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		<title>will.i.am on the importance of funding science education &#124; Marketplace From American Public Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will.i.am wants to fund science? Another reason to love him. Read this interview from Marketplace. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/10/pm-black-eyed-peas-&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Ofc. 410-516-4802 Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiroonscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738836&amp;post=401&amp;subd=spiroonscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>Will.i.am wants to fund science? Another reason to love him. Read this interview from Marketplace. <br /><a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/10/pm-black-eyed-peas-william-on-the-importance-of-funding-science-education/?refid=0">http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/10/pm-black-eyed-peas-&#8230;</a>
<p />&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; <br />Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer <br />The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology <br />Ofc. 410-516-4802 <br />Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone        </div>
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		<title>The physics of cancer: the role of physical interactions and mechanical forces in metastasis : Abstract : Nature Reviews Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comprehensive review by the Johns Hopkins faculty members I work for every day! Great read! http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v11/n7/abs/nrc3080.html &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Ofc. 410-516-4802 Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiroonscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738836&amp;post=399&amp;subd=spiroonscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>Comprehensive review by the Johns Hopkins faculty members I work for every day! Great read!
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<p />&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; <br />Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer <br />The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology <br />Ofc. 410-516-4802 <br />Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone        </div>
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		<title>What Should We Unravel Next, After the Genome? Answer: The Teleome &#8211; Mark Changizi &#8211; Unconvoluted &#8211; Forbes (via HootSuite iPhone)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 02:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Should We Unravel Next, After the Genome? Answer: The Teleome &#8211; Mark Changizi &#8211; Unconvoluted &#8211; Forbes http://blogs.forbes.com/markchangizi/2011/05/12/what-should-we-unravel-next-a&#8230; Sent from HootSuite iPhone http://hootsuite.com/iphone<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiroonscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738836&amp;post=397&amp;subd=spiroonscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>What Should We Unravel Next, After the Genome? Answer: The Teleome &#8211; Mark Changizi &#8211; Unconvoluted &#8211; Forbes <br /><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/markchangizi/2011/05/12/what-should-we-unravel-next-after-the-genome-answer-the-teleome/">http://blogs.forbes.com/markchangizi/2011/05/12/what-should-we-unravel-next-a&#8230;</a>
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		<title>Why Medical Schools Should Not Teach Integrative Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Spiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an important essay. Read it and submit your comments. http://blogs.forbes.com/sciencebiz/2011/04/21/bad-medicine-at-the-university-&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology Ofc. 410-516-4802 Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiroonscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738836&amp;post=395&amp;subd=spiroonscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='posterous_autopost'>This is an important essay. Read it and submit your comments. <br /><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/sciencebiz/2011/04/21/bad-medicine-at-the-university-of-maryland/">http://blogs.forbes.com/sciencebiz/2011/04/21/bad-medicine-at-the-university-&#8230;</a>
<p />&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; <br />Mary Spiro, M.S.; science writer <br />The Johns Hopkins University Institute for NanoBioTechnology <br />Ofc. 410-516-4802 <br />Cell: 443-204-7159 Sent from my iPhone        </div>
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		<title>Terrapin fun at Irvine Nature Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Baltimore Schools Students Compete in JHU Robotics Contest Dec. 11</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media Advisory: Baltimore City Schools Students to Compete Saturday in Robotics Contest at Johns Hopkins WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. NOTE: Best times to view the robots in action are between 10 a.m. and &#8230; <a href="http://spiroonscience.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/baltimore-schools-students-compete-in-jhu-robotics-contest-dec-11/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiroonscience.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8738836&amp;post=366&amp;subd=spiroonscience&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<h1><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://releases.jhu.edu/2010/12/09/media-advisory-baltimore-city-students-robotics-contest-johns-hopkins/" title="Permanent Link to Media Advisory: Baltimore City Schools Students to Compete Saturday in Robotics Contest at Johns Hopkins" target="_blank">Media Advisory: Baltimore City Schools Students to Compete Saturday in Robotics Contest at Johns Hopkins</a></span></h1>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">WHEN:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;"> 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. <strong><span>NOTE:</span></strong> Best times to view the robots in action are between 10 a.m. and noon or between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Awards will be handed out between 3:30 and 4 p.m.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">WHERE:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;"> In the Glass Pavilion, Levering Hall, on The Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">WHO:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;"> More than 100 middle and high school students, mainly from Baltimore City Public Schools, will compete in a VEX Robotics qualifying competition, in which student-made devices will score points by placing doughnut-size rings atop posts and by hanging from ladder rungs. Students will compete in teams, generally made up of three to five young people. <em><span>(A complete list of participating Baltimore schools is posted below.)</span></em> Johns Hopkins faculty members and students will help supervise the contest, along with volunteers from Northrop Grumman, the event’s financial sponsor.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">WHAT:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;"> Students from six Baltimore City middle schools, five Baltimore City high schools and from Delaware County Christian School in Pennsylvania have been building moving devices using VEX Robotics educational products. Each robot must be no larger than 18 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. At this local tournament, 24 teams from these schools will compete to be one of the four that proceed to the 2011 VEX World Championship, to be held in April at Walt Disney World in Florida. To determine the local winners, each robot on Saturday will participate in four or five matches staged within two competition fields in the Glass Pavilion.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">WHY: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">The event is being hosted by the <a href="http://engineering.jhu.edu/%7Eceo/index.html" target="_blank">Center for Educational Outreach</a> at Johns Hopkins’ <a href="http://engineering.jhu.edu/" target="_blank">Whiting School of Engineering</a>. The center’s mission is to encourage more middle school and high school students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math education and careers.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">SUPERVISOR FOR THE EVENT:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;"> The tournament director is Su Kim. Her weekday office phone is (410) 516-4180. To reach her on the day of the event, her cell phone number is (443) 670-2323.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">More information about the competition can be found at this Web site:<a href="http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/johns-hopkins-vex-round-up-programming-tune-up-and-scrimmage.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;"><br /> </span>http://robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/johns-hopkins-vex-round-up-programming-tune-up-and-scrimmage.html</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Competition rules can be viewed here:<br /> <a href="http://www.vexforum.com/wiki/index.php/Round_Up" target="_blank">http://www.vexforum.com/wiki/index.php/Round_Up</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Videos of earlier VEX Robotics contest at other locations can be seen here:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xku7QzWtWEQ" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/whbb3BQqA8c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/whbb3BQqA8c&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1</a></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xku7QzWtWEQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/Xku7QzWtWEQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1</a></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;"><br /><strong><span>Participating Baltimore City Schools</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;"><br />(Some schools will send more than one team)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Middle schools:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Friendship Preparatory Academy at Calverton<br />Highlandtown Elementary Middle School<br />Arundel Elementary Middle School<br />Empowerment Academy<br />Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle<br /> Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">High schools:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Dunbar/Patterson (Combined Team)<br />Western High School<br />Baltimore Polytechnic Institute<br /> Independence School</span></p>
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<h5><span style="font-size:11pt;">MEDIA CONTACT: Phil Sneiderman<br /> (443) 287-9960<a href="mailto:prs@jhu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;"><br /></span>prs@jhu.edu</a></span></h5>
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