2007 Men's Gymnastics Team

Back Row: Andrew Elkind, Arren Yoshimura, John Sawicki, Paul Woodward, Ryan McCarthy, Daniel Rais, Aaron Rakes, Justin Laury, Mel Santander

Middle Row: Torrance Laury, Phil Goldberg, Jamie Thompson, Bruno Savard, Joe Levine, Kent Caldwell, Josh Miele, Ralph Rosso, Scott Bergman, Joe Catambrone

Front Row: head trainer Bill Shinavier, assistant coach Scott Vetere, head coach Kurt Golder, assistant coach Xiao Yuan. volunteer assistant coach Derek Croad, student athletic trainer Navid Hannanvash, student athletic trainer Liz Sibilsky

2000 Women's Rowing Team, U-M Rowing

Front Row: Jeanine Seeger, Rachel Brunelle, Belinda Koo, Fazeela Siddiqui, Helen Dalis, Samantha Chao, Haley Choi, Carissa Bragg, Kim Roseland, Erin Brosko, Leslie Field, Danielle Scaglione, Sam Ehrlich

Second Row: Angela Bierhuizen, Petra Juzwishin, Melinda Ball, Hanna Fenster, Catherine Aiken, Christine Milkovich, Megan Harrison, Margaret Conway, Abby Hill, Alyssa Wood, Emoke Bury, Stormy McGee

Third Row: Brooke Goodwin, Nora Obringer, Liz Glenn, Brooke Schultz, Can Aretakis, Kelly Wilson, Pam Reid, Kelly Godchaux, Sarah Melton, Amy Anstandig, Erin Kopicki, Christina Ceo

Fourth Row: Student Athletic Trainer Shayla Sellers, Melanie Duncan, Kristine Johns, Tamara McBratney, Sophie Roberge, Caroline Gregory, Alexandria Ponikvar, Julie Brescoll, Liz Nelson, Christina Meyer, Sera Coppolino, Jen Kinon

Fifth Row: Student Volunteer Sara Price, Student Volunteer Sara Domnitz, Kate Johnson, Justin Goble, Jenny Bryant, Laurel Donnell-Fink, Jaime Stilson, Alison Hickey, Student Athletic Trainer Kiara King

Top Row: Boatman Matt LeBlanc, Assistant Coach Emily Ford, Head Coach Mark Rothstein, Assistant Coach Karen Smyte, Coaching Intern Vita Scaglione

2001 Women's Rowing Team, U-M Rowing

Front Row: Tamara McBratney, Danielle Scaglione, Helen Dalis, Fazeela Siddiqui, Cori Cunningham, Carissa Bragg, Student Manager Lisa Durham

Second Row: Petra Juzwishin, Brooke Goodwin, Kate Maxim, Justin Goble, Alison Hickey, Rachel Brunelle, Julie Brescoll, Caroline Gregory

Third Row: Hannah Fenster, Heather Mandoli, Katie Reynolds, Liz Glenn, Sophie Roberge, Erin Kopicki, Emy Bury, Liz Nelson

Fourth Row: Pam Reid, Kristin Rosella, Kristine Johns, Elizabeth Kreger, Laurel Donnell-Fink, Angela Bierhuizen, Bernadette Marten, Sera Coppolino

Top Row (L-R): Jenny Bryant, Christina Ceo, Amy Anstandig, Christina Meyer, Kate Johnson, Emily Goodwin, Melanie Duncan

U-M Softball Team, 2003

Front Row: Jennifer Kreinbrink, Nicole Motycka, Michelle Teschler, Lauren Holland, Jessica Merchant.

Second Row: Jennifer Olds, Amy Prichard, Meghan Ritter, Courtney Betley, Monica Schock, Angie Churchill, Meghan Doe.

Third Row: Liz Elsner, Melinda Moulden, Lisa Mack, Marissa Young.

Back Row: Stephanie Bercaw, Grace Leutele, Tiffany Haas, Jennie Ritter, Student Manager Natalie Shaver.

Paulus apostolus et Jesaiaias propheta, inter se comparati; specimen critico-historicum primum [-secundum]

Vol. 1, Inaug.-Diss.--Breslau; v.2, Ev.-theol. Liz.-Diss.--Breslau.

Rhizodeposits of Trifolium pratense and Lolium perenne: Their comparative effects on 2,4-D mineralization in two contrasting soils

Rhizosphere enhanced biodegradation of organic pollutants has been reported frequently and a stimulatory role for specific components of rhizodeposits postulated. As rhizodeposit composition is a function of plant species and soil type, we compared the effect of Lolium perenne and Trifolium pratense grown in two different soils (a sandy silt loam: pH 4, 2.8% OC, no previous 2,4-D exposure and a silt loam: pH 6.5, 4.3% OC, previous 2,4-D exposure) on the mineralization of the herbicide 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid). We investigated the relationship of mineralization kinetics to dehydrogenase activity, most probable number of 2,4-D degraders (MPN2,4-D) and 2,4-D degrader composition (using sequence analysis of the gene encoding alpha-ketoglutarate/2,4-D dioxygenase (tfdA)). There were significant (P < 0.01) plant-soil interaction effects on MPN2,4-D and 2,4-D mineralization kinetics (e.g. T pratense rhizodeposits enhanced the maximum mineralization rate by 30% in the acid sandy silt loam soil, but not in the neutral silt loam soil). Differences in mineralization kinetics could not be ascribed to 2,4-D degrader composition as both soils had tfdA sequences which clustered with tfdAs representative of two distinct classes of 2,4-D degrader: canonical R. eutropha JMP134-like and oligotrophic alpha-proteobacterial-like. Other explanations for the differential rhizodeposit effect between soils and plants (e.g. nutrient competition effects) are discussed. Our findings stress that complexity of soil-plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere make the occurrence and extent of rhizosphere-enhanced xenobiotic degradation difficult to predict.

Rhizodeposition and the enhanced mineralization of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in soil from the Trifolium pratense rhizosphere

Enhanced biodegradation of organic xenobiotic compounds in the rhizosphere is frequently recorded although the specific mechanisms are poorly understood. We have shown that the mineralization of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is enhanced in soil collected from the rhizosphere of Trifolium pratense[e.g. maximum mineralization rate = 7.9 days(-1) and time at maximum rate (t(1)) = 16.7 days for 12-day-old T. pratense soil in comparison with 4.7 days(-1) and 25.4 days, respectively, for non-planted controls). The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the plant-microbe interactions involved in rhizosphere-enhanced biodegradation by narrowing down the identity of the T. pratense rhizodeposit responsible for stimulating the microbial mineralization of 2,4-D. Specifically, we investigated the distribution of the stimulatory component(s) among rhizodeposit fractions (exudates or root debris) and the influence of soil properties and plant species on its production. Production of the stimulatory rhizodeposit was dependent on soil pH (e.g. t(1) for roots grown at pH 6.5 was significantly lower than for those grown at pH 4.4) but independent of soil inorganic N concentration. Most strikingly, the stimulatory rhizodeposit was only produced by T. pratense grown in non-sterile soil and was present in both exudates and root debris. Comparison of the effect of root debris from plant species (three each) from the classes monocotyledon, dicotyledon (non-legume) and dicotyledon (legume) revealed that legumes had by far the greatest positive impact on 2,4-D mineralization kinetics. We discuss the significance of these findings with respect to legume-rhizobia interactions in the rhizosphere.

Bollywood and 'grocery store' video piracy in Australia

This article seeks to examine the ongoing struggle between narrowcast media piracy practices serving migrant communities and the attempts currently being made by players in the Indian film industry to legitimate, and thus capitalise on, the circulation of Indian films in key offshore markets. This article poses the question of whether an alternative network of distribution is likely to emerge which might supplant Asian food stores as the primary distribution network for Indian films, and to place this problem within the existing framework of cultural practices surrounding Indian films in Australia.

Divorcing romance, rights and radicalism:Beyond pro and anti in the lesbian and gay marriage debate

In this article about ‘For Better or Worse? Lesbian and Gay Marriage’ (Feminism & Psychology, 14[1]) we focus on the contributions to the special feature, the commentaries provided by Ellen Lewin (2004), Sheila Jeffreys (2004) and Sue Wise and Liz Stanley (2004), and on wider debates about lesbian and gay marriage and partnership recognition. We agree that ‘there is a lot of confusion/assumptions made about what “it” (i.e. “marriage”) is’ (Wise and Stanley, 2004: 333). Thus, when talking about same-sex partnership recognition we are concerned with civil marriage (or civil union, or civil partnership), and not religious marriage. Our emphasis is on the public not on the private sphere; we are less interested with the personal aspects of relationships (such as intimacy or commitment) than with their public function in, for instance, obtaining ‘rights and responsibilities’.

Localizing the deficit in a case of jargonaphasia

We report the case of a neologistic jargonaphasic and ask whether her target-related and abstruse neologisms are the result of a single deficit, which affects some items more severely than others, or two deficits: one to lexical access and the other to phonological encoding. We analyse both correct/incorrect performance and errors and apply both traditional and formal methods (maximum-likelihood estimation and model selection). All evidence points to a single deficit at the level of phonological encoding. Further characteristics are used to constrain the locus still further. V.S. does not show the type of length effect expected of a memory component, nor the pattern of errors associated with an articulatory deficit. We conclude that her neologistic errors can result from a single deficit at a level of phonological encoding that immediately follows lexical access where segments are represented in terms of their features. We do not conclude, however, that this is the only possible locus that will produce phonological errors in aphasia, or, indeed, jargonaphasia.

Under the influence? The construction of foetal alcohol syndrome in UK newspapers

Today, alongside many other proscriptions, women are expected to abstain or at least limit their alcohol consumption during pregnancy. This advice is reinforced through warning labels on bottles and cans of alcoholic drinks. In most (but not all) official policies, this is linked to a risk of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or one of its associated conditions. However, given that there is little medical evidence that low levels of alcohol consumption have an adverse impact on the foetus, we need to examine broader societal ideas to explain why this has now become a policy concern. This paper presents a quantitative and qualitative assessment of analysis of the media in this context. By analysing the frames over time, this paper will trace the emergence of concerns about alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It will argue that contemporary concerns about FAS are framed around a number of pre-existing discourses including alcohol consumption as a social problem, heightened concerns about children at risk and shifts in ideas about the responsibility of motherhood including during the pre-conception and pregnancy periods. Whilst the newspapers regularly carried critiques of the abstinence position now advocated, these challenges focused did little to refute current parenting cultures.