Seven percent of 700 birds tested in Anchorage and Fairbanks were infected with avian malaria. Christopher Intagliata reports
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Malaria is a tropical disease, right? Actually, malaria parasites can be found as far north as Alaska?at least in birds. And a warming climate may push avian malaria even farther north by the end of the century, according to a study in the journal PLoS ONE. [Claire Loiseau et al., First Evidence and Predictions of Plasmodium Transmission in Alaska Bird Populations]
Researchers took blood from nearly 700 birds around Anchorage, Fairbanks and a truck stop called Coldfoot, Alaska, above the Arctic Circle at 67 degrees north latitude. And they found the parasite in 7 percent of the birds at the two southerly sites. Some were migrants, and may have picked up the disease down south. But others were hatchlings and resident birds?indicating the parasite can complete its full life cycle in the Great White North.
The parasite doesn't seem to have hopped north of Fairbanks yet. But temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the global average, and researchers say malaria could cross into the Arctic Circle by 2080. Once it gets there, it could attack species like snowy owls, which have never been exposed to malaria, and may not have resistance to the disease. Talk about a buzzkill.
We've already asked around to let you know that British phablet fans can get their Galaxy Note II fix on ThreeUK, O2 and Vodafone, and now we know the date, too. Anxious S-pen lovers will be able to grab the new device from October 1st from the carriers, or pick 'em up at the Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U -- in either Marble White or Titanium Grey. If you'd like to read the words "whole new level of innovation," then head on past the break for the company line.
Mazda has announced that it will be unveiling its 2013 CX-9 crossover SUV at the 2012 Australian International Motor Show, October 18 - 28. Highlighting a stouter ?refreshed? design than the 2012 CX-9, the latest version has a more aggressive front that?s all bumps and forward-thrusting angles.
It?s the second of the latest Mazda cars to use the full range of the company?s SKYACTIV technologies to improve fuel efficiency. In addition, the 2013 CX-9 uses Mazda?s regenerative braking system called i-ELOOP, which uses capacitors to recover braking energy electrically rather than through flywheels.
Safety features includes a suite of assisted driving features such as Mazda?s Forward Obstruction Warning System, Lane Departure Warning System and a High Beam Control System that automatically dips the headlamps when a vehicle is sensed approaching in the opposite lane.
Under the bonnet, the 2013 CX-9 retains the MZI V6 3.7-liter petrol engine with a six-speed automatic gearbox putting out 273 bhp (204 kW) and 366 Nm (270 ft-lb) of torque at 4,250 rpm. Fuel consumption is rated at a modest 12.7 liters per 100 kilometers (18.5 mpg) city and 8.4 l/100 km (28 mpg) highway. Backing this up is a Macpherson front suspension and multilink rear suspension. The end result is 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in a leisurely 7.9 seconds, but the top speed makes up for this at 225 km/h (140 mph).
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It?s only been 10 days since Tom Rothman resigned as chairman of 20th Century Fox?s feature film division, but the former executive hasn?t wasted any time starting the next chapter of his career. According to a press release from DreamWorks, Rothman has signed on to produce Steven Spielberg?s sci-fi spectacular Robopocalypse.
But that?s not all. In other Robopocalypse news, A-list actress Anne Hathaway is reportedly in discussions to play the female lead in the film. If Hathaway took the part, she would potentially be starring opposite Chris Hemsworth, who was reported to be in negotiations for the project earlier this summer.
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break the news of Rothman?s possible involvement in Robopocalypse, as well as the news that Hathaway was circling the project.
While he was at Fox, Rothman was largely responsible for securing the film?s foreign distribution rights, so it?s not much of a surprise to learn of his involvement in producing the movie. Likewise, the news of Hathaway?s possible involvement is unsurprising, since the 29-year-old actress seems to be rumored for roles in virtually every major upcoming movie.
The Academy Award-nominated actress has been in high demand for years, but Hathway?s recent turn as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in Christopher Nolan?s blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises has pushed the actress into another realm entirely. Hathaway?s next role will be as the prostitute Fantine in the musical Les Miserables, which hits theaters this Christmas.
While Spielberg?s next film, Lincoln, is likely to deliver outstanding drama and will be a must-watch movie, it?s exciting to imagine the visionary director taking on another epic sci-fi project. As Spielberg himself explained at the beginning of the year, Robopocalypse presents an opportunity to go back to the kind of thoughtful, but action-packed filmmaking he showed with the excellent Minority Report.
?It?s a movie about a global war between man and machine. I had a great time creating the future on ?Minority Report,? and it?s a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would. ?Robopocalypse? takes place in 15 or 20 years, so it?ll be another future we can relate to. It?s about the consequences of creating technologies which make our lives easier, and what happens when that technology becomes smarter than we are. It?s not the newest theme, it?s been done throughout science fiction, but it?s a theme that becomes more relevant every year.?
Robopocalypse is expected to start production in early 2013 and will be released the following year on April 25th, 2014.
A teen boy was walking his girlfriend home one night when a drunk driver crashed into them. The girl died, the boy lived. That hit-and-run accident cracked Carolyn Roy-Bornstein's life into a before-and-after that is described with writerly grace in her memoir Crash: A Mother, a Son, and the Journey from Grief to Gratitude.
A pediatrician and a writer, Roy-Bornstein's publication credits range from JAMA to Pediatrics for Parents to Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Q & A with Carolyn Roy-Bornstein:
Q: In your acknowledgments you thank someone for "seeing the book that was trying to emerge from the one I was originally writing." Memoirs are tricky that way. There can be so many "right" ways to approach the material. Can you tell us more about your process?
The reason I started to write this book is ultimately not the reason I finished it. From the very first night of the crash, I was grateful Neil survived but at the same time grieving for his losses. His traumatic brain injury caused a profound depression, memory loss and a changed personality. But standing in the shadow of the mother whose child was killed in the accident, I felt guilty for my feelings of grief. After all, shouldn't I just be grateful Neil was alive? It was this concept of disenfranchised grief that I thought was the story I needed to tell.
But ultimately, that was just a small part of a larger story, a story of hope and reslience and the power of family.
Q: Although you always kept a journal, you didn't catch up with your notes and entries until some time after the main events happened, and years more to be ready to write Crash. I take it you'd agree with author Martin Amis, who said, "What happens to you in your life doesn't become available as fiction until after a three-year lag, because it has to travel up and down your spine."
The English author Graham Greene, too, talks about the emotional and temporal distance a writer must have from an experieince in order to gain the necessary perspective. He describes it as "the sliver of ice in the heart of a writer." I fully believe that and know that this is why it took me so long to write the book. I needed time and distance to fully appreciate the experience's meaning and impact in my life. I teach memoir and personal essay courses and I often have students come in wanting to write about a subject that they are clearly too close to to have the necessary perspective.
Q: Some people urged you to move on, as they couldn't understand that the after-effects of the accident would continue for a very long time. How did you explain to them?
Answering the question, "How is Neil doing?" grew harder and harder. Early on, it was easy. There were CAT scan results to report, outcomes of operations, weeks of physical therapy completed. Five years after the crash, Neil had graduated from college, had a teaching position and looked, on the outside, perfectly fine. But he still suffered from depression and saw a therapist. He graduated college, but struggled with memory loss and PTSD. In some ways, I think I wrote this book to answer the question, "How's Neil?"
Q: Which is more infuriating: the fact that people continue to drive drunk, or that the court system is so slow and drawn out that victims feel victimized again and again?
You know, I spent some time in Sweden many years ago. There, they have very strict drunk driving laws, or they did when I was there. There, if you were caught drinking and driving, you lost your license. For good. Period. It made for some very interesting parties: One partner at the party would be stone cold sober while the other would be happily drinking away. It was just how it was.? Everyone knew the consequences and behaved accordingly.
In this country, lawyers have made a specialty of getting drunk drivers off. Here we see drunk drivers arrested again and again, even after licenses have been suspended. Here, our culture needs to change. This cannot remain the norm.
Q: I noted the subtitle of your book, and it seems intended to convey an uplifting message. Do you still get very upset when you think about what happened or mainly thankful that Neil's injuries weren't even worse?
While there is an urgent social message to the book, the ultimate story is hopeful and optimistic, and I'm glad you picked up on that. And while I certainly am grateful Neil's head injury wasn't worse, I do want to get out the word that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often an unapparent wound. For people who have experienced a TBI or know someone who has, I hope my book is a mirror for them. I hope they read what I've written and say, "Yes! That is how it was for me." And for people who have not expereinced TBI, I want to convey the message that people who may look perfectly fine on the outside may struggle more than we know.
Q: Will you comment on the value of writing, especially of being an experienced writer as you are, when it comes to getting through such challenging times?
The benefits of writing about difficult or traumatic experiences is well-documented. (And I guess I'm speaking as a physician here.) Many studies have shown that ill patients who are asked to write about their experiences show improvements in physically measurable parameters such as lung capacity and immune function.
As a medical professional, I see writing as a way to explore and better understand my relationships with my patients and my colleagues. I recently had the good fortune to run a workshop at the University of Iowa's Examined Life Conference along with Neillie Herman, Creative Director at Columbia University Medical School. Nellie talked about writing as a way to "exert control over something we can never control--the past."
So even though I cannot change what has happened, I can shape the narrative. I can own it. I can take an obstacle and turn it into an opportunity. I learned about the intricacies of traumatic brain injury. As an ambassador for the Brain Injury Association, I talk to high school students at pre-prom events, college students during Alcohol Awareness Week, doctors and nurses at Trauma Symposia. I am not about to let this drunk driver's actions define who I am. I will not let my peace be about what kind of sentence he receives or how much of it he serves.
People ask me if writing this book was cathartic. I say it was the opposite of cathartic. It was like scraping at scabs every day. But it was necessary. It was necessary for me to write this book. To define my family's reaction to this tragedy and to chart our course moving forward.
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus called the past week a "defining week in both campaigns," describing it as a "good week" even as the GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney came under fire after secretly-taped comments he made at a fundraiser earlier this year became public.
"I think that we had a good week last week, I think in retrospect, in that we were able to frame up the debate last week in the sense of, what future do we want," Priebus said this morning on "This Week."
"I think we can look back at last week as a campaign in a couple months and say, this was the defining week in both campaigns," he said earlier.
On Monday, Mother Jones released secretly taped footage of Romney speaking at a fundraiser in Florida earlier this year in which he described 47 percent of voters as "victims," adding they are "dependent upon government" and "believe the government has a responsibility to care for them." Romney, who subsequently called his remarks inelegant, was bashed by Democrats. A number of prominent Republicans, including Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, distanced themselves from the remarks.
During my interview with Priebus, he conceded that last week was not the "best" of the campaign for Romney.
"I think Governor Romney's been pretty clear, it probably wasn't the best-said moment in the campaign and probably not the best week in the campaign," Priebus said.
I spoke to Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod right after my interview with Priebus and he quickly went after Romney for his "47 percent" comments.
"I don't know what prism he's looking through. I don't think anybody else would define it as a good week. But it was an enlightening week," Axelrod said. "The week began with Governor Romney basically slandering 47 percent of America, saying that they were, you know, hooked on dependency, didn't pay their taxes, and so on. "
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North Carolina has sent information to the NCAA about the hiring of the mother of former UNC basketball star Tyler Hansbrough as a fundraiser and her travels.
By Bob Donnan, US Presswire
North Carolina has sent information to the NCAA about the hiring of the mother of former UNC basketball star Tyler Hansbrough as a fundraiser and her travels.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina has provided information to the NCAA about the hiring of the mother of former basketball star Tyler Hansbrough as a fundraiser and her travels.
In documents faxed to the NCAA on Sept. 13, the school included summaries of Tami Hansbrough's trips in March 2009 that coincided with her son's games in the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA tournaments.
The school said then-athletic director Dick Baddour and assistant athletic director for compliance Amy Herman reviewed the trips and determined no violations took place. Athletic spokesman Steve Kirschner said Saturday the fax was meant to brief the NCAA following media reports and the school isn't reporting a violation.
Hansbrough raised about $5 million for the dental school foundation before moving to another university fundraising job in 2011. She resigned this month after questions arose about spending on trips she took with top UNC fundraiser Matt Kupec, who also has resigned.
Those trips included destinations where her younger son, Ben, was playing basketball for Notre Dame.
Hansbrough's trips to Atlanta and Memphis, Tenn., during Tyler's senior season were later approved as legitimate because she reported meeting with potential donors as the Tar Heels went on to win the NCAA championship.
In a cover letter to NCAA assistant director for enforcement Mike Zonder, UNC general counsel Leslie Strohm wrote that Hansbrough was selected for the dental school foundation job in 2008 by a five-member search committee from a pool of 41 candidates.
She was chosen for the university fundraising job by a six-member search committee from a pool of 38 candidates, according to Strohm's letter.
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Hiring in the security industry has experienced a downward trend for the past ten years, according to Jerry Brennan, who writes his article in SecurityInfoWatch.com. ? ?Brennan notes unique challenges for anyone seeking a career in the security industry. ?I must admit that this surprised me a little since with all the craziness out in the world you would think the security industry would be experiencing a robust hiring period. ?But no, and since Brennan has been around ?in that sector for quite some time, I take his appraisal seriously.
Brennan writes in his article??There is a three-pronged situation that has slowed hiring in the United States. The recession is the most visible and obvious first factor. Because corporate security programs are frequently built as non-revenue-enhancing service functions, they fall within the category of business units that are generally hit first when budgets and staffs are reduced or frozen. The second prong in the slowdown is retirements. When the economic crisis began in November 2008 and continued throughout 2009, we saw that security professionals who had been contemplating retirement decided to hold off. They looked at their retirement accounts and stock options and realized it wasn?t a good financial decision at the time. The third factor was that the normal volume of individuals who, for their own career advancement, would have sought out advancement through moves to other companies, decided instead to stay put because of market uncertainty. As a result, openings from newly created roles, turnover and internal promotions didn?t become available.?
Brennan writes about offshoring and stationing security heads outside the country where they hire local candidates. ? ?Brennan proposes that for those wanting to work in the security industry that they should expand their roles within a company. ?They should offer an employer a wider range of skill sets that will prove added value and heightened perspective.
He writes??Security executives should become involved in a wide range of initiatives across the organization that may not seem to have a direct impact on security. This will provide an opportunity for others to observe your skills as a business executive and develop working relationships while working on organization improvement and/or revenue enhancement projects. I have told many clients and candidates alike that one of the measures of success for a security executive is to be asked their opinion on business issues that are outside the scope of the function they lead.?
I found Brennan?s article most interesting and suggest others interesting in the security field should read it as well as Brennan?s book, Security Careers.
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With less than seven weeks until the election, the race for president is neck and neck. Both President Obama and his rival Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent time in the battleground state of Florida on Thursday.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign fundraising event in Sarasota, Fla., Thursday.
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President Barack Obama cast Mitt?Romney?on Thursday as an out-of-touch challenger for the White House, while the Republican countered that the U.S. economy "is bumping along the bottom" under the current administration.
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President Barack Obama said rival Mitt Romney hasn't "gotten around a lot" if he believes that 47 percent of Americans consider themselves victims and entitled to government help.
The two men crisscrossed hotly contested Florida, their travel plans nearly overlapping in Miami. Florida is one of a handful of battleground states with large Hispanic populations that are expected to decide the close race for the White House. The president is not chosen by a nationwide popular vote but in state-by-state contests, making these states especially important.
Romney?worked to move past the furor over a video showing him telling donors last May that nearly half of Americans see themselves as victims entitled to government handouts, and that as a candidate, his job wasn't to worry about them.
But Obama made his most extensive comments to date on the subject, seizing the chance to make the most of a controversy that has knocked his rival off stride.
"When you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims, that somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot," the president said at a town hall-style forum aired by the Spanish-language television network Univision.
Seeking to change the subject,?Romney?disclosed plans for a three-day bus tour early next week through Ohio ? another important battleground ? with running mate Paul Ryan and sought to return the campaign focus to the economic issues that have dominated the race all year.
Less than seven weeks before Election Day, polls make the race a close one, likely to be settled in eight or so swing states where neither man has a solid edge. Obama has gained ground in polls in some of those states since the completion of the Democratic National Convention two weeks ago, while?Romney?has struggled with controversies of his own making that have left Republicans frustrated at his performance as a candidate.
At a fundraiser in Sarasota,?Romney?looked ahead to his televised debates with Obama this fall.
"He's a very eloquent speaker, and so I'm sure in the debates, as last time ... he'll be very eloquent in describing his vision," the Republican said. "But he can't win by his words, because his record speaks so loudly in our ears. What he has done in the last four years is establish an economy that's bumping along the bottom."
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QUINCY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new stimulus policy is essential to get the U.S. recovery back on track and to avoid damaging economic stagnation, a top Fed official said on Thursday.
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said he strongly supported the U.S. central bank's decision last week to launch a potentially massive program of asset purchases, arguing its risks are considerably smaller and more manageable than doing nothing.
He also said there was clear evidence that the move was working already, especially with wholesale mortgage rates, and that the market response across asset classes had been roughly what the Fed had expected.
"The actions taken by the Federal Reserve last week provide significant additional support to the economic recovery," Rosengren, a dovish Fed policymaker, said in prepared remarks to the South Shore Chamber of Commerce in Quincy, Massachusetts.
"They should result in stronger economic growth, and return us to full employment more quickly than would be the case absent the policies," he said.
In a question-and-answer session after his speech, Rosengren said the Boston Fed's position was that the natural unemployment rate should be at the lower end of a range of 5 percent to 6 percent. Other regional Fed banks are probably at the higher end of that range, he added.
"The unemployment rate is much higher than where we think it'll be in the long run," he said.
Though Rosengren does not have a vote this year on U.S. monetary policy, his endorsement of the Fed's third round of so-called quantitative easing, or QE3, amplifies Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's argument that the Fed should do all it can to revive growth and get Americans back to work.
"It's not that we expect really bad outcomes, it's that we want stronger growth than what we've been seeing," Rosengren told a packed ballroom of local bankers and business leaders.
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The Fed last week launched an aggressive plan to pump $40 billion into the economy per month with no set end date. Instead, the Fed will buy mortgage-backed debt until the labor market outlook improves "substantially," and it promised to keep an accommodative stance for a considerable amount of time even after the recovery strengthens.
The Fed doesn't want to "make the mistake of retreating at the first, early signs of improvement" in the economy, Rosengren said.
The Fed in late 2008 slashed interest rates to near zero and has since bought $2.3 trillion in long-term securities in an unprecedented drive to spur growth and revive the economy after the worst recession in decades.
Yet the recovery, especially in jobs, has been slow and economic growth stumbled this year, leading the Fed to say it expects to keep rates at rock bottom at least through mid-2015. U.S. gross domestic product growth was 1.7 percent in the second quarter, not enough to put a dent in the unemployment rate, which was 8.1 percent last month.
Much like Rosengren's benchmark, full employment is generally seen when the jobless rate is between 5 percent and 6 percent, though some economists think it is higher after the financial crisis and Great Recession. Rosengren said it will take "several years" to get there.
Some Fed policymakers have criticized QE3 - which boosted U.S. stocks and depressed the dollar when it was announced - for having little chance of spurring job growth and for tempting inflation. But Rosengren said the risks of allowing the economy to stagnate outweigh the risks of ramping up asset purchases.
It was time for the Fed to announce "stimulus that will continue until the U.S. achieves both faster economic growth and lower unemployment, no matter the unanticipated interruptions," he said.
The stimulus, which included QE3 and the conditional mid-2015 rates pledge, should boost the housing market, broadly lower longer-term rates, and it "should provide market participants confidence that the Federal Reserve will do what it takes to improve economic outcomes," Rosengren added.
(Writing by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Kenneth Barry)
Conservationist Damian Aspinall let his 18-month old girl play with a 300-pound gorilla and filmed it. That dangerous situation turned out to be kind of cute, actually.
The video, shot 22 years ago, was kept private because he feared a public backlash. Now that more than two decades have passed, the activist said that he wanted to release the video to show that gorillas can be very gentle creatures:
Aspinall has worked with and studied gorillas for decades and was therefore confident that his daughter would not be harmed. Still, more than a few people are criticizing the activist for the video of letting the gorilla carry and play with his toddler.
His defense? That the wild animals knew him so well, it wasn't even a concern:
“The reality is that I was brought up with gorillas and my family was brought up with gorillas ... if you’re accepted into the family then it really isn’t risky at all.”
His Aspinall Foundation works to return gorillas to the wild.
The future of diagnosing disease: New American Chemical Society Prized Science videoPublic release date: 18-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 Providing patients with faster diagnoses for influenza and other respiratory infections and new tests that improve care for heart disease is among the topics in the latest episode of the 2012 edition of a popular video series from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. The videos are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and on DVD.
Titled Prized Science: How the Science Behind American Chemical Society Awards Impacts Your Life, the second episode of the 2012 series features the research of Chad Mirkin, Ph.D., winner of the 2012 ACS Award for Creative Invention. He is a professor at Northwestern University. The award recognizes Mirkin's research, which has provided patients with faster diagnoses for influenza and other respiratory infections and new tests that improve care for heart disease. The diagnostic devices use so-called nanoparticlessmall pieces of gold so small that 10 could fit across the width of a human hair. The nanoparticles have a shell of DNA on them and that helps them make accurate and specific diagnoses. The devices are cleared for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are currently used in hospitals around the world.
The premiere episode of Prized Science featured Robert Langer, Sc.D., winner of the 2012 ACS Priestley Medal. The video explains Langer's pioneering work making body tissues in the lab by growing cells on special pieces of plastic. Langer's team has used the approach to make skin for burn patients, for instance, with the goal of eventually making whole organs for transplantation.
Upcoming episodes feature:
Vicki Grassian, Ph.D.: ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
Diane Bunce, Ph.D.: George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
Peter Wolynes, Ph.D.: ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
ACS encourages educators, schools, museums, science centers, news organizations and others to embed links to Prized Science on their websites. The videos discuss scientific research in non-technical language for general audiences. New episodes in the series, which focuses on ACS' 2012 national award recipients, will be issued periodically.
The 2012 edition of Prized Science is completely refreshed, with a new look and feel, with renowned scientists telling the story of their own research and its impact and potential impact on everyday life. Colorful graphics and images visually explain the award recipient's research.
The ACS administers more than 60 national awards to honor accomplishments in chemistry and service to chemistry. The nomination process involves submission of forms, with winners selected by a committee consisting of ACS members who typically are technical experts in the nominee's specific field of research.
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The future of diagnosing disease: New American Chemical Society Prized Science videoPublic release date: 18-Sep-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 Providing patients with faster diagnoses for influenza and other respiratory infections and new tests that improve care for heart disease is among the topics in the latest episode of the 2012 edition of a popular video series from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. The videos are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and on DVD.
Titled Prized Science: How the Science Behind American Chemical Society Awards Impacts Your Life, the second episode of the 2012 series features the research of Chad Mirkin, Ph.D., winner of the 2012 ACS Award for Creative Invention. He is a professor at Northwestern University. The award recognizes Mirkin's research, which has provided patients with faster diagnoses for influenza and other respiratory infections and new tests that improve care for heart disease. The diagnostic devices use so-called nanoparticlessmall pieces of gold so small that 10 could fit across the width of a human hair. The nanoparticles have a shell of DNA on them and that helps them make accurate and specific diagnoses. The devices are cleared for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are currently used in hospitals around the world.
The premiere episode of Prized Science featured Robert Langer, Sc.D., winner of the 2012 ACS Priestley Medal. The video explains Langer's pioneering work making body tissues in the lab by growing cells on special pieces of plastic. Langer's team has used the approach to make skin for burn patients, for instance, with the goal of eventually making whole organs for transplantation.
Upcoming episodes feature:
Vicki Grassian, Ph.D.: ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology
Diane Bunce, Ph.D.: George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education
Peter Wolynes, Ph.D.: ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry
ACS encourages educators, schools, museums, science centers, news organizations and others to embed links to Prized Science on their websites. The videos discuss scientific research in non-technical language for general audiences. New episodes in the series, which focuses on ACS' 2012 national award recipients, will be issued periodically.
The 2012 edition of Prized Science is completely refreshed, with a new look and feel, with renowned scientists telling the story of their own research and its impact and potential impact on everyday life. Colorful graphics and images visually explain the award recipient's research.
The ACS administers more than 60 national awards to honor accomplishments in chemistry and service to chemistry. The nomination process involves submission of forms, with winners selected by a committee consisting of ACS members who typically are technical experts in the nominee's specific field of research.
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Sshhh! Don't say this too loudly, but early signs this season point to Arsenal being a genuine Premier League title contender.
Gervinho, the forward so mediocre in his 2011-2012 debut for the Gunners, is scoring goals.
Santi Cazorla, the midfielder hired from Malaga in August, was surely one of the best summer buys by any Premier League team.
And the spongy, leaky Arsenal back four has, in perhaps the biggest surprise so far this season, been transformed into a defense finally worthy of that name.
Which, when the trophy is handed out next May, all might still amount to nothing, yet again.
A trip to Manchester City, the defending English champion, looms next Sunday. Arsenal then hosts Chelsea, the European champion, the weekend after that. Losing to both those sides could knock much of the stuffing out of Arsenal before its season has begun to build any meaningful momentum - just as its 8-2 surrender to Manchester United did early last season.
This time 12 months ago, "we were already out of the title race," manager Arsene Wenger acknowledged this past weekend.
So to shout any firm predictions now about Arsenal's title prospects is foolish. They can only be whispered, at best. But equally foolish were the premonitions of doom and gloom for Arsenal when it sold Robin van Persie to Manchester United in August.
Although Van Persie scored 30 of Arsenal's 74 league goals last season, his departure could actually be a blessing. Arsenal was over-reliant on him and his leadership as captain. Without him, Wenger can field a more balanced team that isn't so focused on one man and can tell his remaining players they all must now shoulder more responsibility and do more heavy lifting.
Gervinho, for example, seemed at times last season to have all but given up belief that he could score himself. Too often, the winger went for a pass instead of the goal. He was energetic and keen but dithered and couldn't finish. Four goals and five assists in 28 league appearances were nowhere near enough. Nor, for that matter, was Arsenal's goal total of 74 - 19 fewer than City's and 15 shy of runner-up United. Van Persie's eye-popping season as the league's top scorer simply helped to mask that not enough of his Arsenal teammates competed at his level.
But playing more in the center of attack against Southampton on Saturday, Gervinho was like a new man, dangerous and effective. For the first of his two goals, he invited a sublime chipped pass from Mikel Arteta by sprinting into space behind Southampton's defense. He then coolly sized up goalkeeper Kelvin Davis, shooting between his left post and outstretched left hand. It was incisive and convincing - everything Gervinho wasn't last season.
It also was against a team that played in English football's second tier last season and, promoted this season, has the most porous defense in the Premier League, conceding 14 goals in losing its first four matches. Two of Arsenal's six goals on Saturday were scored inadvertently by Southampton players. In short, one shouldn't read too much about Arsenal's fortunes from the tea leaves of this one, admittedly impressive, performance.
Still, shifting Gervinho off the wing is an interesting experiment from Wenger. He is tearing a leaf out of his own book, because he did similar with Thierry Henry, who became Arsenal's record scorer, and Van Persie. Gervinho is dozens of goals short from being even half the strikers they turned out to be. Still, watch this space. Olivier Giroud, hired to replace Van Persie, will need to start scoring, too, if Arsenal is to have sustained success this season. But until that happens, as it will, Gervinho looks like a useful stopgap and perhaps more.
"We transform all wingers into central strikers and all the strikers into wingers!" Wenger joked. "He is such a great mover and he is so quick. So when he is central, once he gets ahead of the central defender, it is difficult to catch him."
Even more remarkable is that Arsenal's defenders haven't conceded. Arsenal's only goal-against in four games was a gift from `keeper Wojciech Szczesny. He dropped a Southampton cross into the feet of Daniel Fox, making his goal a formality. That blip aside, Wenger seems to have absorbed the lesson that a team which is confused and erratic in defense can't succeed, no matter how exciting it is to watch when going forward. This season, there is more purpose, discipline and concentration in Arsenal's defending.
As to be expected of seasoned players, Cazorla and forward Lukas Podolski look like they have been playing with Arsenal for years, not weeks. By hiring the Spain and German internationals, and Arteta and defender Per Mertesacker in 2011, Wenger sent reassuring signals that he recognizes the value of experience, even though he also prides himself on identifying and nurturing young players, in part to keep down transfer costs. Because of Cazorla's cleverness and passing from midfield, the departures of Cesc Fabregas and then Alex Song to Barcelona no longer seem like such damaging losses to Arsenal.
In short, the vibes from Arsenal so far look good.
Or, as Wenger put it, they are "interesting."
City and Chelsea will tell us if they're more than that.
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John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester
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I usually try very hard to stay out of strategic maneuvering.? It has always seemed dishonest and sneaky and I'd rather not be anywhere near it.? But . . . there's some interesting stuff going on the world. And it might impact health. I tried to post this on my other website, but I'm having trouble getting it to list properly. .? Eastman Chemical company has filed a lawsuit against a tiny company (Certichem, see earlier post) that tests chemicals for estrogen activity.? Eastman was one of the first companies to market Bisphenol A-free (BPA-free) water bottles.? The problem is that BPA-free is not the same thing as Estrogen-Activity Free.? As bad luck would have it, Eastman's product tested positive for Estrogen activity.? That is a bad news because Eastman is advertising its product as Estrogen-Activity Free. ? One would hope that Eastman would go back to the lab and change their formula.? They still have a huge market advantage and people would appreciate their continued efforts to produce safe, high quality materials.? People respect those who can recognize their own weaknesses and admire those who persist in their efforts until they achieve their goals.? I tell my students this all the time.?
Maybe they are working on this privately, but are embarrassed, or fearful that people might lose faith in them.? What they have done is sue Certichem for publishing the results of their tests.? Certichem is headed by Dr. George Bittner a neuroscientist at the University of Texas.? Academics publish stuff.? That's how we rack up points, status and look hot.?? Articles published in scientific journals undergo (usually) rigorous peer review.? See video on the right for an historical look at peer-review.? Competition to publish in top-ranked journals like Environmental Health Perspectives is intense and only top quality work will make it to publication.? Certichem published in Environmental health Perspectives.
The consensus in the hallways is that Eastman is trying to shut Certichem down.? As a multi-billion dollar company Eastman can probably do that.? It would be a shame to lose Certichem's voice and to lose the contributions a small company can offer to our future.? Perhaps Eastman could work with, instead of against, small businesses.? A lot of innovation, ingenuity and drive come from such places.? It would be to Eastman's, and everyone's, advantage to support them.
Below are links to the Certichem paper and to the American Chemical Council's response. ? Yang et al.'s (Certichem's) response to criticism can be found here.
Yang CZ, Yaniger SI, Jordan VC, Klein DJ, & Bittner GD (2011). Most plastic products release estrogenic chemicals: a potential health problem that can be solved. Environmental health perspectives, 119 (7), 989-96 PMID: 21367689?
Kelce WR, & Borgert CJ (2011). In vitro detection of estrogen activity in plastic products using a sensitive bioassay: failure to acknowledge limitations. Environmental health perspectives, 119 (9) PMID: 21885376
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