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Photograph of Dr. John Quintanilla, a professor, standing by a table where professor Vincent Kieftenbeld is sitting for checking in students. They are there for the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the College of Education. On the table are folders, pens, nametags, and a paper that reads "Mentor Teachers Step 2".

Photograph of a College of Education teacher standing at one of the check-in tables for the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program. On the table is a basket of pens, a sign in sheet, nametags and papers that read "Mentor Teachers Step 1 (N - Z)" and "Mentor Teachers Step 1 (A - M)".

Photograph of Dr. John Quintanilla, a College of Education faculty member and co-director of the Teach North Texas program, standing in front of a projection screen during an event. He is speaking during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the program.

Photograph of attendees of the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program sitting at tables. Some are writing in the folders they received and have snacks from the back table of refreshments. The two in front are named Andy Boyer and Lisa Hawkins and the man in black behind them is named Greg ---.

Photograph of Becky Osborne standing in front of a projection screen during an event. She is speaking during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the program.

Photograph of Danny Turner standing up and speaking to the unidentified attendees sitting at tables during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. Next to him is Marc Alcorn (right) and in front are Ethan Childress and Kenneth Cooke.

Photograph of Dr. Mary Harris speaking during the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program. She is the Co-Director of the program as well as a professor in the College of Education at UNT.

Photograph of staff members attending the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program. They are standing together against a brick wall and their names are (L-R) Kris Sherman, Kevin Hughes, and Becky Osborne.

Photograph of an unidentified attendee sitting at a table during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. There is a paper in front of him and behind him are other attendees with breakfast items.

Photograph of a poster-board from the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program. The poster discusses information and has news articles about a grant received by the Teach North Texas program from the TI Foundation that shares with them $1.5 million dollars.

Photograph of an unidentified speaker standing at the front of the room during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. Behind them is a cart and whiteboards.

Photograph of Ariana Guardado, Erica Patton, and an unidentified attendee sitting at a table during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. There are papers in front of them and breakfast items in front of Patton.

Photograph of attendees of the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program sitting at tables. They are writing in the folders they received and have snacks from the back table of refreshments. The two wearing black in the back have the first names Linda and Natalie, from their nametags, and the woman in front has the last name Edwards, from her nametag.

Photograph of unidentified attendees, Danny Turner, and Marc Alcorn sitting at tables during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. They have papers in front of them and some refreshments.

Photograph of Sarah Ross, Sayber Mitchell and another unidentified attendee sitting at a table during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. There is a paper and pencil in front of Mitchell and a cup of orange juice and food in front of Ross.

Photograph of staff members attending the Mentor Teacher Meeting of the Teach North Texas program. They are standing together against a brick wall and their names are (L-R) unidentified, Kevin Hughes, and Becky Osborne.

Photograph of unidentified attendees sitting at tables during the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program. They have papers in front of them and some refreshments along with their bags.

Photograph of an unidentified attendee and Blair Probst sitting on a bench during an event. They are attending the Matching Mentor Teacher Meeting for the Teach North Texas program.

Email correspondence from Al Daniels to Stonewall Democrat groups regarding 2009 second quarter dues.

Deposit summary of $37.50 made on September 14, 2009.

Work funded on this grant has explored the mechanisms of long-term habituation, a ubiquitous form of learning that plays a key role in basic cognitive functioning. Specifically, behavioral, physiological, and molecular mechanisms of habituation have been explored using a simple model system, the tail-elicited siphon-withdrawal reflex (T-SWR) in the marine mollusk Aplysia californica. Substantial progress has been made on the first and third aims, providing some fundamental insights into the mechanisms by which memories are stored. We have characterized the physiological correlates of short- and long-term habituation. We found that short-term habituation is accompanied by a robust sensory adaptation, whereas long-term habituation is accompanied by alterations in sensory and interneuron synaptic efficacy. Thus, our data indicates memories can be shifted between different sites in a neural network as they are consolidated from short to long term. At the molecular level, we have accomplished microarray analysis comparing gene expression in both habituated and control ganglia. We have identified a network of putatively regulated transcripts that seems particularly targeted towards synaptic changes (e.g. SNAP25, calmodulin) . We are now beginning additional work to confirm regulation of these transcripts and build a more detailed understanding of the cascade of molecular events leading to …

The measurement of aerosol dusts has long been utilized to assess the exposure of workers to metals. Tools used to sample and measure aerosol dusts have gone through many transitions over the past century. In particular, there have been several different techniques used to sample for beryllium, not all of which might be expected to produce the same result. Today, beryllium samples are generally collected using filters housed in holders of several different designs, some of which are expected to produce a sample that mimics the human capacity for dust inhalation. The presence of dust on the interior walls of cassettes used to hold filters during metals sampling has been discussed in the literature for a number of metals, including beryllium, with widely varying data. It appears that even in the best designs, particulates can enter the sampling cassette and deposit on the interior walls rather than on the sampling medium. The causes are not well understood but are believed to include particle bounce, electrostatic forces, particle size, particle density, and airflow turbulence. Historically, the filter catch has been considered to be the sample, but the presence of wall deposits, and the potential that the filter catch is not representative …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Lyons. Lyons joined the Navy around December of 1942. He served aboard the USS J. Franklin Bell (APA-16) beginning in April of 194. Lyons job aboard was to maintain everything from the superstructure of the ship forward to the bow. He provides vivid details of the Bell, including weaponry and personnel. He describes their first trip through heavy seas from California to Alaska. They participated in the Battle of Attu, landing troops and supplies. They returned to the States, then headed to Wellington, New Zealand arriving in September of 1943. They helped train the 2nd Marines, preparing them for the invasion at Tarawa. At the battle, they landed 3,500 Marines, then took on about 1,300 wounded Marines. Lyons describes this fateful event, and how their ship served as an interim hospital. Beginning in January of 1944 through mid-1945, they transported and landed troops and supplies and embarked casualties in Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, Leyte and Okinawa. Lyons provides details of each of these events. He was discharged in January of 1946.