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| The Biology of Global Warming (DK GreenRoots) - DAILY KOS Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:57 PM PST These were the days of 280ppm. We lived then with respect, if not even fear, for a nature wide and wonderful – never for a moment thinking we could one day be the cause of these vast and mysterious systems collapsing wholesale. But, that was then. The industrial revolution, in combination with the exponential function that has taken the human population into a steep hockey stick incline (it took from the dawn of time until the 1800s before we reached our first billion people, but we've multiplied that almost seven times in the two centuries since), has landed us in a world that looks vastly different today. Reluctantly putting visualisations aside, now as I scan the landscapes in front of me, it's mostly just cities, tarmac and a massively inefficient waste-of-space large-scale industrial monocrop agriculture. Cycles of precipitation and transpiration have been interrupted as we've cut down forests, ploughed the land, and almost universally determined to pipe precious rainwater directly to the ocean. Water tables worldwide are falling and many rivers no longer reach the sea while often the land is parched, eroded and turning to desert. And, oh, all that carbon! Razing forests and churning soils has been a mass eviction of CO2 into our atmosphere. For the last fifty years – the period we call the 'Green Revolution' – we've been hastening this process further through additions of soluble nitrogen which results in nitrous oxide emissions (almost 300x more powerful a greenhouse gas than CO2) and which is now also seen to have even further detrimental effects on remaining forests. Our before-abundant oceans – the massive heat and CO2 buffering mechanism we're blessed with – are now taking in far too much CO2, changing seawater's pH to the point where it's interfering with basic processes for crucial members of the food chain: coral, molluscs and plankton. Over the last few years I've spent considerable time examining these issues. The more I dug into it, the more depressing it got – not only because it's looking increasingly like we've already passed the dangerous threshold (see also) that risks systemic environmental meltdown, but also because popular understanding of the problem is so linear in view. The chain reaction of the almost global recession of glaciers and the melting of the greenland, arctic and antarctic ice sheets and permafrost are the result of greenhouse gas concentrations from the 1980s, with a lot more damage yet to occur from today's greater concentrations (see here for a summary of today's noted changes), and yet mitigation has been almost entirely focussed on reducing fossil fuel consumption, only. Being a little 'less bad' does not a positive make. We can't just reduce our emissions, we actually need to be sequestering GHGs out of the air – now! While reducing fossil fuel consumption is imperative, highlighting this alone sidelines the far more holistic course of also reinstating our soils as the massive carbon sink they once were. Increasing soil carbon not only has significant potential to ameliorate the climate change problem, but in doing so we increase soil fertility, improve soil structure (critical for water- and oxygen-holding capacity) and productivity whilst decreasing plant disease and insect attack (think improved nutrition and less chemicals). And, significantly, if we were to take these things a little further, developing biodiverse food forests to relocalise food production, we can also increase heat reflecting cloud cover whilst repairing/reinstating the hydrological cycle that supports all life on earth. In other words – the focus of governments has only been on reducing emissions and the focus of trigger happy geo-engineering advocates has only been on 'adjusting' the world to accommodate our lifestyles, whilst little thought has been given to restoring natural biological mechanisms that would do most of the work for us, better, and for free. Like many aspects of modern civilisation, we find ourselves yet again dealing with symptoms and not root causes. It's with these thoughts in mind that I introduce you to The Biology of Global Warming (182kb 8-page PDF), which was originally published as pages 7-14 of the Dec 2006 – Jan 2007 edition of Nature and Society, the bi-monthly journal of the Nature and Society Forum. The key point of the document is to ask the question why CO2 emissions were already rising before we really made much, or any, headway into mining for coal and drilling for oil. The answer is obvious:
To acknowledge these simple facts is to get us halfway to working on actual solutions. Harness biology and natural symbiotic relationships, I say, because through imitating natural systems in our food production we can initiate a 'geo-engineering' program that comes without side effects or risks and that holds significant promise of providing for human need in a manner that doesn't put our race at odds with every other organism within the biosphere.
Postscript: Although perhaps controversial, I also personally believe that in such efforts we'll need to quit our narrow views on maintaining only native flora, and work towards building food-providing ecosystems everywhere – systems that mimic natural forests in function but that utilise productive edible plants and trees alongside non-invasive support species. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| FMU awards 276 degrees during graduation ceremony - SCNow Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:06 AM PST Two-hundred-and-seventy six degrees were awarded during commencement exercises at Francis Marion University on Saturday. These included 222 undergraduate degrees and 54 graduate degrees awarded by Francis Marion. Two FMU students completed degree requirements with a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or higher and received their degrees summa cum laude (with highest honors). They were Bastian K. Czwalinna of Germany and Jennifer Deniese Wilkes of Florence. Receiving degrees magna cum laude (with high honor) were six students who completed degree requirements with a cumulative grade point average between 3.75 and 3.89. They were Robert E. Clemons III, David Brian Kennedy, Brittany Regina Miles and Jerry Leroy Phillips III all of Florence; Heather Grant Richardson of Mullins; and Jessie Welch of Gable. Nine students completed degree requirements with a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.74 and received their degrees cum laude (with honor). They were Lauren Marie Cox of Moncks Corner; Tara Celeste Eaddy of Nesmith; Matthew Carlisle Kimrey of Pageland; Katie Marie Mathews, Meagan Victoria Reese, and JooWon Yoon all of Florence; Jennifer Leigh Powers of Hamer; Stephanie Hobbs Powers of Nichols; and Hope Jordana Wilson of Lake City. Honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees were conferred upon S.C. Rep. James Alfred Battle Jr. of Nichols, the former head of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Mary Alice Burgan of Washington, D.C., and businessman and public servant Robert Weston Patterson of Florence. Burgan delivered the commencement address. A native of Charleston, W.Va., Burgan recently retired from her post as general secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the leading national association of higher education faculty. Prior to her 10 years as head of the AAUP, Burgan was a professor of English, chair of the English department, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the University Faculty Council at Indiana University for nearly 30 years. Burgan received a bachelor's degree from Seton Hill College in Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude. She completed her graduate education at the University of Illinois, Urbana, where she earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. Burgan's scholarly writing encompasses broad areas, including nineteenth-century English and American literature, children's literature, women in literature, and nineteenth-century social history. Her book, Illness, Gender, and Writing: The Case of Katherine Mansfield, was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the fall of 1994. She has served on the editorial board of Victorian Studies, and as a referee for numerous university presses and prestigious journals. Burgan was a member of the faculty of the Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts for seven years, was twice elected to the delegate assembly of the Modern Language Association, sat on the executive committee of the Association of Departments of English, and served a one-year term as a member of the board of directors of the American Council on Education. Her awards include a Danforth Associateship, Indiana University's Distinguished Service Award, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Marquette University. She and her husband William have two children: Margaret Ash of California and Harry Burgan of Illinois. Battle, a merchant and farmer, was born in Mullins. He represents the 57th District in the S.C. Legislature, which is comprised of Marion County. He received his bachelor's degree from The Citadel and an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina. As a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, he serves on the Ways and Means Committee. He has also served on the House Education Funding Act Study Committee and the S.C. Workforce and Affordable Housing Caucus. At FMU, Battle has served on the School of Business Advisory Board, helping to refine the curriculum and prepare students to meet the challenges of a changing workplace. His accomplishments have been recognized by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the S.C. Association of School Administration, the Marion County Sheriff's Department, the Mullins Activation Committee, and the S.C. Chamber of Commerce. Battle also served as a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He and his wife Katherine have one child, Elizabeth. Patterson is a native of Columbia. While attending Clemson University, he was called to serve in the Army during the Second World War. He was a crewmember aboard a B-24 Liberator in the Pacific theater. Since living in Florence, Patterson has served 16 years on Florence City Council, as chair of the City-County Airport Commission and vice president of the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the Florence Housing Authority. Patterson founded the Florence Speech and Hearing Clinic and served as founding director of the Florence United Way, director of the South Carolina Easter Seal Society and chair of the Florence County Disabilities Foundation. He also served as director of the Francis Marion University Foundation. He and his wife Emily have four children: Harry, Pat, Allie and Emily, all of Florence. Richard N. Chapman, provost at FMU, presided at the commencement ceremony. Luther F. Carter, president of FMU, gave the official welcome and conferred the degrees. Pamela A. Rooks, director of the FMU Honors Program and professor of English, presented an honor cord to Bastian K. Czwalinna of Germany and JooWon Yoon of Florence. Honor cords are presented to graduates who compile a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for all academic work and for a minimum of 21 hours in Honors courses. W.C. Stanton, a member of the FMU Board of Trustees, presented diplomas to graduate students, while Gail Ness Richardson, also a member of the FMU Board of Trustees, presented diplomas to undergraduate students.
OUT-OF-STATE graduates: CONNECTICUT: Peter Gregg McGibney, Westport, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management. FLORIDA: Stanley Van Jones Jr., Miami, Bachelor of General Studies. GEORGIA: Tamela Lynne Bell, Covington, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Casey Hamer Pierce, Hahira, Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts. MASSACHUSETTS: Kathryn Lee Ann Campbell, South Hamilton, Bachelor of Science, Psychology. NEVADA: Houston Ray Power, Las Vegas, Bachelor of Science, Biology. NEW YORK: Daniel Kenneth Brann, Brewerton, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems. NORTH CAROLINA: Jennifer Brooke Dyer, Wake Forest, Bachelor of Arts, Modern Language-Spanish; Kevina Denise Ransom, Roanoke Rapids, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Patricia Susan Stelacone, Waxhaw, Master of Education. PENNSYLVANIA: Jared Tod Barkdoll, Greencastle, Bachelor of Science, Sociology. INTERNATIONAL: Stevie Elizabeth Arrand, London, Ontario, Canada, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Keith Declan Crowley, Cork, Ireland, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Bastian K. Czwalinna, Erlangen, Germany, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude. with University Honors; Valeska Jessica Anja Ibscher, Feucht, Germany, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Andrew Peter Pitcher, Co. Dublin, Ireland, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Economics. SOUTH CAROLINA GRADUATES (BY COUNTY): Anderson: Courtney Nicole Holden, Anderson, Bachelor of Science, Art Education. Barnwell: Erika Shana Wiggins, Barnwell, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration. Beaufort: Courtney Aurelia Preer, St. Helena Island, Bachelor of Science, Psychology. Berkeley: Lauren Marie Cox, Moncks Corner, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration, Cum Laude; Shakoya Inetha Paulin, St. Stephen, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Mathematics; Andrea Lashay Singleton, Moncks Corner, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting. Charleston: Courtney Elizabeth Duncan, Yonges Island, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication; Rosalinde Michelle Joyner, Summerville, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Alaina Virginia Lowery, North Charleston, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Fredrick Ulysees Patterson, Charleston, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Asha Kanika Pinckney, Awendaw, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Damara Renee Walker, North Charleston, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Tierra Nacole Williams, Charleston, Bachelor of Science, Biology. Chesterfield: India Floyd Aycock, Patrick, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; Amy Lynn Catoe, Chesterfield, Master of Education; Crystal Burr Hewett, Cheraw, Master of Education; Rose L. Jenkins, Pageland, Master of Education; Kelly Mangum Kirby, Jefferson, Master of Education; Cammie Faith Locklear, Chesterfield, Master of Education; Lela Elizabeth Moss, Chesterfield, Master of Education; Catherine Marie Phillips, Mt. Croghan, Master of Education. Clarendon: Tiffany Nicole Bennett, Turbeville, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Kristie Leigh Gamble, Manning, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Dena Elizabeth Evans Mims, New Zion, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Jessie Welch, Gable, Bachelor of Science, Art Education, Magna Cum Laude. Colleton: Stephanie Lee Regalado, Ruffin, Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Darlington: Tiffany Patrice Allen, Lamar, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Summer Nicole Anderson, Darlington, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Sarah Elizabeth Odom Andrews, Hartsville, Master of Arts in Teaching; W. Alex Brown II, Hartsville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Shawntell Taurice Bull, Darlington, Master of Education; John Corey Byrd, Hartsville, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Kathryn Elizabeth Dove, Darlington, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Felicia Whitney James, Darlington, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Jessica Mauron Joint, Darlington, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Biology; Ian Palmer Jones, Darlington, Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Kathryn Nicole Jones, Hartsville, Bachelor of Arts, English-Professional Writing; Kenyetta LaShae McDonald, Hartsville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Management; James E. McElveen II, Hartsville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Angela Renee Page, Darlington, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Shalondrice Michelle Ward, Lamar, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Jessica Virginia Ware, Lamar, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Otto Wingate III, Darlington, Bachelor of Science, Political Science.
Dillon: Kimberly Johnson Arnette, Dillon, Master of Education; Amanda Ruth Bryant, Latta, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Sarah Jane Calhoun, Hamer, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Sandra Bethea Callahan, Hamer, Master of Education; Krystle Nicole Daniel, Dillon, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Tiffany Denise Gerald, Lake View, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Levander Keon Graves, Dillon, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Heather Michele Gray, Lake View, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Kadeidra Chantell Grice, Little Rock, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance; Alison Rebecca Hardy, Dillon, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Stephanie Lynne Johnson, Latta, Master of Education; Brandon Ray Lane, Latta, Bachelor of Science, History, Political Science; Jerri Stewart Lewis, Dillon, Master of Education; Robin Layne Morris, Dillon, Master of Education; Jessica Lynn Page, Dillon, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Jerry Leroy Phillips III, Latta, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude; Stephanie Turner Philpot, Latta, Master of Education; Jennifer Leigh Powers, Hamer, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Cum Laude; Sherie Richardson Sawyer, Latta, Master of Education; Teresa Gale Stephens, Dillon, Master of Education; Shirley Elizabeth Webster, Latta, Master of Education.
Dorchester: Shannah Argeria Burden, Dorchester, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication; David William Metts, St. George, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication; Victoria Anastasia Quinlan, North Charleston, Bachelor of Arts, Biology; Kashayla Simmons, Ridgeville, Bachelor of Arts, Modern Language-Spanish; Charity Adelle Simpson, Summerville, Bachelor of Science, Biology.
Edgefield: Shakeena D. Brown, Trenton, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing.
Fairfield: Aleeya Jichole Johnson, Blair, Bachelor of Science, Biology.
Florence: Robin B. Anderson, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Basil Wayne Atwood III, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Lauren Annette Bailey, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Valorie Wainscott Barrett, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Courtney Lowery Belcher, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Whitney Elizabeth Bell, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; Robert Lee Berger, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Somer Annelle Bigham, Florence, Master of Education; Magan Alicia Bishop, Johnsonville, Master of Education; Sean Michael Blair, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Brandon Logan Blankenship, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics; Lauren Elizabeth Brown, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Natalie Fidler Brown, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Pierre Antwan Brown, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Hope Smith Carroway, Florence, Master of Arts in Teaching; Ronald Davis Carter Jr., Florence, Master of Business Administration; Robert E. Clemons III, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude; Arron Edward Compton, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, English-Liberal Arts; Melissa Cooper, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, English-Liberal Arts; Nancy Devon Coward, Scranton, Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts; Jeremy Knox Crooks, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts; Curtis Ashby Derrick, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Kathleen Joy Schut Docherty, Florence, Master of Education; Crystal Lee Edwards, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Elizabeth Matthews Epps, Lake City, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Kimberly Church Evans, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting-Second Degree; Devin Rochelle Fedorchuk, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Mellissa Melvyn Fernandes, Florence, Master of Science; Heather Marie Frick, Coward, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Sarah Margaret Pridgen Gause, Florence, Master of Education; Hilary R. Greenwell, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts; Jason C. Greer, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Chemistry; Kerry Shea Hagerich, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Lindsay Rochelle Hartnett, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Jocerlyn Kinyatta Hickson, Florence, Master of Education; Olga Michelle Irizamy, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Arthenius Shaquanna Jackson, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication; Latoyha Tamara Jackson, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Marvin Anthony James, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Winston Scott James, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology; Bonita D. Johnson, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; David Brian Kennedy, Florence, Bachelor of Science, History, Magna Cum Laude; Stephen Allen Kirby, Effingham, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Sekechia Tanyell Lewis, Effingham, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; April Shawn Lockamy, Lake City, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Gary Deaton Mahaffey III, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics; Pauline Marie Martineau, Florence, Master of Education; Kelly Jordan Mason, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Modern Language-Spanish; Russell David Mathewes, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Katie Marie Mathews, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Cum Laude; Jeffrey Wayne Matthews, Scranton, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Jordan Rhodes Matthews, Scranton, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Nita Sheree Matthews, Lake City, Bachelor of General Studies; Anthony Lawrence McCants II, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Charles Andre McElveen, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Cassandra Sharrel McQueen, Effingham, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Charles Aimar McQueeney Jr., Florence, Bachelor of Science, History; Brittany Regina Miles, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, Magna Cum Laude; Valerie L. Myers, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Matthew Hogan Owens, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, History; Manishaben Tarun Patel, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Christy Pee, Effingham, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Brenda Kay Perry, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; LaDonna Brooks Pipkins, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Forrest Elliot Poston, Pamplico, Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Jane Kathryn Quick, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Danagene Yanity Razick, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Modern Language-Spanish; Meagan Victoria Reese, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Cum Laude; Rima Vera Saleeby, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts; Andrew Christopher Sarvis, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Marcus Lee Simmons, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Daniel McKay Sims, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Physics; Mollie Nicole Soto, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Modern Language-Spanish; Artelia Winter-Rene Spears, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Jennifer Stokes Spell, Florence, Master of Science; Dusty Daniel Springs, Timmonsville, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering Technology; Michelle Layne Springs, Lake City, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Stacy Louise Stafford, Effingham, Master of Education; Andrew Russel Stout, Florence, Master of Education; Elneicia Shandrea Stuckey, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Linda McDonald Sullen, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Teresa Jones-Johnson Tedder, Pamplico, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Kendre' Monique Thomas-Williamson, Florence, Master of Education; Meredith LaShawn Townsend, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Lindsay Elisabeth Vandegrift, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Richard Blake Weaver, Timmonsville, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; Dale Thomas Wiersema, Florence, Master of Business Administration; Jennifer Deniese Wilkes, Florence, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication, Summa Cum Laude; Monyer Nicole Williams, Florence, Master of Education; Randolph Edens Willis, Johnsonville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance; Bryan Edward Wilson, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Hope Jordana Wilson, Lake City, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Cum Laude; Brenda L. Woods, Lake City, Master of Education; Leigh Ann Woods, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Christie Blair Woolwine, Florence, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education; Dorothy Yarborough, Florence, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; JooWon Yoon, Florence, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing, Cum Laude, with University Honors.
Georgetown: Latasia Nicole Belin, Georgetown, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Victoria Morgan Butler, Georgetown, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; Evan Darell Gilliard, Georgetown, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems; Derek Alan Lee, Pawleys Island, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Shabranda Nelson, Georgetown, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Annette Cynthia Williams, Georgetown, Bachelor of Science, Sociology.
Greenville: William Edward Hunt, Greer, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing.
Hampton: Sharee Antoinette White, Estill, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management.
Horry: Ashley Michelle Alford, Conway, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Michael Albert Berg, Myrtle Beach, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; Rachel Pate Buckley, Conway, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Dana Lynn Christmas, Galivants Ferry, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Genee Ying-Pin Chuton, Conway, Bachelor of Arts, Sociology; Shamira Ronique Crawford, Little River, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance; Cheynequa Rhozene McCray, Longs, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Ashley E. Miles, Gallivants Ferry, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Jacqueline M. Snook, Conway, Bachelor of Arts, English-Professional Writing; Amelia Dewine Woods, Conway, Bachelor of Science, History; Whitnie Nicole Zacharias, Conway, Bachelor of Science, Sociology.
Kershaw: Wilson Blake Branham, Camden, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, Marketing; Nicole Renee Ingram, Lugoff, Master of Education; Catelin Margaret Jones, Camden, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science; Cherie Edge Nobrega, Lugoff, Master of Education; Caroline Marie Parks, Camden, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Morgan Michelle Sanders, Lugoff, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Dave Stanek, Camden, Master of Education; Brittany Nicole Suggs, Elgin, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Clarissa Yvonne Williams, Camden, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management.
Lee: Chad Edward Atkinson, Lynchburg, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration; Quentin Elliot Caesar, Bishopville, Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts; Erika Guevara, Lynchburg, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing; Elandres Lakiel Jenkins, Bishopville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Economics; Vernovia Richardson, Bishopville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Economics; Amanda Shernice Slater, Bishopville, Bachelor of Arts, English-Liberal Arts.
Lexington: Margaret Ruth Lansburg, Lexington, Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication; David Spencer Myers, Irmo, Bachelor of Science, Physics.
Marion: Katie Amanda Brown, Marion, Master of Education; Leeann Sheree Brown, Marion, Bachelor of Arts, English-Liberal Arts; Sherita Monique Crawford, Marion, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Bettie Joe Evans, Marion, Bachelor of Arts, Sociology; Jeffery A. Graham, Marion, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems; Mary Elizabeth Hardwick, Mullins, Master of Science; Jessica Elaine Howard, Mullins, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; Charles Wesley Jones, Marion, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance; Douglas Wesley McColl, Mullins, Bachelor of Arts, History; Stephanie Hobbs Powers, Nichols, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education, Cum Laude; Heather Grant Richardson, Mullins, Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education, Magna Cum Laude; Ross Davin Wise, Marion, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Marlboro: Casey Elizabeth Blackmon, Blenheim, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Michael Joseph Burkmier, McColl, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics; Mary Ellen Gliarmis, Bennettsville, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Melani Ellerbe Green, Bennettsville, Master of Science; Matthew Carlisle Kimrey, Wallace, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management, Cum Laude; DeVonta' Maurice Parker, Bennettsville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting; Amy Nicole Parks, Bennettsville, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Maggie Sha'viel Purvis, Bennettsville, Bachelor of Arts, English-Liberal Arts; Robin Denese Sally, Bennettsville, Master of Education; Shakeyia M. Spears, Bennettsville, Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing.
Orangeburg: Krystal Nicole Shuler, Bowman, Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Richland: Amanda L. Arflin, Columbia, Master of Education; LaToya Betty Bronson, Columbia, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Christin Rutledge Chapman, Hopkins, Bachelor of Business Administration, Management; Vanessa Latonya Green, Columbia, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Aaron Rashaad Hall, Columbia, Bachelor of Arts, Modern Language-Spanish; Erica Latriese James, Columbia, Master of Science; William Donald McElveen, Eastover, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Nikita Denise McGuire, Columbia, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Rocquel Jannee Rakes, Columbia, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Carmelita J'Avette Redmond, Columbia, Master of Education.
Saluda: Cameron Rickenbaker Hipp, Saluda, Master of Science.
Sumter: Zan Wilson Boykin, Sumter, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Darien Terrell Brown, Sumter, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance; Andrew Dennis, Rembert, Bachelor of Science, Sociology; Corey Jason Ellison, Sumter, Master of Science; Leslie Windham Lloyd, Sumter, Bachelor of Science, History; Ryan Nicole Prescott, Sumter, Master of Education; Gina Louise Thornton, Sumter, Master of Arts in Teaching.
Williamsburg: Trina LaTonya Bull, Kingstree, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Tyjuan Chantez Cochran, Hemingway, Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Tara Celeste Eaddy, Nesmith, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Cum Laude; Chasity Garman, Hemingway, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Jennifer Marie Huggins, Hemingway, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Clifford Brian Tyler, Hemingway, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Krysten Marie Whetsell, Kingstree, Bachelor of Science, Political Science; Marlaina Lynette Wilkerson, Kingstree, Bachelor of Science, Biology; Mary Amanda Wrenn, Greeleyville, Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business Administration.
York: LaSheeka Vitrice Hinton, Rock Hill, Bachelor of Science, Early Childhood Education; Tonya Danielle Lawrence, Clover, Bachelor of Science, Psychology; Kristy Marie Leland, York, Bachelor of Science, Biology; DeAndrea LaToya McMullen, Rock Hill, Bachelor of Science, Sociology.
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| Fate Therapeutics' iPSC Technology Awarded Top Industry Honors for ... - Biloxi Sun Herald Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:03 AM PST '+'>'); } --> SAN DIEGO, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Company's iPSC technology platform, developed with Sheng Ding, Ph.D., has been honored as the Top Innovation of 2009 by The Scientist and has received the 2009 North American Technology Innovation Award from Frost & Sullivan. These notable awards recognize Fate Therapeutics for advancing minimally invasive techniques for the reprogramming and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), including the protein-induced reprogramming technologies pioneered by Dr. Ding, associate professor at The Scripps Research Institute and a scientific founder of Fate Therapeutics. Earlier this year, under a research collaboration with Fate Therapeutics and The Scripps Research Institute, Dr. Ding and his team of scientists became the first group to accomplish the extraordinary feat of iPSC generation without genetic manipulation. "We are honored to receive these recognitions of achievement and thankful for the contributions of our Scientific Founders," said Paul Grayson, president and CEO of Fate Therapeutics. "By building on their pioneering research, we are striving to create an industry admired stem cell biology drug discovery engine for the identification and development of small molecules and biologics to modulate cell fate for therapeutic benefit." Fate Therapeutics utilizes the most advanced reprogramming and differentiation technologies for generating cell types of interest to elucidate disease biology and identify targets for therapeutic intervention. The Company's protein-based reprogramming platform in combination with its novel small molecule conditions offers a highly efficient, non-viral, non-DNA based method to recapitulate human physiology for commercial scale drug discovery and therapeutic use. The Company has exclusively in-licensed from The Scripps Research Institute and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research an intellectual property portfolio related to iPSC technology, including filings that date back to November 2003. This portfolio includes the latest techniques published by Dr. Sheng Ding in October 2009, which use three small molecules to generate iPSCs in a manner that is 200 times more efficient than and twice as fast as conventional methods for reprogramming adult human cells. "Without using dangerous genetic manipulations associated with other methods of reprogramming, Fate Therapeutics has created a powerful platform for safer, more efficient reprogramming of human somatic cells," said Sandhya Kamath, senior research analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Its protein-only approach to iPSC generation represents a true paradigm shift in reprogramming technology. By maintaining genetic fidelity, biologically-relevant model systems may be created to better understand diseases and to elucidate molecular targets for drug discovery." Showing: Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Early ag lands identified - Honolulu Star-Bulletin Posted: 21 Dec 2009 03:23 AM PST Combining technology and traditional archaeology, scientists have identified thousands of acres of land farmed by early Hawaiians. The findings also have implications for crop self-sufficiency in Hawaii -- that is, the possibility of ending the need for agricultural imports. "At the peak of Hawaiian population, there were perhaps a million people," said Samuel M. Gon III, ecologist, cultural adviser and senior scientist with The Nature Conservancy. "It takes thousands and thousands of acres to feed all those people. Where was all that farmland?" He said scientists began collaborating to find the answer to that question and the findings have broad implications for anthropology and conservation biology. Early Hawaiian language newspapers referred to agricultural systems that aren't known today, either because they were abandoned, destroyed by sugar and pineapple cultivation or "they're in places where no one has looked," the researchers said. They compared results of the computer models with what was known from more than 100 years of archaeological research to learn what has been lost. The computerized model indicated a massive part of Kau on Hawaii island was suited for Hawaiian dryland agriculture -- thousands of acres above the South Point wind generator farm and below Mamalahoa Highway, according to the Conservancy news release. Researchers expanded a project that began in the Kohala region to the entire Island chain, using so-called Geographic Information Systems modeling to see where early Hawaiians did dryland and wetland agriculture. The technology could be used to determine the best habitats to grow rare plants, Gon said. The findings also suggest "we can wean our reliance on food from the outside world," he said. A vast dryland farming system that grew sweet potatoes had already been discovered in the Kohala project with two former Honolulu residents as principal investigators: Peter Vitousek, a Stanford University ecologist, and Patrick Kirch of the University of California at Berkeley. Also participating was Thegn N. Ladefoged of New Zealand's University of Auckland. The three joined with Gon, soil scientist Oliver A. Chadwick of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and environmental scientist Anthony S. Hartshorn of Arizona State's School of Earth and Space Exploration to apply GIS modeling across the state. Their work is described in the Conservancy news release and in a paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science entitled "Opportunities and constraints for intensive agriculture in the Hawaiian archipelago prior to European contact." "We went to Google Earth to take a look," said Vitousek, who is familiar with the network of earthen and stone walls in Hawaiian dryland agriculture. He recognized the images on the screen. "There it was! You could see the walls. They're unbelievable," he said. What was surprising in the GIS modeling, Gon said in an interview, was the coupling of taro or kalo with landscape flat enough and wet enough for its biology. "The match between where kalo can grow and was grown was remarkable," he said. "Wow! Everywhere it could be grown pretty much it was being grown." Kirch, an anthropologist who has done extensive research throughout Hawaii, said he was "blown away" by the huge extent of wet taro lands, especially on Kauai. "I really didn't have a clue it was so extensive. ... It was an incredible breadbasket of wet taro lands," he said in an interview. The researchers said they were shocked at the extent of dry and wetland agriculture and the distribution, with dryland farming mostly on the younger islands of Maui and the Big Island and wetland agriculture on the older islands of Oahu and Kauai. "People think the islands are the same -- that Hawaiians grew taro and sweet potatoes -- but they really are different up and down the archipelago," Kirch said. "This has all kinds of implications, not just for the economic system in ancient Hawaii but the political system as well," he said, pointing out that dryland systems, subject to drought and harsh conditions, wouldn't be as productive as wet taro lands. "I can see why (Maui chief) Kahekili and (Hawaii chief) Kamehameha wanted to conquer Oahu and Kauai to get rich taro lands. It's real interesting when you look at what was going on politically at the time of contact."
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| IKK may act as both inhibitor and promoter of Huntington's disease - Genetic Engineering News Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:15 AM PST Dec 21 2009, 9:20 AM EST IKK may act as both inhibitor and promoter of Huntington's diseaseEUREKALERT Contact: Rita Sullivannews@rupress.org 212-327-8603 Rockefeller University Press The kinase IKK phosphorylates the protein mutated in Huntington's disease to promote its removal and neuron survival, but IKK may be a double-edged sword that increases neurotoxicity in later stages of the disease. The study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, will be published online December 21 in the Journal of Cell Biology (www.jcb.org). Huntington's disease is caused by an expanded polyglutamine repeat in the protein Huntingtin (Htt), which causes the protein to aggregate and damage neurons. Ubiquitination and SUMOylation of Htt's N-terminal domain affect the protein's stability and toxicity, but other post-translational modifications in this region of the protein might be important as well. Thompson et al. discovered that the inflammatory kinase IKK phosphorylates Htt, altering the complex pattern of SUMOylation, ubiquitination, and acetylation on neighboring lysine residues. The net result was to promote Htt's degradation by both the proteasome and lysosomes. Lysosome-mediated degradation of Htt was blocked by knocking down the autophagy proteins LAMP-2A and Atg7. Compared to wild type, mutant Htt with an expanded polyglutamine stretch was degraded inefficiently, but a version that mimicked IKK phosphorylation with negatively charged aspartate residues was still less toxic to neuronal slice cultures. But there may be a darker side to IKK phosphorylationit also targets Htt to the nucleus where, says senior author Joan Steffan, a particularly toxic fragment that enhances neurodegeneration may accumulate. IKK may thus be involved in both clearing Htt and in generating a more dangerous version of the protein. The latter pathway would predominate in older patients because proteasome and lysosome function declines with age. Therapies aimed at IKK might need to either enhance or block the kinase's function, depending on the patient's age and stage of disease.
About the Journal of Cell Biology Founded in 1955, the Journal of Cell Biology (JCB) is published by the Rockefeller University Press. All editorial decisions on manuscripts submitted are made by active scientists in conjunction with our in-house scientific editors. JCB content is posted to PubMed Central, where it is available to the public for free six months after publication. Authors retain copyright of their published works and third parties may reuse the content for non-commercial purposes under a creative commons license. For more information, please visit www.jcb.org. Thompson, L.M., et al. 2009. J. Cell Biol. doi:10.1083/jcb.200909067. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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