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Charlie O'Donnell, a television announcer best known for his elongated introduction of "Wheeeeeeel of Fortune" during the 28 years that he was the game show's off-stage voice, has died. He was 78.
O'Donnell, who was also Dick Clark's early sidekick on TV's "American Bandstand," died Monday of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, his family said.
"He quite literally was the voice of 'Wheel,'" Pat Sajak, the show's host, told The Times on Tuesday. "He had an old-school style that was a little over the top. It was perfect for the show. We're a little over the top."
The announcer joined "Wheel of Fortune" in 1975 and, except for long break in the 1980s, continued to warm up audiences and describe contestant prizes until shortly before he died.
"Charlie started the excitement right from the get-go. It begins when you hear 'Wheeeeeeel of Fortune'" said O'Donnell's agent, Fred Wostbrock. "I always joked with him that he said the show's name like a spinning wheel."
Born Aug. 12, 1932, in Philadelphia, O'Donnell discovered his calling when he was about 13 and saw an announcer introduce a live radio show, he recalled in a 2004 interview with Don Barrett of LARadio.com.
While working in radio for a Philadelphia station and as a DJ in New York, O'Donnell joined Clark on "American Bandstand" in the late 1950s.
They had known each other for "a long time" before "Bandstand" and "hit it off immediately" on the show, O'Donnell told LARadio.com.
He stayed as the program's announcer for a decade and followed "Bandstand" to Los Angeles when it moved here in the early 1960s.
In 1964, O'Donnell was a disc jockey on KRLA-AM (1110) when he and his colleagues introduced the Beatles when they played the Hollywood Bowl in a show produced by Bob Eubanks.
As they surveyed "18,000 screaming kids," his fellow DJs were nervous, O'Donnell told LARadio.com.
"I had experience with live shows," he said, "but I wasn't ready for this. Bob Eubanks told me to go out first since I was physically the biggest in case they threw anything. We had no idea what they were going to do."
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When the Beatles appeared at the Bowl in 1965 and at Dodger Stadium in 1966, O'Donnell also was an announcer.
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Pete Hughes as the ninth head baseball coach in program history. Joe Castiglione, vice president and director of athletics, made the announcement today.
Twice named both the New England Coach of the Year and the BIG EAST Coach of the Year, as well as the 2000 American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region Coach of the Year, Hughes owns a well-deserved reputation for setting new standards of excellence at every stop during his 17-year coaching career.
Hughes recorded five straight 30-win seasons at Virginia Tech, including a pair of 40-win campaigns that culminated with NCAA Tournament berths in 2010 and 2013. He inherited a club that hadn't reached the NCAA Tournament since 2000 and went on to compile a 222-174 (.561) record in seven seasons with the Hokies from 2007-13.
"Pete Hughes is an ideal choice as our new baseball coach," said University of Oklahoma president David L. Boren. "He is not only a talented coach, above all, he shares the best values of our university family. He will be a player-oriented coach. We enthusiastically welcome him to OU."
Hughes staged an even more dramatic turnaround at Boston College, taking over a program that had averaged a meager 13 wins per year over the previous 35 seasons. The Golden Eagles finished 17-23-1 the year before his arrival in 1998. Two years later, the club registered an 18-game improvement under Hughes' leadership, finishing 35-20 and making the club's second-ever appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament. In 2005, he guided Boston College to a school-record 37 victories.
"As we conducted our research, we kept finding more and more reasons why Pete Hughes would be an excellent fit to lead the OU Baseball program," said Castiglione. "First and foremost, Pete brings a winning pedigree as a head coach with NCAA postseason experience. His proven track record as an accomplished national recruiter was also a prerequisite for OU Baseball.
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"On behalf of Debby and our children, we are incredibly thrilled to embrace this tremendous opportunity at the University of Oklahoma," said Hughes. "We appreciate the trust and confidence that President Boren and Joe Castiglione have placed in me. There are only a handful of institutions and athletics programs around the nation that I would consider marquee destinations, and the University of Oklahoma easily ranks among the very best jobs in collegiate baseball. "The combination of respected leadership, a distinguished tradition of academic and athletic excellence, passionate fans and first-class facilities are a rare combination. I'm invigorated by the challenge of getting the Sooners back to the College World Series and can't wait to get on the field with our student-athletes. I am also enthused to get back to a region where I began my head coaching career and have enjoyed recruiting throughout the years."
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Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has revealed that confidence in the camp is at an all-time high and the players are raring to go ahead of the new season.
The Gunners ended the 2012/2013 campaign on a high after they clinched fourth spot ahead of their north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on a dramatic final day of the season.
With a win needed to secure their Champions League fate, a Laurent Koscielny goal at St James Park against Newcastle United was enough to see Arsenal finish fourth ahead of Spurs, who incidentally beat Sunderland 1-0 thanks to a late Gareth Bale striker.
The fourth place finish looked far off in early March but a run of 10 unbeaten games helped them to a 16th consecutive top four finish.
Eight wins and two draws in their final 10 was enough to give Arsenal Champions League football once again and conceding just four goals along the way gave the side a new-found confidence.
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"Every team in the league has a complicated period at some point and their level drops," he told the official Arsenal Magazine.
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Data visualization is a growing field in which massive amounts of data are measured in quantities reaching exabytes and crunched by an ever-increasing number of Silicon Valley servers ultimately to be presented in visual displays. How the intersection of data, analytics and business evolves is an open question. But according to Tableau CEO Christian Chabot in a presentation to data geeks earlier this year, some of the world's greatest thinkers gained tremendous insight and changed the world simply by organizing and deciphering basic data sets in new ways.
"When you study the people who make great discoveries, what do they have in common? Not that they use data or know how to program computers. The great minds do something special. The great minds combine, in an artful way, logic with intuition. Great insights are made by people who combine deduction with feel, structure with improvisation, sciences with the arts."
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And as the Tufte conference revealed, well before big data or even computers existed, data visualization was a tool in use by thinkers that changed history—from the Mayans to Galileo. Consider the discovery of the germ theory, which Ignaz Semmelweis realized through a review of basic medical data—"data that was trying to tell the world ... that there are microscopic creatures totally invisible to the eye that literally make us sick," Chabot said.
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It hasn't been a year since the Gulf oil spill, which we rightly saw as the worst environmental disaster in memory. At that time I wrote a piece trying to come to terms with that situation: "How Do You Pray about an Oil Spill?" And now I sit pondering a disaster that could turn out to be exponentially greater than the BP/Halliburton fiasco. I am doing so at my dining room table, in a part of the world that is seismically if not politically stable, many miles from the nearest nuclear facility. I am looking out at a landscape where the first birds of spring have arrived and are singing up a storm: Robins, redwing blackbirds, a cedar waxwing and (I think) a pine warbler (see pic below and tell me if I'm right, birders!) just this morning. The contrast between my window and the stories on my computer screen could not be more different, and I am forced to ask the same question I asked last summer: How do I pray about what is now happening in Japan? Continue reading


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Saw these (and nabbed them) at the Super Targer on 71st Street in Tulsa yesterday! Very nice!
Can't attest to the construction as I'm one of those geeks that leaves everything in the package…
I really dont like how starfire looks, far too fragile and the arms are so slim and tiny, Adam looks much better
I don't know who the guy is above that claims to have purchased this set at a Target, but I ordered them online this morning. Much easier than the first go-round with Lobo. Thanks Matty!


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OT-(sorta)... Dreamlight email titles...
I only post this here since I'm under the impression Dreamlight Studios is a DAZ vendor and other people here might wish to voice an opinion on this as well... I'm not trying to stir things up.
Dreamlight... Waldemar or Val, whatever you go by... Dude I understand you are trying to make a buck and survive... That having been said, PLEASE chill out with the suggestive titles to your emails... OKAY?
Some of us use our email addresses for professional purposes and like to keep them free from stuff that in the event a client, co-worker or family member happens to look at the screen while we are looking at email (or as in a recent incident- showing a client an email) they don't see titles like : "Pose Them Good... Pose Them Naked" or "Hot Nude Renders At Your Finger Tips"... I really don't mind the average of 2 emails a day, even though it is mostly annoying, I don't mind you trying to convince me I can survive on 3D modeling alone- as wishful as that may be- some humans have managed to do that, I don't even mind "Create Stunning Nude Renders With Ease"... some of your emails have had interesting links and I appreciate that to some degree... and like I said, I understand you are trying to make a living, but please don't make me look like a pervert getting newsletter from a porn site... okay?
Stuff, like that only gets people to click the SPAM button on you...
I'm not opposed to nudity, it's a great hobby and awesome way of meeting new and interesting people and I have no issues with porn, without it 90% of adolescent males would simply explode before their 18th birthday... I'm just saying that titles like "Pose Them Good... Pose Them Naked" might sound a little too B&D and not might not reflect well on a person who happens to view their emails at work or in front of others, not expecting such titles.
It's just my opinion, do with this as you like.
Good luck and have a wonderful day.
mjc1016 Posts: 15,001lordvicore said:Dreamlight... Waldemar or Val, whatever you go by... Dude I understand you are trying to make a buck and survive... That having been said, PLEASE chill out with the suggestive titles to your emails...
I second the motion.
...it's a great hobby and awesome way of meeting new and interesting people...
Yeah, if you get really bored...make them.
Totte Posts: 10,312
You mean like "3 Steps To Stunning Nude Female Renders" ;-)
I do agree that he sometimes sounds like a used cars salesman.
But his tutorials are great, no doubt about that, but his selling tactics could be improved, on the other hand he also sell his tactics as it is proven to be good.Post edited by Totte on
Joe Cotter Posts: 3,192
I have benefited from Dreamlight's tutorials, and get the impression he is a very nice person. I would suggest though, it is hard to access how many people this 'sell's to and how many it puts off. Personally, that style puts me off whoever does it. I actually have given these much more slack then I otherwise would simply because I appreciate him and his tutorials. Generally I would block this type of email.
Waldemar, if you are reading this perhaps you could offer different a different email list to people once they have subscribed, something less often in the repeats and toned down, such as a 'new offers and tips' vs everything. Just an idea, I wish you the best either way :)Post edited by Joe Cotter on
SpottedKitty Posts: 6,225
I'm afraid I'll have to agree here. When I first started getting these emails, until I noticed the address I thought they were all spam — and once I did notice, at first I wondered if the Dreamlight email account had been spambotted. These subject lines don't attract me.
DWG Posts: 770
Have to say I unsubscribed from Dreamlight emails this week, just too many of them.
kyoto kid Posts: 30,036
...yeah, lot of them seem a bit "hard sell". As I do not have the connectivity, spare time, or compatible schedule to take advantage of the streaming lessons and "webinars" it wouldn't be worth the investment.
While I think it is great that DreamLight is offering these learning opportunities as well as stunning models, I would like to see a return to focusing on what was originally the core product: lighting, and namely, updating LDP to work with Studio 4.5.
I know, I know, we have Uber Environment, and Reality/Lux, but LDP has a unique quality to it that I often prefer to the more "photorealistic" (and memory hungry) lighting systems. One thing I like is that the entire light dome can be rotated all at once so sun, ambient, and sky lights remain consistent in relation to each other. Another thing is that one doesn't need to mess around with IBL spheres, AO, & such. Just load the lights and go. Yes LDP may be a "roundabout" approach to "environment lighting", but it still does the job very well.
...my two zlotys worth.
McGyver Posts: 2,682
Not that anyone questioned it, but I just want to point out I think Val or Waldemar is very talented and knowledgeable and produces very well made, professional products.
This was only ever about the newsletter/email title having taken a turn from professional to cheesy.
I say this as I would to anyone who I know in person and it is not meant with any ill will.
kyoto kid Posts: 30,036
...apologies for the slight derail above.
I guess I've just become a little weary of receiving all these (& put very well might I add) "cheesy" worded emails for all these new offerings (sometimes two or three a day for the same item) that I either cannot or would not use, when one of his best, and in my book most useful, products is being sorely neglected.


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US Airways Group (NYSE:LCC) and AMR Corp., parent company of American Airlines, are close to completing an $11 billion merger and could announce a deal within a week.
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Reuters reported Monday that the two airlines ironed out differences on valuation and management structure. A merger would create the world's largest carrier.
The deal, which is still being finalized, would put current US Airways chief executive Doug Parker at the helm of the newly-formed airline, Reuters said citing sources. AMR chief Tom Horton would serve as non-executive chairman until spring of 2014, when the new company holds its first board meeting.
AMR filed for bankruptcy in November 2011, after the mergers of Delta-Northwest (NYSE:DAL) and United-Continental (NYSE:UAL).
Reuters also reported that the all-stock merger would give AMR creditors 72% ownership in the new carrier, while US Airways would get the remaining stake. The news report said the board of each airline is likely to vote on the proposed deal around Wednesday, although negotiations are still ongoing.
AMR and US Airways did not immediately respond to requests for comment from FOX Business.
If US Airways and AMR complete the merger, the combined airline would have an expected value of between $10.5 billion and $11 billion, compared to Delta's market capitalization of $12.4 billion and United Continental's $8.7 billion.
Shares of US Airways were up 4 cents, or 0.27%, to $14.79 Monday morning.


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With the advancements in cosmetic treatments it is getting really hard to guess the age of a woman nowadays. Women in their 60's now look like the women who used to be in their 40's generations ago.
A combination of Botox and a healthy diet has enabled these women to look young, while there are also some men who have undergone these non-invasive cosmetic procedures involving Botox to look young.
The overall health and well-being of a person depends on many factors, of which your lifestyle and diet are two major factors. Drinking a lot of alcohol or smoking a lot of cigarettes can have a bad effect on your appearance and health. Hence, if a person does not lead a lifestyle that is considered healthy, they are more likely to develop wrinkles on their face and look older, and this becomes even more apparent after a person goes into their 40's. So after that, Botox injections are the only non-surgical way to help reduce these wrinkles and aging lines.
Botox injections can make these wrinkles fade away by telling the nerves in the affected areas to stop overworking themselves and relax. These results do not last forever but are very impressive, with the average time for the effects of Botox to run out being 3-6 months, depending on the wrinkles. Botox treatments are also not covered by health insurance providers so the money you pay to get these treatments is from your own earnings. Here are some tips to give you the best bang for your buck.
Botox injections can only be given by licensed doctors, although there have been many reports of some clinics that allow unlicensed people, who lack the training, to administer these treatments. Also, even if your doctor has a legitimate license, you should review their history so as to know what are the results of the work that they have done in the past. This can be done by reviewing the websites of these clinics, and there you can also find which of their doctors does the best work.
The costs of Botox treatment is not covered by medical insurance, and the costs of these treatments vary at different clinics. The important thing is to know what price your clinic offers beforehand and compare it with the prices offered by other clinics, to make sure you get the best deal. Also, you should note that better results are not guaranteed by higher prices.
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The Modern's Tuesday Evening Lecture Series featured the artist Donald Sultan. The North Carolina native, who completed his MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago, has achieved great success in the visual arts for 30 years. His provocative paintings, prints, and sculptures can be seen in museums across the country including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. On Tuesday night, the Modern audience had the opportunity to see a brief survey of Donald Sultan's career.
Sultan began the discussion of his work with an image of his vibrant blue tiled morning glories. The artist revealed that blue paint had been dropped onto something, and he then decided to create morning glories after realizing that the blue paint was similar to the flower's natural color. Sultan then attached squares of linoleum tile to wood to create that first morning glory painting. "I wanted to own the image of the morning glory. I want people to think of me when they see the image of the morning glory, " said Sultan. The blue morning glories soon gave way to tiled hard black/white buttons painted on tile of which came tile paintings of black/white dominoes with hard edges. Sultan used materials around him or in his studio including linoleum, wood, tar, and spackle. Working with the different materials allowed him to incorporate his theater background.
Sultan's charcoal tulip paintings definitely have a dramatic form. He stated that he wanted the sooty, gritty charcoal to take on a life of its own. The artist came to realize the charcoal tulips resembled a human figure. The artist also told the audience that the Black Lemons May 20 1985, 1985 (pictured above) still life came from closing the bulbs of the charcoal tulips. When asked why he used charcoal instead of color Sultan replied, " I wanted to make a natural image from dirt."
Systemic images of stacked vases, smoke rings, and poppies are all part of the artist's vernacular. Sultan stated that his smoke rings paintings allowed him to take something soft and make it hard. He described the smoke rings as sculptural, expressive, and floating. Today the artist is working on turning his hard buttons into liquid and is preparing for his next body of work.


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Post game breakdown, video: Maryland-Eastern Shore
Some news, notes and quotes from UConn's convincing 84-50 rout of Maryland-Eastern Shore at the XL Center in Hartford:
-- Maryland-EasternShore(0-10) just may be the worst team on UConn's schedule. The Huskies (8-2) recorded their most lopsided victory of the season coming off a 10-day exam break.
-- The Huskies picked apart the Hawks. They made crisp passes, racking up a season-high 21 assists, and shared the basketball.
"I was very happy with the ball movement," coach Kevin Ollie said.
It added up to UConn shooting a season-best 66 percent (33-for-50) from the field. The mark is the program's fourth highest field goal percentage since 1980.
-- The Huskies also got hot from 3-point range, converting a season-high 10 out of 19 attempts. They came in shooting 30 percent from beyond the arc.
Sophomore Ryan Boatright made a career-high five out of six. Freshman Omar Calhoun hit 3-of-4.
UConn made nine of its first 12 3-pointers.
"They shot the 3-pointer a lot better than we had anticipated," MES coach Frankie Allen said.
-- UConn's guards continue to carry the offensive load. Calhoun scored a career-high 22 points on 8-for-11 shooting and Boatright had 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting while Shabazz Napier finished with 11 points on 4-for-4 from the field.
Calhoun emerged from a funk. In the previous two games, he had just five points and made just 1-of-11 field goals. He credited the improvement to putting in extra work in the gym.
"I was unhappy with the way I was playing (in the last two games)," Calhoun said. "I was happy the break came when it did."
-- For the ninth time in 10 games, UConn was out-rebounded, losing the battle by a 30-26 margin. And the Hawks are a bad rebounding team. They had been out-rebounded by almost nine rebounds per game coming in.
"Of course, we got out-rebounded again," Ollie said. "We'll continue to shore that up."
Junior Tyler Olander had zero rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench.
DeAndre Daniels, Enosch Wolf and Ryan Boatright shared the team-rebounding lead with four apiece. Wolf started at center for the second straight game and didn't score a point in 13 minutes.
-- UConn picked up the defensive pressure in the second half. Maryland-EasternShore shot just 29.2 percent (7-for-24) after intermission after converting 46.4 percent in the first half. The Huskies also forced 16 turnovers overall.
"Defense was non-existent in the first half," Ollie said. "Giving 46 percent, that's not something that we want to do. But the second half, they turned it on."
-- Reserves saw plenty of action on Monday.
Freshman Leon Tolksdorf hit his first career field goal and finished with four points, three assists, two rebounds and two steals – all career highs – in 20 minutes.
Freshman Phillip Nolan tied his career high with six points in 16 minutes.
Ollie said both players earned the playing time in practice.
"If they weren't doing the job in practice, I wouldn't have the confidence to play them in these games," Ollie said. "They've been doing a tremendous job."
Even four walk-ons made an appearance for the first time this season. Senior Dave Vandal ofStoningtonplayed the final 46 seconds.
-- Guard R.J. Evans of Salem was held out of the game so he could continue to heal from his injury (clavicle). Ollie said that Evans could have played, if needed.
-- UConn held a pre-game ceremony to honor the victims of the Newtown tragedy. Check out my story Tuesday for more on the Huskies' tribute.
-- Check out the attached video of Ollie's post-game press conference.
-- Up next: UConn hosts Fordham on Friday in Hartford.
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Easy 8051 Development Board Launched !
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Monday lauded a Department of Defense decision to extend some benefits to same-sex couples serving in the military.
Schiff was one of 40 other members of the House who signed onto a letter last week urging Leon E. Panetta, the outgoing secretary of Defense, to extend the benefits.
"We need to make sure that all military families – including those with same-sex partners serving at home and overseas – are treated equally, and this is an important step," Schiff said in a statement.
In a memo released Monday, Panetta declared that same-sex domestic partners of service members will now have equal access to more services on U.S. military bases, such as recreation areas, counseling programs and child care. They will also be eligible for legal assistance and disability and death compensation programs.
Some benefits, such as health care and housing allowances, are by law only available to spouses, and thus cannot legally be made available to same-sex domestic partners due to the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Schiff took issue with that roadblock in his statement, saying it time for Congress to "finish the job by repealing [the Defense of Marriage Act] and passing legislation that will extend full benefits for LGBT service members."
Pentagon expands military benefits for same-sex couples
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Anthrax's Scott Ian To Appear On AMC's 'Talking Dead' After Show Tonight
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, an avid fan of AMC's smash hit 'The Walking Dead,' will be sitting in on the cast of the 'Talking Dead' after show tonight (March 4). Ian will be joined on the panel by make-up and special effects artist Greg Nicotero and comedian Dana Gould. 'The Walking Dead' is based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman and follows the lives of a group of survivors after a zombie apocalypse.
'Talking Dead' is a a Q&A type format show where the host Chris Hardwick discusses the new episode with different guests each week while fielding feedback and questions from fans of the show. It airs directly after 'The Walking Dead' so check your local listings.
Ian, a fan of the show from the beginning, even went through his own zombie transformation last summer when he was asked to participate in the show. Ian posted a lot of gnarly photos documenting how he went from shred to dead over the course of his transformation, check it out here.
If you want to see Ian's zombie in action, tune in to 'The Walking Dead' webisode series, he appears in episode six at about the 1:44 time stamp. Check it out below and let us know how you think he did in his debut as a creepy walker. We think he was born to be a guitar playing zombie.
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Learn more about
Audiology at UC San Diego Health.
Hearing and balance are closely connected functions of the inner ear. Our audiologists and otologists provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, specialized surgical and medical treatment, and assistive technology for hearing loss, ear diseases and balance-related disorders.
Hearing reconstruction surgery we perform includes:
As an academic health system, our physicians and researchers are dedicated to the highest level of patient care and energetic pursuit of improved therapies for these conditions.
Read more about our services at the tabs below.
4 facts about hearing loss:
The sense of hearing is achieved through a combination of functions of the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. Sound waves pass through the outer ear, are amplified in the middle ear, and travel to the inner ear.
The inner ear is a fluid-filled series of chambers. One of these chambers, the cochlea, is responsible for converting sound vibrations into nerve impulses. It is these nerve impulses that the human brain interprets as sound and what we call "hearing."
The inner ear also contains the semicircular canals which are responsible, in part, for sensing movement and maintaining balance.
Disorders of any of these structures can lead to hearing loss.
Learn about how we test for hearing loss.
Hearing loss can be conductive, sensorineural or both.
Conductive hearing loss: This occurs when there is a mechanical problem in the outer or middle ear and sound does not reach the inner ear (cochlea). Causes of conductive hearing loss include:
Repeated exposure to loud sounds, damaging chemicals and ototoxic drugs (medications that can damage hearing including aspirin and certain antibiotics) can cause damage to the sensory nerve cells in the cochlea. Presbycusis, which is age-related hearing loss, is sensorineural and the result of degeneration of the sensory nerve cells. Other causes of sensorineural hearing loss are infection, autoimmune disease or tumors.
Treatment depends on the cause and type of hearing loss.
Some hearing disorders can be treated medically or surgically.
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Assistive hearing devices are used in different settings depending on a person's particular needs. Assistive hearing devices include:
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We provide advanced microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery, and complex open surgeries to patients from throughout the region to address these conditions.
A cochlear implant is an electronic device that bypasses damaged areas in the ear and stimulates the auditory nerve fibers in the cochlea, providing hearing to people with next to complete hearing loss.This is very different from hearing aids, which detect and amplify sound to the ear.
Cochlear implants can take some time to get used to. However, the benefits include being able to distinguish environmental sounds, have conversation (in person and on the phone), and identify warning sounds.
UC San Diego Health operates the largest cochlear implant program in the region. Our expertise in this area spans over 25 years of continuous expert care. Our team includes five cochlear implant surgeons for both adult and children.
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Treatment for balance disorders varies on the condition and the individual. Up to 80 percent of people obtain relief with vestibular exercise, a type of physical therapy that helps you regain balance.
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Happy 2013, everyone! Are you ready to kick off the new year with a big bang? Or do you find yourself starting this January sleepily dragging your behind back to work? Let's wake up and get excited for bigger and better things, people!
So truth be told, I actually haven't made a New Year's resolution. I can't remember the last year that I did. There's two reasons why I've bowed out for 2013. The first is that I feel like I've gained enough motivation and momentum from 2012 to continue bettering myself in the new year without any pre-defined goals.
And secondly — as the title implies — I don't have the greatest track record for keeping the NYRs that I have made. I don't think most of us do.
Of the friends I've asked, almost all don't believe in making New Year's resolutions. To them, NYRs merely represent "empty promises". But there are a couple who have set some lofty goals, including the second top NYR of last year: to quit smoking. And I actually believe that they have a good chance of sticking to it.
New Year's resolutions aren't typically goals that we can attain with the snap of our fingers. Inspired by the "fresh new start" that apparently comes delivered on January 1st, many of us pump our fists in the air with newfound purpose and declare: "Yes, I can!" At least for the time being it seems like anything is truly possible.
But somewhere along the way — a week later, two, three months into the grind — our resolve wilts like flowers in the harsh, winter snow. The NYR that was becomes no more.
So how is it that some people are able to achieve what they've set out to do for an entire year? Are they a special breed? Do the ones who make it to the end choose resolutions that were just easier to resolve?
I can't give you the answers. I'm not one of these people. Doesn't mean that I'm not inspired or want to improve myself this year. I'm just not ready to set anything in stone right now ;)
What's your New Year's Resolution? And what does it take to see one's NYR through to the end of the year?
– Cafe <3
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The William Greenleaf Eliot Division of Child Psychiatry
The William Greenleaf Eliot Division of Child Psychiatry was established in 1958. The Division was named after William Greenleaf Eliot, a Unitarian minister in St. Louis during the 19th century. In addition to being instrumental in the founding of Washington University and Mary Institute, Mr. Eliot also helped create what became the Mission Free School. Donations from the Mission Free School were used to help establish the Division of Child Psychiatry at Washington University.


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Development: Hints for Refactoring Existing Drivers
What is Refactoring?
A short definition of the Refactoring Process on Wikipedia, mentioning the important facts. The basic principles are:
- Simplify your Code.
- Don't introduce new Features in the Refactoring Process.
- Break down API barriers where they don't make sense and introduce new interfaces where they stabilize your code.
- Try to keep APIs to external interfaces as stable as possible. Simplify your Code.
Refacturing is a natural process, usually projects grow over time and then and when this naturally grown jungle needs to get urbanized again to make it a nice place to live. This process is usually accompanied from (sometimes loud and rude) discussions about Philosophy and holy Wars, but don't worry: dogs that make noise usually don't bite. Revolutionary ideas sometimes need some fighting to get through.
Since with time developers get a little blind and used to their own weaknesses it makes sense that reviewer/refactorer and programmer are not the same person. No part of the Linux kernel is exclusively owned by a maintainer. If a new solution makes sense it will make it sooner or later into the public source tree.
Keep it Simple
The simpler the resulting code is the easier it will be to maintain. Even from the performance point of view simple code is often preferable.
If you want to see some impressive code following this approach you may want to check out one of Fabrice Bellards Projects, e.g. TinyGL or the ID software GPL games Doom, Quake & Co Great to learn performant and compact Coding.
So please: Whatever you do, keep it simple.
Please do never ever apply big Changes in-place
If you plan to rewrite bigger portions of the code please don't create a huge patch or thousands of patches but fork the relevant code modules so that people can easily test them concurrently with the old code and are free to use the old, usually well-tested code until your new version has matured.
There have been several situations in the past where the linux-dvb CVS was barely usable for weeks or months because we did not followed this principle. Please respect that other people are using the linux-dvb source in productive environments and rely on a working code base.


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Shared Values, Distinct Cultures: HIV Care for Latinos in the U.S.
Spring/Summer 2013
In 2000, a full decade before predicted, Latinos became the largest minority group in the U.S. -- over 13% of the population. They include people of Mexican descent (66%), Central and South Americans (15%), Puerto Ricans (9%), Cubans (4%), and other Latinos (6%). Additionally, non-Spanish-speaking immigrants from Latin America include the Mixtec-Zapotec Indians from Mexico, Mayan Indians who speak Mayan, Paraguayans who speak Guarani, Ecuadoreans, Peruvians, and Bolivians who speak Quechua or Aymara, and Brazilians who speak Portuguese.
According to Kaiser Permanente, the historical, social, economic, and political differences between these groups often affect their health care experiences. Providers must avoid the stereotype of "the Latino patient" and base their treatment approach on specific medical needs and cultural background.
Shared Values
Even though no one "Latino culture" exists in the U.S., many values of people from these countries overlap. Shared cultural values include the following:
Among Latinos, both HIV and the behaviors associated with it are highly stigmatized. Latino gay men often carry enormous shame, a sense of isolation and loneliness, and the belief that they hurt their families by being gay. Latinos with HIV refer to HIV as "nuestra condicion," (our condition) and themselves as "pacientes como nosotros" (patients like us), instead of using the term "VIH" (HIV) or "pacientes que son positivos" (patients who are positive).
For example, during a recent workshop in New York City, one Latina who had been infected by her ex-husband said she could never again be in an intimate relationship, since once she disclosed her HIV status, "no one would want to be with me." A gay man in the group told her, "You just have to be honest and it will be fine. No one will fault you. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Your husband brought this into your house -- you're not like me, who lived a lifestyle looking for trouble." He repeatedly referred to his homosexuality as "mi problema" (my problem).
For Latinos with HIV, the decision to disclose is shrouded in feelings of fear, shame, and anticipated rejection, and is greatly influenced by familismo and simpatia. Familismo can offer people comfort and support, but can also be a source of great conflict, since simpatia means keeping family members free of shame and the burden of an HIV diagnosis. Withholding information about one's HIV status often leads to isolation, in direct conflict with the concept of familismo.
In many Spanish-speaking groups that I've led, disclosure was a prominent theme, focusing on family members, peers, and intimate partners. Some members had disclosed to everyone in their lives, while others vowed to keep their HIV status secret. One woman in her mid-40s had not disclosed to anyone except her health care provider and her grown daughter, who lived in South America. She expressed terror that her brother would discover her secret and would respond by throwing her out and forcing her mother to disown her. Since her mother was her only social support, the thought of losing her was devastating. Despite the closeness of their relationship, she dreaded the idea of burdening her with the pain of such information.
Safer Sex
Many Latino men feel the need to prove their masculinity, and so may seek multiple partners and take risks. Machismo gives them the power to decide sexual and contraceptive behavior. Many times, Latinas, in accordance with marianismo, are often unable to demand that condoms are used. Research has found that, although many married Latinas saw themselves at risk for HIV because their husbands had multiple sexual partners, most had not used condoms, citing partner resistance as their primary reason.
In one HIV workshop in the Bronx, an HIV-positive heterosexual male said he was petrified of putting anyone at risk, especially after one of his children was born with HIV. That being said, he held strong feelings against the use of condoms, claiming they were "unnatural and no woman would want me to use one." Several women in the group said they had never used a condom before. One explained the idea had never crossed her mind, especially with her husband.
Belief in folk medicine is common among Latinos and is often used in addition to prescribed treatments. But the two models can conflict. In a group in Queens, one female talked about her longstanding difficulty adhering to her HIV meds. This baffled and frustrated her providers, since she maintained they had saved her life. The problem was that each morning she would take a mix of vitamins, juices, and herbal teas. But her HIV regimen called for taking the medications with food each morning. She said, "I can't take my medication because I'm just too full after taking all my vitamins." Her case manager helped her develop a schedule in which her HIV meds were a priority, but she could also take her herbal remedies.
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Building Bridges Between China and the U.S.
February 05, 2010
When Ron Cai J.D. '90 was a student at Xiamen University Law School in the early to mid-1980s, he served as an interpreter for Steve Kanter, professor of law, who was then a visiting Fulbright scholar. "Steve invited us to apply to Lewis & Clark Law School if we were interested in furthering our studies in the United States," says Cai.
A few years later, Cai did just that.
After graduating with honors from the law school, he worked for the Portland law firm of Tonkon Torp. He then returned to China, where he is now the partner-in-charge of Davis Wright Tremaine's law office in Shanghai. The Chronicle recently tapped Cai for his perspective on U.S.-China business relations.
How did you become interested in international business?
When I was in high school, Xiamen, my hometown, was declared a Special Economic Zone for Chinese reform. Xiamen became one of the most open cities in China for foreign trade and investment. I had a law professor who was one of China's first visiting scholars to the U.S., and he brought back many law books from Harvard. I was fascinated by the U.S. legal system and wanted to learn about it and use my skills to help bilateral trade and investment.
Who are your law firm's clients?
Most of them are U.S. companies. My office has represented AIG, Bloomberg, DuPont, GE, Marriott, Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks, and others. About onethird are from the Pacific Northwest. We also help Chinese companies doing business in the United States.
What types of services do you offer?
We help our corporate clients establish operations in China, handle mergers and acquisitions, and assist with daily operational issues. We also help clients plan and execute their exit strategies.
How would you describe the current legal and policy environment for doing business in China?
Legislation has improved substantially in the past 30 years; however, the lack of enforcement is a serious concern. The judicial corruption is intolerable. It is becoming more and more difficult for small businesses to succeed. Ironically, since China joined the World Trade Organization, the political environment is actually less friendly toward foreign investors. The government recognizes these problems. I am hopeful that these issues can be resolved, or at least eased.
How does the culture of relationship drive business?
It is very important. But the culture is changing, and people are more business-focused. Given that China is a country with 1.3 billion people, it's a challenge to develop relationships with all the right people all the time.
How are Chinese labor practices evolving?
Instead of beefing up enforcement, the government is focused on legislation. Unfortunately, recent changes in Chinese labor law are punishing good corporate citizens and raising labor costs. Hundreds of millions of migrant workers, domestic helpers, and contract workers at government-owned and privately owned companies are still sorely in need of labor protections.
What are the most dramatic changes you've witnessed in U.S.-China business relations during your career?
Twenty years ago, China looked to the U.S. for inspiration, freedom, and prosperity. Over the past decade, I've seen more tension and mistrust between the U.S. and China—even as economic ties have increased. Part of the problem is that the Chinese government, in an effort to hang on to its power, fans anti-U.S. sentiments. But a bigger problem is that the U.S. has made decisions and policies that people in other countries have come to resent.
What changes could strengthen U.S.-China business ties?
There are now hundreds of thousands of Chinese students in the United States. Tens of millions of young Chinese understand some English, and millions of them have had opportunities to travel overseas.
All of the young lawyers and staff in my office, some of whom have never been to the U.S., speak and write native-level English. I hope more young Americans can spend time in other countries to understand their cultures, particularly those of the important trading partners of the U.S., such as China, India, Japan, France, and Germany.
—Compiled by Pattie Pace