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LOS ANGELES—Michelle Johnson, 40, doesn't have a heart. Or rather, the pump inside her chest is manufactured by SynCardia Systems. For months, the mother of three from San Diego has been tethered to a compact machine that she wheels around while she waits, once again, for the phone call. Diagnosed with congestive heart failure in her late 20s, Johnson received a transplanted heart in 2010; her body rejected it this past January. The Total Artificial Heart and its constant whooshing blurp-blurp should sustain her until another donor heart can be found; until then, she can't drive and has had to stop working as a unit clerk at the University of California San Diego Medical Center. The portable battery lasts two hours ("I can get my nails done, and that's about it"), so she always must bring a backup along as she runs errands and sees her doctor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for biweekly checkups. As spring turns to summer, Johnson is again nearing the top of the transplant waitlist. "I'm just ready to get back to normal life," she says.
The art of repairing injured hearts has come a very long way since the first successful cardiac operation took place in 1896, in Frankfurt, Germany. A 22-year-old man, stabbed in the chest, had suffered a wound in the lower heart chamber that pushes blood to the lungs. Surgeon Ludwig Rehn sliced through his ribs, using finger pressure to control bleeding and a needle and silk thread to suture the cardiac muscle. The patient lived. But heart surgery wouldn't truly hit its stride until more than 60 years later, when a safe heart-lung machine arrived to take charge of the pumping while the surgeon worked on a chemically calmed heart through ribs cracked wide. Today's repairs rely on an ever-expanding array of high technology, from ultra-precise imaging and surgical moves executed by robot to man-made heart parts—and hearts. They also depend, of course, on the sensitivity and skill of the physician wielding the scalpel.
[See 7 Steps Toward a Healthy Heart (and Long Life)]
U.S. News spent several days in May at Cedars-Sinai, watching the Heart Institute's cardiologists and surgeons at work. The center, No. 16 in cardiology and heart surgery in the 2012-13 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, has been first in the number of adult heart transplants performed in each of the past two years (87 in 2011, plus two heart-lung transplants). One morning brought the minimally invasive replacement of an aortic valve, which controls blood flow away from the heart. It is traditionally an open-heart surgery, but in this case a synthetic valve was snaked up into the patient's heart through the circulatory plumbing by pushing it through the femoral artery from an incision at his groin. The repair of another patient's mitral valve, between her heart chambers, involved an incision between her ribs and surgical tools wielded with exceptional dexterity by a precision robot, controlled by a surgeon seated across the room. Finally, word came that there would be a heart transplant, the hospital's 40th of 2012.
[See U.S. News Best Hospitals 2012-13]
A few months before this Monday morning, Robert Noonan, a retired paper salesman from Thousand Oaks, Calif., found he was struggling to catch his breath. "The internist said I had a tight valve, and if I didn't fix it I'd die," says Noonan, 79. Specifically, he had aortic stenosis, in which the three-leaved flap between his left ventricle and the aorta, the large artery carrying blood away from the heart, was broken, unable to open completely and restricting blood flow. Noonan had no intention of dying, he says. So he talked to doctors at Cedars-Sinai and joined a clinical trial to fix his valve in a way unavailable to him a couple of years ago. The procedure should "add years to his life and life to his years," says Raj Makkar, director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac catheterization lab.
At 7:30 a.m., Noonan is prepped and wheeled to the "cath lab" for a procedure in which a series of wires and tubes are inserted into the femoral artery in his right leg. Just as a network of underground caves can take miners to a cache of gold without the need to blast in from above, the femoral artery leads the surgeon straight to the aortic valve. A compressed artificial replacement will be snaked up to Noonan's heart by a special delivery catheter guided by X-ray.


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Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (SB3E08) NTSC WII-WBFS
28 October 2012
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (SB3E08) NTSC WII-WBFS
English | Platform: Wii | Release: Octorber 12, 2010 | Publisher: Capcom | Developer: Capcom | 4.059 GB
Genre: Action
The producer of Devil May Cry 4, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, brings you the newest installment to the BASARA series, Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes, on the PLAYSTATION®3 and Wii. A fun, action-packed and accessible title set during a tumultuous period of Japanese history, Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes follows you as you fight your way to dramatic battle of Sekigahara. you will master the swords and spears of more than a dozen fierce samurai warriors in huge battles against hundreds of opponents that will become more and more challenging throughout the game. On your journey to the final battle, learn how to unleash powerful and spectacular Basara moves or make use of the boost mode to wipe out as many enemies as possible.
Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes USA Wii-CLANDESTiNE
14 October 2010
Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes USA Wii-CLANDESTiNE
Language: English+ | USA Wii | Developer : Capcom | Publisher : Capcom | 4.88 Gb
Genre: Action / Beat-'Em-Up
Capcom's popular samurai action series Sengoku Basara (also known as Devil Kings), makes its first appearance on Wii. Set during a tumultuous period of Japanese history, Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes allows players to take up the swords of more than a dozen fierce samurai warriors in huge battles against hundreds of opponents. Players will be able to unlock playable characters, as well as supporting generals who will make it easier to command and lead armies with the ultimate goal of re-writing history to rule all of 16th century Japan. The action is fast-paced and stylish, taking combat cues from producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi's other big series, Devil May Cry.
Sengoku Basara: Chronicle Heroes (2011/JPN/PSP)
26 July 2011
Sengoku Basara: Chronicle Heroes (2011/JPN/PSP)
Language: JPN | PSP | Developer : Capcom | Publisher : Capcom | 1.26 GB
Genre: Action / 3D / 1st Person
InSengoku Basara: Chronicle Heroes will have the opportunity to meet acouple of new faces, as well as some hitherto nezataskannyh specialmoves for old ones. It is necessary to pay attention to the new regimeand Chronicle mode. The action of the story takes place during theSengoku period. The game tells the adventures of warriors fightingagainst injustice and evil-doers. The characters are anime names ofhistorical figures of this period in Japan.
Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie BDRip 720p (Dual-Audio)
13 November 2012
Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie BDRip 720p (Dual-Audio)
English + Japanese
MKV | H264 3577kbps | 1280 x 720 23.98fps | AAC 448kbps | 2.37 GB
Genre: TV Show | Animation | Action | Drama
The story of the film is set after the conflict instigated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ended, but not before the Battle of Sekigahara determines who shall be the Shogun of Japan.
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27 March 2012
Gal Basara (2011) DVDRip x264-Ganool
Language: Japanese
01:50:04 | 720x400 | x264 - 530Kbps | 23.976fps | AAC - 32Kbps | 449MB
Genre: Comedy | Sci-Fi
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The story is about a group of high school students who suddenly get sucked in by a time hole while watching a Sengoku show together. After the time slip they find themselves right in the midst of a severe battle that happened 440 years ago, during the real Sengoku period. They are forced to grow up and depend on each other, as they are struggling to survive during one of the most turbulent times of Japanese history.
Sengoku v1.03 multi4 retail-THETA
26 October 2011
Sengoku v1.03 multi4 retail-THETA
PC Game | Developer/Publisher: Paradox Interactive | 400 Mb
Genre: Strategy, Historical
The name of the game - a direct reference to the period of Japanese history, Sengoku, which lasted from the second half of the XV to the beginning of XVII century and known as the "era of warring provinces." At that time, Japan was a feudal state, fragmented into many small provinces, ruled by noble clans.
You lead one of these clans. But not immediately. Starting from the bottom, you have to win the leadership, and then declare war on other families. The player will control the armies, recruit ninjas to establish diplomatic and economic contacts. And you are lucky the first time to establish a relationship with the Dutch and Portuguese.
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 1 HDTV XviD-KYR
17 January 2011
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 1 HDTV XviD-KYR
HDTV XviD-KYR | AVI | English | 156min | 1.46GB | 625x352 | Xvid | MP3
Genre: MMA
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 1 720p HDTV x264-KYR
18 January 2011
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 1 720p HDTV x264-KYR
HDTV x264-KYR | MKV | English | 156min | 4.36GB | 1280x720 | x264 3608kbps 29.970fps | AC3 384kbps
Genre: MMA
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 2 HDTV XviD-KYR
27 January 2011
WVR Sengoku Soul Fight 2010 Part 2 HDTV XviD-KYR
HDTV XviD-KYR | AVI | English | 154min | 1.46GB | 625x352 | Xvid | MP3
Genre: MMA
Top 10 featherweights collide as Marlon Sandro defends the SRC title against Hatsu Hioki. Plus, Kazuo Misaki, Masanori Kanehara, and Maximo Blanco in action.
Sengoku v1.01c multi4 retail-THETA
13 September 2011
Sengoku v1.01c multi4 retail-THETA
Game | PC | Size: 388 MB
The year is 1467 and civil war has broken out. The authority of the Ashikaga Shoguns has collapsed and it is every man for himself in the provinces. Honor and duty vie with survival in the delicate dance of power, conquest and betrayal as you attempt to unite the land of the Rising Sun through a combination of deal-making with foreign powers, sending your powerful samurai armies into battle against your enemies, and unleashing shadowy Ninja clans under the cover of darkness to assassinate your rivals!
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Truckee scored two goals but Sparks sandwiched those with two of its own on each side to capture a 4-2 league triumph.
The two teams engaged in scoreless play through much of the first half before Sparks eventually found the scoring column. In the 26th minute, Oscar Gomez posted the first goal of the match thanks to an assist from Juan Hernandez.
Then, in the 39th minute, Hector Hernandez found the back of the net with an unassisted goal. The next minute elapsed and the two schools went into halftime of the conference clash with Sparks holding a 2-0 advantage.
"We had good communication," Sparks coach Frank Avilla said. "We've had a hard last week of practices. Our coaches got together and we kind of changed up our schemes. We thought Truckee had a weakness defensively and we attacked that. It was successful."
Truckee showed some offense after the break. The visiting Wolverines scored at the 57 and 70-minute marks, pulling into a 2-2 deadlock with just 10 minutes remaining in the match.
The tie was short-lived. Three minutes later, Gomez added his second score of the day. Ruben Pacheco handled the assist duties on the go-ahead goal.
There was no more magic in the Truckee offense for a potential game-tying goal. In fact, Sparks notched an insurance tally when it scored its final goal of the match, in the 78th minute. Sparks got a direct kick from about 40 yards out on the left side. Vicente Cervantes put a crossing pass into the Truckee defensive box and Juan Hernandez directed it into the goal for the fourth SHS goal.
"I think the biggest thing was we fought toe-to-toe for 70 minutes," Truckee coach Casey Eberhardt said. "Then we had a couple letdowns defensively that gave them just enough space to get a good shot off. That was the difference in the game."
The Railroaders fired 22 shots on the Truckee goal while Truckee managed just seven shots on the day. SHS sophomore goalkeeper Ronaldo Hernandez finished with four saves.
Sparks, the defending state champion, stayed perfect on the young season, improving to 13-0 overall and 5-0 in league play. Truckee fell to 11-2, 4-1.
"This win feels great," Gomez said. "When I scored that first goal, I thought 'We got this.' Truckee is a good team. They are good defensively, but we got after it."
*In the girls match it was all Truckee. The guests put up a trio of first-half goals and cruised to a 4-0 league win over Sparks.
Truckee broke the scoreless tie 21 minutes into the match on a Melissa Cardoza goal. Marcel Reynolds made it a 2-0 game when she scored in the 26th minute.
The Wolverines also got goals from Ashley Harris, in the 39th minute, and Olivia Dunner, in the 50th minute.
While Sparks was never really in contention, its senior goalkeeper, Val Guerrero, saved 24 Truckee shots to keep the score from getting overly lopsided. Railroaders coach Jerry Miller also praised the play of his center defender, Yasmin Felipe, in defeat.
"Val was incredible," Miller said. "And Yasmin was solid too. Even though we gave up a lot of shots, Yasmin and Val saved us from it being an ugly score."
Truckee finished with 34 shots on goal compared to Sparks' seven.
Truckee improved to 9-3-1 while Sparks fell to 0-5-3.
Sparks will not play again until it goes to Fernley Sept. 21 for a pair of Division 1-A crossover affairs against Fernley and Fallon.


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Canonsburg girl has an eye for winning photo
Hannah Chop's winning photo, which also can be seen on www.prc.org
Eleven-year-old Hannah Chop of Canonsburg is the winner of the $1,000 first place cash price in the school children category of the 27th annual Lens on Litter photo contest. The Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) had a great response from Pennsylvania residents.
Her photo, "Over the Trash to Grandmother's House We Go," was taken in East Berlin, Pa., in August. The photo depicts a wooded area where a home remodeler had discarded a truckload of trash. The judges awarded the second place prize of $500 to Anthony Sidari, a 15-year-old sophomore from Hazel Township. His photo, "Roadside Ring Toss," shows discarded tires leaning against a stake. The winner of the third place prize of $250 was Eric Talanca, a seventh-grader. His photo, "Litter Is No Game," shows a soccer field with the area behind one of the goals littered with plastic water bottles. Kristen Miller, an 11th grader from Penn Trafford High School, won The People's Choice Award of a digital camera. Her photo shows a section of a grass field littered with cups and bottles including Mountain Dew. She titled her photo "The Wrong Kind of "Dew" on the Grass." This is the fifth year in a row that Kristen has won a prize.
The winner of the $1,000 First Place cash prize in the "Adult Category" was Pam Corolla of Weston. Her photo shows a wooded area with discarded trash that includes an old table. Pam titled her photo "Cleaning Up Trash is No Picnic." This is the second consecutive year that Pam has been a winner. Last year, she placed second. Laura Lind of Pittsburgh was awarded the second place prize of $500. Her photo, "A Clear Case of Eat and Run," shows a park bench with discarded lunch trash consisting of napkins, plastic soda bottles and cups. The judges awarded third place ($250) to Savannah Barrow of Brookhaven for her photo "Life Without Trash Cans." Her black and white photo shows a huge pile of trash. Marilyn McCoy of Oakmont won the People's Choice Award of a digital camera. Her photo "Heavy Chevy – Hefty Crime" shows a rusted out frame of an old Chevrolet.
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Tired of giving out the same fun-sized bags of candy on Halloween? Looking for a perhaps healthier or non-food idea to hand out on the upcoming holiday? Patch Picks today provides some ideas, a week ahead of the Oct. 31 holiday.
I'll start with a disclaimer that I'm not to be blamed if your house gets egged or toilet papered by little ghouls or goblins whose sweet tooth you angered by handing out pencils or raisins.
That said, you might be looking for some Halloween candy alternatives. Here's some inspiration:
- Dried fruits: Raisins were never popular when I was growing up, but they are good on oatmeal or in cookies. Dried cranberries, bananas, apricots or trail mixes are also good ideas. They're less real, but fruit snacks can be popular with kids.
- Nuts: You don't get them on many planes anymore, but the fun-sized bags of nuts still do exist. Trick or Treaters might just go nuts for your selection. (Sorry, couldn't resist...)
- Snacks: Goldfish crackers, peanut butter crackers, or other totable items might make parents thank you when it comes to packing school lunches.
- School supplies: Who couldn't use another pencil, pen or eraser? Bonus points for Halloween-themed items.
- Homemade treats: A lot of these end up in the trash can thanks to razor-blade fearing parents. But if you live in a tight-knit neighborhood where everyone knows your name, take a crack at a homemade treat like popcorn balls, Rice Krispy treats or another concoction from your cauldron.
Most of these items can be found at Sudbury Farms, Shaws, Rite Aid or other local stores. Plus, your kids can stock up on eggs and toilet paper while you're forgoing the candy aisle.
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Empire High School will have a multi-class reunion for the classes of 1979-84, from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, July 6, at the Duncan Golf and Tennis Club.
Music will be provided by Hijackers Hollow (Darrell Bowen, Sam Elam, Joe Dorr and Mark Ledford).
Dress is casual and there is a fee. RSVP with payment by July 4, to Robin Hickman Troutman, 3205 E. Camelback Road, Marlow, OK 73055.
For information, call Angela Hines Harrell at 580-251-1328, Anita Cain Cauthon at 467-0965, Judy Lawler Latimer at 255-5305 or July Kosmata Stockton at 252-8307.
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Empire High School will have a multi-class reunion for the classes of 1979-84, from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, July 6, at the Duncan Golf and Tennis Club.
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Millions of Americans will voice their support for educational opportunity during the fourth-annual National School Choice Week, which begins on Jan. 26.
The week will include an unprecedented 5,500 events across all 50 states, with a goal of increasing public awareness of the importance of empowering parents with the freedom to choose the best educational environments for their children.
National School Choice Week events will be independently-planned and independently-funded by schools, organizations, individuals and coalitions. Events include rallies, roundtable discussions, school fairs, parent information sessions, movie screenings, and more.
Last monolingual Chickasaw citizen dies at 93
Emily Johnson Dickerson, a full blood Chickasaw who spoke only the Chickasaw language her entire life, died at her Ada home on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. She was 93.
Dickerson was the last monolingual Chickasaw language speaker, according to Joshua Hinson, director of the Chickasaw Nation Language Department.
Hinson, who has devoted his career to revitalization of the Chickasaw language, said today the loss of Dickerson was monumental. "I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the loss and what this means to the Chickasaw Nation," he said.
Dickerson was one of only an estimated 70 remaining fluent speakers of the Chickasaw language.
Where is Mrs. Stephens County?
Julie Pittman, Mrs. Oklahoma 2013, recently competed at Mrs. America and won Mrs. Photogenic. Who will she crown as her successor? The search is on.
Mrs. Oklahoma is proud to announce its search for married women residing in Oklahoma who wish to receive the honor of representing their community in the 2014 State Competition. Selected applicants will receive an official title and banner and become their community's representative.
Native American focus features works by Choctaw artist
Preparing for a temporary exhibit of works already in the vault at Chisholm Trail Heritage Center involved days of research for the staff, with curator Andy Couch overseeing the project. The exhibit features oil painting portraits and other images by the late Brunetta Bernard Griffith, of Choctaw ancestry, who died in 2006. It is part of the museum's focus on Native American arts and history which kicked off with the new year and continues to March 14.
"It is an exciting exhibit in that not all of her works have been on display here before and the quality of the work is showcased in this exhibit," Executive Director Stacy Cramer Moore said.
County parades provided Christmas spirit despite cold weather
Whether you attended one, none, or all three area parades Dec. 14, there may have been a few scenes you missed.
If you didn't brave the cold, here is a glimpse into the Christmas season in Stephens County when Duncan, Marlow and Comanche celebrated with the cities' annual parades.
Floats ranged from those featuring groups, churches, city and county figures. Of course Santa ended each parade in his jolly style.
Blood drive scheduled for Empire
Empire High School will host a blood drive conducted by the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) will from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Each donor will receive a "FEEL BOLD" T-shirt, health screenings and Donor Rewards points, redeemable for items in OBI's online store. Any donor who wishes to support the Global Blood Fund can forgo theT-shirt.
Western classics scripted by art history
Catch a western classic at the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center as a free movie series begins this month with the 1962 John Ford film, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" in the T.H. McCasland Jr. Experience Theater, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15.
CTHC's Andy Couch, associate curator and programs coordinator, said the western films relate to the permanent art collection displayed in the Garis Gallery of The American West.
"John Ford was strongly influenced by western artists and painters like Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington." Couch said.
New's sculptures go on display
A Central High artist is getting an opportunity to show her sculptures to a wider audience.
Kathye New's work is being displayed in the Paseo Art District in Oklahoma City, having been formerly invited by another artist. The first of three shows ended Friday, but the next show is set to begin this month at another art gallery in the Paseo Art District.
4-H youth cook-off creates champions
Fifty-six Stephens County 4-H members and 18 Cloverbuds prepared their recipes for the 30th annual Stephens County 4-H Cook Off.
Dishes were judged on taste and appearance at the event, held Nov. 4 at the Stephens County Fair & Expo Center. Awards were presented to the top three in each category.
A monogrammed apron was presented to the first place winners, while second and third places received kitchen items. Cloverbuds (5-8 year olds) were given a certificate and measuring spoons.
Central High FFA generates $20,000 for chapter with student 'labor auction'
A crowd attended the annual Central High FFA labor auction last week with More than 250 supporters of the Central High FFA program attended the annual labor auction, a fundraiser for the chapter.
The high seller for the night was chapter President Deekota Williams fetching a nice $1,200 after the bidding was stopped. Sixty-three FFA members, as well as cakes and pies were auctioned with a grand total of $20,000 being raised for the support of activities for the FFA chapter.
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More Privacy Paternalism: "We Know What's Best for You"
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Re: "The Evolving Pursuit of Privacy," by Scott Charney, included in this week's Daily Dashboard.
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haha, or maybe Lilliard is a good player and the Lakers have no role players. Cant play together when everyones a star
Lakers' Kobe Bryant tells critics to 'shut up'
By Ben Golliver
What do they say about the best-laid plans? Right, that they often go awry.
The Lakers, after acquiring Steve Nash and Dwight Howard for relative peanuts this summer, were supposed to cruise; so much so that forward Metta World Peace even hinted that his team could set the NBA record for most regular season victories. Lakers coach Mike Brown would settle for a single victory right now, after his team went 0-8 during the preseason and has started the regular season 0-2, with losses to the Mavericks and Trail Blazers earlier this week. Brown has come under immediate fire for his offensive philosophy and the Lakers played without focus or much effort during Wednesday night's loss in Portland.
The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that All-Star guard Kobe Bryant is already sick of the panicking and criticism, suggesting that any outside voices with doomsday scenarios or strategic critiques should pipe down pronto.
"Now you have Mike Brown telling everybody to be patient," Bryant said. "Back then, it was Phil Jackson telling everybody to shut up.
"The critics are more likely to take runs at him [Brown] than they would at Phil Jackson."
Now Bryant can be the one to ask for silence. "Yeah because I've won, so I can," Bryant said. "Mike, it would be a little tougher for him to say that. So I'll say it for him: Everybody shut up. Let us work."
Bryant, who was hit with a frustration technical foul against the Blazers, also reportedly used the words "dumb,""stupid" and "idiotic," directly and indirectly, to describe the attacks on L.A.'s offensive approach and slow start.
Howard expressed a similar call for patience following Wednesday night's loss, although he did so a bit more pleasantly.
"We'll get better with time," Howard said. "L.A. wasn't built in a day. … We need to stay patient. We need all of our fans to stay patient with us. This is a process. Dynasties weren't built in a day."
"We didn't just expect for us to come together and be awesome, just like that," Howard said. "It doesn't work like that. I don't remember any team that did that. Even the titles that [Michael] Jordan won, it took him years to get there."
Side-by-side, Howard's defense of the Lakers is a little bit cleaner than Bryant's. While Howard seems to forget that the clock is ticking on much of the Lakers core, at least he didn't reference Brown's credentials — or lack of championship credentials — as Bryant did. It's nice for Bryant to step up and take bullets for his coach, but perhaps he didn't need to make it quite so clear that that was what he was doing.
The situation only got more difficult for Brown, who had attempted to explain his Princeton offense approach on Wednedsay by pointing out that it made life easier on Nash, who is 38.
"Steve Nash has said it himself," Brown asserted. "They can call him if they want, he's said it himself. He doesn't feel like he's as burdened because he doesn't have to make every play for everybody all the time with what we are trying to do. He can give it up and get it back. He says he's felt as fresh as he's ever felt in his career because he doesn't feel the pressure of making every single play."
Reporters did ask Nash, and he didn't exactly stand by Brown's explanation, ESPNLA.com noted.
Asked whether that was indeed the case, Nash said, "It's not that it wears me out. It's that I'm not sure right now that should be the focus right now.
"I'm very reluctant to worry about myself. I want to learn, I want to build this team up and then if I need to be more proactive and a bigger part of things, that'll come. But right now, I want to try to get the offense going, get the guys going, get everyone's confidence up and we'll find a happy medium sometime down the road. I'm not worried about myself."
To make matters worse, Nash suffered a lower leg contusion that has left him "doubtful" for the Lakers' next game, against the Clippers on Friday. That will leave the less-than-desirable duo of Steve Blake and Chris Duhon to handle the point duties for Brown against All-Star Chris Paul, who tallied 12 points, 12 assists, four rebounds and four steals in a win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Lose this crosstown showdown, and Bryant's hopes for the critics won't be fulfilled. A win, though, would buy some welcome, if temporary, relief.
Let's all point at Kobe and laugh...
The Lakers are toast until they get a real head coach. Mike Brown is lost
exactly...all laker haters can just talk...watch kobe and co. go to work and wreck shop on the league...2 game losing sreak will turn into a legendary laker run...
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As WWDC approaches, I'm increasingly interested in the future "look" of the Mac's operating system. Stephen Hacket posted an excellent historical summary of the Mac user interface and speculates about its future at 512pixels. This is the best thing I read on the Internet today.
The Next Thing and Low Hanging Fruit
I read this Wall Street Journal article where Tim Cook explained that Apple is approaching releasing a product in a new category. There is one line in the story that explains "Cook knows that's the biggest question hanging over the company: whether it can repeat the innovative success with a new product category – as it did with the iPhone in 2007 and iPad in 2010." Somehow it's become a thing that if Apple can't release something equivalent to the iPhone and iPad, it's doomed. Oddly (or perhaps sanely), nobody says that about any other company.
I'm sure Apple does have some new product categories up its sleeve but I also seriously doubt any of them will be as successful as the iPhone. Everybody needs a phone. Not everyone needs a watch, fitness tracker, or iJockstrap. The iPhone represents an expensive and frequently replaced bit of technology that we all need to get around. There isn't anything else like that. Nevertheless, Apple will start expanding into these lesser categories and people will look at the numbers and say, "See … Apple is doomed without Steve."
It seems to me that with phones and tablets, Apple has already taken the low hanging fruit. I don't think there is another category of personal electronics at this stage of the game that everyone will want or need. I'm sure Apple's new products will be great and will enhance the overall experience but I'd be shocked if they were iPhone/iPad levels of success. I don't think it matters whether Tim Cook or Steve Jobs were in charge, I just don't think such a product category exists right now.
App Camp Video and Seattle Session
App Camp for Girls was a big success at Macworld this year. Below is a video my daughter, Samantha, produced. I think the video is great. Samantha thinks it's terrible. (She didn't have media badge and had to ditch her tripod to avoid getting booted out.) Also, did you know App Camp for Girls is doing a second session this year in Seattle? It sounds like a great opportunity if you are in the area.
The OS X Beta Seed Program
Yesterday Apple announced its beta seed program, where non-developers can get in on early builds of OS X updates. I think it is simultaneously surprising and a great idea. It is surprising because … well … it's Apple and they just don't do things like this. However, at the same time, something like this is long overdue. Limiting the beta program to just developers and not including other types of users has left Apple blind in the past for some pretty significant bugs. Broadening the pool means better data and more bugs caught.
Having participated in Apple betas in the past, I do have some advice for you if you are considering taking the plunge:
1. Don't install early betas on a computer you want to get work done on. You will have apps break and be spending significant amounts of time nursing things along. Ideally, you'd install it on a second Mac for all but the latest of builds.
2. Don't bitch to developers about apps breaking in developer-build software. It makes tons of sense to inform developers when you catch bugs of their software in an operating system update. However, giving a poor review or expecting that they'll drop everything and patch for a still-unfinished operating system is just ridiculous.
A final question I have about all of this is why we are getting this now. It seems there is a lot of rumbling about Apple issuing a re-designed OS X this year to more closely parallel the new iOS look. If that is the case, I suspect they'll need more testers than ever and WWDC is just a few months away.
MPU 188: Video and Magazine Production with Don McAllister →
Don McAllister of ScreenCastsOnline returned to talk about his video production setup, creating a monthly magazine on Apple's Newsstand platform, and why he bought a new Mac Pro. Don has really done an amazing job of streamlining his production process and remains an inspiration.
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The Incomparable Computer Draft →
While at Macworld, I got to participate in the Incomparable podcast. I have to admit I was kind of giddy about being on The Incomparable, which is one of my favorite podcasts. We did a computer draft. I think I did pretty well, getting one computer that changed the world and another computer that fictionally created the world. You'll have to listen and decide for yourself.
Sponsor: OmniOutliner
I'd like to thank The Omni Group for sponsoring MacSparky.com this week. The Omni Group is a remarkable company. It is a group of extremely talented people all working hard at the goal of making the best possible Mac and iOS software. With their emphasis on gorgeous and functional productivity software, they've succeeded.
This week I'm featuring OmniOutliner. Often people will throw information at me in a jumbled mess. When that happens, there simply is no better tool than OmniOutliner for bringing order to chaos. Using OmniOutliner, I can quickly sort and organize information. I spent two hours in a meeting this morning and OmniOutliner bailed me out one more. OmniOutliner doesn't just reference words but attachments too including links, images, sound files, and movies. The app even has the ability to record audio while you outline. This is so useful for students.
OmniOutliner 4 for the Mac is new and it's a fantastic upgrade. New features include:
- A new user interface. I really like the way they've integrated the inspector.
- A Resource Browser that displays recently edited files, lets you choose templates, and apply themes to existing documents
- New and much improved Inspector window.
- Works better cross platform with OmniOutliner 2 for iPad
- Apply the styles from a template (its theme) to your outlines.
- Pop-up List-styled columns benefit from the Smart Match technology in OmniFocus.
A lot of work went into this and it is a really nice upgrade. They also have OmniOutliner 2 for the iPad and the two applications sync data seamlessly with the Omni Group's very own OmniPresence syncing service. A good outliner can make your work product better and this is the best outliner available on the Mac and iPad. Go check it out.
Home Screen: Robert McGinley Myers
This week's home screen features Robert McGinley Myers (Twitter). Rob blogs over at Anxious Machine about "anxiety, technology, and scary things". I think Rob has a great voice. I really liked his recent piece on The Affordance of Intimacy and doing work on the iPad. Okay Rob, show us your home screen.
What are some of your favorite apps?
The apps that have had the most profound effect on how I use my iPad are Instapaper, Documents by Readdle (paired with PDF expert), Doceri, and Editorial.
I believe Instapaper (App Store) was the first app I ever bought for the iPhone, and it may have been the first app that showed me how apps could change my relationship to digital information. I had long been an avid reader of online journalism, and I had been hacking together my own ways of saving those articles for later by copying and pasting them into text documents, which I would then try to read on my smartphone. Marco Arment's solution was so elegant that I've never looked back.
Instapaper still has the most options for beautiful typography, size, and spacing, and no other app does a better job of saving my place in the article. I know a lot of people have switched to Pocket (App Store), which may do a better job of parsing images and videos from a link, and I wish Instapaper would implement some form of tagging so that it would be easier for me to find articles I've saved, but for me there's still no better app for simply reading.
As a college writing instructor, I also spend a huge part of my work life grading papers, and Documents by Readdle (App Store), paired with PDF Expert (App Store), has made me feel closer to and more in control of the papers I grade. I wrote about this in a blog post, The Affordance of Intimacy, but the short version is that I used to grade papers by tracking changes and inserting comments on my Mac. But PDF Expert gives me such a feature-rich experience of markup tools that I now grade everything on my iPad. And maybe it has something to do with the more direct experience of writing my comments on the screen itself, but I don't dread the process of grading nearly as much as I used to.
One of my favorite features of PDF Expert is that you can zoom way into a document to write something, and then you have a handy little button to tap that will zoom all the way back out again. Another feature is that when you type or dictate text into a text box in the margin, PDF Expert automatically reformats the text so that it doesn't overlap with any text in the document. I also love the seamless integration with Dropbox. My one wish is that someday Readdle will enable TextExpander snippets in the app (though I recently played with using Type2Phone to execute TextExpander snippets from my Mac to my iPad, and it works pretty well.)
Another app that has changed my work life as a teacher is Doceri (App Store) (an app I first heard about on an episode of MPU), which turns your iPad into a kind of smart-board replacement. The app pairs with a companion desktop app on the Mac (or PC) and allows you to annotate anything that's appearing on your computer's screen by writing on the iPad. I mainly use it in conjunction with Keynote. What I love is that I'm no longer bound merely by the content of the slide. I can put something on the screen for my students to consider, and then as we talk, I can draw and annotate the slide with whatever comes up.
Finally, I know a lot has already been written about Editorial (App Store), but I'm really not sure I would be a blogger without it. I used to contribute to a blog in my former job in public radio, but I never really blogged for myself until the summer of 2013, when I bought a book about Markdown and downloaded this app I'd read about in MacStories.
What amazed me about Editorial in conjunction with Markdown was how easy it was to read something in the attached browser, select text, quote it, and then insert a reference link, all just by tapping a few buttons. It felt like I was reaching into the web, grabbing a piece of it, and stitching it directly into my own tapestry. To me, the best blogs are records of interaction: a person reading the web and then reacting to it, adding his or her own thoughts. Editorial enables exactly that kind of blogging. I actually write more on my blog simply because I want to use Editorial more, and I can't think of a higher complement.
Which app is your guilty pleasure?
MG Siegler wrote a great post on his blog a while back about "The First App You Open in the Morning." I remember reading it and realizing that the first app for me was always Reeder, my favorite RSS app. The reason I love it is the fact that it's always delivering new things, but I've been wondering lately whether this is good for me.
I once had to take an aptitude assessment called StrengthsFinder, which is supposed to identify your top 5 "strengths," to help you understand what you're good at and why. My number one strength was "Input," which essentially means I love acquiring new information. But I worry sometimes that my desire for the new distracts me from dwelling on the meaningful. I'm like a rat in a cage, endlessly pulling on the lever that will deliver a new pellet. I should be out exploring the world, or at least reading one of the longer pieces in my Instapaper queue. I like how the app Unread (App Store) tries to change how we read our RSS feeds, but I'll be much more likely to use it when it's on the iPad.
What is the app you are still missing?
For my to-do list, I use a mixture of Omnifocus (App Store) and Due (App Store), which are both wonderful. Omnifocus is the ultimate project management app because of its ability to show me precisely what I need to see at any given moment in my project. Due is the ultimate reminders app because of its ability to persistently remind me of what I need to remember to do. But neither quite meets my need for a "checklist" app.
I've been interested in checklists since I read Atul Gawande's piece about them in the New Yorker, which he later turned into his book The Checklist Manifesto. His main thesis is that as our lives grow increasingly complicated, one way to reduce the number of errors we make is simply by using checklists for any complicated procedures we have to complete on a regular basis. Among other things, he writes about a group of hospitals that implemented a checklist to try to reduce the number of infections caused by intravenous lines. They simply asked all doctors and nurses to make sure specific items were checked off on a list of best practices every day.
Within the first three months of the project, the infection rate in Michigan's I.C.U.s decreased by sixty-six per cent…In the Keystone Initiative's first eighteen months, the hospitals saved an estimated hundred and seventy-five million dollars in costs and more than fifteen hundred lives. The successes have been sustained for almost four years—all because of a stupid little checklist.
In other words, checklists are powerful. Even if we think we know how to do something, our memory is always less reliable than a checklist. And yet, there doesn't seem to be an app specifically designed for implementing checklists in our work lives. Most of my Omnifocus projects are really checklists, because I do the same things in the same order to prepare for each class I teach. I'm currently using Applescript templates to hack together something like checklists for Omnifocus, but I'd love an app that just does this one thing well.
If you were in charge at Apple, what would you add or change?
The thing that often feels lacking at Apple for me is true respect and gratitude for the developer community. I know they give out Apple Design Awards, which is nice. And they love to cite how many billions of dollars developers have made in the app store (even though most of these are in app purchase dollars for mindless, addictive games). But I rarely get the impression Apple realizes that independent developers are actually the biggest asset Apple has. When I switched to using an Apple computer almost a decade ago, I thought I would get better hardware. But the main thing I got was better software, and that software was provided mainly by indie developers: apps like Omnifocus, Launchbar, 1Password, Textexpander, Keyboard Maestro, Fantastical, and so on. The list has only grown with the introduction of iOS.
Of course, Apple has done things that have helped developers, like creating app stores to help publicize and sell apps. But the chorus of frustration from developers continues to grow. The current implementation of sandboxing, first with iOS and then with the Mac App Store, cripple the power of many apps. And how long have developers been asking about trial versions and upgrade pricing? It would be one thing if Apple gave a clear answer for why they weren't providing these options. But it's quite another when developers are met simply with silence.
If I were in charge at Apple, I would acknowledge that my company had helped cultivate the greatest community of software developers imaginable, and that my company's success depended on sustaining that community. I would do everything I could to communicate with that community, both by listening to their suggestions and ideas, and trying to implement the best of those ideas, so that those developers would continue to be enriched, both literally and figuratively, by developing for my platform.
What is your favorite feature of the iPhone/iPad?
I remember Steve Jobs onstage at the introduction of the iPad, talking about how amazing it was to hold the internet in your hands. You wouldn't think just bringing the screen closer to your hands would matter that much, but it does. My favorite feature of the iPad is how my favorite apps allow me to reach out and touch the content (for lack of a better word), to interact with it in novel ways. Whether that's plucking articles out of the stream for reading later, reaching through a screen to write on a student's paper or a Keynote slide, or stitching a bit of the web into my blog post, each of these apps enable new, more intimate relationships with digital information. And that still feels amazing.
Thanks Rob.
Macworld 2014 Video
Wally Cherwinski put together another great video capturing Macworld/iWorld. Just 11 more months until next time.
Reeder for Mac 2 Public Beta
We've been without the Reeder RSS app on our Macs since the RSSapocolypse of 2013. Not anymore. You can download the beta of a new version 2 that includes support for popular RSS services including Feedly, Fever, Feedbin, and my RSS weapon of choice, Feed Wrangler. It's definitely still a beta and pieces are still getting added in but after a few days, I sure am happy to have it again on my Mac.
Office 365 for 70 Bucks
Today Microsoft announced a personal 365 account package for $69.99 or $6.99 a month. I still think of the Office suite as a business thing but Microsoft is trying to find a way for individuals to stay in.
The Stump →
I first received one of these stands in my speaker bag at Macworld several years ago. It's a piece of heavy rubber with a metal disk in the base to give it weight that you can easily drop an iPad or iPhone in when you want to prop it up. I liked it so much I bought a second one for the office. Since then Stumps have multiplied like Tribbles in my home. When my daughter came back from a day on the Macworld show floor, it didn't surprise me in the least that she bought her own pink one for her room. The stump is a great piece of low-tech to make using your-high tech easier. Macworld agrees.
Sponsor: Rocket Matter →
This week MacSparky.com is sponsored by Rocket Matter, the premier cloud-based law practice management solution. The folks at Rocket Matter get how to run your business in the Internet age and Rocket Matter is the place to go when you've finally had it with the expense and pain of trying to do it yourself. This week Rocket Matter is giving away a free ebook, Cloud Planet: The Mobile Lawyer. This book is full of tips and advice to get productive on the go. There are tricks and tips helpful to anyone in a service based business. Go check it out.
MPU 187: Word Processors →
This week Katie and I dive deep on the current state of word processors on the Mac and iOS. We also talk about whether or not word processors even relevant in 2014. Sadly, we decided that for too many people (myself included), they are.
Thinking About the Hypothetical 12-inch Retina MacBook Air
When it comes to rumors, this is probably the last site you should read. If I actually know something, I'll never tell. If I don't know something, I'd be wasting your time. I can, however, share my nerd-lust for particularly juicy rumors. It seems like there is a lot of momentum building lately behind the idea of a 12-inch Retina MacBook Air, including this recent bit from Arnold Kim at Mac Rumors.
I don't know if this is true or not but it makes a lot of sense. In size, I bet it wouldn't be much bigger than the current 11-inch MacBook Air (that actually has an 11.6 inch screen and a wide bezel with plenty of space it could give up to a bigger screen). Acknowledging that I know nothing about what Apple intends to actually ship, I think it would also make a lot of sense to sell a small retina Mac and dump the existing 11-inch MacBook Air while leaving the non-retina 13-inch model for an entry level machine. My one question is battery life. The 11-inch form already has the least amount of space for batteries and retina screens are power-hungry. Last year we got a MacBook Air refresh at WWDC. June isn't that far away. If you are in the market for a MacBook Air, I think now would be a good time to wait and see.
TextExpander touch 2.5 screencast
I had the pleasure of producing a video for Smile Software about the new features in TextExpander touch version 2.5. I'd like the think the video does a good job of getting you up to speed with TextExpander touch regardless of your experience with the app and demonstrates some of the new 2.5 features. The snippet group management is much improved. You can now watch, download, and otherwise consume it at Vimeo.
iOS Bundle from StackSocial →
StackSocial has an iOS bundle. That's right. iOS bundle. It really is a collection of good apps on sale from which you can pick and choose. I have several favorites on that list including Boxer, Calendars 5, and TextExpander touch. It's an interesting idea and I hope it is paying off for the developers.
Weekend Project: Heartbleed Recovery Kit
There has been plenty of news about the Heartbleed bug this week. TidBITS did a great job summing it up. It appears something we all took for granted as really secure (Open SSL) really wasn't. As users that means we've potentially been compromised at a lot of websites. I say "potentially" because there is really no way to log incursions due to the nature of this bug. That's a little terrifying. So what should you be doing this weekend?
First take a look at this handy list from Mashable. If any of your vendors and online accounts show up as compromised AND fixed (that second part is important), log in and reset your password. If the site is compromised but not fixed yet, don't log in. In that case, don't touch it until it is fixed.
You all know how I'll be updating my passwords, with 1Password, which was not compromised. As an aside, someone at Macworld/iWorld asked me why I always change my major passwords (banking, iTunes, Amazon, Dropbox, Paypal) twice a year. Things like this are why (although in fairness this bug is so bad that wouldn't have saved me either).
Home Screens - Deron Bos
What are some of your favorite apps?
I heard the deafening nerd chorus of praise for this app for years, but it wasn't until I started tweeting for my business and learning that Twitter is at its best when interacting that I fell in love with Twitter. Even still, my sometimes dominating Dutch cheapness, had me on the official Twitter app for sometime before I ponied up. Now I love it – the swipe to reveal conversations I use constantly and all its satisfying robot sounds are music to my young-on-Twitter heart. I liked it so much that I eventually even bought the $20 Mac version. Totally worth it, look forward to the iPad update…coming soon?
Habit List
I found out about this from David's Macworld review and knew it would be a good replacement for Good Habits which lacked a sexy iOS 7 design or more importantly the versatilely to schedule certain habits for certain days. I'm mostly using to try to keep myself accountable for networking/social media work for my business, but I'm thinking about moving my morning routine from Reminders to here as well. The one thing I wish it had was the ability to have folders or different contexts, so that "Fill up Buffer with week's worth of posts" wouldn't be right on top of "Make boys' lunches."
I teach digital organization to my clients, but like any good organizer I'm still figuring it out myself. I'm experimenting with Pinboard after feeling like links and web research would get lost in Evernote. Right now my digital buckets look something like: notes in Simplenote (NVALT on the Mac), long, sprawling, story like articles in Instapaper, scanned PDFs and cold storage in Evernote, more visual organizing links in Pinterest, videos in Pocket, and occasional recipes in Pepperplate. It seems a bit spread out to me at times, but the everything bucket model just hasn't worked for me in the past.
Yes, its ugly and yes, I'm waiting to see what Overcast is like, and yes, I still can't fully figure out its playlist feature, but it does stream episodes which for binge-listening a podcast like Fizzle (by recent Home Screen subject Chase Reeves) is key. MPU is heavy in my rotation too along with The Disney Story Origins Podcast and How Did This Get Made?
I use lists with different contexts (Phone calls, Computer, Home, Errands, etc) for a very simple GTD system. It works fairly well – almost all the apps I love now have Mac counterparts like this one.
I love the multi-platform functionality of iMessages. Moving the same conversation from my iPhone to my full Mac keyboard is completely satisfying. Especially when it's reminding my NYC friend of his perjorative views of turning 40 when he was 25.
Google Voice
This app has always been a bit crappy and it's probably never going to be updated, but I use GV as my business line so it's on the home page. I had hopes for GV, but I think it's going to be integrated into Hangouts which I used the other day for the first time in a very long time and found very pleasing in its design.
Day One
This app knocks it out of the park – in all its versions. I love that it's plain text, makes a great photo journal, and tags make it easy to place different content (food journal, movie review journal, journal-journal) in one place. An everything-journaling bucket that does work for me.
This is one of the first iOS apps I truly loved and it's still killer for me: pleasurable reading experience with a ton of options to send to the other buckets.
I drive part-time for Lyft and the experience itself (rather than the app) of routing rides through Los Angeles with these things still we still call "phones" seems like a huge tip of the iceberg of how integrated technology is radically changing life. It's continually surprising to me. Plus cute icons.
I've used Waze since it was one of the few free GPS iOS apps and I have to say it's improved hugely in three years – it often does a very effective job of getting me around LA traffic through some untraditional routes.
Best calendar app, EV-AH.
I'm somewhat surprised that I look like Mr. Google here, because I've never had any interest in Android, but there are some Google web apps that I've used for years fondly like Gmail and Google Docs (now Drive.) I switched to Chrome on my Mac because Safari was crashing so much on me, and it's been much more stable, but I'm not sure I have the same need for Chrome on iOS. Mobile Safari is very fluid and I might switch back soon.
I made the switch to Gmail focused apps after suffering through the Mail-Mavericks debacle and reading Macsparky's convincing argument for embracing the Gmail apps that fully feature its uniqueness. Among them I like the divided inbox the most on mobile and the ease that it can handle my four (four?!) different Gmail accounts easily in one app. There are some things I miss in iOS Mail, not least of all the way it handles text.
What app is your guilty pleasure?
I don't feel guilty about it, but an app I love for casual reading is Zite. I was bummed to find out that Flipboard bought it, because I always found much more superior and surprisingly personalized content on Zite.
If you were in charge at Apple, what would you add or change?
As the dad of two young boys, I still seeing having multiple user accounts on the iPad as low hanging fruit for the next version of iOS.
Anything else you'd like to share?
Thanks so much for asking – I think the home screens feature might have been how I found this blog originally so I feel honored to be featured.
Thanks Deron


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Faculty Grants & Awards
2012 Awards
- Joelle Frechette, assistant professor, has been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 18th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Dr. Frechette is one of 78 young engineers working in academia, industry, and government selected for this honor that "gives young engineering pioneers the opportunity to collaborate and share approaches across fields." Read more.
- Lise Dahuron, lecturer, was selected to receive the Capers and Marion McDonald Mentoring Award.
2011 Awards
Marc Donohue, who is renowned for his remarkable contributions to the general area of Thermodynamics, published his first psychology paper entitled "Toward a 'Grand Unifying Theory' of Leadership: Implications for Consulting Psychology" in the Consulting Psychology Journal. Most importantly, his paper was recognized with The Elliott Jaques Memorial Publication Award with the distinction of the most outstanding article published in 2011.
Jeffrey Gray, named the F. Stuart Hodgson Faculty Scholar.
Joelle Frechette, assistant professor, wins the 2011 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award.
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, professor and chair, wins the Robert H. Pond, Sr. Excellence in Teaching Award.
Sharon Gerecht, assistant professor, wins NSF Career Award.
2010 Awards
Denis Wirtz, professor, named 2010 Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Joelle Frechette, assistant professor, won the W. H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding teaching at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels.Ā
Michael Betenbaugh, professor, won the 2010 Cell Culture Engineering Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of Cell Culture Technology & Engineering, and significant service and dedication to the profession.
German Drazer, assistant professor, received the NSF CAREER award for "Deterministic and Stochastic Transport of Suspended Particles in Periodic Systems: Fundamentals and Applications in Separation Science."
Denis Wirtz, professor, was named the Theophilus Halley Smoot professor in the Whiting School of Engineering and nominated as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2009 Awards
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, professor and chair, was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Michael Bevan, associate professor, was awarded a stimulus grant from the National Science Foundation on "Integrated Self & Directed Assembly of Multi-Component Colloidal Structures."
Sharon Gerecht, assistant professor, was awarded the 2009 North America Vascular Biology Organization Junior Investigator Award.
David Gracias, associate professor, was awarded an NSF grant to develop strategies to enable the manufacture of three dimensional nanostructures and a collaborative grant with the Army Research Laboratory on developing microscale devices with sensor modules.
Jeffrey Gray, associate professor, was awarded a renewal of an NIH grant in collaboration with the University of North Carolina, the University of Washington, and the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center to develop the Rosetta biomolecular modeling software. In September, Gray's lab released PyRosetta 1.0, an interactive biomolecular modeling platform.
(www.pyrosetta.org) and published a book of PyRosetta educational modules.
Justin Hanes, professor, was awarded with the Young Investigator Award by The Controlled Release Society as well as was the keynote lecturer on "Advancing Health through Innovations in Drug Delivery" at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist Conference on Evolving Science and Technology in Physical Pharmacy and Biopharmaceutics. He has also been awarded with NIH grants on "New Approaches to Overcome the Sputum Barrier to Gene Delivery" as well as "Mucus Penetrating Nanoparticles for Early Stage Cervical Cancer."
Marc Ostermeier, associate professor, was awarded with three new grants: a $1.3 million R01 grant from NIH to create protein switches that activate prodrugs in cancer cells and serve as biosensors for biological molecules; a $650,000 grant from NSF to use NMR, computational modeling, and mutagenesis approaches to develop a structural model of an engineered switch to provide insight into its allosteric mechanism; and a $1.5 million grant as co-investigator with Konstantopoulos from DTRA to develop a fundamental understanding of Biomolecular recognition and apply it to the development of a synthetic binding platform.
Denis Wirtz, professor, has been selected as Editor and Board Member of "Physical Biology"; Editor of "Comprehensive Biophysics," Section on Cell Biophysics in the Cell Press. As well as a 2009 Schwarz Lecturer; Editor-in-Chief of "Cell Health and the Cytoskeleton"; and a Member of the National Cancer Institute Advisory Panel on Physics of Cancer.
2008 Awards
NIH Director's New Innovator Award Goes to David Gracias (expand)
Professor Denis Wirtz awarded an NIH/NIGMS-RO1 grant for $1.42 million (expand)
Prof. Denis Wirtz Awarded T-32 National Cancer Institute Training Grant for $1.6 million (expand)
Prof. Konstantopoulos awarded NIH-RO1 grant (June 2008) (expand)
Sharon Gerecht receives Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award (May 2008) (expand)
Professor Gracias awarded 2008 DuPont Young Professor Award (May 2008) (expand)
- Professor Denis Wirtz's lab discovers how proteins control the process when bacteria multiply (April 2008) (Link to full article...)
Joelle Frechette wins NSF Career Award (March 2008) (expand)
2007 Awards
Mike Betenbaugh and team awarded National Science Foundation EFRI grant (November 2007) (expand)
Justin Hanes awarded an NSF grant to create a New Undergraduate Engineering Minor in Nanotechnology Risk Assessment and Public Policy (October 2007) (expand)
- David Gracias awarded the 2007 Maryland Young Engineer of the Year Award (May 2007)


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