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2010 Press Releases
December 23, 2010
McDade named deputy provost for research and minority issues
William McDade, MD, PhD, associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care and associate dean for multicultural affairs at the Pritzker School of Medicine, has been named to a three-year term as deputy provost for research and minority issues.
December 22, 2010
DeVries named communications VP for University of Chicago Medical Center
Kathleen A. DeVries, a specialist in external relations and business strategy for academic medical centers, has been appointed vice president for marketing and communications at the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective February 7, 2011.
December 20, 2010
Eugene Goldwasser, PhD, 1922-2010, biochemist behind blockbuster drug
Eugene Goldwasser, PhD, the Alice Hogge and Arthur A. Baer professor emeritus of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Chicago and the scientist who first purified erythropoietin--the hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells--died from complications related to advanced prostate cancer on Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, at his home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. He was 88.
December 16, 2010
Age doesn't matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones
New genes that have evolved in species as little as one million years ago -- a virtual blink in evolutionary history -- can be just as essential for life as ancient genes, startling new research has discovered.
December 16, 2010
Bowman and Hale to receive diversity leadership awards
In recognition of extensive work promoting diversity, equality and community action, Professor Emeritus James Bowman and Medical Center administrative director Lynda Hale will receive the University's 2011 Diversity Leadership Awards.
December 14, 2010
Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device
The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new study from the University of Chicago finds.
December 3, 2010
New clinic offers hope for severe cold hands
Many people experience painful, numb cold hands as they go back and forth into wintry weather. Yet for some people cold, swollen, chapped hands may be a sign of blocked or constricted blood vessels. Most of these cases are a normal reaction to cold exposure and are easily treated. Yet, in some cases cold hand could be the first sign of a systemic autoimmune disease and very harmful if left untreated.
November 23, 2010
Black children more likely to die from neuroblastoma, study finds
Black, Asian, and Native American children are more likely than white and Hispanic children to die after being treated for neuroblastoma, according to new research on the pediatric cancer. The study, of more than 3,500 patients with the disease, is the largest ever to look at racial disparities in risk and survival for the most common solid cancer found in young children.
November 19, 2010
University & Medical Center help expand opportunities for business diversity
Diversity is central to the University of Chicago's intellectual mission and it must be a part of its daily business, President Robert J. Zimmer told a gathering of business executives, elected officials, and faculty and staff members at the annual Business Diversity Symposium.
November 9, 2010
National children's study launches in Chicago
Chicago-area families can help researchers understand why so many American children suffer from prematurity, asthma, autism, obesity, behavior disorders and other health problems and eventually to prevent these conditions by participating in the National Children's Study (NCS).
November 8, 2010
Annual medical ethics conference focuses on health disparities
The 22nd annual conference of The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago will be held at the University of Chicago Law School, 1111 E. 60th Street, on Friday November 12, from 1 to 5 pm, and Saturday, November 13, from 7:30 am to 5:15 pm.
November 1, 2010
Joan Archie honored for promoting business diversity at Medical Center
Joan Archie, executive director of Construction Compliance at the University of Chicago Medical Center, has been named compliance officer of the year by the Black Contractors United (BCU) organization.
October 29, 2010
McCormick Foundation grant to the University of Chicago will support the Medical Center
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening the nation's civic health, has provided a $5 million grant to the University of Chicago to support the Medical Center. This contribution exemplifies the Foundation's commitment to advancing medical care within the city of Chicago.
October 25, 2010
Beagle supercomputer has landed in Chicago
The Computation Institute, a joint initiative between The University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, announces the introduction of Beagle, a 150 teraflops, 18,000-core Cray XE6 supercomputer that will support computation, simulation and data analysis for the biomedical research community.
October 20, 2010
Evolutionary theorist Leigh Van Valen, PhD, 1935-2010
The originator of the influential and widely debated Red Queen hypothesis, Leigh Van Valen, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, and a member of the Committees on Evolutionary Biology, Genetics and the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago, died at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center in Chicago on Saturday, October 16, 2010, from a recurrent respiratory infection. He was 75 years old.
October 4, 2010
Family based treatment found most effective for anorexia nervosa patients
An anorexia nervosa treatment strategy that promotes parental involvement in restoring an adolescent to healthy weight and eating habits is more effective than traditional individual-based anorexia nervosa therapy, according to new research.
October 4, 2010
Sleep loss limits fat loss
Cutting back on sleep reduces the benefits of dieting, according to a study published October 5, 2010, in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
October 4, 2010
Children with ADHD at increased risk for depression and suicidal thoughts as adolescents
Children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at ages 4 to 6 are more likely to suffer from depression as adolescents than those who did not have ADHD at that age, according to a long-term study published in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
October 4, 2010
$97K raised at 8th Annual Comer Kids' Classic
More than 600 people turned out on Sunday, October 3, for the Comer Kids' Classic, a USATF-certified 5K course race through beautiful Hyde Park.
October 1, 2010
Celiac Disease Center offers free blood screening
On Saturday, October 9, the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center will provide free screening for 500 at-risk people. This year's event will include exhibits for all ages at the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine (DCAM – see below), including a panel of specialists who will answer questions from attendees about celiac disease, its only treatment (a gluten free diet), and other related conditions. Adult and pediatric specialists will be available for questions beginning at 10:30 am.
September 20, 2010
University of Chicago's Mark Siegler to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from national bioethics group
On Saturday, October 23, 2010, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities will present Mark Siegler, MD, Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, with its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award recognizes an individual whose outstanding contributions and significant publications have helped shape the direction of the fields of bioethics and medical humanities.
September 15, 2010
Scientist, dermatologist and teacher, Allan Lorincz, MD, 1924-2010
A pioneer in the emerging field of investigative dermatology and a walking encyclopedia of the diseases of the skin, Allan L. Lorincz, MD, professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Chicago, died after a long struggle with Parkinson disease. He was 85 years old.
September 14, 2010
Present imperfect: Doctors in training work even when ill
A new study demonstrates that young doctors often fail to heed the Biblical injunction, "physician, heal thyself." In a research letter published in the September 15, 2010, issue of JAMA, researchers report that three out of five residents surveyed came to work in the previous year while sick, possibly exposing their patients and colleagues to suboptimal performance and, in many cases, communicable disease.
September 9, 2010
Addressing negative thoughts most effective in fighting loneliness
Changing how a person perceives and thinks about others was the most effective intervention for loneliness, a sweeping analysis of previous research has determined. The findings may help physicians and psychologists develop better treatments for loneliness, a known risk factor for heart disease and other health problems.
September 9, 2010
$10 million grant extends study of how genes affect cancer therapies
The National Institutes of Health have awarded $10.3 million to the University of Chicago's Pharmacogenetics of Anticancer Agents Research Group (PAAR) to investigate how a person's genes influence his or her response to anticancer drugs.
August 27, 2010
Diabetes impairs but does not halt sex among older adults
Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85 presented in the September 2010 issue of the journal Diabetes Care. Almost 70 percent of partnered men with diabetes and 62 percent of partnered women with diabetes engaged in sexual activity two or three times a month, comparable to those without diabetes, the study showed.
August 25, 2010
Expensive immunotherapy shows no advantage over placebo for recurrent miscarriage patients
The University of Chicago Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Program (RPL) recently completed a comprehensive study examining the use of immunotherapy to help couples that had experienced recurrent miscarriages for unexplained reasons achieve a successful pregnancy.
August 16, 2010
Studies pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA – the leading cause of skin and soft tissue, bloodstream and lung infections in the United States. One demonstrates a way to counteract the bacteria's knack for evading the immune system. The other shows how to disrupt the germ's tissue-damaging mechanism.
August 16, 2010
Unique breast oncology and plastic surgery offer superior outcomes
While physicians and researchers strive for the day when drugs, radiation and even ultrasound will be used to obliterate tumors, surgical removal of breast cancer remains the standard treatment.
August 10, 2010
$22.5 million grant funds international study of membrane proteins
The outer surface of cells is a factory floor of machines with varied functions: exchanging materials in and out, receiving signals, and generating energy. Studying these machines, called membrane proteins, is one of the greatest challenges of science, crucial for understanding cellular biology and developing new drugs to fight disease.
July 29, 2010
Renowned diabetes specialist to head biosciences, medical school and Medical Center at the University of Chicago
Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, a prominent diabetes researcher, physician and educator, has been appointed Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Chicago, effective October 1, 2010.
July 15, 2010
National survey names University of Chicago Medical Center as one of the best U.S. hospitals
In its annual "Best Hospitals" survey, U.S.News & World Report selected the University of Chicago Medical Center as one of the finest hospitals in the United States.
July 2, 2010
Families with rare forms of diabetes gather to celebrate progress
Twenty-five families who have overcome diabetes caused by a defect in a single gene will gather at "Celebrating the Miracles," a University of Chicago symposium for patients, parents and physicians. The first Monogenic Diabetes Forum is designed to review scientific studies, celebrate treatment successes, stress the importance of a genetic diagnosis for children diagnosed before age one, and exchange tips on how to make the most of a new concept--life without insulin injections.
July 1, 2010
University of Chicago federal relations office adds health policy advocate
William A. Garner, DRPH, joined the University of Chicago's Office of Federal Relations on June 1 as a Director of Federal Relations, a new position focusing on federal issues impacting academic medicine, biomedical research, the training of health professionals, the delivery of health care to Chicago's South Side, and the University of Chicago Medical Center.
June 28, 2010
University of Chicago physician named White House Fellow
Emergency medicine specialist Thomas Fisher, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and a 2001 graduate of the University's Pritzker School of Medicine, and Pat Basu, MD, an attending radiologist at Stanford University and a 2005 graduate of both Pritzker and the University's Graduate School of Business, have been selected as two of the 13 White House Fellows for 2010-11.
June 22, 2010
Deadly effect of arsenic in drinking water measured in massive study
More than 20 percent of deaths in a study of 12,000 Bangladeshis were attributable to arsenic exposure from contaminated drinking water, new research reports.
June 18, 2010
Anesthesiologist and airway expert Andranik Ovassapian, MD, 1936-2010
An anesthesiologist who developed some of the tools and techniques used to control breathing during surgery for patients with a "difficult" airway, Andranik (Andy) Ovassapian, MD, professor of anesthesia and critical care at the University of Chicago, died June 17 following a major stroke at a hospital in Helsinki, Finland, where he was attending the annual meeting of the European Society of Anesthesiology. He was 74.
June 11, 2010
Cardiologist, mentor and physician-scientist Morton Arnsdorf, MD, 1940-2010
A nationally renowned cardiologist, best known for his basic research on abnormal heart rhythms and the molecular structure of drugs to treat them, and a pioneer in applying nanotechnology to the study of biomedical problems, Morton F. Arnsdorf, MD, professor emeritus and associate vice chair of medicine and former section chief of cardiology at the University of Chicago, died in a motor vehicle accident in Indiana on June 9, 2010, on his way home from work. He was 69 years old.
June 8, 2010
Epigenetic gene silencing may hold key to fatal lung vascular disease
A rare but fatal disease of blood vessels in the lung may be caused in part by aberrant silencing of genes rather than genetic mutation, new research reports.
June 3, 2010
Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago named among 'America's Best' by U.S.News & World Report
Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago has again been ranked among the best children's hospitals in the United States, according to the 2010 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals, to be published by U.S.News & World Report.
June 3, 2010
Neuroscientist Philip S. Ulinski, PhD, 1943 – 2010
An expert in the field of neuroanatomy and the architect of one of the country's first graduate training programs in computational neuroscience, Philip S. Ulinski, PhD, Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and the Committee on Computational Neuroscience, died May 25, 2010 at the age of 67. The cause of death was heart disease.
June 1, 2010
University of Chicago collaborates on national research to understand care, outcomes of young women with heart disease
A multi-center research project studying the role of gender in how young people recover from heart attacks is examining why young women who have heart attacks are about twice as likely to die in the hospital as men of the same age.
May 28, 2010
Actress Marcia Wallace to speak at University of Chicago Medical Center's 20th annual Cancer Survivors Day
Marcia Wallace, best known for her Emmy-winning role as Mrs. Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons, as Carol Kester on the Bob Newhart Show, as Murphy Brown's secretary, and as a panelist on hundreds of television talk and game shows and 50 commercials, will be the keynote speaker for the 20th annual Cancer Survivors Day celebration, sponsored by the University of Chicago Medical Center.
May 27, 2010
University of Chicago cardiologist Michael Davidson, MD, named president of National Lipid Association
The National Lipid Association, a multidisciplinary non-profit membership association that serves healthcare professionals who manage patients with lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease, installed Michael H. Davidson, MD, professor of medicine and director of preventive cardiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center, as national president for the organization at the Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago on May 15, 2010.
May 26, 2010
Blocking tumor's "death switch" paradoxically stops tumor growth
Every cell contains machinery for self-destruction, used to induce death when damaged or sick. But according to a new research study, a receptor thought to mediate cell suicide in normal cells may actually be responsible for the unrestrained growth of cancerous tumors.
May 19, 2010
University of Chicago cardiologist Stephen Archer named president-elect of American Heart Association's Chicago board of directors
Stephen L. Archer, MD, the Harold Hines Jr. Professor of Medicine and chief of cardiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center, has been named president-elect of the American Heart Association's Metro Chicago board of directors. His one-year term as president will begin in the fall.
May 18, 2010
National Geographic names University of Chicago researcher an "Emerging Explorer for 2010"
Herpetologist and toxinologist Zoltan Takacs, PhD, a research associate and assistant professor at the University of Chicago, has been named to the 2010 class of National Geographic Emerging Explorers.
May 18, 2010
Study confirms performance of new defibrillator with no heart leads
Results from clinical trials performed in Europe and New Zealand, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate the effectiveness of a new less-invasive, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for sudden cardiac arrest, a potentially fatal electrical malfunction of the heart.
May 17, 2010
Prehistoric fish extinction paved the way for modern vertebrates
A mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago hit the reset button on Earth's life, setting the stage for modern vertebrate biodiversity, a new study reports.
May 12, 2010
Monitoring and control can limit side effects of promising cancer drugs
A new class of cancer drugs can be used effectively while minimizing hypertensive side effects if patients' blood pressure is closely monitored and controlled, a clinical panel has determined.
May 7, 2010
Celiac disease researcher nabs top international prize
Bana Jabri, MD, PhD, co-director, University of Chicago Digestive Disease Research Core Center, and an internationally renowned celiac disease researcher, was recently awarded the coveted Warren Prize for Excellence in Celiac Disease Research.
May 7, 2010
First living-donor liver transplant recipient graduates from college May 9
On Sunday, May 9 (Mothers Day), Alyssa Smith, the recipient of the first living-donor liver transplant in the United States--using tissue donated to her by her mother--will graduate magna cum laude from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, with a bachelor's degree in social work.
May 6, 2010
Book provides simple checklist for health at every age
Can a young doctor's advice to his mother save 100,000 lives a year? Shantanu Nundy, MD, a second-year resident in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center may soon find out. Driven by his mother's health questions and the difficulty of providing simple, reliable answers, Nundy collected all of the "generally accepted truths" about preventing disease, organized them into checklists based on age, and persuaded the Johns Hopkins University Press to publish them as Stay Healthy at Every Age: What Your Doctor Wants you to Know.
April 30, 2010
Rodney L. Goldstein named Chair of University of Chicago Medical Center Board of Trustees
Rodney L. Goldstein, an accomplished Chicago business executive and longtime leader in the University community, has been appointed as Chair of the University of Chicago Medical Center Board of Trustees.
April 28, 2010
Focused heat treatment appears to reduce asthma symptoms
On April 27, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medical device that uses heat, produced by radiofrequency energy, to treat severe asthma. The Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System is intended for patients 18 and older whose severe and persistent asthma is not well-controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-agonist medications.
April 23, 2010
Toy Story 3 screening to support programs at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago
Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago is partnering with Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios to hold a preview screening of Disney*Pixar's Toy Story 3 on May 15, 2010, at the new Kerasotes Showplace ICON Theatre and Lobby Lounge at 150 W. Roosevelt, Chicago.
April 21, 2010
DaVita to purchase Medical Center dialysis centers
DaVita, Inc., one of the largest companies in the United States providing dialysis services for patients with chronic kidney disease, will assume ownership, including administrative and financial management, of the University of Chicago Medical Center's three off-site dialysis centers and its home dialysis program on August 1, 2010.
April 15, 2010
University of Chicago biology and medicine rise in graduate rankings
The University of Chicago's graduate programs in the biological sciences and the Pritzker School were both ranked 13th in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Graduate Schools" issue, on newsstands April 27, 2010.
April 14, 2010
University of Chicago celebrates career of surgeon Edwin Kaplan
Endocrine surgeons from around the world will join with dozens of Chicago physicians this Friday, April 16, to celebrate the long, illustrious and ongoing medical career of Edwin Kaplan, MD, professor of surgery at the University of Chicago, who joined the faculty in 1968.
April 13, 2010
Janet D. Rowley, MD, receives AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research
Janet D. Rowley, MD, the Blum-Riese distinguished service professor in the departments of medicine, molecular genetics and cell biology, and human genetics at the University of Chicago, will receive the seventh annual American Association for Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, during the opening ceremony on Sunday, April 18.
April 7, 2010
University of Chicago physician named to Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Daniel Sulmasy, MD, PhD, the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and the Divinity School, and Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, has been appointed to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
March 23, 2010
University of Chicago medical teams return from Haitian relief efforts
After the January 12 earthquake devastated much of Haiti, more than 40 health care providers from the University of Chicago Medical Center were selected from hundreds of volunteers to spend one to six weeks working hot, dusty, 18-hour days contributing to medical-relief efforts there or across the border in the Dominican Republic. Another team is preparing to fly into Port-au-Prince April 8.
March 15, 2010
Communication often fumbled during patient hand-offs in hospital
As shifts change in a hospital, outgoing physicians must "hand off" important information to their replacements in a brief meeting. But a new study of this hand-off process finds that the most important information is not fully conveyed in a majority of cases, even as physicians rate their communication as successful.
March 10, 2010
Life is shorter for men, but sexually active life expectancy is longer
At age 55, men can expect another 15 years of sexual activity, but women that age should expect less than 11 years, according to a study by University of Chicago researchers published early online March 10 by the British Medical Journal. Men in good or excellent health at 55 can add 5 to 7 years to that number. Equally healthy women gain slightly less, 3 to 6 years.
March 8, 2010
University of Chicago's Mitchell Posner named president of the Society of Surgical Oncology
An internationally recognized expert on cancers of the esophagus, pancreas, stomach, liver, colon and rectum, Mitchell Posner, MD, the Thomas D. Jones Professor and vice chairman of surgery and section chief of general and oncologic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, was sworn in to a one-year term as president of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) on March 6, 2010, at the Society's annual business meeting in St Louis. SSO is the premier professional organization for the field.
March 5, 2010
University of Chicago and Ataxia Foundation team up for annual scientific and patient meetings
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), in conjunction with the University of Chicago program in pathobiology and translational neuroscience, will hold its third annual Ataxia Investigators Meeting March 9-11, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, in Rosemont, Ill. A three-day meeting for patients, caregivers and families will follow at the same location.
March 1, 2010
Ring Edges Out the Pill in Compliance Among College Women
According to a randomized, controlled trial published in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, female college and graduate students at Midwestern colleges and universities were more likely to have perfect short-term compliance using a contraceptive vaginal ring rather than those taking contraceptive pills.
March 1, 2010
Medical Physicist Maryellen Giger elected to National Academy of Engineering
Maryellen L. Giger, PhD, professor and vice chair in the Department of Radiology, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE), part of The National Academies.
February 25, 2010
Scientists map genetic regulatory elements for the heart
Scientists have devised a new computational model that can be used to reveal genetic regulatory elements responsible for development of the human heart and maintenance of its function.
February 24, 2010
Brain implant reveals the neural patterns of attention
A paralyzed patient implanted with a brain-computer interface device has allowed scientists to determine the relationship between brain waves and attention.
February 18, 2010
$16 million grant supports study of unexplained anemia in older adults
A $16 million grant from the National Institute on Aging will enable a team of national experts to study why unexplained anemia is so common in older adults and find better treatments. The Partnership for Anemia: Clinical and Translational Trials in the Elderly brings together specialists from seven leading centers to study older adults with unexplained anemia and to use the knowledge gained to develop improved therapies.
February 5, 2010
University of Chicago sending second round of medical teams for Haitian relief effort
Three more teams from the University of Chicago Medical Center -- a total of 22 people -- will fly to Santo Domingo Saturday, Sunday and Thursday to provide continued health care for the people of Haiti.
January 25, 2010
University of Chicago medical team in place for Haitian relief effort
A team of three physicians, two nurses and 1,100 pounds of medical, surgical and pharmaceutical supplies arrived in the Dominican Republic on Monday, January 25, on their way to the small mountain town of Jimani, on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where they will help staff a hospital that has been overrun with refugees and displaced persons from the earthquake that devastated Haiti.
January 25, 2010
Illuminating protein networks in one step
A new assay capable of examining hundreds of proteins at once and enabling new experiments that could dramatically change our understanding of cancer and other diseases has been invented by a team of University of Chicago scientists.
January 25, 2010
As in humans, sleep solidifies a bird's memories
Sleeping is known to help humans stabilize information and tasks learned during the preceding day. Now, researchers have found that sleep has similar effects upon learning in starlings, a discovery that will open up future research into how the brain learns and preserves information.
January 21, 2010
National Academy of Sciences Honors Rowley
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has recognized Janet D. Rowley, MD, as one of 17 individuals who have made extraordinary scientific achievements in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, and psychology. The award, consisting of a medal and a prize of $25,000, recognizes important contributions to the medical sciences. An awards ceremony for the recipients will take place on April 25 during the Academy's annual meeting.
January 8, 2010
Conrad Gilliam named Dean for Research at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division
Conrad Gilliam, PhD, has been named the Dean for Research and Graduate Education at the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, a new position, effective January 1, 2010.
January 6, 2010
Researchers revisit pulmonary arterial hypertension survival
Setting out to determine the survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center and their colleagues also discovered that an equation used for more than 20 years to predict survival is outdated. Accordingly, they developed and recently published a new survival prediction equation that will impact clinical practice and the drug development process.


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I learned a new word this week: nomophobia. It's a made-up word, but then all words were made up at some point. When I first saw it, I thought it might be the fear of baseball players with names like Hideo Nomo or Nomar Garciaparra. Instead, it's defined as a fear of being out of mobile phone contact -- "no-mobile-phone phobia." As a self-professed smartphone addict who's already grown quite attached to my Droid Razr Maxx, I had to stop and consider this word.
I saw this term in the results of a study sponsored by security vendor SecurEnvoy. According to this survey of 1,000 people in the United Kingdom, 66 percent admitted to suffering from nomophobia. Younger age groups typically showed higher rates of nomophobia, which is probably to be expected since these are the individuals that have grown up with mobile devices practically grafted to their hands like a natural part of the appendage. In a similar study in 2008, 53 percent of respondents suffered nomophobia. The increase seems to be consistent with our growing dependence on our mobile devices.
In a study sponsored by a security vendor, naturally they looked at how people secure their devices as well and found that 46 percent reported using no security of any kind -- no access code, no encryption. At the high end for secure devices, a mere 3 percent of respondents reported using 2-factor authentication. (Personally, I suspect that 3 percent all work in the computer security field or are perhaps the nefarious type of people we're protecting our devices against.)
Having an access password for your smartphone can be a bit of a bother, sure. On the other hand, isn't it more of a bother if someone finds that unprotected phone you lost and calls their best friend in Iceland before you notice it's gone, sticking you with the bill? Let's not even worry about what other data -- passwords, credit card numbers -- you might have stored access to in your phone's browser and apps. Putting in a little 4-digit PIN starts to seem a lot less onerous, if you ask me.
I don't think I'm a nomophobe. (And by the way, when this term was coined relating to mobile phones in 2008, someone should have done a little checking; it already had a definition as "A fear of or disdain for laws," but that's not nearly as interesting, right?) I don't think I fear being without my smartphone. But then, if I always keep it with me, I guess I won't have to find out.
Ah, spoken like a true addict.
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Guitarist Performs Monterey Jazz Festival Commission Piece, Big Sur
October 1, 2013; Monterey, Calif.; Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that the Bill Frisell Big Sur Quintet will perform at the Sunset Center on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 7:30pm for a performance of Big Sur.
Presented by Monterey Jazz Festival, tickets are $29-$80 and are available now at sunsetcenter.org or by calling (831) 620-2048. Admission to a special VIP reception is included in the purchase of all $80 tickets. The Sunset Center is located at San Carlos at Ninth Avenue in Carmel.
Originally commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Big Sur Land Trust in 2012, the GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and composer Bill Frisell made the debut of the Music of Glen Deven Ranch last year at the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival and subsequently recorded the suite as Big Sur for the Okeh label. "[Big Sur] is a work that somehow manages to evoke not just the part of the country which is its inspiration, but American music as a whole," wrote All About Jazz.
Featuring 19 compositions that explicitly reference the coastal-mountain environment, the hour-long suite was composed in the spring of 2012 during Frisell's residency at Glen Deven Ranch, the 860-acre property bequeathed to the Big Sur Land Trust, in partnership with Monterey Jazz Festival.
Suite titles such as "A Good Spot," "Going to California," "A Beautiful View," "Big Sur," and "On the Lookout" evoke the remote and pastoral setting with musical blends of chamber jazz, country, classical, folk, and rock. "Big Sur is more than just a musical recording," wrote DownBeat Magazine. "It's a sonic novel—instrumental storytelling of the highest caliber delivered by an amazing storyteller."
The Santa Fe New Mexican wrote that "the suite is an amazing testament to how a place can coax so much from a musical genius. Frisell, confronted by the Big Sur environment, 'filled up pages and pages,' he said. 'The music just kept coming.'"
Frisell will be joined by his original collaborating musicians in the 858 Quartet—both on the Festival debut and the recording—including violinist Jenny Scheinman, violist Eyvind Kang, cellist Hank Roberts, and drummer Rudy Royston.
Bill Frisell is a visionary presence in American music, with a career spanning more than 25 years and over 200 recordings, including 25 albums of his own. Mr. Frisell's original eclectic repertoire touches on jazz, progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise, and more, and he is known for using an array of electronic effects and extended techniques to create unique soundscapes with his instrument.
He has been recognized with many awards, including 11 DownBeat Critics Poll Awards; three Jazz Journalist Association's Guitarist of the Year Awards; two German Record Prizes; three GRAMMY nominations, and a 2005 GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. He has performed and collaborated with a wide variety of artists, including Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Suzanne Vega, Rickie Lee Jones, Marianne Faithful, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, the Frankfurt Ballet, Bono, Brian Eno, and Daniel Lanois.
In 2006, Mr. Frisell was named a USA Rasmuson Fellow and also won the Letter of Distinction Award from the American Music Center, which recognizes those who have made a significant contribution to the field of contemporary American music.
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I see a 9-year- old girl in my practice who is inattentive and hyperactive at school and at home. A thorough evaluation revealed that she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In our last visit I provided her mother with specific parenting advice that has not resolved the behavior issues. I then suggest that we start her child on an ADHD medication, such as Ritalin. The mother hesitates and says, "I don't really want those medications. I heard that they have really bad side effects."
In my last blog entry, I talked about how physicians are often too quick to "label" a child with ADHD. However, for those who really do have ADHD, appropriate treatment can dramatically improve the quality of life of a child and his or her family. While parents often worry about the side effects of ADHD medication, the reality is that the impact of untreated ADHD is often much worse than any of the medication side effects. For example, untreated ADHD can result in poor school grades, difficulty making friends, family stress, conflicts with siblings, low quality of life, poor self-esteem and an increased number of accidental injuries (due to carelessness and hyperactivity). During adolescence, children who were never treated for their ADHD symptoms are also more likely to abuse drugs … yikes!
When considering ADHD medications, here are a few of the common questions that come up:
Should ADHD medications be prescribed by a psychiatrist or can your general pediatrician do this?
Unfortunately, there is a huge shortage of child psychiatrists (especially for children on Medicaid) and frankly speaking, there aren't enough child psychiatrists to treat all of the children with ADHD. Most children with ADHD can be managed by a primary care pediatrician. However, complicated patients (with multiple psychiatric issues or complicated home lives) are better off being managed by child psychiatrists.
Will my child become addicted to these medications?
This is very unlikely, but possible. Some of these medications (stimulants) have the potential to be abused. In some cases, teenagers may give or even sell their medications to friends. One way to avoid this problem is to use non-stimulant medications that have a lower abuse potential.
Do I have to give them to him all the time? Can he take the weekends off?
Many children with ADHD struggle most during school weeks because of the intense focus that is required to succeed. When school is not in session, many pediatricians will agree that "medication holidays" are appropriate. But each case is different and parents need to talk to their child's doctor before stopping medication.
I know a child who took those medications and it turned him into a zombie!
I have seen this many times! If the medication dosage is too high, the child can become numb to the world and temporarily lose their typical playfulness. They won't laugh or sing … instead they just sit there quietly. This is NOT what ADHD medications are intended to do. Fortunately, this will last for only a few hours and your child should be completely back to normal by the next day. Speak with your doctor about lowering the dose.
What are the most common side effects?
- Appetite suppression: One way to counteract this is to make sure that your child has a hardy breakfast before taking the medication. Throughout the day make sure that he/she eats high calorie meals and snacks such as peanut butter and full fat dairy products.
- Sleep interruption: Your child may not fall asleep as quickly as you'd like. Try giving the medications as early in the day as possible (so that the medication will wear off sooner). Some medications help ADHD symptoms and have the convenient side effect of causing drowsiness.
- Tics: These are movements (like blinking) or sounds (like throat clearing) that sometimes accompany ADHD. They are involuntary and can increase with stimulant medications.
- Mild belly pain
- Headaches
After starting any ADHD medication your child should be monitored regularly until all side effects have been identified and addressed.
I heard that ADHD medications can cause heart problems. Is that true?
Because stimulant medications may cause slight increases in heart rate and blood pressure, this has been a concern. In fact, stimulant medications carry a warning label about the potential risk of sudden cardiac death. However, a study of 240,000 children recently found that the risk of sudden cardiac death was the same whether or not children took ADHD medications. To be on the safe side, most pediatricians will ask about a family history of heart conditions. They may also recommend an EKG before starting medication.
I know what you're thinking … Wow, those are a lot of side effects! Is it really worth it? Yes! Remember, untreated ADHD can be harmful to your child. Most of these medication side effects are temporary, predictable and easy to manage.
Do you know anyone who has been on ADHD medications? What was their experience like? Did they have any side effects?
Mario Cruz is is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine and an academic pediatrician at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.


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The In Between conference wishes to explore literature, cultures, space, gender and theory in between fixed territory and discourse in the context of East Asia.The conference will bring together our keynote speaker, Dr Andrew Jones, and approximately twelve graduate students to present innovative research aspects of East Asian literary and cultural studies, from pre-modern to contemporary, in any humanistic discipline. We encourage interdisciplinary scholarship within and between literary and cultural studies, cultural history, art history, film and media studies, musicology and sound studies, archaeology, landscape and architecture as well as the interpretative social sciences.
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PHOENIX AZ--(Marketwire - Aug 3, 2012) - Crexendo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: EXE) announced it will hold its second quarter 2012 financial results conference call on August 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. Steven G. Mihaylo, Chief Executive Officer, Doug Gaylor, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ron Vincent, Chief Financial Officer, David Krietzberg, Chief Administrative Officer, and Jeff Korn, Chief Legal Officer, will deliver prepared remarks and conduct a question and answer session.
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Real Housewives Of New Jersey Kid Ashley Holmes' Bad Makeovers Through The Ages
Last week's season premiere episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey was a long string of sex jokes and a lot of hate directed at Teresa Giudice. We were absolutely shocked. Not by the events of the episode, of course, but by the fact that there wasn't more discussion of Ashley Holmes' new look. Jacqueline Laurita's naturally dark-haired daughter is now sporting a blonde dye job and lips that seem… fuller.
This isn't the first time that Ashley has displayed questionable style judgment. In fact, she's been through about as many bad looks as attempted "interventions" by her parents. Will the blonde last? Will going to Vegas suddenly make Ashley the perfect daughter, instead of a whiny brat? Only time will tell. We invite you to contemplate Ashley's future by taking a trip down memory lane, and reliving all her other bad makeovers.


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Going over to a friend's house for brunch can be an ordeal. As a parent, gone are the days of rolling out of bed and heading over with a latte in hand. Having a child adds a whole new dimension of packing her food, a change of emergency clothes, diapers, wipes, books, and toys.
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The talk was all about sidewalks at the Newton City Commission meeting Tuesday — ranging from issues with snow removal, to the display of merchandise outside downtown businesses, to who should pay for city sidewalk replacement.
Garth Mock, who lives in the 400 block of West Broadway, asked commissioners to consider revising the city's sidewalk replacement policy and said he did not think it was fair to ask home owners to fund the entire cost of sidewalk replacement.
He said he has been asked to pay to repair the city sidewalk in front of his house — a project he estimates will cost him about $2,000.
"I want to be a good citizen and I want to comply," he told commissioners. "I just don't have the money to do that right now. ... It really is an unfair way, I think, for the city to handle it."
Mock said the policy might have made sense when it was adopted years ago, but he does not think the policy is equitable since there are not sidewalks in all neighborhoods.
"We're asking a shrinking part of the population to pay for what is part of the infrastructure that everybody gets to use," he said. "... It's just not a fair policy anymore."
He recommended the city perhaps take out some of the sidewalks that receive less traffic, if the city cannot afford to maintain the current sidewalk system.
Suzanne Loomis, city engineer/director of public works, said the city does not necessarily go out searching for bad sidewalks. If they receive a complaint, they make sure there isn't a safety issue with the sidewalk, especially for those who use wheelchairs or walkers.
City staff work with homeowners who may not be able to afford the sidewalk repairs right away and help them develop a timeline for the project.
"Although I understand this is a great burden to Garth and his family … I do know that there are many of his neighbors that have paid and already done their sidewalk," Loomis said.
City Attorney Bob Myers said the city's policy mirrors state statute. He said there can be liability issues with broken sidewalks; if someone trips and falls on a sidewalk, the property owner could get sued.
Commissioner Jim Nickel suggested looking into a compromise option, such as the city trying to get a better bid for the project or creating financing options for homeowners.
"We can help lessen the cost, and then try to do something in cases where they want to spread some payments out," Nickel said.
Downtown sidewalk policy
City Attorney Bob Myers also discussed the city's policy on how downtown businesses utilize the sidewalk space in front of their stores.
He said existing city ordinances prohibit any use of public sidewalks to display goods and merchandise; private benches and seating also are not allowed. However, the city has experimented with giving business owners some leeway, such as allowing them to put out signs on the sidewalks, set out tables and chairs for dining, and display a limited amount of merchandise.
"It can show some vibrancy and activity is going on," he said. "... There have been some compliments of that. We've also received some complaints."
He said some people have said too many items on downtown sidewalks can make the area appear cluttered and may not allow enough room for pedestrian use and people getting in and out of their cars.
Dan Layman with Layman's Antique Mall and Flea Market in Newton said placing some merchandise outside his store has increased his number of customers and draws people into the store.
"That is one of the biggest advertisements I have ever put out," he said.
"It does create an atmosphere and an ambiance that is kind of attractive and kind of fun," Mayor Racquel Thiesen said on allowing downtown business owners to utilize sidewalks.
Commissioners agreed the next step should be contacting downtown business owners to get their input before drafting a new policy.
Sidewalks and winter weather
Commissioners approved an ordinance prohibiting the depositing of snow in public rights-of-way.
Suzanne Loomis, city engineer/director of public works, said shoveling large piles of snow and ice onto public streets can create dangerous obstacles.


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The last time Chase Utley went on the disabled list, the Phillies quickly swung a trade with the White Sox for Tadahito Iguchi, who filled in admirably and helped keep the team's playoff chances alive.
This time around, here is a look at some players who either are, or could be, available:
1. Mark Grudzielanek - The 40-year-old veteran, who did not play last season, was 30-for-110 (.273) with a .328 OBP and .273 SLG with no home runs for the Indians this season. He's a career .986 fielder at second base. He's available to sign.
2. Ty Wigginton - The Orioles have a scout on the Phillies here in Cincinnati, and the two organizations have a familiar relationship. The knock on Wigginton is his fielding. But despite mediocre fielding percentages at second base (six errors, .963 in 36 games) and third base (two errors, .833 in six games), he does play a variety of positions and would be able to get some at-bats in the outfield when Utley returns. He's believed to be available via trade.
3. Aki Iwamura - Currently at Triple-A for the Pirates, who designated him for assignment earlier this month but were unable to find anybody to trade for him. It doesn't help that Iwamura is guaranteed $4.85 million this season. He's available via trade.
Here are guys who have some name-value, but probably aren't fits:
1. Edwin Encarnacion - The 27-year-old Encarnacion is a right-handed bat who can still hit for power despite paltry contact numbers. In 120 at-bats for the Blue Jays this season, he hit 9 home runs, but hit just .200 with a .298 OBP. He hit .225/.320/.374 with 13 home runs in 293 at-bats for the Reds and Blue Jays last season. Encarnacion has a poor .938 career fielding percentage at third base, where he has played 569 of his 571 games. The Blue Jays designated him for assignment earlier this month.
2. Garrett Atkins - Atkins hasn't been a productive major leaguer since he hit .286 with 21 home runs in 2008. Since then, he has hit .223/.299/.326 with 10 home runs in 494 at-bats, including .214 with one home run in 140 at-bats for the Orioles this season. He's only 30, but was released by the Orioles.
3. Kaz Matsui - He fell out of favor with the Astros and was ultimately shipped to the Rockies, where he his hitting .228/.298/.287 in 26 games at Triple-A Colorado Springs.
Other players who could be available, but are unlikely because of either their salary or their likely asking price:
1. Dan Uggla, Marlins
2. Kelly Johnson, Diamondbacks
3. Jhonny Peralta, Indians
4. Rickie Weeks, Brewers
5. Aaron Hill, Blue Jays
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Bay Rivers District fans are an enthusiastic lot, but sellouts during the winter season are rare. Coaches are expecting packed gymnasiums at two schools Wednesday, and it's little wonder because so much is at stake.
In boys basketball, Grafton (12-0 district) plays at Bruton (10-1) with first place on the line. In wrestling, Poquoson (5-0 BRD) hosts perennial champion New Kent (5-0) and Smithfield (4-1) in a tri-meet that will decide the district championship.
"I'm hearing that there are signs when you enter Poquoson reading 'Break the Streak,' " Smithfield wrestling coach Chris Wiatt said, referring to New Kent's 46 consecutive BRD dual-match victories. "The atmosphere is going to be one of the best anyone has ever seen, because the gym is going to be full.
"Poquoson's fans are going to have a 'blackout' (wearing all black), New Kent is going to be busing fans to the match, and we'll of course bring as many as we can. This will be as big a crowd as I've ever coached in front of besides the Virginia Duals.
"I don't think there's a sport where the kids work harder than wrestling, and this will be a payoff for them."
Grafton's basketball team would carry a streak similar to New Kent's wrestlers, had Bruton not beaten the Clippers in the Williamsburg area a year ago. It is Grafton's only hoops loss against a district team in its past 33 games.
"That loss left a sour taste in our kids' mouths," Grafton coach Jeremy Jordan said. "We anticipate a big crowd and a big-game atmosphere, but our kids love playing in these kinds of games."
Bruton coach Joe Dillard promises that the student body at his school will provide the big-game feeling Grafton savors.
"This is it right here; it will probably decide it all," Dillard said, referring to the district championship. "There's going to be a 'blackout,' and I expect it to be a sold-out crowd.
"We hope that gives us the home-court advantage you want in your building. Grafton better come prepared to play."
The Clippers won the first meeting 67-56 earlier this season, breaking a tie with less than four minutes remaining and outscoring the Panthers 16-5 to finish the game. Both coaches believe their teams are much better now.
"We've improved in all aspects, particularly defensively," said Jordan, whose team has held opponents to 50 or fewer points in nine of 16 games.
Dillard said, "Our biggest improvement (since the first Grafton game) is our composure and attention to detail.
"We're defending and rebounding well, and our quarter-court offense is better."
Nevertheless, Dillard would prefer an up-tempo style rather than a game played more in the quarter-court, where Grafton excels. While Grafton will play almost exclusively man-to-man defense, Bruton will attempt to push the tempo with three-quarter-court defensive pressure.
The game features perhaps the district's two best players, Grafton forward Elijah Moore and Bruton wing Marcus Carter. Moore, a 6-foot-7 junior, averages 22 points and 8.5 rebounds, while Carter, a 6-2 junior, is averaging 15.6 points and 7.4 rebounds.
Figuring out the top matches in the three wrestling duals is a bit tougher, because coaches often bump their wrestlers up or down a weight class to gain a strategic advantage. Regardless, the New Kent-Poquoson match — which is expected to settle the district crown — is expected to be close.
"I have them winning seven bouts apiece," Wiatt said. "It could come down to bonus points (extra points for major decisions, technical falls and pins)."
Poquoson coach Eric Decker said, "We don't want to swallow the pill that we're supposed to lose to New Kent. There's no doubt it's New Kent's match to lose, but they better come prepared.
"There's no pressure on my kids because they're supposed to lose, but that makes it fun because there's no pressure on them. We can't look past Smithfield, either."
The Packers bring plenty of quality wrestlers likely to shine on the state level, particularly Carter Page (138 pounds), Nick Kennedy (182) and Chuck Sharon (195). What could leave the Packers on the short end of two close team matches is that they are comparatively weak in the five lighter weights.
New Kent and Poquoson, by contrast, have few holes in their lineups. The premier bout of the night could be at 152 pounds, pitting Poquoson freshman Ross Graham against New Kent star Brett Flora. Graham is tagged as a future state title contender, but Flora, third in the AA state tournament at 145 last year, has the edge in experience.
If Wiatt is correct, and the teams are expected to split the 14 bouts evenly, the 126-pound bout between New Kent's Blake Hohman and Poquoson's Kyle Poultney could be a key.
Whatever the matchups, they will be conducted amid the kind of frenetic atmosphere also expected up the road for the basketball game at Bruton.
"It's going to be electric," Decker said. "I told our athletic director (Ken Bennett) to put some chairs out, because there's not going to be an empty seat in the place.
"It's going to be standing-room-only. It's going to be a very, very exciting atmosphere like most people haven't seen around here in a very, very long time."


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EMR Vendors Want Meaningful Use Stage 3 Delay
Anne Zieger is veteran healthcare consultant and analyst with 20 years of industry experience. Zieger formerly served as editor-in-chief of FierceHealthcare.com and her commentaries have appeared in dozens of international business publications, including Forbes, Business Week and Information Week. She has also contributed content to hundreds of healthcare and health IT organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies. Contact her at @ziegerhealth on Twitter or visit her site at Zieger Healthcare.
A group of EMR vendors have joined the chorus of industry organizations asking that Meaningful Use Stage 3 deadlines be moved up to a later date. The vendors also want to see the nature of Stage 3 requirements changed to put a greater emphasis on interoperability, Information Week reports.
The group, the HIMSS EHR Association (EHRA), represents 40 vendors pulled together by HIMSS. Members include both enterprise and physician-oriented vendors, including athenahealth, Cerner, Epic, eClinicalWorks, Emdeon, Meditech, McKesson, Siemens GE Healthcare IT and Practice Fusion.
In comments submitted to HHS, the vendors argue that MU Stage 3 requirements should not kick in until three years after a provider reaches Stage 2, and start no earlier than 2017. But their larger request, and more significant one, is that they'd like to see Meaningful Use Stage 3's focus changed:
"The EHRA strongly recommends that Stage 3 focus primarily on encouraging and assisting providers to take advantage of the substantial capabilities established in Stage 1 and especially Stage 2, rather than adding new meaningful use requirements and product certification criteria. In particular, we believe that any meaningful use and functionality changes should focus primarily on interoperability and building on accelerated momentum and more extensive use of Stage 2 capabilities and clinical quality measurement."
So, we've finally got vendors like walled-garden-player Epic finding a reason to fight for interoperability. It took being clubbed by the development requirements of Stage 3, which seems to have EHRA members worried, but it happened nonetheless.
While there's obviously self-interest in vendors asking not to strain their resources on new development, they still have a point which deserves considering. Does it really make sense to push the development curve as far as Stage 3 requires before providers have gotten the chance to leverage what they've got? Maybe not.
Now, the question is whether the vendors will put their code where their mouth is. Will the highly proprietary approach taken by Epic and some of its peers become passe?


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Nurnberg can be expected to make a couple of changes from the side that lost 2-1 to Mainz last week at the Coface Arena. Firstly, Raphael Schafer is back to take up his place in goal and will replace Patrick Rakovsky, but Alexander Stephan is still sidelined with a knee injury.
At the back, Javier Pinola should return in the place of Marvin Plattenhardt, while Hanno Balitsch picked up his fifth booking of the season last week, with Markus Feulner set to step in for him in midfield. However, Almog Cohen, Adam Hlousek and Markus Mendler are all trying to regain fitness.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich have only a couple of absences ahead of the short trip to Stadion Nurnberg. The sole major absence is Jerome Boateng, who missed Germany's friendly draw with Netherlands with a hamstring problem. Daniel Van Buyten is likely to continue at centre-back in his absence, but Holger Badstuber could also return after missing the last few weeks with a thigh strain.
In midfield, Luiz Gustavo is likely to be preferred to Javi Martinez, who endured a long-haul journey after Spain's friendly with Panama, but Bastian Schweinsteiger is fit after pulling out of the Germany squad due to illness. Similarly, Toni Kroos should be fine to take his place in attacking midfield behind Mario Mandzukic, while Mario Gomez could make the bench after playing in a midweek friendly, scoring four goals in the process.
- Nurnberg had boasted the record of having won the most national championships until 1987 when they were overtaken by Bayern.
- Der Club have won just one of their last eight matches. Their slump has seen them drop to 15th in the table.
- Nurnberg skipper Raphael Schafer played alongside Bayern counterpart Philipp Lahm, and Mario Gomez, during his time at Stuttgart.
- Bayern Munich have not lost to Nurnberg in the Bundesliga since matchday 20 of the 2006-07 season, when they crashed to a 3-0 away loss.
- Die Roten overcame their Bavarian rivals in the 1982 DFB-Pokal final. Current club president Uli Hoeness (pictured, right) scored the final goal in a 4-2 victory.
- Two goals for Claudio Pizarro on Saturday would see the Peruvian climb to ninth on the all-time list of Bundesliga top scorers.


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Beyer Named Dean of CIU College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Bryan Beyer has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Columbia International University (CIU).
Beyer has been a professor at CIU since 1985, and served as undergraduate dean from 1994-2001, and as dean of students from 2001-2004. Most recently, Beyer served as director of the Biblical Languages program at CIU. In addition to his commitment to the classroom at both undergraduate and graduate level at CIU, Beyer has also focused on writing and international travel.
Since 1997, Dr. Beyer has served as chair of the Associated Schools for Jerusalem University College, and since 2003, as General Bible/Old Testament Book Review Editor for the "Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society" (JETS). He has authored or co-authored three books on the Old Testament, and assisted in the translation of the book of Jeremiah in the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
He has served as faculty advisor to the International Students Ministries at CIU and regularly takes students to Israel on summer study tours. His overseas ministry has included teaching at Portantorchas Bible School in Costa Rica, at the Center for Christian Leadership in Tirana, Albania, at CIU's branch campus in Korntal, Germany, and Israel study tours for church groups.
Beyer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University, a Master of Divinity degree from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
CIU Provost Dr. James Lanpher says Beyer is a great fit for CIU's College of Arts and Sciences.
"Dr. Bryan Beyer holds a high standard for academic excellence for the professional programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, such as Communication, Psychology, Music, Business and English," Lanpher said. "But Beyer also has a heart for seeing CIU's undergraduates grow spiritually, which is a key component to a CIU education."
Beyer replaces Dr. Pat Blewett who resigned from CIU in July to serve in church ministry in Nebraska.


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Ron D'Vari, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at NewOak Capital Advisors, has over 29 years of experience in asset management, advisory, academics and management. D'Vari is responsible for the overall direction of the firm and has day-to-day oversight of the advisory business. He has championed OpenRisk and Stratus as an integrated platform for underwriting, valuation, surveillance, portfolio and risk management, and collateral management of hard-to-value assets and derivatives as well as traditional securities. D'Vari has led or played key roles in devising and implementing strategies dealing with some of the largest and well publicized de-risking and restructuring advisory cases in US, Europe and Canada.
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Teens Hit in Two Macon Shootings, Police Say | News
Macon police are investigating two Saturday afternoon shootings.
Officers were called to the basketball court at Freedom Park around 2 p.m. They found a teenage boy shot in the right arm. He was taken to the Medical Center for treatment and released.
About an hour later, officers were called to the 3400 block of Morgan Drive. A teenage girl was reportedly hit in the leg during a drive-by shooting at a home. According to a Macon police news release, the girl actually suffered a bruise instead of a bullet wound.
"Here lately, it's been a good bit of gunshots running through here. But it's time to be concerned about it," says Brinceson Sanders who has lived off Morgan Drive for ten years.
Investigators say that a gold, tan, or champagne Honda Accord was seen at both places at the times that the shots were fired. Anyone with information is asked to call Macon police investigator Penson at 478-477-3997 or Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME.


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Up to 40 students with overdue food accounts had their school lunches taken away last week because of breakdowns in communication over a new payment system, according to a preliminary report presented to the Salt Lake City School District board Tuesday night.
Board members heard from Kelly Orton, district child nutrition department director, about why 30 to 40 children at Uintah Elementary who were trying to buy lunch had their meals thrown away in an incident that angered parents, stirred outrage around the country and prompted the district to put two employees on leave, The Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/1kQdCaw ). School officials apologized and launched an investigation into how far the problem reached.
Several dozen parents attended the meeting, and some said the report was vague and the workers put on leave were being blamed.
The children who had their $2 meals thrown out were given milk and fruit, a standard practice when students don't have lunch money. The report didn't indicate whose decision it was to toss the lunches.
The report says the meals were seized because nutrition department policies weren't followed, some parents weren't told about overdrawn meal accounts, they weren't given enough time to pay balances and the school principal wasn't included in decision making.
Under board member questioning, Orton said his department didn't properly tell parents about a new electronic payment system and promised efforts so meals aren't tossed again. He said the investigation was ongoing and his report wasn't definitive.
Many parents weren't aware of the system swap that makes it harder to set up email alerts about balances, he said, whereas the old system automatically sent out messages. He says the new system is more cost efficient and processes payments quicker.
But Orton said the department "did fail in getting information out effectively."
The report gave general fixes for avoiding a similar incident in the future. Orton said meals won't ever be taken away from kids, department policies would be followed, parents will be notified of low balances and students can go into the red for a week and still receive meals.
Some parents urged district leaders to hold Orton and his staff accountable. The school cafeteria manager and a district supervisor were placed on paid leave as the investigation got underway last week.
"The lunchroom staff should not be held accountable for the policies implemented by their supervisors," said Lynn Lonardo, who said her daughter's lunch was confiscated last week.
But Heather Bennett, board vice president, said the move wasn't disciplinary. District Superintendent McKell Withers said the leave is typical during investigations and was meant to protect them from threats. Police investigated several threatening phone calls made to the school following the incident, but determined they were not credible, Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen said. School officials cited privacy concerns in not identifying the two workers on leave.
Bennett and other board members said they were as upset as the parents who attended the meeting.
"We share your real horror at the specific happening that's brought us here," she said.
Some parents weren't assuaged by the report, saying it was still unclear what the payment system's problems were and who was responsible for taking away the lunches.
"It was never answered who decided this," said parent Sarah Turley, who said her child had her lunch tossed. "That accountability and responsibility has never been answered."


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I am just teaching myself c++ so this might seem like a stupid question, but can someone describe how I would go about changing file names or altering information in a file from another operationg sytem.
The reason I want to do this is to add a fuction to a boot manager (XOSL) to allow me to select different autoexec.bat files to be run before entering windows. The thing is that the boot manager uses its own kernel and file system so I need to be able to find the file then change the file names on a DOS drive so I can change the name of an alterenative autoexec.bat, eg. autoexec.bat2, to autoexec.bat and back.
I need it to be fairly low level and generic as the kernel doesn't support all iostream functions (not that I really know what that means exactly) I'm not sure if it supports the normal fstream functions but I suppose it might as it already reads the partition information.
As I said before, I'm just learning C++ so I'm trying to use this exercise in my learning


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Special program marks forty years of leadership in Korean studiesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Yung-Hee Kim, (808) 956-7041
Director, Center for Korean Studies
Merclyn Labuguen, (808) 956-7041
Administrative officer, Center for Korean Studies
Director, Center for Korean Studies
Merclyn Labuguen, (808) 956-7041
Administrative officer, Center for Korean Studies
Posted: Nov 5, 2012
One of America's top experts on Korea will keynote an observance on November 8 marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Korean Studies.
Victor D. Cha will speak on the topic of Korea scholarship and policy at the event, which begins at 10 a.m. in the Center for Korean Studies auditorium located at 1881 East-West Road on the UH Mānoa campus.
Cha is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is also senior advisor and holder of the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. From 2004 to 2007, Cha served as director for Asian affairs in the National Security Council with responsibility for North and South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations.
The November 8 program will also include special recognition of two individuals for their contributions to the Center: the late Min Kwan-Shik and Donald C. W. Kim. As minister of education of the Republic of Korea (1971-1974), Min played an instrumental role in securing Korean government support for the construction of the building that houses the Center. Kim, a University alumnus and former member of the Board of Regents, has long been a friend of Korean studies and has played a role in every major Center fundraising drive.
The program will also feature remarks by the Center's four former directors and performances of Korean traditional music and dance. An afternoon roundtable discussion on the future of Korean studies will conclude the day's events.
The Center for Korean Studies was established by the University Board of Regents in 1972, the first such institution in the United States. With nearly forty affiliated faculty members in a broad range of disciplines, the Center represents the largest concentration of Korea-focused faculty in any academic institution outside Korea.
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When Rice decided to leave teaching for something affording him and his growing family a more flexible schedule, he kept his longtime mentor in mind and Krysalka joined Digital Fury in March of this year as a part-time employee.
Under the late afternoon sun and with temperatures soaring into the mid 90s, beads of sweat ran down Marc Rice's face under his close-cropped haircut.
Rice crouched behind a tripod mounted with a Nikon D700 digital camera while framing a shoot for a series of orientation-related videos for the College of Central Florida.
It was another busy day for Rice and Digital Fury, a video production company he started in 2011.
"We shoot all types of video," he said. "Documentaries, commercial production and health care marketing."
"A lot of it has a journalistic style, since that's my background," said Rice, who got his professional start as a videographer for the Villages News Network before moving on to Orlando TV stations WESH and WKMG.
Rice also had the benefit of consulting the man he credits as an inspiration. On that day, Bill Krysalka experimented with a series of reflective screens, trying to get the lighting just right for the CF shoot. He and Rice wear the same black polo shirt monogrammed with the Digital Fury logo.
The two go back: Krysalka first taught Rice when the latter was in seventh grade at Lake Weir Middle School and continued through his years at Belleview High.
Could Krysalka have imagined a future professional collaboration with Rice in those early days?
"Of course not," Krysalka said with a laugh. "He was 12. It never entered my mind.
"But in high school, he showed a natural ability for photography," Krysalka said. "He became our main shooter and he had a natural eye. He was considering the business in high school. I didn't want the weight on my shoulders for his career decision, it was all Marc."
Rice described Krysalka as "an incredible influence" in the classroom.
"It was clear to me and the other students that he really enjoyed what he was doing," Rice recalled. "I think that's what a good teacher does, gets you interested in something and I really enjoyed it and it turned into a career."
The paths of teacher and student would cross again years later, this time as peers, after Rice decided to leave the crazy hours of network photojournalism to teach video production in 2007 at Vanguard High School.
Rice and Krysalka, still teaching at Belleview High, would bounce ideas off each other.
"Bill and I taught the same class at different schools," Rice said. "There were a lot of times where we collaborated."
When Rice decided to leave teaching for something affording him and his growing family a more flexible schedule, he kept his longtime mentor in mind and Krysalka joined Digital Fury in March of this year as a part-time employee.
With Krysalka nearing retirement from the school system, he's cautiously weighing a full-time role with Digital Fury.
"We'll have to take a look and see if the business can support another full-time position first," Krysalka said.
The two say they are involved in all aspects of video production with each focusing on his strengths.
"On the higher-end jobs, Marc has the camera skill," Krysalka said.
"And Bill serves as the audio engineer on those jobs," Rice added. "He's very talented there. Audio quality is as important to a production as video quality."
Their relationship is key to the business, according to Krysalka.
"Our personalities mesh so well. We're always on the same page."
That has translated to a growing company, according to the duo.
"We're starting to get jobs out of town," Rice said. "We've done work in Jacksonville and Tampa. We flew to Houston to do a project on a breakthrough surgery. The patient is from Ocala, so they wanted someone from here to be able to follow the patient's recovery."
As for Digital Fury's goals?
"In 10 years, we see ourselves as a bigger organization, working nationally and having a fairly good-size, full-time staff," Krysalka said.


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My complaints about Opera have more often than not been about the UI. Even at this very early stage for this version, things are noticably improved, with better Windows 7 integration throughout including glass, jump lists and tab previews in the task bar.
Opera now sports a new JavaScript engine "Carakan" that brings it in line with the JIT engines in Safari (Nitro, nee SquirelFish) Firefox (TraceMonkey) and Chrome (V8). Performance is on par with Chrome but speed is no good if the features arn't there and thankfully Opera have targetted the latest standards with ECMA Script v5 which includes native JSON encoding/decoding. JavaScript has been a sore point in Opera for a good number of years, and this will put a smile on a lot of developer's faces.
On the CSS front, things are even more peachy with the addition of rounded borders (finally!!), box-shadow, transforms & transitions and multiple backgrounds. Suddenly my website actually looks like it's supposed to instead of something from a previous era. I can properly recommend Opera to web developers looking to make beautiful websites using the best of CSS available. There are a still a number of bugs with rendering but these could easily be ironed out by the time a release comes around.
And speaking of rendering, the new engine also brings "Vega" which uses GPU-accerleration to render the page. Both Firefox and IE9 have Direct2D acceleration in the works. Vega uses DX9 rendering, which, if I'm correct, means that Vega will also work for XP clients, where as Direct2D is sadly only a Windows Vista / 7 affair. This will win Opera some more fans.
Chrome has unquestionably really stepped up the level of competition in the browser market. Chrome has shown that speed has to be across the board, and that the 90's style UI layout is outdated. Yesterday, some new mockups of Firefox 4.0 were described and the direction is very clear. More like Chrome. One thing is interesting though, this new Opera comes with a button for the menu just like the Firefox mockups!
I actually think this is a wonderful thing, and I hope the idea is 'stolen' by as many people as possible. It works a lot like the application's menu in OS X. Anything pertaining to the application as a whole, and not just the in-page content should go in the application menu. This idea has appeared in a number of different styles in recent Windows apps but no consistent style has been agreed upon by vendors. Microsoft Office uses the office button, office 2010 uses a blue "File" button, MSPaint in Windows 7 uses a similar blue button, but with an icon, and Chrome uses the
wrench spanner button on the right. I toyed with the seperation of application level menus and document level menus in 2006.
To better help tab users Opera have moved dialogues in-page so that they are not modal to the application. This seems like a bad idea, as it's incredibly easy to spoof these dialogues and steal people's passwords in phising attacks. Google have managed to do a much better job with per-tab modal dialogues and Opera should copy this idea instead.
The biggest dissapointment? No HTML5 video. An experimental version of 9.6 was released with HTML5 video and we've seen nothing since. With three main browsers now supporting HTML5 video, this leaves IE and Opera. Both of whom are keeping shtum at the moment. Given that embedding plugins in Opera is far from snuff (No embed element support _at all_ for QuickTime on Windows) this is important to me--I don't have Flash installed and rely on HTML5 and various shims to watch video online.
Overall Opera 10.5 pre-alpha achieves one main thing -- it makes Opera a browser developers would actually want to test with and develop for. I could not have said that of previous versions. Whilst this is a pre-Alpha release, it shows a lot potential promise, and I would actually encourage web developers to download it right away and start testing their site against the new CSS capabilities.


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