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From Dallas to Damascus: The Texas 'straight shooter' who could replace Syria's Assad
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Ghassan Hitto, speaking to reporters after his March 18 election as Syria's interim prime minister.
By Ayman Mohyeldin and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News
He is a ?straight shooter? from Texas who worked as a telecoms executive until November. But Ghassan Hitto now finds himself the presumptive caretaker-leader of Syria as world powers plot the end of Bashar Assad?s crumbling regime.
The American citizen, born in Syria, is the new prime minister of the opposition?s interim government ? the apparatus that the international community hopes will seal the end of Assad?s rule.
Friends describe Hitto, 50, as ?sincere? and ?practical,? but the charismatic technocrat will need all the charm he can muster to unify Syria?s fragmented opposition.
His rapid rise has prompted questions about how the deadly conflict should end and has cast a light on infighting, fueled by regional countries purportedly supporting certain opposition figures.
The Free Syrian Army, one of the key rebel groups fighting Assad?s forces on the ground inside Syria, responded to Hitto?s appointment in Istanbul on March 18 by refusing to recognize his authority.
?The situation there is so dire, I?m afraid for him,? said Mustafa Carroll,?who worked alongside Hitto in Texas as a volunteer at Muslim advocacy groups. ?It?s a big responsibility and it?s very complicated.?
?He?s a straight shooter, very sincere, very well-regarded and a very active community person,? said Carroll, who is director of the Houston chapter of the Council for American-Islamic Relations.
Seen as Muslim Brotherhood's pick
Hitto, a father of four, lived in the U.S. for three decades, most recently on the outskirts of Dallas working as director of operations for telecoms supplier Inovar, where co-worker?Arshad Syed remembers him as "honest" and "personable."
He left Syria in the early 1980s and received an MBA at Indiana Wesleyan University on top of a degree in computer science and mathematics from Purdue University in Indianapolis.
Strongly active in community groups, he was a member of the board of directors at the private Islamic school Bright Horizons Academy, in Garland, Texas, where his wife Suzanne still teaches English.
In November, he made the decision to get involved in the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces -- the international grouping that seeks to end Syria?s civil war on the condition that Assad is removed from power.
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?Like a lot of people living away, he just wanted to help his homeland,? said Carroll.
Hitto?s wife did not return calls, but the academy issued a statement describing him as ?a practical man with great management experience.?
It said: ?He was always open minded and open to debate. He conducted himself with the highest honesty and integrity. His talent for bringing people together for the common good will be missed in our community.?
Hitto, a respected technocrat but an inexperienced politician, won the overwhelming number of votes from those who cast a ballot -- other possible candidates that included a former Syrian regime official -- but some members of the Coalition boycotted the vote in protest at the process.
Not everyone was convinced the opposition needed an interim government, seeing it as yet another organization that could compete for control of a post-Assad Syria.
Official spokesman Walid al-Bunni walked out of the vote in protest and Moaz al-Khatib, president of the Coalition, resigned and had to be persuaded back on board just in time for the Arab Summit in Doha, which began Tuesday.
?Hitto?s whole role has been undermined from the start,? said Christopher Phillips, associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at U.K. think tank, Chatham House.
?He?s very much the Muslim Brotherhood?s man, and is seen as such. There was a lot of pressure to get an interim opposition leader in place ahead of the Doha talks, but the way in which it was done, and the choice of very much the man that Qatar and Turkey wanted, has infuriated and alienated just about every key player in the process.?
Represents 'the some of the some'
Salman Shaik, director of the Brookings Center in Doha, said many Syrians "still regard the appointment of Hitto with suspicion." Even if Assad is toppled from power, Hitto is by no means certain of the authority he needs to implement free and fair elections.
?The huge elephant in the room is that there is no guarantee that, if and when the Assad regime falls, that any of the groups fighting in Syria will gather around this official opposition,? said Phillips. ?There are huge uncertainties in all of this.?
Abdulrahman al-Rashed, commentator and general manager of the Al Arabiya news channel, wrote: ?I am confident that Mr. Hitto is a respectable person and that he cares about Syria. But during this difficult time, we want a person who represents everyone and not only some Syrians. Some members of the Syrian coalition decided to choose Hitto but the coalition itself only represents some Syrians. Therefore, Hitto represents the some of the some!?
Yasser Tabarra, the Chicago-based legal adviser to the Coalition, says the interim government will focus on managing the 60 to 70 percent of the country that is liberated and controlled by opposition rebels.
The government would coordinate local management efforts, including establishing law and order, and delivering basic goods and services, Tabarra said.
Two key stumbling blocks remain: whether the Coalition should enter into any form of negotiations with the regime while Assad is still in power, and whether Hitto, an ethnic Kurd viewed as the Muslim Brotherhood's favored candidate, can unite the ideological differences between its liberal and Islamist members.
In his task, Hitto at least has the backing of the U.S.
?This is an individual who, out of concern for the Syrian people, left a very successful life in Texas to go and work on humanitarian relief for the people of his home country,? said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland after Hitto?s election.
?We?re very hopeful that his election will foster unity and cohesion among the opposition.?
NBC News' Becky Bratu contributed to this report.
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UCLA hires Steve Alford as new basketball coach
FILE - This Feb. 23, 2013 file photo shows New Mexico head coach Steve Alford directing his team against Colorado State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Collins, Colo. UCLA has hired New Mexico's Alford as its new head basketball coach, according to reports Saturday March 30. 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
FILE - This Feb. 23, 2013 file photo shows New Mexico head coach Steve Alford directing his team against Colorado State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Collins, Colo. UCLA has hired New Mexico's Alford as its new head basketball coach, according to reports Saturday March 30. 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Steve Alford was hired as UCLA basketball coach on Saturday, spurning New Mexico days after he agreed to a new 10-year deal with the Lobos for a chance to run what he called "the premier basketball program in the country."
The Bruins are bringing in someone who shares the same Indiana roots as John Wooden, who led UCLA to a record 10 national championships, including seven in a row, before retiring in 1975. Alford learned about Wooden as a first-grader in Martinsville, Ind., where his father, Sam, coached the high school basketball team at Wooden's alma mater.
"Ever since then there was a draw to find out more about him," Alford said on a teleconference. "I know my first steps into Pauley I will really feel that."
Alford agreed to a seven-year deal worth $18.2 million, with a yearly salary of $2.6 million and a $200,000 signing bonus, according to UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero.
Alford will be introduced in Westwood on Tuesday.
"This is truly a leap of faith," he said.
Guerrero said UCLA reached out to Alford first, not knowing whether he would be interested in the Bruins. Once he confirmed he was, the details were finalized early Saturday, Guerrero said.
"It was not an easy decision because I was extremely happy," Alford said. "I was about as happy as I can be.
"When I kept thinking about things, it still came back to UCLA. You're talking about the premier basketball program in the country. To have an opportunity like this, they don't come around every day."
Guerrero said Alford is "the perfect fit for UCLA" because he connects with a new generation of players and brings an up-tempo and team-oriented style of play to Westwood.
"He's ready for this stage," Guerrero said.
Alford's deal with New Mexico, scheduled to take effect on April 1, was worth more than $20 million over 10 years.
Guerrero said Alford is responsible for a buyout of his agreement in Albuquerque, but that UCLA would work out the details. Both Alford and New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs said they didn't know how much the buyout was worth.
Alford, who is 48, succeeds Ben Howland, who was fired last weekend after 10 years and a 233-107 record that included three consecutive Final Four appearances and four Pac-12 titles. The Bruins were 25-10 this season, which ended with a 20-point loss to Minnesota in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Alford led New Mexico to a 29-6 record this season that included the Mountain West regular-season and tournament titles. But the Lobos were upset by Harvard in the second round of the NCAAs shortly after Alford's new contract had been announced.
Alford had a 155-52 record in six years at New Mexico, with the Lobos making three trips to the NCAA tournament. He was selected Mountain West coach of the year three times.
"I'm about building programs, not teams, not seasons," Alford said. "UCLA doesn't just want one winning season, UCLA wants a basketball program that is going to breed consistent excellence.
"I've always tried to do things with excellence. When you think of UCLA in every regard, you see the word excellence."
Expectations have always been high in Westwood since Wooden's era. The Bruins own a record 11 national championships, but have won just one ? in 1995 under Jim Harrick ? since Wooden retired.
"Nobody understands pressure any more than I do. I've been under pressure since I was 16," said Alford, whose high school gym in New Castle, Ind., seats 10,000 and frequently sold out when he was there. "You're not going to find anybody more competitive than I am."
Guerrero said, "He's not the kind of guy that will shy away from what UCLA basketball is all about."
The Lobos didn't just lose Alford, they also won't have his son, Bryce, on their roster next season. Alford said his highly touted son would follow him to Westwood, continuing a tradition that Alford first established when he played under his father at New Castle Chrysler High.
Krebs said it was clear when he talked to Alford on Saturday morning that his mind was made up, and although he's disappointed, he said he respected the decision.
Krebs said it was like a "bomb dropped in the room" when Alford told his players he was leaving.
"This is a very emotional time," Krebs said. "There is no good way to break the news to the young men in the program. ... There's a lot of raw emotion right now."
Alford said, "That's not easy to look those young men in the face, but I think they understand. The reason they understand is it's UCLA. If it was anywhere else, this is not a decision that would have been made."
Lobos senior center Alex Kirk said, "Nobody would say no to UCLA. That's crazy."
Guerrero had said he wanted a coach who would help boost season ticket sales. The Bruins had just a few sellouts at newly renovated Pauley Pavilion this season.
"I think the UCLA family will embrace him. I think he'll be able to hit on all cylinders," Guerrero said. "He'll be able to energize the fan base in so many ways. Look at New Mexico, they get 15,000 a game. It's madness there."
Alford is known for his up-tempo coaching style, which should suit Bruins fans turned off by Howland's grind-it-out defensive emphasis.
"We do like to score points, we like transition, we like to get up and down the floor," he said, while noting that defense wins championships. "Ultimately, it's about the product ? are they good young men of character and integrity?"
Alford called recruiting in fertile Southern California "of the utmost importance." He had players from the region on his New Mexico roster, including Kendall Williams, who became Mountain West player of the year.
"I will hit the ground running," he said, noting the respect he has for high school coaches was formed through his father.
Alford's other head coaching stints were at Iowa (2000-07), Missouri State (1996-99) and Manchester College (1992-95) in Indiana.
Alford is famous in the Hoosier state, where he starred at Indiana University from 1984-87 under coach Bob Knight. The Hoosiers won the national championship in his senior year. He also played on the gold medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team in Los Angeles as a college sophomore. Knight coached that team. Alford said he put in a call to his former coach about taking the UCLA job.
Alford was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in 1987 and played four years in the NBA before starting his head coaching career at tiny Division III Manchester.
As a high school senior, Alford averaged 37.7 points and was Indiana Mr. Basketball.
Besides Bryce, Alford and his wife, Tanya, have a son, Kory, and a daughter, Kayla.
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Associated Press Writer Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque contributed to this report.
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Exhibit of Jews in Germany raises interest, ire
BERLIN (AP) ? "Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?"
Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German life as the role of Jews. With fewer than 200,000 Jews among Germany's 82 million people, few Germans born after World War II know any Jews or much about them.
To help educate postwar generations, an exhibit at the Jewish Museum features a Jewish man or woman seated inside a glass box for two hours a day through August to answer visitors' questions about Jews and Jewish life. The base of the box asks: "Are there still Jews in Germany?"
"A lot of our visitors don't know any Jews and have questions they want to ask," museum official Tina Luedecke said. "With this exhibition we offer an opportunity for those people to know more about Jews and Jewish life."
But not everybody thinks putting a Jew on display is the best way to build understanding and mutual respect.
Since the exhibit ? "The Whole Truth, everything you wanted to know about Jews" ? opened this month, the "Jew in the Box," as it is popularly known, has drawn sharp criticism within the Jewish community ? especially in the city where the Nazis orchestrated the slaughter of 6 million Jews until Adolf Hitler's defeat in 1945.
"Why don't they give him a banana and a glass of water, turn up the heat and make the Jew feel really cozy in his glass box," prominent Berlin Jewish community figure Stephan Kramer told The Associated Press. "They actually asked me if I wanted to participate. But I told them I'm not available."
The exhibit is reminiscent of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann sitting in a glass booth at the 1961 trial in Israel which led to his execution. And it's certainly more provocative than British actress Tilda Swinton sleeping in a glass box at a recent performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Eran Levy, an Israeli who has lived in Berlin for years, was horrified by the idea of presenting a Jew as a museum piece, even if to answer Germans' questions about Jewish life.
"It's a horrible thing to do ? completely degrading and not helpful," he said. "The Jewish Museum absolutely missed the point if they wanted to do anything to improve the relations between Germans and Jews."
But several of the volunteers, including both German Jews and Israelis living in Berlin, said the experience in the box is little different from what they go through as Jews living in the country that produced the Nazis.
"With so few of us, you almost inevitably feel like an exhibition piece," volunteer Leeor Englander said. "Once you've been 'outed' as a Jew, you always have to be the expert and answer all questions regarding anything related to religion, Israel, the Holocaust and so on."
Museum curator Miriam Goldmann, who is Jewish, believes the exhibit's provocative "in your face" approach is the best way to overcome the emotional barriers and deal with a subject that remains painful for both Jews and non-Jews.
"We wanted to provoke, that's true, and some people may find the show outrageous or objectionable," Goldmann said. "But that's fine by us."
The provocative style is evident in other parts of the special exhibition, including some that openly raise many stereotypes of Jews widespread not only in Germany but elsewhere in Europe.
One includes a placard that asks "how you recognize a Jew?" It's next to an assortment of yarmulkes, black hats and women's hair covers hanging from the ceiling on thin threads. Another asks if Jews consider themselves the chosen people. It includes a poem by Jewish author Leonard Fein: "How odd of God to choose the Jews. But how on earth could we refuse?"
Yet another invites visitors to express their opinion to such questions as "are Jews particularly good looking, influential, intelligent, animal loving or business savvy?"
Despite the criticisms, the "Jew in the Box" has proven a big hit among visitors.
"I asked him about the feelings he has for his country and what he thinks about the conflict with Palestine, if he ever visited Palestine," visitor Panka Chirer-Geyer said. "I have Jewish roots and I've been to Palestine and realized how difficult it was there. I could not even mention that I have Jewish roots."
On a recent day this week, several visitors kept returning to ask questions of Ido Porat, a 33-year-old Israeli seated on a white bench with a pink cushion.
One woman wanted to know what to bring her hosts for a Shabbat dinner in Israel. Another asked why only Jewish men and not women wear yarmulkes. A third inquired about Judaism and homosexuality.
"I guess I should ask you about the relationship between Germans and Jews," visitor Diemut Poppen said to Porat. "We Germans have so many insecurities when it comes to Jews."
Viola Mohaupt-Zitfin, 53, asked if Porat felt welcome as a Jew living among Germans "considering our past and all that."
Yes, Porat said, Germany is a good place to live, even as a Jew. But the country could do even more to come to terms with its Nazi past, he added. He advised the would-be traveler that anything is permissible to bring to a Shabbat dinner as long as it's not pork.
"I feel a bit like an animal in the zoo, but in reality that's what it's like being a Jew in Germany," Porat said. "You are a very interesting object to most people here."
Dekel Peretz, one of the volunteers in the glass box, said many Germans have an image of Jews that is far removed from the reality of contemporary Jewish life.
"They associate Jews with the Holocaust and the Nazi era," he said. "Jews don't have a history before or after. In Germany, Jews have been stereotyped as victims. It is important that people here get to know Jews to see that Jews are alive and that we have individual histories. I hope that this exhibit can help."
Still, not everyone believes this is the best way to promote understanding.
Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal from the Jewish Chabad community in Berlin said Germans who are really interested in Jews and Judaism should visit the community's educational center.
"Here Jews will be happy to answer questions without sitting in a glass box," he said.
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MARC travel awards announced for EB 2013
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Bethesda, MD FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013) meeting in Boston, MA from April 20-24, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, post doctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at EB 2013.
MARC TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR EB 2013
Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 133 awards totaling $246,050.
The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2013 TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS
April 20-24, 2013 Boston, MA
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/FASEB
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS
Byron Aguilar, Florida A & M University [ASBMB member]
Elinette Albino-Rodriguez, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences [ASBMB member]
Andres Betancourt-Torres, University of California San Diego, School of Pharmacy [ASBMB member]
Tyler Burton, Eastern Kentucky University [ASBMB member]
Lindsay Celada , Tennessee State University [ASBMB member]
Joseph Chaney, Purdue University [ASBMB member]
Jerfiz Constanzo, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas [ASBMB member]
Christopher Davies, Purdue University [ASBMB member]
Tania Escobar, University of California San Diego [ASBMB member]
Marimar Hernandez, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences [ASBMB member]
Jared Lindenberger, University of Toledo [ASBMB member]
Oliver Loson, California Institute of Technology [ASBMB member]
Deneshia McIntosh, Meharry Medical College [ASBMB member]
Karissa Neira, University of Rhode Island [ASBMB member]
Winder Perez, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School [ASBMB member]
Elizabeth Ransey, Carnegie Mellon University [ASBMB member]
Kristeena Ray, Marshall University [ASBMB member]
Amilcar Rivera, University of Puerto Rico [ASBMB member]
Treniqka Walters, Meharry Medical College [ASBMB member]
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Angel Byrd, Brown University [ASIP member]
Clara Castillejo, Mercer University [ASIP member]
Evan Delgado, University of Pittsburgh [ASIP member]
Courtney Johnson, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University [ASIP member]
Lantz Mackey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [ASIP member]
Megan Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASIP member]
Shantell Phillips, Texas Southern University [ASIP member]
Cindy Thomas-Charles, Stony Brook University [ASIP member]
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Whitney Ajie, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [ASN member]
Christine Akoh, Cornell University [ASN member]
Michelle Cardel, University of Colorado Denver [ASN member]
Ailton Coleman, University of Connecticut [ASN member]
Janet Diaz Matinez, Florida International University [ASN member]
Tixieanna Dissmore, Kansas State University [ASN member]
Erica Ebanks, University of California, Davis [ASN member]
Christopher Ford, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASN member]
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski, University of Hawaii at Manoa [ASN Member]
Christine Hutchison, Iowa State University [ASN Member]
Jennifer Jones, Iowa State University [ASN Member]
Monique LeMieux, Texas Tech University [ASN Member]
Shakira Nelson, Pennsylvania State University [ASN Member]
Sarah Owusu, Pennsylvania State University [ASN Member]
Giselle Pereira Pignotti, Arizona State University [ASN Member]
Nancy Rivera, University of California, Davis [ASN Member]
Elkhansa Sidahmed, University of Michigan [ASN Member]
Fred Tabung, University of South Carolina [ASN Member]
Breanne Wright, Purdue University [ASN Member]
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics/FASEB
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS
Ekue Adamah-Biassi, University of Buffalo, SUNY [ASPET member]
Garrett Ainslie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASPET member]
Andrea Boyd Tressler, Case Western Reserve University [ASPET member]
Alex Brewer-III, Baylor College of Medicine [ASPET member]
Brittany Butler, University of Florida [ASPET member]
Lincoln Edwards, Loma Linda University [ASPET member]
Antentor Hinton, Baylor College of Medicine [ASPET member]
Erin Jackson, University of Florida [ASPET member]
Olubukola Kalejaiye, Howard University [ASPET member]
Armando Larraga, University of California, Irvine [ASPET member]
LeeCole Legette, Oregon State University [ASPET member]
Kellianne Richardson, Virginia Commonwealth University [ASPET member]
Katherine Serafine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio [ASPET member]
Edwin Squirewell, University of Iowa [ASPET member]
MaKendra Umstead, Emory University [ASPET member]
Camille Webster, Florida A & M University [ASPET member]
Shannan White, Howard University [ASPET member]
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)
Sherry Adesina, Emory University
Mustafa Al-Rubaiee, Howard University
David Anguiano, Texas State University San Marcos [ASBMB member]
Adrian Chavez, Arizona State University [ASN member]
Gina Danielson, University of Minnesota
Kwame Doh, Howard University College of Medicine [APS member]
Sarah Deemer, Colorado State University [ACSM member]
Madeline Espineira, University of Arizona [APS member]
Allyson Fukuyama, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine [APS member]
Esther Haugabrooks, Iowa State University [ASN member]
Angela Hilmers, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [ASN member]
L'Aurelle Johnson, University of Minnesota [ASPET member]
Marquita Johnson, Florida A & M University
Luis Martinez, University of Houston, [ASPET member]
Carlos Monroy, University of Iowa [ASPET member]
Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie, Oregon State University [ASN member]
Ahmed Nuhar, Medgar Evers College
Christian Ojo, Medgar Evers College
Anita Okpobirl, University of Texas at Austin [ASPET member]
Rachael Opoku, Medgar Evers College
Oluwakemi Phillips, University of South Florida
Roberto Puente, Texas State University-San Marcos
Jenaye Robinson, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Maria Serrano, Baylor College of Dentistry [AAA member]
Temitope Shoneye, Medgar Evers College
Daniel Spearman, University of Florida
Michelle Vekasy, Texas State University-San Marcos
Eric Vargas, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Robin Walker, Howard University
Clintoria Williams, Emory University [APS member]
Patricka Williams, Medgar Evers College
Bryan Williams, Wake Forest School of Medicine [APS member]
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Dr. Caroline Appleyard, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences [APS member]
Inevy Seguinot-Tarafa, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Anser Azim, Chicago State University [APS member]
Angela Hill, Chicago State University
Dr. Jerry Collins, Alabama A & M University [APS & BMES member]
DeShawn White, Alabama A & M University [BMES member]
Dr. Margaret Carroll, Medgar Evers College [ASBMB]
Fiana Bess, Medgar Evers College
Patrick Akande, Medgar Evers College
Dr. Oswald D'Auvergne, Southern University
John Douglas, Southern University
Russell Ledet, Southern University
Dr. Nadeem Fazal, Chicago State University [APS member]
Julia Sears, Chicago State University
Yaritza Lopez, Chicago State University
Dr. Georges Haddad, Howard University [APS member]
Nsini Umoh, Howard University [APS member]
Miara Jeffress, Howard University [APS member]
Dr. Thomas Landefeld, California State University Dominguez Hills [ENDO]
Cassandra Morrow, California State University Dominguez Hills
Dr. Corina Maeder, Texas State University-San Marcos [ASBMB member]
Jamie Correa, Texas State University-San Marcos
Bianca Rodriguez, Texas State University-San Marcos
Dr. Mohammad Newaz, Chicago State University [APS member]
Katarzyma Marek, Chicago State University
Alicia Nesbary, Chicago State University
Dr. Sunny Ohia, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Remmington Belford, Texas Southern University
Stanley Azubike, Texas Southern University
Dr. Catherine Opere, Creighton University [ASPET member]
Mitongu Kabasele, Texas Southern University
Dr. Adebayo Oyekan, Texas Southern University [APS member]
Ngozi Agu, Texas Southern University
Oluchi Emelogu, Texas Southern University
Dr. Maria Tejada-Simon, University of Houston [APS member]
Stacy Nguy, University of Houston
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Dr. Momoh Yakubu, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Marissa Johnson, Texas Southern University
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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Bethesda, MD FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013) meeting in Boston, MA from April 20-24, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, post doctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at EB 2013.
MARC TRAVEL AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR EB 2013
Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 133 awards totaling $246,050.
The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2013 TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS
April 20-24, 2013 Boston, MA
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/FASEB
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS
Byron Aguilar, Florida A & M University [ASBMB member]
Elinette Albino-Rodriguez, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences [ASBMB member]
Andres Betancourt-Torres, University of California San Diego, School of Pharmacy [ASBMB member]
Tyler Burton, Eastern Kentucky University [ASBMB member]
Lindsay Celada , Tennessee State University [ASBMB member]
Joseph Chaney, Purdue University [ASBMB member]
Jerfiz Constanzo, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas [ASBMB member]
Christopher Davies, Purdue University [ASBMB member]
Tania Escobar, University of California San Diego [ASBMB member]
Marimar Hernandez, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences [ASBMB member]
Jared Lindenberger, University of Toledo [ASBMB member]
Oliver Loson, California Institute of Technology [ASBMB member]
Deneshia McIntosh, Meharry Medical College [ASBMB member]
Karissa Neira, University of Rhode Island [ASBMB member]
Winder Perez, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School [ASBMB member]
Elizabeth Ransey, Carnegie Mellon University [ASBMB member]
Kristeena Ray, Marshall University [ASBMB member]
Amilcar Rivera, University of Puerto Rico [ASBMB member]
Treniqka Walters, Meharry Medical College [ASBMB member]
American Society for Investigative Pathology/FASEB
MINORITY TRAINEES
Angel Byrd, Brown University [ASIP member]
Clara Castillejo, Mercer University [ASIP member]
Evan Delgado, University of Pittsburgh [ASIP member]
Courtney Johnson, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University [ASIP member]
Lantz Mackey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [ASIP member]
Megan Meyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASIP member]
Shantell Phillips, Texas Southern University [ASIP member]
Cindy Thomas-Charles, Stony Brook University [ASIP member]
American Society for Nutrition/FASEB
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS
Whitney Ajie, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [ASN member]
Christine Akoh, Cornell University [ASN member]
Michelle Cardel, University of Colorado Denver [ASN member]
Ailton Coleman, University of Connecticut [ASN member]
Janet Diaz Matinez, Florida International University [ASN member]
Tixieanna Dissmore, Kansas State University [ASN member]
Erica Ebanks, University of California, Davis [ASN member]
Christopher Ford, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASN member]
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski, University of Hawaii at Manoa [ASN Member]
Christine Hutchison, Iowa State University [ASN Member]
Jennifer Jones, Iowa State University [ASN Member]
Monique LeMieux, Texas Tech University [ASN Member]
Shakira Nelson, Pennsylvania State University [ASN Member]
Sarah Owusu, Pennsylvania State University [ASN Member]
Giselle Pereira Pignotti, Arizona State University [ASN Member]
Nancy Rivera, University of California, Davis [ASN Member]
Elkhansa Sidahmed, University of Michigan [ASN Member]
Fred Tabung, University of South Carolina [ASN Member]
Breanne Wright, Purdue University [ASN Member]
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics/FASEB
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS
Ekue Adamah-Biassi, University of Buffalo, SUNY [ASPET member]
Garrett Ainslie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [ASPET member]
Andrea Boyd Tressler, Case Western Reserve University [ASPET member]
Alex Brewer-III, Baylor College of Medicine [ASPET member]
Brittany Butler, University of Florida [ASPET member]
Lincoln Edwards, Loma Linda University [ASPET member]
Antentor Hinton, Baylor College of Medicine [ASPET member]
Erin Jackson, University of Florida [ASPET member]
Olubukola Kalejaiye, Howard University [ASPET member]
Armando Larraga, University of California, Irvine [ASPET member]
LeeCole Legette, Oregon State University [ASPET member]
Kellianne Richardson, Virginia Commonwealth University [ASPET member]
Katherine Serafine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio [ASPET member]
Edwin Squirewell, University of Iowa [ASPET member]
MaKendra Umstead, Emory University [ASPET member]
Camille Webster, Florida A & M University [ASPET member]
Shannan White, Howard University [ASPET member]
POSTER/ORAL PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)
Sherry Adesina, Emory University
Mustafa Al-Rubaiee, Howard University
David Anguiano, Texas State University San Marcos [ASBMB member]
Adrian Chavez, Arizona State University [ASN member]
Gina Danielson, University of Minnesota
Kwame Doh, Howard University College of Medicine [APS member]
Sarah Deemer, Colorado State University [ACSM member]
Madeline Espineira, University of Arizona [APS member]
Allyson Fukuyama, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine [APS member]
Esther Haugabrooks, Iowa State University [ASN member]
Angela Hilmers, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [ASN member]
L'Aurelle Johnson, University of Minnesota [ASPET member]
Marquita Johnson, Florida A & M University
Luis Martinez, University of Houston, [ASPET member]
Carlos Monroy, University of Iowa [ASPET member]
Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie, Oregon State University [ASN member]
Ahmed Nuhar, Medgar Evers College
Christian Ojo, Medgar Evers College
Anita Okpobirl, University of Texas at Austin [ASPET member]
Rachael Opoku, Medgar Evers College
Oluwakemi Phillips, University of South Florida
Roberto Puente, Texas State University-San Marcos
Jenaye Robinson, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Maria Serrano, Baylor College of Dentistry [AAA member]
Temitope Shoneye, Medgar Evers College
Daniel Spearman, University of Florida
Michelle Vekasy, Texas State University-San Marcos
Eric Vargas, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Robin Walker, Howard University
Clintoria Williams, Emory University [APS member]
Patricka Williams, Medgar Evers College
Bryan Williams, Wake Forest School of Medicine [APS member]
FACULTY/MENTOR & STUDENTS/MENTEES (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)
Dr. Caroline Appleyard, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences [APS member]
Inevy Seguinot-Tarafa, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
Dr. Anser Azim, Chicago State University [APS member]
Angela Hill, Chicago State University
Dr. Jerry Collins, Alabama A & M University [APS & BMES member]
DeShawn White, Alabama A & M University [BMES member]
Dr. Margaret Carroll, Medgar Evers College [ASBMB]
Fiana Bess, Medgar Evers College
Patrick Akande, Medgar Evers College
Dr. Oswald D'Auvergne, Southern University
John Douglas, Southern University
Russell Ledet, Southern University
Dr. Nadeem Fazal, Chicago State University [APS member]
Julia Sears, Chicago State University
Yaritza Lopez, Chicago State University
Dr. Georges Haddad, Howard University [APS member]
Nsini Umoh, Howard University [APS member]
Miara Jeffress, Howard University [APS member]
Dr. Thomas Landefeld, California State University Dominguez Hills [ENDO]
Cassandra Morrow, California State University Dominguez Hills
Dr. Corina Maeder, Texas State University-San Marcos [ASBMB member]
Jamie Correa, Texas State University-San Marcos
Bianca Rodriguez, Texas State University-San Marcos
Dr. Mohammad Newaz, Chicago State University [APS member]
Katarzyma Marek, Chicago State University
Alicia Nesbary, Chicago State University
Dr. Sunny Ohia, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Remmington Belford, Texas Southern University
Stanley Azubike, Texas Southern University
Dr. Catherine Opere, Creighton University [ASPET member]
Mitongu Kabasele, Texas Southern University
Dr. Adebayo Oyekan, Texas Southern University [APS member]
Ngozi Agu, Texas Southern University
Oluchi Emelogu, Texas Southern University
Dr. Maria Tejada-Simon, University of Houston [APS member]
Stacy Nguy, University of Houston
Tri Le, University of Houston
Dr. Momoh Yakubu, Texas Southern University [ASPET member]
Marissa Johnson, Texas Southern University
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Friday, March 29, 2013
EPA taking aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas
FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Suzanne Meredith, of Walpole, Mass., gases up her car at a Gulf station in Brookline, Mass. Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
FILE - In this July 10, 2012 file photo, Suzanne Meredith, of Walpole, Mass., gases up her car at a Gulf station in Brookline, Mass. Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate.
An oil industry study says the proposed rule being unveiled Friday by the administration could increase gasoline prices by 6 cents to 9 cents a gallon. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates an increase of less than a penny and an additional $130 to the cost of a vehicle in 2025.
The EPA is quick to add that the change aimed at cleaning up gasoline and automobile emissions would yield billions of dollars in health benefits by 2030 by slashing smog- and soot-forming pollution. Still, the oil industry, Republicans and some Democrats have pressed the EPA to delay the rule, citing higher costs.
Environmentalists hailed the proposal as potentially the most significant in President Barack Obama's second term.
The so-called Tier 3 standards would reduce sulfur in gasoline by more than 60 percent and reduce nitrogen oxides by 80 percent, by expanding across the country a standard already in place in California. For states, the regulation would make it easier to comply with health-based standards for the main ingredient in smog and soot. For automakers, the regulation allows them to sell the same autos in all 50 states.
The Obama administration already has moved to clean up motor vehicles by adopting rules that will double fuel efficiency and putting in place the first standards to reduce the pollution from cars and trucks blamed for global warming.
"We know of no other air pollution control strategy that can achieve such substantial, cost-effective and immediate emission reductions," said Bill Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. Becker said the rule would reduce pollution equal to taking 33 million cars off the road.
But the head of American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, Charles Drevna, said in an interview Thursday that the refiners' group was still unclear on the motives behind the agency's regulation, since refining companies already have spent $10 billion to reduce sulfur by 90 percent. The additional cuts, while smaller, will cost just as much, Drevna said, and the energy needed for the additional refining actually could increase carbon pollution by 1 percent to 2 percent.
"I haven't seen an EPA rule on fuels that has come out since 1995 that hasn't said it would cost only a penny or two more," Drevna said.
A study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute estimated that lowering the sulfur in gasoline would add 6 cents to 9 cents a gallon to refiners' manufacturing costs, an increase that likely would be passed on to consumers at the pump. The EPA estimate of less than 1 cent is also an additional manufacturing cost and likely to be passed on.
A senior administration official said Thursday that only 16 of 111 refineries would need to invest in major equipment to meet the new standards, which could be final by the end of this year. Of the remaining refineries, 29 already are meeting the standards because they are selling cleaner fuel in California or other countries, and 66 would have to make modifications.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the rule was still undergoing White House budget office review.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Certain breast cancers have a trait that could be attacked by new therapies
Mar. 27, 2013 ? More than 100 women per day die from breast cancer in the United States. The odds of developing breast cancer increase for women taking hormone replacement therapy to avoid the effects of menopause. New research by University of Missouri scientist Salman Hyder may lead to treatments for breast cancers associated with taking these synthetic hormones. Hyder, along with an international team, found that hormone-therapy-related breast cancer cells have a physical feature that could be attacked by cancer therapies.
"We identified a specific cell membrane protein that blocks cell death in breast cancer cells and allows these cells to grow in response to hormone replacement therapy," said Hyder. "Others have observed an over-abundance of these proteins in a population of breast cancer cells which may explain increased risk of breast cancer in women who consume hormone replacement therapy. Therapies could be developed that would block the activity of these cell membrane proteins, which would make cancer cells more likely to die. The membrane protein is known as PGRMC1."
The proteins identified by Hyder and his colleagues were affected by progestin, one of the hormones given to women to stave off the effects of menopause. Progestin is a synthetic chemical which mimics the hormone progesterone. In hormone replacement therapy, doctors prescribe progestin along with synthetic replicas of the hormone, estrogen.
"Every progestin type that we have tested has negative effects," said Hyder. "A growing body of evidence suggests women should be wary before taking progestin. However, if women take only synthetic estrogens, such as estradiol, it leads to a higher risk of uterine cancer. Hence, the two must be taken together, but even then they seem to still increase cancer risks in post-menopausal women."
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- Hans Neubauer, Xiangyan Ruan, Helen Schneck, Harald Seeger, Michael A. Cahill, Yayun Liang, Benfor Mafuvadze, Salman M. Hyder, Tanja Fehm, Alfred O. Mueck. Overexpression of progesterone receptor membrane component 1. Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society, 2012; : 1 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182755c97
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Producers fined in 'Lone Ranger' drowning death
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Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in "The Lone Ranger."
By Natalie Finn, E! Online
A death on the set of "The Lone Ranger"?last year has led to a citation for workplace-safety violations for the Disney film's production company.
Silver Bullet Productions must pay $61,445 in fines after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) determined that the company behind the Johnny Depp-starring film allowed for a hazardous situation that resulted in the Sept. 21 drowning death of a diver who was attempting to clean a large water tank being used by the production, according to legal documents obtained by E! News.?
Johnny Depp describes falling off a horse while shooting "The Lone Ranger"
Per Cal/OSHA's records, the 48-year-old diver was using scuba equipment to enhance water clarity for filming while cleaning the 100-foot-by-80-foot-by-25-foot tank -- located on a ranch in Acton, Calif. -- with a vacuum.
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The regulatory agency states that the diver's "dive buddy" was absent for 10 minutes and, when he returned, he noticed that no bubbles were coming to the surface of the water. OSHA determined the accident was primarily caused by the diver working alone and not being given a prior medical examination to determine his fitness to dive.
Injured stuntman sues over fatal explosion on "Expendables 2" set
For not having a designated "person in charge" at the dive location, failing to ensure that all divers were properly trained in CPR and other life-saving measures, not keeping up with the divers' required regular medical examinations and violating basic operational procedures--all deemed "serious" violations -- Silver Bullet was fined $45,000.
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The company was fined another $16,445 for six general violations: not providing documentation of safety and health training for all employees, not keeping records of each dive in the tank, not keeping proper records of all equipment maintenance, not maintaining a required Illness Prevention Program for hazard training, not developing a manual for diver safety and not properly maintaining the compressor for supplying air.
-- additional reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum?
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Study: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
What does that mean for you?
It could increase premiums for at least some Americans.
If you are uninsured, or you buy your policy directly from an insurance company, you should pay attention.
But if you have an employer plan, like most workers and their families, odds are you don't have much to worry about.
The estimates from the Society of Actuaries could turn into a political headache for the Obama administration at a time when much of the country remains skeptical of the Affordable Care Act.
The administration is questioning the study, saying it doesn't give a full picture ? and costs will go down.
Actuaries are financial risk professionals who conduct long-range cost estimates for pension plans, insurance companies and government programs.
The study says claims costs will go up largely because sicker people will join the insurance pool. That's because the law forbids insurers from turning down those with pre-existing medical problems, effective Jan. 1. Everyone gets sick sooner or later, but sicker people also use more health care services.
"Claims cost is the most important driver of health care premiums," said Kristi Bohn, an actuary who worked on the study. Spending on sicker people and other high-cost groups will overwhelm an influx of younger, healthier people into the program, said the report.
The Obama administration challenged the design of the study, saying it focused only on one piece of the puzzle and ignored cost relief strategies in the law, such as tax credits to help people afford premiums and special payments to insurers who attract an outsize share of the sick.
The study also doesn't take into account the potential price-cutting effect of competition in new state insurance markets that will go live Oct. 1, administration officials said.
At a White House briefing Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said some of what passes for health insurance today is so skimpy it can't be compared to the comprehensive coverage available under the law. "Some of these folks have very high catastrophic plans that don't pay for anything unless you get hit by a bus," she said. "They're really mortgage protection, not health insurance."
Sebelius said the picture on premiums won't start coming into focus until insurers submit their bids. Those results may not be publicly known until late summer.
Another striking finding of the report was a wide disparity in cost impact among the states.
While some states will see medical claims costs per person decline, the report concluded that the overwhelming majority will see double-digit increases in their individual health insurance markets, where people purchase coverage directly from insurers.
The differences are big. By 2017, the estimated increase would be 62 percent for California, about 80 percent for Ohio, more than 20 percent for Florida and 67 percent for Maryland. Much of the reason for the higher claims costs is that sicker people are expected to join the pool, the report said.
Part of the reason for the wide disparities is that states have different populations and insurance rules. In the relatively small number of states where insurers were already restricted from charging higher rates to older, sicker people, the cost impact is less.
The report did not make similar estimates for employer plans that most workers and families rely on. That's because the primary impact of Obama's law is on people who don't have coverage through their jobs.
A prominent national expert, recently retired Medicare chief actuary Rick Foster, said the report does "a credible job" of estimating potential enrollment and costs under the law, "without trying to tilt the answers in any particular direction."
"Having said that," Foster added, "actuaries tend to be financially conservative, so the various assumptions might be more inclined to consider what might go wrong than to anticipate that everything will work beautifully." Actuaries use statistics and economic theory to make long-range cost projections for insurance and pension programs sponsored by businesses and government. The society is headquartered near Chicago.
Bohn, the actuary who worked on the study, acknowledged it did not attempt to estimate the effect of subsidies, insurer competition and other factors that could offset cost increases. She said the goal was to look at the underlying cost of medical care.
"We don't see ourselves as a political organization," Bohn added. "We are trying to figure out what the situation at hand is."
On the plus side, the report found the law will cover more than 32 million currently uninsured Americans when fully phased in. And some states ? including New York and Massachusetts ? will see double-digit declines in costs for claims in the individual market.
Uncertainty over costs has been a major issue since the law passed three years ago, and remains so just months before a big push to cover the uninsured gets rolling Oct. 1. Middle-class households will be able to purchase subsidized private insurance in new marketplaces, while low-income people will be steered to Medicaid and other safety net programs. States are free to accept or reject a Medicaid expansion also offered under the law.
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AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/study-health-law-raise-claims-cost-32-percent-070021624--finance.html
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Testimony ends in marathon NH gas additive trial
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Testimony has ended in a marathon trial over whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay the state of New Hampshire hundreds of millions of dollars to monitor and treat private wells and public drinking supplies contaminated by the gasoline additive MTBE.
Jurors in the longest-running trial in state history are set to hear final arguments on April 3.
The products liability case opened Jan. 14. The final defense witness testified Wednesday that MTBE significantly improved air quality in New Hampshire by reducing emissions.
Engineer Thomas Austin equated the benefits of MTBE use in New Hampshire in 2006 to removing 166,000 vehicles from the state's roads.
The state filed its lawsuit a decade ago against 26 oil companies and distributors. All but Exxon Mobil reached settlement agreements with the state.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/testimony-ends-marathon-nh-gas-172642769.html
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Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security
The Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security ($1,028.59 direct bundle, $779 alone) tablet joins its mainstream sibling in the quest for the perfect business Windows 8 tablet. As its name suggests, the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security adds physical security locks to the Editors' Choice-winning business tablet. The Latitude 10 series is notable as being the only tablets on the market with removable batteries and a laser-straight business focus. The Enhanced Security model joins its fraternal twin on the podium as our Editors' Choice for business tablets.
Design and Features
The Latitude 10 Enhanced Security is a very compact tablet, with a 10.1-inch IPS (In-Plane Switching) capacitive touch screen. The frame is made of magnesium alloy, but the exterior is covered in a soft-touch material. The front of the tablet is a seamless piece of Gorilla Glass. The Latitude 10 measures about 11 by 7 by 0.52 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.6 pounds with the standard battery, making it very portable. The bottom of the system has a micro-USB port which can be used to charge the unit if you don't have the supplied charger that plugs into the docking port. This makes it very handy if you forget your Dell charger at work but still have the micro-USB charger for your phone.
Around the other three sides, you'll find a full-size USB 2.0 port, an SD card reader, volume control, power button, mini-HDMI port, and a Kensington lock port. Unfortunately, the USB port isn't the speedier USB 3.0, but it will fully power external hard drives, something that can't be said about one of Dell's rivals, the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 ($729 list).
The Enhanced Security model is almost identical to the mainstream Dell Latitude 10 we looked at recently, at least from the front. From the side, you'll notice that the Enhanced model is a bit thicker at the top. The top of the tablet holds the system's added smart card and biometric fingerprint reader. The smart card lets a user present electronic credentials to your servers, network domain, and applications. The fingerprint reader is situated so that you can swipe your index finger on the reader when you're holding the tablet without moving the rest of your hand. Both are convenient, or at least as convenient as can be when you have extra layers of security due to corporate policy. The Latitude 10 Enhanced Security comes with TPM 1.2, Dell Data Protection | Access, and support for Microsoft BitLocker. Basically, the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security is ready for many government offices, health care, and academic security policies.
The IPS screen has a 450-nit rating and a 1,366-by-768 resolution. This makes it bright, but the resolution is lower than true 1080p HD. This means that the screen natively displays less pixels than the Editors' Choice for Windows 8 Slate tablets, the Microsoft Surface Pro ($999 list), which has a 1080p screen. That said, at this size, 1,366 by 768 is perfectly adequate for viewing Word, PowerPoint, and other work documents.
You can drive a 1080p external monitor using the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security 's mini-HDMI port or via the system's productivity dock. The $100 productivity dock comes with four more USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, audio, Ethernet, and power connector. The Latitude 10 supports dual-monitors, whether you connect directly or use the HDMI port in the dock. Like most Windows 8 setups, spanning and mirroring dual displays are supported. The front mounted webcam is 720p HD/2MP, and the rear camera with flash is 8MP.
The Latitude 10 Enhanced Security's screen supports 10-finger touch gestures, and you can add a $34 Wacom stylus to your purchase. The Wacom stylus supports pressure sensitivity, right click, and erase. This is similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro's stylus, and is actually better than the Lenovo Tablet 2's stylus, which lacks the eraser function. The stylus even has a pocket clip. When you bring the stylus tip near the screen, it activates the Wacom digitizer and disables the touch screen. This way it won't register your hand or palm when you try to draw on the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security's screen. It would have been nice to have a way to clip the stylus to the Latitude 10 directly, but you can use a case or your pocket to store the stylus when it's not in use.
Our review unit also came with a $50 Dell KM632 wireless keyboard and mouse combo, extra $50 power adapter, and a $55 60Whr extended battery from Dell, bringing the bundle total to $1,028.59. The external keyboard and mouse help the Latitude 10 act more like a desktop when plugged into its docking station, and we'd recommend the dock if you work from a desk for significant periods of time. Keeping an extra power adapter in your travel bag will help keep your tablet charged, as will the extended battery. This highlights one of the Latitude 10's biggest differentiators among its rivals: It uses replaceable batteries, bucking the sealed battery trend popularized by the Apple iPad and continuing through the HP Envy X2 and Acer Iconia W510-1422. As seen below, the extended battery can give you more power without the added bulk of a keyboard dock.
The Latitude 10 Enhanced Security has two storage options: 64GB and 128GB of flash storage. You can, of course, supplement this with a SD card, but you will need to choose wisely when initially equipping your tablet. When we took the Latitude 10 out of the box, Windows reported that it had 33.4 out of 51.1 GB free. This is certainly enough for a few corporate apps with some room left over for document storage, but you should consider getting the 128GB model if you need to carry lots of video files along in your journeys. That said, you can of course store your files on your company's servers. If your company is setup for remote computing, you might even be able to use an app server, forestalling the need to keep anything local on your tablet. You can get to those servers via 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi or using the HSPA+/3G WWAN radio in our review unit. 4G LTE is available as an option in place of of HSPA+ or you can buy a Wi-Fi only model, but the 4G LTE and Wi-Fi-only models will not have the GPS circuitry found in our review unit.
As befits a corporate-oriented system, the Latitiude 10 didn't come with any pre-loaded apps aside from Skype and a tile from Dell showing users how to get started with Windows 8. This helped with the Latitude 10's free space, which was a bit better than the 28GB left free on the Acer Iconia Tab W510. The Latitude 10 comes with a one-year standard warranty, which can be extended to three years with options including pro-level 24/7 support.
Performance
You wouldn't expect barn-burning multimedia benchmark results from a system with 2GB of memory and an Intel Atom Z2760 processor, but on the flip side the Atom processor is very frugal with battery consumption. The Latitude 10 scored relatively high on CineBench R11.5 (0.55 points), matching the HP Envy X2. It also had one of the better Atom-based scores on our Handbrake video encoding test (6:27). Its 1,291 point score on PCMark 7 was middling, far behind the Microsoft Surface Pro (4,768 points) and its ultrabook-class competitors. Basically, if you need a fast system, go with one of the ultrabook-class slates like the Surface Pro or Acer Iconia W700.
If you need Windows program and Windows corporate network compatibility with all-day computing, then the Latitude 10 is right up your alley. The Latitude 10 lasted 9 hours, 20 minutes on our battery rundown test using the standard slim 30WHr battery; it lasted a phenomenal 19:38 using the extended 60WHr battery. The HP Envy X2 fell far behind with and without its battery-clad keyboard dock (7:08/12:34), and the Acer Iconia W510 was a bit better alone (10:27), but was short with its keyboard battery dock (17:50). All of these Atom-powered systems lasted many hours longer than ultrabook-class tablets like the Microsoft Surface Pro (4:58) and Sony VAIO Duo 11 (3:09). The only drawbacks to the extended battery are that the battery sticks out of the back of the Latitude 10 by a few mm, and add a bit of weight (taking the weight of the system to 1.92 pounds total). That said, the Latitude 10 is still much more portable than the three-pound HP X2 and Acer W510 when you clip on their keyboard docks.
The Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security simply adds to the general effectiveness and security of the mainstream Dell Latitude 10. The smart card and fingerprint readers are there for the many companies that require an extra physical layer of security from its workers. All the other benefits still apply: portability, all day all night battery life, Windows 8 compatibility, removable batteries, and general IT-friendly features. The IT buyer in your company will be more likely to approve a secure Windows 8 and Intel-powered tablet instead of rolling out less secure Android or iOS tablets. The Dell Latitude 10 Enhanced Security shares the Editors' Choice for business Windows 8 slate tablets with its almost identical brother, the Dell Latitude 10.
BENCHMARK TEST RESULTS
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Wednesday Update for March 27, 2013 - College of Education ...
? *Announcements for the COE Wednesday Important Information newsletter can be sent to ronw@coe.ufl.edu by 2pm on the Tuesday prior; confirmation that your announcement has been received will be provided
Important Dates
Commencement Spring 2013
- PHD, EDD Degree ceremony ~ Friday, April 26, 4:00 p.m. ~ Stephen C. O?Connell Center
- Master?s/ Specialist?s Degree ceremony ~ Friday, May 3, 4:00 p.m. ~ Stephen C. O?Connell Center
- Bachelor?s Degree ceremony ~ Saturday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. ~ Stephen C. O?Connell Center
Announcements
Education Career Networking Event and Workshops ? Next Tuesday, April 2
Attention College of Education Students!? We are very excited about the forthcoming Career Networking event, April 2, 2013, co-sponsored by the College of Education (COE) and the Career Resource Center (CRC).? The networking event, titled ?Your Future:? Network with Recruiters in Education? is designed to provide YOU an opportunity to prepare for and to be involved more intimately in educational career recruitment.? We have invited School Districts, Charter Schools and Private Schools from across Florida, including School Districts from Georgia.? Please log into your Gator CareerLink account to peruse the current list of organizations attending.? Networking with Recruiters in Education will be held 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Rion Ballroom located in the UF J. Wayne Reitz Student Union.?? Please place April 2 on your calendar.
Workshops on April 1:? On the evening before the Education Career Networking event, April 1, you are invited and encouraged to attend?two workshops focused on interviewing, and job search techniques.? The workshops are scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m in the College of Education Terrace Room.
FEA at UF Meeting & ?Hands on Mathematics: Making manipulatives for your future classroom? Social - TOMORROW, 7pm in Norman Terrace Room
FEA at UF Professional Development Workshop presented by NASA?s Educator Resource Center ? Saturday, April 6th 9am-4pm in Norman Terrace Room
Florida Education Association (FEA) at UF is hosting a FREE day-long professional development workshop on Saturday, April 6th from 9am until 4pm (1-hour lunch break) in the Norman Terrace Room. The workshop will be focused on?STEM education for future elementary and secondary educators. The workshop will be led by Dr. Lester Morales, a NASA Education Specialist from the Kennedy Space Center?s Educator Resource Center. This will be an informative and hands-on workshop for UF students that expands their knowledge of STEM education and exposes them to STEM-related learning activities and resources. Students will participate in: Lunar Certification ? students will obtain NASA Lunar Rocks Certification for their classroom;Exploration Activities; Astrobiology Activities; Solar System Activities; NASA Online Simulations; Engineering Challenges and Much more! RSVP for the Event: http://feaatufworkshop.eventbrite.com. Email FEA@coe.ufl.edu if you need more information about this event.
The iPad:? innovative ways to?transform learning
Dr. Kate Kemker, Apple Development Executive and former Bureau Chief of Educational Technology at Florida DOE will be hosting a session open to all faculty and students in the Terrace Room on April 16 from 9:30 ? 11:30. ?She will be sharing ways the iPad can be used to?transform learning with innovative new tools for creating, curating,?and deploying content. If you can come, please email Debbie Butler at ?dab@coe.ufl.edu.
Internship Orientation for?Spring 2014 Interns ? Thursday, April 25, 2013
Elementary & Special Ed Students who will be doing their FULL-TIME INTERNSHIP in?Spring 2014.? The Internship Orientation is scheduled for:? Thursday,?April 25, 2013?? Norman Room 250
9:30 am ALL STUDENTS
SAGE?9th Annual Research Symposium &?Elections?-?April 18
Mark your calendars! The?Student Alliance for Graduates in Education (SAGE)?will be hosting?their 9th Annual Research Symposium on Thursday, April 18, 2013 @ 12-2 pm?in the Terrace Room.?This is a great opportunity to share what you?ve been working on and network with other graduate students and faculty. Many use this opportunity to experience presenting one?s work in a supportive atmosphere before they take it to a State or National convention.?Deadline for submitting proposal forms for a poster presentation is?April 1, 2013. Join us for conversation and lunch.?For more information or questions related to the symposium, please contact Rhonda Williams (rlwms@coe.ufl.edu).?? SAGE will also hold?elections for next year?s officers at the symposium.?These positions include:?President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. If you are interested in running for office, e-mail our current President Elyse Hambacher (elyse@ufl.edu) to enter your name on the ballot.
FREE GRE WORKSHOP from the UF Teaching Center
This workshop will take place on Monday ? Thursday, April 1-4? from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. each day.? We will cover the Verbal and Writing sections of the test? on Monday? & Wednesday, and the Math on Tuesday & Thursday.? Go to teachingcenter.ufl.edu, click on ?Current Test Review Schedule & Practice Exams? to register and learn the location.
UF Collegiate 4-H is having a Disney Ticket Raffle!
Raffle tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 for a chance to win 4 1-Day Park Hopper Passes to Walt Disney World! We are drawing in 3 short weeks! On April 12th. To purchase tickets find a Collegiate 4-H Member or email us at UFLC4H@gmail.com I have attached our event flyer too.
New Summer Course:? EDF 6938: The Culture of Childhood
Tuesday 12:30 ? 4:45 ~ Thursday 2:00 ? 4:45 ~ Summer A: May 13 ? June 30
Course Description:? This course will pose the question from a cultural perspective: What does it mean to be a child? Students will learn that childhood (from infancy to early adolescence) is not just a developmental stage phase between birth and adulthood, but that it is culturally and socially constructed across historical periods and in different world cultures.? The purpose of this course is to provide students with the analytical and critical skills to examine changing conceptions of childhood from ancient times to the modern era, and to deconstruct images of children as presented through multiple media.?? This blended course will utilize both on campus and online sessions using a mixture of lecture, class discussions, and will include direct observation of children?s behavior at Baby Gator and PK Yonge. The course will be structured around five themes common to all human cultures to illustrate the wide variation in the ways children?s behavior can be examined in relation to cultural norms and expectations. These themes are: family/community relations, education, fantasy/play, work, and sexuality.? This course is intended for graduate students enrolled in anthropology, counselor education, early childhood and elementary education, developmental psychology, family, youth and community sciences, and the health sciences. Contact: Dr. Catherine Emihovich, 352 ? 273 ? 4472, cemihovich@coe.ufl.edu
RED 6346 Seminar in Reading:?Language and Literacies Across Academic Disciplines (Fall, 2013, Thursday Periods 7-9)
This seminar is for graduate students who are interested in using evidence-based language and literacy practices to support learning and inquiry in academic subject areas. As the knowledge that students have to learn becomes more specialized and complex, the language that constructs such knowledge also becomes more technical, dense, and abstract,patterning in ways that enable content experts to engage in specialized social, semiotic, and cognitive practices. In order to effectively engage with the texts of disciplinary learning, students need to develop new reading/writing skills that are more embedded in each subject area, beyond those they have learned in the primary grades. This course illuminates some of the ways language is used in the core academic subjects of schooling and offers strategies aligned with the Common Core State Standards for helping students comprehend, compose, and critique the advanced texts of schooling.
?EDG 6017: Writing for Academic Purposes (Fall, 2013, Wednesday Periods 7-9)
This seminar is designed to enhance the capacity of doctoral students from all academic disciplines to write for academic purposes. It guides students through the entire process of academic writing that includes understanding the task at hand, planning the work, conducting library research, reading to gather information, developing audience awareness, appropriating discursive resources, working with other people?s ideas and voices, and using feedback and editing to improve writing. The course focuses on exploring the ways in which language is used as a creative resource for presenting information, structuring text, embedding perspectives, developing argument, referencing sources, and addressing audience needs in academic writing. It combines focused discussion of key features and issues of academic writing with practical applications through critical analysis of model essays as well as careful critique of students? own writing. The course also provides an insider?s perspective on writing for scholarly publications, including journal/publisher selection, manuscript review process, overcoming rejections, and other tips for getting published.
Summer Course Announcement: Rating Scale Design and Analysis in Educational Research (EDF 7435)
This class will guide students through the entire process of designing a rating scale/questionnaire, collecting pilot data, and analyzing the scale. Through applications of research design, psychometric models, scale evaluation, bias detection, factor analysis, and measurement of change over time, students will build on their knowledge of reliability and validity, specifically in reference to data collected from rating scales/questionnaires. The class will be particularly useful for graduate students interested in developing and/or using rating scales/questionnaires in their research, thesis, and/or dissertation. Prerequisites are EDF 6403 (or equivalent) and either EDF6434 or EDF6436.
March CRC Career Buzz
Check out our latest edition of the Career Buzz to learn about our events: http://careerbuzz.tumblr.com/post/44303221763/march-faculty-staff-buzz . Don?t forget that you can create your own account for Gator CareerLink to see up-to-date employer visits, who will be attending the Summer Job & Internship Fair, etc.
Edugator T-Shirts
All sizes of edugator shirts are available for a donation of $15.? Remember, you can access ECC or FEA merchandise at Production Lab hours or any ECC and FEA events.
?Events
International Children?s Book Day
April 2nd has been designated as International Children?s Book Day. As part of the celebration, internationally acclaimed author/illustrator, Peter S?s will be speaking from 7:00 ? 9:00 p.m. at the PK Yonge Performing Arts Center.? S?s is one of the most? innovative and distinguished artists at work in the field of children?s literature today. He is the winner last year of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal, and he is the first children?s book artist to receive a MacArthur ?genius? award.??? The celebration will also feature master storyteller Barry Stewart Mann performing his original stories and presenting workshops at various venues around town.? Stewart Mann is an award-winning storyteller, actor, and arts-in-the-schools educator who is based in the Atlanta area.? Stewart Mann was the resident storyteller on ?Recess!? ? the public radio program produced by UF?s Center for Children?s Literature and Culture.?? These free and open to the public events are sponsored by the University of Florida?s Center for Children?s Literature and Culture, the George A. Smathers Libraries and the Baldwin Collection of Historical Children?s Literature, The College of Education, P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School, the UF International Center, the Alachua County Library District and the Friends of the Library, the Lawrence W. Tyree Library at Santa Fe College, and St. Leo University.?? For further information about this program of events contact John Cech (jcech@ufl.edu) or Megan Leroy (megleroy@ufl.edu) at the Center for Children?s Literature and Culture, at 294 ? 2886.
Privileging Science over Humanities: How Privatization and Vocational Training in Higher Education Reinforce Social Stratification
Sheila Slaughter (University of Georgia) ~ April 2013, 6:00-7:30 pm ~ Ustler Hall Atrium (old women?s gym)
In her public lecture, Professor Sheila Slaughter will discuss the rising emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and professional fields in many public universities, and the many disparities this has created between these disciplines and the humanities. Among the disparities that will be discussed are: salaries, research funding, infrastructure, investment, course loads, and student numbers. In raising these issues, Professor Slaughter will speak to the ensuing deprofessionalization of the humanities. She will conclude by addressing how these trends may be changed.
Impact Autism is hosting a TEAxUF Conference at the University of Florida on Saturday, April 6th
The goal for this ?Technology and Education in Autism? conference is to inform and inspire, starting a conversation that will have an impact on future technology and education in autism. The audience will be able to hear from entertaining speakers who range from a teen on the autism spectrum to a neurobiologist, parent, and clinician.? Each speaker will have 15 minutes to convey information they feel passionate about with goal of informing and inspiring the future of the field. This free conference will be held at the University of Florida, Health Professions Nursing and Pharmacy (HPNP) Building (1225 Center Drive, Gainesville FL 32611) beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 6th. This is the second annual autism conference the Impact Autism has hosted at the University of Florida. For more information please email impact.autism@gmail.com?or visit?www.ImpactAutismUF.org.
Join Florida Education Association (FEA) at UF!
FEA is a College of Education student organization that thrives on integrity, respect, empowerment, and advocacy for education. The organization strives to provide members with professional development and community outreach opportunities, as well as to promote political activism and awareness.
Upcoming Events (all meetings/workshops held in Norman Terrace Room)
- Meeting & ?Hands on Mathematics: Making manipulatives for your future classroom? Social ? Thursday, March 28th at 7pm
- NASA Professional Development Workshop -?Saturday, April 6th 9am-3pm (Workshop presentation by Kennedy Space Center?s Teacher Resource Center)
- Last Meeting & ?Using Kagan Strategies & Building Classroom Community? Workshop - Thursday, April 18th?at 7pm
*Join our Facebook group:?http://www.facebook.com/groups/FEAUF/?*LIKE our Face book page:?http://www.facebook.com/FloridaEducationAssociationAtUF -? Please email FEA at UF President, Valentina Contesse, at?FEA@coe.ufl.edu?if you have any questions.
ECC Spring 2013 Schedule
All workshops will be held on Wednesdays at 7:00pm and will be held in the Terrace room. Listed below are the dates and topics for the Spring 2013 Semester:
- April 10 ? Reading Across the Common Core Curriculum
?Opportunities
Certified English & Reading Teacher
AMIkids is a non-profit dedicated to helping troubled youth develop into responsible and productive citizens.? AMIkids Gainesville is currently looking for a Certified English & Reading Teacher (Grades 6-12) to work with at risk youth at our alternative school in Micanopy.? Must possess and maintain current Teaching Certification and satisfy criminal background check.? Please email cover letter and resume to Gainesville-DE@amikids.org.
Physics position at Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Episcopal School of Jacksonville will ?be hiring a full-time physics teacher for the 2013-14 school year. ?At least?2 years of secondary science teaching experience is desired but not required. ?Please submit a resume and cover letter via email to Ms. Pat Slevin, Director of Human Resources at slevinp@esj.org.
Gainesville Job Corps Center Volunteers
The Gainesville Job Corps Center (GJCC) is seeking volunteers to prepare its students for academic excellence.??Currently, our students are struggling in reading comprehension, writing and math.??Our students are given the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) upon entry into the Job Corps program.??We require our students to have a TABE score at a minimum of 567 in reading and 566 in math. Students, who fail to make those?scores, take the TABE every thirty days until they meet the TABE requirements. ?Job Corps students? training day is from 8am until 4pm. Any time during the training day we would be able to avail our students for tutoring. We will provide all tutoring materials and support, the classroom and a roster of students in need of tutoring. Again, any assistance UF students can provide GJCC students will be welcomed and appreciated. ?We look forward to the partnership as we prepare today?s youths for the academic opportunities of the present and future.??Please contact Ms. Marlene Cook or Mrs. Barbara Walker at (352) 377-2555 ext. 410 (Cook) or ext. 391 (Walker).
Internship Opportunity with the Florida Museum? Volunteer Program
SUMMER, 2013
The Volunteer Program Intern will work under direction of the Volunteer Coordinator to train, manage, evaluate and recognize participants in the well-established and very popular junior volunteer program.? Please see attached announcement for more information.
?The Peaceful Paths Fall 2013 shelter CHILDREN?S PROGRAM Internship announcement
The Peaceful Paths Children?s Program is pleased to offer a 160 hour Fall Internship to UF students who are interested in working in a non-profit social services environment. Peaceful Paths is the local domestic violence prevention and intervention agency that serves Alachua, Bradford and Union Counties. Our agency is committed to providing services to survivors of domestic violence and their children. These services include legal advocacy, counseling, support groups, emergency food, clothing, hygiene supplies, emergency shelter and transitional housing. Interns working specifically with the child and teen program will have the opportunity to help plan and facilitate support groups and activities for children and teens that have witnessed domestic violence, learn about the effects of domestic violence on youth, and assist with gathering resources for support groups.
LeaderShape Florida 2013
LeaderShape Florida is an ethics-based leadership development experience that allows students to take their ideas and turn them into concrete goals to change and improve their communities. If you are a student leader and you want to take your skills to the next level, this is the retreat for you! It takes place May 5 ? 10 at Camp Kulaqua in High Springs, FL. For those selected, the retreat is FREE.? The priority deadline for applications is April 12. To apply visit goo.gl/yhtKo or contact Maria Mu?oz, Center for Leadership and Service at mariam@leadershipandservice.ufl.edu or 352-392-1215. For additional information see http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/leadershape.php.
Applications are DUE THIS FRIDAY to join the Center for Leadership and Service Ambassadors!
Are you looking to gain leadership experience? Are you wanting to get involved with the current leadership and service events happening on campus? Are you trying to find leadership and/or service experience for your major, minor or graduate school??? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should APPLY NOW to become and Ambassador for the University of Florida?s Center for Leadership and Service.?? We want YOU to serve as a CLS Ambassador in 2013-2014.? The Center for Leadership and Service (CLS) Ambassadors are a select group of students who are highly committed to the CLS. This group of students serves to promote the CLS and its mission on campus.? They facilitate presentations on various leadership and service topics, plan the Volunteer Organization Fairs and CLS Open House, and assist with other CLS programs and services throughout the year.? Previous experience with the CLS is not required!?? The application is available at:? http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/cls-ambassadors.php.?? Applications are due March 29th, 2013 by 4:30 p.m.?? For more information about the Ambassadors and application information, contact them at ambassadors@leadershipandservice.ufl.edu
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Archived Newsletters
If you want to read about any of the announcements, opportunities, and events posted in last week?s Wednesday Update Newsletters, or peruse previous newsletters, please visit?http://education.ufl.edu/student-services/category/student-newsletter/
Source: https://education.ufl.edu/student-services/2013/03/27/wednesday-update-for-march-27-2013/
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