Major Accomplishments at Rutgers University Under the Leadership of President Richard L. McCormick

Since his return to Rutgers as the institution?s 19th president on Dec. 1, 2002, Richard L. McCormick has led the university through one of its most challenging and successful periods. Under his leadership, Rutgers has launched a series of wide-ranging initiatives that are significantly enhancing the university?s commitment to world-class instruction, groundbreaking research, enriched student life and service to the people of New Jersey and beyond. President McCormick has led Rutgers at a time of historic accomplishment and visibility, generating pride while setting records for applications, enrollment, private donations and support for research.

?ACADEMIC INITIATIVES

Transforming Undergraduate Education: In 2006, the university implemented President McCormick?s bold vision to enhance virtually every aspect of undergraduate learning and student life across the New Brunswick Campus ? the most significant reorganization of Rutgers in a quarter-century. Enhancements include establishment of the School of Arts and Sciences with its comprehensive new curriculum, first-year seminars, signature courses, dramatic expansion of opportunities for undergraduate research and honors programs, and greater support for top undergraduates competing for the most prestigious scholarships and awards.

School of Nursing-Camden: In fall 2011, the Camden Campus opened a new School of Nursing to address the overwhelming demand for a Rutgers baccalaureate nursing education in southern New Jersey through the expanded enrollment of 300 pre-licensure students and 150 registered nurse students over a six-year period.? ?

School of Public Affairs and Administration: An outgrowth of the Graduate Department of Public Administration, the new school opened on the Newark Campus in 2006 ? the first new school at Rutgers-Newark since 1972.

Childhood Studies: The nation?s first doctoral degree-granting program in this emerging discipline was launched in 2007 at Rutgers-Camden.

Interdisciplinary Initiatives: New programs in nutrition, materials and devices, transportation, childhood studies, urban entrepreneurship, and climate change and alternative energy are positioning Rutgers as an institution that is competing in the global economy while working to find solutions that benefit humanity.

GOALS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR

?At the start of the academic year, President McCormick set three major goals:

Create New Opportunities for Medical Education:? With the passage of historic legislation, Rutgers is positioned to become one of the nation?s elite research universities. The New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act will merge into Rutgers University most of the elements of the current University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ? including the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the New Jersey Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the New Jersey Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Health Related Professions, the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health.?

Once signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie, Rutgers University?s governing boards will have a full year to review the legislation, conduct thorough due diligence and suggest any reasonable corrections that will be necessary to help Rutgers and the state achieve their goals. The creation of a comprehensive university-based health sciences center at Rutgers would attract the best medical talent; bring to New Jersey the latest medical advances and technologies; improve access to clinical trials offering hope for intractable diseases; significantly increase the flow of federal and industry research dollars into the state; and enable New Jersey residents to receive world-class medical care locally.

Build on the University?s Fundraising Success: In 2004, Rutgers completed its most successful fundraising campaign to that point in the university?s history, raising $615 million ? 23 percent higher than the campaign?s original goal.

In 2010, the university publicly launched Our Rutgers, Our Future, the most comprehensive and ambitious fundraising campaign in the university?s history. The $1 billion campaign focuses on meeting the university?s most pressing academic and financial needs ? such as providing scholarships to hundreds of undergraduates and more than doubling the number of prestigious endowed chairs to attract and retain world-class faculty.

The Our Rutgers, Our Future campaign has now raised more than $640 million, including funding for 17 new endowed chairs and 558 scholarships and fellowships. As part of this campaign, President McCormick was instrumental in securing $40 million in gifts from an anonymous donor ? the greatest amount of financial support from an individual donor in Rutgers history ? to support the following university initiatives:

  • $27 million for a challenge grant that will establish 18 new endowed chairs in a wide range of academic disciplines, including business education and the sciences
  • ?$10 million to support construction of the new Business School building on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway
  • $3 million to support the Bennett L. Smith Endowed Chair in Business and Natural Resources.


Pass a Higher Education Bond Issue: In his position as chair of the New Jersey President?s Council, President McCormick and his colleagues have worked positively with legislative leaders in Trenton to place a $750 million higher education bond issue ? the first since 1988 ? on the November 2012 statewide ballot to fund badly needed facilities on colleges and universities across the state.

NEW REVENUES FOR RUTGERS RESEARCH

Financial Support for Research: Since 2002, total annual funding for Rutgers research from the federal government, the state of New Jersey, corporations and nonprofits has increased significantly ? from $242.4 million to $433.9 million. The university has secured prestigious grants to conduct vital research in health, science, transportation and homeland security.

?NEW FACILITIES

?Livingston Campus: Rutgers? campus in Piscataway is being transformed into the model of what the university will become in the 21st century, with an emphasis on professional, executive and continuing education; state-of-the-art residential and dining facilities; and integration with the Rutgers Ecological Preserve. A newly renovated student center opened in 2010, the new dining hall facility opened in 2011, and a new student housing complex will be completed in 2012. Completion of the new Business School building is scheduled for 2013.

Partnership with Atlantic Cape Community College: This fall, Rutgers will open a new academic and administrative building on the campus of Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing. The two-story, 22,000-square-foot facility will allow Rutgers to expand academic opportunities for students from Atlantic, Cape May and surrounding counties in such popular disciplines as psychology and criminal justice. The $7.5 million facility will house all Rutgers academic and administrative units at Atlantic Cape ? including a new undergraduate degree program in social work.?

Life Sciences Building: Dedicated in 2005, this Busch Campus building is home to the Human Genetics Institute, the Department of Genetics and the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials.

University Square: Housing nearly 600 students, University Square opened in 2006 ? the first new residential housing on the Newark Campus in 16 years.

Biomedical Engineering Building: This three-story facility on the Busch Campus, which opened in 2007, added nearly eight times the academic and support space to what was previously allocated to this growing discipline.

School of Law-Camden: In 2009, the university dedicated the law school?s new four-story, 53,000-square-foot building. The complex allows Rutgers to serve the community more effectively through its clinics and centers, which provide more than 30,000 hours of free legal services annually. The facility also boasts a fully functional courtroom that allows students to engage in critical moot court training on campus.

New Rutgers Business School Building in Newark: Opened in 2009, this building has substantially improved the quality of the school?s facilities and classroom technology, while expanding its capacity to meet the rapidly increasing demand for business education. The 15,000-square-foot atrium features a trading room ? a state-of-the-art facility for advanced instruction of business school students.?

Harnessing Solar Power:? The university is installing more than 40,000 high-efficiency solar panels on canopies over two large surface parking areas on the university?s Livingston Campus. The 32 acres of? solar canopies are expected to generate eight megawatts of power ? equal to the annual energy consumption of nearly 1,000 households.?When completed, the canopy system will be more than four times larger than the "solar farm? that the university opened on Livingston in 2009. When the canopy project is completed, these two facilities are expected to provide 64 percent of the power on the Livingston Campus ? saving the university $1.5 million in annual utility costs.

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

Cell and DNA Repository: In 2003, Rutgers? repository of DNA and cell lines became the largest university-based repository in the world. These are crucial assets for biomedical research to cure diseases like schizophrenia, diabetes and Alzheimer?s.

Fighting AIDS: Since 2004, Rutgers Chemistry and Chemical Biology Professor Eddy Arnold and his colleagues have announced a series of breakthroughs in the development of new drugs to stop the spread of AIDS. Professor Arnold?s lab at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine and Rutgers University worked together with scientists at Johnson & Johnson to develop two anti-AIDS drugs, including the drug rilpivirine that was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The team used structures obtained by the Arnold lab to guide the design of the best molecules, which have exceptional potency against drug-resistant HIV.

Ancient Footprints from Anatomically Modern Feet: In 2009, Rutgers Anthropology Professor John W.K. Harris and an international team of colleagues found ancient footprints in Kenya that show some of the earliest humans walked like us and did so on anatomically modern feet 1.5 million years ago. This rare discovery marked a major contribution to the study of human evolution.

Plastic Lumber: In 2009, the U.S. Army successfully tested lumber developed from recycled plastic by Rutgers engineers ? by driving a 70-ton tank over a plastic lumber bridge at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The test proved the practical viability of plastic lumber, which is more durable and environmentally friendly than traditional treated wood.

Crossing the Atlantic: In 2009, faculty and students in Rutgers? Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory launched and piloted a submersible robot glider, the Scarlet Knight, across the Atlantic Ocean from New Jersey to the coast of Spain ? the first successful crossing of an ocean by such a vehicle. The project proved the practicality of very long glider flights, and paved the way for the deployment of fleets of these vehicles to gather vital data about the state of the world?s oceans. ?

Preventing Prostate Cancer: In 2010, researchers at the university?s Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy announced that they have determined the inner workings of a gene that normally protects against prostate cancer in mice. This discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent prostate cancer in humans.

Electron Microscope: A project at Rutgers to build one of the most advanced electron microscopes in the world was praised by the White House in 2010 as an example of a federal stimulus project that is helping to transform the nation. The project is led by the university?s Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology ? a research environment where Rutgers physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers work collaboratively.

Genome Research: Rutgers geneticists were instrumental in sequencing the genomes of rice and corn. This research ultimately will lead to bigger and better food harvests.

New Species: Rutgers doctoral candidate Jeremy Fineberg ? working with Joanna Burger, a professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences ? discovered a new species of frog living in the marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York and New Jersey. This discovery ? which is highly unusual in a densely populated urban area ? demonstrates the importance of locating, identifying and protecting new species in all environments.?

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Alumni Relations: In 2007, the university implemented the president?s sweeping plan to strengthen and enhance the relationship between the university and its more than 400,000 alumni worldwide. The most significant change was creation of the Rutgers University Alumni Association ? a single volunteer structure to include all Rutgers graduates from all campuses.

Improved Governance: In 2008, the university adopted badly needed changes in the management of intercollegiate athletics. These changes contributed to reforms improving the governance of the entire university, including new compliance rules as well as new policies and procedures in such areas as contracts, purchasing, hiring and employee ethics.

ATHLETICS SUCCESS ? ON THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM

Moving Rutgers Athletics to National Prominence: In 2010, the Rutgers football program was ranked No. 1 in the nation by the NCAA for the academic progress of the team?s student-athletes. In 2011, Rutgers? football program ranked number two in the nation in the NCAA?s Academic Progress Rate (APR), and six Rutgers athletic programs recently recorded perfect APR scores of 1000. For the fourth consecutive year, the Rutgers football team was ranked in the top three nationally in multi-year APR rates, becoming the only university in the entire nation to earn such a prestigious honor.

The university also is investing in improvements to athletics facilities, including Rutgers Stadium. Championship programs in recent years include football (five consecutive bowl wins); women?s basketball (2007 Final Four); and wrestling (eight wrestlers qualified for the 2011 NCAA Championships).

COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Rutgers Future Scholars: In 2007, President McCormick launched this program to help disadvantaged students in the university?s host communities ? Camden, Newark, New Brunswick and Piscataway. Rutgers works with school districts to identify top eighth-graders. As the students proceed through high school, the university provides support and mentoring ? including workshops on preparing for college. This summer, the program will reach its full enrollment of 1,000 pre-college students ? each holding the promise of a free Rutgers education if they earn admission.

Branding Rutgers: Since 2004, Rutgers has adopted a series of reforms to address the university?s perennial identity problems. These reforms include a new universitywide system of logos and graphic marks, advertising that promotes Rutgers? accomplishments, and the growing popularity of the university?s tagline, ?Jersey Roots, Global Reach.?

Rutgers Day: Since launching in 2009, this annual community event has attracted 200,000 visitors to the university to enjoy hundreds of free programs appealing to every age and interest.

Web Innovations: In 2009, the university completed a major overhaul of the Rutgers website, including the launch of Rutgers Today, the university?s award-winning, web-based news center.

HISTORIC RESULTS

Record Applications: In 2010, Rutgers received a record number of applications from prospective first-year and transfer students ? 44,800. That is a nearly 14-percent increase compared to 2002.

Record Enrollment: Rutgers welcomed nearly 7,500 first-year students in fall 2011 ? the largest new class in the university?s history. Enrollment has grown from 51,480 students in 2002 to more than 58,000 this fall.?

Source: http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/fact-sheets/2012/major-accomplishment-20120629

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Council moves forward on parks curfew, higher golf fees

June 27, 2012, 1:00 pm by James Walker

The Burnet City Council Tuesday took the first step toward establishing a curfew for the city?s parks and increasing the cost of play at the city-owned Delaware Springs Golf Course.

The council unanimously approved the first reading of a proposed city ordinance that would establish the hours of use for city parks as 6 a.m.-10 p.m.

The city manager could grant an exemption in some cases, the ordinace says.

The council also approved the first reading of an ordinance that would result in a 10 per cent increase in the dues and daily rates for golfers at Delaware Springs.

Council members Buddy Coker and Ken Graham asked Vaughn and Delaware Springs golf pro Doug Fipps to amend the ordinance to include higher dues and rates for golfers who are not Burnet residents for the council?s consideration at the second reading next month.

Reader Comments

So Burnet wants to kick the kids out of the parks at 10:PM, which during the summer is a little after dark. Then they have to find some place to congragate or play sports in small goups, instead of being in larger groups right out in the open public view. Why do you want to take away a common meeting place that is easily patrolled and force them to hid out to enjoy talking, visiting and light sport activities. You waste money on organized activities but refuse to let them use the facilities on their own time. Try being smart and encurage them to congragate in public areas instead of accepting a ride from someone questionable or going to someones house. Most of them are just looking for a place to sit around and shoot the bull with their friends.
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Different Moods of Taj Mahal, Agra, India

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Taj Mahal is one of the widely known, UNESCO acclaimed world heritage monument. It is the culmination of all sort of stories and mysteries which has transformed it into an amazing architectural wonder. It passes through different moods on every day, rather minute, or even seconds. It has several moods according to weather and times of the days and activities around. Capture the various yet unexplored or less explored moods of this wonderful monument--which will be a tribute to the memoirs of the Great Shah Jahan, and her beloved better half Mumtaj Mahal (to whose memory it is dedicated). Remember, the Taj has been shot by amateur as well as renowned lensmen, the worldover from the time of the beginning of the photography, so, try to capture something new, innovative and amazing images.

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Friday, 8th June, 2012 (GMT)

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Friday, 15th June, 2012 ? Thursday, 21st June, 2012 (GMT)

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Processing rules:

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3 Common Twitter Mistakes by Real Estate Agents - WPMU.org

Real Estate Phrases - Search Columns on TweetDeck

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1) Automating Tweets

I am very opposed to using services like City Blast which offer a syndication feed of property listings and real estate news. Everybody syndicates the same stuff and it often includes a link that takes the Follower off Twitter to another site. Ever think that maybe they don?t want to leave Twitter?

This is not a conversation it?s a broadcast which sounds like a broken record and people see through it. While having current news and listings is valuable, it has it?s time and place?. on a dedicated listings page really. Too many realtors think of social media as another advertising portal instead of a 2nd phone number to stay in touch with clients.

If you?re going to use a service like City Blast it should not represent more than 10% of your tweets or it will not look like it is coming from you. As a realtor I?m sure you can appreciate the power of ?word of mouth? and that?s really what social media is? the key difference is that everybody is watching. One needs to be careful of what they put out there because it may look like you don?t really care.

2) Not Searching Other Tweets

Now this is one of the rare exceptions where I encourage automation. I use a program called TweetDeck?(made by Twitter)?and there are many more like Hootsuite. It allows me to set automated search operations (search columns). I?ll create a search column for any Tweet that includes the words ?Bought First House? and ?Sold Our House?? you can come up with many more like ?Finally moved in? or ?My new condo?. If you load these all up you?ll start seeing a trend, you see emotions? you see real people celebrating or cursing the triumphs and woes of real estate.

If you look at my screenshot up top (TweetDeck Screenshot) ?you?ll see a number of tweets are worth re-tweeting ?RT? and when done with consistency can start inspiring people who follow you to make a move themselves. You should also follow all your clients and partners? comment on some of their tweets, ask them questions and RT their tweets. Imagine the vibe you could create on your profile if it was covered with RT from real people saying these things?

Make it your goal to involve someone who has their own Twitter account in all of your Tweets. Bet you can?t automate that now can you? Don?t fret, you can schedule your Tweets with TweetDeck so that you can do 5 or 6 of them quickly without actually blasting everyone with all of them in one shot. Remember to space them out if you?re going for inspirational quotes (RT phrases like the ones in my screenshot).

3) Not Taking Ownership

When I say ownership I mean pride, I mean confidence and comfort. Don?t be afraid to be yourself? show your Followers you are human, admit it you?ve had a long day? ask your followers to bring you up to speed on everything you?ve missed. Wondering if it?s raining across town? Tweet it? you?d be surprised at how fast you can get an answer.

Get a Twitter App on your mobile phone and enable email notifications within your Twitter Account settings so that you know when to login and respond to someone asap. Remember, 80% of social media is done on mobile phones sharing pictures and straight old fashioned talking. Ok old fashioned is dead, we now type with our telephones but you know what I mean.

Make Twitter your 2nd phone number, show interest in what others are talking about, voice your opinion and jump into the conversation? it?s one big party and everybody is welcome to it? that?s the beauty of social media. It?s now fast becoming the #1 way consumers complain about products and services.

You can take that as a blessing or a threat. If you ignore it? it?s most definitely a threat? but if you respond to it, you can turn it around in public view and that?s what people will never forget and keep talking about. Be a journalist, be a friend, be honest and above all be consistent. Happy Tweeting!

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'Ted' is vulgar ? and hilarious

By Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

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Mark Wahlberg stars opposite teddy bear Ted, voiced by Seth MacFarlane.

The merrily rude humor of "Family Guy"?slides right into feature films with nary a burp nor a fart in "Ted,"?a raucously funny goof about a boozing, pot-smoking, foul-mouthed teddy bear who would be instant new best friends with "The Hangover"?guys. Not too many films serve up laughs that just keep on rolling with regularity from beginning to end, but?Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut does so and without any feeling of strain. There's admittedly something a bit weird about the premise that might keep away some viewers who would otherwise belly up for a good gross comedy, but the comedy quotient is more than high enough to prompt upbeat word-of-mouth and solid summer business.

MacFarlane's wise-ass, ecumenically offensive joke-making is recognizable from the first scene, in which a bunch of suburban Christian kids celebrate Christmas by beating up the neighborhood Jewish kid, who in the middle of things warns the unpopular kid not to help him out. Poor little John Bennett has no friends at all until his parents offer him his dreamed-of present: a stuffed bear who fulfills the boy's wish of coming alive.

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Naturally, this one-of-a-kind walking and talking creature becomes a national celebrity in 1985 and a wonderful "Zelig"-like scene has?Ted, a totally credible CGI creation voiced in a thick Boston accent by MacFarlane, appearing with?Johnny Carson?on?"The Tonight Show."?But even a talking bear becomes old hat after a while and, a quarter-century later, Ted suffers the fate of many other child stars, indulging in major substance abuse while living in the past and mooching off others.

Ted's main enabler is his lifelong ?thunder buddy? John (Mark Wahlberg), who, at 35, still spends way too much time getting wasted with his fuzzy friend, whose coat, truth be told, is beginning to wear as thin as his act in spots. John's dreamy girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) is more tolerant of the best friend than John deserves, but their fourth anniversary of togetherness cues certain expectations in her that John is not yet ready to offer.

Like "Family Guy,"?the film serves up cutaway digressions that are hilarious partly for being so unexpected; a flashback to John's first meeting Lori is cast in the form of homage to the "Saturday Night Fever"?disco dance lampoon in "Airplane!"?The fact that some of the jokes sound as if they really belong in the mouth of cartoon characters might have something to do with the fact that "Ted"?was originally conceived as an animated series, but the script by MacFarlane and longtime?"Family Guy"?writers?Alec Sulkin?and?Wellesley Wild?acknowledges and adheres to traditional structural rules concerning emotional expectations and payoffs; it might even take one step too many in that direction at the close.

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The film finds its true nostalgic self in the '80s, or least in a wildly unanticipated mining of its drugged-out ethos personified by?Sam Jones,?the long-forgotten star of the much-maligned 1980 film "Flash Gordon." Just when John has finally chosen Lori over Ted and forced the bear to find his own apartment, Ted calls to insist that John join him at a bash with their all-time favorite actor, the self-same Jones. The latter parties like it's 1980, all right, starting by downing shots and moving on quickly to mounds of coke in a wildly frenetic and pretty outrageous sequence topped by an irate Asian neighbor's duck pecking the crap out of the obscene Ted. Jones, who remains in excellent shape as he approaches 60, is very game and should get a nice little career boost by virtue of his genially gonzo turn.

Singer?Norah Jones?also contributes a nifty cameo as herself, freely admitting that she had a thing with Ted some years back and that he was pretty good for a guy without the usual equipment. An uncredited appearance, and one so sexually unexpected as to provoke a double and even triple take to make sure it's who you think it is, is put in by?Ryan Reynolds.

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MacFarlane has a great knack for getting all his performers to be loose and self-deprecating. The banter between John and Ted has a natural working-class, shooting-the-breeze style just like the men in "Family Guy," while the relationship between John and Lori feels genuine and strong enough to make you root for it to work out, with Wahlberg relaxed and very appealing as a guy who's postponed growing up as long as he can and Kunis absolutely adorable as his loyal and patient squeeze.?Giovanni Ribisi?and?Aedin Mincks?play a creepy father and son who plot to kidnap the stuffed former kid celebrity, while?Jessica Barth?goes the extra mile with limited lines to grab laughs as a vulgar tart who's game for a wild fling with Ted.

As did?Ben Affleck's Beantown-set "The Town," "Ted"?sets its unlikely action climax at Fenway Park.

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Casio Slim XJ-A246

The Casio Slim XJ-A246 ($1,499.99 direct) is a formidable lightweight business projector, part of the company's Slim (aka Green Slim) line of projectors that uses Casio?s unique hybrid LED-laser light engine. This projector has a solid range of features including 2X zoom, automatic keystone correction, HDMI and Wi-Fi connectivity, and the ability to run presentations off a USB thumb drive. It produces vivid, bright images?though the colors are subject to occasional tinting.

The XJ-A246 is rated at 2,500 lumens, and the projector has WXGA (1,280 by 800) native resolution. Instead of producing red, green, and blue using a standard lamp and a color wheel, it produces red with LEDs, blue with lasers, and green by shining blue laser light on a phosphor. Its optical system directs the red, green, and blue light to the DLP chip, and out the front lens. Its LED lamp is designed to last up to 20,000 hours, far longer than typical projector bulbs?and it?s mercury free. The projector (including the bulb) is backed by a generous 3-year warranty.

Ports include VGA; a single AV-in jack (included an AV cord with a plug to fit the jack; at the other end are 3 RCA jacks for composite video); HDMI; RS-232C; and a USB type A port. You can run presentations computer free off a USB thumb drive plugged into the port, or you can attach a wireless LAN adapter; with it you can connect wirelessly with WiFi-enabled Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile smartphones and computers (PC or Mac) running MobiShow software, so you can run a presentation from these devices. Up to 32 computers can be connected at one time and users can also view content from up to four PCs on an individual screen simultaneously.

The XJ-A246 also includes auto brightness adjustment, which uses built-in light sensors to automatically adjust the brightness level of the projection to suit the lighting conditions in the surrounding environment.

In brightness, resolution, and features, the XJ-A246 is very similar to the Casio Signature XJ-M245 ($1,299.99 direct, 3 stars), except that the Signature is larger and weighs 8.6 pounds, making it more suitable for classrooms and conference rooms than for taking on the road.

I tested the projector with it placed about 10 feet away from our test screen. The XJ-A246 offers automatic keystone correction and a generous 2X zoom (controlled through the remote), allowing for versatility in the projector's placement. The focus is also adjusted incrementally through the remote, and with a little practice I was able to achieve a reasonably sharp focus.

?Data and Video Image Quality

In my testing using the DisplayMate suite of tests, the XJ-A246 showed decent image quality. There was occasional tinting, with some light grays looking slightly greenish and darker grays with a hint of red. Colors were somewhat better in Graphics than in Standard mode, though there was still modest tinting. White-on-black type was fuzzy at the smallest two sizes, and showed some tinting as well. Image quality is fine for typical business presentations, at least ones in which color fidelity isn't critical.

The video was of a quality suitable for use with shorter clips as part of a presentation. Colors were bright and well saturated, sometimes to the point of punchiness. There was some loss of detail in brighter areas. The rainbow effect?the appearance of little red-green-blue flashes, particularly in scenes with high contrast between dark and light areas?was frequently visible. Most DLP projectors show at least a trace of the effect, but with the XJ-A246 it was more obvious than usual, and would likely be very distracting to people who are sensitive to it.

Other Issues

Audio, from the projector?s 1-watt built-in speaker, was of decent volume and reasonably clear, sufficient to fill a small conference room.

The Casio Slim XJ-A246 has a good feature set for a portable projector: a weight of 5 pounds and a thin form factor; a range of connectivity choices including HDMI and WiFi (with an included adapter). It sports Casio's unique hybrid LED/laser DLP light engine; its LED light source is designed to last 20,000 hours, and should never need to be replaced. Its data image quality is good for typical business presentations, but tinting was enough of an issue that I?d hesitate to use it for material where accurate color is paramount.

The Editors? Choice Epson PowerLite 1775W Multimedia Projector has a mere 4,000-hour claimed lamp life, while many projectors offer even less. But the 1775W otherwise shines, so to speak?it weighs just 3.8 pounds: it also provides Wi-Fi connectivity; HDMI, and a port for a USB thumb drive. Its image quality for both data and video proved better in our testing than the XJ-A246, and it?s also brighter?rated at 3,000 lumens.

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Both innate and adaptive immune responses are critical to the control of influenza

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Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oakland University, Michigan, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.

Influenza, as a contagious respiratory illness remains a major public health problem worldwide. Seasonal and pandemic influenza results in approximately 3 to 569 million cases of severe illness and approximately 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. Although most infected subjects with intact immune systems are able to clear the virus without developing serious flu complications, the biological factors responsible for viral control remain unclear.

To investigate the factors for viral control, the researchers developed mathematical models that included both innate and adaptive immune responses to the virus. These models were used to study the viral dynamics of the influenza virus infection in horses. After infection, viral levels rise rapidly, reach a peak and fall, then they attain a low plateau that can be followed in some animals by a second peak. Ultimately, viral levels decline and the infection is cleared. By comparing modeling predictions with experimental data, researchers examined the relative roles of availability of cells susceptible to infection, so-called target cells, and innate and adaptive immune responses in controlling the virus.

The research showed that the two-part innate immune response, generated by natural killer cells, and the antiviral effect caused by interferon, a naturally produced protective molecule, can explain the first rapid viral decline and subsequent second viral peak. The second peak comes about because as the viral level falls, the immune response also falls allowing the virus the opportunity to grow back before the adaptive ultimately clears it.

However, for eventual viral clearance it is the body's adaptive immune response that is needed.

The data analyzed were from equine influenza virus infection in horses. However, similar viral kinetic profiles have been observed in humans infected with the influenza virus. The authors conclude that the study can be used to explain the viral and interferon kinetics observed during a typical influenza virus infection.

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Financial disclosure: Portions of this work were done under the auspices of the US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396, supported by the NIH grant P30-EB011339 and contract HHSN272201000055C, the National Center for Research Resources and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) through grant 8R01-OD011095-21, NSF grants DMS-1122290 and PHY-0551164, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Citation: Pawelek KA, Huynh GT, Quinlivan M, Cullinane A, Rong L, et al. (2012) Modeling Within-Host Dynamics of Influenza Virus Infection Including Immune Responses. PLoS Comput Biol 8(6): e1002588. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002588

Please add this link to the freely available article in online versions of your report (the link will go live when the embargo ends): http://www.ploscompbiol.org/doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002588

CONTACT:
Dr Alan Perelson
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
UNITED STATES
Phone: 505-667-6829
asp@lanl.gov

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[ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 28-Jun-2012
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Contact: Dr. Alan Perelson
asp@lanl.gov
505-667-6829
Public Library of Science

Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oakland University, Michigan, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.

Influenza, as a contagious respiratory illness remains a major public health problem worldwide. Seasonal and pandemic influenza results in approximately 3 to 569 million cases of severe illness and approximately 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. Although most infected subjects with intact immune systems are able to clear the virus without developing serious flu complications, the biological factors responsible for viral control remain unclear.

To investigate the factors for viral control, the researchers developed mathematical models that included both innate and adaptive immune responses to the virus. These models were used to study the viral dynamics of the influenza virus infection in horses. After infection, viral levels rise rapidly, reach a peak and fall, then they attain a low plateau that can be followed in some animals by a second peak. Ultimately, viral levels decline and the infection is cleared. By comparing modeling predictions with experimental data, researchers examined the relative roles of availability of cells susceptible to infection, so-called target cells, and innate and adaptive immune responses in controlling the virus.

The research showed that the two-part innate immune response, generated by natural killer cells, and the antiviral effect caused by interferon, a naturally produced protective molecule, can explain the first rapid viral decline and subsequent second viral peak. The second peak comes about because as the viral level falls, the immune response also falls allowing the virus the opportunity to grow back before the adaptive ultimately clears it.

However, for eventual viral clearance it is the body's adaptive immune response that is needed.

The data analyzed were from equine influenza virus infection in horses. However, similar viral kinetic profiles have been observed in humans infected with the influenza virus. The authors conclude that the study can be used to explain the viral and interferon kinetics observed during a typical influenza virus infection.

###

Financial disclosure: Portions of this work were done under the auspices of the US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396, supported by the NIH grant P30-EB011339 and contract HHSN272201000055C, the National Center for Research Resources and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) through grant 8R01-OD011095-21, NSF grants DMS-1122290 and PHY-0551164, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Citation: Pawelek KA, Huynh GT, Quinlivan M, Cullinane A, Rong L, et al. (2012) Modeling Within-Host Dynamics of Influenza Virus Infection Including Immune Responses. PLoS Comput Biol 8(6): e1002588. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002588

Please add this link to the freely available article in online versions of your report (the link will go live when the embargo ends): http://www.ploscompbiol.org/doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002588

CONTACT:
Dr Alan Perelson
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
UNITED STATES
Phone: 505-667-6829
asp@lanl.gov

Disclaimer

This press release refers to an upcoming article in PLoS Computational Biology. The release is provided by journal staff, or by the article authors and/or their institutions. Any opinions expressed in this release or article are the personal views of the journal staff and/or article contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of PLoS. PLoS expressly disclaims any and all warranties and liability in connection with the information found in the releases and articles and your use of such information.

Media Permissions

PLoS Journals publish under a Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits free reuse of all materials published with the article, so long as the work is cited (e.g., Brinkworth RSA, O'Carroll DC (2009) Robust Models for Optic Flow Coding in Natural Scenes Inspired by Insect Biology. PLoS Comput Biol 5(11): e1000555. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000555). No prior permission is required from the authors or publisher. For queries about the license, please contact the relative journal contact indicated here: http://www.plos.org/about/media-inquiries/embargo-policy/

About PLoS Computational Biology

PLoS Computational Biology (www.ploscompbiol.org) features works of exceptional significance that further our understanding of living systems at all scales through the application of computational methods. All works published in PLoS Computational Biology are open access. Everything is immediately available subject only to the condition that the original authorship and source are properly attributed. Copyright is retained.

About the Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. For more information, visit http://www.plos.org.


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