers of bourbon also make blended whiskey, which is true. He says "many bourbons and straight whiskies distill a significant portion of their mash to a higher alcohol content to capture less flavor and more neutral, and then blend with lower alcohol content and grain, other than corn for flavor."
This is simply not true and seems to indicate that he doesn't know much about the industry, which I would excuse except that he accused me of not being "in line with the facts," and as my readers know, I pride myself on being very precise on factual matters and matters of law.
But what do I know, I'm just part of the "entrenched culture of whiskey aficionados" which like things like, say, flavor, silly old farts that we are.
Anon makes a good point that flavor is very hip these days, and hipsters from Portland to Brooklyn are digging rye whiskey and really flavorful whiskeys, sometimes in older styles. So the appeal here really isn't to that hipster crowd, it's more the club-kid crowd.
- July 10, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- Macdeffe said...
Hehe. I just thought the sentence didn't make any sense and lacked insight into products that takes a little more effort to produce :-)
Steffen. I am hip. very hip
- July 10, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- BMc said...
Right, Sku and Anon - other companies have figured out that younger people buy whiskey, and are marketing to them without having to create a new product. The most glaring example is Wild Turkey's "Give 'em the bird" rally call. Crass as it is, they are still marketing Wild Turkey, not exactly a compromised drink.
Oh wait, forgot about their 81 proof line...
- July 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- Adam said...
Taking "swipes" at whiskey aficionados because they don't like this product is like making fun of food critics because they don't like unflavored gelatin.
- July 10, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Although I may not like them I see plenty of commercials and print advertising for the Beam flavored bourbons that are clearly aimed at these young folks.
- July 10, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Why would you possibly go to a blog such as this to try and "set the record straight"? Do you honestly think that anyone you're targeting with this swill would begin to read, frequent these sites?
- July 10, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Sku, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
-- Homer Simpson
- July 10, 2012 at 8:48 PM
From their own website under the "cocktails" link:
"The heavy flavor of most whiskey is meant to be savored, as-is. For people who sit along by a fire on wintery nights contemplating Proust and pondering the suggestion of misty moors in their drink.
Meanwhile, most everyone else prefers the taste of vodka. Which really means they enjoy the taste of the mixers that go into it. Because unless it's flavored, vodka doesn't offer anything to a cocktail other than alcohol."
On the other hand, Kansas can be enjoyed neat or on the rocks, without all the fuss of old guy whiskies. And it can be the foundation for a surprising number of cocktails...
From the horses own mouth this product is all about marketing, and apparently bad grammar too. I've heard they have the gall to charge $30 for this stuff, which is pretty bold. If I want whiskey, I will simply buy whiskey. 750ml of Jameson, which -by the way- is a very smooth and "tame" whiskey, runs about same price. Heck, I can get a decent single malt like Auchentoshan for the same price, or Caol Ila for a little more. If I want a vodka for mixing, I'll spend $10 on Sobieski. Why should I pay more for Kansas?
- July 11, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- SteveBM said...
I think this product directly relates with your "Golden Age" post a few days prior. Just another gimmick to capitalize on the popularity surge that American whiskey is experiencing right now. That surge, by the way, has largely to do with the fact that a younger generation has embraced this category. Depression era fashion and classic cocktails are HUGE right now. Youth drives that, not "rednecks in overalls or middle-aged men in tweed flat caps".
- July 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM
Man give the guy a break. As Sku mentioned, you should have a problem with the regulations, not this guy.
And despite the fact that "that flavor is very hip these days" it still doesn't compare with the majority of what young people are drinking. Look at the rapid rise of Red Stag and Vodka sales overall to put this in perspective.
A small percentage of young people like slow and artisan.
A large percentage of young people like hip and fall prey to marketing.
Which one do you want to chase after with your product?
- July 11, 2012 at 1:46 PM


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If someone could spend a few minutes to confirm that my feature works (or doesn't..) for osx or linux, that would be nice
First,** ensure your printer is shared**;Clone, or download and copy, the files to a folder named QuickPrint in your Packages area; re-start ST, then right-click an open view and choose QuickPrint. If it doesn't print can you look in the Console (Ctrl ' (apostrophe, or possibly back-tick)) and note any error message(s) that appears there.
Thanks in anticipation. Andy.
I just tried out the QuickPrint feature in OSX 10.7.5 with Sublime Text 2.0.1, Build 2217, and it doesn't work for me.
I downloaded the zip of QuickPrint from Github, unzipped it and copied the 6 files into a folder called QuickPrint in my Sublime Text 2 packages folder. I restarted ST, and now I see a "QuickPrint" option when I right-click, but it's greyed out. No error message shows up in the console (because I can't click the greyed-out QuickPrint option). Is there anything further I can try to make it work?
Also, the command to pull up the console is ctrl+backtick `, not ctrl+apostrophe ', correct? Nothing happens when I type ctrl+apostrophe in ST.
@bbarrill Thank you very much for taking a look at this.
You can view the console from the View **menu, **Show Console. (Control apostrophe works for me on Windows, but I notice the menu command suggests Ctrl back-tick.)
IMPORTANT: Have you shared your printer..? I mentioned this in a previous post, but forgot to mention it in my most recent one, Doh!
If you can let the know the error message that appears in the console that would great (as I'm unable to test this otherwise). Andy.
I do have printer sharing turned on (although this doesn't seem to affect anything; I tried it both ways). Here's what I find when I start up ST and look at the console:
Hope this helps.
Ah, it doesn't like
If you open the QuickPrint.sublime-settings file can you uncomment/add the setting:
"comp_name": "YOURCOMPUTERNAME",
replacing it with your computer name please. You should restart ST before trying the print.
If this doesn't work you could edit the following line(s) temporarily in QuickPrint.py, as they are not needed for OSX:
COMPUTER = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_SETTINGS).get("comp_name", \
Thank you for taking the time. Andy.
I think I need to revise the code to use socket **and **socket.gethostname() to make it cross-platform (os.environ'COMPUTERNAME'] seems to depend on Windows).
import sublime, sublime_plugin
import socket, os, subprocess, tempfile, sys
COMPUTER = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_SETTINGS).get("comp_name", \
I'll update this while awaiting your response. ta, Andy.
Ok, so I opened the settings file and removed the "//" at the beginning of the line so that it is not commented out, and I changed the name "ANDYCOMPAQ" to my computer's name. Then I quit and restarted ST, but it still gave the same error message as before when it tried to load the plugin.
Then I also tried editing the two lines in quickprint.py to what you wrote. Now something different happens! ST starts without an error and appears to load the plugin successfully, but now when I try to use the QuickPrint feature, I get the following error:
I should note that probably unlike most ST users, I'm a biologist, not a computer programmer (I use ST for basic DNA sequence analysis/cleanup), so I appreciate your easy-to-follow instructions.
I have now also tried your updated version that uses the socket command. Now it loads the plugin without errors, but when I try to print, it still gives the "No such file or directory" error I posted a moment ago.
Thanks for sticking with me!
Can you add as line 131:
When you exit and try to print again, when viewing the Console it should show the name of the file it is trying to print.
It might require 'lpr' rather than 'lp', at line 132:
subprocess.call("lpr " + vw_filename)
I added the print line (keeping the indentation same as the subprocess line) and changed lp to lpr in line 132, but no change in the error message. Just for clarity, that section now looks like this:
and the error when I try to print still looks like this:
Sorry, perhaps I gave the wrong line number; the print statement should be in the second section:
elif PLATFORM == "osx":
# lp -d <queue name> <name of document>
# lp <name of document> will send to default printer(?)
if QUEUE is not False:
subprocess.call("lp -d " + QUEUE + " " + vw_filename)
subprocess.call("lp " + vw_filename)
Ok, now it puts the filename:
results.txt is the name of the file I am trying to print.
It looks okay?! Is
a valid osx path? Can you check if this file exists - I assume it should!
Otherwise, you could try adding the setting:
"queue": "yourprintername",
to the QuickPrint.sublime-settings file, so that it tries to print to the named printer (rather than a default printer).
Thanks again for persisting with me..
Yes, the file exists at that path (and I opened it and verified that it's my file). I tried adding that line to the settings file, no change. Now I really need to go start the experiment I meant to start a few hours ago. I'll check back later if you have more suggestions.
This is also an experiment
No worries, and thanks again. For* some time later*:
Did your printer name contain spaces? This may be another issue.I've updated my GitHub to use the folder /tmp/ for osx. If this doesn't work then I assume that lp (or lpr) are not configured to the default printer by default, or perhaps there is some security setting(s) preventing access to the temp folder.
I'm hoping some osx-legend might contribute to our endeavours
Added: The printer settings may need to be adjusted to accept TEXT input.Finally: If/when you get a chance can you type lp pathtosometextfile.txt in Terminal to see if it prints.
I do enjoy a good puzzle.
My printer name does not contain spaces. I've re-downloaded the updated zip from github a few minutes ago and put it on my laptop at home (OSX 10.8.2), in case there was something weird about my work computer/printer setup, but the same "No such file or directory" error also occurs on my laptop.
I'm not sure what this means: "The printer settings may need to be adjusted to accept TEXT input." I don't see any options like that in my printer settings.
I am able to successfully print the file stuff.txt by typing "lp stuff.txt" in Terminal.
I am at a loss..
Perhaps I will include an email client: it will post the file to me in an email, I'll print it out and post it to you . It means, though, there will be a slight delay between each print.
Hopefully someone else might offer suggestions
thanks again, Andy.
Could try one last time . The current version saves the text file in the current location, just adding a .txt extension. This will at least eliminate the location of the file as the cause of the problem. Andy.
Well, now it makes a different error, so that's fun... I tried it first with an unsaved file, then saved the file as stuff.txt and tried again.
I'll just use the Print to Html package instead. Opening a browser to print DNA sequences seems like overkill, but it works okay. Thanks for the good times; it's nice to do some "experiments" that don't involve pipetting clear liquids between various tiny tubes hundreds of times.