Irene Aims For U.S. As Category 4 Threat Grows
Irene, rapidly strengthening off the Dominican Republic, roared toward the U S as a Category 2 hurricane and could reach Category 3 or 4 within 72 hours. Forecasters warned it may strike Florida Georgia or South Carolina after affecting the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas.
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S&P Head at McGraw-Hill to Step Down in Sept
The president of Standard & Poor's will resign, with Douglas Peterson of Citigroup set to replace him on September 12 after McGraw-Hill reorganized S&P’s data and ratings units. Devon Sharma, 55, will remain as adviser through year end.
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New York City seeks dismissal in Strauss-Kahn sex case
Manhattan prosecutors move to drop charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn after arguing the hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo’s credibility is compromised by lies and inconsistencies. DNA evidence shows contact but not necessarily forced sex and medical findings are inconclusive. A formal dismissal is expected at today’s court date as Diallo seeks to keep the case alive or delay until a special prosecutor is appointed.
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Manhattan
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Nafissatou Diallo
Roman cargo ship wreck found off Albania with wine jars
A U S Albanian archaeological mission says it found a well preserved 1st century B C Roman cargo ship wreck off Vlora Albania. The site lies 50 yards deep and contains about 300 empty wine jars believed to originate from southern Albanian vineyards bound for Western Europe, including France. The RPM Nautical Foundation based in Key West issued the statement.
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Key West
Chancellor delivers Kemper Fellowship to KU Spanish chair
Kansas University celebrates the first Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence as Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and supporters surprise associate professor Jorge Pérez with a 7500 dollar award. The ceremony marks the 16th year of the program supported by the Kemper Foundation and the KU Endowment Association. Pérez, at KU since 2004, teaches Advanced Composition and Grammar and has prior teaching honors from 2006 to 2009.
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Wescoe Hall
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Jorge Pérez
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Lawrence
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Center For
Lawrence Schools Board seeks volunteer expert input
The Lawrence School District plans to assemble a panel of experts to advise on budgeting facilities planning and other costly or resource intensive issues. Board member Keith Diaz Moore says volunteers could aid decision making as finances dwindle. The group discussed goals for the coming year during a two hour meeting focusing on closing achievement gaps evaluating teachers and exploring curriculum options.
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Keith Diaz Moore
Diaz Moore
Kansas Bioscience Authority reviews investments to spur jobs
The Kansas Bioscience Authoritys investment committee recommended funding to relocate Ceva Animal Healths North American HQ to Lenexa with 550000 and create 10 local jobs plus 20 others statewide, payroll over 3 million. It also urged 205000 in an R and D voucher for MegaStarter with company match to improve an animal health product. A separate proposal from GreenTree Technology Partners to aid clinical research software was discussed with no action. The Eminent Scholars review process may be simplified for NAS members.
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Ceva Animal Health LLC
Lenexa
MegaStarter LLC
David Vranicar
GreenTree Technology Partners
Vranicar
KU Cancer Center
National Academy of Sciences
Bill Sanford
Investment Committee
KU student earns 3 year grant for scoliosis research
Nikki Johnson, a 23 year old KU graduate student from Murfreesboro Tennessee, has received a three year grant totaling 90000 dollars from the National Science Foundation to study how children with scoliosis move. Her goal is to build a motion model to aid surgeons and device makers. Johnson will recruit adolescents with and without scoliosis, attach sensors to their spines, and record their movements to compare motion patterns. The work aims to improve treatment beyond braces and spinal fusion.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
National Science Foundation
KU student earns NSF grant for scoliosis movement study
Nikki Johnson, a Kansas University bioengineering graduate student, received a three year $90,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how scoliosis affects movement. She will recruit patients with scoliosis through Children’s Mercy Hospital to compare with non-scoliosis peers of the same height and age to guide better product development.
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Children’s Mercy Hospital
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