A CITY school is celebrating its 60th anniversary on Friday.
Former pupils and teachers of Christ The King Primary School, in Glenfield Road, will gather at the school for a barbecue and live music from 6pm until 9pm.
Tickets will be charged for donation only in aid of Leicester Neo-natal Unit. They can be bought by contacting the school office on 0116 285 7261.
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Chase Hover is taking a shot — and it looks like it may pay off.
Hover left Blinn College and walked on at SMU, joining the team Monday. He’d contacted the SMU coaching staff after his father read about SMU’s concerns in the kicking game.
At Saturday morning’s practice, just days after joining the team, Hover kicked with the first team. Coach June Jones said he could end up being the guy who starts next weekend at Texas A&M.
Hover has been working on it all — kickoffs, place kicking and punts. He said his comfortable field goal range is from 47 yards in.
Hover graduated from Plano West in 2009. He’d torn up his knee three games into his senior season, so any interest from colleges quickly disappeared. He redshirted his first season at Blinn to let the knee heal, then played there last season.
Hover planned on playing for Blinn again this year – even going through two-a-days with the team – until things fell into place at SMU.
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Discussing sleep and work performance among health-care professionals: Associate professor Steven Howard, MD, is well known for his research on fatigue and sleep deprivation, especially as it relates to health-care professionals. In this QA, Howard discusses how fatigue negatively affects performance, the role cultural beliefs or societal pressures play in increasing the prevalence of sleep deprivation in our country and how organizations and professional societies can promote sleep as a priority among health-care professionals.
Study shows link between maternal IV fluids and weight loss in newborns: Doctors often use weight as an indicator of how well newborns are breastfeeding. But a study recently published in the International Breastfeeding Journal shows that weight loss in newborns may actually be a result of the IV fluids given to women during labor and not poor breastfeeding.
Image of the Week: Clark Center at night: Photographer Trey Ratcliff recently organized a photo walk at Stanford.
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann announced today that Stephen J. MacCarthy, vice president for external relations at the University of Arizona, will become the University of Pennsylvania’s vice president for university communications. He will assume his new position on Aug. 29, 2011.
As vice president, MacCarthy will have overall responsibility for communicating Penn’s goals and achievements to internal and external audiences in Philadelphia, across the country, and around the world.
“Steve is a strategic communications leader who brings a wealth of experience to the position,” Gutmann said. “He has a deep and extensive understanding of higher education, an appreciation of Penn’s aspirations and needs and a fresh perspective on the use of both traditional and new communications methods and media. He will be a
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The Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania announces the launching of a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary center focused on discovering novel treatments for orphan diseases. The Center will bring together, without institutional walls, all necessary approaches to attacking and treating orphan diseases: establishing dedicated research support facilities, translating findings into therapies, fostering targeted grant awards, and educating physicians and researchers.
Formation of the new Penn Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy was catalyzed by a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, whose vision matched that of Penn Medicine in developing treatments for these diseases. The Center will fill a crucial need by providing the core laboratories, techniques, collaborative relationships, and expertise to lead an international, coordinated effort in the eradication of orphan diseases. Read more…
There’s one thing about living on campus that everyone always worries about and that is the roommate situation. Unfortunately, unless you have a friend that you plan on living with, you will have very little control over who your roommate will be. Sorry!
When it comes time to sign up for housing for the first time, most colleges will have incoming freshmen fill out a survey of roommate preferences. You’ll answer questions including sleeping habits and visitor preferences and be matched with someone who has similar answers so honesty is the best policy here. You could get lucky and have a fantastic roommate who you’ll become best friends with…or be unlucky and get stuck with someone who’s a nightmare. If you’re faced with the latter, you have limited options but one trick I’ve found is to make friends with your resident advisor early – he or she will help you get any issues resolved quickly and efficiently or act as a mediator to help negotiate differences.
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