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Photoshop CS6 Blur Gallery Tutorial
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|The new Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6 offers tools that provide intuitive and creative ways to manipulate depth of field and create bokeh effects.
One of my favorite features introduced in the Photoshop CS6 beta is without a doubt the Blur Gallery. This collection of three brand new filters allows for photo-realistic depth of field adjustments via an interface which allows you to place and manipulate controls directly on the image area.
Photographers rely on focal length, subject distance and aperture to determine in-focus and blurred areas of an image. Yet there are times when technical constraints make a desired effect difficult to achieve. And that's where these new tools come in handy.
Unlike the blur options in previous versions of Photoshop, the Blur Gallery filters are designed specifically to produce a selective focus effect. The Blur Gallery is comprised of three filters; Field Blur, Iris Blur and Tilt-Shift. In addition there are a separate set of Blur Effects that let you create specular highlights mimicking the circular bokeh effect produced by lenses. In this article I'll show you how these tools work and hopefully inspire you to start using them on your own images.
Because the blur filters are applied directly to the image pixels, rather than as a layer adjustment, I strongly recommend that you first duplicate the background layer of your image before applying any of these filters. If your image already contains multiple layers, select the topmost layer and merge the visible layers into a new additional layer by pressing Command + Shift + Option + E (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on Windows). Then go to Filter>Blur and choose either Field Blur, Iris Blur or Tilt-Shift.) This will open the Blur Gallery.
Field Blur
Field Blur is the simplest of the three filters to use, but offers the least amount of direct control. When you select this option in the Filter menu, the image opens in a full size editing window. An active 'pin' is automatically placed in the center of the image, surrounded by an adjustment ring (the gray circle partially covered in white). At this point the entire image is blurred to the degree specified in the adjustment ring.
Field Blur opens with a 'pin' placed in the center of the image surrounded by an adjustment ring that applies a blur to the entire image.
With your cursor on or near the adjustment ring you can drag your mouse along the ring's edge to adjust the blur amount. You'll see the blur value update (an example of of CS6's 'rich cursor' feature) as you move the mouse. Alternatively you can use the slider in the Field Blur panel.
OK, so we've made the entire image blurry. Big deal. The fun starts as you add additional pins to the image. Move your cursor away from the adjustment ring and you'll see the cursor now appears as a small pushpin with an plus sign alongside it. In this 'add pin' mode, simply click to place a new blur control so that you can specify a different blur intensity at that image location. A blur setting of 0 prevents any blur from taking place, protecting or masking out that area of the image.
Place two pins on a single image and Photoshop creates a linear gradient that makes a smooth transition between the effects of each pin. Place three or more pins and Photoshop then constrains the effect of each pin to the image area in its immediate vicinity. You can place as many pins as you like on an image.
You can see that I've added a lot of pins in this example in order to restrict the blur effects to specific areas of the image. Note that each pin can be set to its own blur value, so the real value of Filed Blur comes if you're prepared to place and adjust multiple points on an image, which admittedly can take time to get the precise results you're after.
While this may seem like an awful lot of work, one of the things I like best about Field Blur is that it tends to lead to more realistic results with natural-looking transitions that looks as if they could have actually been done in-camera. The Iris Blur filter, which we'll examine on the following page, can produce results with less effort. Yet it is very easy to produce an overdone result that any experienced photographer will recognize as a post processing edit.
Click here to continue reading our Photoshop CS6 Blur Gallery tutorial...
thanks a lot that someone like you shared this kind of new knowledge to photography enthusiast
I haven't even finished reading it and just had to stop and write: Ellen, this is a wonderful article - thank you very much for writing it. I've got it open alongside of an editing session - very neat set of new tools in CS6! Your tutorial is well written and well presented.
One idea that springs up right away: it would be cool if right clicking over any one blur pin offered the option to copy that pin / settings.
Thanks again - can't wait to finish reading this tutorial :)
I used to be a purist about photography and post processing. But then I realized that the bokeh that a really nice Zeiss or Leica lens provides is actually artificial compared to what my eyes are really seeing. We see the dog and the background. Just because I buy a nice full frame camera and fast lens doesn't mean that I am now doing something authentic; rather, I am manipulating tools to give me a pleasant artificial look. Why not allow post processing if it can do the same trick? That being said, I prefer the nice equipment over the time spent post processing to get this effect.
If the recipient of the photo is happy with the result, whether he is a paying customer or not, then we have to consider success. For those who are claiming this REAL or NOT real, too bad life goes on and we must accept it. How many times have you sold some of your work and not modified it using any type of software. Even in film photography, all kinds of processing tricks are used to make a customer happy !
I do that with CaptureNX for years. The sad part is that an average photographer can be regarded as a great one. No photo can be considered real anymore and this is worrying.
The dog example looks like poop. Keep your lenses.
I tried the new feature to make blurry background of an image taken by an iPad3. The new feature is absolutely fantastic. I used to do with layers in CS4 and 5, but not impressed. This new feature is much faster and very intuitive.
I hope Adobe will offer student discount.
if you can afford pscs6 you can afford fast glass, this is a nice add on to fool around with and is nice to have, im more interested in fixing a bad blur shot that to make a out of focus worse than it is. I love ps for years now and having more tools added is nice, the feather that i think most people will like more is that fix blur option, only time will tell if it makes it into this version when its out and how well it works. Also any glass that's at least f8 makes nice boken its all how you use it. the average consumer dont have the correct tools to out put the high quality from a 12mp camera further more a 48mp censor.
What a great software..Must own it soon !!!
Nice article giving info on this new tool, it will really augment creativity from where camera gear can not proceed further.
"From where camera gear can not proceed further". At that point can it still be considered photography?
Just asking.
Yes, just not documentary photography, photojournalism, etc.
Hi Ellen. I love your signature. What font did you use?
Bit Too LATE...
Picasa (google photographic software) has done it since three years ago.
The wife loves it for dealing with her 5D2 results
Its funny how much negative comments from a noob in PS or should i say who have zero knowledge in the SW. How much can u judge from a 2D image in its real distance if ur not the one who took the photo? So many people think they know so much about photography that they can judge which one is real or not. Be real and embrace the technology. Be thankful somebody is sharing their knowledge in these things.
The 'technology' is not going to be able to make an F/16 shot look the same as an F/2.8 one. As I pointed out before, look at the trees on the cityscape shot. The top half of the tree is blurred out as if it is receeded further into the distance even though it is on the same focal plane as the rest of the tree..... How anyone can look at this tutorial and tool as some sort of revolution is beyond me. And yes I have the beta of CS6 also.
Fully agreed with Craig. Of course you can mask the trees out. In some simple pictures the Tilt-Shift filter might work without masking, when there are no trees, lamp posts or such interrupting the scenery, but usually you have to mask something - even though i suspect people won't mask anything and will be very happy anyway.
What the filter has, it can distort the blurred foreground, to mimic lens distortion. But it can not raise saturation to give a slightly plasticky toy look.
??? Some may have any version of PS but it doesnt mean they know how to use it. I would rather process a photo shot at F16 to look like F2.8 of trees... It can be done and not only by "masking" it will take a lot of time in tedious work, but who would do that? Unless im being paid a good amount of $ for it... Even expert PS users would get some new discoveries even in years of using it. Well if we talk about saturation... Bring it to LR... Man... Pffff still goes to my first comment noob in PS
With careful masking, removing (deleting to prevent bleed) the trees, then layering things. Im not saying its impossible to create a fake DOF change. Will it look the same as shot at a shallow DOF to begin with? Probably depends a bit on the complexity of the scene. In general? I would say no. Bottom line, this is nothing revolutionary and does not take the place of shooting the image with the DOF you want to begin with.
I think that first shot with the flowers gives a false impression of what this filter in CS6 is capable of. That image had already been shot at a shallow DOF and was simply accentuated a bit by additional blurring.
My galleries can be seen here http://www.pbase.com/cpilecky
I am not a newb as people like to say. I am a professional graphic designer. I am finishing my first book. I know how to use Photoshop. Ok? Can we stop calling people names?
Heres a rough of the cover http://www.pbase.com/cpilecky/image/142431292
One thing I do like about CS6 is the new oil filter. I ran that filter on one of my old landscapes to give it more of a painted look.
Ohhhhh, now I get it, this is an April fools joke!!!! (should be)
The cornflower shot looks very unrealistic in the sense that the dof to distance is not accurate on the flowers, since both flowers should not appear with the same focus plane, the stem on the taller flower has no graduated dof moving vertically, meaning that it is not leaving forward into the front flowers focal plane, I guess that is the idea, to make the impossible, possible.
I'd rather exaggerate already existing dof, not make the impossible, possible. I'm not into abstract or impressionistic art, I'm into realism with a bit of lucid dream mixed in, hence why I bought a camera, to reproduce a scene, not to make up a scene.
Just to clarify, the depth of field on those two flowers is entirely natural and done in camera. The PS blur was only applied to the background to blur it slightly more than what was possible with that particular lens. Often it's difficult to blur the background as much as one might like with most wide angle lenses.
The tilt shift effect with the guy on the stairs is not very good. Its to obvious where the edge of the blur is. Also the top half of the trees wouldn't be blurred like that. Its not realistic and its distracting. These additional tools may prove useful under some circumstances, but the way they are being shown here is not very good IMO.
It would be much easier, and you would get much better results, if you just knew how you wanted to take the shot in the first place and then did it that way. When your doing the shoot if your not sure if you want a shallow DOF or not take one each way and then decide later.
It's just awful. Is there another 'final' version of that dog photo? It doesn't look like bokeh at all. It looks like smudges. Lens bokeh doesn't smudge the background. Sorry, I just don't get it. It certainly doesn't look any better than Fuji's Pro Focus mode or Sony's version on their point & shoots...it usually just doesn't look realistic. Just like this.
guys at adobe have some weird sense of humour :)
What i criticize in this filter so far (it's a beta):
- Pins cannot be duplicated by Alt-dragging
- You cannot load alpha channels as selections within the filter UI, as you can in Lens Blur, or in the Extract filter of yore; this would give you a chance to quickly experiment with various selections (for instance, with varying hardness)
- it is yet another kind of filter interface, how many are there now in Photoshop
- Blur Gallery is not at all integrated with Lens Blur or with the 3D functions
- you cannot really define distance; Lens Blur – looking at gray values in the alpha channel – allows more precicion
- you cannot simulate various aperture styles, as you can in Lens Blur
- if you did a selection, you cannot invert the selection inside the filter UI
What i criticise in this article:
- The flower example confuses, as the original photo already contains a lot of bokeh.
- not mentioned that bokeh circles are really only achievable in high highlights against very dark surroundings, as in the night shot used to demonstrate
- not demonstrated visually the interesting (but too weak) selection bleed, because she doesn't like selections
- not discussed how to combine various Blur Gallery filters on the same file and layer in one instance
Realistic un-nauseating digital blurs are – if at all – only possible if you do a selection first to exclude the main focal subject (much better than shuffling needles and pins, the dog and kite picture proves this easily). Actually this blur gallery seems more an item for Photoshop Elements than for the more serious CS6 crowd.
Of course this could be done before but this makes it easier and these narrow depth-of-field effects will move from being a usp special effect used by photographers and art directors with large sensor cameras to becoming more ubiquitous. It will eventually become normalised, invisible and less desirable as an art effect.
This is cool. I have used CS4 to make blurry background with old cheap kit lens before. I had tough time at the edges, also time consuming. This new feature in CS6 will make life much easier. Guess what, my upgrade plan to FF is on hold right now.
Casey: being in denial is when an egyptian jumps from his boat into the water and says: 'I'm in the Nile, I'm in the Nile'.
I don't doubt with A LOT effort, you can pull this off with pho blur. Maybe mask based on content aware selections and isolated color selects. And then flip the selection and do a dual gradient mask on the floor.
But it is the quintessential example of "putting perfume on a pig." The fact that you shot the photo this way probably means it came off something like a smart phone or you snapped a pic with your camera with no regard or care. And the outcome you are trying to go for is something frame-worthy. You cannot start with a mediocre photograph when you are trying to achieve something great. The effort required is far more greater than the second of forethought of bringing a capable camera or shooting with the right settings. The fake blur results will never surpass the results you would have gotten if you had taken the shot right the first time.
I agree. Adobe put it in CS6 because they could. Shooting aperture priority and thinking a bit first instead of clicking away makes a better photographer.
I can see the arguments now about never needing fast glass again. Smart blur filters and extreme high ISO performance of cameras, heck we will get away with f/8 lenses at this rate.
The devil is in the details, let's see how it handles fly away hair around a person for example. Artificial bokeh is a huge research area and it's incredibly hard problem to crack, to handle very fine details without obliterating them.
I can see a use for this though and I just think of it as another tool for those times you just couldn't take the shot you wanted in camera.
The blurred dog pic actually draws my attention away from the dog and to the odd blur that looks like it was blatantly smudged on the left.
i can actually se the day when young people today, think artefisial bokeh looks better and are more "realistic" than the one from the camera.
Guess what kind of blur is this: Lens, software or even both?
Seriously, Tilt-Shift...is there anything that is easier to do in Photoshop already without any pre-enginerred filter? yeez...
Heck ...I'm still using PSE version 1 ...but with a cheap fast prime I can still do better than CS6
I can absolutely see how this could be employed to get realistic results. However, the last pic of the dog and kite are anything but realistic, and are certainly the cause of a lot of the "SOFTWARE WILL NEVAR DO ITTT!!!" comments. Of course software will get there--it's inevitable. But in an easy automatic way is still not here yet. It's that simple.
Rubenski wrote:
> Post processing this will always look fake because you miss the graduality of shooting wide open.
Wrong. These tools (that have been available in many forms for ages in Photoshop and other packages) require patience and a lot of work. Set up different distance masks (very carefully and patiently) and increase blur progressively. That way you will have graduality. Yes, it is possible, and no, it is not a "quick fix".
> these kind of tools are only made for the big crowd that will never make a really good picture anyway.
Such arrogance rarely indicates greatness, so I looked at your site. You should not be throwing stones at others.
Dear Onlooker: In general a good photographer does NOT want to spend hours in PS. Everything you can do IN camera better do it IN camera. Hey, I'm just an amateur trying to apply the rules of the pro's and I've got no problem if people comment my work, positive or negative. I love my hobby and I think these examples in the article are crappy, sorry, but I mean it.
Rubenski wrote:
> In general a good photographer does NOT want to spend hours in PS
Are you serious?
> Everything you can do IN camera better
I don't even know how to respond. So you're saying that in camera post-processing is better than anything one can do himself in LR or PS? I am dumbfounded, to be honest. I don't think we have enough common ground to argue this any further.
Why should I spend hours in PS if I can simply select the right settings and take the picture in the style I want it in just a few seconds? Every book I've read says exactly the same and I think it makes sense. You don't. It's your right. You like to spend hours in PS, that's fine, it's your time. This is not an argument to me, it's sharing ideas and thoughts, don't be mad Onlooker, no offence meant.
Onlooker: «So you're saying that in camera post-processing is better than anything one can do himself in LR or PS?» You completely misunderstood what Rubenski meant! He meant getting the picture right BEFORE pressing the shutter button by using the right exposure settings. And I concur.
> He meant getting the picture right BEFORE pressing the shutter button by using the right exposure settings.
No, he said:
"a good photographer does NOT want to spend hours in PS"
"Everything you can do IN camera better"
"Why should I spend hours in PS if I can simply select the right settings and take the picture in the style I want it in just a few seconds?"
Please read those once again. He is talking about in-camera post-processing (instead of LR or PS). Not once was exposure mentioned in this subthread. Because he disdains post-processing, he decides that no good photographer would do it. I don't mind his personal dislike for post, it's his business, but I mind his rationalizing it with arrogant statements like the one I quoted at the beginning of this subthread.
To be honest, I am not much into sloppy punctuation, so when I spliced that sentence I did not do it out of malice. I did it because without a comma it made no sense to me after "better". The rest of the quoted comments still stand.
Besides, I still do not agree even with this one. Just because camera offers me some inane picture styles (read all his quotes), it does not mean it is better to do it in camera than in post-processing.
Onlooker, you're not a true photographer.
To me doing something 'in camera' does not mean doing in camera digital processing of the raw images into stylized jpegs. To me its doing things like setting fstop, shutter speeds etc, selection of lens/zoom focal length, point of focus/hyperfocal point and depth of field,
The traditional meaning of 'in camera' also included lighting and external special fx. The point is the special effect is created at the time the exposure is taken.
I consider the built in special effects to be post processing even though they take place in the camera.
So instead of thinking of it as "in camera" perhaps it would be better to describe it as "RAW capture effects."
But Rubinski was spot on in one regard; I would rather be spending my time with camera in hand taking pictures than sitting in front of the computer doing post. I feel a greater sense of accomplishment when I get the effect I'm looking for at the moment of capture. I never use built in processing FX.
Everybody understood what Rubenski meant except onlooker, who clung to silly rhethorics to try to justify his lack of comprehension.
Can you adjust how many "blades" the simulated bokeh has? There are precious few lenses that produce genuinely round "orbs." Not to mention, the shape squashes a bit by the further from the center of the frame they are.
I'd still rather spend the cash on a fast prime and an ND filter. Better to create than to edit.
Currently, there is no control in the Blur Gallery over bokeh shape to mimic various aperture blade designs
I don't think PS6 has this, though other plugins do.
I've cases where software output that matched some of the best lenses money can buy which I think can open-up some amazing possibilities. ie. many lenses suffer when shot wide open, and so with software, it becomes possible to shoot for maximum IQ and add DOF afterward thus resulting in a much higher IQ image than made possible by optics alone. I've found this to be especially true when aiming for that 3D look.
I wonder what's the point of using larger aperture to achieve DoF. Probably FF will eventually phase out....
Sometimes it is virtually impossible to accomplish proper DOF with images. I've found this to be the case when compositions made-up of multiple planes which make DOF emulation extremely difficult if not impossible to accomplish.
I was being sarcastic. You can already do this with photoshop but you need to shoot two photos. One with the background completely out of focus and another with the foreground in sharp focus and merge two photos. It's a big hassle. For action shot like the dog, it probably is not that easy (but not undoable). This looks like an "automate" function. For macro, we can already do extended DoF by merge/stack several shots. Software solution for shallow DoF probably be inferior (actually all software solution is inferior than optical), but depends on what your needs and your threshold for quality, it can be helpful sometimes, if you don't mind compromise.
The flower is OK. The dog just looks weird.
I Agree! somehow the samples did not gave total justice with this new shortcut but not new technique. the thread or rope of the kite behind the dog should have made it blur as well and below shoulder on the right edge of the dog was overly affected.
but! great presentation it shows the fast way processing and so its limitations.
Still too good to be true. The bokeh looks artificial. One can spend an hour on blurring the image and still not able to get something close to the real thing.
looks like it would have been easier to smart copy the dog and kite on a second layer, smart blur the bottom layer and lay your dog back down with some minor touchup.
I think it needs fine tweaking cos from where I'm sat it looks awful!
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MONTEVALLO, Ala. – After making the 522 mile trek to northern Alabama, the Saint Leo baseball team defeated the Montevallo Falcons by a 11-6 score, Friday afternoon. Junior righty Liam O'Sullivan took the mound in the contest, tossing his first career complete game donning the green and gold.
The top of the first was again jumpstarted by the NCBWA National Player of the Week, Nick Perez, who singled to right field. After a single from freshman Dylan Harris and a Montevallo passed ball, Nick Perez scored on a sacrifice fly from junior Bobby Twitty. With Harris still on first, senior cleanup hitter Fran Whitten singled to right field to give the Lions two base runners. Moments later, sophomore Cole Stancil collected an RBI single to right field and Harris scored. A walk and a flyout later, Whitten scored on a wild pitch, leaving the Lions with two runners. After Dale Irving advanced to first on a hit by pitch and Taylor Perez tallied a walk, scoring Whitten, Saint Leo had the bases loaded. Seconds later, Nick Perez blasted a triple to clear the bases and score give the Lions a seven run lead.
With the score 7-0 heading into the bottom of the first, junior Liam O'Sullivan took the mound, getting stronger with every inning. Though Montevallo was able to tack on three runs in the bottom of the inning, Saint Leo still maintained the lead.
After a scoreless second inning, the Falcons added another run to the scoreboard in the bottom of the third, but the Lions retaliated in the top of the fourth to score three more runs and take a 10-4 lead. Freshman Dylan Harris led off the inning with a homerun, but an error and two back-to-back doubles from Chris Newcomb and Jordan Taylor gave the Lions the momentum they needed.
Both teams fought for more in the ninth inning, and the Lions were able to score one off a homerun from freshman Troy Seiber. The homer signaled the first of his career. In the bottom of the inning, the Falcons were able to score two more, but the Lions' refused them any more. Saint Leo walked off the field with a 11-6 win, improving their record to a perfect 5-0 for the 2014 season.
O'Sullivan tossed a complete game in the effort, striking out three and allowing just one walk. The win improves his record to 2-0 on the season.
The Lions will return to action on Saturday, February 8 when they again take on the University of Montevallo Falcons. First pitch of the regional contest is set for 2:00 p.m. EST.
For more on the Saint Leo baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and 'Follow' Saint Leo Athletics on Twitter and Instagram.


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West Penn, Highmark explore talks
West Penn Allegheny Health System board chairman Jack Isherwood and Highmark Inc. CEO William Winkenwerder spoke by phone on Wednesday for the first time about the break-off of negotiations over the insurer's plan to acquire the financially ailing system.
Isherwood called Winkenwerder, and the two had a cordial conversation, reported West Penn Allegheny spokeswoman Kelly Sorice.
Isherwood said he told Winkenwerder that he would be willing to meet face-to-face with no pre-conditions to get talks going again, and Winkenwerder indicated he would think about it, Sorice reported.
Highmark spokesman Aaron Billger could not confirm the telephone conversation. He issued a statement in which Highmark urges West Penn Allegheny "to change their position and disavow their claim of an affiliation breach, so that we can continue talks regarding a financial restructuring or an alternative proposal."
West Penn Allegheny's board of directors announced Sept. 28 that it was pulling out of Highmark's planned $475 million acquisition, saying the insurer breached their affiliation deal by demanding that the system restructure through bankruptcy.
Highmark officials deny breaching the agreement and have filed a lawsuit in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.
Highmark officials told more than 75 West Penn Allegheny doctors on Wednesday evening that the state's largest insurer intends to move forward with its plan to build a billion-dollar integrated delivery network to challenge UPMC's dominance in Western Pennsylvania.
John Paul, the Highmark executive leading the insurer's effort to build a competing system, told physicians that West Penn Allegheny remains a key part of that plan, a source who attended the private meeting at the DoubleTree hotel in Green Tree told the Tribune-Review. The source asked not to be identified because of job concerns.
Highmark officials told physicians that their network plans still include a previously announced partnership with Jefferson Regional Medical Center, which had several representatives at the meeting. The Highmark plan calls for a network of medical malls across Pittsburgh and the acquisition of private practice physicians.
"Highmark feels that reducing West Penn Allegheny's debt burden would improve the financial condition," the source told the Trib. "Highmark feels that the insurance department would look at restructuring as something favorable."
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department, which has been reviewing the proposed deal since November, said it "raised significant concerns" about West Penn Allegheny's being able to repay its nearly $1 billion in bond and pension debt.
The affiliation deal's collapse heightened tensions among West Penn Allegheny's physicians and the interim consultants hired by the board to manage the ailing hospital network.
The Trib reported that physician leaders at the system's five hospitals sent a signed letter to Isherwood demanding the board fire interim CEO Keith Ghezzi and his consultant management team. The doctors want more involvement in future negotiations with Highmark.
Dr. Ghezzi, who works for the New York City-based consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, could not be reached for comment. Three physicians told the Trib that Ghezzi was furious about physicians' comments published in the newspaper and spent a lot of time on Wednesday reaching out to them.
"We continue to meet with physicians on an ongoing basis to provide updates on our plans to develop a new integrated delivery system in the region," Highmark spokesman Michael Weinstein said. "This (Green Tree event) is another one of those private meetings."
Some physicians complain Ghezzi is responsible for steering West Penn Allegheny's board in the wrong direction. They contend Ghezzi wants to stall any potential deals so the consulting firm can continue billing West Penn Allegheny.
Sorice would not disclose how much the system pays Ghezzi and his firm.
Dr. Jack Wilberger, a neurosurgeon at Allegheny General Hospital and member of the West Penn Allegheny board, said outside the hotel meeting that some of the doctors who signed the letter "have been misguided."
"They think we (the board) don't want to talk to Highmark," Wilberger said, "but we've been trying very hard to get back to the negotiating room."
Local health care experts said West Penn Allegheny's board will listen to the complaints from its doctors.
James McTiernan, a health care consultant with Triad USA, Downtown, said doctors have the power to push West Penn Allegheny and Highmark back together.
"The quickest road to the demise of a health system is the loss of doctors. Without doctors there's no patients," McTiernan said.
UPMC is expected to announce on Thursday that it has hired four West Penn Allegheny orthopedic surgeons from its Allegheny Specialty Practice Network.
The four board-certified orthopedic surgeons going to UPMC effective Jan. 1 are Mark Baratz, who specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery with carpal tunnel syndrome expertise; Alan Klein, whose focus is anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, hip and knee replacement, and foot and ankle injuries; Christopher Schmidt, who focuses on hand and upper extremity with expertise in joint replacement, shoulder conditions, carpal tunnel and arthritis; and Dean Sotereanos, who focuses on hand, elbow, carpal tunnel, shoulder and joint ailments. The switch to UPMC is a homecoming of sorts for the four, who completed surgical specialty training at UPMC early in their careers.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 10th-ranked Saint Leo University men's soccer team added four individual awards to its growing list of accomplishments as the Lions saw four student-athletes earn spots on the Daktronics All-Region Team as it was announced on Monday afternoon.
Of the four selections, three Lions earned South Region First-Team honors with senior midfielder Edgar Herrera and first-year goal-scorer Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel highlighting the list of front row threats. On defense, veteran Chris Lavie earned first-team honors as well as he led a back line that was among the best in the region.
Helping the Lions earn the Sunshine State Conference regular season title, and a member of the Second Team was goalkeeper Manuel Schoenhuber, whose 1.01 goals against average helped the Lions to a 13-win season.
A total of 16 Sunshine State Conference men's soccer players were named to the 2013 Daktronics All-South Region Men's Soccer Team. Eleven of the 15 first-team honorees were also from the SSC.
All three Saint Leo First-Team members will now advance to the national ballot that will be released mid-December.
2013 Daktronics NCAA Division II All-South Region Men's Soccer Team
GK - Keneil Baker, Rollins
D - Walker Humer, Rollins
D - Jason Sangha, Lynn
D - Chris Lavie, Saint Leo
D - Jack Winter, Lynn
M - Alex Bisbee, Rollins
M - Jack Salafrio, West Florida
M - Edgar Herrera, Saint Leo
M - Evan Greenbaum, Rollins
F - Kenny Hogg, Palm Beach Atlantic
F - Tyler Blackwood, Tampa
F - Maximilian Schulze-Geisthovel, Saint Leo
F - Kyle Simmons, Palm Beach Atlantic
GK - Manuel Schoenhuber, Saint Leo
D - Isleifur Gudmundsson, Alabama-Huntsville
D - Patrick Zimmer, West Florida
D - Javier Lopez Mochon, Lynn
D - Halldor Bogason, Alabama-Huntsville
D - Ralph Velasco, Christian Brothers
M - Zack Reynolds, West Florida
M - Thibault Charmey, West Alabama
M - Michael O'Neill, Lynn
M - Nico Gercke, Barry
F - Fernando Silveira, West Florida
F - Felipe Oliveira, West Florida
F - Tosan Pop, Rollins
F - Thomas Coombes, Barry
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LAKELAND, Fla. – The No.18-ranked Saint Leo men's tennis team (15-7) fell to the No.4 ranked Lynn University Fighting Knights (18-2), 5-0, Friday afternoon from the Beerman Tennis Center. The loss drops Saint Leo to the back draw of the Sunshine State Conference Tournament where they will challenge No.6 Rollins College.
After battling through three difficult doubles matches, the Lions were unable to make a comeback in singles. At No. 2 singles, Matt Nicholson-Lewis had a tight opening set against Vlad Circla, but was unable to pull it out in the end.
Four matches were still grinding it out on the courts when Lynn clinched the match with a pair of singles victories.
Saint Leo will return to the courts on Saturday, April 21, when they take on Rollins in back draw portion of the SSC Tournament. Doubles is set to begin at noon.
For more on the nationally-ranked men's tennis team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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In our November/December print issue, sales trainer Mark Hunter shared six things that salespeople would like to tell their manager. Here are those six and six more.
Sales managers, read this list and ask yourself if any apply to you. If you're a salesperson, you can agree with any or all, but in the end, don't use any of them as an excuse as to why you can't accomplish something. Great salespeople are able to find success no matter what is going on around them.
Salespeople and their managers have the opportunity to not only improve communication, but also develop an environment where securing better sales and better profits is possible.
Take an honest look at this list and explore the ways you can strengthen your skills.
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Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned of the dangers in the eurozone in his latest op-ed for the FT, and it is hard to disagree. But part of what he said bothered me:
A worrisome indicator in much of Europe is the tendency of stock and bond prices to move together. In healthy countries, when sentiment improves stock prices rise and bond prices fall, as risk premiums decline and interest rates rise. In unhealthy economies, as in much of Europe today, bonds are seen as risk assets, so they move just like stocks in response to changes in sentiment.


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So maybe everyone was getting ahead of themselves in thinking Mats Sundin was going to give the Rangers a plum discount purely out of a desire to win and the kindness of his heart. According to Larry Brooks, the free agent center "is still looking to get paid":http://www.nypost.com/seven/12182008/sports/rangers/sundin_awaits_rangers_6m_offer_144718.htm.
If Sundin is indeed seeking $6 million pro-rated from the Rangers, that would still be considerably less than the $10 million on the table from the Canucks, but it would also be enough that Glen Sather would have to work some magic to clear space for him.
In other words, forget about a simple waive of Petr Prucha and Dan Fritsche, and start thinking about options far more dramatic — like, for instance, a trade of a core player (yes, there's always the panacea of dispensing of a defenseman's bulky contract, but that's a longshot. More on that in a second).
And that's when you start asking yourself if whether it's all worth it. While no one is going to confuse this three-game winning streak with signs that the Rangers are Cup-ready, you do have to be leery of moves that completely shake the foundation of a group that, while certainly flawed, does have a pretty good record.
In the salary cap world, you always have to give up something to get something. I get that. But part of what has made Sundin so attractive these past few weeks is that the Rangers didn't seem to have to give up an objectionable amount. Now you wonder if that's actually the case.
How about that Michal Rozsival? For that matter, how about a number of players on this trip who seem to have shaken out of their respective slumps — from Rozsival to Nigel Dawes to Chris Drury? For the record, if we see Dmitri Kalinin net a couple against the Sharks on Saturday, then we know the Rangers will be pushing for more California trips on the schedule for next year.
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When it comes to Rozsival, it may take a game like this to break the vicious cycle he's been immersed in all season — sluggish play (injury-related or not) leading to sagging confidence, which of course, leads to more mediocre play. Maybe there's still a long way to go, but the Rangers at least could point to a game like last night and say this is what they had hoped for when they re-signed him over the summer.
And at the risk of sounding sinister, you wonder if a game like last night might make enough of an impression on other teams that they'd be willing to now take on Rozsival's contract.
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By Roger Mraz, Office of Graduate and Research Affairs
Five first year dental students have been chosen to compete for AADR Student Research Fellowship awards, to be announced at the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Scientific Session in Charlotte, March 19–22, 2014.
They are Moham Ansari (Mentor: Sunita Ho), Yolanda Ho (Mentor: Ralph Marcucio), Minerva Loi (Mentor: Sarah Knox), Raion Sabo (Mentor: Lisa Chung) and Edward Viloria (Mentor: Andrew Jheon).
"It's an absolute privilege and a tremendous opportunity to be nominated to apply for the AADR fellowship from such a talented pool of applicants" says Moham Ansari. Adds Yolanda Ho: "Being able to represent my school for this AADR Fellowship was worth every minute of preparation."
"Being selected by UCSF School of Dentistry to submit a research proposal on a national level is an incredible honor" says Raion Sabo. "Our school is renowned for research and innovation, and I am very excited to have an opportunity to continue this tradition and hopefully make an impact on the field of dentistry."
These fellowships, supported by several major industrial companies, as well as by AADR Group Chapters, Sections and members, are sponsored and administered by the AADR and have been created to encourage dental students living in the United States to consider careers in oral health research.
We wish them all the best as they go forward to represent the UCSF School of Dentistry.
Left to right: Raion Sabo, Minerva Loi, Edward Viloria, Yolanda Ho, and Moham Ansari
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Firefighters tackle fire at Enderby gas station
Extensive damage has been done to an Enderby area business.
Firefighters responded to reports of a blaze at the Super Save gas station on Highway 97A at 3 a.m.
"There was a lot of smoke and heat damage but the structure, we were able to save," said Kavin Alstad, Enderby fire chief.
"The fire came through the roof at one point."
It's believed much of the merchandise inside the store was destroyed by smoke and water.
The fire began in a back room but a cause has not been determined at this time.
While there is both gasoline and propane on site, there was no concern about the incident expanding in scope.
"They have automatic shut-downs and the fire was not near any tanks," said Alstad, adding that the only challenge for the 17 volunteer firefighters was accessing the store.
"The building is secure with bars on the windows and roll-shutters."
The gas station is owned by the Splatsin First Nation.
Firefighters responded to reports of a blaze at the Super Save gas station on Highway 97A and Canyon Road, just outside of Enderby, Monday at 3 a.m.
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Journalistic Freedom – Don't Take it for Granted
Today, I was thinking about how I would start this blog post on journalistic freedom, and found myself standing on my driveway for several minutes holding my local paper in my hand. My neighbors leaving for work must have thought I was crazy. What stopped me was the renewed realization that the news in that morning paper was made possible by the dedication and sacrifice of thousands of journalists around the world, many of whom are struggling to have the freedom of speech we take for granted.
At the World Media Summit, I had the good fortune to meet several journalists who had been leaders in the fight for journalistic freedom in their own countries, in the face of oppression and censorship. Their stories, dedication and creativity under fire were uniformly inspiring.
I talked at some length with Adel Ghonim, the Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in Cairo. He told me privately that MENA stands for free speech, and will as long as he runs the agency. MENA journalists were at the forefront of the Egyptian Spring uprising, and reported what was really happening in Tahrir Square without censorship – frequently at the risk of their lives, in many cases using social media channels. When those were blocked, they did whatever they could to get the word out. Adel later reinforced this idea through an interpreter to the WMS delegates during his speech in one of the breakout sessions: "Censorship must be fought… We must continue to search for new techniques that are interactive between the media and the mass public."
Cherif Rezki, the CEO/Publisher of El Khabar in Algeria echoed this sentiment. El Khabar is an independent newspaper that started in 1990, after the fall of the repressive one-party government in 1988. El Khabar's Arabic and French editions are frequently critical of the government. During the civil war in 1992, many of El Khabar's journalists were jailed, and were targets of fundamentalists in their country. To Cherif, he is proud of the ability his staff has in journalistic freedom because it was fought for so desperately.
Mujtaba Ayan, the Senior Program Manager of Internews, a radio station operating under the USAID Afghanistan Media Development and Empowerment Program, had another interesting story. Journalistic freedom is a new concept in their country, and in many cases truthful but unpopular messages can result in danger to their local correspondents. Still, Internews prides itself on its integrity, and truthful reporting. Terrorists are in almost every village, and keeping their journalists safe require some very difficult measures. Even then, it doesn't always work. Last year, Internews lost 17 of their number in the line of duty. The sincere way Mujtaba told me his story was very moving.
I also talked with representatives from the Croatian and Montenegrin news agencies about their experiences before, during and after the Balkan war. Both were journalists during this period, and both had similar stories about censorship, repression and eventual journalistic freedom.
There was considerable discussion during the Summit on this topic as well. On the third day of the conference, during a speech by Peter Horrocks of the BBC Worldwide where he commented that the government of Iran has threatened and imprisoned family members of his journalist team and jammed the BBC Farsi signal, Ali Akbar Javanfekr Shahri, the Managing Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran) challenged Horrocks , saying through an interpreter that what the media is reporting in Iran is not truth, but "the global hegemonic powers have always worked to carry out their imperialistic goals and through skilled methods have caused fear in my country." Horrocks then invited Shahri to come on his BBC Farsi television show in person and refute those claims. The discussion got more heated before the session ended. During the break, Horrocks was mobbed by other journalists who wanted to shake his hand.
The highlight of that day was being able to spend a few minutes with Yassen Zassoursky, the prestigious Moscow State University's Department of Journalism. Zassoursky survived extreme censorship and repression under the Stalin regime, and has seen the changes over the last 60 years in Russia. An educator since 1957, Mr. Zassoursky has trained the most prominent journalists in the Russian Federation, and an outspoken critic of journalistic openness in Russia. He holds numerous awards, including the prestigious Mahatma Ghandi medal from UNESCO. In the few minutes I was able to speak to him, he told me the Russian Federation has too few independent media, and not enough journalists . Russia will not have true journalistic freedom until there is greater diversity and 'too many voices to silence'. He is an amazing old gentleman, and it was a great honor to meet such a legend in the field of journalism.
All of this was running through my head as I stood on my driveway. I thought of the challenges these people, and those like them have faced in their careers, and still face every day.
I'll never look at my morning paper the same way again.
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It was said best a long time ago "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance". Whether it was Tom Paine or Jefferson or whomever and whether it was that exact construction, the truth is still the same. Sadly I have seen in my lifetime far too many "journalists" forget that and fall prey to their own biases and spin the truth into what they want, not what they see–and NO ONE is served by that, least of all journalistic integrity. And so Freedom is forgotten in the mad rush to spin the news into preconceived notions. The press is such poor repute today in no small part to their own wishes for how the world should be and no surprisingly, people worldwide dismiss all journalists.
There is a lot of truth in what you say, but I would disagree that people dismiss all journalists. There is still a lot of respect for trusted sources of information, and as the internet matures, people are starting to filter out the noise. There is a line between a true journalist and a pundit, expressing his or her own opinion. There was a lot of discussion about that at the conference, and all of us agreed that pundits posing as journalists are not worthy of the name. Sadly, there is a lot of that on US cable television, but it's not restricted to the US – most countries also suffer from the rise of punditism and 'internet media'. I am working on a blog post on this exact topic right now – watch this space in the next few days. I would welcome your comments.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida health officials have confirmed three more cases of meningitis, bringing the total number in the state to 22 cases.
The Florida Department of Health announced Wednesday the additional cases of fungal meningitis from a tainted steroid shot. The cases include a 60-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman from Escambia County, and a 50-year-old man in Marion County.
The nationwide outbreak of this rare disease is linked to patients seeking pain relief received contaminated steroid injections.
The injections all came from contaminated lots of steroids made by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. An investigation of how the medicine became tainted is underway.
Three people in Florida have died from fungal meningitis after receiving the shots. Nationwide, 308 people have contracted meningitis in 17 states.
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Half a day late and several dollars short …
It's hard not to review the whole three games in four nights as one, because it really was a fabulous long weekend for your boys.
Here's my story from The Journal News and LoHud.com today.
Small piece of news this morning: Jeremy Williams was returned to Hartford. I guess that's what happens when you come up and get uniform No. 86. Get it?
1) I see everybody's jumping on the Michal Rozsival bandwagon. I say, good, to that. The guy's improved, worked hard, and they'd miss him if he wasn't here.
2) The Norris Trophy winner for the weekend, though, was Girardi. Went face to face with a fired-up Kovalchuk almost every shift. He's another guy I wasn't sure about whom I'm now starting to think might turn out to be a good one.
3) In all the feel-good, the best news is probably that the goaltender is finding his game again, and that the backup goaltender might turn out to be one of those really important signings that gets overlooked.
4) I like Sean Avery's game so far this season. I really do. He's the old Avery, which means he's a factor every night. A positive factor, that is.
5) Forgot to tell you this last night. Some young radio reporter sticks a microphone in Avery's face and asks, "So did you have any choice words for Brodeur?" To which Avery scowled and said, "That's a really stupid question."
6) Tomorrow I'm going to tell you more about why I like this team and its direction. But I'll tell you right now that one of them is the coach. He's been a jackwagon at times, and in previous seasons he hasn't been the accountability-holder he promised to be. But this year he's gentler in dealing with people outside of his lockerroom, which is a good thing. But mostly, I really believe that he is serious about the direction, and the plan, to get young players involved, to teach and not overwhelm them, to be positive and nurturing when they need it, and to live with their mistakes. And let's face it, if he couldn't do that, then why keep him here with this team as it is now?
7) So next time they lose three in a row — and they will — let's not all jump off the cart and write off the season, OK? Yeah, right.
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Reminder, on MSG Plus's "The Game 365: New York Rangers" tonight at 11, Fran Healy discusses hockey and living in New York with the Rangers' three young core guys — Marc Staal, Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky.


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Pesto is a great way to use up fresh basil, but what about all of the other herbs? I've gotten cilantro, parsley, chives and mint from friends whose gardens are overflowing and in my own CSA share, and I am never able to use them up fast enough minus the few sprigs that end up in a salad or snipped over scrambled eggs. I end up having to throw the extra away. I start out with good intentions — I'll freeze them or dry them to use in the fall and winter. But I usually forget about them until I see the brown bunch in the back of the fridge.
Kelsey's Every Herb Pesto is the best way to use up assorted fresh herbs and to make a super flavorful, tastes-like-summer sauce to spread on crostini, spoon over grilled vegetables, slather on sandwiches and swirl into pasta dishes. Pesto freezes well, so make a whole bunch and freeze it for when it's all grey outside and there are no green plants to be seen.
Kelsey's recipe includes instructions for using the pesto to make pesto and tomato crostini, but you can use it however you wish.
Kelsey Nixon's Every Herb Pesto
Makes: About 2 cups
1/2 cup Marcona almonds, toasted
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1 cup fresh spinach leaves
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup basil leaves
1/4 cup fresh tarragon leaves
1/8 cup fresh mint leaves
1/16 cup fresh chervil leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
3/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Garlic-rubbed crostini, optional
Heirloom tomatoes, chopped, optional
Blend the almonds and garlic in a food processor until fine. Add the spinach, cheese, herbs, lemon zest and lemon juice to the food processor. Blend the herbs just enough so they are mixed, about 3 seconds. Add the canola oil and olive oil while the food processor is on a low setting. Season with salt and pepper. Blend to desired consistency. Transfer the pesto to a serving bowl. Place the chopped tomatoes on top of the crostini if using and top with pesto. Any leftover pesto should be placed in a bowl and covered with plastic wrap. Press the plastic wrap right on top of the pesto and refrigerate.
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Yup. Four weeks from tomorrow. Can't wait. Yee-freakin-hah! I'm sure you saw last night that the Traverse City prospects tournament was canceled because of the impending, unavoidable work stoppage.
Me? After putting up three posts yesterday, I've got nothing today.
Been really busy with the "other job" this week. In fact, I can't remember the last time I worked a five-day week in which I had to get up early in the morning, drive in rush hour traffic both ways, and had to go to bed early. (Of course, I've also had some work to do in the evenings, and I'm sure I won't be completely off this weekend, before you get the idea I'm some sort of 9-to-5er this week). Last time I did this kind of consistent daytime work was probably around 1984-85 when I did the Jets beat for a while (I covered the Dan Marino-Ken O'Brien shootout at the Meadowlands, that 51-45 OT thriller … remember Al Toon?).
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Dance Card lived up to her billing and won the first Grade 1 race of
her young career, scoring gate-to-wire in the 117th running of the
$350,000 Gazelle for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct Racetrack.
A gray daughter of Tapit owned by Godolphin Racing, Dance Card
ran the final Grade 1 race of the year in New York in a time of 1:50.39
for 1 1/8 miles and paid $5.30 for a $2 win bet as the 8-5 favorite in a
field of seven.
The victory capped a brilliant 36th birthday for jockey Ramon
Dominguez, who also won the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap, the Grade 2
Remsen, and two other races on the rich Heineken Holidayfest card at the
Big A. It was the second year in a row Dominguez won five races on his
"It seems like every day is your birthday," quipped Richard Migliore
in his post-Gazelle interview with Dominguez, the runaway leading
rider at Aqueduct, on the MSG+ telecast.
Dominguez rode Dance Card with great confidence in the Gazelle,
relaxing his mount under a moderate hold despite outside pressure from
My Wandy's Girl through a quarter mile in 23.92 seconds and a half in
My Wandy's Girl, a star in Puerto Rico who had won 14 of 18 lifetime
starts going into the Gazelle, edged closer with a half-mile to go
while second choice Book Review attempted to reach contention on the
Neither stood a chance, however, as Dance Card effortlessly shook
clear, pushing off to a four-length win while making her way out toward
the grandstand side of the track. Late-running 22-1 long shot Sea
Island edged My Wandy's Girl by a neck at the wire for second.
My Wandy's Girl was followed by Lady Cohiba, Book Review, Jemima's Pearl and Wildcat's Smile.
"It's not ideal [drifting out in the lane], but as long as they
cross the wire first …," said trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who was mired
in a 1-for-51 slump before the victory. "If that's what it takes, we'll
take it."
In the winner's circle, Dominguez gushed about Dance Card's quality to the winning connections.
"When she drifted out in the stretch, she was just looking around,"
he said. "I'm not worried about it or complaining about it. She's a
beautiful animal with high cruising speed, and she can pick it up
whenever you ask her. She was perfect through the whole race, and down
the lane she wanted to drift out some, but she keeps running. She's
special, and I love her."
The victory was the fourth in the five-race career of Dance Card,
who will now head to Florida for the winter with McLaughlin. She has
now earned $372,200.
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I know this is heresy of a sort, but sitting in the opening shows of New York Fashion Week, a thought keeps niggling away at the back of my mind: maybe being marketed by Mrs O (because, let's face it, when she wears your dress it's free global marketing on an unprecedented scale), is NOT helpful. Maybe, in fact, it creates expectations some designers are simply not ready to bear. Before you rant and rave, hear me out. Read more
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) research has provided significant knowledge and understanding of the disease since a 1983 symposium on the subject, according to Robert W. Fulton, DVM, PhD,
With the tools available, viral subunits, cellular components, and bacterial products have been characterized. Advances in immunology permitted detection and measurement of immune responses to various agents. Product advances have included vaccines for bovine respiratory syncytial virus , Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and the addition of BVDV 2 to the existing vaccines, as well a new line of antibiotics.
Mycoplasma spp, particularly M. bovis in BRD, has been more extensively studied to define the role as a primary and/or secondary invader, and to attempt immunization to control the agent. Bovine immunology research now studies various subsets of the T-cells such as Th1 and Th2 and components of host immunity they drive, as measured by the cytokines produced and the cytokine network. Regulation of the immune system by T regulatory cells is beginning to be investigated. The molecular and genetic basis for the viral-bacterial synergy has been described assisting understanding how viruses and bacteria interact for severe BRD.
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- Marci Alboher '91
- Kirk H. Betts '79
- Martin Gold '75
- Whitney Louchheim '05
- Manny Pokotilow '64
- Penelope Spain '05
- Scott Chaplin '92
- Peter Dwares '69
- Antonia Fasanelli '01
- Mary Ellen Flynn '88
- Claudia Gordon '00
- Peter McPherson '69
- Cassandra Shaylor '95
- Reggie B. Walton '74
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Alumni Spotlight
Kirk H. Betts '79: Power and Justice
by, Dianne Buckley
Martin Gold '75 is a partner in Covington & Burling's Washington office and is co-chair of the firm's Legislative Practice Group. He has over thirty-five years of legislative experience in the public and private sectors. But his involvement doesn't end in an office. For years Gold has been a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
Most recently he shared a personally moving experience as a member of the commission. It involved someone who Gold considers a hero, Feng Shan Ho, who, in 1938 was a young Chinese diplomat. "Feng Shan Ho was a humanitarian with intellect and passions and strong feelings about helping the oppressed," Gold asserts. "Recognizing his service is one of the most valuable things I've ever done."
Stationed in Vienna in 1938 as the consul general, Feng Shan Ho watched in horror as the Nazis pushed into Austria.
With the world moving closer to war each day, Ho understood the realities facing the Austrian Jewish community. His heart led him down a difficult and dangerous path, yet he never hesitated, never wavered.
For two years, Ho defied direct orders from his superiors in the Chinese government. He watched Adolf Hitler receive a hero's welcome then impeded the Nazi leader's vision of decimating the Jewish population.
When Feng Shan Ho died in 1997 at the age of 96, his story of courageous opposition to the Nazis would have gone with him to the grave if not for the combined efforts of Ho's daughter and alumnus Martin Gold.
"Feng Shan Ho, against the orders of his government, granted exit visas to Jews so they could escape Austria," says Gold. As a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Gold used his position to investigate the history of Ho's tenure in Vienna. The Commission is an independent agency of the U.S. government directed by law to identify cemeteries, monuments and buildings abroad that are associated with U.S. citizens and to work with the governments of those regions to ensure that the properties are protected and preserved. Gold was appointed to the Commission by former President George W. Bush.
The 21-person commission works under the direction of a chairman with each member selecting an independent project. Gold notes that most projects focus on a place, not a person.
"My project was unique in the history of the Commission not only because it focused on an individual but also because it had roots in Europe that carried over to Asia," he explains. Feng Shan Ho wrote exit visas for Shanghai though many used the documents to move to other countries including the United States, Australia, the Philippines and Sweden. Most began their escape moving through Italy, which had yet to join the war.
"This young diplomat caused quite a bit of tension," Gold says, "When Nazis took over the Chinese consulate's building, Ho asked the Chinese government for money to open another office. When that request was denied, he used his own money." Ho issued the visas until 1940 when Italy entered the war effectively closing off the exit routes in Genoa and Venice. Ho issued 1,200 visas during the first three months of his tenure and though the exact number remains a mystery, it is thought he helped thousands of Austrians escape.
Last year, Gold coordinated three commemoration ceremonies to recognize Ho's contributions to the Jewish community. The ceremonies were held in Washington, D.C., in Shanghai at the Jewish Refugees Museum, which was the center of religious life for European Jews living there, and in Vienna at the site of the building where Ho worked.
"His was a story of immense heroism," Gold affirms. "Very few people knew of him because Ho never needed acclaim or sought to be known. It was enough for him to know he'd done the right thing." When he retired from diplomatic service, Ho's two children urged him to retire to the United States. He became a U.S. citizen and lived a modest life in San Francisco. Although he lived among the very people he had saved, they never knew it.
"He valued his relationship with America, but he never stopped being Chinese," Gold notes. "He was truly a person of multiple cultures, but he never forgot his Chinese roots." Ho's daughter returned his ashes to his native land in 2007, which was Ho's final wish.


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What is congenital scoliosis?
Type of spine curve: There are multiple reasons for scoliosis &one is known as a congenital type which is when there is a deformity of the bones ( vertebra) of the spine that one is born with & leads to an early curvature of the spine. Some don't need surgery & others do. They tend to not respond to bracing & can be very progressive in terms of a rapidly worsening curve & may be associated with other medical issues. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
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What can I do about congenital scoliosis?
Orthopedic follow up: Congenital scoliosis should be followed closely by an orthopedic doc that treats scoliosis. The issue is usually that one side of the spine grows faster than the other due to failure of one or more segments to separate or form. It progresses over time as the child grows. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Please explain if it is possible to correct congenital scoliosis thru minimally invasive method?
This depends how: Severe the scoliosis is. If it is mild, postural and bracing can help correct it slightly. However, if it is advanced, there is not much that can be done with minimally invasive procedures. ...Read more
Is it true that congenital scoliosis is life threatening?
Not typically: not typically. The two exception to that are if the curve has been allowed to progress to an exceptionally large degree that it effects lung or cardiac function, which is quite rare nowadays. Or two, if the patient has other associated conditions with the scoliosis such as congenital heart or kidney problems which can be seen in a small percentage of cases. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
I have congenital scoliosis surgery question, any suggestions?
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Could a 7 yr child with congenital scoliosis receive ssd or SSI benefits?
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Can surgery be used to treat congenital scoliosis in children? My child was born with congenital scoliosis. Can she have surgery to correct it, or does she have to wait until she's an adult?
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How dangerous is congenital scoliosis for 14 yr old?
Depends severity: Congenital scoliosis can progress like idiopathic scoliosis during periods of growth.Spinal surgery depends on severity of curve. Surgery would be indicated with congenital scoliosis other body systems affected. Cardiac, kidney, and bowel abnormalities have increased incidence with congenital scoliosis. ...Read more
20years ago had l-4 spinal fusion for congenital scoliosis now as an adult uncontrollable pain. What do you recommend?
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I'v a 10 yrs. Old daughter who has an s shape congenital scoliosis more than 45*, there was no noticable progress & no pain. What are the options?
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A TALENTED Gloucestershire chef has been shortlisted for the 2014 Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
Romy Gill, from Thornbury, is the owner of Romy's Kitchen and is the first Indian woman in the UK to own, and be head chef of, her own restaurant.
Entrepreneur Romy, originally from West Bengal, discovered her love of food from a very early age as she helped her mother prepare dishes for her family. When her two daughters were born, Romy chose to focus on her true passion - cooking.
She started out by building a strong catering company and cookery school and opened her restaurant, 'Romy's Kitchen', in September 2013.
Alongside running the restaurant, which specialises in nutritious, well-styled and authentic Indian food, the mother-of-two has her own range of chutneys and sauces, and gives cookery demonstrations at events such as the Ideal Home Show, Grand Designs, Bristol's Love Food Festival and Alchemy Festival Southbank.
Romy is just one of the outstanding women on the shortlist for the awards, which are currently celebrating their 15th year. She joins the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss India, and Eastenders actress, Preeya Kalidas.
The 54-strong list of nominees will gather at the awards ceremony, attended by supporters including Cherie Blair and the Duchess of York, on June 4 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
Speaking about the awards, patron Cherie Blair said: "Happy 15th anniversary to the Asian Women of Achievement awards. I'm so proud to have been involved from the start of this brilliant project that showcases the skills and determination of some of Britain's most talented and inspirational women."
Pinky Lilani OBE, Founder and Chair of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards,said: "The quality of this year's shortlist is a fitting complement to such a milestone year in the Asian Women of Achievement Award's history. I am incredibly pleased to know that, fifteen years on, we are still discovering the unsung Asian heroes of communities across the entire country."
Romy said: "I am very proud to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award, all my hard work seem to finally be paying off and I am very excited to be attending the awards at the Hilton."
For information visit www.romyskitchen.co.uk/restaurant or www.awa.realbusiness.co.uk


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There are two things I learned during my first high school FFA leadership workshop: 1.) talking to cute boys from other schools was considered off limits by our advisor and thereby severely limited my networking opportunities, and 2.) how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals.
S.M.A.R.T. is a handy acronym you can use for setting written goals with clear objectives that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound. Research by David Kohl, professor emeritus at Virginia Tech University, supports the importance of having written goals. His study revealed that 80 percent of Americans say they don't have goals. Of the remaining 20 percent, 16 percent have goals but don't write them down and less than 4 percent have written goals. Less than 1 percent reviews their written goals on an ongoing basis.
Here at Agriculture Future of America, students learn about goal setting through a FranklinCovey resource, The 5 Choices® to Extraordinary Productivity. Going from ordinary to extraordinary means paying attention to the most important things in life, and in doing so, harnessing opportunities and technology in order to reach a new level of creativity and innovation.
Ben Morris, senior vice president of health care services at UMB Bank and former AFA Student Advisory Team member, is a strong supporter of goal setting. Early in his career, he wasn't afraid to set aspirational goals for advancing his career, furthering his education and managing his finances.
Kohl's study showed that those who regularly write down their goals earn nine times as much over their lifetime as those who don't. If that "nine times as much" isn't motivation to start setting goals and writing them down, I don't know what is.
In addition to the financial benefits of writing goals, goal setting can contribute to lifelong learning. Morris has made it a personal priority to "think outside the cubicle" and read about topics such as strategy development and understanding the lack of resources in America, which have parallels to his work in the healthcare area. He said to "Get outside of your area of familiarity or what you're currently working on and set goals outside that."
While Morris is well versed in writing and achieving S.M.A.R.T. goals, his advice regarding the timeliness of achieving goals is a little surprising. He said, "In addition to the S.M.A.R.T goals, don't be afraid to set goals that are more aspirational, you never know what you might be able to do," meaning that it's OK to not achieve all your personal or career goals, as long as you understand why you weren't able to accomplish them. "If you don't accomplish a goal and don't understand why, then you have missed a learning and growth opportunity." Morris also believes it is OK to be selfish with your goals and set goals that demonstrate confidence in yourself.
This mindset came with time and experience. Morris said he believes "goals are great, but it's not always possible to hit all of them, but it is possible to learn from them." When it comes to missed goals, remember to be flexible and always keep setting new goals.
Are your goals extraordinary and S.M.A.R.T., or is there a different method you follow when goal setting? How do you use goal setting to drive your career?