| A Novel Near-Infrared Spectroscopy System to Characterize Coronary ...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The live case demonstrations at TCT 2007 will for the first time feature the use of a novel NIR imaging system recently developed by InfraReDx, Inc., a privately-held medical device company. The Company is also sponsoring a Breakfast Symposium to provide additional information about this new device to the cardiology community. The investigational technology will also be demonstrated at Booth #6013 in the Emerging Technologies arena and in the new, "Cath Lab of the Future" located in the center of the TCT Exhibit Hall. Additionally, the Company will sponsor several investigator presentations on the detection of lipid-rich coronary plaque using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy technology. Breakfast Symposium with Dr. James A.
The man who directed 'Bonnie and Clyde'
The response to the film's then-unique blend of violence and comedy, sex and iconoclasm would be what we now know as the New Hollywood. Penn will be at the Harvard Film Archive this Friday, kicking off a four-day retrospective of his work. Sitting in the art-filled Upper West Side duplex he shares with his wife, he recently talked about his life and work. Despite a recent hospitalization for pneumonia, Penn was an animated and articulate conversationalist. "What happens is, you reach 85, and everybody says, 'Get him before he dies!,' " Penn laughs. "You like being celebrated, but you also know the clock is ticking." A trim, energetic man of medium height with a hang-dog face and striking light-blue eyes, Penn's casually dressed: sweater, chinos, a pair of Nikes.
Town's Mardi Gras fun is fit for king
GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Mardi Gras celebrations in places such as New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., are well-known. But a Missouri village with French roots has its own pre-Lenten party -- a traditional ball that dates back more than 250 years. On the first Saturday of February, the people of Ste. Genevieve and their out-of-town visitors don French colonial costumes and dance at the annual King's Ball. Dancers of all ages, from little kids and spirited teenagers to those well in their 70s, will crowd the floor on Saturday to dance reels and other old-time line dances. ''Ste. Gen,'' as the locals call it, was settled by the French in the early 1700s, making it one of Missouri's oldest settlements. The town of 4,400 people on the Mississippi River is 64 miles south of St. Louis.
Energy farms are increasingly dotting Kansas' landscape
LINCOLN — Ironworker Ernest Small secured the last of 270 wrist-sized bolts steadying the three blades of a modern-day sentinel of the plains. Operators of an enormous crane had already created a turbine tower at the Smoky Hills Wind Farm by stacking four hollow steel tubes, each smaller than the latter, onto a 50-foot square concrete foundation tucked underground. The crane operator then placed the nacelle — a fancy name for the Greyhound bus-sized unit containing a gear box, low- and high-speed shaft, generator, controller and brake — atop the tower 250 feet above a beautiful slice of prairie landscape. .
Political coverage is making a comeback
One of the most disturbing media trends of the past two decades has been the continuous cutback in TV coverage of presidential politics.
Nowhere was this more apparent during the last two election cycles than in the networks' dearth of national convention coverage. The reason most often given by news executives: lack of viewer interest.
But this year, news outlets on the Internet and long-established cable TV channels have greatly expanded the amount of coverage, and viewers are responding in record numbers. And that, analysts say, is good news for the media and citizens.
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Significance And Limitations Of New Lupus Gene Expression Research
ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2008) Some 1.5 million Americans, most of them women, suffer from lupus, a disease where the person's immune system attacks the body's own tissue. This week marks a significant step forward in understanding how the disease works with the online publication of four new studies identifying genes involved in this often debilitating chronic disease. .
Schreck named Corvallis’ First Citizen
For 30 years, Larson has been a community leader in creating breakthrough programs such as integrated preschool, outpatient mental health and speech therapy. Her Old Mill Center has grown from serving eight families at its inception to more than 1,500 today.Robert C. Ingalls Business Person of the Year: Lyle Hutchens of Devco Engineering. Hutchens was recognized for his reputation for honesty, fairness and integrity in business. He serves as a board member of the Greenbelt Land Trust and other local organizations.Business of the Year: Stover Neyhart & Co., tax and financial consulting service. For 33 years, Stover Neyhart has served small businesses and individuals in the Corvallis area. Partners and staff also volunteer on numerous boards and committees including the Corvallis City Club Steering Committee, OSU Athletic Board, OSU College of Business Dean's Circle of Excellence Advisory Board and Willamette Neighborhood Housing Board.
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