University Chorale Talent Show February 10, 2007

Concert Program for University Chorale Talent Show February 10, 2007

UW Collegium Musicum, Handel and Fielding Italian Arias and English Song March 14, 2011

Concert Program

Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity.

To identify common variants influencing body mass index (BMI), we analyzed genome-wide association data from 16,876 individuals of European descent. After previously reported variants in FTO, the strongest association signal (rs17782313, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)) mapped 188 kb downstream of MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor), mutations of which are the leading cause of monogenic severe childhood-onset obesity. We confirmed the BMI association in 60,352 adults (per-allele effect = 0.05 Z-score units; P = 2.8 x 10(-15)) and 5,988 children aged 7-11 (0.13 Z-score units; P = 1.5 x 10(-8)). In case-control analyses (n = 10,583), the odds for severe childhood obesity reached 1.30 (P = 8.0 x 10(-11)). Furthermore, we observed overtransmission of the risk allele to obese offspring in 660 families (P (pedigree disequilibrium test average; PDT-avg) = 2.4 x 10(-4)). The SNP location and patterns of phenotypic associations are consistent with effects mediated through altered MC4R function. Our findings establish that common variants near MC4R influence fat mass, weight and obesity risk at the population level and reinforce the need for large-scale data integration to identify variants influencing continuous biomedical traits.

Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity.

Smoking is a leading global cause of disease and mortality. We established the Oxford-GlaxoSmithKline study (Ox-GSK) to perform a genome-wide meta-analysis of SNP association with smoking-related behavioral traits. Our final data set included 41,150 individuals drawn from 20 disease, population and control cohorts. Our analysis confirmed an effect on smoking quantity at a locus on 15q25 (P = 9.45 x 10(-19)) that includes CHRNA5, CHRNA3 and CHRNB4, three genes encoding neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits. We used data from the 1000 Genomes project to investigate the region using imputation, which allowed for analysis of virtually all common SNPs in the region and offered a fivefold increase in marker density over HapMap2 (ref. 2) as an imputation reference panel. Our fine-mapping approach identified a SNP showing the highest significance, rs55853698, located within the promoter region of CHRNA5. Conditional analysis also identified a secondary locus (rs6495308) in CHRNA3.

Vies de saints.

Benedictus (167). — Dionysius (213v). — Florianus et Florentius (202). — Hermelandus (179v). — Hieron. (97). — Julianus Cenom. (119). — Licinius (109). — Magnobodus (148). — Marcus (238v). — Maurilius [vita, auct. Greg. Turon.] (49); miracula, auct. Harmero (85v)]. — Medardus (46). — Nicolaus (1, 256). — Samso (129). — Stephanus (142). — Sulpicius (242). — Sermo Odonis de S. Benedicto (172v). — Sententie sapientum (241v).

Recueil de pièces, manuscrites et imprimées, mémoires, arrêts, statuts, requêtes, factums, libelles, extraits des Registres du Parlement, etc., concernant l'Université de Paris, principalement pendant le XVIIe siècle. II.

On y remarque : Factums pour et contre Philippe de Buisine, docteur régent et doyen de la Faculté de décret, impr. (fol. 3, 11, etc.) ; — Discours de Philippe DE BUISINE, 1656, etc., in-4°, impr. (fol. 26, 29, 40) ; — « Franciscus DE ROYE, antecessor Andegavensis, ad capit. super specula 28 de privil. et excess. privil. apud Greg., ubi Apologeticus pro omnibus Galliarum antecessoribus, contra Parisienses canonici juris professores », Angers, Pierre Avril, 1665, in-4° de 58 pages, impr. (fol. 56) ; — « Pro omnibus Franciae antecessoribus praescriptio adversus canonistas Parisienses... », Bourges, Jean Toubeau, 1665, in-4° de 36 pages, impr. (fol. 118) ; — « Protrepticum ad Regem et omnes per Europam principes de usu et necessitate juris civilis Romanorum et ejus in integrum restituendi rationibus sive in Academiis sive in Tribunalibus », Bourges, Jean Toubeau, 1666, in-4° de 13 pages, impr. (fol. 136) ; — Copie d'un acte de Louis XIV, 1655 (fol. 158) ; — « Statuta Facultatis medicinae Parisiensis, 1660 », in-16 de 104 pages, impr. (fol. 164) ; — Factums et autres pièces imprimées concernant François Blondel, docteur régent en la Faculté de médecine, 1666 (fol. 217, etc.), — notamment : « Francisci BLONDELI, doctoris medici Parisiensis, ad clarissimum virum Petrum Alliot, Barroducaeum, ducis a Lotharingia consiliarium et medicum ordinarium, epistola de nuntio profligati sine ferro et igne carcinomatis, ducibus itineris Hippocrate et Galeno, nunc nuper ab eodem misso ad chirurgiae studiosos », 1666, in-4° de 38 pages, impr. (fol. 231) ; — « Antonii MENJOTII, consiliarii et medici regii, epistola apologetica de variis sectis amplectendis, ejusdemque epistolae adversus Hadriani Scauri ineptias defensio », 1666, in-4° de 32 pages, impr. (fol. 287) ; — Suite d'épigrammes et autres pièces de vers, en latin, concernant principalement des médecins, in-4°, impr. (fol. 303) ; — « ALETHOPHANIS archiatri ad Jacobum Thevartum, ex-medicum Parisiensem et R. M., hoc est reum manifestarium violati sacramenti nec non corruptae artis, epistola..., Eleutheris, typis notoriis, anno 1655 », in-4° de 35 pages, impr. (fol. 317) ; — « Lettre écrite à Monsieur Oldenburg, gentilhomme anglois et secrétaire de l'Académie royalle d'Angleterre, par Jean DENIS, docteur en médecine et professeur ez mathématiques, touchant les différens qui sont arrivez à l'occasion de la transfusion du sang », 1668, in-4° de 12 pages, impr. (fol. 336) ; — « Statuta honorandae nationis gallicanae », in-4° de 27 pages, impr. (fol. 345) ; — « Demande des docteurs de Sorbonne aux héritiers du cardinal de Richelieu, tant pour achever les bastimens de l'église et du collège, que pour l'entretien desdicts bastimens, à quoy a esté accordé 60.000 livres pour l'entretien des bastimens » (fol. 359) ; — « Fondatio et statuta Collegii et capellanie Cenomanensis pro pauperibus dioeceseos Cenomanicae, ut studeant in alma Universitate Parisiensi et secundum decreta ipsius vitam degant », in-8° de 45 pages, impr. (fol. 371) ; — « Contrat entre R. P. Charles de Beaumanoir, évesque du Mans, et les Jésuites du Collège de Clermont, par lequel une chapelle et un collège fondé par l'éminentissime cardinal de Luxembourg, pour entretenir des pauvres boursiers en l'Université de Paris, sont vendus et achetez à prix d'argent » [1625], in-8° de 24 pages (fol. 395) ; — « De statu Andegavensis Academiae Papirii MASSONI rectoris oratio... », 1571, in-8° de 16 pages non chiffrées, impr. (fol. 407) ; — « Sorbona instaurata, seu illustrissimo cardinali D. Joanni Armando de Richelieu, provisori Sorbonae, actio gratiarum Joannis FILESACI, doctoris theologi sorbonici », 1629, in-4° de 35 pages, impr. (fol. 415), — et « Gratulatio illustrissimi cardinalis », 1629, in-4° de 3 pages, impr. (fol. 432) ; — « Déclaration du Roy, portant establissement d'une Académie et Collège royal en la ville de Richelieu et les privilèges attribuez à icelle, ensemble les statuts et règlemens de ladite Académie », 1641, in-4° de 22 pages, impr. (fol. 435), — et copie manuscrite (fol. 679) ; — « La Fondation du Collège Mazarini » [1661], in-4° de 16 pages, impr. (fol. 447) ; — « Concordat fait entre MM. les exécuteurs de la fondation du Collège... Mazarini, et les religieux de la Congrégation de saint Maur, pour l'union de l'abbaye de S. Michel en l'Herm », Paris, Antoine Vitré, 1669, in-4° de 15 pages, impr. (fol. 455) ; — Pièces concernant le Collège d'Harcourt : Factum in-4°, impr. (fol. 463), — et « Statuta venerabilis Collegii Harcuriani », statuts de 1311, s. l. n. d., in-4° de 16 pages, impr. (fol. 503) ; — Pièces sur les « petites écoles », notamment : Acte orig. de Louis XIV, 6 mai 1675 (fol. 513), — et « Mémoires justificatifs des conclusions de l'Université sur le fait des petites escoles » (fol. 515) ; — Censure de l'Historia Universitatis Parisiensis de Du Boulay : « Excerpta ex opere M. Caesaris Egasse cognomento Bullaei, aliàs du Boulay, quod inscribitur : Historia Universitatis Parisiensis, contra fidem et sacram doctrinam », s. d., in-folio de 53 pages, impr. (fol. 526), — et « Notae ad censuram editam nomine Facultatis theologiae in opus quod inscribitur : Historia Universitatis Parisiensis » [1667], in-4° de 12 pages, impr. (fol. 552) ; — Copie d'un acte de Philippe VI de Valois, « certa gratia facta scolaribus Universitatis Aurelianensis », 1337 (fol. 581) ; — « Johannis ROBERTI, antecessorum Aurelianensium ordinis decani et consiliarii regii, de Aurelianensi juris utriusque schola instauranda oratio... », Orléans, Olivier Boynard, 1582, in-4° de 16 feuillets, impr. (fol. 586) ; — « Francisci GALTERI, Parisini, pro Academia oratio, habita pridie idus januarii, in aula Harcuriana... », 1597, in-16 de 42 pages, impr. (fol. 606) ; — Pièces concernant les messagers de l'Université (fol. 632, etc.) ; — Requête de l'Université contre les Jésuites (fol. 641) ; — « Mémoire pour l'establissement de quatre chaires de professeurs de théologie en l'Université d'Angers » (fol. 657).

Measuring Shared Value: How to Unlock Value by Linking Social and Business Results

Competitividad y valor compartido

1998 Brock Baseball Team

1998 Brock Badger men's baseball team photo. Front Row (L to R): Bill Gillen, Ryan Villers, Greg Arbour, Mark Cheeseman, Andrew Tinnish, Rick Bottomley, Matt Fletcher, Brad Namtzu, Darryl Presley, Dan Pino, Grant Giffen, Mike Caruso, Mark Reilly Back Row (L to R): Jeff Lounsbury (Head Coach), Jayar Green, Creston Rudolph, Ryan Fisher, Jamie Trull, Stefan Strecker, Andrew Robb, Jeremy Walker, Ryan Johns, Matt Stezycki, Steve Lester, Fabio Del Rio, Jarrod Haase, Jess Dixon, Rick Falconer (Pitching Coach) Absent: Marc Purdy, Ian Bala, Marc LePage (Asst. Coach), Waybe Briggs-Jude (Asst. Coach)

1971-72 Varsity Curling

Pictured here from left to right are: Front - John Donald, Greg Reid, Steve Thomas, John Glennie, and Mike Wilder. Back - Ed Davis (Coach). The 1971-72 curling team boasted a number of achievements including being the Niagara Distrcit Major Champions, University of Toronto Bonspiel Champions, and the Ontario University Athletic Association Champions.

Brock Hockey Team (1981-82)

Back Row: Paul Jackson (Asst. Coach), Paul DeGagne (Manager), Angelo Pontello, Yvan Prevost, Greg Foy, Ken Murray, Steve Ashfield, Rick Berard, Andy MacMillan, Kelly Toppazzini, Carl Van Bolderen, John Dakin, Loran Prentice, Joe Kenny (Trainer), Ron Anderson (Coach) Front Row: Logan Trafford, Mark Warren, Pat Gallagher, Phil Powers, Daryl Clancy, Ted Sawicki, Gord Christie, John Hogg, Brian Onifrichuk, Doug Riopelle, Shawn Barry Absent: Paul Hanley, Brad MacMillan, Rico Schirru, Mike Quinn (Asst. Coach)

Education in the halls : students' perspectives on cultural expression and resistance

This research is a qualitative study of cultural reproduction and resistance from students' perspectives. Thirteen teenagers (eight in attendance in regular high schools and five drop-outs) were recruited to take part and were involved to varying degrees through interviews, journal writing, and group interactive sessions. A purposive sampling design was used initially to recruit individuals known to the researcher through contacts in an alternate education setting. Other participants were recruited throughout the research phase. The theoretical aspects are premised on the work of Paul Willis, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu. The reflexive praxeology of Bourdieu reflects the position taken as one way of understanding how students construct and respond to the situations of cultural dominance they experience in schools. The same reflexivity is offered for suggestions as to how teachers can respond to their own position in the education system.

Elementary computer-mediated online distance education : identification of criteria for successful implementation and practice

This study had three purposes related to the effective implem,entation and practice of computer-mediated online distance education (C-MODE) at the elementary level: (a) To identify a preliminary framework of criteria 'or guidelines for effective implementation and practice, (b) to identify areas ofC-MODE for which criteria or guidelines of effectiveness have not yet been developed, and (c) to develop an implementation and practice criteria questionnaire based on a review of the distance education literature, and to use the questionnaire in an exploratory survey of elementary C-MODE practitioners. Using the survey instrument, the beliefs and attitudes of 16 elementary C'- MODE practitioners about what constitutes effective implementation and practice principles were investigated. Respondents, who included both administrators and instructors, provided information about themselves and the program in which they worked. They rated 101 individual criteria statenlents on a 5 point Likert scale with a \. point range that included the values: 1 (Strongly Disagree), 2 (Disagree), 3 (Neutral or Undecided), 4 (Agree), 5 (Strongly Agree). Respondents also provided qualitative data by commenting on the individual statements, or suggesting other statements they considered important. Eighty-two different statements or guidelines related to the successful implementation and practice of computer-mediated online education at the elementary level were endorsed. Response to a small number of statements differed significantly by gender and years of experience. A new area for investigation, namely, the role ofparents, which has received little attention in the online distance education literature, emerged from the findings. The study also identified a number of other areas within an elementary context where additional research is necessary. These included: (a) differences in the factors that determine learning in a distance education setting and traditional settings, (b) elementary students' ability to function in an online setting, (c) the role and workload of instructors, (d) the importance of effective, timely communication with students and parents, and (e) the use of a variety of media.

Examining the inclusion experiences of students with intellectual disabilities : a study focusing on the transition from elementary to secondary school

Transitioning from elementary to secondary school is a major event in adolescents' lives and can be associated with academic, social, and emotional challenges (Shaffer, 2005; Sirsch, 2003). Considerably less research has focused on the transitional experiences of students with intellectual disabilities (lD) as they enter secondary school and the role of educational inclusion in this process (Noland, Cason, & Lincoln, 2007). Conceivably, students with ID who leave inclusive elementary schools, where they have been educated alongside their peers without ID, and who enter segregated secondary educational placements may experience unique social and emotional challenges (Farmer, Pearl, & Van Acker, 1996; Fryxell & Kennedy, 1995; Shaffer, 2005). This study examined the transitional experiences of 6 students with ID and the role of educational inclusion, with a focus on elementary to secondary school transitions from inclusive to segregated settings and vice versa. This study included the collection of multiple sources of data. Semi-structured interviews with 6 caregivers and students with ID were conducted. Students' Individual Education Transitional Plans were discussed in caregivers' interviews to determine how they shaped students' educational inclusion experiences (Ontario Ministry of Education & Training, 1999/2000/2004). Parts ofthe following questionnaires were "qualitized" (Tashakkori & Teddlie, 1998) and administered orally: "Youth Self-Report" (YSR; Achenbach, 2001 c) and "Child Behaviour Checklist Caregivers Form" (CBLC/6-18; Achenbach, 200la). The findings of this study contribute to the literature on educational inclusion by highlighting the positive/negative social and emotional impact of congruent and incongruent transitional experiences of students with ID and the role of educational inclusion.

Bowslaugh Family fonds, 1860-1861, 1868, 1876-1877, 1880-1882, 1886-1890, 1892-1893, 1895, 1898-1899, n.d.

Edward W. Bowslaugh (1843-1923) was the son of Jacob and Anna (Beamer) Bowslaugh. Edward Bowslaugh married Mary Southward, and the couple had six children, Edgar Morley, Edward Freeman, twins Alfred Malcolm and Alice Mary, Annie Olivia, John Jacob and Mabel Florence. Edward W. Bowslaugh was a farmer, contractor and owner of the Grimsby Planing Mills in Grimsby, Ont. and Bowslaugh’s Planing Mill in Kingsville, Ont. The mills manufactured door and sash trim and other wood related products. Some customers contracted the firm to provide wood products for cottages being built at Grimsby Park, the Methodist camp ground. Some time before 1885 Edward Bowslaugh and his family moved to Kingsville, Ont. to open up a new planing mill and door and sash manufactory. He later sold the Grimsby Planing Mills to Daniel Marsh. The diaries and account books include many names of workers as well as friends and family members residing in the Grimsby and Kingsville areas. James M. Bowslaugh (1841-1882) was the son of Jacob and Anna (Beamer) Bowslaugh. James married first Anna Catharine Merritt and after her death in 1875 he married Mary Gee in 1877. James and Anna had three children, Eliza, James Herbert, George Hiram, all died very young. James and Mary Gee had one son, Charles Leopold Kenneth Frederich Bowslaugh, b. 1881. James Bowslaugh was a farmer and lumberman, much like his younger brother Edward. James’ early diaries often note the activities of himself and his brother Edward. Both Edward and James were heavily involved in the Methodist church, teaching or leading Sunday school and attending prayer meetings. Alfred M. Bowslaugh b. 1873 was the son of Edward W. Bowslaugh and his wife Mary Southward. The school notebook is from his days as a student in Kingsville, Ont.