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MySims originally launched on the Nintendo Wii, the first attempt by EA to port its mega-cash cow franchise The Sims for a console audience. The fact that we're now getting a PC port of the Wii game based on the hit PC franchise is confusing enough, but add the fact that MySims came out around the same time as the Wii/Nintendo DS follow-up, MySims Kingdom, and it's enough to set your head spinning even more.
To be perfectly clear -- because even EA wasn't when we asked for a copy of the game and were sent MySims Kingdom instead -- this review is going to take a look at MySims for PC.
MySims was designed to spin off the Sims franchise in a more kid-friendly direction, and that it did. Instead of a realistic world filled with heady challenges like getting a job, paying the rent and finding a life partner, what you get is a simplified Animal Crossing-style town with empty lots for you to fill with houses, restaurants, a museum, an arcade and other fun stuff to entice a more stumpy and cartoonish group of Sims to move in.
Gradually, your run-down town will transform into a thriving neighborhood. One of the most rewarding aspects of the game is simply watching the different Sims interact with each other and the environment. They'll chat (in their random Sims gibberish, of course), gesturing with their cute little stumpy Sims arms. The little Italian chef Sim pulls tomatoes out of his apron and starts juggling them, the creepy museum curator draws arcane symbols on the ground and holds a s?ance, the stuck-up boutique owner preens into her mirror, and so on.
There's a carefree aspect to MySims that isn't present in the rest of the Sims games. Basically, you're free to eat ice cream, dance, sleep, splash in the fountain, play arcade games, and whatever else you choose, and these activities have no bearing whatsoever on your physical or mental well-being. There are no stats to obsess over, no depression or loneliness, no money worries, no endless schlepping from the fridge to the bathroom to satisfy those two most basic and essential bodily functions. The only goal you have is to grow your city; the rest is all just eye candy, and much of it terribly cute.
Unfortunately, growing the city introduces a different kind of tedium. Before a new Sim will agree to move in, they need a house, which you must build by piecing together the body and roof, as well as windows, doors, chimneys and even fences and lawn ornaments.
Once the new resident has moved in, though, it's just the beginning. They will start issuing demands about various bits of furniture that they simply must have in order to function properly. The ice cream girl, for example, isn't satisfied until she has a fridge, a sink, a counter to hold the ice cream, a table and a chair for her customers to sit on.
So, you have to build all this too, one by one. Building interior items is a much more involved process than simply slapping a roof on top of some walls. You must piece together little bits of the item until it meets certain minimum shape requirements, much like Lego. You're free to go beyond that and improvise with your own personal spin if you so choose, or you can just stick to the template.
Sims will also ask that the items you craft for them incorporate various "Essences," which are gathered from the environment. You can shake an Apple Tree to gather the Apple Essences that drop from it, or chop the whole thing down to get some Wood Essences; go fishing for the Essences of various sea creatures; get Happy and Sad Essences from being nice or mean to Sims, and so on.
Building cool stuff like a giant arcade cabinet for the town's resident videogame nerd was fun, but I quickly started to resent the requests for mundane objects like beds and chairs. Theoretically, the template allows you to save time by more or less just selecting the correct pieces and snapping them into place, but in practice it can be tricky to place items just right. After five minutes of struggling to get a bed knob positioned just right onto a headboard, I decided that, screw it, the mayor could just deal with having a three-post bed.
The PC version comes with a handful of new features, the most significant of which is a new multiplayer component. No, you can't go and visit another Sim's town, but you can hop on the train and go to the "Garden," a customizable online environment where players' avatars can meet up, play mini-games like tag, and chat with friends via an instant messaging system. The garden is also the only place you can grab unique Essences like Kittens and Textbooks (both of which, strangely, grow on trees). You can create items and send them to friends as well.
It's cute to see the mayor, after you've built her a podium, go up to it, tap the microphone as it feeds back, and then start to practice her speech. Or the Italian chef walking around outside suddenly throw down a towel on the grass and have himself a picnic lunch -- which you're more than welcome to join in on. This social ecosystem becomes richer and more rewarding the more Sims you're able to attract, but it's just a shame that doing so involves so much mundane object-building and resource-gathering.
Fiddling around with the bits of furniture can start to grind after a while unless you're the kind of meticulous person who doesn't mind obsessing over and personally crafting every nook of your Sims empire. For me, it was just something to put up with so I could watch my Sims do more cute stuff.
This review is based on a retail copy of the game provided by the publisher.
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A 22-year-old woman was raped in her bed in Astoria early this morning, police reported.
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Which nations consume the most water?
This Scientific American article by Mark Fischetti and infographic by Jen Christiansen detail the consumption of water usage throughout the world. Jen used a Sankey diagram to show the top 10 water consuming countries and how their water was being used. One of Mark's first points in the article is that population is the largest factor of water consumption. So I wonder why population adjusted numbers weren't used. Many of the article's commenters felt the same way. One posted a few of the countries per capita water use:
China: 2781 lts/day, India: 2591 lts/day, US: 7175 lts/day, Japan: 3752 lts/day
The way you display your data depends on the story you're trying to tell. In this case, I wonder if the message could be better by using per capita.
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Per Capita Consumption would help to normalise the data, but you would also have to factor in the embedded water in exports such as (but not limited to) foods. This represents a hidden story where, for economic reasons, countries are using water as a factor of production in what they export, but in some cases can ill afford to use.
Thanks for the pickup! I actually did the graphic. Mark Fischetti wrote the text. Which might explain part of the disconnect: 2 authors. Check out the comments section of the SciAm page. You'll see that I posted a link to the source paper for folks interested in seeing more data.
And yes, Mark Q's comment does nod to part of the issue with showing per capita information. We wanted to address the idea of net exports and imports. (In earlier sketches, it was included as a visual element on the larger Sankey diagram, but we didn't have *all* the data points on that front, so it was scrapped, and the top exporters and importers are represented in a separate chart on the page).
Why not normalize consumption to GDP ?
Despite the overconsumption of the United States, it is overshadowed by an even larger problem. Exploding population growth. It think the data clearly demonstrates this. Attempts at conservation are futile in the face of growing populations. In general this is a semi politically incorrect issue to address (world population growth) but it's every bit as important as addressing global warming and depletion of natural resources. The US bears it's own responsibility but per capita consumption numbers hides another problem.
As per Mac, I don't think that looking at the data per capita (whilst an interesting story about efficiency) is what this story is about. Fresh water is a reasonably finite resource. As the population in China and India increases the blue bands will get bigger. More worryingly is that if they were to only use twice as much water per capita as they are at the moment the blue bands would get massive. Think how big they will be if they start to come anywhere near Western consumption. So an extension to the graphic showing a realistic scenario in the future would look very scary. It would have been helpful to add a European country for comparison (they're not presumably in the top 10). And I'd be interested to know just how much fresh water is readily accessible in what countries and what regions. i.e. we're using a lot but how much of a problem is it? A different graphic for sure but there seems to be many stories to tell.
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providing for the establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate plans or projects for nutrition education, both within the United States and in international markets with respect to wheat, processed wheat, and end products, and for the disbursement of necessary funds for such purposes: Provided, That in carrying out any such plan or project, no reference to a private brand or trade name shall be made if the Secretary determines that such reference will result in undue discrimination against wheat, processed wheat, and end products of other persons: Provided further, That no such plans or projects shall make use of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in behalf of wheat, processed wheat, and end products or unfair or deceptive acts or practices with respect to quality, value, or use of any competing product;
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All eyes on Luis Castillo this afternoon as the Phils face the Rays, giving fans a chance to see just how much speed and defensive range the 35-year-old Castillo has lost. We won't know anything for sure from a single game, but one thing is for sure and that's that there will be a whole lot more people who have an opinion on the matter before the day is done.
Yesterday the Phils beat the Blue Jays 5-4 to improve to 17-9 in official spring action.
Lee started the game for the Phils and went six innings, allowing a pair of runs on four hits and two walks. Rajai Davis led off the bottom of the first with a triple that led to the first run and Juan Rivera hit a solo homer off of him in the third. Lee has a 4.74 ERA and a 1.21 ERA through five spring starts.
Kendrick and Romero followed Lee and each threw a scoreless inning. Kendrick has allowed 15 hits in 13 innings this spring, but walked just one. Romero has a 2.57 ERA and a 1.43 ratio in seven innings.
Baez started the ninth with a 5-2 lead and allowed singles to the first three men he faced, making it 5-3 with men on first and third before getting Ryan Budde swinging for the first out. Corey Patterson followed that with another single and it was 5-4 with men on first and second. Baez got Jonathan Diaz to hit into a double-play to end the game. He has now thrown to a 2.53 ERA with a 1.22 ratio in 10 2/3 innings.
Ibanez hit a three-run homer in the first to give the Phils an early lead. It was the only extra-base hit of the day for the Phils. Francisco was 3-for-3 in the game.
Mayberry 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. 278/350/630 in 54 at-bats. Orr 0-for-1 to drop his line to 316/316/553 in 38 at-bats. Barfield played center field and went 1-for-4. 325/356/450 in 40 at-bats. He has seen recent action at both third and center, positions he doesn't really play. Martinez was 1-for-3 with a single and an RBI. 278/298/444. Young was 0-for-1 and has seen his line fall all the way to 280/321/380 as his at-bats have dropped off significantly.
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STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - A school software developer based in Stevens Point will challenge Friday's announcement by Wisconsin's Department of Administration to award a statewide software contract to a Minnesota company. Skyward said in a press release, CEO Cliff King said, "Throughout this process, all we wanted was a fair and impartial evaluation that was in the best interest of Wisconsin school districts. Based on what we know today, it is only prudent on behalf of our customers, employees and the taxpayers of Wisconsin that we contest this decision."
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It is tremendously shortsighted of the State to think that spending $15,000,000 of our tax dollars on an outside company is good. This will not mean Wisconsin jobs, and it will not contribute to the economic vitality that we are trying so hard to create.The Department of Public Instruction is focused on a single vendor solution for Student Information when States across the Country are turning back, knowing this is not a sound policy decision.This is a slap in the face to Wisconsin businesses in all sectors, and I hope that we all rise up to stand for Wisconsin businesses first and foremost over anything else; as our own State needs that message loud and clear from the electorate.What a message this must be to Jim King who founded Skyward in his garage, and who built the company up to a presence in over 80% of all Wisconsin school districts. The Kings have always stood for Wisconsin and now Wisconsin is clearly not standing with them.Wisconsin to entrepreneurs: "work hard, create jobs, and after thirty years, we'll say in essence you can't do business in your home State".This is a sad day for Wisconsin businesses.
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Friday 2/1/13 Press Release from Skyward, posted on their website:
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction decision on statewide student information system will negatively impact 90 percent of schools and Wisconsin
February 2, 2013
STEVENS POINT, WI –Skyward, Inc., an industry leading K-12 school administration software provider serving 50 percent of Wisconsin school districts, intends to challenge the decision by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on its selection for the Statewide Student Information System provider. Given that the selected vendor is in use by only 10 percent of Wisconsin school districts, this decision will force the remaining 90 percent to migrate to the selected system, negatively impacting their already strained budgets.
We believe the evaluation process followed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction was flawed. Eleventh-hour modifications to the evaluation process clearly favored the selected vendor and disadvantaged Skyward.
"Throughout this process, all we wanted was a fair and impartial evaluation that was in the best interest of Wisconsin school districts," said Cliff King, CEO of Skyward. "Based on what we know today, it is only prudent on behalf of our customers, employees and the taxpayers of Wisconsin that we contest this decision."
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Vote of the week: Dating in a theme park?
Written by Robert Niles
We've got Valentine's Day and President's Day back-to-back in the United States this year, meaning that many folks might just decide to make this a romantic three-day weekend getaway.Tweet
As those of us with kids will merely hope that we can get through the weekend and ship the kids back to school before they destroy the house in a sugar-induced frenzy. :-)
Since this is a theme park website (duh!), I thought I'd honor Valentine's Day here by asking about dating and theme parks. Have you ever taken a date to a theme park? I'm talking about just the two of you, going to a theme park for a date, instead of to dinner and a movie or some other, more "traditional" date night activity.
If you have, please take a moment to tell us in the comments about your most memorable theme park date.
Have a great weekend and thanks, as always, for reading Theme Park Insider!
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From Al Kraus on February 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM
There is no better way to spend the day with that special someone than a day in the Magic Kingdom. If your potential mate cannot be happy in the "happiest place on Earth"...it is a good sign to run for the hills. Fun and romantic...Disney isn't just for little kids, it is great for us big kids too!
From 18.104.22.168 on February 12, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Taking a date to Disney's Magic Kingdom might be a little much for a first date...be careful! I'd go somewhere cheaper like DisneyQuest, and then bump it up to the parks for the second or third date.
From 188.8.131.52 on February 12, 2010 at 8:56 AM
I have been married for almost 15 years, but my first date in 1989 with my husband resulted in a kiss on the Zambezi Zinger @ Worlds of Fun
From Steve Smegner on February 12, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I have been an amusment park junkie my whole life. It started from my very first visit to Six Flags over Texas when I was a very young boy. I have been to many different parks over the years and I even worked for SFOT for 6 years. I would absolutely love to work for an amusement park but they don't pay enough for me to do that after college.
Given all that, amusement parks are a big part of what makes me..... me. So yes, I have gone on many dates to amusement parks. My very first ever date at age 13 was to an amusement park. And I agree that any future girlfriend or mate would have to share my interests.
Besides that, where else can you have so much fun in a very non-threatening way? I mean even on a bad date I can still enjoy the park. On a good date we have a chance to bond even more. A day at a park provides plenty of opportunity to talk without it being forced.
If things are going bad from a date perspective you are just ride buddies. If they are going well there is plenty of opportunity to get more cozy. Just be careful about getting too cozy. For the 6 years I worked there I saw more stuff than you can imagine. But now I know where I am being watched and where I am not. :-)
From 220.127.116.11 on February 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM
My husband and I met at a theme park for our first date, almost 11 years ago — both of us were looking for someone who would "run from ride to ride" and we found each other on match.com
We'll be celebrating our 10th anniversary in April, and now visiting amusement parks is a family activity; our two kids love running from ride to ride just as much as we do!
From Mitchell Botwin on February 12, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Depends on how you classify a date. My wife and I honeymooned at WDW with was great 27 years ago and why we now live in Orlando.
From 126.96.36.199 on February 12, 2010 at 9:24 AM
I actually met a girl at a theme park, Six-flags Great Adventure, and dated her for a little while. My wife now also went on dates with me to that same park. We were season pass holders for MANY of our dating years. We honeymooned on the Big Red Boat and spent four days at the WDW. BTW, I am an ex-castmemeber with 2.5 years working for Disney too.
From 22.214.171.124 on February 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM
My Wife and I had our first date at Disneyland on the 4th of July.
From 188.8.131.52 on February 12, 2010 at 11:48 AM
I met Marcus at a celebration of EPCOT Center's 25th anniversary (we were both traveling solo and happened to be on our way to ride Soarin' at the same time). The following weekend he asked me out on our first "date": an evening at the Disney parks and his friend's birthday party at Whispering Canyon Cafe. Eight months later he proposed at San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square. Now we're planning a wedding for, appropriately, our "Disneyversary" on October 1, 2010. :)
From luis gonzalez on February 12, 2010 at 1:49 PM
one time i saw a really nice couple having a date at MK, it was really sweet and romantic, i heard they later divorced and are currently seeing other people.
From Robert Niles on February 12, 2010 at 2:33 PM
But are they seeing those other people on dates at theme parks?
(I know that I shouldn't poke the troll, but it's so much fun sometimes....)
From luis gonzalez on February 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM
lol nice one roberto!
From Anthony Murphy on February 12, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Its a good alternative to the dinner and a movie. And why not? You can have a great romantic dinner in EPCOT
From Mike Gallagher on February 12, 2010 at 6:27 PM
As a single 45 year-old living in New Jersey, I grew up with Great Adventure, pre-Six Flags and post-Six Flags. I'v taken more than a few dates there starting in my teen years. Best was with my then gf Hilary back in '86. There were others with us, but we spent a lot of time on our own, so I'll say it was a date. We saw the reunited Monkees, with the Grass Roots, Herman's Hermits, and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. That was a great concert. But what really sticks was me, Hil, and about 4-5 others getting on line for Ultra Twister at about 11:30, when the park was to close at midnight. We got off the ride about 1 am. We were the last people off the ride, and the last people leaving the park. We walked toward the gate, stopping at the bathroom and window shopping..all the while with a battalion of 6-8 uniformed security guards 10 feet behind us, keeping pace. We certainly created a late night for them with our dawdling.
Mike Gallagher
From 22.214.171.124 on February 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Both worked at Six Flags Over Georgia, 1975. Went back into the park after work, dinner, rides. 2010, still married.
From James Koehl on February 13, 2010 at 7:03 AM
I double-dated with my (then) girlfriend and her best friend and her boyfriend to King's Island about 30 years ago. Maybe it was because it was about 95 degrees, but she turned from a fairly nice person into a flaming...er...female dog from a very hot place. Even her best friend wanted to know what her problem was. Finally, after about 3 hours of listening to her complain about everything, the three of us told her that we were leaving, that we were not going to listen to her whining about everything, and that if she wanted to stay she could. Of course, King's Island is about 4 hours away from where we live, so it would have been a long walk. Suddenly she got her act together, got really nice, stopped verbally complaining, and we managed to have a tolerable rest of the day. We did leave fairly early, and we parted ways very soon after that. Not long after that I started to see the wonderful person that I've now been married to for 26+ years.
From Michael Grebo on February 14, 2010 at 1:39 AM
A theme park in my opinion is the ultimate date, my wife and I built such a strong relationship while dating by just traveling around and enjoying many different parks. Her parents used to have a house in VA, we would travel from NY and spend the weekend in busch gardens VA. We loved the experience of being in the outdoors walking around the park and enjoying all the sights sounds,smells of the parks and of course the great rides. We started when we were 19 traveling all over for a new theme park thrill, or enjoying a ice cold beer in the irish bar in busch gardens williamsburg (we were informed before the sale of busch gardens that the beer was no more then two days old. It became such a part of our lives that when it came time to pop the question there was not a doubt in my mond that the right place was a theme park. My original pick was a weekend getaway to busch gardens in VA just because we had so many memories there. I booked the whole trip but because of last minute work problems she could not go away for the weekend, feeling defeated but determined I took her for a day trip to dorney park on july 15 2007. It was a clear mid week perfect day, I packed a cooler full of food and beer for a picnic lunch and hid the ring in the trunck so she would not see it. When we arrived at dorney park I planned on going to the water park first then give her the ring later but becuase I was so excited I told her that we would beat the crowds and go to the coasters first. If steel force was not already exciting enough, add a ring that was more expensive then the car I drove to the park in moving around in my pocket ready to fall onto the happiest log flume rider of all time. Once the ride stopped, I knew it was time to pop the question and secure that ring on her finger (hopefully) and not under the swan boat lake. It was a slow walk over to the ride laser (that has since been removed),there is a little bridge where ducks and geese wait for food patiently. I asked her if she loved me to which she replied "I always will", with that, I got on one knee, and popped the big question, I thought we were alone since it was early in the morning and I dident see anyone around, but I quickly realized that we were not alone when a healthy sized woman who reminded me of Big mama from the popular movie, walked out from behind a building and began screaming with tears in her eyes "OH LORD AND BABY JESUS HE IS ON THE GROUND". My wife and I after she said, yes both laughed at our new friends enthusiasm, after a few pictures together (and with big mama of course) we all rode laser together. My only regret is that there was no ride camera on board, the smile on my wife's face, My relief that she had said yes for the ring that was now securely fixated on her hand, and of course, Big mama, squeezed into the seat like a marshmallow into a money box would have been the greatest ride picture of all time, That was the best day of my life. We are now 27 and 28, and look foward to the up and comming theme park season....hmmm, we have never been to carowinds..mabey it is time with the new coaster comming..see all you coaster nuts there! -Mike
From James Rao on February 14, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Never went on a formal date, but I "fell in love" at theme parks on almost every visit! ;)
At Worlds of Fun, two rides in particular were great "date" rides: Zulu and the Zambezi Zinger. Why? Because you were able to combine g-forces with that favorite of hot-blooded teens everywhere: inline seating! Ahhhh, those were the days! =D
From 188.8.131.52 on February 14, 2010 at 10:07 PM
We went to Epcot for our first date, during the flower festival they have. We are not big Disney fans, but it was great, the park was not that busy and we managed to enjoy everything the park had to offer. We continue to go every year as a little "anniversary" celebration.
From Mark Kausch on February 15, 2010 at 3:35 AM
Hey, Mike, I went to that Monkees/Grass Roots/Herman's Hermits/Union Gap concert, too, when it hit San Diego! I won free tix and we saw it after a baseball game. Good concert, but the seats were in the nosebleed section on a Sunday afternoon. Anyway, it was curious that the latter three groups all had the same members except for lead singers Rob Grill/Peter Noone/Gary Puckett.
Uh, what was the question?
Oh, yeah. Lotsa dates at Disneyland. Back before it grew out of my budget. Usta go 2-3 times a year, a tradition that continued into two marriages - the 2nd will be 29 years in June - until it became both physically and financially unfeasable for both of us.
But my most memorable time (OK, maybe I'd better say FIRST most memorable time) was when I took two sisters that had moved away to Ontario, CA, both former girlfriends, on the day that their former high school went up. They were so surprised and happy about it!
From Judd Hall on February 15, 2010 at 8:39 AM
My wife and I went with a couple of other couples for Valentine's Day to Universal Orlando. That was the busiest I've ever seen that park in the six years I've been going there. Although, I'm starting to wonder if the crowd was more because of Presidents' Day being today.
One thing I noticed this weekend was how long the lines were for the Rip Ride Rockit and how forgettable the ride was. Still can't figure out why they were sending cars with the last two rows empty with a wait that long.
Outside of that issue, it was a fantastic time.
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So, yeah, over the last three years, if you bought a crappy deli sandwich at Subway, you may have helped Romanian hackers buy a TV on your dime. Especially galling is these guys weren't brilliant: Subway's password security was terrible and apparently they don't bother to check what domains might be accessed by their terminals, since these guys used the tried and true method of hiding in porn sites. Here's a new slogan idea, guys: "Try Harder."
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Josef Coresh, MD
G.W. Comstock Professor
Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology & Comstock Center
Departmental Affiliation(s):
Biostatistics (Joint)
Center & Institute Affiliation(s):
- George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention
- Global Health, Center for
- Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
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MD , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , 1992
PhD , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , 1992
MHS , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , 1992
My main research interest is studying risk factors for cardiovascular across different organs including the heart, kidney and brain. I am particularly interested in factors mediating the excess risk of cardiovascular disease among patients with various stages of kidney disease, from pre-clinical to end-stage as well as improving estimates of kidney disease prevalence and consequences. I have enjoyed looking at genetic and biologic risk factors as well as innovative epidemiologic methods and statistical analysis in the conduct of this research. The ultimate objective of this research is to decrease the enormous burden of vascular disease through developing the scientific basis for behavioral and pharmacologic interventions.
Epidemiology and clinical research is most productive when done collaboratively. I am fortuante to play a leadership role in a number of large collaborations.
Program leadership at Hopkins:
- Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program (T32HL07024) and area of concentration.
- Director, George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention (GWCC) with over 30 staff members involved in data collection based in Hagerstown, MD.
Research projects include leadership roles in:
- Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) - A prospective study of 15,792 individuals recruited in 1986-1988 and followed to 2016 for cardiovascular disease and a wide range of other conditions. The study also includes community surveillance for heart disease incidence trends in four communities. This NHLBI funded multi-center contract provides the basis for a wide range of ancillary studies which results in a total productivity averaging more than 100 publications annually. A 25-year follow-up examination was completed in 2011-2013 on over 6500 individuals.
- Kidney Disease Collaborative Studies - Co-chairing the National Kidney Foundation guidelines on the definition and classification of kidney disease led to an ongoing line of research.
- Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium (CKD-PC) - Analyzing data from ~50 cohorts across 40 countries including over 3 Million individuals.
- CKD-EPI Collaboration - The 2009 CKD-EPI Creatinine Equation is replacing the MDRD Study equation as the most widely used equation to estimate GFR. Additional studies focus on discovery and validation of novel markers for CKD staging and progression.
- CKD Biomarkers Consortium
- NHANES Kidney Disease Studies - Ongoing efforts to provide the most valid estimates of kidney disease prevalence in the U.S. as well as examine concurrent complications and consequences.
National committees: My role as vice-chair of the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) workgroup for the Clinical Practice Guideline "Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification and Stratification" has lead to ongoing involvement in the international effort to address the public health burden of chronic kidney disease. This has included contributing to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes(KDIGO) initiative planning controversies meetings in 2004 and 2009 and new guidelines in 2013.
Honors and Awards
2012 David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award
2012 Am. Assoc. for Clinical Chemistry, 2011 Outstanding Speaker Award
2010 American Heart Association's 2010 Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award
2010 National Kidney Foundation's Garabed Eknoyan Award for 2010
2010 Co-author on 2009 PNAS paper Cozzarelli Prize for outstanding scientific excellence and originality "Identification of a urate transporter, ABCG2, with a common functional polymorphism causing gout" by Owen M. Woodward, Anna Köttgen, Josef Coresh, Eric Boerwinkle, William B. Guggino, and Michael Köttgen
2005 American Epidemiological Society (AES) membership
2003 Inaugural Fellow American Heart Association Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease
1998,2001 Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award, JHU-SHPH
1999 Fellow, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kidney Disease, Genetic Epidemiology, Research Methods, Heart, Kidney
Frequently cited kidney disease papers:
Levey AS, Coresh J, Balk E, et al. National kidney foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification. Ann Int Med 2003;139:137-147. Times Cited ~ 1829 [summarizes the full guidelines – cited another 4,180 times]
Coresh J, Selvin E, Stevens LA, et al. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States. JAMA 2007; 298: 2038-2047. Times Cited ~ 1,514
Coresh J, Astor BC, McQuillan G, et al. Calibration and random variation of the serum creatinine assay as critical elements of using equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate. Am J Kidney Dis 2002; 39: 920-929. Times Cited ~ 472
Levey AS, Stevens LA, Schmid CH, Yaping (Lucy) Zhang L, Castro A*, MPH2, Feldman HI, Kusek JW, Eggers P, Van Lente F, Greene T, Coresh J, CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration). Development of a New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate and Comparsion to the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Equation. Ann Int Med. 2009; 604-612. Times Cited ~1559.
Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium, Matsushita K, van der Velde M, Astor BC, Woodward M, Levey AS, de Jong PE, Coresh J, Gansevoort RT. Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis. Lancet. 2010;375:2073-81. Times Cited ~ 536 [Coresh J – CKD-PC steering committee chair].
Selected recent papers:
Grams ME, Chow EK, Segev DL, Coresh J. Lifetime Incidence of CKD Stages 3-5 in the United States. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Aug;62(2):245-52. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.03.009. Epub 2013 Apr 6. PMCID: PMC3723711.
Selected paper on dementia and cognition:
Alonso A, Mosley T, Gottesman R, Catellier D, Sharrett AR, Coresh J. Risk of dementia hospitalisation associated with cardiovascular risk factors in midlife and older age: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009; 80(11):1194-201.
Schneider AL, Sharrett AR, Patel MD, Alonso A, Coresh J, Mosley T, Selnes O, Selvin E, Gottesman RF. Education and cognitive change over 15 years: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012; 60(10):1847-53.


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Name: Brian Friedman and Daniel Brown
Location: North Hollywood, California
Size: 1,500 square feet
Years lived in: 8 years — Own
Brian and Daniel both lead very busy lives here in Hollywood, so they've created a warm oasis of comfort to return home to every night. This two bedroom home has elements of Moroccan details mixed in with a very California contemporary vibe. Along with a small guest house for their visitors, they also have an outside deck that overlooks a wonderful pool and jacuzzi.John Donaldson and Michael Crispen for referring me to Brian and Daniel for this house tour. Both John and Michael had designed specific window treatments and upholstered pieces for this home and knew I'd love the style.
This home has several different eclectic styles merged into one. The office is very bright and chic, while the bathrooms and master bedroom are dark and opulent. The dining room and kitchen remind me of a contemporary west coast retreat, whereas the den is decorated with a Moroccan theme to match the specially arched doorways. It's a home that has blended all their ideal tastes into one, making it exactly what they want for taking time off and relaxing.
Brian is a well established dancer and choreographer, who has worked with a handful of Hollywood talent such as Beyonce, Britney Spears and Mariah Carey for major tours, music videos and television. He has choreographed on various talent related reality shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent and now currently filming this season of The X Factor.
"Open space and comfort" is the most essential part of home for Brian and Daniel, which I feel they definitely achieved. "I think inspiration has come from all over the world however living in LA gives you the ability to spend a lot of time outside therefore we have a gorgeous outdoor oasis." I love that they have truly created an environment perfect for family and friends to come vacation in their backyard.
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Our Style: Eclectic and contemporary.
Inspiration: Exotic world travel and clean minimalism.
Favorite Element: Brian's: High Ceilings & Moroccan Archways; Daniel's: Tropical backyard
Biggest Challenge: Storage.
What Friends Say: Can we adopt them because they want to move in, or, will you please come design our house?!
Biggest Embarrassment: Kitchen cabinets are falling apart!
Proudest DIY: Landscaping.
Biggest Indulgence: Showers, pool and fire pit.
Best Advice: Get a licensed contractor for all construction and monitor every second of their work. Always get competing prices before settling. Always go with your gut when making design decisions. Always talk down the price!
Resources of Note:
- • Sectional- Surface Interiors on Ventura in Sherman Oaks for the structure then reupholstered by John Donaldson Designs
• Artwork- Found from an art dealer at the LA Gift Show
- • Dining table, chairs and bench- Surface Interiors on Ventura in Sherman Oaks
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- • All furniture- custom built by Michael Crispen Design
• Window treatments- done by John Donaldson Designs
• Chairs vintage and refurbished.
• All stools, tables, mirrors, decorative plates, hanging lamps and lanterns- Moroccan imports
- • Accent Pillows in Bedroom- Custom from Michael Crispen Designs
• Lighting in Bedroom- bed side lamps, the bases are vintage and found by TFP Designs, Shades are made by Michael Crispen Design.
• Lamps by the armoire- Blueprint
• Chandelier- Wired in West Hollywood
- • Desk- Custom from Jeff Andrews for TFP Design
• Chair- Herman Miller
• Rug & Couch (Custom)- Blueprint on Beverly in West Hollywood
- • Pool deck designed by myself and Sean Renio for Mogue Inc.
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• Lighting and fans - Expo Design Center.
• Curtains - custom
Thanks, Brian and Daniel!
Images: Bethany Nauert
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This is absolutely spectacular! I want to go to there...
I am not sure why people feel compelled to make snarky comments (maybe I am a throwback for subcribing to the "if you can't say anything nice..." philosophy), but I think this is gorgeous. Well done, gentlemen. Let me know if you need volunteers to make sure the guest house is in working order. ;)
Just rich, lovely & moody. I'd be content there for a long time. Love the brass pendant, different fabrics & the backyard.
I adore the Moroccan room and the dark stone bathroom is about the most masculine I've ever seen! It is all executed perfectly.
Really gorgeous. Looks like a hotel, actually. And it looks muy expensivo. The entirety of this home is so far out of my budget, all I can do is Pin the crap out of it and pray for the lottery.
Quite lovely!!!
That said....someone should start a site that shows apartments/condos.
It looks very masculine and very chic. Not my taste but I can appreciate it this look. I do love the fact that the bedroom opens up overlooking the pool.
this backporch lounge area is to die for!
One of my favorite home tours in awhile. it's a really good balance of Moroccan influence. I don't think it goes overboard at all. The neutral colors keep it from being too much. I echo the invitation to let me test out their guesthouse.
I SO appreciate this house tour as it is not MCM as most of the tours. This house is refreshing and beautiful and having variety when it comes to tours gives you more decorating that sticking to the same style...
Gorgeous. It looks like a resort villa, and probably feels like one too by the pool.
I love the dark molding all around the house. The bedroom looks like a boutique hotel. Very pretty all around. Nice break from all the white/cream places we tend to see on here.
Absolutely gorgeous ... rich color, diverse textures ... amazing!
Lush without being overdone; inspired without being plagiaristic. Well done!
Love it! nice, clean, sophisticated...
Thanks for the mention Bethany. Your shots are beautiful. Brian is very talented and a perfectionist and it shows in his wonderful home. I noticed the 'Michael Crispen link' sends you to an error message. If anyone is interested you can see a little of my work at www.michaelcrispen.com
1,500 sq ft! Wow! PLEASE come redo my 850 sq ft studio! I'm sure you could do wonders with it OR I can come stay with you! I promise I wouldn't leave the house! Beautifully done, so rich and totally zen! Sigh...
Some of those interiors are too cave-like for me.... but the kitchen is truly to die for. It really looks like a cook's kitchen and it's beeeutiful.
I love your home so very much!! I would never go home.. So please invite me over. Just stop chopping those poor pillows!! LOL
I.love.this.house.Period. Good grief, just invite me over!
Seriously, it's gorgeous. Congratulations on perhaps one of the top three house tours I've ever seen on this site. What color paint is the "greige" in your living room (where the big Buddha painting is)?
I just love how those masculine colors work so well and in a fresh elegant way.
I have to admit the house and exterior look extraordinarily comfortable, gorgeous in fact. But those outdoor heating devices that Californians (and others) employ always give me pause. Do people never wear sweaters when it's chilly?
Very nice place! However, those karate-chopped pillows in the first photo are one of my pet peeves ;) haha!
OMG!!!!! Please...PLEASE give me your house!!!!!
Fabulous! Love the tones and textures!!!!!
Tasteful, sexy and truly a work of art! BRAVO!!
Beautiful! So masculine and absolutely gorgeous, one of the best house tours !!!
Beautiful home. I love Moroccan design. I concur with the anti-karate chopped pillow crowd though. That first pic.... beautiful pillows should not be subjected to violence.
one of the most beautiful tours in a while ~~~
well. done.
I'd be happy with just the bathrooms!
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ahhhh! love the bathroom and the outdoor living space....this is a dream!
Beautiful light fixtures. Nice outdoor lounge. Very relaxed and comfortable.
As I looked at each photo, all I wanted to do is curl up with a pair of pajamas, slippers and a beautiful merlot. It feels so full of warmth. You can see character and love in all the attention to detail you both put into your home. It feels like a place I could run to and just feel serene and at peace. Great job! Namaste
Where did you get the bed? It is great!
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I think I just died and went to decor heaven.
An exotically beautiful place. I would have known it was in California just based on it's California vibe. There's a zen element with this type of style that instantly connects. Really well done!
This is one of my favorite house tours this year! Absolutely fabulous! Inside out GORGEOUS!
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