<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>DIALOG and DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>12/22/2005</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF"><B><I>************************************</I></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>RESOURCES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) Webpage and Electronic Newsletter</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.awi-potsdam.de/pyrn/">http://www.awi-potsdam.de/pyrn/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>New Scientist magazine: Continually updated Climate Change special report:</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change">http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>NSF program announcement on "Carbon and Water in the Earth System" </B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13651&org=GEO&from=home">http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13651&org=GEO&from=home</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>NSF Announces Human and Social Dynamics Competition</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "> <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06509">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06509</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NSF Announces New Awards to Study the Impact of Katrina on People and Social Systems</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=ma05027"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=ma05027</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>2003 College Graduates in the U.S. Workforce: A Profile</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06304"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06304</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Chilling Out With Global Warming</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NSF's Strategic Plan for FY 2006-2011 </B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SCIENCE NEWS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice age from New Scientist</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398">http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Marine Census Shows Diversity, Declines</B></DIV> <A href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501AP_Ocean_Census.html">http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501AP_Ocean_Census.html</A><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Squids Display Maternal Nature - from the San Francisco Chronicle</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/d5lsa"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/d5lsa</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Snails Causing Disappearance of Marsh Grass, Study Finds - from Scripps Howard News Service</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/7px76"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/7px76</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Ancient Legends Give an Early Warning of Modern Disasters from the Guardian (UK)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientists Discover New Hydrothermal Vents Around the Globe from Associated Press</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Towards a Post-2012 Climate Change Regime</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gas Emissions Reached High in U.S. in '04-from the New York Times</B><SPAN style=""> (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 33, 255); min-height: 15px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0021FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>FORUM</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Message from NSF Director Arden Bement, re NSF Strategic Plan for FY 2006 - 2011</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><B>Defending Science by Defining It-Analysis from the Washington Post</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://tinyurl.com/exskv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/exskv</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>An army of adjuncts - art-time professors increasingly common at state universities</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/09/army.of.adjuncts.ap/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/09/army.of.adjuncts.ap/index.html</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001FFF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Cutting-Edge workshops for Geoscience Faculty</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <A href="http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/workshops.html">http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/workshops.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Arial" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>JOBS</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Phytoplankton Ecologist, Assistant/Associate Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="file://localhost/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">https://jobs.fgcu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1134169663065</FONT></SPAN></A><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Job openings at NOAA</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> <A href="https://jobs1.quickhire.com/scripts/doc.exe/runjobinfo?aOrg=1&aJob=5033&Username=~BROWSE~&ORGIMG=doc_logo1.jpg">https://jobs1.quickhire.com/scripts/doc.exe/runjobinfo?aOrg=1&aJob=5033&Username=~BROWSE~&ORGIMG=doc_logo1.jpg</A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Associate with research interests in large-scale atmosphere-ocean - University of Washington</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-Graduate Fellowship tenable at the Washington, DC office of START.</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Human Dimensions of Global Change field</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-Doctoral Position, Pelagic Fish Ecology or Fisheries Acoustics-Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska</B><B><O:P style=""></O:P></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (see below)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Resources</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Chilling Out With Global Warming</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> From the San Francisco Chronicle</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Global warming might be upsetting the circulation of warm and cold water in the world's oceans and is perhaps setting the stage for -- ironically – a significant cooling of the north Atlantic climate within a century.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> One far-out possibility is that sea ice might begin drifting to unusually southerly latitudes, possibly leading to sightings of icebergs off North Carolina or Bermuda some time around the year 2100, one scientist speculated at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Whether or not that's a realistic possibility, researchers are increasingly worried that the ocean's so-called conveyor belt for transporting heat through the oceans is changing in response to atmospheric global warming. The phenomenon, in turn, might hasten serious changes in world climate, scientists said. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/dc2zw">http://tinyurl.com/dc2zw</A> </DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NSF's Strategic Plan for FY 2006-2011 </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">Dear NSF Colleagues:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We want to let you know the next step in the development of NSF's Strategic Plan for FY 2006-2011. [SEE <A href="http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/input.cfm]">http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/input.cfm]</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NSF is asking the broad communities we serve to<O:P></O:P> provide their input on two key questions:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does NSF's current Strategic Plan effectively communicate NSF's roles and responsibilities as part of the science and engineering (S&E)<O:P></O:P> community?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If not, what is lacking and how can the next plan be improved?<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What broad characteristics of the near- and long-term environment for S&E research and education should NSF consider and address in its next<O:P></O:P> Strategic Plan?<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The attached letter will be distributed through MyNSF (formerly the Custom News Service).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Groups covering our major constituencies will also be informed and a link to the letter will appear on the NSF Homepage.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There will be additional opportunities for staff, Advisory Committee and<O:P></O:P> direct community input as we work toward completing the Strategic Plan by<O:P></O:P> September 30, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Arden Bement and Kathie Olsen</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Science News</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Ancient Legends Give an Early Warning of Modern Disasters from the Guardian (UK)</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> On the banks of Siletz Bay in Lincoln City, Oregon, officials dedicated a memorial last week to one of America's worst calamities: a huge earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of Native Americans 300 years ago.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> But the memorial's main job is not to commemorate the disaster, which has only just come to light, but to warn local people that similar devastation could strike at any time.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The area sits over massive fault lines whose dangers have been highlighted by a startling new scientific discipline that combines Earth science studies and analysis of ancient legends. This is geomythology, and it is transforming our knowledge of earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, says the journal Science. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/b9tzz">http://tinyurl.com/b9tzz</A> </DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Scientists Discover New Hydrothermal Vents Around the Globe from Associated Press</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> San Francisco (AP) -- Scientists exploring the world's sea floor have discovered new super-hot, mineral-rich geysers belching from the southern Atlantic, Arctic and Indian oceans.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> The findings are significant because they show that such hydrothermal vents are a global phenomena, which may help shed light on Earth's geological development and the origins of simple life.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Thermal vents teeming with exotic creatures were once thought to exist only in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" because of its high volcanic activity and fast-spreading sea floor. But the discovery of boiling hot springs in the slower-growing Mid-Atlantic Ridge 20 years ago opened new avenues of exploration. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/a7hjx">http://tinyurl.com/a7hjx</A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Towards a Post-2012 Climate Change Regime</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">K. Blok, N. Höhne, A. Torvanger, R. Janzic, 2005, 130p.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The core of the report is a proposal of a possible future regime consisting of an agreement with several elements: multistage emission reductions, emissions from land use change and forestry, adaptation and technology development. It also discusses the implication of a delay of action on meeting the same environmental goal.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report also provides an overview of several possible country groupings. It further provides fact sheets of several proposals for a post 2012 regime. The report finally provides a scenario of a possible negotiation process.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The report can be downloaded at <A href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/pdf/id_bps098.PDF"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/pdf/id_bps098.PDF</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is linked at the EU Commission DG Environment climate change reports web site: <A href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/studies.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/studies.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Gas Emissions Reached High in U.S. in '04-from the New York Times</B><SPAN style=""> (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>American emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming reached an all-time high in 2004, rising 2 percent from the year before, the Energy Department said, nearly double the average annual rate measured since 1990.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The department's Energy Information Administration, in a report issued Monday, also raised earlier government estimates of emissions for 2003, pushing that year past 2000 into second place.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No estimates were available for United States emissions in 2005, although energy experts say increased economic growth this year is likely to make it another record-setter. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/bqa77"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/bqa77</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Forum</B></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Message from NSF Director Arden Bement, re NSF Strategic Plan for FY 2006 - 2011</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dear NSF Colleagues:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We want to let you know the next step in the development of NSF's Strategic Plan for FY 2006-2011. NSF is asking the broad communities we serve to provide their input on two key questions:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does NSF's current Strategic Plan effectively communicate NSF's roles and responsibilities as part of the science and engineering (S&E) community? If not, what is lacking and how can the next plan be improved?<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What broad characteristics of the near- and long-term environment for S&E research and education should NSF consider and address in its next Strategic Plan?<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NSF document (formal letter) associated with this mailing is at http://<A href="http://www.nsf.gov/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.nsf.gov</FONT></SPAN></A> (NSF 06-009). The current strategic plan is NSF 04-201.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There will be additional opportunities for staff, Advisory Committee and direct community input as we work toward completing the Strategic Plan by September 30, 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Arden Bement and Kathie Olsen</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><B>Defending Science by Defining It-Analysis from the Washington Post</B> (Registration Required)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The opinion written by Judge John E. Jones III in the Dover evolution trial is a two-in-one document that offers both philosophical and practical arguments against "intelligent design" likely to be useful to far more than a school board in a small Pennsylvania town.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jones gives a clear definition of science, and recounts how this vaunted mode of inquiry has evolved over the centuries. He describes how scientists go about the task of supporting or challenging ideas about the world of the senses -- all that can be observed and measured. And he reaches the unwavering conclusion that intelligent design is a religious idea, not a scientific one.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His opinion is a passionate paean to science. But it is also a strategic defense of Darwinian theory. <A href="http://tinyurl.com/exskv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/exskv</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>***************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" face="Helvetica"><B>Jobs</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><B>Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to: </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> Or, visit </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FA">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> and click on 'Join this group'</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><BR></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Research Associate with research interests in large-scale atmosphere-ocean - University of Washington</B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"> Interaction with emphasis on climate dynamics and/or biogeochemical cycles. Term of appointment: one (1) year, renewable for a second year, subject to the approval of the JISAO Senior Fellows and availability of funding. Position is not project specific: Recruitee is free to define her/his research goals within the above-mentioned broad program areas and is encouraged to interact with University of Washington and NOAA PMEL scientists, many of whom are involved in the University's Program on Climate Change. Applicants are invited to submit a brief mini-proposal outlining research to be pursued during a two-year tenure at JISAO, if selected. Send curriculum vitae and a list of four (4) references to: Director, Joint Institute for Study of Atmosphere and Ocean, Attn: Marjorie Reeves, Box 354235, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; Fax: 206-685-3397; e-mail: <A href="mailto:mar@atmos.washington.edu">mar@atmos.washington.edu</A>.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-Graduate Fellowship tenable at the Washington, DC office of START.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Post-Graduate Fellowship tenable at the Washington, DC office of START, to assist in the development and implementation of START's global change research activities and capacity building in developing countries. This Fellowship is aimed at developing country students currently completing graduate degree programs in the US. The Fellowship term will be up to 12 months.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>START is a non-governmental global environmental change research and capacity building program based in Washington, DC, with regional offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Nairobi, New Delhi and Suva (see <A href="http://www.start.org/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.start.org</FONT></SPAN></A>).<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Responsibilities may include program coordination; preparation and synthesis of reports, including review of project proposals related to climate change and adaptation; project administration; and organization of international workshops.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should have, or be near completion of, an advanced degree in a field related to global environmental change. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written are needed. Must be organized, results oriented, and a self-starter with the ability to be a team player in a small office environment.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A stipend will be provided commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should submit a letter of interest and resume, including the names and contact information of three references and sample of writing as soon as possible to:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Patricia Sipher<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Program Coordinator<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>International START Secretariat<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Suite 200<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washington, DC 20009<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email: <A href="mailto:psipher@agu.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">psipher@agu.org</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>NCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Human Dimensions of Global Change field</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For Natural AND Social Sciences: The postdoctoral program provides an opportunity for recent-Ph.D. scientists to continue to pursue their research interests in atmospheric and related science. The program also invites postdoctoral physicists, chemists, applied mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, and specialists from related disciplines such as biology, geology, science education, economics, and geography, to apply their training to research in the atmospheric sciences.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The primary goal of the program is to develop the careers of recent Ph.D. graduates. The ASP also encourages independence and creativity while providing an environment in which fellows interact with and receive advice from experienced scientists at NCAR. <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deadline for 2006 applications is 5 January 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have any questions please contact the Advanced Study Program at <A href="mailto:asp-apply@ucar.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">asp-apply@ucar.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>See what Sciencecareers.org has to say about NCAR and the ASP postdoctoral fellowships <O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The IAI postdoctoral program provides an opportunity for recent-Ph.D. scientists from any of the nineteen member countries to come to NCAR and continue to pursue their research interests in atmospheric and related science. The program also invites postdoctoral physicists, chemists, applied mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, and specialists from related disciplines such as biology, geology, science education, economics, and geography, to apply their training to research in the atmospheric sciences.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Deadline for 2006 applications is 5 January 2006.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Above From ASP Website: <A href="http://www.asp.ucar.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.asp.ucar.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SERE Lab Website: <A href="http://www.sere.ucar.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.sere.ucar.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>/<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Institute for the Studi of Society and Environment (ISSE): <A href="http://www.isse.ucar.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.isse.ucar.edu</FONT></SPAN></A>/</DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> ********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><B>Post-Doctoral Position, Pelagic Fish Ecology or Fisheries Acoustics-Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, Alaska</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Prince William Sound Science Center, a non-profit research and education institution located on the shores of Prince William Sound (<A href="http://www.pwssc.net/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.pwssc.net</FONT></SPAN></A>) in Cordova, Alaska, is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person for a post-doctoral research position focused on pelagic fish assessment and ecology. This individual will join a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team working on the ecosystem dynamics of Prince William Sound. <A href="http://www.pwssc.net/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.pwssc.net</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants are required to have fisheries research experience. Experience with fisheries acoustics is highly desirable. Experience with Pacific herring or other forage fish is also desirable. The position with involve ship time within Prince William Sound. The successful applicant will be expected to work independently, but in collaboration with researchers, be able to publish the research findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals as well as write proposals, reports, and other publications. The ideal applicant will be organized, self motivated, independent, pro-active, have a proven ability to produce tangible results from significant or difficult tasks, have strong communication skills, be able to work as part of a research team, and complement the research interests of existing personnel. Travel may be required. This position is for two years commencing in 2006 with extension contingent on funding. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or have U.S. Permanent Residence status.<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send electronically your curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, how you think you would fit into our organization, your professional experiences, and the names of three references with their contact information to:<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Richard Thorne<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Prince William Sound Science Center<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>P.O. Box 705<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cordova, AK 99574<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: <A href="mailto:thorne@pwssc.gen.ak.us"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">thorne@pwssc.gen.ak.us</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Review of applications will begin on Monday, 16 January 2006. The position is open until filled.</DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>**************************************************</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler to distribute information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to build an international sense of community among recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of information and opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B> Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to </B></SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:phd@whitman.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002EFF"><B>phd@whitman.edu</B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>. </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> Send a short message in the body of an e-mail message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0030FF" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>Moving?</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">Send address changes to </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:dialog@whitman.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002EFF">dialog@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> or </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:disccrs@whitman.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002EFF">disccrs@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">**********</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948 </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Walla Walla, WA 99362</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:weiler@whitman.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001AFF">weiler@whitman.edu</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Programs for Recent PhDs </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://aslo.org/phd.html"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001AFF">http://aslo.org/phd.html</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> DIALOG poster </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001AFF">http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> DISCCRS poster </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001AFF">http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates in a </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> Changing Global Environment</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times New Roman; min-height: 15px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV></BODY></HTML>