The Parson Red Heads
Our first official session of 2013 led us to the Bob White Theatre with Portland based band, The Parson Red Heads. The Bob White Theatre, an old, once abandoned theater and organ workshop stationed in SE Portland has been on our on-going list of spaces we hoped to shoot a session. The Parson Red Heads also had an interest in the space, and we were fortunate enough to gain access for the shoot.
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Baby's first tour was a loop around the West last fall, from Portland to Colorado, down through New Mexico and Arizona, and then back. In style, too -- a 1987 Ford motor home.
"A working man's tour bus," Parson Red Heads singer Evan Way says. "It was good. It was about 15 days. He's a natural born traveler."
"He" is George. George is 4 months old now, and with his dad (Way) and mom (Red Heads drummer Brette Marie Way) and their bandmates getting ready for what looks to be a notably busy 2013, it's a good bet he'll log a few more miles before his first birthday.
Aside from that West Coast tour, the Parson Red Heads, makers of warm, '70s-inspired folk rock, wrapped 2012 at the White Eagle Saloon on New Year's Eve playing, among other things, Weezer's entire "Blue" record.
To kick off 2013, they're revisiting the past. Tuesday, their 2011 full-length record "Yearling," originally released by Portland-based Arena Rock Recording Company, will be re-released in expanded form by North Carolina-based Second Motion Records.
What they're calling the deluxe version of "Yearling" features six more tracks, bringing the total to 17 and clocking in at more than an hour.
Way says Arena Rock's original run was 1,500 copies of the album. When the band sold out of those, they went back to the label to see about a second run, but it wasn't something Arena Rock, which is largely dormant these days, could do.
In March last year, the Red Heads released the six-song EP "Murmurations" on Portland's Timber Carnival Records -- the same six songs that have now been tacked on to "Yearling."
"They were all recorded at the same time," Way says. "I felt like the songs deserved to live with each other."
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NASA Pt1 "Lift-off to Secretcy"
NASA No Actual Science Allowed. "Lift off to Secretcy" reflects nasa not telling truths about space or their missions. This song was a user request. This song is laid-back until the drums kick in then it rides smooth til the end. The end of this song will be the begging of part 2. They might be three parts to this song. Thanks go to my growing fans. I created this song I hold all copyrights. Sorry to my subscribers but the post to my subscribers option grayed out while typing my post to you.
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While NASA will not be as busy as Obama during the 2013 Presidential Inauguration, it is planning to celebrate the special event with several activites throughout the weekend for those lucky enough to be in Washington D.C. while also providing plenty of opportunities to join in on the fun for those who could not make the trip.
On Friday, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. EST, NASA is opening its doors to the public as part of an open house. NASA announced that people can explore their headquarters 300 E St. SW and be a part of panel discussions with NASA officials. Some of the topics that will be discussed include the future of human spaceflight, future technology, current research on the International Space Station as well as the Mars mission and Curiosity rover. There will also be displays located throughout the headquarters detailing NASAs rich history and current projects.
On Saturday, NASA will take part in the National Day of Service on the National Mall between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST. The public will learn more about NASA as well as ways to get involved with the government agency. Astronauts will also be on hand to discuss NASAs role in research and space exploration. The astronauts that will attend the event include Kjell Lindgren and Serena Aunon, between 10 a.m and noon, Lee Morin and Kate Rubins, between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and Mike Massimino and Alvin Drew, between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Later on, NASA has planned a Star Party at the Arlington Planetarium. That event takes place between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. EST. The public can gaze at the stars with telescopes while astronauts and NASA leaders will discuss space exploration. If you cant make it to the star party, NASA invites would-be astronomers to submit photos to their Flickr page.
On Monday, Jan. 21, NASA will take part in the inauguration parade with two full-sized replicas of the Curiosity Mars rover and the Orion space capsule. Several NASA officials including the aforementioned astronauts and Bobak Ferdowski, better known as Mohawk Guy, will march in the parade. Mohawk Guy promises a new haircut that will be funand a bit of a surprise from the one he sported during the Curiosity landing on Mars, reports NBC Los Angeles.
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The fully integrated spacecraft and science instrument for NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is seen in a clean room at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Sunnyvale, Calif. facility. The solar arrays are deployed in the configuration they will assume when in orbit. Credit: Credit: Lockheed Martin
NASA's next Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to study the little-understood lower levels of the sun's atmosphere has been fully integrated and final testing is underway.
Scheduled to launch in April 2013, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) will make use of high-resolution images, data and advanced computer models to unravel how matter, light, and energy move from the sun's 6,000 K (10,240 F / 5,727 C) surface to its million K (1.8 million F / 999,700 C) outer atmosphere, the corona. Such movement ultimately heats the sun's atmosphere to temperatures much hotter than the surface, and also powers solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can have societal and economic impacts on Earth.
"This is the first time we'll be directly observing this region since the 1970s," says Joe Davila, IRIS project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "We're excited to bring this new set of observations to bear on the continued question of how the corona gets so hot."
A fundamentally mysterious region that helps drive heat into the corona, the lower levels of the atmospherenamely two layers called the chromosphere and the transition regionhave been notoriously hard to study. IRIS will be able to tease apart what's happening there better than ever before by providing observations to pinpoint physical forces at work near the surface of the sun.
The mission carries a single instrument: an ultraviolet telescope combined with an imaging spectrograph that will both focus on the chromosphere and the transition region. The telescope will see about one percent of the sun at a time and resolve that image to show features on the sun as small as 150 miles (241.4 km) across. The instrument will capture a new image every five to ten seconds, and spectra about every one to two seconds. Spectra will cover temperatures from 4,500 K to 10,000,000 K (7,640 F/4,227 C to 18 million F/10 million C), with images covering temperatures from 4,500 K to 65,000 K (116,500 F/64,730 C).
These unique capabilities will be coupled with state of the art 3-D numerical modeling on supercomputers, such as Pleiades, housed at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. Indeed, recent improvements in computer power to analyze the large amount of data is crucial to why IRIS will provide better information about the region than ever seen before.
"The interpretation of the IRIS spectra is a major effort coordinated by the IRIS science team that will utilize the full extent of the power of the most advanced computational resources in the world. It is this new capability, along with development of state of the art codes and numerical models by the University of Oslo that captures the complexities of this region, which make the IRIS mission possible. Without these important elements we would be unable to fully interpret the IRIS spectra," said Alan Title, the IRIS principal investigator at the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif.
"NASA Ames is pleased to partner with Lockheed Martin on this exciting mission," said John Marmie, assistant project manager at Ames. "The Mission Operations Center testing with the Observatory and Space/Ground Networks are progressing well, as we prepare to support launch and flight operations. Our daily interface with the IRIS observatory will enable our scientists a means to better understand the solar atmosphere."
The IRIS observatory will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and will fly in a sun-synchronous polar orbit for continuous solar observations during a two-year mission.
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks at the NASA open house event, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA opened its doors to the public Friday as part of the festivities surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Visitors to the open house were able to participate in question and answer sessions with NASA officials covering a wide range of topics and take part in hands-on demonstrations.
NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration William Gerstenmaier, second from left, along with space technologist Mike Gazarik, right, participate in a panel discussion moderated by Mamta Nagaraja, left, on "NASA Plans for Human Spaceflight" during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. The open house is part of NASA's activities surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama, Jan. 21, 2013.
Aidan Gibson, 8, from Carrolton, Va. asks a question on Human Spaceflight during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. The open house is part of NASA's activities surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama, Jan. 21, 2013.
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, left, and Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate speak at a panel discussion on the "Importance of Technology and Innovation for our Economic Future" during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, left, and Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate speak at a panel discussion on the "Importance of Technology and Innovation for our Economic Future" during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. The open house is part of NASA's activities surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama, Jan. 21, 2013.
Bill Bluethemann, left, Roger Ronekamp, center, and Jonathan Rogers, all engineers at NASA Johnson Space Center perform a demonstration of NASA's exoskeleton technology during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. The open house is part of the celebration surrounding President Obama's second inauguration on Jan. 21, 2013.
A NASA Social participant holds up a tablet to video tape a presentation of NASA's exoskeleton technology during the NASA Open House at NASA Headquarters, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Washington. The open house is part of NASA's activies surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama, Jan. 21, 2013.
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When President Barack Obama takes his oath of office to begin his second term Monday, NASA will be there.
NASA's famed "Mohawk Guy" Bobak Ferdowsi will march in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on Monday along with life-size replicas of the space agency's Mars rover Curiosity and Orion space capsule.
Ferdowsi is a flight director at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose unique hairdo catapulted him to Internet fame after the spectacular Mars rover Curiosity landing last year.
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Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "The Blob" from the sun has come and gone, sparking nothing more than beautiful views of the northern lights and there could be more blobs to come.
"The things we do, the exploration we do, is not just about learning about other planets. It's about understanding our own. NASA gives us a chance to travel outside our world as a way to look back and learn about ourselves as a species as people. There's nowhere else in the world where you get to do that," Ferdowsi said in a statement.
Ferdowsi is reportedly trading in his mohawk locks for a new hairdo in honor of the President's inauguration. According to an interview with Wired, Ferdowsi is keeping details of the new hairstyle under wraps until the inaugural parade.
Ferdowsi will march in the inaugural parade alongside Curiosity, the Orion spacecraft and other NASA scientists as part of the agency's official Presidential Inaugural Weekend. The $2.5 billion Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5 to begin a two-year mission aimed at determining if the planet could have ever supported microbial life. [Obama and NASA: A Presidential Gallery]
NASA's Orion deep-space capsule the agency's first new spaceship designed by NASA since the space shuttle in the 1970s is designed to send humans farther into space than ever before. The space agency hopes the capsule will be the vessel for manned missions to asteroids, the moon and even Mars.
NASA is hosting an open house for the agencys social media participants Friday in honor of the inauguration as well. The open house is available to the public without a reservation, but 75 specially chosen guests will get a reserved seat that gives them special access to various events throughout the day.
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Call it the ultimate in high art: Using a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful spacecraft orbiting the moon, marking a first in laser communication.
The laser signal, fired from an installation in Maryland, beamed the Mona Lisa to the moon to be received 240,000 miles away by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the moon since 2009. The Mona Lisa transmission, NASA scientists said, is a major advance in laser communication for interplanetary spacecraft.
- David Smith, a researcher working with the LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
"This is the first time anyone has achieved one-way laser communication at planetary distances," David Smith, a researcher working with the LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter which received the Mona Lisa message said in a statement. "In the near future, this type of simple laser communication might serve as a backup for the radio communication that satellites use. In the more distance future, it may allow communication at higher data rates than present radio links can provide."
The LRO spacecraft was the prime choice to test out the novel communication method because the spacecraft was already equipped with a laser receiver. While most spacecraft exploring the solar system today are tracked using radio signals, NASA is tracking LRO via lasers as well.
But the timing had to be just right.
NASA used its Next Generation Satellite Laser Ranging station at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to send the Mona Lisa signal to LRO. The team divided the famous da Vinci painting into sections measuring 150 by 200 pixels and then transmitted them via the pulsing of the laser to the orbiter at a data rate of about 300 bits per second.
Once the lunar orbiter received the image, it reconstructed the photo, corrected for distortions created as the laser signal zipped through Earth's atmosphere, and then sent the image back to Earth using its normal form of communication: radio waves.
"This pathfinding achievement sets the stage for the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration," Richard Vondrak, another researcher with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter said, "a high data rate laser-communication-demonstrations that will be a central feature of NASA's next moon mission, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust environment Explorer."
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer is slated to launch toward the moon later this year and will focus on mapping the lunar atmosphere and environment.
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When President Barack Obama takes his oath of office to begin his second term Monday, NASA will be there.
NASA's famed "Mohawk Guy" Bobak Ferdowsi will march in Monday's Presidential Inaugural Parade on Monday (Jan. 21) along with life-size replicas of the space agency's Mars rover Curiosity and Orion space capsule.
Ferdowsi is a flight director at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory whose unique hairdo catapulted him to Internet fame after the spectacular Mars rover Curiosity landing last year.
"The things we do, the exploration we do, is not just about learning about other planets. It's about understanding our own. NASA gives us a chance to travel outside our world as a way to look back and learn about ourselves as a species as people. There's nowhere else in the world where you get to do that,"Ferdowsi said in a statement.
Ferdowsi will march in the inaugural parade alongside Curiosity, the Orion spacecraft and other NASA scientists as part of the agency's official Presidential Inaugural Weekend. The $2.5 billion Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5 to begin a two-year mission aimed at determining if the planet could have ever supported microbial life. [Obama and NASA: A Presidential Gallery]
NASA's Orion deep-space capsule the agency's first new spaceship designed by NASA since the space shuttle in the 1970s is designed to send humans farther into space than ever before. The space agency hopes the capsule will be the vessel for manned missions to asteroids, the moon and even Mars.
NASA is also hosting an open house for the agencys social media participants today (Jan. 18) in honor of the inauguration as well. The open house is available to the public without a reservation, but 75 specially chosen guests will get a reserved seat that gives them special access to various events throughout the day.
The open house will also include panel discussions with NASA astronauts and displays showing off some of the agencys accomplishments.
Telescopes will be set up outside the David M. Brown Planetarium in Arlington, Va., for a "Star Party" tomorrow (Jan. 19). Experts with NASA will speak about the future of space exploration and missions the agency already has in the works.
For NASA's full schedule of Inaugural Weekend events, click here.
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Call it the ultimate in high art: Using a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful spacecraft orbiting the moon, marking a first in laser communication.
The laser signal, fired from an installation in Maryland, beamed the Mona Lisa to the moon to be received 240,000 miles (384,400 km) away by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the moon since 2009. The Mona Lisa transmission, NASA scientists said, is a major advance in laser communication for interplanetary spacecraft.
"This is the first time anyone has achieved one-way laser communication at planetary distances," David Smith, a researcher working with the LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter which received the Mona Lisa message said in a statement. "In the near future, this type of simple laser communication might serve as a backup for the radio communication that satellites use. In the more distance future, it may allow communication at higher data rates than present radio links can provide."
The LRO spacecraft was the prime choice to test out the novel communication method because the spacecraft was already equipped with a laser receiver. While most spacecraft exploring the solar system today are tracked using radio signals, NASA is tracking LRO via lasers as well.
But the timing had to be just right.
NASA used its Next Generation Satellite Laser Ranging station at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to send the Mona Lisa signal to LRO. The team divided the famous da Vinci painting into sections measuring 150 by 200 pixels and then transmitted them via the pulsing of the laser to the orbiter at a data rate of about 300 bits per second.
Once the lunar orbiter received the image, it reconstructed the photo, corrected for distortions created as the laser signal zipped through Earth's atmosphere, and then sent the image back to Earth using its normal form of communication: radio waves.
"This pathfinding achievement sets the stage for the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration," Richard Vondrak, another researcher with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter said, "a high data rate laser-communication-demonstrations that will be a central feature of NASA's next moon mission, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust environment Explorer."
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer is slated to launch toward the moon later this year and will focus on mapping the lunar atmosphere and environment.
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A stainless steel surface was modified using nanoparticles
Scientists have successfully used nanotechnology to create a contaminant-resistant surface for stainless steel, which they claim can increase production efficiency and productivity and safeguard food safety.
The innovation is important because surface contamination reduces operating efficiency, shortens run times and increases the likelihood of biofilm contamination, according to the researchers.
Such fouling will result in decreased heat transfer rates, pressure fluctuations and an overall loss of product quality, the paper states.
Operating costs are further increased by frequent shutdowns for cleaning and the corresponding use of chemical detergents and sanitisers, which also increases the environmental load and impact.
Raw milk
The coating was tested on the surface of 316L stainless steel heat exchanger plates, on which raw milk can be processed and which are subject to significant contamination, or fouling, of protein and minerals.
An electroless nickel plating process was used to co-deposit fluorinated nanoparticles on to these plates. The ability to resist fouling was demonstrated on a pilot plant scale heat exchanger.
The nanoparticle-modified steel surface slashed contamination by 97%, the researchers claimed in an article just published online in the journal Food & Bioproducts Processing.
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Complementary Therapies and Treatments There are many different types of complementary therapies and treatments. Numerous scientific studies around the world have shown no conclusive evidence that alternative medicine is beneficial for asthma. However, there are several treatments and therapies that may work to help asthma when combined with traditional medicine.
Acupuncture: is an ancient Chinese treatment that uses very fine needles inserted into specific parts of the body. The Chinese theory behind this treatment is to balancing of the bodys natural energies. Acupuncture also helps relax strained muscles and over active nerves, which can have beneficial effects on the rest of the body. Several studies have shown short-term effects for those with mild to moderate asthma. However, more research is needed to show that acupuncture is truly a help for asthma. One note: if you dont like needles, this therapy is not for you.
The Buteyko Method, Yoga and Meditation: these therapies help you to learn to be conscious of your breathing, while teaching you how to relax your mind and entire body. The benefit of these methods is breath training and awareness of stress within your body. These breathing techniques do work to strengthen your lungs, while helping you learn how to relax. Plus, you may be able to use these breathing methods when your asthma becomes worse, and may even be able to avoid an asthma attack. More information about these methods can be found on the BellaOnline asthma site in the related links section below this article.
Chiropractic: employs manipulation of the spine, with the idea that health issues of the neuromusculoskeletal system affect other disorders of the body. Research into the benefits of chiropractic treatments for asthma has been inconclusive.
Herbal Medicine: uses plants or parts of plants to treat illness. Herbs have been used to treat lung disease from ancient times. Several herbs have shown some benefit in the treatment of asthma, however, further studies are needed to learn what actually works and if the herbs are safe. The effects of herbs are not completely understood. They can have serious side effects, and should be respected as much as traditional medications. Herbs traditionally used for asthma include: 1) Butterbur 2) Dried Ivy 3) Ginkgo Biloba 4) Tylophora asthmatica 5) Pycnogenol 6) Choline
While herbal asthma treatments have shown some benefits for the lungs and airways, caution should be exercised. There is no oversight for the quality and dose of herbal preparations. The FDA does have guidelines in place to ensure all labels (for herbal medications) accurately list the ingredients.
Homeopathy: treatments are geared to stimulate the bodys immune system by using small doses of substances that bring on symptoms. The doses are so small that it rarely causes allergy or asthma symptoms to worsen. However, researchers around the world have found no conclusive evidence homeopathy helps asthma.
Vitamins and Supplements: some studies have shown that certain vitamins and supplements can help asthma. These include: 1) Vitamin C: acts as an antihistamine in the body. Its also a strong anti-oxidant that has been shown to strengthen the immune system. 2) Omega-3 fatty acids: typically found in certain types of fish and plants, and cannot be made by the body. Omega-3s work to reduce inflammation in the body. 3) Vitamin D: is essential for many of the bodys functions. Vitamin D is made in the body, and is important for the immune system. Many asthma patients have been shown to be vitamin D deficient. You can find additional information right here on the BellaOnline asthma site by coping and pasting this web address into your browser: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art178107.asp.
Can Complementary Therapies Help Asthma? Alternative therapies and treatments can often be combined in order to provide the best help for asthma patients. Each of these therapies (mentioned here) has been studied by researchers, with some treatments showing benefits, while others havent. However, everyones body is differentwhat works for one person may not work for another. Its definitely a good idea to research types of therapies youre interested in. After looking into a possible therapy, you can then talk with your doctor to see if this might help your asthma. Before adding or changing your asthma regimen, first talk with your doctor to make sure these treatments wont cause other problems with your health. Never quit taking your prescribed asthma medications, unless told to do so by your doctor. Don't make any changes to your asthma regimen without first talking to your doctor
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Several local doctors have decided to pay for medical school for three women in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, a war-torn region in the south of the country known to be a Taliban stronghold.
Allison Burton, a hospitalist doctor at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, said the idea came about when hospital staff learned three of their colleagues from Afghanistan were planning to leave the area. Burton and several other St. Joseph physicians wanted to give them a going away present, she said.
We realized this gift could really go a long way, Burton said of the medical school funding.
Burton's brother works for Green Village Schools, a nonprofit which helps build schools and fund health education in Helmand Province. It was an easy fit, Burton said, to join forces with her brother's organization. Seven other St. Joseph physicians wanted to contribute, too.
By American education standards, a medical school degree in Afghanistan is a bargain. A student can attend medical school in Helmand Province for about $150 a month, Burton said. Their contribution to the three women might go toward their tuition, or related items like books and housing, she said.
The ultimate goal is for the students to eventually return to their home villages to practice as the first female physicians there, a press release from the hospital said.
That would be very progressive, said Burton, who attended the Medical College of Georgia. Having
Afghanistan has the third-highest infant mortality rate in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The southerly part of the country, of which Helmand is a part, has just two hospitals, according to Doctors Without Borders. The organization reports the province's children have a chronic problem of malnutrition.
Burton said her brother has been to Afghanistan to meet the three women, all of whom have been accepted into medical school.
Hospital spokeswoman Leslie Broomall said she had never heard of St. Joseph doctors teaming up for such a cause before.
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Correction appended More than two years after Jeffrey Akman was named interim dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he was announced Monday as the permanent leader of GWs most selective and richest school.
The move was one made with urgency after hastening by top administrators in the fall following two years without a permanent dean to leader the college as it undergoes curriculum changes and budget shifts.
Akman also stays on as senior vice president for health affairs, making him one of the most influential administrators at GW and allowing him to oversee the Universitys relationship with the Medical Faculty Associates and GW Hospital, which are separate corporations but share use of medical faculty as doctors.
Akman said in an email that while his former temporary role did not hold him back, the the permanent position would help solidify the school.
Removing the interim title does provide an additional sense of stability for our students, faculty, alumni and the greater SMHS community, Akman said. Undoubtedly, it will help as I recruit for key positions within SMHS, including [administrative] positions and chairs.
He said he would be focused on hiring going forward, particularly by bulking up the schools research and improving staff diversity. While the medical school is perennially one of the most coveted colleges in the country for aspiring doctors, it is still the most expensive one to not crack U.S. News & World Reports top 50 for research.
University President Knapp ordered an expedited search to fill the position in November, and some professors said they hoped permanent leadership would ease the process of filling senior positions in the schools administration. Five of the schools 23 departments are still headed by interim chairs.
Provost Steven Lerman declined to say if a committee in the medical school considered any other candidates during the accelerated search.
We have had interim dean for two years, and President Knapp and I decided now was the right time to expedite filling the position, Lerman said. The School of Medicine and Health Sciences bylaws explicitly provide a mechanism for a shorter search.
Akman, a psychiatry specialist who has spent 25 years at the school, first landed in the deans office in 2010 after an impromptu resignation from former dean James Scott. The decision came as GW was breaking up the medical school from the former Medical Center, which also included the school of public health and the school of nursing.
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Jan 1, 2013 - On his 64th birthday, Steve Marlowe explains why he wants a jury to hear his reasons for having marijuana in Florida. He refuses to empower the prohibition by paying fines or serving probation, placing his freedom in their hands. Next court date will be posted when available.
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Liberty Media Corp., which has been trying to take over Sirius XM Radio Inc. for some time, has now bought enough shares in the satellite radio company to give it majority control.
The Englewood, Colo., company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange filing Thursday that it bought 50 million common shares in the company. It now holds about 2 billion common shares and 1.29 billion convertible shares, according to the filing. Those combined give Liberty a more than 50 per cent stake in Sirius.
Sirius, based in New York, provides radio programming in vehicles, online and through mobile applications to nearly 24 million subscribers.
Liberty, run by cable magnate John Malone, saved Sirius from near-bankruptcy in 2009 by agreeing to lend it up to $530 million in exchange for preferred stock that amounted to a 40 per cent stake. Since then, it had slowly amassed more shares in the company. Meanwhile, Sirius has recovered from its tailspin and added more subscription customers, adding 2 million net subscribers during 2012.
The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the transfer of Sirius broadcast licenses to Liberty. The FCC was looking into Liberty's proposed takeover of Sirius, and Liberty said in October that if the commission approves, it would buy up enough shares to give it majority control.
A representative for Sirius did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Sirius shares gained 2 cents to $3.17 in midday trading Friday. Its shares have climbed roughly 60 per cent since July.
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Liberty Global Inc. (LBTYA) said it wont reopen its 2 billion-euro ($2.6 billion) bid for Belgiums Telenet Group Holding NV (TNET) and will accept the shares already tendered at the offer price of 35 euros apiece.
Telenet fell as much as 6.4 percent to 34.41 euros. The stock, which rose 21 percent last year, traded at 35.46 euros, or 3.6 percent lower, at 10:57 a.m. local time.
Liberty Global, the international cable provider controlled by billionaire John Malone, made the announcement in a notice in De Tijd and LEcho newspapers today. Shareholders with 8.4 percent of outstanding shares accepted the tender, which expired on Jan. 11, bringing Libertys stake in the Belgian cable operator to 58.4 percent, the company said Jan. 14.
We want to stress that Liberty Global can anytime increase its offer, Emmanuel Carlier, an analyst at ING Groep NV in Brussels who recommends investors buy the stock, said today in a note. The longer it takes however, the higher the chance that Liberty Global will not raise its bid but try to gain control via a share buyback.
Telenet, which has 2.1 million cable-TV subscribers, said on Jan. 9 that revenue increased 8.2 percent to about 1.49 billion euros in 2012. The company will publish full results on Feb. 27.
The limited amount of shareholders tendering at 35 euros comes as no surprise given Telenets growth potential, James Ratcliffe, an analyst at Barclays Plc, said in a note to clients earlier this week.
Belgium is Liberty Globals second-biggest market, after Germany. Liberty acquired German cable providers Kabel Baden- Wuerttemberg and Unitymedia in the past three years.
Liberty Global, based in Englewood, Colorado, distributes TV, Internet and phone services to 19.6 million customers, making it the second-largest cable company in the world, behind Comcast Corp. It has 18.4 million European subscribers.
To contact the reporter on this story: Andrew Clapham in Brussels at aclapham@bloomberg.net
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Liberty Global Won’t Boost Telenet Bid, Will Buy Shares Tendered
Liberty Media Corp., which has been trying to take over Sirius XM Radio Inc. for some time, has now bought enough shares in the satellite radio company to give it majority control.
The Englewood, Colo., company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange filing Thursday that it bought 50 million common shares in the company. It now holds about 2 billion common shares and 1.29 billion convertible shares, according to the filing. Those combined give Liberty a more than 50 percent stake in Sirius.
Sirius, based in New York, provides radio programming in vehicles, online and through mobile applications to nearly 24 million subscribers.
Liberty, run by cable magnate John Malone, saved Sirius from near-bankruptcy in 2009 by agreeing to lend it up to $530 million in exchange for preferred stock that amounted to a 40 percent stake. Since then, it had slowly amassed more shares in the company. Meanwhile, Sirius has recovered from its tailspin and added more subscription customers, adding 2 million net subscribers during 2012.
The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the transfer of Sirius broadcast licenses to Liberty. The FCC was looking into Liberty's proposed takeover of Sirius, and Liberty said in October that if the commission approves, it would buy up enough shares to give it majority control.
A representative for Sirius did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Sirius shares gained 2 cents to $3.17 in midday trading Friday. Its shares have climbed roughly 60 percent since July.
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