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PaaS will allow application developers to always use the right tool for the job; including tools that aren't even conceived as potential application tools.
I'm not much of a cook. Of the many errors I commit in the kitchen, the most common is a failure to use the right tool for the job. Not because I don't have it, or I don't know how to use it, but because I over-optimize for the post-cooking cleanup at the expense of the cooking experience. The saucepan used to boil the potatoes isn't the best tool for a sauté, but it's already out and it will do. The wooden spoon used to stir-fry vegetables doesn't make as good a serving instrument as the metal ladle, but it's already dirty so let's use it. Sometimes this make-do attitude just produces inconvenience, sometimes it leads to disaster ("I don't need to dirty a colander; I can just hold the lid against the pan and slowly pour… Oops! OK kids, we're eating pasta off the sink tonight.")
What is true for cooking is true for software development. Using the right tool for the job means higher productivity and a more robust, efficient implementation. But, just like cooking, there are many tools in the drawer and each one that you take out comes with its own cost.
Enterprise applications are made of more than just code. The selection of the platforms they are built on is as important as their specific code and configuration. That's why "middleware" is a much broader category than just "application servers", and even "middleware" doesn't capture all of various runtimes that support enterprise applications. Just looking at the list of application-related "Magic Quadrants" offered by Gartner gives an idea of the diversity of these product categories and the difficulty of the task, for IT architects, of deciding which to use: Just for the application runtime, there are Magic Quadrants for "Enterprise Application Servers ", "Horizontal Portals", "Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms", "Ajax Technologies and RIA Platforms", "Application Delivery Controllers", "Application Infrastructure for Systematic SOA-Style Application Projects", etc. Add to this data-related platforms (relational databases, distributed databases of various forms, master data management), as well as messaging infrastructure, security, identity management infrastructure, application performance management tools and soon enough one has to decide whether to optimize for employing the right tool for every task or optimize for assembling an easy-to-manage set of tools.
Each new tool, when selected, brings additional features that the application can take advantage of, but also a new set of administrative tasks, another platform the administrators need to be trained on, another set of operating system requirements, additional license and support costs, another support channel, etc. That's when people start wondering whether they really need a portal or can they make do with the more basic UI reuse features of the application server. Integrated product suites from portfolio vendors alleviate many of these issues (tested integrations, centralized management, unified support...) but not all. Enterprise application platforms, like Java EE, provide a large set of features, but in many cases they provide a portable interface to infrastructure tools that are not themselves included in the platform runtime (e.g. a database). It significantly lowers the barrier to using these external tools, but from an operations perspective the cost of yet-another-tool-to-manage remains.
The next leap in making it practical to always use the right tool for the job will come with PaaS.
Today's PaaS offerings are, with few exceptions, focused on the basic building blocks of application platforms: an application runtime ("app server"), a database, and an Identity Management (IDM) store. For now, the flexibility of the various offerings has been most often measured in terms of number of programming languages supported (Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript...). But PaaS changes so quickly (compare today's PaaS landscape to what it was a year ago) that the current landscape is almost irrelevant already.
Soon we will realize that supporting yet another language that offers the same interaction style is not a very important measure of diversity. Diversity will instead be measured in the number, richness and comprehensiveness of value added platform services offered. From map-reduce services to business process orchestration.
In the same way that many application runtime tools are under-utilized because of the operational cost of setting them up, configuring them and maintaining them, many application management tools are also under-utilized, for much of the same reasons. So system administrators and developers scroll through various log files in scenarios where transaction tracing tools might provide a much more direct answer. They add crude browser-side instrumentation in places where network-based traffic capture can provide a rich view of the user experience and permit replay of transactions. They manually generate test transactions in places where the right tools can capture actual customer traffic, scramble confidential information and deliver a usable and realistic set of test input and output payload.
All these "right tools" exist today and are sometimes used in traditional data centers, but not as often and as consistently as they should be. Because their acquisition and operation cost aren't perceived (rightly or wrongly) to be worth the value they can deliver. Because trying them out (in a realistic way, applied to your application) is, in itself, a time-consuming effort.
As of today, in most cases, in a PaaS environment one cannot use these advanced tools, because the environment is too restrictive. Today, advanced runtime services and advanced management services are used occasionally in traditional environments (to some extent including IaaS) and never in PaaS environment.
As PaaS matures, this trend will reverse and PaaS environments will be those in which users (almost) HAVE to use the right tool; where they've lost all the excuses (both of the valid and the imagined kind) for not using (or at least trying out) the full richness of runtime and management tools. That's because the underlying Cloud operating system is built from the ground up to host these various platform services and present them in a unified way not just to the application running on top but also to the administrators in charge of maintaining them.
This change is even more profound than it seems. Getting transaction tracing, user experience monitoring, transaction capture, auto-scaling and all kinds of advanced platform features by default (or by just checking a checkbox) is a big improvement. But the move to PaaS will hand to developers and architects, tools that aren't even on the table today. Here are 3 examples:
Example 1: There is no reserved domain
In traditional settings, the application is confined to what happens on the computers on which it runs. There is a lot more infrastructure than just computers in a datacenter, but all that is the domain of IT administration and out of reach for programmers. The best they can do is document what network topology and load balancing configuration is desired. In PaaS, the entire infrastructure is accessible, and when that happens, you can count on developers using it in ways that will horrify traditional IT administrators. The CDN is not just an after-the-fact deployment optimization; it becomes a core part of the application logic. Even DNS, old, boring, sacrosanct, must-never-go-down DNS, becomes another programmable entity. And it is used in completely new ways as a result, as illustrated by people currently experimenting with giving almost everything a CNAME and gaining complete location transparency.
Example 2: Business is code
The mantra of "aligning IT and business" is frequently heard. Nothing is wrong with it. But PaaS gives you not only the tools to align them but also to merge them in many places. Fine-grained metering and billing, programmatically driven usage of pay-on-demand resources put a significant part of your operating costs under direct and explicit control of your code. If you want to lower your computing costs by 10% next month, you can make a configuration change that will have exactly that effect, in the same way that you can change any other application parameter. Of course, this stricter constraint might affect the performance of your application in some way, there's no free lunch, but the point is that the monthly cost is not a guessing game; it's much more precisely controlled... What's true on the cost side may also be true on the revenue side. At the risk of stretching the definition of PaaS, an app store is a PaaS service, in the same way that an application hosting service is. And the line will blur. I would be very surprised if, as I type this, someone at Amazon is not working on better integrating their app store with their AWS platform, so that you deploy your app (its server side logic and its client side piece) to their infrastructure, the client side gets uploaded, via the app store, onto the user's Android/Kindle device, the server side runs on AWS and the AWS bill is paid by the app sales (hopefully with some leftover for you). And the charging model goes from one based on just app purchase to one based on consumption, as measured by the platform which hosts the server side.
Example 3: Everything is a platform
It is my contention that the "Platform" part of PaaS refers to anything that can be programmed. An application server obviously meets this definition, but there are many other things that can be programmed. Not a day goes by that something gets an API that didn't use to have one. This opens the door to PaaS including many different kinds of hardware. It's not just traditional computers. You can get GPUs and supercomputers (both of which Amazon offers today). One day you'll get to use observation or communication satellites by the hours via an API. Or maybe wireless spectrum. You can already access logistical services (a warehouse, transportation) that way. The line will blur. Ultimately, PaaS is not just raising the IaaS abstraction level by pushing the app server into the Cloud offering. It's about making all the useful resources programmatically accessible.
For a long time, the basic building blocks of IT have been simple: computers, storage and networking. It was the age of computer-centric IT. Everything else was the responsibility of the system administrator and out of reach for the programmer. IaaS made these resources available in a more flexible manner, but didn't change the nature of computing. In its first iteration, PaaS doesn't change the nature either, it just looks at the way people typically use these infrastructure pieces (install a database on them, install an application platform on them, etc...) and offloads that responsibility from the application owner. That has the important benefit of lowering the barriers to using the right platform tool for whatever task the application is accomplishing. But that's just the beginning of PaaS. PaaS is about to multiply the variety of IT building blocks, offering to the application owner access to resources that would be very hard, or impossible, for them to compose based on the traditional resources of networks computers and storage.
In the early age of PaaS (e.g. when Google App Engine entered the scene), you wrote applications differently for PaaS because you had to. The idiosyncrasies of PaaS were mostly driven by the need to make its delivery easy and cheap for service providers. We'll grow out of this. But we'll do more than outgrow it by removing these constraints. We'll transcend them. The ultimate goal of PaaS is not to get rid of the early PaaS limitation and to allow developers to do things in the way they are used to. It is to make developers write applications differently not because they *have* to but because they *want* to; because the platform services offered by PaaS are better than what developers had at their disposal before it. They'll come with little incremental operational cost; they'll provide access to a much wider range of services than those traditionally offered by an application server; they will provide direct control of cost and revenue parameters as part of the application logic.
The transition from machine-centric application design to PaaS is of the same magnitude as the transition from chemistry of simple molecules to one in which amino acids became available as building blocks. Applications are about to come to life.
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William Vambenepe is an architect at Oracle, working on application management and Cloud Computing. He blogs here and tweets as @vambenepe.
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The Future of PaaS
chris haddad
the future is here today!
TODAY, WSO2 Stratos delivers numerous application platform service building blocks, and we believe architects should measure platforms today on the number, richness, and comprehensive value added by platform services. WSO2 Stratos is a complete application platform offering application hosting services, identity and entitlement services, business process services, integration services, rule services, presentation services, data services, content storage services, complex event processing services, mediation services, registry services, and service management services.
Re: The Future of PaaS
Dilip Krishnan
the future is here today!
Like, William suggests, various tools are available today, and the success of a PaaS strategy, is being able to pick a minimal set from the choices, to solve the business need, without having to commit to a single vendor solution.
"Applications are about to come to life!"
Roopesh Shenoy
Agree with the overall gist of the article
Faisal Waris
However there is quite a gap between how enterprise apps are built today and what they need to be for a scalable, cloud environment.
The importance of language "support" and platform services
Sinclair Schuller
Interestingly, what most people don't realize, is that supporting new languages is directly at odds with the platform services value vector. Supporting all the languages under the sun, although a distraction from a time and investment point of view, also dilutes the richness of the platform services that can be offered. One of the things we realized at Apprenda is that deep runtime support *enables* the creation of the richest platform services possible. For example, if a PaaS were to offer something like deep call instrumentation to measure method level performance, that requires a fundamentally deep understanding of the runtime. I could go on and on about rich, runtime specific services outside of the language-agnostic "we provide load balancing for your app", which unfortunately, does not have staying power and is easily reproducible.
It is unlikely that a PaaS vendor can support a dozen languages AND provide platform services that are deep, rich, and difficult to replicate.
Re: The importance of language
Mark N
That being said, most of the current mainstream "webapp" "runtimes" other than .NET and Java (not the language) seem to run in Apache. Additionally, most (including the JVM) seem don't seem to be limited to Windows or Windows tooling. Setting them up is as easy as expanding a compressed file.
Besides Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, JVM languages (Java, Scala, Clojure, Groovy, JRuby, etc) and .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, IronRuby) what other [webapp] languages need to be supported?
Looking at the situation from a .NET perspective, I can see how you reached your conclusion. But IronFoundry seems to be working on a solution so that you can have one PaaS platform and support the majority. Is that as easy as just supporting only .NET and doing it the Microsoft way? No. But I have worked at many large companies and they need to support both Java and .NET. I work at one that does. If I can have one PaaS that supports both, that would be the best choice for the organization.
No. BTW and FWIW, Azure supports Java. :)
The Past Retold as the Future
William Louth
comprehensive & intelligent performance monitoring (even transaction tracing)
runtime cost control & supervision
behavioral analytics
resource management via adaptive control & QoS
self adaptive software for improved resilience
simulation for decoupled service integration both in terms of time and space
Hmmm. I thought I had already done that starting way back in 2008. It is called OpenCore and it allows amazing capabilities that without exception are not found anywhere in the cloud in such a packaging....and more importantly not tied to anyone vendor.
Simz – The Promise of Near Real-Time Application Simulation in the Cloud
Visions of Cloud Computing – PaaS Everywhere
The Complexity and Challenges of IT Management within the Cloud
OpenCore - A Cloud Cortex for PaaS


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from our foyettsvills correspondence pudlic meeting in davidson r*v.:ri'i:v...,.k nov 17 1888 , a !." ""'''""- "' "!"' citiaeneof davidson county , at u.e ( niiri-hiiunc iii lexington i uesday tin l.lih nl no ,". proienl week hns been nue tlurmg which uur veinher ls:w .,, mke into consideration ihe propriety l-iinie presonled quite a bustle nf business being ofappomting delegates toattend at an internal improve l tun c.-iisideriible extent every day with conn " , convention to he held iu the city of raleigh on mfgona produce bus come in very freely und u j.i monday ol decembei next ". w i nil ny abundantly and consequently a de ( >" , nollon 0 | |) r . v r u col john calloway ,- ui tl price we quote fbr inspected flour ft 76 waa appointed chairman and charles mock secretary t5sa the highest prices i he obtained it preient 1 1 , ( i,j,.,r ofthe r<eoting was then itated by dr holt too hi a llj bul buyers do not manifest much ana ," an address of lome li r.gth urging the propnaty of to uke 1 t those prices urn c ■in but ipa appointing delegates to attend said convention;—where ; v«n,l sells iri.ui wiigtimis iii hi a llll st •.- pn gp lil . f 0 |> ow j og entiei.en were nominated and uj sales wheat during the fl 23 ■i 80 flax un aminouily appointed n ly:j i w thomas ros 1|1 20a i 1*6 and is taken readily it those prices v king bnnton c oouthit franklin g hargrave principal sole ol cotton which we notice wis a ioi meahick pinckston john p mabry henry waller 11 bales ol guud old crop vesterihty nl 9 iii ■( -"|. join ciiilinvuy john ward esq joseph spin - in ll all oilier kinds ol country produce bring our em ond william hums limitations readily the mooting was ihen addressed hy roswell a king arrivals during the week hui ih steamer hen bub(re gijng ihe propriety ofthe county of davidson po i cotton l*lu ut and several lighters have denert ,,,",",". the legislature to engage in it liberal lyst r wilmington wnu ( ol flour feathers bees 0 f i"ternul improve nt b borrowing a sum sufficient , 4.c lus since our hist our superior court to enable the kate lu cnnitmct a nm round from the ,_ nash presiding has been in session during the |. : ,., ", ,,, uun ui.ia mr king said thai it was only at week several stale cases among which wore by ",)".,""» " i r i scheme of improvement by the mr murder bothol winch were acquitted one state that we c levate ourselves to that aland am lorglary convicted one for rape convicted bul our sister itites which uur notural advantages it im ment nrrested by appeal to the supreme court pr0vbd ii)hnl |" ,. lllltil u , t ". lhnt b " ,| lls tl |". ril i svs . li judge aah alter so.no hesilution grunted i he , now y or k from what north cirolina new is has inter were colored persons elevated herself i her present state ol wealth and pow ovanation xchange but a still bettar i ing " r ,,,. ,, "",,. tl n , hv ",,,,.. ," ," u with regard to south t orolina n ev-would tllh llm ill)portan , gub j ect but hoped , heir en ierpriio and k surprised il it is taken by our bank j shortly ,,, m tis w ba aroused lo se i the eflbrts that it is hoped will i ide by the legislature to establish what is indispensable lo nur prosperity namely an op erative syslem ol internal improvement the meeting was addressed by messrs henry wol ser uud john v thomas uu ine subject of the intern il improvement of tho state ; — and on motion of m pinck ston esq resolved that lhe proceedings of thia meeting signed hy the chairman aud secretary be published in the western carolinian and carolina watchman and on motion of mr henry walser the meeting adjourned john caloway chair bi ii mii.i mock sect mv.\.u:hku 4 i 11u vs united j e m hobby manager the proprietors respectfully announce to the ladies nml gentlemen of salisbury ind its vicinity that th.-y have united their extensive menagerie id equestrian ( liens ( ',»,,, puny tor this season and in tih'erin them to the public lor exhibition are determined to give such a variety nl entertainments as cannot tail tn meet the appro bation nf nil classes oi the community tu ellect this ihey huve engaged lome ofthe most talented and cele brated equestrian ind gymnoatic performed together wuh their line collection of living animals will afford a rich and rare treat in the naturalist and lover of gym nastic ond equestrian exercises the menagerie and circus arc both nrramred under a large and spacious pavilion anil will be exihiled to gether at salisbury on wednesday december 6th li.r one dny only hours of exhibition from 1 to 4 o'clock p m admission fill cents children hall price commodious seats will be erected lur the accommo dation of visitors ladies and the juvenile branches of in in ilies always have ho preference the prnpnelors pledge themselves that nothing shall be wantingou their p.irl to render the exhibition bulb agreeable and inter esling for a list ol'lhe animals contained in this he igerie see lull al he hotel's 0z7 there will he an exhibition at the same time and place of rare specimens of the fine arts the richest must elegant anil extensive collection ol paint ingl ever offered to the citizens of lhe place rcpresent ing burning mountains conflagrations it ics buildings battles shipwrecks c neither pains nor expense have been spared in procuring works of the most cele brated and interesting characters the exhibition will be accompanied with a variety of comic songs — ad misaion 25 cents fzj entrance to this splendid exhibition from tho inside nf the menagerie c1c7 the above will be exhibited at greensboro oq saturday december 1st at ii w hiummerson mon thly december 3rd at lexington on tuesday decem ber lib im:r public meeting in ltowan sai.isduuv november 0 1838 lecording to previous notice given a large and re mble meeting t the citizens f rowan friendly to mal improvement took place at ihe conn house himtiog wasorganized l.y callinc john giles esq in chair sod sppointing samuel leuily jun sec.re l the object ol tbe meeting being explained by chair cul hubert mcnamara introduced the lol ing resolution which were unanimously adopted i irs'ilml that we approve ol the proceeding ot the e-iml lm|ir,,veioent convention held it greensboro the 4'ri of july last particularly thai part recom it.l.iil-1 stale convention tn tie held al raleigh on -.' i monday nf qeeember next kisokctl ti...i ii is with pleasure wc see many of . eutern llouolies ol the state nominate some t ir most talented and patriotic citizen to represent in in llie internal improvement convention nl ra united in wedlock in ihis county on thursday evening the i'2.1 inst by the rev john g.fritchey mr david cork 1 11 1 i miss franey youngest daughter of sain'l freeze ll ,'.' 1m..i ln davidson county on the hih ult by the rev josiah wia n n mr j t charles to miss eli y daughter of the late wm w wiseman esq ki-nlvett that in the mnst respectful manner we ii|.,n iir fellow citizens ol the western and ir ■.- cannes to appoint delegates to attend the amotion at rnleigh ranted that nur members of th general assem . ind our delegates to the internal improvement reotiso ire earnestly requested to use their influ e.and make one more efliiri lo impress nu the le i.tiiri the absolute necessity of entering imiuediste ii't hbetal system uf internal improvement and jl.iy the capital and credit of the state ihr that departed tills life in randolph coiintv n ("., 11 the kith inst mr joseph johnson in his slid year he was a f_.,k,d patriot iu the revolutionary wnr mi nil ct innate father und kind master and much respected citizen he was of irish descent — comm lu davidson ci ty on the dili inst mr cannon taylor sun of william taylor aged iii yenrs in llus county mi the 1u m-t john w son of robert and tabitha ii den ng.-.l about sl yenrs he has eli i large circle of relatives and frieiuis to mourn ins untimely loss salisbury nov 23 1888 jxee\\\ovs 8a\e ri^he undersigned as executor of henry delamnthe -*- esq deceased will at his late residence in hen derson montgomery county expose to public sale on the 3rd ol december ensuing a very large stock cnn ilting uf dorses cattle sheep and hogs household nnd kitchen furniture ; a larire quantity of corn oats fodder liny farming tools c the executor will at ihe same time rent the lands and hire tbe negroes tbe terms of sale made knnwn on the day of sale — those havinl claims are requested to present them for settlement duly authenticated within the limo pre scribed hy ijiw those indebted to the estate are re quested to make payment john atkins ex'r november 16 1rss ts sailed that delegotes ho appointed to represent mat uf rrnvan in lhe internal improvement con n ta be held at raleigh on the second monday a.mt.er next a&mviuslyators 1 sottce l*l r ll,l te sohi on thursday ihe 13th of december v v next ut the late dwelling ol john turner dec'd all the personal pmperty belonging lo salt 1 deceased consisting ot horses cattle hogs one waggon and deer iie ef f blacksmith tools ; and i variety of nthe articles usually kepi on a farm but too tedious to mention alio twelve likely following gentlemen wero appointed f henderson kev thos davis 1 chambers jno i shaver !• ft dai.n.vm.uva dr austin he.n0f.rson r ii ki i patrick pl chambers dr kerr j as e kerr col r vv long wxwnaughey wm locke j-l partes dr isaac burns -■wheeler col a lemi.v l torre ve jno giles notice 17*ill be sold by order of court at tbe late reai vv denee of john adderton dec'd on the 11 ihnl december next nii-uuous consisting of one man two women and children a credit of twelve months will he given tbe purcha ser giving bond with appwed securities all ihuse indebted to the said estate by note or otherwise will settle the same withnut delay as no in dulgence can be given all those having claims gainit said ettate will prosenl them legally authenti caied within the tune prescribed by law or otherwise this notice will be pled in bar of iheir recovery sam'l turner . ,,",. 11 turner \ adm «*' thirteen likely young negroes ; amongst them nre men women and children belonging to tbe estate of john adderton dec'd sold f.r distribu tion imonglt the heirsst law fgt terms made known on the dav ot sale james adderton admr nov 13th 1838 24:ts nn tion nf i a davis it was resolved lhat thn p ! y ot die committee have power lo fill all vacan i'lal may occur h motion resolved that a copy of the resolution ap te !_ nnl committee b certified signed by the chair had secretary and handed to one ofthe committee john giles chair 1,""ior sale — a tirsl-rnte milch cow and young culf apply at this office
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from our foyettsvills correspondence pudlic meeting in davidson r*v.:ri'i:v...,.k nov 17 1888 , a !." ""'''""- "' "!"' citiaeneof davidson county , at u.e ( niiri-hiiunc iii lexington i uesday tin l.lih nl no ,". proienl week hns been nue tlurmg which uur veinher ls:w .,, mke into consideration ihe propriety l-iinie presonled quite a bustle nf business being ofappomting delegates toattend at an internal improve l tun c.-iisideriible extent every day with conn " , convention to he held iu the city of raleigh on mfgona produce bus come in very freely und u j.i monday ol decembei next ". w i nil ny abundantly and consequently a de ( >" , nollon 0 | |) r . v r u col john calloway ,- ui tl price we quote fbr inspected flour ft 76 waa appointed chairman and charles mock secretary t5sa the highest prices i he obtained it preient 1 1 , ( i,j,.,r ofthe r


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A revised plan for signage at The Pyramid by Bass Pro Shops shows the outdoor retailer has dropped plans for a large logo on the north face of the pyramid that faces the residential communities on Mud Island's north end.
Bass Pro Shops executives will be in Memphis next week to brief the Design Review Board of the Downtown Memphis Commission and the Memphis City Council on the new proposal and what is likely to be the start of work soon by the company on its store and other attractions in The Pyramid.
The executives from the outdoors retailers are in Memphis Tuesday, July 16, to make an afternoon appearance at the council's executive session. They will then "present their plans for The Pyramid" to a special called meeting of the Design Review Board, according to a notice of the board meeting sent Friday, July 12.
The design review board already approved exterior plans Bass Pro Shops had for The Pyramid. But a move to the review board by the company with signage for The Pyramid itself last March was delayed after plans for large lit logos on all four sides of the structure drew some objections from the community and concerns from some on the review board.
The special meeting Tuesday will not involve a vote by the board on the new plan. It will be a presentation of a plan.
The updated sign presentation posted with the special meeting notice late Friday showed plans for Bass Pro Shops metallic finish signs with green halo LED illumination on the south, east and west sides of The Pyramid of 6,807 square fee each.
There would be no signage on the north side of the Pyramid facing the residential communities on Mud Island's north end.
The south side of The Pyramid will also include an 874 square foot vacuformed sign for the Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center that will be one of the attractions in The Pyramid in addition to the Bass Pro Shops store.
The south entrance to The Pyramid will also have a set of seven other smaller signs for brand names the store will carry as well as an LED illuminated 240 square foot sign for "Big Cypress Lodge."
The application details the size and location of 29 signs on the property from stop signs to the sign for "Uncle Buck's Fish Bowl," a restaurant in The Pyramid.
Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid is now scheduled to open in late 2014 following expanded interior plans announced by the company in June that include a 300 foot high observation deck and zip lines crossing the simulated cypress swamp was part of the original plans.
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Here at the Dolphin HQ in Liverpool we've just heard the news that White Rabbit Records Limited, the owners of DV247.com, previously known as Digital Village, have been placed into administration.
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2008 Press Releases
December 31, 2008
University of Chicago researchers play key roles in recent proofs of natural selection
University of Chicago scientists played a role in three of 15 studies highlighted by the journal Nature as "evolutionary gems," papers published in the journal in the last decade that demonstrate why scientists can confidently "treat evolution by natural selection, in effect, as an established fact."
December 24, 2008
Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports in the Dec. 24/31 issue of JAMA. The benefit of one hour of additional sleep was comparable to the gains from lowering systolic blood pressure by 17 mm Hg.
December 24, 2008
Older adults at high risk for drug interactions: More attention needed for non-prescription meds
At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction, and half of these interactions involve a non-prescription medication, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the Dec. 24/31, 2008, issue of JAMA.
December 19, 2008
Stem cells and leukemia battle for marrow microenvironment: Tipping scales toward stem cells could improve outcomes
Learning how leukemia takes over privileged "niches" within the bone marrow is helping researchers develop treatment strategies that could protect healthy blood-forming stem cells and improve the outcomes of bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and other types of cancer.
December 15, 2008
First Nutrition Knowledge Bowl draws rave reviews: Students learn cancer prevention early in life
A new approach to educating youth about good nutrition won rave reviews last weekend as more than 500 enthusiastic participants turned out for the First Annual Nutrition Knowledge Bowl, presented by the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC).
December 8, 2008
Children's cancer group recommends global evaluation system for neuroblastoma to improve treatment
An international coalition of pediatric cancer physicians and researchers has developed new systems to standardize studies of neuroblastomas across the world. In the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) presents three sets of papers outlining a: standard classification system; pre-treatment staging system; and an analysis of a rare group of patients.
December 2, 2008
New scanner increases diagnostic power and speed, cuts radiation
The first 256-slice "wide-area" computed tomography scanner in Illinois, with four times the capacity of the previous generation of multi-slice scanners, has been installed and is in clinical use at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The scanner, called the "Brilliance iCT" and manufactured by Philips Medical Systems, Inc., combines power, speed and coverage to produce extremely high-resolution images with reduced radiation exposure.
November 25, 2008
Michelle Le Beau receives American Cancer Society's top national honor for research achievements
The American Cancer Society honored Michelle Le Beau, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, with its prestigious Distinguished Service Award this month for her extraordinary work to control cancer. Le Beau, a professor of medicine and human genetics, was recognized for her major contributions and commitment to cancer research.
November 24, 2008
Hollywood actress Joan Cusack raises awareness of cancer care advances at Comer Children's Hospital
Joan Cusack, one of Hollywood's funniest actresses and a past Oscar nominee, visited children undergoing cancer treatment at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. Cusack spotlighted the need for continued advancements in research and treatment for pediatric oncology.
November 20, 2008
Surgeons perform world's first pediatric robotic bladder reconstruction
A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
November 17, 2008
From constant seizures to almost none: Removing part of brain controls girl's epilepsy
Surgeons at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital told Jessica Nelson one of the scariest things she will ever hear as a parent: they wanted to treat her daughter's epilepsy by cutting out or disconnecting half of her brain. Then something extraordinary happened: it worked.
November 17, 2008
Black and White Ball raises $800,000 to pursue breakthroughs in cancer research
The University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Women's Board raised $800,000 at its "Black and White Ball." The proceeds will be used to help discover new cancer treatments.
November 7, 2008
Vascular disease expert, Seymour Glagov, 1925-2008
A pioneer in the study of cardiovascular disease, especially arteriosclerosis and its prevention, Seymour Glagov, MD, professor emeritus in the Departments of Pathology and Surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, died at a Chicago nursing home on Oct. 29 from complications of neurovascular disease. He was 83.
November 6, 2008
Valerie Jarrett, University of Chicago Trustee, named a Co-Chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project
Valerie Jarrett, Vice-Chair of the University of Chicago's Board of Trustees and Chair of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board, has been named one of three co-chairs of the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama.
November 3, 2008
Fear, misconceptions about screening keep many African-Americans from getting mammograms
Training physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and communication with economically disadvantaged African-American patients could influence these women to get mammograms that could save their lives, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
October 30, 2008
University of Chicago Medical Center honored for use of minority and women-owned firms
On October 30, Chicago-based Black Contractors United (BCU) presented their annual President's Award to Joan Archie, Executive Director of Construction Compliance at the University of Chicago Medical Center, for her role in the Medical Center's efforts to "maximize the utilization of minority- and women-owned firms and workers on its construction, renovation, plant and maintenance projects."
October 29, 2008
Grand Boulevard expansion provides community-based specialty care
Patients, physicians and others from the Medical Center and Access Community Health Network as well as South Side community leaders celebrated the expansion of the Grand Boulevard Family Health Center on Friday, September 26. The expansion marks an innovation in community-based health care, allowing UCMC specialty care physicians to practice at the Access Grand Boulevard Family Health Center.
October 27, 2008
Cost of diabetes treatment nearly doubled since 2001
Because of the increased number of patients, growing reliance on multiple medications and the shift toward more expensive new medicines, the annual cost of diabetes drugs nearly doubled in only six years, rising from $6.7 billion in 2001 to $12.5 billion in 2007. The single greatest contributor was the use of newer, more expensive medications.
October 23, 2008
Stem cell recipients' first reunion to share successes, offer hope to transplant patients
Patients who underwent stem cell transplants at the University of Chicago Medical Center will hold their first reunion on Sunday, October 26, to demonstrate hope for cancer patients who are facing this difficult, long treatment. The "Celebration of Life" will be held at the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, 4th floor atrium, 5758 S. Maryland Ave., from 1 to 4 p.m.
October 20, 2008
$6 million NIH grant supports research on cancer-fighting properties of ginseng
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has awarded $6 million over five years to the University of Chicago Medical Center to create the Center for Herbal Research on Colorectal Cancer (CHRCC), one of four new Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine funded by NCCAM this year.
October 16, 2008
Olympic gold medalists Shawn Johnson, Shannon Miller inspire pediatric patients at Comer Children's Hospital
Children at the University of Chicago Medical Center Comer Children's Hospital with life-threatening illnesses got the thrill of a lifetime Thursday when Olympic gold medalists Shawn Johnson and Shannon Miller walked into their rooms.
October 16, 2008
Daughter, friend, courageous cancer patient honored at Comer Kids' Classic
Lisa Klitzky passed away at age 25 from a rare form of pediatric cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma, a malignancy in the soft tissues with a poor prognosis for patient survival. An artist and a selfless young woman, Lisa did not lose sight of helping others--even as she was going through painful treatment at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
October 15, 2008
'Fishapod' reveals origins of head and neck structures of first land animals
Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae--the intermediate fossil between fish and the first animals to walk out of water onto land 375 million years ago--are revealing how this major evolutionary event happened. A new study, published this week in Nature, provides a detailed look at the internal head skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae and reveals a key intermediate step in the transformation of the skull that accompanied the shift to life on land by our distant ancestors.
October 13, 2008
UCMC REACH incentive program attracts doctors to South Side
To enable young, superbly trained, community-oriented physicians to build a better network of care in the underserved areas where they learned their profession, the University of Chicago Medical Center is initiating the UCMC REACH (Repayment for Education to Alumni in Community Health) program, which will encourage Pritzker graduates to return to the South Side of Chicago to practice medicine in underserved communities.
October 13, 2008
The University of Chicago's medical school transforms its curriculum
In order to inspire the next generation of physicians, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is launching the Pritzker Initiative, a new curriculum designed to transform medical education at the school. The initiative will increase student-faculty interactions, reduce the number of large lecture classes and replace them with small-group, hands-on learning under the direct mentorship of renowned faculty physicians, researchers and clinical educators.
October 7, 2008
Forum honors new 'Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day'
On Monday, Oct. 13, at 4 p.m., in honor of the first ever "Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day," the University of Chicago Medical Center will present a free public forum in the atrium of the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, 5758 S. Maryland Ave.
October 6, 2008
Microwave ovens need added safety controls
Microwave ovens should be equipped with safety controls to prevent children from opening them and being burned by hot foods and drinks, according to a study published today by University of Chicago Medical Center researchers in the October 2008 issue of the Journal Pediatrics.
October 3, 2008
David Gozal appointed chairman of pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center
An expert on the developmental neurobiology of respiratory control, sleep-disordered breathing and treatment of pediatric sleep disorders, and director of the country's first division of pediatric sleep medicine, David Gozal, MD, has been appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective February 1, 2009.
October 1, 2008
MRI spots DCIS in mice
A new magnetic resonance imaging procedure can detect very early breast cancer in mice, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a precursor to invasive cancer. Some of the tumors detected were less than 300 microns in diameter, the smallest cancers ever detected by MRI.
September 25, 2008
Animals farmed for meat are the number one source of food poisoning bug, study shows
Campylobacter jejuni causes more cases of gastroenteritis in the developed world than any other bacterial pathogen, including E. coli, Salmonella, Clostridium and Listeria combined. Wild and domestic animals act as natural reservoirs for the disease, which can also survive in water and soil. However, the relative importance of these sources is unclear, and recent work has suggested that livestock are not the main reservoir for human disease.
September 23, 2008
Start! Heart Walk: Cardiac experts ready to help renew heart health
Nearly 200 physicians, nurses and other caregivers from the University of Chicago Medical Center will participate in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk on Friday, Sept. 26, in Grant Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The AHA's campaign calls on all Americans and employers to rededicate themselves to healthier lifestyles to improve their heart health.
September 19, 2008
Taking a virtual 'Walk Across America' means major steps for pediatric healthcare
The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital is joining other pediatric hospitals throughout the country for "Walk Across America," a novel approach to raise funds to provide health care for children and their families. Walk Across America is a "virtual" walk that can be done anywhere from Sept. 27 through the end of October.
September 18, 2008
Spectacular evening to celebrate superior pediatric healthcare
A gala event that brings together the best in healthcare at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital and the best in architecture and design will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, in one of Northbrook's most prestigious neighborhoods.
September 10, 2008
Brains and brawn: Hospital staff ready to pull airliner to benefit Ronald McDonald Houses
Teams from the University of Chicago Medical Center are getting in shape as they prepare for a once-in-a-lifetime duel between them and a commercial airliner to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House in Hyde Park.
September 9, 2008
Study finds amount of work for residents--not just hours--needs review
The number of patients assigned to medical residents and the complexity of care patients require has just as much impact on residents' training as the number of hours they work, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the September 10 issue of JAMA.
September 9, 2008
Two major grants support creation of Chicago Center for Systems Biology
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded more than $15 million over five years to the University of Chicago to support a new research center--The Chicago Center for Systems Biology--to study how networks of genes work together to enable cells and organisms to respond to environmental and genetic change.
August 28, 2008
Sixth annual Comer Kids' Classic funds pediatric care
Hundreds of runners and walkers who are committed to improving children's health will turn out the morning of Saturday, October 18 at 10 a.m. for the sixth annual Comer Kids' Classic.
August 19, 2008
Orthopaedic surgeon helps Olympic volleyball athletes achieve their dreams
Olympic volleyball players energize their game with powerful spikes, blocks and other moves that can only be achieved through top mental and physical fitness. An orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Chicago Medical Center has served a unique dual role for these athletes: a team physician for the U.S. Women's Volleyball Team and an expert the Chinese players have turned to for healing.
August 19, 2008
Celiac Disease Center provides free screenings, expert physician panel
To aid people who are at-risk for celiac disease, the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center will offer free screenings and a panel discussion of adult and pediatric specialists about treatment, coping with the disease, and updates on research progress. The event will include exhibits for all ages and the opportunity to ask physician experts about celiac disease.
August 19, 2008
Heart transplant recipients celebrate their 'second chance' at reunion
Patients who have received heart transplants at the University of Chicago Medical Center will come together Saturday, August 23, to celebrate their successful journeys. The event at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 Cannon Dr., Chicago, is coordinated by the Center for Heart Failure Management to help patients network with peers who have also received a new heart and raise awareness about organ donation.
August 15, 2008
Targeted radiation therapy can control limited cancer spread
Precisely targeted radiation therapy can eradicate all evidence of disease in selected patients with cancer that has spread to only a few sites, suggests the first published report from an ongoing clinical trial.
August 13, 2008
Study finds a wide variety of errors in testing process at family medicine clinics
The largest study to date of testing errors reported by family physician offices in the United States found that problems occur throughout the testing process and disproportionately affect minority patients.
August 13, 2008
Nuclear medicine pioneer Robert Beck, 1928-2008
A pioneer in the diagnostic uses of radiation and the development and testing of radiotracers in the early days of nuclear medicine, Robert N. Beck, professor emeritus in the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago, died at the University of Chicago Medical Center on August 6.
August 11, 2008
Chicago White Sox to visit University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital August 12
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle will visit with patients at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
July 22, 2008
Carolyn Wilson promoted to chief operating officer
Carolyn S. Wilson, RN, MBA, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO), from Associate Dean and Vice President/Faculty Practice Administration, announced by David S. Hefner, President of the University of Chicago Medical Center.
July 21, 2008
Surgeon Marco Patti to head new Center for Esophageal Diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center
An internationally known surgeon with extensive expertise in the surgical treatment of esophageal diseases, Marco G. Patti, MD, has been appointed Professor of Surgery and Director of the Center for Esophageal Diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
July 21, 2008
University of Chicago Medical Center, Cancer Research Center and Gilda's Club Chicago form partnership
The University of Chicago Medical Center, the University's distinguished Cancer Research Center, and Gilda's Club Chicago have announced a new partnership to provide the Medical Center's oncology patients on-site access to the wide array of activities available at Gilda's Club.
July 17, 2008
First human use of new device to make arrhythmia treatment safer
On June 16, 2008, Barbara Ganschow of Palatine, IL, became the first person in the world to be successfully treated with a new device designed to make it safer and easier for heart specialists to create a hole in the cardiac atrial septum. The hole, created by the NRGTM Transseptal Needle, allows cardiac catheters to cross from the right side of the heart to the left side.
July 14, 2008
ENH and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine create a new academic affiliation
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH) and the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine have agreed on an academic affiliation that will place medical students, residents and fellows from the University of Chicago Medical Center at the three ENH hospital locations in Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park for a portion of their educational experience.
July 11, 2008
National survey again names University of Chicago Medical Center to the Honor Roll of Best Hospitals
In the 2008 "Best Hospitals" issue (July 21, 2008, on newsstands July 14), the magazine ranked the University of Chicago Medical Center as 17th out of America's 5,453 hospitals. Because the Medical Center scored highly in so many areas it is featured in the magazine's elite list of "Honor Roll" hospitals.
July 9, 2008
Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link
In the 10 July 2008, issue of Nature, Matt Friedman, graduate student in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago and a member of the Department of Geology at the Field Museum, draws attention to several examples of transitional forms that he uncovered in museum collections of underwater fossilized creatures from the Eocene epoch--about 50 million years ago.
July 1, 2008
Innovative human resource veteran named chief human resources officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center
Larry A. Callahan has been appointed chief human resources officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective July 27, 2008, overseeing the strategic initiatives to attract, develop, reward and retain the more than 9,500 staff and faculty who carry out the Medical Center's mission of delivering highly complex patient care, training the next generation of physicians and researchers, and creating agenda-setting science.
June 12, 2008
University of Chicago Medical Center hosts annual Tall Ship Family Retreat Day
More than 120 individuals from 25 families will participate in the University of Chicago Medical Center's Tall Ship Family Retreat Day on Saturday, June 14. This will be the fifth annual memorial service held on a ship sailing for those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
June 9, 2008
Largest single health care investment in history of South Side approved by University of Chicago Board
The University of Chicago's Board of Trustees gave final approval June 5 for the University of Chicago Medical Center's New Hospital Pavilion--a 21st-century technological and architectural tour de force, designed to accelerate medical progress and to leverage the close collaboration between the University's world-class clinicians and researchers for the benefit of patients. The Medical Center board approved the project on May 28.
June 4, 2008
Celiac disease preceptorship program Dec. 4 and 5 at Celiac Disease Center
The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center is seeking applications for its 3rd Annual Celiac Disease Preceptorship Program, to be held Dec. 4 and 5, 2008. This two-day, intensive course on diagnosis and treatment for the world's most common genetic autoimmune disease is the only one of its kind in the nation.
June 2, 2008
Former MLB pitcher Dave Dravecky to speak at Cancer Survivor's Day celebration
Dave Dravecky, a former Major League All-Star pitcher, will be the keynote speaker for the 18th annual Cancer Survivor's Day, sponsored by the University of Chicago Medical Center. The event, the largest of its kind in the Chicagoland area, will be held Sunday, June 8, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Wellington Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, 909 N. Michigan Ave.
May 30, 2008
University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital named one of 'America's Best'
In its 2008 annual survey of children's hospitals, U.S.News & World Report selected the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital as one of the best in the United States.
May 29, 2008
The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital presents a free pediatric injury presentation and panel discussion for parents
Childhood injuries increase dramatically during the summer months. It is important for parents and caregivers to understand which injuries should be handled at home, which can wait for a visit to your pediatrician, and which injuries require a trip to the emergency room.
May 27, 2008
Courtship pattern shaped by emergence of a new gene in fruit flies
When a young gene known as sphinx is inactivated in the common fruit fly, it leads to increased male-male courtship, scientists report in the May 27, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
May 22, 2008
Chicago Cubs set to visit University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital May 27
Chicago Cubs players will visit with patients at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
May 20, 2008
Cancer drug may help patients with heart-lung disease
A drug developed to fight cancer is showing early promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report May 19 at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Toronto, Canada.
May 14, 2008
Celebrate the gift of sound with the CSO May 29 at Comer Children's Hospital
Two members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will present a special performance in the lobby of the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital on Thursday, May 29, at 3:30 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Comer Development Board, will also feature tours of the state-of-the-art pediatric hospital and highlight the cochlear implant program.
May 14, 2008
Volunteers needed for smoking-cessation study
The University of Chicago Medical Center is looking for people who smoke at least 12 cigarettes a day, want to quit, and who will commit to trying several techniques simultaneously that might help.
April 30, 2008
MLB umpires to visit Comer Children's Hospital May 7
Major League Umpires Ted Barrett and Lance Barksdale will visit the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital Wednesday, May 7, at 10:15 a.m. This special visit, organized by BLUE for Kids, a non-profit organization founded by MLB umpires, captures the spirit of the Build-A-Bear Workshop experience and brings it to the hospital.
April 25, 2008
Drug developed at the University of Chicago wins FDA approval
Methylnaltrexone, a drug developed to relieve one of the major side effects of pain therapy for cancer patients, received marketing approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration on April 24, 2008, for use in the treatment of opioid-induced bowel disorders in patients receiving palliative care for advanced illness such as cancer.
April 16, 2008
Genome analysis reveals new protein associated with breast cancer progression
A novel systems-based approach that combines comprehensive gene expression profiling with genome-wide transcription factor analysis and protein-protein interaction has led researchers to an important genetic marker that can help physicians know which breast cancer patients are at highest risk and will require more aggressive treatment, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports in the April 15, 2008, issue of the journal Molecular Systems Biology.
April 15, 2008
Stopping hormone therapy did not reduce cancer risk for African Americans
The decreased incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States seen in 2002 and 2003 did not extend to women of African ancestry, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in San Diego.
April 10, 2008
Top Chef's Ted Allen honorary chairman for April 16 Celiac Disease Center benefit
Ted Allen, the top judge of Bravo's "Top Chef" TV program, is this year's honorary chairman for "Spring Flours," the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center benefit, which will be held Wednesday, April 16.
April 9, 2008
Gene variant increases risk of asthma
A tiny variation in a gene known as CHI3L1 increases susceptibility to asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and decline in lung function, researchers report early online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
March 31, 2008
Replacing absent microRNAs could make tumors less invasive, more treatable
One group of small, non-coding RNA molecules could serve as a marker to improve cancer staging and may also be able to convert some advanced tumors to more treatable stages, report a University of Chicago-based research team in the April 1, 2008, issue of the journal Genes & Development.
March 28, 2008
Medical school, graduate bioscience programs tops in state according to national survey
Two bioscience graduate programs--paleontology and ecology/evolutionary biology--were ranked the best in the United States, and the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine tied for 16th in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation's best graduate schools.
March 24, 2008
Free drug samples may burden patients' pockets
Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs than those who don't, according to the first study to look at the out-of-pocket cost associated with free-sample use, published in the March 24, 2008, issue of Medical Care.
March 13, 2008
Study provides clues to prevent spread of ovarian cancer
A drug that blocks production of an enzyme that enables ovarian cancer to gain a foothold in a new site can slow the spread of the disease and prolong survival in mice, according to a study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, but only if the drug is given early in the disease process.
March 6, 2008
Chicago neuroscientist contributes to book on brains and baseball
Steven Small, MD, PhD, professor of neurology and psychology at the University of Chicago, and colleagues Ana Solodkin and John Milton, are among a group science writers and neuroscientists featured in Your Brain On Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans, a new book that explores how the brain functions when people participate in sports as athletes, coaches and fans.
March 5, 2008
Newly developed anti-malarial medicine treats toxoplasmosis
A new drug that will soon enter clinical trials for treatment of malaria also appears to be 10 times more effective than the key medicine in the current gold-standard treatment for toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by a related parasite that infects nearly one-third of all humans--more than two billion people worldwide.
March 3, 2008
New target for cancer therapy may improve treatment for solid tumors
Targeting and killing the non-malignant cells that surround and support a cancer can stop tumor growth in mice, reports a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the March 1, 2008, issue of the journal Cancer Research. The discovery offers a new approach to treating cancers that are resistant to standard therapy.
February 28, 2008
Gene expression differences between those of European and African ancestry affect response to drugs and infections
Differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry can affect how each group responds to certain drugs or fights off specific infections, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Expression Research Laboratory at Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara, CA.
February 22, 2008
2008 DeLee Humanitarian Award goes to Leon Speroff, MD, of Oregon Health Sciences University
A leader in the field of reproductive endocrinology, menopause, hormone replacement therapy and contraception, Leon Speroff, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health Sciences University, will receive the 2008 Joseph Bolivar DeLee Humanitarian Award from the Board of Directors of Chicago Lying-in Hospital, part of the University of Chicago Medical Center.
February 15, 2008
Personalized medicine can cut breast cancer risk
The time has come for breast cancer risk assessment, counseling and genetic testing to move from cancer specialists to the realm of primary care, according to a presentation at the AAAS annual meeting, held this year in Boston.
February 15, 2008
Metabolic syndrome linked to cold tolerance
Researchers from the University of Chicago have discovered that many of the genetic variations that have enabled human populations to tolerate colder climates may also affect their susceptibility to metabolic syndrome, a cluster of related abnormalities such as obesity, elevated cholesterol levels, heart disease, and diabetes.
February 15, 2008
Pritzker students selected by peers for humanism awards
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine will recognize 18 fourth-year students on March 4 at the Third Annual Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony. The event will include keynote speaker Michael Mendoza (AB'96, MD'01), Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine.
February 13, 2008
Location matters, even for genes
Moving an active gene from the interior of the nucleus to its periphery can inactivate that gene report scientists from the University of Chicago Medical Center in an article to be published early online Feb.13, 2008, in the journal Nature.
February 13, 2008
New findings show additional similarity between opiate and nicotine addiction
New research published in the February 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience indicates that the effects of nicotine and opiates on the brain's reward system are equally strong in a key pleasure-sensing areas of the brain–--the nucleus accumbens.
February 1, 2008
Study of successful drug targets could hasten development of new medications
Guidance from an innovative computational approach could speed up the process and cut down the cost of new drug development, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center and Columbia University suggest in a study to be published in the February 2008 issue of Genome Research, available early online.
February 1, 2008
Pritzker students awarded for public health trip
Students from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine recently received the first Outstanding REMEDY Program Award for service in medicine provided during a public health trip to the Dominican Republic, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere.
January 31, 2008
Inherited individual variations influence patterns of gene shuffling
The first large-scale, high-resolution study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their genes.
January 31, 2008
Only two-thirds of Illinois public schools provide comprehensive sex education
A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the February 2008 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
January 22, 2008
Louis Sullivan, former head of HHS, to speak at Martin Luther King ceremony
Louis W. Sullivan, MD, the former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1989 to 1993 and founding dean and president emeritus of Morehouse University School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Chicago Medical Center's 32nd annual ceremony in honor of Martin Luther King's life and teachings.
January 21, 2008
Program brings latest information to patients with diabetes
"Living Well With Diabetes," a free, four-hour symposium at the University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center, will present the latest advances in prevention, management and treatment of diabetes.
January 18, 2008
Close-knit bond links patients, staff
The Forefront Stitchers knit and crochet chemo caps and healing shawls for patients in the Cancer Resource Center, and tiny hats and blankets for babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
January 18, 2008
Renovation project wins historical honors
The Hyde Park Historical Society has awarded the 2008 Marian and Leon Despres Preservation Award to the University of Chicago Medical Center for "the excellent restoration" of the façade and of the first floor main lobby of the American School of Correspondence Building, 850 E. 58th Street.
January 16, 2008
Sense of personal control influences Latinas' decisions about sexual debut
A sense of personal control over sexual behaviors strongly influences Latina women's decisions of when to first engage in sex, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.
January 8, 2008
First rigorous analysis defines impact of Medicare Part D
The most thorough study to date of the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) found that this benefit led to a 13.1 percent decrease in out-of-pocket expenses for patients and a 5.9 percent increase in prescription use.
January 8, 2008
Robotic surgery marks Chicago breakthrough for pediatric patients
On January 7, ten-year-old Jaime Bazan returned to school and sports activities--a monumental feat considering that only 11 days earlier, he became the first Chicago pediatric patient to undergo robot-assisted urologic surgery.
January 8, 2008
Recurrent genetic deletion linked to autism
Loss of a small portion of chromosome 16, known as 16p11.2, is significantly associated with autism, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in an article, published December 21, 2007, online by the journal Human Molecular Genetics.
January 8, 2008
New book reveals an evolutionary journey of the human body
Paleontologist Neil Shubin unites the discoveries of fossils and the sciences of paleontology and genetics with his experience of teaching human anatomy into a written voyage of evolution, titled Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body.
January 3, 2008
Internists say they prescribe placebos on occasion
In the first study examining American physicians' use of placebos in clinical practice in the 21st Century, 45 percent of Chicago internists report they have used a placebo at some time during their clinical practice researchers report in the January issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine.


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In the not-too-distant past, Morrisville was a sleepy little town; but over the last 20 years, the population here has grown exponentially. In 1990, a little over 1,000 people called Morrisville home; and now, more than 21,000 do. The city's prime location in the heart of Research Triangle Park and its easy access to I-40 and the Raleigh-Durham International Airport have made it a popular hub for expanding businesses. Among the town's employers are Lenovo, IBM, Tekelec, and Cisco.
The town prides itself on its diversity, excellent schools, thriving business community, low crime rates, and high quality of life. Residents enjoy the many local parks, playgrounds, and greenways. Nearby Lake Crabtree is a local hotspot for hiking, sailing, canoeing, and fishing. Atlantic Beach is a mere three hours east of Morrisville, and outdoors adventure in the Great Smoky Mountains lies just four hours to the west.
The Morrisville real estate market has a lot to offer, from stately executive estates on the fairway, to moderately priced homes for sale in Morrisville in classic styles, to tastefully appointed condominiums. Truly, this town has something for everyone. Morrisville real estate with it's vibrant business community and family-friendly atmosphere continue to attract more new residents all the time.
If you're thinking of making this city your home town, you couldn't ask for a better way place to start looking for Moorisville homes for sale right here. Our Morrisville real estate listings let you view plenty of property details with full color photos of each home. Once you've started your search, you're bound to have questions. That's where Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas' real estate experts come in. We are more than happy to answer all of your questions and to make finding the perfect home easy.


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Mixed Finish to a Strong Season
PRINCETON, N.J. – With its varsity eight slotting into third-place at Sunday's Princeton Chase in Princeton, N.J., the Yale women's crew wrapped up its fall season with a string of powerful performances.
"The Princeton chase is a great race," head coach Will Porter said. "You get a clean run and get a better sense of where you stand in regards to other universities."
On the heels of last weekend's Head of the Charles regatta in Cambridge, Mass., where the Bulldogs claimed several top-five finishes, the Yale boats glided through the water on Lake Carnegie to end the season with similar results.
In the women's open varsity eight race, the Yale boat took home third place behind Virginia and Princeton, closing the three-mile race in a time of 14:53.50.
The women's novice eight boat, meanwhile, finished in 14th place with a final time of 18:15.91.
"As a team we did ok this weekend," Porter said. "It is clear we have a lot of work to do this winter."
With the fall season now drawing to the close, the Bulldogs will undergo a period of intense training over the winter, before kicking off the competitive spring season with the Mar. 24 Connell Cup against Cornell and Penn in New York, N.Y.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.


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Kim Zolciak of the Real Housewives of Atlanta recently filed a police report against fellow cast member Nene Leakes, alleging Nene strangled her during an argument. The Insider is reporting that the Atlanta police have also confirmed that the incident took place, though the case is still under investigation.
According to Kim's publicist, the police report has been made public about the physical altercation between her client and Nene.
"Mrs. Leakes has now proven to the world that she is not the woman she claims. She has spoken publicly of being a former victim of domestic violence and her charity work to help others that have suffered the same. And then she would have such anger to choke my client instead of acting like a REAL woman and talking their personal conflicts out or simply walking away. Violence is a very serious issue and we are not going to be taking this incident lightly".
In addition, the publicist hopes that Nene will get the anger management therapy she needs to deal with her emotions.
It's really sad that these two grown women are fighting- I suspect we will be watching the real show down on subsequent episodes of the Real Housewives of Atlanta series.


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Despite being mostly a self-taught seamstress, I actually don't have many sewing books in my arsenal. I've survived so far with only a few: one good reference book and a couple fun pattern or project books. Obviously you can now find most anything sewing-related online, but the quality of that information is sometimes questionable and there are many sources that give conflicting or confusing advice. And not everyone wants to have to prop their laptop up on their sewing table and inevitably become victim to the bottomless pit of sewing blog tutorials. Having a reference book written by a reputable source is essential for all sewers.
Tasia St. Germaine, owner and designer behind Sewaholic Patterns, recently released one such book, called The Sewtionary: An A to Z Guide to 101 Sewing Techniques and Definitions. It discusses a wide range of alphabetically-listed sewing terms in detail, including the term's definition, when to use it, and how to do it with accompanying full-color photographs of each step. It has a spiral binding and a matte finish on the pages for a more pleasant reading experience.
|Image courtesy of the Sewaholic blog
Tasia kindly asked me to be a part of her Sewtionary book blog tour this month, and I agreed to review the book and try out a technique from it. I've been a long-time fan of Sewaholic Patterns and Tasia's blog, not just because she designs for pear shapes like me, but because her blog is a wealth of information (and purty clothes). Tasia's education and professional background make her a qualified patternmaker (bio here), so I've always trusted the quality of her designs. And whether she's leading a sew-along of her own pattern, sewing her first quilt, or sewing a vintage McCall's pattern, she covers the details of her construction process in extensive detail. I've followed many of her tutorials before and it's clear she knows what she's talking about. Her sewing is impeccable!
So who better to write a new sewing reference book? I'll admit that I own a pretty stellar one already that is a 350-page beast and covers almost everything possible (fabric types, machine use, fitting, pattern adjustments, technique tutorials and projects). However, I do think there's a place on the shelves for a book like the Sewtionary. First of all, my Singer photo reference book covers so much that it's a bit overwhelming and difficult to navigate. When looking for info about hems, I'll get distracted by info about serger tension or swimsuit sewing and then I feel like I've fallen headfirst into a Pinterest-ish abyss. The Sewtionary is more concise and straight-forward due to its alphabetical format. The pages all follow the same layout with careful spacing so nothing feels cluttered or extraneous.
Tasia is of a younger generation of sewing professionals and is aware of modern techniques and fabrics. This affects the styling of her book and I think sets it apart. Even though my Singer book is revised regularly, the garment samples are not and the result feels dated even though the information is still sound. I know I'm biased, but I appreciate Tasia's use of samples such as the Minoru jacket, the Renfrew top, the Grainline Studio Archer shirt, and other more casual designs that modern women want to sew and wear everyday (since I have sewn those patterns and do wear them everyday!).
It makes the techniques feel more applicable to me and makes me feel more inspired to sew. Whereas this skirt suit from my Singer book -- ummm, not so much:
I think the Sewtionary would be a good buy for someone who is relatively new to garment sewing or, say, needs a visual aid when trying to interpret Burda magazine's garbled instructions for a fly-front zipper. But it's probably not for more advanced sewers or those who already have shelves upon shelves crammed with sewing books. I found some information that is new to me but not a ton. If I wanted to execute an advanced technique like tailoring a jacket with hair canvas, I would probably try to consult several sources more focused on that technique. If you only want one reference book in your library, however, this could be the one because it is very well-done, but maybe it doesn't have enough supplemental information for you if your library is already robust with reference books. Or, yaknow, if you're a dude. I'm sure you could guess that the Sewtionary is aimed more toward female sewers than male sewers, which makes sense considering Tasia's expertise and pattern market. It includes terms like horsehair braid and boning, but not collars or tower sleeve plackets. Ohhh why is it so hard to find info about how to sew tower sleeve plackets?
Anyway, I decided to put the book to the test and use it to learn a new skill. I chose bound buttonholes since those are tricky to teach and tricky to learn. I've tried them once before but ditched that particular project long ago. The bound buttonhole section is one of the longest sections in the Sewtionary and rightfully so because it's an involved little task. I appreciated the clear photos and pro tips along the way because my buttonhole ended up looking alright! I will definitely be following that exact technique if I need to sew bound buttonholes in the future.
The Sewtionary is a nice resource overall and I couldn't admire Tasia more for sewing ALL those samples and creating such an organized and polished book. I think it reflects her brand and her blog quite well, but doesn't feel catered to Sewaholic fangirls only, if that makes sense. Like you could buy this for your second cousin for Christmas and she'd dig it even if she doesn't know a Cambie from a Belcarra.
If you'd like to purchase a copy of the Sewtionary signed by Mrs. Sewaholic herself, you can do so here. It's also available on Amazon and such. The blog tour is still going! The following galz are participants, many of whom are hosting giveaways of the book:
Wednesday, September 10th: Thread Theory Blog
Thursday, September 11th: Miss Crayola Creepy
Friday, September 12th: Coletterie
Monday, September 15th: City Stitching with Christine Haynes
Tuesday, September 16th: Tilly and the Buttons
Wednesday, September 17th: Madalynne
Thursday, September 18th: Closet Case Files
Friday, September 19th: By Gum, By Golly
Monday, September 22nd: Lladybird
Tuesday, September 23rd: True Bias
Wednesday, September 24th: Four Square Walls
Thursday, September 25th: Ada Spragg
Friday, September 26th: Did You Make That?
What's your favorite sewing reference book? Do you have the Sewtionary? Have you tried a technique from it yet?
Disclaimer: I was given an electronic PDF version of the Sewtionary free of charge for this review, and I tried to be as honest as possible about my impressions.


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Today we are celebrating Blur's Modern life Is Rubbish – you'll find out why in mo – one of the most brilliant and influential albums of the 90s. Here's ten reasons why you should give it a spin tonight (and every night).
1 It has the most amazing image on the cover
That's The Mallard, the art deco-esque train, coughs, Class A4 Locomotive, that was the fastest in the world at the time
2 It really was the album that made started to make Britain, and especially London, an incredible place to be in the 90s.
The early days of Brit Pop were incredible. And this album's success inevitably made it easier for Pulp, Oasis, Elastica and, err Menswe@r to break through.
3 The brilliant B sides
This beautiful song inexplicably didn't make the cut and ended up as the B side to Chemical World.
4 Those group photos
Remember this was a time when no one was wearing British clobber. No one else dressed like this in the early 90s.
5 It is partly responsible for finishing Grunge's popularity in the UK
Grunge by then was well past its sell by date. Nirvana was one thing, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden were another..
6 It kicked off the trend for those bonkers instrumentals that Blur are so good at
Intermission and Commercial Break were just the start
7 Without Modern Life there would be no Parklife
The fantastic reception the albums got was the catalyst for Blur to create Parklife, End Of A Century and especially this tune
8 It brought classic British songwriting back to the fore
This lot. But also The Jam, XTC, Teardrop Explodes, The Kinks, Bowie and this fella.
9 For Tomorrow's video captures a moment in 1993 when to be young and living in London was like winning life's lottery.
I am not sure if Damon intended it to be taken that way but it just exudes optimism.
10 It is 20 years old today
Now don't you feel old


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AMD's current 7000 series graphics card generation is competitive, but it has been out for a year now and NVIDIA is giving them an increasing run for their money. NVIDIA has been increasing its market share for discrete graphics in China, with AMD now sitting at around 30%. It hopes to reverse this trend with its upcoming 8000 series Sea Islands generation GPU, which will reportedly appear in Q2 2013, although it had intended to release it in Q4 2012. Of course, NVIDIA isn't taking this lying down and is due to release an enhanced Kepler GPU-based card at around the same time. AMD is under pressure to do this while undergoing the biggest restructuring it's ever had to do in its life in order to stem the tide of financial losses. Not an easy challenge.
AMD originally planned to release the GPU series at the end of the fourth quarter to compete against Nvidia's products.
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A sex offender caught with child porn images has been urged to consider how he would feel if a relative had been abused so perverts could watch it on film.
Judge John Burgess made the comment at Derby Crown Court this month after over 33,000 images - including movies - were found when police raided the home of Thomas Perkins, 58, of Wilson Street, Dronfield.
A three-year probation order was imposed on Perkins, who must attend a sex offenders' programme and must make his computer available for police checks.
Judge John Burgess told him: "You have pleaded guilty to downloading pictures and movies most right-thinking people think are absolutely disgusting. They are also incredibly damaging to you and far worse to all the children who have been abused in the making of those movies and pictures. Just imagine if your little sister, or someone like that, was being abused for the gratification of people. You would want them punished."
Perkins admitted five counts of downloading indecent images of children between April 2004 and February 2013.
The judge said Perkins could have been sent to prison but the treatment was more constructive.
Mrs Annette Thomas, mitigating, said Perkins has never been in trouble before and co-operated with police.
Sarah Allen, prosecuting, said police raided the home on February 19 last year and discovered the images. Some involved children aged between six and eight.
Miss Allen said "He said he searched for teens, over 16s, looking for adult pornography and if he received younger age material he immediately deleted it. He said he received sexual gratification from looking at 16 to 17-year-old girls but not younger children."


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The activities of the Advisory Group address topics of energy efficient housing; affordable and social housing; housing finance; property valuation and registration; land markets and land administration.
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I am generally of the view that a president has the right to staff his administration with like-minded people of his choice. He won the election, and is entitled, I think, to wide latitude in choosing the cabinet officers and others who he thinks can best advance his agenda. (Judges are different. They serve a co-equal branch of government, not the president's administration, and they will be around long after the president is gone.) But there are limits: shouldn't a record of persistent and public dishonesty disqualify a cabinet nominee?
That is the question that Senator Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, raises in this hard-hitting post at National Review Online:
After the historic midterm elections in 2010, when the GOP took control of the House on a wave of public concern over spending and debt, many believed President Obama would seize the moment as an opportunity to reach a long-term debt agreement. Instead, the opposite happened. Democrats savaged House Republicans for passing a budget with needed reforms and savings, at the same time refusing to lay out a credible plan of their own. It was a calculated and craven political strategy.
At the heart of this strategy was Jack Lew. As the president's budget director he submitted to Congress the most dangerously irresponsible plan we'd ever seen, one panned by virtually every major editorial board in the country. Mr. Lew then launched a nationwide PR campaign designed to mislead the public about the budget that included false statements in congressional testimony. Most infamously, Mr. Lew claimed his plan "would not add to the debt" and defended this statement as "accurate" when testifying before the Budget Committee. But that plan, according to the White House's own budget tables, would have added $13 trillion overall to the debt and never once had a deficit of less than $600 billion — with the deficits getting larger with time. In just ten years, mandatory spending would increase by more than 80 percent.
But the truth did not concern Mr. Lew. He had a public-relations campaign to execute. Consider just a few of his many egregious falsehoods…
Sessions goes on to cite chapter and verse, and he is right. This is not a matter of interpretation or opinion; Lew lied, repeatedly, in order to deceive the public on matters of vital national importance. Sessions concludes:
Mr. Lew, a man whose duty it was to present a truthful picture of the nation's financial condition, did the opposite. He presented a false picture. No man serving in the White House has done more to scuttle the hopes of a meaningful long-term debt agreement than Jack Lew. To confirm him to the premier financial post in the country would be an acceptance of such tactics and is why it must not happen.
Lew's confirmation hearing will take place in the Senate Finance Committee, where the ranking Republican is Orrin Hatch, not in Sessions's Budget Committee. It should be interesting.