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Search for narrow Hγ resonances in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV
CMS Collaboration
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A search for heavy, narrow resonances decaying to a Higgs boson and a photon (Hγ) has been performed in proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2016. Events containing a photon and a Lorentz-boosted hadronically decaying Higgs boson reconstructed as a single, large-radius jet are considered, and the γ+jet invariant mass spectrum is analyzed for the presence of narrow resonances. To increase the sensitivity of the search, events are categorized depending on whether or not the large-radius jet can be identified as a result of the merging of two jets originating from b quarks. Results in both categories are found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. Upper limits on the production rate of Hγ resonances are set as a function of their mass in the range of 720-3250 GeV, representing the most stringent constraints to date.
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CMS Collaboration (2019). Search for narrow Hγ resonances in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV. Physical review letters, 122(8), [081804]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.081804
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UK Wind Power Portfolio Reaches 2 GW
London, UK [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] With the recent commissioning of a turbine in Scotland, the UK has surpassed the two gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity landmark, making it one of seven countries in the world to have done so, after Germany, Spain, U.S., India, Denmark, Italy, UK, and the Netherlands.
"We want 20% of our electricity to come from these green sources," said Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling, "and we are working hard on removing any barriers to achieving that aim. Wave, tidal and offshore wind power can make a significant contribution in future but onshore wind energy is delivering capacity here and now." The 36-turbine 72-megawatt (MW) Braes of Doune wind farm near Stirling was developed by Airtricity and constructed by Vestas Celtic and Alfred McAlpine. It will generate green electricity for 45,000 Scottish Gas customers. "We are delighted that our new 72 MW Braes of Doune wind farm is playing a pivotal role in achieving a UK generation record of two gigawatts of wind power," said Airtricity Chief Executive Eddie O'Connor. Airtricity's two operational wind farms in Scotland and our planned on- and offshore wind farm developments in the UK will help the country reach its renewables targets for both 2010 and 2020." With Government's target for 10% of electricity supplies from renewables less than three years away, 2007 is a critical year for the wind industry if it is to meet widely held expectations of it as the main contributor to meeting targets. 771 MW is already under construction but a potential 6% (7.8 GW) of UK electricity supplies is still caught in the planning system from onshore wind projects alone, an issue that needs to be resolved rapidly if the country is to reach 3 gigawatts in record time and keep pace with other the countries flying the renewables flag. "There is still much work to do if we are to achieve the Government's target of delivering 10% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2010," said BWEA Chief Executive Maria McCaffery.

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Audi Q7 V12 TDI Diesel Not For U.S.
Audi says the 3.0-liter diesel is good enough to satisfy the small appetite for diesels in the U.S.
ALISA PRIDDLE
Audi has made its decision and we don't like it: the Q7 SUV will not come to the U.S. with the 500-hp, 6.0-liter V-12 diesel engine that offers up 738 lb-ft of torque. That crazy torque fun is for Europe only.
Michael Dick, Audi's member of the board of management for technical development, broke the news to us in an interview at the 2008 Paris auto show.
The consolation prize remains the Q7 with a 3.0-liter diesel that is coming in early 2009 for sale in North America. Audi is happy with leaving it at that; Dick says there isn't enough demand for the V-12 in the U.S. Diesels just haven't caught fire here the way they have in Europe, where oil burners account for half of all sales, and that figure is as high as 80 percent in some countries.
It was initially thought that a Q7 hybrid was a better alternative for the U.S., and original plans called for a hybrid by the end of 2008, but Audi has since cancelled plans to add electric motors to the SUV. Instead, a Q5 hybrid is due at the end of 2010 as a 2011 model in Europe and in 2011 as a 2012 model in North America.
Whether other models will get hybrid powertrains depends on the market and demand, Dick says, and Audi will use the Q5 to gauge popularity. Demand for hybrids is higher in the U.S. than other world markets, and Audi will look at this option for vehicles that could use the efficiency boost.
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Military Questions Mount in Wake of DADT
Years of operating under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy created a backlog of questions to answer as the U.S. military works to integrate openly gay troops into the ranks.
Emily Badger
The military's training materials on the upcoming repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" have been trickling out to the public over the last couple of weeks. The PowerPoint slides, frequently asked questions and fictional vignettes — aimed primarily at preparing straight troops and not those who will be most affected by the new policy — offer a window into the myriad hypothetical anxieties repeal has touched.
"Is consensual sodomy still a punishable offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice?" poses one question from the Navy's FAQ sheet.
"Will the Department of Defense build separate living or bathroom facilities for gay and straight Service members?" asks another.
"Does repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell affect the speech, morals or religious rights of Sailors?"
The Navy's accompanying vignette handout — surely a great find for historians 50 years from now, a companion archive to documents like the 1946 "Utilization of Negro Manpower in the Postwar Army Policy" — delves even deeper into the most graphic fears of repeal foes. What action should the commanding officer take if a sailor has been observed "entering, leaving and generally 'hanging around' a gay bar"? Or marching in a gay pride parade? Or kissing another service member, in plain clothes, at the mall food court?
THE IDEA LOBBY
Miller-McCune's Washington correspondent Emily Badger follows the ideas informing, explaining and influencing government, from the local think tank circuit to academic research that shapes D.C. policy from afar.
The military is leaving no question unasked (perhaps in part to save soldiers the embarrassment of asking such questions themselves). Although, ironically, the answers — and the full implications of repeal — are considerably less ambiguous than so much role-playing would suggest.
"If you look at actually most of the specific policy areas where questions are arising in the transition, the guiding rule is 'no change,'" said Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Center think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "What are they telling chaplains? No change. Marriage benefits? No change. Housing, for the most part, absent some emergencies? No change. Collection of data on gays? No change.
"The big change is just that they're going to stop firing gays for uttering the words 'I am gay.'"
Racial integration of the armed forces was arguably a much more dramatic policy shift, but the military's training preparations for DADT repeal far surpass any efforts that were made in the 1940s and 1950s to prepare blacks and whites to serve alongside each other. Training for the integration of women in 1976 was also limited mostly to the service academies. President Truman famously penned the 1948 executive order calling for equal treatment of blacks in the military. But integration only truly occurred — out of logistical necessity — during the Korean War.
"Because this was basically done on the battlefield, we didn't have the luxury of time to prepare the soldiers," wrote David Segal, a professor of military sociology at the University of Maryland, in an email. And it wasn't until 1971 that the Pentagon established the Defense Race Relations Institute — now the renamed Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute — to train troops on race relations.
Today, many DADT repeal supporters want the process to move faster, and Belkin acknowledges their argument that straight troops already interact with gays every day and don't particularly need to be taught how to do that.
"But the parallel truth is that there's an organizational reality here that the military has been living with 'don't ask, don't tell' for 17 years," Belkin said. "And when you shift an organization of 2.2 million people that has such a deep culture, it's sometimes difficult to turn on a dime."
The military chiefs have tried to tap into that culture, emphasizing throughout the training materials that service members are expected to carry themselves through this policy shift the same way they do all of their other duties — with "leadership, professionalism, discipline, respect."
The Air Force PowerPoint opens by emphasizing that the DADT briefings are meant to inform airmen about repeal and its effects, "NOT to change beliefs." Still, the new policy is an order like any other. The training materials all stress that the Department of Defense is creating no special category of early service release for troops who oppose the new policy on moral or religious grounds.
Each branch of the military is preparing its own materials, with most training expected to conclude in August. But once the service chiefs have announced they believe implementation can move forward without harming the armed forces, the White House and Pentagon must still certify the repeal plan. And the new law won't go in effect for another 60 days after that.
That drawn-out process — particularly in comparison to allied militaries that have integrated gays with less handwringing — has left many repeal advocates anxious to get through the discussion of all the ways in which the new policy will not change much of anything.
"This training is not rocket science," Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said in a statement Tuesday. "The services can get this done by April 30."
The U.S. military's own history integrating blacks and women also offers an instructive lesson about the timing and execution of DADT repeal. Its opponents in Washington have cautioned against making such a dramatic change in policy at a time of war (and much of the exhaustive DADT training is undoubtedly meant to mollify those critics). But the military has made such transitions in the past precisely because of war, when combat operations have made integration a practical necessity as much as a civil rights question.
We expanded the role of women in World War II out of necessity, Segal points out, then did the same with blacks during the Korean War when the military was manning the battlefield with the depleted Depression generation. The services became yet more inclusive in the 1970s when the end of the draft required it to. And the same pattern holds today, as Arabic linguists discharged under DADT, at a time of war in the Middle East, have helped illustrate the logistical folly of excluding competent soldiers when mission readiness is paramount.
"President Clinton chose exactly the wrong time to try to lift the ban: The economy was in trouble, enlistments were high, and we weren't at war," Segal wrote. For all of the opposite reasons, the time is ripe now for repealing the ban, and this has little to do with the military's commitment to training material.
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Netanyahu votes
President Peres votes
Photo: Kobi Nachshoni
Deri at the ballot
Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg
Bennett and wife go to vote
Photo: Benny Deutsch
Polls open
Photo: Avishag Shaar-Yeshuv
Voters across Israel cast their ballots
Knesset elections underway as some 5.6 million eligible voters start to cast their ballots to make mark on next Knesset
Ynet reporters |Last update: 01.22.13 , 15:11
More than 2 million Israelis have exercised their right to vote as of 2 pm as polling stations struggle to keep up with the flow of voters. This indicates a particularly high voter turnout compared with the previous four campaigns. Polls will close at 10 pm. Polls at small communities will close at 8 pm.
A total of 5,656,705 eligible voters will be able to cast their ballots in 10,132 ballot boxes across Israel.
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President Shimon Peres voted at the Charles E. Smith High School for the Arts in Jerusalem. "Today the state is asking citizens to vote for a free, beautiful, democratic country," he said after casting his ballot.
He wished success to all the candidates and called on the public to exercise their right to vote.
Peres votes in Jerusalem (Photo: Kobi Nahshoni)
Asked whether he had any doubts about whom to vote for he replied, "Everyone should have some doubts about who to vote for but not about the act of voting. All citizens must be proud of their country." Confronted with claims that he intervened in the election campaign, Peres said: "Of course I intervene. I voted. Isn't that intervening?"
PM after voting in Jerusalem (Photo: Reuters)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the first of the candidates to vote, shortly after the polls opened at 7 am. Accompanied by his wife Sara and his two sons Yair and Avner, Netanyahu cast his ballot at the Paula Ben Gurion school in Jerusalem.
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"We want Israel to succeed, we vote Likud-Yisrael-Beitenu ... The bigger it is, the more Israel will succeed," Netanyahu said after casting his ballot
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"This is the first time the whole family votes together. I keep saying that the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu represents the whole people and in this case the whole family. Anyone who wants Israel to succeed should vote for one large party."
Voting in Tel Aviv (Photo: Yaron Brener)
His son Yair remarked, "We call on all young people to vote Likud-Beiteinu, even if it's not the fashionable choice." His father then added, "and the national religious public too."
Directly after casting their ballots, Netanyahu and his two sons headed to the Wailing Wall, where the prime minister placed a note that read: "With God's help, for the future of Israel."
Netanyahu at Wailing Wall (Photo: Yossi Zamir)
Netanyahu said: "I go to the Wailing Wall to touch our people's foundation, and I pray for the future of Israel and our nation."
Shas' Aryeh Deri also voted in Jerusalem, at the Beit Yaacov school, as did the party's spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef who voted at the capital's Noam Banot school.
Lieberman votes in Nokdim (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
Shas' Deri casts ballot in Jerusalem (Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg)
Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett and his wife Gilat were the next to vote, in Raanana's Music and Arts Center. Greeted by excited supporters, Bennett said "when I see everyone – secular, religious, Arabs, Druze – joining Habayit Hayehudi, I know that this is the beginning of something new for the nation of Israel."
Gilat Bennett said, "I hope that Israel will give Naftali the chance to do something good here."
Bennett and his wife vote in Raanana (Photo: Benny Deutsch)
Yistael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman, who recently resigned his post as foreign minister, voted at the settlement of Nokdim.
Labor Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovch arrived at the Tel Aviv polling station and said "this is not a dream, this can be done, a few more mandates and Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu) will not be prime minister."
Yachimovich added, "get out of your homes, don't be lazy and we can do it."
Livni before voting (Photo: Ofer Amram)
Before voting Hatnua chairwoman Tzipi Livni said that "anyone who understands that Netanyahu's policies must change, should give me the power to change the path and take the reins. All the spins and tricks are over and there will be dramatic decisions."
Asked what will be considered a success for her at the end of the day she replied, "that I will have enough power to allow me to make a real change."
Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv (Photo: Yaron Brener)
Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid voted in Tel Aviv and said, "This is the first time I vote for myself. It's a very special feeling. I hope everyone goes out to vote and take part of this political celebration."
Election ballots
Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz said at the entrance of the Kochav Yair polling station. "I feel great, it will be wonderful. Whoever wants to choose security and experience should vote Kadima."
Shaul Mofaz in Kochav Yair (Photo: Ido Erez)
Meretz's Zahava Gal-On in Petah Tikva (Photo: Benny Deutsch)
Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Gal-On cast her ballot on Petah Tikva's Ha'atzmaut Street. Gal-On told Ynet, "I think that Meretz can triple its power today and even reach 10 mandates."
Voters will need to present either a valid ID card, passport or driver's license. Information on polling stations is available at www.bechirot.gov.il. A call center will also be open from 7 am until 10 pm.
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Why Twenty20 cricket is so successful
by M.J.
CRICKET'S day in the sun—when it would break through into the wider public consciousness—used to be an Ashes Test series, when the sport's oldest rivalry was resumed. Ask an English or Australian cricket fan for their favourite sporting memories and many will recall Andrew Flintoff in 2005, Shane Warne in 1993 or Ian Botham in 1981. But the ground is shifting. Twenty20 cricket, a short form featuring two innings of a maximum of 120 balls each, is eclipsing Test cricket for thrills and spills and also for a sense of occasion. Test cricket lacks a showpiece global event to draw in casual fans; the latest World Twenty20 began in India on March 8th.
The appeal of Twenty20 is simple: it is cricket—staid, old-fashioned village-green cricket—on speed. At its best, batsmen hit fours and sixes at will, bowlers deceive them with swing and spin, and the value of each run means that fielding is frequently jaw-dropping. Twenty20 is exciting because it remains a young game. The first matches were played in England as recently as 2003; the inaugural World Twenty20 was held in 2007. This means that cricketers are still working out how best to play it. There has been plenty of innovation so far, with new shots like the ramp (where the batsman gets underneath the ball and flicks it over the wicketkeeper to the boundary) and the switch-hit (where the batsman swaps his stance from right- to left-handed, or vice versa, as the bowler delivers to find gaps in the field). Because every ball counts, a premium is placed on surprise and unpredictability; spinners with multiple variations have often been more successful than out-and-out fast bowlers.
Twenty20 also encourages innovation by adjusting the balance of risk between batsman and bowler. In a Test match, the single worst thing that a batsman can do is get out. This means Test match batting is by nature cautious. In T20, the worst thing a batsman can do is score slowly, which encourages batsmen to take risks and attack the bowling. If they make a mistake and get out to an attacking shot, there are unlikely to be recriminations. The new form has also helped cricketers learn from each other. The shortest-form took off after the invention of the Indian Premier League (IPL), an annual tournament played in April and May between city-based franchises. Most players are domestic, but there is an overseas quota. The model has since been copied around the world. Consequently, players encounter new teammates, often many times a year, and share tips. In his autobiography, the former England batsman Kevin Pietersen reprinted an email from Rahul Dravid, an old teammate at the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, in which he gave thoughtful advice on spin bowling. "For the friendships alone I would play for free", Mr Pietersen added.
During the World Twenty20, nationalism will return. Because of the success of the IPL, Twenty20 still feels like India's game. Allied to home advantage, that is sufficient to make them heavy favourites. As for a break-out star, watch the hosts' Jasprit Bumrah. A right-hander with a slingy action and plenty of confidence, he likes bowling at the end of the innings when batsmen want to thrash. He has a box of tricks to make many a household name look foolish.
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First Evidence Of Plants Evolving Weaponry To Compete In The Struggle For Selection
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Rutting stags and clawing bears are but two examples of male animals fighting over a mate, but research in New Phytologist has uncovered the first evidence of similar male struggles leading to the evolution of weaponry in plants.
The team, led by Dr. Andrea Cocucci from the Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal of Argentina, studied a species of milkweed (Apocynaceae), found in tropical climates. While plants do not mate like animals, but rather reproduce via pollinators such as insects or birds, competition between individuals to exploit those pollinators can result in confrontation between the plants.
Milkweed reproduce by hooking sacs of pollen grains, known as pollinia, to the bodies of birds and other pollinators, which can be unwittingly dropped into another flower to complete pollination.
This is an example of the horned pollinaria found in South American milkweed.
(Photo Credit: Andrea Cocucci)
It is possible for multiple pollinarium to become entangled together due to the limited number of attachment points on the pollinator, and this Dr. Cocucci's team believe, is the source of confrontation.
The team studied the South America milkweed genus Oxypetalum and found horn-like structures on the pollinia sacs which have no obvious biological use. The paper suggests that these horns are used to prevent the sacs from being hooked together with pollinia from other parent plants.
"Our results suggest that neither self-propulsion nor well-developed sensory perception are required for sexual selection to take place through intrasexual struggles," said Dr. Cocucci. "Apparently, only physical contact is enough to influence the mating success of competitors and to promote the evolution of defensive and attack weaponry."
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Hair Theft Crimes on the Rise
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We can think of a lot of hair crimes over the decades: mullets, bowl cuts, and so on. But in recent years, it seems like the number of actual crimes linked to hair (specifically hair extensions) is on the rise, and it has us doing some serious thinking about our own strands.
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Take Venezuela, for example. This week, reports from the city of Maracaibo indicated that a group of "piranhas" is stalking long-haired women in malls, beaches, and downtown areas. The perpetrators grab victims by the hair, cut it off with scissors, and sell it to wig and extension makers. Similar attacks have happened in Colombia and South Africa.
There's a black market for hair in Europe and Asia as well, wherein women fall victim to harsh financial pressures, if not actual hair-stealing criminals. As David Elman, a co-owner of Raw Virgin Hair Company, told the New York Times in 2010,"People who have temporary financial difficulties in depressed regions [often] sell their hair." In some instances, women are forced to sell their hair by their own husbands--sometimes for as little as $10.
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And not all the dirty dealing is abroad. Hair-extension theft is rampant in the United States, where it seems like every other week someone (or a group of people) breaks into businesses to steal not money, not jewelry, but hair. Sometimes$150,000 worth of hair. Which makes us wonder: With so many real hair crimes occurring here and abroad, what's safe and what isn't? If we took a hard look at the source of our extensions, would we still want to be wearing them? We know we'll be investigating...
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October 2019 – HSS News
HSS in Utrecht
Congratulations 2018 DHST Dissertation Prize Laureates
Q&A with Anita Guerrini
My Job in Five Objects
News from the HSS
HSS Amicus Curiae Policy
The History of Science Society does not endorse or submit amicus curiae briefs on general political or social issues. There are, however, times when issues arise that affect scholars in our discipline, or historical scholarship on science, that demand our consideration. If the Executive Committee believes the Society should join an action, it will make a recommendation to Council in the form of a motion. A majority of the Council members must approve the motion for it to be approved.
HSS Editorial Offices: New Addresses
The Society's editorial offices have completed their transition from Utrecht to the United States. The main office is located at Mississippi State University:
History of Science Society Editorial Office
208 Allen Hall, Mailbox H
175 Presidents Circle
Mississippi State, MS 39762
The Book Review Office address, where all books for possible review should be sent is
Isis Book Review Office
Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-2426
The email address for the editorial office is
IsisJournal@history.msstate.edu
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in China
The Chinese anthology of outstanding history of science, technology, and medicine articles, that appeared from 1990 to 2015, has been published by Tsinghua University Press. The HSS and several other societies participated in selecting the articles for this volume, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science oversaw the process. The anthology is part of the Press's new history of science series.
Ombudsperson for the HSS
The History of Science Society (HSS) is seeking an ombudsperson to help the HSS with its Respectful Behavior Policy. We are grateful that Sally Gregory Kohlstedt agreed to serve as our first ombudsperson. Her term will expire in June 2020, and she is happy to discuss the position with those who are interested.
We envision the ombudsperson, subject to Council approval, to be a volunteer HSS member who receives inquiries and complaints relating to HSS's Respectful Behavior Policy. A full description of the position will appear in a future Newsletter. Those who would like to learn more should contact HSS Executive Director Jay Malone at jay@hssonline.org.
HSS Council Early Career Representative—Call for Nominations and Voting Information
Beginning in 2020, the History of Science Society council will include an early career representative (ECR), serving a three-year term (2020-2022). The successful candidate will represent graduate student and early career interests, provide an early career scholar's perspective to other council members, and keep the early career and graduate community abreast of relevant HSS policies and initiatives. This is a non-voting council position. For more information about HSS council please see, https://hssonline.org/about/governance/.
The HSS Graduate and Early Career Caucus (GECC) is facilitating the call for nominations for this position and subsequent election. All graduate students and early career members of HSS in good standing are members of GECC and eligible to vote in this election. We invite any interested individuals to nominate themselves for this position or have others nominate them.
Interested candidates or those interested in nominating others should keep the following in mind:
Candidates must be a graduate student or early career member of HSS in good standing at the time of the election.
For the purposes of this position, "early career" is defined as "having received a PhD within the last five years." Nominees for the position should either a) fit this description when they are nominated (i.e., have received a PhD in the last five years, even if they will be more than five years past graduation by the end of the position term of 2022), or b) be current graduate students who are within a year of completing their degree.
Nominees can nominate themselves, or they can be nominated by others. All nominees must be seconded.
All candidates are required to write a candidate statement (no more than 300 words), which will be posted on the GECC website
This position is not a GECC officership and no current GECC officers are eligible to run.
All nominations must be submitted and seconded by 15 November 2019. Voting will take place through the GECC website from 25 November through 6 December 2019. Both nominations and seconds should be submitted via email to hss.gecc@gmail.com. Please also email this address with any questions or concerns.
Get ready for New Orleans!
After the HSS meeting in Utrecht, I had a chance to spend a few days in Amsterdam. While wandering around the Spiegelkwartier District, I happened upon the Bourbon Street Blues Club and thought, "Ah, a segue for the 2020 meeting." So pull out your calendars and mark 7-11 October 2020 for our joint meeting with SHOT, the first conference with our colleagues in almost 10 years. Unlike the 2011 meeting in Cleveland, we will be in the same hotel, the Sheraton on Canal Street, just a few short blocks from the actual Bourbon Street.
And although early October is still hurricane season, the weather we faced in Utrecht, with temperatures that soared to 100 F (40 C), suggests that we have paid our dues to the weather gods, and we will see clear skies in the Crescent City. Finally, 2020 will mark at least two important anniversaries: the 75th year after the end of WWII and the 15th year after Hurricane Katrina. Although HSS meetings do not have themes, such occasions can offer inspiration.
I hope to see you in the Big Easy.
HSS Announces New Independent Scholar Award
Thanks to the generosity of Virginia Trimble, a long-time HSS member, we are pleased to announce the Edward Gerjuoy/John Michell Independent Scholar Award (you may read more about Gerjuoy here and Michell here).
The award, which will begin in 2020, will highlight an independent scholar's work at the HSS annual meeting. The gift from Dr. Trimble is for a permanent endowment of the award. Each year, the HSS program co-chairs will take special notice of submissions by independent scholars, which will include those individuals whose institutions do not consider these scholars to be working historians. (As a research scientist with a deep interest in the history of science, Dr. Trimble hopes that this award will stimulate interest among scientists.) The Society, wishing to simplify the submission process, will base the award solely on the abstract (no CV required). The program co-chairs will determine the winner, who will be identified in the HSS program and who will receive $500 US.
We are grateful to Dr. Trimble for her support in recognizing this important area in the history of science (you may learn more about her work by perusing the article, reprinted here, announcing her winning of the Gemant Award for Championing the Social Perspective of Science, offered by the American Institute of Physics). Dr. Trimble received her B.A. from UCLA (in astronomy and physics) and her PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1968, at a time when Cal Tech only admitted women under "exceptional circumstances" ("exceptional" typically meant women admitted with their husbands or students who came with new faculty from other schools). Trimble was admitted without the involvement of a husband or faculty member, coming to the institution on a full Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.
Raffle Winners for the Post-Meeting 2019 Survey
Thank you to all who responded to our Post-Meeting Survey for HSS 2019 in Utrecht. The gift card raffle winners are Paul Mitchell and Katherine Reinhart, chosen randomly from the respondents. Congratulations!
September 2019 issue of Isis (Volume 110, no. 3) published
HSS members may view the table of contents and access articles on our website. In addition to its usual line up of articles, critiques, and reviews (of both books and websites) this issue features a special "Focus" section on computational history and the philosophy of science.
Request for Newsletter Title Suggestions
There has been some talk about giving this Newsletter of ours a catchier, more memorable title that moreover, represents who and what we are as a society. Since it is a newsletter for the people, I thought the people should have a say in what its title should be. So members, do email your suggestions and ideas to me at sankanet@gmail.com. Anything that arrives by 30 November will be considered. We will put the various suggestions to an internal vote and come up with a shortlist in the January 2020 edition, and let everyone vote on it and reveal the winning title in the April 2020 issue.
HSS and SHOT
By Jay Malone
HSS members may recall the short survey that we sent out in May, asking members to list the groups with which you would like more interaction. The top choice, by far, was SHOT, followed by the Society for Social Studies of Science, American Historical Association, the British Society for the History of Science, and PSA. Council has been urging me to coordinate more meetings with SHOT and the survey reaffirmed that HSS members wish for that association, as well. So I am looking forward to the co-located meetings with SHOT in New Orleans next year 7–11 October and then, again, in Mérida, Mexico in November of 2021 (exact dates to be determined).
I am also happy to announce that I have learned from past co-located meetings and that history will not be repeating itself… I hope. Long-time members may recall that the last time we met in New Orleans was in 1994, a joint meeting with PSA and 4S. The hotel, a property with some challenges, was in a sketchy part of town and several members told me years later that they did not feel safe at night. For 2020, we will be in the Sheraton on Canal Street, in the middle of the tourist district and a block away from the French Quarter. Safety is my number one concern for our conferences and this location meets that concern (the weather gods permitting). Incidentally, members may be interested in learning that one web site ranked Mérida, a place I did not know existed before last year, as the 25th safest city in the world.
This learning from the past extends to co-located meetings. HSS has met with SHOT multiple times over the years but not without some challenges. The last co-located meeting was in 2011, in Cleveland, a less than desirable arrangement in which we were in two hotels and the weather proved miserable. Before that, we came together in 2005 in Minneapolis, this time in the same hotel, and that meeting was a bit smoother but trying to coordinate the meeting space proved daunting. This was to be expected because there had been a gap of some 15 years from the last meeting, the 1991 conference in Madison.
If you ask people about SHOT and HSS, there is the inevitable discussion of past friction, a point that, thankfully, seems to be dulling over time. But part of that tension can be traced to the first HSS meeting I ever attended, the joint meeting in 1987, in Raleigh, NC. Several images stick in my memory from that conference: Jim Moore giving what is possibly the best talk I've ever heard at HSS, on why Darwin "gave up" on Christianity; losing power in the convention center shortly after his talk and groping my way to the exit where we re-convened on the lawn outside; and watching Ed Grant, past president of HSS, placing tattered bits of lettuce on his plate at the joint dinner, the only remaining edible portions of a buffet that looked like it had been attacked by those on the edge of starvation (members still point to that experience whenever I mention the possibility of a buffet at HSS). Simply put, joint meetings can be difficult.
When I tell hotel managers that we are meeting with another group, they give me a frozen smile, because such meetings can be a challenge. One group will always feel that they are receiving inferior rooms, sub-standard food, coffee break dregs, and they end up entertaining all sorts of perceived slights. I will work closely with my SHOT colleagues to try to avoid such perceptions, but it will not be easy. These co-located meetings deepen and broaden the workload in the Executive Office. Just organizing the site visit for New Orleans required herculean efforts to bring everyone to the table.
But, and this is important, the extra work is worth it because it allows us to interact with our colleagues, giving us exposure to ideas we would have missed had we met by ourselves. Also, more of us come to these co-located meetings. For example, when HSS met alone at the Bloomington meeting in 1985, we saw a fairly predictable attendance of 380. When we gathered with SHOT the following year in Pittsburgh (along with PSA and 4S) attendance shot up 43%, to 584. And then, the following year, in Raleigh, the numbers increased again, to 668, which was probably the largest-ever HSS meeting up to that time (and which helps explain the difficulty organizers faced when trying to plan for buffet dinners). Finally, an increasingly important point is that by meeting with SHOT we will dramatically cut the carbon emissions had we met separately. The sustainability of HSS meetings is high on my list of priorities, and I believe that the extra work that New Orleans and Mérida will create will not only bring intellectual benefits, it will be a gift to our planet. I hope to see many of you in the Crescent City and in the capital of the Yucatán.
What To Do With Somewhat Rare Publications?
I recently heard from a member who had a question. He is in the process of downsizing, which includes finding a place for several runs of journals. In some cases, he has the first issue of these journals, which probably are not rare enough to warrant use of an antiquarian book dealer but are perhaps rare enough that some would find them of value. It occurred to me that there are probably other members who are in a similar situation and I told him that I would put a notice in the Newsletter. So, if you found a good solution for your journal runs, please let me know.
Jay Malone (jay@hssonline.org)


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King Diamond perform A Mansion in Darkness live at The Fillmore
The clip is taken from the forthcoming Songs For The Dead Live DVD.
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King Diamond have uploaded a performance of A Mansion In Darkness from their set at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. The live clip is taken from the band's upcoming Songs For The Dead Live DVD/Blu-ray, which documents their performances at two sold-out venues.
Against an elaborate backdrop, the Danish rockers let loose with a high-octane performance: lead singer Kim Petersen's piercing vocals are matched by a searing solo from guitarist Andy LaRocque.
This energetic performance is part of an 18-song setlist that was recorded at The Fillmore on 25 November, 2015. The full show – along with an 18-song set at Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting – will feature on next year's Songs For The Dead Live DVD/Blu-ray.
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The most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never feed him after midnight...
The tale of a cute and furry Christmas gift that multiplies into many, many, many terrifying Christmas gifts, GREMLINS is a sublimely perfect mix of comedy and horror. This December, Warner Bros. Classics presents a movie party celebration of the hilarious and wickedly scary 1984 film, featuring a special conversation with director Joe Dante that'll take you behind the scenes of this all-time classic.
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Beginning life as a spec script by Chris Columbus that was championed by executive producer Steven Spielberg, what's amazing about GREMLINS is how everything works so, so well. Joe Dante's cast is splendid, featuring newcomer Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, and the voices of Howie Mandel as Gizmo and Frank Welker as the big bad gremlin Stripe. The magic (and terror) gets brought to life via the pioneering pre-CGI creature work by Chris Walas, all punctuated by composer extraordinaire Jerry Goldsmith's incredible score.
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After the US declared war upon the Central Powers in April, 1917, President Wilson introduced compulsory conscription. This was after the first six weeks of voluntary enlistment produced only 73,000 recruits, rather than the anticipated million. The Selective Service Act introduced a 'liability of military service of all male citizens' initially confined to those between the ages of 21 and 31, later extended to 18–45 years of age. Local boards were set up to institute the draft, based on numbers called in a national lottery. Eligibility for exemption was determined by dependents, reserved occupations or on religious grounds. The highest rates of exemption were granted in Connecticut, the lowest in Mississippi. Registration rates were high, estimated at 98 per cent by the war's end; around a quarter were rejected on medical grounds. Penalties for evasion, or false claims for conscientious objection, were harsh: instances of the latter incurred 17 death sentences.
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Surviving and thriving – how to make the best use of your time
Marie Hamer June 2018
Professional Behaviour1 Comment9 min read
Fitting everything in is tough, and that goes for everyone, whether you're new to a job or you've been in it for years. But what if we thought harder about our time management and took a deliberate approach to the waking day, not just the working day? What would the impact be on our practice and on ourselves?
These are questions that all of us in the faculty at the Institute for Teaching (IfT) spend our time thinking about. We were keen to develop our understanding of the research into these questions so that we could, in turn, help teachers to be more strategic when it comes to planning for both work time and downtime. We found that the following three approaches can really help us to use our time more effectively.
Get to grips with the fundamentals of the science of learning
Really understanding how learning happens can help you to have the impact you want in the classroom. Being clear about how memory works, and how people actually learn, makes it much easier to plan worthwhile activities – but the science of learning and memory is not routinely part of initial teacher training or CPD.
For example, in the early stages of a teaching career, it's all too easy to get bogged down in building practical resources, or to plough hours of hard work into lesson planning, but if you're not building in strategies for learning retention alongside that, much of your effort can be wasted. The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve (Murre and Dros, 2015) see Figure 1, illustrates the importance of understanding the science and limitations of human memory. Ebbinghaus' curve shows that retention of newly learnt knowledge decreases hugely with time – falling below 60% even within 20 minutes of learning.
Without understanding this to be the case, it is all too easy to devote your precious time and energy to teaching exercises that don't elicit good results. Doing what works, and only what works, will allow you to reduce your workload and focus on the most impactful areas.
This is just one example of how understanding research into learning and memory can help us in our teaching; it's worth taking some time to explore a summary of the evidence in this area and how else it can help you. You could start with The Science of Learning (Deans for Impact, 2015) or keep your eyes peeled for IfT's own upcoming paper – Learning: What is it, and how might we catalyse it.
Set yourself manageable weekly development targets
Once again, it is all too easy to be overwhelmed by the scale of improvements to your practice that you might want to make.
Aiming to 'work on managing student behaviour' might feel like a mountain to climb, but by breaking that down into small, bite-sized targets, we can quickly start to see a real impact. We use this principle every day in our classrooms, but it's important to think about how we can use it to transform our own work. Teresa Amabile, professor of business administration at Harvard, and Steven Kramer explore the positive effect that small, regular achievements can have on our motivation and creativity at work in their paper The Power of Small Wins (Amabile and Kramer, 2011).
So instead of aiming to tackle student behaviour as a whole, you might set yourself a smaller target for the first week – such as establishing clear entry and exit routines for lessons.
Focus only on this element of your teaching – planning your approach thoroughly, working on it deliberately and repetitively throughout the week, and embedding new techniques into your practice – before moving on to the following week's target, for example, to focus on managing the transitions between lesson components. In this way, small and achievable changes can start to have an impact on a scale that initially seemed overwhelming.
This is exactly the approach we take on our courses at the IfT: aiming to first identify 'high leverage' areas in which changes will make the biggest difference to pupil learning in the following week.
So, set yourself tiny markers for improvement – just one small thing every week rather than focusing on the big picture issues. Try to pick the things that you think will have the biggest impact and, once you have mastered them, repeat them!
Build in time for yourself
Allocating time to completely switch off might seem like a luxury, but research shows that you will be a better teacher for it, and less likely to burn out or become disengaged from your work (Trépanier et al., 2014).
In our day-to-day work as teachers, we experience significant demands on both our psychological and physical resources. Emotional and cognitive resources are needed throughout the day, as well as physical resources that we need to stay on our feet all day. Psychology shows us that we need to give ourselves plenty of opportunities to replenish these stores, and the best way to do that is by not deploying the resources we use at work in our downtime.
Recovery time can be anything from a long summer holiday to tiny micro-breaks during the school day. However, good strategies for daily recovery protect people against burnout in a way that waiting for weekends and holidays just doesn't. It's vital for our wellbeing that we think about the little rituals we go through on a daily basis, and how we can use them them to build in recovery – whether they are moments in the working day or activities that we engage in outside of school.
Which activities are best for supporting recovery?
Sport – Research shows that sport is a great way of supporting the recovery of the resources we use at work (Sylvester et al., 2016) – no surprises there.
Relaxation – Activities that promote relaxation, such as yoga, mindfulness and meditation, are also shown to be powerful. The 'Headspace' app is a popular and accessible tool that can aid deep relaxation. If you're interested in finding out a little more, organisations such as the 'Mindfulness In Schools Project' run courses for teachers in this area.
Getting out and about – According to recent research from Finland, engaging in physical activity in natural environments is among the most effective ways of rebuilding your reserves. A short walk at lunchtime or in the evening not only restores the resources you've been using up at work, but can also help you to enjoy your work even more (Kinnunen et al., 2011); (Pasanen et al., 2014).
Of course, it's not the same for everyone; for some, an evening with friends can really help to support their all-important recovery. For others, it depends on what they talk about, who they're with or how energising or draining they find social interaction.
We might think that low-energy activities such as watching TV in the evening would help. In fact, in the field of recovery time, they are much less effective than more engaging activities like meditation, doing something creative or listening to music.
Whatever your chosen downtime, it's just as important to plan the time into your day for this as it is for your work!
We think that following these three examples of small but deliberate changes to your approach to your work and free time can have a big impact – not only on your effectiveness as a teacher, but also on your sense of purpose, achievement and wellbeing.
We can't promise that you'll suddenly have more time on your hands, and teaching is always going to be full-on, but we hope that by carefully considering how you divide your time, and how you can approach your work most effectively, you'll be able to thrive, despite challenges, to enjoy a rewarding career as a teacher – the best job in the world!
Explore a summary of evidence in the science of learning.
Set yourself one small thing to improve each week.
Factor in time for daily recovery.
Have a look at the Deans for Impact Science of Learning report: deansforimpact.org/resources/the-science-of-learning/.
Marie Hamer is co-founder and Dean of the Institute for Teaching. She is a former English teacher, school leader, National Curriculum Leader for the Teach First programme at Canterbury Christ Church University, and Head of Teacher Training at Ark.
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Max Coyer > the Artist > Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions | One Person Shows | Public Collections | Private Collections | Awards
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2011 Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami, FL
2005 "Outsider Art", The Outsiders Art / Gingras Studios, Cornwall Bridge, CT
2001 "The Masters Remastered" Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
1996 "The Artist's Hand" The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
1993 "Twenty Artists Under Twenty Four Inches" Hal Katzen Gallery, New York, NY
1990 "The 80s: A Post Pop Generation" The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1989 "Contemporary American Printmaking" organized by the Newark Museum
1988 "The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art" Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ; curated by Nancy Einreinhofer
1987 "Realism and Abstraction" 20th Century American Art (permanent collection) The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1987 Seventh Anniversary Group Show, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1987 Summer Show, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Gallery Group Show, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Recently Acquired Contemporary Paintings" Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1986 Group Show, Albright-Knox Museum (Member's Gallery) Buffalo, NY
1986 "A Second Talent: Painters and Sculptors Who Are Also Photographers" , Baruch College Gallery, NY; organized by the Aldrich Museum
1986 "8 X 10" Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Maryland; curated by Steven W. Majors
1986 Summer Group Show, Neo Persona Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "The Liberty Show" Neo Persona Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Heads" Mokotoff Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "Painting in the Third Dimension" City Without Walls, Newark, NJ; curated by Chris Christofaro and Martha Henry
1986 Winter Group Show, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "A Second Talent: Painters and Sculptors Who Are Also Photographers" The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; curated by Robert Metzger, Director
1985 "Basically Boxes" Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Group Show, Albright-Knox Museum, (Member's Gallery) Buffalo, NY
1985 Summer Selections, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "Reliefs and Mobiles" Tower Gallery, New York, NY
1985 "The Doll Show – Artists Dolls and Figurines" Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
1985 Group Show, Neo Persona Gallery, New York, NY 1985 Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Gallery Group, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL; Chicago International Art Expo
1984 Gallery Group, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 Group Show, Albright – Knox Museum, Member's Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1984 "Eccentric Images" Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 "Bacchanalia" New York Public Library, New York, NY
1984 "Miniatures" Lillian Heidenburg Gallery, New York, NY
1984 "Synthetic Art, The Big Show" Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1984 "Synthetic Art, Part One" Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1984 "L'Esprit Encyclopedic" New York Public Library, New York, NY
1984 "Extravaganza" Dramatis Personae, New York, NY
1983 "Saints" Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1983 "2nd Anniversary Show" Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1983 "Work 4 the Next Revolution" Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1983 "Paintings from the Mind's Eye" Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
1980 "Objects" Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY
1980 "Glitter" Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Rotating Group Show, Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY
1980 "Works on Paper" Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY
1979 "Summers Past" Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY
1979 "Still Life" Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire
1979 "New American Still Life" Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
1979 "Collages – Watercolors – Drawings" Alonzo Gallery, New York, NY
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2011 Formalist Sidewalk Poetry Club, Miami, FL (Press: solo-exibition-april2011 pdf)
1993 Hal Katzen Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Widener Gallery, Austin Art Center, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
1990 Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
1990 Center Gallery at Bucknell University, Lewsiburg, PA
Selected Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City
The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
Best Products, Richmond, Virginia
Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee
Shearson-Lehman Brothers, New York City
Siemens Capital Corporation, New York City
Price Carnahan, Atlanta
Linklaters & Paines, New York City
Selected Private Collections
Dr. and Mrs. David Rabinowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Molasky
Mr. and Mrs. William Fowler
Ms. Judith Alexander
Mr. Michael Frey
Mr. Sydney Singer
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Taylor
Mr. Harm Bouckaert
Mr. Edward Albee
Mr. Robert Pearlstein
Mr and Mrs. Ted Levy
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Martin: Meaning of cat name Martin
Pronunciation: [Mar-tin]
Gender of Martin: Male
Meaning of Martin: Warlike person.
Origin of Martin: Latin
Martin is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Martin is "dedicated to Mars". The Martin surname can be found primarily in Galway, Tyrone, and Westmeath.
Marty Of Mars The God Of War, Warlike Unisex English
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Mast cells and inflammatory kidney disease
Ulrich Blank, Marie Essig, Lisa Scandiuzzi, Marc Benhamou, Yutaka Kanamaru
Inflammatory kidney disease involves a complex network of interactions between resident kidney and infiltrating hematopoietic cells. Mast cells (MCs) are constitutively found in kidneys in small numbers but increase considerably in various renal diseases. While this increase is usually interpreted as a sign of pathological involvement, recent data using MC-deficient animals show their ability to restore kidney homeostasis. In anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-induced glomerulonephritis, MCs are protective by initiating repair and remodeling functions counteracting the devastating effects of glomerular injury. Protection may also include immunoregulatory capacities to limit autoreactive T-cell responses. MCs also control tubulointerstitial fibrosis by activating tissue remodeling and neutralizing fibrotic factors. Release of mediators by MCs during inflammation, however, could also promote unwanted responses that ultimately lead to destruction of kidney structure, as exemplified by data showing either protection or aggravation in related renal disease models. Similarly, while the action of proteases may initially be beneficial, the generation of fibrosis-promoting angiotensin II by chymase also shows the limits of adaptive responses to achieve homeostasis. Thus, it is likely the physiological context involving the interaction with other cells and inflammatory mediators that determines the final action of MCs in the development of kidney disease.
Immunological Reviews
End-stage renal failure
Glomerulonephritis
Mast cell
10.1111/j.1600-065X.2007.00503.x
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Blank, U., Essig, M., Scandiuzzi, L., Benhamou, M., & Kanamaru, Y. (2007). Mast cells and inflammatory kidney disease. Immunological Reviews, 217(1), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-065X.2007.00503.x
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Zonar believes in giving back to the communities that have supported us since our founding in 2001. We focus our efforts on organizations that take on social issues affecting our employees and customers. We're working to strengthen the growing partnership between Zonar and the communities in which we work and live, and see charitable donation as our corporate responsibility.
We Give as a Company
Each year we sponsor a charity in the name of Zonar and its employees. Sponsorship can include fiscal donation, fundraiser sponsorship, or participation and support of outside fundraising events.
We Empower our Employees
We encourage and support the charitable activities and involvement for our employees. Each Zonar employee is eligible for a Zonar matching contribution in support of his or her favorite charity.
We Work Together
Zonar is built on a commitment to safety and dream for a better future. These values continue to inspire our efforts to reinforce the importance of safety and promote community development. Below are some of the ways we've worked toward these goals.
Green Cross for Safety Medal
Zonar sponsors the National Safety Council's principal fundraising event awarding the Green Cross for Safety Medal.
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates (FBINAA) Youth Leadership Program
Zonar sponsors an instructor/counselor to participate in the Youth Leadership Program (YLP), a holistic week-long leadership program that focuses on inspiring our future leaders toward a career in law enforcement.
National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and Zonar Technology Grants
School districts submit applications through NAPT each year for technology grants offered through Zonar. Each year, a handful of schools receive $50,000 each to equip their fleets with the latest safety technology. Learn more.
Seattle Basket Brigade
Beginning in 2015, Zonar is excited to partner with the Seattle Basket Brigade, a non-profit that works to assemble and deliver Thanksgiving baskets to families in need in the Greater Seattle Area. In October, Zonar held an internal silent auction and raised a little over $2,600 to support the Seattle Basket Brigade. Learn more.
Arthritis Foundation - Seattle Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K
Zonar is excited to sponsor the 2015 Seattle Jingle Bell Run/Walk through downtown Seattle to support the research and education of the Arthritis Foundation, a cause close to home for one of our Zonarians. Zonar is a Bronze Bell sponsor of the race and a team of Zonarians will run, walk and crawl the 5K on December 13th. Learn more.
National School Transportation Association (NSTA) and Zonar Technology Grants
The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) and Zonar are pleased to announce and jointly sponsor a grant opportunity for up to $50,000 in smart fleet hardware technology that supports and promotes the improved safety, effectivenessand efficiency of pupil transportation programs in the United States and Canada. Learn more.