This Week's Events: 1/31-2/5
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011:
Breakfast and Bingo
//When: 9:00-10:30 pm
//Sports Zone
Just come out and we supply everything you'll need including a delicious breakfast that we will change up every event. Winners will receive prizes!!!


Thursday, February 3rd, 2011:
Rockband Competition
//When: 7-9pm
//Gameroom
Rock Band Competition in the Gameroom. We supply the instruments, you supply the band members. Sign up in groups of three to compete. The winners can choose which concert they would like to attend at Ram's Head Live in downtown Baltimore. Free pizza!
Ms. Lauryn Hill. 2/10.
Keller Williams. 2/11.
Buckcherry, Hellyeah, All That Remains, The Damned Things. 2/12.
Milkshake. 2/13.
The Young Dubliners, Barleyjuice, The Rovers. 2/16.
Shane Burke & Time Columns, Ricky Barnwell, Stacked Like Pancakes, Swarm The North, The First Condition. 2/17.
Plain White T's, Miggs, Parachute. 2/18.
Medicine Lake, Smooth Kentucky, Cameron Blake. 2/24.

Disney Karaoke
//When: 8-10pm
//Sports Zone
Sing your favorite Disney tunes! We're giving out free cupcakes too!

Friday, February 4th, 2011:
Live Music: The Acoustic Sessions
//When: 9-11pm
//Sports Zone
Free concert performances by Marlena & Billy (Up and coming Harmonically driven duo), Trancedent Third (Identical Twin's and Baltimore University Alumns), The Town Criers (Three time UMBC Battle of The Bands Winners)
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The four tiny Chihuahua puppies were whirlwinds of frantic energy moving across the carpeted sunroom floor.  The two smallest and darkest, male and female littermates, wandered among the watching humans with evident irritation at the intrusion.  The male, which could have passed for an absurdly small Doberman, barked and snapped at onlookers’ extended fingers.  The copper-colored female sniffed with curiosity but growled at every sudden move, protective and untrusting. 

Across the room two males from a different litter were less eager to engage us.  One of them, his white fur attractively tinted with grey and brown blotches, confidently explored the room’s furniture, repeatedly crossing beneath and behind the sofa.  The other, white and tan, was clearly the shyest of the group.  He sought refuge in the farthest corner and watched the action with apparent anxiety.  When approached with an outstretched hand, he sniffed cautiously and offered a tentative lick.

Ten minutes later, Sharon and I sat on a bench outside, trying to decide what to do.  We had agreed that we would adopt two of the puppies.  I know now that in the ensuing years, the two we chose would become true members of our family, and our affection for them would shape our relationship and our lives.  I know now that their health and happiness is necessary to my own sense of stability and well-being, and that a large part of my perspective on life arises from loving these innocent little companions.  But sitting on that bench more than four years ago, we had to decide: Which two?

Sharon favored the two smallest.  She identified strongly with the female’s protectiveness, and worried that no other owner would be patient with their surliness.  She believed that in a loving home those two would blossom.  They needed us.  But I wanted the two slightly larger male pups.  I identified strongly with the anxious one’s shyness, and appreciated their gentleness.  I imagined that we had somehow inspired their friendliness; that their willingness to lick our hands meant we would bond with them easily.

As I sit here typing this today, it is impossible to envision our decision on the bench having gone a different way.  I wonder sometimes about the two dogs we left behind, and hope they found loving homes.  But I know my family was completed by our choice.

Penny, September 2006
Protective little Penny remains skittish around strangers, but she has grown to trust us, and treasures the comfort of Sharon’s lap.  She is ridiculously intelligent, always spotting the nuances in situations, anticipating both danger and opportunities to snack.  She can melt your heart with her imploring gaze; Sharon says she has me wrapped around her little paw.  Penny still snarls when she’s disturbed, especially while sleeping, but she takes care of us all, leaping to check on us when there is trouble; we half-jokingly call her “Nurse Puppy.”

Bucky, September 2006
Anxious Bucky grew from the pup that hid in the corner into a cheerful, eager playmate and explorer.  His shyness still comes out in the form of tail-wagging tentativeness around strangers (human or canine), but when he feels safe, he is an affection-seeking missile, leaping onto laps and thrusting his head forward for kisses.   His energy and charisma make him the one every visitor ends up wanting to take home.  Unlike me, Bucky rarely has any problem identifying and asking for exactly what he wants or expressing his every feeling, and I treasure him partly as a model of emotional health.

I love these dogs for being exactly themselves: so very different from me and Sharon (and each other), and so very much like us.  And I’m grateful that Sharon and I listened closely to each other and our hearts, on that bench perched on the edge of forever.

Penny and Bucky, January 2011


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Read the entire article here.
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Forget the football, Super Bowl XLV will be all about the hair.  Yes, the hair.

Cancer patients should try to avoid…being too hopeful?

Ready, Set, Race: February could bring the official start to the 2012 Presidential Campaign season.

The King’s Speech continues its reign as this awards’ season favorite.

And, Vice-President Joe Biden reads The Onion.

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en-tro-py

[en-truh-pee]

- noun – a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.

Used in a sentence:

“Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced plans to appoint a new government in an attempt to save his country from a complete state of entropy.”

Not only is the above sentence a stupendous use of vocabulary, it is the latest event in the turmoil which has engulfed Egypt.  During a press conference Friday, Mubarak stated:

I have asked the government to resign and tomorrow there will be a new government

The president, who has been in power for nearly three decades, made his plans known following four days of rampant protest.  Protesters have turned violent in their request for reform in the Middle East’s most populace country.  Addressing the requests, Mubarak promised:

We will continue with new steps which will ensure the independence of the judiciary and its rulings, and more freedom for citizens.

Egypt’s unrest has led to a shutdown of the Internet along with other technologies and has begun to spread throughout the region.

Over on the other side of the Atlantic, President Obama has called on the country’s president to make good on his word.  In a phone call to Mubarak, Obama cautioned the leader:

To refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters

Many consider Egypt to be an ally of the United States and predict a collapse of the government to be detrimental to America’s foreign relations’ agenda.  Others see the need for reforms in Egypt.

Stay tuned for updates.

Update #1: As cabinet members resign, protesters return to the streets of Egypt.( Saturday 9:00AM)

Update #2: As protests rage on, Besieged President Hosni Mubarak  names new government leaders. (Saturday 3:30PM)

Update #3:  The fifth day of protest in Egypt brought more of the same.  Police opened fire, killing 17.  1000s have been injured throughout the chaos. BBC live updates can be found here (Sunday 8:30AM)

Update #4:  Reverberations from the events in Egypt are being felt in Washinton DC (Sunday 10:30AM)


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Full Title: Men's Basketball Concludes January and Opens Second Half of America East Slate at Stony Brook on MondayUMBC begins the second half of the America East schedule on Mon., Jan. 31 when they attempt to split the season series against host Stony Brook. The Seawolves defeated UMBC, 64-56, to open league play on Jan. 2. Fans can catch all the action on Fox 1370 Sports Radio (www.fox1370.com) with Paul Mittermeier on the call, beginning with the pregame show at 6:55 p.m. ]]> Full Title: Men's Basketball Concludes January and Opens Second Half of America East Slate at Stony Brook on MondayUMBC begins the second half of the America East schedule on Mon., Jan. 31 when... http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=5977 https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/4705/guest@my.umbc.edu/a122d9560b7ce9e3b285632901ec04e3/api/pixel UMBC Athletics https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/original.jpg?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/large.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/medium.png?1709304849 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/small.png?1709304849 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxsmall.png?1709304849 UMBC Athletics 0 0 true Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two... Full Title: Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two School Records This Weekend at Penn State and George MasonFAIRFAX, Va./STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--In a big weekend for the UMBC men's and women's track and field teams, the Retrievers picked up four golds and two school records as the team competed at the Penn State National Invitational and the George Mason Patriot Games. ]]> Full Title: Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two School Records This Weekend at Penn State and George MasonFAIRFAX, Va./STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--In a big weekend for the UMBC men's and... http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=5975 https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/4696/guest@my.umbc.edu/3ede40db610f4f22c49af16bc9be0c0c/api/pixel UMBC Athletics https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/original.jpg?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/large.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/medium.png?1709304849 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/small.png?1709304849 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxsmall.png?1709304849 UMBC Athletics 2 1 true Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two... Full Title: Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two School Records This Weekend at Penn State and George MasonFAIRFAX, Va./STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--In a big weekend for the UMBC men's and women's track and field teams, the Retrievers picked up four golds and two school records as the team competed at the Penn State National Invitational and the George Mason Patriot Games. ]]> Full Title: Retriever Track and Field Wins Four Golds, Breaks Two School Records This Weekend at Penn State and George MasonFAIRFAX, Va./STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--In a big weekend for the UMBC men's and... http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=5976 https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/4697/guest@my.umbc.edu/c9b0464f3c5588c260cd9aaf6a227d73/api/pixel UMBC Athletics https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/original.jpg?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/large.png?1709304849 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/medium.png?1709304849 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/small.png?1709304849 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxsmall.png?1709304849 UMBC Athletics 2 0 true Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Grolar Bear Hybrid! Megabear is Real! Jim Martell shoots naturally occuring specimen in the wild. The Grolar Bear is a recent discovery of a Grizzly-Polar bear hybrid, for which confirmation of its natural occurrence was found in 2006 when a man shot and killed one while hunting.

Last year, another person shot one, bringing more attention to the natural hybrid mating of Polar bears and Brown bears (of which Grizzlies are considered to be a subspecies).

Here are the major links that discuss this:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v4/n1/grolar-bear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%E2%80%93polar_bear_hybrid.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/bear-hybrid-photo.html.

If two animals can interbreed, wouldn't that indicate that they're the same kind of animal? 

Is this an example of evolution or natural selection? Barring a distinction, is this the kind of evolution that can turn a fish into a mammal?

Is information gained or lost from the population by cross-breeding in this way?

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