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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's former president spurned a deal Tuesday to drop legal proceedings against him in a scandal over alleged favors that prompted his resignation last year. Christian Wulff's lawyers said he would fight to be cleared in court instead.
Prosecutors had offered to close the case against Wulff in exchange for a fine — a common German practice when prosecutors conclude the evidence doesn't necessarily justify formal charges and a trial.
But his lawyers argued that the case should be closed without conditions and said Wulff would fight on.
"The reason is simple: the accusations made against Mr. Wulff are unfounded," attorney Bernd Muessig said.
"We as defense lawyers trust that at the end of these proceedings there will be a decision that will fully rehabilitate and clear President Wulff," fellow attorney Michael Nagel said.
Hannover prosecutors haven't yet filed formal charges.
Wulff resigned in February 2012 following a barrage of allegations, including that he received a favorable loan and hotel stays from friends when he was governor of Lower Saxony state before being elected president in 2010.
He stepped down after prosecutors in Hannover asked Parliament to lift his immunity so they could start a formal investigation of the allegations related to alleged favors from a film producer friend. Prosecutors said at the time there was an "initial suspicion" that Wulff improperly accepted or granted benefits in his relationship with David Groenewold, a German film producer.
In a terse statement Tuesday, Hannover prosecutors said Groenewold's lawyers also had rejected an offer to have proceedings dropped in exchange for a payment.
Wulff was a deputy leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union before becoming president. His resignation after less than two years in a five-year term was an embarrassment to the chancellor.


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NCSE's outgoing executive director Eugenie C. Scott was interviewed for the December 2013 issue of Americans United for Separation of Church and State's magazine Church & State.
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NCSE is pleased to announce the addition of a further batch of videos to NCSE's YouTube channel.
"Old wine in new bottles" (PDF), a review of Jeffrey P. Moran's American Genesis by NCSE's Glenn Branch, was just published in Evolution: Education and Outreach.
NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line.
What can citizens like you do to respond when science education comes under attack? How can you and other concerned citizens organize to fight back? What can you do to prevent attacks on science education in your community? NCSE is pleased to announce the first of a new series of on-line workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make our work possible. The workshop begins at 3:00 p.m. Pacific time (6:00 p.m. Eastern time) on November 25, 2013, and spaces are still available, so register now!
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"Ann Reid has been a researcher, a policy wonk, and a program manager. In January, she will put on a new hat — as first responder to attacks on science education," reported Science Insider (November 20, 2013), taking notice of NCSE's announcement of Reid's appointment as its new executive director, succeeding Eugenie C. Scott.
NCSE is pleased to announce that Ann Reid will be the new executive director of NCSE. Reid succeeds Eugenie C. Scott, who served as executive director for twenty-seven years, 1986 to 2013.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of John Gurche's Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins (Yale University Press, 2013).
Genie Scott to retire; Ann Reid to take the reins
Ann Reid is joining NCSE as Executive Director, starting January 2, 2014. She will replace Eugenie C. Scott, who has led NCSE in fighting the good fight for science education for 27 years.
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A Winter Expedition to Explore the Biological and Physical Conditions of the Bering, Chukchi, and Southern Beaufort Seas
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The Arctic system is undergoing significant changes related to a warming climate, most notably decreased sea ice cover which may have significant impacts on Arctic ecosystems. Our understanding of seasonality, and of winter conditions and biological and physical processes during that time, in the Arctic is severely limited. This lack of knowledge has compromised our ability to model and to predict future states of Arctic ecosystems, efforts that are central to our ability to understand the potential impacts of ongoing climate change.
Zooplankton are key transformers of organic carbon through feeding on phytoplankton/ ice algae and microzooplankton. The question of whether zooplankton are active during winter remains elusive. Quantifying if zooplankton are feeding, at what rate are they feeding, and are they respiring during winter are key to our understanding of winter biological activity in the Arctic seas.
I have been funded by the National Science Foundation to lead a 6-week, interdisciplinary cruise to the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas during winter 2011-12 on the icebreaker USCGC Healy. The cruise will collect physical and biological data and samples across a set of transects in the cross-shelf-slope regimes of those three Seas. To my knowledge, this is the first such research cruise to these regions during winter.
Here I seek to augment the activities already planned for this cruise by conducting zooplankton feeding and respiration experiments. This information will permit more realistic formulations in both individual based and ecosystem modeling, since at present we simply have no information on how to model zooplankton activity during this portion of the year. These will be the first zooplankton feeding experiments conducted during Arctic winter.
The winter cruise also offers an unprecedented opportunity to increase general awareness of Arctic ecosystems during winter and of WHOI's leadership role in the exploration of this remote and previously un-accessed region. I propose to develop a cruise website that describes the background and scientific rationale for the expedition and that will be updated regularly with text, photographs, and video by myself and other cruise participants.


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Sunday's divisional-round meeting with the Houston Texans marks the first playoff action of Talib's five-year NFL career. After a nagging hip injury plagued him late in the season, Talib is healthy and likely to play this weekend -- and he can't wait.
"One of the first things I thought about when I was traded here was that I was definitely going to have a chance to play in these playoffs," Talib said Thursday, via Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com. "I'm very excited. Very excited. I watched them every year, every game. It's the best football you're going to watch. It's good to be a part of it."
Talib is content, but what about New England? The Patriots shipped a 2013 fourth-round draft pick to the Bucs in November with the idea that Talib would anchor their secondary this season. The Patriots were fried last year through the air, and adding Talib gives them, in theory, a top-five cover corner. It also allowed the team to shift Devin McCourty to safety, but Talib has barely played since injuring his hip against the Texans back in Week 14.
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Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman says USDA is planning a series of forums with members of the ag media and other interest groups to make sure farmers get the information they need on the 2002 farm bill.
The secretary also took a swing at critics of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, accusing foreign government spokesmen of distorting the provisions of the new farm bill for their own political aims.
"Since the bill was signed, we've heard a lot of noise out there, particularly from people from other countries regarding what's contained in this new bill," she said, speaking to reporters in a telephone press conference. "Many of the claims we're hearing, we think are just unjust, and some, for their own political purposes, are distorting the facts."
She specifically referred to claims that the new law provides a 70 percent increase in farm program support for U.S. farmers, and that support has "ballooned out of control," according to some critics.
"People are comparing apples and oranges," she said. "When examining the support we provide for our farm sector, it's important to add in the emergency supplemental support that's been provided during the last four years into those figures."
Veneman said Congress has been approving about $7.5 billion in additional funding per year for the last four years. The new farm bill provides roughly $7.4 billion each year in new spending for farm programs.
"So the farm bill continues with roughly the same amount of support as we've been providing our farm sector over the past four years through the '96 farm bBill and the supplemental support," she noted.
"Some in other countries are also contending that this farm bill undermines our international trade position. The WTO permits the United States to spend $19.1 billion annually for certain types of farm program support. This compares to $31 billion for Japan and $62 billion for the European Union."
Thus the EU can provide three times more support to its agriculture than the United States, the secretary said. Additionally, U.S. markets are relatively open compared with other countries.
"Our tariffs on agricultural products average about 12 percent," she noted. "The food and agriculture tariffs around the globe average around 62 percent. In Japan, they average 59 percent. In the Cairns Group, it's about 30 percent.
"It's also about 30 percent in the European Union."
The Cairns Group consists of such countries as Australia and Canada who claim to provide lower subsidies to their farmers.
"So while some of our trading partners want to point fingers — and some would argue throw stones while living in glass houses — I think their criticism is, in large part, to deflect attention from some of the realities I've just mentioned. Again, the new farm bill does meet our trade obligations and the Congress provided a circuit breaker to assure that that will continue to be the case.
The European Union, for example, accounts for 90 percent of the export subsidies used by the world's agricultural producing nations.
"That is the most trade-distorting kind of support," she said. "So there are major reforms that need to take place throughout the world through the Doha Round, the new round of WTO negotiations, and the United States remains committed to aggressively pursuing trade reform."
To help U.S. farmers learn more about their new farm bill, Veneman said USDA launched a number of initiatives, including more forums such as the telephone press conference from USDA's broadcast studios in Washington, on May 22.
"We're going to continue these forums with key USDA personnel in the coming months, on a regular basis, so that we can help answer questions that you all are hearing from your farmers and ranchers and your constituencies, and so we can continue to have good productive dialogue."
Among the other initiatives are the new Web Site at www.usda.gov/farmbill, which will be updated daily with the latest information on the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act. The day Veneman spoke USDA staff members put a side-by-side comparison of the new and old farm bills on the site.
"I think that given the fact that this has been a very short time frame since the president signed the bill on May 13, we are working very aggressively to implement it and help farmers learn about the legislation," she said.
"I also would add that this is a bill with a lot of change in it. It's going to take some time, and that's one of the reasons we want to be as communicative with everybody as possible, to make sure everyone understands what we're doing, and how to access the information."
Later she said USDA would be sending letters to producers throughout the country with information about the farm bill and instructions on how they can help the department implement the farm bill.
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Penn said additional information would be provided through the media, through press releases, through the Extension Service. "I know that some of the commodity groups themselves, with our participation, are holding meetings around the country to try to acquaint farmers with all the provisions in the new law.
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Proposed ResearchIn this project we plan to deploy a high-resolution profiling mooring in the core of the Beaufort boundary current, approximately 150 kilometers east of Barrow Canyon in the Arctic Ocean. The dynamics of the boundary current system in the Beaufort Sea are principally responsible for the shelf-basin exchange in the western Arctic. An array in this location is optimal, because it will measure the cumulative outflow of Pacific water from all three branches exiting the Chukchi Sea, where models and observations imply that a large offshore flux is taking place.
The four main objectives of the experiment are to: (1) quantify the mean and seasonally varying transport, structure and water mass content of the boundary current system downstream of the Chukchi Sea outflow points; (2) determine the nature and cause of the mesoscale variability of the boundary current, and assess the impact of the variability on the cross-stream exchange of mass and properties; (3) identify the dynamics of the secondary circulation; and (4) elucidate the source of the interior eddies by comparing the seasonally changing boundary current water to the observed characteristics of the mid-basin eddy field. Meeting these objectives will fundamentally advance our understanding of the nature and cause of shelf-basin exchange in the Arctic Ocean and, thereby, elucidate how this high-latitude ocean will respond to variable climatic forcing.
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- Temperature and salinity profiles from the bottom to the surface multiple times per day, including the heretofore-unmeasured top 40 meters of the water column. WHOI is the first to do this in the Arctic Ocean. The top part of the water column will be profiled using the new generation Arctic winch. The sensor unit on the winch will transfer the data after each profile to a data-logger on the top float, ensuring that no data will be lost, should the winch get snagged in the ice.
- A velocity profile every hour from a bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). This unit will also provide the velocity of the ice above the mooring.
- Data on the thickness of the ice using an upward-looking sonar attached to the top float. Understanding the growth, thickness, and movement of the ice is crucial for studies of local convection and halocline ventilation.
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Jane Osborne, a teacher on special assignment and the district's math coach, is the recipient of the Mildred Bennett Award.
Every year the Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics Executive Board gives two awards to recognize and honor teachers and leaders in the state of Oregon. The recipients exemplify the spirit and dedication of two of Oregon's outstanding mathematics teachers: Mildred Bennett and Oscar Schaaf.
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Osborne was given the award Aug. 4 at the annual Oregon Math Leaders Conference in McMinnville.
"We are extremely proud of the work Jane does for the Hood River County School District in helping our staff and students further develop and enhance their skills in mathematics. This award is well-deserved," said Dan Goldman, HRCSD superintendent.
Osborne has been teaching for 24 years and for 21 years has worked at the state level. She has served as a state scoring director for the Oregon Department of Education. Osborne also serves on the Content and Assessment Panel, which writes state tests in math and develops scoring guides.
Currently she is involved in writing the Smarter Balanced assessments and scoring guides, is part of the OCTM Professional Development Cadre — which plans and delivers staff development around the state — and is a member of the Oregon Data Project Executive Team.
When asked what she is passionate about in her teaching, Osborne responded, "I love helping kids discover that math is fun. I love assisting students in reaching their potential, even though they may not think they can. I enjoy helping teachers see that teaching math can be fun and inspiring to students."
"Jane Osborne is one of the jewels in the Hood River County School District's crown and the district would like to congratulate Jane on receiving this award and thank her for her commitment and dedication to the students and staff of the Hood River County School District and the state," said Liz Whitmore, school board chair.
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Skip to comments.McConnell: Reid filibuster rule change would do irreparable damage (Failed RINO alert)
Posted on 12/05/2012 10:52:27 AM PST by jimbo123
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Majority Leader Harry Reids (D-Nev.) proposed rule changes, saying they would do irreparable damage to the chamber.
Such a rules change wont do them any good in the short term ... but it will do the institution irreparable damage in the long term, McConnell said on the Senate floor. We should work together instead to resolve our differences.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Well, golly gee, Mitch, maybe if you'd stop reading from your one sentence per page speeches in that pansy tone of yours and instead, stand up and shout and fight, maybe you wouldn't get rolled over so often.
But of course, we all know you like being rolled, because you have a nice cozy position. Why rock the boat.
Well then, Mitch, figure out how to make the price too high for Reid. Consider everything, both inside and outside the Senate.
I believe the purpose for this is to make it harder for Rs to keep and win Senate seats in 2014, by forcing them to vote or make a show. And it might work.
Thus telegraphing his eventual capitulation.
Sen Sessions (R-AL) has already stated that the GOP could shut down the US Senate and was prepared to do so.
"Irreparable Damage"...does that mean the RinoCrats will have to give up the 2-Party Pretense and just all caucus together?
Or What Mitch?
it just means the shutting of the senate makes us a unicameral legislative goverment like Greece.
Reid either thinks that there will never be a future time when republicans have a majority in the senate,
or he thinks that the MSM will have selective amnesia when they try to change the rules back after a republican majority.
I'm betting on the former. They know that this is it. It's over, and very soon.
Power. Naked power. They have it and they will not let it go.
Until a Higher Power comes.
Then stop him by any means necessary, Mighty Mouse.
One of the misconceptions that I used to hear was that the prophecies of the bible were warnings, like "don't let this happen or this other will happen".
A lot of people think that way.
No, the truth of the matter is, this WILL happen, and we're seeing the precursors happening today. There WILL be a one world Satanic kingdom, and the left is setting it up.
Let them do it. The senate has the right to make its own rules. Let's see if Boehner sticks to his DOA threat.
Bingo, make the price too high.
Yes. Just as good works cannot "earn" one a spot in heaven, mankind cannot "make the right choices" and create heaven on earth and somehow forestall the End Times. They're coming. Can't be stopped. It all has to play out the way we've been told. In some ways, I'm not even sorry to see it all unfold. It's in His hands.
I hope he means it and is not just bluffing (and the rest of the Senate GOP will stand with him). I would like to hear something about methodology, but maybe that would allow Reid to develop counter measures.
Sound and fury, signifying nothing!!
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Batman: Arkham City is loosely based on Unreal Engine 3, while the DirectX 11 functionality was apparently developed in-house. With the addition of these features Batman is far more a GPU demanding game than its predecessor was, particularly with tessellation cranked up to high.
Once again the GTX 680 takes a respectable lead over the 7970, this time beating AMD's top card by 13% at 2560, and coming very close to cracking 60fps here. The performance gains over the GTX 580 are also solid, with the GTX 680 leading by 34% or better.
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Wreckage - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkImpressive. This cards beats AMD on EVERY level! Price, performance, features, power..... every level. AMD paid the price for gouging it's customers, they are going to lose a ton of marketshare. I doubt they have anything to match this for at least a year. Reply
Creig - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkThe review has been up for less than a minute so you couldn't possibly have read it already. How pathetic is it that you were sitting there hitting F5 repeatedly just so you could get in another "First post! Nvidia is uber!" comment.
Get a life. Reply
Grooveriding - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkHaha Creig,
Good observation, he must of been sitting there spamming to get in that first comment, before he read a word of the review.
Sour grapes at being banned much, Wreckage ? Reply
nathanddrews - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - link... but he's correct. The 680 does dominate in nearly every situation and category.
"the GTX 680 is faster, cooler, and quieter than the Radeon HD 7970. NVIDIA has landed the technical trifecta, and to top it off they've priced it comfortably below the competition."
Obvioulsy Wreckage's analysis of AMD's "price gouging" and prophesies of doom are farfetched... Reply
N4g4rok - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkWell, yeah, the card does well in most of those tests, but i think it might be a little too far to say that it dominates the 7970 on every level. Reply
cactusdog - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkJust finsished looking around various sites and the 680 isnt as good as was suggested.
Dont forget, you're basically comparing an overclocked Nvidia card to a stock AMD card, and even the base clock is much higher on the nvidia card.
At the same clocks the results will look much better for AMD. Also, 3 monitor gaming could favour AMD with 3GB of vram.
Seems like Nvidia really wanted to target the 7970 and the price/performance tag this time, by building a souped up, overclocked Gk104 but its not a 7970 killer. AMD will just need to sell them for $449.
AMD can stay with the 7970 as planned until Q4 and the 8 series. Reply
gamerk2 - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkYou know clocks aren't the only thing that determines speed? Couldn't one just as easily argue that AMD cards were better because they basically clocked their RAM so high?
Fact is, at stock, the card beats the 7970 at a lower price. Period. Reply
Meaker10 - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkYou're ignoring the host of factory overclocked models out there that will be quieter than the 680M and perform on a similar level, the price just needs to be dropped. Reply
Kakkoii - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkHerp derp, the same can be said about Nvidia cards as well. The 680 has tonnes of OC'ing headroom. The GPU boost it has is a messily overclock. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - linkI guess the lower clocked cores of 470, 480, 570, 580 , and many other Nvidia cards were greatly cheated in all benchmarks because the amd cores were often well over 100mhz higher at stock....
So we have had at least 3 years of lying benchmarks in amd's favor.
I'd like to personally thank gamerk2 for this very astute observation that sheds the light of Nvidia asbolutely winning in all the above mentioned nvidia cars for the past couple of years.
Thank you... (sarc/reality check is free) Reply


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Aristocats: Special Edition, The (US - DVD R1)
Gabe Powers doesn't remember the Disney magic being this average...
When an eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to her adorable high-society cats, her bumbling and greedy butler Edgar catnaps Duchess and her three mischievous kittens and abandons them in the French countryside. Lost and frightened the kitty family is soon rescued by a rough-and-tumble alley cat named Thomas O'Malley. O'Malley escorts the aristocats home, and saves them from the perils of Edgar the dopey butler.
There was a dark period in Disney animation following founder Walt's death in 1966. The last film he touched, The Jungle Book would mark the end of an era in more ways then one. The Aristocats, released in 1970, represents the beginning of a sort of 'silver' or 'Post-Walt' era that would see the animation studio spiral into near bankruptcy (thanks in no small part to the utter failure of The Black Hole, apparently). This era included such comparatively unsuccessful films as Robin Hood (1973), The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and Oliver & Company (1988). Only The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and The Rescuers (also 1977) have managed much of a positive rep with critics over the years (critics I happen to agree with, by the way), but even these efforts emanate a sense of rush and monetary constraints. This silver age came to an end in 1989, when The Little Mermaid blew the top off the box office.
For better or worse, The Aristocats was, is, and always will be Lady and the Tramp in Paris with cats. There is a touch of 101 Dalmatians considering the kitten murder plot, and a pinch of The Incredible Journey, but really, without hurting anyone's feelings, this is what we watch when Lady and the Tramp isn't around. This isn't to say the story, characters, and songs aren't charming as all get out, but there is no doubt that this is Disney at their most mediocre, comparatively speaking, of course.
Disney animation has always been sort of episodic, but the screen time spent on set pieces and song and dance numbers here is slightly ridiculous. The story itself is quite hectically paced, and the mixing of simplistic, 'kid friendly' elements and more sophisticated adult issues don't mix. The Aristocats could've worked well as a short subject for children, but as an animated exploration of grown up themes it's pretty iffy. There's not a sense of suspense or danger, the villain is weak, and the heroes are arch even by Disney standards. The most interesting aspect of this particular story, from a grown-up's P.O.V., is the fact that the human protagonist is quite obviously insane.
The animation is some of the sketchiest in Disney's history. 101 Dalmatians wasn't clean, but The Aristocats is downright dirty at times. It appears that the animators were quite rushed for time, which at this point in Disney history they most likely were. The Bill Peet inspired designs are well executed, they just don't seem to have been finished in time for filming. The cast—filled out with Jungle Book, Rescuers and Robin Hood alumni—also reeks of budget constraints and rushed schedules. Despite this sort of shoelace approach the cast is sharp, and the dialogue is the film's most charming element. Guest stars like the redneck car chasing dogs, or the wacky limey geese, are impossible to resist.
Based on this DVD I'd recommend that Disney doesn't put The Aristocats on Blu-ray disc. The imperfections in the cheapish and uncleaned animation are quite blatant when digitally remastered to such a degree, and in high definition they'd probably be insufferable. The overall anamorphically enhanced print isn't nearly as impeccably cleaned as the Platinum Edition releases. The image is pretty dark and grainy, though details are definitely sharper then previous video releases. Edge enhancement is not an issue, but compression noise is. Solid and bright colours dance with noise, though it seems to be an issue with inconsistence film rather then compression.
It says Dolby Digital 5.1 on the box, but even at its most lively this track would be lucky to be mistaken for even a 2.0 track. I noticed no discretion between the two rear channels, which are only noticeable during musical cues. The majority of the track is centred, with occasional stereo effects and a decent LFE channel. The soundtrack is clear and full without any noticeable distortion. Sometimes the dialogue is a little flat and canned, but there isn't any crackling or scratches.
It seems that even the folks at Disney recognize The Aristocats as one of their lesser features, because this is probably the weakest Disney special edition DVD re-release I've ever seen. Both the kid and adult friendly extras have been whittled down to a minimal, barely earning the re-release at all. The kid friendly stuff includes a 'Virtual Kitten' game, and a 'Fun with Language' game. The 'Virtual Kitten' is basically a Tomagachi for your DVD player, and not particularly fun for an adult to play. The 'Fun with Language' game is a sort of reading game, and really dull if you already know what a clarinet is and how to read the word.
Kids can also enjoy a menu screen that takes them directly to any of the film's many songs, complete with sing along subtitles. And if the cute kitties of the film weren't enough for them, there's also a classic Disney short included, staring Figaro the cat, who's made pretty by Minnie Mouse and then teased by the neighbourhood's alley cats.
On the adult side of things the 'Backstage Disney' section includes only a handful of extras. The first is a featurette concerning a song originally deleted from the film. The song was meant to be used twice, at different tempos, but didn't find its way past the prototype phase. There are some very rough recordings and design sketches to give us an idea of what was intended. This is followed by a brief featurette concerning the Sherman Brothers, the masterminds behind the film's music, and most of the studio's music at the time. Rather then feature length documentaries about the film's genesis viewers are forced to supply their own dialogue with a series of stills from the film's development.
This rather minimalist series of extras is finished with an excerpt from a classic Disney television special about the history of cats, and a whole bunch of trailers.
The Aristocats is not a shining moment in the Disney animation repertoire. The film is not without its charm, and the little ones will probably still enjoy themselves, but there isn't much here for a grown-up mind, familiar with the ins and outs of the studio's more successful features, to chew on. Compared to recent 'Platinum Edition' DVD releases, this disc is negligible in the extras department, and the A/V leaves something to be desired. For collectors this is still a must, but the rest of us will want to wait for the upcoming 101 Dalmatians and Sleeping Beauty special editions before we get too excited about Disney 'classics' again.
Review by Gabriel Powers
All ages admitted
Disc Details
Release Date: 5th February 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 French
Subtitles: English
Extras: Deleted Scene, Virtual Kitten Game, Fun with Language Game, The Great Cat Family, 'Bath Day' Short, Sherman Brothers Featurette, Stills, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Gary Dubin, Dean Clark (II)
Genre: Animation
Length: 79 minutes
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As if this drivel weren't bad enough, the ending blatantly threatens a sequel
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No belief on earth can rescue Swank from a film that's a chain of disaster chintz masquerading as a sermon.
One either likes this sort of thing or not. Even fans might not buy the ending in which more people get wiped out than in Hurricane Katrina.
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Violent thriller has dark religious themes.
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Parents need to know that this ominous, religious-themed thriller has lots of violent scenes, many involving children. Images include a river of blood, dead fish and frogs (some beset by maggots and flies), dead children's bodies and bones, a rape scene (cut into close ups and made confusing because the victim is drugged), the ritual sacrifice of children, scary shadows in creaky houses, faces covered with oozy boils, bloody walls and floors, a mural of a lynching, suicide, locusts attacking men, and flames shooting from the sky. Characters discuss faith and skepticism, and there's a little bit of drinking and some swearing (including at least one "f--k").
Messages: A former missionary rediscovers her faith via signs from the devil -- a route that involves multiple deaths, a cult that sacrifices children, rape, and suicide.
Violence: Several jump scenes in dark places; flashback scenes show sweaty, delirious poisoned Chilean villagers as well as angry Sudanese villagers dying of starvation and attacking white missionaries; images of dead fish and frogs in a river of blood and flies and maggots on fish; a dead boy's body (desiccated and creepy) appears several times; deranged cows attack a truck; scary point-of-view explorations of a dark house, a basement, and the woods; a nightmarish rape scene is intercut with a painful flashback; a scary "African" figure appears behind or near Katherine a few times; a woman commits suicide with handgun (off screen, though her body falls in the next shot); men are attacked by a swarm of locusts; discovery of skulls, bones, and bodies in a crypt; flames from the sky; a child is tied to table and threatened with ritual sacrifice (she screams); people with guns and knives threaten a young girl; a man grabs a woman and threatens her with a knife as they are swirled up in flames.
Sex: Katherine wears tight tops; during a nightmarish, fragmented rape scene, sweaty body parts and her face appear in close-up.
Language: At least one use of "f--k," plus other language ("s--t," "damn," etc.).
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Beer drinking, homebrew drinking (which leads to Katherine's seeming hallucination), character carries a cigar.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, made his presence felt at a regional summit on Monday with a flowery letter from his sickbed in Cuba that was laced with literary references and calls for Latin American unity.
Chavez has not been seen in public since cancer surgery in Cuba in mid-December, missing his own inauguration for a new six-year term this month and fueling uncertainty over the illness jeopardizing his 14-year rule.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who Chavez has named as his preferred successor, read the 15-minute long, typed letter to heads of state gathered in Chile.
"I'm sorry I can't attend this meeting in Santiago de Chile, but as you all know, since December I've been battling once again for my health," read the letter, which was sprinkled with quotes from well-known Latin American writers including Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
The absence of the loquacious leader was conspicuous at the CELAC-European Union summit in Chile, as many foreign leaders and diplomats fret about the stability of the OPEC nation.
Chavez's fiery leftist rhetoric often made headlines at regional gatherings. Five years ago at another summit in Chile, Spain's king famously told Chavez to "shut up."
The socialist president was a driving force behind the creation of the CELAC, or Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, which was established in 2011 in a drive to increase regional integration and counter U.S. influence in the hemisphere.
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December 25, 2006
Complexity constrains evolution of human brain genes
Despite the explosive growth in size and complexity of the human brain, the pace of evolutionary change among the thousands of genes expressed in brain tissue has actually slowed since the split, millions of years ago, between human and chimpanzee, an international research team reports in the December 26, 2006, issue of the journal, PLOS Biology.
December 21, 2006
National leader in childhood cancer research joins University of Chicago Medical Center team
Susan L. Cohn, MD, a leader in neuroblastoma research, has been named professor of pediatrics, section chief of clinical sciences at the Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences and director of clinical research in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, effective January 1, 2007.
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December 8, 2006
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The National Cancer Institute has awarded a Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center for a series of projects designed to benefit women at high risk for breast cancer.
December 8, 2006
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society awards $5 million to University of Chicago researchers
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has awarded a $5.25 million Specialized Center of Research (SCOR) grant to Michael Thirman, MD, associate professor of medicine and director of leukemia biology at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
December 7, 2006
Holiday Brunch salutes young woman of courage
The third annual Holiday Brunch to benefit The University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital will honor 11-year-old Déjà King at American Girl on Sunday, December 10.
December 7, 2006
Robert Wissler, MD, PhD, 1917-2006
A leading expert on the role of diet in the development, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, Robert W. Wissler, MD, PhD, professor emeritus in the department of pathology at the University of Chicago, died from complications from an infection on Tuesday, November 28.
December 5, 2006
University of Chicago Medical Center opens new state-of-the-art children's emergency department
The City of Chicago's newest and most advanced pediatric emergency department opens 8 a.m. on December 6, 2006, at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. The Comer Emergency Department contains the most up-to-date facilities for children with complex surgical and medical needs.
November 30, 2006
Stem cell expert to enhance pediatric hematology/oncology programs at the University of Chicago Medical Center
John Cunningham, MD, a leader in treating hemoglobinopathies and genetic blood disorders, has accepted a position with pediatric hematology/oncology and stem cell transplantation at the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective December 1.
November 29, 2006
Conference focuses on how neighborhoods affect education, employment, and health
This one-day conference, "Causal Inference in Neighborhood-based Research," will bring together preeminent thinkers in the field to assess research on the impact of neighborhoods. Does a neighborhood affect health and other outcomes or is where people choose to live simply a marker for other, more crucial factors?
November 21, 2006
Baby saved by aunt's generosity
Thanksgiving came early for the Aguinaga-Robles family. Olga Robles, Alberto Aguinaga and their six children have much for which to be grateful. On Oct. 23, the youngest of the family, 10-month-old Selena Aguinaga received a living-donor liver transplant at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
November 15, 2006
Risk after colon cancer higher for very fat and very thin
Even after successful treatment for colon cancer, the very obese are about one-third more likely to have their cancer recur and to die prematurely from cancer than those of normal weight, researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of Pittsburgh report in the November 15, 2006, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
November 15, 2006
Genetic study of Neanderthal DNA reveals early split between humans and Neanderthals
In the most thorough study to date of the Neanderthal genome, scientists suggest an early human-Neanderthal split. The two species have a common ancestry, say the authors, but do not share much else after evolving their separate ways. The study, published in this week's issue of Science, also finds no evidence of genetic admixture between Neanderthals and humans.
November 14, 2006
Anti-cancer drug shows early promise in pulmonary hypertension
A drug used to treat kidney cancer can prevent the development of pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in rodents, report researchers from the University of Chicago at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Heart Association, November 12 to15, in Chicago. There is no curative therapy for this condition.
November 14, 2006
Ludwig Fund donates $20 million to University of Chicago for cancer research
The Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research, created by American billionaire Daniel K. Ludwig, today announced that it has donated $20 million to each of six leading cancer research institutions--including the University of Chicago--to create Ludwig Centers for cancer research. This $120 million donation will provide an immediate boost to cancer research. Subsequent distributions from the Ludwig Fund over the next seven years should enable each Ludwig Center to build a self-sustaining endowment.
November 2, 2006
David Hefner to become president of University of Chicago Medical Center
David S. Hefner, an experienced health system executive and national academic medical center consultant, has been appointed President of the University of Chicago Medical Center. He will begin serving on a part-time basis on November 1, 2006, while he completes his transition from current client responsibilities, and become full time December 1.
October 26, 2006
Scientists find lamprey a 'living fossil'
Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the University of Chicago have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved fossil lamprey from the Devonian period that reveals today's lampreys as "living fossils" since they have remained largely unaltered for 360 million years.
October 23, 2006
Compliance with medications lowers healthcare costs
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who take medications as directed have decreased medical costs, researchers from the University of Chicago researchers report at the American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting in Las Vegas. A second study from the same group, however, suggests that there is no simple way to improve compliance.
October 20, 2006
Eighteenth annual clinical-medical-ethics conference to focus on healthcare reform and decision making
The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago will host its 18th annual conference on Friday and Saturday, November 10 to 11, 2006, at the Max Palevsky theater in Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, on the University of Chicago campus.
October 11, 2006
Structure of enzyme offers treatment clues for diabetes, Alzheimer's
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of insulin-degrading enzyme, a promising target for new drugs because it breaks down not only insulin but also the amyloid-beta protein, which has been linked to the cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease.
October 10, 2006
International conference focuses on mesothelioma
The University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine will host the eighth conference of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG) from Thursday, October 19, through Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, 301 E. North Water Street in Chicago.
October 9, 2006
Drug may help women stop smoking
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent when assessed after eight weeks of treatment, but made no difference for men, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the October 2006 issue of the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
October 4, 2006
Gary Comer, 1927-2006
Gary C. Comer, founder of the Lands' End clothing-catalogue company and long-term supporter of projects to help children, especially those on the South Side of Chicago, died today from cancer at his home in Chicago.
October 3, 2006
U.S. Equities Comer Kids' Classic hits four-year mark
The U.S. Equities Comer Kids' Classic, a 5K run/walk to benefit the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, begins Saturday, October 7 at 10:00 a.m.
September 29, 2006
Lawrence Pottenger, MD, PhD, 1944-2006
An orthopedic surgeon with a particular interest in arthritis, the orthopedic problems in the elderly and improving artificial joints, Lawrence A. Pottenger, MD, PhD, associate professor emeritus of surgery and pathology at the University of Chicago, died September 25th at the University of Chicago Hospitals from complications of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
September 22, 2006
For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass
In the first large, single-institution series directly comparing weight-loss outcomes in super-obese patients, researchers from the University of Chicago found that a newer operation, the duodenal switch, produced substantially better weight-loss outcomes than the standard operation, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
September 18, 2006
Sleep study adds to links between sleep loss and diabetes
Short or poor quality sleep is associated with reduced control of blood-sugar levels in African Americans with diabetes, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the September 18, 2006, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. The finding suggests that one inexpensive way to improve the health of patients with type 2 diabetes might be to improve the duration and quality of their sleep.
September 11, 2006
Molecular medicine comes to the rescue
On Monday, August 14, Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was one month old, checked into the Clinical Research Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center. On Friday, August 18, she checked out, starting to make her own insulin, well on her way to insulin independence, and ready to get in a few days of beach time in Michigan before starting first grade.
September 4, 2006
Satalic appointed deputy general counsel at University of Chicago Medical Center
John Satalic has been appointed deputy general counsel at the University of Chicago Medical Center, effective September 4, 2006. In this position, he will assist in the supervision of the medical-legal staff, which includes six other lawyers, and help address all legal issues facing the Medical Center.
August 29, 2006
University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System and Humana announce agreement
University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System and Humana Inc. announced today the signing of a contract under which University of Chicago will provide healthcare services to individuals and families participating in Humana commercial health insurance plans.
August 26, 2006
University of Chicago celebrates those with a new heart
The University of Chicago Heart Transplant Team, including Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD, chief of cardiac and thoracic surgery, and Allen Anderson, MD, medical director of the Cardiac Transplant Service, will host 250 heart transplant recipients and their families.
August 24, 2006
Researchers map out networks that determine cell fate
A two-step process appears to regulate cell fate decisions for many types of developing cells, according to researchers from the University of Chicago.
August 21, 2006
Sculptor Jeffrey Breslow exhibits new works
Artist Jeffrey Breslow, owner of Big Monster Toys, will unveil 16 sculptures at the Harold Washington Public Library on September 9, 2006. Each piece comes with a story, including a sculpture of Riley Johnson, a toddler with Chiari malformation and pseudotumor cerebri.
August 2, 2006
Jeffrey Matthews appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago
Gastrointestinal surgeon Jeffrey Matthews, MD, a leading authority on the surgical treatment of diseases of the pancreas, bile ducts and liver, and a prominent scientist known for his fundamental research on defects in chloride transport in epithelial tissue, has been appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago, effective October 1, 2006.
August 2, 2006
Heat waves kill in areas without business to draw out elderly
Severe heat waves kill more people in neighborhoods where there are few inviting businesses to draw older people out of their apartments, new research suggests. A study of the 1995 heat wave in Chicago found higher-than-average mortality rates in areas where businesses were run-down, and dominated by liquor stores and bars.
July 27, 2006
Philip Hoffmann, PhD, 1936-2006
A respected neuropharmacologist and a revered teacher, Philip C. Hoffmann, PhD, professor emeritus in the department of neurobiology, pharmacology and physiology at the University of Chicago, died Friday, July 21, at the University of Chicago's Bernard Mitchell Hospital after a long battle with prostate cancer.
July 21, 2006
Novel technique used to remove tumor in infant's liver
On June 28, infant Chloe Lobins received a liver resection--removal of part of the organ--and a new chance at life at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. Born prematurely and diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, Lobins is believed to be the smallest infant ever to undergo massive liver resection for a primary liver cancer.
July 19, 2006
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana break ground for new house
On its 20th year of serving the growing and diverse needs of families with children receiving medical attention and as a dedicated partner to the Hyde Park community, the Ronald McDonald House near the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital is getting a new home of its own.
July 14, 2006
Maria Medenica, MD, 1924-2006
Maria M. Medenica, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and an authority on the use of electron microscopy in the diagnosis of skin diseases, died Monday, June 25, 2006, at her home in Lincoln Park. She was 81.
July 12, 2006
Brain-computer link lets paralyzed patients convert thoughts into actions
A multi-institutional team of researchers has found that people with long-standing, severe paralysis can generate signals in the area of the brain responsible for voluntary movement and these signals can be detected, recorded, routed out of the brain to a computer and converted into actions--enabling a paralyzed patient to perform basic tasks.
July 7, 2006
National survey places University of Chicago Hospitals in top one percent for most specialties
The University of Chicago Hospitals is rated as one of the best in the United States and the highest ranked in Illinois according to U.S.News & World Report in its annual survey of America's 5,189 hospitals.
July 3, 2006
New study shows people sleep even less than they think: Whites, women and wealthy sleep longer, better
A study of the sleep characteristics of 669 middle-aged adults found that people sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think. Published in the July issue in the
American Journal of Epidemiology, the study also found that blacks sleep less than whites, men sleep less than women, and the poor sleep less than the wealthy.
June 14, 2006
Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center
The Trustees of the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Hospitals have passed measures designed to better integrate governance and operations. The new governance model expands the purview of the Hospitals Board to include not just the activities of the Hospitals but also clinical medical programs located in the University's Division of the Biological Sciences.
June 6, 2006
$10 million from Duchossois family to support cancer research
The Duchossois family, longtime champions of science and medicine at the University of Chicago, has made a donation of $10 million to support research on cancer and the study of metastasis at the university. The gift is the fourth in a series of eight-figure gifts donated this year to the university's "Spark Discovery, Illuminate Life" campaign. Together, these four gifts total more than $100 million.
June 5, 2006
Small naps a big help for young docs on long shifts
The first study to assess the benefits of naps for medical residents during extended shifts found that creating protected times when interns could sleep during a night on-call significantly reduced fatigue.
May 26, 2006
Cardiac surgeon Robert Karp, 1934-2006
A pioneer in heart surgery and transplantation, Robert B. Karp, MD, professor emeritus of surgery and the former section chief of cardiac surgery at the University of Chicago, and his wife, Sondra, died May 18, 2006, in a motor vehicle accident on a highway near the village of Chateauroux, about 100 miles south of Paris, France.
May 25, 2006
First living-donor liver transplant recipient graduates from high school May 27
On Saturday, May 27, 2006, at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, Alyssa Smith, the recipient of the world's first successful living-donor liver transplant, will graduate from high school.
May 19, 2006
Field Museum hires new provost
The Field Museum and the University of Chicago jointly announced Friday that Neil H. Shubin, PhD, will be appointed provost of The Field Museum and associate dean for organismal and evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago.
May 15, 2006
Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis
The first long-term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis.
May 10, 2006
Selectively blocking inflammatory signals may protect mice from MS
A new way to preserve the cells that surround and protect nerves could lead to new treatments for demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis, a research team reports in the May 10, 2006 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
May 1, 2006
Physician approaches to patient spirituality vary according to doctors' religious characteristics
Although more than nine out of ten doctors believe it is appropriate to discuss religious or spiritual issues when a patient brings them up and three out of four encourage patients' religious beliefs and practices, only half inquire, even occasionally, about a patient's faith, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the May issue of the journal Medical Care.
April 27, 2006
Leading researcher to establish genomics and systems biology institute at the University of Chicago
Kevin P. White, PhD, a pioneer in combining experimental and computational techniques to understand the networks of factors that control gene expression during development and evolution, has been appointed professor in the departments of human genetics and ecology and evolution and director of the new Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, effective July 1, 2006.
April 26, 2006
"Uniquely human" component of language found in gregarious birds
Although linguists have argued that certain patterns of language organization are the exclusive province of humans -- perhaps the only uniquely human component of language -- researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego have discovered the same capacity to recognize such patterns and distinguish between them in Sturnus vulgaris, the common European starling.
April 25, 2006
New team performs lung transplant at University of Chicago
The lung transplant team, recruited to the University of Chicago in December 2005, completed their first transplant in the new setting on Saturday, April 22, 2006. Allen Leonard, an officer with the Chicago Police Department, received two new lungs in an operation that began at about 10 p.m. on Friday evening and lasted until about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday.
April 14, 2006
Surgical robot makes prostate cancer removal safe for obese men
The use of a robotic system could make surgery for prostate cancer an option for thousands of obese men who might otherwise be turned down, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the April 2006 issue of the journal Urology.
April 6, 2006
Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a species that provides the missing evolutionary link between fish and the first animals that walked out of water onto land about 375 million years ago.
March 31, 2006
Medical School, graduate bioscience programs move up in popular national survey
The University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine climbed from 19th up to 17th (tied with Vanderbilt) in the latest U.S.News & World Report's ranking of research medical schools. Graduate programs in the biological sciences also gained one notch, moving from 20th to 19th.
March 27, 2006
Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal
In the March 27, 2006, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, four University of Chicago physicians propose the first general framework for withholding or discontinuing medications, adding life expectancy, goals of care, treatment targets, and time until benefit to the usual equation of drug plusses and minuses.
March 23, 2006
Efforts to replicate controversial diabetes therapy bring partial success
An effort by researchers at the University of Chicago to confirm the results of a high-profile study that brought extraordinary hope to diabetes researchers and patients worldwide has met with considerable, but not complete, success. The researchers were able to reverse type-1 diabetes in one-third of mice but were unable to find any evidence of insulin-producing beta cells derived from donated spleen cells, initially thought to be a crucial component of the therapy.
March 16, 2006
Clinical trial measures ability of focused heat treatment to reduce asthma symptoms
The University of Chicago Hospitals is one of about 30 centers around the world, and the only one in Illinois, participating in the Asthma Interventional Research 2 (AIR2) clinical trial, the first U.S. trial of "Bronchial Thermoplasty," an experimental treatment for patients with moderate to severe asthma.
March 15, 2006
Match Day sets course for future physicians March 16
Match Day--an annual rite of spring when medical students across the country simultaneously discover where they will continue their training next year in hospital residency programs.
March 14, 2006
Youngest patient receives minimally invasive treatment for sunken-chest disorder
On Thursday, March 9, 2006, 17-month-old Coreon Kelly of Joliet became the youngest and, at 19 pounds, the smallest patient ever treated with the minimally invasive "Nuss" procedure to repair a common congenital chest-wall deformity called pectus excavatum.
March 9, 2006
Most human-chimp differences due to gene regulation--not genes
The vast differences between humans and chimpanzees are due more to changes in gene regulation than differences in individual genes themselves, researchers from Yale, the University of Chicago, and the Hall Institute in Parkville, Victoria, Australia, argue in the March 9, 2006, issue of the journal Nature.
March 8, 2006
Scientists provide new evidence for cellular cause of SIDS
University of Chicago researchers and colleagues have found strong support that a disturbance of a specific neurochemical can lead to sudden infant death syndrome, the primary cause of death before age 1 in the United States.
March 6, 2006
Scan of human genome reveals evidence of more than 700 recently evolving genes
By scanning the entire human genome in search of genetic variations that may signal recent evolution, University of Chicago researchers found more than 700 genetic variants that may be targets of recent natural positive selection during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.
February 28, 2006
University of Chicago Hospitals tops national survey
The University of Chicago Hospitals has been named as one of the top 100 hospitals in the country by Evanston, IL-based Solucient, a healthcare information company.
February 22, 2006
Healthcare tips for one-year-olds
As the Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago celebrates its first year, we have put together 10 tips for your child's healthcare as he or she turns one. These recommendations were developed with Joel Schwab, MD, and other leading pediatricians at Comer Children's Hospital.
February 21, 2006
Over-the-counter decongestant equals popular prescription drug in relieving hay fever symptoms
There is no significant difference between an over-the-counter decongestant and a prescription medication that costs almost four times as much in relieving hay fever symptoms, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery.
February 20, 2006
University of Chicago lung transplant program approved
The University of Chicago's new lung transplant program has been approved by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and will begin placing patients on the lung transplant waiting list this week. UNOS also approved the University's application for a heart/lung transplant program.
February 10, 2006
$25 million gift from Jules and Gwen Knapp will help build 10-story medical research facility at the University of Chicago
Jules and Gwen Knapp of Chicago have donated $25 million toward construction of a 330,760-square-foot, 10-story, state-of-the-art facility that will provide a new home for translational research programs in children's health, cancer, and other medical specialties at the University of Chicago.
February 8, 2006
Searle family to fund biomedical research in Chicago
The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has made a grant of $5 million to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), a collaboration of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
February 2, 2006
Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans
About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene, and half of those deaths result from a common genetic variation that increases an infant's risk of developing an abnormal heart rhythm during times of environmental stress, a research team based at the University of Chicago reports in the February 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
January 25, 2006
Record gift will transform specialty care at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago
Gary C. Comer, founder of the Lands' End clothing-catalogue company, and his wife, Frances, have made a $42 million donation to the University of Chicago to create the Comer Center for Children and Specialty Care--a four-story, 122,500 square-foot facility adjoining the recently opened Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago--and to recruit leading physician-scientists and build programs providing state-of-the-art care and advancing the forefront of pediatric medicine.
January 24, 2006
Erectile dysfunction may warn of heart disease
Erectile dysfunction may provide a warning sign of significant coronary heart disease, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the January 23, 2006, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Although recent studies suggest an association between erectile dysfunction and atherosclerotic vascular disease, this is the first study to link ED with abnormal results on cardiac stress testing, including evidence for severe coronary artery blockages and markers of a poor cardiovascular prognosis.
January 5, 2006
Abdominal chemo boosts survival in ovarian cancer patients
Women with Stage III ovarian cancer given a combination of intravenous and intraperitoneal chemotherapy following surgical debulking of tumor had a median survival nearly 16 months longer than women who received IV chemotherapy alone, according to a study published in the January 5, 2006, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
January 5, 2006
Artist immortalizes atrium at University of Chicago Hospitals
On January 6, 2006, New York artist Audrey Ushenko, a member of the National Academy of Design and a professor at Indiana University-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne, IN, will put the finishing touches on her large-scale oil painting of the three-story atrium of the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and the staff, patients, and visitors who pass through it.
January 4, 2006
Chemical signaling helps regulate sensory map formation in the brain
Researchers from the University of Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism used by the developing brain to pattern nerve connections in the part of the brain that interprets visual signals. In the process, they have provided the first experimental evidence for a decades-old model of how nerve cells establish distant connections in a way that can consistently relay spatial information.


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Citizens Bank robbed in downtown Manchester
January 23. 2013 2:58PM
MANCHESTER - Police are investigating the robbery of Citizens Bank, 1550 Elm St., Wednesday afternoon.
Police who responded to the bank at about 1:50 p.m. learned a man wearing a surgical mask had just robbed the bank, leaving with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Reportedly, the man entered the bank and approached the teller with his hands in his pockets demanding cash, although no weapon was displayed. The suspect left the bank on foot and was last seen headed west on West Brook Street.
He is described as a white male, about 5-foot-8 with a very thin build. He was last seen wearing a very dark, hooded sweatshirt with writing or a logo on the left chest area and lighter-colored pants. A white surgical or painter's mask covered his face, and he wore gloves.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Manchester Police Department at 668-8711. Anonymous tips for cash rewards may be made though Manchester Crimeline at 624-4040 or online at manchestercrimeline.org.


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The flexhaler is a dry powder inhaler that delivers steroid medicine, which is used to prevent asthma and its symptoms. Watch how to properly use the pulmicort flexhaler for asthma relief.
This video is an excerpt from the DVD Living With Asthma: A Guide to Controlling Your Asthma produced by St. Louis Children's Hospital.