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Francesco T. Mangano, DO, FACS, FACOS Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program
Associate Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
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Francesco Mangano joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's in July 2005, as an associate professor of neurosurgery within the UC Department of Neurosurgery.
A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Mangano completed his neurosurgical residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2004 followed by a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
Since joining the faculty of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at this Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, he has been instrumental in developing our nationally renowned Pediatric Epilepsy Program and is director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program. This program has already given many children a chance to experience a whole new life with marked reduction in the frequency of their debilitating seizures. After extensive evaluation and state of the art imaging and monitoring of the seizures, surgical intervention in many cases can then be exactly targeted to the source of the seizures. An extensive array of surgical techniques may be offered these patients, which ranges from implantation of a vagal nerve stimulator to resection of one whole side of the brain.
In addition, he is a co-principal investigator for an NIH-funded multi-institutional research study investigating advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus. This is only one of his numerous active research projects which have resulted in numerous publications, book chapters and national and international presentations in the fields of epilepsy, diffusion tensor imaging (MRI) of hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, and vascular and neoplastic brain lesions. He also has expertise in complex disorders of the spine and spinal cord, including spinal cord tumors, and craniocervical junction.
Dr. Mangano is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. He was board certified in 2008 in neurological surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.
DO: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Philadelphia, PA.
Residency: NYCOM-Long Island, Jewish Medical Center / North Shore University Health System, New Hyde Park, NY.
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Board Certification: :Neurological Surgery, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, 2008.
Kadar AA, Hearst MJ, Collins MH, Mangano FT, Samy RN. Ewing's Sarcoma of the Petrous Temporal Bone: Case Report and Literature Review. Skull Base. 2010 May;20(3):213-7.
Seo JH, Holland K, Rose D, Rozhkov L, Fujiwara H, Byars A, Arthur T, DeGrauw T, Leach JL, Gelfand MJ, Miles L, Mangano FT, Horn P, Lee KH. Multimodality imaging in the surgical treatment of children with nonlesional epilepsy. Neurology. 2011 Jan 4;76(1):41-8.
Yuan W, Deren KE, McAllister JP 2nd, Holland SK, Lindquist DM, Cancelliere A, Mason M, Shereen A, Hertzler DA, Altaye M, Mangano FT. Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with cytopathology in a rat model of neonatal hydrocephalus. Cerebrospinal Fluid Res. 2010 Nov 5;7:19.
Hertzler DA 2nd, DePowell JJ, Stevenson CB, Mangano FT. Tethered cord syndrome: a review of the literature from embryology to adult presentation. Neurosurg Focus. 2010 Jul;29(1):E1. Review.
Patel NN, Mangano FT, Klimo P Jr. Indirect revascularization techniques for treating moyamoya disease. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jul;21(3):553-63. Review.
Air EL, Yuan W, Holland SK, Jones BV, Bierbrauer K, Altaye M, Mangano FT. Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Apr;5(4):385-91.
Desai R, Stevenson CB, Crawford AH, Durrani AA, Mangano FT. C-1 lateral mass screw fixation in children with atlantoaxial instability: case series and technical report. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2010 Oct;23(7):474-9.
Xiang J, Wang Y, Chen Y, Liu Y, Kotecha R, Huo X, Rose DF, Fujiwara H, Hemasilpin N, Lee K, Mangano FT, Jones B, DeGrauw T. Noninvasive localization of epileptogenic zones with ictal high-frequency neuromagnetic signals. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Jan;5(1):113-22.
Yuan W, Mangano FT, Air EL, Holland SK, Jones BV, Altaye M, Bierbrauer K. Anisotropic diffusion properties in infants with hydrocephalus: a diffusion tensor imaging study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009 Oct;30(9):1792-8.
Xiang J, Liu Y, Wang Y, Kirtman EG, Kotecha R, Chen Y, Huo X, Fujiwara H, Hemasilpin N, Lee K, Mangano FT, Leach J, Jones B, DeGrauw T, Rose D. Frequency and spatial characteristics of high-frequency neuromagnetic signals in childhood epilepsy. Epileptic Disord. 2009 Jun;11(2):113-25.
Karin Bierbrauer, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Fetal malformations of the brain and spinal cord; spina bifida; tethered cord; head injury
MD: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1980-1984.
Residency: Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985-1989.
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Air EL, Yuan W, Holland SK, Jones BV, Bierbrauer K, Altaye M, Mangano FT. Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010; 5 (4): 385-391.
Yuan W, Mangano, FT, Air EL, Holland SK, Jones BV, Altaye A, Bierbrauer K. Anisotropic Diffusion Properties in Infants with Hydrocephalus – a DTI Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009; 30(9):1792-8.
Hsieh PC, Ondra SL, Grande AW, O'Shaughnessy BA, Bierbrauer KS et al. Posterior Vertebral Column subtraction osteotomy: a novel surgical approach for the treatment of multiple recurrences of tethered cord syndrome. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009;10(4):278-286.
Kenneth J. Campbell, PhD
studies the molecular genetic control of mouse forebrain development with a particular focus on the generation of neuronal diversity in the ventral telencephalon.
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Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Molecular genetic control of mammalian forebrain development
MS: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1990.
PhD: University of Lund, Lund, Sweden, 1994.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Skirball Institute, NYU Med Center, 1995-97.
Waclaw RR, Wang B, Pei Z, Ehrman LA, Campbell K. Distinct temporal requirements for the homeobox gene Gsx2 in specifying striatal and olfactory bulb neuronal fates. Neuron. 2009;63:451-65.
Wang B, Waclaw RR, Allen ZJ II, Guillemot F, Campbell K. Ascl1 is a required downstream effector of Gsx gene function in the embryonic mouse telencephalon. Neural Development. 2009;4:5.
Waclaw RR, Allen Z, Bell SM, Erdelyi F, Szabo G, Potter SS, Campbell K. The zinc finger transcription factor Sp8 regulates the generation and diversity of olfactory bulb interneurons. Neuron. 2006;49:503-16.
Campbell K. Cortical neuron specification: it has its time and place. Neuron. 2005;46:373-6.
Waclaw RR, Wang B, Campbell K. The homeobox gene Gsh2 is required for retinoid production in the embryonic mouse telencephalon. Development. 2004;131:4013-20.
Stenman J, Yu RT, Evans RM, Campbell K. Tlx and Pax6 co-operate genetically to establish the pallio-subpallial boundary in the mouse telencephalon. Development. 2003;130:1113-22.
Stenman J, Toresson H, Campbell K. Identification of two distinct progenitor populations in the lateral ganglionic eminence: Implications for striatal and olfactory bulb neurogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 2003;23:167-74.
Steven A. Crone, PhD
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Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Developmental biology; neurodegenerative disease; neural control of behavior; locomotion; respiration; motor circuits; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
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Steven Crone, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery within the UC Department of Surgery. He received his BS with honors from The Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego while performing his thesis research at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
His thesis research demonstrated that the ErbB2 receptor tyrosine kinase is essential for maintenance of the enteric nervous system and prevention of dilated cardiomyopathy. His research has important implications for the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease, heart disease and ErbB2/Her2 dependent breast cancer.
Dr. Crone performed his postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago where he used transgenic mouse models to label, ablate or alter gene expression in specific interneurons to establish that V2a neurons coordinate limb movement during locomotion and promote a normal breathing rhythm.
He joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in September of 2012 where his laboratory will investigate how motor circuits are altered by injury or disease.
BS: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1995.
PhD: University of California, San Diego and The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, 2003.
Postdoctoral: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012.
Crone SA, Viemari J-C, Droho S, Ramirez J, Mrejeru A, Sharma K. Irregular breathing in mice following genetic ablation of V2a neurons. J Neuroscience. 2012;32(23):7895–7906.
Zhong G, Droho S, Crone SA, Dietz S, Kwan AC, Webb WW, Sharma K, Harris-Warrick R. Electrophysiological characterization of the V2a interneurons and their locomotor-related activity in the neonatal mouse spinal cord. J Neuroscience. 2010;30(1):170-182.
Crone SA, Zhong G, Harris-Warrick R, Sharma K. In mice lacking V2a interneurons, gait depends on speed of locomotion. J Neuroscience. 2009;29(21):7098-7109.
Crone SA, Quinlan KA, Zagoraiou L, Droho S, Restrepo CE, Lundfald L, Endo T, Setlak J, Jessell TM, Kiehn O, Sharma K. Genetic ablation of V2a ipsilateral interneurons disrupts left-right locomotor coordination in mammalian spinal cord. Neuron. 2008;60:70-83.
Joseph NM, Mukouyama Y, Mosher JT, Jaegle M, Crone SA, Dormand E, Lee K-F, Meijer D, Anderson DJ, Morrison SJ. Neural crest stem cells undergo multi-lineage differentiation in developing peripheral nerves to generate endoneurial fibroblasts in addition to Schwann cells. Development. 2004;131:5599-5612.
Crone SA, Negro A, Trumpp A, Giovannini M, Lee K-F. Colonic epithelial expression of ErbB2 is required for postnatal maintenance of the enteric nervous system. Neuron. 2003;37:29-40.
Crone SA, Zhao Y-Y, Fan L, Gu Y, Minamisawa S, Liu Y, Peterson KL, Chen J, Kahn R, Condorelli G, Ross J Jr, Chien KR, Lee K-F. ErbB2 is essential in the prevention of dilated cardiomyopathy. Nature Medicine. 2002;8:459-465.
Crone SA, Lee K-F. Gene targeting reveals multiple essential functions of the neuregulin signaling system during development of the neuroendocrine and nervous systems. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2002;971:547-553.
Kaspar BK, Vissel B, Bengoechea T, Crone S, Randolph-Moore L, Muller R, Brandon EP, Schaffer D, Verma IM, Lee K-F, Heinemann SF, Gage FH. Adeno-associated virus effectively mediates conditional gene modification in the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2002;99:2320-5.
Kerry R. Crone, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Minimal access surgery; including endoscopic surgery; chiari malformations; brain tumors; design and implementation of patient safety initiatives and clinical outcomes studies
Dr. Kerry Crone is a professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He was director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center beginning in July 1999.
Dr. Crone's specialty interests include minimal access surgery and its applications for children with brain tumors, hydrocephalus and complex cysts within the brain. He has lectured extensively and taught other neurosurgeons these techniques at national and international meetings and courses and written numerous scholarly articles about the use of endoscopy and other tools to allow for these minimally invasive operations and has even been instrumental in designing some of the tools used by neurosurgeons around the world in visualizing and navigating during these operations.
He also has developed a very large and well renowned practice specializing in pediatric patients from infancy to young adulthood with Chiari malformations, offering not only the latest in imaging and surgical approaches, but expertise based on extensive research in this field.
The design of our neurosurgical operative suite, which was the first of its kind in the world, and incorporates intraoperative MRI with specially designed pediatric operating beds and computer guided navigation instruments to allow for maximal safety during resection of brain tumors and other complex operations of the brain and spine, was guided by his experience and expertise.
MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1978.
Residency: Neurosurgery, Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986.
Phillips CL, Miles L, Jones BV, Sutton M, Crone K, Fouladi M. Medulloblastoma with melanotic differentiation: case report and review of the literature. J Neurooncol. 2010 Oct 16.
Stevenson CB, Leach JL, Gupta A, Crone KR. Cystic degeneration of the cerebellar tonsils in pediatric patients with Chiari Type I malformation. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Dec;4(6):557-63.
Air E, Ghomri YM, Tyagi R, Grande AW, Crone K, and Mangano FT. Management of Vagal Nerve Stimulator Infections. Do they need to be removed? J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009; 3(1): 73-78.
Yuan W, Holland S, Jones BV, Crone K, and Mangano FT. Characterization of Abnormal Diffusion Properties of Supratentorial Brain Tumors: A Preliminary DTI Study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009; 1(4): 263-269.
Agabegi SS, Antekeier DP, Crawford AH, Crone KR. Postlaminectomy kyphosis in an achondroplastic adolescent treated for spinal stenosis. Orthopedics. 2008 Feb;31(2):168.
Neely JC 2nd, Jones BV, Crone KR. Spontaneous extracranial decompression of epidural hematoma. Pediatr Radiol. 2008; 38(3):316-8.
Levine NB, Miller MN, Crone KR. Endoscopic resection of colloid cysts: Indications, technique, and results during a 13-year period. Minim Invas Neurosurg. 2007; 50:313-317.
June Goto, PhD
is a neurobiologist who studies basic and pre-clinical models of brain malformation diseases. Her current studies focus on molecular and developmental basis of pediatric hydrocephalus using both genetic and sporadic rodent models of hydrocephalus.
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Instructor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
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Hydrocephalus; tuberous sclerosis complex; mouse genetic models
BS: Tokyo Gakugei University, 2000.
PhD: University of Tokyo, 2006.
Postdoctral training: University of Tokyo, 2007; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2012.
Tsai PT, Greene-Colozzi E, Goto J, Anderl S, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sahin M. Prenatal rapamycin results in early and late behavioral abnormalities in wildtype C57BL/6 mice. Behav Genet. 2013 Jan;43(1):51-9.
Goto J, Talos DM, Klein P, Qin W, Chekaluk YI, Anderl S, Malinowska IA, Di Nardo A, Bronson RT, Chan JA, Vinters HV, Kernie SG, Jensen FE, Sahin M, Kwiatkowski DJ. Regulable neural progenitor-specific Tsc1 loss yields giant cells with organellar dysfunction in a model of tuberous sclerosis complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Nov 8;108(45):E1070-9.
Anderl S, Freeland M, Kwiatkowski DJ, Goto J. Therapeutic value of prenatal rapamycin treatment in a mouse brain model of tuberous sclerosis complex. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Dec 1;20(23):4597-604.
Sun Q, Chen X, Ma J, Peng H, Wang F, Zha X, Wang Y, Jing Y, Yang H, Chen R, Chang L, Zhang Y, Goto J, Onda H, Chen T, Wang MR, Lu Y, You H, Kwiatkowski D, Zhang H. Mammalian target of rapamycin up-regulation of pyruvate kinase isoenzyme type M2 is critical for aerobic glycolysis and tumor growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):4129-34.
Malhowski AJ, Hira H, Bashiruddin S, Warburton R, Goto J, Robert B, Kwiatkowski DJ, Finlay GA. Smooth muscle protein-22-mediated deletion of Tsc1 results in cardiac hypertrophy that is mTORC1-mediated and reversed by rapamycin. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Apr 1;20(7):1290-305
Liang MC, Ma J, Chen L, Kozlowski P, Qin W, Li D, Goto J, Shimamura T, Hayes DN, Meyerson M, Kwiatkowski DJ, Wong KK. TSC1 loss synergizes with KRAS activation in lung cancer development in the mouse and confers rapamycin sensitivity. Oncogene. 2010 Mar 18;29(11):1588-97.
Pollizzi K, Malinowska-Kolodziej I, Doughty C, Betz C, Ma J, Goto J, Kwiatkowski DJ. A hypomorphic allele of Tsc2 highlights the role of TSC1/TSC2 in signaling to AKT and models mild human TSC2 alleles. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Jul 1;18(13):2378-87.
Goto J, Tezuka T, Nakazawa T, Sagara H, Yamamoto T. Loss of Fyn tyrosine kinase on the C57BL/6 genetic background causes hydrocephalus with defects in oligodendrocyte development. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2008 Jun;38(2):203-12.
Nakazawa T, Komai S, Watabe AM, Kiyama Y, Fukaya M, Arima-Yoshida F, Horai R, Sudo K, Ebine K, Delawary M, Goto J, Umemori H, Tezuka T, Iwakura Y, Watanabe M, Yamamoto T, Manabe T. NR2B tyrosine phosphorylation modulates fear learning as well as amygdaloid synaptic plasticity. EMBO J. 2006 Jun 21;25(12):2867-77.
Goto J, Tezuka T, Nakazawa T, Tsukamoto N, Nakamura T, Ajima R, Yokoyama K, Ohta T, Ohki M, Yamamoto T. Altered gene expression in the adult brain of fyn-deficient mice. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2004 Feb;24(1):149-59.
Charles B. Stevenson, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Assistant Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery
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Brain tumors; spasticity; Chiari malformations; fetal surgery; neurovascular disorders; minimal access surgery
Charles Stevenson, MD, rejoined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in July 2010, after having served for one year as staff neurosurgeon at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to completing his fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's, he received his neurosurgical training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. During that time, he also completed a two-year research fellowship in neurosurgical oncology. He graduated from medical school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Stevenson's interest, specialized training and research background in neuro-oncology make him uniquely qualified to lead our division in its collaborative efforts with the division of neuro-oncology in the Brain and Spinal Tumor program to treat children with primary and recurrent brain tumors. He is assisted in these efforts by leading-edge technology such as the operating room BrainSUITE™, which creates precise three-dimensional maps of the brain and allows for intraoperative MRI imaging to more safely remove particularly complex and deep-seated tumors. Cincinnati Children's was the first pediatric hospital in the world to offer this technology.
In addition, Dr. Stevenson brings expertise in selective dorsal rhizotomy as a treatment for spasticity, which, when added to implantation of baclofen pumps and medical therapy, allows for a wide range of treatment options for patients with spasticity from cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury. He is a member of a multidisciplinary team of specialists that includes neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as and physical and occupational therapies that offers comprehensive care for children with spasticity.
Dr. Stevenson is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. He was board certified in 2013 in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2001.
Residency: Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2008-09.
Board Certification: Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 2013.
Hertzler II DA, DePowell JJ, Stevenson CB, Mangano FT. Tethered cord syndrome: a review of the literature from embryology to adult presentation. Neurosurgical Focus. 2010;29(1):E1.
Stevenson CB, Desai RR, Crawford AH, Durrani AA, Mangano FT. C-1 lateral mass screw fixation in children with atlantoaxial instability: case series and technical report. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. 2010 Oct;23(7):474-9.
Reig AS, Stevenson CB, Tulipan NT. CT-based, fiducial-free frameless stereotaxy for difficult ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: experience in 26 consecutive patients. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2010;88(2):75-80.
Stevenson CB, Leach JL, Gupta A, Crone KR. Cystic degeneration of the cerebellar tonsils in pediatric patients with Chiari I malformation. J Neurosurg Ped. 2009; 4(6):557-63.
McMillan KM, Ehtesham M, Stevenson CB, Edgeworth ML, Thompson RC, Price RR. T2 detection of tumor invasion within segmented components of glioblastoma multiforme. J Mag Reson Imag. 2009; 29(2):251-7.
Ehtesham M, Mapara KY, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC.CXCR4 mediates the proliferation of glioblastoma progenitor cells. Cancer Letters. 2009;274(2):305-12.
Ehtesham M, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC. Preferential expression of chemokine receptor CXCR4 by highly malignant human gliomas and its association with poor patient survival. Neurosurgery. 2008; 63(4):E820.
Stevenson CB, Ehtesham M, McMillan KM, Valadez JG, Edgeworth ML, Price RR, Abel TW, Mapara KY, Thompson RC. CXCR4 expression is elevated in glioblastoma multiforme and correlates with an increase in intensity and extent of peri-tumoral T2-weighted MRI signal abnormalities. Neurosurgery. 2008;63(3):560-9.
Johnson MD, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC, Atkinson J, Boyer P. 31-year-old woman with hemiparesis. Brain Pathology. 2007;17(2):255-7.
Stevenson CB, Crone KR. Head injury. In Operative Pediatric Surgery Ziegler MM, Azizkhan RG, Weber T, von Allmen D (eds.). 2nd Edition. Mcgraw-Hill: New York ,NY, 2012.
Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
is interested in researching stem cells, neurogenesis, and modulation of cytokine activity.
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Disorders of the brain and spine; brain and spine tumors; spinal deformity; chiari malformation; hydrocephalus; movement disorders; endovascular/ interventional neuroradiology; neuroendoscopy; neurostimulation
Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO, joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center after completing his fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Texas Children's Hospital and neurosurgical residency at Hofstra North Shore- LIJ School of Medicine. While at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ, he acquired additional training in open cerebrovascular surgery and endovascular surgery for specialized training in the care of vascular disorders of the brain and spine.
Dr. Vadivelu's interest, specialized training and research background in the role of inflammation in neurogenesis and stem cells, make him uniquely qualified to lead our division in its collaborative efforts with the division of interventional neuroradiology for the treatment of children with vascular disorders of the brain and spine.
In addition, Dr. Vadivelu brings expertise in spinal diseases, brain and spinal cord tumors, neuroendoscopy and neurostimulation.
DO: Des Moines University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA.
Residency: Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Neurosurgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY.
Fellowship: Interventional Neuroradiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY; Cerebrovascular Surgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY; Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Vadivelu S, Willsey M, Curry D, McDonald JW. Potential role of stem cells for neuropathic pain disorders. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Sep;35(3):E11.
Desai S, Vadivelu S, Patel A, Jea A. Isolated Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis in the Pediatric Population and in Williams Syndrome. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Jun; 18(6):558-63.
Patel A, Vadivelu S, Desai S, Jea A. Congenital Hypoplasia or Aplasia of the Lumbosacral Pedicle as an Unusual Cause for Spondylolisthesis in the Pediatric Age Group. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Jun; 11(6):717-21.
Vadivelu S, Effendi S, Starke J, Luerssen T, Jea A. Neurological management in tuberculous meningitis. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Jul 10.
Vadivelu S, Kelley RI, Edelman M, Schneider S, Mittler M. Choroid plexus papilloma and Pierpont syndrome. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Feb; 11(2):115-8.
Vadivelu S, Xin X, Loven T, Restrepo G, Chalif DJ, and Setton A. Iatrogenic dural AVF and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 May;32(5):E1.
Vadivelu S, Bolognese P, Milhorat T, Mogilner AY. Occipital nerve stimulation for refractory headache in the chiari malformation population. Neurosurgery. 2012 70(6):1430-7.
Vadivelu S, Bell RS, Crandall B, DeGraba T, Armonda RA. (2010) Delayed detection of carotid-cavernous fistulas associated with wartime blast-induced craniofacial trauma. Neurosurg Focus. 28(5), E6.
Vadivelu S, Tomlinson K, Valles J, Hundert M, Bagdonas R, Eisenberg M. Acute anti-emetic withdrawal associated with a hemorrhagic cerebellar arteriovenous malformation. J Clin Neurosci. 2010 17(8), 1061-3.
Vadivelu S, Sharer L, Schulder M. Regression of Multiple Intracranial Meningioma after Cessation of long term progesterone agonist therapy. J Neurosurg. 2010 May;112(5):920-4.
Timothy W. Vogel, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Tim Vogel, MD, joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's in 2013 as an assistant professor of neurosurgery and developmental biology within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Vogel is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Vogel completed his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2011. He then completed a minimally invasive fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard University, followed by a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at St Louis Children's Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Vogel specializes in craniofacial surgery and the use of endoscopy in the minimally invasive treatment of children. He also utilizes endoscopy and his expertise with minimally invasive surgery to treat hydrocephalus and certain tumors of the brain.
In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Vogel is a principal investigator in the Division of Developmental Biology focused on human and molecular genetics of hydrocephalus and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Vogel has completed postdoctoral fellowships for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Iowa and at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Vogel is focused on cilia (hair like structures in the brain) and their contribution to hydrocephalus during development. He utilizes basic and translational applications to study cellular signaling in hydrocephalus with the goal of developing innovative treatment strategies for this disease.
Dr. Vogel is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society of Craniofacial Surgery, the American Society of Human Genetics, the Ciliopathy Alliance, and the Congress of Neurological Society and the Society of Neuroscience.
MD: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2005.
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 2011.
Research Fellowship: Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2013.
Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, St. Louis, MO, 2013.
Minimally Invasive Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Department of Neurosurgery, Boston, MA, 2012.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2012.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2010.
Zhang Q, Nishimura DY, Vogel T, Shao J, Swiderski R, Yin T, Searby C, Carter CC, Kim G, Bugge K, Stone EM, Sheffield VC. BBS7 is required for BBSome formation and its absence in mice results in Bardet-Biedl syndrome phenotypes and selective abnormalities in membrane protein trafficking. J Cell Sci. 2013 Jun 1;126(Pt 11):3272-80.
Carter CS*, Vogel TW*, Zhang Q, Seo S, Swiderski RE, Moninger TO, Cassell MD, Thedens DR, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Nopoulos P, Nishimura DY, Searby CC, Bugge K, Sheffield VC. Abnormal development of NG2+PDGFR-α+ neural progenitor cells leads to neonatal hydrocephalus in a ciliopathy mouse model. Nat Med. 2012 Dec;18(12):1797-804. Cover Article. (*EQUAL AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION)
Vogel TW, Carter CS, Abode-Iyamah K, Zhang Q, Robinson S. The role of primary cilia in the pathophysiology of neural tube defects. Neurosurgery Focus. 2012 Oct; 33(4):E2. Cover Article.
Vogel TW, Manjila S, Cohen AR. Novel neurodevelopmental disorder in a case of a giant occipitoparietal meningoencephalocele. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Jun 8. Cover Article.
Zhang Q, Nishimura DY, Seo S, Vogel T, Morgan DA, Searby C, Bugge K, Stone EM, Rahmouni K, Sheffield VC. Bardet-Biedl syndrome 3 (Bbs3) knockout mouse model reveals common BBS-associated phenotypes and Bbs3 unique phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Dec 20;108(51):20678-83.
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Too bad Hermione doesn't have a disarming charm to ward off hackers.
Those cyber-security experts at McAfee have named Harry Potter star Emma Watson 2012's Most Dangerous Celebrity. Close behind the 22-year-old thesp in second and third place respectively are Jessica Biel who took the title in 2009, and Eva Mendes.
McAfee's list is a rather dubious one, as the firm created it as a way to raise awareness of a rapidly growing problem—that is, celebs being used to lure innocent netizens into downloading all kinds of computer viruses, malware and other malicious software that uses personal data to commit fraud—usually when a celeb's name along with "nude pictures" or "free downloads" is typed into a search.
Hermione hotness: Emma Watson poses in a sexy bra on Glamour cover
The rest of the top 10 are all women, unsurprisingly, many of them Latina. Selena Gomez came in fourth followed by Halle Berry, Megan Fox and Shakira in fifth, sixth and seventh place. Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek and Sofía Vergara round things out respectively in eighth, ninth and 10th place.
The only male to crack the top 20 riskiest celebs was comedian Jimmy Kimmel (though most likely not for nude pics).
Several models made the list, with Elle Macpherson, Bar Refaeli and Kate Upton landing at No. 16, 17 and 20 respectively. The winner of 2011's Most Dangerous Celebrity, by the way, was fellow catwalker Heidi Klum.
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Remembering the floods of 1924
Posted: May 12, 2014|
THE great floods of 2014 have all but receded but this picture is a reminder of an earlier flood which badly affected parts of the Black Country 90 years ago.
The photograph shows flooding in Lower High Street, Stourbridge, on June 1, 1924, and it has been loaned to us by John Taylor of Kidderminster.
The rain began with a burst of thunder on Saturday afternoon, May 31, and continued throughout the night, becoming torrential and continuing all the next day. In some parts it rained non-stop for 30 hours with around a month's rain falling over the weekend.
A week later, the Dudley Herald summed up the aftermath:
"The storm left its mark on Stourbridge. Rain, the like of which had not been seen for years, came incessantly for over 24 hours. The thunder was very heavy and the lightning extremely vivid. The back of house in Wood Street, Wollaston was struck by lightning, but no serious damage was done. Sunday morning was the worst.
"During the night the river Stour had overflowed its banks with the result that Lower High Street became a sheet of water, 60 yards wide, and in places several feet deep. The Great Western Railway goods yard was a lake. In some parts the water was over the truck wheels. A wooden fence which had been erected while alterations were being effected, was greatly damaged, and a large amount of timber was carried away. The shops of Messrs. Woolf, Perry, Bills, etc., were flooded out, the water being quite three feet deep. Considerable damage was done. An unfortunate victim was Mr Pitts, whose kitchen is underground. The water rushed in, and chairs, tables and piano were soon floating about. Mr Frank Tether donned a bathing suit and rescued a number of articles, but the greater part were ruined. At the house of Mr Boswell, down by the canal wharf, a ladder had to be used to enter the house through the bedroom window. The Fire Brigade, under Captain T.L.Walker, worked strenuously in pumping the water out of the cellars, etc.
"By 7pm on Sunday evening the flood had subsided considerably, but a width of quite 30 yards was still under water. Trams could not pass into the town all day, and the 'bus traffic had to be diverted via the Fish and Wollaston. Monday morning saw the Lower High Street clear of water, and normal traffic running, but the underground places were still swamped. An old resident informed our representative that he remembered the last flood, some 21 years ago, but it was nothing to compare with this one in intensity."
Naturally, the canals were badly affected by the downpour and the report continues:
"The greatest damage was caused at the Junction, Audnam, Wordsley, where the Stour runs close to the canal. Here the river overflowed into the canal, which in turn, became so swollen that the canal burst through an overflow weir.
"The weir was built on a sandstone rock, but the force of the flood swept the whole of the brickwork and a great piece of the rock completely away, carrying with it portions of a recently-erected brick and concrete dairy, pig-styes, fowl pens, etc., belonging to the farm house of Mrs Worrall. Eleven pigs were rescued after considerable excitement by people living near, but the safety of 150 ducks, fowl and chickens was for a long time in doubt. The foundations of the farm house itself and a small bridge over the weir were also seriously threatened.
"In addition, the flood entirely swept away a large garden, the fruit trees being uprooted, and when a reporter of this journal visited the spot on Sunday evening, where once was a garden had become a chasm, down which the water was rushing like a miniature Niagara.
"At this point the water flowed back into the Stour, and the river and the canal became almost as one large sheet of water, covering a dozen acres of land, including a large recreation ground belonging to Messrs. Jones and Attwood, engineers and ironfounders, of Stourbridge. The depth of the water here may be gauged by the fact that the cross-bar of the goal posts was only just visible, and tall railings round another field were entirely submerged."
The Stour was not the only river to burst its banks, the Tame also flooded:
"For many a long day Wednesbury has not experienced such a storm. Rain fell from about 5 o'clock on Saturday evening until about 8 o'clock on Sunday evening. At one period the storm was torrential and grew with great severity, until it appeared to many that it was a cloud burst or a semi-water spout. The streets of the town became miniature rivers and many of the low lying parts of the town were flooded. Fortunately, no serious damage was done to household property. Mesty Croft and Hydes Road suffered more than anywhere else. Here the River Tame and the brook that runs along the side of Hydes Road overflowed their banks, and the result was that in a very short time a large portion of the road near the aqueduct was under several inches of water, while the road leading to West Bromwich Old Church became submerged to a depth of about three feet."
Other parts of the Black Country were also hit by flooding that summer's weekend. The Dudley Herald reported "Havoc at Halesowen", a landslide at Blackheath, the flooding of Old Hill cricket ground, damage at Quarry Bank, minor floods at Bilston but the worst floods being at Cradley, where the vicar, Rev S. Cooper, set up a relief fund for the victims.
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And one question comes to mind.. why is he selling it?
Is @ Elderly's website.
And one question comes to mind.. why is he selling it?
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I can think of 408 reasons.
Bonamassa would probably take good care of that classic...
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Why would anyone want that old beat up thing?
That is a cool guitar. Isn't that the one that we've seen in PRS videos comparing with the tone of the SC-58? (and presumably used as the tone inspiration?) Maybe I have it wrong.
Regarding why get rid of it. Who knows? Maybe it just outlived his use for it.
Perhaps it and his old strat have just served their purpose.
He had the best of an era as benchmarks for what he had to beat.
Once he's done that he can move on.
Sounds like a good thing to bring up during Experience Q&As!
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In 1993 I got a call from my local guitar store. The owner had a 1953 Goldtop LP with a trapeze tailpiece and P-90s. Was I interested?
Well, I went and looked, and played it. I remember the case being opened, and the musty smell, and of course the guitar looked pretty much like Paul's, roughly the same condition. The owner wanted around $3500 for it, and that seemed like a lot to me for an old beat-up thing with green "goo" where one's forearm rests. I wandered around the store, thinking about it. I knew old guitars were starting to become valuable, but...
That's when I spotted a new Artist II hanging on the wall. It was gorgeous, played better than the goldtop, and sounded better, too. I bought it on the spot. And it was shiny and came in a leather case. I was in heaven.
So...I'm thinking maybe Paul found a really nice Artist II and is selling the goldie to fund it?
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken...
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I drive an old Land Rover Defender. I could sell it and buy a much nicer (and more capable) truck with the money but I don't. It's an appreciating asset that set the standard for what it does. It has a unique appeal that can't be duplicated. It's a clunky, uncomfortable, spartan, icon. Yet, somehow, it fits me like an old pair of blue jeans that might just make it a other week if I'm careful not to wash them.
If I had the money and needed a new truck, I wouldn't buy the Rover. It's only worth it (to me) because I bought it when it wasn't as desirable (and was less expensive). I got when I could use it as intended - which is why I fell in love with it. If I paid the big money for it now, I'm not sure I'd ever truly enjoy it. I would be too afraid to screw it up.
There will come a point with old Defenders that only die-hard enthisiasts, collectors, and rich guys will have them. John Mayer could drive any car he wants and he drives one just like mine. Same color too.
I regard that '58 Les Paul the same way I regard my truck.
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I really LOVE goldtops...that one is perfect!
I still say if that one was indeed the one that was used as the "benchmark" for PRS singlecuts and some of the puckups then it'd be more significant to me than most other vintage Gibsons.
Perhaps his wife has a firm one in-one out rule?


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In early 2013, Marshall's new Birth Center opened to the public. Since then, it's proven to be a welcome addition for families deciding where to have their babies.
"We've seen an approximate 9 percent birth rate increase over our old maternity unit in 2013. To date, we've welcomed over 500 new lives into the world compared with 465 in 2012. Recently, a couple from Fairfield purposely chose to deliver their baby at Marshall Birth Center," said Deena Purdy, RNC, director of Marshall Birth Center.
The last year proved challenging and exciting for the staff of the Birth Center. From having a dedicated operating room in the unit for C-sections, to the sheer size increase, which went from 4,400 square feet to nearly 19,000 square feet, there have been challenges but the staff reportedly met each one with openness and excitement.
"The wonderful private rooms and level of care, comfort and amenities we can offer our patients is a source of pride. Parents are choosing to stay longer too, since we have plenty of room for families now. Our average length of stay has increased from two days to nearly three. We're all very excited and honored to be able to offer this level of care to our community," said Purdy.


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Say you accidentally missed one credit card payment. How much or how little does that impact your credit score? There are many factors involved in the determination, but the bottom line is, the better your rating, the deeper the dent.
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Making payments on time is, of course, the best defense in keeping up your FICO score. But everyone makes mistakes, and unforeseen emergencies do occur. The good news is, if you correct the oversight within a month, you are probably safe.
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Barry Paperno, of Credit.com, said that the answers to three questions go into to determining the impact of a missed payment. (1) How recent is the late payment? (2) How severe were the late payments? (3) Did more than one account have a late payment?
According to Paperno, the answer to the first question has the greatest impact. And it hurts the worst the better your score:
"If a single late payment occurred a few years ago and all payments on all accounts have been made on time since, that single late payment will have little negative impact on your score. On the other hand, … a recent late payment can cause as much as a 90-110 point drop on a FICO score of 780 or higher. … This information will remain on your credit report for seven years."
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The featured wildlife species in DNR's 2011 Nongame Support Certificate is a Northern Cardinal, photographed by Stan Buman of Fenceline Photos in Carroll, Iowa. Stan is an all around nature lover and his photography has been featured in many regional and national publications. He is also part-owner of a consulting firm focused on agriculture and the environment. Check out more of his photography at http://www.fencelinephotos.com/ .
Northern cardinals are one of the most striking and ubiquitous birds in Iowa. They are a member of a family that includes dickcissels, buntings and most of the grosbeaks. They have a large body and a bulky bill, perfect for cracking open seeds. Male cardinals, as in the certificate image, have a prominent crest and bright red plumage that contrasts strikingly with Iowa's snow-covered winter landscape. Females are not as brightly colored but are still a beautiful mixture of olive and tan with some reddish- orange highlights.
Cardinals are found in all counties in Iowa though they are sparser in Northwest counties. They are one of the relatively few species that are year round residents. During the nesting season, cardinals prefer low dense vegetation for their nests though these patches of habitat can be found in residential areas to forest edges and old fields. During the winter they are one of the most common and welcome feeder birds. On a winter feeder survey conducted in 1994, cardinals were observed at 81% of feeders. Overall they are an adaptable species that has expanded its range during the last 50 years. The northern cardinal has also in the past topped the list of people's favorite birds.
It is with mixed feelings we announce that 2011 marks the last year that the non-game certificate will be produced. This fact made the Northern Cardinal an especially symbolic pick as a male cardinal also graced our very first support certificate in 1979. It is a fitting image to help usher out this important program that raises money to conserve all songbirds as well as other non-game wildlife. Thank you for your support of Iowa's Wildlife!
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Councillors' plan to buy wharves to develop
Posted: February 28, 2013|
A PLAN to transform some of the Bideford wharves into a development of apartments, cafes, restaurants and shops may be put on hold now that Bideford Town Council could buy the site.
Bideford town councillors Peter Christie and David Brenton are due to put a proposal to the rest of the council at a meeting tonight which calls for the town council to purchase the East-the-Water wharves from current owners Torridge District Council.
TDC has been working on a scheme to develop the currently disused riverside site since 2011.
The site, which includes Brunswick Wharf, has not been used as a working wharf since the 1970s.
TDC has conducted a public consultation on the site and has also narrowed down who might develop it to just one preferred developer, who they are yet to reveal.
But now all those plans could be scrapped if BTC agree to make an offer to TDC and take on the ownership.
Mr Brenton said initially the plan would be to tidy the area up and knock down the existing buildings opening it up for public use allowing time to then decide what long term use the site will have
The idea first came about last year when the town council was given a presentation showing what the prospective scheme for the wharves looks like. He said: "This is not what the people of Bideford want.
"It is quite short sighted to have lock up shops on the site, we have that the other side of the river and there are enough empty shops that side.
"That can't be seen as regeneration. Another problem with having accommodation there is the noise pollution created by the working port.
"People who move in will have a right to complain against the noise nuisance which could put the port at risk of closing. We can't let that happen.
"We have got to look long term at this proposal. Once you have built on that land it will be lost. I haven't met anyone in favour of the proposed development."


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Audi has released pictures and details of the Amplified Black Edition, which is a new option pack for the TT coupe and Roadster Black Edition models.
The Audi TT Amplified Black Edition adds 19-inch 'Rotor' alloy wheels, unique colours and black detailing for an extra £700.
Four colours are available, with a bold Samoa Orange the most dramatic. There's also Daytona Grey, Misano Red or Glacier white, all of which come with black finish on the lower front lip of the aggressive front spoiler, black side mirrors and a black TT RS-style rear spoiler. There's a black rear diffuser, while the new 19-inch wheels are the same design used on the range-topping TT RS Plus.
The Black Edition is based on the TT S model, which means it comes with Xenon LED headlamps, a black grille and number plate surrounds, black leather upholstery and a BOSE audio system. It also comes with brushed aluminium inlays unless you choose the Samoa Orange, in which case the inlays will be orange, too.
Engine choice are either a 208bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine in front-wheel drive or quattro all-wheel drive, or a 168bhp 2.0-litre turbodiesel with quattro.
The Audi TT Amplified Black Edition is available in shworooms now, with prices starting from £31,365.
Come on VW... this Audi looks exactly the same as it did 15 years ago. It so desperately needs a complete redesign. It's squashed bubble shape is now creaking with age and now looks & feels old, old.... old. Start kicking some backsides in the Audi design dept.
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"There's a black rear diffuser, while the new 19-inch wheels are the same design used on the range-topping TT RS Plus." - I'm sure there are some very happy TT RS owners reading this at present! And forr less than a thousand quid this will be a popular tick on the options list. Similar issue as the (originally) exclusive orange paint for the 1M - 'valencia orange' - which one could then choose on any following 1 series!


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Lee Daniels finally broke his silence on The Butler's notorious Oscars snub, and the A-list director kept it classy with his comments. Speaking to TMZ at LAX, Daniels says it's the media that starts the Oscar hype, not the artists who make the films.
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Oklahoma football: Grading the Sooners' 20-17 win over TCU
Pass rush: A. TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin is not an accomplished passer, but he can hurt defenses with his feet. But the Sooners corralled him well. Boykin was sacked four times, and he broke free for only one scramble that hurt, a 12-yard gain. Charles Tapper had two of the sacks; Aaron Colvin and Jordan Wade also had sacks.
Short-yardage offense: A. I know it doesn't seem like it, but the Sooners were perfect in short-yardage situations. They five times faced third or fourth down with less than four yards needed. And OU converted all five. One problem, though; Josh Heupel felt the need to throw on four of those situations. The only short-yardage run success came on a 4th-and-2 Belldozer run that gained seven yards.
National anthem: A. Six vintage planes, flown by the Warbird Pilots, staged a flyover during the Pride of Oklahoma's "Star-Spangled Banner." Always cool to have a flyover; even cooler when all six pilots are Oklahoma civilians with either combat experience or active-duty status in the Vietnam War – Col. Paul Mackey from Creek County, Navy Cmdr. Steve Campbell of Tulsa, Maj. Fred Ruefer of Muskogee, Maj. Mike Hahn of Shawnee, Lt. Col. Charlie Sublett of Tulsa and Sgt. Ken Woodhead of Tulsa.
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Jun 4, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 36 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL
Last week, Morning Joe's eponymous host, Joe Scarborough, called the effort to recall Wisconsin governor Scott Walker "a political Pickett's Charge" by the Democrats and the unions: "They ran up the hill when they didn't have to." If we were to extend the somewhat fanciful historical comparison, we could, I suppose, liken Walker's supporters to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment—part of the famed Iron Brigade—whose successful charge on July 1 near Chambersburg Pike contributed to the Union victory at Gettysburg. (Perhaps Walker, in order to inspire his supporters before the vote, could repeat the famous order of Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Dawes, delivered amidst battlefield confusion and carnage: "Forward! Forward! Charge! Align on the Colors! Align on the Colors!")
Needless to say, comparing Pickett's troops to today's union organizers and left-wing activists is unjust to the memory of the Confederate soldiers, whose courage and resolve compelled admiration, if not awe, from observers both North and South. And Scott Walker would be the first to gainsay any comparison of his efforts to the bravery and fortitude of the Iron Brigade, whose 1,900 soldiers took more than 1,100 casualties that day.
The Wisconsin recall election isn't a modern-day battle of Gettysburg. But let's hope the comparison holds at least in this respect—that the recall effort, like Pickett's Charge, fails, and that the just cause prevails. And then, in the event of a victory for Walker on June 5, the task of today's Republicans will be similar to the challenge facing the Union forces after Gettysburg: to turn a defensive success—halting the South's advance into Pennsylvania, preventing Scott Walker from being removed from office halfway through his term—into a strategic victory in the broader conflict.
This the North, much to President Lincoln's chagrin, failed to do. On July 7, Lincoln commented, "If Gen. Meade can complete his work so gloriously prosecuted thus far, by the literal or substantial destruction of Lee's army, the rebellion will be over." But despite Lincoln's entreaties, Meade allowed Lee's army to retreat and then cross back over the Potomac to safety in the South. As Lincoln said, "Our army held the war in the hollow of their hand and they would not close it!"
Can the forces of political reform today do a better job of closing their victorious hand? Here is one simple thing the Romney campaign can do: Associate Mitt Romney with Governor Walker's success—and the successes of other governors—in making the case for a national agenda of conservative reform of a bloated and bankrupt welfare state.
One problem for any challenger is to show that his untested policies will work when he's in office. Another problem for a Republican running for president in 2012 is to unshackle himself from the perceived failures of the last Republican president. Both problems can be dealt with by having Romney become the tribune and representative of the successful Republican governors.
Campaigns tend to focus on making the case for their uniquely qualified candidate. But the case for Romney as president is immeasurably strengthened if it's not just about Mitt Romney. His case is reinforced by the successes of governors like Mitch Daniels and Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell and Scott Walker and Susana Martinez. These governors have had real successes dealing with the fiscal and financial challenges their states have faced. And this during the same period in which President Obama (and to some degree President Bush before him) failed to grapple with comparable problems at the national level—and at the same time that Democratic governors and legislators in states like Illinois and California have conspicuously failed.
If Team Romney can become Team Romney-Walker-Daniels-Christie-et al., Romney's campaign will take on a sharper focus. His chances of prevailing this fall will increase. It's true that he might win anyway in a long and difficult slog. But a Walker victory in Wisconsin on the first Tuesday in June could provide a defining moment for the Romney campaign—and for the forces of responsible Republican reform against reactionary Democratic opposition.
It's up to the Romney campaign to seize that moment and spend the months after June 5 explaining that a Republican president is needed to complete at the national level the "work so gloriously prosecuted so far" by Republican governors.
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Dele Ajisomo is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mandriva West Africa and a Board member of the Information Technology Association of Nigeria. In this interview with STANLEY OPARA and SIMON EJEMBI, he speaks on the future of IT business in Nigeria and the role of local players in the development of the industry
How will you rate the growth of the IT sector in Nigeria and its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product?
The sector is growing and what we are contributing to the GDP is just five per cent. This is allowed, but we can actually contribute close to 30 per cent.
The Information Technology Association of Nigeria board, for instance, is now looking at things from a different perspective. It is bringing in people who can actually help the industry. The question now is: How do we bring this about?
We need funding, we need collaboration, we need development, we need training for our members of staff and this is what we really want to let people in the industry know and understand. We need all these to move ahead.
In the United States, where I trained, we have venture capitalists. You are starting a company and you are putting money in there, as long as you can provide them with corporate governance, a structure, a good business plan, you will get money and that is actually why there are lots of innovations in the US.
Nigerians are very creative, but without money they cannot go anywhere. That is really the difference between this country and other countries. That is what ITAN is trying to change. We want to see how we can actually have venture capitalists, but my challenge will be to get people with money in this country to actually invest in technology.
Technology is ruling the world now. That is why you have your phones. Do you know what most young multi-millionaires in the world today do? They don't have fixed office hours. When they wake up, they drink coffee around their home and do programming on their personal computers.
Thereafter, you go online and you buy a game or you buy an application for $3 or $5. If they have 10 million people buying that application in a year, multiply that by 10 million. They are still in their houses, they don't have offices, and so, when they want to trade that idea, venture capitalists will invest in it. That is the way Google started; Facebook, Twitter, and so on. That is the way they all started and that is the way the industry is going and that is the way we really need to move in this country.
Do you think the Federal Government is ready to help promote this whole idea?
Let's not blame everything on the Federal Government. IT professionals in this country are very timid. We believe we can manage, but if we start coming out and start talking like people in other professions, people will start investing and we will also become important to the government.
Anybody can easily say now that five per cent of the GDP is nothing. But what have the other industries provided that is better than us? It is just that we are not talking. If we are talking, we'll get funding. When the farmers started talking, agriculture became a major issue in the country, so that is the way it has to go.
Yes, you have to force your government to act; government will sit waiting for you. We always forget that government is for us. So, we really need to go after the government via talking, by doing something. Nigerians can produce all these banking applications that we are talking about, the programmes can be written in this country even by kids that are under 24. But where is the funding to do that?
Imagine how much a bank spends on IT in a year, that is just one bank in this country. And there are 23 to 24 major banks now. If you look at the amount, it is in billions of dollars; not naira.
If that money can reside here we can create more jobs for Nigerians, we can create more wealth for Nigerians and a lot of things can go on; and we can contribute towards our schools.
If we can buy technologies from local manufacturers, they will use that money to hire Nigerians and more Nigerians will be put to work. So, those are the types of things we need to look at, we need to start talking.
But why are IT professionals not talking?
Maybe it's is our background. For example, when I started out in the US, I started with IBM. I had a room in my office and everything. I can stay in there on the floor, not because I did not have a chair, but I preferred putting the keyboard on my lap and I can stay there and not even look at the time or think about food.
It might have to do with the nature of the IT profession; we just need a quiet place where we can just think. I still do that. Sometimes, my wife will accuse me and say, 'Why are you mild?' And I'll say, 'I'm not mild, I'm just thinking.' She'll ask, 'Why are you upset' and I will say, 'I'm not upset, I'm thinking'. You see, it might be our nature, but we need to come out of that shell. Also, sometimes, we keep too much to ourselves, we don't share. If you keep things to yourself, saying you don't want to share because someone else might do them before you, you may have more difficulties. But if you collaborate – I might not know what you know or who you know – then we can expand it. Let's share it. Eventually, government will start hearing us.
How competent are Nigerian professionals, especially in the IT sector when compared to their foreign counterparts?
This takes me to the oil industry. The oil industry has been hijacked; you might not know. Some of the people working for oil companies won't be able to clean my shoes in the US, but we call them expatriate here because they have white skin. We put them in nice houses, and we worship them as if they were great; it's a fact.
I went to school with them, I know what they know and I didn't fail or drop out of school, So, what's the big deal? I did the same thing they did. I've worked for an oil company before – BP, which used to be Amoco Oil.
We do a lot of these things for them, we bring them here and the white folks you see, their bosses, who will also be white, will tell you that there are no competent Nigerians to do that and we accept that, while there are competent Nigerians. Before, they used to say we cannot develop any software in this country, but now, there are lots of software developed in this country. So, those are the types of things we need to look at.
In Nigeria people keep complaining that the quality of local product is below international standards. What is ITAN doing about this?
Let me say this; we don't have patience, and that is something we don't have in common with Americans. Every time you do something, people will start judging you and comparing you with people who have been doing it for over 200 years. You can buy a HP Computer today and tomorrow it might not work, you can also buy IBM today and tomorrow it might not work; it can happen to anybody. We need to be patient. I bought a cloth here one time and a tailor sewed it for me and I sent the same material to my wife in the US and she sewed it there. People here were saying hers was better than mine, while people in the US were saying mine was better than hers. That is the problem. Anything international, we just double it up; it's our mentality.


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How do we get out of the feelings of paralysis and despair that we might feel about what's happening around us?
I feel a paralysis not because these images are horrible but because this particular issue is just one (a faraway one at that) of the many problems in the world and I don't know which should get my attention and hence no issue gets my active attention.
As he says perhaps if we allow ourselves to process our emotions, and allow ourselves to feel the rage about what's happening in the world then maybe we can collectively make better choices. For me, watching a documentary called Waiting for Superman about inexcusably bad education being doled out to kids in poor neighbourhoods moved me to tears.
What's moved you recently? I hope you're not numb to everything because that in itself is a tragedy.
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Child Care Aware® of America formerly NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, is the nation's leading voice for child care. Working with more than 700 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide to help ensure that families in 99 percent of all populated ZIP codes in the United States have access to high-quality, affordable child care. NACCRRA leads projects that increase the quality and availability of child care professionals, undertake research, and advocate child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families.
AEYC-MO, The Missouri Association for the Education of Young Children works to improve the well being of all children especially those birth to 8 in Missouri. A chapter of NAEYC, AEYC-MO offers local opportunities to be involved early childhood, as well as, provides information on advocacy
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The Children's Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri's foundation for child abuse prevention. CTF was created by the Missouri General Assembly in 1983 as a non-profit organization whose purpose is to prevent and/or alleviate child abuse and neglect.


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TENEHAW MUNICIPALITY. Tenehaw (Tenaja, Tenaha, Teneha) District, part of Nacogdoches Municipality in 1833, became Tenehaw Municipality in 1835, with Nashville (now Shelbyville) as the seat of government. On January 11, 1836, the name of the municipality was changed to Shelby.
R. L. Batts, "Defunct Counties of Texas," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Harold Schoen, comp., Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence (Austin: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1938).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."TENEHAW MUNICIPALITY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hzt01), accessed October 13, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.